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PROGRESS.

[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1500 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: JDudek@Greenburghny.com https://ny-greenburgh.civicplus.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings]

OKAY.

WELCOME TARA.

TOWN BOARD, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK SESSION.

UM, IT'S, UH, MARCH 12TH AND IT'S ABOUT 5 35.

AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE AGENDA REVIEW.

SO, SO, GOOD EVENING.

SO JUST AT THE FIRST GLANCE, I'M LOOKING AT THE RECIPIENTS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT HIGH SCHOOL, UM, MILAN HOOD GOES TO.

I THOUGHT, I THINK SHE GOES TO HAMILTON.

BUT THE WAY IT'S READING HERE IS THAT EVERYONE IS AT WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH.

THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

AND THAT'S NOT, AND THAT'S NOT CORRECT.

SO PAIGE WILLIAMS IS VALHALLA HIGH SCHOOL, AND I BELIEVE MALONG WOOD, I'M NOT SURE WHAT SCHOOL SHE'S IN.

A A, IS IT MARIA? REGINA? I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY, WELL, MAYBE THE, MAYBE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA COULD JUST SAY HONORING RECIPIENTS OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING LEGACY YOUTH.

THE AWARDS YEAH.

YOU COULD TAKE OUT, YEAH, YOU COULD TAKE, JUST TAKE OUT WOODLAND IF YOU, IT'S UP TO YOU.

IT'S NICE TO PROMOTE THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW.

OKAY.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT NOT, IT HONORS THEM AS WELL.

I'M SURE WE COULD LOOK ON THE WEBSITE AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE FROM.

I'LL, YEAH.

I CAN FIND, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A CALL.

IT'S NOT FOR THAT ONE'S.

IT'S NOT ON THE, UH, UH, SO PAGES, PAGES FOR HOWA SCHOOL.

YEAH.

IT'S NOT ON THE, UH, PAGES, HOW PAGES FOR HOWA.

UM, I'LL FIND OUT.

I'LL FIND OUT WHERE MILAN IS AND THEN I'LL LET YOU KNOW ON THAT.

OKAY.

SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UH, PROPOSAL FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS IS CONTINUED TO TOMORROW.

IT WAS AT THE LAST SESSION.

YOU HELD IT OVER.

UM, JUST FOR ANYONE WHO DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO COME OUT LAST TIME AND SPEAK ON THAT PROPOSED LAW, THERE'S NO CHANGES ON THE LAW THAT'S POSTED, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

AND REGENERON IS NOT GOING TO BE HELD TOMORROW.

REGENERON AND REGENERON REQUEST.

OKAY.

UM, THIS LOCAL LAW THERE, , UM, JOY, CAN YOU PUT YOUR MIC ON? OH, I'M SORRY.

I CAN HEAR YOU.

SORRY.

UM, THE LOCAL WHAT NUMBER? JUST THE DECISION UNDER DECISION.

OKAY.

THE SECOND DECISION.

MM-HMM.

.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO.

OKAY.

SO, UM, WE, UH, GOT SENT AN EMAIL FROM, UH, BARBARA JACOBS ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH THE SHOPRITE AND THE, UH, FENCE AND THE GARBAGE.

WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH WAS GREAT.

LIZ TOOK CARE OF THAT ALREADY.

MM-HMM.

.

BUT THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE TREES THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS FALLS UNDER THAT OR NOT.

UM, THAT'S PART OF THE, WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DONE AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THAT REFERS TO.

AND IT WAS, I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU.

IT WAS PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO PLANT TREES.

AND THERE WERE, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH, WITH THAT PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING IT TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY AND IT COULDN'T BE BECAUSE IT WAST SEASON.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT IS, BUT IT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE.

OKAY.

YEAH.

GARRETT HAS GAR.

YEAH.

YEAH.

IT'S JUST BASICALLY WOOD AREAS OF MONEY TO DO WITH THEM.

I SEE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

IT'S LIKE NOBODY OWNS THEM.

BUT I THINK THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH TRASH TOO.

YES.

THAT, THAT RESOLVED MR. AND OUR AMENDMENT ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX, THE, WE AMENDED IT.

UH, UH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THE, WHERE'S THE AMENDED VERSION? WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY AMEND IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COMMENTS.

NOBODY HAD ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT.

UM, OH, I THOUGHT WE DID.

OKAY.

WELL THE AMENDMENT IS THE LOCAL LAW, RIGHT? UH, OH.

I HAD A QUE RIGHT ABOUT THE TA.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, THE HEALTHCARE RECEIPTS.

UM, AND APPARENTLY EACH MUNICIPALITY CAN REQUEST IT IN THE FORMAT THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM.

RIGHT? THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT.

YES.

SO CD TWO IS A LITTLE BIT, IS IT CD TWO OR CD ONE? UH, YEAH, CD TWO IS A LITTLE BIT IN FLUX.

I WAS TALKING TO GARRETT ABOUT IT RIGHT BEFORE THE, HMM.

UM, THE LAST TIME WE ISSUED AN EXTENSION, WE SAID IT WOULD BE THE FINAL EXTENSION BECAUSE EACH TIME THEY CAME FOR AN EXTENSION,

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THEY SAID, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BILL THIS YEAR.

MM-HMM.

NOW THEY'RE COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION AFTER THE FINAL EXTENSION.

SO THEY WANTED A ONE YEAR, AND I HAD SUGGESTED MAKE IT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY NEED SOME MOTIVATION HERE TO ACTUALLY DO IT SINCE THEY SAID AGAIN THEY'RE GONNA DO IT THIS YEAR.

UH, HE SPOKE TO THEM, THEY WERE LIKE NINE MONTHS.

UH, WHAT'S THAT ISSUE HERE IS THAT THERE'S A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL THAT SAID THAT THEY WOULD DEAL WITH STORMWATER ISSUES.

BUT EVERY TIME THEY ASK FOR AN EXTENSION, THEY THEN NEVER DO THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THE FLOODING STILL HAPPENS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY ACTUALLY DO THE WORK.

SURE.

IN ORDER THERE'S NOBODY OBJECTING TO THEM BUILDING.

IT'S JUST EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EXTENSION, IT DELAYS THAT.

BUT GARRETT'S BEEN SPEAKING TO THEM AND SAYING, LISTEN, YOU NEED TO GET MOVING WITH THE STORMWATER, UH, MEDIATION.

AND SO IF WE CAN GET THAT WRITTEN INTO THE EXTENSION BY TOMORROW NIGHT, THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT.

UH, OTHERWISE I THINK WE JUST IS THAT THE FLOODING THAT'S CAUSED BY THEM HAVING BUILT UP, BUILT THE WALL TOO HIGH AND THEN BUILT UP THE GROUND? THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT'S THE OTHER SIDE.

OKAY.

OTHER SIDE.

THIS IS, THIS IS AN AREA THAT FLOODS OUT, UM, GENE GENERAL, UM, GENE MOSTLY, BUT THEN ALL THAT WATER GOES DOWN BARBARA AND GOES DOWN TO SEACO ROAD.

RIGHT.

UM, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST A RIVER WHEN IT HAPPENS.

AND, UH, AND IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED IS BUILD A WALL, BUT APPARENTLY THAT WALL IS A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.

UH, SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FERNCLIFFE WOULD RATHER NOT DO THAT, BUT INSTEAD ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN JUST PUT UP A WALL TO BLOCK THE WATER.

SO, EXCEPT THAT HAVEN'T DONE IT.

YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

YEAH.

IT'S JUST EVERY TIME THERE'S AN EXTENSION IT DELAYED.

DELAYED.

THERE'S STILL MORE FLOODING GOING ON, SO, SO WE'LL SEE.

OKAY.

WE'LL SEE.

THANKS.

GET SO IF IT, SO IF IT, IF WE DON'T HAVE HOLDING IT OVER, WE'LL HOLD IT OVER.

RIGHT.

WE'LL SEE.

WE'LL SEE.

TOMORROW'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE BY TOMORROW.

TOMORROW.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND AGAIN, NOBODY I THINK IS OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT IT AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.

UH, WE JUST NEED IT TO GET DONE , AND WE'RE NOT HAVING A PROMOTION FOR THE DETECTIVE.

'CAUSE APPARENTLY HE'S NOT AVAILABLE , SO.

RIGHT.

WHICH IS PROBABLY A GOOD REASON, BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA PASS IT.

WE'RE STILL GONNA PASS IT TOMORROW.

PASS IT TOMORROW.

BUT HE JUST WON'T BE.

HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T FORGET AND THEY EVENTUALLY COME BACK.

'CAUSE I THINK IT'S NICE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE YEAH.

I, I'LL ON PO TWO, THE DISABLED PARKING SPOTS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY FURTHER LUCK, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS RELATING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SELLING THE PROPERTY TO THE, UH, CAMPUS, UH, PLACE DEVELOPMENT OPEN? NO.

I, I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE PROBABLY FOR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS SINCE IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE.

RIGHT.

WE CAN'T JUST DECIDE TO SELL IT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW THAT.

RIGHT.

WELL, WE'D HAVE TO DO IT.

HAVE TO GO.

WE, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT.

RIGHT.

OH, I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD ADD TO THE FRONT OF THIS ABOUT THE MEETING THAT'S GONNA BE HELD ON, ON MARCH 20TH, RIGHT.

MARCH, MARCH 20TH.

NEXT WEEK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK HERE AT TOWN HALL.

CGR, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATORS HAS PICKED TO DO A STUDY REGARDING THE INCORPORATION EFFORT BY THE, UH, EDGEMONT INCORPORATION COMMITTEE.

UH, THEY ARE GOING TO PRODUCE, UM, WHATEVER THEIR FINDINGS ARE FROM THE SHORT TIME THAT THEY'VE HAD TO DO A STUDY.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE IN TOWN HALL AT, UM, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

UH, WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE A ZOOM LINK.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL EMAIL ADDRESS TO EMAIL FOR THAT.

SO IT DOESN'T GET MIXED UP WITH, YOU KNOW, PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS AND ZONING BOARD MEETINGS.

UM, I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE CALLED CGR MEETING SHOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT EMAIL ADDRESS IS CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION.

AND IF YOU EMAIL THEN THAT EMAIL ADDRESS AND THEN THIS'LL GO OUT, WE'LL DO A GB LIST REGARDING THIS.

UM, YOU CAN THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEND YOU THE LINK, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING IN TOWN HALL.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT SET UP SO THAT

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OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WHO WANNA COME IN PERSON CAN COME IN PERSON.

WE'LL HAVE AN OVERFLOW ROOM IN THE CAFETERIA.

WE'RE TAKING OUT ALL THE TABLES OUTTA THE CAFETERIA AND BRINGING IN FOLDING CHAIRS.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A 78 INCH MONITOR IN THAT ROOM SO THAT YOU CAN WATCH THE MEETING IN THE CAFETERIA.

HOPEFULLY WE DON'T NEED IT BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE ROOM HERE IN THE AUDITORIUM.

WE WILL ALSO BE ON ZOOM.

BUT, UH, IF YOU, UH, SEW SHOES, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLANNING FOR THIS.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK, YOU JUST COME OVER FROM THE CAFETERIA.

IT'S A SHORT WALK, IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE.

COME TO THE AUDITORIUM, ASK THE QUESTION, AND, UH, THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU CAN GO BACK AND CONTINUE TO WATCH IT.

AND THEY HAVEN'T TOLD ANYBODY WHAT THE REPORT'S SAYING.

UH, THE REPORT I BELIEVE TODAY, UM, IS BEING FINALIZED OR HASN'T FINAL IT, BUT THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US, NO, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US ADVANCE AND THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN THE MOND INCORPORATION ADVOCATES ANY ADVANCE.

I CAN'T SAY I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT, BUT I COULD SAY THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE REPORT YET AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

AND I'M SORRY.

FINISH UP FRANCIS, IF YOU'RE NOT FINISHED.

SURE.

UM, I THINK THAT'S THE BASICS.

WILL, UH, BASICALLY IT'LL, IT'LL GO OUT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

UH, THEY WILL BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS THEY INTEND, UH, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS MORE COMPLETELY, UH, ONCE IT'S FIRST ASKED.

AND THEN WHEN IT'S ASKED FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE ANSWER WILL GET A LITTLE SHORTER.

AND THEN WHEN THAT SAME QUESTION IS ASKED FOR THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME, IT'LL GET EVEN SHORTER THAN THAT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WATCH THE TAPE AND REFER TO IT.

THEY'RE ADVISING THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND IF THEY DON'T, UH, HAVE THE ANSWER READILY AT HAND ON THE 20TH, UH, THEY WILL BE POSTING ANSWERS UP ON A WEBSITE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE PUBLIC AS SOON AS IT'S FINALIZED SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, SO OR SO.

AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE.

IT'S THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE.

AND THAT'LL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONCE, ONCE IT'S, ONCE IT'S ACTIVE.

AND WASN'T THERE, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT THEM TAKING SOME INPUT FROM PUBLIC COMMENT TO PUT INTO THE REPORT AS WELL BEFORE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS IN.

OTHERWISE THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVEN'T, I MEAN RIGHT.

BUT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE HAVING A MEETING HERE, UM, NEXT WEEK.

AND WE, AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY BECAUSE THEY COULD BE, BECAUSE THIS IS A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY SENATOR COUSINS, NOT BY THE TOWN.

RIGHT.

AND NOT BY THE EDGEMONT CORPORATION.

UM, SO IT COULD TURN OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING INCORPORATION COULD BE PLEASED WITH THE REPORT.

IT COULD ALSO TURN OUT THAT THOSE WHO OPPOSE IT COULD BE PLEASED WITH THE REPORT.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WHAT'S GOING, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY.

AND I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT THIS IS A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT SURE.

UH, YOU KNOW, STUDY.

AND JUST ALSO A REMINDER, YOU MAY PROBABLY GONNA GET TO THIS POINT THAT THIS IS NOT A TOWN BOARD MEETING, THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.

I KNOW YOU PUBLIC HEARING, SO, SO THE TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN VERY SENSITIVE THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS IF, UH, THE TOWN BOARD HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THEIR REPORT.

MY GUESS IS EVERYONE WHO READS THE REPORT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT UNHAPPY.

.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY MANY REPORTS ARE.

UH, BUT, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY DON'T MIND IF WE CALL IT A SPECIAL MEETING.

WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS HERE.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO NOTICE THE MEETING BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A QUORUM OF THE TOWN BOARD HERE PRESENT.

BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE RUNNING THE MEETING.

AFTER SHORT INTER INTRODUCTIONS, IT'S GONNA BE TURNED OVER TO THE CGR, UH, PROFESSIONALS.

AND THEY WILL BE BASICALLY RUNNING THE MEETING.

OUR TOWN ATTORNEY WILL BE ACTING AS A PARLIAMENTARIAN SOLELY AT THEIR REQUEST SOLELY FOR MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE STAY TO THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT.

AND IT DOESN'T GET TOO REDUNDANT, UH, IN THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

ARE WE GONNA BE SU THEY WOULD PREFER, THEY WOULD PREFER, UH, UM, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT AS OPPOSED TO JUST MAKING BLANKET STATEMENTS THAT DON'T RISE TO A QUESTION.

IT, IT SHOULD BE.

THERE'S NO WAY.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO, THERE'S NO WAY TO STOP THAT TO LEGISLATE THAT.

WELL, THE TRUE, BUT LIKE, WHEN THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS DOES CONDUCTS A DEBATE, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE A STATEMENT.

YOU ASK A QUESTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, OR YOU CAN'T MAKE A STATEMENT AND PUT IT IN A QUESTION FORMAT, , THAT KIND OF THING.

I'M SORRY, PAUL, YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING? UM, WE'RE GONNA BE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AS BOARD MEMBERS.

THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE.

THEY WILL BE UP ON THE DAYS.

OKAY.

THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THEY WILL BE UP ON THE DESK.

UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY IS, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING

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ELSE ABOUT THE NUANCES OF, UH, OH, IF YOU ARE COMING IN ON ZOOM, UH, YOU'LL BE PROMOTED UP, BUT YOU MUST BE ON CAMERA WHERE WE DO NOT THEY AND WE DO NOT MEANING WE MEANING I, 'CAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT'S COORDINATING THIS MEETING.

UH, YOU NEED TO BE ON CAMERA TO ASK A QUESTION ON ZOOM.

IS THERE GOING TO BE NO ANONYMOUS, UH, QUESTIONS BEING ASKED? AND THE QUESTIONS ASKED WILL BE IN THE ORDER THAT THEY'RE RECEIVED.

CORRECT.

AND THE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? WELL, IF YOU'RE ON ZOOM, ON ZOOM, IT'S EASY BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ANSWERED IN THE, UH, WELL, THEY'LL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER THAT, UH, KEEPS TRACK OF THAT HERE.

WE HAVE A TOWN CLERK.

TOWN CLERK IS VOLUNTEERED.

RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

VOLUNTOLD, UH, TO MAINTAIN THE LIST.

THEY REALLY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE MEETING.

THEY WANT TO REPORT WHAT THEY WANT TO REPORT, ASK QUESTIONS.

UH, BUT AS FAR AS, AND THE REASON WHY IT'S BEING HELD HERE AND NOT SOMEPLACE ELSE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PUTTING IT OUT ON CABLE LIVE.

WE HAVE AVAIL ABILITY TO, TO STREAM IT LIVE.

WE HAVE ABILITY TO DO ZOOM LIVE AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ARCHIVE ALL THREE FORMATS SO THAT IT'LL, IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, A RECORD THAT ANYBODY CAN GO AND CHECK AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME.

SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING A MEETING THAT WE COULD THEN WE COULD HAVE BY HOLDING IT HERE.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR MOTIVATING FORCES IN HAVING IT HERE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING AND WE ALSO HAVE PLENTY OF SEATS, PARTICULARLY WITH AN OVERFLOW INTO THE CAFETERIA.

WE'RE, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, TECH SUPPORT AND SITE SUPPORT.

YEP.

RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN SHIM.

UM, UH, YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS GOING TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE? UM, UM, AND I KNOW YOU WILL NOT.

NO, YOU'LL BE IN YOUR SEAT.

YOU'LL BE IN YOUR SEAT.

OH, YOU'LL BE, YEAH, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THE NOTES AND THEN JOE WILL BE IN HIS, YOU AND JOE PERSPECTIVE SEAT.

OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

.

MM-HMM.

.

ALRIGHT.

I'LL BE WRITING THE ZOOM LIKE I USUALLY DO.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT'S IT.

SO MARCH 20TH, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

MARCH SEVEN O'CLOCK AND THEN WE'LL PUT A BLAST OUT.

AND THEN, SO, OH, FOR ANY OF YOU WONDERING, I'M SORRY, I REALLY APOLOGIZE.

THE, UM, THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING WAS SCHEDULED FOR THAT NIGHT, BUT, UM, WE THANK THE PLANNING BOARD FOR, UH, MOVING THEIR MEETING TO MONDAY NIGHT NEXT WEEK INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

UH, WE WERE TRYING, WE MEANING CGR AND MYSELF WERE WORKING AS BEST.

WE WORKING AS BEST WE CAN TO GIVE AS MUCH TIME FOR CGR.

AND EVERY DAY IS PRECIOUS BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE WIND, UH, SHORT WINDOW FOR THEM TO PUT TOGETHER THIS REPORT, GIVE THEM AS MANY DAYS AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THE REPORT.

AND SO, UH, IT COULDN'T BE THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE EDGEMONT, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ON VACATION.

UH, IT COULD NOT BE FRIDAY NIGHT BECAUSE THE TOWN BOARD DOESN'T SCHEDULE MEETINGS FOR MEETINGS THAT END AFTER SUNDOWN ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.

SO THAT PUT IT TO THURSDAY.

BUT THERE'S A ZONING BOARD MEETING AND IT'S BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED AND IT, IT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE TO TRY AND CHANGE THAT.

AND SO FORTUNATELY THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS ON THE 20TH, UH, ON THE 20TH, THEY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND MOVE THEIR MEETING TO MONDAY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, CGR IN THEM PUTTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER REPORT THEY PUT TOGETHER DOES.

I'M SO SORRY.

DOES MY OFFICE NEED TO PUT OUT A CHANGE OF THE PLANNING BOARD OR IF THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT? I BELIEVE GARRETT'S TAKING CARE OF THAT.

RIGHT.

AND I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE LISTEN, WHETHER YOU COME IN PERSON, WHETHER YOU, UM, PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU LISTEN TO THIS IMPORTANT REPORT.

AND AGAIN, IT IS INDEPENDENT.

WE HAVE NOT, NONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD ANY, UM, VISIBILITY INTO THE REPORT.

WE'VE, UM, BUT IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE IS PART OF THIS IMPORTANT MEETING.

OKAY.

THAT'S PERFECT.

SO WE SHOULD PUT THAT ON HERE TOO.

WE, YEP.

WE'LL PUT IT ON THE FIRST PAGE.

MM-HMM, .

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

THANK YOU ALL YOU WANT.

SO THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS.

SECOND, AND FOR SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING PERSONNEL.

OKAY.

OKAY.