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AND, UM, WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
DID YOU PULL RECORDING ON? OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, PAUL, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
DID WE, IS THE RECORDING NOT? YEAH, SO IT'S GOING OUT.
RECORDING IN PROGRESS PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Aaron Silver, 92, who passed on August 1. Aaron is survived by his two daughters Michele (Mirza) and Debbie, and three grandchildren, Alison, Anthony and Olivia. Aaron was married for 65 years to Marilyn, who he married in 1953 while on active duty. Aaron was a Master Licensed Plumber who enjoyed and took great pride in being an Army Veteran having served in the Korean War and later spending his time as the Commander of the Jewish War Veterans (Post 191). He was also a member of The Old Guard. In 2013, Aaron Silver, on behalf of the Post, was presented with an American flag from Afghanistan and Operation Enduring Freedom. Aaron also enjoyed playing pinacle and both golfing and bowling. He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. In memory of Paula Greenberg Owens, 98, who passed on August 5 after a short battle with illness and a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was predeceased by her husband O.J., her former husband Ellis Greenberg, her beloved son Richard Greenberg, and her cherished sister Ruth Plaks. She is survived by her daughter, Greenburgh Town Councilwoman Ellen Hendrickx, son-in-law John, and granddaughter Kaitlin, and extended family members. She also built an extended family of friends that spanned the country. Paula grew up in Cedarhurst, NY, was incredibly smart (and sassy!), skipping 2 grades to graduate high school at 16. She worked her entire life, always rising to the top (limited in the early years by the social mores of the day, regarding women). She was always esteemed by her colleagues and retained lifelong friendships that accumulated through the many vicissitudes of her life. She was a strong advocate, mentor and often generous to a fault. Paula was a respected interior designer, running her own company, Paula Greenberg & Associates in South Florida (previously called Total Design when she lived in N.Y.), whose unerring talent was prized by real estate developers nationwide as her beautifully designed models inevitably boosted their new home sales exponentially. Most private clients became her lifelong admirers and friends. As a businesswoman, her skills were many. Her most outstanding asset was her sense of commitment and integrity. Most of all, she was passionate, talented and inspired. We mourn with Ellen her loss. In memory of Carolyn Sheer, 78, long-time resident and former Parks and Recreation Advisory Board member, passed August 15. Carolyn was a member of the Greenburgh Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for 28 years, 1994 - 2022. She was never hesitant to share her opinion, and contribute to making our park system better. In memory of Stephanie Kavourias, 65, who passed on the morning of Saturday, August 26, after being struck by a hit and run driver while she was walking on the sidewalk near her home on East Hartsdale Avenue. The beloved daughter of Nicholas and Mary Kavourias, and the cherished sister of Elaine Andriotis Chronis, Debbie Kavourias, and the late James and Stamati. Before she retired, Stepanie served as the Executive Director of the Hartsdale Public Parking Authority. Stephanie was the head of her Hartsdale co-op board, a member of the Rotary Club, a board member of the Greenburgh Public Library, a board member of the Lois Bronz Daycare Center, former member of the Greenburgh Planning Board, and friend to so many, including those in need. Stephanie will be remembered for her civic leadership, her community service, her love of animals, and her generous spirit. Stephanie's senseless and violent death has tramatized the Greenburgh community, which mourns with her family, who we offer our sincere condolences and our prayers to have the strength to endure this unimaginable sudden loss. In memory of Guy Novo, 74, who was a highly respected resident of Greenburgh. Guy was a community leader, a brilliant attorney and a Law School Adjunct Professor at St. John's Law School for many years. He was also a director of the Hartsdale Park Civic Association. His spirit of generosity, selflessness, and boundless charity can be seen in his decades of fundraising for the March of Dimes. Guy made the world a better place. Guy was patriotic, serving in the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Division and discharged honorably with rank of Captain. He will be missed. 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, deliberately 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, and now Russia's aggressive bombing of Ukraine's food-producing infrastructure to disrupt food supplies worldwide, 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. Following the moment of silence there will be a tribute to Stephanie Kavourias, whose family will be in attendance. Anyone who would like to share a moment of reflection about Stephanie, in person or by Zoom, is invited to do so at this time.]
AND WE HAVE PLEASE REMAIN STANDING, A MOMENT OF SILENCE.UM, IN MEMORY OF AARON SILVER, WHO PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 1ST, AARON HAS SURVIVED BY HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, MICHELLE AND DEBBIE, AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN, ALLISON, ANTHONY, AND OLIVIA.
AARON WAS MARRIED FOR 65 YEARS TO MARILYN, WHO HE MARRIED IN 1953.
WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE, AARON WAS A MASTER LICENSED PLUMBER WHO ENJOYED AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN BEING AN ARMY VETERAN, HAVING SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND LATER SPENDING HIS TIME AS A COMMANDER OF THE JEWISH WAR VETERANS.
HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE OLD GUARD.
IN, UH, 2013 AARON SILVER ON, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE POST, WAS PRESENTED WITH AN AMERICAN FLAG FROM AFGHANISTAN, AN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.
AARON ALSO EMPLOYED, ENJOYED PLAYING PINNACLE AND GOLFING AND BOWLING, AND HE'S, UH, DEARLY, UM, LOVED AND WILL BE MISSED.
WE ALSO HAVE THE MEMORY, UH, IN MEMORY OF CAROLYN SHEAR.
UM, WHO WAS READING THE RIGHT ONE? THE RIGHT, OH, IN MEMORY OF, UM, PAULA GREENBERG OWENS, WHO PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 5TH.
AFTER A SHORT BATTLE WITH ILLNESS AND A LONG BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S, SHE WAS PRE, UH, DECEASED.
OH, THAT'S A LONG, IT'S A LONG OBIT.
PAULA GREENBERG OWENS WAS MY MOTHER, AND I LOST HER ON AUGUST 5TH.
AND SHE WAS BOTH WONDERFUL AND COMPLICATED.
SHE TOUCHED MANY LIVES, AND HER IMPACT ON SOME OF THE MANY SHE TOUCHED IS AND WILL BE LIFELONG.
SHE WAS SUPREMELY TALENTED AND VERY SMART.
SHE WAS A STRAIGHT SHOOTER IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
HER INTEGRITY AND SENSE OF RESPECT AND OBLIGATION WERE LEGEND, AS WAS HER PROPENSITY TO SHOOT FROM THE LIP, WHICH COULD MAKE YOU WINCE OR LAUGH OUT LOUD.
THAT WAS MY FATHER'S TERM FOR HER.
HER STRENGTH OF WILL PROPELLED HER THROUGH THE HARDEST OF TIMES ANY PARENT COULD EXPERIENCE.
SHE PREVAILED AND SO MANY LIVES ARE BETTER FOR IT.
SHE WAS BORN JANUARY 7TH, 1925, AND SHE WAS UNIQUE AND SPECIAL, AND I WILL MISS HER DEARLY.
AND, UM, WE ALSO ARE HAVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF CAROLYN SCHER, A LONGTIME RESIDENT AND FORMER PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER.
SHE PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 15TH.
CAROLYN WAS A MEMBER OF THE GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR 28 YEARS, 1994 TO 2022.
SHE WAS NEVER HESITANT TO SHARE HER OPINION AND CONTRIBUTED, UM, TO MAKING OUR PARK SYSTEM BETTER.
AND, UM, DURING MY TENURE AS SUPERVISOR, EVERY TIME I WENT TO THE POOL, UH, SHE ALWAYS SAT AT THE SAME LOCATION.
UM, SO SHE, UH, ALMOST OWNED THE PROPERTY AT THE POOL BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE EVERY WEEK AND VERY, UH, VERY COMMITTED TO OUR PARK SYSTEM.
AND, UM, FINALLY, UM, IN MEMORY, ACTUALLY NOT FINALLY IN MEMORY OF STEPHANIE CAIUS, WHO PASSED ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH AFTER, AFTER BEING STUCK BY HEAD AND RUN DRIVER, UM, WHILE SHE WAS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR HER HOME ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF NICHOLAS AND MARY CAIUS, AND THE CHERISHED SISTER OF ELAINE, UM, AND DEBBIE AND THE LATE JAMES AND STADI.
BEFORE SHE RETIRED, STEPHANIE SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING AUTHORITY.
STEPHANIE WAS THE HEAD OF THE HARTSDALE CO-OP BOARD, A MEMBER OF THE ROTARY CLUB, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE LOIS BRUS DAYCARE CENTER, FORMER MEMBER OF THE GREENBURG PLANNING BOARD AND FRIEND TO SO MANY, INCLUDING THOSE IN NEED.
STEPHANIE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY HER CIVIC LEADERSHIP, HER COMMUNITY SERVICE, HER LOVE OF ANIMALS,
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AND HER GENEROUS SPIRIT.STEPHANIE'S SENSE, SENSELESS AND VIOLENT DEATH HAS TRAUMATIZED THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY, WHICH MOURNS WITH HER FAMILY, WHO WE OFFER OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND OUR PRAYERS TO HAVE THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE THIS UNIMAGINABLE SUDDEN LOSS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF GUY NOVO, WHO WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED RESIDENT OF GREENBERG.
HE WAS A COMMUNITY LEADER, A BRILLIANT ATTORNEY, LAW SCHOOL ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT ST.
JOHN'S LAW SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS.
HE WAS ALSO A DIRECTOR OF THE HARTSDALE PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
HIS, UM, SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY, SELFLESSNESS, AND BOUNDLESS CHARITY CAN BE SEEN, AND THE DECADES OF FUNDRAISING FOR THE MARCH OF DIMES.
A GUY MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
HE WAS A PATRIOT, VERY PATRIOTIC.
HE SERVED IN THE ARMY'S THIRD ARMORED ON CAVALRY DIVISION AND DISCHARGED HONORABLY WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.
AND HE WILL ALSO BE, UH, MISSED.
NEXT, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UM, POLICE, UH, DEPARTMENT CEREMONIES.
WE'LL HAVE THE AT TRIBUTE TO STEPHANIE CAIUS, UM, WHOSE FAMILY IS AS IN ATTENDANCE, AND ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A MOMENT OF REFLECTION ABOUT STEPHANIE IN PERSON OR BY ZOOM IS INVITED TO DO SO AT THIS TIME.
MY NAME'S BILL ARI, AND I'M A COMMISSIONER TERRY MICHAEL AND BILL.
MY NAME IS BILL ARI, AND I'M ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE H P P D BOARD.
UM, I HAVE KNOWN STEPHANIE FOR JUST SAID EIGHT YEARS, BUT DURING THAT SHORT TIME, SHE BECAME A VERY CLOSE FRIEND AND MENTOR, HAVING RETIRED JUST BEFORE I JOINED THE H P P D AND TRUE TO FORM STEPHANIE FREQUENTLY AND EASILY OFFERED COUNSEL ANYTIME I CALLED FOR HER ADVICE.
SO, THANK YOU STEPHANIE, FOR ENABLING ME TO GET UP TO SPEED QUICKLY AND DO THE BEST JOB I COULD TO GUIDE THE H P P D MOVING FORWARD.
STEPHANIE'S MORE THAN TWO DECADE DAYS RUNNING THE H P P D, SO NUMEROUS IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR BUSINESS, AND ESPECIALLY WITNESS THE RESTORATION OF SITE A GARAGE LOCATED BEHIND RITE AID AND THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEWER SITE F COMMUTER GARAGE.
THANK YOU STEFFI, FOR YOUR HARD WORK DEDICATION TO THE H P P D AND THE GREATER HARTSDALE COMMUNITY.
SO THE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF OF THE H P P D HAVE DECIDED TO DEDICATE, CITE A GARAGE IN STEPHANIE'S HONOR AS THE STEPHANIE CAIUS MEMORIAL GARAGE.
WE WILL CONDUCT THIS EFFORT IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE CAVO FAMILY AND WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
THOSE OF YOU ON ZOOM, IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND ELECTRONICALLY, UH, PLEASE ONLY RAISE IT IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING THIS TRIBUTE.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON SOME OTHER ISSUE LATER TODAY, PLEASE DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND NOW, UH, BECAUSE WE WILL BE CALLING ON YOU.
SO I WORKED WITH STEFFI AS THE LIAISON FROM THE TOWN TO THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT, UH, SINCE, UH, I WAS INITIALLY ELECTED IN, UM, 2012, UH, FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
AND WHEN I REALIZED I WAS GONNA BE THE LIAISON TO THE PARKING DISTRICT, MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, WOW, THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY INTERESTING.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PARKING DISTRICT, YOU THINK PARKING SPACES, PARKING GARAGES, YOU KNOW, HOW INTERESTING COULD IT POSSIBLY BE? WHEN I BEGAN TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS, I REALIZED THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTING.
AND WHAT MADE IT MORE INTERESTING WAS BEING ABLE TO ATTEND MEETINGS HOSTED BY STEFFI.
SHE WAS ALWAYS A GREAT HOST OF A MEETING IN THE SENSE THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS WELL PREPARED AND, UH, HAD AN AGENDA AND STUCK TO IT AND MOVED A MEETING.
SHE WOULD HAVE CANDY AND NUTS AND A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE, UH, EVEN A CIGARETTE IF YOU WANTED
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ONEUM, SHE WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT AT RUNNING A MEETING, UH, AND MAKING A, MAKING THE MEETINGS FEEL LIKE, NOT JUST BUSINESS MEETINGS, BUT A SIT A SIT DOWN AMONGST A GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO WERE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
UM, AND SHE RAN THE DISTRICT, UM, IN AN EXEMPLARY FASHION.
UH, THE DISTRICT, UH, WAS ALWAYS, UM, UH, ON BUDGET, UM, WITH, UH, TREMENDOUS, UM, UH, UH, UH, RESERVE.
UH, THE GARAGES WERE ALWAYS WELL MAINTAINED AND SPOTLESS.
AND, UH, HER STAFF WHO UNIFORMLY ADMIRED HER, UM, DID THEIR BEST.
AND WE COULD SEE THAT, UH, IN, UH, THE AVENUE AND, UH, HOW THE AVENUE, UH, PARKING, UM, WAS RUN, UM, AND HOW THE GARAGES WERE KEPT.
UM, I WAS TALKING WITH, UH, ONE OF HER, UH, SISTERS, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HER UNCANNY, UM, ABILITY FOR, UH, TO REMEMBER SMALL DETAILS.
AND IT REMINDED ME OF A STORY.
UH, ONE DAY WE WERE SITTING AT, AT THE MEETING AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT MY COUSIN WHO HAD BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE WITH A STRANGE TYPE OF ROOF.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF FLAT ON FOUR SIDES AND FLAT ON THE TOP, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHAPED KIND OF LIKE THIS.
AND STEPHANIE SAYS, OUTTA NOWHERE, THAT'S A MANSARD ROOF.
AND I LOOKED AT HER LIKE, MANSARD ROOF, LIKE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? BUT THAT WAS THE KIND OF PERSON SHE WAS.
SHE, SHE KNEW THE LITTLE DETAILS, SHE KNEW THE FACTS, UM, AND SHE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE THEM.
UM, AFTER SHE RETIRED, UH, SHE BECAME A FIXTURE.
I MEAN, SHE WAS ALWAYS A FIXTURE ON THE AVENUE, BUT FOR ME, AFTER SHE RETIRED, I WOULD ALWAYS RUN INTO HER ON THE AVENUE.
AND IT WAS ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE HER.
UH, SHE WAS ALWAYS IN A GREAT MOOD.
SHE WAS STILL ACTIVE ON THE AVENUE, STILL MAKING SURE THAT, UH, EVERYONE FELT WELCOME AND SHE WAS REALLY ENJOYING HERSELF.
AND IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE SOMEONE GET TO RETIRE AND STILL ENJOY THEIR LIVES SO FULLY, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR NEIGHBORS.
UM, SHE'S REALLY GONNA BE MISSED.
UM, I, I, I CAN'T WALK DOWN THE AVENUE TO THIS DAY WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT STEPHANIE.
UH, AND I THINK THAT I WILL ALWAYS THINK OF STEPHANIE WHEN I WALK DOWN THE AVENUE BECAUSE SHE WAS PART OF THE FABRIC.
UM, AND, UM, WE ARE REALLY GONNA DEEPLY, UH, MISS HER.
UM, AND SHE WAS EVEN HELPFUL WHEN, UM, THE PARKING DISTRICT WAS GOING THROUGH SOME MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES.
SHE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO CONTINUE TO CONSULT, UM, WITH US TO HELP US RUN THE DISTRICT.
SHE WAS JUST THAT KIND OF PERSON, WARM, GIVING, UH, ALWAYS WELCOMING, UM, GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I'LL MISS HER VERY MUCH.
AND I'M SURE, UM, THOSE WHO KNEW HER WILL ALL MISS HER VERY MUCH.
AND WE WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY FOR, FOR LENDING HER TO US AND, UM, HOPE THAT WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO KEEP HER MEMORY ALIVE, UH, BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT MEMORY.
AND, UM, UH, WE ALL LOVE HER VERY MUCH.
UH, WE HAVE THOMAS FLACCO ON ZOOM, AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR CAMERA AND YOU'D LIKE TO TURN IT ON, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, AND IT'LL BE DISPLAYED.
UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY A LITTLE POEM FOR STEPHANIE AS A TRIBUTE.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, SO BEAR WITH ME.
UM, STEPHANIE CAVO IS HER NAME.
THIS UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT HAS BROUGHT HER TO FAME.
STEPHANIE IS WONDERFUL AND A WOMAN OF CLAP, BUT WHEN SHE ADVOCATES FOR SOMETHING, SHE COULD KICK YOUR ASS.
STEPHANIE WOULD HELP ANYONE TILL THE END.
THIS IS WHY STEPHANIE IS A TRUE FRIEND.
STEPHANIE IS TOUGH, BEAUTIFUL, AND KIND.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL ALWAYS STAY IN MY MIND.
WE KNOW THAT HER SPIRIT AND LIGHT WILL ALWAYS GLOW.
STEPHANIE, YOU WILL BE NIST, BUT NEVER FORGOT BECAUSE YOU ARE LOVED A LOT.
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YOU.IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? I SPOKE AT TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, SO I WANTED TO GIVE AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, TO DO SO NOW.
UH, I THINK YOU'RE SEEING A TREND HERE WITH STEPHANIE.
WHAT I REALLY ADMIRED ABOUT STEPHANIE, AND IT, IT'S SOMETIMES A RARE QUALITY IN POLITICS, IS WHEN YOU LEFT A MEETING WITH HER, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GUESS OR WONDER WHAT WAS HER OPINION, BECAUSE SHE WAS WILLING TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, AND IT MADE THINGS GO SO MUCH EASIER.
AND WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE DALE PUBLIC PARK PARKING DISTRICT EVERY YEAR, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE.
AND SHE WAS TOUGH, BUT SHE WAS FAIR.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY SHE BEFRIENDED SO MANY PEOPLE.
UM, AND, UM, IT'S A MAJOR, IT'S JUST A MAJOR LOSS FOR ALL OF US, CERTAINLY FOR THE FAMILY.
UM, BUT, UM, I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT TO GET, LIKE I GOT PREVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, SHE'S GOTTA BE VERY, VERY BADLY MISSED.
UH, BUT WHAT, SHE'S NOT GONNA BE FORGOTTEN BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN EAST HARSDALE AVENUE AND NOT REMEMBER STEPHANIE.
AND FOR THAT, THAT'S A BLESSING.
UM, THE SITUATION THAT PUT US HERE IS CERTAINLY NOT A BLESSING.
IT'S A TRAVESTY, AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE SAID.
UH, STEPHANIE AND I, UH, AT TIMES WE AGREED WITH EACH OTHER.
BUT ONE THING THAT I KNOW ABOUT, UM, HER IS THAT SHE WAS TOTALLY COMMITTED TO, UM, HARTSDALE, UM, THE HARTSDALE PARKING, UH, UNIT DISTRICT, UM, AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT SHE DEVOTED HER, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PORTION OF HER LIFE TO, UH, THE PARKING DISTRICT AND TO EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
IN FACT, IF HARTSDALE, UM, HAD A MAYOR, SHE PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN THE MAYOR BECAUSE THERE'S VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE AS COMMITTED TO, UH, HARTSDALE AS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS SHE WAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND ANYTIME I WROTE TO HER, UM, SHE ALWAYS WOULD RESPOND WITH A DETAILED, UM, EXPLANATION WHY I WAS WRONG OR WHY I WAS, UH, WHY I WAS RIGHT.
BUT, UM, BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATED HER THOUGHTFULNESS, UM, HER PASSION.
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE REALLY REPRESENTS, UM, SHE WAS A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT BECAUSE, UH, SHE REALLY CARED ABOUT, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HER, UH, BEING MANAGER OF THE PARKING DISTRICT WAS REALLY HER LIFE RATHER THAN JUST A JOB.
IT WASN'T A NINE TO FIVE JOB, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD WORK WEEKENDS, SHE WOULD WORK EVENINGS, UM, SHE WOULD WORK ON HOLIDAYS.
SHE JUST REALLY LOVED THE PARKING DISTRICT.
AND I'M SO THRILLED THAT THE PARKING DISTRICT DECIDED TO NAME THE GARAGE FOR HER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A FITTING, UH, MEMORIAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE RAN THE PLACE VERY TIGHTLY.
SHE RAN THE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT VERY TIGHTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, SHE, WITHOUT HER, THE PARKING DISTRICT WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT SHE DID.
STEPHANIE WAS A VALUABLE ASSET AND RESOURCE PERSON TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
SHE WAS A DEAR FRIEND OF MY FORMER DEPUTY TOWN CLERK, MARSHA BELL, AND SHE WAS ALSO ACCESSIBLE.
THAT WAS A VERY RARE QUALITY 'CAUSE A LOT OF US ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE, AND SHE WAS AN AMAZING RESOURCE PERSON.
SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CLOSEST TO QUALIFYING FOR THE POSITION IF THERE EVER WERE.
ONE OF MAYOR OF HARTSDALE IS, IS MARSHA OF STANLEY BELL HERE.
THEY, I HAD ASKED HIM IF THEY WOULD, UM, ATTEND, BUT IT'S, IT'S HITTING EVERYBODY.
VERY DIFFICULT, VERY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE SO CLOSE.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF NO ONE ELSE DOES ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT S HI, THIS IS
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GARY DUANE AND I JUST WANTED TO STATE AS AS PLANNING STAFF, I, I SAT ALONGSIDE STEPHANIE AT DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS, AND SHE WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS MEMBER.UM, ALL THE ATTRIBUTES THAT YOU IDENTIFIED, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES THAT STEPHANIE HAD AS, AS COMMISSIONER OF THE PARKING DISTRICT, SHE ABSOLUTELY EXHIBITED THAT ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
IF THERE WAS A PLANNING BOARD, A HOLIDAY PARTY, UM, WHICH WE HAD ANNUALLY, I KNEW IF I WAS SITTING NEXT TO STEPHANIE, THAT PARTY WOULD BE MUCH MORE FUN.
THAT'S JUST HOW STEPHANIE WAS.
AND I JUST LASTLY, WANTED TO CONCLUDE WITH, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY AS TOWN STAFF WILL DO ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT I CAN, UH, TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE HARTSDALE AVENUE, UM, IN THE, IN THE DOWNTOWN HARTSDALE AREA.
AND I JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, IF, IF NO ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, THEN AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
WHEREAS STEPHANIE CAIUS, AGE 65 DIED ON AUGUST 26TH, 2023 AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER NEAR HER HOME IN HARTSDALE.
FOR OVER TWO DECADES, SHE SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT AND AS A CONSULTANT TO THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT HER RETIREMENT.
UNDER HER LEADERSHIP, THE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT WAS TRANSFORMED IN THE NINETIES FROM A THEN DILAPIDATED STRING OF PARKING LOCATIONS TO A WELL-MAINTAINED STRUCTURALLY SOUND SET OF PARKING STRUCTURES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING OFFICE.
PRIOR TO HER TENURE AT THE DISTRICT, STEPHANIE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS SECRETARY TO BOTH THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENTS.
SHE ALSO SERVED IN VOLUNTEER ROLES AS THE PRESIDENT OF HER HARTSDALE CO-OP BOARD MEMBER OF THE ROTARY CLUB BOARD MEMBER OF THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER OF THE LOIS BRONZE DAYCARE CENTER, AND MEMBER OF THE GREENBERG PLANNING BOARD.
SHE WAS A SUPPORTER AND PARTICIPANT IN THE HARTSDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE HARTSDALE FARMER'S MARKET.
SHE PUSHED FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE AVENUE, INCLUDING MORE ATTRACTIVE STOREFRONTS AND WAS TIRELESS IN HER SUPPORT OF LOCAL MERCHANTS.
SHE WAS A BRIGHT AND DILIGENT EMPLOYEE AND VOLUNTEER, A PIONEER FOR WOMEN HOLDING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT, AND A DEDICATED NEIGHBOR AND CARING FRIEND TO SO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TOWN BOARD JOINS THE COMMUNITY IN MOURNING THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF STEFFI CAIUS AND HONORS HER COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS.
SHE LED A GREAT AND GENEROUS LIFE TAKEN TOO SOON.
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THANK YOU FOR COMING.OKAY, UM, NEXT, UH, WE'RE HAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, CEREMONY AND, UM, THE CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UM, UM, OPEN UP THE CEREMONY? PAUL, DO YOU WANT DO ROLL CALL? YEAH, WE CAN DO
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
ROLL CALL.WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FIREMAN COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
COUNCILMAN FRANCIS HAN, PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DENKO PRESENT.
[ POLICE DEPARTMENT CEREMONY Promotion of Police Officer Peter Schmidt, Jr., to Detective, effective March 13, 2023 (pursuant to Resolution PO-2 - 04/12/2023) Appointment of Cameron Flynn, William Maguire and Terrence Tribble as Entry-Level Police Officers, effective July 13, 2023 (pursuant to Resolution PO-1 - 07/12/2023) Promotion of Police Officer Taylor Braig to Sergeant effective July 26, 2023 (pursuant to Resolution PO-1 - 07/26/2023) Promotion of Police Officers Christopher Iannelli and Francis Kozakiewicz to Sergeant, and Police Officer Shaquan Randolph to Detective, effective immediately (See Resolution PO-1 - 9/13/2023, below)]
I THINK THE CHIEF IS, UM, NOT FAILING THAT.IS HE HERE? UH, CHIEF POWELL? UM, THERE, HE'S CHIEF POWELL HERE.
POWELL, LET'S HEAR CHIEF POWELL, YOU HAVE THE UN ENVIABLE POSITION OF TURNING THIS IN NOW TO A HAPPY OCCASION, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE MOMENT IN THE ROOM, UM, NORMALLY WHEN I COME UP HERE FOR THIS, IT'S A MOMENT THAT I ENJOY.
I AM HAPPY FOR MY OFFICERS, THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, SO I AM GONNA BE A LITTLE LIGHTHEARTED, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BEAR WITH ME AS I JUST KIND OF TRY TO SLOWLY, UH, SHIFT US TO A HAPPIER PLACE FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE THAT ARE, UH, BEING, UH, PROMOTED AND, UH, CELEBRATED TONIGHT.
SO NORMALLY WHEN I DO THIS, UH, I HAVE A LITTLE BIO PREPARED FOR EACH OF THE OFFICERS AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE TOO.
LET A FAMILY MEMBER COME UP, UH, TAKE A FEW MORE PICTURES AND THEN WE'LL DO PICTURES WITH THE BOARD AT THE END.
I'M GONNA CHANGE THE FORMAT A LITTLE TONIGHT AND I'M GONNA AD LIB A LITTLE BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A LARGE MEETING WITH A LOT GOING ON, AND IT'S A LOT OF OFFICERS TO CALL UP AND INTRODUCE.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, HE'S THE BOSS,
SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO SEE ME DO THAT TODAY.
IN THE PAST WE'D HAVE, WE HAD TO HAVE E M S READY AS HE WAS PINNING ON THE BAGS.
SO, WITH NO FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO FIRST, UM, INTRODUCE SERGEANT TAYLOR BRAKE.
WE'RE OUT OF ORDER ALREADY, BUT, UM, WE'LL DO THE SALUTING.
JUST STAND BY WHILE I TALK ABOUT YOU.
HE CHEATED
GRADUATED FROM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL IN 2009.
HE ATTENDED SUNY MORRISVILLE WHERE HE PLAYED ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND MAINTAINED A 3.5 G P A STUDY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
HE'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION FOR HIS CAREER.
HE'S ALSO A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND THE RECIPIENT, RECIPIENT OF MULTIPLE AWARDS.
HE'S ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS TONIGHT.
TOM AND MARY, WHO HAVE RUN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS IN THE TOWN FOR OVER 45 YEARS.
ALSO, JOINING SERGEANT BRA THIS EVENING IS HIS BROTHER TOM, A SERGEANT WITH THE YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SISTER LINDSEY POLICE OFFICER WITH THE ARLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HIS BROTHER TIM, A RETIRED WEST AS A COUNTY CORRECTIONS OFFICER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY AND SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT I'M NOT GONNA, COULD I JUST ASK, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
AS HE'S CALLING OUT NAMES, WOULD YOU MIND RAISING YOUR HAND SO WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE, OH, COME ON NOW.
YOU RECOGNIZE YOU OR COME UP WHENEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
WELL, THERE'S, YOU, YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO COME UP? I'M SORRY.
WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE MORE OFFICERS COMING UP.
BUT AT LEAST RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE COULD RECOGNIZE YOU MOM AND DAD AND ALL THAT KIND.
AND FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS, WE HAVE OUR RESIDENT PHOTOGRAPHER, DETECTIVE BINGO HERE.
FOR ANY PHOTOGRAPHS THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY TAKE IN THIS ROOM, WE WILL FIND A PLACE OUTSIDE AND WE WILL GET ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU NEED.
SO, MOVING ON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST NO, YOU CAN HANG OUT.
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OKAY.SERGEANT KASOWITZ GREW UP IN THE ELMSFORD SECTION OF TOWN AND JOINED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST OF 2013.
HE WAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED BY, AS A POLICE OFFICER BY THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON PRIOR TO TRANSFERRING TO GREENBURG, ALSO FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY.
HE HAS A BROTHER WHO IS AN OFFICER IN N Y P D.
HE'S JOINED HERE TONIGHT BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
AND I WOULD'VE MENTIONED YOU BY NAME, BUT FRANK DIDN'T GIVE THAT TO US.
UP NEXT, SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER ELLI.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE FOR YOU? ANYONE HERE
HE POSSIBLY HAS THE MOST FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE AND THE LONGEST BIO CLEARLY.
SO, UM, CHRISTOPHER IS A THREE YEAR MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAVING STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON WITH THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN WHITE PLAINS, ATTENDED IONA PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, AND GRADUATED FROM SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY WITH THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
AFTER COMPLETING FIELD TRAINING OFFICER SCHOOL IN 2019, HE WAS DETAILED AT THE COMMUNITY CONDITIONS UNIT WHERE HE WAS TASKED WITH CONDUCTING QUALITY OF LIFE, CRIME ENFORCEMENT, AND FOSTERING POLICING COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
UPON TRANSFERRING TO GREENBURG, HE HAS, HE IS, HE'S AN AWESOME MIX OF, UH, PROACTIVE OFFICER THAT KNOWS HOW TO TREAT AND TALK TO PEOPLE, UH, AFFECTING DOZENS OF ARRESTS, CERTIFIED FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
UM, AND IN HIS BRIEF CAREER HERE, ALREADY A MENTOR TO NEWER OFFICERS.
HE'S ALSO A RECIPIENT OF A LIFESAVING MEDAL ASSISTING IN THE RESCUE OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHO WAS TRAPPED ALONE IN HER HOME FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
HE WAS ALSO AWARDED A MILITARY MERITORIOUS POLICE DUTY MEDAL FOR CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC STOP THAT RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF AN INDIVIDUAL POSSESSING AN ILLEGAL FIREARM.
WHAT'S FUNNY, THE FAMILY PART IS SHORT HERE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA AD-LIB HIS MOTHER, TINA, OWNER OF PASADENAS
SHE'S CRYING, SHE'S VERY PROUD.
AND SINCE I KNOW WHO SHE IS, I'M MENTIONING HER BY NAME 'CAUSE SHE DESERVES THAT.
BUT, UM, ALONG WITH HIS SISTER AND OTHER EXTENDED FAMILY,
UP NEXT IS DETECTIVE PETER SCHMIDT.
UH, I BELIEVE HE'S WITH HIS PARTNER, SULLY.
DETECTIVE PETER SCHMIDT GREW UP IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND JOINED THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN JULY OF 2012.
HE'S BEEN IN THE PATROL DIVISION HIS ENTIRE CAREER AND IS A MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS OPERATIONS UNIT AND MOTORCYCLE UNIT.
DETECTIVE SCHMIDT IS A SECOND GENERATION POLICE OFFICER WITH HIS FATHER HAVING RETIRED FROM THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND HIS FATHER IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LOOKED OUT FOR ME WHEN I WAS BRAND NEW AND DIDN'T KNOW MY BEHIND FROM MY ELBOW.
ALRIGHT, HE'S JOINED HERE TONIGHT BY HIS WIFE, THREE SONS, PARENTS AND SIBLINGS.
AND, UM, WHAT HAPPENED? PETE WAS PROMOTED SOME TIME AGO, BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, PART OF ACHIEVING THE POSITION HE'S ACHI ACHIEVED IS SULLY ACTUALLY PASSING HIS TRAINING.
SO SULLY HAS PASSED THE FIRST PORTION OF HIS TRAINING, UH, BUT THERE'S MORE THAT LIES AHEAD.
BUT I CERTIFIED POLICE CANINE.
HE'S TRAINED, UH, EXPLOSIVES DETECTION, UH, TRACKING PEOPLE.
SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE MISSING PERSONS OR SOMEONE MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS THAT MAY WANDER OFF AND HE'S ABLE ACTUALLY TO ASSIST IN LOCATING THOSE PEOPLE WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE BOTH.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FOR THE PROMOTIONS, AND I USUALLY DON'T INTERRUPT.
WE HAVE DETECTIVE SHAQUAN RANDOLPH.
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ALL RIGHT.CAME MAL ALONE, HUH? THAT'S RIGHT.
SHANE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE HERE AS CHRIS.
BUT DETECTIVE SHAQUAN RANDOLPH GREW UP IN THE ELMSFORD SECTION OF TOWN.
SHE GRADUATED FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 2004.
SHE'S A SECOND GENERATION POLICE OFFICER WITH HER FATHER BEING A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER FROM THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON.
FOLLOWING IN HER FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS, SHE STARTED AT HER CAREER AT GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY, 2013, WHERE SHE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION AS A POLICE OFFICER.
SHE WAS CHOSEN TO BECOME A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND WAS ASSIGNED TO ASSIST WITH THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT SUMMER YOUTH CAMP FOR THE 2021 SESSION.
SHE WAS ASSIGNED AS THE PATROL SCHEDULING OFFICER UNTIL JUNE OF 23, WHERE SHE WAS SELECTED AS A CANDIDATE FOR DETECTIVE DIVISION IN HOPES OF FURTHERING HER CAREER.
TONIGHT THAT DREAM BECOMES A REALITY.
DETECTIVE RANDOLPH IS JOINED BY HALF OF ELMSFORD, WHICH INCLUDES HER SEVEN YEAR OLD SON CALEB.
WHO IS THE JOY OF HER LIFE? ALRIGHT.
HER MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECE, NEPHEW, AND OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALL.
AND UM, ALSO WE HAVE THREE NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
THEY'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE POLICE ACADEMY SINCE JULY.
SO THEY ARE JUST HERE TO BE INTRODUCED AND, UM, THEY ARE AN ASSET TO US ALREADY.
I'M GONNA CALL ALL THREE OF THEM.
ALL THREE OF YOU CAN COME UP TOGETHER.
TERRENCE TRIMBLE, WILLIAM MCGUIRE AND CAMERON FLYNN.
UH, DOES THE BOARD WANNA TAKE PHOTOS BEFORE WE ALLOW THEM TO GO TAKE PHOTOS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GET A BETTER BACKGROUND.
CAN WE, YEAH, JUST GIMME A THANK, READY TO GO.
OKAY, WE'LL WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO FILL OUT A LITTLE BIT.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO CAME OUT COMING TO CELEBRATE IT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW OFFICERS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO GOT PROMOTED.
WE'LL JUST WAIT A, A MINUTE OR TWO.
WE'LL JUST WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO CLEAR OUT.
DO WE HAVE, WHAT'S THE NEXT PERSON? OH, THE GIRL.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STANDING IN THE BACK THAT ARE, THAT
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IS STAYING, WE HAVE SOME OPEN SEATS IN THE FRONT.IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE FRONT AND SIT DOWN PLEASE.
SEAT BELTS FASTENED AND SEAT SEAT BACK AHEAD.
WE GIVE MORE THAN PEANUTS NOW, DYLAN.
WE HAVE PORK, WE HAVE POPCORN
SO WE HAVE THE GIRL SCOUTS COMING UP NEXT.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE GRAB A SEAT.
WHY DON'T YOU WAIT JUST A FEW MOMENTS UNTIL PEOPLE CLEAR OUT SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WE MISSING, ISN'T SOMEBODY ELSE MISSING? MITCH? DO YOU WANT ME TO CLOSE THOSE DOORS FOR FEW? UM, IT'S GONNA GET HOT.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA GET VERY HOT UNTIL THE ANOTHER MINUTE.
ALRIGHT, I GUESS, UM, WE COULD START, WE HAVE A LONG, WE WOULD GET THE DOORS CLOSED.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR.
OH, UM, WE'LL LEAVE THE SIDE DOORS OPEN.
I THINK CHIEF, CHIEF CHIEF KNOWS THE CHIEF KNOW CHIEF STAFF.
I THINK WE COULD START NOW, I THINK.
[ PRESENTATIONS Girl Scout Troop 1924 - Reading Garden Program (9th Grade Students - Rahel Chacko, Hannah Frank, Samantha Jorge, and Deana Simmons) Asa Miller, appointed the First Youth Poet Laureate in Greenburgh by the Greenburgh Arts and Culture Committee Savannah and Brianna Haffender/Juniors at Woodlands High School - Representing the Town of Greenburgh in the Miss New York Teen USA Pageant]
GREAT.SO I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, PRESENT EVERYONE WITH, UH, GIRL SCOUT TROOP 1924 AND, UH, YOU COULD INTRODUCE, UM, YOURSELVES AND, UM, TELL US ABOUT THE EXCITING, UH, READING, UH, GARDEN PROGRAM THAT, UH, YOUR TROOP HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, WHICH WE REALLY, UM, APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, GREATLY.
WE ARE GIRL SCOUTS TROOP 1924 AND THIS IS OUR READING GARDEN.
WE ARE CADETS AND MY NAME IS SAMANTHA.
HERE WITH ME ARE RAELLE, HANNAH AND DEANNA.
WE ARE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS AT WOODLANDS MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, URSULINE AND THE HOLY CHILD AT RYE.
MY NAME IS RAELLE AND THIS IS THE START OF OUR JOURNEY.
THIS SUM SILVER AWARD, THE HIGHEST AWARD PRESENTED TO A CADET.
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT OF AT LEAST 50 HOURS SPENT ON THIS PROJECT FOR EACH GIRL SCOUT.
FOR OUR SILVER AWARD PROJECT, WE CHOSE TO CREATE OUR READING GARDEN FOR OUR PROJECT.
WE SUPPORTED A COMMUNITY GARDEN AT THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER ON MANHATTAN AVENUE IN GREENBURG, NEW YORK.
IN ADDITION TO PLANNING PRODUCE, WE CREATED AN OUTDOOR GARDEN SPACE WHERE WE PUT A BENCH AND MINI LIBRARY.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE READING GARDEN WILL HELP STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HOPED IT WOULD PUT AN END TO ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM WITHIN URBAN AREAS.
THERE'S A SCARCE AMOUNT OF PREDOMINANTLY HEALTHY STORES IN URBAN COMMUNITIES.
SO THIS COULD BE A NICE WAY FOR TO RECEIVE FRESH PRODUCE FOR YOUR HOME.
THE GARDEN GROWS HEALTHY FOODS FOR ALL THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS CAN READ THEIR FAVORITE BOOKS WHILE ENJOYING THE GARDEN.
OUR READING GARDEN IS A GREAT WAY TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO DEVELOP A LOVE FOR READING AND NATURE.
WE HAVE PLANTED TOMATOES, BASIL PEPPERS, MARIGOLDS, AND HYBRID LILIES IN OUR PLOT.
THESE PLANS ARE ABUNDANT AND AND RELATIVELY SIMPLE TO GROW.
THEY CAN ALSO BE CULTIVATED IN A RANGE OF SOILS AND TEMPERATURES.
BEFORE WE PASS DOWN THE LIBRARY AND GARDEN.
WE VISIT WEEKLY TO TEND TO OUR PLOT.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TINA HARPER AND T D Y C C, WE WILL UNVEIL THE GARDEN LIBRARY AND BENCH ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023.
HI, I'M DEANNA AND I AM, UM, GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT OUR FUNDRAISING JOURNEY AS A TRUE PREVIOUS MONEY TO BE ABLE TO BUY THE BENCH THAT IS PLACED RIGHT NEXT TO OUR GARDEN.
WE RAISED APPROXIMATELY $2,000 WORTH OF DONATIONS.
OUR PROJECT, THANKS TO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT INVOLVEMENT, IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED.
UM, A FUNDRAISING EVENT AT PANERA BREAD WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
WHEN PEOPLE UTILIZED OUR PROMOTION CODE AT PANERA BREAD.
PANERA BREAD DONATED 20% OF THEIR PURCHASE TO SUPPORT US.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SAW CHIPS, JUICE, SODA, AND WATER DURING A MOVIE NIGHT AT TRAVIS HILL PARK.
WE DRAFTED AND SUBMITTED LETTERS TO OUR LOCAL SUPERMARKETS TO MEET OUR FUNDRAISING REQUIREMENTS OTHER
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THAN LARGE CORPORATIONS.LOCALS IN OUR AREA ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO US.
COUNCILMAN GINA JACKSON, HOME DEPOT AND GREENBURG POLICE VANILLA EVENT ASSOCIATION WERE OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT DONORS.
UM, THIS IS A COLLAGE THAT WE ALL MADE TO SHOW, UM, OUR FUNDRAISING JOURNEY.
HI, MY NAME IS HANNAH AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR MINI LIBRARY JOURNEY.
TROOP 1924 IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AT THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER IN GREENBURG, NEW YORK.
WITH OUR READING GARDEN PROJECT, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SPEARHEAD THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MINI LIBRARY WITHIN THE GARDEN.
WE REACHED OUT TO LOCAL BOOKSTORES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH HEARTFELT LETTERS TO KINDLY REQUEST DONATIONS OF NEW AND GENTLY USED CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
THESE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL HELP ENRICH THE OUTDOOR LIBRARY SPACE, WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE A BENCH FOR VISITORS TO ENJOY WHILE READING.
OUR FINAL GOAL WOULD BE THAT OUR EFFORTS WOULD HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP A LOVE FOR GARDENING AND GROWING VEGETABLES TO ENJOY IN THE GARDEN WHILE READING A GOOD BOOK.
WE HOPE TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATE A SAFE AND HAPPY ENVIRONMENT FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
THIS IS A SLIDE SHOWING OUR JOURNEY OF BUILDING OUR MINI LIBRARY.
AND TO THE TOP LEFT, YOU COULD SEE A PICTURE OF US READING TO THE LEWIS BRONZE DAYCARE CENTER, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE T D Y C C.
EVEN THOUGH OUR GARDEN IS NOW VERY SUCCESSFUL AND FILLED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF GREENERY, WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY.
INITIALLY OUR PLAN WAS TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP TO BUILD OUR GARDEN AT A PLOT IN TRAVIS HILL PARK.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME BUILDING SETBACKS THAT CAUSED OUR PROJECT TO TO BE DELAYED.
HOWEVER, THIS DID NOT STOP US FROM CONTINUING OUR SILVER AWARD PROJECT.
WE LATER ON DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
OUR TROOP ADOPTED A PLOT AND WE FINALLY STARTED TO PLAN.
OUR GARDEN CONSISTS OF MARIGOLD'S, BASIL, HYBRID LILIES, TOMATOES, AND GREEN PEPPERS.
AS OUR GARDEN STARTED TO DEVELOP MORE AND MORE, WE NEEDED TO SET UP A WEEDING SCHEDULE.
ONE OF US GOES EVERY FRIDAY TO WATER AND WEED OUR PLOT.
THAT WAY WE KNOW OUR GARDEN IS IN TIPTOP SHAPE.
PRIOR TO FUTURE EVENTS, ALL IN ALL, OUR JOURNEY WITH OUR GARDEN GAVE US NEW WAYS TO BOND AND GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A COLLAGE OF OUR GARDEN AND WHAT WE HAVE PLANTED SO FAR.
COULD YOU BACK IT UP? YOU WENT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAST FOR SHOWING US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE HAVE THAT'S AMAZING.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS, HAS OUR LOGO AND OUR NAMES 'CAUSE IT SHOWS THAT WE PLANTED.
THIS IS THE INVITATION TO THE OUR READING GARDEN EVENT UNVEILING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD BETWEEN T D Y C C AND YOSEMITE PARK.
IT IS FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO JOIN US.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THIS IS OUR EMAIL AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AT OUR UNDERSCORE READING UNDERSCORE GARDEN, ALL IN LOWERCASE LETTERS TO WATCH OUR JOURNEY.
CAN WE GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE TRUTH LEADER? DEB BROOKS.
AND ARE THE PARENTS HERE? YES.
THESE YOUNG LADIES HAVE AMAZING KNOW THEY DON'T DO IT ALONE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN, UH, THE GARDEN AND IT'S REALLY, I THINK, ONE OF THE BEST SCOUT PROJECTS THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN A TOWN SUPERVISOR.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA ENJOY THIS, UM, AND APPRECIATE IT AND LEARN FROM, UM, UH, THE LITTLE LIBRARY.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY COMMEND YOU BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE TAKEN AN ACTION STEP THAT IS MAKING OUR TOWN A MUCH BETTER, UM, MUCH BETTER PLACE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA REALLY, UM, LOVE THIS FOR GENERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO COME.
THIS IS SO NEEDED AND IT'S A REAL GREAT, UM, UM, ADDITION.
AND, UH, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE YOU'LL TAKE YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO IT AND YOU COULD SAY, THIS IS WHAT I DID, AND I HOPE,
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UM, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE LIKE YOU.I THINK, I THINK THE PARENTS RIGHT NOW ARE SAYING, SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I I JUST WONDER ON TO THE GOAL.
WAIT, DID YOU GUYS GET THE CIVIL WAR? WE'RE WORKING.
SO COME BACK SO WE CAN CELEBRATE YOU ONCE YOU RECEIVE IT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
CONGRATULATIONS LADIES, FOR BEING FUTURE LEADERS AND FOR LEARNING HOW TO PLANT AND GROW YOUR OWN FOOD.
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO FEED YOURSELVES.
[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Recently, on 3/23/2021, Moody's reaffirmed the Town earned Moody's highest rating and, on 03/26/2021, Standard & Poors once again reaffirmed the Town earned Standard & Poors highest rating. Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Judith A. Beville, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com ]
UH, MARTIN, UH, SCISSOR MAN HAS A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.IS MARTIN HERE? UH, HE'S 102 YEARS OLD.
UM, SO, UM, UM, SO, UM, WE INVITE, COULDN'T FIND A SEAT.
AND NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT, UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, UM, UH, SARAH, UH, BRACY WHITE, WHO WILL, UM, ANNOUNCE AN APPOINTMENT OF GREENBERG'S FIRST YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
ALRIGHT, SARAH, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO STAYED AFTER THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, I'M DIRECTOR OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND AMONG THE JOBS THAT I GET THAT SOMETIMES PAUL N*****S ME ABOUT DOING IS WHEN AMANDA GORMAN GAINED FAME AS A TEENAGE POET ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT HOW TEENAGERS WERE USING POETRY.
GREENBERG HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MECCA FOR POETRY, YOUNG AND OLD.
WITH PAUL'S ENCOURAGEMENT, THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE BEGAN THE SEARCH FOR A YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY TO YOU THAT THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE SELECTED ASA MILLER AS OUR YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
UM, ASA IS 16 YEARS OLD AND HE'S BEEN WRITING POETRY FOR HALF OF HIS LIFE, RIGHT? YEAH.
HE ATTENDS EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL AND HE AND HIS FAMILY LIVE IN HARTSDALE.
PAUL, YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION, BUT ASA COME DOWN.
THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO.
FIRST LAUREATE IS SOMEONE ON WHOM AN AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IS BESTOWED.
THE LAUREL WREATH IS A SYMBOL OF ACHIEVEMENT INTRODUCED BY THE EARLY GREEKS AS AN HONORARY REWARD FOR VICTORS IN ATHLETIC, MILITARY POETIC AND MUSICAL CONTESTS.
AA MILLER HAS WON HONORS IN THREE OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES.
SO IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PUT ON HIM HIS OWN PERSONAL LAUREL BEFORE, BEFORE HE SAYS A FEW WORDS TO YOU AND READS POEMS SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR THIS OCCASION.
YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I HOPE TELLS THE AUDIENCE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ASA.
WELL, WE JUST WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE YOU ON, UH, THIS IMPORTANT, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENT, WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE OF MANY.
AND THIS WILL BE JUST LIKE A, A MINOR ACCOMPLISHMENT IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
UM, BECAUSE I, WE EXPECT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FROM YOU.
UM, SO THIS IS A CERTIFICATE FROM CONGRATULATING YOU ON YOUR APPOINTMENT.
UM, IT'S A DISTINGUISHED POSITION TO DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN TOWN TO UNDERTAKE THE CREATION OF ORIGINAL POETRY AND SHARE THAT WORK IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
AND WE HONOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE ARTS AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA INSPIRE, UM, MANY OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ART AND POETRY.
SO I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, ENTERING THE TOWN WITH, UH, EFFORT.
SO LUCKY
WE FREQUENTLY HONOR SOME OF OUR, UH, TOP STUDENTS
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AND STUDENTS WHO GIVE UP THEMSELVES AND ARE REALLY INSPIRING.UM, YOU KNOW, OTHERS, YOU KNOW, WE READ IN THE PAPER ALL THE NEGATIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER, UH, THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AS PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT GIVE US OPTIMISM AND, AND HOPE THAT TOMORROW WILL BE, UH, BETTER.
AND MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE ARE PICKING UP THE NEW YORK TIMES, WE'LL BE ONLY READING GOOD STORIES RATHER THAN NE NEGATIVE STORIES.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU A BIT MORE ABOUT HIM.
HE SAYS THAT POETRY HELPS HIM SHARE HIS PASSION FOR SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND EVEN SPORTS.
HIS ACCOUNT OF A LACROSSE TOURNAMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS JUST PUBLISHED IN U SS A LACROSSE MAGAZINE.
HE PLAYS LACROSSE FOR EDGEMONT VARSITY TEAM, TRUE, TRUE LACROSSE, WESTCHESTER AND ISRAEL'S NATIONAL U I S TEAM U 18 TEAM.
IN ADDITION, HE'S AN AWARD-WINNING CLASSICAL PIANIST WHO HAS PERFORMED AT VENUES AROUND THE WORLD.
HIS SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HELPING TO RESTORE CORAL REEFS IN CUBA HAS SCREENED AT DOZENS OF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS AND EXPERIENCED SCUBA DIVER.
HE'S ALSO CO-FOUNDER OF EDGEMONT MARINE BIOLOGY CLUB.
WHEN I INTERVIEWED HIM, I ASKED HIM HOW IS HE GOING TO FIND TIME TO BE OUR POET LAUREATE? AND I THINK THAT HE EPITOMIZES THE, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE, GIVE IT TO A BUSY PERSON WHO HAS A PASSION FOR IT.
SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE HIM AND TO HAVE HIM BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF POETS.
I JUST WANNA SAY, BEFORE YOU READ, I'VE INVITED TWO OF THE POETS WHO BELONG TO THE CIRCLE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY POET LAUREATES BK FISHER.
WHO IS WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S FIRST POET LAUREATE AND HARMONY FROM NEW ROCHELLE? HARMONY HOPWOOD IS ONE OF TWO RECENTLY APPOINTED YOUTH POETS LAUREATES FOR THE COUNTY.
SO THE SMALL CIRCLE IS EXPANDING AND I THANK THEM FOR COMING TO HELP.
AND WE'D LIKE TO GET A PHOTOGRAPH WITH IT, BUT ASA HAS WRITTEN APPOINTMENT, HAS A FEW WORDS HE'D LIKE TO SAY TO YOU.
I HAD LIKE TO THANK SARAH BRACY WHITE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ART ARTS AND CULTURE, AND PAUL FINER, UH, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BE GREENBERG'S FIRST YOUTH POET LAUREATE.
I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH MS. WHITE TO SHARE THE POWER OF POETRY IN THE COMMUNITY OF GREENBERG.
IN HONOR OF THE OCCASION, I HAVE WRITTEN A POEM CALLED THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY.
THE HEALING POWER OF POETRY BY ASIM MILLER.
HOW POETIC YOU ONCE FELT, THEN SUDDENLY AN ABERRATION, A LACK OF CARE HAS MADE YOU CARELESS OPEN TO HUMILIATION ONCE FREE LIKE A BUTTERFLY, NOW COCOONED BY INCARCERATION.
YOU HOPE TO ARRANGE SYLLABLES IN A HARMONIOUS ARRANGEMENT.
BUT THE, YOU CAN'T FIND THE SMALLEST SPARK OF MOTIVATION, DARK AND AFRAID.
YOU GAZE UPON THE MOONLIT CLOUDS, FOGGINESS FADES AS YOU LAY YOUR HEAD ON THE GROUND, YOU GET SWEPT AWAY BY THE WIND SOOTHING HOW THE MOON'S MELLOW SPOTLIGHT IS MOVING TOWARDS YOU.
NOW THE STARS IN THE SKY RESEMBLE A CROWD.
THE STARS STARE AT THEIR STAR ON THE STAGE, THEIR SPARK, THEIR SPARKLES.
GIVE A SPARK THAT LET YOUR PENCIL STRIKE THE PAGE.
THEN SWIFTLY YOU RELEASE ALL YOUR FIRE AND YOUR RAGE, THE STANZAS AND VERSES UNLOCK THE DOORS TO YOUR CAGE.
THE PENCIL AND PAPER WERE YOUR KEYS TO ESCAPE YOUR WORDS.
GROW WINGS AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE FLIGHTS SW CLOSER TO THE SUN.
LIKE ICARUS, THEY ASCEND HIGHER TO NEW HEIGHTS, THOUGH THE WAX ON THEIR WINGS NEVER MELTS IN THE LIGHT AS THE SUN CONQUERS THE SKY.
SO HIDES AWAY THE NIGHT YOUR PETALS NOW DRINK LIGHT LIKE A LOTUS.
YOUR MUSIC PLAYS AS IF PART OF A MUSICAL OPUS ALL AROUND THE GROUND ARE NEW ELEMENTS.
YOU NOTICE AS IF YOU FIND POETRY IN DETAILS THAT ONCE RECEIVED A LITTLE FOCUS, HOW POETIC YOU NOW FEEL.
AND, UM, OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS, UM, SAVANNAH AND BRIANNA HAER, JUNIORS AT WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.
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THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING.SO, UM, WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A LONG MEETING, SO I TOLD SOME PEOPLE, UM, UH, TO COME NEXT MEETING INSTEAD.
UM, UM, SO NEXT, UM, WE HAVE, UM, I'M WONDERING, SINCE EVERYBODY'S, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY CLUB, AND I DON'T WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY HERE LIKE ALL, YOU KNOW, NOT THE COUNTRY CLUB, THE, THE, THE CO-OP.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, TAKEN THIS OUT OF ORDER AND LET THEM SPEAK FIRST SO THIS WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO, UH, UM, STAY FOR, UH, FIVE HOURS.
UH, UM, UM, SUPERVISOR FINDER.
I DID BELIEVE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING WAS GONNA BE RATHER SHORT.
UM, THERE'S SOME PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS ON AS WELL, BUT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE CAKE OUTSIDE
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE CONSULTANT, SO WE DO THE CONSULTANT.
LET'S JUST DO THE CONSULTANT THEN FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THIS QUICK AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL, YOU'LL BE OUT IN LIKE A COUPLE MINUTES, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY QUICKLY.
MEANWHILE, I'LL HAVE CAKE SUPERVISOR AND DON'T FORGET THE MOTION TO OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan and related applications of Mount Hope Cemetery Association, located at 50 Jackson Avenue (P.O. Hastings-on-Hudson, NY), and referring the Amended Site Plan application to the Planning Board for review and recommendation [TB 23-06]]
MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATIONS OF MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION LOCATED AT 50 JACKSON AVENUE.I'M REFERRING THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW ON RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU OPEN THE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, I JUST HAD SOME COMMENTS UNDER TOWN CLERK COMMENTS.
IF, UH, IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH THE, UM, PUBLIC THAT, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE ARE, UM, WE ARE JUST EIGHT WEEKS AWAY FROM OUR GENERAL ELECTION.
SO PLEASE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE NOVEMBER 7TH.
AND, UM, ALSO, UH, A, A RESOLUTION WAS PREPARED TO HONOR BARBARA WATSON PERRY, WHO, UM, WAS THE FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMISSIONER FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
UM, THAT RESOLUTION WAS PROPOSED FOR THIS EVENING.
UM, IT WAS NOT ACCEPTED ONTO THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, UH, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE AS AGAIN, THE FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMISSIONER IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING NEARLY $3 MILLION TO BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR OF THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH PROVIDED FOR, UM, THE INCLUSION OF A DANCE STUDIO OF CLASSROOMS, UM, OF OFFICE SPACE.
AND THOSE SPACES CONTINUE, UM, TO BE IN FULL USE TO THIS DAY.
UH, SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING IN HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND EXPANDING PROGRAMS AT THE THEATER AT DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AMONG MANY, MANY, MANY OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UM, AND HER FAMILY IN THOUGHT.
UM, BARBARA PASSED JULY 15TH THIS YEAR AT 85 YEARS OLD.
AND, UM, AGAIN, WE HOPE TO HONOR HER LEGACY, UM, FOR BEING THE FIRST WOMAN COMMISSIONER IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMISSIONER, AND SOMEONE WHO BASICALLY SINGLE-HANDEDLY, UM, RAISED NEARLY $3 MILLION TO ERECT TO BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
HOPEFULLY, UM, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE A RESOLUTION ON A AGENDA IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
NAMING THE SECOND FLOOR OF THEORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BARBARA WATSON PERRY EXTENSION.
SO I'M MAKING THE MOTION, UH, TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WELL, JUST SO YOU HAVE A CLEAN RECORD.
AMENDED SITE TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE, UH, PLAN AND RELATED APPLICATIONS OF MOUND HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, LOCATED AT 50 JACKSON AVENUE, AND REFERRING THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.
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BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE RECORD, JARED DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION FOR A PROPOSAL CONSISTING OF THE CREATION OF 2,330 ADDITIONAL BURIAL PLOTS ON AN EXISTING CEMETERY SITE, ALONG WITH RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PROJECT ALSO REQUIRES STEEP SLOPE PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IS LOCATED AT 50 OLD JACKSON AVENUE PO HASTINGS ON HUDSON IN THE R 31 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF A SITE PLAN REFERRAL, WHICH INCLUDED A, THE WORK SESSION ON JULY 5TH, 2023, WHERE THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 85 54 STANDARDS A THROUGH K.
THE PLANNING BOARD NOTED THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO ADVERSELY IMPACT ANY ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THE PLANNING BOARD REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICANT CONSIDER UTILIZING A PERVIOUS SURFACE FOR THE PROPOSED ROADWAY, AND THAT IT IDENTIFY WHERE THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE AREA THAT THE PROJECT AREA ENCOMPASSES WILL BE RELOAD RE WILL BE RELOCATED TO AHEAD OF ANY DECISION BEING RENDERED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
MR. PIETRO CATONE, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING AND WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSAL AND GIVE AN UP UPDATE WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION.
MY NAME IS PIETRO CATONE WITH CATONE ENGINEERING.
UH, THANK YOU GARRETT FOR THE, UH, INTRODUCTION AND THE SUMMARY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND JUST TAKE YOU, UM, THROUGH THE PROJECT, UH, JUST VERY QUICKLY.
UM, CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN? YEAH.
SO IF YOU COULD MAKE IT AS BIG AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU CAN TAKE THE SIDE, THE LEFT SIDE OFF, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ZOOM IN.
BUT THE, THE PROJECT SITE IS IN THIS AREA.
UH, JACKSON AVENUE IS ON THE, THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THE SOUTH, UH, THIS IS SAWMILL RIVER ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO THE, THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON AND GREENBURG, UH, TOWN LINE AND, UM, I 87, UH, BOUNDS THE EAST SIDE.
SO, UM, WE WERE HERE BEFORE, WELL, WE WERE BEFORE MANY BOARDS IN, IN 2019, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE SUMMIT PROJECT, WHICH IS IN THIS AREA, WHICH INVOLVED, UH, BURIAL EXPANSION AREA AND TWO MAUSOLEUMS. THESE, UM, TWO RECTANGLES REPRESENT THE MAUSOLEUMS, WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
AND, UH, THE PROJECT IS JUST, UH, SOUTH, UH, IN THIS AREA.
THE PROJECT AREA IS ABOUT, UM, UH, TWO ACRES OF DISTURBANCE, UM, AND, UH, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, UTILIZED.
UH, SO ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, VIEW, THE SUMMIT WOULD BE TO YOUR RIGHT.
UH, SO THIS AREA IS, IS UTILIZED AS A A CEMETERY OPERATIONS AREA.
UH, THEY USE THIS AREA FOR, UH, COMPOSTING, UH, LEAVES, UH, MOSTLY, UH, WHILE THEY, WHILE THEY DO HAVE A REGULAR LAWN PROGRAM, NONE OF THE CLIPPINGS ARE, UM, UH, GATHERED AND COMPOSTED.
THOSE, UH, REMAIN ON THE LAWN, BUT IT'S, IT'S MAINLY, UH, THE FALL CLEANUP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ALSO, UM, SMALL AMOUNTS OF SOIL FOR, UM, UM, JUST CAPPING OFF, UM, UH, GRAVE SITES THAT MIGHT'VE SETTLED.
UM, OR IF THERE'S EXCESS SOIL FROM A, A BURIAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD, WOULD GO TO THIS AREA.
SO THE PROJECT, UH, PROPOSES IS ACTUALLY, I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP FOR THE RECORD.
IT'S 1,165 BURIALS BURIAL SPOTS.
BUT, UM, UH, WE CALL THESE SINGLES, THEY'RE KIND OF BACK TO BACK AND, UM, UH, THE, THE STONES SIT ON A CONTINUOUS FOOTING AND, UH, THEY'RE VERY LOW.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE DOUBLE DEEP.
SO THAT'S THE NUMBER OF 2230 THAT, UH, WAS IN A PUBLIC, UM, NOTICE.
AND THAT GARRETT, UH, MENTIONED THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, CONSIDERING THE DOUBLE DEPTH, UH, BURIAL.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS FROM THE SURFACE, IT'S 1,165 SPACES.
UM, SO WE WILL BE INSTALLING A NEW ROADWAY WITH A TURNAROUND JUST BIG ENOUGH FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BURIAL PROCEDURES FOR A HEARSE AND, UH,
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UH, ALSO SUPPORT VEHICLES, UH, LIMOUSINE.AND, UM, WE WILL UTILIZE SOME, UM, PERVIOUS PAVEMENT, UH, WHETHER THAT'S PAVERS OR SOME OTHER KIND, UM, AS A SHOULDER.
SO THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR CARS TO, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, PULLOVER, UH, FOR THE CEREMONY.
UM, THE EXISTING AREAS, UH, BASICALLY ON EITHER SIDE, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZED FOR CEMETERY OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE UTILIZED FOR CEMETERY OPERATIONS.
UH, SINCE THE SUMMIT PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, UH, I THINK THAT THE, UM, SOIL STOCKPILING AND, UM, RELATED, UH, ACTIVITIES WILL BE GREATLY MINIMIZED.
SO THEY DON'T REALLY NEED A, A HUGE AREA, UH, TO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THEIR, UH, CEMETERY OPERATIONS.
UH, SO THIS SITE, UH, IS, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING, UM, ANY MASS ROCK REMOVAL.
WE WILL BE, UH, PERFORMING SOME EXCAVATIONS TO CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE THE SOIL DEPTH, UH, TO THE BEDROCK LAYER, UH, WHICH WE BELIEVE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THERE COULD BE OCCASIONAL INTERMITTENT, UM, ROCK REMOVAL, CHIPPING, NOT NO, NO BLASTING, UH, IN A COUPLE OF AREAS.
BUT AGAIN, UNTIL WE HAVE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE, UM, SOIL BORING PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, UH, WE DON'T REALLY ANTICIPATE ANY MASS ROCK REMOVAL LIKE WE HAD TO DO AT THE SUMMIT.
UM, I THINK THAT, UH, OH, A COUPLE MORE THINGS.
WE ARE REMOVING, UH, SOME TREES.
UH, WE FILLED OUT THE TREE REMOVAL INVENTORY, UH, COMPLETED THE CALCULATIONS, AND WE DO HAVE A MITIGATION PLAN THAT PLANTS NEW TREES AND MITIGATES THE REMOVAL OF, UH, THE, THE OLD TREES.
AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THIS BOARD OR THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE, UH, ON THIS PROJECT.
HAVE YOUR PLANS BEEN REVIEWED TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE REPLACEMENTS ARE IN CONCERT WITH OUR NEW TREE LAW, WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE ENVI ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE OF THE TREE THAT'S TAKEN DOWN AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE HEIGHT OR WIDTH? UH, WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THE, UH, PROCESS BASED ON THE NEW, UH, TREE ORDINANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE, UH, WHICH, WHICH INVENTORIES EVERY TREE TO BE REMOVED AND PROVIDES, AS YOU SAID, UM, A ABSORPTION GALLONS PER YEAR AND ALSO A, UM, C O TWO ABSORPTION RATE.
WE DON'T HAVE A MEMO FROM ANYONE THAT SAYS THAT IT'S IN CONFORMANCE, UM, AT THIS POINT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REVIEW STATUS OF THAT IS.
BUT, UH, WE, WE FEEL CONFIDENT HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS ON OTHER PROJECTS BEFORE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
IF THERE'S OTHER TREES THAT ARE REQUIRED, UH, WE WILL GLADLY ADD 'EM.
BUT ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT, WE ARE, UH, MITIGATING, UH, TO THE, UH, STANDARDS.
I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THIS IS, HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY OUR APARTMENT, BUT WE DON'T, DON'T ISSUE A PERMIT UNTIL THE TOWN BOARD ACTS FIRST.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY THIS WOULD BE REVIEWED IN-HOUSE BY OUR TOWN FORESTRY OFFICER.
AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WILL OCCUR REGARDING STORMWATER? UH, ARE THESE CRIPS, UM, DO THE CASKETS GO INTO CONCRETE VAULTS FIRST AND WHAT EFFECT, IF ANY, WOULD THAT HAVE ON THE STORMWATER AND THE PENETRATION OF THE WATER AND CONTRIBUTING TO STORMWATER GOING DOWNHILL? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO, UM, UH, THE MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY DOES NOT REQUIRE, UH, CRIPS.
SO, UH, THE, THE CASKETS, THE FIRST CASKET WOULD GO IN AT, UM, SOMEWHERE AROUND SEVEN TO EIGHT FEET, AND THEN THE SECOND CASKET WOULD BE ON TOP OF THAT.
UH, WHEN WE'RE, WE TALK ABOUT STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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WHAT THE, UH, SURFACE CONDITIONS ARE, WHICH WILL BE GRASS.UH, SO WE DID PERFORM A STORM MORTAR, UH, MANAGEMENT PLAN, UH, PREPARE A STORM MORTAR MANAGEMENT PLAN, UM, WHICH, UH, AGAIN, WE ARE REMOVING SOME IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, WHICH ARE THE COMPACTED STONE AND ASPHALT, UH, PAVEMENTS THAT, UH, PROVIDE ACCESS TO THESE, UH, OPERATIONS AREAS.
UM, AND THE ONLY REAL IMPERVIOUS AREA IS THE ROADWAY AND ALSO THE LIMITED WIDTH OF THE RETAINING WALL, WHICH SURROUNDS THE, UM, PROJECT.
UH, SO THERE'S, THE, THE MITIGATION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT SINCE THERE IS A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN IMPERVIOUS WOULD BE WATER QUALITY FOR ANY NEW IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY BEING PICKED UP IN THIS, UM, UH, PERVIOUS, UH, STRIP.
SO YOU SAY YOU DON'T REQUIRE CRIPS, BUT IS IT AN OPTION, AND BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, IF IT IS AN OPTION, WHAT PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY USE THE CONCRETE CRIPS? UH, THERESA JOYCE, THE PRESIDENT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY IS LISTENING IN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO LOG ON, BUT UH, SHE IS THE PERCENTAGE SHE'S ON.
I, I THINK SHE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US.
UH, SHE'S NOW WELCOME, MS. JOY.
PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR MIC AND THEN, UH, SPEAK.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO PUT ON YOUR CAMERA, YOU COULD DO THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION FOR THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE OF MOUNT HOPE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE CONCRETE VAULTS, AS PETER SAID, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.
AND, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO USE THEM IS, UM, DECREASING OVER TIME.
THEY USED TO BE MUCH MORE COMMON THAN THEY ARE NOW.
AND I DON'T WANNA REALLY HAZARD A GUESS, BUT BY THE TIME THAT WE WOULD BE USING UTILIZING THIS, UM, AREA, IT WOULD, IT WOULDN'T BE MORE THAN 10%.
I WOULD, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT WOULD CHOOSE TO USE CONCRETE VAULTS.
BECAUSE WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING STORM WATER, AND IF WE MEASURE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AS IF YOU PUT GRASS ON TOP OF A CONCRETE SLAB, YOU'RE NOW CALLING THAT PERVIOUS.
AND IN REAL LIFE, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH WATER, WE'RE EXPERIENCING IT TOO MUCH.
UM, STORM SEWERS ARE DESIGNED FOR 25 YEAR STORM HAS BEEN FOR DECADES.
AND WE KNOW THAT A 25 YEAR STORM NOW IS BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BE MINDFUL FOR YOU AND ALSO FOR THE, THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WE MAKE SURE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF STORMWATER, UH, FROM DOING THIS.
ESPECIALLY SINCE, UH, SAW MILL RIVER ROAD 10 TO FLOOD IS NOT, YEAH.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE POINTS ON THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE CRIPS, UM, WE WOULD STILL HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL, UM, YOU KNOW, A FOOT OR TWO OF, OF, UH, EARTH OVER THOSE CRIPS.
AND, UM, THE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE FLATTENING THIS AREA, WHICH IS NOW A STEEP AREA, WE'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING THE TIME OF CONCENTRATION.
SO INSTEAD OF THE RUNOFF GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE HILL AND TO THE WEST, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SLOWING IT DOWN.
SO I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH OR WITHOUT THE CRIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, UH, MITIGATING, UH, THE STORMWATER, UH, UH, RISKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO HAVE A FULL SW, UH, THAT, THAT WAS, UH, RECENTLY REVISED AND RESUBMITTED, UM, THAT DEMONSTRATES, UH, OUR CALCULATIONS.
SO YOU HAVE SUBMITTED A SWIFT YES.
MY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? UM, COMMENTS? THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE CLOSE THE HEARING.
DID YOU ASK US SPEAK? YES, I LIKE TO SPEAK.
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DO WE SIGN UP? NO, I DIDN'T SIGN.CAN CAN WE TURN THE CLOCKS ON? I SEE THEY'RE BALL.
MY NAME IS MURRAY BODEN, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN WHERE TWO CRITS ARE BURIED, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER, THE FIRST BEING EIGHT FOOT DOWN, THE SECOND BEING SIX FOOT DOWN.
CONSIDERING THE CONCRETE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, I SEE NO REASON TO PERMIT ANY CONCRETE ABOVE SIX FEET BELOW THE GROUND.
IT SEEMED TO BE A QUESTIONED BY KIND OF SHE, AND THAT INDICATED THERE WAS ONLY AN INCH A FOOT BETWEEN THE, UH, SURFACE AND THE CONCRETE THAT HAS TO BE MANDATED AS PURE EARTH FOR SIX FEET.
AND IF PEOPLE THINK THEY NEED CONCRETE CRIPS, THAT'S BEFORE 2023.
THIS IS NOT THE WORLD OF BEFORE.
THEY'RE USING DOUBLE CRITS, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN IT.
AND ABOVE THE SIX FEET LEVEL SHOULD BE PURE DIRT AND NOTHING ELSE.
AND THAT'LL GIVE THE EARTH A CHANCE TO ABSORB THE WATER.
WHAT CO COUNCILMAN SHEEN INDICATED IT'S ONLY A FOOT OR TWO OF DIRT ABOVE THE CONCRETE IS, TO MY ESTIMATION, COMPLETELY WRONG.
AND IF WE HAVE TO BA PROHIBIT BY LAW THE USE OF A CONCRETE CLOSER THAN SIX FEET TO THE, THEN WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE LAW TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CONCRETE WITHIN SIX FEET OF THE SURFACE.
THIS IS NOT THE WORLD OF BEFORE.
THIS IS THE WORLD OF 2023 AND SOME OF THE LAWS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST JUST DON'T APPLY ANYMORE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UM, ADJOURN, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
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HAVE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS AND, UM, UH, JUDITH, DO YOU HAVE THE CARDS? YES, I HAVE THE LIST.DO YOU CALL PEOPLE IN ORDER THAT THEY SIGN UP? YES.
SUJI LEE, JOE, COULD YOU MOVE THE MONITOR JUST A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS YOU? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
OR MOVE IT OUTTA THE WAY ENTIRELY.
YOU NO, LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
THE CLOCK BEGINS WHEN YOU START SPEAKING.
UM, THANK YOU TO, UH, TOWN ATTORNEY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, COUNCIL.
OH, COUNCILMAN JACK, UM, JONES, UH, TOWN SUPERVISOR COUNCILWOMAN, UH, JACKSON COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN AND TOWN CLERK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS REGARDING THE TOWN, THE TOWN'S DETERMINATION ABOUT SS E C SCORZA COUNTRY ESTATE'S, UM, PARKING AND THE INSTALLATION OF HANDICAP SPOTS.
UM, IT IS BASED ON THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S, UH, REPRESENTATION THAT IT WAS BASED ON PACE LAW, A PACE LAW CLINIC STUDY, AND IT WAS SIGNED OFF BY LAW SCHOOL INTERNS.
UM, THESE LAW SCHOOL INTERNS, UH, WAS KEVIN KELLY, A FIRST YEAR LAW SCHOOL INTERN, AND ANOTHER DOMINIC, UH, TOTO, WHO'S ALSO A SECOND YEAR LAW SCHOOL INTERN WHOSE BACKGROUND IS A POOL MANAGER.
THAT WAS THE BASIS OF THE INSTALLATION, UH, THE NEED FOR THE HANDICAP PARKING, ACCORDING TO A D A FOR SCAR ELK AND TRACE.
THEY ALSO WANTED TO REMOVE 22 TANDEM SPOTS, UM, FROM OUR PARKING, UH, THAT WE'VE USED FOR 40 YEARS UP TO MAYBE 80 YEARS.
UM, THAT DETERMINATION WAS BASED ON SOME RESEARCH THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE TOWN BOARD, WHICH WAS NOT SHARED.
UM, I BELIEVE THE BASIS FOR INSTALLING THESE, UH, REMOVING THESE SPOTS IS LACKING.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UH, AND FOR RECONSIDERATION IS IF WE, THERE ARE SOME MATERIAL FACTORS THAT WERE NOT CONSIDERED REGARDING THE ADA'S APPLICATION TO OUR CO-OP, UM, IT MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY THAT IT MAY NOT BE THREE, UH, FULL ON EACH SIDE THAT'S NEEDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE TOWN BOARD WOULD CONSIDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL SO
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THAT WE COULD HAVE THE CORRECT APPLICATION.UM, WE ARE A PRE 2010 CONSTRUCTION.
IN FACT, WE ARE BUILT IN 1938.
AND, UH, THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTATION AT ONE TIME IN 2006, UM, SCORZA COUNTRY STATES WAS, UH, POTENTIALLY, UM, NOMINATED TO BE AN HISTORICAL BUILDING, WHICH MAKES IT, UM, VERY POSSIBLE AND ELIGIBLE FOR LESSER STANDARDS FOR A D A.
UM, I UNDERS I APPRECIATE THE TOWN'S CONCERN FOR A D A AND WE ALL, WE ALL HAVE THE CO-OP APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT ALL, UM, ACCOMMODATIONS MADE FOR THE DISABLED.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, EXCEPT THE PARKING IN OUR CO-OP HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY A STRUGGLE FOR US.
WE HAVE 154 UNITS AND WE HAVE 120 SPOTS THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THE TOWN PARKING FOR THE PAST 40 TO 80 YEARS.
UM, MOST OF THE UNITS HAVE DOUBLE CARS AND WE ARE VERY STRUGGLING, SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN MET THE TOWN CODE RATIO FOR THE, UM, THE USUAL RATIO OF PARKING FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR MULTI-DWELLING.
SO I WOULD REALLY, I'M SORRY, THIS IS NOT SO MUCH OF A COMMENT, BUT JUST TO REQUEST, JUST JUST REVIEW THE MATTER THIS MORNING.
UM, NOT THIS MORNING, THIS AFTERNOON, THE TIME CAME IN TO PUT UP NOTICES TO PUT IN, UH, THREE SPOTS ON EACH END, UM, OF OUR COMPLEX.
AND WE ARE READY TO EMBRACE THAT.
UM, WE BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S A GOOD IDEA EXCEPT WE WOULD LIKE THE TOWN AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO JUST RECONSIDER WHETHER IT COULD BE REDUCED DOWN TO TWO OR ONE BECAUSE THE PRE 2010 A D A REGULATIONS, UM, UH, DETERMINE THAT ONE IN EIGHT UH, SPOTS NEED TO BE VAN ACCESSIBLE VERSUS ONE IN SIX, WHICH IS 2010.
AND IF THAT APPLIES TO OUR CASES, THEN WE MAY NOT NEED VAN ACCESSIBLE, UM, SPOTS, WHICH WILL TAKE LESS SPOTS AWAY.
AND EVEN A 2, 3, 4, UM, INCREASE IN NOT TAKING AWAY THE SPOTS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US.
AND WE WOULD VERY APPRECIATE, UM, THE TOWN'S RECONSIDERATION AND REVISITING IT.
IT'S VERY CRUCIAL TO US BECAUSE, UM, ALL OF US AT THE CO-OP ARE GOING CRAZY AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR FUTURE OF, OF OUR CO-OP AND OUR ABILITY TO TRANSFER OUR UNITS WILL BE IN JEOPARDY.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION YOU KEPT USING.
WE, ARE YOU REPRESENTING ANYONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF? I AM TALKING ABOUT US AS A CO-OP.
YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR THE CO-OP.
I'M SPEAKING MY, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS.
I'M A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKING.
AND, UM, THERE WILL BE OTHERS SPEAKING AFTER ME WHO MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE EXACTLY, BUT THIS IS MY PERSONAL VIEW.
I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT BRIEFLY THAT I WAS MISREPRESENTED JUST NOW.
I DID NOT RELY ON THE LEGAL RESEARCH OF LAW SCHOOL INTERNS, EVEN THOUGH I RESPECT THEIR HARD WORK AND I WISH THEM LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
I DID RELY ON MY OWN RESEARCH AND WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE BOARD AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO COOPERATING IN THE FUTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC, AS I SAID BEFORE, THAT WE WILL NOT TAKE AWAY THE TANDEM, YOU KNOW, SPOTS, THE DISABLED SPOTS WILL BE, UH, LOCATED, BUT THE TANDEM SPOTS WILL NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M, I DON'T FEEL, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A CRISIS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PARKING SPOTS.
I BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH, WITH THE BOARD AND FIGURE OUT A WAY OF AVOIDING, UM, A WORST CASE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO.
I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, I'M VERY, VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OPTIMISTIC ABOUT, ABOUT THE, THE OUTCOME AND KNOW WE'LL WORK TOGETHER.
MR. RINER, UH, FINER, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THIS IS ABOUT THE TANDEM SPOTS.
SO, UH, I WAS EXPECTING THAT, UM, I LIVE IN SCARSDALE, UM, COUNTRY OF ESTATES.
AND IF THE WHOLE PROBLEM WITH PARKING IS MORE THAN JUST THE PARKING SPOTS, IT'S ALSO GOES INTO, UM, PARADISE DRIVE, WHICH WE HAVE TO USE BETWEEN DECEMBER AND MARCH.
IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ASSIGNED SPOT, I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN ASSIGNED SPOT, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I DIDN'T,
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UM, IT, I GET THE FEELING AND I'M GOING TO JUST SPEAK ON FEELINGS.I GET THE FEELING THAT YOU GUYS, THE LAW, I'M A VERY STRONG LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, BY THE WAY, BUT I GET THE FEELING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF US BY GETTING RID OF OUR PARKING SPOTS.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING SPOT, WE CAN'T SELL OUR APARTMENT.
I'M CONTEMPLATING EITHER GETTING ANOTHER PLACE IN A WARMER CLIMATE OR MOVING, I WON'T BE ABLE TO.
UM, I SPENT MY LIFE IN HEALTHCARE IN AN AREA THAT IS NOT AS LUCRATIVE AS SOME OF THE OTHERS.
I COULDN'T GET RID OF IT IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT.
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PARKING SPOTS, IT MADE ME, WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE A PARKING SPOT, IT MADE ME NOT WANNA GO OUT ON THE WEEKENDS.
WHERE WAS I GONNA PARK? WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? UM, I REALLY AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE PUT, EITHER YOU'VE PUT THAT ASIDE OR YOU'RE THINKING THAT IT WILL BE RESOLVED.
I WAS ABLE TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT WHEN I HEARD THAT.
UM, I WOULD LOVE IT IN WRITING
I WOULD FEEL VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO HEAR IT FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR LAW IN A PROFESSION.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW, IF THEY'RE COUPLES, IF THEY'RE HOMES, THEY HAVE TWO CARS.
THE PLACE WAS DESIGNED FOR ONE CAR AND, AND NOT JUST TWO.
IF I, I, I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE, THE A D A LAWS, THAT'S IMPERATIVE.
BUT IF IT COULD BE PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN POSITIONS WITHIN THE LAW, THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE, UH, I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE CALLED EVERYBODY WHO GAVE ME THEIR PHONE NUMBER, YOU KNOW, BACK, I WANNA, I KNOW HOW STRESSED OUT EVERYBODY IN YOUR COMPLEX IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORRIED, UH, YOU ARE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED THE PARKING SPOTS.
YOU DON'T WANNA SEE YOURSELF LOSE 30 SPOTS OR 20 SPOTS OR WHATEVER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE ON PARADISE, YOU KNOW, DRIVE.
THEY DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE PARKING, UH, IN FRONT OF THEIR, THEIR HOMES.
SO WE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, SO I'M COMMIT, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
I'M PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO DO WHATEVER I COULD HUMANLY DO.
I REALIZE YOU HAVE A, UH, A SIGNIFICANT PARKING ISSUE.
WE'RE GONNA RESOLVE THIS TO EVERYBODY.
SATISFACTION, NOT ONLY NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL WE'LL HAVE A DIALOGUE AND WE'LL, WE'LL WORK THINGS OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I AM GONNA DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LOSE THE TANDEM SPOTS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE GIVE YOU MY, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT ON, YOU KNOW, ON THAT.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE TOWN OWNED LAND.
SO THE THING IS, WHEN THE TOWN OWNS THE LAND, YOU KNOW, IF I WANT TO USE A PARKING SPOT TO GO INTO THE CITY BECAUSE I'M TAKING A BUS TO THE CITY, NOBODY COULD STOP ME BECAUSE IT'S TOWN OWNED LAND.
IT'S NOT THE COMPLEX'S OWN LAND.
SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYONE, IF THERE'S OTHER DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES OR WHATEVER COMING IN, EMPLOYEES COULD PARK IN YOUR PARKING SPOT.
UH, UH, SHOPPERS COULD PARK THERE, ANYBODY COULD PARK THERE, UH, BY LAW BECAUSE THE TOWN OWNS IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF GIVING, IN MY OPINION, GIVING YOUR COMPLEX CONTROL OVER THE PARKING.
SO YOU HAVE THE, SO YOU COULD DO WHAT YOU WANT ON THE PROPERTY THAT BASICALLY YOU USE.
BUT I'M CONVI I HAVE SOME IDEAS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY HAS IDEAS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH YOUR BOARD AND WE'LL WORK, WE'LL WORK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK IT OUT.
I'M LIKE 99.999% SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA RESOLVE THIS TO EVERYBODY'S SATISFACTION.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT PARADISE.
THE, THE HOMEOWNERS ON PARADISE DON'T OWN THE STREET.
THEY GOT RID OF HALF OF IT, AND THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN PARK.
PINE, IF THERE'S OTHERS FROM THE GO OFF, I'LL, I'LL GO.
UH, IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
UM, TANO BIKO, UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, TOWN BOARD, AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.
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AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM, GUY SCHWARTZ AND NIK, UH, LOCATED HERE IN WHITE PLAINS.
WE ARE COUNSEL TO THE, UH, SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATES, AND YES, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THE, THE PARKING ISSUE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, UH, SUPERVISOR FINER FOR, UM, FOR YOUR, UH, ASSURANCES AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH US.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO WORK, UH, COLLABORATIVELY AND, UH, HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE AND HOPEFULLY COME TO COME TO A RESOLUTION ON IT.
UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, PRETTY MUCH OUR JOB.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE OTHERS TO SPEAK.
I KNOW THE BOARD PRESIDENT, PAMELA BOVIE IS HERE.
I BELIEVE SHE'S NEXT UP AFTER ME, SO THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS PAMELA BOVIE AND I'M PRESIDENT OF SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATES, UM, A COOPERATIVE APARTMENT COMPLEX LOCATED IN EDGEMONT.
WE HAVE 13 BUILDINGS, SIX ON CAMPUS PLACE, SIX ON CENTURY PLACE, AND ONE ON UNDERHILL ROAD.
WE HAVE 150 FAMILIES, AND WE DON'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH PARKING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR COMPLEX WAS BUILT OVER 80 YEARS AGO.
WE HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY OPERATING THE PARKING AREAS FOR DECADES, BECAUSE AS ANY REASONABLE OBSERVER CAN SEE, CAMPUS PLACE AND CENTURY PLACE HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF PRIVATE PARKING LOTS, BUT THEY ARE MORE TECHNICALLY PUBLIC STREETS.
WHILE LITTLE PARKING WE HAVE, WE HAVE VERY LITTLE PARKING, AND IT'S VERY CRUCIAL TO OUR LIVELIHOODS.
THE ISSUE WITH FORCE TONIGHT IS THAT THE TOWN SEEMS TO BE RUSHING THE INSTALLATION OF SIX HANDICAP SPOTS ON CENTURY AND CAMPUS PLACE.
AND THEY SEEM TO BE RUSHING THE REMOVAL OF TANDEM SPOTS.
I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN LED IN THE FUTURE, SO WE HAVE TO JUST GO WITH IT.
UM, TANDEM SPOTS WOULD CAUSE US TO LOSE 32 PARKING SPACES, AND THAT WOULD DECIMATE THE LIVABILITY OF OUR COMPLEX, AND IT WOULD DECREASE THE VALUES OF OUR HOMES.
THIS WOULD ALSO HAVE SERIOUS AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORING STREETS.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF 32 ADDITIONAL CARS SEEKING REFUGE ON PUBLIC STREETS NEARBY US.
WRAPPED AROUND ALL THIS IS THE PUBLICLY STATED DESIRE BY THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO OBTAIN CONTROL OVER A PORTION OF OUR SOUTH LAWN.
YOU WOULD UTILIZE THIS TO HELP THE TROUBLESOME BROOK AND MITIGATE SOME OF THEIR PROBLEMS, AND THAT WOULD DISCUSS PRIVATE CARE ORDERS LOCATED IN GREENBURG.
ON MAY 10TH, 2023, SUPERVISOR FINDER CALLED ME PERSONALLY TO DISCUSS THE GENERAL PROSPECT OF THE TOWN TAKING OVER A PORTION OF THE SOUTH LAWN IN RETURN FOR F C E, FINALLY OBTAINING FORMAL CONTROL OF OUR PARKING AREAS.
THEN ON MAY 5TH, WE HAD A MEETING ON OUR SITE WITH SUPERVISOR FINER COMMISSIONER FAWN, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, AND TOWN ATTORNEY DANKO, AND THEY WALKED THE PROPERTY.
AND WE HAD A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ABOUT TRADING THE PARCELS OF LAND AND ABOUT THE LACK OF A DEDICATED HANDICAP SPOT.
SINCE THAT DATE, ONE SS C E HAS CLEARLY STATED, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE TOWN FOR THE PARCEL SWAPS.
C E HAS CLEARLY EXPRESSED THAT IF WE HAD FORMAL CONTROL OVER THE PARKING AREAS, WE WOULD THEN HAVE THE ILLEGAL ABILITY TO NOT ONLY PROPERLY INSTALL THE REQUIRED HANDICAP SPOTS, BUT TO ADDRESS SPECIFICAL NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WHO WERE DISABLED.
SOMETHING THAT YOU, AS THE BOARD CANNOT DO, AND SOMETHING THAT I INITIALLY BELIEVED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO BEFORE YOU STARTED TAKING AWAY THE PARKING OR TAKING AWAY THE TANDEMS, I HAD ASSUMED WE WERE GOING TO TALK FIRST AND YOU WERE GOING TO NOT ACT UNTIL WE HAD NEGOTIATIONS.
HOW THE, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE TOWN HAS SEEMINGLY FAST TRACKED TO ALTER THE PARKING IN OUR PLACE.
AND YOU WANNA INSTALL NUMEROUS PARKING SPOTS, WHICH ARE BASED ON CALCULATIONS USING THE TWO 10 A D, A NEW BUILDING STANDARDS, DESPITE OUR COMPLEX BEING A PREEXISTING NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE.
AND YOU WANNA TAKE AWAY THE TANDEM SPOTS NOW YOU SAY NO, BUT UNLESS, LIKE THE LADY BEFORE ME SAID, WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN WRITING YET.
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THINGS WILL WORK OUT.WE HAVE ONLY BEEN SHOWN A SMALL COMPUTER SKETCH, WHICH YOU PROVIDED.
UM, WE NEED MORE PUBLIC INPUT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH DISCUSSION BEFORE YOU MADE THE MOVE TO INSTALL THE HANDICAP PARKING, OR BEFORE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE TANDEM SPOTS.
NOW YOU, THE LETTERS KEPT SAYING, WE'RE GONNA START NEXT WEEK.
THERE ARE STILL REMAINING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXACT NATURE OF THE PARKING AND HOW THESE ALTERATIONS APPLY TO PRE-EXISTING CODES.
THE WAY THE TOWN HAS GONE ABOUT IT HAS CAUSED CONSTERNATION, FEAR, ANXIETY AMONGST HUNDREDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THIS IS AFFECTING OUR DAILY LIFE.
WHERE ARE WE GONNA PARK? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH OUR CHILDREN? IT SEEMS VERY ARBITRARY.
WE WANNA ASK THE TOWN OFFICIALS TO KEEP THESE THOUGHTS IN MIND.
BELIEVE THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT TO WORK WITH YOU.
WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU IN GOOD FAITH.
AND WAIT, WE DON'T WANT, I'M SORRY, I'M FINISHING UP.
WE, THAT'S, WE CAN'T LET ANYONE GO.
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO FINISH, YOU CAN DO THAT.
UM, SORRY, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
UM, I'VE, UH, SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATES RESIDENT.
UH, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO, TO BE ON THE BOARD AS OF THREE MONTHS AGO.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I COULD JUST JOIN THE BOARDS, GET SOME SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED, I'LL BE HAPPY, THE RESIDENTS WILL BE HAPPY.
WAS I WRONG? THIS HAS BEEN A FULL-TIME JOB.
I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THE TOWN, UH, THE SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATE'S RESIDENTS HERE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT THE PARKING.
LIKE, YES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT LIKE, THINK, THINK ABOUT THE REAL ISSUE, RIGHT? THE, THE PARKING GIVES EVERYONE THE FREEDOM TO GO TO WORK, TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO GO TO COLLEGE, UH, TO GO TO TRADER JOE'S AND DO GROCERY SHOPPING.
BUT LIKE EVERY YEAR, LIFE IS GETTING HARDER, RIGHT? THINGS ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.
UM, WE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE, UM, BUSING FOR OUR KIDS.
WE ALL HAVE TO DROP OUR KIDS OFF TO GREENVILLE OR SEALY, UM, OR ELSEWHERE, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT OPTION, RIGHT? SO PART WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE FRUSTRATION FROM THE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF, THAT WE, IT'S, IT'S NOT A, A LUXURY, IT'S A NECESSITY, JUST KIDS TO SCHOOL.
AND THERE'S NO WAY, LIKE YOU, WE WOULD BE SUED OR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES WOULD BE CALLED UPON US IF WE ALLOWED OUR KIDS JUST TO WALK TO GREENVILLE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS FROM WHERE WE LIVE TO, UH, TO GREENVILLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, LIKE WE WANNA FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION.
WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WHERE WE'RE CREATING, UM, WIN-WIN OUTCOMES FOR THE TOWN, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND, AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO LIVES IN GREENBURG.
UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST CALL OUT SOME REALITIES TOO.
NOBODY'S PARKING ON OUR PROPERTY TO GO TO THE BURGER KING ACROSS THE STREET.
NOBODY'S GOING, NOBODY'S PARKING ON OUR PROPERTY TO GO TO THE KARATE STUDIO OR THE NAIL SALON ACROSS THE STREET OR TO PATIO.COM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM, BUT NOBODY'S GOING THERE EITHER,
SO LET'S, LET'S JUST BE HONEST, RIGHT? NOBODY, NOBODY'S PARKING IN OUR LOT TO TAKE THE BUS OR TO WALK TO THE SCARSDALE TRAIN STATION, RIGHT? IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN USED BY THE RESIDENTS SINCE THE BUILDING'S BEEN BUILT, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN SERVING THAT FROM A PUBLIC NEED PERSPECTIVE.
SO I THINK THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION IS FIGURING OUT A WAY OR A MEANS WHERE WE BUY THE PROPERTY, WE GET THE PROPERTY TO US, AND THEN LONG TERM WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP BUILD ENOUGH PARKING FOR EVERYONE, WHETHER THAT'S BUILDING A, A PARKING STRUCTURE OR A GARAGE OF SOME KIND, RIGHT? WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER, RIGHT? BECAUSE AGAIN, THE REALITY IS IN 2023, RIGHT? EVERY FAMILY NEEDS AT LEAST TWO CARS, RIGHT? BOTH PARENTS WORK.
AND IF YOU HAVE KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL OR IN COLLEGE, WELL, GUESS WHAT? THEY NEED CARS TOO, RIGHT? IF THEY'RE GOING TO SUNY PURCHASE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, I, I TEACH IN CUNY, SO MAYBE, HOPEFULLY CUNY, WHEREVER, RIGHT? UM, SO I THINK WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE FRUSTRATION AND, AND, AND WE, WE WANNA ACHIEVE EMPATHY ON BOTH SIDES AND COME TO A MUTUAL SOLUTION.
BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, WHAT EVERYONE'S FEELING IS, HOLY CRAP, THE PARKING
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IS GOING, AND, AND IF AND IF WE LOSE THE PARKING, WE LOSE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE IT'S AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM, BUT IT'S ALSO A PROBLEM OF, IF I CAN'T PARK, THEN HOW, HOW AM I TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL? AND WE ALREADY LOST ONE SIDE TO PARADISE.IF WE ALREADY LOST ONE SIDE TO PARADISE, WHAT, WHO'S TO SAY THAT TOMORROW WE LOSE THE, THE OTHER HALF, RIGHT? TWO YEARS AGO, I COULD, I COULD PARK ON PARADISE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE OTHER RESIDENT SAID IT WELL, LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE THE TOWN OF GREENBURG DOESN'T WANT THE RESIDENTS HERE.
I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE, I THINK YOU DO.
I THINK WE CONTRIBUTE, I THINK WE BRING A LOT OF DIVERSITY, UH, AND CULTURE AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? I I, OH, THE TAXES.
WE PAY A LOT IN TAXES, RIGHT? IF YOU, IF YOU CARVED UP OUR, OUR LAND AND GAVE IT BUILT INDIVIDUAL HOMES, LIKE YOU WOULDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THAT MUCH IN TAX REVENUE BACK, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, DO DO AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.
THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE PARKING LOSS, VERSUS, HEY, LET'S DO THE OPPOSITE.
ACTUALLY, LET'S DO A REVERSE SUNO, LET'S ACTUALLY BUILD MORE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS, RIGHT? SO THAT WE CAN GO TO CANDLELIGHT IN AND GO TO THE OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GO TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES AND DO COMMERCE AND EVERYONE'S HAPPY.
I JUST WANT TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE VALUE YOUR COMPLEX.
WE WANT YOU TO BE PLEASED THAT YOU'RE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL, UH, STRESSED OUT.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA WORK THINGS OUT.
SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA LOSE, UH, THE PART, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOSE SLEEP.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO CALLED ME SAYING THEY WERE WORRIED, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT THEY WERE GONNA, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, LOSE SLEEP.
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES IN THE COMPLEX WHO WERE VERY, VERY STRESSED.
SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS, IS SOME LEGAL ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT AND WE'RE GONNA WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH THE CO-OP SO WE COULD, UH, MAKE THIS A WIN-WIN SO WE CAN MAKE IT A WIN FOR YOUR COMPLEX.
UM, SO YOU DON'T, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE PARKING AGAIN, AND WE'LL MAKE IT A WIN.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TOWN MAY, HOPEFULLY WE COULD WORK OUT OTHER, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S OPTIONS.
SO I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SUGGESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MADE SAY WITH THE TROUBLESOME, BROOKE, I'M SORT OF GLAD THAT THE TROUBLESOME BROOKE WAS MENTIONED, BECAUSE I GOT A COUPLE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE, UH, UH, OFF OF CLARINE AND SAYING THAT I'M NOT DOING ENOUGH.
AND NOW, UH, UH, THAT, THAT WAS JUST LIKE A COUPLE HOURS BECAUSE, UH, THE CLARENDON PLACE WAS LIKE, UH, AN OCEAN TODAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO THE THING IS, PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MAJOR, UH, THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO JUST MOVED TO THE TOWN JUST A COUPLE, UM, MONTHS AGO, AND, UM, HE LOST A LOT OF HIS POSSESSIONS BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING.
SO NOW I'M GONNA SAY HE SHOULD WATCH THE MEETING AT LEAST.
UM, THERE'S PROOF THAT WE'RE TRYING, BUT THE OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, THE OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT UP THESE ARE OPTIONS.
SO YOUR COMPLEX MAY SAY, WE DON'T WANNA GIVE UP, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAND, YOU KNOW, WOULD PREFER BUYING THE LAND OR WHATEVER, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT DEAL WITH TROUBLESOME, BUT THAT'S YOUR OPTION, YOU KNOW? SO I'M SAYING THERE'S THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
YOU COULD THINK ABOUT IT, YOU COULD DECIDE, UH, WHILE WORK'S BEST FOR, UH, THE CO-OP AND WE'LL WORK IT OUT.
BUT SUPERVISOR, CAN I, I'LL LET YOU GO, BUT CAN I JUST POINT OUT THERE ALL, THEY ALSO HAVE NEW REPRESENTATION AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO DISCUSS YET TOO, AND WE JUST EXCHANGED CARDS.
SO I THINK, WE'LL, WE WILL HAVE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION TO, TO GO THROUGH.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING THE MATTER SERIOUSLY.
SO HENCE WE HIRED, UM, AWESOME REPRESENTATIONS.
UM, CHECK 'EM OUT ON YELP,
UH, I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER PART THAT'S CAUSING ANXIETY FOR EVERYONE AS OF TODAY.
WE HAVE NO OPTIONS IN WRITING.
AND SO THE, THE ANXIETY AND STRESS IS BEING CAUSED DUE TO THAT LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND THE LACK OF OPTIONS BEING, NO, IT'S TONS COMMUNICATED TO THE RESIDENTS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND THE BOARD AND YOUR LAWYERS ANYTIME UNTIL WE GET THIS RESOLVED.
WE REALLY, THIS IS TOM, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN, I'VE, I'VE BEEN CALLING EVERYBODY BACK.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I WILL ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS AND WE'LL NEGOTIATE AND I'LL, I'LL MENTION, YOU KNOW, MENTION TARA LAWYERS, UM, VARIOUS OPTIONS AND YOU COULD DECIDE IT'S CAROL STERN.
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PROBABLY THE OLD LADY OF THIS GROUP.I'VE BEEN HERE FOR, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR 38 AND A HALF YEARS.
AND IN THAT 38 AND A HALF YEARS, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TOWN OR PARKING, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH PARKING.
AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN FACT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY NOW IS THIS HAPPENING? UM, AND ALL THESE YEARS WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE NOT REALLY HAD A NEED FOR HANDICAPPED SPOTS BECAUSE AS PAM SAID, A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, I'M INVITING YOU TO COME.
WE ARE THE WAY WE'RE SITUATED, THERE IS NO PARKING SPACE THAT IS THAT FAR FROM ANY ENTRANCE TO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDINGS.
I DON'T HAVE THIS ISSUE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVE A GARAGE.
UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN HANDICAPPED AT TIMES FROM SURGERIES.
SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IS THIS HAPPENING NOW? BECAUSE FOR 40, SINCE THE PLACE HAS BEEN BUILT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAD THIS THOUGHT WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, WHAT'S BEEN BUILT FIRST OUR BUILDINGS, AND THEN THE STREET, OR WAS THE STREET HERE IN LITTLE SEMI-CIRCULAR AREAS, AND THEN THE BUILDINGS BUILT AROUND IT.
UM, PUTTING IN THE HANDICAPPED SPOTS.
I'M NOT MEAN-SPIRITED, BUT I JUST REALLY DON'T FEEL THAT WE NEED HANDICAPPED SPOTS.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A VAN IN ALL THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE THAT HAS BEEN ACCESSIBLE THAT A HANDICAPPED PERSON HAS NEEDED.
PLUS, I TRULY DON'T THINK A HANDICAPPED PERSON WOULD LOOK AT OUR DEVELOPMENT AND BUY INTO IT SINCE MOST OF THE BUILDINGS.
SO THE REASON THIS BEGAN IS BECAUSE ONE OF YOUR HANDICAPPED NEIGHBORS REQUESTED A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR HIMSELF.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHY IT BEGAN.
I KNOW WHY IT BEGAN, QUITE HONESTLY.
SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION THEN, NOW, DID YOU? NO, THAT'S WHY IT BEGAN, BUT, OKAY.
AND I DID HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE I'M JUST TELLING YOU, BECAUSE THE WAY YOU MAKE IT SOUND, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU SOUND VERY CALLOUS TOWARD HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON I RESPONDED.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU SOUNDED.
BUT AS I'M SAYING, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, THE CONFIGURATION OF OUR LAND, EVERY SINGLE PARKING SPACE IS REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY SINGLE BUILDING.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO WALK FOR A LONG DISTANCE, BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY NOT CALLOUS TOWARD HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.
SORRY THAT, THAT'S THE WAY I GENERALLY SOUND, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT I'M VERY DETERMINED, AND I, AS I SAID, I REALLY THINK YOU OUGHT TO RECONSIDER THIS DECISION.
OKAY, PATRICK DEVERE, GOOD EVENING.
I LIVED AT SC SINCE, UH, 2016.
THEY BOTH GO TO SCHOOL GREENVILLE, OR ONE GOES TO GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, I CAN JUST SAY, I JUST WANNA PUT A FACE TO ALL THE CONCERNS.
UM, THE ANXIETY LEVELS OF ALL THE RESIDENTS IS AT A FEVER PITCH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS.
THIS IS LITERALLY AFFECTING OUR QUALITY, QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND THE FACT THAT I'M EVEN HERE, THAT ALL OF US ARE HERE, I THINK SAYS, SAYS A LOT.
OKAY? UM, I'M REALLY CONCERNED.
I KNOW YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THE TANDEM SPACES.
YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE IS GONNA AFFECT US.
UM, THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE, UH, THE CO-OPS VERY WELL COULD BE AFFECTED.
NO ONE REALTORS REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING IS BEING ISSUED, THEY'RE NOT GONNA TAKE POTENTIAL, UH, BUYERS HERE AND PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO FLIP THEIR UNITS.
AND AS, UH, TOM SAID, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO COME HOME AT NIGHT AND FIND A SPOT IS A BIG DEAL.
IT'S EVERY NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, COMING HOME THIS, THIS, THIS AFTERNOON FROM WORK AND SEEING THAT THE SPACES WERE TAKEN FOR THE HANDICAP SPACES, AGAIN, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, USE A SPACE FOR A HANDICAP, BUT TO TAKE FIVE SPACES IS GOING.
JUST THAT IN ITSELF IS GONNA BE A HARDSHIP FOR EVERYONE HERE ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME'S GONNA BE.
I HOPE THIS IS GONNA BE A, A GOOD OUTCOME, UM, FOR BOTH THE TOWN AND FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA JUST PUT A FACE TO THE, ALL THE ANXIETY LEVEL.
EVERYONE HERE IS VERY ANXIOUS, INCLUDING MYSELF, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT MONTH, TWO MONTHS NEXT YEAR WITH, WITH OUR PROPERTY.
SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDER US AND CONSIDER OUR, OUR CONCERNS, UM, AND ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE.
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OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.I'M AN AUTHOR AND A JOURNALIST.
I MOVED UP HERE FROM MANHATTAN EIGHT YEARS AGO WITH ONE THING IN MIND, COMMUNITY.
I IMMEDIATELY HAD AN IDENTITY CRISIS.
WAS I IN SCARSDALE? WAS I IN GREENVILLE? WAS I IN GREENBURG OR WAS IN EDGEMONT?
WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT NEGOTIATION.
WE DID FIND OUT KIND OF LAST MINUTE AS BAD NEWS TRAVELS VERY FAST IN A SCARED CO-OP, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
I HAVE TWO MESSAGES REALLY IN THE TIME THAT I HAVE HERE.
ONE IS OF SKEPTICISM, AND THE OTHER IS I OF HOPE.
UM, SO I'M IN THAT GARDEN UNIT MORE THAN ANYONE THAT I KNOW.
UM, I INVITE YOU TO GO BACK THERE AND TAKE A LOOK.
IT'S THE FIRST GARDEN ON THE LEFT.
UM, COMING FROM AN 80 SQUARE FOOT ROOM IN MANHATTAN ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND HAS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO GET TOGETHER.
SO I INVESTED IN IT WITH MY OWN TIME AND MONEY.
UH, HAVING SAID THAT, WHEN I DID GET WIND OF THE IDEA OF A POSSIBLE EASEMENT, UH, BEING SIGNED BY US WITH THE TOWN, I WAS SKEPTICAL BECAUSE I STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF MY GARDEN AS I DID TODAY, WHEN, YES, AGAIN, WE HAD A 25 YEAR STORM COME THROUGH IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS.
I HAVE DONE, UH, NUMEROUS MITIGATION EFFORTS IN THAT GARDEN AREA.
THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER ACTUALLY COMES INTO MY GARDEN IN THE FRONT GATE AND DOWN A SMALL LITTLE BROOK THAT I HAVE CREATED INTO A, UH, A CIRCULAR POND AREA THAT SOAKS UP A GOOD AMOUNT OF WATER, OVERFLOWS THAT, AND IT GOES DOWNHILL FURTHER.
I INTERVIEWED, UH, A MAN WHO HAD COMPLAINED A LOT IN THE PAST ABOUT FLOODING.
HE SAID HE HASN'T HAD A PROBLEM FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
UH, I INTERVIEWED THE PEOPLE AT ACURA.
THEY LIFTED UP THEIR BACK PARKING LOT OVER TWO AND A HALF FEET IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THEY HAVE NO PLOT, NO PROBLEM WITH FLOODING.
I'M A MEMBER CURRENTLY AT GOLF ZONE.
I INTERVIEWED RYAN, THE MANAGER THERE.
THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH FLOODING.
THEY DID THEIR OWN MITIGATION EFFORTS IN THE CREEK IN THE BACK.
AND WELL, HE DEBATES THAT, UH, TAKE THAT UP WITH HIM,
BUT, UH, HAVING SAID THAT, THE NEIGHBOR THAT HAS BEEN THERE, UH, AND HIS NAME IS LOU, I WON'T GIVE AWAY HIS LAST NAME.
UM, HE'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1968.
HE SAID HE HAS NOT HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BROOK AND THE REISH BROOK FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
HE AND HIS FATHER DUG A DITCH THAT'S IN THE BACK THERE.
AND SINCE HE DID THAT, AND IT'S STILL VERY VIEWABLE, YOU CAN SEE IT.
UM, AND THE WATER DOESN'T EVEN GO THAT WAY NOW.
HE HASN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES ARE ON CLARENDON COMING DOWN, MOUNT JOY.
ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH OUR LAND WOULD NOT HELP YOU IN THAT MANNER.
BUT MY, THE, THE REASON THAT I SAY, UH, THAT I FEEL SKEPTICAL IS THAT FOR A LOT OF US, YOU KNOW, WE MOVED HERE, MY WIFE AND I, IT, IT'S OUR FIRST HOME.
AND WE, LIKE I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING, HAVE A BIT OF AN IDENTITY CRISIS.
I TRAVELED TO THE RIVER TOWNS AND MEET PEOPLE, BUT TO HAVE IT THROWN UP THAT OUR LAND IS NOW BEING NEGOTIATED SUDDENLY BECAUSE SUDDENLY ALL THESE PARKING SPOTS ARE SUDDENLY ILLEGAL, IT MAKES US FEEL LIKE SOMETHING WAS WANTED AND NOW SOMETHING IS BEING THREATENED SO THAT SOMETHING CAN BE OBTAINED THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BENEFIT.
I'M VERY MUCH A LAYMAN IN THIS SITUATION, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ANY OF YOU TO TO POINT ANY FINGERS AT, AT, AT ANYONE.
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOPE STILL IN THIS AREA.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FINISH WITH SHAKESPEARE, THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRAINED.
IT'S A VERY SMALL PIECE OF LAND FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHICH SPRAWLS ALONG THE WESTERN BANKS OF THE HUDSON, THE EASTERN BANKS.
IT'S A VERY ENORMOUS PIECE OF LAND FOR US THAT LIVED THERE.
IF YOU'VE BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS, WHEN YOU HAVE ONE, YOU CAN'T GO OUT AT NIGHT BECAUSE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU WAITING FOR YOU TO LEAVE AND TAKE YOUR SPOT.
AND THAT'S NOT QUALITY OF LIFE.
THAT'S NOT MY, YOU KNOW, IMAGE THAT I HAD OF WHAT WESTCHESTER WOULD BE WHEN I MOVED UP.
AND I THINK THAT YOU PEOPLE HERE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
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SAY THANK YOU.CAN I JUST MENTION ONE OTHER THING, UH, JUST TO, UH, IF YOU JUST COME HERE JUST FOR ONE SECOND, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU THE PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, THE CLARINE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE STREAM, UH, ON CLARINE WOOD.
BUT ALL I WANNA SAY IS WHEN WE SUGGESTED, WHEN, LET ME SPEAK PERSONALLY.
WHEN I SPOKE, UH, TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE POSSIBLE EASEMENT OF SWAP, THAT'S AN OPTION.
YOU DON'T, YOU COULD, YOUR BOARD COULD SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
THEN WE COULD THINK OF ANOTHER OPTION.
YOU KNOW, ONE OPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT OF, UH, WHICH I THINK MIGHT MAKE SENSE, IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THE TANDEM SPOTS, MAYBE THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T WANNA BUY THE LAND, WE COULD SAY RENT THE SPOTS TO, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE HARTSDALE PARKING DISTRICT RENT SPOTS.
WE COULD SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA RENT THE SPOTS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF TOWN OWNED LAND.
AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT.
BUT THE THING IS, THERE, THERE MAY BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OPTIONS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER THAT YOUR BOARD MAY SAY WOULD BE, UM, THE BEST FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR COMPLEX.
UM, AND AGAIN, NOBODY'S TELLING YOU YOU HAVE TO DO ONE OPTION.
YOU ARE GONNA HAVE CHOICES AND YOU ARE GONNA, WHEN WE NEGOTIATE WITH YOUR LAWYERS AND WITH YOUR RESIDENTS, WE'LL TRY FIGURING OUT THE BEST THING THAT WILL COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.
BECAUSE WHEN THE TOWN OWNS LAND, THERE'S LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR LAND THAT WE OWN.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE.
SO WITH A D A, WE HAVE TO DO PARKING SPOTS.
WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ON THAT.
WELL, WELL WE DON'T THINK WE DO HAVE A CHOICE.
OUR LEGAL, YOUR MONEY IS NOT A CHOICE.
THE DISABLED BUY THIS APARTMENT SO THAT I COULD PAY.
I TURNED DOWN THE GARAGE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA PAY EXTRA.
I'M NOW RETIRED AND UNLESS YOU WANT GIMME SOME MONEY, THEN I NEED TO MOVE AND I PUT UP, OR WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING WHERE IT BECOMES A BACK AND FORTH.
THE NEXT PERSON WHO WANTS TO SPEAK COULD COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
MARGARET, IS IT MARK? IS IT LAN? FELINE? FELINE.
I AM A RESIDENT OF SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATES FOR 24 YEARS.
UM, I AM A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL AND I HAVE ONE CAR.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS AN ONGOING SOURCE OF STRESS AND ANXIETY, AS IS BEFORE YOU'VE TAKEN ANYTHING AWAY.
WHEN YOU START TAKING ANY SPOTS, EVEN ONE SPOT, IT'S TRA IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN YOU UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, JUST TO COME HERE TONIGHT, I CARPOOLED WITH TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE NOW THESE SPOTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND WE WERE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO PARK AND GOT HOME TONIGHT.
SO JUST TO ATTEND TONIGHT, WE HAD TO CARPOOL JUST TO SEE THAT WE COME HOME AND PARK.
I'VE HAD TO, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS IS THE THING.
WE ARE SORT OF STUCK UNLESS WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEVITATE CARS, WE ARE STUCK BECAUSE WE CANNOT PARK IN ANY OF THE BUSINESSES PARKING LOT.
I DID TRY THAT ONCE AND I GOT BOOTED.
UM, THE RESIDENTS OF THE STREETS DON'T WANT US TO PARK THERE.
SO WE'RE SORT OF LIKE THE UNWANTED STEPCHILDREN.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO OR WHERE OUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED, BEYOND LIMITED.
SO LIKE, IF WE START LOSING SPOTS, WHAT DO WE DO? LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO IS THE THING.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AS YOU TAKE ANY INDIVIDUAL SPOT AWAY FROM US.
'CAUSE EVERY ONE OF THEM MATTERS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD JUST YOU ONE OR TWO, UH, A D A SPOTS RATHER THAN FOUR OR FIVE, THAT'S HUGE.
EACH INDIVIDUAL SPOT MATTERS BECAUSE WE ARE AT, AT A LOSS AT THIS POINT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SHE STILL HAS THREE MINUTES LEFT.
DID YOU WANT TO GIVE HER YOUR, THE LAST PARAGRAPH OR SO OF YOUR SPEECH? OH, YES, GO AHEAD.
SHE IS, SHE IS, SHE HAS TO DO IT.
OKAY, I GOTTA GET THE GLASSES OUT.
SO, UH, FINALLY WE SIMPLY ASK THE TOWN TO SLOW THIS PROCESS DOWN SO WE CAN GET APPROPRIATE AND CLEAR ANSWERS TO ALL THE LEGAL QUESTIONS NOTED ABOVE AS WELL.
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AS WELL HAVE, HAVE TIME FOR GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS.WE BELIEVE REACHING AN AGREEMENT ON THESE ISSUES WOULD LIKELY BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CONFLICT AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
AND I'M SORRY, COULD YOU JUST ASK HIM WHY ARE WE USING 2088 AND NOT GIVING US PREEXISTING STATUS? 'CAUSE WE'RE GUILTY.
SO WHY ARE YOU APPLYING TO 2010 A D RULES FOR THE HANDICAP? WE DON'T OPPOSE THE HANDICAP SPOTS.
WE JUST DON'T THINK WE NEED AS MANY, WHICH IS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEYS HAVE TO WORK OUT, RIGHT? THANK YOU, SIR.
WE CANT TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
PLEASE, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
WHO'S THAT? SPEAKER? YOU'RE, WE WELCOME TO COME UP TO THE JASON CAER.
UM, MY NAME'S JASON COFFER AND I FIRST WANNA START BY THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SCARSDALE COUNTRY AS STATES NOW FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS.
UM, I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON OUR CO-OP BOARD FOR 10 YEARS, LAST THREE YEARS, OF WHICH I SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THAT BOARD.
AND DURING MY TENURE, TENURE, MY 10 YEAR TENURE ON THE BOARD, I WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH THE TOWN IN TERMS OF TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR PARKING, MOST OF WHICH WERE STRUCK DOWN.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID THAT I AGREE WITH.
AND, UM, I THINK WE'RE DEALING WITH TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE ISSUES.
ISSUE NUMBER ONE IS THE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS.
I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF THE SITUATION WITH MR. ROACH THAT LIVES IN 11TH CENTURY PLACE AND HIS DECISION TO SUE THE TOWN AND COMPLAIN TO THE TOWN AND EVERY ORGANIZATION AND EVERYBODY THAT WOULD LISTEN TO HIM.
HOWEVER, I'M AN ATTORNEY AS WELL AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT YOU PROBABLY DID YOUR LEGAL RESEARCH, BUT I DID AS WELL.
I RESPECTFULLY, AS LITIGATION ATTORNEYS DO DISAGREE WITH YOU, WITH YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE A A D A LAWS AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TOWN.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT, AND I AM NOT GOING TO BE ACCUSED BY MR. HENDRICK OF BEING CALLOUS NOW, OR I'M SORRY, MR. JONES, OF BEING CALLOUS FOR HANDICAP SPOTS BECAUSE I'M IN FAVOR OF HANDICAP SPOTS.
THESE ARE NOT HANDICAPPED BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE ONE RESIDENT IN YEARS THAT HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS.
ONE, WE HAVE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY COME TO THE TOWN ABOUT HANDICAP PARKING SPOTS AND THEY WERE PUSHED AWAY.
THERE ARE PEOPLE SITTING IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE COME TO THE TOWN TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS AND THEY WERE PUSHED AWAY.
MR. ROACH JUST HAPPENS TO YELL LOUDER AND SCREAM LOUDER THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
SO I RESPECT NOW THAT WE HAVE NEW COUNSEL, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY INITIATED IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT TODAY.
THAT WE ALLOW OUR COUNSEL TO COMMUNICATE WITH MR. DANKO AND TRY AND ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TOWN'S ACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ARE AND ARE NOT.
BEFORE WE DECIMATE THE PARKING LOT FOR FIVE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS.
I SPENT 10 YEARS ON THIS BOARD DEALING WITH THE COMPLAINTS AND THE ISSUES OF PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO PARK AND TRYING TO FIND A ZILLION DIFFERENT WAYS TO COME ABOUT CHANGING THAT NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ALL OF A SUDDEN TAKE 10 PARKING SPOTS AWAY.
WE ARE ALREADY P*****G OFF EVERY RESIDENT OF PARADISE DRIVE.
AND THIS ISSUE IS NOW GOING TO NOT ONLY BE PARADISE DRIVE, IT'S GONNA BE STONY BROOK LANE.
IT'S GONNA BE ROCK HILL LANE, IT'S GONNA BE ONE LANE, IT'S GONNA BE STONELEY COURT, IT'S GONNA BE ALL THE SIDE STREETS.
AND IF YOU THINK YOUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE PAYING BIG TAX DOLLARS ARE GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT US PARKING ON THEIR STREETS, THEY'RE NOT, BUT THE HANDICAP SPOTS NOW I ASK THAT IT JUST BE PUT ASIDE FOR NOW.
IF YOU HAVE TO PUT IN ONE OR TWO HANDICAP SPOTS, PUT IN ONE OR TWO HANDICAP SPOTS AND LET'S DEAL WITH THE OTHER ISSUES.
NOW WITH, IF I MAY, CAN I HAVE ANOTHER MOMENT? I MAY NOT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE I DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL, I DID NOT HAVE FULL FIVE MINUTES ON THAT.
YEAH, SO YOU COULD GO, YOU, IT'S TWO MINUTES MORE, IF I MAY THE SEC THE SECONDARY ISSUE, AND I WILL BE QUICK.
AND I KNOW THAT MR. FINER TOLD US RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING THAT HE DOESN'T WANNA ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE TANDEM PARKING SPOTS TONIGHT.
BUT IT IS AN ISSUE, MR. FINDER'S ASSURANCES TONIGHT THAT THIS IS GOING TO GO AWAY AND THIS SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
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ARE NOT REALLY ALL THAT REASSURING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE NOT FRUSTRATED.
WE MADE, I MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THIS PROPERTY 19 YEARS AGO.
I'M NOW GOING TO BE LOOKING WHEN MY SON GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AT POTENTIALLY SELLING THIS AT A LOSS.
THERE IS A, THERE'S A RESIDENT RIGHT NOW WHOSE APARTMENT IS ON THE, ON THE MARKET.
AND SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS COME UP, SHE'S SENT OUT TWO CONTRACTS AT FULL ASKING BOTH CONTRACTS HAVE FALLEN THROUGH BECAUSE OF THIS.
THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT UPON OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS BEING ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOME.
THIS IS OUR, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR INVESTMENT.
NONE OF YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PARKING ISSUES AND DEPRECIATING VALUE.
THE TOWN OF GREEN BROOK'S PROPERTY VALUES ARE SKYROCKETING.
NOT IN SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATES BECAUSE OF THE PARKING.
THIS IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO DISRUPT THINGS UNTIL WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW ATTORNEY AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND MR. FINER AND THE REST OF THE BOARD TO SIT DOWN AND PROPERLY COMMUNICATE AND DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE DONE.
'CAUSE 99.9% ASSURANCES ISN'T GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
COULD I JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION? UH, YOU KNOW, COULD WE, UM, INSTEAD OF SAYING, PUTTING UP THE THREE SPOTS, WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT SAY TO TWO, YOU KNOW, TEMP, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARILY.
AND THEN WE, WE, WE, WE NEGOTIATE BECAUSE MY FAILING IS THEN WE'RE AT LEAST SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO LISTEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPROMISE, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARILY.
AND THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MEET IN GOOD FAITH AND TRY, YOU KNOW, RESOLVING IT.
BECAUSE I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK, I AM NOT, I AM NOT IN AUTHORITY.
NO, I'M ASKING, I'M NOT IN AUTHORITY AT THIS POINT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OFM COOP.
I'M ASKING, I'M ASKING THE TOWN WARD.
I THINK THE ATTORNEY SHOULD SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD SPEAK ABOUT THAT ON THEIR OWN.
THE ISSUE IS THAT IT'S GOING IN TOMORROW, THE SPOTS.
SO THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF YOU KNOW, IF THE TOWN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING SOMETHING TOMORROW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY AS A BOARD WOULD HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE WILLING TO DO A TEMPORARY COMPROMISE.
UM, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW, WE'LL, WE COULD DIRECT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT NOT TO DO AS MUCH AS THEY WERE GONNA DO.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING DO A LITTLE LESS INITIALLY AND THEN WE CONSIDERED DISCUSSING IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN PROPOSING IS WHY, WHY RUSH PUT IN THE ONE OR TWO HANDICAPS.
WE'VE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS ALREADY WITH YOUR NO ONE THIS, WELL, I'VE BEEN TALKING, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO WHO, WHO IS THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK? THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
NOW THIS IS RELATED TO H P P D, RIGHT? BILL? BILL'S GONE.
YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION IN FRONT OF THE TOWN WHERE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS ARE AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN ILLEGAL ROAD MARKINGS BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
MY PRESENTATION IS BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED IN MAUI WHERE THEY WERE TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND NOBODY FIXED IT.
SO I'M NOW POINTING OUT SITUATIONS THAT A, A PUBLIC HAZARD THAT HAVE TO BE FIXED.
AND AS YOU, AS THE TOWN ATTORNEY, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MOBILIZE SOMEBODY TO HAVE THE STATE OF NEW YORK CHANGE THOSE TO LEGAL LINES.
AND IF YOU CAN'T MOBILIZE IT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GET A NEW TOWN ATTORNEY WHO WILL MOBILIZE IT.
THAT'S THE LESSON THAT'S BEEN WRONG FOR 50 YEARS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FIX IT.
IT'S GONNA GET FIXED NOW 'CAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
I PICK ONE ITEM AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MOBILIZE WHATEVER RESOURCES THIS TOWN HAS TO GET THAT CORRECTED WITHIN A WEEK.
THEY HAVEN'T BLOWN THE SIRENS AT INDIAN POINT IN YEARS.
ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, THEY'RE GOING TO BLOW 'EM AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY'RE GONNA FIND OUT THAT THREE QUARTERS OF 'EM DON'T WORK.
NOBODY BOTHERED SAYING TEST THEM BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
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WHAT'S IN FRONT OF TOWN HALL IS A SAFETY ISSUE.IF YOU WANT ME TO STAND THERE AND POINT OUT TO YOU EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ILLEGAL AND PRESENT A HAZARD TO EVERYBODY, I WILL DO THAT AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET IT FIXED WITHIN THE WEEK, THEN WE NEEDED TO NEWER TOWN 30 WHO WILL GET SAFETY FOR THE TOWN.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF INSTANCES THAT HAVE GONE ON UNADDRESSED FOR YEARS.
I'M TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT SOMEBODY IN CHARGE OF EACH INSTANCE OF A SAFETY ISSUE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE FIFTH ONE I'VE WORKED ON ALREADY.
AND THE COOPERATION I'VE GOTTEN IS EXCELLENT.
PEOPLE ARE ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT HAVE GONE ON UNCORRECTED FOR YEARS.
MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FIND THE PEOPLE WHO I'LL MAKE THE CHANGE NOW.
YOU JUST DEMONSTRATED YOU PAY ATTENTION.
I CAUGHT THE THREE MINUTES TOO.
YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED TO ME A NUMBER OF TIMES.
AND IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT WITHIN A WEEK DOWN THE LAST THAT YOU BE REPLACED AND WE GET AN ATTORNEY WHO CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SAVE LIVES BECAUSE I SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO MAUI AND NOBODY ELSE DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU WANNA STOP ME? AND BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T REGISTER TO SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW FRANCIS WAS GONNA PRESENT IMPROPER INFORMATION WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE GROUND IS ONLY A FEW INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE.
THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATED ME TO COME UP HERE AND SAY THERE'S SIX FEET OF DIRT THERE TO ABSORB THE WATER.
YOUR MISINFORMATION IS WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T REGISTER UNTIL I HEARD YOU GIVE OUT MISINFORMATION.
YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT I SAY, DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
ONE INSTANCE, I'M HERE TO SAVE LIVES AND IF I HAVE TO DO IT THE HARD WAY, I'LL DO IT THE HARD WAY.
BUT THE COOPERATION I'VE GOTTEN IN THE LAST THREE DAYS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION WHO I DIDN'T EXPECT TO PAY ATTENTION.
AND YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW MANY OF 'EM.
I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND, JAMES BURNS.
UM, I THINK THAT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY WE ARE THE NEWEST RESIDENTS OF SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATES HAVING JUST MOVED IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO FROM THE CITY.
WE, I WILL SAY, I, I CAN GIVE A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF AS A POTENTIAL HOME BUYER, THE CONCERNS THAT ALREADY EXISTED GIVEN CURRENT PARKING CAPACITY WITHIN THE CO-OP AS A POTENTIAL HOME BUYER AND THE CHALLENGES THAT REDUCED PARKING CAPACITY COULD CREATE FOR RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN RESELLING THEIR HOMES.
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO ADD TO THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED THAT I VIEW THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL.
CENTRAL AVENUE IS EXTREMELY BUSY, AND AS A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER WITH MY NEW HUSBAND INTERESTED IN STARTING A FAMILY, I HAVE REAL CONCERNS AROUND HOW I DO THAT IF I HAVE TO PARK MY CAR AND WALK MY CHILDREN DOWN CENTRAL AVENUE WITHOUT SAFE PARKING IN PROXIMITY TO MY HOME.
SO IN MY VIEW, UH, PRODUCTIVE SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE WOULD BE ONE THAT INCREASES THE PARKING CAPACITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, NOT DECREASES IT.
AND ALSO JUST A SHORT PLUG FOR GREEN SPACE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WE DID JUST MOVE FROM MANHATTAN, AND THE GREEN SPACE AVAILABLE IN THIS CO-OP COMMUNITY WAS A HUGE BONUS FOR US WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR A PROTECT A POTENTIAL HOME.
SO IN ADDITION TO WANTING TO PRESERVE, IF NOT INCREASE PARKING CAPACITY, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE GREEN SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I C MY TIME, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION SO I, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? YEAH.
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A NEW HOMEOWNER, WHEN YOU PURCHASED YOUR HOME, WAS THE PARKING SITUATION ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE YOU PURCHASED IT BY THE REALTORS? SO WE VISITED THIS COMMUNITY SEVERAL TIMES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING OUT FOR WAS THE PARKING SITUATION AND WHETHER WE COULD GAUGE HOW MUCH OF A STRUGGLE IT COULD BE.OUR REALTOR DID MENTION THAT PARKING WAS A CHALLENGE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I THINK HONESTLY, FOR US, I MEAN, WE'VE COUNTED OURSELVES FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO FIND A COMMUNITY IN GREENBURG, UM, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE GREAT SCHOOLS THAT WE HOPE TO ONE DAY SEND OUR CHILDREN TO.
UM, AND THIS WAS ONE OF VERY FEW COMMUNITIES THAT PROVIDED US WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR PRICE RANGE.
UM, AND SO FOR US, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A TRADE OFF DECISION THAT WE MADE.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE EVEN MORE CONCERNING FOR POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS, WERE THEY, TO COME AND SEE THAT THAT PARKING CAPACITY IS EVEN MORE DIMINISHED.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR FOR SURE, REALTORS IN THE WESTCHESTER AREA ARE AWARE OF THE PARKING CHALLENGES THAT THE CO-OP'S FACING.
SO THE, THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I HAVE FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY IS, UH, OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY CONTROVERSIES AND WE ALWAYS TRY LISTENING TO RESIDENTS, AND I FEEL THERE'S A LOT OF SKEPTICISM BECAUSE PEOPLE GENERALLY DON'T TRUST GOVERNMENT, AND THEY REALLY GET ANGRY WHEN THEY FEEL THAT GOVERNMENT IS FORCING SOMETHING OR IMPOSING SOMETHING WITHOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, A DIALOGUE.
SO WHAT I SEE FROM HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SKEPTICISM AND ANXIETY AND STRESS AND STRESS.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST IS, WELL, WE ARE NEGOTIATING.
WE PUT INSTEAD OF THREE DISABLED SPOTS BECAUSE THEY WERE GONNA DO IT TOMORROW, THAT THE TOWN PUTS ONE SPOT AT EACH COMPLEX.
SO, UH, THE RESIDENT WHO'S DISABLED, YOU KNOW, HE COULD HAVE THE SPOT, THE RESIDENT THAT THERE COULD BE, THERE'D BE ONE OTHER SPOT.
SO THAT'S NOT GONNA CREATE A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKING, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS. THEN AT THE SAME TIME, IF THE TOWN BOARD WOULD DIRECT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SHOULD JUST DO ONE SPOT AT EACH, EACH LOCATION, THEN YOU AND, UH, THEIR ATTORNEY COULD, UM, NEGOTIATE.
UH, WE COULD ACT IN GOOD FAITH.
THERE'LL BE THE, AND INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY BEING APPREHENSIVE AND ANGRY AT THE TOWN, THERE'LL BE A FAILING THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND WE'RE WILLING TO LISTEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL THAT THIS IS REALLY THE WAY OF, OF GOING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IF WE PUT UP THREE SPOTS NOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO IT NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REALLY UPSET, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A, UH, UH, HONEST, FRANK, UH, NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE NOBODY'S GONNA TRUST US.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE, UH, COMPROMISE INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD NO DISABLED SPOTS FOR 80 YEARS.
SO IF WE PUT ONE SPOT TOMORROW AT EACH PLACE, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.
IF IT TAKES ANOTHER, IF WE NEED TWO SPOTS AT SOME POINT, OR THREE SPOTS, AT SOME POINT, WE'LL NEGOTIATE THAT IF WE WANT, IF YOU WANT TO BUY THE PROPERTY, WE'LL NEGOTIATE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE DONE.
WHO IS THE NEXT SPEAKER ONE? CLARIFY HOW WELL, I'M SAYING ONE FOR EACH COMPLEX.
COULD WE, WE CANNOT, CANNOT HAVE A LEGAL NEGOTIATION.
WE CAN'T HAVE LEGAL NEGOTIATIONS FROM THE PODIUM.
AREN'T YOU LAWYER? DON'T YOU KNOW, DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE I'M ALSO PUBLIC.
I'M AN ELECTED, ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND MY PRIMARY JOB IS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SOME OF US HAVE TO BE ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO THE LAW.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS MEETING BASICALLY FOR A SHOW, OR THIS IS NOT A, A GIMMICK.
WHEN WE SAY WE WANNA LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND IF PEOPLE MAKE SENSE, WE SHOULD BASICALLY BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE AND WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO MY FEELING IS THAT IF WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SPOTS FOR 80 YEARS.
IF WE HAVE ONE SPOT NOW, ONE SPOT IN BOTH COMPLEX, MR. SUPERVISOR, WE NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH.
I'M CONVINCED WE COULD RESOLVE THIS.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL, UH, EVERYBODY, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET THIS SOLVED.
MR. SUPERVISOR, SPEAKER, WE ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY AND, AND THE DOESN'T MATTER, THE, UM, ESTATES ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY, PLEASE LET THEM SPEAK.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? THAT SHOULD BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
I HAVE MY VIEWS AND I'M GONNA TRUST.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'RE ALSO REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY.
THEY NOW ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY.
THE FRUSTRATION FOR US IS THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE EVOLVING ATTORNEYS,
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UH, FOR SS, UM, SS, C E, UM, YOU NOW HAVE AN ATTORNEY.HOPEFULLY IT, WHEN I ASKED BEFORE, ARE YOU REPRESENTING SOMEBODY, IT WAS FOR A REASON, IS WE DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH OR WHO WE ARE DISCUSSING THINGS WITH.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED, RIGHT? YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY, WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY, THERE ARE LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN SERVED WITH A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.
UM, UH, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR YOU.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN IT, BUT THAT WAS A, BASICALLY A TIME BOMB RELYING ON TOWN PROPERTY AS YOUR PARKING SPACES THAT HAS TO GET RESOLVED SO THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING THIS IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'S GONNA BE HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE BASED ON THE LAW.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT SAY, RAH, RAH, RAH, IF I SAID YES, LET'S JUST PUT IN ONE SPOT TOMORROW.
BUT IF OUR TOWN ATTORNEY TELLS US THAT'S NOT THE LAW, THEN JUST LIKE THE GENTLEMAN WHO GOT ON THE, UH, THE, THE CO-OP BOARD AND YOU KNOW, HE THOUGHT HE WAS JUST GONNA GET SOLAR PANELS AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE GREAT.
IT'S NOT EASY SITTING UP HERE.
RIGHT? UH, BUT LET'S LET THE ATTORNEYS TALK TO EACH OTHER.
I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE.
THERE'S THE HANDICAP SPOTS AND THERE'S THE TANDEM PARKING.
UM, BUT FOR ME, I NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR TOWN ATTORNEY SO THAT FIRST WE DO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE LAW, AND THEN WE FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO SOMETHING PERMANENTLY SO THAT YOU'RE NOT IN THIS SITUATION.
SO WE HAVE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? WE, WE HAVE FIVE MORE INDIVIDUALS.
WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UH, RACHEL SEGER, YVONNE HARRIS, MONICA, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.
AND MANNY, MANNY URI, AND THEN DYLAN PINES.
SO LET'S, UH, START OFF WITH RACHEL SEGER.
I AM GONNA BE BRIEF, I THINK, HOPEFULLY 'CAUSE I'M STARVING.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS YOU.
UM, I AM MS. SCARSDALE, UH, RESIDENT.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE TWO SMALL, WELL, THEY'RE NOT THAT SMALL ANYMORE.
TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, FIVE AND SEVEN.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M AN ATTORNEY AS WELL, JUST VERY BRIEFLY WITH RESPECT TO THIS ISSUE THAT MR. FINER JUST PROPOSED, OR, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA THAT WAS JUST FLOATED.
THERE ARE TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BE THE END ALL OF WHAT, WHAT WE COMPLETE WE DO AT THE END.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF ONE, ONE SPOT IN EACH PLACE AS WE WORK THIS OUT.
I THINK THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
UM, I ALSO WANNA WELCOME OUR NEW RESIDENTS.
UM, AND WHAT I WAS HOPING TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT WAS THAT ACTUAL ISSUE.
I CAN GIVE YOU VERY DETAILED ANECDOTES ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOOK FOR SPOT WITH A TWO YEAR OLD, WITH A THREE YEAR OLD, WITH THEN TWO CHILDREN AS YOU GO.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE CIRCLE.
IF YOU'RE TWO ADULTS TOGETHER, FINE, NO PROBLEM.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, GOES AND LOOKS FOR PARKING, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN, I DUNNO, IN THREE OR FOUR BLOCKS AWAY, RIGHT? I WAS GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY EXTREME.
BUT, UM, MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS ALONE, I, FIRST, I WANNA SAY I AM, I AM VERY SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR COLLEAGUE AND, UM, AND YOUR FRIEND.
UM, AS I SAT WATCHING ALL THIS, THIS IS MY FIRST TOWN MEETING, I, UM, COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IF WE LOSE OUR SPOTS.
AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I CROSSED CENTRAL PARK AVENUE WITH MY KIDS, I, IT WAS BECAUSE NO, THEY COULDN'T WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE LIGHT AND WAIT.
SO WE, WE, OR MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE, BUT IT WASN'T, IT JUST WASN'T WORKING.
SO, OKAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA, WE'VE GOT THIS.
OKAY, I GOT ONE HAND AND I'M RUNNING ACROSS WITH THEM, THANKING GOD THAT WE MADE
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IT ACROSS THAT STREET.I WOULD LOOK, WE'D MAKE SURE WE WERE SAFE, AND I WOULD RACE ACROSS THE STREET WITH THEM.
AND I, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU SAW MY EMAIL.
UM, I, I HAD A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS WHERE I HAD CARS SLAMMING ON THEIR BIG BRAKES BECAUSE THEY WERE FLYING AROUND THAT, UM, THAT BLIND, THE BLIND, UM, CURVE COMING AROUND UNDERHILL.
AND IT, IT'S, IT IS TERRIFYING.
YOU SEE YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES FLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES.
I'VE ALSO HAD ON EDGEMONT FAMILIES, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ISSUE OF PARADISE, UM, WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY SORT OF HEATING UP, SAY, HOW COULD YOU CAN'T WALK WITH YOUR CHILDREN ACROSS THAT STREET? AND I DEFENDED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER OPTION.
WHEN THERE IS NOWHERE TO PARK AND YOU'RE ALONE.
I CAN'T LEAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD AND A ONE-YEAR-OLD UP IN THE APARTMENT ALONE WHILE I GO LOOK FOR PARKING.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT DESPITE OUR HUNGER, DESPITE OUR FATIGUE, TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO FAMILIES.
UM, I, I DON'T, I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHY NOW, AS, AS, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD ONE DISGRUNTLED RESIDENT AND THAT BROUGHT ALL OF THIS TO LIGHT.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT THE ATTORNEYS WILL TAKE THE TIME TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR EVERYBODY IN EDGEMONT.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT APARTMENTS, I'M NOT TALKING
WHATEVER YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH,
CAN YOU TALK INTO THE OH, THANK YOU.
UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR TOWN CLERK WHO HAD MADE A RESOLUTION IN REGARDS TO THE GREENBERG OR, UM, TD YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THE TOWN BOARD CONSIDER AND UNANIMOUSLY WITHOUT AND AGREE WHEN YOU UNANIMOUSLY DO IT, TO RENAME THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE TD YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER EXTENSION WITH THE NAME OF SOMEONE THAT TRULY HAS WORKED HARD IN GREENBURG AND DESERVES THE RECOGNITION IN THE WAY OF BARBARA WILSON WATSON, I'M SORRY, WATSON PERRY.
AND IT WOULD NOT MEAN THAT'S ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT WHEN WE WALK IN THERE AS SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST CLOSE YOUR EARS, 70 YEARS.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE A LEGACY THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN REMEMBER AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE, AND HOW GOOD, HOW MUCH WE'VE ENJOYING THE GREENBERG CENTER WITH HER NAME ON IT.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, IS THAT WE CAN GET HER NAME PUT ON THERE AS THE SECOND FLOOR EXTENSION IN THE NAME OF BARBARA WATSON.
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR, UH, PARKING SPACES.
MONICA, PLEASE SAY YOUR LAST NAME WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM.
MARY AIS, UH, UM, UH, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS MAN REESES AND I LIVE IN ON JUNIPER HILL, UH, PART OF FAIRVIEW.
UM, I HAD A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WAS GONNA SPEAK ABOUT, BUT I, I, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT IN BY THE CITIZENS OF, UH, SCARSDALE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY SAD THAT
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CITIZENS NEED TO HIRE LEGAL COUNSEL TO HAVE SOLUTIONS BY THIS TOWN BOARD.IT REALLY UPSETS ME THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AS LONG AS IT HAS, AND THE TOWN HAS BEEN IGNORING IT UN UNTIL THEY SAY IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE, AND THEY'RE PUT, THEY'RE PUT UNDER THE GUN.
THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE SOLVED BY A TOM BOARD.
OUR TOWN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO BE SOLUTIONS, SOLUTIONS CREATORS AND PROACTIVE FOR THE CITIZENS OF GREENBURG.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO'S REPRESENTING YOU ON THE BOARD AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.
UM, MY, UH, THIS WEEK I WAS SAT AROUND PAYING BILLS, INCLUDING MY REAL ESTATE TAXES.
AND I WAS REMINDED OF TWO ISSUES THAT I FEEL THE TOWN BOARD HAD BEEN REMISSED AND COULD BE DOING, UM, BETTER TO HELP RESIDENT WITH THE COST OF LIVING IN GREENBURG.
UH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS HOW, IS HOW THAT, I, I, HOW THEY WOULD ADDRESS, UM, THE FACT THAT WE ARE FORCED TO ACCEPT ENROLLMENT IN AN ESCO, UM, BY THE BOARD OF, BY THE CHOOSING OF THE BOARD, UM, TO GET ELECTRICITY THAT IS PRICED OVER 40% HIGHER THAN THE CON EDISON ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE RATES IN THE COUNTRY.
THE BOARD SHOULD BE, BE WE NEGOTIATING, UH, THOSE FEES, UM, WITH, WITH, UH, SUSTAINABLE, UH, WEST WESTCHESTER, AND TRY TO GET US A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR PRICING.
AND IF THEY CAN'T DO THAT, THEY SHOULD NOT FORCE US TO, TO ACCEPT THEIR RATES AS AN OPT OUT SITUATION.
UM, UH, THIS, THESE, UH, IN THAT, IN THE SAME VEIN I WAS THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW, HOW ELSE CAN WE HELP OUR CITIZENS IN THIS HIGH, IN THE HIGH COST OF, OF LIVING IN, IN TOWNS LIKE GREENBERG AND OTHER PARTS OF WESTCHESTER.
AND, AND ANOTHER IDEA THAT CAME TO MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING, UM, AND HOW WE CAN HELP OUR SENIORS, UM, UH, FOR THEIR YEARS OF SUPPORT TO OUR TOWN.
AND, UH, AND THANK THEM FOR THAT MATTER.
UH, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT, UH, I RECOMMEND THAT ONE WAY IS TO, UH, THAT ALL PROGRAMS AND RECREATION FEES BE WAIVED TO ALL SENIORS LIVING IN GREENBURG, ALL SENIORS LIVING IN GREENBURGS.
UH, THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL IN MANY TOWNS ARE CURRENTLY TAKING THAT ACTION.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING, WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS THAT THE TOWN COULD RELIEVE SOME OF THE SENIORS WHO ARE WANTED TO STAY HERE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AN IN PLACE, AND I, I THINK THE TOWN IS NOT BEING PROACTIVE ENOUGH AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, LIKE, LIKE YOU GUYS ARE EXPERIENCING THESE, THESE ARE LIFE CHANGING COST OF LIVING AND HEALTH ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
WE NEED A TOWN BOARD THAT'S PROACTIVE, AND IT WOULD MOVE FORWARD IN ACT AND TAKE ACTIONS IN THINGS THAT THE TOWN RESIDENTS NEED.
NOT WHEN IT BECOMES A LEGAL ISSUE, NOT BECAUSE SOMEBODY COMPLAINS, NO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT AS, AS NEEDED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN.
AND I'LL JUST THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, DYLAN PINE, UH, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO SEE SO MANY, UH, FAMILIAR FACES.
A A FUN FACT ABOUT ME, I LIVED AT SCARSDALE COUNTRY ESTATES FROM 2014 TO 2020, AND I REALLY DO HOPE, AS FRANCIS SAID, THAT, UH, THE TOWN AND THE, THE CO-OPS ABLE TO COME TO A, A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT, WHAT THIS PROBLEM NEEDS.
UH, GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT SUMMER.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, I AM DYLAN PINE OF EDGEMONT, AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
UH, BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANNA EXPRESS MY CONDOLENCES TO THE EAST HARSDALE AVENUE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF STEPHANIE.
UH, WHILE THE RECENT TRAGIC ACCIDENT ON EAST HARSDALE AVENUE HAS PUT A RENEWED FOCUS ON SAFETY WITHIN THE TOWN FOR THE PAST 10 MONTHS, THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING ON A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INITIATIVE LED BY OUR RENEWED TRAFFIC SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UH, SO FAR THIS PROCESS HAS INCLUDED 12 INTERACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC ONLINE WORK SESSIONS AND FIVE SURVEYS
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WITH 632 TOTAL RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTS.UH, AT THE E C C MEETING THIS PAST MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, THE E C C HAD ITS FIRST READING AND DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT, UH, DRAFTED BY THE OUR TRAFFIC SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UH, THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY DATA AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, IT WAS CLEAR FORT HILL OLD ARMY ROAD AND ARLEY ROAD WERE THE FOCAL POINTS OF SAFETY CONCERNS.
AND BECAUSE THEY'RE SUCH HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADS IMPROVEMENT HAS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO IMPACT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS.
THIS FIRST REPORT FOCUSED ON THESE THREE MAJOR ROADWAYS IN EDGEMONT WITH INDIVIDUAL SUB REPORTS ON EACH OF THESE THREE ROADS DRAFTED BY COMMUNITY TEAMS OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG EACH OF THESE ROADS.
UH, I ANTICIPATE THE E C C WILL AUTHORIZE ME TO SUBMIT THE FULL REPORT TO YOU AT OUR OCTOBER 3RD MEETING, UH, WHILE PORT HILL AND OLD ARMY ROAD ARE ENTIRELY TOWN ROADS, ARDSLEY ROAD IS UNIQUE BECAUSE THE PORTION BETWEEN THE TOWN BORDER AND CENTRAL PARK AVENUE IS A COUNTY ROAD, OFFICIALLY COUNTY ROUTE 78.
UH, RECOGNIZING THAT THE TIMELINE FOR THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUDGETING PROCESS DIFFERS FROM THAT OF THE TOWN.
UH, THE E C C BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT OUR MONDAY MEETING TOOK THE URGENT STEP TO UNANIM UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPT THE ARLEY TEAM REPORT AND ADOPT THE PRIORITIES OUTLINED WITHIN IT.
UH, THE PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNTY PORTION OF ARLEY ROAD ARE AS FOLLOWS, UH, INSTALL A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ALONG ONE SIDE OF ARLEY ROAD FROM OLD ARMY ROAD TO CENTRAL AVENUE, WITH INITIAL COMPLETION OF THE STRETCH BETWEEN OLD ARMY AND SILLY PLACE ROAD, UH, FUND A PROFESSIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE SAFETY OF THE ARLEY ROAD, SEALY PLACE CROSSING, AND THE VIABILITY AND SAFETY OF ADDING A NEW CROSSWALK AT ARLEY ROAD.
IN GREENVILLE CHURCH, UH, FUND A PROFESSIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE SAFETY OF THE EXISTING CROSSWALKS AT EDGEMONT ROAD AND LINWOOD ROAD, UH, AND THE VIABILITY AND THE SAFETY OF ADDING NEW CROSSWALKS AT THE ARLEY ROAD OLD ARMY INTERSECTION.
FOUR, UH, MAINTAIN THE CATCH BASINS MORE REGULARLY AND FUND A PROFESSIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE ADVOCACY OF THE STORM STORMWATER SEWER SYSTEM.
FIVE, UH, PROHIBIT 18 WHEELER TRUCKS ON ARLEY ROAD FROM SCARSDALE VILLAGE TO CENTRAL AVENUE.
AND LASTLY, SIX, UH, MAINTAIN THE SHOULDER ALONG THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF THE ROAD DOWN THE HILL BETWEEN OVERTON, UH, ROAD AND THE TOWN BORDER AT LINWOOD.
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WEEDS AND SHRUBS OFTEN BECOME OVERGROWN, UH, ALONG THIS SEGMENT AND OBSCURE TRAFFIC SIGNS, UH, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ASK YOU TO JOIN US IN SUPPORTING THESE PRIORITIES BY WRITING A LETTER TO OUR COUNTY LEADERSHIP, ENDORSING THESE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE COUNTY PORTION OF LEY ROAD.
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING AT THE OCTOBER 11TH TOWN BOARD MEETING TO SHARE MORE ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INITIATIVE, OUR ANALYSIS OF FORT HILL ROAD AND OLD ARMY ROAD, UH, AND THE SAFETY PRIORITIES FOR THESE ROAD TOWN ROADS THAT WE HOPE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON.
UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE EDGEMONT AND GREENBERG AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I, I HAVE SOME, DID YOU, DID YOU EMAIL THAT TO US? NO, I HAVE SOME REPORTS HERE THAT I CAN GIVE AT THE END OF THE MEETING, MAYBE, MAYBE TOMORROW.
AND CAN YOU EMAIL? YEAH, I'LL EMAIL IT TO YOU.
ALSO, IT'S EASIER YOU EMAIL THAT I, I SPOKE TO, UH, RICH FUND SAFE TODAY, AND YOU KNOW, I INDICATED THAT IN THE 2024 BUDGET THAT, YOU KNOW, BE PROPOSING AT THE END OF OCTOBER THAT I WILL INCLUDE, UM, UM, SOME OF THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS YOUR COMMITTEE HAS, UM, RECOMMENDED, UM, RECOMMENDED.
SO THIS WAY WE COULD, YOU KNOW, BE COMMITTED TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING, UH, THE SAFETY SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN'T BE DONE IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, WELL AT ONCE, BUT WE COULD PHASE IT IN AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, WHAT WE DEFINITELY WILL MAKE PROGRESS AND WE'LL WORK WITH YOU IN TERMS OF, UH, THEIR APPROPRIATE PRIOR PRIORITIZATION.
I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS VIA ZOOM? LANE? COBB HAS A HAND RAISED.
Y I JUST AM LIKE A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE I KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING UP THIS PARKING SPOTS TOMORROW, UM, AND YOU HAVE THE, AND YOUR, THE TWO LAWYERS HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, MEET, THEN PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE THE SPOUSE AND THEY'RE GONNA FEEL, OH, THIS WAS LIKE A WASTE OF, YOU KNOW, TIME AND NOBODY REALLY WAS LISTENING.
AND I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT MAYBE JOE AND YOU, YOU COULD SPEAK TODAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE AFTER THE MEETING FOR A FEW MINUTES AND SEE IF YOU COULD WORK OUT AT LEAST A TEMPORARY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, A TEMPORARY ACT.
SO THIS WAY AT LEAST, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, UH, THEN START NEGOTIATING THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM IN, IN, IN, IN GOOD FAITH.
YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY WERE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE DID THIS WITH EAST HEARTS DAILY AVENUE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN REALLY RE SUPER RESPONSIVE.
WE'VE DONE THIS WITH EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I FEEL THAT THE TOWN SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AND SHOULD, UM, SHOULD SHOW PEOPLE HERE THAT WE'RE LISTENING AND WE WANNA WORK WITH THEM.
LANE, IF YOU TURN ON YOUR VIDEO, UH, IT'S YOUR OPTION, OR YOU JUST WANT TO BEGIN SPEAKING, THAT'D BE GREAT.
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UH, I, I AM NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME AND I WOULD LOVE VIDEOIT IS PAST MY BEDTIME, BUT I AM
UH, I, I AM ALSO HERE, UH, UH, IN SUPPORT OF, OF, OF, UH, TOWN CLERK JUDITH IL'S RESOLUTION FOR THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER TO BE NAMED THE BARBARA WATSON PERRY EXTENSION.
GIVEN WHAT BARBARA WATSON PERRY GAVE TO THIS COMMUNITY, HER CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN SO VALUABLE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER.
THIS IS NOT A, A, IT DOESN'T SEEM, IT SEEMS LIKE THE LEAST WE COULD DO, UH, TO, UM, EXTEND THIS LEGACY TO HER IN OUR TOWN.
AND I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THIS, UH, SOONER THAN LATER.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT MEETING, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO COMES BEFORE THE BOARD TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR OWN, IN YOUR OWN INTEREST AND, AND THE INTEREST OF THE TOWN.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
LANE, UH, LANE, I, I WORKED WITH BARBARA WHEN I WAS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR, AND SHE WAS WORKING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, SO I BAS AM VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO, YOU KNOW, RENAME, UH, THAT SECTION BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD SHE, SHE WORKED ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ANOTHER NEXT STEP, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN TERMS OF NAMING WOULD BE TO ASK THE COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, UH, TO MAKE, UM, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, NAMING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A NO-BRAINER AND WON'T BE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WANTS TO, UH, ASK, YOU KNOW, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, GIVE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE RESPECT OF, UM, OF HAVING INPUT AND THIS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
YOU KNOW, IF IT TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS LONGER, YOU KNOW, THAT TO ME IS NOT THE MAIN THING, IS TO HONOR BARBARA AND TO, UH, AND FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL PROUD OF THE DECISION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS BEING MADE.
BUT BARBARA DEFINITELY, UH, DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR THAT SECOND FLOOR, AND WITHOUT HER, IT NEVER WOULD'VE HAPPENED.
AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER SHE, UH, TOLD ME TO GO TO ALBANY AND, UM, THE MAJORITY LEADER AT THAT TIME, I THINK HIS NAME WAS MARINO, HE DIDN'T WANT TO MEET WITH ME.
UH, SO I BASICALLY, UH, SAT IN THE OFFICE AT HER REQUEST AND SHE TOLD ME NOT TO LEAVE UNTIL, UH, UM, HE SPOKE TO ME AND, UH, THEY TOLD ME HE WASN'T IN THE OFFICE.
AND THEN I SAT IN THE LOT IN THE, HIS WAITING AREA AND I WOULDN'T LEAVE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE FLEW IN SOMEWHERE AND HE, HE, HE, HE MIRACULOUSLY SHOWED UP AND MET WITH ME AND WE GOT THE FUNDS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF BARBARA'S ADVICE.
I HAVE FULL, FULL CONFIDENCE THAT WILL HAPPEN.
UM, PAUL, NOT, NOT TO, UM, DISPUTE YOU ON THIS ISSUE, BUT, UM, IF I RECALL, IF I RECALL THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR NAMING THE, UM, THE SMITE PARK JAZZ, UH, THE PAVILION AFTER BILL CARTER DID NOT COME FROM THE T D Y C C ADVISORY BOARD, UM, OR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION HAS TO COME FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, IT, THERE'S NO CONSISTENT PROCESS, UM, WHERE THIS MATTER IS CONCERNED.
PAT WILLIAMS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF NAMING THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG THEODORE D YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
IN HONOR AND TOTAL RESPECT OF BARBARA PERRY, UM, HER COMMITMENT TO THE RED LINE DISTRICT CALLED FAIRVIEW IS MY REASON FOR REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN BOARD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST.
BARBARA WATSON PERRY IS A GREENBERG TRAILBLAZER.
SHE WAS STEADFAST AND MOVABLE AND ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORKS OF THE LORD FOR HER NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE WORKED HARD AND WAS WEARY AND TIRED.
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SHE NAVIGATED AROUND THE OBSTACLES AND OBSTRUCTIONS PLACED IN HER WAY.THE DETOURS OF DISCRIMINATION SHE ENCOUNTERED NEVER DETERRED HER IN HER COMMITMENT.
AND SHE KEPT HER EYE ON THE PRIZE.
SHE KNEW IN THE END SHE WAS GOING TO WIN.
SHE DESERVES TO WIN FOR HER HARD EARNED WORK.
WE'VE NAMED EVERYTHING, UM, THE JAZZ, UM, THE JAZZ, UM, AREA AFTER MCCALL, BUT THAT WAS STARTED BY BARBARA PERRY.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY PROGRAM THAT BARBARA PERRY, WHERE IT DID NOT HAVE HER HANDS IN.
SHE ACTUALLY WROTE EVERY PROPOSAL, EVERY GRANT THAT THEY GOT, BARBARA PERRY WAS THERE.
AND I CAN SEE NO REASON WHY SHE CANNOT HAVE THAT SECOND FLOOR NAMED AFTER HER.
AND THE PAVILION OVER AT YOSEMITE, YOSEMITE NAMED THE BARBARA PERRY PAVILION.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE DONE, BE DONE.
AND I ALSO WANNA COMMENT ON THE SCARSDALE ESTATE.
I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFE, WELL, I'M, I'D BE LYING IF I SAY THAT.
UM, WHEN I TALK ABOUT DISCRIMINATION, IT'S NOT JUST COLOR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES.
WERE PRACTICED AGAINST THE SCARSDALE ESTATE.
YOU'VE MADE, CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE TOWN ON PARKING FOR AS LONG AS I CAN SEE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S ALL DONE RETROACTIVELY.
THERE'S NO REASON IN THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE, WE ARE ASKING THEM TO GIVE UP FIVE PARKING SPACES FOR HANDICAP.
WHEN, WHEN DO WE HAVE HANDICAPPED PARKING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG? I CAN'T GET ANY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT SCARSDALE ESTATES SHOULD GET IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT, UM, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN INFORMED AS THEY GO, AS THEY WENT ALONG THAT ALL OF THE PARKING THINGS ARE CHANGING AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING ALTERNATIVELY AND ASKING THE TOWN TO LET THEM BUY UP SOME OF THAT PROPERTY THAT'S TOWN OWNED.
I, UM, THINK THAT IN ON THE LONG RUN, WE, UH, AT THE TOWN, OUR EXPLICIT IMPLICIT BIASNESS COMES IN ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
I'M LOOKING AT HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK, OH NO, WE DON'T HAVE A DIALOGUE.
WELL, YOU HAD A DIALOGUE TONIGHT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT OTHER THAN IT WAS ON THE WRONG VENUE.
THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A WORK SESSION.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH THINGS GOING FOR THEM STATING WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OVERNIGHT YOU HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES THAT'S DISCRIMINATORY.
YOU DIDN'T GIVE THEM AMPLE TIME.
AND, UM, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO HIRE A LAWYER TO COME TO TOWN HALL DISCRIMINATORY? YOU'RE HANDING OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE IT'S, UH, WE ARE DOING YOU A FAVOR.
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
I CAN'T GET YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.
I DON'T MIND YOU ANSWERING A QUESTION IN MY THREE MINUTES OR MY FIVE MINUTES, BUT YOU NEVER ANSWERED THEM, BUT YOU ANSWERED THEM FOR THIS GROUP AND I'M GLAD YOU DID BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR ALL OF THE OTHER GROUPS.
YOU NEED TO STOP COMING UP WITH THIS LAST MINUTE STUFF AND BE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS.
KEN JONES JUST THROWS HIS HANDS UP IN THE AIR BECAUSE HE RECOGNIZES IF I SAY ANYTHING, I'M ALWAYS GONNA BE THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT IS NOT GOOD POLITICS AND WE ARE LOSING WHEN KEN JONES, SOMEBODY WHO COULD HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AND NOW WE ARE LEFT WITH FRANCIS SHEEN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ALL OF SUDDEN POLITE AND WELL MANNERED GINA JACKSON RERUNNING AND SHE HAS NO OPINION.
AND ELLEN HENDRICKS, WHATEVER THE GROUP SAYS, HOW ABOUT SOME GOOD POLITICS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
YOUR FIVE MINUTES HAVE EXPIRED.
PAT CLIFF ABRAMS. IS THAT EVERYBODY? IT WAS NEXT.
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YOU JUST MUTED YOURSELF CLIFF.UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION THAT, UM, OUR TOWN KURT JUDI VILLE MADE WITH BARBARA WATSON PERRY, I THINK IT'S A NO-BRAINER TO, UM, NAMED THE SECOND FLOOR AFTER HER, AFTER ALL THE THINGS SHE HAD DONE THROUGH THE BEVERLY GREENBERG COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE D T D Y C C AND NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
YOU KNOW, AND I, AND, AND WHEN THE VOTE COME, I WANTED THAT TO BE PRIVATE.
I WANT TO KNOW WHICH EACH BOARD MEMBER SUPPORTED IT OR DIDN'T SUPPORT IT.
I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER THAT WE EVEN GOTTA GO THROUGH THIS.
AND AS MS. PAT WAS SAYING EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I WAS WATCHING, I WAS AMAZED LIKE HOW YOU HANDLE THE PEOPLE TONIGHT AND HOW YOU HANDLE WHEN PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME COME AND EXPRESS ALL CONCERNS FOR FAIRVIEW AND THAT Y'ALL DON'T LIKE HOW WE TALK.
Y'ALL TAKE FIVE MINUTE BREAKS OR YOU'LL INTERRUPT US.
BUT HERE, I MEAN Y'ALL WERE SO PATIENT, Y'ALL WERE SO, UM, ALLOWING 'EM TO EXPRESS YOURSELF AND I JUST WISH THIS GO BOTH WAYS AND I WANT TO CLOSE WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH OUR WALLS.
I WOULD LIKE, WE WOULD LIKE THE ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORK SESSION TWICE IT BEING SENT TO JOAN TO HAVE A WORK SESSION BECAUSE STILL TO THIS DAY, CLEVERLY PAUL FINE SAID Y'ALL DIDN'T PUT THE MONEY IN THE 2023 BUDGET.
BUT HE SAID THAT TO ME OFF THE RECORD.
I WANT KNOW HOW YOUR ASS, THE COUNTY AND GINA, YOU KNOW, AND ELLEN, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD KNOW THAT YOUR ASS, THE COUNTY TO MATCH THE 15,000 THAT Y'ALL HAD.
THE COUNTY MATCHED IT AND THEN YOUR CLAIM, Y'ALL DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE 2023 BUDGET.
Y'ALL DIDN'T SAY ABLY, BUT I WANT THAT TO BE SAID AND THE COUNTY IS STILL GIVING THEIR, THEY, THEY KEEP IT TO THEIR AGREEMENT.
THEY ARE NOT RENEGING LIKE Y'ALL ARE AND YOU NOT, YOU NEED TO REMEMBER Y'ALL ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU ARE NOT CEOS.
SOMEBODY SAID TO ME, OH CLIFF, WELL YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW IF YOU KEEP ON GOING UP THERE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN.
I DON'T NEED TO BEG SOMEBODY WHO'S ELECTED OFFICIALS TO LISTEN TO ME.
Y'ALL WAS LISTENING REAL GOOD TO THESE PEOPLE THAT WAS UP THERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT PARKING SPACE.
AND ELLEN, I REMEMBER BEFORE YOU CAME ON, I ASKED YOU WHERE YOU STAND WITH YOUTH PROGRAM.
OH CLIFF, I'M ALL ABOUT THE YOUTH.
WELL WHAT YOUTH PROGRAMS Y'ALL HAVE ARE THAT'S SOCIAL, THAT'S IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I WAIT AND I LISTEN BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORK SESSION FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS AND I WANT Y'ALL TO AT LEAST RESPOND AND THEN WE CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF THIS.
BUT AGAIN, I SUPPORT BARBARA WASHINGTON PERRY THE SECOND FLOOR.
IT'S A NO-BRAINER AND I WANT THE TOWN BOARD TO HAVE AN OPEN VOTE SO WE CAN KNOW WHO VOTED FOR HER AND WHO DID.
UM, TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO OUTSIDE OVER.
[ AT 1 – 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 137/22C by GEICO General Insurance Company a/s/o Anne Krissoff, for an amount not to exceed $3,409.27]
AT T UH, ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM.GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY IN CHRISTOFF FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3 4 0 9 27.
[ AT 2 – 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 118/23C by Joseph Frederick, for an amount not to exceed $1,906.29]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM, UH, BY JOSEPH FREDERICK FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,906 29 CENTS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE
[ AT 3 – 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 127/23C by Kim E. Goldman, for an amount not to exceed $100]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT A PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM.
UH, KIM GOLDMAN FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
[ AT 4 – 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 89/23C by Genevieve Stroh, for an amount not to exceed $1,403.26]
AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM BY GENEVIEVE STRO FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 14 0 3 26.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON IN FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ AT 5 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Sylvia Love Trustee for property located at 715 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $204±; the County’s share is $1,494±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $208±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $9,607±. Refunds from all sources total $11,513±. ]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER SYLVIA LOVE TRUSTEE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT SEVEN 15 SOMO RIVER ROAD.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 6 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner GBR Tarrytown LLC for property located at 150 White Plains Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $5,990±; the County’s share is $43,749±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $6,651±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $267,531±. Refunds from all sources total $323,920±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER GB R TERRYTOWN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 150 WHITE PLAINS ROAD.[ AT 7 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Webb Improvement for property located at 41-43 N. Lawn Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $427±; the County’s share is $3,055±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $476±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $18,680±. Refunds from all sources total $22,638±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX[03:00:01]
UH, TOTAL AMOUNT 22 6 3 8 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 8 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Vincent A. Casolaro for property located at 194 Endicott Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,496±; the County’s share is $855±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $118±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $4,882±; the No. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $167±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $52±. Refunds from all sources total $7,570±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER VINCENT CAST SORO, UH, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ONE UM, 94 ENDICOTT AVENUE TOTAL AMOUNT 7 5 7 OH I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE.[ AT 9 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner E.M. Coco for property located at 39-51 North Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $2,855±; the County’s share is $20,390±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $3,204±; the Tarrytown Union Free School District’s share is $139,524±. Refunds from all sources total $165,973±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER M COCO FOR PROPERTY LOCATED 39 51 NORTH BROADWAY REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 1 6 5 9 7 3 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.[ AT 10 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Kaufman Tarrytown Co., LLC for property located at 57-61 and 69 North Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,582±; the County’s share is $11,797±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,647±; the Tarrytown Union Free School District’s share is $72,885±. Refunds from all sources total $87,911±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX YE SETTLEMENT WITH THE PETITIONER COUNCILMAN TAR TOWN COMPANY REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 87,009 11.[ AT 11 – 9/13/2023 Resolution approving the continued retention of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP to represent the Town and requested Greenburgh police personnel in the matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $50,000, $450,000 in total]
RESOLUTION, UM, IMPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON ULCER, MOSKOWITZ ELEMENT AND DICKER FOR AN AMOUNT, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT $450,000 IN TOTAL.
[ BD 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a contract with ICC Community Development Solutions to add Municity Connect Public Portal to the existing Muncity 5 program]
AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TURN TO ENTER CONTRACT WITH I C C COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS TO ADD MUNI CITY CONNECT PUBLIC PORTAL TO THE EXISTING, UM, M CITY FIVE PROGRAM.[ CL 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh directing the Town Clerk to set a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, September 27, 2023, to consider a proposed local law amending Section 44 of Chapter 440 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled “Taxation” by increasing the maximum allowable household income from $40,000 to $50,000 for seniors and persons with disabilities occupying rent controlled properties.]
RESOLUTION, UM, OF THE TOWN BOARD, UM, DIRECTING THE TOWN CLERK TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM SEPTEMBER 27TH TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AND ENDING CHAPTER 44 OF CHAPTER FOUR 40 OF THE CODE SECTION ENTITLED SECTION 44 OF CHAPTER FOUR 40, RIGHT ENTITLED, TAXATION BY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME FROM 40 TO 50,000 FOR SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OCCUPYING RENT CONTROLLED ON PROPERTIES.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 2 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing closing Lawrence Court, from Lawrence Drive to the cul de sac of Lawrence Court, on Saturday, September 9, 2023 (Rain date: September 16, 2023) from 11:00 AM until 6:00 PM, for the Edgebrook Cooperative Committee to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING.LAWRENCE COURT FROM LAWRENCE DRIVE TO THE CULDESAC OF LAWRENCE COURT ON SATURDAY, EIGHT NOVEMBER, SEPTEMBER, UH, NINTH, UM, FROM 11 TO 6:00 PM FOR THE EDGEBROOK CO-OP COMMITTEE TELL THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.
I'LL SEE EVERYBODY THERE
[ CL 3 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing closing (1) Essex Place from Secor Road to Dunham Road and (2) Tudor Place at the intersection of the Secor Road, on Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 1:30 PM - 8:30 PM, for the purpose of holding a Retirement Party and Barbeque]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED ENCLOSURE OF ESSEX PLACE FROM SEEKER ROAD TO DUNHAM ROAD AND TUDOR PLACE OF THE INTERSECTION OF SEEKER ROAD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH FROM ONE 30 TO 8:30 PM FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING A RETIREMENT PAR PARTY AND BARBECUE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.[ CL 4 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing closing Doris Drive, on Sunday, September 17, 2023, from 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM, for the Old Edgemont Association to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF DORIS DRIVE ON SEPTEMBER 17TH FROM TWO UNTIL 7:00 PM FOR THE OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.
[ CL 5 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing closing Southway, between Eastway and Westway, on Saturday, September 23, 2023 (Rain date: September 30, 2023), from 1:30 PM until 8:30 PM, for the residents of Southway to hold a Block Party]
AUTHORIZING, UH, CLO UH, CLOSING SOUTHWAY BETWEEN, UH, EAST WAY AND WEST WAY ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD, UM, FOR THE RESIDENCE OF SOUTHWAY TOTAL THE BLOCK PARTY.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT RAIN DATE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
[ CL 6 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing closing Mendham Avenue between 78 Mendham Avenue and 115 Mendham Avenue, on Saturday, September 30, 2023, from 1:30 PM until 8:30 PM, for the residents to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
AUTHORIZING CLOSING MENDHAM BETWEEN 78 MENDHAM AVENUE AND 115 MENDHAM AVENUE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH FROM ONE 30 TO 8:30 PM UH, FOR A BLOCK PARTY.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ CL 7 – 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing closing Standish Place, between Joyce Road and Farm Road, and Arden Drive from Standish Place to Huntley Drive, on Saturday, October 28, 2023 (Rain Date: Sunday, October 29, 2023) from 2:30 PM until 10:30 PM for the residents of Standish Place and Arden Drive to hold their Annual Neighborhood Block Party]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ENC CLOSING STANDARDS PLACE BETWEEN JOYCE ROAD AND FARM ROAD AND ARDEN DRIVE FROM STANDARDS PLACE TO HUNTLEY DRIVE ON, UM, SATURDAY OCTOBER 28TH, 2023 WITH THE RAIN DATE OCTOBER 29TH FROM TWO 30 TO 10:30 PM I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.[ CL 8 – 9/13/2023 Resolution accepting a grant from Walmart, Inc. in the amount of $15,000 to support the Greenburgh Town Hall 2023 Summer Internship Program]
ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM WALMART IN THE AMOUNT OF 15,000 TO SUPPORT THE GREENBURG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.[ CD 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency with respect to SEQRA for an action involving the design and construction of a new sidewalk spanning the south side of Dobbs Ferry Road (NYS Rt. 100B) from the intersection of Sciortino Place to the intersection of Tarrytown Road (NYS Rt. 119)]
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO BE LEAD AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SEEKER FOR AN AMOUNT FOR AN ACTION INVOLVING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SIDEWALK, UH, SPANNING THE SOUTH SIDE OF DO ROAD.UH, FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SIERRA TINO PLACE TO THE INTERSECTION, UM, OF TARRYTOWN UH, ROAD.
[ CD 2 - 9/13/2023 Resolution awarding the contract for the Odell House-Rochambeau Headquarters Permanent Stabilization and Exterior Envelope Construction Project to Abbott & Price, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for an amount not to exceed $690,264]
RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT OF THE ADELE MBO, UH, HEADQUARTERS PERMANENT STABILIZATION AND EXTERIOR ENVELOPE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO AVID PRICE FOR THE LOWEST, UH, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND NOT TO EXCEED 600, UH, 90,294.[ CD 3 - 9/13/2023 Resolution accepting a 2023 no-match grant in the amount of $45,000 through NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Communities Grant Program for the purposes of utilizing the funds to supplement the Town of Greenburgh’s Electric Vehicle Fleet and Related Infrastructure]
UM, RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A 2023 NO MATCH GRIN IN THE AMOUNT OF 45,000 THROUGH SERTA'S CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZING THE FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT PLEA AND RELATED SECOND.
[ CO 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2023 budget transfers]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PR 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh Department of Parks & Recreation to accept a $400 donation for the purchase of a tree and plaque to be planted at Crane's Pond in memory of David Ross McCormack, from the Old Edgemont Association]
AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO ACCEPT A $400,[03:05:01]
UH, DONATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF A TREE AND PLAQUE TO BE PLANTED AT CRANES POND IN MEMORY OF DAVID, UH, ROSS MCCORMICK FROM THE OLD WAN ASSOCIATION.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PH 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $5,000 from George and Rachel Gumina, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors designated for sponsorship of the Town of Greenburgh's Student Summer Internship Program]
RESOLUTION.ACCEPTING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FROM GEORGE AND RACHEL.
UM, MINA ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY DESIGNATED FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE, UH, TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, UH, STUDENT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
[ PH 2 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh to accept a grant for $10,000 from the Lanza Family Foundation for support of the 2023 Greenburgh Summer Internship Program at the Greenburgh Town Hall]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG TO ACCEPT A GRANT FOR 10,000 FROM THE LANDS OF FAMILY FOUNDATION FOR SUPPORT OF THE 2023 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT GREENBURG TOWN HALL.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PH 3 - 9/13/2023 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $3,000 from Greenburgh Arts and Culture to reimburse the Town of Greenburgh for the 2023 Juneteenth Celebration]
RESOLUTION.ACCEPTING, UM, A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3000 FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE TO REIMBURSE THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR THE, UH, 2023, UH, JUNETEENTH, UH, CELEBRATION.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ PO 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution promoting Police Officers Christopher Iannelli and Francis Kozakiewicz to Sergeant and Police Officer Shaquan Randolph to Detective]
AYE.RESOLUTION PROMOTING POLICE OFFICERS CHRISTOPHER ANELLI AND FRANCIS CAUSAL LEE WAS TO SERGEANT AND POLICE OFFICER SHAWAN RANDOLPH TO DETECTIVE.
[ PO 2 - 9/13/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to reduce the posted maximum speed limit on Euclid Avenue the entire length, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE, UH, POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED ON EUCLID AVENUE OF THE ENTIRE LENGTH AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PO 3 - 9/13/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to reduce the posted maximum speed limit on Buena Vista Dr, Pineridge Rd, Calvin Ct, Morton Pl, Bellwood Rd, Chelsea Rd, Hunter Rd, Salem Rd, St. Marys Pl, Plymouth Rd, Thorncliffe Ln, Normandy Rd, Mayfair Way, and Arthur Ln, hereinafter referred to as “Mayfair Acres,” amending chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON BUENA VISTA DRIVE, PINE RIDGE ROAD, CALVIN COURT, MORTON PLACE, BELLWOOD, UH, ROAD, CHELSEA ROAD, HUNTER ROAD, SALEM ROAD, ST.MARY'S PLYMOUTH ROAD, THORN CLIFF, NORMANDY ROAD, MAYFAIR, UH, WAY AND ARTHUR LANE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ PO 4 - 9/13/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to make Mayfair Way a one-way street westbound from Arthur Lane to the intersection of Knollwood Road, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh (to be held over to September 27, 2023 Town Board Meeting)]
AND RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE, MAKE MAYFAIR WAY A ONE WAY STREET WESTBOUND FROM NORTH THREE AVENUE THAT'S HELD OVER, THAT'S BEING HELD OVER, UM,[ PW 1 - 9/13/2023 Resolution authorizing the extension of Michael Broder as a consultant to assist the Department of Public Works, for an amount not to exceed $20,000, commensing September 14, 2023]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF, UM, MICHAEL BRODER AS A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 20,000 COMMENCING SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 2 - 9/13/2023 Resolution approving extended professional services of KS Engineers, P.C. for monitoring services at the Fairview Park Drive Bridge, for an amount not to exceed $6,000]
RESOLUTION APPROVING EXTENDED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO KSS ENGINEERS FOR MONITORING SERVICES AT THE FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE BRIDGE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,000.[ PW 3 - 9/13/2023 Resolution approving professional services of KS Engineers, P.C. for Load Rating Services at the Fairview Park Drive Bridge, for an amount not to exceed $6,700]
RESOLUTION APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF KSS ENGINEERS FOR LOAD RATING SERVICES AT THE FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE BRIDGE FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,700.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
HAVE A NICE EVENING EVERYBODY.