Oct 11, 2023 Town Board- Regular

ASKED IF HE COULD JUST DELAY THAT BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT GOES TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

UM, UM, UH, YEAH, THE, UH, DANIEL TROOP, UM, HE HAD CALLED ME EARLIER.

WE WERE GONNA, HE WAS TRYING TO ORGANIZE AN EFFORT TO GET MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR, UM, UH, FOR SOME OF THE ISRAELIS WHO, WHO NEED THE HELP.

BUT, UM, HE

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SO WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT TODAY.

UM, UH, WE HAVE TOWN CLERK.

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN KEN JONES.

PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DENKO.

PRESENT.

UM, PAUL OLA, FORMER D P W EMPLOYEE.

UH, WE HAVE,

[ PRESENTATIONS Paul Ruotolo, Former DPW Employee - Opposing Parole for Persons Convicted of Killing Police]

HIS BROTHER LOST HIS LIFE, UM, A POLICE OFFICER.

UM, UH, HE GREW UP IN, UH, DOPPS FERRY AND, UM, HE, UM, UH, WAS UP FOR PAROLE.

UM, AND, UM, PAUL JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY A FEW WORDS, UM, ABOUT HIS BROTHER AND ABOUT, ABOUT, ABOUT HIS EFFORTS OPPOSING PAROLE FOR PERSONS CONVICTED OF KILLING POLICE OFFICERS.

UM, THIS HAPPENED OVER 30 YEARS AGO, UH, ACTUALLY BEFORE EIGHTH FEBRUARY.

'CAUSE I'M HERE, MY WIFE MICHELLE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT MY BROTHER TOM ROTOLO'S, KILLER GEORGIA GUSTO FROM GETTING OUTTA PRISON FOREVER.

SEE, WE HAVE A LAW IN NEW YORK STATE THAT SAYS, YOU KILL SOMEBODY, YOU CAN GET OUT.

I WANT TO CHANGE THAT.

UH, GEORGIA GUSTO WAS OUT ON PAROLE WHEN HE, WHEN MY BROTHER, TOM OLO RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT THE PERP STEALING A MOPED.

HE SPOTTED HIM AT THE HESS GAS STATION, UM, DOWN AT THE GAS STATION.

HIS PARTNER CALLED IN THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE MOPED.

MY BROTHER APPROACHED THE SUSPECT, ASKED FOR ID THE SUSPECT, WENT INTO THE DUFFLE BAG, PULLED OUT A GUN AT NIGHT.

THIS IS AT SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, AND, UH, SHOT HIM RIGHT IN THE HEAD.

AND THEN HE WENT OUT TO TRY TO KILL THE, THE HIS PARTNER.

AND WHILE THIS IS ALL WAS GOING ON, AN OFF DUTY COP SAW THIS GOING ON, HE GOT INVOLVED AND HE GOT SHOT, AND THE SUSPECT GOT SHOT TOO.

THEY WOUND UP AT THE SAME HOSPITAL THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM.

UM, LET'S SEE.

LIKE I SAID, HE APPROACHED HIM.

MY BROTHER INSTANTLY WAS SHOT IN, IN THE, IN THE HEAD.

HIS PARTNER, LIKE I SAID, GOT SHOT.

THEY EXCHANGED GUNFIRE WITH THE PERP.

HE AND THE SUSPECT SHOT EACH OTHER.

SO THE THIRD, THE THIRD GUY GOT SHOT ALONG WITH THE, WITH THE SUSPECT.

THEY WOUND UP AT THE SAME HOSPITAL.

DID THAT.

NOW, AFTER 40 YEARS, HE, UH, HE CAME UP FOR PAROLE AND WAS DENIED BY THE PAROLE BOARD, I THINK, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GOT, GOT TIRED.

MY COUSIN HAD AN ONLINE PETITION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED IT.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE, I WORK AT THE STOPPING SHOP IN, IN GREENBURG, DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE.

AND THEY, UH, ONE OF THE CO ONE OF THE COPS THAT I KNEW SAID, HE'S NOT GONNA GET OUT.

I SAID, THANK GOD THE LAW STATES THAT HE CAN COME UP FOR PAROLE EVERY TWO YEARS FOR PAROLE.

WHY? WHAT, WHAT DO WE ALLOW THIS? I, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO END THIS ARCHAIC RULE FOR COP KILLER AND CIVILIANS WHO GET KILLED.

I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO START SOMETHING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

I THANK YOU, MR. IMPORTANT, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE POLICE, UH, RISK THEIR LIVES FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY AND EVENING AND WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I AGREE, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU THAT ANYONE WHO KILLS A POLICE OFFICER SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO PAROLE.

WE HAVE TO SEND A MESSAGE, UH, TO, UH, WOULD BE MURDERERS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN JAIL FOREVER IF, UM, IF THEY COMMIT THIS TYPE OF AT ATROCIOUS ON, YOU KNOW, AXO.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, AND I WAS PLEASED TO WRITE TO THE PAROLE BOARD AND OPPOSE THE, UM, THE, THE, THE PAROLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK WHAT, YEAH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID IS, IS GREAT HIGHLIGHTING, AND YOUR FAMILY DID IS GREAT HIGHLIGHTING, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TAKE THE POLICE FOR GRANTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THEY'RE IN A CAR, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO THEY'RE GONNA STOP.

SO, UH, SO I JUST REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE IT.

WE ALSO HAVE, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVEN 40 YEARS LATER, IT'S PROBABLY LIKE YESTERDAY.

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AND I SHOULD MENTION PAUL WAS A, A VALUABLE, UM, EMPLOYEE IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR, FOR MANY YEARS.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, UH, TO THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DID FOR, FOR GREENBERG AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND SANITATION DEPARTMENT.

GOOD.

UH, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE SOME, UH, STUDENTS HERE WHO WERE, UM, SOME OF OUR, UH, STUDENT INTERNS.

AND MAYBE YOU COULD, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

AND THIS IS ABOUT A FIVE, 10 MINUTE

[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]

PRESENTATION.

PAUL, BEFORE THEY BEGIN, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE SOME, SOME OPENING COMMENTS.

UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR AT AN EVENT HERE IN WESTCHESTER, OUR, OUR, UM, CONGRESSWOMAN GILLIBRAND MADE A COMMENT, UM, AT A PUBLIC EVENT AS SHE SHARED HER GOALS AND PRIORITIES.

AND SHE ENDED HER COMMENTS BY SAYING, AND WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER PREPARING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND THAT COMMENT HAS ALWAYS RESOUNDED RESOUNDED IN MY SPIRIT AT THAT TIME, BUT HAS ALSO BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ME THROUGHOUT THE LAST 15 YEARS, AND WORKING WITH OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, UM, FORMALLY WITH, UH, FORMER TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS, AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR TOWN BOARD IN PROVIDING AN INTERNSHIP, SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE, THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG HERE AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL.

SO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

UM, HERE, HERE ARE JUST A FEW COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THE INTERNS.

DEAR MS. VILLE, THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING EXPERIENCE YOU ORGANIZED FOR US THIS SUMMER.

THE MENTORING AND LESSONS YOU GAVE US ARE TRULY INVALUABLE.

AND THE STUDENT'S NAME.

DEAR MR. VILLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AN INCREDIBLE SUMMER EXPERIENCE.

THIS HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO ME AND HAS OPENED MANY DOORS FOR ME.

I WAS ABLE TO HELP TEACH ENGLISH TO THE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

THIS WAS A, UH, COLLEGE STUDENT FROM THIS YEAR.

AND TO SEE HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS, I GOT TO MEET SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE.

I WILL BE FOREVER THANKFUL.

AND ANOTHER STUDENT WHO ALSO, UM, WORKED WITH US THIS SUMMER, BUT THEN ALSO TOOK HIS, UM, UH, UH, INSPIRATION ALONG WITH THREE OTHERS, AND DEVELOPED A, UM, A FOOD PANTRY FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLEARLY SEE THE EFFECTS OF MY WORK TO BETTER THE LIVES OF OTHER PEOPLE.

AND THAT PART OF THIS INTERNSHIP HAS BEEN TRULY MEANINGFUL TO ME.

THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT MY WORK WITH GOVERNMENT HAS HAD ON THE COMMUNITY INSPIRED ME TO PURSUE A JOB WITH SIMILAR POSITIVE IMPACT ON OTHERS' LIVES.

SO THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP, UM, ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS AROUND FOUR MAIN PILLARS, COMMUNICATIONS, LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND TEAMWORK.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS EVENING, I MEAN, THIS SUMMER, UM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF, UM, UH, BUDGET SUPPORT FROM OUR TOWN BOARD, AS WELL AS GRANT GRANTS FROM WALMART, THE LANZA FOUNDATION, AND THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE AND PROVIDE AN AMAZING INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE FOR 46 YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT OUR TOWN.

EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR TOWN WAS REPRESENTED, AND FOR SIX WEEKS ON EVERY TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, THEY WERE HERE AT 10 O'CLOCK ON THE NOSE, SITTING IN THE CHAIRS WHERE YOU'RE SITTING, WAITING TO WORK, WAITING TO RECEIVE THEIR MARCHING ORDERS, WORKING IN GROUPS, CREATING PROJECTS, CREATING, UH, LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL

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GOVERNMENT.

AND THIS EVENING, WE HAVE 6 0 1.

ONE OF OUR INTER ONE OF OUR LEADERS HAD TO LEAVE.

SO WE HAVE FIVE OF THE 46 LEADERS, FUTURE LEADERS, BUT THEY ASKED ME TONIGHT, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU CALLING US FUTURE LEADERS? WE'RE IN THE FUTURE NOW, SO PLEASE CALL US LEADERS.

AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THEY, THESE YOUNG MEN ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO YOU.

THEY WERE IN OUR GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, 2023.

UH, FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, GOOD EVENING, MRS. BEVILLE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. FINER, AND GOOD EVENING TO THE REST OF THE TOWN BOARD.

MY NAME IS VEERS ANA, AND I AM A NINTH GRADER AT THE BYRON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.

MY GOAL IS TO GO INTO THE FIELD OF MEDICINE AND EVENTUALLY BECOME A DOCTOR THIS SUMMER.

AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE FOUR WEEKS, I HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

OUR MAIN PROJECT OF HELPING THE ASYLUM SEEKERS BY THROWING THEM A PICNIC, REALLY GAVE ME AN INSIGHT OF BEING PART OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HELPING THE LAST FORTUNATE.

THIS EXPERIENCE HELPED ME LEARN TO ALWAYS, TO ALWAYS OVERCOME BARRIERS, IMPROVE MY TEAM WORKING SKILLS, AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THAT ARE TRULY VALUABLE.

FROM LISTENING TO INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM TO SOLVING REAL LIFE PROBLEMS, THIS EXPERIENCE HAS TRULY CHANGED ME.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MRS. BEVILLE FOR ALWAYS BEING SUCH A GREAT TEACHER AND ROLE MODEL THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM, AND BEING A GREAT PERSON TO BE SUPPORTIVE TO US AND FOR ME, AND FOR THE REST OF THE INTERNS.

SHE WAS SO KIND AND UPLIFTING THROUGH OUR HARDSHIPS AND OUR SUCCESSES.

AND IT WAS, IT TRULY MEANT A LOT TO ME, AND IT WAS VERY, IT MADE THIS EXPERIENCE MORE SPECIAL FOR ME.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. FINER FOR PROVIDING US WITH HIS WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AND GUIDANCE FOR US TOWARDS OUR EXPERIENCE.

AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SUMMER INTERNS THAT JOINED ME FOR THIS EXPERIENCE.

THAT REALLY, REALLY MADE IT VERY SPECIAL FOR ME.

I WOULDN'T TRADE THE SUMMER EXPERIENCE FOR TRULY ANYTHING, AND I WAS, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT I WAS PART OF THE SUMMER 2023 GREENBURG TOWN HALL INTERNSHIP.

THANK YOU, VEER.

I'M SORRY I MISSED YOUR HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT HIGH SCHOOL IS IT? BARN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.

HE IS A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

GOOD EVENING, MR. FINER, MR. BEVILLE AND THE TOWN BOARD.

MY NAME IS ARIAL.

I'M A SEVENTH GRADER AT ARDSLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MY GOAL IS TO BE A BUSINESSMAN.

THIS INTERNSHIP, UM, PROGRAM GAVE ME A GREATER SENSE WITH THE ASYLUM SEEKERS TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON LOCAL, UM, COMMUNITY, AND ON AN EVEN LARGER SCALE.

THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM MEANS A LOT TO ME.

IT HELPED ME SEE A CLEARER PATH TO MY GOAL AND WHAT I CAN DO TO BE THE BEST OF ME.

WE ALL HAD A, WE ALL HAD FUN AT THE INTERNSHIP MAKING, MAKING ONE THIS ONE OF THE SUMMIT BEST SUMMITS EVER.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MRS. BEVELL FOR THE, UM, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY SHE PROVIDED FOR US.

THANK.

FOR PROVIDING THESE EXPERIENCES AND THE TOWN BOARD AND MR. FINER BECAUSE I'M TRULY GRATEFUL NOT ONLY FOR THE NEW BONDS I MADE WITH THE INTERNS, BUT ALSO JUST THE EXPERIENCES THAT TRULY MADE THIS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL.

ALRIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. FINER, MS. VILLE AND THE TOWN BOARD.

MY NAME IS ARNE ANA, AND I'M A 10TH GRADER AT BYRON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.

MY GOAL IS TO GO INTO THE FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.

THIS INTERNSHIP TRULY HAD AN EVERLASTING IMPACT ON ME, AND HONESTLY CHANGED ME FOR THE BETTER.

OUR OVERARCHING GOAL FOR THE WHOLE INTERNSHIP WAS TO HOST A PICNIC FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS.

BUT THE PROCESS WAS NOT EASY.

IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK AND VARIOUS STEPS, AND IT ALL STARTED WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT GROUP NORMS AND ROLES AS WE WERE PUT INTO GROUPS WITH OUR FELLOW INTERNS TO HELP RESEARCH AND HELP PLAN FOR THIS BIG EVENT.

I AM TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE EXPERIENCES I WENT THROUGH, GOING TO VARIOUS AREAS IN GREENBURG THROUGH FIELD TRIPS, AND THE VERY INSPIRATIONAL GUEST SPEAKERS THAT CAME TO SPEAK TO US AND TRULY TEACH US A LOT, NOT ONLY ABOUT OUR COUNTY, BUT ABOUT THE VARIOUS, UH, VARIOUS INITIATIVES THAT GREENBURG WAS TAKEN.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK MRS. BEVILLE

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I WON'T FORGET ABOUT THIS INTERNSHIP, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ARNE.

ARNE AND VEER ARE BROTHERS.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MR. FINER, MRS. VILLE AND THE TOWN BOARD.

MY NAME IS SINGH AND I'M A 10TH GRADER AT LEY HIGH SCHOOL.

MY GOAL IS TO GO INTO A FIELD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I LEARNED FROM THIS INTERNSHIP IS THAT TEAMWORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WITHOUT ALL THESE INTERNS, THIS, UH, BIG EVENT WOULDN'T HAVE, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, UH, ACCOMPLISHED.

WE WERE SENT INTO GROUPS AND HAD DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND DIFFERENT GOALS.

I LEARNED THAT I LEARNED MEETING WITH NEW PEOPLE, AND WORKING WITH NEW PEOPLE HELPED ME, UH, HELPED THE, UH, TOWN HALL COMPLETE THIS, UH, EVENT.

I GAINED MORE CONFIDENCE FROM LEARNING FROM NEW PEOPLE, FROM MEETING AND, UH, LEARNING FROM NEW PEOPLE.

I LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS INTERNSHIP, AND IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL IN MY HEART.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS, UH, AT ALL.

I JUST WANNA THANK MRS. VAIL, UH, AND ALL THE SUMMER INFERENCE FOR ORGANIZING THIS PROGRAM AND HELPING US LEARN MORE FOR THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, SERGE.

GOOD EVENING, MS. VAIL, MR. FINER, AND THE TOWN BOARD.

MY NAME IS V AGARWAL AND I'M A NINTH GRADER AT ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL.

MY GOAL IS TO BECOME A DOCTOR, AND TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, I WANNA BE A SPORTS DOCTOR.

THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HELPED ME WORK IN A GROUP, AND BEFORE THIS INTERNSHIP, I WASN'T REALLY GOOD AT WORKING WITH OTHERS.

I WAS A REALLY SHY KID.

AND NOW THIS INTERNSHIP REALLY EXPRESS, HELPED ME EXPRESS MYSELF AND HELPED ME WORK WITH OTHERS.

SO WE DID A PICNIC FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND THE EVENT OF THE PICNIC HELPED ME REALIZE THERE'S PEOPLE LESS FORTUNATE THAN ME, HOW TO ORGANIZE EVENT, AND HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE AS ME.

THIS SUMMER WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUMMERS, AND I HAD A BLAST WORKING WITH JUDITH.

SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL WHEN OTHERS ARE TALKING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR LIFE.

I JUST, UH, I LOVE IT.

ON, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, ORGANIZING THE INTERNSHIP.

AND, UM, IN THE PAST 15 YEARS, UH, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT 500 STUDENTS, UM, WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE, UM, INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

UM, MANY OF THEM, UM, HAVE BECOME SUCCESS STORIES.

UH, WE'VE WRITTEN LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR SOME FORMER STUDENTS WHO HAVE GONE TO HARVARD AND, UM, IVY LEAGUE, UH, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THE PAST.

UH, WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN, UH, PERSUADING THE STATE TO, UH, REPAVE, UM, HILLSIDE AVENUE NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THEY ORGANIZED THE FIRST, UH, FOOD SCRAP, UH, RECYCLING INITIATIVE AT ANTHONY, UH, UNI VETERAN, UM, UNI PARK.

UH, THEY'VE MET WITH HILLARY CLINTON.

THEY MET WITH, UH, MEREDITH FIERA, WHO WAS, UM, UH, HOST AT THE TODAY SHOW.

AND, UM, TIME MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, COLUMNISTS, UM, UH, TONY AWARD, THE WINNER OF A TONY AWARD.

THEY MET WITH PEOPLE, UH, THE ZUCKERBERG FAMILY, UM, UH, MARK ZUCKERBERG'S SISTER, WHO WAS FIRST MARKETING DIRECTOR OF, UH, UH, FACEBOOK, UM, AND THE FATHER.

SO THEY'VE HAD REALLY AMAZING, UH, AMAZING EXPERIENCES, AND WE WISH YOU ALL, UH, THE BEST OF LUCK.

AND, YOU KNOW, UM, IF AS YOU PURSUE YOUR, UH, YOUR FUTURE, IF YOU NEED LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, WRITE VERY STRONG LETTERS ON YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BEHALF, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT YOU TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, GREAT SUCCESSES IN LIFE.

AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE FUTURE, UH, LEADERS.

SO MANY OF THE INTERNS WE'VE HAD WILL BE, UM, FUTURE, UH, LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT YOU GOT YOUR START HERE IN GREENBURG.

AND THANK YOU, JUDITH, FOR ORGANIZING THIS, UH, AMAZING, UH, I, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM.

OH, THANK YOU, PAUL.

UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE AMAZING EVERY DAY.

UM, YOU WERE WALKING IN HERE, UM, SHARING WITH THE INTERNS PEARLS OF WISDOM AND EXAMPLES, GIVING THEM EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP, UM, YOU KNOW, SHARING WITH THEM WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU WERE BEING CONFRONTED WITH, UM,

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AND, UM, ALWAYS WITH A, A RECOMMENDATION OF A GUEST SPEAKER.

SO THIS WAS A SUCCESS BECAUSE WE WORKED TOGETHER ON MAKING IT A SUCCESS.

AND I THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT OF THE INTERNS WHO ARE NOW LEADERS.

BECAUSE YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR EXPERIENCE.

YOU ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THIS A SUCCESS FOR YOURSELVES.

YOU WERE JUST AMAZING, UM, TO WORK WITH.

I JUST ENJOYED HAVING, UM, THE, HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE THIS SUMMER.

SO, OUR, OUR EXPERIENCE OF FROM, OF THE WORKING WITH THE ASYLUM SEEKERS OR CREATING THE PROGRAM FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WAS DOCUMENTED IN THE ENTERPRISE AS WELL AS THE EXAMINER, THE JOURNAL NEWS AND NEWS 12.

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST, THESE YOUNG MEN ARE JUST HERE, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THEIR STORY.

UM, IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE, UM, IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HERE AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL, HOW WE HAVE, HOW IT HAS EVOLVED OVER 15 YEARS FROM FEWER THAN 10 STUDENTS TO 46, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY IN FI AS A FINAL POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH NEGATIVITY ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE WORLD.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ISRAEL, WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN THE UKRAINE, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR CONGRESS AND THE DYSFUNCTION IN AMERICAN POLITICS.

SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE SOME POSITIVE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES.

SO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND AT PRACTICALLY EVERY TOWN BOARD MEETING IN, IN OVER THE YEARS, WE HIGHLIGHT OUTSTANDING, UH, STUDENTS, MAKES YOU FEEL REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE FUTURE RATHER THAN NEGATIVE ABOUT THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU, UH, REPRESENT HOPE, AND YOU'RE INSPIRATIONAL, AND YOU HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP, UH, YOU KNOW, SKILLS.

YOU'VE DONE SOME GOOD ALREADY, UM, UH, EVEN BEFORE COLLEGE AND EVEN BEFORE YOU GRADUATE.

SO I FEEL REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT, ABOUT THE FUTURE.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS CYCLICAL.

SO DON'T GET YOURSELVES DOWN IN THE DUMPS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR HELP, THE FUTURE WILL BE BRIGHTER THAN IT SEEMS TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.

AND THANK YOU TO, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT PUBLICLY THANK OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND COMMISSIONERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM BY COMING IN AND SPEAKING WITH OUR INTERNS AND SHARING WITH THEM, UM, UH, WHAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE ALL ABOUT.

SO IT, IT REALLY TOOK A VILLAGE TO BRING ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO, NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

UM, SO EXCUSE ME, PAUL.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR PARENTS WHO EMPOWERED YOU TO BE IN THIS PROGRAM, AND, UM, THE PARENTS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING, UM, WITH, WITH YOU.

SO, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THIS ENTIRE MEETING, OR IF YOU MAY LEAVE, IF YOU, WHEN YOU'RE READY.

IT'S OUR GIFT TO YOU.

YOU MAY LEAVE .

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU, JIM.

AND ALL GENTLEMEN, ALL THE BEST TO YOU.

IF, IF YOU LEAVE, IT SHOWS GOOD JUDGMENT, .

UM, SO YOU CAN, YOUR MOM, FEEL FREE TO LEAVE.

THANK, SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEING ADJOURNED TO A DATE TO BE DETERMINED, UH, RELATING TO MOUNT H CEMETERY.

AND NOW WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMP.

AND, AND THAT ADJOURNMENT, IT'S BEING DONE AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, NOT AT THE TOWN'S REQUEST.

SO NOW WE'LL HAVE, UH,

[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup is required. A continuous five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking and will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. There will not be a second five minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.]

PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY? YES.

WE ARE READY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

FOR EACH SPEAKER, PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THERE'S A CLOCK RIGHT HERE AND NEAR ME, AND ALSO ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM.

AND THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOU BEGIN

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MR. FINER AND TOWN BOARD.

UM, MR. FINER, YOU KNOW, ME FROM STEP EDUCATION, JACKSON AVENUE.

UH, I CAME BECAUSE I GOT THE NOTICE FOR THE HEARING.

I JUST FOUND OUT EARLIER THAT IT WAS, UH, IT'S DELAYED.

BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THAT STORM WE HAD ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, PUT A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER IN OUR BUILDING.

SO IT SET US BACK.

AND MY REQUEST TO ALL OF YOU IS, AS THINGS MOVE FORWARD, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE ARCHITECT WHO IS HERE TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT ALSO.

AND, UH, ANYTHING, THIS WATER FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS GOING TO THE SAWMILL RIVER.

I, I WAS CONCERNED IT MIGHT BE FLOWING OUR WAY UNDER THE THROUGHWAY AND WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO FLOODING IN OLD JACKSON AVENUE.

BUT MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU SERIOUSLY CONSIDER MAYBE ANOTHER FLOOD DESIGN PROGRAM FOR, UM, AS YOU LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE PROJECTS, BECAUSE I DON'T PERSONALLY DON'T WANNA HOLD BACK MOUNT CEMETERY FROM THEIR WORK OR ANYBODY ELSE FROM WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

BUT IF THAT WATER RUNS DOWNHILL, IT'S US FOLKS AT THE BOTTOM THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, FEELING IT.

UH, SO IT HAS CREATED A HARDSHIP, AND SOMEHOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE CONSIDERATION OF ANY KIND OF FLOOD CONTROL THAT YOU WILL BE DOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO THE FIRE, UH, SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS, AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD TO RESCUE PEOPLE ON JACKSON AVENUE BY BOTH, UH, THERE WERE ABOUT HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE THAT THEY, YEAH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A POND OF WA A VERY DEEP POND OF WATER, RIGHT? AND AFTER, I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE GONNA BE SPEAKING ABOUT BA COURT, AND I SPOKE CALLED, UM, RICHARD FUN, WHO'S THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS.

AND, UM, AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, THE COMMISSIONER WILL OUTLINE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE, UM, TO TRY ADDRESSING FLOODING.

BUT IT, WE DO HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEM ALL OVER THE TOWN, AND IT'S ALL OVER THE COUNTY, UM, AND THE HUDSON VALLEY.

SO IT'S, IT'S A PROBLEM THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE JUST HAS TO, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING IT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AID.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S VERY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO BE SPENT, YOU KNOW, BY, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, AND WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET.

WE HAVE TO DO, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TENS AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

, THERE ARE, UM, WE, WE VOTED LAST NOVEMBER, IT'S BEEN A YEAR NOW FOR THE, THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL BILL.

AND THAT WAS $4.2 MILLION.

AND A GOOD PORTION OF IT IS DEDICATED TO FLOODING.

WE'RE WAITING FOR THE STATE TO REALLY CODIFY THAT, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT THERE'LL BE MONIES THAT WE CAN GET.

IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.

BUT WE, WE ARE GEARING UP TO APPLY FOR GRANTS THERE.

FEDERAL, THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WAS PASSED AS WELL.

AND THERE ARE A LOT, THERE ARE A LOT OF MONIES THERE.

SO, UM, WE AGAIN, HOPE TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF SOME OF THAT.

AND THAT WILL HELP BECAUSE CERTAINLY THE TOWN, THE TOWN WILL HAVE TO PAY SOME MONEY.

'CAUSE THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A MATCH.

UM, MAYBE 25%.

IT COULD BE MORE.

WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT, BUT WE, WE HOPE TO ADDRESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE DOING SOME STUDIES NOW, UM, IN DIFFERENT AREAS, AND WE'LL DO MORE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER ALSO MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ME THAT, UM, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS AT THE WORK SESSION, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK IS, UM, GRANTS ALSO REQUIRE OVERSIGHT.

SO THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE STAFF, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GETTING.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE ARE NOW FUNDING ABOUT $2 MILLION OF TOWN TAXPAYER DOLLARS A YEAR FOR FLOOD RELIEF.

BUT THE 2 MILLION DOESN'T REALLY GO THAT FAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF A DROP IN THE BUCKET BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE, I THINK JUST EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, WHICH HAS BEEN FLOODED, YOU KNOW, A LOT, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE LOST LOSE THEIR CARS EVERY TIME.

THAT'S A $40 MILLION PROJECT ALONE, UH, FOR I THINK LIKE A STORM THAT'S NOT EVEN LIKE A 200 YEAR STORM.

SO IF WE SPEND $40 MILLION ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, IT'S, IT WOULDN'T EVEN HELP.

UH, IT WOULDN'T EVEN MAKE SURE THAT, SAY EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE WOULDN'T GET FLOODED.

THERE'S A VERY MAJOR STORM.

SO SOME OF THESE, SO SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT

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UH, WELL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAP OUT A PLAN TO, TO TACKLE THAT BECAUSE AS WE GET MORE AND MORE FREQUENT 200 YEAR STORMS IN OUR SEWER SYSTEMS AND OUR, UM, WATER RETENTION SYSTEMS JUST ARE, ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT, UM, THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF CATCH UP TO DO.

AND IT'S TOTALLY EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING STORMS WITH SUCH FREQUENCY DUE TO, UM, THE CLIMATE WARMING UP NO MUNICIPALITY BILLS TO A 200 YEAR STORM.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO 200 YEAR STORM.

TYPICALLY, THE STORM SWORDS WERE DESIGNED FOR 25 YEAR STORMS, WHICH IS LIKE THE MORNING.

UH, SO IT, IT'S A, IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM.

THAT WAS NOT ENVISIONED, NO ONE ENVISIONED THIS AMOUNT OF WATER COMING IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

UH, BUT WE HAVE IT AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

UNDERSTOOD.

UM, WE GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

NO, IT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE GOOD NEWS, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.

WE CAN ONLY PROVIDE YOU WHAT WE HAVE.

WE JUST NEED TO START SOMEWHERE.

AND WE'RE STARTING.

ONE OF THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I'VE MADE TO CONED IS CONED IS DIGGING UP LIKE A LOT OF ROADS ALL OVER, ALL OVER THE TOWN AND ALL OVER THE REGION.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WHEN THEY DIG THE HOLES, UH, DIG THE ROADS, THEY COULD BASICALLY WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND THEN WE COULD BE MAYBE RESTORING SOME, IMPROVING SOME OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AS THEY'RE DOING UNDERGROUND WORK, BECAUSE MAYBE IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE.

AND IF THEY DID, IF WE WORKED IN, IF THEY DID THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OVER SAY, 20 OR 30 YEARS, THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE, UM, LESS FLOODING BECAUSE WE COULD, INSTEAD OF HAVING 15 YEAR DRAINS, DRAINS THAT COULD DEAL WITH STORMS OF 15 OR 25 YEARS, MAYBE WE COULD, UM, UM, IMPROVE OUR, YOU KNOW, ANTIQUATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAVE DRAINS THAT COULD IMPROVE, THAT COULD ADDRESS A HUNDRED YEAR STORMS OR, OR 200 YEAR STORMS. AND AGAIN, IT WON'T BE DONE OVERNIGHT, BUT SORT OF LIKE THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO MAKE THE TOWN MORE WALKABLE.

SO IF EVERY YEAR WE DO A LITTLE, UH, STORM, YOU KNOW, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, WE WILL START NOTICING, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENCE IN, YOU KNOW, IN, YOU KNOW, IN FLOODING.

BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S A PRIORITY.

AND LAST WEEK, THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MYSELF, WE MET WITH, UM, UH, A GRANTS WRITER.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE I THINK ANOTHER MEETING WITH OTHER POTENTIAL GRANTS WRITERS WHO HAVE SKILLS AND TECHNICAL, YOU KNOW, GRANT APPLICATIONS LIKE THIS.

AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF, UM, ADDRESSING THE PRO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING ALL THE FLOODING PROBLEMS WE HAVE.

AND THERE'S A LOT ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

25 YEAR STORMS AND TWO, UH, 2200 YEAR STORMS THAT WE'RE ONLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING 25 YEAR STORMS. SO I DON'T WANNA GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE NOT SITTING HERE DOING IT 'CAUSE WE'RE PAYING CONSULTANTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TO FIGURE OUT AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS, BUT IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.

IF I CAN BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE OR MEET WITH SOMEBODY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE THINGS, I'M, I'M AVAILABLE.

UM, AND WILLING TO HELP IF I CAN.

AND MAYBE YOU HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UH, WITH YOUR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A COMMITTEE, MAYBE YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGINEERS OR MAYBE HAVE CONTEXT WITH, WITH WASHINGTON, WHO MIGHT BE WILLING TO, UM, HELP US, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS AS WELL AS, UH, COMING UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, WITH A PLAN SO WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW COULD WE MOST EFFICIENTLY AND WISELY SPEND THE MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE, UH, TO START ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING.

I, I WAS THINKING OF THAT.

MAYBE WE NEED LIKE A LITTLE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT COULD WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWN BOARD, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR LIMITATIONS ARE, HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, UH, HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN, SORT OF LIKE THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL, THEY ORGANIZED A COMMITTEE DEALING WITH SAFETY AND THEY HAD A GROUP THAT'S WORKING ON IT.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING UP WITH A PRIMARY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

BUT WE ARE DOING THAT NOW.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT NOW.

NO, WE HAVE, LEMME JUST FINISH.

WE HAVE OUR COMMISSIONER PUBLIC WORKS AND HIS STAFF MEETING WITH THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE HIRED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

SO I DON'T WANT TO, I FEEL LIKE, BUT I'M HEARING YOU GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING AND THAT WE NEED, THAT WE'RE GIVING THE COMMUNITY SAYING, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO HELP US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.

BUT WE ARE DOING STUFF AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING STUFF.

WE'RE JUST IN A SITUATION LIKE EVERYBODY IS AROUND THE COUNTY, AROUND THE STATE, ACTUALLY AROUND THE STATE, UH, AROUND THE WORLD OF THIS FLOODING ISSUE.

WE ARE DEALING WITH CLIMATE ISSUES.

WE ARE DEALING JUST AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST MENTIONED,

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SO I, I JUST SITTING HERE IS JUST BOTHERING ME BECAUSE AGAIN, I JUST, I GIVE THE FEELING THAT YOU'RE GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING AND WE ARE.

NO, I JUST WANNA JUST CLARIFY ONE THING.

I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT.

IN FACT, MY ASSISTANT CAME UP AND AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, I'LL READ SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND COMMISSIONER PUBLIC WORKS WILL, UH, READ, YOU KNOW WHAT WE WILL SAY WHAT WE DID, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I SORT OF FELT WE KNOW WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY.

WE CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE FLOODING PROBLEMS AROUND THE TOWN WELL, AT ONCE, BECAUSE IT'S HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT.

SO THE THING IS, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE DO IS, UM, WE HAVE, THERE'S A, A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE TOWN THAT GET FLOODED OUT FREQUENTLY.

SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT WE HAVE A GROUP THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONER TO PRIORITIZE, UM, UH, HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY BECAUSE WE, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING IT ON, YOU KNOW, SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT NOT ALL, ALL NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES WHO WILL BASICALLY BE ABLE TO WORK, UH, AND COME HELP US COME UP WITH A, LIKE A MASTER PLAN.

SO THIS WAY WE COULD SAY OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS, 30 YEARS, THIS IS THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE.

THEN EVERYBODY COULD BASICALLY SAY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MAKES SENSE IF WE, IF WE, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS OUR ANTIQUATED, UH, YOU KNOW, FLOODING PROBLEM.

AND THEN WE FOLLOW RULES AND UM, AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, POLICY AND I, I THINK THAT IF WE DID THAT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE DO ANNUAL FUND, UH, FLOOD, UH, FUNDING AND ANNUAL, UH, GRANTS WRITING, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND PEOPLE THEN WILL FEEL THAT THE MONEY IS SPENT, UH, WISELY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD POINTING THE FINGERS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAINST OTHERS.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO WORK TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IF IT'S POSSIBLE.

SO ARE WE HAVING UNLIMITED TIME FOR SPEAKER NOW? YEAH, BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS NOT SUPPOSED TO STOP.

IT SHOULD BE, IT STOPPED.

SHOULD BE THREE MINUTES.

WELL, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

THEN IF YOU WANT WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS.

WELL, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY CONSISTENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR WHEN OTHER PEOPLE COME UP AND THEN WE SET A RULE AND WE BREAK THE RULE.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.

I TELL MY WIFE I HAVE TO BE HOME AT TWO.

OKAY, WELL YOU CAN BE HOME AT 2, 2, 2 AM SO IT'S A, SO IT'S A, WE JUST HAVE TO STAY.

SO, SO THE THING IS, WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT THREE MINUTES, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE STAY 12.

THAT'S FINE.

WE JUST HAVE A RULE ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEVIATE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT SAY, SAY UNLIMITED TIME, THAT'S FINE.

SO WE ARE YOU ASKING TO SUSPEND THE RULES? WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS.

I I, I, I'D BE HAPPY WITH A THREE MINUTE RULE IF YOU OKAY.

DISAGREE.

SO JUST MAKE SURE WE CO CONSISTENTLY, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT OF ALL THE RULE, WE JUST MAKE SURE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S FIVE MINUTES, SO YOU, YOU'RE MOVING IT TO THREE, BUT WHATEVER YOU WANT.

I BELIEVE THERE WAS ABOUT 12 MINUTES ON THAT.

I JUST, I'M JUST ANTICIPATING, I DON'T KNOW, JUST SOME WISDOM HERE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE SITTING IN THE FOURTH ROW WHO'S GONNA GET UP AND SAY, YOU SHOULDN'T BE STOPPING ME AT FIVE MINUTES AND HE WOULD BE RIGHT.

MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION? YOU, YOU SAID IT WAS ABOUT 12 MINUTES.

IF IT WAS, IT WAS BECAUSE OF INTERRUPTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF TOWN BOARD.

SO HOW ABOUT IF WE JUST LIMIT EVERYONE ELSE TO THE 12 MINUTES, TO BE FAIR, AND THAT'S AN EXCEPTION TO OUR NORMAL RULE, BUT FOR TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE BROKE OUR OWN RULE, WE SHOULD BE FAIR TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK.

VERY GOOD IDEA.

SECOND.

AND THE CLOCK DOESN'T STOP.

PAUL, PAUL, I JUST, THE CLOCK, PAUL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, OKAY, PAUL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS THE, UM, PERSON WHO PRESIDES OVER THE MEETINGS, UM, THE, THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT YES, WHILE EVERYONE IS GIVEN FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, JUMP IN WITH COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND SO IF TOWN BOARD MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING, THIS SPEAKER IS NOT SPEAKING AND IT IS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT THIS REALLY HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS BEING WILLING TO DISCIPLINE THEMSELVES TO NOT SPEAK DURING THE FIVE MINUTES AND NOT INTERRUPT THE SPEAKER.

THAT WAY YOU ARE ABLE TO STICK TO YOUR OWN RULES.

I DO NOT THINK THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE TOTAL WAS 12 MINUTES.

UM, AND

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SO THE, THE, UM, QUESTION NEEDS TO BE, ARE YOU GOING TO LET PEOPLE SPEAK FOR THE STRAIGHT FIVE MINUTES, UM, UH, WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THEM? THAT'S VERY, VERY GOOD POINT.

SO MAYBE, LET ME JUST READ THE AGENDA.

I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE READING THE AGENDA SO PEOPLE THAT, UM, DIDN'T READ IT OR DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, A CONTINUOUS FIVE MINUTE LIMIT PER SPEAKER PER HEARING WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

THE CLOCK WILL START WHEN THE SPEAKER BEGINS SPEAKING AND WILL NOT BE STOPPED FOR ANY REASON UNTIL THE SPEAKER IS FINISHED OR FIVE MINUTES HAS ELAPSED, WHICHEVER OCCURS.

FIRST INTERRUPTIONS BY THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, THE TOWN CLERK OR THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IF A SPEAKER INSISTS ON AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER, SHOULD AN ANSWER BE PROVIDED, IT SHALL BE PART OF THE FIVE MINUTE SPEAKER'S, FIVE MINUTE ALLOCATION AND NOT BE INTERRUPTED.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE CLOCK DOES NOT STOP FOR ANY REASON.

THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT UNTIL TONIGHT.

JUSTICE, WESTCHESTER RACE TALK REVOLUTION, WESTCHESTER RACIAL EQUITY COLLECTIVE, AND SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE WESTCHESTER HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ORGANIZE A SERIES OF COMMUNITY LISTENING CIRCLES.

SO, SO BASICALLY THERE'S, I DON'T THINK THIS, THERE'S GONNA BE NO INTERRUPTIONS ME GENTLEMAN DID NOT INSIST ON, SO WE NEED, THIS GENTLEMAN DID NOT INSIST ON ANY IMMEDIATE ANSWERS.

THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS JUST, OKAY, I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPTED.

SHOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

PEOPLE WHO WANNA CONTINUE TO MEETING, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY LOOKING TO, TO SPEAK.

SO CAN I, CAN I MAKE ONE SUGGESTION, SIR? IF, IF I COULD JUST SUGGEST THAT IF THERE ARE COMMENTS TO THE SPEAKER, IF WE COULD MAYBE WAIT FOR THE SPEAKER TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.

EXCELLENT.

AND THEN WE CAN MAKE COMMENTS SO THAT EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE KNOWS THAT THE SPEAKERS COMPLETED.

CAN I MAKE A, CAN I MAKE A, CAN I MAKE EXCELLENT, JOE, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? WHY DON'T WE SAY THAT, UH, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE'S GONNA BE NO INTERRUPTIONS UNTIL AFTER, UNTIL ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE OVER AND THEN THE BOARD MEMBERS COULD, COULD RESPOND.

SO IF IT TAKES THREE HOURS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE WANT, THERE'LL BE NO RESPONSES FOR THREE HOURS AND THEN WE WILL RESPOND.

OKAY? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT, I DUNNO WHAT JUST SAID.

I JUST THINK THE PEOPLE WON TALK.

WHY DON'T WE JUST FROM CONTINUE THE MEETING, US TALKING UP HERE IS TAKING THE TIME AWAY FROM EVERYONE WHO WANTS.

SO WHO'S NEXT? WHO'S NEXT ON THE LIST? THANK YOU.

UM, NO, UM, PAUL, DO AS THE PERSON WHO PRESIDE NO, PAUL DOES NOT HAVE THE LIST, PLEASE.

PAUL, THE PERSON WHO PRESIDES OVER THE MEETING.

WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T YOU CALL, WHY DON'T WE CALL THE LIST AND THEN WE'LL JUST STAY WITH THE FIVE MINUTES AND THEN, AND THEN NO INTERRUPTIONS BY ANYBODY UNTIL AFTER EVERYBODY FINISHES SPEAKING AND THEN THE PUBLIC AND THEN THE BOARD COULD SPEAK.

OH, WE, OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

IS THAT A MOTION? I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT HAS A COMMENT.

I WASN'T LAUNCHING THE CLOCK, I WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE, BUT SHE SHE STOPPED THE CLOCK.

SO YOUR TIME NEVER RAN OUT.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, SIR.

IT'S NO, NO ONE'S FINDING FAULT WITH NO ONE'S FINDING FAULT WITH YOU.

NO, YOU'RE FINE.

RIGHT? NO, NO ONE'S FINDING FAULT WITH YOU.

SO AS WE MOVE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LANE COBB, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

EVENING, UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD.

SO HAPPY TO BE INVITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.

MY NAME IS REVEREND LANE COBB.

I'M A, UH, RESIDENT OF TARRYTOWN AND I AM HERE IN THE CAPACITY.

A COUPLE OF CAPACITIES OF, ONE OF THEM IS AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE, UM, HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

AND I'M HERE WITH MY COLLABORATOR, JILL STERNBERG, WHO IS ALSO A TARRYTOWN RESIDENT, AND SHE IS, UM, WITH RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WESTCHESTER AND I REC, UH, REPRESENT RACE TALK REVOLUTION AS WELL.

SO WE ARE, I'M GOING TO READ THE PROPOSAL FOR THE GREENBERG RESTORATIVE CIRCLE PROJECT.

UM, MORE AND MORE OUR COUNTRY IS WRESTLING WITH DEEPENING POLITICAL FISSURES THAT DIVIDE US OVER ISSUES OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND RACIAL DISPARITIES.

AND MANY PEOPLE FEEL UNSEEN AND UNHEARD AND UNAPPRECIATED, EVEN IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

THE EFFECTS OF THIS ARE EVIDENT EVERYWHERE IN THE PLACES THAT WE LIVE, WHERE WE LEARN, WE WORK AND WE PLAY, AND ALSO IN OUR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN OUR SYSTEMS AND POLICIES.

IN THE SUMMER OF 2022, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SPONSORED THE MANHATTAN AVENUE MURAL AND ART PROJECT DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.

DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD OVER WHICH HEROES TO DEPICT SPARK HEATED DEBATE AMONG SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, GIVE, GIVING RISE TO HURTFUL RHETORIC AND UNEARTHING AGE OLD WOUNDS, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN THE BLACK AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES WHO CALLED GREENBERG THEIR HOME.

IN RESPONSE TO AN INVITATION BY SUN GREENBERG RESIDENTS AND INCLUDING SOME MEMBERS OF THIS TOWN BOARD, RESTORATIVE

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WE RESPONDED BY PROPOSING AN INITIATIVE THAT GOES BEYOND ADDRESSING THE MURAL WITH AN INTENTION TO ADDRESS RACIAL INEQUITY IN GREENBURG AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE TOWN'S STATED COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING RACIAL EQUITY.

THE CIRCLES WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN GREENBURG TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOW THEIR RACIAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES AFFECT THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND HOW OUR TOWN IS MEETING ITS COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY.

THE PROJECT ALSO SERVES AS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR A WIDER APPROACH TO HEALING RACIAL DIVISIONS IN THE TOWN AND BUILDING A STRONGER, MORE COHESIVE COMMUNITY.

OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THAT TRANSCEND RACIAL AND CULTURAL BARRIERS, TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF HEALING AND RECONCILIATION, TO CREATE A HEALTHIER, SAFER, AND MORE INCLUSIVE.

GREENBERG LISTENING CIRCLES ARE SAFE PLACES WHERE WE CAN EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS AND TRULY LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER, GIVING SPACE AND TIME TO PEOPLE WHO OFTEN FEEL THEY ARE NOT BEING HEARD.

WITH ROOTS AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD, LISTENING CIRCLES PROVIDE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SAFETY.

DECORUM, INEQUALITY, THEY EMPHASIZE STORYTELLING AS A TOOL FOR CULTIVATING EMPATHY AND FOSTERING COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING AND SHARED EMOTIONAL CONNECTION.

THEY'RE SHARED AND ROOTED.

THEY'RE ROOTED IN SHARED VALUES USING A TALKING PIECE TO EQUALIZE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPATION AND ESTABLISHED GROUP NORMS THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS AGREE TO UPHOLD TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

THE GREENBERG RESTORATIVE CIRCLE PROJECT WILL ORGANIZE LISTENING CIRCLES IN FIVE OR SIX LOCATIONS AROUND THE TOWN FOR IN-PERSON CIRCLES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF OFFERING ONE CIRCLE ONLINE VIA ZOOM.

THE CIRCLES WILL BE FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE IN OUR TOWN.

EACH CIRCLE WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES AND ACCOMP ACCOMMODATE IDEALLY 10 TO 20 PARTICIPANTS.

THE PURPOSE OF THE LISTENING CIRCLES IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

DEVELOP A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE RACIAL INEQUITIES THAT EXIST IN GREENBURG.

OPEN A PATH FOR ONGOING RACIAL HEALING IN GREENBURG.

CREATE AVENUES FOR RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE ON RACE AND DIVERSITY IN GREENBURG.

SO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IS, UH, CRITICAL HERE.

SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP US, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL VOLUNTEER TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR THE CIRCLES, PROVIDE REFRESHMENTS, DONATE FUNDS TO COVER CIRCLE KEEPER, HONORARIUMS AND MINIMAL SUPPLIES NEEDED PROVIDE OUTREACH INCLUDING PUBLICITY AND RECRUITMENT, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD ASK THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO INVE TO INVITE THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO PARTICIPATE.

OUR INTENTION, UH, IS TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, EDUCATORS, FAITH LEADERS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, LOCAL LEGISLATORS AND ORGANIZATIONS, A FORUM FOR CULTIVATING EMPATHY, COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING AND SHARED EMOTIONAL COLLECTION THAT WILL LEAD TO FUTURE COMMUNITY BUILDING INITIATIVES THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR GOAL IS TO OFFER THE CIRCLES IN NOVEMBER, COMMUNITY PARTNERS WISHING MORE INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT ME AND MY FELLOW ORGANIZERS AT GREENBERG R C P, AS INPAUL@GMAIL.COM.

AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECT AND HOPE THAT FOLKS WHO LIVE AND PROVIDE SERVICES IN GREENBURG WILL PARTICIPATE ONCE PAR ONCE PARTNERS AND DATES ARE SECURED, WE'LL BE COLLECTING REGISTRATIONS THROUGH EVENTBRITE.

FLYERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHICH INCLUDES THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHICH IS AG AGREED TO POST THE INFORMATION ON THE TOWN WEBSITE.

WOW.

DID YOU TURN THAT THAT OUT? DID YOU JUST FINISH? WAS LIKE YOU THAT ONE O'CLOCK.

I THOUGHT WE SAID WE'RE NOT GONNA COMMENT UNTIL AFTER THE CLOCK STOPPED.

NO, THEN WE SAID WE'RE NOT GONNA COMMENT UNTIL AFTER THE WHOLE PROGRAM.

DOES THE BOARD HAVE NO QUESTIONS? RIGHT? YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

YES, THANK YOU ELAINE.

AMEN.

IS ITI ANANDI SODA? GOOD EVENING.

UM, MR. UH, SUPERVISOR FINER, UH, TOWN MEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE.

MY NAME IS ANANDY SOTO.

I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER ME.

I VISITED LAST YEAR, UM, WITH REALLY SAD NEWS.

MY HOME ON BABBITT COURT WAS, UH, FLOODED COMPLETELY, AND I'VE BEEN OUT OF MY HOME.

UM, I AM HERE, UH, TO SUPPORT MY, UM, MY, UH, HOMEOWNERS AND ALSO SUPPORT MY ENTIRE GROUP ON BIO COURT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT BIO COURT, BUT NOW I KNOW A LOT.

I MOVED IN LAST YEAR AND, UH, IT'S BEEN REALLY

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TERRIBLE.

UM, WANTING TO GO BACK TO BABBITT COURT ON BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, ON BETTER MEANS.

AND, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OUR COURT, ALL THE MEMBERS AND HOMEOWNERS COME BACK AND BE HAPPY AND HAVE AND BE GREAT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, GREENBURG IS A, IT'S A WONDERFUL AREA.

UM, THE PEOPLE HERE ARE VERY, UH, AMIABLE AND KIND.

UH, THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS HERE ARE ALL WONDERFUL.

I'VE BEEN TO A FEW RESTAURANTS.

I'VE, I'VE GET AROUND A NEW BJ'S AND IT'S A WONDERFUL AREA, BUT WE'RE REALLY SAD.

OUR AREA JUST GETS FLOODED.

THIS, THIS PAST, UH, STORM TOOK OVER.

UM, WE HAD A LOT OF WATER.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, VIEWED IT BECAUSE I INSTALLED CAMERAS IN MY ABANDONED HOME.

AND FROM MY RENTAL, I, YOU KNOW, I I I REALLY, I WAS SICK SEEING ALL THE WATER COME IN.

UM, THE COURT FILLED AGAIN OVERNIGHT.

SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE GENTLEMAN EXPRESSED TODAY HERE.

UM, I AM SUPPORTING THIS WHOLE, UH, REQUEST AND PLEADING AT THIS POINT.

UM, LOOK INTO THE GRANTS, TRY TO HELP US, HELP US, UM, HAVE A BETTER PLACE, LIVE IN A BETTER PLACE.

UM, IT IS A VERY GOOD LOCATION.

DO YOU WANT IT EMPTY? DO YOU WANT TO NOT RECEIVE HOME HOME TAXES FROM, UH, FROM THE HOMEOWNERS? YOU WANT A COMMUNITY AND YOU WANNA MAKE IT BIG AND STRONG.

SO I, I PLEAD TO YOU AND I'M HERE AND YOU'LL SEE ME AGAIN.

I WORK LONG, LONG HOURS, BUT I DO TAKE TIME TO MAKE IT HERE.

UM, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE.

I KNOW THAT MY, UH, PEERS AND HOME AND OUR NEW HOMEOWNERS ON THE COURT, THEY'RE HERE VISITING TOO.

WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE.

IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING FOR US, PLEASE HELP US.

WE WON'T FORGET IT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

DYLAN PINE, ARE THERE OTHERS FROM DAVENPORT WHO SPEAK TOGETHER? YES.

DO, DO YOU WANT TO STAY TOGETHER? OKAY.

UM, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL NAMES.

I'M REALLY NOT SURE WHO ALL IS FROM BABA COURT, BUT JOHN VARGAS.

OKAY, JOHN, GOOD EVENING ALL.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, I LIVE IN BABBITT COURT.

UM, ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER, WE ONCE AGAIN HAD A GOOD LIKE, UH, TWO INCHES OF RAIN THAT WENT IN THROUGH THE FIRST FLOOR AND DESTROYED ALL OUR FLOORS AND EVERYTHING.

UM, SO ONCE AGAIN WE HAD TO PULL EVERYTHING OUT AND START RIPPING FLOORS OFF DUE TO, UH, MY WIFE HAS A DAYCARE THERE AND SHE HAS CHILDREN THAT ARE CONSTANTLY EVERY DAY THERE.

SO I'M HOPING WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, UH, WITH THIS, UH, THIS FLOODING SITUATION THAT WE HAVE.

AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN RESOLVE, UH, WITH THIS, THIS PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING.

AND IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERY TWO YEARS SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AND WHEN IT RAINS, UH, HARD, WE ARE ALL WORRIED NOW THAT IS IT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO START MOVING THINGS AGAIN? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FURNITURE, CARS, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU, IF YOU DON'T, IT GETS DESTROYED AND THEN YOU HAVE TO THROW EVERYTHING BACK OUT AGAIN AND START ALL OVER AGAIN AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE INSURANCES AND STUFF AND IT'S JUST A BIG HASSLE.

UM, SO ALL I CAN SAY IS, IS IF YOU CAN PLEASE HELP US OUT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING SO WE CAN PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO THE RESIDENTS.

ESPECIALLY LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY IN BABA COURT, BUT YOU KNOW, OTHER PLACES THAT GET FLOODED AS WELL, YOU KNOW.

BUT DEFINITELY, UH, BABA COURT, WE REALLY GET HIT HARD WHEN IT COMES TO THIS BAD WEATHER AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

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UM, I'VE BEEN SICK SO I LOST MY VOICE, BUT MY NAME IS WHITNEY.

I LIVE ON ABBOTTS AVENUE.

UM, I JUST BOUGHT MY HOUSE THERE THIS YEAR, FEBRUARY OF 2023.

AND I HAVE TWO SONS, THREE, UH, FOUR AND SIX THAT ARE WITH ME.

I'M HERE BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODED NOT ONCE, BUT TWO TIMES THIS YEAR.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS A BIG DEAL UNTIL I SPOKE TO A FRIEND THAT I WENT TO NURSING SCHOOL WITH WHO TOLD ME SHE WAS OUT OF HER HOUSE FOR OVER TWO YEARS.

SO I'M HERE JUST TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN 'CAUSE I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY HOME.

I LOVE THE AREA, I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW CONTAMINATED THIS WATER IS.

SO LATELY I'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN TO GIVE ME ESTIMATES ON SO PUMPS.

I HAVE ONE, UM, BUT ON ANOTHER ONE AND POSSIBLY LIKE EXCAVATING THE PERIMETER OF MY HOUSE 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THREE AND FOUR YEARS, UM, TO WAIT FOR THE TOWN.

BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA GET IT DONE BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LEAVE.

I LOVE IT HERE.

AND UM, MY ONLY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS IS, AND YOU CAN ANSWER IT ANOTHER TIME, I KNOW YOU GUYS DISCUSSED GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I WANNA KNOW, ARE YOU GUYS GOING, GOING TO POSSIBLY POST IT ON A WEBSITE TO SAY THE AMOUNT OF GRANTS YOU APPLIED FOR, OR WHAT A GRANT YOU, YOU APPLIED FOR SO THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SOMETHING? ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENED, IT WAS A WATER MAIN BREAK ON A BLOCK, UH, PARALLEL TO MINE.

AND I BELIEVE THE WATER DEPARTMENT WAS, UH, DIGGING IN FRONT OF MY HOME.

NOW THERE'S LIKE A, A AREA THAT'S CAVING DOWNWARD AND I CALLED IN, BUT NO ONE, SOMEONE CAME AND PUT A A A CONE IN FRONT OF MY HOME.

MY CHILDREN PLAY IN FRONT OF MY HOME AND I'M WORRIED THAT THIS IS GOING FURTHER DOWN THAN I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS.

SO I PUT LIKE WOOD IN FRONT OF MY HOME.

UM, I CAN GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS AT ANOTHER TIME SO SOMEONE CAN COME OUT, UM, AND LOOK FOR IT.

BUT I HAVE CALLED ALREADY ONE TIME ABOUT THAT SITUATION.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

ARE YOU DONE? I'M DONE.

I WON'T GO.

I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M FINISHED.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE, CAN WE JUST, DO YOU MIND GIVING YOUR ADDRESS NOW SO WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU? MAYBE YOU COULD SUBMIT IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT.

YEAH, I WRITE IT DOWN.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU.

IF YOU WANT I WRITE IT DOWN 'CAUSE I HAVE TO GO GET THEM IN.

AS A HOMEOWNER, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU JEANETTE.

JEANETTE RODRIGUEZ.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

YET AGAIN.

HERE I AM.

SO ON OCTOBER 3RD I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE TOWN AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE CC'D ON THE EMAIL REGARDING THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.

AND I WAS QUESTIONING, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE REALLY OF MY CONCERN BECAUSE THIS WAS HEAVY RAINFALL.

IT WASN'T A HURRICANE, IT WASN'T A TROPICAL STORM, IT WAS JUST AN ACCUMULATION OF RAIN THAT FLOODED OUR HOMES.

YET AGAIN.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, I'VE BEEN DISPLACED FROM MY HOME FOR TWO YEARS SINCE IDA, AND THIS IS TWO YEARS TO THE ANNIVERSARY.

I LIVE JUST NEXT DOOR TO THE VARGAS.

SO, UM, WE ARE SUFFERING THESE RAINSTORMS, THIS HORRIBLE AMOUNTS OF RAINS THAT ARE, THAT THAT'S COMING IN.

WE'RE GETTING A LARGE ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN ACTUALLY TRAPPED INSIDE HIS CAR AND LUCKILY IT WASN'T A FATALITY, UM, ON BABBITT COURT AND UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOOTAGE OF THEM BEING, UH, TOWED OFF.

THE SHERIFF'S ACTUALLY HAD TO COME AND GET THIS PERSON OUT OF THEIR CAR.

SO, UH, IN MY EMAIL FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET IT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD QUESTIONS WERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS A WORD THAT JUST KEEPS GETTING THROWN AROUND AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THE WATER MAIN BREAKS AFTER THE STORM, AFTER IDA IN 2021, WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK AGAIN.

AND THEN AFTER THE STORM ON THE 29TH, WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK AGAIN AS WELL WHERE THEY WERE DIGGING UP.

SO THERE'S AN OBVIOUS ISSUE WITH THAT.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE SAWMILL RIVER, WHICH RUNS BEHIND OUR HOMES IS REALLY THE MAIN ISSUE OF OUR, UH, FOR OUR FLOODING ON BABBITT COURT.

UM, I WAS ASKING WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR DREDGING THE RIVER WHEN IT WAS DONE AND IF THEY CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC PROOF OF A SCHEDULE AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE AND WHEN IT GETS DONE, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN MY EMAIL WASN'T ADDRESSED.

WE JUST CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT A FEMA GRANT THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT UM, WAS OF MY CONCERN IS THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS.

THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS 16 YEARS OLD, SO WE'RE DOING, UM, A GRANT IS WRITTEN ON INFORMATION THAT'S 16 YEARS OLD.

AND

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AND I'VE EXPRESSED THAT ON EVERY FORUM.

I PREFER TO SPEAK AT THIS LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S RECORDED THE MINUTES, YOU CAN GO BACK TO IT, YOU CAN TYPE IT, AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SET OF EARS AND ONE OPINION WHEN IT COMES TO IT.

UM, OF MY, OF MYSELF, THERE'S WHAT, FOUR HOMEOWNERS HERE? FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS.

I'M A FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER.

WE'RE ALL IN ELMSFORD AND GREEN AND YEAH, IN ELMSFORD.

AND WE'RE, WE ALL DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE FLOODING UNTIL AFTER WE BOUGHT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT IF YOU WERE IN OUR SHOES, BUT TO FIND OUT AFTER YOU BOUGHT YOUR HOME, THAT YOU'RE IN A HISTORICALLY FLOODED AREA.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAD TO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE.

AND THEN TO FIND OUT HOW BAD THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY IS AFTER THE FACT.

IT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR US, LIKE I SAID, MS. SOTO AND I WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT BEING DISPLACED FROM OUR HOME AND CONTINUING TO PAY SCHOOL TAXES AND PROPERTY TAXES AND NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN OUR HOMES.

'CAUSE OUR HOMES ARE CONDEMNED BY THE TOWN.

UM, IT'S, IT'S A, A HUGE HARDSHIP FOR US.

UM, SO WHAT WE'RE PLEAING FOR IS THAT THE STORM RIVER, SOME ATTENTION, MAJOR ATTENTION BE BROUGHT TO IT.

UM, AND THAT OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ACTUALLY WORK FOR US.

AND JUST A LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER BECAUSE TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR THIS.

UM, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A HARD ASK AT ALL.

SO, UM, AND I COULD JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

I'VE DEALT WITH LOSS AFTER LOSS AFTER LOSS, AND I'M TIRED OF LOSING.

UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW WE'RE WAITING FOR THE GRANT, BUT IF SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN TO REMEDY THE ISSUE, AND THE ISSUE IS THE SAW MILL RIVER, SOME EFFORTS AND SOME MAJOR ATTENTION TO GET PUT TOWARDS THAT SAW MILL RIVER, SO THAT WHEN OUR HOMES, IF THE GRANT DOES GET APPROVED, AND WHEN OUR HOMES ARE ELEVATED, WE DON'T HAVE TO CLUTCH OUR PEARLS EVERY TIME WE GET SOME RAIN.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN ALSO BEING A NURSE TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF, UH, WHITNEY'S STATEMENT.

AND I ALSO, I'M CONCERNED FOR THE VARGAS WITH THE DAYCARE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT WATER.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY OF YOU, ANYBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING SOMETHING HAPPENED TO A CHILD, BECAUSE ALL CHILDREN PLAY ON THE FLOOR AND ALL CHILDREN PUT THEIR HANDS IN THEIR MOUTH.

SO THAT'S CONSIDERED WHAT CLASS THREE CONTAMINATED WATER.

SO THERE'S RUNOFF, THERE'S SEWAGE, DEAD ANIMALS, ALL THOSE THINGS IN THAT WATER THAT END UP IN OUR HOMES THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN EQUIPPED AND QUALIFIED TO CLEAN UP.

BUT YET THE TASK FALLS ON US TO DO SO.

SO IF SOME CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TAKEN INTO THAT AND ACTUALLY SOME ACTION, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK WE WERE ACTUALLY SKIPPED ON.

NO, UM, ACTUALLY HE WAS IN FRONT OF, HE WAS IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.

UHHUH STOOD UP.

YEAH, HE WAS IN FRONT OF ME.

I SAY.

SO IS IT, UM, JU PRE PREO? YEAH.

MS. OKAY.

MR. REPO, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WE'RE LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF WESTCHESTER.

UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. FINER.

SO, JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBORS, I'M ALSO FROM BABA COURT.

SO I'M HERE WITH MY WIFE.

WE GREW UP IN ROCHELLE.

WE MOVED TO ELMSFORD GREENBURG IN 2021, A MONTH AFTER MOVING HERE, OUR HOUSE FLOODED, RIGHT? SO WE'RE AT 13 BABY COURT.

WE HAD SEVEN FEET OF WATER.

WE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS.

AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED ON THE 29TH.

IT'S SIX FEET OF WATER, A COMPLETE GUT JOB.

I MEAN, THIS, THIS KIND OF HARDSHIP REALLY CHANGES OUR LIFESTYLE, RIGHT? WE, WE WE'RE TAKING $20,000 A LAW, YOU KNOW, IN, IN FINANCIAL LOSSES EVERY TIME THIS OCCURS.

AND WE CAN'T, I MEAN, WE WERE PLANNING TO HAVE KIDS, WE HAVE TO PUSH THAT OFF, RIGHT? IT, THIS, THIS KIND OF THING.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND OUT IS JUST GET SOME ANSWERS AS TO WHAT THE PLANS ARE IN THE COMING YEARS, RIGHT? WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH THE GRANT WRITING PROCESS AND THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO TO FIGURE OUT AND GET ANSWERS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM JUST LOOKING AT PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE OF GREENBERG, WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN 2002, SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, RIGHT? FOR FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS.

AND THERE WAS A TON OF THINGS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED AT THE TIME.

AND EVERYTHING FROM CHANNEL MODIFICATIONS TO MODIFY, MODIFYING THE RIVER, TO CREATING DETENTION BASINS, TO NON-STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, NON-STRUCTURAL CHANGES TOO, RIGHT? SO, LIFTING THE HOUSES ON BABBIT COURT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN LIFTED, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.

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AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS ARE IT IS ONE, WHAT HAPPENS TO SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY THE ARMY CORPORATE OF ENGINEERS AT THAT TIME, RIGHT? WHY WAS NOTHING EVER DONE? IF WE LOOK AT OTHER PLACES IN WESTCHESTER, IF WE LOOK AT CHAPPA, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DEEPENED AND WIDENED THE SAWMILL RIVER, RIGHT? TO TRY TO HANDLE THE FLOW OF, OF WATER.

IF WE LOOK AT ARDSLEY, THERE WAS A RETAINER WALL PUT UP.

BUT IN ELMSFORD, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THE, AT THE, AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT? EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS STRAIGHTENING THE RIVER WOULD PROBABLY HELP US A LOT BECAUSE THE, THE RIVER QUITE LITERALLY BENDS RIGHT BEHIND BABBITT COURT.

AND THE SECOND THAT RISES, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL LOSE.

SO MY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE PLANS AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS IN THE COMING YEARS? AND THEN LASTLY IS IN THE BUDGET, I SAW THAT THERE WAS SOME ALLOCATION FOR THE LIFTING OF THE HOUSES ON BABBITT COURT, RIGHT? WHAT IS THE ALLOCATION AMOUNT AND HOW DO THE RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE, RIGHT? HOW, HOW DO WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE FROM REACHING OUT TO FEMA, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCESS IS, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TOWN, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T TALK TO FEMA DIRECTLY ABOUT RAISING YOUR HOUSE.

IT'S A TOWN ISSUE, RIGHT? AND SO THEY HAVE TO GIVE THE FUNDS TO THE TOWN, AND THEN THE TOWN DECIDES WHO GETS, WHO GETS LIFTED.

UM, SO WE'LL JUST LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

I'M JUST HERE TO, I'M GONNA REITERATE AND PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT, UH, BAORD AND THE FLOODING.

UM, THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED THAT, THAT NOT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS BACK FROM BACK IN 2002.

AND WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE LIKE SINCE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN, IF, IF THE TOWN COULD PUT LIKE A, A LEVY OR SOMETHING THERE, SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HOLD BACK THE, THE, THE FLOW OF WATER FROM COMING ONTO BAIT COURT, UM, DRAIN THE, UH, DREDGE THE RIVER MORE FREQUENTLY OR IMPROVE THE, THE SEWAGE.

BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID, UH, THAT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT.

BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT NEW YORK STATE CAN DO IF, IF, UM, AND, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW THAT NEW YORK PAYS A LOT OF TAX DOLLARS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN, LIKE, HOLD IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THEIR OWN STATE? IS IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? UM, I'M JUST LIKE THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS A QUESTION.

UM, QUESTION.

UH, LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE.

UM, OH, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN TELL US AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE, UH, SOLID, SOLID, UH, SOLUTIONS TO TRY AND PROVIDE SOME, LIKE LONG-TERM REMEDIES FOR, FOR THIS, UH, UH, FLOODING THAT, THAT OCCURS ON BA COURT AFTER EVERYBODY SPEAKS ON BA COURT.

UH, RICH V, THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, SAID THAT HE WOULD, UM, HE'S ON HIS WAY.

HE'S ON.

SO WE COULD, AFTER EVERYBODY'S, UH, DONE WITH THIS PORTION, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE COMMISSIONER.

AND THEN I ALSO WOULD WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.

UH, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE BABBIT COURT OR SHOULD WE HEAR IT FROM THE COMMISSIONER? WE, WE DO HAVE A FEW NAMES.

IS THERE ANYTHING AS FAR AS LIKE, UM MM-HMM.

, ANYTHING THAT THE STATE CAN DO? WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE, WHEN THE COMMISSIONER GETS ON, HE'S GONNA BE ON LIKE IN FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THEN WE COULD, WE WILL ASK HIM.

WE'RE TEXTING AND, YOU KNOW, SO HE'S ON, HE'S ON ZOOM.

UH, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THE TOM BOARD.

UH, MY NAME IS JOHN MONTANO.

I'M A NEW NEIGHBOR HERE, A NEW RESIDENT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN.

UH, I'M HERE WITH MY PARTNER CARLA SANCHEZ.

CAN YOU PLEASE STAND ? SO I'M REPRESENTING US AND OUR THREE DOGS.

UH, THIS TOWN WAS ITS OWN BEAUTIFUL ON FRIDAY THE 29TH.

UM, I BROUGHT THIS HOME, HOME UNBEKNOWNST TO US THAT IT WAS, UH, AN AREA, UH, WHERE WE FLOODED TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WITNESSED, UH, AFTER MOVING.

AND ON THE 29TH, WE WITNESSED, UH,

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YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, BUT IT WAS NOT A TWO YEAR STORM, 200 YEAR STORM.

SO MY BACKGROUND, I WORKED WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR 17 YEARS.

UH, WEST POINT, UH, WORKED THE NAVY ENGINEERS AT NAFA, KINGS POINT, AND, UM, FORT JACKSON IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

UH, MY STUDY, MY BACKGROUND, I'M A ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL IN THE LEADERSHIP OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN EROSION SEDIMENT CONTROL.

SO MY STUDY AND MY BACKGROUND IN HYDROLOGY, I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT WHAT HAPPENS WITH WATER.

AND, UH, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED THAT DAY, UH, WAS A LITTLE UNDER THREE INCHES IN 24 HOURS.

BUT IT WAS A FLASH STORM.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HA I HAD TO WITNESS, UH, MY NEIGHBOR BEING STRANDED IN HIS FOUR DOOR SEDAN.

THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIFE THREATENING THERE.

THAT STORM.

UM, A LOT COULD BE UPSTREAM OF US.

'CAUSE SOME GENTLEMAN WAS HERE.

AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE.

I LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT IT AND, AND DELVE INTO IT.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION SITES UPSTREAM OF US, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE FLOODED AND THE WATER, THEIR SITES, UH, INTO THE SALT RIVER, EVENTUALLY THAT'S WHERE THE WATER ENDS UP.

THAT'S HYDROLOGY.

THAT'S THE SCIENCE OF WATER.

OR IF YOU HAVE OUR NEIGHBORS, NOT NECESSARILY IN BABBITT, BUT UPSTREAM OF US TAKING PREVIOUS AREAS LIKE GRASS AND BUILDING, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE PLATFORMS. NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AFFECTING THE HYDROLOGY.

SO THE GOOD THING IS THERE'S SOLUTIONS.

THERE'S A LOT THAT COULD BE DONE.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING DONE.

I MOVED INTO THIS TOWN AND TWO MONTHS INTO BEING MOVED IN, I GOT NOTICE YOUR TAXES ARE GOING UP.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE HIGH.

I TRIED TO CHALLENGE IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE DO PAY A LOT IN TAXES.

UM, I KNOW WE DO.

AND, UM, I'M GONNA PAY, CONTINUE PAYING MY TAXES AND, AND LOVE TO ENJOY THE, THE AREA.

BUT, UM, BEHIND US, YOU HAVE TWO BIG BALL FIELDS AND THERE'S SYSTEMS THAT COULD BE INSTALLED.

SUBSURFACE CISTERN SYSTEMS OR DETENTION BASINS THAT COULD CAPTURE SOME WATER OVERFLOW INTO THAT AND SAFELY DISCHARGE DOWNSTREAM.

SO I KNOW THERE'S SOLUTIONS AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE $20 MILLION.

UM, I'VE WORKED IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS AND I KNOW THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT COST, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO TAKE DISTURBING A LITTLE FIELD, A LITTLE BASEBALL FIELD, WHICH COULD HAVE PROTESTORS.

UM, BUT OUR SITUATION OF BABBITT, NOW THAT I KNOW NOW KNOWING AND SPEAKING TO MY NEIGHBORS AND LOOKING AT PICTURES, UM, IT'S, IT'S LIFE THREATENING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE PUPPIES AND WITH ME, MY PARTNER GO AWAY.

WE LEAVE THEM IN THE BASEMENT.

NOW WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE, BUT THE BASEMENT FLOODED.

UM, AND SO THE SUN PUMP RAN 24 HOURS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HAVE DONE SOME DAMAGE TO US.

AND, AND THE, THE LIFE OF, OF OUR DOGS, YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T GO OUT FOR 24 HOURS.

UM, THAT AFFECTED THEM TOO.

UM, LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE CHILDREN IN THE HOME, BUT WE WERE PLANNING ALSO HAVING CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THESE THINGS ARE AFFECT US, YOU KNOW, WE HAD DAMAGES TO OUR SHED AND HER GARAGE.

AND ALL I WANNA DO IS I ALSO WANNA OFFER MY SERVICES.

I'LL VOLUNTEER MY TIME.

YOU DON'T GOTTA PAY ME ANY MILLIONS.

I WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, I GOT A GOOD JOB.

AND I'M ALSO A CONSULTANT WITH GREEN TO GREEN CONSULTANTS, WHICH IS ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.

SO, I MEAN, I OFFER MY SERVICES.

I REALLY WANNA KNOW, AND I WANNA BE A PRICE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES.

YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF STUFF YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON, WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYTHING YOU ALLOW, ANY PERMITS THAT YOU ISSUE UPSTREAM OF US IS GONNA AFFECT US AT THE LOW SIDE, ON THE LOW STREAM.

SO IF YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUILD STUFF IN THEIR BACKYARDS OR BUILDINGS TO GO UP AND THEY TAKE FROM GRASS, THESE IMPIOUS AREAS THAT ALLOW WATER TO INFILTRATE SAFELY GO OUT DOWNSTREAM AFTER MANY DAYS, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU BUILD CONCRETE STRUCTURES, THEY'RE JUST GONNA RUN IT THROUGH THIS SAW MILL AND THEY'RE GONNA AFFECT US.

'CAUSE WE GOT THREE FOOT OF WATER, AND THAT WAS JUST A THREE HOUR RAIN EVENT.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A FLASH STORM, BUT IT WASN'T OVER THREE INCHES.

THAT WAS NO YEAR, YEAR, A 200 YEAR STORM.

WE DON'T WANT A 200, I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT A 200 YEAR STORM BECAUSE I, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A HUNDRED YEAR STORM COULD POSSIBLY DO.

UM, AND, AND I'M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES WITH MY HOUSE BEING RAISED.

NOW I KNOW THAT I HAVE NEIGHBORS THAT CAN'T EVEN ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO SOMETHING SERIOUSLY HAS TO BE DONE.

SOMEONE GOT STRANDED IN THE VEHICLE THAT'S LIFE THREATENING.

AND I LIKE TO BE INVOLVED.

AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW, WHAT HAPPENS, WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS YOU HAVE IN MIND AND PERHAPS HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP, HELP WITH ANY IDEAS.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF BOTH FIELDS, A LOT OF AREAS THAT COULD BE DONE IN THE BACK.

THAT'S A LOT OF PROPERTY.

A LOT OF REAL ESTATE.

WELL, THIS IS EXACTLY WHEN I WAS SUGGESTING EARLIER TODAY, YOU KNOW, DOING SORT OF LIKE A CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, TASK FORCE, SOMEBODY LIKE YOURSELF, IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT BECAUSE MY FEELING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE BLUFFING OR IF WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS, UH, ABOUT ADDRESSING IT, AND I RIGHT, AND I'M SAYING IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO BASICALLY IS PART OF THE COMMUNITY WHO COULD HELP US WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONER,

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WORK WITH THE TOWN BOARD, AND THEN HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP BASICALLY, UM, US COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR WORKS, IT'S GREAT.

AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF THINKING THAT WHAT WE SHOULD ALSO DO IS I COULD TAKE LIKE A COPY OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE COPY OF, UH, THIS PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I REACHED LAST WEEK, UM, AFTER I RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SENATOR SCHUMER'S OFFICE.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD LET THEM BE MORE AWARE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OF THE PROBLEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD COME UP WITH MORE AFFORDABLE SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS STUDIED THIS FOR, FOR, FOR YEARS, FOR LIKE DECADES.

AND THEY MUST HAVE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON STUDIES AND NOTHING EVER GOT DONE.

THEY, THEY, UH, ADDRESSED HONESTLY, BUT NOT, NOT THIS.

SO IF MAYBE AFTER THE MEET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD GET TOGETHER, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, AND THEN WE WILL FIGURE OUT A, WE WILL FIGURE OUT A PLAN.

SO YOU'RE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PERSON WE, WE WOULD WANT ON THIS.

CAN I MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, PLEASE? YEAH.

UM, THE STATE IS DOING A COMPLETE STUDY FOR ALL THE WATERSHEDS IN, IN THE STATE.

UM, AFTER THAT, THE COUNTY IS JUST GOING TO, TO LOOK AT THEM AND ASSESS THEM AND MAYBE DO SOME FOLLOW UP STUDIES.

AND THEY, THE COUNTY IS IN A POSITION TO PAY FOR WORK DONE, BUT THEY CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MUNICIPALITIES, TO HOMEOWNERS ON WHAT, WHAT OPTIONS THEY HAVE TO PURSUE.

I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT, I IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DONE, BUT THE END DATE IS WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, BUT I CAN'T ATTEST TO THAT.

AS FAR AS THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS STUDY THAT WERE STUDIES, THERE WERE SEVERAL ACTUALLY FOR, UM, FOR ELMSFORD, THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD, NOT THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.

AND IT'S A COMPLICATED PROCESS.

THE STUDIES ARE DONE.

UM, THERE HAS TO BE A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE VILLAGE WAS GETTING FLOODED A LOT, AND A LOT OF THE, THE, THE STORE OWNERS DECIDED NOT TO ENSURE THEY JUST DECIDED TO PAY FOR POCKETS.

SO THE COST ANALYSIS WAS DONE, WHICH YOU PROBABLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

THE COST ANALYSIS WAS DONE.

AND BECAUSE THE STORE OWNER'S HOMEOWNERS DIDN'T SUBMIT, THEY DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT THE STATE, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE, WHEN A, WHEN AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THEY, THEY DO THE REPORT, THEY MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, THE FED WILL DONATE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, I DON'T KNOW, 75%, MAYBE I, YOU KNOW, IT CHANGES AND THE STATE WILL DONATE, AND THEN THE TOWN WOULD, OR THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT THE STATE IN THIS CASE, UM, DIDN'T FIND THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS TO BE WORTHWHILE.

SO THEY ANTI UP THEIR POR THEIR PORTION, AND THE STUDY GOT SHOVED BECAUSE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

UM, THE, THE SAWMILL RIVER IS STATE OWNED, BUT A LOT OF THE PROPERTY AROUND IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED.

SO BY, BY RESIDENTS.

SO AS FAR AS DREDGING IT WILL TAKE, IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.

UM, I THINK THAT THE TOWN WAS SUCCESSFUL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY IN 2011 AND THE, UM, IN, IN GETTING PERMISSION TO DO SOME DREDGING.

UM, AND THAT, THAT HELPED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT, NOT DREDGING.

I THINK IT WAS CLEARING, EXCUSE ME, IT WASN'T DREDGING, EXCUSE ME.

IT WAS NOT DREDGING.

IT WAS CLEARING DEBRIS.

AND, AND THAT WILL HELP.

WE CAN PERHAPS PURSUE THAT JUST AND SEE, BUT, AND YOU KNOW, YOU MADE SOME MENTION OF UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM.

SO IT PIECEMEAL IT'S HARD TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THE EFFECTS UPSTREAM FROM US.

IF WE PUT ANY KIND OF BLOCKAGE AND WE CAN'T STRAIGHTEN OUT THE RIVER, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT, WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS TO DO THAT SOMETIMES IN OTHER INSTANCES, NOT NECESSARILY, NOT THE SAW MILL.

IT'S COME BACK TO HAUNT US BECAUSE IT CREATES OTHER ANCILLARY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AGAIN, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, SO YOU KNOW THIS.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

WHO OWNS THE, WHOS THE FIELDS THAT THE TOWN, UM, THE TOWN DOES.

OKAY, GOOD.

WE'LL MANAGE THE PROPERTY CONSTRUCTION.

I'LL ADDRESS THAT IN THAT, IN THAT CASE, I'LL ADDRESS THAT.

SO,

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UM, SO THAT'S IT.

SO THEN, UM, OH, AND THEN WITH REFERENCE TO, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND IT'S TRUE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL BUILD PATIOS AND USE CONCRETES, NON NONPERMEABLE SURFACES.

USUALLY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF THEY FILE IT, THERE IS A, WE RE THEY HAVE TO BE SURE TO REMEDIATE ANY KIND OF FLOODING ISSUES FOR THAT, THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THAT, THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN THAT THEY NEED TO GET APPROVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

OFTEN PEOPLE BUILD THINGS WITHOUT FILING AND THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT, WE DON'T CONTROL.

SO, I'M SORRY I SAID ENOUGH, BUT THAT THOSE ARE JUST THINGS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE, AND WE ALL FEEL FOR YOU AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

AND ACTUALLY THE, UM, ENGINEER WILL PROBABLY COLLABORATE AND DO BETTER THAN, SHOULD WE ASK RICH SINCE HE'S ON THE LINE, FRANCIS? YEAH, THAT, OKAY.

SO I DON'T THINK THE RESIDENTS OF BABBIT COURT NEED A COMMUNITY MEMBER STUDY BEING DONE.

UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE, WE'VE DONE THAT.

THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT IT'S THE RIVER.

IT'S THE RIVER.

THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CAME AND STUDIED THE RIVER.

YOUR FORMER EMPLOYER STUDIED THE RIVER AND DETERMINED THAT THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE RIVER.

AND THEY DEALT WITH IT IN HARDLEY.

THEY DEALT WITH IT UPSTREAM, BUT THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WASN'T TO THEIR BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS SAID TO DO BABA COURT BECAUSE IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE TO THE US GOVERNMENT.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DREDGE THAT RIVER.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO IN THAT RIVER.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SEE THE RESIDENTS, OUR HEART BREAKS.

SO WE FLY A DRONE UP THE SAWMILL RIVER, AND WE FIND WHERE THE BLOCKAGES ARE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, A FEW DAYS LATER THOSE BLOCKAGES ARE GONE.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT.

NOT EVEN SAYING WE ARE, BUT THE BLOCKAGES ARE GONE.

AND THERE WAS A STORM PRIOR TO THE 200 YEAR STORM.

I'LL EXPLAIN WHY.

IT WAS A 200 YEAR STORM IN A MOMENT.

AND WE WERE THRILLED BECAUSE BABBITT COURT DID NOT FLOOD.

WE'RE THERE ALL THE TIME.

OUR STAFF IS THERE ALL THE TIME.

AND WE WERE THRILLED THAT CLEANING OUT THE RIVER.

AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT COMES DOWN FROM UPSTREAM.

THE BULK OF THINGS THAT COME DOWN, INCLUDING APPLIANCES.

WHERE ARE THESE APPLIANCES COMING FROM? TIRES, YOU NAME IT.

AND WE CLEAN IT OUT.

OH, I GUESS I GAVE IT AWAY.

WE CLEAN IT OUT.

WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.

ONE TIME WHEN WE CLEANED SOMETHING OUT IN THE SAWMILL RIVER, WE GOT IN TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY SAID WE DAMAGED SOMETHING.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? RIGHT.

WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY? THE, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE'RE A TOWN.

WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DOLLARS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DREDGE THAT RIVER, BUT WE DO WHAT WE CAN.

AND THEN YOU HAVE HOMEOWNERS WHO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TOLD THEY HAVE TO DO.

WE CAN'T DEAL WITH THE RIVER, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN CLEAN IT OUT, BUT WE CAN RAISE HOMES.

WE CAN'T DO IT.

VERY EXPENSIVE.

SO WE APPLY TO FEMA TO GET THESE HOUSES RAISED AND HOPES GET RAISED.

WE ARE GONNA GET OUR HOUSE RAISED.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK IN.

AND WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE IN SIX MONTHS.

WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE IN A YEAR.

AND THERE'S PAPERWORK AFTER PAPERWORK, AFTER PAPERWORK.

WHAT DID THE TOWN DO? AND YOU'RE INCORRECT IN SAYING THEY GIVE US THE MONEY AND WE DECIDE WHOSE HOMES GET RAISED.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDES BASED ON THE LOSS FOR THAT PARTICULAR HOME, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN GET RAISED.

WHAT THE TOWN HAS DONE IS TOOK THE UNPRECEDENTED STEP IN SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, FEMA, IF YOU GIVE US THE MONEY, BECAUSE THEY WON'T GIVE IT TO THE HOMEOWNER,

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WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT.

THAT USED TO BE ON FEMA.

BUT THIS BOARD ACCEPTED THAT CONDITION TO MAKE THIS MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY FROM BABA COURT TO LEAVE OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

FLORENCE.

THERE'S, THERE'S STREETS ALL OVER.

WHAT MAKES BABBITT DIFFERENT IS THE RIVERS RIGHT THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE WATER SOURCE IS.

THAT FIELD, THAT LITTLE FIELD NEXT DOOR.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN TOWN FOR VERY LONG.

THAT'S THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD.

IT'S ALMOST HISTORIC.

I HEAR THAT.

I UNDERSTAND.

IT IS A DETENTION POND.

'CAUSE IT FLOODS.

IT FLOODS ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S NOT A DETENTION POND.

I UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S NOT THE DEFINITION OF THE DETENTION POND.

UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT'S JUST LIKE THE PARKWAYS WERE DESIGNED TO FLOOD.

HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THE PARKWAYS WERE DESIGNED TO FLOOD.

THAT'S TENTION.

NOW THE RAINS RETENTION.

EXCUSE ME, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU.

NOW I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU.

SO YOU HAVE A SUM PUMP.

PUT A SUM PUMP IN YOUR BASEMENT AND PUMP IT OUT.

WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUMP IT TO? YOU HAVE TO GET IT ALL THE WAY UP TO NINE A TO GET IT TO GO SOMEPLACE OTHER THAN BACK INTO YOUR HOUSE.

EXACTLY.

WE'RE WELL AWARE.

IT'S A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.

WHAT DID WE DO? WHAT DO WE TRY TO DO? WE TRY TO GET DETENTION PONDS AND RETENTION PONDS UPSTREAM.

AND WE'VE DONE THAT.

BY THE TIME IT GETS TO YOUR, YOUR BASIN AND YOUR PART OF THE BASIN, IT'S TOO LATE.

SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, AND I'M NOT MAKING ANY PROMISES AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I JUST TELL, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST HAVE THIS THING ABOUT ME.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY WHAT I THINK YOU NEED TO HEAR AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.

I CAN TELL YOU, YES, LET'S DO A STUDY.

LET'S GET THE BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT.

IT'S BEEN FIGURED OUT SOMEHOW.

WE HAVE TO GET THAT RIVER DREDGED.

SOMEHOW THE WATER THAT HAS MADE BEEN MADE TO FLOW FASTER INTO ELMSFORD AND THEN CAN FLOW FAST IF IT GETS TO ARDSLEY.

WELL, WHAT'S IN BETWEEN BABBIT COURT.

AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT THE DOLLARS WERE NOT THERE TO SUPPORT THAT ECONOMIC, UM, COST ANALYSIS FOR BABBIT COURT.

AND I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY TO ADDRESS THIS.

BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS, OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE THE EASY PEOPLE TO REACH, RIGHT? WE SIT HERE EVERY TWO WEEKS ON TUESDAYS, EVERY, EVERY WEEK.

IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH US, YOU KNOW, TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR FEDERAL LEGISLATORS.

IT'S NOT SO EASY.

SO YOU NEED TO HELP US TO GET, WE, WE NEED TO GET TO, TO COUNTY, TO GET TO STATE, TO GET TO FEDERAL.

AND SOMEWHERE IT GETS LOST.

SO WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW, WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

I MEAN, THAT TOOK SIX MONTHS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND YOU SAY, HOW COULD IT NOT BE A BENEFIT TO RAISE THIS UP? NOW WE ARE, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE, WE ARE, CAN WE SAY DEFINITIVELY WE DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE, WE CAN'T MAKE THAT CALL.

AND SO I CAN'T SIT UP HERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE FINE.

IN SIX MONTHS YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.

IT'S IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I CAN ASSURE YOU.

AND I HAVE LAND USE MEETING EVERY WEEK.

AND THIS IS A CONSTANT TO TOPIC THAT WE RAISE.

WHERE ARE WE WITH FEMA? WHERE ARE WE WITH FEMA? WELL, I SUBMITTED THIS, THEY WANTED MORE INFORMATION.

I SUBMITTED THIS AND WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERS WORKING ON THIS.

THERE ARE ENGINEERS WORKING ON THIS.

DOING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET FEMA TO MAKE THE APPROVAL.

AND IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE WITH YOUR EXPERTISE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I JUST DON'T THINK PRETENDING THAT WE'RE GONNA FIX THE PROBLEM BY GETTING A BU A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND FIGURE THIS OUT.

WE KNOW THE ANSWER.

WE REALLY DO.

IT'S JUST FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE, YOUR HOUSE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

TWO YEARS.

TWO YEARS, SHE'S DONE EVERYTHING SHE COULD POSSIBLY DO.

WE HAVE HELPED HER DO EVERYTHING SHE COULD POSSIBLY DO.

WE HAVE TOWN STAFF

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AND WE'RE STILL WAITING TWO YEARS AGO.

WHO CAN AFFORD THAT? RIGHT.

PAYING A MORTGAGE PLUS RENTING A PLACE.

IT'S ABSURD.

AND I WISH I HAD ANSWERS AND I'M SITTING UP HERE AND I, I WISH I COULD DO SOMETHING I DO.

BUT PUTTING A DETENTION OR RETENTION POND IN THE ELMSFORD LITTLE LEAGUE, WHAT WOULD TAKE IS NOT AN ANSWER.

WELL, IT, IT WOULD TAKE AWAY ONE FIELD, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THERE MIGHT BE PROTESTORS AND THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY.

BUT SIR, UNDERNEATH IT, UNDERNEATH, WE CAN CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION, BUT I CAN'T ALLOW ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.

SURE.

I, I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE THING VERY BRIEFLY.

UM, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WHEN RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY IS SOLD, A SELLER HAS THE OPTION TO OPT OUT OF A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT TO BUYERS.

AND ALL IT DOES IS TAKE $500 OFF THE SALE PRICE, WHICH IS REALLY NOTHING WHEN YOU CONSIDER NOBODY SHOULD DO THAT.

SO, BUT I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, THE GOVERNOR RECENTLY, AND, AND I'M SORRY THAT IT WON'T HELP THE CURRENT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN UNDERGOING THIS SITUATION, BUT IT WILL HELP FUTURE BUYERS THAT THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN LEGISLATION THAT MAKES DISCLOSURE NOW MANDATORY SO THAT ANY FLOOD RISK, FLOOD HISTORY AND FLOOD INSURANCE HAS TO BE DISCLOSED PRIOR TO REAL ESTATE AND, UH, TRANSACTIONS TAKING PLACE.

WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD STEP BY THE STATE TO TRY TO AVOID THIS MOVING FORWARD.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT THE REALTORS? BECAUSE THE REALTORS HAVE JUST AS MUCH A RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE BUYING AS THE, AS THE BUYERS.

RIGHT? SO THESE REALTORS ARE SELLING THESE PROPERTIES TO PEOPLE AND NOT TELLING THEM THAT, THAT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN? AND THEY KNOW AND, AND OF COURSE THEY KNOW.

OF COURSE THEY KNOW.

AND, AND, AND IT, AND, AND IT SEEMS, AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE, I MEAN, NOT FOR NOTHING.

THESE ARE BROWN PEOPLE, RIGHT.

AND I'M SURE THE REALTORS ARE NOT.

AND SO, I, I WONDER WHETHER THERE'S A A, A RED LINE AROUND THIS PROPERTY AND REALTORS ARE INTENTIONALLY SELLING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE NOT WHITE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY BLACK AROUND ON THAT AND THEY FIND THEIR OWN APPRAISERS.

AND THE APPRAISERS.

SO THE REALTORS ARE RECOMMENDING THE APPRAISERS ALSO.

AND, AND THE ENGINEERS.

WHAT ABOUT THE ENGINEERS? ALL OF IT.

THEY DO ALL THE CHECKING, EVERYTHING IS CHECKED OFF.

SO SIR JOE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THAT END OF THINGS? WELL, WELL THIS, THIS LAW WILL NOW ENSURE THAT BROKERS CAN'T USE THIS OPT OUT AND TELL THEIR SELLERS TO TRY TO GET AROUND.

BUT THE LAW APPLIED TO OWNERS, NOT TO BROKERS, BUT IF THE, UM, THE BROKERS ARE REPRESENTING, YEAH.

BUT IT WILL COME OUT IN THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.

IT'LL HAVE TO COME OUT DURING THE PROCESS NOW.

WHEREAS IN THE PAST, THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SELLER WOULD SAY, UH, MAKE SURE THIS OPT OUT PROVISION IS THERE.

IT'S ONLY $500.

AND THEN YOU CAN GET AROUND THE FACTS.

SO IT REALLY WAS AN ANTIQUATED LAW.

THAT WAS BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

AND NOW IT WILL BE CHANGED.

AND THAT CHANGE WILL TAKE EFFECT IN MARCH OF 2024.

RIGHT? IT DOESN'T, THERE'S NO WAY.

IT DOESN'T NO, NO, UNFORTUNATELY.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EVERY, BECAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO, WHAT DO WE DO AND WHAT CAN WE DO FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS? SO LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM NOW AT THIS POINT? I, MAYBE WE SHOULD SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

THAT THAT JUST MEANS THAT NOW I HAVE TO DISCLOSE WHAT I ALREADY KNOW WHEN I WENT TO SELL THE HOUSE.

SO, YES.

WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD.

IS GOOD.

I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN WHEN I BROUGHT EXACTLY.

WHY DON'T WE HEAR FROM THE COMMISSIONER? YES.

WE BROUGHT IT UP.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING, RICH.

YEAH, I'M HERE.

SO FIRST LET ME SAY, UH, MY HEART BREAKS FOR EVERY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THESE, BY THESE STORMS. IT'S ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE TO HEAR THESE STORIES AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BUY THESE HOUSES, BUT HAVING NO KNOWLEDGE OF, UH, THE ISSUES THAT CAME WITH THE AREA.

UM, IF I COULD JUST SHARE FOR A SCREEN IN REFERENCE TO BABBIT.

CAN YOU ALL SEE THAT? YES.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE FEMA MAP.

IF YOU SEE THE BOXED OUT AREA, OUR ENGINEERS UPDATED.

THEY PUT THE BABBITT COURT AREA IN THERE.

WHAT MAKES IT JUST THE ONE SCREEN THAT THIS AREA HERE IS THE RIVER.

AND THIS IS THE, THE, THE OUT OUTLINE IS THE FLOODWAY.

THAT'S THE AREA THAT FLOODS.

BUT THIS IS A, A, A MAPPED AREA.

SO IT'S, IT'S A

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HISTORIC PROBLEM.

UM, AS COUNCILMAN, UH, VERY ELOQUENTLY STATED.

AND I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD ADD TO THAT WAS VERY WELL PUT.

UM, I THINK WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN.

WE ARE PENDING AN APPLICATION WITH, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE WALKED WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE AREA.

WE HAVE TEAMED UP MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD.

UH, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME? HOW OFTEN? WE WERE THERE THIS SUMMER.

UM, AND WE REMOVED THINGS.

WE'VE NEVER DREDGED.

WE CAN'T DO THAT.

THEY WON'T PERMIT US TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT THERE IS AN APPLICATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, AND, AND IS PENDING.

AND EVEN WHEN THAT'S DONE, THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WITH CONSULTANTS THAT'S GOTTA BE PUT IN.

'CAUSE AGAIN, IT'S A BIG PROJECT.

I DO WANNA SAY THAT THIS WAS DONE ONCE BEFORE IN THE AREA, UM, WHERE I THINK THE 16 RESIDENTS AT THE TIME, PRIOR TO EVERYBODY WHO'S MOVED IN THERE NOW, WERE, UH, GIVEN THE OPTION TO RAISE THE HOMES.

AND ONLY A FEW TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.

IT WAS A MUCH EASIER PROCESS BACK THEN.

IT'S BECOME MUCH MORE COMPLICATED.

UM, BUT IT IS IN THE WORKS.

AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DREDGING, UH, YOU SAID THAT THAT WAS THAT, DO WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR THAT OR NO? OR NO, THAT'S NOT AN APPLICATION FOR US.

THE ARMY CORPS ENGINEERS DID THAT STUDY.

WOULD YOU THINK THAT IF WE DID A, IF, IF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WOULD AGREE TO, LET ME POINT WHEN YEARS AGO WE APPLIED FOR FULL ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UH, FLOOD, YOU KNOW, REMEDIATION EFFORT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AND THEY STUDIED AND STUDIED AND YOU KNOW, THEY STUDIED.

AND THEN A FEW YEARS LATER THEY DID ANOTHER STUDY.

YOU KNOW, THEY JUST KEPT STUDYING, BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.

AND THEN THEY DECIDED NOT TO DO ANYTHING.

ARE THERE LIKE OTHER SMALLER ACTION STEPS THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN DO GO FOR THE FULL THING, IF WE COULD GET SOME THINGS DONE THAT MAY BE LESS EXPENSIVE, THAT THEY MIGHT GO ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE SAY IF YOU'RE DREDGING, THAT WAS A SUGGESTION, WOULD THAT HELP? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, PUSH FOR? BECAUSE IF WE HAVE SMALLER, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, MAYBE WE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

YOU KNOW, THE LIFTING UP HOMES, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THAT.

BUT THAT'S JUST ONE, YOU KNOW, SMALL STEP.

BUT THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER TWO OR THREE THINGS WE COULD DO.

IF THE FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT SAYS, YES, YOU, YOU NEED WHAT HAPPENED IN, IN, IN ARDSLEY.

NOW, I, I GREW UP IN DOBBS FERRY, SO I GREW UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE SOOMO RIVER IN THE DOBBS FERRY AREA.

AND AS A KID, AND I HAVE PICTURES FROM BACK THEN, IT FLOODED ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? THERE'S PICTURES ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE OF THE AREA OF FLOODING.

IT WAS JUST A REGULAR OCCURRENCE.

AFTER THAT WORK WAS DONE, IT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THE AREA.

IT IS, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

WHAT IT TAKES IS A A AND I THINK THAT WAS A, I'M FLYING FROM , BUT I THINK THAT WAS A 20 MILLION PROJECT IN THOSE IS WHAT IT, IN THOSE DOLLARS.

THE DOLLARS OF THAT YEAR.

NOT NOW.

AGO, UM, THINGS WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD TAKE HERE.

AND THAT STUDY WOULD'VE TO BE RESURRECTED.

'CAUSE LIKE COUNCILMAN SHEEN SAID, YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE RIVER.

I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT.

AGAIN, IF I SHARED MY SCREEN AGAIN, IT'S RIGHT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WHERE LITTLE PROJECTS, THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DIVERT CERTAIN AREAS.

AND A LOT OF WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAID ARE, ARE COMPLETELY SPOT ON.

THE, THE AREAS IN THE FLOOD ZONE ARE OVERDEVELOPED.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER AREAS OF TOWN.

THE TROUBLESOME BROOK, THE, THE, THE BRONX RIVER.

IT'S THE SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ALL THESE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TODAY, IT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.

THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT.

UM, BUT THAT, THAT STUDY WOULD'VE TO BE RESURRECTED SUPERVISOR.

THE, THE STATE KEEPS, UM, SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN TERMS OF THE NINE A BYPASS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING, YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP SAYING THEY'RE STUDYING AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE, THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.

IF THEY DECIDE TO DO THE NINE A BYPASS, THAT WOULD IMPACT, THAT WOULD IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS BECAUSE IT OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

WOULD THAT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, DO THE NINE A BYPASS AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME ADDRESS SOME OF THE FLOODING? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT, THE, WHEN I WORKED ON THIS, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER, UM, OR 30 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, LONG TIME

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YOU DIDN'T HAVE, UM, UH, SHOPRITE YOU, UH, YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT.

I, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THE WESTIE.

AT ONE POINT YOU DIDN'T HAVE D SKATING ACADEMY.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THE, YOU KNOW, IF THE, THE LAND USE HAS CHANGED SINCE THE ARMY CORPS WAS RECENT WAS, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THIS.

AND MAYBE THIS IS, MAYBE THERE, MAYBE THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO THAT MIGHT NOT, THAT MIGHT HELP.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW BOBBY WILLIAMS, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS WORKING ON THIS A LOT, UM, IN THE VILLAGE.

I'M SAYING, IS THERE LIKE ANY HOPE, DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD GET SOMETHING DONE? AGAIN, THE REGULATIONS FROM WHEN I STARTED IN THE TOWN IN 1989, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAD NO PERMITS OTHER THAN STREET OPENING.

THERE'S NOW A LOT OF REGULATIONS, UM, FOR STORMWATER.

AND AGAIN, THE TOWN IS MOSTLY DEVELOPED AND IN SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE, THE FLOOD AREAS OR THE FLOOD ZONES, FLOODWAYS, OVERDEVELOP.

UM, BUT THAT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR YEARS.

WHEN PROPERTIES COME IN FOR REDEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE THEN MADE TO UPGRADE THE STORMWATER PRACTICES.

I ALWAYS EQUATE IT TO A CAR.

A CAR THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 1970S OR FIFTIES WHEN A LOT OF THESE HOMES WERE BUILT.

THE EMISSIONS WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE NOW.

IN A 2023 CAR, WHEN A HOME COMES IN TO GET REDEVELOPED, THERE ARE PRACTICES THAT ARE PUT IN PLACE.

SO AT IN TIME, AS THINGS ARE REDEVELOPED, IT'LL HELP, BUT THERE'S JUST SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT ALONG THOSE, THE RIVER BANKS, AS, AS THE ONE RESIDENT SAID THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO IN AND TAKE THAT STUFF OUT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY? UM, WHO'S THE ENGINEER THAT'S, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? YOU GOTTA COME UP.

JUST, I, I WAS JUST LOOKING OVER THE GRANT ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT HAD OUTLINED WAS THAT THE ENGINEER WAS, UM, RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, THE GRANT WHO, WHO IS THE ENGINEER.

AND I'M ASKING THAT FOR TOTALLY DIFFERENT PURPOSES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THE FEMA GRANT.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS BRIAN, UH, SIMMONS, THE DEPUTY, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, MY ASSISTANT KRISTEN, UH, MASSON WORKED ON IT WITH BRIAN.

NO, I DIDN'T ASK WHO? BRIAN IS AN ENGINEER.

HE'S AN ENGINEER.

SO IT'S SIMMONS.

BRIAN SIMMONS IS THE ENGINEER.

SO BRIAN SIMMONS IS THE ENGINEER.

BRIAN MADE THE, MA'AM BRIAN MADE THE APPLICATION AT THE TIME, THE TOWN DID NOT HAVE A TOWN ENGINEER.

SO HE, HE TOOK ON THAT ROLE TO DO THAT.

I KNOW HE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH REALLY GETTING, UH, INTO THE DETAILS AND GOT THAT APPLICATION IN ON TIME.

THAT WOULD NOW BE PASSED OFF TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

BUT WHEN, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THAT GRANT, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT TO A CONSULTING ENGINEER TO DESIGN AND MANAGE THAT.

A REAL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS.

I, I ONLY, I ASKED BECAUSE, UM, IN LEARNING OF LIVING IN A FLOOD ZONE AND HOW TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE I C C CLAIM.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CAN HELP THE HOMEOWNER WITH ANY, UM, REMEDIATION FOR MITIGATION.

SO FOR ME, IN ADDITION TO HAVING TWO YEARS BEING OUT OF MY HOME AND ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES, THEY CAN PROBABLY HELP WITH THE OTHER COSTS THAT FEMA WON'T COVER FOR ME.

SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THEM ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON IT FOR MY INSURANCE COMPANY, FOR THE I C C CLAIM, WOULD, WOULD BE, IT WAS WHO'S THE ENGINEER? SO I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION FOR MY PERSONAL REASON SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON MY PLAN.

THE ENGINEER FOR THE ACTUAL WORK IS THAT IS SOMEONE WE WOULD HIRE AS A CONSULTANT.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE IT, 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE GRANT RIGHT NOW OVERSEEING THE PROCESS, OVERSEEING THE, UM, THE, THE WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHICH AS, AS THE COMMISSIONER, UH, REFERENCE TOOK MANY, MANY HOURS OF TIME AND, AND CONCENTRATED TIME TO GET IT IN ON TIME BECAUSE THEY ASK A LOT OF NO, I, I, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT, SO THAT'S WHY.

YEAH, THAT'S WHY.

SO LIKE I SAID, THEY ASKED ME SOME QUESTIONS AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE VERBIAGE, RIGHT.

SO YEAH, I FOUND THE VERBIAGE ON PAGE 2 28 AND TWO 40, SO.

SURE.

SO RICHARD, HAS THIS BEEN PASSED TO JASON ICC STAND FOR THE I C C? SO FRANCIS DID.

HAS THIS BEEN PASSED TO JASON FOR ENGINEERING? IT WILL BE.

IT WILL BE.

IT WILL BE, YEAH.

SO BRIAN DID THE APPLICATION.

HE'S, ANY INFORMATION THEY'VE ASKED FOR, HE'S RESPONDED TO.

BUT THIS WILL THEN GO TO JASON, AND AGAIN, JASON'S GOT, JASON USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

SO HE'S GOT

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I WILL JUST AS THE ONE RESIDENT, AND I KNOW FRANCIS WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, I JUST WANT TO SHARE JUST ONE PICTURE OF THE BALL FIELD AND BABA COURT, JUST SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHAT FROM A DRONE SHOT THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS IDA.

YEAH, THIS WAS IDA.

UM, SO, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES ASKED ME WHAT I C C WAS.

SO IT'S INCREASED COST OF COMPLIANCE.

IT'S COVERAGE.

CAN YOU TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE? SORRY, I'M SORRY.

IT'S THAT, UM, I'M NOT USED TO IT.

, INCREASED COST OF COMPLIANCE.

SO IT'S COVERAGE, UM, THAT WILL HELP, UH, IT'S, IT'S PART, PART OF YOUR FLOOD INSURANCE THAT WILL HELP TO MITIGATE ANY FUTURE FLOODING.

SO WHETHER IT BE FOR SUMP PUMPS IN OUR CASE WOULD BE TO HELP ELEVATE THE HOME.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH THIS GRANT, IT'S 90 10, IT'LL HELP OFFSET THAT BECAUSE I'VE HAD, LIKE I SAID, LOSS AT THE LOSS AT THE LOSS IN TWO YEARS OF IT, AND PAYING PRETTY MUCH TWO MORTGAGES IS, UH, MORE THAN FINANCIALLY DRAINING.

SO THAT PROVIDES UP TO $30,000 IF, IF APPROVED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALONG THE PATH OF THE, THE, UH, RIVER THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE REMOVED.

CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE ON OTHER TOPICS WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD WRITE TO US A TOWN BOARD@GREENBERGNY.COM AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET IT TO THE COMMISSIONER IF IT REQUIRES HIS ANSWER.

IF WE CAN ANSWER, WE WILL.

I JUST WANNA ALSO MENTION, WE WERE, UH, BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, SENATOR COUSIN'S OFFICE AND ASSEMBLYWOMAN SHAMSKY'S OFFICE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE LOBBYING FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE, UM, INITIATIVES ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS REQUESTING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.

MOST, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RENDERED, UM, UNINHABITABLE AFTER IDA AND REMAIN, UM, UM, SO TO THIS DAY.

SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT, UH, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT DAMAGES, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT AT LEAST IT WILL GIVE THE, IT'S, IT'S SOME RELIEF THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE COULD GET APPROVED IN ALBANY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN JA IN JANUARY.

AND FOR THOSE WATCHING, IT WASN'T ONLY SPECIFICALLY IDA AS WELL, IT'S FOR ANY NATURAL DISASTER, RIGHT.

THAT MAKES A BUILDING UNINHABITABLE.

RIGHT? YEAH.

SO THANK YOU.

AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE, IN, UH, THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE, UM, PACKAGE WHEN THEY GO BACK IN SESSION IN JANUARY, RIGHT AFTER JANUARY.

I THINK WHO WE REALLY NEED TO REACH OUT TO THOUGH IS OUR, UH, US SENATORS, GILLIBRAND AND SCHUMER TO DEAL WITH FEMUR.

I, UM, ACTUALLY GOT A RESPONSE FROM SENATOR SCHUMER'S OFFICE LAST WEEK.

THEY SAID THEY ARE GONNA, BECAUSE I INDICATED THAT IT'S TWO YEARS AND IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE SENATE, THE SENATOR IS, UM, UH, ASSISTANT INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO FEMA.

SO, AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH BOTH SENATOR, UH, SCHUMER AGAIN AND, UM, GILLIBRAND, AND I'LL SEND THEM A COPY OF THIS, UH, UH, THIS DISCUSSION SO THEY COULD TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I I WELCOME YOU TO YOUR, YOUR INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO REALLY GIVE UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, NOTHING COULD BE DONE.

YOU KNOW, I'M AN OPTIMIST, AND I, I FEEL THAT IF YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS, UM, THAT ARE NOT, THEY MAY NOT BE, MAYBE PEOPLE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF IT AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY EVERYTHING AND, AND HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL, WILL MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR RESIDENTS.

I FAILED.

RICH, DIDN'T YOU MENTION THAT, UM, AFTER THE FIR THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD LIKE THREE OR FOUR STORMS, BUT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE STORMS. AND UP UNTIL LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU WERE SURPRISED, UM, THAT BABBITT WASN'T FLOODED.

AND I THINK YOU SAID THERE WAS SORT OF SOMETHING BLOCKING IT AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION, SO MAYBE YEAH, TH THERE, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, REMOVED THE DAM AT LAYTON'S, THE PARK ALONG, UH, THE, SO RIVER PARKWAY, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REGULARLY CHECKED THE AREA AND DURING THE, THE SMALLER STORMS, NOT ONE OF THESE HISTORIC STORMS DURING THE SMALLER STORMS, WE'VE NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT SINCE THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

THERE IS A, A COUNTY HELD MEETING, UM, IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.

IT'S CALLED SWAB.

IT DEALS WITH SPECIFICALLY THE SOMO RIVER, WHERE THESE, THESE ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED.

AND THERE IS THIS, AS COUNCILMAN HE, UH, HENDRICK SAID, THERE IS THIS STUDY BEING DONE, UM, BUT MORE GLOBALLY, UM, WE THINK THAT'S HELPED.

THERE ARE ALSO BRIDGES

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AND THAT REQUIRES FEDERAL OR STATE, DOES THAT REQUIRE FEDERAL ESTATE HELP APPROVAL? THE BRIDGES TO BE REMOVED DEPENDS ON WHO OWNS IT.

I THINK THIS WAS THE COUNTY.

OKAY, SO YOU SEE, THIS IS WHY SOMEBODY LIKE YOURSELF WHO UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, FLOODING COULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IF WE SAY TO THE FED, IF WE SAY, OH, WE WANT TO HAVE TWO BRIDGES REMOVED, THAT COULD HELP.

MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER MINOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE START ADDING UP ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS, WELL, THE BRIDGES, MAYBE WE'LL MAKE IT, ARE INSPECTED EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY'RE RATED BY THIS, BY THE STATE EVERY TWO YEARS.

NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF, IF, IF YOU SAY REMOVE THE BRIDGES AND IT COULD HELP ADDRESS FLOODING OR MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR YOU, THAT'S ONE SMALL ACTION STEP THAT COULD, UH, MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THE BRIDGES ARE THERE FOR A REASON.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WELL, I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT LET'S YOU JUST SAYING LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON.

BE OPTIMISTIC.

THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE HERE WHO, WHO REALLY HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK.

I THINK HOPEFULLY MADAM CLERK, WHO'S NEXT? HE'S NEXT.

IMMEDIATE ACTION ON THESE REQUESTS UNDER THE TOWN'S PURVIEW.

COMMISSIONER.

UH, DYLAN PINE AND TIE.

YOU COULD SPEAK ON TROUBLESOME BROOKE TO BE CONSISTENT.

SURE.

UM, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.

FRANCIS, I LIKE YOUR, UH, EDGEMONT BLUE TIE YOU'RE WEARING THIS EVENING.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, I'M DYLAN PINE OF EDGEMONT, AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

UH, I'M HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON MY REMARKS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 6TH TOWN BOARD MEETING.

UH, I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT AT THE E C C MEETING LAST MONDAY, OCTOBER 2ND.

THE E C C HAD ITS SECOND READING AND ADOPTED THE FULL REPORT DRAFTED OVER THE SUMMER BY OUR TRAFFIC SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UH, THIS, THIS IS THE REPORT THAT I EMAILED YOU, UH, LAST WEEK.

UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND LAST FALL, THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL LAUNCHED A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INITIATIVE.

THIS PROCESS LASTED 11 MONTHS, UH, AND INVOLVED 12 INTERACTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC ONLINE WORKSHOPS.

FIVE SURVEYS, UH, WITH 632 TOTAL RE UH, RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTS.

UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE E C C RECOGNIZED THAT THREE MAJOR ROADWAYS, FORT HILL ROAD, OLD ARMY ROAD AND ARLEY ROAD, WERE COMMUNITYWIDE FOCAL POINTS FOR SAFETY CONCERNS AND CONDUCTED FURTHER SER SURVEYS AND SEPARATE FORUMS FOR EACH CORRIDOR.

BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE, UH, OF 2023 IN THE SUMMER OF 2023, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR, UH, UH, FROM THESE FORMS FORMED THREE TEAMS TO ANALYZE THE SURVEY RESULTS, UH, AND OFFER INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SAFETY, HAZARDS AND OPPORTUNITIES RESULTING IN THE THREE ATTACHED REPORTS, UH, THAT AGAIN, I SENT LAST WEEK.

UH, THE THREE MOST SIGNIFICANT REQUESTS OF EDGEMONT RESIDENTS COMING OUTTA THIS PROCESS CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING, UH, A TIMETABLE AND SCHEDULE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEASURES AND RELATED, UH, UH, UH, FEATURES ON OLD ARMY ROAD, UH, FORT HILL ROAD AND ARLEY ROAD, INCLUDING AN ENGINEERING TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, UH, TO ENGINEERS TO ENSURE A SAFE AND VIABLE ROADWAY DESIGN, UH, PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE INSTALLATION OF AN A D A COMPLIANT SIDEWALK ON FORT HILL ROAD, STARTING, UH, AT UNDERHILL ROAD AND CONTINUING TO LONGVIEW DRIVE.

UH, TWO, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ACROSS EDGEMONT WITH PRIORITY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SPEED TABLE ON OLD ARMY ROAD, AN IMMEDIATE INCREASE IN POLICE PRESENCE AND SPEED ENFORCEMENT.

AND THREE, THE INSTALLATION OF A SMART TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARLEY ROAD AND FORT HILL ROAD.

UH, THIS IS, THIS SUPPORT IS CONTINGENT UPON THE, THE LIGHT BEING ABLE TO SENSE TRAFFIC BEYOND THE LINE OF SIGHT SO THAT THE LIGHT CAN REACT IN REAL TIME TO ACTUAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, NOT, UH, MERELY BASED ON EXPECTED TRAFFIC PATTERNS BY TIME OF DAY, UH, TO, TO PROACTIVELY, UH, PREVENT CONGESTION BUILDUP ALL THE WAY TO CENTRAL AVENUE AND ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE THREE OTHER DIRECTIONS.

THE E C C URGES THE TOWN TO SHARE A MODEL FOR HOW THE LIGHT WILL PERFORM AT VARIOUS TIMES OF DAY PRIOR INSTALLATION, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHT IS EASILY BE PROGRAMMABLE.

UH, BASED ON INFORMATION LEARNED DURING THE FIRST FEW WEEKS, UH, AFTER INSTALLATION, UH, MOVING FORWARD, THE E C C HAS RECONSTITUTED OUR TRAFFIC SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MONTHS AHEAD, ADDRESSING THE DOZEN OTHER, UH, ADDITIONAL SAFETY HAZARDS THAT ARE MORE TACTICAL IN NATURE AND NOT COVERED BY THE, THE REPORT ON THESE THREE MAJOR ROADWAYS.

UH, IT'LL ALSO WORK ON CREATING A PROCESS TO COLLECT ONGOING PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON HAZARDS, OPPORTUNITIES AND PREFERRED SOLUTIONS.

WORK ON CREATING A PROCESS WITH THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COMMUNICATE AND TRACK THESE HAZARDS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND WORK ON CREATING A PROCESS TO COMMUNICATE PROGRESS BACK TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, THANK YOU ALREADY, UH, FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THE SECTION OF ARLEY ROAD BELONGING TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

UH, IN RESPONSE TO OUR LETTER LAST MONTH, UH, BY SUBMITTING THIS FULL PORT TO YOU, UH, BEFORE THE 2024 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET PROCESS BEGINS, IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE TOWN WILL BE ABLE TO ALSO TAKE

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UH, WE APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION ON NOVEMBER 21ST AND LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL PRIORITY, UH, SAFETY ISSUES.

UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION AND WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL EDGEMONT AND GREENBURG RESONANCE.

COUNCIL, JOY HABER, WHO WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I THINK THIS, THE APPROACH YOU'VE TAKEN DEALING WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SHOULD BE A MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN.

'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN INCLUSIVE, UH, YOU REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU'RE COMING UP WITH, UH, YOU'RE ASKING FOR, UH, A SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM PLAN OF ACTION.

AND I FEEL THAT, UM, THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I FEEL VERY, YOU KNOW, I READ YOUR REPORT, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF TIMES AND YOU KNOW, I AM DEFINITELY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE IF WE SAVE ONE LIFE, IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH IT.

TOMORROW WE'RE HAVING A MEETING AT 7:00 PM HERE ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.

WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY INITIATIVES.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SIDEWALKS ON JUNIPER HILL.

UH, WE'RE DOING ONE NOW ON HILLSIDE.

WE'RE DOING, UM, UH, DOPPS FERRY ROAD.

WE'RE GONNA DO WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, TAXI ROAD, WE'RE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INITIATIVES, AND I CERTAINLY FEEL THAT, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU MAKE ARE IMPORTANT AND WE WANNA MAKE OUR CHILDREN, UM, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE WHEN THEY'RE WALKING AROUND TOWN.

AND I MIGHT ADD THAT THE, THE MUCH OF THE SIDEWALK WORK HAS, HAS BEEN FINANCED BY GRANTS THAT WE HAVE SOUGHT AND WON.

UM, SO THE, AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF GRANT WRITING, ESPECIALLY IN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS SO MUCH MORE COSTLY THAN THE TOWN CAN AFFORD, AND CERTAINLY WHERE WE WILL LOOK INTO WHAT WE CAN DO.

HAL SAM, TWO THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

ONE IS WESTCHESTER POWER TOWN VOTED ORIGINALLY TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO JOINING WESTCHESTER POWER SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, AND IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE AND ON BALANCE, PEOPLE WHO STAYED WITH WESTCHESTER POWER ARE WAY BEHIND LOSING LOTS OF MONEY, HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN MANY CASES.

AND YET THE INFORMATION THAT COMES OUT OF THE TOWN UNDER ITS NEWS AND TOWN BOARD REPORTS REALLY IS NOT VERY EMPHATIC ABOUT TELLING PEOPLE THEY SHOULD GET OUT OF IT, ESPECIALLY WITH ONLY A YEAR LEFT IN THE CONTRACT.

SO SINCE ALL OF YOU VOTED FOR THE ENABLING LEGISLATION TO HAVE PEOPLE OPT IN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EACH OF YOU TONIGHT, WHO'S PROVIDING YOUR HOME ELECTRIC POWER? IS IT WESTCHESTER POWER OR IS IT CONED? I BELIEVE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER, IT'LL BE A FOIBLE DOCUMENT BASED UPON THE FACT THAT YOU IN FACT VOTED THIS CHANGE.

NOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AT A FEDERAL LEVEL ON POLITICS, REPUBLICAN PARTY, DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND YET WE HAVE A LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL ELECTION NEXT YEAR COMING, WHAT THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND I WILL, YOU KNOW, ADMIT THAT I'M A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.

WHAT THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS ELECTING JUDGES AND PUTTING YOU PEOPLE WHO CARRY THOSE PETITIONS TO ELECT JUDGES AND THEREFORE, WERE GOOD APPALACHIAN TO SUSTAIN YOUR, YOUR LIFELINES AND BRING IN THE NEW PEOPLE WHO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WANTS TO SEE.

SITTING UP THERE.

YOU HAVE TWO POSITIONS GOING.

ONE IS A VACANCY ON THE TOWN COUNCIL AND TOWN CLERK, JUDITH BEVILLE, WHO'S AN EXCELLENT TOWN CLERK.

AS A TOWN CLERK.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CRITICISM OF THE WORK SHE PERFORMS AS A TOWN CLERK? YOU HEARD ABOUT ALL THE INTERNS WHO PROSPERED UNDER HER TUTELAGE AND MANAGEMENT.

SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE HAVE AN ELECTION SITUATION IN LESS THAN A MONTH.

AND WE HAVE A CANDIDATE

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HAS SHE EVER COME TO THIS MEETING AND SAT STOWED AT THIS PODIUM AND TOLD US WHAT SHE'S FOR WAR.

WE HAVE SOMEONE RUNNING AGAINST JUDITH BEVILLE AS TOWN CLERK, WHOSE NAME I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO KNOW WHAT HER CAPABILITIES ARE TO RUN FOR TOWN CLERK? BUT YOU PEOPLE SEEM TO LIKE HER BECAUSE SHE'S PART OF YOUR PARTY GROUP.

SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE SEAT OF TOWN COUNCIL, WHICH JO JOY HABER IS SITTING BACK JUST LOOKING TO RIDE IN WITHOUT OPENING HER MOUTH.

BEFORE I DIRECT THESE QUESTIONS TO HER TO ANSWER, WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE TOWN BOARD MEETING BEFORE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

FIVE QUESTIONS PREPARED IN ADVANCE.

SOME OF THEM ARE RELEVANT TO TONIGHT.

NUMBER ONE, IF SHE WERE ELECTED AND SITTING UP THERE AS A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT'S HER POSITION ON EDGEMONT INCORPORATION? WHAT'S HER POSITION ON THE MANHATTAN AVENUE MURAL? SHOULD WORK RESUME TOWARDS COMPLETION AND SCAFFOLDING REMOVED SHE WITH OR WITHOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL PORTRAITS? OR SHOULD WE JUST CONTINUE TO RE LEAVE IT REMAIN IGNORED AS YOU PEOPLE ARE DOING NOW.

YOU PASSED THE LAW, BUT HOW WOULD SHE HAVE VOTED? SHOULD CONDOMINIUM UNITS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2023, BE TAXED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN EXISTING UNITS.

NUMBER FOUR, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE, IF ANYTHING, ABOUT HOW TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD SPECIFIC TO THE RULES GOVERNING PUBLIC COMMENT? AND NUMBER FIVE, IF ELECTED AND PARTICIPATING IN ANY FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT OFFERING HEALTH INSURANCE AS ALL OF YOU ARE, WOULD YOU REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE GREENBERG INSURANCE BUYOUT AND AVOID DOUBLE DIPPING? IT'S CURRENTLY WORTH AROUND $15,000, WHICH THEY ALL TAKE AS WILL JOY HABER, AND SHE SITS UP THERE.

UH, IN TERMS OF ANSWERING WITH THE SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER AND THE ESCO, UH, I HAVE NOT SWITCHED.

YOU KNOW, I'M STILL, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL WITH, UH, THE ESCO, UH, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT AND I WANT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT SINCE I VOTED FOR IT, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH THE RATES ARE HIGHER, THAT I WANT TO, UH, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ESCO.

YOU KNOW, I ALSO FEEL THAT THE ESCO RATES CAN'T GO UP OR DOWN.

AND I LIKE THE, UH, THE WORK THAT SUSTAINABLE IS DOING TO PROMOTE A AGREE, A GREEN FUTURE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, UH, IF, UH, WHEN THE CONTRACT IS RENEWED, UH, IF IS OFFERED FOR RENEWAL, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT, UM, PARTICIPATING IN ANY AGREEMENT THAT REQUIRES, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AN OPT OUT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT EVEN THOUGH WE, WE'VE TRIED, UM, IN THE PAST, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PUBLICIZING EVERY MONTH, UH, THE RATE DIFFERENCES, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT, AND, AND, AND SUSTAINABLE DID SEND A LETTER TO EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T READ AND ARE NOT AWARE, AND IT'S EASIER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OPT OUT IS, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT HARD FOR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ARE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT GONNA OPT OUT EVEN IF THEIR RATES ARE ARE HIGHER.

BUT EVERY MONTH SINCE WE ENTERED THE CONTRACT, I'VE BEEN POSTING IT ON THE WEBSITE AND I'VE BEEN POSTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I KNOW I, I'M TRYING AND RELATING TO, UH, WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE DOUBLE DIPPING WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE.

I AM NOT DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID EVERYBODY IS DOUBLE DIPPING.

I'M NOT DOUBLE DIPPING, YOU KNOW, I'M LIVING ON FULL TIME.

WELL, I'M DOING THIS FULL TIME, SO I CAN'T DOUBLE DIP.

HOW ABOUT THE OTHER MEMBERS ON THE TOWN BOARD? IT'S A RIDICULOUS QUESTION.

UH, I AM USING CONED, THE RENEWABLE, UH, FEES.

I DID THAT ACTUALLY BEFORE WE SIGNED UP FOR IT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE A VERY LARGE FAMILY.

WE'RE HIGH ENERGY USERS, SO IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

BUT WE SIGNED UP FOR IT AND WE'RE STAYING WITH IT.

THE OTHERS OUT THERE? WELL, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S, MY MOTHER HAS IT, SO I DUNNO.

THAT'S TRANSPARENCY.

SO CAN YOU GET BACK TO US?

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I'LL FIND IT FROM HER.

ABSOLUTELY.

MR. SAMS TO THE RIGHT, MR. FARNER, WHO'S NEXT? NOBODY WANTS TO ANSWER.

THAT'S FINE.

UM, SO ANYBODY ELSE WANNA TALK ABOUT ANYTHING? YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL.

I THINK, UM, UH, PERSONS WAITING TO SPEAK VIA ZOOM, A PUBLIC COMMENT.

EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HAS SPOKEN.

WE HAVE NO MORE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS MANNY IS ON ZOOM.

HE'S COMING IN.

IT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER.

MANNY, ARE YOU THERE? IF YOU TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? YEAH.

HOW MANY MINUTES DO I HAVE? 5, 5, 5 MINUTES.

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

I REALLY THINK THAT DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.

UM, THANK YOU, AL, FOR BRINGING THE, THE SUBJECT UP.

UH, I, I TRY TO, I TRY TO BE IN, UH, AS MANY MEETINGS AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

UM, UM, I'M, I'M HERE AT HOME BECAUSE I HAVE COVID AND I, I, I I'M QUARANTINING EVEN THOUGH I'M PAST A CERTAIN TIME.

BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, UH, I, I, I WOULD ANSWER ALL THOSE FIVE QUESTIONS GLADLY AND I THINK I HAVE ON MY WEBSITE.

UM, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, I, I ALMOST DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE, UH, AFTER HEARING THE PROBLEMS AT BABBITT COURT AND, AND OTHER PROBLEMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD AND IN, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS WELL, I ALMOST FELT THAT, UH, THE TACTIC THAT I WAS GOING TO, UH, APPROACH IT WAS ALMOST, BUT ANYWAY, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT NE IT'S NECESSARY TO SPEAK TO ISSUES THAT ARE, UM, AS SMALL AS THEY ARE FOR OUR LOCAL AREA IN COMPARISON TO A WORLDWIDE, UH, CONCERNS AND, AND, AND HOUSING OF, OF PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LIVING ALMOST HOMELESS.

UM, AND I'M, I'M SADDENED FOR THAT.

AND, AND, AND I, I WISH I, I IT WOULD, WE WOULD'VE BEEN MORE PROACTIVE AS A TOWN BOARD, BUT I GUESS THAT, THAT, THAT WATERS , IT'S UNDER THE BRIDGE.

UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, I, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT GETS VOTED ON, UH, AND, AND QUICKLY AFTER THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

AND ONE OF THOSE ITEMS IS LIKE, UH, UNDER THE COMP COMPTROLLER CATEGORY IS TRANSFER FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND.

YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I, I, I STARTED REVIEWING THESE THINGS, AND I, AND, AND ONE ITEM THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS THE PURCHASE OF THREE VEHICLES FOR $200,000.

THAT RAISES THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY ARE WE, UH, UH, BUYING, WHY IS THIS PART OF, OF THE ANNUAL REPLACEMENT BUDGET OF VEHICLES? SO WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN DO WE NEED THREE VEHICLES FOR $200,000? AND WHY IS IT COMING FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND? IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

UM, UH, THE OTHER PART, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT'S JUST, I, I DON'T GET IT.

I DON'T GET, IF IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON A REGULAR BUDGETING SCHEDULE SO THE BUDGET DOESN'T GET LARGER, AND THEN WE CAN KEEP IT OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

I DO NOT KNOW.

I THINK THE BUDGETING PRO PROCESSING, UH, SHOULD BE CLEAR AND, AND, AND A LOT OF, UH, AND WE SHOULD BE MORE, MORE TRANSPARENT ON HOW WE ARE USING OUR CONTINGENCY FUNDS.

UM, THE OTHER PART IS, UM, THERE'S A $16,000 CREDIT CARD FEE, UH, THAT'S COMING OUT OF A CONTINGENCY FUND, $16,000.

I MEAN, I AM TRYING TO PUT MY ARMS AROUND THIS, AND I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEGLECTING TO PAY JUSTIFIABLE CREDIT CARD PURCHASES, OR AS THE TOWN IS USING CREDIT CARDS PURCHASES TO, FOR UNBUDGETED ITEMS, THEREFORE INCURRING THE COST THAT WE ARE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT PART OF THE WHAT, WE'RE NOT PART OF THE NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THESE ARE I IDEAS AND CONCERNS THAT, UM, THAT WE HIDE JUST PUTTING ON BEHIND ONE LITTLE LINE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND

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UM, UH, COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF THESE TRANSFER, AT LEAST THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE, IN THE, UH, MAIN PAGE OF THE, UH, AGENDA.

NOW, I SUGGEST THAT ANY TRANSFERS FOR ANY CONTINGENCY FUND THAT'S OVER $10,000 THAT THE COMPTROLLER SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN EXPLANATION TO THE TAXPAYERS FOR WHY THEY'RE NOT PROPERLY BUDGETED TO THE TOWN'S ANNUAL BUDGET.

UM, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALK KEEPS GET FOR JUNIPER HOOKEY BEING MENTIONED.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THIS IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS HAS PASSED BY AND IF IT HASN'T BEEN BUILT, AND I THINK THIS YEAR'S GONNA GO BACK AGAIN.

UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

I BELIEVE.

UH, THERE'S ANOTHER PROBLEM.

I, WHILE I WAS, UH, VISITING LEY, A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE MEMBER, UH, SPOKE TO ME ABOUT A SITUATION WITH THEIR, UH, UH, RETIREMENT, UH, RETIREMENT CAPABILITIES, UM, WHICH THE TOWN HAS BEEN KICKING DOWN, THE, UH, KICKING DOWN THE ROAD, UH, THEY WERE REQUESTED TO, UH, VOTE ON IT, THE CHANGING IT FROM FIVE YEARS TO A TWO YEAR, UH, UH, WAITING PERIOD OR, UH, UH, INVOLVEMENT PERIOD.

AND THE TOWN HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THIS.

AND I GUESS HE DIDN'T COME, BUT I, I, I WOULD, UH, I, I'LL BE REMISS IF I DON'T MENTION IT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, THERE'S, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THE TOWN AVOIDS.

UH, I'LL, YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE UP, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

YOU ACTUALLY MEANT RETIREMENT.

CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? UM, UH, IS, IF RICH IS STILL AVAILABLE, WOULD HE BE ABLE TO, UH, RESPOND TO THE VEHICLE, UH, ISSUE? OTHERWISE WE SHOULD, UH, HOLD OVER AND WE COULD DISCUSS THAT AT THE WORK SESSION.

JUST, I'D HAVE MANNY, DID YOU MEAN RETIREMENT? NO, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CARS.

NO, NO, MANNY, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIREFIGHTER, THE LEY, IT WAS THE LEY E M S.

AND THEY, THEY SUBMITTED SOMETHING BACK IN JUNE, JULY, AND, AND RICH, I DON'T THINK THE VEHICLES ARE YOURS.

I THINK THEY'RE POLICE, RIGHT? YEAH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NO, THEY, THEY, SO THE BONDING TAKES A WHILE.

SO THE TOWN BOARD, AS I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM IS PROBABLY AWARE, PROVED THE CAPITAL BUDGET, UH, SOME MONTHS AGO FOR 2023.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY IN NOVEMBER, AND THERE WAS A REAL NEED FOR, UH, POLICE VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY, BUT I COULD FIND OUT MORE, RIGHT? AND ALSO, WE POST THESE, WE, WE DON'T JUST DO A BUDGET BUDGET TRANSFER.

WE ACTUALLY BREAK DOWN WHICH LINES ARE, IS THE MONEY COMING FROM AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO, AND WE PUBLISH THAT ON A PAGE WE DIDN'T USE TO DO THAT ACTUALLY, UH, BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD, BUT WE NOW DO THAT.

WE EXPLAINED WHAT IS HAPPENING.

I DO GO OVER THESE MYSELF, AND WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON THESE BUDGET TRANSFERS AS AMENDED, BECAUSE THE, ONE OF THE, THE LINES REGARDING TO PERSONAL SERVICES RELATED TO, UH, VOTING, WHEN I SPOKE TO THE TOWN CONTROLLER ABOUT THAT, SHE AGREED THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER CLARIFIED.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD THESE OVER BECAUSE MANY OF THESE ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

WE ALSO LOST SOME VEHICLES BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING.

AND WE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF CONTINGENCY IS YOU, IT'S BASICALLY A PIGGY BANK FOR A RAINY DAY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD REALLY RAINY DAYS AND SOME OF THOSE AFFECTED, UM, OUR VEHICLES.

IN TERMS OF MANNY'S COMMENTS ON JUNIPER HILL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BIDDING, UH, JUNIPER HILL LATER THIS YEAR, AND THE WORK SHOULD BE DONE NEXT YEAR.

THE WORK IS DONE, THE DESIGN IS DONE.

UH, I EXPECT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GO OUT THE BID IN THE NEXT MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START, UH, THE SPRING, YOU WOULD THINK, OR EARLIER.

DEPENDS ON THE WINTER.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THIS YEAR I WOULD, NO, I WOULD SAY NOT THIS YEAR, , NO, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY EARLY NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE GOING INTO, UH, WINTER SEASON WHEN DOING THAT WORK.

WE'VE DONE CONSTRUCT, WE'VE DONE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IN THE WINTER.

THEY'RE SAYING IT'S GONNA BE A BAD WINTER CONTINGENT ON THE WEATHER.

AT SOME POINT THEY SHUT DOWN THE PLANS.

SO IT'S ALL CONTINGENT ON THE WEATHER.

ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S IT.

MOVE THE AGENDA ON, UM, WE BYPASSED TOWN CLERK COMMENTS AND, UM, I DO HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, I, PAUL, UH, MR. SUPERVISOR, BEFORE YOU

[02:20:01]

UM, OVER THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE SUBMITTED TWO RESOLUTIONS TO THE BOARD TO HONOR TWO INDIVIDUALS, AFRICAN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE MAJOR AND SIGNIFICANT AND UNPRECEDENTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE, THE TOWN, UM, BARBARA WATSON PERRY, AND REVEREND DR.

LEWIS W HUGHES.

UM, THE REQUEST WAS FOR COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAMING FOR BOTH, FOR BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

UM, THE, THE AREA, THE AREA OF THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGN WOULD COVER LESS THAN AN ENTIRE BLOCK.

UM, AND COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGNS ARE NOT, UM, UH, A MAJOR, UM, UM, EXPENSE TO THE BUDGET.

I'M SURE THAT FAMILIES, THE FAMILY, IF, IF THE TOWN IS NOT, IF THE, IF THE BOARD IS NOT APPROVING THOSE REQUESTS, UM, DUE TO EXPENSE, I, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SEVERAL COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGNS WERE APPROVED BACK IN 2015, 2016, INCLUDING ONE, UM, IN, IN HONORING, UM, THE MINISTER OF FRANCIS SHEEN'S CHURCH ON CENTRAL AVENUE AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

UM, UH, DR.

OLIVIER J H****R, UH, WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE IN THE, UM, OH, I CAN'T THINK OF THE PART OF THE SERVICE THAT SHE WAS IN, BUT SHE WAS, THANK YOU, THE COAST GUARD.

AND SHE WAS ALSO, UM, ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF, OF, OF ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS RACE RIOTS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE BURNING OF TULSA.

UM, AND SHE WAS A, SHE BECAME A SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST AND HELPED MANY CHILDREN OF VARIOUS CULTURES AND ETHNICITIES.

UM, SO WE HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGN FOR HER UP ON JUNIPER HILL.

WE ALSO HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGN HERE FOR ATLANTIC STAR, UM, A GROUP OF, UH, GRADUATES FROM WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL WHO BECAME WORLD RENOWNED FOR, UM, THEIR MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO, TO THE WORLD ACTUALLY.

AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A COMM STREET SIGN FOR A, A MINISTER FROM CHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH, UH, AT, UM, ON, ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.

MY POINT IS THAT THE REQUEST FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS, BARBARA WATSON PERRY, AND REVEREND DR.

LEWIS, W W HUGHES HUGHES, WHO HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT AND HONORED AND CELEBRATED IN OTHER, IN, IN THROUGH PRINTED MEDIA, UM, HERE IN THE TOWN, UM, BROCHURES, UH, MAGAZINES THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, HAVE INCLUDED HIM BOOKS.

UM, THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK THAT I BROUGHT A TEAM OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CREATE, UM, ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED HIM.

AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, NO ONE HAS TOLD ME WHY THEY'RE NOT APPROVING THE REQUESTS FOR THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGNS.

UM, I JUST FIND IT BAFFLING THAT WHENEVER A REQUEST IS MADE TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UM, THIS BOARD EITHER DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE REQUEST.

UM, HOWEVER, I, THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION, AND THAT'S TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER, WHO HAS MADE IT KNOWN TO ME THAT HE SUPPORTS BOTH REQUESTS FOR COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGNS FOR BARBARA WATSON PERRY, AS WELL AS FOR REVEREND DR.

LEWIS W HUGHES.

HOWEVER, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, DO NOT RESPOND, UM, TO SUCH REQUESTS.

UM, I FIND IT BAFFLING AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD FIND IT BAFFLING AS WELL.

IF YOU JUST READ UP ON

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THE HISTORY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

BARBARA WATSON PERRY RAISED $3 MILLION TO BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE, THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND REVEREND DR.

HUGHES, UM, SERVED UNION BAPTIST CHURCH FOR OVER 43 YEARS, AND BASICALLY BUILT A COMMUNITY AROUND UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS THE THIRD OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

SO, SO AREN'T YOU AWARE THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD MET ON OCTOBER 4TH AND TOOK UP THE IDEA OF RENAMING SOMETHING THERE AFTER BARBARA WATSON FERRY? OKAY.

UM, YES.

HOWEVER, AND DIDN'T THEY TELL YOU THAT THEY, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT UP AGAIN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO THINK ABOUT IT AND WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THERE? OKAY, SO I'M NOT, UM, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE, THE, UM, RESOLUTION THAT I WROTE TO NAME THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEATER, DIONNE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BARBARA WATSON PRAYER EXTENSION.

I'M ADDRESSING THE RESOLUTION REGARDING THE, THE BLOCK, THE STREET NAMING, THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAMING BETWEEN MANHATTAN AVENUE AND WASHINGTON AVENUE.

ONE VERY SMALL BLOCK WHERE, UM, BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE GREW UP.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MY COMMENTS TONIGHT.

UM, YES, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE THEATER DE YOUNG ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, IS, IS, UM, CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED NAME OF THE SECOND FLOOR, THE BARBARA WATSON, UM, PRAIRIE EXTENSION.

AND I WAS TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE, UM, THEATER DE YOUNG ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY, UM, JUDITH, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE HAS GIVEN YOU A STRAIGHT ANSWER AS TO WHY THE THEATER DE YOUNG ADVISORY COMMITTEE FEELS THE NEED TO WAIT FIVE MONTHS TO ADDRESS THIS REQUEST, THE REAL REASON IS THAT, UM, UH, OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THEIR NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED.

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY.

I BELIEVE THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T WANNA POLITICIZE IT, IT, AND THAT WAS THE REASON THAT THEY'VE DECISION.

I HAVE NO, THAT WAS NOT TOLD TO ME.

ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

I THINK I SAW THAT ON THERE.

I ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

THEY SAID THAT WANTING TO BE PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, I THINK THAT IT MAKES IT, THAT IT WILL ENHANCE THE INITIATIVE AND THAT IT WILL SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE OTHERS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THE INITIATIVE.

THERE'S TWO ASPECTS TO HONORING BARBARA WATSON PERRY.

THERE'S THE NAMING OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEODORE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET SIGN, UM, RESOLUTION THAT I PRESENTED BOTH RESOLUTIONS I PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

SO I, I JUST THINK THAT IT'S REALLY BAFFLING, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING, UM, HOW, UM, REQUESTS TO THIS BOARD TO HONOR INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO HAVE MADE MAJOR AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS TOWN, UM, FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY EITHER GET DELAYED OR, UM, DISMISSED.

SO NOW WE COULD GO ON TO THE AGENDA.

TB ONE RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 44 OF CHAPTER FOUR 40 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED TAXATION BY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME FROM 40,000 TO 50,000, UH, FOR SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OCCUPYING, UH, RENT CONTROL PROPERTIES.

[ TB 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolutuion adopting a Local Law amending Section 44 of Chapter 440 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled “Taxation” by increasing the maximum allowable household income from $40,000 to $50,000 for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Occupying Rent Controlled Properties]

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING A HOME RULE REQUEST TO THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

[ TB 2 - 10/11/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing a Home Rule Request to the New York State ("NYS") Legislature for an amendment to the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law authorizing the establishment of a Red Light Camera Program in the Town of Greenburgh]

UM, RESOLUTION, UH, OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING A HOME RULE REQUEST TO THE NEW YORK STATE, UH, LEGISLATURE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

[ TB 3 - 10/11/2023 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing a Home Rule Request to the New York State ("NYS") Legislature for an amendment to the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law authorizing the establishment of an automated speed enforcement program in the Town of Greenburgh]

I WOULD LIKE TO OVER THAT, UM, HOLD IT OVER.

I WOULD LIKE TO, TO HOLD IT OVER.

HOLD OVER, HOLD THAT OVER.

BECAUSE AS, AS LEG LEGISLATOR

[02:30:01]

LEGISLATIVE, I'M SORRY.

ASSEMBLYWOMAN, SHAMSKY HAD MENTIONED, UM, TO US, AND I, I BROUGHT IT UP AT A WORK SESSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THE SCHEDULE, THEN THAT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY ISN'T YET PERFECTED.

AND SO ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE IT IN THE CITY, IT'S NOT WORKING PROPERLY.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS AND FIND OUT SOME MORE ABOUT IT, BUT WE CAN HOLD, WE CAN HOLD IT OVER FOR WHAT A WEEK.

UM, BUT WE, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME TO WAIT ON THAT UNTIL THE TECHNOLOGY IS PERFECTED AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT REALLY THIS IS NOT GOING TO, IT'S GOING TO SIT IT AND, AND NOT GO ANYWHERE OR BE REFUSED.

AND I'D RATHER NOT HAVE THAT HAPPEN.

AND YEAH, I THINK THAT, SO DO YOU WANNA HOLD IT OVER FOR A WEEK OR HOLD IT OVER TILL TIME TO BE DETERMINED? WELL, IF IT CAN BE HELD OVER TILL TIME TO BE DETERMINED, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TRY GETTING THE, SO YOU, LET'S HOLD, I, I DIDN'T HOLD OVER THE RED LIGHT CAMERA, EVEN THOUGH THE DATA DOESN'T SUPPORT HAVING RED LIGHT CAMERAS AS WE'VE SEEN IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP PUSHING THAT AND PROBABLY BE UNSUCCESSFUL.

I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE THEM BOTH OR NOT MOVE THEM.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON, SO I CAN'T HOLD IT OVER.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO HOLD OVER THE, UM, SPEED CAMERA, UM, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE TO THE NEXT MEETING.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

UH, WE COULD DO THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE MUCH HOPE BASED ON THE DATA.

I THINK WE CAN GET MUCH BETTER DATA.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS PUT DOWN THE STRIPS ACROSS THE ROAD AND WE'LL GET EXCESSIVE SPEED.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH DATA ON RED LIGHT RUNNING RED LIGHTS.

UM, SO WELL THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE USED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO SOME SUCCESS AND, AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY JUST GOT AN APPROVAL FOR THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, UM, BASED ON THAT DATA.

UM, BUT AS YOU SAID, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON IT, SO.

AND YOU KNOW, I BASICALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

UH, I THINK THAT, UM, THAT IF, UM, WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE OF A, A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS APPROVED BECAUSE, UM, UH, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE IN EXISTENCE IN OTHER CITIES, AND I THINK SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE, IT'S MUCH MORE COMMON.

UH, WE HAVE HAD FATALITIES, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE TOWN.

SO I THINK WE COULD, IF THERE'S EVEN ONE FATALITY OR TWO FATALITIES, TO ME, UH, THAT ALONE IS DATA THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

AND EVEN IF YOU HAVE A RED LIGHT CAMERA AND YOU DON'T, AND THERE'S NOT AS MUCH SPEEDING, UM, IT, IT'S A DETERRENT BECAUSE IF PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S A RED LIGHT CAMERA AND THEY COULD GET A TICKET, THEY'RE GONNA SLOW DOWN.

AND WE KNOW FROM PEOPLE ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONCERNED BECAUSE WE'VE LOST LIVES ON THAT AVENUE OVER, OVER THE YEARS.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO JUST THE STATE SENDING A MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THEY WANNA HELP, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.

NOW, I PERSONALLY THINK IF WE COULD GET SOMETHING FIRST, ALL HOLD OVER IS NOT DEBATABLE.

SO IT'S BEING WELL, I DISAGREE WITH YOU.

IT'S NO, THAT'S THE RULES OF THE BOARD.

THAT'S NOT RULE RIGHT HERE.

AND, AND, UH, YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF WE HAVE ASSURANCES FROM THE STATE THAT WE'LL GET THE RED LIGHT CAMERA, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

BASED ON THE DATA SO FAR THAT I HAVE SEEN, THAT YOU HAVE SEEN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY IT BASED ON THE DATA WE HAVE NOW.

MAYBE WE CAN GENERATE SOME MORE DATA.

UM, I I JUST FIND IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR, UM, ACCUMULATING DATA REGARDING SPEEDING.

BUT IF, IF THE COUNTY, IF THESE, OUR, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN HAS SAID THAT THIS HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF PASSING AS A RED LIGHT CAMERA, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO FOR IT.

TO, TO COUNCILMAN SHEEN'S CONCERN, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERA IS, I THINK WE NEEDS TO BE, BE VERY JUDICIOUS IN WHERE WE PLACE THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND BE CON, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOUR CONCERNS ARE UNWARRANTED.

I THINK THAT WE JUST HAD TO BE JUDICIOUS AND ACTUALLY THE, THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN HAS ASKED FOR THE DATA.

UM, I DON'T KNOW.

I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DON'T HAVE THE DATA YET, SO THAT WILL REALLY PROVE OUT WHETHER THEY, THE STATE FEELS THAT RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE EVEN WARRANTED.

SO LET, LET'S GET THAT TOGETHER AND, AND IT MAY SUBSTANTIATE YOUR CONCERNS.

UM, COUNCILMAN.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO INTO AN AMENDED LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH GLOBAL SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS.

UM, OKAY.

SO WHAT IS THE DECISION ON THIS? THE SECOND ONE IS HELD.

ELLEN REQUESTED

[02:35:01]

TO HOLD IT OVER.

IS IT BEING HELD OVER FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING, RIGHT RELU

[ TB 4 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an Amended License Agreement with Global Signal Acquisitions III LLC, d/b/a Crown Castle US]

UH, CROWN CASTLE.

AUTHORIZING TAX ARY STATEMENT SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER, UM, MOJ MOSER, SCOTT, UH, AND RAYMOND SCOTT.

RESOLUTION

[ AT 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Mojgan Mobasser-Scott and Raymond Scott for property located at 257 Peter Bont Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $433±; the County’s share is $3,209±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $458±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $19,000±. Refunds from all sources total $23,101±]

TOTAL AMOUNT 23,101.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER BRIGHTVIEW TARRYTOWN, UH, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 1 0 1 2 2 4.

[ AT 2 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Brightview Tarrytown, LLC for property located at 581-549 Old Tarrytown Rd. The Town’s share of the refund is $19,636±; the County’s share is $10,757±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,525±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $65,903±; the Glenville Fire Protection District’s share is $2,663±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $740±. Refunds from all sources total $101,224±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM LITIGATION, PERSONAL INJURY RELATED CLAIM, UM, BY SHANNON SMITH, UM, AND JOHN LAVIGNA, UH, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT, UH, NOT TO EXCEED, UM, 55,000.

[ AT 3 – 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of claim/litigation personal injury related Claim, File No.: 55/22C by Shane E. Smith v. Town of Greenburgh and John LaVigna, for an amount not to exceed $55,000]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH WEST CUP TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 16,837 PLUS UP TO 400 REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEAL DELIVERY.

[ AT 4 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing an agreement with WestCop to provide social services to the Town of Greenburgh for calendar year 2023, at a cost not to exceed $16,837 plus up to $400 reimbursement for meal delivery mileage expenses documented to the satisfaction of the Town Comptroller]

MILEAGE EXPENSES.

RESOLUTION, UM, AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF MIDVALE ROAD BETWEEN OLD COLON, A ROAD AND CLUB WAY ON OCTOBER 21ST, UH, FOR THEIR BLOCK PARTY WITH THE RAIN DATE OCTOBER 22ND.

[ CL 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing closing Midvale Road, between Old Colony Road and Club Way, on Saturday, October 21, 2023 (Rain Date: October 22, 2023), from 4:30 PM until 8:30 PM, for the residents of Greenridge to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]

YOU MOVING? ARE YOU MOVING IT? WHAT? ARE YOU MOVING IT? SAY, SAY YES, PAUL.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING BARKLEY ROAD.

SECOND

[ CL 2 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing closing (1) Barclay Road between Edgemont Place and Glenwood Road; (2) Glenwood Road between Barclay Road and Walbrooke Road; (3) Walbrooke Road between Glenwood Road and Roxbury Road (4) Roxbury Road between Walbrooke Road and Edgemont Road; (5) Edgemont Road between Roxbury Road and Edgemont Place, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold a Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 29, 2023, from 2:30 pm to 4:30 PM]

ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE.

BETWEEN EDGEMONT PLACE AND GLENVILLE GLENWOOD ROAD, GLENWOOD, UH, ROAD BETWEEN BARKLEY ROAD AND WALBROOK ROAD.

WALBROOK ROAD BETWEEN GLENWOOD ROAD AND ROXBURY ROAD AND ROXBURY ROAD BETWEEN WALBROOK ROAD AND EDGEMONT ROAD, UH, FOR THEIR, UH, HALLOWEEN PARTY ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2023 FROM TWO 30 TO FOUR 30, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

[ CL 3 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing permission to close Walbrooke Road between Glenwood Road and Roxbury Road, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM, for the Old Edgemont Association to hold a Halloween Event]

AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE WALBROOK ROAD BETWEEN GLENWOOD ROAD AND ROXBURY ROAD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM FIVE TO 8:00 PM FOR THE OLD EDGE ONE ASSOCIATION TOTAL, THE HOLLI HALLOWEEN PARTY.

UM, RESOLUTION, UH, AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE YALE ROAD FROM AMHERST PLACE TO PRINCETON DRIVE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM, UH, FOUR TO 6:00 PM FOR THE RESIDENCE OF YALE ROAD.

[ CL 4 – 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing permission to close Yale Road, from Amherst Place to Princeton Drive, on Saturday, October 21, 2023 (Rain date: Sunday, October 22, 2023), from 4:00 PM until 6:00 PM, for the residents of Yale Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party ]

TELL THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY I'D LIKE TO MOVE OUT.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR?

[ CD 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder, White Plains Landscaping, LLC to provide for the planting of 13 trees as part of the Town’s Street Tree Replacement Program – Fall 2023, at a cost not to exceed $7,750]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UM, THE, UH, AWARDING THE LOWEST, UH, RESPONSIBLE BID WHITE PLAINS LANDSCAPING TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF 13 TREES AS A TOWN'S UM, UH, STREET TREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, IT'D COST NOT TO EXCEED $7,750.

AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF FIVE TREES FOR PLANTING ALONG TARRYTOWN ROAD AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 2000.

[ CD 2 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing the purchase of five trees for planting along Tarrytown Road, at a cost not to exceed $2,000]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERSONNEL FROM, UH, COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO TRAVEL TO VARIOUS COLLEGES IN UNIVERSITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, UH, FROM NOVEMBER 16TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 19TH AT A TOTAL CAUSE NOT TO EXCEED 13,000, UH, 4,800 OF WHICH IS PAID FOR BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

A AYE

[ CR 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing personnel from the Department of Community Resources to travel to various colleges and universities in Pennsylvania from November 16, 2023 through November 19, 2023, at a total cost not to exceed $13,000, $4,800 of which will be paid for by program participants]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023.

[ CO 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2023 budget transfers]

BUDGET TRANSFERS.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND WELL IN FAVOR.

A THAT'S AS AMENDED.

THAT SAYS AMEND AS AMENDED.

WELL IN FAVOR, AYE.

3,360 A 1 9 9 0 5 4 9 9 0.

WELL, WHAT'S THE AMENDMENTS? THE AMENDMENT IS THE A 1450, UH, FIVE 1-800-ELECTIONS OVERTIME.

TOWN AND TOWER TIRE CONTINGENCY 3,360 IS BEING DELETED FROM THE, THE, UH, SPREADSHEET.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF, UH, 128,610 GRAND BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER TO PROVIDE SITE AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS.

[ PR 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution authorizing the execution of a $128,610 grant agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester to provide Site and Home-Delivered Meals]

UH, RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADD A STOP RESTRICTION ON DUNDER AVE ROAD AT, UM, UH, INTERSECTION OF WINDOVER ROAD.

[ PO 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a Stop Restriction on Dunderave Road at the intersection of Wyndover Road amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

[ PO 2 - 10/11/2023 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Dunderave Road amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

UH, RESOLUTION ADOPTING, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS

[02:40:01]

OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON DUN AVE ROAD.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

STEVEN BTO AS AN INJURY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER, EFFECTIVE ON OR ABOUT, UH, OCTOBER 16TH, CONDITIONED ON HIS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ANY REMAINING MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND POLYGRAPH TESTINGS.

A AYE.

APPOINTING

[ PO 3 - 10/11/2023 Resolution appointing Steven Beato as an entry-level police officer effective on or about October 16, 2023, conditioned upon his successful completion of any remaining medical, psychological and polygraph testing]

SECOND, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ALL IN FAVOR

[ PW 1 - 10/11/2023 Resolution amending the agreement for Professional Asset Maintenance, Inspection, Repair and Painting Services for Glenville, Juniper Hill, and East Irvington Water Storage Tanks of the Town of Greenburgh Consolidated Water District to add structural repairs on the Knollwood Water Storage Tank, for an additional fee of $146,653]

RESOLUTION AMENDING, UH, AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL ASSET MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REPAIR AND PAINTING SERVICES FOR GLENVILLE JUNIPER, UM, HILL AND EAST IRVINGTON WATER STORAGE TANKS.

ADDITIONAL, UM, FATE OF 1 46 6 5 3.

APPROVING CHANGE ORDER, UH, TO THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL B M S IMPROVEMENT, UH, PHASE TWO R T U RESOLUTION, UH, NOT TO EXCEED.

UH, RESOLUTION

[ PW 2 - 10/11/2023 Resolution approving Change Order No.1 to the Greenburgh Town Hall BMS Improvements Phase 2 & RTU-4 Replacement Project in an amount not to exceed $7,795, increasing the total contract amount with Carey & Walsh, Inc. to $927,795]

7 7 9 5.

INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT WITH CARRIE AND WASHINGTON 9 27 7 95.

UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.

SECOND.

SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE.