Mar 13, 2024 Town Board- Regular

SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Frances Danko, 86, grandmother of Town Attorney Joseph Danko, who passed away Monday, March 11, 2024. She will be greatly missed by her three children and their spouses, four grandchildren, five great grandchildren and two brothers. In memory of those killed in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, and in memory of those who have perished due to the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023]

STANDING, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.

STANDING, PLEASE.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

MEMORY OF FRANCIS STANKO, WHO IS 86 YEARS OLD, UH, GRANDMOTHER OF THE TOWN.

ATTORNEY JOE DANKO, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, MARCH 11TH, SHALL BE MISSED BY HER THREE CHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES.

FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE GRAND, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND TWO BROTHERS IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN THE UKRAINE DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PARENTS DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023.

UH, WE'LL HAVE, UM, UM, THE ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR FINER HERE.

AND NOW I CONDOLENCES TO YOU JOE AND YOUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HONOR HONORING HER.

NEXT,

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]

COUNCILMAN SHEHAN.

PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON.

PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN HABER.

PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY MR. DANKO.

[ Daniel Sabol -- Certificate presentation for assisting in a recent incident of a boy having a seizure in Stop and Shop]

FIRST I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE DAN, UH, SABLE, WHO'S A RESIDENT OF, UH, UH, THE RIVER VILLAGES IN IN THE TOWN.

AND DEAN, UM, IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS LIFESAVING ACTIONS AND QUICK THINKING, RESPONDING TO A BOY WHO HAD HIS FIRST SEIZURE AT TARRYTOWN, STOP AND SHOP A STORE.

AND WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT, UM, HIS, UM, EFFORTS EARLIER, UH, THIS YEAR, I WAS SO IMPRESSED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY, UH, TERRIFIC WHEN SOMEBODY SAVES A LIFE AND, UH, COMES TO THE AID OF SOMEBODY IN NEED.

AND HE WAS THERE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR OTHERS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE.

AND, UM, MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXP YOUR EXPERIENCES AND, UM, INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU DID.

UH, YOU COULD THANK AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I BELIEVE EVERYTHING TURNED OUT VERY WELL, SO.

SO THIS IS, THIS IS MY FOURTH TIME DOING THIS.

UM, I WAS JUST AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

I'M SORRY.

UH, I WAS AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, UM, FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, UM, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO HELP, UH, INTERVENE.

I WAS WITH THE ARLEY AMBULANCE CORPS, UH, FOR SOME TIME.

AND I WORK IN EDUCATION, BOTH HIGHER ED AND, UH, REGULAR ED.

THE ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS TOLD OTHERS WAS TO GO FOR YOUR CPR FIRST AID AND YOUR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRAININGS THAT ARE OFFERED BY YOUR LOCAL VOLUNTEER AGENCIES.

THEY WERE ALL OVER THROUGH THE RIVERTOWN AND IT'S FREE, OR IT'S LITTLE TO NOTHING.

AND THESE TRAININGS REALLY CAN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU HAD.

AND ALSO, UM, A LOT OF, UM, THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I LEARNED SO MUCH JUST FROM RIDING ON THE AMBULANCE AND BEING AN AIDE FOR, FOR A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING.

UM, THAT LED ME TO THAT DAY BEING ABLE TO HELP.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT WENT.

AND THAT NIGHT MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE WITH ME.

UM, IT WAS BRUTALLY COLD.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS THAT, UM, EVERYBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, RUNNING IN AND OUT 'CAUSE IT WAS SO COLD.

AND I SAW A YOUNG MAN, LITTLE, YOU KNOW, 13-YEAR-OLD FALL HIT THE GROUND AND I SAW HIS FATHER, UM, YOU KNOW, UPSET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN DISARRAY, SO TO SPEAK, AS ANYBODY HERE WITH CHILDREN OR WITHOUT JUDGING WOULD BE.

SO I JUST LEAPED RIGHT INTO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I DO.

I GOT EVERYBODY TO GIVE THEIR JACKETS AND THEN WAIT INSIDE AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, I DID WHAT THEY CALL A LITTLE BIT OF A STERNUM RUB TO KIND OF BRING BACK IN.

AND SO WE KEPT HIM GOING AND MAKING SURE HE WAS, YOU KNOW, PLACED IN A, IN A SUPPLYING POSITION AND SOME FEW VOMITS, OR, AND WE JUST MADE SURE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, COMING TO, AND, YOU KNOW, STAYING AT THAT LEVEL.

UM, AND, UH, WHEN THE GREENBERG, UH, POLICE ARRIVED, UH, OFFICER P AND MYSELF AND THE, UH, GREENBERG, UM, AMBULANCE, UH, THEY CAME AND WE ALL KIND OF WORKED TOGETHER TO HELP ALL THE YOUNG MAN INTO THE AMBULANCE AND OFF HE WENT.

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WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HOPE YOU, UH, YOUR STORY WILL INSPIRE OTHERS TO ALSO, UH, UH, TAKE, UH, LIFESAVING, UH, SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS. MM-HMM.

AND HOPEFULLY OTHER PEOPLE WILL ALSO SAVE LIVES.

BUT IT REALLY IS VERY INSPIRING AND JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID.

DON'T WE GET YOUR YES.

THANK YOU, .

I WAS THE CHECKS IN THE MAIL.

YEAH, THE CHECKS IN THE MAIL.

CHECKS IN MAIL.

YES.

UH, THAT IS, THAT IS GREAT.

BUT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR, UH, UH, YOUR PAR YOUR, YOUR PARENTS, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANKS SO MUCH.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONAL, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE HONORED, UM, BY, UH, THE MARTIN LUTHER KING LEGACY, UH, YOUTH, YOU KNOW, AWARDS.

[ Recipients of The AAMW 23rd Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Youth Awards - Constance Davis, Woodlands Middle High School Student, Paige Williams, Valhalla High School Student, and Milan Hood, Maria Regina High School Student]

AND, UM, UH, EVERY YEAR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, MEN OF WESTCHESTER, THEY HONOR THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST.

AND, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, THEY HONORED, UM, SOME YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, WE ARE HONORING PAIGE WILLIAMS, UM, WHO, UM, UH, WHO IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD FOR HER VARIOUS VOLUNTEER WORK, FOCUSING ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

AND, UH, PAIGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? THANK YOU.

YES, PLEASE.

AND IF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD COULD JOIN US WHILE WE RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS.

OKAY, COOL.

SO WE HAVE, THANK YOU.

SO MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF YOUR, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES, AND MAYBE YOU COULD TELL, UH, GIVE SOME OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND INSPIRATION.

OKAY, SURE.

UM, WELL, I WANNA START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

UM, A FEW THINGS I'VE DONE IN THE GREENBURG COMMUNITY RECENTLY.

UM, ONE OF THEM BEING YOUTH COURT, THE GREENBURG YOUTH COURT.

AND THERE WE HELP KIDS, UM, GET A SECOND CHANCE.

IT'S A REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AND WE MAKE DECISIONS AS PROSECUTORS, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, JUDGES, AND OTHER, UH, LEGAL FIGURES ABOUT, UM, LIKE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF TEENAGERS.

AND INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO GO TO JAIL OR FACE PRISON TIME, WE GIVE THEM PROBATION OR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

SO IT'S LIKE A SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.

UM, ANOTHER THING I'VE DONE IN GREENBURG WAS I DID AN INTERNSHIP AT THIS TOWN HALL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND THAT WAS A REALLY NICE EXPERIENCE.

I GOT TO WORK WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER KIDS WHO WERE MY AGE AND WERE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HOW HELPING THE COMMUNITY.

I GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKED AND GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE AS WELL.

HOW MANY, UH, PARTICIPANTS ARE THERE IN THE YOUTH COURT? UM, IN YOUTH COURT, I WOULD SAY THERE'S ABOUT 20 TO 30 PARTICIPANTS.

AND WHAT ROLES HAVE YOU HAD? UM, I'VE PLAYED THE ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR SO FAR.

CAN I BRAG ABOUT YOU REALLY QUICKLY? THAT OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, SHE GOT A HUNDRED ON HER SAT ENGLISH SAT.

AND WHAT SCHOOL WAS THAT? FA HALLA HIGH SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS.

I DID, I DID WELL WHEN I TOOK THE BAR EXAM, BUT MY SISTER SAID, IF YOU THINK IT'S A RIGHT.

B, SO I PASSED.

SO I DID BOTH FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, SO.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.

WE HAVE ANOTHER HONOREE, UM, WHO'S A VISION VISIONARY, UH, CONSTANCE DAVIS AND CONSTANCE GOT THE VISION AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP ON YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCILS FOR THE LOCAL N-A-A-C-P AND FOR SENATOR COUSINS.

SO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? HI.

OH, THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST WANNA THANK WHOEVER NOMINATED ME AGAIN.

MY SCHOOL NOMINATED ME AND TYCC NOMINATED ME, SO I'M VERY THANKFUL.

UM, IN THE GROUP THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED WITH ANDREW STEWART COUSINS, IT'S BEEN HONESTLY ONE OF THE FAVORITE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS, UM, TO MAKE CHANGE.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST MADE A BUNCH OF FEMININE BASKETS FOR THE CHILDREN AT, UM, CHILDREN'S VILLAGE IN DOBBS FERRY, SO THAT WAS

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NICE.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S IT, .

AND, AND WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AND WHY? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? THAT'S GOOD QUESTION.

AFTER SCHOOL'S GOOD.

UM, NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT I WANNA DO, BUT I DO WANNA GO INTO THE STEM FIELD.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M A SENIOR, SO I'M GOING TO COLLEGE IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, SO I'M MAJORING IN BIOLOGY RIGHT NOW, AND THEN I'M GONNA FIGURE OUT WHERE I'M GOING AND WHY, WHY COLLEGE? I DUNNO YET , WE WILL SEE.

I STILL HAVE SOME OPTIONS.

YES, FOR SURE.

TERRIFIC.

AND WHAT HIGH SCHOOL? WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

SCHOOL, WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, SORRY.

WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALL THINK WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL IS THE MOST UNDERRATED SCHOOL BECAUSE I AGREE.

THE STUDENTS ARE SMART AND SO ACCOMPLISHED.

SO MANY OF THE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS LIKE YOU, WHO REALLY EXCEL, REALLY GIVE THE SCHOOL A GREAT NAME.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF THE STUDENTS HAVE GOTTEN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION.

SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND I'LL FOLLOW YOUR CAREER WITH INTROS.

OH.

UM, AND TOMORROW OUR BASKETBALL TEAM IS GOING TO STATES, SO YOU CAN WATCH THAT ON THE TV.

WE HAVE A GAME TOMORROW NIGHT, AND IF WE WIN, WE PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL.

AND I'M THE MANAGER OF THE TEAM, WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M GLAD YOU, I'M GLAD YOU TOOK A PHOTO OF ME NEXT TO HER.

SO WHEN SHE'S FAMOUS, I COULD, UH, PUT IT ON MY RESUME.

I'LL HANG UP THE PHOTO OF ME WITH YOU, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, AN EXCEPTIONAL, UM, ON A RAY.

MIL, MILAN, GR OH, SORRY.

OH, DO YOU WANT ME? OKAY, THANK YOU.

LET'S SAY I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE PHOTO LIKE THIS ABOUT PHOTO BOMB.

HOLD UP YOUR THANK YOU.

READY? 1, 2, 3.

AND THANK THE CAP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WE'RE ALSO HONORING, UH, UH, MILAN GRACE HOOD, AND, UH, SHE, THEY'RE NOT, NO.

OKAY, SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.

YES.

UH, 23RD ANNUAL REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, LEGACY YOUTH AWARDEE BUILDING BRIDGE IS AWARD FOR HER WORK WITH THE HOMELESS OF THE COACHMAN, UH, FAMILY CENTER.

THANK.

AND, UH, NOBODY'S HERE FROM MARIE GINA, RIGHT? THAT IS ME.

I HAVE ANOTHER, OKAY.

SO, OH, YOU, OKAY.

THANK SIR.

WOULD YOU WANNA, UH, MENTION, UH, THIS CGR PRESENTATION CHAIR? SO A WEEK FROM TODAY, INSTEAD OF HAVING A PLANNING BOARD MEETING HERE, AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT THE PLANNING BOARD WAS WILLING TO MOVE THEIR MEETING FROM WEDNESDAY TO NEXT MONDAY.

UM, WE'RE GONNA REDO THAT PICTURE WITH, SO THAT IT HAS TOWN IN BACKGROUND.

THE CHAIR.

CAN YOU TURN CHAIR? OH, I GOT IT.

I DON'T MIND DOING THAT FOR YOU.

ALRIGHT, LET'S GET YOU GUYS UNDER THE TOWN, GREENBERG, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA BE RUNNING THIS PLACE SOON.

SO WE'RE GONNA SAY THANK, THANK YOU LADIES.

OKAY, NEXT ON THE AGENDA.

OH, UH, LET'S SEE.

UH, FRANCIS,

[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) (Aaa) from Moody's. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Recently, on 09/21/2023, Moody's reaffirmed the Town earned Moody's highest rating and, on 09/18/2023, Standard & Poors once again reaffirmed the Town earned Standard & Poors highest rating. Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Lisa Maria Nero, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com **** SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE **** CENTER FOR GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH (CGR) PRESENTATION ON THE EDGEMONT INCORPORATION COMMITTEE'S PROPOSAL TO INCORPORATE EDGEMONT Greenburgh Town Hall, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7:00 PM The meeting will be in person, cablecast and available via Zoom. More details to follow. CGR will release its report next week. CGR will entertain questions regarding the report during this meeting. ***********************************]

UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

IT'S GOING TO BE HELD BY THE CENTER FOR

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GOVERNMENT RESEARCH.

THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE EDGE BOND INCORPORATION COMMITTEE'S PROPOSAL TO INCORPORATE EDGE BOND, UH, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SO, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE TELEVISED ON CABLE, IT'S GONNA BE STREAMED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND YOU, THERE'S ALSO AVAILABILITY OF DOING IT REMOTELY, UH, BY ZOOM.

AND WE SET UP A SPECIAL, A SPECIAL FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS, CG R MEETING@GREENBERGNY.COM.

SHOULD YOU WANT TO, UH, PARTICIPATE REMOTELY BY ZOOM.

ALL OF THIS IS GONNA GO OUT ON A GB LIST ANNOUNCEMENT.

UH, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO, UH, COME AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED, UH, NEXT WEEK.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

AND, UH, UH, WE ANTICIPATE, OR AT LEAST PLANNING FOR A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT, UH, NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE'RE HOPING BY OFFERING A ZOOM THAT IT'LL CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO TOWN HALL.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME TO BA TOWN HALL, THAT'S FINE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OVERFLOW ROOM IN THE CAFETERIA.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THE CA TABLES OUT.

AND, UH, T-D-Y-C-C IS GONNA PROVIDE US WITH PLENTY OF FOLDING, UH, CHAIRS.

OH, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

SOMEWHERE.

WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF FOLDING CHAIRS.

AND WE HAVE A LARGE TV I JUST LEARNED RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, IT MAY BE TOO LOUD, LARGE TO BRING DOWN IN THE ELEVATOR NOW THAT IT'S ASSEMBLED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE UNASSEMBLED AND BROUGHT DOWN AND SET UP.

SO THAT WAS, IT'S A 78 INCH TELEVISION.

UM, AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE'LL SET UP SEPARATE MONITORS.

AND THE IDEA IS THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE IN THE CAFETERIA REMOTELY WATCHING, YOU'LL COME OVER HERE TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

SO YOU'RE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THIS, THIS FIRM, CGR, REGARDING ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE REPORT.

AND SO IT'S ONE NIGHT ONLY BECAUSE BY LAW NEW YORK STATE LAW, THEY MUST SUBMIT THE REPORT BY THE END OF MARCH.

UH, THEY COULD NOT HAVE A HEARING THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN EDGEMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ON VACATION.

SO THAT PUSHED IT TO THE WEEK WHERE WE HAVE A ZONING BOARD MEETING.

WE COULDN'T MOVE THAT BECAUSE OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE ARE MOVING THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING.

AND SO, AND INSTEAD OF A PLANNING BOARD MEETING, UH, WE'LL BE DOING THIS.

THERE'LL BE NO TOWN BUSINESS DONE AT THAT MEETING.

IT'LL BE SOLELY FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

THEY'RE REALLY HOPING FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR REPORT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE.

UH, BUT THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR A SECOND MEETING BECAUSE THEY ARE STATUTORILY, UH, REQUIRED TO FILE THAT REPORT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

ALRIGHT? AND WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THEY'RE TOTALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE 20 ANYWAY, 20, RIGHT? 20 20TH.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE'S, ALTHOUGH THE MEETING'S BEING HELD AT TOWN HALL TOWN, UH, HAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT STUDY.

AND, UH, IT WAS COMMISSIONED BY ANDREA STEWART COUSINS AND, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS STUDY INTERVIEWED TOWN REPRESENTATIVES AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR INCORPORATION.

SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GONNA BE, WHAT THEIR COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE, WHAT THEIR ANALYSIS IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NOBODY KNOWS.

SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO, SO IT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING FORUM BECAUSE IT'S AN INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT THE TOWN IS NOT, WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR FINDINGS, ALTHOUGH THEY, THEY ALSO INTERVIEWED PEOPLE THAT WERE OPPOSED TO INCORPORATION.

THEY, THEY INTERVIEWED JUST ABOUT EVERY TOWN STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, SERVICES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE REQUIRED, UH, FOR A, UH, PROPOSED VILLAGE OF EDGEMONT.

MM-HMM.

, UH, SHOULD IT EVER HAPPEN.

I WILL TELL YOU THE FORMAT IS GOING TO BE THREE MINUTES OF SPEAKER.

UH, THEY WILL ENDEAVOR TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THE PERSON HAS, HAS SPOKEN AND SAT SITS DOWN.

UM, THEY WILL BE FAIRLY LENGTHY IN THEIR ANSWER FOR THE FIRST PERSON WHO ASKS THE QUESTION AND NOT SO LENGTHY IF SOMEBODY REPEATS THE QUESTION THAT THEY'VE ALREADY ASKED.

BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY AND, UH, GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO SPEAK AND COMMENT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU'RE COMING ON ZOOM, YOU NOT MUST BE ON CAMERA.

UM, THERE'S NO ANONYMOUS QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA BE JUST AS IF YOU WERE HERE.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU.

THE SAME THING IS GOING TO APPLY

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IF YOU'RE DOING IT REMOTELY.

SO IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

UM, QUESTION FRANCIS.

SURE.

SO IF A QUESTION HAS BEEN AN ASKED BY, UH, SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE, WILL THEY THEN ANOTHER PERSON BE ABLE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION? THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ASK IT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.

CAN THEY JUST SIMPLY SAY THAT? OR THEY CAN, BUT THAT DOESN'T SOMETIMES STOP PEOPLE FROM CONTINUING QUESTION.

I KNOW, I'M JUST, JUST SAYING.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT IS BEING RECORDED SO THAT THOSE ANSWERS WILL BE RECORDED.

IT'S BEING RECORDED, IT'S BEING ARCHIVED.

IT'LL BE PRESERVED FOREVER.

, IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, ONE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS, THE WAY THIS, THE LAW WAS WRITTEN THAT, UH, HAS AN EXEMPTION ONLY FOR EDGEMONT, THE AREA OF EDGEMONT, UH, FOR 16 YEARS.

THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THE NEW VILLAGE LAW.

THEY FOLLOW THE OLD VILLAGE LAW.

UM, AND SO THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, AND THERE'S NO FURTHER STUDIES THAT ARE REQUIRED BASED ON THIS LAW.

IT'S THE ONE THAT THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR 16 YEARS.

UH, SO, UH, IT'D BE WORTHWHILE WHETHER YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST IT, THE INCORPORATION EFFORT, UH, TO COME OUT AND, UH, READ THE REPORT AND THEN COMMENT ABOUT THE REPORT.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU.

AND YOU SAID IT'S, THIS STUDY IS THE ONLY STUDY TILL 2040, 2040, THE LAW THAT, UH, CARVES OUT ONLY EDGEMONT AND ONLY EDGEMONT IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK.

UH, THERE'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR EDGEMONT, WHICH HASN'T FILED A PETITION YET.

UH, BUT WHEN THEY DO, THEY FOLLOW THE OLD LAW, NOT THE LAW THAT APPLIES TO EVERY OTHER AREA OF NEW YORK STATE.

AND THAT'S TRUE UNTIL 2040.

AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TB THREE, WHICH WE'LL BE VOTING ON LATER ON TONIGHT, UH, URGING OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, UM, TO INTRODUCE A HOME RULE, HOME RULE MESSAGE THAT WOULD RESCIND THE PROVISIONS OF THE RECENTLY ENACTED CHAPTER AMENDMENT, WHICH PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FOR EDGEMONT FROM THE FISCAL AND SOCIAL SCRUTINY RECENTLY AFFORDED TO EVERY OTHER AREA OF NEW YORK STATE ARE REALLY, IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT, UH, THE LEGISLATURE, UM, IS, UH, SAYING EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE STATE HAS TO ACT ONE WAY, BUT EDGEMONT AND GREENBURG HAS, COULD ACT A DIFFERENT WAY, AND THE EXEMPTIONS ARE TILL 2040, WHICH IS TOTALLY ABSURD, I THINK.

SO I HOPE OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WILL, UM, UM, WILL REFLECT AND RESCIND THE LAW THAT THEY, UM, ADOPTED.

SO THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A POKER FACE AND RECOGNIZES THAT WE ALREADY ADOPTED THAT LAST MEETING AND IS WONDERING WHY WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.

UH, WHAT WE REALLY DOING IS IN THIS RESOLUTION, AMENDING THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION.

THE HOME RULE REQUEST TO ADD AMY PAULIN AS A RECIPIENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN SENT TO, UM, UH, AMY PAULIN, MARY JANE SISKY, AND ANDREW STEWART COUSINS, UH, JUST FOR A FORMALITY WE'RE INCLUDING HER SINCE SHE IS THE, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN FOR EDGEMONT.

SO IT, THERE'S NOTHING CHANGED IN THE RESOLUTION EXCEPT THE RESOLVED CLAUSE SPECIFICALLY NAMES HER AS OPPOSED TO LISTING HER AS ONE OF THE LEGISLATORS.

MAYBE WE HAVE TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN WE'LL, DO YOU KNOW COMMENTS? SO THE FIRST I, I, I DID NOTICE YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSION IS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING, ? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? , THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING, IS ADDING A NAME.

[ 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], continuing the Public Hearing initiated on February 28, 2024]

SO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATING TO A, TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW, ADDING A NEW SECTION 2 85, 37, UH, TWO, AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RELATED TO SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING INITIATED ON FEBRUARY 28TH.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WAY.

YOU REOPEN THE HEARING.

GARRETT COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CONSERVATION.

GARRETT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEONE PARTICIPATING ON ZOOM FOR THIS.

UH, GARRETT'S COMING ON.

YOU'RE MUTED.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINE TOWN FOR THE RECORD.

AT THE LAST MEETING, I'M SORRY, THIS HEARING IS A CONTINUATION OF A TOWN BOARD PUBLIC HEARING FIRST HELD ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024, RELATED TO A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW ESTABLISHING A NEW SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 2 85, 37 0.2

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ENTITLED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. AT THAT MEETING, I PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOCAL LAW.

AS A VERY BRIEF RECAP, THE LAW SIGNS FOUR DIFFERENT TIERS OF SOLAR TIER ONE, WHICH IS ROOFTOP INSTALLATIONS, TIER TWO, WHICH IS ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL GROUND MOUNT SYSTEMS, TIER THREE, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL GROUND MOUNT SYSTEMS, AND TIER FOUR, WHICH ARE LARGE, LARGER SCALE SOLAR FARMS AS TIERS ONE THROUGH THREE ARE THE TYPE OF SYSTEMS THAT ARE PRESENTLY PERMISSIBLE IN THE TOWN.

THE GOAL OF THE LOCAL LAW FOR THESE SYSTEMS IS TO PUT IN PLACE PROCESS AND REGULATIONS THAT ALLOWS FOR CONTINUED EFFICIENT SOLAR GROWTH IN THE TOWN WITH LOGICAL SETBACKS, LANDSCAPING, AND OTHER SAFEGUARDS.

AS DISCUSSED, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PROCESS IS ROUGHLY 180 OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS PER YEAR.

AND FROM 2020 THERE WERE 556 SOLAR PERMITS ISSUED.

AS A REMINDER, THE SOLAR FARM TIER FOUR USES ARE THE SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO POTENTIAL FOR SOLAR IN THE TOWN.

AT THE LAST MEETING, I STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE APPROVAL APPROACH PROPOSED IN THE LOCAL LAW, WHICH INCLUDES AN OVERLAY ZONING PROCESS, WHICH AFFORDS THE TOWN BOARD BROAD DISCRETION TO ONLY APPROVE PROPOSALS THAT ARE HIGHLY CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT AND PROVISIONS OF THE LAW.

SINCE THE FEBRUARY 28TH PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING A COUNCIL OF GREENBURG CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS MEETING WHERE VARIOUS LANDISH MATTERS WERE DISCUSSED WITH CIVIC LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE.

I'M PLEASED TO NOTE THAT SEVERAL CIVIC LEADERS AT THAT MEETING RELAYED THAT THEY APPRECIATED THE APPROACH THE TOWN IS TAKING WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOLAR LEGISLATION.

AT THE LAST HEARING, I GAVE A, AN EXAMPLE OF A SOLAR FARM AND BOARD MEMBERS HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SOLAR GENERATING CAPACITY OF THIS.

NOW, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN THE TOWN OF, UH, PSE, AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A STATISTIC ABOUT THAT.

SO THE SYSTEM ON THE SCREEN IS APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRE ARRAY OF 2,275 SOLAR PANELS, WHICH OFFSETS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE 50 ACRE, 22 BUILDING SCHOOL AND CAMPUS POWER NEEDS THAT ARE ON THE SITE REPRESENTING 720,000 KILOWATT HOURS ANNUAL PRODUCTION.

WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SCREEN THAT YOU'RE SHARING, HE JUST TOOK IT.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, THIS WAS THE, UH, SITE THAT I PRESENTED LAST MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE PROTOTYPICAL TYPE OF SOLAR FARM.

IS THAT RIGHT? HOLD ON.

TER TERRANCE HAS TO, TERRANCE HAS TO PUT IT UP.

UH, STILL NOT SHARING.

NO, NO, IT ISN'T.

WELL, NO, UH, IT'S SHARING ON ZOOM.

I'M SORRY.

DO YOU WANT YOU SURE.

IT'S SHARING ON ZOOM.

IT'S NOT SHARING ON CABLE.

UM, BUT NONETHELESS, UM, IT'LL JUST BE A MOMENT OF MY PRESENTING THAT REMARK WAS, UH, THAT SYSTEM PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER, UM, OFFSETS ALL THE POWER NEEDS FOR THAT LARGE SCHOOL AND THEN PUTS SOME POWER BACK ONTO THE GRID.

TOWN BOARD ALSO ASKED THAT THE LOCAL LAW SHOULD HAVE SPECIFICS REGARDING CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS.

SHOULD A PROPOSAL COME IN ON LANDS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION.

LANDS KNOWN AS A BROWNFIELD BROWNFIELD ARE SITES THAT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION OR ARE PERCEIVED TO HAVE CONTAMINATION TO AN EXTENT WHERE REDEVELOPMENT INTEREST IS HINDERED.

INTERESTINGLY, WHEN BROWNFIELD ARE CONVERTED TO SOLAR USES, THE INDUSTRY TERM IS THAT THE BROWNFIELD BECOMES A BRIGHTFIELD.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD IS TO HAVE IN THE LOCAL LAW A SIMPLE REQUIREMENT THAT APPLICATIONS FOR SOLAR FARMS BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, OR PHASE ONE ESA PHASE ONE E ESAS, PROVIDE HISTORIC PROPERTY USE, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PAST SPILLS, AND CLARIFY WHETHER ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE REQUIRED.

I'M NOT, HOWEVER, RECOMMENDING THAT THE LOCAL LAW DETAIL ANY LEVEL OF CLEANUP SPECIFICITY, AND ALLOW THE SITE SPECIFIC SEEKER PROCESS AND SUBSEQUENT RELATED DEC COORDINATION TO ASSIGN THE RELEVANT REMEDIATION SPECIFICS.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM RESIDENT ELLA PRIZER TODAY.

I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO CAREFULLY REVIEW THOSE COMMENTS AND DISCUSS THEM WITH VARIOUS TOWN STAFF.

THERE ARE TWO UPDATES THAT I RECOMMEND AS A RESULT OF MS. PRIZE'S COMMENTS, AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE ADDRESSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FINAL LOCAL LAW PRESENTED TO THE TOWN BOARD FOR ABEL.

THOSE SPECIFICALLY ARE THE REMOVABLE OF SOME UNNECESSARY DEFINITIONS AND A FORMATTING COMMENT RELATED TO THE ACCESSORY USE ASPECT OF THE LAW.

I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF MS. P'S COMMENTS.

THERE ARE SOME THAT I'M GONNA EMAIL BACK, UH, TO HER DIRECTLY WITH SOME, JUST, JUST SOME COMMENTARY, UM, REGARDING HER, HER, HER QUESTIONS REALLY.

SO THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE TOWN BOARD MAY HAVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC IF

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ANYBODY? YEAH, LIKE TO TALK.

SO GARRETT, WE'RE, UH, MS ER'S COMMENTS MOSTLY, UH, FAVORABLE TOWARDS, UH, THE PRO PROPOSED, UH, SOLAR ORDINANCE OR A AGAINST? I WOULD, TO ANSWER THAT, I WOULD DESCRIBE MS. PRIZER AS NOT BEING AGAINST THIS LEGISLATION IN, IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

UM, SHE HAS COMMENTS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT RELATED TO FORMATTING.

UM, THERE ARE SOME COMMENTS WHERE, UM, SHE FELT THAT THE CHAPTER AS A WHOLE SHOULD BE, UM, HOUSED WITHIN THE TOWN CODE, THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AS OPPOSED TO CHAPTER 2 85.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT AND I COULD SEE THE LOCAL LAW BEING PLACED IN EITHER LOCATION.

MM-HMM.

, UM, I THINK THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO BOTH, BUT I WILL SAY, UM, THAT THE TELECOMMUNICATION, UM, ORDINANCE IS WITHIN CHAPTER 2 85.

WE'VE SINCE, UM, APPROVED I, THE TOWN BOARD HAS APPROVED THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE LOCAL LAW THAT WAS ALSO IN 2 85.

SO I DO FEEL THAT THIS LOCAL LAW FOLLOWS SUIT WITH AND IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY.

UM, SHE DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, HOW WITH TIER THREE, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, THE MAX SIZE ON GROUND MOUNT SOLAR SYSTEMS MM-HMM.

ARE TIED TO LOT SIZE.

MM-HMM.

, AND I THINK SHE WANTED A BETTER EXPLANATION ON WHY THE, UM, WITHIN THE LOT SIZE, LET'S SAY, BECOMES DOUBLED.

WHY THE ALLOWANCE FOR, UH, THE SOLAR AREA IS NOT DOUBLED AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC INTENT WHY THAT IS.

UM, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY PROPORTIONAL.

UM, NOT ON A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO, IF YOU WILL.

UM, THE POINT BEING ON A VERY LARGE LOT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACRES OF PANELS ON A COMMERCIAL LOT.

UM, SO IN GENERAL, UM, I, AGAIN, I DO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS, UM, AND I'M GLAD THEY WERE MADE.

THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT I THINK WILL BE MADE TO THIS LAW, LOCAL LAW AS A RESULT.

I CAN'T SAY I ENDORSE EVERY ONE OF THE COMMENTS, BUT, UM, WHAT I DO FEEL, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I, I'VE STATED AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO INSERT THOSE INTO THE LOCAL LAW.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, MS. PRIZE'S COMMENTS WERE SENT EARLIER TODAY VIA EMAIL ADDRESSED TO THE TOWN BOARD AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, ELLA PRIZER FOR LOOKING SO CAREFULLY AT THE LAW, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER, UM, GARRETT DUQUE FOR HIS TAKING, TAKING THEM TO HEART AND REALLY LOOKING CAREFULLY AND LISTENING TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AS WELL, WHICH IS WHAT REALLY SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WHO REALLY LISTEN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHO REALLY, UH, LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT THEY DO.

AND I THANK YOU.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, TO THANK ELLA FOR, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, READING EVERY WORD.

UH, AND REALLY, UM, ALWAYS, UM, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ALWAYS, UM, UM, GIVING US THE BENEFIT OF HER, UH, THOUGHTS.

THIS IS REALLY WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT, UH, CITIZENS WHO ARE ENGAGED AND INFORMED, AND SHE'S ALWAYS, EVEN WHEN SHE DISAGREES, SHE'S ALWAYS, UH, TRIES TO BE VERY, VERY CONSTRUCTIVE AND, AND HELPFUL.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S, LIKE ANYONE ANYWHERE WHO KNOWS THE ZONING WAS AS MUCH AS SHE DOES.

THAT'S TRUE.

SHE'S VERY RESPECTFUL WHEN SHE DOESN'T.

IT'S AMAZING.

APPRECIATE HER.

COULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SO THERE'S ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, AT LEAST AT A MINIMUM ON, UH, ZOOM HERE.

SO THE GENTLEMAN, I BELIEVE ERIC IS ON THE, UM, HE'S IN THE WAITING ROOM.

YEAH, HE IS COMING UP VERY GOOD.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE, UH, HAS A BRIEF, UM, VIDEO TO PLAY TO ILLUSTRATE, HELP ILLUSTRATE HIS COMMENTS.

HELLO EVERYONE.

COMMISSIONER GARRETT, SUPERVISOR FEINER, UM, TOWN BOARD.

UM, CAN YOU START THE CLOCK PLEASE? JUST ONE, JUST I CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YES.

YES.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO START BY SAYING THAT, UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE RUN INTO, UH, A LOT AS A, AS A SOLAR COMPANY, UM, THAT INCREASES OUR COSTS AND, AND INCREASES THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PAPERWORK FOR, FOR THAT WE HAVE TO FACE IS, UH, WHAT I'VE COME TO REFER TO OR COME TO CALL THE SORT OF BALKANIZATION

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OF, UH, PERMITTING.

UM, SO EVERY TOWN IN WESTCHESTER, UH, UH, DIFFERENT VILLAGES ALL ACROSS NEW YORK STATE ADOPT THEIR OWN, UH, PERMITTING STANDARDS.

UM, OR, OR SOMETIMES THEY'LL ADOPT, UH, THE, THE PERMITTING STANDARD THAT'S PUT FORTH BY NYSERDA, AND THEN THEY'LL ADD THEIR OWN, UM, THEIR OWN LANGUAGE TO THAT, UH, THAT THAT WILL, UH, THAT THAT WILL WIPE OUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UNIFORM STANDARD AND THEN JUST KIND OF, AND, AND, AND WARP IT.

UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT WE ALWAYS, UM, KIND OF OUR HOPING FOR AND OUR ADVOCATE FOR IS, IS, UH, FOR UNIFORMITY.

AND THERE IS, UM, THERE'S A, A FEDERAL LAW RIGHT NOW THAT'S, UM, BEING DISCUSSED THAT WOULD SET, UH, UNIFORM PERMITTING ENERGY, CLEAN ENERGY PERMITTING STANDARDS FOR, UH, FOR, FOR ALL FEDERAL PROPERTIES AND ALL FEDERAL LAND.

AND, UM, NYSERDA HAS ALREADY PUT A TON OF MONEY, TIME, AND TREMENDOUS EXPERTISE INTO, UM, THE, INTO, INTO TRACKING THE MODEL LOCAL LAW.

SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEND THAT AROUND, UM, IF ANYBODY COULD, COULD TAKE A CHANCE TO, TO LOOK AT, TO LOOK AT THAT.

IT'S ALSO A TIERED SYSTEM.

UM, BUT THE TIERS ARE DONE BY, UH, SYSTEM SIZE AND THE, UM, THERE ARE NO SETBACKS.

THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ARE VERY, ARE DIFFERENT.

UM, AND, UH, THE, THE, THE TIERS ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, A, A TIER TWO SYSTEM IN NYSERDA UNDER THE NYSERDA LOCAL LAW WOULD NOT REQUIRE A SETBACKS.

WHEREAS, UH, UH, UM, THIS SAME SYSTEM UNDER THE, THE LOCAL LAW, UH, IS A TIER FOUR SYSTEM AND REQUIRES 50 FOOT FOOT SETBACKS AND A AND 25 FEET, UH, WITH, UM, UH, VEGETATION BARRIER.

UM, SO THESE ARE JUST, UH, THESE ARE JUST, UM, ITEMS THAT SORT OF INCREASE THE, THE COST AND INCREASE THE THE TIME, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR THESE CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, WHICH ARE ALREADY VERY THIN MARGIN PROJECTS.

THESE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS, THEY'RE VERY, VERY THIN MARKET PROJECTS.

'CAUSE WE'RE SELLING ELECTRICITY AND WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST THE UTILITY.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE, THAT'S THE REVENUE MODEL FOR, FOR CLEAN ENERGY.

UM, SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I ENCOURAGE TOWN TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ERTA LOCAL LAW, UM, AND TO CONSIDER ADOPTING, UH, TO CONSIDER, UM, HAVING THE TIERED SYSTEM MATCH THAT LAW MORE CLOSELY.

UM, BOTH BECAUSE IT'S LESS ONEROUS IN TERMS OF FACILITATING CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.

AND BECAUSE IT'S, UH, MORE IN LINE WITH THE, THE, THE STANDARD AROUND THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

AND WE'RE VERY, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO ENCOURAGE, UM, UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR CLEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.

'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP, UM, THE STATE MEET ITS VERY AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS.

UM, AND SO TO THAT END, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO PLAY A VIDEO, UH, FROM, UH, IT'S ONLY ABOUT A MINUTE AND 45 SECONDS.

AND IT IS, UH, IT'S A LITTLE EXCERPT THAT I CLIPPED OUT OF A DEUTSCHE VALLEY, A GERMAN PUBLIC BROADCASTER PROGRAM ABOUT ITALIAN CALIFORNIA'S EXPERIENCE.

YOU'VE GOT 57 SECONDS .

LET, LEMME THE VIDEO.

HERE WE GO.

AND YOU COULD ALSO SEND THE VIDEO IN FOR OKAY, I'LL SEND IT.

WELL, LET, LET, LET ME JUST GET IT GOING RIGHT NOW.

WELL, YOU'RE SETTING THAT UP.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH NYSERDA, IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU GUYS READY? YEP.

EVERYBODY READY? ENERGY SUPPLY CAN WORK IN PRACTICE.

WE HEAD TO THE UNITED STATES THERE, A CALIFORNIA CITY IS THE FIRST CARBON WE'RE NOT GONNA AVAIL IN THE COUNTRY.

LANCASTER IS HOME TO ABOUT 175,000 RESIDENTS.

IN 2009, OFFICIALS STARTED ON A JOURNEY TO GO GRIEVE, FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING THE CITY'S ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

NOT ONLY WAS THE TECHNOLOGICAL OVERHAUL, IT WAS A SHIFT IN MENTALITY.

IT'S THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST PEOPLE, NOT TO DELAY PEOPLE.

IT NEEDS TO TAKE MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS.

IF THIS PERSON WANTED SOLAR PANELS ON THEIR ROOF, THEY'D HAVE TO GET A PERMIT.

SOMEBODY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A DESIGN CHANGE, BUT IT WOULD TAKE SIX MONTHS JUST FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED TO DO IT.

AND SO WHEN I FOUND THAT OUT, I SENT OUT A MEMO.

IT NOW TAKES 45 MINUTES AND IT BETTER BE 45 MINUTES.

I, I THINK WE'RE WELL BEYOND THE FIVE MINUTES, BUT THIS IS HIS SECOND ROUND.

AND

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'CAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK, IS THIS CLOSING TONIGHT? IT PROBABLY IS.

OH, I'M SORRY.

SHOULD I, SHOULD I CUT? THIS IS MY TIME OFF.

WELL, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY PLAYING ON CABLE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T RESOLVED THE CABLE ISSUE, BUT IT'S PLAYING ON ZOOM, SO THEY COULD ALWAYS PLAY THE ZOOM INSTEAD OF THE CABLE ONE.

IT IS ANOTHER 40 SECONDS IF I DO.

WELL, WE COULD COUNT THIS TOWARDS THE SECOND FIVE.

WE'RE GOOD NOW.

SO PLAY IT.

WE SHOULD START FROM THE, JUST PLAY IT, THIS WILL COUNT AS THE SECOND ROUND.

KEEP GOING FROM WHERE WE ARE.

SURE.

WELL, IF YOU WANNA RESTART IT SINCE IT WASN'T INCAPABLE.

I'LL STARTED FROM ABOUT HERE.

THERE A CALIFORNIA CITY AIMED TO BECOME THE FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY.

LANCASTER IS HOME TO ABOUT 175,000 RESIDENTS.

IN 2009, OFFICIALS STARTED ON A JOURNEY TO GO BREED, FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING THE CITY'S ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

NOT ONLY WAS IT A TECHNOLOGICAL OVERHAUL, IT WAS A SHIFT IN MENTALITY.

IT'S THE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST PEOPLE, NOT TO DELAY PEOPLE.

IT USED TO TAKE MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS.

IF THIS PERSON WANTED TO PUT SOLAR METALS ON THEIR OWN, THEY'D HAVE TO GET A PERMIT.

SOMEBODY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A DESIGN CHANGE, BUT IT WOULD TAKE SIX MONTHS JUST FOR THEM TO BE ALLOWED TO DO IT.

AND SO WHEN I FOUND THAT OUT, I SENT OUT A MEMO, IT NOW TAKES 45 MINUTES AND IT BETTER BE 45 MINUTES.

AND, AND THE CITY OF LANCASTER, THE HARDEST PART WAS CHANGING THE CULTURE WITHIN THE CITY STAFF.

THAT WE LOOK FOR REASONS TO SAY YES.

WE DON'T LOOK FOR REASONS TO SAY NO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED OUT DOWN THIS PATH THAT WE WERE LAUGHED AT, WE WERE SCORING, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK AND UP EVERY DAY.

UH, BUT WE SET OUT TO, TO DEVELOP A MODEL FOR A CITY THAT ONCE THE WORLD WOKE UP, IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THEM TO DO.

AS WE WENT DOWN THIS PATH, WE MADE MORE MONEY THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IS PROFITABLE AND IT'S PROFITABLE IN A HUGE WAY.

UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

SO THANK YOU EVERYONE.

UH, AND I WILL SUBMIT, UH, UH, FURTHER WRITTEN COMMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS AS .

THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYBODY ELSE? AND JUST FOR EVERYONE WATCHING SO THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION LATER ON, THAT GENTLEMAN, UH, SPOKE DURING HIS INITIAL FIVE MINUTES AND THEN THE TOWN BOARD DECIDED TO ENACT A SECOND ROUND.

SO HE USED SEVERAL MINUTES FROM THE SECOND FIVE MINUTES, JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE.

THE NEXT HEARING IS BEING ADJOURNED TO MARCH 27TH AT THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.

THERE'S NOBODY ELSE ON ZOOM THEN.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, UM, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING.

I'LL LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.

I LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND AT TWO O'CLOCK.

[ 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] (Adjourned to Town Board Meeting of March 27, 2024)]

WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND NOW

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ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? AND, AND THIS IS ALSO A FIVE MINUTE ROUND AND THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND FIVE MINUTE ROUND.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALWAYS ONE ROUND.

WE FIRST HAVE HONORABLE JUDITH A BEVILLE.

THANKS.

AND I JUST FOUND THAT COMMENT REAL, THAT STATEMENT REALLY INTERESTING.

AND GOOD EVENING TO OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, BOARD MEMBERS, TOWN ATTORNEY AND TOWN CLERK, AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN.

GREETINGS.

THE PURPOSE OF MY PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING IS TO CORRECT THE RECORD, UH, MADE OF, OF A STATEMENT MADE AT THE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH MEETING REGARDING THE GREENBURG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

FIRST OF ALL, I WAS REALLY GLAD TO LEARN THAT THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR, PAUL FINER, AND THE ASSISTANCE OF TOWN CLERK LISA MARIA NIRO.

THE STATEMENT THAT REQUIRES CORRECTION IS THAT THE PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED, COORDINATED, ORIGINATED, UM, BY, UH, SUSAN TOLSON.

UH, SUSAN TOLSON WAS TOWN CLERK HERE FOR THE TOWN NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO.

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SO I CALLED SUSAN AND I ASKED HER, UH, ABOUT, UH, HER INVOLVEMENT OR CREATION OR ORIGINATING THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HERE AT TOWN HALL.

AND HER RESPONSE WAS, WHAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO I'M SHARING THAT WITH THE PUBLIC TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, THAT WHEN WE MAKE STATEMENTS, UM, TO THE PUBLIC, UH, OF THAT, YOU KNOW, A A APPEAR TO BE BASED ON FACT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO, AS, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE REALLY NEED TO, TO DO OUR HOMEWORK AND TO CONFIRM THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS INDEED FACT.

THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS CREATED, DEVELOPED, ORGANIZED, ORIGINATED, AND IMPLEMENTED IN 2008, UM, STARTING OUT AS THE GREENBERG STUDENT NEWS NETWORK, UM, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PATRICIA LANG, FORMER NBC NEWSROOM DIRECTOR.

THE ORIGINATORS OF THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ARE TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER, FORMER TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS, AND MYSELF, FORMER TOWN CLERK FOR THE FOLLOWING 15 YEARS.

FROM THE SUMMER OF 2008 TO 2023, I COORDINATED THE PROGRAM WITH SIGNIFICANT AND MAJOR INPUT FROM PAUL AND TIM.

IT IS A PROGRAM THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AND I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REFER OUR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN TO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE THAT THE PROGRAM EXISTED OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS.

IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED BY SCARS, ZONE CHOIR, RIVER TOWNS.

WE HAVE SEVERAL VIDEOS DOCUMENT IN THE PROGRAM, AND THERE WAS NOT A MENTION MADE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS.

THE YOUNG LADY, PAIGE, WHO WAS HONORED TONIGHT, WAS IN THAT PROGRAM.

AND, UM, UH, KAYLA CRUZ, UH, ONE OF OUR FORMER INTERNS AND WHO CAME HERE TO WORK FOR, UM, UM, UH, AS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE HAS JUST BEEN OFFERED AN ADVANCED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH NONE OTHER THAN NYSERDA.

I LAUNCHED THE FIRST WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENTS, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMS, HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, AND A CELEBRATION AT GREENBURG TOWN HALL.

I LEAD COORDINATOR ON THE VETERANS, UM, UH, FIRST VETERANS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PROGRAM, FOUNDER OF THE 400 YEARS CO COALITION AND THE CREATOR BEHIND MANY, MANY, MANY EVENTS THAT HELPED TO EXPAND, UH, UM, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.

I'M ALSO ASKING FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR RESIDENTS, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A, A RESOLUTION THAT I WROTE AND SUBMITTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO NAME THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE EXTENSION.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THIS CORRECTION OF THE RECORD.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, UH, STARTING THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS, IT REALLY INSPIRED A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO INTO PUBLIC SERVICE.

UM, NEXT, UH, ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING? YOU, MR. HUGH SCHWARTZ.

SCARSDALE, BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK, I DO NEED TO GIVE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO YOUR, UH, RESOLUTION ABOUT THE, UH, CHAPTER AMENDMENT.

YOU'RE WRONG.

IT'S NOT EDGEMONT, IT ONLY EXEMPTS PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED THE SIGNATURES AND EITHER 17 OR 19.

HUGH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE DO HAVE TO START THE CLOCK.

NO, THAT'S THAT YOU COMMENTING.

START THE CLOCK.

WELL, YOU JUST INTERRUPTED ME.

TWO.

NO, WE, WE, WE GOT THE BOARD.

YOU JUST, YOU'RE WRONG.

IT'S ABOUT 20 PEOPLE.

IT'S NOT, I'M NOT EXEMPTED AND I LIVE IN EDGEMONT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

DIDN'T THINK I'D EVER HAVE TO BRING THIS UP.

THANK YOU, JUDITH.

THAT I HAVE TO BRING IT UP.

AT, UH, ON MARCH 6TH MEETING, THE PLANNING BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO CONCUR WITH A LETTER THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ARTILLERY LANE ACCESS ROAD PROJECT AT EDGEMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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UM, WHEN WE, WE DISCUSSED IT, THE THING THAT WAS REALLY CRITICAL IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

ALTHOUGH ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION ARE NOT, THEY'RE ON TOWN PROPERTY.

UM, THEY'RE TEARING DOWN LOTS OF TREES.

THERE'S REMOVAL OF A HUGE AMOUNT OF IMPERMEABLE SURFACE, AND THEY'RE TAKING OUT A LOT OF STEEP SLOPES WITH ROCK OUT CROPPINGS.

YET THIS TOWN SEEMS TO JUST WANNA LET THEM DO IT WITHOUT HELP, WITHOUT REALLY ACTIVELY BEING INVOLVED.

UM, AND I THINK THAT IS A HUGE MISTAKE BECAUSE IT IS SERIOUS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION.

UM, AND I, I ALSO HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WITH THE LEGAL OPINION OF OUR, OUR ILLUSTRIOUS TOWN ATTORNEY.

AND I HAVE TWO LAWYERS THAT HAVE LOOKED AT IT, THAT SAYS, IN FACT, THE TOWN DOES HAVE JURISDICTION MUNICIPAL POLICE TO, UH, REGULATORY JURISDICTION, UH, IN THIS CASE.

AND I EVEN, WE EVEN SUPPLIED THE CASE LAW TO PROVE IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CSD THAT'S MY OPINION, NOT THE, THAT PART IS NOT THE PLANNING BOARD'S OPINION.

THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.

NOW, BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD'S OPINION, WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS.

I DUNNO IF YOU REALIZE THIS, BUT ARTILLERY LANE IS A TOWN ROAD.

IT'S SERVICED BY THE TOWN.

IT IS MAINTAINED BY THE TOWN.

THE PARKING SIGNS ARE ON TOWN PROPERTY, YET NEITHER THE SCHOOL BOARD OR THE TOWN IS LOOKING AT THE SUITABILITY OF ARTILLERY LANE AS THE FEEDER ROAD TO THIS NEW ACCESS ROAD, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC ON ARTILLERY LANE BY OVER 200, UH, VE 200 VEHICLES A DAY OVER 200 PLUS.

I HAVE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

I WENT UP THERE YESTERDAY.

THE ROAD IS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE.

THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS, THERE WERE NO STREET LIGHTING, AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC COMING MEASURE AT THE CORNER OF EDGEMONT ROAD OR, UH, AND, UH, ARTILLERY LANE.

IF YOU CAN'T, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, GET UP OLD ARMY LANE TO GET TO ARTILLERY LANE, THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS COME UP HENRY STREET.

YOU HAVE TO CROSS SIX CROSSWALKS ON THE WAY TO ARTILLERY LANE, ONE OF WHICH IS AT CROSSING EDGEMONT ROAD, EDGEMONT ROAD, UH, AT CRANE POND, WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES.

THERE IS NO WAY IN GOD'S NAME THAT THIS TOWN WOULD EVER ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.

IF THIS WERE ANYTHING BUT THE EDGEMONT SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SORRY, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A FACT.

THE OTHER ONE IS THE CURB CUTTER YARDLEY ROAD.

THEY WANT TO BUILD A NEW, UH, PARKING LOT ON ARDSLEY ROAD WITH A CURB CUT.

THEY GOT APPROVAL TWO YEARS AGO FOR THE SITE PLAN, BUT THE PERMIT WAS NEVER FILED.

THAT PERMIT, THAT PERMIT IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF RICH VAUGHN AND I THINK GARRETT DECAY AS WELL HERE IN THE TOWN.

I URGED THE TOWN TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY REQUESTED.

THE, THE COUNTY HAD AS CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FOR THAT CURB CUT.

AND YOU SHOULD BE HORRIFIED.

NO RESTRICTION OF LEFT TURN IN, LEFT TURNOUT, NO TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS UPDATED THE TRAFFIC STUDY FROM 2022.

IN FACT, I'M SURE THEY HAVEN'T.

UM, AND LOOKED AT THAT AS WELL, OR EVEN LOOKED AT THE SITE DISTANCES, WHICH THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY RECOMMENDS 30, 30 MILES AN HOUR INSTEAD OF 20.

YET, ARE WE GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? ARE WE SENDING THAT TO, UH, MR. CANNING OR, OR OUR OTHER TRAFFIC ENGINEER? IT NEEDS TO GO THERE BEFORE THE TOWN GETS SIGNED OFF.

THE TOWN HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS COULD ACTUALLY IMPACT THE TOWN, NOT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

IT ALSO RISKS THE ENVIRONMENT AT CRANE POND, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GEMS IN OUR TOWN.

PLEASE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

UM, COMMISSIONER FOND, COMMISSIONER DUQUE.

AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT SEVERAL MEMBERS OF TOWN STAFF HAD A SITE VISIT TODAY AT ARTILLERY ROAD.

WE'RE NOT READY TO REPORT OUR FINDINGS YET, WE'RE STILL DOING ADDITIONAL WORK, BUT IT WAS MYSELF, UM, FIRST DEPUTY ATTORNEY AMANDA MAGANA, SERGEANT BEN FONTELLA,

[00:55:02]

WE WENT OUT THERE.

SO WE SAW IT FIRSTHAND ARTILLERY ROAD AND THERE IS SOME RESEARCH TO BE DONE AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OR SOME INSIGHT TO BE GIVEN.

BUT AGAIN, THE SITE VISIT WAS JUST TODAY, SO I'M SURE THE TOWN BOARD AND POTENTIALLY PLANNING BOARD WILL GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE REFERENDUM IS SCHEDULED? THE DAY IT'S MAY I BELIEVE.

CAN I ANSWER THAT PLEASE? IF YOU POINT OF ORDER, IF YOU WANT TO JUST MENTION THE DATE, PLEASE.

I THE TURN.

DO IT.

YOU VOTING ON IT AND DO IT SECRET ON MARCH 19TH, THE ACTUAL REFERENDUM IS ON MAY 21ST FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HEAR THE REFERENDUM IS MAY 21ST AND THE MARCH 19TH VOTE WAS FOR, FOR TWO THINGS SEEKER.

FOR SEEKER AND FOR PUTTING THE ENTIRE BOND ISSUE ON THE BALLOT AND FOR PUTTING THE ENTIRE BOND ISSUE ON THE BALLOT.

JUST SO EVERYONE WATCHING COULD HEAR IT ON THE MICROPHONE.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS COMMENTS, THEY CAN GO TO THAT MEETING.

NO LATE ANYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THOROUGH AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE SITE.

THANKS.

AGENDA, UM, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

ANYBODY ELSE? NO.

OKAY, THEN, UH, WE WILL GO TO THE REST OF THE

[ Appointment of Julian Broughton to the Police Community Advisory Committee (PCAC), for a term to expire December 31, 2025]

APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN BROTEN TO THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM, UH, TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2000, UH, 25.

OF THE TOWN BOARD APPROVING THE PETITION OF EL F PHOENIX AND ZANDER PHOENIX, EXTENDING THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT BARNEY BARNABY LANE.

[ TB 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh approving the petition of Ileana Phoenix and Xander Phoenix extending the Hartsdale Sewer District to property located at 8 Barnaby Lane, Parcel ID 8.230-175-17, in the Town of Greenburgh after a Public Hearing]

UM, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

UM, ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW, UH, AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 40 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN ENTITLED TAXATION.

RESOLUTION,

[ TB 2 - 3/13/2024 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Chapter 440 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled "Taxation"]

RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG MODIFYING THE TOWN BOARD'S ADOPTED FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024 HOME RULE REQUEST TO THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE BY ADDING ASSEMBLYMAN, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN AMY POLAND TO THE, UH, RESOLVE CLAUSE RECIPIENT LIST FOR AN AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE NEW YORK STATE VILLAGE LAW RESCIND PROVISIONS OF A RECENTLY ENACTED CHAPTER AMENDMENT, WHICH PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FOR EDGEMONT FROM THE FISCAL AND SOCIAL SCRUTINY RECENTLY AFFORDED TO EVERY OTHER AREA OF NEW YORK STATE.

[ TB 3 – 3/13/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh modifying the Town Board's adopted February 28, 2024 Home Rule Request to the New York State (“NYS”) Legislature by adding Assemblywoman Amy Paulin to the resolved clause recipient list 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 recently afforded to every other area of New York State]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT I WOULD LIKE, I I I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY MADE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT AS AMENDED.

UM, TO CLARIFY WHO ACTUALLY CAN, UM, CAN ASK FOR THE CORROBORATION EFFORT ON PETITION.

SO YOU MAY, CAN, CAN I JUST MAKE A POINT OF ORDER THAT THE THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED? CLAUSE DOES HAVE THE EXACT WORDING, BUT THE, UM, TITLE DOES NOT? THE TITLE DOES NOT TITLE.

OH, YOU SECOND, WELL, YOU SECOND IT, RIGHT? I SECOND THAT.

YOU SECOND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TE AND THE LETTER WENT OUT TO, UH, THE THREE WE CAN RESEND.

YES, WE CAN RESEND.

ALL RIGHT.

INCLUDING, UM, ASSEMBLYWOMAN AMY POLLAN, BUT JUST FOR FORMALITY PURPOSES, HER NAME WASN'T SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION, SO WE'RE CORRECTING THAT AND, UH, WE AGREED YESTERDAY WE WERE GONNA, UM, UH, UH, POST THE LETTERS, UH, ON THE TOWN WEBSITE YOU THAT ARE BEING SENT.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SURGERY SETTLEMENT, THE PETITIONER, THE HH UH, LIGHTHOUSE CONDOMINIUM FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 45 HUDSON.

WE, WE WILL BE DOING THAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANKS.

[ AT 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner The HH Lighthouse Condominium for property located at 45 Hudson View Way. The Town’s share of the refund is $9,619±; the County’s share is $70,535±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $10,190±; the Tarrytown Union Free School District’s share is $462,984±. Refunds from all sources total $553,328±]

VIEW A REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL.

5 5 3 3 2 8.

AUTHORIZING TECH RA SETTLEMENT, THE PETITIONER WILLIAM AND ED BAKER, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT 20,629.

[ AT 2 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner William & Edward Baker - 54 N. Central, LLC for property located at 116 S. Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $385±; the County’s share is $2,858±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $408±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $16,978±. Refunds from all sources total $20,629±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SARI SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER WILLIAM AND ED BAKER 54 NORTH CENTRAL FOR PROPERTY LOCATED 54 NORTH CENTRAL STREET, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 12,000 1 95.

[ AT 3 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner William & Edward Baker - 54 N. Central, LLC for property located at 54 N. Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $229±; the County’s share is $1,685±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $242±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $10,038±. Refunds from all sources total $12,195±]

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TI SETTLEMAN PETITIONER WILLIAM BAKER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 17 HAYES STREET TOTAL, UH, REFUND 7,000 3 0 7.

[ AT 4 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner William Baker for property located at 17 Hayes Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $137±; the County’s share is $1,012±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $145±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $6,013±. Refunds from all sources total $7,307±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER 1 45 ELMSFORD, UM, LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 45 EAST MAIN STREET TOWN SHARE OF THE, UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS 20,886.

[ AT 5 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 145 Elmsford NY LLC for property located at 145 East Main Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $383±; the County’s share is $2,857±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $380±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $17,266±. Refunds from all sources total $20,886±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT

[ AT 6 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 15 Saw Mill River Road, LLC for property located at 15 Saw Mill rive Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $383±; the County’s share is $2,857±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $380±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $17,266±. Refunds from all sources total $20,886±]

[01:00:01]

PETITIONER 15 SOMO RIVER ROAD, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 20,886.

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE THE THREE YEAR ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT RENEWAL OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTCHESTER, UM, APRIL ONE THROUGH MARCH 31ST.

[ AT 7 - 03/13/2024 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a three-year animal control contract renewal with the Humane Society of Westchester f/k/a/ New Rochelle Humane Society for the period April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2027]

RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM MARCH 27TH TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION BY LEWISTON REALTY HOLDINGS ON BEHALF OF WESTCHESTER STREET INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 80 GRASSLANDS ROAD.

[ CL 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution scheduling a public hearing for 7:30pm, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, to consider a special permit application (medical clinic) by Lewiston Realty Holdings LLC, on behalf of Westchester Institute of Human Development for property located at 80 Grasslands Road (P.O. Elmsford)]

RESOLUTION AMEND ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 10 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN, UH, RELATING TO SANITATION AS IT RELATES TO PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE.

[ CD 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Chapter 410 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled, “Sanitation,” as it relates to property maintenance]

RESOLUTION GRANTING OF EXTENSION OF PRIOR AMENDED SITE PLAN, APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION BAR FERN CLIFF CEMETERY, UM, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED, UM, AT TWO 80 SECRET ROAD.

[ CD 2 - 3/13/2024 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)]

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

AUTHORIZED, IF I COULD, IF I COULD COMMENT ON CCB TWO LAST TIME WE GAVE AN EXTENSION, WE SAID IT WAS THE FINAL EXTENSION.

THIS TIME THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION SPOKE TO FERNCLIFF.

THEY REALLY ARE READY TO GO.

UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T PUT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL RESOLUTION, IF THERE'S STILL NO ACTION ON STORM WATER.

I, I, I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT I'M NOT VOTING FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION BECAUSE IS IT LIKE A PROBATIONARY EXTENSION? PROBATIONARY EXTENSION? THIS DOESN'T SAY NINE MONTHS, HOWEVER, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.

IT IS IN A RESOLUTION? NO, THAT IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION, SO IT'S FINE.

AUTHORIZING PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO TRAVEL TO VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA FROM APRIL 4TH TO APRIL 7TH AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 19,000, 6,000 OF WHICH WILL BE PAID FOR BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD ADD IT TO THAT.

[ CR 1 – 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing personnel from the Department of Community Resources to travel to various colleges and universities in North Carolina from April 4, 2024 through April 7, 2024, at a total cost not to exceed $19,000, $6,000 of which will be paid by program participants]

[ CO 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2023 budget transfers]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023.

[ PH 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh to accept a grant for $5,000 from the Westchester Community Foundation to support the Greenburgh Restorative Circle Project in the Town of Greenburgh]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN TO ACCEPT THE FIVE A GRAND OF 5,000 FROM WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY, UH, FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT GREENBURG RESTORATIVE CIRCLE PROJECT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

RESOLUTION, UH, DOCUMENTING THE RELEASE OF PHILANTHROPY DEPARTMENT RELATED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 2000 TO PROVIDE A MATCH FOR THE GREENBURG REST RESTORATIVE, UH, CIRCLE PROJECT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE

[ PH 2 - 3/13/2024 Resolution documenting the release of Philanthropy Department related funds in the amount of $2,000 to provide a match for the Greenburgh Restorative Circle project in the Town of Greenburgh]

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

RESOLUTION PROMOTING DETECTIVE GIOVANNI RO TO SERGEANT.

[ PO 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution promoting Detective Giovanni Formaro to Sergeant]

ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, WE HAVE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON CAMPUS PLACE BETWEEN THE DESIGNATED HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES AMENDING FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

RESOLUTION AND WE DON'T HAVE A PROMOTION CEREMONY BECAUSE IT'S NOT AVAILABLE, BUT I UNDERSTAND WE'LL ARRANGE THAT.

UH, HE'S NOT GONNA GET OUT OF DOING THAT.

UH, RESOLUTION

[ PO 2 - 3/13/2024 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add parking restrictions on Campus Place between the designated handicap parking spaces amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

DEDUCTING RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADD PARKING RESTRICTIONS TO SENTRY PLACED BETWEEN THE DESIGNATED HANDICAP PARKING SPACES AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

RESOLUTION.

[ PO 3 - 3/13/2024 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add parking restrictions on Sentry Place between the designated handicap parking spaces amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

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

AND

[ PW 1 - 3/13/2024 Resolution awarding bids for Highway Materials to the lowest responsible bidders for 2024]

RESOLUTION AWARDING BIDS FOR HIGHWAY MATERIALS TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2024.

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

RES SENDING PUBLIC WORKS RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 13TH AND AUTHORIZING THE BID AWARD FOR AWARD AND MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2024.

[ PW 2 - 3/13/2024 Resolution rescinding Public Works Resolution PW-3 adopted on December 13, 2023 and authorizing the bid award for Water Materials & Supplies to the lowest responsible bidders for 2024]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR.

RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE GREENBURG LIBRARY VEGETABLE AND CANARY REHABILITATION PROJECT TO PTI CORPORATION, THE LOWEST BIDDERS OF 3 53 900.

[ PW 3 - 3/13/2024 Resolution awarding the contract for the Greenburgh Public Library Vestibule and Canopy Rehabilitation project to Pierotti Corporation, the lowest bidder, in an amount not to exceed $353,900]

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.

RESOLUTION AWARDING

[ PW 4 - 3/13/2024 Resolution awarding the Lois Bronz Playground Rehabilitation project to the lowest bidder, Jablko Construction, in an amount not to exceed $364,683]

THE LOWEST BRONZE PLAYGROUND REHAB, UH, PROJECT TO THE LOWEST BIDDERS BUCO CONSTRUCTION FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 360 4 6 83.

SECOND ON FAVOR.

AYE I MOVE RE ADJOURN.

SECOND ON FAVOR.