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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.UH, TODAY, UH, IT'S UH, OCTOBER 3RD, AND IT'S, UM, AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, START BY, UM, INTRODUCING THE GREENBURG LIBRARY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, UM, THE CANOPY, UH, BID.
I'M CHRISTINA LINDER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY.
THIS IS JOSEPH FULLER FROM FULLER DEANGELO ARCHITECTS.
MR. FULLER HAS DONE SEVERAL PROJECTS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURY, INCLUDING THE CAFE PROJECT AT THE LIBRARY.
HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PLANS FOR THE LIBRARY CANOPY IN FRONT ENTRANCE.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE REHABILITATION OF THE LIBRARY CANOPY TO MITIGATE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE CANOPY LEAKING INTO THE FRONT VESTIBULE AREA.
THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS $348,006.
THE LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF 218,000 $159.
THE REMAINDER OF COST FOR CONSTRUCTION WILL COME FROM THE LIBRARY'S FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THIS PROJECT IS GRANT FUNDED.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DEADLINES AND BENCHMARKS THAT MUST BE MET.
THE PROJECT MUST BEGIN WITHIN 180 DAYS OF APPROVAL.
START OF PROJECT INCLUDES HAVING A SIGNED CONTRACT, AWARDING AN R F P, OR THE VERY LEAST, GOING OUT TO BID BY 2 12 24.
AND THE PROJECT MUST BE COMPLETED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY JUNE 30TH, 2024.
HOWEVER, THE SECOND DATE, I COULD, I COULD GET AN EXTENSION FOR A YEAR IF NECESSARY FOR COMPLETION.
BUT THERE'S NO COST TO THE TOWN OF EMBERG? NO.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE CONTROVERSY IF THERE'S ANY CONTROVERSY? I DON'T KNOW.
THIS MEETING WAS LIKE THE MEETING THAT WAY.
WE'RE PUTTING OUR MONEY INTO YOUR BUILDING.
UM, THE MEETING WAS CALLED, UH, BY D P W IF I, IF I AM CORRECT.
SO I, DO YOU HAVE ANY PRETTY PICTURES YOU WANNA SHOW? THE MEETING WAS CALLED BY D P W.
SHOULD WE HAVE RICH V OR BRIAN HERE? BECAUSE NO, WE'RE GOOD.
BY THE TIME HE GETS HERE, WE'LL BE DONE.
SO, THE, UH, PROJECT IS GOING TO, UH, CONSIST OF WORKING ON THE, UH, FRONT CANOPY OF THE LIBRARY.
UH, THE CANOPY IS SUSPENDED ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCEWAY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT CANOPY IN THIS AREA HERE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
I'LL JUST SCROLL THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THE FRONT, UH, CANOPY IS LOCATED, OBVIOUSLY JUST OUTSIDE THE MAIN VESTIBULE.
THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY FENCE GOING AROUND THIS AREA FOR, UM, KEEPING BUILDING MATERIALS AND KEEPING THE PUBLIC OUT OF THE MAIN VESTIBULE AREA AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WHERE IT FACES ONE 19 AT THE TOP OF THE RAMP.
IT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER, UM, FROM THE AREA THAT'S THERE NOW.
IT IS A D A ACCESSIBLE FOR THE HANDICAP, SO IT SHOULD NOT BE ANY ISSUE WITH REGARD TO IT.
ACCESS, I'M SORRY, CAN I CLARIFY THAT? IT WILL BE, UM, THERE IS A QUOTE FOR, TO MAKE SURE THOSE DOORS ARE A D A COMPLIANT, UM, BEFORE NEXT YEAR IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, THERE IS ALSO A, UH, LOCKBOX FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CASE THEY NEED TO GET INTO THE BUILDING, UH, TO GET THE FIRE ENUNCIATOR PANEL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO, UM, UH, ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC AND, UH, ELMSFORD, UM, AND GREENBERG, PEOPLE WHO, UM, YOU MEAN THE ELMSFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? YES.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING TO THE EXISTING CANOPY, THIS IS A SECTION ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CANOPY.
IT CURRENTLY HAS FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AND IT HAS SOME VERY OLD PLASTIC UNDERNEATH.
IT LOOKS VERY, UM, AGED OUT, IF YOU WOULD.
UM, ALL OF THAT WILL BE REMOVED, INCLUDING THE ROOFING, INCLUDING THE GUTTERS.
IT IS GONNA GO BACK TO ITS NATURAL, UH, STEEL BACKBONE.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE REBUILDING EVERYTHING, UH, BOTH ON THE TOP SIDE AND ON THE BOTTOM SIDE WITH ALL NEW METAL, UH, ALL NEW ROOFING MATERIAL, NEW GUTTERS UNDERNEATH, THERE ARE GONNA BE NEW LIGHTING, AND, UH, ALL OF THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA GO RIGHT INTO THE VESTIBULE BECAUSE THE CANOPY, UM, INTERJECTS ITSELF SOMEWHAT INTO THE CAN, INTO THE, UH, VESTIBULE AREA.
SO HERE ON THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, NEW FINISHES.
THE CANOPY AS FAR AS THE SHAPE, SIZE, SCOPE, AND COMPLEXITY IS GONNA LOOK VERY MUCH THE SAME.
IT IS GONNA HAVE SMALLER SQUARE HIGH HATS UNDERNEATH INSTEAD OF THESE BIGGER,
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UM, FLUORESCENT LIGHTS JUST UPGRADING.ITS, UM, MODERN LOOK, ENERGY EFFICIENT, ENERGY EFFICIENT.
ALL L E D, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ADDING THAT.
LIKEWISE, THE VESTIBULE IS GOING TO RECEIVE SOME, UH, NEW ACOUSTICAL CEILING TILES WITH NEW L E D LIGHTING.
UM, THERE ALSO PLUMBING SYSTEMS FROM THE TWO GUTTERS THAT RUN ALONG THE ROOF WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE, UM, CLEANED OUT AND MADE, UM, CLEAR FOR HEAVY RAINS LIKE WE HAVE.
IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS A DETAIL OF HOW THE CANOPY IS GONNA TIE INTO THE EXISTING VERTICAL, UM, CURTAIN WALL OF THE BUILDING.
AND IT'S A, UM, COMPLEX PROJECT WITH REGARD TO THE METAL PANELS AND BENDING THINGS AND, UM, THE DETAIL WORK.
BUT THEN AGAIN, IT'S ALL OUTSIDE.
UM, IT'S FAIRLY EASY TO GET TO.
IT'S EASY TO SCAFFOLD AND, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT ACTUALLY COMES IN UNDERNEATH THE PREVIOUS BUDGET THAT WE HAD.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, VARIOUS SECTIONS AT VARIOUS PORTIONS SO THAT EVERYTHING IS VERY WELL DETAILED WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE WORKINGS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE.
AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WATCHING THIS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE RE THE PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, BUT WHAT, HOW WOULD I BE ABLE TO SAY TO PEOPLE, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO THE AVERAGE LIBRARY PATRON? WHY, HOW IS THIS GONNA MAKE THE LIBRARY EXPERIENCE BETTER AND THE LIBRARY, UM, A BETTER PLACE? YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM TRIPPING ON THE BUCKETS WHEN YOU WALK IN NO, I'M JUST SAYING, CAN YOU GIVE US LIKE A, THOSE EIGHT, THOSE EIGHT BUCKETS, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US LIKE A COUPLE THAT WATER? CERTAINLY FOR THE AVERAGE, WE ARE, UM, TAKING THE BUILDING AND UPGRADING IT, RIGHT? FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE TAXPAYERS WITHOUT ANY COST FOR THEM.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, I WANNA BE ABLE TO SAY THE RAIN DEGRADES THE BILLBOARD.
THERE'S ALSO, AT THIS POINT, THERE'S A REALLY WET SMELL IN THAT VESTIBULE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SMELLS DAMP AND WET ALL THE TIME THESE DAYS.
ESPECIALLY IF IT TURNS TOO SMALL.
WHAT IS YOUR LAST SLIDE? WHAT IS YOUR LAST SLIDE? UM, THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE, UH, THE LAST SLIDE.
THE REST OF IT IS, IS DETAILS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SPECIFICATIONS AND THINGS, BUT, UH, THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT, UM, THE, THE CANOPY IS AGED OUT.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE BUILDING ENVELOPE OF THE, UH, STRUCTURE TO KEEP EVERYTHING DRY.
THAT'S WHERE YOU START TO WORK ON THE OUTSIDE PRIOR TO, UM, UH, PROVIDING MORE, UH, INVESTMENT ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT'S PRETTY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, UH, ENGAGING TO DO HERE.
AND WHAT STAGE, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? I'M SORRY.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO, TO, UM, CONSTRUCTION IS SLATE TO TAKE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS.
AND WHEN WILL IT START? UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE BID BY JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
UM, BIDDING SHOULD TAKE ABOUT A MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE AWARD PROCESS WOULD TAKE.
I WOULD PRESUME ANOTHER MONTH.
SO, UM, AND YOU WILL BE GETTING PERMIT FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL BE GETTING BUILDING PERMITS FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
WE JUST VERIFIED THAT THAT IS NECESSARY.
FORTUNATELY, FORTUNATELY THERE IS NO COST TO THE LIBRARY FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT, BUT YOU MUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WHATEVER PERMITS YOU NEED, YOU NEED TO GET THEM.
THERE WILL BE FILED JUST LIKE THE CAFE WAS.
AND IF I COULD JUST SAY TOO, MY FATHER WAS, UH, LUCKY ENOUGH TO DESIGN THE ORIGINAL LIBRARY BACK IN THE EARLY SIXTIES WHEN HE WAS WORKING WITH MAX IRVINE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CLOSE TO FULLER AND DEANGELO'S, UH, HEART AS FAR AS THIS, UH, UH, BUILDING.
AND IT ALWAYS, UH, ALWAYS WILL BE.
SO WE APPRECIATE STILL BEING THERE IN ISSUES IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD DAMAGE, THE RAIN DAMAGES.
I KNOW A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ROOF AND THE, THE LEAKS USED THIS, IT'S STILL, AND I KNOW THAT D P W WAS LOOKING AT, UH, SOME WAYS OF MITIGATING, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, HOW BAD WAS IT? THIS, THIS WEEK? IT, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T TOO BAD.
WE HAD A, WE HAD A PRETTY CONSIDERABLE LEAK IN THE CHILDREN'S ROOM.
UM, THANKFULLY IT WASN'T OVER A, YOU KNOW, BOOKSHELF.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THE ROOF ITSELF.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS CANOPY, YOU KNOW? NO, I JUST WANTED THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE GLAZING AND THE SKYLIGHTS, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PART TWO OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH WE HAVE PUT ON HOLD AT THIS POINT, UM, WAS TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THE SOLUTION FOR THE, FOR THE, THE SKYLIGHTS.
BUT THAT'S NOT GOING FORWARD AT THIS POINT.
SO WOULD YOU MIND SIGNING OUT JUNE? SO ALL OF THE LEAKING IS STOPPING SIGN OUT, SIGNING OUT BY THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
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BE CONSIDERING FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE FUTURE, FOR THE NEXT ABSOLUTELY.I WAS GONNA ASK, WILL THE LEAKING THAT CONTINUES AFFECT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? THAT'S NEW SO THAT WE'RE KIND OF, I I HAVE TO SAY IT'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD FROM THE TOP MM-HMM.
SO MEANING THAT THE GUTTER'S BEING CLEANED OUT ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS.
THOSE ARE LEAKING IN SEPARATE DIFFERENT PARTS THAT'S NOT IN THE VESTIBULE AREA.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE'S A GUARANTEE THAT JUST THIS CANOPY AND I GET WHAT THE, WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
THE CANOPY IS SORT OF LEANING BACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER COMING WHERE THE CANOPY JOINS WITH THE VESTIBULE AND HOW IT'S ALL WET THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND THE CANOPY ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE UP ON THE STAIRCASE AND YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN AT IT, IT LOOKS, IT'S, IT'S IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, WELL, THE CANOPY IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS A GOOD PORTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THE WATER KEEPS COMING AND WE PUT ALL THIS MONEY INTO IT, ARE WE JUST GONNA DAMAGE WHAT WE'VE DONE NEXT YEAR? WE'RE HOPING THAT THE, THE CANOPY IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE WATER LEAK AND IT WON'T.
WE COULD ASK OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK THIS IS GOING TO, UH, HAVE AN IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON ANY FUTURE WORK THAT WE MIGHT DO.
I THINK, NO, WE'VE ALREADY ALREADY SUBMITTED PLANS TO THEM AND RECEIVED COMMENTS AND THOSE, THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
SO WE THINK WE'RE ON GOOD STANDING.
WERE THEY POSITIVE COMMENTS? YES.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE HAVE A VERY
BUT I, I HAVE, I WANNA RE-ASK A QUESTION.
UM, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, UM, WE HAVE, UM, THE ROOF IS BASICALLY 15 YEARS OLD AND A ROOF SHOULDN'T BE LEAKING AFTER 15 YEARS.
UM, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THE TOWN DO WRONG IN TERMS OF OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY AND WHAT COULD WE DO BETTER THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, PROJECT SO WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A ROOF THAT'S FALLING APART, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER IT'S BUILT? WELL, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY THE, UM, THE ROOFING MATERIAL ITSELF.
IT'S SORT OF THE GLASS SKYLIGHTS THAT ARE OVER THE CENTRAL AREA, THE CLEAR STORY AREA.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE WERE ADDRESSED IN THE, UH, SPECIFIC ROOFING PROJECT, WHICH, WHICH WE DID NOT, UM, PERFORM.
BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE EXACT AREA THAT, OF THE ROOF ITSELF.
IT COULD BE THE CONNECTION OR THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE TWO AREAS.
UM, AND IT'S PART OF WHAT WE HOPE IS PHASE TWO FOR, UH, KEEPING THE LIBRARY DRY.
MARIA, YOU WANT MARIA? WANNA GRAB THEM ONE? OKAY.
AND YOU'RE HERE FOR, UM, HERE FOR, UM, BECAUSE I AM, I SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL WHERE I AM PROPOSING THE LONG-TERM STABILITY, I'M SORRY, THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, UH, OF THE PROGRAM BY BUDGETING, UM, PAID, UH, UH, PART-TIME STAFF PERSON, AND ALSO BY EMPOWERING THE PROGRAM WITH A SMALL BUDGET.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM BRIEFLY? SURE.
THE HISPANIC LIAISON PROGRAM, UM, ADDRESS IT, THE CONCERNS, THE NEEDS, THE DOUBTS, AND THE FEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO, TO GO FURTHER ABOUT THE WAR FEARS BECAUSE, UM, IF WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE INTERACTIONS THAT THEY, THAT ICE WAS HAVING WITH THE IMMIGRANTS AT THAT TIME, THERE CREATED FEAR.
THEY CREATED, UM, DOUBTS ABOUT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW IMI THE IMMIGRATION STATUS WAS AT THAT TIME.
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MADE ME, MADE ME, UH, CREATE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE HAVE NO PLACE WHERE TO GO AND FEEL SAFE AND FEEL WELCOMING AND HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE AND BEING, UH, EXPLAINED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THAT TIME.HOW SAD THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL FEARFUL AND THEY, THEY FEEL SO ON SUCH UNCERTAIN GROUND AT THIS POINT SEVERAL YEARS LATER.
SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HOW LONG NOW? AS A VOLUNTEER? NOVEMBER 9TH WILL BE TWO YEARS.
AND YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE, AND YOU MAY BE GOING AWAY FOR A WHILE, IF I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM CONTINUES AND THAT WE, UM, DO WHAT'S NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THAT, THAT PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDING FOR TWO YEARS TO CONTINUE AS A VOLUNTEER, WELL, YOU'VE BEEN DOING AS A VOLUNTEER, BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO DO WHAT YOU DID.
THAT'S THE MANY PUSHES THAT I HAVE BEHIND ALL OF THIS, UM, AND EVERYTHING ON BEHALF OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS IN GREENBORO.
UM, REGARDING YOUR COMMENT, I AM NOT PLANNING TO, TO, TO LEAVE THE PROGRAM AT ALL BECAUSE I CREATED THIS, I WANNA PURSUE WITH THE 17 STEPS MORE THAT ARE AWAITING MY TIME TO, TO, TO, TO COMPLYING WITH WHAT WAS STATED IN THE WORLD PLAN OF THIS PROGRAM.
UH, HOWEVER IT CAME TO THE POINT THAT, UH, THE PROGRAM, THANKS GOD, THAT HAS BEEN GROWING TREMENDOUSLY AND I NEED HELP.
THIS IS THE TIME I NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON IMPROVING, ENHANCING THE SERVICES.
AND I HAVE SO MANY GOALS, UH, FUTURE GOALS, BUT, UH, I NEED HELP.
I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE REALLY HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I THINK WITH THE GROWING HISPANIC POPULATION AND, AND GREENBURG, UH, THIS IS A, AN IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL.
YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN BARBARA PERRY WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER, WE HAD SOCIAL SERVICE, YOU KNOW, WORKERS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND, YOU KNOW, YOU BASIC, AND THEN THAT SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM WAS DISCONTINUED.
BUT YOU'RE BASICALLY AS A VOLUNTEER, HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE OVERCOME A LOT OF OBSTACLES AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIVING HERE AND HELPING THEM CUT THROUGH RED TAPE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, MAKES SENSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, INCLUDE IN, UM, IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
IS THERE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ANYBODY HAS BEFORE I PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET? NO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.
NEXT, UM, WE HAVE A SMALL LITTLE COMPANY THAT WANTS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
UM, WOULD YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON AND PULL IT A LITTLE? YOU'RE PROPOSING A SHED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, MY NAME IS JANET GARRIS.
I'M A PARTNER WITH DELBELLO DENELLE AND WEINGART AND WEISEN WHITAKER HERE THIS EVENING.
ON BEHALF OF THAT SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD COMPANY, REGENERON, UH, JOINING ME FROM REGENERON, TED JESSON IN THE AUDIENCE, MY ASSOCIATE ANNIE KLEIN, STEVE SPINA, OUR PROJECT ENGINEERS FROM J M C, JOE PIER, OUR, UM, OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT.
SO, UM, STEVE HAS A VERY NICE LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING ON THE PROPERTY IS, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LOGISTICS BUILDING FOR THE R AND D CAMPUS.
UM, IT IS INTENDED TO BE LOCATED AND STEVE WILL JUST, UH, PULL UP, I'M GETTING PERMISSION RIGHT NOW, SO YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE THE, THERE'S WHAT IS KINDA LIKE THE BRAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAMPUS MM-HMM.
AND THEN THERE'S THE LOOP ROAD THAT GOES AROUND THAT BRAIN.
AND THEN WE WERE BEFORE YOU SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR THE, UM, UM, EIGHT BUILDINGS THAT ARE AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOOP ROAD.
WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT APPLICATION, THAT WAS A HUNDRED ACRES, IT WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS.
UM, WITH THE EIGHT BUILDINGS BEING ON THE 60 SOME ODD ACRE PORTION, THIS PROPOSED BUILDING IS ON THAT REMAINING 37
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OR SO ACRE PORTION, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.IT'S, UM, IT'S PROPOSED ON THAT PURPLE PIECE THAT'S THERE.
SO IT'S ALSO IN THE AREA OF THE, UM, TEMPORARY PARKING LOTS THAT YOU APPROVED, UH, FAIRLY RECENTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE P M P D BUILDING ON PARCEL D.
SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, PROPERTY THAT, THAT SECOND LOT OF THE SUBDIVISION, APPROXIMATELY 39 ACRES, IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOOP ROAD.
ALL OF THIS IS IN THE P E D DISTRICT.
AND THIS BUILDING WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS R AND D.
IT'S, UH, SUPPORTING R AND D AND IT WOULD ALLOW REGENERON TO, TO CENTRALIZE THE EXISTING FUNCTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AT CAMP ON THE CAMPUS.
SO IT'S NOT INTENDED, FOR EXAMPLE, TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OR ADDITIONAL TRIPS TO THE SITE.
INSTEAD OF SOMEBODY PULLING INTO THAT LOOP ROAD AND GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS OR WHAT HAVE YOU FOR DELIVERIES AND OTHER THINGS, THEY WOULD INSTEAD COME TO THIS PORTION OF THE SITE.
UM, AND SO THOSE FUNCTIONS WOULD BE CENTRALIZED IN THAT BUILDING.
SO WE'VE GOT THIS LITTLE POWERPOINT FOR YOU.
I DON'T WANNA STEAL ANYBODY'S THUNDER.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND STEVE CAN START, UM, AND GO THROUGH IT WITH YOU.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR THIS? ALRIGHT.
SO JUST, UM, JUST, UH, BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO THAT WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT, UH, IS A PROJECT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE LOT HERE.
SO, UM, THE GREEN IS THE PROPERTY LINE AND THIS IS THE, UH, EASTERN PORTION OF THE LARGER SITE THAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
SO NOW WE'RE KIND OF ZOOMING IN THERE.
THIS IS THAT, UH, THE TOP CORNER HERE IS THAT NEW ROUNDABOUT THAT WAS INSTALLED BY THE D O T.
THERE'S THE BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER ROUTE NINE A HERE, AND THEN THIS IS THAT OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD, KIND OF THE, THE REST OF IT HERE.
THERE'S THAT NEW GAS STATION WITH THE DUNKING DONUTS, UH, KIND OF IN THIS PENINSULA HERE.
AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS A, UH, LOGISTICS BUILDING TO HOUSE MANY OF THE CAMPUSES EXISTING FUNCTIONS THAT ARE LOCATED IN SEVERAL BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
BOTH, UH, NORTH CAMPUS, SOUTH CAMPUS, UH, WHICH IS SHOWN, UH, HERE IN THE LIGHT TAN.
SO IT'S 136,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, AND IT HAS A LOADING DOCK TO THE SOUTH HERE.
AND THERE'S ASSOCIATED PARKING AROUND THE BUILDING.
AND, UH, THERE'S A PROPOSED DRIVEWAY FROM THE BUILDING DOWN TO THE REST OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO IN SOME OTHER LATER SLIDES.
AND A FEW OTHER THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT WOULD BE SOME OF THE EXISTING RECENTLY INSTALLED TEMPORARY PARKING LOT HERE WILL REMAIN, UH, THE NORTHERN PART OF IT UP HERE WOULD BE REMOVED TO BUILD THIS BUILDING.
AND ITS SURROUNDING PARKING AND LOADING AREAS.
AND THEN JUST HIGHLIGHTING IN THE DARK GREEN LINE IS THE EXISTING TOWN WETLAND BUFFER.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO RESPECT THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA, WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, DISTURBANCE FOR GRADING AND STORMWATER IN THAT BUFFER, UH, WHICH WE'LL SHOW ON SOME, UH, SLIDES MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, I THINK RIGHT NOW, UH, JOE FROM L J C, THE PROJECT ARCHITECT WILL TAKE OVER JUST TO, UH, EXPLAIN SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BUILDING AND SHOW SOME NICE RENDERINGS OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HERE.
SO TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTION OF THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING IS, UH, ANCILLARY USE, UH, TO THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION OF THE REST OF CAMPUS.
AND THIS FALLS WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
AS STEVE SAID EARLIER, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THE USES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE EXISTING CAMPUS THAT SUPPORT THE LAB SPACES.
SO, AT REGENERON, A LOT OF THE LABS USE A LOT OF GLASSWARE, UH, CONSUMABLES, UH, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.
SO A LOT OF THESE SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING SERVE, UH, THOSE USES ON CAMPUS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE GLASSWARE NEEDS TO BE WASHED BEFORE LAB USERS CAN REUSE IT AND EXPERIMENTS IN PRODUCTION ON CAMPUS.
SO WE HAVE SPACES FOR THOSE FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS REGENERON HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT THAT THEY USE IN ALL THEIR FACILITIES.
THEY LIKE TO REPAIR THOSE, KEEP 'EM FUNCTIONING, UH, FOR THEIR BUSINESS.
WE ALSO ARE HAVING SOME LOGISTICS SPACE IN THIS BUILDING, WHICH SUPPORTS THE CAMPUS AS WELL AS, UH, SOME STORAGE IN OFFICE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY USE AND FUNCTION OF THE BUILDING.
WILL THERE BE, I'M SORRY, I WAS GONNA SAY, CAN YOU DEFINE LOGISTICS? LOGISTICS IS THE OPERATIONS
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AROUND THE CAMPUS.SO IF A BUILDING, UH, HAS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT NEED TO REPAIRED, REGENERON HAS STAFF AND CONTRACTORS THAT WILL ADDRESS DIFFERENT REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, OR THEY MONITOR THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THEY KIND OF OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS IN GENERAL OF HOW EVERYTHING FUNCTIONS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD ALSO BE THERE'S A SHIPPING RECEIVING FUNCTION.
WHEN REGENERON RECEIVES, UH, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE CAMPUS, THEY'LL COME TO THIS BUILDING AND THEN BE REDISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS ABOUT 250,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND WE'LL GET INTO, I'M GONNA EXPLAIN HERE.
SO LOT TWO HAS ABOUT 1.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET, UH, BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WE'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD 0.3 F A R MAX.
UH, WE CAN ACTUALLY GO UP TO 0.6 F A R FOR AN R AND D USE.
OUR CURRENT PROPOSED BUILDING IS 136,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS 0.078 F A R.
SO WE'RE WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM KIND OF BASE F A R AMOUNT WITH THIS PROJECT.
HOW MANY FLOORS IS THAT? SO IT'S THREE FLOORS PLUS A PENTHOUSE.
AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO THE ZONING, UH, HAS A RESTRICTION, A HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF 90 FEET.
THIS BUILDING IS 89 FEET, SIX INCHES TALL WITH, UH, THE GOOD THING YOU DIDN'T GO TO 90
THE BUILDING'S, THREE, UH, OCCUPIED FLOORS PLUS A MECHANICAL PENTHOUSE, UH, PARKING WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 202 PARKING SPACES PER THE BUILDING USES.
AND WE'RE PROVIDING 208 CURRENTLY.
AND JUST WANTED TO ADD THE FLOOR TO FLOOR IN THIS BUILDING IS A LOT TALLER THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A STANDARD OFFICE BUILDING AND THAT FOR EQUIPMENT AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND.
YEAH, I, I HAD TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE LOGISTICS BUILDING.
I JUST THINK OF IT AS A SUPPORT SERVICES BUILDING, BUT LOGISTICS SOUNDS SO MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A SIMPLIFICATION, BUT SUPPORT SERVICES.
ARE THERE ANY RESEARCH LABS IN THIS BUILDING? THERE'S UH, SO THERE'S A GLASS WASH FUNCTION? NO, I MEAN, ACTUAL RESEARCH GOING ON.
UH, IT'S MORE SHOPS, UH, OFFICE SPACE AND, UH, SOME STORAGE AS WELL.
SO HOW DO YOU GET THE GLASSWARE TO THE RESEARCH LABS? DO YOU HAVE UNDERGROUND TUNNELS OR THINGS LIKE THAT?
SO THEY'LL HAVE SEALED CARTS THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES WILL COLLECT THE GLASS.
UM, IT'LL BE BROUGHT TO THIS BUILDING, UH, WASHED WITH, UH, GLASS WASHERS, AUTOCLAVES.
IT'LL BE PACKAGED UP, UH, IN A STERILE ENVIRONMENT AND THEN DELIVERED BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL LABS WHERE IT'S ORDERED.
DO YOU NEED ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR THIS OR SPEC? YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE GREATER THAN EX THAN NORMAL WATER REQUIREMENTS OR ANY GAS, GAS OR ELECTRIC REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL THE UTILITY REQUIREMENTS? RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH CONED, UH, FOR THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BUILDING USE AS BE ALL ELECTRIC AS POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE SOME PROCESS LOADS WITH THAT GLASS WASH FUNCTION.
WE USED A MAGIC WORD SU SUSTAINABLE.
SO ARE YOU GOING PLANNING ON INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE FUNCTIONS? IT'S A LEAD, WHETHER IT'S SOLAR, IT'S A LEAD SILVER BUILDING.
WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE THE ROOF, UH, SOLAR READY, SO WE'RE GONNA BUILD ENOUGH STRUCTURE TO HOLD THOSE ON THE, UH, ROOF AREAS.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE PROVIDING, UH, EV CHARGERS, UM, AND TRYING TO JUST LIMIT OUR, UH, WATER LIKE, OR, AND USE ELECTRICITY INSTEAD OF GAS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THERE WAS KIND OF A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO I WANT TO EXPLORE WHAT THAT MEANT.
SO WE ARE RESPECTING THE WETLAND BUFFERS, RESPECTING RIGHT.
WE WILL NEED A WETLAND PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD AS WELL AS A STEEP SLOPES PERMIT.
STEVE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ABOUT IT, BUT THERE WILL ONLY BE SOME GRADING IN THE WETLAND BUFFER.
I, I HAD A QUESTION YESTERDAY.
UM, I WAS AT A MEETING, UM, WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPACT.
IT HA YOU KNOW, NOT YOUR DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, GEN GENERALLY AND THEN IMPACT ON FLOODING IN THE AREA.
WHEN YOU DO A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, PROJECT,
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HOW DO YOU SORT OF ADDRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, FLOODING, SAY NEAR THE SOIL MILL? YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DO WE ADDRESS, DO YOU TAKE ACTION STEPS THAT WOULD REDUCE FLOODING POTENTIALS? UH, YEAH.SO PART OF THE DISTURBANCE TO THE, TO THE BUFFER, UH, THE WETLAND BUFFER HERE AT THIS KIND OF, I GUESS MIDDLE END OF THE SITE, UH, IS TO INCREASE AN EXISTING STORMWATER POND THAT WE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE TEMPORARY PARKING LOT.
AND IT'S WORKING WELL, BUT THE WAY THAT THE HYDROLOGY OF THIS PROPOSED SITE IS WE'RE GONNA DIRECT A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER TOWARDS THAT AREA.
IT ALL STILL GOES TO THE SAME LOCATION TO THE WEST ON OUR CAMPUS AND EVENTUALLY TO THE SAWMILL RIVER.
IT'S JUST GONNA GET THERE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
UM, SO WE'RE EXTENDING THAT STORMWATER POND IMMEDIATELY IN THAT WETLAND BUFFER TO HOLD BACK ADDITIONAL FLOWS AND LET THEM OUT SLOWLY.
WE DO HAVE TO, UM, UH, CONTINUE OUR DESIGN.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOIL TESTING THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, WE ALWAYS TRY TO INFILTRATE THE WATER IF WE CAN.
UM, SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES NOT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NEAR A WETLAND BUFFER.
SO WE WILL, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THE STORM WATER ON THE SITE.
UM, OTHERWISE IT WILL BE HELD AND RELEASED SLOWLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TOWN CODE STATE CODE.
UM, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE ON ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS ON THE CAMPUS.
UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROUD TO SAY SO FAR WITH ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED YEAR STORMS WE GET EVERY WEEK, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY FLOODING ON THE SITE.
ALL THE DRAINAGE HAS BEEN DOING GREAT EROSION CONTROL, KNOCK ON WOOD.
DOES IT SOMETIMES, UH, IMPROVE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN YOU DO, WHEN YOU, IF YOU'RE DOING LIKE A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE? UH, YES.
BE POSITIVE IMPACTS ELSEWHERE? YES.
'CAUSE WE TYPICALLY WILL GO, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT THE EXISTING FLOWS ARE COMING OFF OF SITE, AND THEN WE DON'T WANNA MEET THEM.
WE WANNA EXCEED THEM IN TERMS OF HOLDING BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD BUILD SOME PLACE OTHER PLACES AROUND THE TOWN SO WE COULD SOLVE OUR FLOOD.
WELL, I WILL SAY THE, THE PRIOR MAJOR EXPANSION, THE MILLION SQUARE FEET, WAS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER DESIGNED FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE.
AND THAT WAS, UM, WORKED INTO THE SECRET PROCESS, UM, AND MANDATED AS CONDITION APPRO APPROVAL OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY WHAT STORM YOU DESIGNED TO, BUT IT WAS 200 YEAR STORM.
SO THAT'S, UH, IS THAT TYPICAL, THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED IN THE TOWN? NO, IT'S NOT TYPICAL AT ALL.
I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE GONNA BE, I'VE NEVER SEEN A 200 YEAR DESIGN FOR A PROJECT, UM, UNTIL THIS ONE.
UM, SPEAKING OF WATER, YOU ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING OUT THE GLASSWARE, THE BEAKERS THAT YOU USE FOR EXPERIMENTING.
AND HOW IS THAT WATER COLLECTED, CLEANED? HOW, WHERE IS THAT WATER GOING? HOW, WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING IN PLACE FOR THAT? I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOOD CITIZENS, BUT LIKE YOU EXPLAIN IT.
SO THAT CLEANING PROCESS, EVERYTHING, NOTHING WILL BE, UH, DISCHARGED.
THAT WOULD BE OUR PLUMBING ENGINEER.
UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER FIRM WORKING ON THAT.
THEY WOULD BE DOING LIKE A NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEM, UM, BEFORE ANYTHING'S DISCHARGED.
THEY'RE GONNA FOLLOW, UH, THE BUILDING AND PLUMBING CODE AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ANY PROCESS THAT'S IMPLEMENTED IS SAFE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE SITE AND WHATEVER'S DISCHARGED AWAY FROM THIS SITE.
SO SINCE WE, YOU STARTED, YOU KNOW, REDEVELOPING THE CAMPUS, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW MANY SQUARE FEET, FEET OF BUILDINGS HAVE YOU ALREADY DONE AND ARE WORKING ON TED MIGHT BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE P M P D BUILDING THAT WE WERE BEFORE YOU IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WELL UNDERWAY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE YEAH.
A COUPLE BUILDINGS ON THE SOUTH CAMPUS, OR ARE THEY, ARE THEY, HAVE THEY STARTED YET? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BUILDINGS COMPLETED YET, BUT THE PARCEL D P M P D BUILDING IS, THE STEEL IS FULLY UP TO THE TOP FLOOR.
AND, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE STRUCTURE, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING SYSTEMS OF THAT BUILDING.
UH, THERE'S A DAYCARE FACILITY THAT'S NOT IN GREENBURG ACROSS THE STREET IN MOUNT PLEASANT, SAME SITUATION.
UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, STEEL'S BUILT OUT.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
PARKING STRUCTURE'S CONSTRUCTED.
THE PARKING STRUCTURE NEXT TO THE PARCEL D BUILDING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROADWAY, UH, THAT IS, UM, THAT'S UP AND AND OPERATIONAL HAS A FULL, YOU KNOW, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
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AS FAR AS THE LOOP ROAD SITE SITE WORK IS STILL, WORK IS STILL ONGOING IN TERMS OF BRINGING THE SITE TO THE SUBGRADE.ALL THE UTILITIES, OR MOST OF THEM ARE INSTALLED AROUND THE PERIMETER.
UM, SO SOON YOU'LL START TO SEE FOUNDATIONS AND BUILDINGS COME OUTTA THE GROUND, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
I JUST ASK FOR ANY FUTURE CHARGING STATIONS TO MAKE SURE YOU RUN THAT BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE TOWN AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING SO MUCH IN THE GREENBURG PORTION OF YOUR, YOUR CAMP, THE CAMPUS.
UM, I, I'M SORT OF WONDERING, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT FOOD SCRAP, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES LIKE HAVING A SECTION, BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF TAKING OFF ALL OVER THE, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IS FOOD SCRAP, YOU KNOW, ORGANIC RECYCLING.
UM, AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOUR COMPANY IS CONSIDERING OR WOULD CONSIDER? YOU MEAN LIKE COMPOSTING? COMPOSTING, YEAH.
SO YES, THERE ARE COMPOSTS LOCATIONS IN SOME OF THE LOADING DOCKS PROPOSED ON THE LOOP ROAD PROJECT.
SO THERE, THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. NOT ON THIS PROJECT THOUGH, SO, SO IT'S CURRENTLY BEING DONE.
SORRY, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO COME UP THE MICROPHONE.
UH, SO THERE IS A CURRENT, UH, COMPOSTING, UH, PROGRAM THAT'S IN PLACE ON REGENERON CAMPUS.
UM, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY BRINGING THEIR COMPOST, UH, UP NORTH, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE TOWN.
SO THAT IS A, UH, SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE, UM, AND BE A STANDARD, UH, IN, IN THE BUILDINGS WE'RE DEVELOPING.
SO AGAIN, I DO AGREE WITH, UM, SUPERVISOR FINER ABOUT ALL THE, UM, CONTRIBUTION AND INVESTMENTS YOU HAVE MADE INTO THE TOWN.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON, WHAT DO YOU USE ANY MINORITY WOMAN OWNED BUSINESSES OR SERVICE DISABLED OWNED BUSINESS WHEN YOU ARE GIVING OUT YOUR CONTRACTS? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A R F P, IS THAT INCLUDED IN YOUR R F P WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING OUT THE BID? SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO VERIFY THAT WITH, WITH, WITH REGENERON.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE SURE ABOUT THAT.
I CAN, I CAN SEND YOU THE QUESTION JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH THAT.
AND, AND WE'LL FIND OUT THE ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW THAT THE PROJECT IS, UM, THE, I'M SORRY, THE, THE LOOP ROAD PROJECT AND THE PM PD PROJECT ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY THE I D A AND THEY ALSO STRONGLY RECUR, ENCOURAGE THE M W B E AND LOCAL HIRING.
THEY'VE BEEN ADHERING TO THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
I JUST GOT A BOX IN CASE YOU WANTED, IT WAS JUST FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS, SOME COMPUTERS THAT SOMEBODY DONATED, SO THAT'S WHY WALKED OUT.
WELL AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH, I, WE, WE HAVE MORE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME, WE'LL DEFINITELY YOU CAN PUT IT BACK UP AGAIN.
I JUST TOOK IT DOWN, SO, OH, SORRY.
I DIDN'T REALIZE NO ONE'S NO SAID STARING AT A BUILDING WHENEVER WE WAS HAVING CONVERSATION.
YEAH, WE, YOU GUYS HAVE TO SEE THE GOOD PART HERE.
THIS IS, UH, THREE D KIND OF OVERALL OVER KIND OF BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT SHOWS YOU HOW THE BUILDING'S ORIENTED AS IT RELATES TO OLD, UH, SAWMILL RIVER ROAD AND KIND OF, YOU CAN SEE THOSE DASH LINES THAT SHOW THE WETLAND BUFFERS THERE AND THE ROUNDABOUT JUST BEYOND THE BUILDING.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE PROJECT, UH, LOOKING DOWN FROM THE BRIDGE ON A HUNDRED C.
UH, IF YOU WERE DRIVING TOWARDS, UH, THE ROUNDABOUT REGENERON CAMPUS IS JUST KIND OF BEYOND THE BUILDING, UH, DOWN THE HILL.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT IMAGE, THIS IS A VIEW, IF YOU'RE KIND OF ROUNDING THROUGH THAT ROUNDABOUT AND COMING DOWN OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD OR ROAD.
THE, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE DESIGN OF THIS BUILDING, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY TALL, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BREAK DOWN THE SCALE WITH SOME DIFFERENT MATERIALS.
UH, SO THE BASE OF THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE PRECAST SIMILAR TO OTHER BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS TO GIVE IT A NICE, SOLID, UH, DURABLE BASE, UH, WHERE WE'LL USE WINDOW WALL AND CURTAIN WALL FOR THE ENTRY AND OFFICE SPACES ON TOP OF THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WE WILL BE USING A FORMED METAL PANEL FOR THE UPPER PORTIONS OF
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THE BUILDING ALONG WITH SOME PERFORATED METAL PANELS.SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE THE BUILDING FEEL LIGHTER AS IT, UH, GETS TALLER.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UH, SETTING BACK THE PENTHOUSE, UH, TO TRY TO REDUCE, UH, THE VISUAL SCALE OF THE BUILDING.
SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT IMAGE, THIS IS A VIEW, UH, FROM THE GAS STATION, LOOKING AT KIND OF THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT IMAGE, WE'VE CREATED A SCREEN WALL IN FRONT OF THE LOADING DOCK THAT'S REALLY SERVING A COUPLE DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
UH, ONE, IT'S TO SCREEN THE VIEW OF THAT LOADING DOCK.
SO WHEN, UH, PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BY, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF TRUCKS AND STUFF UNLOADING INTO THE BUILDING.
IT'S ALSO A SAFETY, UH, MECHANISM.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK ACCIDENTALLY CROSSING INTO THE LOADING DOCK BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE REALLY DANGEROUS WITH HOW MUCH ACTIVITY'S GONNA BE OCCURRING THERE.
SO WE'VE MADE THAT, UH, MAJOR KIND OF SCREEN THERE TO HELP.
UH, AND IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BUILDING, UH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IS THE, GETS LIGHTER AS IT GOES UP WITH THE METAL PANEL.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT IMAGE, THIS IS THE LOADING DOCK.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCREEN WALL ON THE RIGHT THAT I JUST POINTED OUT.
THAT'S, UH, THAT VISUAL BARRIER.
AND THEN ON THE LEFT HERE WE HAVE, UH, CANOPIES TO HELP, UH, SHELTER WORKERS AT THE LOADING DOCK AND, UH, PROVIDE THE FUNCTION THAT REGENERON NEEDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
IS THERE ADDED TRUCK TRAFFIC ALONG THE ACCESS FROM THAT INTERNAL OR WHAT? SO STEVE CAN ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS, BUT AT LEAST IN THIS SPACE HERE.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TRUCK TYPES THAT PULL UP WITH VANS, AND THEN WE HAVE AN ACCESS ROAD AROUND THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TRUCK TRAFFIC.
UM, MUCH OF IT IS WHAT ALREADY GOES ONTO THE CAMPUS NOW SINCE WE'RE CENTRALIZING A LOT OF THE OPERATIONS, BUT THIS BUILDING IS SIZED TO HOUSE THE OPERATIONS NEEDED FOR THE EXPANSION OF ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS WE WE JUST DESCRIBED.
SO THERE WILL BE EXTRA TRUCKS THAT WOULD GO HERE RATHER THAN GOING TO ALL THE NEW LOADING DOCKS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CAMPUS.
SO, BUT THERE WON'T BE EXTRA TRUCK TRAFFIC PER SE ON SAWMILL RIVER ROAD? NO, THERE WON'T BE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT IS NOT ALREADY ANTICIPATED AS A RESULT OF THE PRIOR APPROVALS.
SO WHEN, WHEN WE GOT THE PRIOR APPROVALS AND WE STUDIED ALL OF THAT MM-HMM.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, HAVE SOME ELEVATIONS.
WE HAVE A, WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY.
HAVE A COUPLE ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS REALLY SHOWING THE MATERIALS THAT I SAID EARLIER, PRECAST, UH, WINDOW SYSTEMS, UH, FORM METAL PANELS, UH, WINDOW WALL WHERE WE HAVE OUR OFFICE WORKERS, UH, TO GIVE THE WORKERS HERE A NICE, UH, UH, VIEWS OUT OF THE PROJECT.
SO THESE ARE JUST THE OTHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING, UH, THAT ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.
SO YOU'RE NOT INTENDING ON ANY SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING.
SO WE'RE STUDYING THAT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT IF, IF WE DO IMPLEMENT SIGNAGE, WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T WORKED THROUGH THE DETAILS YET OF WHAT REGENERON STANDARDS ARE, WHERE WE WOULD WANT THAT TO BE.
AND SO THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED AT THIS POINT.
ALRIGHT, SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE PET PEEVE THAT I HAVE.
UH, WE CHANGED OUR CODE TO ALLOW THIS ZONING, RIGHT? THERE'S NO ZONING LIKE IT, BUT WE WORKED FOR QUITE A LONG TIME TO CHANGE IT SO THAT YOU COULD COME IN HERE AND THEN WE GO TO THE BROWN, THE GROUNDBREAKING AND IT'S REGENERON AND TARRYTOWN.
TARRYTOWN HAS NO APPROVALS ON THIS PROJECT.
I UNDERSTAND THE POST OFFICE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BRAND THAT.
GREENBERG IS DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, BUT WE HAVE TESLA OF WHITE, TESLA OF WHITE PLAINS, WHICH IS WALKING DISTANCE FROM TOWN HALL.
UM, WE HAVE THE MADISON SQUARE GARDENS, WHICH ONLY USES GREENBURG IN THEIR NAME.
UM, BUT IT, IT, UM, IT'S TROUBLING, RIGHT? YOU NEED APPROVALS.
YOU COME TO GREENBERG ON A CORPORATE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD TO GET ALL YOUR APPROVALS.
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WE WORK WITH YOU, WE GIVE YOU A PILOT, WE DO ALL THESE THINGS.AND THEN THERE'S NO MENTION OF GREENBERG ANYWHERE FOR REGENERON AND WHAT'S REPORTED, IT'S REPORTED AS REGENERON.
THE NEWSPAPERS ALWAYS GET IT WRONG IN TARRYTOWN, RIGHT? IT'S NOT IN TARRYTOWN.
SO I, I INTEND TO MENTION THIS AT EVERY TIME AS A MAJOR PROJECT BECAUSE BRANDING IS IMPORTANT FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR COMPANY, BUT ALSO FOR OUR TOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK, OH, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? AND THEY HEAR ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER PLACES THAT ARE DOING IT, BUT MUCH OF IT IS US.
SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
I DON'T LIKE ANYBODY I LEAVE A MEETING THAT I'M AT, BRING THAT BACK TO THEM.
SO EVEN, EVEN, AND I THINK WHAT, UM, SHOPRITE IS GREENBURG ELMSFORD OR ELMSFORD GREENBURG, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN ELMSFORD, BUT THERE'S SOME PLACE THAT I SAW THAT THEY DID IT.
THEY PUT THE ADDRESS ON THE BUILDING, NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY ATTRIBUTED IT TO GREENBERG.
SO IF YOU WANNA GET ACROSS THERE, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT INTO YOUR G P S, WHAT'S THE POST OFFICE ADDRESS? PUT THE ADDRESS ON THE BUILDING.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOME RECOGNITION.
WE'VE HAD THIS PARTNERSHIP FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW.
UM, AND I, I FULLY APPRECIATED CHANGING THE ZONING, COMING UP WITH A NEW ZONE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.
UM, AND THEN AT THE GROUNDBREAKING IT WAS TARRYTOWN
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY MM-HMM.
SORRY, I'VE NEVER BEEN TOLD I'VE BEEN TOO QUIET BEFORE
UM, SO JUST TO, UH, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, TO GO BACK AND TO SUMMARIZE.
SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING COMPLIES IN ALL RESPECTS WITH ZONING MM-HMM.
UM, AGAIN, WE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS SOME WETLAND BUFFER DISTURBANCE, BUT IT'S JUST FOR SOME GRADING.
WE'VE BASICALLY STAYED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF THAT WETLAND AND WETLAND BUFFER AREA.
AND THE DISTURBANCE TO THAT BUFFER IS, IS GOING TO BE AN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED AND ARE NOT, DO NOT PARTICULARLY PROVIDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF, OF WETLAND FUNCTION.
UM, WE WILL ALSO NEED A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT FROM THIS BOARD SINCE YOU ARE THE APPROVING AGENCY.
UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME MINOR STEEP SLOPES DISTURBANCE FOR WHICH WE WILL NEED A SLOPES PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO THE PROCESS WILL BE WITH THIS BOARD AND WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU.
UM, THIS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL RESULT IN THE REMOVAL OF ONE OF THOSE TEMPORARY LOTS THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
SOME OF THE PARKING THAT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED FOR THIS BUILDING WILL BE IN THE AREA THAT THE TEMPORARY LOT WAS APPROVED.
SO THERE WILL BE A PORTION OF THAT TEMPORARY LOT THAT WILL REMAIN TO SERVE THIS BUILDING.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT YOU ANTICIPATE FOR THE APPROVALS AND WHEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD START? TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUTTA MY MOUTH.
CONSTRUCTION, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO START NEXT SUMMER.
END OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE END OF 2000, 2025, EARLY 2026 IS THE GOAL.
WHAT YOU'RE REALLY ASKING IS WHEN ARE THEY COMING IN FOR BUILDING PERMITS? YEAH.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, NEXT SPRING.
AND AFTER THIS, WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG PROJECT IN GREENBERG? IT'S CLASSIFIED.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME.
SO WE HOPE TO BE ON YOUR AGENDA.
AGENDA ON THE 11TH, I THINK IT IS FOR PURPOSES OF REFERRAL OUT TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN WE WOULD COMMENCE ALSO THAT PROCESS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.
WE WOULD GO THROUGH THIS WITH THEM AND ALSO MAKE OUR APPLICATIONS TO THEM FOR THE WETLAND AND SLOPES PERMITS.
AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AFTER THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU BEING PART OF GREENBERG AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR COMPANY.
AND EVERY TIME I'M LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, I'M SAYING THANK GOD WE HAVE REGENERON.
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THE ONE SHOT.
BUT THEY ALSO ALSO ENCOURAGE OTHER COMPANIES TO COME IN.
NOW YOU PLUG I'M, OH, MAYBE IT IS.
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ARE PEOPLE, SO THAT'S THE MEETING AT SIX O'CLOCK ON THE, THE UNDERGROUND ON THAT.OH, WE HAVE TO GET THE INTERPRETER SET UP.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HELP THEM A LOT.
BECAUSE IT'S, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET THE POWER OUTAGES.
IS THIS A PUBLIC DISCUSSION HERE? ALRIGHT, SO WE NEED CHEERS.
DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION RIGHT HERE? DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? DO YOU HAVE A PRESENT? YOU HAVE EIGHT PRESENTATIONS? NO, EIGHT PEOPLE FROM THEY CYCLE OUT.
YEAH, MAYBE THEY CAN ONE WE HAVE YOU HAVE TAKE THE FRONT ROW, YOU CAN TAKE THE FRONT ROW HERE AND THEN YOU CAN CYCLE OUT AS YOU MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION.
I, OKAY, SO WE HAVE, WELL HOW MANY OF YOU HERE? I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE GET, WE HAVE THREE.
THE FIRST, THE FIRST MANY PICTURE WITH HOW MANY, RIGHT? I SENT YOU THE LINK, RIGHT? YOU'RE UP, RIGHT.
YEAH, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE HAVE, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT COVID SHOTS YET.
I THINK THERE'S A, YEAH, I WANT TO GO DOWN THERE ALSO.
YOU KNOW, JUST BEFORE WE START, WE'RE ON THE AIR NOW, BUT JUST BEFORE WE START, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM BABBITT COURT COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FLOODING.
SO I REACHED OUT TO SENATOR SCHUMER'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, TODAY.
UM, AND, UM, UH, THEIR ASSISTANT, THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR SAID THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO, UM, UH, THE FEMA TEAM, UH, TO FIND OUT WHAT'S TAKEN SO FAR, TWO YEARS FOR THEM TO APPROVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATION TO LIFT UP PEOPLE'S HOMES.
AND, UM, UH, THEY JUST ASKED FOR THE DISASTER ID NUMBER AND THE FEMA APPLICATION NUMBER.
AND THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD, UH, FLOOD DAMAGE, UM, THAT, UH, THE GOVERNOR HAS TO ASK THE GOVERNMENT FOR, UH, FEMA AID BEFORE FEMA CAN RELEASE DISASTER RELIEF MONEY FOR THE, UH, JUST CONCLUDED, UM, YOU KNOW, STORM.
SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH SENATOR SCHUMER'S OFFICE ON, UH,
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BOTH THE FLOODING, UM, FOR BABBITT COURT AND, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE TOWN, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD MAJOR, MAJOR, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS. BUT TODAY'S MEETING IS DEALING WITH, UM, UM, THE CON CONED YOUR EFFORTS TO PUT, UM, THE WIRES UNDER UNDERGROUND.AND, UM, THIS WAS A MAJOR EFFORT THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO ASK FOR AROUND THE, TO THE MIC, SPEAK TO THE MIC, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE REGION BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE HAD, UM, NO POWER FOR AS LONG AS TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND BY PUTTING THE WIRES UNDERGROUND, UM, WILL LESSEN THE CHANCES OF, UM, LONG TERM, UM, OUTAGES WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR STORM.
THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD A HURRICANE WITHOUT WIND.
SO THERE WAS VERY, THERE WAS REALLY NO TREES THAT WERE DOWN.
WE DIDN'T HAVE POWER OUTAGES, BUT IF THIS WAS A HURRICANE WITH WIND, WE COULD HAVE ALL BEEN OUT OF POWER.
SO THE GOAL IS TO GIVE YOU V I P SERVICE, THE RESIDENTS OF BIRCHWOOD LANE.
AND YOU'RE PART OF A PILOT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE TOWN ARE PROBABLY JEALOUS OF.
JUST SOME QUICK HOUSEKEEPING RULES.
SO I'M LOOKING IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR MIC ON AND MAKE IT AND BRING IT CLOSER TO YOU.
SO IF EVERYONE WHO'S SPEAKING TO THE MIC, IF YOU CAN BRING YOUR, BRING YOUR MIC CLOSEST TO YOU, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON, OKAY.
JUST HIT THE BUTTON RIGHT THERE.
AND WE ALSO HAD TWO MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE HAD TWO MEETINGS ON SITE ON BIRCHWOOD, UM, DURING THE FEW WEEKS.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK ED FOR MEETING WITH RESIDENTS ON BIRCHWOOD.
SO THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS YOU PRESENTED, YOU PREPARED A POWERPOINT BASED ON QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED.
SO WE COULD GO THROUGH THOSE, YOU PROVIDE YOUR ANSWERS, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN ASKED, WE WILL ASK THE PUBLIC TO THEN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT TO YOU, SO, CORRECT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE.
UM, AS PAUL SAID, WE ALREADY MET OUT AT LOCATION TWICE.
UM, VERY, UM, UH, MY NAME IS LUIGI VGO.
I'M WITH CORPORATE AFFAIRS AT CON EDISON.
AND SO, UH, AND THE CONVERSATIONS WERE ALL BOTH FRUITFUL AND, UM, I THINK WE, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE IN A LOT OF QUESTIONS, ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY THAT WE'LL TOUCH ON AND ANSWER MOST OF THESE, IF NOT ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA GO, UM, AND HAND IT OVER TO OUR ENGINEER AMANDA, UM, A LITTLE BIT.
I WORK IN, UH, BRONX, WESTCHESTER REGIONAL ENGINEERING.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, UM, AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE SCOPE AND THE REASON WE CHOSE THIS LOCATION AND HOW IT'S GONNA BENEFIT YOUR, YOUR TOWN.
UM, SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE SLIDES, BUT I CAN, I CAN SPEAK TO IT IN THE MEANTIME.
THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
YES, IT IS
UM, YOU CAN JUST GO RIGHT TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO WE HAVE EXISTING OVERHEAD, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CABLES AND TRANSFORMERS ON POLES, UM, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALL EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS, RIGHT? SO THE GOAL IS TO TAKE THE OVERHEAD CIRCUIT THAT RUNS FROM RIDGE ROAD DOWN AND AROUND BIRCHWOOD LANE, INCLUDING RICHARD TERRACE, AND PUT THESE CABLES UNDERGROUND WHERE THEY WOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS.
I'M SORRY, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THESE SLIDES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, CAN WE, WELL IT'S GOING UP ON THE SCREEN, IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOTES.
UM, SO THIS, THIS RUN THAT YOU CAN SEE IN RED HERE IS ABOUT ONE MILE LONG.
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59 CURRENTLY OVERHEAD FED CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT IN AND RECEIVE AN UNDERGROUND SERVICE.UM, SO THIRD 59 CUSTOMERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THIS UNDERGROUNDING.
WE SELECTED THIS LOCATION, WE'VE STUDIED MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN WESTCHESTER AND FOUND THAT THIS AREA HAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OUTAGES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT ABOUT SEVEN YEARS WORTH OF DATA AND WE FOUND, I BELIEVE AT LEAST SEVEN OUTAGES.
UM, ALL WITH VERY VARYING DURATIONS, BUT SOME OF THEM A LOT LONGER THAN OTHERS.
UM, THIS AREA IS VERY HEAVILY TREE, SO MOST OF THE OUTAGES THAT OCCUR IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ARE BECAUSE OF TREE CONTACT HITTING THOSE OVERHEAD WIRES.
SO IF WE TAKE THEM AND WE PUT THEM UNDERGROUND, THEY'RE NO LONGER EXPOSED TO THAT RISK.
AS THE TOWN SUPERVISOR SAID, WE HAVE HURRICANES, THUNDERSTORMS, WIND EVENTS VERY OFTEN AND WE HAVE A HIGH RISK AREA HERE WHERE WE CAN PUT THESE CABLES UNDERGROUND AND PROTECT THEM IN THE FUTURE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY PART OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE WHAT WE CALL A LOOP DESIGN.
SO CURRENTLY THIS AREA IS FED RADIALLY, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S ONLY HAS ONE SOURCE OF A SUPPLY.
SO WHEN WE FINISH THIS PROJECT, WE WILL HAVE TWO SOURCES OF A SUPPLY THAT MEET IN THE MIDDLE THAT ADD FOR ADDITIONAL RELIABILITY.
UM, LASTLY WE'LL BE, UM, INSTALLING PAD MOUNTED TRANSFORMERS, WHICH WILL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF AND SOME, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THAT IN A FEW SLIDES FROM NOW.
BUT THESE TRANSFORMERS ARE WHAT WE CALL SWITCHABLE, MEANING IF THERE WERE TO BE ANY SORT OF OUTAGE OR ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT UNDERGROUND, WE CAN EASILY, UM, BASICALLY SWITCH, DO SOME SWITCHING MOVES AND QUICKLY RESTORE THE CUSTOMERS.
OR I AT LEAST ISOLATE THE AREA OF CUSTOMERS THAT IS AFFECTED AND THEN RESTORE THEM MORE QUICKLY.
UM, YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OKAY.
SO THIS IS A LOOK AT WHAT IS OWNED BY CON EDISON AND WHAT IS OWNED BY THE CUSTOMERS, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE SERVICE CONVERSION.
SO THIS IS FOR ANY CUSTOMER WHO CHOOSES TO OPT IN AND RECEIVE AN UNDERGROUND SERVICE.
SO PREVIOUSLY, THE BEFORE ON THE LEFT, UM, WE OWNED THE SERVICE WIRE, EVERYTHING IN BLUE, WE OWN THE SERVICE WIRE, THE CONNECTION POINT, AND THOSE ARE CLEARLY EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS WITH A RISK FOR FAILURE WITH, UM, TREE LIMBS POSSIBLY FALLING AND TAKING THEM OUT.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLACK PORTION, WHICH IS THE WEATHERHEAD THAT'S ON THE HOUSE, THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT AND THE DRIP LOOP.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALSO EXPOSE TO THE ELEMENTS AS WELL.
SO IF A TREE COMES DOWN AND TAKES OUT YOUR SERVICE AND DAMAGES ANY OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING IT OR HIRING AN ELECTRICIAN TO DO SO.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO OPT IN, WHICH YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HERE, WE STILL OWN THAT SERVICE WIRE AND UM, BUT NOW IT'S UNDERGROUND AND IT'S IN CONDUIT, WHICH IS PROTECTED.
UM, YOU STILL OWN THE CONNECTION BEFORE HITTING THE METER PAN, BUT AGAIN, NOW IT'S UNDERGROUND AND IT'S NOT EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.
YOU HAVE MUCH LESS OF A RISK FOR WHAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OWNING AND MAINTAINING.
WILL YOU BE TAKING THE POLES DOWN IF YOU GO UNDERGROUND OR ARE YOU LEAVING THE POLES UP? SO THE POLES DO HAVE TO REMAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER UTILITIES ON THOSE POLES OUTSIDE OF CON EDISON'S INFRASTRUCTURE, TAKING 'EM LOWER.
AND THIS IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE.
UM, IN THIS PROJECT WE PLAN TO INSTALL 11 PAD MOUNTED TRANSFORMERS.
THAT IS THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT.
THEY'RE ABOUT THREE FEET IN WIDTH, UM, THREE FEET IN DEPTH AND FOR THREE FEET IN HEIGHT.
THE MIDDLE PICTURE IS WHAT WE CALL A TTT TAP, WHICH IS JUST KIND OF A LARGE JUNCTION BOX.
UM, WE'LL ONLY INSTALL TWO OF THESE.
THESE ARE OUR BIGGEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
THEY'RE ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF FEET WIDE, TWO FEET DEEP, AND TWO AND A HALF FEET TALL.
AND WE'LL ALSO INSTALL FOUR, UM, IJ OR INLINE JUNCTION BOXES.
BASICALLY THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, IT'S JUST A SMALLER VERSION OF A JUNCTION BOX OR A CONNECTION BOX.
UM, AND THOSE ARE TWO FEET WIDE BY TWO FEET, UM, DEEP AND TWO AND A HALF FEET TALL.
AND, UM, NOT SHOWN ON THIS, WE ALSO HAVE TO INSTALL 16 SPLICE BOXES, BUT THESE ARE PARTIALLY PAR, PARTIALLY SOME, UH, SUBSURFACE AND ONLY ABOUT ONE INCH SITS OUT ABOVE THE GROUND.
AND THOSE, UM, HAVE A THREE, THREE FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE.
SO THAT'S NOT SHOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE BARELY VISIBLE.
SO HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH HOUSES WOULD HAVE THESE, THIS EQUIPMENT ON? YEAH, SO WE HAD, SO WE HAD TO DESIGN IT BASED ON, UM, AN EL THE MOST OPTIMAL ELECTRICAL DESIGN, UM, TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CUSTOMER RECEIVES ADEQUATE VOLTAGE AND THE MOST OPTIMAL COST TO THE CUSTOMER.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA INSTALL, OR SORRY, COST TO CONEDISON, WE'RE NOT GONNA INSTALL ANY MORE THAN WE NEED TO.
SO WE, WE INSTALL THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN FOR THE COMPANY AND, BUT ENSURING THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE ADEQUATE VOLTAGE BASED ON THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY ARE.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU WOULD DO AT THE, ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT YOU DO IS A LITTLE LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, AROUND IT.
UH, SO PEOPLE MAY NOT SEE THOSE
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BOXES IF IT YEAH.AND THAT'S GONNA BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS BASED ON THE LOCATION.
UM, BUT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT SHOWS WHERE YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE? YEAH.
IF YOU GO, UM, BACK, WELL, THAT'S WHY I'VE WATCHED YOU TO JUST RUN THROUGH YOUR SLIDE.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE, UM, EACH OF THOSE GREEN BOXES INDICATE A PAD MOUNTED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND WHAT SIZE IT.
THIS IS A VARYING OF THE 11 TRANSFORMERS, THE TWO TTT TAPS, AND THE FOUR IJ BOXES.
BUT CATHERINE, IF YOU COULD MOVE, KEEP YOU UP, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES FOR US IS WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE LIVE ON A HORSESHOE.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHAT SIZE THESE ARE GOING TO BE AND WHO IS GOING TO HAVE THOSE TRANSFORMERS AND WHICH ONE OF THESE 11 ARE GOING TO BE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN.
THIS CAN BE DISSEMINATED TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS IT.
I THINK EVERYBODY WHO, WHO CAME WOULD LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU SEND THAT ELECTRONICALLY PLEASE? WE'LL GET THAT OUT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT YEP.
WE HAVE A LEGEND, SO THE T TAP AND WE HAVE THE SIZES LISTED ON THE POWERPOINT AND RIGHT HERE.
SO THE RED ONES REPRESENT THAT LARGE STRUCTURE.
THE UM, BLUE ONES ARE THIS NECK SIZE PULL AND THE, UH, TRANSFORMERS ARE THE GREEN ONES, WHICH ARE THE SMALLER ONES.
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE EDUCATING ONE, BUT IF YOU COULD PULL THAT UP ON THE SCREEN.
YOU HAVE THAT, DO YOU HAVE THAT ON SCREEN AND WE CAN SHOW EVERYONE, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT THE FIRST ONE? YEP.
MAY I STOP SHARING FOR A SECOND? SURE.
I HAVE RE SHARE ONCE I CAN PULL THAT UP.
WELL CAN TIME, CAN WE AT LEAST SHARE SOME THANKS? NO, NO.
WHAT'S SHE'S SHOWING? JUST OH, ACTUALLY, OH YEAH, SHE'S GONNA PUT IT ON THE SCREEN SCREEN.
UM, BUT IF I HAVE SIX COPIES, IF YOU WANNA PASS 'EM AROUND, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
LOOKS EACH SIDE, BECAUSE THIS IS DIFFERENT ALONG WITH A MASTER PLAN WE ARE SEEING, ALONG WITH A MASTER PLAN, WE ARE SEEING, UM, FLAGS ON RIGHT OF WAYS.
AND WE ARE SEEING, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT IT'S ALSO GOING DOWN THE, THE ROAD.
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING, NOT JUST, NOT JUST A PICTURE LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I STILL DON'T KNOW.
I STILL DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE ON MY NEIGHBOR'S YARD WHERE THEY HAVE FLAGS, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE STREET.
DO YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT SHOWS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE? YEAH, I CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE GROUP RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, EACH OF THESE STRUCTURAL, UM, MY PAD LOCATIONS ARE, HAVE BEEN SPRAY PAINTED, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM SITTING BEHIND ME HAS ALREADY COME AROUND AND PUT A SPRAY PAINT MARKER INDICATING WHERE THAT PAD WOULD BE LOCATED.
UM, SO YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT LOCATION WOULD BE.
THESE STRUCTURES ARE THE, ARE THOSE CO COLOR CODED TOO? SO THEY, THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHICH SIZE EQUIPMENT IS GOING AT EACH OF THE LOCATIONS.
SO IF ANYONE HAS TO TALK, WE JUST NEED YOU TO COME UP SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR.
HOW YOU DOING? UM, SO EACH, HE CAN PICK IT UP, PICK IT UP.
SO EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS SIZE SPECIFIC.
UM, SO WE TRY TO MIRROR THE SIZE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS INDICATED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY PUT ON THE GROUND AND PAINT MM-HMM.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT AN ELEVATED FORM, BUT ON THE GROUND FOR YOU.
AND WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS WE TRIED TO PLACE THIS STRATEGICALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE, UM, LESS OBSTRUCTIVE TO VIEW.
WE TRY TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROPERTIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO ANYONE CAN FEEL FREE TO WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOOK FOR THOSE PAINTED LOCATIONS TO INDICATE THOSE STRUCTURES.
SO, SO THERE'S A LEGEND ON THIS.
SO THE RED IS A TTT TAP AND IT GIVES THE DIMENSIONS.
THE GREEN IS A TRANSFORMER, IJ BOX IS IN BLUE AND THE SPLICE BOX, WHICH IS ONE INCH ABOVE THE GROUND, UH, IS IN YELLOWISH MUSTARD, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THAT.
DOES IT MEAN THAT THE EXCAVATION IS GOING TO BE ALONG THAT SAME LINE WHERE THE BOXES ARE? OR DOES IT MEAN THAT SO IT'LL BE ON THE, ON THE RIGHT OF WAY? NOT IN THE STREET ITSELF.
THE EXCAVATION WILL BE DONE IN THE STREET AND IT'LL ALL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO COMING DOWN BIRCHWOOD LANE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, IT'LL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN IT'LL STAY ON THE LEFT SIDE AS IT COMES BACK UP ON THE RIGHT HERE.
SO WAIT A MINUTE, CAN WE, CAN WE LET THEM FINISH THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEN TAKE QUESTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN FINISH THEIR PRESENTATION? THAT WAY EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE IS FULLY INFORMED AND THEY CAN GET ALL OF THEIR AN, BECAUSE SOME ANSWERS MAY COME OUT IN THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO WE ARE GONNA HOLD QUESTIONS, WE ARE GOING TO HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE PRESENTATION IS COMPLETED.
SO THE LEFT SIDE HERE IS THE LEFT SIDE.
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THIS ANGLE, IT'S NOT THAT IT STAYS ON THE SAME SIDE.YEAH, SO THE LEFT SIDE HERE AND THE LEFT SIDE HERE.
AND IT'LL BE DUG IN THE STREET ALONG THOSE CURB LINES.
SO COULD YOU GO ON WITH YOUR PRESENTATION? PRESENTATION, HOLD BACK PRESENTATION? SURE.
CHRISTINE, PLEASE CAN PICK IT UP.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR SELECT THE UNDERGROUNDING FOR CON EDISON.
UH, SO TODAY I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, RIGHT? SO WE STARTED FOR THIS PROJECT IN GREENBURG WITH EXECUTING THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN BACK IN AUGUST WHEN WE MET WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
TERRENCE, COULD YOU BRING IN A HANDHELD? MAYBE THAT WOULD HELP.
AND UM, ALONG WITH THAT, WE ARE PLANNING TO START CONSTRUCTION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING TODAY.
WE'RE PLANNING TO START OUR EXCAVATION NEXT WEEK.
NOW THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER.
OH, I STILL HAVE TO HOLD IT UP.
YOU ALMOST WON THE NOBEL PRIZE, BUT
SO WE'LL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION SHORTLY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, UM, WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING WORK NOTIFICATIONS TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED AND WE ARE LOOKING TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT WILL INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPING RESTORATION AS WELL.
I DON'T HEAR, WELL, I'M SORRY.
THAT WILL INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPING AND THE ROADWAY RESTORATION IN ALL AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON? UM, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE JUST KEEP GOING.
WE'LL FILL IN QUESTIONS THAT YOU DON'T ANSWER.
SO SOME OF THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE INCLUDE A LOT OF FIELD WALKS RIGHT ON SITE.
WE'VE MET WITH SOME RESIDENTS AS WE ARE CONDUCTING THESE FIELD WALKS.
AND AS MENTIONED THIS WEEK, WE HAVE COME OUT TO LOCATION TO SPRAY PAINT AS CLOSE TO WHAT THE ACTUAL SIZE WILL BE FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
UM, WHERE WE'RE PLANNING TO INSTALL THE EQUIPMENT, WHETHER IT BE A SPICE BOX THAT'S THAT CIRCULAR PICTURE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OR TRANSFORMERS AS DEPICTED IN THE NEXT TWO PICTURES THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE MORE RECTANGULAR IN SIZE.
SO FOR THE CUSTOMERS THAT WILL HAVE EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, YOU KNOW, ON ON THE GRASS AREA, YOU WOULD BE SEEING THESE SPRAY PAINTED, UM, AS INDICATED IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH THE CUSTOMERS, RIGHT? AS AMANDA FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE RESILIENCY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? AND THAT'S BOTH IN THE ROADWAYS AND IF THE CUSTOMER CHOOSES TO OPT IN TO UNDERGROUND THEIR SERVICE, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL RESILIENCY ON THEIR SERVICE CABLE ITSELF.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED AT THE PRE PREVIOUSLY, I JUST WANNA ASK YEAH, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY IF UH, PEOPLE DECIDE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO OPT IN, UH, BUT THEN THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND BECAUSE EVERYBODY, THEY FOUND THAT IT WORKED, IT COULD BE TOO LATE FOR THEM TO OPT IN LATER ON.
SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE NOW OR AND RISK NOT HAVING IT DONE IN THE FUTURE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR BACK SOONER THAN LATER.
BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND.
RIGHT? WE WOULD NOT WANT TO HEAR THAT ONCE WE START CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS WAY I'M TALKING WHEN IT'S DONE THE PROJECT, WHEN AFTER IT'S, IF THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT OPTING IN CORRECT AND THEN A YEAR FROM NOW THEY SAY, GOSH, I JUST HAD A POWER OUTAGE AND NOBODY ELSE DID.
IT'S A ONE TIME IS WHAT HE'S TRYING TO ASK.
UM, BUT WE DO DESIGN THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW SO THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER IN THE FUTURE IF YOU DO DECIDE TO COME ON.
THE FACILITIES WILL BE RIGHT THERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE IF YOU DO DECIDE TO CONVERT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE IS THAT IF THAT CONVERSION HAPPENS, IT WILL BE
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AT THE CUSTOMER COST AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE IN THE AREA WE'RE OFFERING THIS OPTION TO THE CUSTOMERS TO COME ON BOARD AT COMPANY COSTS.ALRIGHT, SO IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS, WE'RE LOOKING TO START CONSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9TH, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SEND OUT, UM, WORK NOTIFICATIONS, UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE RESPONSES VIA THE CUSTOMER AGREEMENT LETTER, WHETHER BY MAIL OR EMAIL BY NOVEMBER 15TH.
UM, WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE.
SOME OF THESE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN THE LIST OF QUESTIONS PROVIDED BY THE TOWN.
CAN YOU MAKE IT A LITTLE LARGER? UM, I CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE LARGER AND UH, I CAN READ THROUGH IT AS WELL.
LEMME SEE IF I CAN, COULD YOU ACTUALLY ON YOUR COMPUTER, UH, DISPLAY THE SLIDESHOW AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THE, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE THE PAGES ON THE LEFT.
GO INTO, UM, ENLARGE THE, HE'S GONNA MAKE IT BIGGER.
YOU CAN MAKE IT BIGGER ON VISITATIONS.
I NEED YOU TO ACTUALLY BASICALLY START THIS.
HOW IS THAT? AND I'LL READ THROUGH THEM.
SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HEARD FROM BOTH THE ONSITE MEETINGS, UM, REVOLVED AROUND IF THE CUSTOMERS WERE TO OPT IN TO UNDERGROUND THEIR SERVICE.
RIGHT? SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, UM, FIRST ONE THAT WE HEARD A LOT WAS HOW WOULD CON EDISON KNOW WHERE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS LOCATED SO THAT CON EDISON DOES NOT DAMAGE THEM? RIGHT.
SO ALL DIGGING ON CUSTOMER PROPERTY IS HAND DIGGING AND WE WILL WORK AROUND EXISTING SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. SO WE'LL NOT BRING HEAVY MACHINERY ONTO CUSTOMER PROPERTY, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE DO HAND DIGGING, IT IS A MUCH SLOWER PROCESS, A MORE CAREFUL EXECUTED TYPE OF PROCESS WHEN WE DO THAT.
UM, AND WE WILL COORDINATE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF DETERMINING WHERE YOUR GAS AND WATERLINE ENTRY POINTS SO THAT WE MINIMIZE OF THOSE INTERFERENCES.
WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT THERE TO DAMAGE CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT REALLY IS THE BOTTOM LINE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE AS CAREFUL AS WE CAN WHEN WE'RE DIGGING ON YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO OPT IN.
SECOND QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS IF CAN EDISON DAMAGE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WOULD, CAN SEND BE ABLE TO FIX THEM RIGHT AWAY? CUSTOMER MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE SPRINKLER IS DAMAGED UNTIL THEY TURN ON THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN THE SPRING.
SO IF WE DAMAGE ANY CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT WHILE WE'RE THERE AND WE SEE IT, WE WILL BE MAKING THOSE REPAIRS RIGHT AWAY.
UH, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THE CUSTOMER SEES ANY DAMAGE FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROJECT, PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE CLAIMS TO THE COMPANY AND WE'LL EVALUATE IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF OUR PROJECT DEFINITELY IS THE CAUSE OF THAT, WE WILL BE REIMBURSING THE CUSTOMER.
AND TER YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY AND RED TAPE WITH LARGE COMPANIES.
SO LET'S SAY, UH, THERE IS A DAMAGE AND THEY FILE A CLAIM, UH, IF THEY REACH OUT TO SAY YOU, YOU KNOW, COULD WE SORT OF EXPEDITE THE, THE, THE REVIEW PROCESS, OUR COMMUNICATION WILL STAY OPEN, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION WE DO MONITOR ON THESE PILOT PROJECTS, WHAT KIND OF CLAIMS COME IN, RIGHT? SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT UM, EVERYTHING, ANY ISSUES IS, IS ADDRESSED ACCORDINGLY.
AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS IN YORKTOWN AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD PROBLEMS. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CLAIMS IN THE QUEENS MIDDLE VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE PERFORMED THIS PROJECT LAST YEAR AS WELL AS THE, UH, YORKTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT THAT WAS ON STRAWBERRY ROAD AND FOOTHILL STRAWBERRY ROAD AND, AND FOOTHILL NEXT IS ABOUT DEPTH.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO DEPTH.
WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF INSTALLATION FOR THE CONDUIT FOR THE PIPING INSTALLED ON CUSTOMER PROPERTY IF YOU OPT IN? SO TYPICALLY THIS CONDUIT WOULD BE INSTALLED AT AROUND 20 TO 24 INCHES.
SO THAT WOULD BE AT THE DEPTH BELOW THE SPRINKLER LEVEL.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE DO REALIZE THAT MAYBE SOME SPRINKLE LEVELS ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WILL ALSO BE HAND DIGGING ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHETHER CONED WILL USE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING TO DIG ON CUSTOMER PROPERTY.
WE WON'T BE USING DIRECTIONAL DRILLING BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY INVOLVED PROCESS THAT UTILIZES BIGGER MACHINERIES.
AND WE TYPICALLY USE THAT FOR LONGER RUNS OF EXCAVATION.
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SO THESE RUNS ARE NOT AS LONG AS WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY USE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING FOR.SO IF, IF WE WERE TO USE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, WE WOULD NEED WHAT WE CALL AN ENTRY AND AN EXIT PIT AND THAT WOULD BE MUCH LARGER IN SIZE.
RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO BE AS LEAST INTRUSIVE AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE ARE DIGGING ON CUSTOMER PROPERTY.
AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'LL BE HAND DIGGING.
UH, WHEN DO WE RESTORE CUSTOMER PROPERTY? WE'RE LOOKING TO RESTORE CUSTOMER PROPERTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND, AND APPROXIMATELY THAT WILL BE ONE MONTH FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE WORK ON THE CUSTOMER PROPERTY.
UH, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AROUND LEDGES.
SO THIS IS REALLY A CASE BY CASE BASIS, RIGHT? IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE LEDGE ITSELF.
EVERY PROPERTY PRESENTS A UNIQUE SITUATION, RIGHT? DEPENDING ON HOW DEEP THE ROCK GOES, WHAT OTHER LANES OR ROUTE THAT CAN BE USED OR UH, A POSSIBILITY THAT AN UNDERGROUND SERVICE MAY NOT BE, UH, THE SERVICE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE UNDERGROUNDED AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO DISTURB ANY DRIVEWAYS, ANY EXPENSIVE DRY WELLS OR WALKWAYS THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED ON THE CUSTOMER PROPERTY, THE CUSTOMER WOULD STILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT OVERALL BEING THAT THE ROADWAY EQUIPMENT WILL STILL BE UNDERGROUNDED.
WHICH IS REALLY THE MAIN PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT SERVICE WILL
AND THAT, AND THAT, UH, THANK YOU JOE, THAT THEIR SERVICE WILL STAY OVERHEAD EVEN THOUGH THE ROADWAY EQUIPMENT WILL BE UNDERGROUNDED.
UH, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE POLES? WILL THE POLES BE REMOVED? AND THIS CAME UP JUST NOW, SO NO, THE POLES WILL REMAIN FOR UTILITIES ATTACHMENT, WHETHER IT BE INTERNET, PHONE, UM, AS WELL AS ANY STREETLIGHTS THAT MAY BE ATTACHED TO THOSE POLES.
HAS VERIZON BEEN CONTACTED AND GIVEN LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE WIRES UNDERGROUND ALSO, OR WE'VE, WE'VE APPROACHED THEM BEFORE AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT NOT AT THIS TIME.
YOU KNOW, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO JOIN US, UM, IN UNDERGROUNDING THIS, SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COST SHARING, UH, WITH VERIZON OR ANY OF THE OTHER UTILITIES.
BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED.
AND THE LAST QUESTION, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE TOWN IS HOW LONG UNTIL THE ROADWAY IS FULLY RESTORED? UH, SO THERE WAS A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE SNOW REMOVAL.
SO WE'LL RESTORE THE ROADWAYS AS WE MOVE ALONG THE ROUTE.
AND FOR EACH PORTION THAT WE COMPLETE, WE'LL BE PERFORMING WHAT'S CALLED A TEMPORARY RESTORATION.
AND THAT TEMP RESTORATION IS SOMETHING THAT WON'T PREVENT SNOW REMOVAL IN THE WINTERTIME.
YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAYS VEHICLES CAN DRIVE OVER IT.
SO THAT WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE CABLES ARE INSTALLED IN THE CONDUITS.
WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS ENERGIZED AND THE OFF CHANCE THAT THE CABLE CANNOT BE PULLED IN, WE, WE DON'T WANNA DIG THE STREET BACK UP.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING ONCE THE SYSTEM IS ENERGIZED TO PERFORM THE FULL RESTORATION OR WHAT WE CALL THE FINAL RESTORATION IN THE SPRING CURB TO CURB PAVEMENT FOR THE ROAD THAT IS DISTURBED.
AND IF PEOPLE WANNA SEE THE TYPE OF WORK, IF YOU GO SAY ON WALWORTH AVENUE AND, UH, IN SCARSDALE, THEY'VE EVEN DOING A LOT OF CONED, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE A MESS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOW THE ROAD IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKS REALLY, YOU KNOW, QUITE GOOD.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S A GAS TRANSMISSION PROJECT.
NO, BUT I'M SAYING IT WILL BE THE SAME, IT'S NOT ELECTRICAL.
BUT IT WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF, IT WOULD BE THE SAME TYPE OF SAME RESTORATION, YES.
UM, WHAT IS INVOLVED IN, ARE YOU FINISHED? IS IT TIME FOR QUESTIONS OR DO YOU WE CAN GO THROUGH THE, THE LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.
OR IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN FIELD QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE YOU MAY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, SO, OKAY.
CAN WE ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT? SURE.
ARE THEY ALL QUESTIONS PLEASE? I HAVE LOTS OF CAN
SO I'LL READ, I'LL READ THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU DONE WITH THE SLIDES AND THE RESPONSES? DID YOU WANT ONE KEN? I DID.
SO THE, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVED IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO SEE FULL MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING ALL DETAILS OF HOW THE ENTIRE TWO STREETS WILL BE LAID OUT, SUCH AS WHERE THE WIRES WILL BE LAID, WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND ON WHICH PROPERTIES WHERE IN THE ROAD ALSO TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DETAILING OF WHERE THE TRANSFORMERS WILL BE PLACED.
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RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IF, UH, TO REVIEW A FULL SET OF DRAWING WITH A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF THE STREETS AND HOME DETAILS ATTRIBUTED TO RESIDENTS THAT THEY CAN TAKE HOME AND SET AVAILABLE ONLINE.SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION COVERS THE AREAS AND THE STREETS THAT WE ARE PERFORMING THE WORK.
AND WE WILL SHARE, WE CAN SHARE THAT, UM, PICTURE WITH THE DIMENSION AND THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE PLACED.
SO WOULD THAT SUFFICE THE REQUEST? AND CAN YOU ALSO DETAIL WHERE CATHERINE, CAN YOU ALSO DETAIL WHERE THE LINE WILL BE? BECAUSE WE DID HEAR IT'S GOING TO GO ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUT WHEN I FIRST UNDERSTOOD LEFT, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT LEFT SWITCHES AT THIS POINT.
CAN WE, CAN WE PROVIDE A ONE LINE DIAGRAM, UM, PERHAPS SOME DIAGRAM SHOWING US YEAH, WE CAN, WE'LL SHARE THIS AND WE CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN IT IN A BETTER, UH, METHOD THAT MAKES MORE SENSE ON RELEASED.
AND AMANDA, I'M SORRY IF I CAN JUMP IN.
UM, WE, WE LOOK TO GO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT ALSO THERE MAY BE INTERFERENCES WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO COME OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE GIVE YOU THE LINE, IT WON'T BE, IT MIGHT NOT BE IDENTICAL.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SEWER IS, THE WATER IS AND ANY OTHER CORRECT UTILITIES, ANY UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, WE DO HAVE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE CLEARANCE FROM THEM SO THAT WE DON'T UNDERMINE THEIR FACILITIES.
SO IF IT'S GOING TO CHANGE OR IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENT TO SAY IT'S GONNA BE 33 30 FEET OVER OR FOUR FEET OVER? JUST AS, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS BOX OR THIS EQUIPMENT'S GOING TO BE.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY TYPE OF DISCUSSION? I'LL SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
UM, THE TRANSFORMER AND STRUCTURAL LOCATIONS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
WHAT HE'S REFERENCING IS THE TRENCHING IN THE STREET.
SO RATHER THAN BEING UP AGAINST THE CURB, IT MIGHT BE OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
AND WE WILL, OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM WILL MANAGE THAT AS THEY WORK.
SO THAT REALLY WON'T BE COMMUNICATED OUT.
HOW LONG IS THE ENTIRE PROJECT EXPECTED TO TAKE FROM BEGINNING TO END? SO THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE FROM AUGUST FROM THE TIME THAT WE EXECUTED OUR COMMUNICATION TO THE TOWN UNTIL THE SPRING OF 2024.
AS WE EXPLAINED IN THE EARLIER PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT QUESTION, UH, TALKS ABOUT THE WIRES.
NORMALLY WIRES ARE BURIED WHEN A HOME OR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING NEWLY CONSTRUCTED.
NOT 75 YEARS AFTER THE FACT HAS CONEDISON BURIED WIRES IN ANOTHER ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, COMPARABLE IN AGE AND SIZE IN WESTCHESTER.
IF SO, WHERE PLEASE PROVIDE LOCATION WITH STREET NAMES, ZIP CODE AND COORDINATES.
HOW LONG AGO WAS THE WORK DONE? WHAT PROBLEMS HAVE A HORIZON? WAS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT ON STONE? HOW OLD WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU HAVE KNOCKED DOWN? SO ON A COMPARABLE BLOCK, WHY IS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THE TEST RABBIT? APPROXIMATELY 60 HOMES ARE LOCATED ON BIRCHWOOD LANE AND RICHARD TERRACE ALL BUILT BETWEEN 53 AND 55 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE BIRCHWOOD LANE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN YORKTOWN IS APPARENTLY NOT COMPARABLE TO BIRCHWOOD LANE, RICHARD TERRACE AND AGE, SIZE OR SCALE OF WORK.
SO THIS LOCATION WE SELECTED DUE TO ITS OUTAGE HISTORY AND THE FACT THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE MOST FROM THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE, AND OUR ENGINEERING TEAM HAS THE DATA THAT SUPPORTS THE SELECTION AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.
WE DETERMINE THAT THIS AREA WOULD BENEFIT THE MOST.
IT WOULD REDUCE FUTURE POTENTIAL OUTAGES FROM MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS, WHETHER IT BE A BIG STORM OR A BIG RAIN EVENT OR A BIG WIND EVENT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SELECTED FOR THE FIRST PILOT IN WESTCHESTER WAS IN YORKTOWN, AS I MENTIONED, STRAWBERRY ROAD AND FOOTHILL STREET AND ALSO IN QUEENS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MIDDLE VILLAGE.
ARE OTHER PILOTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ARE LOCATED IN COMPOUND IN THE TOWN OF CORTLAND FLATLANDS, PART OF BROOKLYN MIDDLE VILLAGE, PART OF QUEENS.
IT'S IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS WHEN WE DID THE FIRST PILOT AND ALSO SEVERAL AREAS, EXCUSE ME, IN STATEN ISLAND IN NEW BRIGHTON, CASTLETON CORNER AND PORT RICHMOND, PART OF STATEN ISLAND.
I LIVE IN CLEARWOOD AND THE WIRES WERE UNDERGROUNDED THERE I GUESS WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1989.
UM, AND I MOVED THERE SHORTLY BEFORE HURRICANE SANDY AND OUR HOUSE DID BECOME THE CHARGE CENTRAL BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAD POWER.
YOU KNOW, NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WEREN'T OCCASIONAL OUTAGES, UM, SHORT TERM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THAT'S BECAUSE A TRANSFORMER
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WENT DOWN OUTSIDE ON JACKSON AVENUE.UM, SO I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT A HUNDRED UNITS THERE.
SO THAT KIND OF RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION, NO, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
THEY DIDN'T COME LATER AND PUT IT IN.
AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ON STONE, WHICH MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING.
SOME OF OUR HOUSES, MY HOUSE IS ON SLAP 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT THINGS IN BY MAILBOXES IN A MAIL, IN A FLOWER POT.
SO WE HAD THE SAME VERY SIMILAR TERRAIN IN NEW YORK TOWN LOCATION AND OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM WERE ABLE TO FIND FOR THE HOUSES THAT WE CONVERTED, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE LANES WHERE WE COULD HAND DIG AND INSTALL THE CONDUITS.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL OPTIONAL, RIGHT? YOU WOULD STILL BENEFIT, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT OPT IN AND DO NOT CONVERT YOUR SERVICE FROM OVERHEAD TO UNDERGROUND, YOU WOULD STILL BENEFIT FROM THE UNDERGROUNDING OF OUR EQUIPMENT IN THE ROADWAY.
COULD I ASK THAT YOU READ THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THE CHEVRON? 'CAUSE THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS.
UH, THE CHEVRON, THE REST ARE, DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA QUESTION? WHICH ONE? IT LOOKS LIKE A GREATER THAN SIGN.
IS THAT NUMBER SIX? LOOK AT SIX.
SO HOW LONG AGO WAS THE WORK DONE? THE WORK WAS DONE LAST YEAR ON THOSE TWO AREAS IN MIDDLE VILLAGE IN QUEENS AND IN YORKTOWN IT WAS APPROXIMATELY A YEAR LONG PROJECT.
SO WE COMPLETED THAT, UH, FULL RESTORATION IN LAST SUMMER, 2022.
HAVE WHAT PROBLEMS HAVE HORIZON AS MENTIONED? WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY CLAIMS RECEIVED FROM ANY OF THE WORK THAT WE COMPLETED SPECIFIC TO THOSE TWO PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MONITOR WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM AS WELL, WAS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT ON STONE.
THE YORKTOWN, AS I MENTIONED, THE TERRAIN'S VERY SIMILAR IN, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE ROCK AND THE BOULDERS, BUT NOT SO MUCH IN TERMS OF PREVENTING US FROM INSTALLING THOSE SERVICE CONDUITS.
HOW OLD WAS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? I I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WITH ME, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN GET BACK, UH, TO THIS TOWN ON IN TERMS OF WHAT AGE THE HOUSES ARE BUILT IN MIDDLE VILLAGE.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DIDN'T REALLY INCUR A LOT OF, UM, ENCOUNTERS WITH ROCKS, SO THAT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THE HOUSES WERE ATTACHED TOGETHER.
SO DIFFERENT TERRAIN THAN WHAT WE SEE HERE IN WESTCHESTER.
OH, I DON'T SEE THAT ALL THE, OKAY.
NOT ALL THE QUESTIONS HAVE, IT'S NUMBER FOUR.
UM, THERE'S A QUESTION HERE ABOUT FINANCIAL WORTHWHILE ACTUALLY DOING THIS BASED ON THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OR DOING IT REGARDLESS, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE, RIGHT? THIS IS REALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A MINIMUM PARTICIPATION.
WE'RE LOOKING TO BETTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF OUR ELECTRIC SERVICE AND THE RELIABILITY.
SO THERE IS NO MINIMUM PARTICIPATION IN EVERY CUSTOMER IN THESE ROADS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT REGARDLESS OF PARTICIPATION.
AND I SHOULD JUST MENTION, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN AT A LOT OF HEARINGS AT THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND THE STATE SENATE HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS AFTER OUTAGES.
AND EVERY TIME THERE'S AN OUTAGE, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE YELLING, SAYING HOW COME THE POWER HASN'T HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO BE RESTORED AND PRACTICALLY AT EVERY HEARING, THE CONSENSUS IS WE WANNA PUT WIRES UNDERGROUND.
THIS IS AN OPTION THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFULLY REDUCE, UH, THE, THE LENGTH OF OUTAGES.
SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT CON ED, UM, IS TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY MANY MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND, UH, CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THESE LONG, LENGTHY AND VERY, VERY AGGRAVATING OUTAGES.
AND I KNOW FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCES, I WAS OUT OF POWER FOR A LONG TIME FOR LIKE 11 DAYS AT LEAST TWICE MY MOTHER AND SISTER, THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF, UM, POWER FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.
SO I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BE THRILLED IF, UH, CONED WOULD TAKE THEIR STREET AND DO IT RATHER THAN BIRCHWOOD.
SO YOU'RE REALLY LUCKY, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE TOWN HAVE HAD OUTAGES AND THEY REALLY WOULD LIKE CONED TO DO IT ON THEIR STREET.
CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS QUESTION SEVEN? THAT'S TRUE.
QUESTION SEVEN, OF COURSE HOMEOWNERS HAVE MASSIVE HEALTHY TREAT.
JUST IN RESPONSE TO YOU, PAUL, WE DESERVE ANSWERS.
I KNOW, RIGHT? NOBODY'S OBJECTING TO HAVING IT.
THAT'S THE, SO I'M, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT WE MUST SHUT DOWN THIS MEETING AT
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SEVEN, RIGHT? WE'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR AND THAT'S WHY I WAS HOPING THAT THEY WOULD JUST GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO DO IS TO TAKE EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS AND GIVE WRITTEN ANSWERS, OKAY? WHATEVER WE DON'T COVER TODAY.
AND IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAS ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UH, SEND IT TO US.
UM, UH, YOU COULD DO IT TO TOWN BOARD@GREENBURGNY.COM, UH, AND WE'LL GET WRITTEN ANSWERS TO YOU.
UH, FROM THAT WE APOLOGIZE, BUT WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE MUST SHUT DOWN AT SEVEN, RIGHT? UH, WE START AT A TIME.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IN SEVEN DEALS WITH WHAT HAPPENS IF WIRES, UH, TREES BECOME DESTABILIZED LATER ON? UM, IS THAT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED LATER ON AN ACT OF GOD? OR WILL CONED REALIZE THAT YOU, YOU WERE DOING WORK IN THAT IMMEDIATE AREA AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT? OKAY.
WE TRY TO STAY OUTSIDE OF THE TREE'S DRIP LINE FOR WHEN WE'RE INSTALLING THE CONDUIT ON THE CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY, RIGHT? IF YOU DO OPT IN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA DAMAGE THE TREES BECAUSE IT WOULD ALSO PRESENT ISSUES LATER ON DOWN THE LINE FOR OUR EQUIPMENT.
AND ALSO IT WOULD INTERRUPT THE SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMER AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL MINIMIZE POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE WHEN WE DO HAND DIGGING.
YOU KNOW, IF WE SEE THAT WE'LL BE IN THE, IN THE WAY OF THESE TREES' ROOTS MM-HMM.
JUST, JUST KEEP IN MIND IS WHAT IS POINTED OUT HERE.
WHEN YOU HAVE A VERY ROCKY TERRAIN, THE TREE ROOTS DON'T GO DOWN.
SO THEY'RE VERY SHALLOW, RELATIVELY SPEAKING AND MORE VULNERABLE TO THE DEPTHS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON GOING DOWN TO.
OKAY? AND SO THEY'LL COVER ALSO A LOT MORE FOOTAGE IN THE PERIMETER OF THE TREES.
BUT SOME, SOMEHOW THE WATER PIPES ARE GETTING INTO YOUR HOUSE UNDERGROUND AND THE SEWER IS GETTING OUT OF YOUR HOUSE UNDERGROUND.
SO THERE MUST BE A PATH SOMEWHERE MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL BE DEALING WITH ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, RIGHT? SO FOR THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OPTING IN, WE'LL BE DOING A WALKTHROUGH, RIGHT? SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST ROUTE, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT IT, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DON'T WANT TO DISTURB THE DRIVEWAYS, THE LEDGES THAT WE CAN'T GO THROUGH AND THE TREE ROOTS, IF THAT IS AN ISSUE, WE WILL EVALUATE THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS BY TAKING THE TRANSFORMERS OFF OF THE POLES.
AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE SITE VISIT THAT YOU WILL BE, BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LINES, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOWERING THE POLES, BE YOU'RE NOT GONNA REMOVE THE POLES, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOWER IN HEIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE WILL LOOK TO TOP THEM OFF.
NOW TAKING THE TRANSFORMERS AND PUTTING 'EM ON THE GROUND, IS THERE AN INCREASE IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FREQUENCY EX UM, EXPOSURE THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE EXPOSED TO? AND, UM, WHO HAS ANALYZED THAT AND, AND WHO HAS DETERMINED THAT THOSE ARE STILL SAFE LEVELS? SO, UM, ALL OF OUR TRANSFORMERS ARE HELD TO MORE THAN 21 DIFFERENT I E E E STANDARDS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, VERY STRICT STANDARDS THAT ALL OF OUR TRANSFORMERS MEET THAT, UH, GUIDELINES, HOW WE INSTALL THEM AND UM, HOW THEY OPERATE.
AND EVERY TRANSFORMER WILL HAVE A PLACARD ON IT THAT INDICATES THE SAFE APPROACH.
DISTANCE, MEANING YOU SHOULDN'T SIT ON IT, YOU SHOULDN'T TOUCH IT, AND YOU SHOULD STAY A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM IT TO, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE SAFE.
AND THAT IS POSTED RIGHT ON THERE.
IF YOU ABIDE BY THAT, THERE WILL BE NO ISSUES AND YOU'LL BE FAR ENOUGH CONCERNED FOR CHILDREN.
YOU HAVE TO EVERYBODY GRAB EVERY MOTHER, GRAB THE MIC.
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY JUST WENT JUST LIKE THIS.
SO JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE POLES OR ANYTHING ELSE WE DO, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOESN SAY DIFFERENT AWAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DISTANCE IS? UM, I'LL DEFER TO MY CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PLACARD SAYS? THE PLACARD FOR SAFE APPROACH SYSTEMS? YEAH.
SO THE, UH, THE CLEARANCE DISTANCE AROUND THE EQUIPMENT IS THREE FOOT ON ALL SIDES.
THAT'S WHERE VEGETATION, UM, AND ANY STRUCTURE THAT'S PLACED AROUND IT.
UM, SO THREE FOOT ON EITHER SIDE REAR, 10 FOOT IN THE FRONT.
I JUST WANT YOU PUT VEGETATION AROUND IT.
YOU CAN IF YOU MAINTAIN THOSE DISTANCES.
SO WE NEED 10 FOOTER CLEARANCE IN THE FRONT FOR SAFE OPERATION.
I'M NOT SAY, I'M SAYING CAN YOU PUT AS PART OF THIS PROJECT? SO IT WAS STATED BEFORE, CASE BY CASE BASIS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE EQUIPMENT IS PLACED.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT BARRIER TO KEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
WHICH IS I THINK WHERE THAT QUESTION IS COMING FROM.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ASK AS A, AS A REQUIREMENT, NOT JUST ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THE FACT, FACT OF THE MATTER, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ON POLLS SO IT DISSEMINATES QUICKLY AND IT'S NOT AN ISSUE
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AND THAT'S WHY IT CHANGES.AND CHAIR THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD FOR MANY YEARS MAKES ME VERY CONSCIOUS OF NEEDING TO KNOW THE EMISSIONS.
NOT JUST THAT IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED THERE, BUT THAT THE TOWN HAS A RECORD OF THAT.
THAT'S NOT ADEQUATE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED BECAUSE WE HAVE LITTLE KIDS RIDING AROUND THE BLOCK AND THEY'RE GONNA STOP AND THEY'RE GONNA THINK, OH, ISN'T THAT COOL TO SIT ON IT OR REST OR I'LL MEET YOU AT THE THIRD ONE THAT'S YELLOW.
RIGHT? I'M JUST TRYING TO COVER SOME MORE.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT BUT IT'S IT'S OUT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS IT.
I SUGGESTED LANDSCAPING AT LEAST THREE FEET AROUND TO KEEP THE 10 FEET 10 FEET.
THE FRONT THAT'S INTO THE ROAD RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S SO WE CAN WORK SHOULD THERE BE AN EMERGENCY AND WE NEED TO GET INTO IT.
UH, STILL ACCESSIBLE BY CHILDREN.
SO DEALING WITH SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, EXPENSIVE DRIVEWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA TRY NOT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THOSE, THOSE ENTITIES.
IT MAY BE THAT YOU DETERMINE YOU CAN'T PROVIDE THE, UH, POWER TO THE HOUSE, THE UNDERGROUNDING SERVICES IN SOME CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IF THAT'S THE CASE.
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO DISTURB A VERY EXPENSIVE DRIVEWAY NO.
ANY OR MAKE IT LOOK PATCHED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? CORRECT.
ANY ACTIVITY THAT WE PERFORM ON CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE CUSTOMER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO IN THERE AND DO ANY TYPE OF DIGGING BEFORE TALKING A LITTLE ELECTRICITY BE, UH, TURNED OFF DURING THE PROJECT.
UM, I THINK THEY TO CORRECT ME IF YEAH, YOU RESPOND TO THAT, IT'S TOTALLY GOING.
JUST THE HAVING THEM IN WRITING WILL BE GREAT.
WHAT'S HAVING, HAVING THEM GO THROUGH THIS AND HAVING IT IN WRITING, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
RIGHT, OF COURSE IS ARCHIVED STREAMED IT'S RECORDED, IT'S GONNA BE PRESERVED FOREVER.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO, UM, FROM I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE THERE.
EACH INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER IS ONLY GOING TO BE OUT OF POWER WHILE YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE SWITCHOVER ON THEIR PARTICULAR HOUSE.
IT'S NOT WHILE YOU'RE DOING ANY WORK IN THE STREET, IT'S NOT WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THAT TRANSITION, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THAT.
MAKE IT MUTUALLY CONVENIENT AND AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BE OUT OF POWER FOR FOUR OR FIVE, SIX HOURS MAYBE.
FOR THE CUSTOMERS OPTING IN, THERE WILL BE A SHORT DURATION OF OUTAGE THAT WILL COORDINATE WITH THAT CUSTOMER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TIME PERIOD WORKS WITH THEM AND THEIR SCHEDULE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO COVER A LOT HERE.
UH, WHEN IS IT SUPPOSED TO START? YOU GAVE THE TIMELINE.
UM, THE THREE FOOT TRENCHES WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OUTAGES, YOU KNOW THE SIX, IF IT'S A FIVE OR SIX HOUR, I GOT SOMETHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME OF THE WORK, SAY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, FREEZING, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET AROUND? DO YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT WORK'S GONNA BE DONE IN THE SPRING.
THE CONVERSIONS OF THE HOMES ARE GONNA BE, IS GONNA BE DONE IN SPRING.
IT'S REITERATE AND IF IT'S LIKE FREEZING THEN YOU COULD WORK AROUND IT.
NOT JUST WHAT THEY DIDN'T ANSWER.
IF IT'S FREEZING IN THE SPRING, WE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS IN THAT POINT.
SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN ASKED WHETHER, UH, YOU WOULD REPAIR PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS AND DAMAGE DONE TO THEIR PROPERTIES, YOUR RESPONSE WAS WE WILL COORDINATE WITH THE HOMEOWNER, WHICH IS NOT REALLY THE ANSWER THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? SO WE WILL NOT BE DIGGING ACROSS ANYONE'S DRIVEWAYS IS THE FIRST QUESTION TO THAT.
AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SEE THAT THE CUSTOMER BELIEVES IS CONEDISON AT FAULT FOR DOING MM-HMM
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU, YOU, YOU WERE TALKING CURB TO CURB, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE STREET, BUT IF YOU ARE AFFECTING A DRIVEWAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST PATCH, YOU'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PHONE.
WE'RE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT EXCAVATING ON ANYONE'S DRIVEWAY.
SO JUST TO REITERATE, YOU'LL REPAIR PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TO THE, TO THE STATE THAT IT WAS IN BEFORE IT WAS DAMAGED, LIKE IN KIND RESTORATION, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
'CAUSE THE THANK YOU DOCUMENT YOU GAVE US SAYS CATHERINE SUBSTANTIALLY.
CATHERINE, THE DOCUMENT YOU GAVE US SAYS SUBSTANTIALLY.
IT DOESN'T SAY TO THE CONDITION IT WAS.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LEGAL TEAM THAT PUTS OUR DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, RIGHT.
SO A LOT OF THE CRAFTED LANGUAGE MIGHT NOT BE AS, UH, EASY TO READ, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, BUT YES, THAT IS LIKE, AND KIND RESTORATION.
SO YOU KEPT MENTIONING OPT IN AND OPT OUT.
IS THERE A LETTER THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE WITH US A DRAFT SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT? YES.
WHAT IS THE DISRUPTION? BRINGING THE POWER INTO THE HOUSE, THE DISRUPTION, BRINGING THE POWER INTO THE HOUSE WOULD BE FOR THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OPTING IN AND THAT WILL BE IN THE SPRING.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY OUTAGES IN THE HOLIDAYS OR IN THE WINTER TIME.
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DISRUPTION, NOT JUST IN POWER, BUT IN, WILL THERE BE ANY CONSTRUCTION AFFECTED? NOT FOR THIS YEAR.SO THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR THEN FOR WHENEVER IT IS DONE NOW WE'RE GONNA IDENTIFY.
SO, HI, I I, I'M, I'M JIM, I'M UH, I'M ACTUALLY THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
SO I'LL BE HANDLING THE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE'RE GONNA REALLY, IT'S GONNA BE TWO PHASES, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE PRIMARY WORK AND THE, THE EQUIPMENT BEING PLACED IN THE GROUND AND THE WORK IN THE ROADWAY.
THAT'S REALLY PHASE ONE, RIGHT? THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT EVERYBODY.
THE SECOND PHASE IS THE INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS WHO WANT THEIR SERVICES DONE.
THAT WORK IS GONNA BE DONE IN THE SPRING, RIGHT? THE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES, THE DIGGING IN YOUR LAWN, THAT WORK WILL BE DONE IN THE SPRING ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THERE WILL BE A PO POINT IN TIME, HOPEFULLY IN TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PROJECT THIS YEAR.
IF WE CAN WORK QUICKLY WHERE WE WILL BE SWINGING THE SYSTEM OVER FROM THE OLD SYSTEM TO THE NEW SYSTEM, THERE WILL BE A SHORT DURATION OUTAGE FOR THAT.
THAT WILL BE NOT INTRUSIVE TO ANY WAY TO THE CUSTOMERS DIRECTLY RIGHT.
IN, IN TERMS OF THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT WE'LL BE, JUST BE MOVING EQUIPMENT FROM THE NEW EQUIPMENT, THE TRANSFORMERS.
OKAY, WELL I'M JUST CLARIFYING THOUGH WHAT WAS STATED BECAUSE WHAT WAS STATED IS THERE'LL BE NO INTERRUPTIONS THIS YEAR.
I KNOW IT JUST, THERE WILL BE INTERRUPTIONS IN TERMS OF TIME.
IF YOU COULD ANSWER, WILL THERE BE, WILL THERE BE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE AND BRINGING THE POWER INTO THE INTERIOR ON YOUR, ON, WHEN YOU SHOW GRAPHICALLY THE OVERHEAD CONDUCTION INTO THE HOUSE AND THE, AND COMING IN FROM UNDERGROUND INTO THE HOUSE, WHAT IS THE DISRUPTION TO THE HOUSE, IF ANY? RIGHT.
I THINK THE, THE, THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE SWINGING OVER OF THE SERVICE FROM AN OVERHEAD SERVICE TO AN UNDERGROUND SERVICE.
CERTAINLY WE'LL BE REMOVING SOME COMPONENTS AND, AND MAKING THEM GO UNDERGROUND.
THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON YOUR SIDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE MAY BE SOME IMPACT, RIGHT.
AND WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE IT BASICALLY RESTORED AS, AS CLOSE TO POSSIBLE AS THE WAY IT WAS.
BUT REALIZE YOU MATCH WHATEVER SIDING.
IT'S ACTUALLY NOT WHAT THE LETTER SAYS.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S THE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO MY NAME'S JOE SOMA, I'M ONE OF THE GENERAL MANAGERS ELECTRIC OPERATIONS.
UM, SO, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WITH THE SERVICES, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT BY CASE, BY CASE BASIS BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT WANNA OPT IN AND ALSO IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE JOB, IF, IF WE GET THERE AND WE SEE ALL BEAUTIFUL TREES, WE MAY SAY WE CAN'T UNDERGROUND YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA RISK EITHER DAMAGING A DRIVEWAY OR OR DAMAGING A TREE.
SO WE'D SAY YOU WILL STAY THAT THAT CUSTOMER WHO HAS SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE OUT THERE WILL STAY OVERHEAD.
THEY'LL STILL GET THE FULL BENEFITS OF THE UNDERGROUNDING BECAUSE THE PRIMARY, INCLUDING THAT LOOP DID THE TWO DIFFERENT FEEDS WILL STILL BE BENEFITING YOU FROM A, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUNDING PERSPECTIVE.
YOU JUST MAY NOT GET YOUR SERVICE UNDERGROUNDED IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF COMPLICATIONS.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA RISK DAMAGING YOUR PROPERTY OR DAMAGING YOUR TREES TO DO THE SERVICE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY AS POSSIBLE TO ONLY DO THOSE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE OPT IN AND ALSO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO THAT HOUSE.
WELL THEY WON'T BE GETTING THE FULL BENEFIT OF BEING UNDERGROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE FULLY UNDERGROUND.
SO THAT MEANS, SO IF, IF, IF YOU STAY OVERHEAD AND YOU HAVE A TREE OVER THAT, THAT ONE SERVICE, IF THAT TREE DOES COME DOWN, YOUR SERVICE WILL BE IMPACTED.
NOBODY ELSE IN THE BLOCK WILL BE IMPACTED.
BUT YOUR SERVICE, IF THAT TREE COMES DOWN IN YOUR SERVICE, IF YOUR SERVICE HAS TO STAY OVERHEAD BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A CLEAR LANE, THEN THAT ONE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WILL BE OUT.
BUT IT'S EASIER FOR US TO FIX IF IT'S JUST A SECONDARY LOOP SERVICE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TRUCKS THAT COULD JUST GO OUT THERE AND FIX A SINGLE LOOP VERSUS IF THE PRIMARY CAME DOWN, WHICH REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE TRUCKS AND MULTIPLE CREWS TO TRY TO FIX LIKE A MAJOR PRIMARY.
SO IF, IF YOUR SERVICE DOES REMAIN BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS, IT'S JUST YOUR SERVICE THAT'S IMPACTED.
AND LIKE I SAID, IF WE JUST GET A SINGLE SERVICE, WE HAVE OTHER TRUCKS.
BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THIS BOARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FRANCIS SHEEN AND THIS BOARD FOR DOING THIS ONE HOUR MEETING.
ALL THIS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY WANTED WAS TO BE RESPECTED AND GIVEN INFORMATION.
BUT WE DO WANT EVERYTHING IN WRITING AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SHEEN FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS IF YOU DID NOT GET ONE OF THESE MAPS, IF YOU HANG AROUND, I'LL GO AND MAKE COPIES FOR EVERYBODY WHO WANTS ONE, ONE WHO'S HERE AND I CAN GIVE THEM OUT.
WHAT'S THAT? AND I CAN, WELL I HAVE TO MAKE THE COPIES FIRST.
YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT? THIS I INSTANT EITHER.
WELL, I WE WE'RE ENDING, WE'RE DONE.
ALRIGHT, I JUST WANTED, SO WE NEED TO WRAP UP SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE WRAPPING UP.
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ALL CONTINUE TO CLOSE THE MEETING.SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS ANYONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS THAT YOU, WE DID NOT COVER, WE COVERED A LOT, BUT IF WE DID NOT COVER THOSE QUESTIONS, IF YOU COULD SEND THEM TO TOWN BOARD AT UH, GREENBERG NY.COM OR SEND THEM TO CATHERINE AND THEN SHE WILL COMPILE THEM.
WE WILL GET THEM, I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THEM INTO MORE CONDENSED QUESTIONS AND, UM, WE'LL GET ANSWERS FOR YOU.
MAYBE WE COULD ALSO, UH, GET LIKE REFERENCES, LIKE IF, IF YOU HAD CONTACT INFORMATION FROM YORKTOWN, MAYBE A RESIDENT OR TWO, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
THIS WAY IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY COULD, UH, SPEAK TO SOMEBODY.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT, I THINK THIS IS GREAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, SO, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF SOMEBODY HAS, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS, THIS COULD MAKE THEM FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WE CAN'T, BUT THE SIGNER CAN'T WORK MORE THAN ONE HOUR AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE SIGNER.
AND FRANKLY, WE HAVE TO SHUT THIS DOWN AT SEVEN.