Feb 28, 2024 Town Board- Regular

NEXT, IT'S, UM, MY, UH, PLEASURE TO, UM, EXPRESS THANKS TO, UM, UM, A WINTER INTERN WHO WORKED IN, UH, MY OFFICE.

UM,

[ Tyler Hughson -- Presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation for his outstanding efforts as a winter intern in the Town Supervisor's Office, having created a website for the Hispanic Liaison Department, performed outreach for the Upcoming Artists/Farmers Markets, and compiled narratives for the Greenburgh Archives of African American stories]

TYLER, UH, USON, UH, UH, SPENT, UM, A NUMBER OF WEEKS, UM, IN MY OFFICE, AND HE REALLY WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL, UM, UH, HELP AND ASSET TO, UH, TO MY OFFICE.

IN FACT, MY, UH, SECRETARY, MY ASSISTANT, WAS GONNA WRITE TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND, UH, SEE IF WE COULD GET IT IN ORDER, PREVENTING YOU FROM LEAVING .

UM, UM, YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.

YOU CREATED A WEBSITE FOR THE HISPANIC LIAISON DEPARTMENT.

YOU, UH, DID OUTREACH.

WE'RE PLANNING A UPCOMING ARTIST AND FARMER'S MARKET LATER.

UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SPRING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT AT, UH, RICHARD PRESSER, UH, FIELD, WHAT FIELD? AND, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE ARTISTS, AND IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY NICE EXHIBIT.

I THINK WE HAVE OVER, UM, 50 ARTISTS ALREADY WHO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

AND IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL, UM, I MAY TRY TAKING THE CREDIT MYSELF, BUT I KNOW THAT TYLER DESERVES IT.

SO, UM, IF YOU SEE THAT I PUT IT ON MY RESUME, YOU COULD ALWAYS, UH, REPORT IT.

UM, BUT I, YOU REALLY DID A GREAT JOB LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL SUCCESSFUL MARKET.

YOU ALSO, UH, HELPED.

WE'VE SET UP, UM, A NARRATIVE, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN STORIES, UM, AND WE HAVE MANY, MANY STORIES, UM, ON THIS, UH, BLOG, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR, THEIR LIFE, UH, STORIES.

AND TYLER HELPED, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT.

AND HE ALSO HELPED, UM, ORGANIZE, UH, THE OFFICE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, CLEAN.

UM, SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THANK YOU AND PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, THANK YOU.

GO TO THE MIC.

COME ON, TYLER.

THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.

YEAH.

YOU THOUGHT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET AWAY WITH THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE WORKED FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU, PAUL.

FINER, UH, I REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME HERE, AND I FELT LIKE I TRULY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

PARENTS, IF I CAN HAVE A POINT OF PROTOCOL IF WE CAN PLEASE DO ROLL CALL, SIR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT LISA AND I ARE, UH, GONNA BE COORDINATING THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT.

WE'VE BEEN, UH, MEETING DURING, UH, THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, GREAT, UM, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, LINED UP.

UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS COOPERATING.

AND LISA, DO YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP? JUST, I JUST WANTED TO

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

OH, OKAY.

SUPERVISOR FINER HERE.

COUNCILMAN SHEEN PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN HABER PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS PRESENT.

AND OF COURSE, OUR TOWN ATTORNEY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN, MR. JOSEPH

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DANKO PRESENT.

OH MY GOSH, THAT'S SUCH A GREAT INTRODUCTION.

A RIGHT.

WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM? SURE.

UH, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND, AND CREATED BY NONE OTHER THAN, UM, THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, UH, ORGANIZER OF THIS, UH, INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, SUSAN TOLSON.

AND WE WISH TO REALLY MAKE IT, UM, A AMAZING SUMMER SO THAT THE, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING REALLY GET A SENSE OF GOVERNMENT.

THEY'RE LEARNING THE GOVERNMENT, THEY'RE LEARNING THE INS AND OUTS.

AND WE ARE EXCITED THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH, UH, AN ORGANIZING GROUP IN, UM, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

AND AGAIN, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE BEST EXPERIENCE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PROGRAM.

WE ALSO ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UM, A REAL VISIONARY, UM, IN THE AUDIENCE.

UH, WILL YOU ALSO, UM, JUST BEFORE YOU, JUST BEFORE YOU GO ON, I JUST WANTED TO SAY GREAT JOB ON THE PARENTS FOR TYLER, WHO'S DONE AMA, HE'S DONE AMAZING JOB.

HE'S BEEN A BIT GREAT CONTRIBUTION.

I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, TYLER, YOU'VE ALWAYS PRIDE YOUR PARENTS.

GREAT.

[ William (Bill) Greenawalt -- Reflections on the March on Washington]

BILL GREENER WALT, UH, BILL GREENER WALT, UM, WAS PROGRESSIVE BEFORE MOST PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WAS PROGRESSIVE.

HE'S ALWAYS BEEN, UM, A LEADER, UM, SPEAKING OUT ON ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE, UH, TO PEOPLE FIGHTING, UH, UH, AGAINST INJUSTICE AND, UM, RACISM AND INEQUALITY.

AND, UM, BILL IS JUST A TERRIFIC HUMAN BEING, A FANTASTIC ASSET TO THE TOWN.

AND HE, UM, ALSO, UM, PARTICIPATED IN THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON.

AND THIS IS THE END OF, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND WE INVITED, UM, BILL TO, UH, SPEAK TODAY ABOUT HIS, UM, EXPERIENCES PARTICIPATING IN THIS IMPORTANT MARCH, WHICH CHANGE THE WORLD.

SO, BILL, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS, UH, INVITATION.

UH, IT CERTAINLY WAS A, UH, MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT EVENT.

UM, I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE REMARKS I MADE IN THE SERMON.

I GAVE IT AT CHURCH, BUT ALSO SOME INTER INTERPOLATIONS.

A 1963 WAS THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF ANDREW ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.

AND THE, THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PASSED AT THAT TIME, LARGELY, UH, OR PARTLY WERE UNFULFILLED.

AND THIS MARCH ON WASHINGTON WAS THE 20TH CENTURY'S PIVOTAL EVENT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALLY AND RACIAL EQUALITY.

I WAS IN A VERY PRESTIGIOUS WALL STREET LAW FIRM, AND I TOLD THEM I FELT I HAD TO GO ON THIS MARCH.

THERE HAD BEEN MANY CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS PRIOR TO THAT TIME, AND THIS WAS TO BE A UNIFIED MARCH.

I WANTED TO BE ON IT.

I AWOKE AT ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK WHEN MY ALARM WENT OFF.

I GOT SHAVED, GOT DRESSED, AND WENT, UH, WALKED TO CO THE SUBWAY, UH, AT THE BOROUGH HALL, AND WENT FROM THERE TO PENN STATION.

AT THAT TIME, I BOARDED A SPECIAL TRAIN FOR MARCH ON WASHINGTON, UH, DESTINATION.

UH, AND, UH, THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE ON THE TRAINS.

THERE WERE A LOT OF SPECIAL TRAINS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE WERE 2200 CHARTERED BUSES AND 40 SPECIAL TRAINS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

UH, 250,000 PEOPLE APPROXIMATELY APPEARED AT THE MARCH, ABOUT TWO THIRDS, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN, ABOUT ONE THIRD, UH, WHITE.

AND IT WAS A, A VERY JOYOUS AND, UH, A GREAT OCCASION.

IT WAS SET FOR A NON, UH, CONFRONTATIONAL MARCH.

UH, AND, UH, ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS ABOUT IT, AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE FILM RUSTIN, ABOUT BAYARD RUSTIN AND WHO ORGANIZED THE MARCH, UH, FROM HARLEM.

AND, UH, THE KEY TO THIS PARTICULAR MARCH WAS TO, IT WAS TO BE NONVIOLENT.

UH, I, WE WALKED, UH, AFTER A A, A BUS TOOK US FROM THE TRAIN TO THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

WE WALKED ABOUT A MILE, UH, TO TOWARD THE

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LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND MONUMENT.

UH, I WAS AROUND.

IT WAS, WE WERE GATHERED AROUND THE REFLECTING POOL.

THE, UH, SPEAKERS AND SEVERAL DIGNITARIES WERE UP ON THE STAGE, UH, IN FRONT OF THE LINCOLN STATUE.

AND, UH, UH, THE REST OF US WERE DOWN AT THE LEVEL OF THE REFLECTING POOL.

I WAS ABOUT, UH, ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN FROM THE STAGE, COULD SEE CLEARLY I WAS ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE, LET'S SAY, FROM THE EDGE OF THE REFLECTING POOL.

SO I HAD A VERY GOOD VANTAGE POINT, UH, FOR IT.

UM, THERE WERE MANY SINGERS THAT SANG FROM THE, UH, ON THE DAY AT THE MARCH, UH, JOAN BAEZ OTA, UH, PETER PAUL, AND MARY BOB DYLAN.

UM, LENA HORNE, UH, THE GREAT CONTR TO ARIAN ANDERSON ALSO SANG, AND I REMEMBER THAT PARTICULARLY, SHE SANG, HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS.

AND THIS WAS SO MEMORABLE BECAUSE SHE HAD SUNG THERE BEFORE WHEN SHE WAS REFUSED, UH, TO THE, TO BE ABLE TO SING AT THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

UH, AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IN PARTICULAR GOT HER TO SING AT THE LINCOLN MONUMENT.

AND, UH, UH, SHE SANG, UH, AMERICA AT THAT TIME.

BUT THAT WAS PARTICULARLY MOVING TO ME.

AND SHE WAS IN, IN GOOD VOICE, .

UM, AND THE, THE MARCH WAS A TRUE MIRACLE.

UM, AFTER THE MARCH, THE LEADERS MET WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY THE DAY AFTER, AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND PRESSURING, PRESSURING THEM TO, ON A STRONG CIVIL RIGHTS PLANK, UH, AND MEASURES, UH, THIS, UH, THIS CONFIRMED THE LINK BETWEEN CIVIL RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS, AND GAVE RI, UH, RISE TO THE ECONOMIC PROGRAMS OF LYNDON JOHNSON'S GREAT SOCIETY.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT, THAT SUMMER, JOHN KENNEDY WAS UNFORTUNATELY ASSASSINATED.

AND, UH, UH, THIS GAVE WAY TO LYNDON JOHNSON, WHO WAS ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST, UH, PERHAPS AFTER FDR OF OUR PRESIDENTS IN GETTING MEASURES THROUGH CONGRESS.

AND I MUST SAY BIDEN IS QUITE GOOD.

UM, BUT THE 64, UH, IN 1964, THAT THE ENSUED THE CIVIL RIGHTS, THE VOTING ACT, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT YEAR, THE, UH, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, UH, ALONG THE WAY, UH, THERE HAD BEEN HEAD START.

AND, UM, THE MARCH HAD TREMENDOUS, UH, EFFECTS.

IT INCREASED, UH, POPULAR SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY AMONG WHITES FOR WHAT WAS CALLED THE CIVIL RIGHTS REVOLUTION.

IT TRANSFORMED AMERICA'S LAW AND POLITICS.

ITS MESSAGE OF CONCERN FOR ALL WAS CARRIED OVER INTO IMMIGRATION REFORM, HEADSTART, THE WAR ON POVERTY, JOHNSON'S GREAT SOCIETY, AND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID.

IT SUSTAINED AND STRENGTHENED THOSE WHO CONTINUED TO WORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.

IT INSPIRED A BROAD SPECTRUM OF AMERICANS, AND IT MADE BIGOTRY NO LONGER RESPECTABLE AND, AND, UH, CURBED ABUSES IN SPEECH AND ACTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME, UH, FALLBACKS FROM THIS PEAK THAT WE REACHED AT THAT TIME.

AND IN 1964 AND 1965, WHAT DID THE MARCH, WHAT EFFECT DID IT HAVE ON ME? IT HAD A GREAT DEAL OF EFFECT ON ME.

I LEFT MY FIRM, I WAS A LITIGATOR ALL THROUGHOUT MY LEGAL CAREER.

AND, UH, I LEFT THIS, UH, FIRM TO GO INTO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

UH, AND INTO, IN PARTICULAR, I WAS REGIONAL COUNSEL FOR THE NORTHEAST OFFICE, WHICH WAS IN NEW YORK CITY.

UH, BUT I ALSO TOOK ON THE ADDITIONAL JOB OF BEING IN CHARGE OF LEGAL SERVICES, SETTING UP LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR.

AND I BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE OEO OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM.

AND IN THAT CAPACITY, I REALLY KNOCKED MYSELF OUT, UH, WORKING DAY AND TOWARD THE KNIGHTS.

I ROAMED ALL THE STATES FROM MAINE DOWN THROUGH NEW JERSEY, AND ALSO PUERTO RICO, AND SET UP LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR PROGRAMS IN 75 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT REGION.

THIS

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WAS ONE THIRD OF ALL THOSE IN THE COUNTRY, AND THERE WERE EIGHT REGIONS.

I DID GET A SPECIAL PROMOTION, UH, FOR MY EFFORTS, BUT I, I FEEL THAT MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN LIFE WAS SETTING UP THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, THEY HAVE SERVED MILLIONS OF POOR PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD LAWYERS.

UH, WHEN NIXON CAME IN, UH, NIXON, UH, THEY TRANS TRANSFERRED THE PROGRAM, BUT IT'S STILL GOING ON, STILL AS HEALTHY AS EVER.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS IS HERE IN WESTCHESTER, THE LEGAL SERVICES OF THE HUDSON VALLEY.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF WHAT I HAD TO DO, THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES IN WESTCHESTER.

EACH ONE WANTED ITS OWN LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM.

I PUT MERGED THEM ALL INTO A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY THE WESTCHESTER PUTNAM LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM.

NOW, THEY'VE TAKEN OVER MANY OTHER COUNTIES.

SO WE GOT A COMBINED PROGRAM, AND IT'S NOW ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

ANOTHER INDICATION IS THE STATEWIDE PROGRAM IN MAINE, THE PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND WE HAD A PECULIAR SITUATION IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH WAS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE POOR ON THE BOARD.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

POOR ARE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD.

SO WE INSISTED IN A LITIGATION, UH, THAT, UH, THEIR, THE FIRST PROGRAM WAS NOT VALID FOR THAT REASON.

AND IT, THEY CHANGED IT, AND THEY PUT POOR OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD AS THEY HAD TO BE ON EVERY PROGRAM.

SO I WENT THROUGHOUT, UH, THE WHOLE REGION WENT EVEN TO PUERTO RICO, WHERE THERE WAS TREMENDOUS POVERTY AT THE TIME, AT CERTAIN CERTAIN PLACES.

BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, UH, ON THAT.

AND, UH, OTHER, OTHER THINGS HAPPENED AS WELL.

MY CONTINUING INTEREST IN, UM, THE COMMUNITY IN, UH, NEW YORK CITY, COBBLE HILL PARK PARKS HERE IN WESTCHESTER.

AND I BECAME, UH, INVOLVED GREATLY IN PARKS AND STILL AM AND, UH, UH, OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THE CHURCH, SO ON.

SO THE KEY, OF COURSE, EVENT OF THAT WHOLE SITUATION WHERE ALL THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, SIX OF THEM, UH, HAD TO SPEAK.

THEY ALL SPOKE, THEY ALL SPOKE WELL.

UM, BUT OF COURSE, THE GREAT SPEAKER, THE GREATEST SPEAKER WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR.

AND, UM, HE SAID, AMONG OTHER THINGS, I WANT, BY NO MEANS AM I GONNA READ YOU ALL I HAVE HERE, I MUST SAY, UH, TO MY PEOPLE.

LET US NOT SEEK TO SATISFY OUR THIRST FOR FREEDOM BY DRINKING FROM THE CUP OF BITTERNESS AND HATRED.

WE MUST RISE TO THE MAJESTIC HEIGHTS OF MEETING PHYSICAL FORCE WITH SOUL FORCE.

WE MUST NOT BE LED TO A DISTRUST OF ALL WHITE PEOPLE.

FOR MANY OF OUR WHITE BROTHERS, AS EVIDENCED BY THEIR PRESENCE HERE TODAY, HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THEIR DESTINY IS TIED UP WITH OUR DESTINY.

THEY HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THEIR FREEDOM IS IN INEXTRICABLY BOUND TO OUR FREEDOM.

WE CANNOT WALK ALONE LOAN.

THEN HE STARTED TO GO ON AND, UH, MAHALIA JACKSON SHOUTED TO HIM.

SHE WAS SITTING DOWN, TELL HIM ABOUT THE DREAM MARTIN.

AND THEN HE STARTED ABOUT THE SPE, UH, DREAM, PART OF OTHER SPEECHES THAT HE'D GIVEN AND BROUGHT IT TO US IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, WAITING FOR THIS.

HE SAYS, I HAVE A DREAM, AND YOU KNOW THIS, THAT MY FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY LIVE IN A NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.

I HAVE A DREAM.

I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY IN ALABAMA, LITTLE WHITE BOYS AND LITTLE BLACK GIRLS WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN HANDS WITH LITTLE WHITE BOYS AND WHITE GIRLS AS SISTERS AND BROTHERS.

I, AND OF COURSE, AT THE END, HE SAID, UH, THAT WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE, UM, ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN, BLACK MEN AND WHITE MEN, JEWS AND CATHOLICS, GENTILES AND PROTESTANTS, WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN HANDS AND SING IN THE WORDS OF THE OLD NEGRO.

SPIRITUAL FREE AT LAST.

FREE AT LAST.

GREAT GOD ALMIGHTY, WE ARE FREE AT LAST.

SO WE, UH, 250,000 PEOPLE WERE GENERALLY GENUINELY AWED BY THIS, BY HIS SPEECH.

AND WE ALL JOINED HANDS AT THE END, 250,000 OF US, AND SANG WE SHALL OVERCOME SWAYING

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BACK AND FORTH, UH, BY THE REFLECTING POOL.

IT WAS A TRULY ME A MEMORABLE OCCASION.

UH, AND, UH, I HOPE THAT WE HAVE OTHERS LIKE IT IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

BUT, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF MY GREAT THRILLS TO HAVE BEEN ON THAT MARCH.

YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE A REAL INSPIRATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UH, ACCOUNT OF YOU, UH, MANY, MANY LIVES ARE BETTER THAN, UH, THEY WERE BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GOT INVOLVED.

SO YOU'VE DEFINITELY MADE A VERY, VERY MAJOR POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION.

AND IT'S REALLY GREAT, UH, TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THE WORLD WHO SPEAK OUT EVEN BEFORE AN ISSUE, IS TOTALLY POPULAR WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PUBLIC, YOU ALWAYS EXPRESS YOURSELF AND, AND HAVE, HAVE TAKEN STANDS, YOU KNOW, YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME MAINSTREAM, MAINSTREAM.

SO I REALLY, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WELL, THANK YOU, PAUL, AND THANKS TO THE BOARD.

UM, AND, UH, ARE THERE ANY, DO YOU WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST, I KNOW YOU HAVE A BIG AGENDA HERE.

NO, I, WE DO HAVE A BIG AGENDA, BUT I, I JUST WANNA SAY IF FEW WAS, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION, JUST AS YOU AND I HAVE HAD, HAD DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AS IT RELATES TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE TODAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEWS AND, AND YOU SEE HOW WE ARE BEING ATTACKED, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BEING ATTACKED, WHICH WE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ANYMORE.

WE SHOULD, AT THIS POINT, BE EQUAL.

BUT WE KNOW WE ARE STILL FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US TO BE EQUAL.

BUT YOU, BILL, HAVE REALLY BEEN TRULY GENUINE IN WHAT YOU STAND FOR.

AND NO, AND I, I USE MY PHRASE NO WINDOW DRESSING.

AND, AND I TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO US, TO THE PEOPLE, TO EVERYONE, TO EVERYONE.

YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.

WE SIT UP HERE, WE FIGHT EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY.

WE, WE, WE WANNA BE EQUAL.

WE SHOULD NOT BE SEPARATED.

WE SHOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, PUT PIT AGAINST EACH OTHER.

UM, AND I'M HOPING, YOU KNOW, WE LISTEN TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, I HAVE A DREAM THAT HOPEFULLY ONE DAY HIS DREAM WILL COME TRUE, BECAUSE I SHARE THAT SAME DREAM TOO.

YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE SEAT IS VERY CHALLENGING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE BEAUTY OF HUMAN BEINGS, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BASED ON THE COLOR OF SOMEONE'S SKIN.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO, UM, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THANK YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR GREENBERG AND FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY.

ALLY, AND YOU ARE A MAN OF VIRTUE, INCLUSIVENESS, AND INTEGRITY, AND YOU REALLY SET THE BAR VERY HIGH.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GINA.

AND, UH, UH, CERTAINLY GREENBERG IS A LEADER IN, UH, THIS EFFORT.

AND, UH, I THINK THE COUNCIL IS REMARKABLE AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND PAUL, UH, OVER THE YEARS.

AND, UH, I, UH, AS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WILD.

I DID DO AN EDGEMONT SCHOOL, , BUT WE LIVED IN THE HIGH RIDGE SECTION, UH, UH, OF, UH, UH, COLONY, OLD COLONY ROAD AROUND THERE.

BUT, UH, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF, OF EDGEMONT OF BEING A SEPARATE VILLAGE.

UH, I WORKED ON THAT AGAINST THAT, AND I, I AM, I REALLY WOULD, WOULD, UH, CHERISH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE.

AND MY KIDS USED, AND I USED TO PARTICIPATE AT SCHOOL, UH, AND WHEN WE HAD LOIS BRONZE, UH, WAS, UM, MRS. WHITE IN, UH, THE FIRST PLAY WE PUT ON, WHICH WAS, UH, MY FAIR COMMUNITY.

AND I WAS HER HUSBAND AT THAT TIME IN THAT PLAY.

SO, I MEAN, WE GO BACK A LONG WAYS, , AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF HAND.

I'M GLAD YOU ADDED IN, IN THAT PLAY.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA, THANK YOU, FRANCIS, YOUR WORK TO DO THAT, A GOOD CORRECTION.

AND BILL, YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE TRULY DONE SO MUCH AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE RETIRED AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE SITTING AT HOME, YOU KNOW, WATCHING US ON TV.

UH, BUT WHEN YOU WERE READING WHAT YOU HAVE PREPARED, AND I KNOW YOU'VE GIVEN THIS SPEECH BEFORE, BUT WHEN YOU GOT TO CERTAIN, UH, UM, QUOTES, YOU COULD SEE THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING LIKE, AS IF YOU WERE STILL HEARING THE WORDS FROM DR.

MARTHA LUTHER KING JR.

THAT'S TRUE.

AND, UH, AND IT COMES ACROSS, AND YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ANYTHING OTHER THAN GENUINE AND SAYING WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

WHAT I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT YOU IS IF YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU, WE NEVER HAVE TO WONDER WHAT YOU WERE REALLY THINKING AFTER YOU LEAVE .

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S VERY REFRESHING.

WAIT, DON'T GO AWAY.

DON'T GO AWAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SET AN EXAMPLE AS AN

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AND WE WILL ALL WORK TO ACHIEVE THAT LEVEL, BUT WE MAY NOT MAKE IT THERE.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT GOAL FOR US.

I, OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE'S NO PRESSURE HERE, , NO PRESSURE.

THE PRESSURE'S ON US.

I, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, MENTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT TYLER, UH, THE STUDENT INTERN, UM, UH, HAD WORKED ON, UM, OUR GREENBERG, UH, AFRICAN D ASPER EXPERIENCES.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO INVITE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO PARTICIPATE.

UH, I KNOW THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IS, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST 50, 60, OR 70 YEARS, AND WOULD LIKE TO RECORD, UH, THE STORIES, UM, OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO, UM, HA YOU KNOW, COULD TELL, UH, THEIR, THEIR STORIES, SO FUTURE GENERATIONS COULD APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'D BEEN THROUGH.

SO WE'VE INTERVIEWED, UM, ANNA BERNARD, UH, FORMER COUNCILMAN, UH, KEN JONES.

UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AUNT, SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE ADMITTED TO THE NEW YORK BAR.

BISHOP PRESTON TALKED ABOUT, UM, HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND AND, UM, UH, HE CAME FROM SLAVERY.

HIS, HIS, HIS, UH, ANCESTORS.

EUGENE RUTHERFORD, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GREENBURG, UM, IS, UH, PROFILE CHARLOTTE, UH, PHOENIX.

UM, UH, TINA HARPER INTERVIEWED HER ABOUT HER INCREDIBLE GRANDFATHER'S LIFE JOURNEY FROM MISSISSIPPI TO MICHIGAN.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BILL GREENER WALTZ, UM, UH, PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE THAT, UM, MIKE SIEGEL ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

UM, ELAINE, UM, FI, SILVER RECOUNTS HOW SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE LOCAL FRONT FOR THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE.

UM, WE POSTED AN INTERVIEW WITH RON COOK.

AND RON COOK WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO INTEGRATE THE, UM, ORLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1965.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UM, RON COOK, UM, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WERE WELCOMING, WELCOMING HIM INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND HE REALLY FELT A PART OF ARDSLEY.

UM, BUT THEN ON GRADUATION DAY, UH, SOMEBODY HAD A SWIM PARTY, AND BECAUSE HE WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO, UH, GO INTO THE POOL.

UM, AND THIS WAS IN 1965, RELATIVELY RECENT RECENTLY.

UM, UH, MRS. IL, WHO, UM, TALKED ABOUT HOW, UH, SHE INVITED RON COOK INTO HER HOUSE, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED, UM, THAT, UM, PEOPLE USED TO LIKE SPIT ON THE GRASS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE SO OFFENDED THAT SHE WAS INITIALLY WHEN SHE STARTED THAT, THAT SHE INTEGRATED THE COMMUNITY.

WE INTERVIEWED DIANA BA BASIN.

UM, WE, UH, HAVE HERE BARBARA ARMSTRONG.

UM, AND, UH, WE INVITED HER TO POST A PICTURE OF HERSELF WITH, UM, UH, GEORGE'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SENATOR BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS THE PROGRESS.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, UM, PRESENTATIONS FROM DAN, UH, WEINFELD.

UH, HE DID AN AMAZING AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE CIVIL WAR, UM, UH, HISTORY.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, POSTINGS ABOUT SLAVERY AT THE ODELL FARM.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, UH, MORE CIVIL RIGHTS EFFORTS.

IRVINGTON'S NEW MONUMENT HAVE ENSLAVED.

VINNY BAGWELL GREW UP IN, UM, IN GREENBURG PARKWAY GARDENS, AND PARKWAY HOMES WAS VERY, VERY HISTORIC.

THE FIRST, UH, MIDDLE, ONE OF THE FIRST MIDDLE, UH, CLASS, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, FEATURED IN TOWN AND COUNTRY MAGAZINE, UH, JANE WASHINGTON, FORMER EDUCATOR IN GREENBURG RESIDENT TALKED ABOUT, UM, HER EXPERIENCES.

JAMES ROBINSON, FORMER DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, BARBARA PERRY, WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, UM, TALKS ABOUT HER ROLE AS A FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER AT THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, LEE BURWELL, UH, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GREENBURG, UH, WHOSE PARENTS HAIL FROM NORTH, UM, CAROLINA.

IMANI BOWLING ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UM, HER EXPERIENCES.

WE TALK ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP.

UH, DAN WEINFELD DID A REPORT ON HOME OWNERSHIP, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, I'M JUST MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A NICE

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AMOUNT OF STORIES, WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE MORE, YOU KNOW, I SEE LLOYD COURT HERE.

WE REALLY SHOULD BE POSTING YOUR STORIES BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WE, UM, THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY MAY HAVE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, UM, WHO COULD TALK ABOUT DISCRIMINATION, YOU KNOW, COMING HERE, HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED.

AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF GREENBERG.

SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF THIS SHOULD, UM, CALL ME AT FOUR THREE EIGHT THIRTEEN FORTY THREE OR EMAIL ME, UH, PETE FINER@GREENBERGNY.COM.

I THINK WE STARTED THIS ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE'RE READING, YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE STORIES.

GOOD.

UM, NEXT, UM, WE SHOULD TAKE

[ The Town Board accepts, with regret, the resignation of Laura Spicehandler from the Water Advisory Committee, effective immediately The Town Board accepts, with regret, the resignation of Daniel Rosenblum from the Water Advisory Committee, effective immediately The Town Board accepts, with regret, the resignation of Al Fenichel from the Water Advisory Committee, effective immediately Appointment of Andrea C. Reed to the Board of Ethics, for a term to be determined]

OUT ORDER.

UM, WE, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA REED TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS, IF THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE, UH, SHE'S ON THE ETHICS BOARD AND, UH, UH, AND, UM, IS A GREAT, UM, ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED, AND I'D LIKE TO IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WE'LL BE A, A TERRIFIC MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS.

AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPOINT HER TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS.

UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY NO, YOU DON'T GET TO SIT DOWN.

IT'S, IT'S VERY TYPICAL TO GIVE A SPEECH.

TRY TO KEEP IT UNDER 30 MINUTES, .

AND, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, I'LL JUST PULL IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

WOW.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THE BOARD AND BEING AN ASSET OR THE COMMISSION RATHER, .

WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY, WE JUST, YOU JUST COMPLETED THE TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED IN ADVANCE OF APPOINTMENT AT AROUND THREE 15 THIS AFTERNOON.

YES, YES.

THAT'S WHY THIS IS SHOCKING.

SO, ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S NOT THE ONE THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE, BUT WHAT'S POSTED ON THE WEB AND WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT.

STATES FOR A TERM TO BE DETERMINED, WHICH MEANS WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE EXPIRATION DATE IS, YOU'RE APPOINTED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

BUT IT WILL BE THE TERM, THE EXPIRATION DATE.

WE HAVE TO GET OFF OF A BOARD COMMISSIONS LIST, AND WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THAT AT THE MOMENT.

YOU'RE OFFICIALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

BUT WE WILL, BUT YOU ARE OFFICIALLY APPOINTED.

YOU HAVE BEEN SENTENCED , I WON'T SAY SENTENCED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT WE DO.

BUT WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.

VERY APPRECIATIVE.

YOU HAVE TRULY ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE DONE AMAZING THINGS.

AND, UM, THIS IS A GREAT APPOINTMENT.

YOU'RE GONNA FIT RIGHT IN WITH ETHICS CAREER, AND YOU HAVE TO SIGN THE OATH BOOK FROM THE, AT THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE.

I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE TO SIGN THE OATH BOOK.

OH, OKAY.

SO SHE'S THE ONE.

WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE PARTICULAR STUFF.

RIGHT NOW.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

WE'LL GIVE YOU THE PARTICULAR THOUGHT.

THOUGHT SHE WAS WAVING ME OVER .

UM, NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UM, WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO PUBLIC HEARINGS WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO THE, THE REST OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

BOARD COMMISSIONS? YEAH.

BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS TOWN BOARD ACCEPTS WITH REGRET RESIGNATION OF LAURA SPICE HANDLER FROM THE WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

TOWN BOARD ACCEPTS WITH REGRET THE RESIGNATION OF DANIEL ROSENBAUM FROM THE WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THE TOWN BOARD ACCEPTS WITH THE REGRET THE RESIGNATION OF AHE FROM WATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

NEXT WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

UM,

[ To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 410, "Sanitation," of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, as it relates to downed trees within wooded areas of a minimum width of 10 feet [TB 24-03]]

UM, THE FIRST HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 10 SANITATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO DOWN TREES WITHIN WOODEN AREAS OF A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 10 FEET.

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

COULD HAPPEN IS ONE COULD MISCONSTRUE THE SECTION TO MEAN THAT ONE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE EITHER DOWN TREES OR TREES THAT ARE TAKEN DOWN WITHIN WOODED AREAS, UM, OUT.

GOOD EVENING.

SUPERVISOR FINDER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OKAY, FOR THE RECORD, GARY TO KATIE, COMMISSIONER, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MS. SHARE SCREEN CAN HIGHLIGHT THE LOCAL LAW THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

CHAPTER FOUR 10 IS ENTITLED SANITATION.

AND WITH RESPECT TO TREES I DON'T CONTROL.

IN SHORT, IT READS, NO PERSON SHALL DEPOSIT TREES ON ANY LOT OR PLOT OF LAND IN THE TOWN.

NOW, I THINK THAT THAT IS LOGICAL AND IT MAKES SENSE WITH REGARDS TO WHEN SOMEONE TAKES DOWN A TREE, AND IT VERY CLEARLY ELABORATES THAT IT CANNOT LEAVE THAT DOWN TREE ON YOUR FRONT SIDE OF THE REAR LAWN.

SO IT WOULD LOOK UNSIGHTLY.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION.

BUT WITHOUT THE ADDED LANGUAGE, WHAT I BELIEVE

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AND THE REASON THAT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT IS, WELL, FIRST OFF, WE HAVE 18 SQUARE MILES IN THE TOWN WITH A LOT OF WOODED AREA AND DOWN TREES WITHIN WOODED AREAS HAVE AN ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT.

THEY'RE REALLY MEANT TO STAY THERE AND, UM, BE A PART OF THE ECO ECOLOGY AND NATURAL FOREST SELECTION.

SO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS THE LANGUAGE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED, WHICH IS UNDERMINED, AND IT READS DOWN TREES WITHIN WOODED AREAS OF A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 10 FEET, WHERE THEY'RE FALLING NATURALLY, OR IN CONNECTION WITH A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

UNLESS SET DOWN TREE IS LOCATED ON A STEEP SLOPE, OR WITHIN A PORTION OF THE TOWN PRONE TO FLOODING AND OR WITHIN A FLOOD ZONE.

AND IN THE OPINION OF THE TOWN FORESTRY OFFICER SET DOWN TREE IS DEEMED TO BE HAZARDOUS.

SO IN MOST INSTANCES, THE DOWN TREE, AS I INDICATED, UH, FOR ECO ECOLOGICAL REASONS, SHOULD ABSOLUTELY STAY IN THE FOREST, OR A TREE LYNCH SHOULD STAY IN THE FOREST.

HOWEVER, WE ARE COGNIZANT OF AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING OR SAY, WHERE THERE'S A LARGE HILLSIDE WHERE IF THE DOWN TREE IS NOT REMOVED, IT COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT.

SO WE ATTEMPTED TO DO HERE IS PUT IN SOME FLEXIBLE LANGUAGE TO GIVE SOME RATIONAL DISCRETION TO THE TOWN, FOREST STREET OFFICER, UM, TO IDENTIFY, UM, AND DIRECT WHERE TREES SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM FOREST AREAS, AREAS.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UM, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT, UH, THAT WILL NOT COME INTO PLAY AND THE TREES CAN STAY IN FOREST.

SO, UH, THAT'S THE NATURE OF, OF THIS, UH, LOCAL LAW.

UPDATE TO CHAPTER FOUR 10, UH, DISH.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK, GET IN LINE, , TAKE A NUMBER.

NO INTERRUPTIONS.

, YOU WANNA ASK? THREE TIMES.

GREAT.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UH, CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN.

SEVEN, SEVEN DAYS FOR SEVEN DAYS.

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UH, THANK, UH, GARRETT FOR WORKING, UH, PAST SOME COUPLE WEEKS, UH, DAY, NIGHT, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, UM, ON, UM, UH, GRANT, UH, TO, UH, UH, WITH THE STATE, UH, THAT WOULD BASICALLY ENABLE US TO, UM, BUILD A BIKEWAY, UH, PAUL PAUL.

PAUL PAUL GRABBING A TRANSCRIPT ON THIS.

THIS IS NOT, THIS IS, I'M JUST THANKING HIM.

UM, TO, I, I JUST WANNA THANK THE COMMISSIONER FOR WORKING SO HARD FOR, UH, TRYING TO GET A GRANT THAT I THINK COULD HAVE ENORMOUS, UH, POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, WE COULD GET A, IF THIS HAPPENS, WE'LL GET A, A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH FROM THE SOUTH COUNTY AND NORTH COUNTY TRAIL TO THE MARIO CUOMO BRIDGE.

AND, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND FOR, UM, FOR PEOPLE FROM THE BRONX YONKERS, ALL THE WAY TO, UM, PUTNAM COUNTY.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE COMMISSIONER FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S DOING A, AN AMAZING JOB AND IS REALLY A MODEL PUBLIC SERVANT.

SO, SO ANYTHING AFTER CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN.

UH, SHOULDN'T BE PART OF THE SANITATION PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT.

BUT GOOD.

BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE NICE WORDS.

JUST, THEY'RE NOT PART OF THAT HEARING.

NO.

I JUST WANTED THANK YOU TOO.

NO, I JUST, WE UNDERSTAND.

CUT.

THANKS.

CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40 IN THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, ADOPTING THE REVISED NEW YORK STATE DEFINITION OF INCOME FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY.

[ To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440, “Taxation,” in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh adopting the revised NYS Definition of “Income” for Real Property Tax Exemptions for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities]

WHO'S PRESENTING THIS ONE? I CAN PRESENT IT IF THE ASSESSOR IS NOT PRESENT TONIGHT.

I DON'T SEE THE ASSESSOR.

YOU WOULD START WITH THE FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME AND DEDUCT THE IRA DISTRIBUTIONS.

SO SECTION FOUR 40 OF THE TOWN CODE CURRENTLY, UH, ALLOWS AN EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE A DISABILITY OR A SENIOR CITIZEN.

AND THE WAY THE EXEMPTION PERCENTAGE IS CALCULATED IS BASED ON THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE OWNERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE IS A FORMULA IN PLACE THAT YOU START WITH THE FEDERAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LEVEL.

UM, YOU IGNORE IRA DISTRIBUTIONS AND YOU ADD IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

UH, THE STATE HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS NOT THE PROPER WAY TO CALCULATE, UM, SUCH INCOME.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD DEFINITIONS INTO THE TOWN CODE TO CHANGE HOW YOU CALCULATE, UH, THE INCOME OF A HOUSEHOLD.

AND WITH THESE CHANGES,

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HOWEVER, YOU WOULD NO LONGER ADD IN ANY SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.

UH, THE TAX EXEMPT INTEREST WOULD BE INCLUDED, AND THEN YOU WOULD SUBTRACT UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL EXPENSES.

SO THIS, I THINK, PROVIDES A CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT INCOME WOULD BE AND WOULD EASILY ALLOW A, UH, THE STAFF OF THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE, UH, WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND WHAT PERCENTAGE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.

AND ALSO IT ALLOWS A RESIDENT TO, UH, COMPLETE A WORKSHEET IF THEY DO NOT SUBMIT INCOME TAXES, SO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT, UM, AS, AS A WORKAROUND.

AND I KNOW THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALSO LOOKING TO APPROVE THIS AS WELL.

UM, I BELIEVE SOME ALREADY HAVE AND SOME ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THESE CHANGES.

PERFECT.

GREAT.

ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS? IT'S A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC.

NO, I'M KIDDING.

YOU CAN SEE ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S, UM, WILLING TO SEE YOU REALIZE THAT'S SARCASM THAT PICKS UP IN A RECORD DIFFERENTLY.

COUNT COUNTS.

THAT IS SARCASM, RIGHT? IT BEING BOLD LETTERS.

THAT'S OUR CHARTER ATTORNEY.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE.

SO, HOW, UM, ARE, UH, HEALTHCARE, UH, EXPENDITURES REPRESENTED OR, OR, UH, CERTIFIED OR PRESENTED IN THIS PROCESS? CAN YOU GIVE ME EXAMPLES? YOU SAID YOU GET TO EXEMPT YOUR HEALTHCARE NON-REIMBURSABLE HEALTHCARE.

RIGHT? SO HOW DOES, SO ARE THOSE, YOU KNOW, UH, COPAYMENT RECEIPT, LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S THE UN UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL EXPENSES OKAY.

ARE REDUCED FROM YOUR ADJUSTED INCOME FEDERAL LEVEL.

OH, BUT ONLY THE UNREIMBURSED.

SO IF IT'S REIMBURSED, IT STAYS AS PART OF YOUR INCOME.

SO IF IT'S UNREIMBURSED, THEN HOW IS THAT, UH, IDENTIFIED? LIKE HOW, HOW DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BRING IN RECEIPTS OF UNREIMBURSED UNREIMBURSED? YES.

YOU DO HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT PROOF TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THEY'RE CAPABLE OF HANDLING ALL THAT? I BELIEVE SO.

THE ASSESSOR IS THE ONE WHO HAS, OKAY.

I'M JUST PROMOTED THIS CHANGE THIS, THIS COMES FROM THE ASSESSORS.

NO, I KNOW, I'M AWARE OF THIS.

OH, OKAY.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS SORT OF LIKE INTERESTING BECAUSE MAYBE, UM, IF PEOPLE ARE HAVING, IF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS ADMINISTERING IT MM-HMM.

, UM, THIS COULD BE LIKE ONE OF THESE, UH, INITIATIVES THAT THE STATE DOES, AND THEN IT CREATES, UH, HASSLES, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE HASSLES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

MM-HMM.

SO THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LAND UP, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON AND MAYBE MM-HMM.

TWEAK THE LAW A LITTLE BIT.

RIGHT? I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT.

LIKE INCLUDING THE FORMAT FOR THE SUBMISSION SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T COME IN WITH VARIOUS ARY, LIKE A SLIP BOX.

I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT THERE'S BASICALLY A CHECKLIST THAT THEY WOULD FILL OUT, WHICH RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT, IT'S NOT AS CLEAN AS IT COULD BE.

CORRECT.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP.

AND, AND THEY DO HAVE EXEMPTION FORMS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS WE HAVE WITHIN THE TOWN.

SO, MM-HMM.

, I'M SURE THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ONE NOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE ISSUES.

THAT'S GOOD.

YOU HAVE A MOTION POLL? YEAH.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING VOTE FOR SEVEN DAYS AND THERE'S A SECOND.

HEARING, UM, UH, CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW, UM, ADOPT ADDING A NEW SECTION 2 85 37 2 IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RELATED TO SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

UH, THIRD

[ To consider a Local Law adding a new Section 285-37.2 in the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Greenburgh related to Solar Energy Systems [TB 23-12]]

AYE, AYE.

AND, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CLOSING THE HEARING.

THIS PARTICULAR HEARING, IT'S A FAIRLY COMPLEX LAW AND, UM, OF MANY PAGES.

AND SO IF ANYBODY, UM, CANNOT SPEAK TONIGHT OR DOESN'T SPEAK TONIGHT, THEY'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AT THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING.

AND WE ARE ALSO CHECKING TO SEE HOW IT COMPORTS WITH THE POTENTIAL STATE LAW.

IN GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED LAW, I'D LIKE TO OVERLAP THAT WITH THE PROCESS THAT LED US TO THIS POINT.

WE SHOULD HAVE THE EXPLANATION.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINDER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, AGAIN, GARRETT DUANE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING RELATES TO A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW ESTABLISHING THE NEW SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 2 85 DASH 37.2 ENTITLED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND RELATED MODIFICATIONS TO SECTION 2 85 5 DEFINITIONS WHICH SUPPORT THE NEW LAW.

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THE TOWN BOARD APPOINTED SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE, OR SEEC IDENTIFIED SOLAR INFRASTRUCTURE AS ITS FIRST PRIORITY AS A COMMITTEE AND WORKED WITH TOWN STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WAYS IN WHICH SOLAR INSTALLATIONS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE TOWN AND WORKED WITH TOWNS STAFF TO UNDERSTAND ANY BARRIERS TO POTENTIALLY GOOD SOLAR TYPE INSTALLATIONS.

AND LASTLY, LOOKED AT EXAMPLES OF HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE REGULATING SOLAR USE.

THE S EECS RESEARCH ULTIMATELY CONCLUDED THAT THE SOLAR LAW WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE TOWN AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CBNC.

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AARON SCHMIDT, WHO IS THE PRIMARY AUTHOR OF THE DRAFT.

THE DRAFT SOLAR LOCAL LAW PROVIDES FOR FOUR DISTINCT TIERS OR CATEGORIES OF SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.

THE SDEC AND ITS RESEARCH LEARNED THAT THE TOWN'S BUILDING DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY PROCESSES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ROOFTOP SOLAR APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

IN PREPARING FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT, I RANDOMLY DID AN AERIAL VIEW SCAN OF THE EXECUTIVE PARK IN PORTION OF THE TOWN THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEVEL OF SOLAR INVESTMENT SHARE SCREEN AND SHOW YOU WHAT I SAW.

SO FOR FRAME OF REFERENCE, THIS IS ACTUALLY OF COURSE THE SHOP, RIGHT? WHICH IS NOW FINISHED.

UM, BUT WHEN I SCANNED OVER HERE, THIS IS THE FIRST AREA I THOUGHT TO GO TO.

UM, YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE ROOFTOPS AND THE SMALL CHECKERBOARD DARKER GRIDS ARE PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR SYSTEMS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS, IT IS TREMENDOUS.

WOW.

UM, WHAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE HERE IN TOWN, GREENBURG, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE ELFORD PORTION OF TOWN, UM, THAT'S AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST GREAT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.

THAT'S GREAT.

SO, UM, RIGHT UP FROM TOWN HALL, I, I TOOK A LOOK AT THE JEFFERSON, UH, PLACE AREA, UM, SOUTH ROAD AND YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GET A SENSE, YOU JUST SEE THE MAGNITUDE AND, AND THE PROPORTION OF SOLAR ON HOMES, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S MORE HOME, MORE HOMES HAVE SOLAR THAN NOT.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOMES HAVE, UH, SOLAR NOW? SO I CAN LOOK TO, UM, HAVE STATISTICS PROVIDED.

UM, BUT SPEAKING WITH THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT TODAY, THEY INDICATED THEY CAN GET SIX APPLICATIONS IN ONE DAY.

IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT'S STAGGERING, BUT I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO QUANTIFY THAT.

SO WE'LL SEEK TO GET STATISTICS AND THE FACT IS YOU CAN DO WHAT I JUST DID IN ANY PART OF THE TOWN.

AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE, UM, IS JUST INTENSE LEVELS OF SOLAR, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OR COMMERCIAL ANYWHERE IN TOWN.

SO THE SEEC THEREFORE CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NOT A LOCAL REGULATORY BARRIER TO THESE TYPES OF ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS AND IS SUCH.

THE LOCAL WALL IDENTIFIES BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND ROOFTOP SOLAR INSTALLATIONS AS TIER ONE SOLAR CATEGORY WITH THE PROPOSED PROCESS REMAINING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS IT IS TODAY, ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATE BUILDING AND FIRE CODE.

UH, IN SHORT, IF IT IS NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.

UM, THE SECOND CATEGORY OF SOLAR THAT IS COVERED IN THE LOCAL LAW IS KNOWN AS TIER TWO SOLAR.

THESE ARE SMALL SCALE GROUND MOUNTED SYSTEMS PROPOSED TO BE PERMITTED AS ACCESSORY USES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN ON LOTS CONTAINING A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND SUBJECT TO HEIGHT, SETBACK, COVERAGE SCREENING, AND FENCING REQUIREMENTS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY VERY FEW OF THESE TYPES OF INSTALLATIONS IN THE TOWN, DESPITE THIS TYPE OF SOLAR PRESENTLY BEING, UH, ENABLED GENERALLY AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.

THE BENEFIT OF CODIFYING THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS IN THE MIRROR, WHICH IS PROPOSED, IS THE ADDITION OF COVERAGE AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH DO NOT PRESENTLY EXIST.

AND I'D LIKE TO, UH, SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF A TIER TWO, UH, SYSTEM.

NOW, THIS SYSTEM IS NOT A GREENBERG EXAMPLE, IT'S JUST ONE THAT ARE DRIVEN BY SEVERAL TIMES.

UM, BUT ULTIMATELY IT GIVES YOU THE FLAVOR.

UM, SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SOLAR TIER TWO GROUND MOUNT WHERE THE ROOFTOP IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO SOLAR, BUT THEY HAD, UH, QUITE LARGE, UH, LAWN AND, UH, IN THIS INSTANCE, AGAIN OUTSIDE OF TOWN OF GREENBURG.

UH, THIS JUST GIVES YOU A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THAT, UH, TYPE TWO SYSTEM WOULD LOOK LIKE.

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UH, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THAT WAS IN THE FRONT YARD OF THAT HOUSE, UM, THAT PROPERTY.

UM, FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES, TIER TWO OF THE TOWN GREENBURG WOULD BE PERMITTED ONLY, UH, IN SIDE AND REAR YARDS.

THE THIRD CATEGORY OF SOLAR THAT IS COVERED IN THE LOCAL LAW IS KNOWN AS TIER THREE SOLAR.

THESE SYSTEMS ARE GROUND MOUNT SYSTEMS PROPOSED TO BE PERMITTED AS ACCESSORY USES, ESSENTIALLY IN A NON-RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, THE C-V-D-S-C-A-H-C, UH, O OB, OV ONE, LOB, IB PD, THE P-E-D-L-I AND GI ZONING DISTRICTS OF THE TOWN.

AND THESE SYSTEMS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO HEIGHT, SETBACK, COVERAGE, SCREENING, FENCING, AND SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS.

THERE ARE A FEW OF THESE TYPES OF INSTALLATIONS IN THE TOWN.

DESPITE THIS TYPE ALSO BEING PRESENTLY ENABLED GENERALLY AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THE PRESENT IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

HOWEVER, THERE IS NO METRIC TO DETERMINE AND WHAT SIZE AND AMENDED SITE PLAN PROCESS SHOULD BE TRIGGERED.

WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE LOCAL LAW IS A LOT SIZE BASED PROPORTIONAL SOLAR GROUND MOUNT AREA RATIO, WHICH IF EXCEEDED SETS FORTH THE REQUIREMENT OF AMEND SITE PLAN AND SPECIAL PERMIT APPROVAL.

SO IN SHORT, SIMPLE TERMS, A SMALL SCALE GROUND MOUNT SOLAR INSTALLATION IN AN OFFICE PARK AS EXAMPLE WOULD PROCEED STRAIGHT TO BUILDING PERMIT, WHEREAS A MIDSCALE OR LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL GROUND MOUNT SYSTEM WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN SITE PLAN AND SPECIAL PERMIT GROUP.

THE RATIONALE FOR THIS IS THAT THE MIDSCALE AND LARGE SCALE GROUND MOUNT SYSTEMS, THEY HAVE A GREATER POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE VEHICULAR SITE CIRCULATION OR HAVE AESTHETIC IMPACTS.

AND THE SITE PLAN SPECIAL PERMIT PROCESS ARE A GOOD WAY TO ENSURE THAT SAFE COMPATIBLE SOLAR INSTALLATIONS OCCUR.

I BELIEVE AS DID THE STEC, THAT THE LEGIBLE RULES FOR THESE TIER TWO AND TIER THREE TYPE INSTALLATIONS PROVIDE A GOOD BALANCE OF EFFICIENCY AND OVERSIGHT INTO THE PROCESS AND WILL NOT ACT AS BARRIERS TO GOOD SOLAR DEVELOPMENTS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF A, UH, SAMPLE TYPE THREE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES, UM, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

SO THIS EXAMPLE IS NOT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SCHOOL IN NEW JERSEY, BUT, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, TIER THREE SOLAR INSTALLATIONS IN A PAVED, UM, PARKING LOT AREA.

SO THIS IS IN THIS EXAMPLE, UH, THIS INSTALLATION, IF THIS WERE THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ON A LOT OF SIMILAR SIZE, UM, THAT WOULD GO FOR AMENDED SITE PLAN AND REQUIRE SPECIAL PERMIT.

THE FOURTH AND LAST CATEGORY OF SOLAR THAT IS COVERED IN THE LOCAL LAW IS KNOWN AS TIER FOUR SOLAR.

THESE SYSTEMS ARE LARGE SCALE GROUND MOUNT SYSTEMS ENABLED THROUGH WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT.

PRESENTLY, THE TOWN HAS ONE SUCH OVERLAY DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE CONSERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH HAS BEEN EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE TOWN.

THE PROPOSED SOLAR OVERLAY DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD FOR A SITE, WOULD THEN AUTHORIZE THAT SITE OWNER TO APPLY FOR SITE PLAN, SPECIAL PERMIT APPROVAL FOR HIS SOLAR FARM.

THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THE SOLAR SOLAR FARM IS AGAIN THROUGH A VISUAL, SO SHARE SCREEN SAMPLE SOLAR FARM.

AND THIS EXAMPLE IS NOT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

SO THIS EXAMPLE IS IN THE TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE AND IT IS AT THE, I BELIEVE THE OAKWOOD FRENCH SCHOOL.

AND IT'S, UH, LET'S SEE HERE, IT'S A PRIVATE SCHOOL ON SP AND KILL ROAD OFF OF ROUTE NINE.

SO I'M ON GOOGLE EARTH AND THIS IS A SAMPLE SOLAR FARM ON THE TIER FOUR, UM, EXAMPLE.

SO THIS ARRAY OF PANELS, UM, THEY'RE RUNNING EAST TO WEST SOUTHERN FACING, UH, SUN EXPOSURE.

UM, I, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS SURFACE AREA IS PROBABLY AN ACRE OR MORE ON, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, OF MANY ACRES.

THIS IS THE WHOLE SCHOOL.

UM, SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE AND A VISUAL OF, OF WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY, UH, SOLAR POWER.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION OR ARE YOU, OF COURSE.

SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FOR INSTANCE, THAT LARGE SOLAR ARRAY, CAN YOU EQUATE THAT TO HOW MUCH POWER IT WOULD PROVIDE, LIKE X AMOUNT? IT DOES, DOES IT PROVIDE FOR THAT WHOLE FACILITY AND THEN SOME, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME SUBSETS OF THAT, THAT TO JUST GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF WHAT CAN, WHAT THE BENEFITS OF A SOLAR ARRAY.

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VERY GOOD.

UM, I, I WILL OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION, BUT THAT IS, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM AND I, I WILL SPECULATE AT THIS MOMENT THAT THAT MORE THAN COVERS, UM, ALL OF THE ENERGY NEEDS FOR THAT SITE.

UM, BUT IT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND I WILL, UM, AT THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING HAVE QUANTIFIED, UM, SOLAR BENEFITS FROM A MEGAWATT PERSPECTIVE.

SOUNDS GREAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR LIZ GARRITY, UH, TEXTED AND SAID THAT UH, THEY HAVE 180 SOLAR PERMITS A YEAR.

APPROXIMATELY FROM 2020 TO 2023, THERE WERE 556 SOLAR INSTALLED PERMITS ISSUED.

THAT'S AWESOME.

VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD NEWS.

ALRIGHT, SO IN GREENBURG, THE SOLAR OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD BE APPLICABLE IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS FOR PROPERTIES EXCEEDING A MINIMUM OF FOUR ACRES AND MEETING APPLICABLE SETBACKS, PIPE REQUIREMENTS, AND MEANING BUFFER AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A SOLAR OVERLAY IS THE SAME LEGISLATIVE AND DISCRETIONARY PROCESS THAT THE TOWN BOARD UTILIZES FOR ALL ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THE BROAD DISCRETION THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS AFFORDED IN APPROVING ZONING MAP CHANGES, IN ADDITION TO THE BROAD ZONE DISCRETION, THE LOCAL LAW ALSO INCLUDES A PRIORITIZATION GUIDE AS FOLLOWS, PRIORITIZE PAVED PARKING AREAS OVER NATURAL TREELESS AREAS AND PRIORITIZE NATURAL TREELESS AREAS OVER TREATMENT AREAS.

THE GUIDE IS NOT A MANDATE FOR TOWN BOARD APPROVAL, BUT A GUIDE TO HELP THE BOARD IN ITS CONSIDERATION.

ANY PROPOSAL FOR AN OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD INCLUDE A REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION.

THE TOWN BOARD WOULD ALSO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY PROPOSAL.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE EXAMPLES.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TWO BRIEF EXAMPLES TO HIGHLIGHT PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS FOR A HYPOTHETICAL TIER FOUR PROPOSAL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSED DRAFT SOLAR LAW.

AND THESE EXAMPLES WOULD BE IN THE TOWN OF GREENWOOD.

THE FIRST EXAMPLE IS ACTUALLY A SITE THAT A DEVELOPER HAD INTEREST IN PURCHASING SEVERAL YEARS AGO FROM SOLAR FARM AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY SOUGHT TOWN BOARD SUPPORT BACK THEN.

SO NOW SHARE SCREEN, SHOW YOU THIS SITE, TALK ABOUT IT.

OKAY, SO THE SITE I HAVE ON THE SCREEN, IT'S IN THE EAST IRVINGTON PORTION OF THE TOWN.

THE SITE IS OWNED ONE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND IT EXCEEDS FOUR ACRES.

IT'S ACTUALLY AN APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRE SITE.

AND LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT ONE COULD EASILY MEET THE REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR A SOLAR FARM ON THIS SITE.

SO THIS IS THE 10 ACRE SITE.

ARE YOU, YOU'RE NOT SHARING? OH, OH, NOPE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, SO AGAIN, 10 ACRE SITE EAST IRVINGTON.

UM, SOME, SOME OF THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS WILL RECALL THAT UM, THERE WAS MUCH INTEREST IN THIS SITE TO HAVE IT CONVERT TO A SOLAR FARM AND, UH, EVEN ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF, OF, OF THAT, THAT DEVELOPER COMING TO A TOWN WOODWORK SESSION.

ALRIGHT, SO FOR HYPOTHETICAL PURPOSES, IF THE LOCAL LAW THAT IS BEING PRESENTED WERE IN PLACE TODAY, HERE'S SOME OF THE PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS OF KNOWN THE SITE IS HEAVILY WOODED AND FROM A PRIORITY PERSPECTIVE IN THE LAW, THE SITE RANKS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

THE SITE SITS ADJACENT TO THE TAX RICH PARK PRESERVE.

CLEAR CUTTING.

A MAJORITY OF A PROPERTY ADJACENT TO A PARK PRESERVE IS NOT GOOD FOR NUMEROUS AND OBVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS.

THE SITE IS WITHIN A CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY THE GOALS OF WHICH ARE TO PRESERVE NATURAL FEATURES.

IF THE SOLAR LAW WERE IN PLACE TODAY AND A DEVELOPER SOUGHT TO APPLY FOR A SOLAR OVERLAY DISTRICT AT THIS, AT THIS SITE, MYSELF OR ANYONE OF MY STAFF WOULD RELAY THESE FACTS TO THE DEVELOPER.

AND I SEE NO SCENARIO WHERE A RATIONAL DEVELOPER WOULD ENTERTAIN THE IDEA BEYOND THAT INITIAL PHONE CALL.

IN ADDITION TO ALL THE REASONS I'VE STATED WHY THIS SITE IS NOT A VIABLE CANDIDATE FOR A SOLAR, SOLAR OVERLAY ZONE, I ALSO NOTE THAT WHEN THE DEVELOPER DID PRESENT TO THE TOWN BOARD AT A WORK SESSION YEARS AGO, RESIDENTS CAME OUT AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

IN THE UNLIKELY SCENARIO WHERE A DEVELOPER REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS KNOWN ABOVE AND WAS INSISTENT ON SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION, THE TOWN BOARD WOULD HAVE DISCRETION TO DENY SUCH A SOLAR OVERLAY PETITION.

ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA GIVE A SECOND EXAMPLE AND THIS ONE IS GONNA BE QUITE DIFFERENT.

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ALL RIGHT.

SO I WANNA CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN FOR ANOTHER 10 ACRE SITE, WHICH I HAVE MY CURSOR ON HERE.

UH, DID IT SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT AERIAL? YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU ALL.

SO THIS 10 ACRE SITE IS ON LAWRENCE STREET IN THE PORTION OF THE TOWN IN THE GI GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.

THE SITE IS A FORMER BROWNFIELD SITE THAT ORIGINALLY HOUSED A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING USE AND HAS SINCE BEEN REMEDIATED TO A NON-RESIDENTIAL USE STANDARD AS PART OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPART OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM.

THE SITE IS LARGELY TREELESS IN ITS SOUTHERN SEVEN OR SO ACRES.

THE SITE DOES ABOVE THE SOUTH COUNTY TRAILWAY.

SO IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL, THE SOLAR LAW WERE IN PLACE TODAY AND THE DEVELOPER SOUGHT TO APPLY FOR A SOLAR OVERLAY DISTRICT AT THE SITE FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, AND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE OF THE LOCAL LAW AS TOWN STAFF, I WOULD NOT HESITATE TO CONNECT THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPER WITH THE TOWN BOARD FOR A PRE-SUBMISSION CONFERENCE.

I'M STILL SUBMIT THAT THE TOWN BOARD IN THIS EXAMPLE WOULD NOT BE OBLIGATED TO APPROVE A SOLAR OVERLAY, BUT IF THE TOWN BOARD FOLLOWING THE PROCESS AND WITH PUBLIC INPUT THAT WAS SUPPORTIVE, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A VIABLE CANDIDATE.

SO THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES, AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS JUST CONCLUDE WITH THE, UH, PLANNING BOARD INSIGHT INTO THIS PROCESS.

UH, GARRETT, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ALSO? OF COURSE.

SO JUST IN A NUTSHELL, ARE BROWNFIELDS UH, GOOD CANDIDATES FOR SOLAR OVERLAYS? YEAH, IN GENERAL.

UM, I THINK THEY COULD CERTAINLY BE, UM, DO THEY NEED TO BE REMEDIATED FIRST OR FIELD BY DEFINITION IS CONTAMINATION? YEAH, SO IN GENERAL, JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, ALMOST PHILOSOPHICAL LEVEL, THE TRANSFORMATION FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CONTAMINATED SITE TO UM, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, GREEN ENERGY IS JUST A WONDERFUL STORY.

SO IN THAT SENSE, UM, IT STRIKES ME AS THEY, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, A BROWNFIELD COULD BE A GREAT CANDIDATE.

MM-HMM, .

UM, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UM, THAT'S JUST ONE FACTOR AND PUBLIC INPUT WOULD CONTRIBUTE, UM, VIEW SHEDS WOULD CONTRIBUTE.

THERE, THERE THERE'S A WHOLE VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE.

I, I REMEMBER I DIDN'T FINISH.

SO IS THERE ANY ASPECT TO A BROWNFIELD NOT BEING REMEDIATED THAT WOULD MAKE IT NOT A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR SOLAR, UH, OVERLAY? UM, OR I THINK THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME LEVEL OF CLEANUP.

A BROWNFIELD BE CONSIDERED? WELL IF THE DC LET, LEMME THINK, I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT MEETING.

'CAUSE ULTIMATELY OUR TECHNICIANS THAT, UM, TEND TO THE SITE PERIODICALLY AND, UM, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME LEVEL OF CLEANUP AND IT PROBABLY WOULD LEND ITSELF TOWARDS THE LOWER END OF SPECTRUM OF, OF CLEANUP STANDARDS.

UM, WHICH IS OKAY INSTANCES AS LONG AS THE AREAS ADJACENT ARE PROTECTED FROM THAT, UH, WHATEVER THE CONTAMINATION WAS IN THAT INSTANCE.

UM, BUT IN GENERAL, I, I THINK THE PREMISE OF BROWNFIELD TO THIS TYPE OF USE, UM, IS CERTAINLY A, A GOOD IDEA.

AND FOR CLARITY, YOU, YOU USED AN EXAMPLE, THE PARCEL ON LAWRENCE STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN CLEANED UP TO A NON-RESIDENTIAL USE.

WOULD THAT BE THE LOWER END OR IS THAT SOME STEP HIGHER? SO THE GOLD STANDARD OF, OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP IS THE RESIDENTIAL STANDARD, RIGHT? AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IN THE TOWN IS THE CHELSEA ON, UM, BURY ROAD, THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, UH, MAJOR CONTAMINATION, MAJOR CONTAMINATED BROWNFIELD SITE.

AND THAT WAS CLEANED UP TO THE GOLD STANDARD.

UM, THIS SITE IS A NON-RESIDENTIAL STANDARD.

I WILL NOT SAY THAT IT'S THE LOWEST STANDARD THAT IT WAS CLEANED UP TO.

UM, BUT UH, IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT CLEANED UP TO A STANDARD THAT YOU COULD HAVE ANY TYPE OF RISK.

AND I WOULD IMAGINE THE TOWN BOARD WOULD HAVE SOME SAY AS TO THE LEVEL OF CLEANUP THAT WE WOULD PERMIT IF WE WERE TO GRAB THE SOLAR.

CORRECT? YES.

IF, IF IT WAS PRE CLEANUP, UM, BY ALL MEANS IS NEW OF THE END POTENTIAL USE.

UM, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THE LAND BOARD, LIKE THE TOWN BOARD WOULD WANT TO FACTOR IN AND MAKE, UM, COMMENTS ON, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO, IN THINK ABOUT AND LOOK INTO AND THINK ABOUT, INCLUDING IN THE LAW? DO YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF SAY, IDENTIFYING BROWN FIELDS AS, AS POTENTIALLY UM, HIGHER TYPE CANDIDATES, HIGHER RANKED CANDIDATES, IF YOU WILL? WELL, I THINK IN IDENTIFYING THE LEVEL OF CLEANUP THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, SHOULD

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I'M GONNA ADD THAT TO MY LIST OF, OF UPDATES TO PROVIDE FOR THE BOARD FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

UM, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, UH, TO THAT BECAUSE I WROTE A BUNCH OF LETTERS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SUGGESTING A SOLAR, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SOLAR FARM.

UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF OPPOSITION IN THE COMMUNITY TO APARTMENTS.

AND PEOPLE IN LEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC.

IF WE, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE WRONG, I'M SAYING THAT THE STATE DEC SET STANDARDS FOR, UM, UH, THE TYPE OF CLEANUP FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS FOR, AND I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STATE DEC AND, UM, I THINK EVEN WITH THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, THIS WAS PROBABLY A COUPLE RIGHT AFTER THE JEFFERSON WAS REJECTED.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A HIGHER LEVEL OF CLEANUP, THEN THE APP, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY MAY WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MORE, UH, DEVELOPED PROPERTY.

DEVELOPED PROPERTY, RIGHT.

SO IT COULD, ISN'T IT, IT COULD REALLY WORK, YOU KNOW, BOTH WAYS.

IF THE STATE DEC SAYS THAT THIS IS ALL THAT'S NEEDED AND IT'S HEALTHY AND SAFE, AND THEY COULD PROVE THAT THERE'S NO SAFETY ISSUES, IT MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, UH, TO HAVE SOMETHING, UH, A PROJECT THAT'S GONNA HAVE ZERO TRAFFIC.

MM-HMM.

, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE WRONG, I'M JUST SAYING OH NO, AND IT IS NOT A RIGHT OR WRONG, IT'S JUST RIGHT OR WRONG SAYING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IF WE WERE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE LAW, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO LOWER THAN THE COMMERCIAL STANDARD, RIGHT? WE NEED RESIDENTIAL STANDARD TO PUT A SOLAR FARM, BUT WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A COMMERCIAL STANDARD FOR A SOLAR FARM.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHILE WE COULD ALSO DO IS, UH, REACH OUT TO SAY THE STATE DEC AND MAYBE SOME EXPERT, YOU KNOW, ENVI THE MAYBE, UM, SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND ASK THEM, UH, TO GIVE US THEIR OPINION ON THE STANDARDS THAT THEY WOULD FEEL, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MET.

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, I DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, TAKING A REAL, YOU KNOW, SAYING, OKAY, YOU GOT A SOLAR FARM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP AS MUCH AS ONE, AND THEN FIVE YEARS LATER PEOPLE ARE GETTING CANCER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE WE WEREN'T AS ACTIVE.

BUT I THINK THAT IF WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FIELD, THEN WE COULD COME UP WITH THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.

WELL, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WE'RE NOT THE FIRST TO CONSIDER THIS.

AND THERE, THERE MIGHT BE OTHER STUDIES OR, OR EVEN INDEPENDENT.

EVEN INDEPENDENT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE DC, IT COULD BE THERE'S ALL THESE, LIKE A OR A HEALTH ADVOCACY GROUP OR A RIVER KEEPER, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US ADVICE, FEDERATED CONSERVATIONS.

THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US INDEPENDENT ADVICE AND THEN WE COULD BASE THE DECISION WE NEED ON THEM.

YEAH, DEFINITELY SOME GOOD OPTIONS.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO QUICKLY CONCLUDE WITH THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, RECOMMENDATION.

SO THE PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSED THE LOCAL LAW REFERRAL ON NOVEMBER 1ST, NOVEMBER 15TH AND DECEMBER 6TH, 2023.

THE PLANNING BOARD ISSUED A REPORT WHICH WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE LOCAL LAW AND ISSUED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IT AMENDED ON ONE OCCASION.

THE PLANNING BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO INCORPORATING A LOT SIZED RATIO THRESHOLD FOR GROUND MOUNT PANELS AND TIER THREE SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS THE RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE SETBACK WAIVERS FOR TOPOGRAPHY OR THE ADJACENCY OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY EXISTS WARRANT FLEXIBILITY.

THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BUILT INTO THE LOCAL LAW AND DRAFT THAT HAS BEEN POSTED AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALRIGHT, WELL DONE.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK TODAY AS YES, YOU DID.

I JUST QUICKLY WANT, I DO WANNA THANK, UM, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AARON SCHMIDT, WHO, UM, DID THE LINE SHARE OF WORK ON THIS AND BOTH PLENTY BOARD AND THE SDEC FOR THE HOURS THEY PUT IN AS WELL.

REALLY EXCELLENT.

UM, AND ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

THIS IS LIKE THE BEST MEETING WE'VE EVER HAD.

, UM, DYLAN, THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU WANTED TO GET UP, RIGHT? THIS MEETINGS FILM.

SO , NO.

SO, UH, ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR ALL PURPOSES, PAUL.

UH, RIGHT.

UH, I SECOND THAT.

WELL, LET'S ACTUALLY SPECIFY THE MEETING.

YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION YOU MAKE, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING UNTIL THE MEETING OF

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MARCH 13TH.

MARCH 13TH FOR ALL PURPOSES.

OKAY, SECOND.

OUR LAST HEARING, UM, IS TO CONSIDER THE EXTENSION OF THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO INCLUDE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT BAR B LANE.

UM, AND JUST ELLEN AND

[ To consider the extension of the Hartsdale Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh to include the property located at 8 Barnaby Lane, Hartsdale]

NO, NO, YOU'RE MOVING THAT OPEN THE MEETING.

MY NAME IS ANDREW VA.

I'M WITH WELCOME HOMES, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, XANDER AND IONA PHOENIX.

I DO HAVE ZOOM PULLED UP, SO IF I'M ABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN, IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO SHOW, UM, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE.

YOU HAVE TO SAY YES OR AT LEAST CLICK ON IT.

DID YOU SEE? SAY YES, YOU GET A NOTIFICATION? IT? I DID.

ANDREW, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE? YES, MY NAME IS ANDREW VA.

CAN YOU SPELL THAT FOR THE Z-A-C-C-A-R-T? IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, V AS IN VICTOR.

SO THE APPLICATION IS, UH, THE PURPOSE IS TO EXTEND, UH, A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE SEWER DISTRICT, THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS EIGHT BARNABY LANE.

THAT PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAP.

THE, UM, NEAREST SEWER THAT IS PLANNED TO, UM, BE CONNECTED TO IS LONG BIRCHWOOD LIEN.

UM, AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WHERE MY CURSOR IS, WHEN THIS LOT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1990, UH, THE PLAN WAS TO ACCESS, UH, SEWER FOR THE LOT AT THE BIRCHWOOD LANE CONNECTION POINT.

AND SO THERE WERE THREE EASEMENTS THAT WERE PLANNED AND RECORDED, UH, THAT PROVIDED THAT ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

HERE WE ARE NOW IN 2024 AND THE PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, WHICH IS, UH, NEARING COMPLETION WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND WE ARE, UM, WE HAD RECENTLY BEEN ADVISED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS NOT FORMALLY WITHIN THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT.

SO, UM, WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO REQUEST, UH, A PETITION TO EXTEND THE DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE.

UM, INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION WAS, UM, MEETS AND BOUNCE DESCRIPTIONS, A SURVEY, A COPY OF THIS MAP AND ALL OF THE EASEMENTS THAT I WAS REFERENCING.

SO, UM, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST CONSIDERATION TO EXTEND THE DISTRICT TO THE PROPERTY.

UM, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON IT AS WELL.

UM, FOR THE RECORD, IS IT ACCURATE THAT THE OWNERS WILL BE PAYING FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE AND THAT THEY'LL BE PAYING 40, UH, INSPECTION FEE OF $1,500 AS WELL? THAT IS CORRECT.

MEANS AND IS THIS CONNECTION SOLELY FOR YOUR PROPERTY'S USE? THAT IS CORRECT.

IT'S ONLY INTENDED FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AND HAS IT BEEN SIZED FOR ANYTHING LARGER THAN THIS ONE PROPERTY? IT'S BEEN SIZED JUST FOR THE, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

IT'S A TWO INCH FORCE MEAN, UM, THAT IS GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THAT ALIGNMENT.

YOU SEE THERE, I DIDN'T SEE A LETTER FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, STATING THAT THEY HAVE NO, UH, OBJECTION TO THIS.

WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF ONE EXISTS? I DO NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF A LETTER EXISTING IN THAT NATURE, SO, SO IF THERE'S ANY, IS ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC GOING TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? ALRIGHT, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CAN CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS, UH, THAT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS WE GET SOMETHING FROM THE, UM, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.

SO STATING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION.

YEAH, I, I, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, WHAT THE EASEMENT, WHAT CONSTITUTES THE EASEMENTS GOING BACK 20 SOME ODD YEARS AND WHETHER THE, UM, FORCE MAIN SIZE WAS DIFFERENT THEN, OR JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT COMPORTS WITH WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING.

SURE.

UM, I CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW.

SO I, I HAVE ALL THE EASEMENTS.

WE WENT THROUGH THEM ALL.

THERE WAS NO STIPULATIONS IN TERMS OF, UM, A SIZE RESTRICTION ON IT.

IT JUST SAID FOR THE PURPOSES OF SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT INSTALLATION ON ALL THREE EASEMENTS.

UH, BUT I CAN ASK THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM THAT THERE'S NO CONCERNS ON THE END WITH THAT.

YEAH, JUST IN, WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO UPDATE THOSE.

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

EASEMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN

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UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA.

NEXT TB ONE, UM, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING A HOME RULE REQUEST TO THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE FOR AN AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE NEW YORK STATE VILLAGE LAW RE SENDING THE PROVISIONS OF A RECENTLY ENACTED CHAPTER AMENDMENT, WHICH PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FOR MONT FROM THE FISCAL AND SOCIAL SCRUTINY RECENTLY AFFORDED TO EVERY OTHER AREA IN NEW YORK STATE.

WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? DYLAN, I SAW YOU MOVE YOUR HEAD.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO IN A SIDE TO SIDE MOTION, NOT AN UP AND DOWN MOTION? ANYONE ONLINE? ? NO ONE'S ONLINE.

[ TB 1 - 2/28/2024 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 of Article Two of the NYS Village Law rescinding the provisions of a recently enacted chapter amendment which provides an exemption for Edgemont from the fiscal and social scrutiny recenty afforded to every other area of New York State]

I'D LIKE TO DO THAT SECOND.

UM, A T ONE,

[ AT 1 - 2/28/2024 Resolution approving the retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Town of Greenburgh Police Officers in the matter of Kirk Beckford v. Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]

A T ONE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RETENTION OF TOM FREDDY TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE OFFICERS IN THE MATTER OF KIRK BECKFORD VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX CARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER ALL.

[ AT 2 - 2/28/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Enclave of Dobbs Ferry Condominium for property located at 73-85 Florence Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,251±; the County’s share is $9,142±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,389±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $60,957±. Refunds from all sources total $72,740±]

IF YOU COULD PLEASE INTRODUCE EACH ONE SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR A T TWO FOR THEM.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INDEX, UH, TAX CARY ARI SETTLEMENT, UM, WITH PETITIONER ENCLAVE OF FERRY CONDOMINIUM FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 73 85 FLORENCE AVENUE.

UH, RESULTS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL OF 70 2007 40.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SEARCH SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER AT JT HARTSDALE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 17 221 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 46,800.

[ AT 3 - 2/28/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner JP Hartsdale, LLC for property located at 217-221 East Hartsdale Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $9,029±; the County’s share is $4,982±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $661±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $8,261±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $339±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $23,529±. Refunds from all sources total $46,800±]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TENOR ENTER AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT TO REIMBURSE HARTSDALE PARKING DISTRICT ACROSS OF PERSONNEL AND BENEFIT EXPENSES FOR FULL-TIME PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND TWO PART-TIME ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2024 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 NOT TO EXCEED $110,000 7 0 3.

[ AT 4 - 2/28/2024 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an inter-municipal agreement with the Hartsdale Public Parking District (HPPD) to reimburse HPPD the costs of personnel and benefit expenses for a full-time parking enforcement officer and two part-time parking enforcement officers from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $110,703]

RESOLUTION, UM, UM, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH TO CONSIDER A SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED 5 5 5.

UM, RESOLUTION? UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO, UM, UH, SEE WITH THE PARKING AUTHORITY HOW MUCH REIMBURSEMENT WE GET FOR, UH, HOW MUCH REVENUE WE GET FROM THE PARKING, YOU KNOW, IF IT PAYS FOR IT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT PAYS FOR ITSELF.

WE COULD FIGURE THAT OUT HERE.

I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS

[ CL 1 - 2/28/2024 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, to consider a Site Plan Application of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) for property located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown) [TB 23-08]]

SO MILL RIVER ROAD.

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

AN EXTENSION OF A PRIOR AMENDED SITE PLAN.

RESOLUTION GRANTING

[ CD 1 - 2/28/2024 Resolution granting an extension of a prior Amended Site Plan Approval of an application by Ferncliff Cemetery for property located at 280 Secor Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]

APPROVAL OF FERNCLIFF CEMETERY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 80 SECRET ROAD.

I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

HE COULD, I'M GONNA HOLD THIS, I'M HOLDING THIS OVER.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023.

HOLDING IT

[ CO 1 - 2/28/2024 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2023 budget transfers]

OVER.

BUDGET TRANSFERS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

AUTHORIZING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AWARD, UM, A BID FOR SIX CUMMINGS DIESEL EMERGENCY STANDBY GENERATORS WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION

[ PO 1 - 2/28/2024 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to award bid for six (6) Cummings Diesel Emergency Stand-By Generators]

RESOLUTION OF DOUBTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

[ PO 2 - 2/28/2024 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a handicapped parking space on the west side of Fieldstone Drive just south of the foot path to Building 16 southerly for a distance of 24 feet amending chapter 460 of the Greenburgh Town Code]

ADD A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD.

STONE DRIVE.

JUST, UH, THE SOUND OF THE FOOTPATH TO BUILDING 16 SOUTHERLY FOR DISTANCE OF 20, UM, FOUR FEET.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, UH,

[ PO 3- 2/28/2024 Resolution appointing Akeem Burns as an Entry-level Police Officer]

RESOLUTION, UM, APPOINTING AKEEM BURNS AS AN ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER.

UM, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, VOTE ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESOLUTIONS WHILE YOU JUST STEPPED OUT? JUST BE RECORDED.

MISS THE, UH, YES.

UH, SO YOU'RE FOR LISA C THROUGH POG? YES, I VOTE.

GOOD

[ PO 4 - 2/28/2024 Resolution authorizing the Greenburgh Police Department to go to bid for Request for Proposals seeking a Public Safety Architect/Engineering Services related to a Greenburgh Town Court Building & Police Department Headquarters Facilities Master Plan]

RESOLUTION.

AUTHORIZING GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO TO BID FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SEEKING A PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, ARCHITECT ENGINEERING, UH, SERVICES RELATED TO GREENBURG TOWN, UH, COURT BUILDING AND POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.

FOR PAYMENT MARKINGS TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2024.

RESOLUTION.

[ PW 1 - 2/28/2024 Resolution awarding bids for Pavement Markings to the lowest responsible bidders for 2024]

AWARDING BIDS

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RESOLUTION AWARDING 2024 ANNUAL BID FOR REFLECTIVE SHEETING AND MISCELLANEOUS MARKINGS.

[ PW 2 - 2/28/2024 Resolution awarding 2024 Annual Bid for Reflective Sheeting and Miscellaneous Markings]

AWARDING BIDS FOR TRAFFIC, SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2024.

RESOLUTION

[ PW 3 - 2/28/2024 Resolution awarding bids for Traffic Signage and Associated Hardware to the lowest responsible bidders for 2024]

AWARDING BIDS FOR GREATER, UH, GLASS SPEEDS FOR REFLECTORIZED PAVEMENT TRAFFIC MARKINGS TO POTTER'S INDUSTRY.

RESOLUTION

[ PW 4 - 2/28/2024 Resolution awarding bids for Graded Glass Beads for Reflectorized Pavement Traffic Markings 2024 to Potters Industries, LLC]

I THAT SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE.

LIKE TO MOVE THAT, ADJOURN THE MEETING SECOND.