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TODAY'S, UH, MARCH 27TH, UM, AT SEVEN 40, AND WE'LL
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
BEGIN, UH, THE TOWN BOARD MEETING WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE BLACK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WI IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Carol Cancro, 84, who passed away on March 12, was a lifelong resident of the Town of Greenburgh, mother of Holly Cancro, former longtime employee of the Town Clerk's Office 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]
DO YOU REMAIN STANDING FOR JUST A MOMENT? SEE, UM, IN MEMORY OF CAROL KROW, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON MARCH 12TH, SHE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN, MOTHER OF HOLLY GRO, AND FORMER LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE.AND A MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN UKRAINE DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PERISHED DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAMAS ON, UM, OCTOBER.
UM, YOU KNOW, SEVEN 2000, UH, 23.
[ Naming the Anthony F. Veteran Park Tennis Courts the Lefkowitz Family Tennis Center Maria Regina H.S. -- Winner of the Prestigious 2023 College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award (Maria Carozza-McCaffrey (Class of '99), Principal, Elizabeth O'Keeffe Cleary, Executive Director of Advancement Shelagh Amann, Computer Science Teacher and also a lifelong Hartsdale Resident) International Women's Day Month Celebration by Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]
UM, WE ARE VERY, UH, FORTUNATE TODAY, UH, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR, UH, UH, TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, UM, CONTRIBUTED MORE, UH, TO THE TOWN THAN PROBABLY ANY OTHER FAMILY IN THE PAST A HUNDRED YEARS.UM, UH, JANET AND, UM, AND LARRY LEFKOWITZ REALLY, UH, DESERVE, UH, TO BE HONORED, UH, BECAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED GREENBERG, UM, FOR THE BETTER.
UM, AND THE, THEY REALLY PROVE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN, UM, IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, UH, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, GREENBERG WAS NAMED BY MONEY MAGAZINE AS, UM, ONE OF THE TOP COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND, UH, UH, FORTUNE MAG.
UH, MAGAZINE ALSO NAMED US AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NORTHEAST.
AND, UH, FAMILY FRIENDLY, UH, UH, LOCATIONS.
UH, NICHE TODAY SAID, HARTSDALE IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE UNITED, IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN RATED AS IN RECENT YEARS, WE'VE BEEN RATED AS AMONG, UH, THE BEST COMMUNITIES.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS BECAUSE OF LARRY AND, AND JANET, BECAUSE THE TOWN POOL IS, UM, AND THE TOWN PARK IS OUR JEWEL.
AND WITHOUT LARRY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE IT.
UM, THE TENNIS COURTS IS A JEWEL IN TERMS OF RECREATION.
WITHOUT JANET, WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN AN, AN AMAZING, UM, YOU KNOW, TENNIS PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THE TOWN BOARD, UH, TONIGHT WILL BE APPROVING A RESOLUTION, UH, UH, TAKING ACTION TO NAME, UH, UH, THE TENNIS COURTS, THE LEKO FAMILY, UH, TENNIS CENTER.
UM, JANET AND LARRY, UH, THEY MOVED TO HARTSDALE FROM NEW YORK CITY IN 1965 TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY.
AND IN 1974, LARRY, WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY OF ATTORNEY, FOUND OUT THAT THE HEATHERDALE HOLDING COMPANY THAT OWNED THE SCARSDALE B AND TENNIS CENTER.
NOW ANTHONY VETERAN PARK WAS PUTTING UP THE SALE FOR, FOR, UM, WAS PUTTING UP, UH, THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD.
UH, HE REACHED OUT TO THE TOWN BOARD AND, UM, PERSUADED THE TOWN BOARD AT THAT TIME TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC SWIMMING AND TENNIS FACILITY.
UM, AND TONY VETERAN, WHO WAS SUPERVISOR AT THAT TIME, UH, JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, THE TOWN WAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER BECAUSE OF, UH, THAT EFFORT.
UM, LARRY REPRESENTED THE TOWN AS AN ANONYMOUS PROSPECTIVE BUYER, WHICH KEPT THE PRICES, UH, DOWN, AND HE WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A GREAT DEAL FOR THE TOWN WHICH THE TOWN PURCHASED IN 1975.
IN 2004, WHEN THE TOWN WAS CONSIDERING, UM, BUBBLING OVER THE TENNIS COURTS DURING THE WINTER SEASON, LARRY AND JANET LEFKOWITZ SERVED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDOOR TENNIS BUBBLE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDED VALUABLE, UH, LEADERSHIP.
LARRY'S, UH, LEGAL EXPERTISE WAS PARAMOUNT IN THE 2007, UH, LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH SPORT TIME CLUB FOR A 15 YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED, BUT IT WAS NULLIFIED DUE TO A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TOWN, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP.
UH, THEY RESUMED THEIR COMMITTEE ROLE WHEN THE TOWN SOLICITED NEW REQUEST PROPOSALS TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS IN 2022 FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR LEASE AGREEMENTS.
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THE RECENTLY APPROVED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH, UM, SPORT TIME CLUB THIS, UH, PAST DECEMBER.AND I SEE JERRY BYRNE, THE FORMER COMMISSIONER PARKS HERE, AND HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THAT THE TOWN FOLLOWED UP ON, YOU KNOW, ON THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, JANET HAS WORKED FOR THE GREENBERG PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
SHE EXPANDED AND CREATED NUMEROUS TENNIS PROGRAMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED AMONG THE BEST, UH, RECREATION PROGRAMS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SOME OF HER MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE TOWN RECEIVING THE USTA OUTSTANDING TENNIS FACILITY AWARD IN 1989, HOSTING NUMEROUS TENNIS TOURNAMENTS FOR TOWN RESIDENTS, COORDINATING TENNIS PROGRAMS, PROVIDING TENNIS LESSONS, MULTI-SPORT TENNIS CLINICS, TENNIS CAMPS, OFFERING TENNIS PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, WHEELCHAIR BOUND PARTICIPANTS.
I SEE YOU MCCALLY HERE AND, UM, AND, AND, AND VETERANS.
UM, SO OUR TENNIS COURTS REALLY HAS BEEN SO INCLUSIVE AND HAS INVOLVED SO MANY PEOPLE, UM, WHO HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, CHALLENGES AND, YOU KNOW, AND INTERESTS.
UM, SHE CO-FOUNDED HELP EXPAND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM CALLED HERO, WHICH HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 18,000 ADULTS AND YOUTH IN NEW THE NEW YORK, UH, METROPOLITAN AREA WITH TENNIS OPPORTUNITIES SINCE 1992.
THEY'VE RECEIVED MANY, MANY, UM, AWARDS AND HONORS.
UH, JANET WAS NAMED THE USTA EASTERN SECTION WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENT, AND THE RACKET SPORTS INDUSTRY, THE ADOPTED TENNIS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR NATIONAL AWARD.
SO THE GREENBERG PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, UM, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED, UH, ON FEBRUARY 7TH THAT WE NAMED THE ANTHONY VETERAN PARK TENNIS COURTS, THE LEFT LEFKOWITZ FAMILY'S TENNIS CENTER TO HONOR JANET AND LEF AND LARRY LEFKOWITZ FOR ENHANCING RECREATIONAL AND PARK OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED AREA OF GREENBURG SINCE THE PARK WAS OPEN IN 1975.
AND, UH, THIS, UM, TENNIS CENTER WOULD INCLUDE THE TENNIS AREAS AT SEEKER WI PARK, AND ALL THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE ANTHONY VETERAN PARK, NOT IN THE SPORTS TIME CLUB LEASE AGREEMENTS.
SO I'M SURE THAT, UM, AFTER WE HONOR, UM, JANET AND LARRY, THIS ROOM PROBABLY WILL CLEAR OUT BECAUSE, UH, UH, UH, YOU'RE ALL HERE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE HERE TO HONOR, HONOR THEM, BUT I BET YOU THERE'S NO ONE IN THE TOWN WHO COULD THINK OF ANYBODY, UH, WHO COMES CLOSE TO MAKING AS SIGNIFICANT A CONTRIBUTION AS THEY HAVE, UH, TO THE TOWN DURING THE PAST 50 OR A HUNDRED YEARS.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, OH, SORRY.
YOU HAVE TO DO THE ROLE POLL AND THEN WELL, NO, NO, JUST, JUST FINISH.
[ PR 1 - 3/27/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh naming the Anthony F. Veteran Park Tennis Courts the Lefkowitz Family Tennis Center]
NO, FINISH.OH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, THE RESOLUTION, UH, TO NAME THE ANTHONY VETERAN PARK TENNIS COURTS, THE LEFKOWITZ FAMILY TENNIS CENTER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? WELL, COULD, COULD BOARD MEMBERS SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, SURE.
IN, IN, IN A WAY, IT'S, UM, TROUBLING THAT WE'RE CARVING OUT WHERE THE TENNIS BUBBLES ARE GOING TO BE TO NOT BE PART OF THE CENTER.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD DO SOME WORK TO INCLUDE THEM, BECAUSE THESE BUBBLES WOULD NEVER HAVE OCCURRED IF IT WASN'T FOR THE VISION OF THE LEFT LEFKOWITZ.
MANY YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2011, I WAS INVITED TO A HOUSE ON RIDGE ROAD ABOUT SOME CONCEPT THAT LARRY HAD ABOUT SAVING THE PARK.
THE, THE TENNIS COURTS WERE IN DISREPAIR.
UM, HOW DO WE REINVIGORATE THE TENNIS COURTS? AND THE IDEA WAS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE AT FIRST, BUT IT WAS, HOW ABOUT WE HAVE BASICALLY A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEBODY WHO COME IN AND FIX UP THE COURTS AT THEIR COST.
WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO USE THOSE PARTICULAR COURTS.
AND LARRY WAS THE ONE WHO WAS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW HIM VERY WELL AT THE, AT AT THE TIME, BUT
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I KNEW HIM VERY WELL BY THE END OF THAT MEETING, THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND HE HAD A VISION.AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO BE LEARNED FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.
WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD IN 2012, BUT AS SUPERVISOR FINER SAID, A LAWSUIT WAS FILED PREVENTING US FROM DOING IT AT THAT TIME.
SO NO ONE GAVE UP, ESPECIALLY THE LEITZ.
AND WE WENT TO ALBANY AND WE HAD THE LAW CHANGED TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE CAN DO THIS.
AND YOU MAY HAVE REAL, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT IN PRIOR, PRIOR MEETINGS.
WE HAVE NOW ADOPTED WITH A, THE VENDOR, SAME VENDOR AS A MATTER OF FACT, UH, TO PUT BUBBLE THE BUBBLES UP.
NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE CARVING IT OUT.
WE'D HAVE TO FIND OUT FROM OUR TOWN ATTORNEY WHY THAT IS.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY POSSIBLE WE COULD DO THE ENTIRE COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
AND SO, UH, PERSEVERANCE, FIRST OF ALL, THE WISDOM, THE INNOVATION, AND THEN THE PERSEVERANCE TO GET US TO THIS POINT WHERE THERE WILL BE A, A REVENUE INCOME COMING IN.
THE TENNIS COURTS WILL BE FIXED UP, INCLUDING ONES THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE USING, WILL HAVE REVENUE TO FIX THAT UP.
AND THIS WILL BE GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
AND NONE OF IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF IT WASN'T IN 2011.
SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE SPEAKING SOON, UM, HAD THE WISDOM AND THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE FORESIGHT TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN.
I JUST, I COULD NOT LET THAT GO BY AS TO HOW LONG HE
UH, BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING ELSE, I WANT TO SAY HOW OLD I FEEL
IT IS OKAY, AS WITH ANYTHING ELSE, THEN WHAT LAWYER WOULDN'T WANT TO GET UP AND SPEAK.
UM, THE, UH, TOWN IN 1974 HAD SIX TENNIS COURTS ALTOGETHER FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN.
UH, A PICNIC TABLE WAS SET UP AT THE SIXTH COURTS SO PEOPLE COULD WAIT HOURS TO GET ON.
UH, WE KNEW THE TOWN NEEDED MORE TENNIS COURTS, AND JUST BY HAPPENSTANCE AT THAT POINT, HEATHERDALE HOLDING CORPORATION, WHICH, UH, PAUL MENTIONED, UH, WHICH WAS A TAX SHELTER.
AND THE TAX ADVANTAGES WERE NOT ONLY GONNA DISAPPEAR, BUT MAKE IT WORSE.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT MY FATHER'S BEST FRIEND WAS A PARTNER IN THE PARTNERSHIP, TOLD MY FATHER, MY FATHER TOLD ME.
AND THAT'S HOW ALL THIS STARTED, UM, IN A VERY, ON A VERY, VERY COLD, FRIGID WINTER DAY.
IN 1974, TONY VETERAN BILL FIN AND I WENT TO THE DALE BATHROOM TENNIS CLUB, WHICH WAS CLOSED FREEZING.
TONY TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE CLUB AND SAYS, WE GOTTA GET THIS FREAKING PLACE, WHICH IS THE WAY TONY TALKED, EXCEPT HE DIDN'T SAY FREAKING EXACTLY.
UM, AND, AND LO AND BEHOLD WE DID.
BUT HE WAS SAGACIOUS, HE WAS REALLY A SHREWD GUY.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER NEXT DOOR, AND THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER ALWAYS PAYS THE MOST, SO WHY DON'T YOU BUY IT? AND I SAID, I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT KIND OF CASH.
HE SAID, WELL, TELL 'EM IT'S FOR ONE OF YOUR CLIENTS.
AND I DID, UH, I NEGOTIATED A $1.1 MILLION DEAL ON BEHALF OF AN UNDISCLOSED CLIENT.
THEN THE TOWN STEPPED IN AND CLOSED AND BOUGHT THE PLACE FOR $1.1 MILLION.
MIND YOU, TWO SWIMMING POOLS, ALL THE CABANAS, 13 TENNIS COURTS.
UH, OF COURSE, SUBSEQUENTLY THERE WAS A LITTLE LITIGATION WITH LEY.
UH, BUT EVENTUALLY WE, WE, WE GOT IT DONE.
THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, BECAUSE NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM.
UH, LET ME START WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US.
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OF COURSE, UH, ANTHONY VETERAN, THE, THE SUPERVISOR NO LONGER WITH US.BILL FINAN, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD, BUT LATER ALSO BECAME AN ASSEMBLYMAN AND HELPED US GREATLY IN THE LEGISLATURE TO GET AROUND THE LITIGATION BY PASSING THE FIN IN LAW, WHICH WE NOW HAVE USED TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE EVERYTHING.
UM, AND JOEL SACKS, THE TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, WHO STEPPED IN AT THE END AND HANDLED NEGOTIATIONS BRILLIANTLY.
JOEL IS ALSO NO LONGER WITH US, BUT THESE THREE PEOPLE DEFINITELY DESERVE MENTION.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, ANTHONY, IF EVAN PARK HAS BEEN THE, THE ENVY OF OTHER TOWNS AND VILLAGES, UH, WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER BECAUSE OF THE SPORT TIME DEAL.
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH CASH NOW TO RENOVATE THE TENNIS COURTS, TO FIX THE PARKING LOT, TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE WANTED TO DO.
AND I'M SURE, UH, THAT JERRY BYRNE, WHO DID A GREAT JOB FOR THIS, IS NOW SUCCEEDED BY JOE LUCCHESE.
AND I'M SURE THAT JOE LUCCHESE USING THE MONEY FROM SPORT TIME WILL ALSO DO A GREAT JOB.
AND I CAN ONLY SAY THE PARK IS WONDERFUL, BUT THE FUTURE IS GONNA BE EVEN BETTER.
I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I NEVER COULD REALLY PLAY TENNIS, BUT IF I HAD LIVED IN GREENBURG, I KNOW THAT I WOULD'VE BEEN A STAR
YES, MS. LEITZ, DON'T GET ME IN TROUBLE.
UM, IT'S VERY NICE TO BE HONORED THIS WAY, BUT YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING BY YOURSELF.
AND I HAVE BEEN A VERY FORTUNATE PERSON BECAUSE WHEN I TOOK THIS JOB, UM, I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HIRING SOMEBODY TO WORK WITH ME.
SHE WAS ALWAYS CALLED AN ASSISTANT, BUT WE WERE REALLY PARTNERS.
AND SHE IS ONE TERRIFIC PERSON.
SHE IS VERY INVOLVED WITH EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THE TENNIS PROGRAM, EVEN THOUGH SHE MAY NOT GET CREDIT FOR IT OR PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF IT.
AND SHE MANAGES TO DO THIS IN A VERY PLEASANT WAY.
WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY.
AND I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE HER TONIGHT.
ROBERTA MALONEY WOODLAND'S AT IT FINEST.
AND HER SON WAS IN THE CLASS WITH YOU.
UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK JERRY AND JOE AND MORE RECENTLY, NOELLE.
THESE ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO PUT UP WITH ME ALL THOSE YEARS,
THINGS THAT WERE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY, THEY REALLY MADE MY JOB A LOT EASIER.
AND THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT WHO I, I HAVE TO MENTION NIKKI
NIKKI CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE SAME TIME HE I DID.
AND HE RETIRED AROUND THE SAME TIME I DID.
HE WAS ONE OF OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE.
AND YOU CAN'T RUN A 19 COURT FACILITY WITHOUT THE HELP OF PEOPLE WHO MAINTAIN THE COURTS.
UM, MY ROOMMATE JANICE ANNE AND GET UP, JANICE
THEY TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF ME.
UM, I AM, I AM TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED AND THEY WERE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE COMPUTER STUFF THAT I JUST HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH.
UM, AND JUST VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE AND REALLY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
ROSALIE WORKS IN THE TENNIS BOOTH AT THE PARK.
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WHAT, ROSALIE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT HER.
REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT SHE'S DONE.
UM, SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE GUYS WHO AREN'T HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, HAVE WORKED VERY HARD.
UH, BOBBY GREEN, BRENDAN JAMES AND JOHN HAAS AND OUR TENNIS STAFF, HALEY CALLANAN UP.
I GOTTA I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS STORY, BECAUSE MANY YEARS AGO, AND SHE'S BEEN WITH US A LONG TIME, I WENT INTO JERRY AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK HALEY SHOULD BE DOING THIS.
AND HE SAID TO ME, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK SHE CAN HANDLE IT.
AND I TURNED AROUND AND SAID TO HIM, ARE YOU KIDDING? SHE COULD RUN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
UM, CHARLOTTE, OUR STRYKER, GET UP, CHARLOTTE, COME ON.
CHARLOTTE TEACHES ALL OF OUR PRIVATE LESSONS.
SHE DOES HERO PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND XAVIER, WHO I DON'T THINK IS HERE TONIGHT, BUT DOES ALL OF OUR GROUP INSTRUCTION.
SO WE HAVE A VERY SMALL STAFF, BUT THEY, THEY MANAGE TO DO ALL THE PROGRAMS. AND I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WHO DOES ADMINISTRATION AT THE PARK.
EVERYBODY HELPS IN THEIR OWN WAY AND PROBABLY AREN'T MENTIONED OR THOUGHT OF, BUT THEY'VE BEEN HELPFUL TO ME.
UH, I WANNA RECOGNIZE MY HERO BOARD OF DIRECTORS BACK THERE IN THOSE SWEATSHIRTS,
UM, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FROM USTA EASTERN, SUSAN, AMY, COME ON.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT WE, WE ARE IN THE EASTERN SECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY PROACTIVE.
I'VE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THEM ON MANY PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL WITH MY, MY HERO WORK.
UM, WHAT SEPARATES THE GREENBERG PROGRAM FROM MOST OTHERS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WHATEVER THEIR ABILITIES OR DISABILITIES.
WE ARE DIVERSE ETHNICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.
AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT.
WE ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHOSE COURTS ARE IN DISREPAIR OR HAVE OTHER EMERGENCIES.
WE CURRENTLY SERVE SPECIAL ATHLETES LIVING WITH AUTISM, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS VETERANS, THOSE PARTICIPATING IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS.
WE HOPE TO A ADD TO THAT LIST IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
PARTICULARLY OUR NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN GROUP HOMES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, IT HAS BEEN A VERY GRATIFYING 40 YEARS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DEALING WITH A FEW WHACKADOODLES
JERRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? SURE.
RETIRED COMMISSIONER JERRY BURNS.
WHO HAS A BEARD DOWN? WHICH WE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.
I GUESS THAT'S GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT, UM, I HAD THE FORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO START 1986 AND JANET BECAME THE TENNIS DIRECTOR, IF I'M CORRECT, IN 1985.
PRIOR TO THAT, SHE HAD FOUR YEARS AS A TENNIS INSTRUCTOR AND WORKED HER WAY UP.
AND SHE REALLY MADE MY JOB AT TIMES VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE
BUT SHE REALLY MADE IT EASIER.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE COMPONENT THAT I KNEW SHE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITMENT.
SHE REALLY WAS, UH, A DIRECTOR THAT WE PUT ON A, UH, A SALARY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
STARTING IN APRIL AND, AND END IN OCTOBER, SHE TOOK TWO WEEKS OFF AND SHE BASICALLY WORKED YEAR ROUND ON THIS JOB.
SHE WAS LIKE PROBABLY THE MOST UNDERPAID, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
WE HAD UNOFFICIALLY, BUT SHE WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED TO THE TENNIS PROGRAM AND THE OTHER PROGRAMS WE
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HAVE OF SHOWING SUPPORT.AND I, I WANNA JUST, I DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER EVERYTHING THAT THE LEFKOWITZ FAMILY DID, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NAME THE LEFKOWITZ FAMILY BECAUSE FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT TO LARRY AND JANET AND THEIR FAMILY EXTENDS BEYOND THEIR IMMEDIATE AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.
IT GOES TO THE ENTIRE GREENBERG COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE LIKE, YOU HEARD TONIGHT, ALL THE USER GROUPS AND WE CAN SEE REPRESENTATION FROM JUST ABOUT ALL OF THEM HERE TONIGHT.
SO I JUST, UH, THRILLED THAT WE ABLE TO HONOR THE LEFKOWITZ FAMILY AND WE WILL CELEBRATE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR DECADES TO COME.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK THE BOARD IF IT'S POSSIBLE WHEN EVERYTHING'S ALL DONE, IF ANYONE ELSE SPEAKS THAT I CAN GET THE TOWN BOARD WITH THE LEITZ FAMILY MEMBERS AND THEN OUR STAFF TAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK PICTURES SO WE CAN MEMORIALIZE THIS IMPORTANT EVENING.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT JANITOR? LARRY? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST TWO WORDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO LEITZ FAMILY AND IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE HISTORY IN THE BUILDING.
IT'S LISA AND I WENT TO WILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND TO SEE ROBERTA MALONE.
OH MY GOD, ROBERTA COACH MISS MALONEY.
YES, WE CAN'T CALL HER ROBERTA.
WE HAVE TO CALL HER MRS. MALONEY BECAUSE SHE WAS AMAZING TO ALL OF US.
SHE INSPIRED US, SHE COACHED US.
SHE MADE US BE THE WOMEN THAT WE ARE TODAY.
'CAUSE SHE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH SHE'S POURED INTO US.
MS. LEITZ, MR. LEITZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I GRADUATED WITH YOUR SON, AMAZING FAMILY.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY AND GIVING BACK TO COMMUNITY AND COMING BACK.
WHETHER, WHETHER YOU, WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU LIVE, HOW MUCH YOU MAKE, HOW MUCH YOU DON'T MAKE.
YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS KEY.
AND THIS IS WHAT BOTH OF THESE WOMEN HAS INSTILLED IN MYSELF.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS TOWN, FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND I'M SO GLAD TO BE SITTING IN THIS SEAT TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
ANYBODY ELSE? OH, COMMISSIONER.
THAT'S WHAT JANET BROUGHT EVERY DAY TO WORK.
SOMETIMES IT BUBBLED UP
AND, UH, NOELLE BROCCOLI AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU STARTED.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO THE ROLL CALL AND THEN WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND TAKE A PICTURE, UH, AS OUR REWARD TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE ATTENDED.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
SUPERVISOR FINER HERE.YOU WANNA TAKE A QUICK PICTURE SO WE CAN LET EVERYBODY ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING? SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES WHILE WE DO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
OH, THEN WE, TERRANCE, COULD YOU SHUT OFF THE PROJECTOR PLEASE? DOWN HERE.
NOW TRY IT AND SEE IF IT WORKS.
OKAY, PERFECT IT THEN STOP IT.
[ 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 ]
SO, UH, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HONOR, UM, AND RECOGNIZE MARIA REGINA HIGH SCHOOL.THEY WERE THE WINNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS 2023 COLLEGE BOARD, AP COMPUTER SCIENCE FEMALE, UH, DIVERSITY AWARD.
UM, AND WE HAVE WITH US, UM, ONE OF, UH, THE TEACHERS.
UH, MAYBE YOU WANNA SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MAJOR, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENT.
MARIA REGINA IS LOCATED IN, IN HARTSDALE.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE SO PLEASED THAT YOU'RE PART OF OUR, AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.
UM, I AM A TEACHER AT MARY REGINA IN THE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER, UM, TEACHING
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ALL LEVELS, UM, FRESHMAN THROUGH SENIORS, UH, COMPUTER SCIENCE, TRYING TO GET, UM, THAT OUT THERE.AND I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HARSDALE AS WELL.
SO THIS IS, UM, GREAT TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, TO SEE THE LEITZ AS, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZED.
WELL, YOU'RE TEACHING AND YOUR STUDENTS HONOR US, SO THANK YOU.
AND MY SON ACTUALLY WAS, UM, PART OF YOUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM LAST SUMMER.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A, UH, OUTSTANDING TEACHER FOR PATIENCE? A LOT OF PATIENCE AND LOVE
IT TAKES THAT FOR A COUNCIL PERSON.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, UH, LISA, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY MONTH CELEBRATION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR MY FLOWERS.
PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
UM, IN THE 18 HUNDREDS, THE, UM, THE TOWN CLERK, UH, WAS THE MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, EVERY TOWN IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A TOWN CLERK, BUT IN THE 19 HUNDREDS, UH, THE TOWN CLERK LEFT THE TOWN BOARD, UM, TO FOCUS ON ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES ON BEHALF OF THE STATE AND OF TOWN GOVERNMENT.
THE TOWN BOARD IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING POLICY, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET, APPROVING CONTRACTS AND EXPENDITURES AND ENACTING LAWS.
AND I COME BEFORE YOU AND I'VE DONE MANY SPEECHES.
I'VE BEEN HUMBLED TO DO MANY SPEECHES TO, UH, THIS MONTH DURING INTERNATIONAL, UM, WOMEN'S, UM, CELEBRATION AND INCLUDING, UM, PERSONALLY, UH, KNOWING THE WOMAN WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING IT TO NEW YORK FOR, FOR IT TO BE, UM, UH, A ENACTED AS A LAW.
AND I AM COMING TO CELEBRATE THE WOMEN OF THE TOWN BOARD OF GREENBERG.
AND, AND EVEN THOUGH I AM THE NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD, I JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE THREE AMAZING WOMEN THAT I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF RUNNING WITH AND WORKING WITH.
AND, UM, AGAIN, LITERALLY THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU YOUR FLOWERS SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THEM.
AND, UM, JUST KNOW THAT, UM, IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, I'M ON THE, I'M ON THE WOMEN'S TEAM AND
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, UM, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU THREE, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A BIG CELEBRATION AND YOU WERE NOT INCLUDED.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE INCLUDED AND ACKNOWLEDGED.
APPRECIATE THAT AS THREE WONDERFUL WOMEN WHO DESERVE THEIR FLOWERS.
WE, WE SEND THAT SENTIMENT BACK TO YOU.
YOU GUYS BLESSED ME LAST YEAR, SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE SINCE YOU HAVE TAKEN ALL THE OFFICE AND WE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOU REALLY RECOGNIZING US WITH RED ROSES, WHICH MEANS LOVE.
BUT
WE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW THOUGH.
WE WANNA GIVE YOU FLOWERS AND SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SINCE YOU HAVE TAKEN OFFICE.
WE ARE SO, SO PROUD OF YOU AND JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE PART OF THIS TEAM.
IT IS REALLY SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH AND TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM OF WOMEN, A TEAM, I MEAN, WOMEN AND MEN,
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND OUR STENOGRAPHER AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? OKAY, NEXT, UH,
[ 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)]
PUBLIC HEARINGS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UM, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION MEDICAL CLINIC BY LEWISTON REALTY HOLDINGS ON BEHALF OF WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 80 G GRASSLANDS ROAD.
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GOOD EVENING.I'M AN ASSOCIATE AT DELBELLO, DANNEL AND WEINER, AND WE IN WHITAKER HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF LEWISTON ROYALTY HOLDINGS.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY 80 AND 100 GRASSLANDS ROAD.
UM, IT'S ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES IN SIZE.
UM, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT 80 GRASSLANDS TONIGHT.
THERE'S A BUILDING THAT'S THREE STORIES WITH 86,000, UH, SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE.
UM, ON THE, ON A HUNDRED GRASSLANDS, THERE'S A 60,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE WITH A MEZZANINE.
UM, BUT THE BUILDING AT 80 GRASSLANDS IS CURRENTLY VACANT RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, MY CLIENT, LEWISTON REALTY HOLDINGS, LLC, IS SEEKING TO LEASE THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS OF THAT BUILDING TO WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL PERMIT FROM THE TOWN BOARD, UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 85, 34 B2B ONE, UM, TO PERMIT A MEDICAL CLINIC AT THIS, UH, AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, SO WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1950 AND HAS BEEN OPERATING IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY SINCE 1972.
THEY PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL, DENTAL, CLINICAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, THEY SERVE AS THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, WHICH PROVIDES SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO A LICENSED OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 28 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN BHALLA AND WILL BE MOVING THEIR FACILITY TO GREENBURG.
UM, THEY CURRENTLY EMPLOY ABOUT 250 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING STUDENT INTERNS, ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, CLINICIANS, MEDICAL STAFF, EDUCATORS, AND A WIDE RANGE OF PROFESSIONALS.
THEY ALSO EMPLOY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SEEKING THE SPECIAL PERMIT SO THEY CAN OCCUPY THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS AT 80 GRASSLANDS.
UM, OUR MATERIALS WENT THROUGH THE SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA.
I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH YOU THIS EVENING IF YOU THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.
UM, BUT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT WE MEET ALL OF THIS GENERAL AND SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA OF THE ZONING CODE FOR THIS USE.
WHEN YOU SAY YOU HAVE, YOU EMPLOY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT PERCENT OR NUMBER OR, DR. FOX IS WITH ME THIS EVENING.
SHE, UM, IF SHE COULD COME UP AND JOIN ME AT THE MICROPHONE, I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE THAT ANSWER.
I'M SUSAN FOX, THE, UH, PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UH, NINE PEOPLE WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WORKING FOR US.
AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR STAFF ARE, UH, PARENTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK, YOU KNOW, YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW YOU'VE CHANGED LIVES FOR, UH, THE BETTER.
SO, GARRETT, ARE YOU GONNA WALK US THROUGH THE, UH, THE APPLICATION OR WILL YOU? SURE.
I'M HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE APPLICATION.
UM, I THINK GARRETT HAS THE SITE PLAN, UM, THAT HE CAN SHARE.
WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY OR THE BUILDING AT THIS TIME, EXCEPT FOR INTERNAL, UH, CONFIGURATIONS FOR THE USE.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE, OH, THERE'S THE SITE PLAN.
UM, THIS JUST SHOWS THE TWO BUILDINGS.
SO 80 GRASSLANDS IS, UM, ON THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THE SITE PLAN.
UM, AND AS I SAID, WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY OR THE BUILDINGS.
UM, THERE'S 419 PARKING SPACES, UM, ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH COMPLIES WITH, UH, THE PROPOSED AND, UM, EXISTING USES THAT ARE, UM, IN A DN 100 GRASSLANDS.
UM, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF OFFICE, UH, OFFICE, UH, WAREHOUSE.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE MEDICAL CLINIC, WHICH HAS ITS OWN, UH, SPECIAL PARKING CRITERIA.
UM, IT, THIS IS A TYPE TWO ACTION UNDER SECRA.
UM, YES, WE ARE JUST OCCU REOCCUPYING SPACE.
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY PROPOSING ANY PHYSICAL, UH, DISTURBANCE TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND I CAN'T, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THE, THE SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA OR
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DO YOU WANT DEREK TO GO THROUGH IT? UH, WELL, IT'S BETTER IF THE APPLICANT DOES IT, BUT IF THE APPLICANT DOESN'T CARE, COULD DO IT.WE, WE JUST NEED TO CREATE A RECORD.
UM, SO WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL, UH, SPECIAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THAT EACH MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC BE REASONABLY NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR GENERAL INTEREST OR WELFARE.
UM, AND AS I SAID, WIHD HAS BEEN PROVIDING CARE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN, UM, FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, UM, WHICH REPRESENTS, UM, VALUABLE CARE TO AN UNDERREPRESENTED, UH, POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, EACH MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC SHALL BE OF SUCH CHARACTER, INTENSITY, SIZE, HEIGHT, LOCATION, AND SITE LAYOUT THAT IN GENERAL WILL BE IN HARMONY WITH THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT.
UM, AND NOT A DETRI NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF A ADJACENT DISTRICTS.
UM, THIS IS LOCATED IN THE PD DISTRICT.
UM, IT IS CURRENTLY FULLY DEVELOPED WITH A VARIATION OF OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE USES.
UM, WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY PROPOSING ANY PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS TO THE BUILDING.
UM, THIS SITE HAS IS WELL, UM, ESTABLISHED WITH DRIVEWAYS ACCESS WAYS.
SO, UM, THIS USE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE, ANY OF THE ADJACENT USES OR, UM, OR THE EXISTING ACCESS.
EACH MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC SHALL BE SO LOCATED IN ORDER TO BE ADEQUATELY SERVICED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, WATER SUPPLY, WASTE DISPOSAL, FIRE, POLICE AND AMBULANCE PROTECTION, AND SIMILAR SERVICES.
UH, THERE'S A BEELINE BUS STOP LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRASSLANDS ROAD AND CLEARBROOK ROAD, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S ADEQUATELY SERVICED BY EXISTING UTILITIES.
UM, EACH MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC SHALL NOT CREATE UNDUE PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC HAZARDS BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION IN RELATION TO SIMILAR USES OR NECESSITY OF TURNING MOVEMENTS IN RELATION TO ITS ACCESS TO PUBLIC ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS, OR ITS LOCATION IN RELATION TO OTHER BUILDINGS AS PROPOSED BUILDINGS ON OR NEAR THE SITE.
AND THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS FROM SUCH BUILDINGS.
UM, AS I STATED, THIS IS IN AN ESTABLISHED OFFICE PARK.
UM, THERE'S MANY INTERNAL DRIVEWAYS, ESPECIALLY IN BETWEEN 80 AND 100 GRASSLANDS THAT WOULD REMOVE TRAFFIC FROM, UH, GRASSLANDS ROAD AND ALLOW FOR ACCESS.
INTERNAL MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE PROPERTY, UH, EAGLE CLINIC SHALL NOT BE HAZARDOUS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY REASON OF EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC, ASSEMBLY OF PERSONS OR VEHICLES ON THE SITE, PROXIMITY TO TRAVEL ROUTES OR CONGREGATIONS OF CHILDREN AND PEDESTRIANS.
UM, AS I SAID, THIS IS A VERY WELL DEVELOPED AREA.
UM, THIS, WE DON'T EXPECT WIHD TO HAVE ANY MORE IMPACTS THAN IF THIS WAS USED AS A THREE STORY OFFICE BUILDING AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
UH, EACH MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC SHALL PROVIDE A SERVICE FACILITY OR CONVENIENCE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE PROPERTY GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND ITS GENERAL WELFARE CONSIDERATIONS MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DEMOGRAPHICS, COMMUNITY NEEDS, SERVICE UTILIZATION PATTERNS, CONDITIONS, AND ACCESS TO THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE YOU LOSE ME.
WHAT IS THE NEXT THREE WORDS OR FOUR WORDS? OLOGY OF DISEASES?
AND THE EPI EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISEASES, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S IN THE ZONING CODE.
SO IF I'M MISSING WORDS FROM THE ZONING CODE, I APOLOGIZE.
I YEAH, I DON'T, DEREK CAN PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW, BUT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, WILL YOU BE GENERATING BIOHAZARDOUS MATERIAL AND IF SO, HOW WILL IT, WILL IT BE COLLECTED INDOOR, OUTDOOR? NO, I'M GETTING A NO, WE WILL NOT BE GENERATING, WE HAVE TO SPEAK TO MIKE, PLEASE.
YEAH, THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME MEDICAL WASTE, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY SO RIGHT FROM DENTAL.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT REMOVED, UM, BY A, AN APPROVED PROVIDER, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING ANY BIOMEDICAL WASTE.
BUT YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING TO PUT A BOX OUTSIDE AND HAVE IT PICKED UP AFTER HOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO.
AND IF THAT'S A CONDITION, YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE LEFT OUTSIDE FOR PICKUP? WE WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, NO.
AND THEN, UH, THE SPECIFIC SPECIAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, UM, NO SUCH MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC BUILDING SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN 50 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
WE ARE NOT LOCATED WITHIN 50 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UM, SHALL BE SUIT SUITABLY SCREENED FROM
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ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.AS I SAID, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT ADJACENT TO ONE.
UM, SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY APPLY HERE.
UM, AND NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL CLINIC BUILDING SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN 400 FEET OF SCHOOL, DAYCARE CENTER, CHILDREN'S CAMP, PUBLIC PARK, OR PARK DISTRICT.
AND WE ARE ALSO NOT WITHIN 400 FEET OF ANY OF THOSE USES.
PAUL, YOU WANNA ASK IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SPEAK? YEAH.
ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK ON THIS? NO.
I'LL LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
A GREAT, DID, DID SUCH A GREAT JOB THAT NOBODY COMPLAINED.
ALSO, IT'S NOT LOST ON US THAT YOU ARE PERVER PROVIDING SERVICES TO A, YOU KNOW, A VERY DESERVING GROUP OF PEOPLE.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UM, UH, REGENERON IS BEING ADJOURNED TO APRIL 24TH AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup is required. A continuous five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking and will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. There will not be a second five minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.]
NOW WE GO TO, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING? AND CAN I JUST, DID YOU THEN GO HERE? ACCOUNT ATTORNEY? JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THERE IS A CONTINUOUS FIVE MINUTE, UH, TIME LIMIT FOR EACH SPEAKER.
THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AUDITORIUM.
SORRY, I COULD NOT BE THERE TONIGHT.
UM, THE CLOCK WILL NOT BE STOPPED FOR ANY REASON DURING THOSE FIVE MINUTES.
AND IF THE SPEAKER INSISTS ON AN IMMEDIATE ANSWER, IT'LL BE PART OF THE SPEAKER'S FIVE MINUTE ALLOCATION AND SHALL NOT BE INTERRUPTED.
UM, THERE'S JUST ONE ROUND DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND AS ALWAYS, AS THE FIRST PAGE OF THE AGENDA, STATES, PLEASE, UH, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS OF ANY KIND TOWARD ANYONE WILL BE TOLERATED TONIGHT.
CAN I JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT, UM, WE HEAR ALL THE SPEAKERS AND NOBODY INTERRUPT? UH, SO THIS WAY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT GETS OUT OF HAND AND THEN WE LOSE THE TIME.
SO PEOPLE WILL SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES AND THEN, UH, AFTER EVERYBODY SPEAKS, THEN IF A BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO COMMENT, THEY CAN.
THE SPEAKER SHOULD NOT BE INTERRUPTED.
FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS CLIFTON ABRAMS, TOWN OF GREENBURG.
CLIFF ABRAMS LIFELONG, UM, RESIDENT TOWN OF GREENBURG IN 2022.
UM, FOUNDER OF COMMUNITY CENTER AL WALLS, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND APPRENTICESHIP IN 2022.
THE BOARD HERE, UM, AGREED TO GIVE $15,000 TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT WALLS.
THEN THEY ASKED FOR THE COUNTY TO MATCH THE 15,000, WHICH THE COUNTY DID.
THEN ELLEN TOLD ME I NEEDED TO GET A 5 0 1 C3 BECAUSE AT FIRST THE MONEY WASN'T GOING TO T-D-Y-C-C, BUT ONCE I GOT MY 5 0 1 C3, I DIDN'T NEED THE MONEY TO GO TO T-D-Y-C-C.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE TO TDYC C3 TIMES A WEEK.
UM, COMMISSIONER TERRANCE JACKSON CHARGE US A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SESSION.
UM, AND WE GO TO THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY ONE TIME OUT OF THE MONTH AND THEY CHARGE US NOTHING AND THEY ALSO PAY FOR THE SPEAKERS AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO THERE FOR FREE.
UM, SO I CAME HERE, THEY HAD THE BUDGET MEETING AND I ASKED, WHY IS THE T-D-Y-C-C CHARGING PEOPLE THAT'S FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE KIDS, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SESSION.
MR. FINDER AGREED AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A WORK SESSION 'CAUSE HE WAS GOING TO WAIVE THE, UM, THE FEED.
SO I WENT TO MR. JACKSON, THE COMMISSIONER, AND I SAID, TERRANCE, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO MR. FINER, HE'S WILLING TO WAIVE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK TERRANCE SAID, IF YOU PAY FOR 2023, WHICH I DID WAS $800, HE SAID, YOU PAY FOR 2023, I WILL FOREGO THE 2024 MONEY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
I SAID, OKAY, CAN YOU PUT IT IN WRITING BECAUSE I HAVE TO LET MY BOARD SEE WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS.
HE SENT ME AN EMAIL SAYING THAT AS LONG AS I PAID THE $800, HE WILL FORGO THE 2024.
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MADE A CALL, DID AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD, NO, TO THE, UM, WORK SESSION.I'M GETTING TO LOOK A FEW FOR THE WORK SESSION.
AND THEY AGREED TO HAVE A WORK SESSION BECAUSE WE NEEDED, BECAUSE TURN SAID THAT HE WOULD DO IT, BUT HE NEEDED TOWN BOARD TO APPROVE IT.
AND SO THE WORK SESSION SUPPOSED TO BE IN JANUARY, THEY POSTPONED IT, THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK THEY POSTPONED IT.
THEN IN FEBRUARY THEY SAID WE COULD SEE IN FEBRUARY THEY POSTPONED IT.
THEN THE END OF FEBRUARY THEY POSTPONED IT.
SO I EMAILED MR. FINER AND HE SAID TO ME THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH YOU.
AND I SAID TO HIM THAT THIS IS COMMUNITY CENTER OUR WALLS.
I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE WORK SESSION.
MY CHAIRPERSON OR THE BOARD ASKED FOR THE WORK SESSION.
WHY ARE Y'ALL RESPONDING BACK TO ME? AND THE SAME THING GOES WITH THE 15,000.
STILL TO THIS DAY, THE BOARD NEVER TOLD ME THAT THEY WASN'T GOING TO GIVE ME THE 15,000.
MR. FINDER TOLD ME PERSONALLY WHEN I ASKED HIM, HE SAID THE BOARD DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE 2023 BUDGET, BUT ELLEN KNOW THAT I HAD TO GET BY 5 0 1 C3 AND MY $2 MILLION SEXUAL HEALTH HARASSMENT AND MY MILLION DOLLAR, UM, UMBRELLA, WHICH I GOT ALL OF IT.
AND STILL TO THIS DAY I'M HAVING A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME
AND THIS UPSETS ME BECAUSE $15,000, BUT THAT Y'ALL COULD FIND $87,000 FOR A WOMAN WHO QUIT AND GAVE HER BENEFITS.
JOAN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN TOOK HER OUT OF THE CLERK OFFICE, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE SAYING, Y'ALL CAN'T FIND 15,000 OR Y'ALL CAN'T WAIVE THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH, I MEAN PER WEEK.
LIKE I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH ME? I'M NOT ASKING TO MEET WITH ME.
I'M ASKING MEET WITH MY BOARD.
BUT THE POINT IS, WE, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS WILLING TO WAIVE THE FOREGO TO 2024.
AND I WANNA KNOW WHY IS THE TOWN BOARD INTERFERING WITH THAT? THANK YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. KEITH LAWS GREENBERG, WE COME TO Y'ALL ON A NICE DAY, BEAUTIFUL DAY, ENJOYING LIFE.
BUT WE COMING TO ASK YOU SIMPLY, THIS PROGRAM IS FOR CHILDREN.
THIS PROGRAM, WHICH NO OTHER PROGRAM IN THE GREENBURG CENTER GOES TOWARD BETTER FITTING THE CHILDREN AND FOR FREE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, YOUR CHILDREN ARE THE ONES WHO ARE BEING PUNISHED.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU HAVE WITH EARL.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE WHAT EARL HAVE WITH YOU ALL.
BUT I'M LOOKING AT, WE WALK AROUND AND SAY, THE CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE.
THESE CHILDREN SET ASIDE YOUR FEELINGS TOWARD AN INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE SURE AND REALIZE THAT IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD TRYING
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TO BETTER YOURSELF, YOU WOULD WALK BACK, LOOK AT THIS.IF YOU TAKE ONE CHILD OFF THE STREET, YOU STOP 10 CRIME FROM BEING COMMITTED BECAUSE YOU ARE STOPPING A DRUG DEALER, A DOPE DEALER, A GUN DEALER, FROM TAKING THEIR CHILD UNDER THEIR WINGS TO LET THEM GO THE WRONG WAY.
YOU NOT HELPING EARL YOU'RE NOT HELPING ME, YOU'RE NOT HELPING YOU ALL.
BUT SOMETIMES PUT YOUR FEELING ASIDE WHEN THE CHILD, WHEN WE ARE NOT HERE, WHEN WE ARE DEAD AND GONE, THAT THAT CHILD MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT WAS SAVED, THAT SAT IN ONE OF THOSE SEATS THAT YOU ALL A SITTING IN.
DON'T LOOK OR HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A PERSON.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AIN'T NOBODY SITTING UP ON THAT STAND.
BUT SOMEBODY ALONG THE WAY, ADULT GAVE YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHERE YOU ARE AND WHO YOU ARE ALL.
SO LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT ALL OF US JUST TO SAY TO YOU ALL TAKE IN CONSIDERATION OF THAT CHILD.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL, I WANT ALL OF YOU ALL.
MAY YOU HAVE A HAPPY EASTER AND MAY YOU ENJOY YOUR LIFE.
NEXT, NEXT WE HAVE JOSEPH BOYKIN.
MR. FINER, EVERYBODY ON BOARD AND GREENBERG RESIDENTS.
I'M A LONG TIME GREENBERG RESIDENT AND I'VE BEEN BLA I'VE BEEN BLESSED IN MY LIFE TO HAVE A FORTUNATE LIFE.
AND I, AND I KNOW HOW UM, AMERICA WORKS.
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A BODYGUARD FOR SOME ENTERTAINERS AND I KNOW HOW THE IMAGE IMAGE MACHINE WORKS IN, IN THE WORLD IN, IN AMERICA ESPECIALLY.
AND I'VE KNOWN MR. ABRAMS ALL MY LIFE AND I HAVE NEVER MET A, A PERSON WITH MORE INTEGRITY FOR WHAT HE'S COME FROM AND, UH, THAT LOVES HIS COMMUNITY VERY MUCH AND REALLY WANTS TO GIVE BACK AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
HE'S NOT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL THINGS.
HE WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN SPITE OF ALL THE POLITICS AND THE BULL CRAP THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH POLITICS.
HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST HIM THAT SHOWS WHO YOU ARE AS A, AS A PERSON.
BUT HE'S DOING SOMETHING FOR LIKE MY MAN SAID I CAN'T FOLLOW.
IT'S NOT FOR HIM PERSONALLY, FOR HIS GRATIFICATION, IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN.
AND HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T, WHEN THIS, UH, THE MEDIA WASN'T AS PREVALENT WITH, UH, UM, FACEBOOK AND ALL THAT STUFF, HE'S, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE BY HIMSELF FIGHTING FOR HIS COMMUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
NO ONE'S PERFECT, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, IF IT'S A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST THIS KING OF A MAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A SHAME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF OUR, IT IS NOT REALLY POWER TO ME, BUT POSITIONS OF, UH, AFFLUENCE THAT CAN INFLUENCE PEOPLE.
AND YOU GUYS USE IT IN A PERSONAL THING.
IT'S, IT'S BAD FOR THE UNIVERSE.
IT'S BAD FROM IT'S, IT'S JUST BAD PERIOD.
YOU'RE DEPRIVING THE CHILDREN AND YOU'RE DEPRIVING YOURSELVES OUT OF THE FUTURE OF GREAT FUTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF POTENTIAL GREAT PEOPLE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THESE, AND THESE CHILDREN AND HE'S TRYING TO HELP THAT AND, AND SOLIDIFY THAT AND, AND BUILD THAT.
AND, AND HE'S DONE EVERYTHING THAT WAS THAT WAS REQUIRED OF HIM TO DO.
HE DID EVERYTHING YOU ASKED HIM TO DO.
EVERYTHING AND POSTPONE, POSTPONEMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF BUREAUCRACY HAS, HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
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A QUESTION TO THE BOARD.IS IT PERSONAL AGAINST MR. ABRAMS? COULD YOU GUYS ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME? IS IT A PERSONAL THING? IS IT PERSONAL FOLKS? IT IS NOT.
NEXT, NEXT WE HAVE DIANE ETTE, BAY GRAND RISING.
EVERYBODY, IF I'M NOT, UM, SAYING PROPERLY WITH, I HAVE, UM, BRACES ON MY TEETH.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I JUST, UM, MOVED HERE, UH, A WHILE AGO, UM, AT THE SENIOR CITIZEN, UM, BUILDING 52 MANHATTAN AVENUE.
AND UM, ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET TWO LIGHT BULB FOR $700.
AND I WANNA KNOW, I JUST GOT THERE FROM ANOTHER, MOVED THERE FROM ANOTHER PLACE AND MY BILL IS $700.
THEY SAID THAT WE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING LIGHT AND WATER BILL AND EVERYTHING'S RUN BY ELECTRIC.
SO HOW I'M GONNA PAY MY RENT AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS THE BILL IS $700.
I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THAT BILL AND I'M NOT GONNA PAY THAT BILL.
AND I'M ADDRESSING THIS TO THE BOARD, ASKING Y'ALL BY ME MOVING IN JUST A MONTH OR TWO AGO, HOW IS THAT BILL GONNA GET PAID AND WHY THE BILL CAME $700.
WHY THERE WASN'T NO, UM, WHY Y'ALL USING CAR MEDICINE CONVICT, I WOULD SAY, BUT IT'S CAR MEDICINE FOR Y'ALL FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN.
WHY? THEY DON'T HAVE A A, A, EXCUSE ME, A, A RIGHT TO SAY WHO THEY WANT TO BE, UM, PAYING THEY ELECTRIC BILL TO WHY IT'S NOT SOLAR SYSTEM BY YOU.
WE HAVE THAT, RIGHT? SO CAN Y'ALL ANSWER ME ON THAT? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MAYBE ON MONDAY STOP BY AT MY OFFICE? UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'LL TRY MAYBE LIKE AROUND SAY, LET ME JUST LOOK AT MY CALENDAR, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'LL SEE IF I COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP ON, YOU KNOW, ON THIS, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL TRY.
LEMME JUST LOOK AT MY CALENDAR.
SO WHY, WHAT ABOUT LIKE MONDAY? UH, UM, WAIT, HOLD ON.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO STOP BY SAY MONDAY AT AROUND 1130? THAT'D BE PERFECT.
AND WHO AM I'M SPEAKING TO? TO BRING YOUR BILL WITH YOU? BRING YOUR BILL WITH YOU? BRING YOUR BILL? YEAH, YEAH.
I CALL, UM, I'M SAYING CONVICT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
CON EDISON, BUT THEY CONVICT TO ME.
UM, I CALL 'EM, I HAVE IT ON MY, UM, PHONE, RIGHT? BUT I CALL 'EM BACK BACK AND I TOLD HIM TO UM, SEND ME A HARD COPY AND I'M WAITING ON THAT.
THAT WAS SINCE LAST WEEK AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET.
UM, I ALSO, YEAH, DO YOU HAVE UH, HOLD ON, LET FINISH, I'M JUST ASKING.
DO YOU HAVE A EMAIL? YES, I DO.
COULD YOU EMAIL ME ALSO BEFORE MONDAY? WELL, I NEED YOUR EMAIL.
YOU CAN COME OVER TO ME AND I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU HERE.
AND, UM, THE UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THEY IS AWARE OF THE CHAIRMAN BOARD IS AWARE OF THIS.
I BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION.
AND UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT'S GOING ON.
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING THAT JUST BEEN UP AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
I MEAN, THE BUILDING IS NICE AND EVERYTHING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE UM, UM, IN MY APARTMENT AND I BROUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION.
WHEN YOU STEP THE FLOORS, IT'S LIKE GETTING READY TO CAVE IN.
UM, AND UM, I HAVEN'T COMPLETELY FINISHING MY PLACE BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO EVEN BRING MY COUCH IN THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE COUCH GO TO THE FLOOR.
AND UM, WHEN I FIRST GOT THERE, THERE WAS A LEAK, UM, IN THE BATHROOM.
I PUT THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF MS. GOMAZ AND THE CHAMBER OF THE BOARD.
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AND WHERE THEY SAID WHERE THE BALL IS AT IS, UM, WATER COMING UP LEAKING.SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING AND WE ALREADY ALREADY PAID MY RENT.
SO DID YOU, DID YOU SIGN A LEASE AGREEMENT WHEN YOU FIRST MOVED IN? YES, I DID.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING A COPY OF THAT WHEN YOU MEET WITH THE SUPERVISOR AT 1130.
'CAUSE THAT'LL SPELL OUT WHETHER OR NOT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ELECTRICITY.
THAT'S WHO I, UM, MS. GOMEZ GAVE ME THE PHONE NUMBER AND SHE WAS THERE.
I CALLED 'EM, THEY GAVE ME AN ACCOUNT NUMBER AND I DIDN'T MOVE IN WHEN I RECEIVED THE KEYS, I MOVED IN A FEW DAYS AFTER, BUT THEY CHARGED ME THE DAY THAT I, UM, I WAS RECEIVED THE KEY TO, FROM, EXCUSE ME, FROM MS. GOMEZ CON EDISON SAID FOR 14 DAYS MY BILL WAS $209 AND 14 CENTS.
NOW THIS IS HERE WHAT MARCH THE 27TH? CORRECT ME.
MARCH THE 27TH I GOT ANOTHER BILL FOR 500 AND CHANGE.
YOU HAVE ELECTRIC HEAT, DON'T YOU? THAT'S A HEAT, RIGHT? WE, WE HAVE THE FIVE MINUTE, UH, TIME, BUT WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T YOU JUST BRING WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU CAN AT 1130 ON MONDAY, BUT YOU, THIS IS MY CARD.
I'LL MEET YOU AT 1130 AND IF YOU COULD EMAIL ME BEFORE THEN I COULD FOLLOW IT UP, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING.
IS YOUR EMAIL YEAH, IT'S OVER THERE.
AND YOU WANT ME TO, UH, EMAIL ME LIKE A SHORT SUMMARY? A SHORT SUMMARY AND COME AND COME AND COME ON MONDAY? YEAH.
AND THEN I'LL SEE YOU MONDAY AT 1130.
SO, SO AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, I DID REACH OUT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF, UM, THE BOARD, BISHOP PRESTON, JUST TO ASK HIM THOSE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO I HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT I CAN PROVIDE TO THE SUPERVISOR.
UM, I'M SORRY THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THIS AND I DO WANNA WELCOME TO GREENBERG.
BUT I'M SO SORRY THAT IT'S NOT STARTING OFF ON THE FOOT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO START, BUT I'M GOING, UM, FOLLOWING, I'M ASKING HIM NOW QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW WITH HIM.
AND THEN, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN HAVE INFORMATION FOR WHEN YOU MEET WITH MR. FINE ON MONDAY.
IS GINA JACKSON? GINA JACKSON? YES.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD, YOU AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, NEXT WE HAVE ZEIT BAY.
SOMETHING WRONG WITH SO SORRY.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU GET TO THE MICROPHONE.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE GET ARE YOUR GREETINGS.
THE, THE ISSUE I HAVE HERE, UM, MY FAMILY ARE THE YOUNGS.
WE ARE, UH, ARE THE ONES WHO, UM, HELP PUT THAT GREENBERG, THEODORE YOUNG CENTER TOGETHER.
AND I'M ONE OF THE, THE YOUNG ONES FROM THAT FAMILY FROM LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
I AM DISTURBED BECAUSE JOE BOYKIN, CLIFTON ABRAMS, I CAN'T EVEN GO IN THAT CENTER ANYMORE.
I'VE SAW EVENTS THAT, UH, THAT THAT HAPPENED TWO OR THREE YEARS BEFORE THE PA PANDEMIC KIDS WAS IN THE BACK WHEN WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO THE OUTDOOR EVENTS AND I'VE, I WAS TELLING, UM, SOME PEOPLE, THREE OR FOUR KIDS CAME UP.
ONE CHILD HAD A DOLLAR AND ONE OF MY COUSINS OF THE YOUNGS HAD A TABLE CUPCAKES.
AND THIS IS SAD, HAD $1, THE CUPCAKES WAS A DOLLAR, BUT THE OTHER KIDS DIDN'T HAVE A DOLLAR.
THEY COULDN'T BUY THE CUPCAKES.
SO I TOOK OUT THE POCKET, THEN I WENT INTO THE CENTER.
ME AND JOE BOYKIN, WHERE YOU AT? WE WERE SITTING IN THE CENTER YEARS AGO TO ONE AND TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT THE DOOR.
THAT'S WHAT THAT CENTER IS ABOUT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE AND THE PROGRAMS AND WHAT CAN YOU AFFORD.
THAT CENTER WAS PUT TO KEEP PEOPLE OUTTA TROUBLE AND MENTOR PEOPLE.
THERE WAS TIMES WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN GREENBURG AND I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, YOU NAME IT.
MY MOTHER'S FROM LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
IF YOU WANT ME TO BREAK IT DOWN TO YOU, YOU, YOU DON'T WANT
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ME TO BREAK IT DOWN TO YOU.MY FATHER'S FROM GREENBURG, CAROLINA.
I REMEMBER SEEING WHEN I WAS DOWN IN CAROLINA IN 19 73, 74, 75, WE GO THROUGH THE GAS STATION AND YOU SEE THE, YOU SEE TWO WATER FOUNTAINS.
ONE SAID COLORED AND ONE SAID WHITE.
THE BATHROOM IN THE BACK SAID, N*****S IN THE BACK.
DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID? THIS IS 1974.
WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON? I'M, I'M GONNA KEEP IT RAW WITH YOU.
YOU ALL HAVE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE YOUNG, IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T EVEN WANNA COME HERE.
WHY DO THEY HAVE TO PAY A DOLLAR? WHEN I WAS COMING IN THAT CENTER, WHEN JOE BOYER, WE NEVER, ALL WE HAD TO DO, THEY KNEW US.
WE JUST WALKED IN THE CENTER AND WE KNEW EACH OTHER.
I DON'T EVEN GO ANYMORE, EVER SINCE.
THE PANDEMIC IS JUST, IT'S, IT'S DISGUSTING.
YOU ALL HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY MAKE A, A, A REAL, REAL 360 ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS LOOKING REAL BAD.
AND SEE IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME.
YOU REMEMBER HOW GREENBERG WAS BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.
CAB DRIVES WOULDN'T COME IN HERE.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF GREENBURY, COME ON, PLEASE TELL ME IF I'M WRONG.
NOBODY DIDN'T WANNA COME TO GREENBURG 'CAUSE IT WAS THAT BAD.
YOU HAD DRUGS, YOU HAD EVERYTHING IN HERE.
IF YOU ALL DO NOT LISTEN TO ME RIGHT NOW, PLEASE, YOU BETTER OPEN THAT CENTER UP AND STOP THIS MONEY GOUGING.
AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT WANT, THEY WANT TO COME IN HERE, BUT THEY CAN'T COME IN HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING RAN AWAY.
YOU HAVE PROGRAMS THAT'S $160 HERE, $4 HERE, $7 HERE, $20 HERE.
AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH MAKING IT REAL BAD.
YOU'RE PUTTING THIS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU'RE PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE CENTER IS THERE TO PREVENT ISSUES.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WHEN YOU GOT PEOPLE WALKING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WANT TO GO INTO THE CENTER, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA GO IN THERE BECAUSE YOU ASKING THEM FOR $7 AND YOU, UH, HERE'S A PROGRAM THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT CENTER WAS PUT UP FOR WHEN THE YOUNG THEODORE YOUNGS PUT THAT THERE.
MY FAMILY IS YOUNGS ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE.
OKAY, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT THERE.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE DAPHNE MICKEL.
DAPHNE MICHEL GOLDEN OF 180 8 HILLSIDE AVENUE GREENBERG.
UM, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MR. ABRAMS. UM, AND I'M, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT HE DOES, PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO CARING FOR COMMUNITY, CARING FOR OTHERS, CARING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL THEN GROW INTO BE YOUNG ADULTS AND SO FORTH.
UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT WOULD PROBABLY BE AN IDEAL, UH, MONIES TO ALLOCATE TO THE THINGS THAT HE ATTEMPTS TO DO.
UM, AND JUST ANY OTHER KIND OF FUNDING WOULD BE NICE.
IT'S JUST A HARDSHIP, RIGHT? IT'S A HARDSHIP.
IT'S A HARD, IT'S A SHIP AND IT'S HARD.
AND THEN IT'S A HARDSHIP TO DO THE WORK.
UM, SO HE HAS A LOVE AND A PASSION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND SOMEONE, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO, UH, POUR INTO, UH, THE FUTURE, RIGHT? AND, UM, IT'S JUST EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT MAKEUP.
UM, AND SO IF WE COULD JUST FOCUS ON THE WORK THAT HE'S ATTEMPTING TO ACHIEVE AND ACCOMPLISH, HE'S REALLY, AT THE BEGINNING, HE'S AT THE GENESIS OF WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO HERE.
IT'S NOT EASY TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF 15 CENTS.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT A, A HEALTHY BOARD.
AND, AND I'M LOOKING TO JOIN THAT
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BOARD, UM, BECAUSE I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE.I'M A PERSON THAT WAS REARED AND RAISED IN NYACK, NEW YORK.
UM, I HAVE A BACKGROUND OF WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
I WAS THE DIRECTOR OF HAITIAN AMERICAN PARENTS ASSOCIATION IN ROCKLAND COUNTY MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, AND SO I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, IT'S ROLLING UP THE SLEEVES A LOT OF TIMES THERE IS NO MONEY.
BUT IF MONEY CAN BE FOUND, I YOU ASK THAT IT'S DISPERSED AND DISPENSED TO MR. ABRAMS. UM, BECAUSE MANY OF US, I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN MEDIA, FILM AND BROADCAST, AND I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE A CAREER DAY FOR THE KIDS.
AND SOME FOLKS ARE GONNA DO THAT OUT OF PASSION AND INTEREST.
BUT NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE DONE FOR FREE.
SO IF HE CAN RECEIVE, UH, DOLLARS, MONIES, WHATEVER GRANTS MAY BE AVAILABLE, UM, PLEASE, UH, BE SURE TO, TO JUST GIVE HIM A NUDGE OR A TIP, YOU KNOW, UM, A HEADS UP THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS AVAILABLE THAT HE COULD APPLY FOR.
UM, I'M GONNA JUST TAKE NOTE OF THE TIME HERE.
UM, SO I GUESS THAT'S THE MAIN THING IS, IS THE DOLLARS.
UM, AND THEN HE NEEDS SPACE TO MAKE THE WORK HAPPEN.
SO IF THE, I MEAN, THIS IS A FINE BUILDING, AND I THINK IT WAS HERE FOR SOME TIME, RIGHT? FAIRLY NEW, BUT BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME.
IF THERE'S ROOMS HERE WHERE HE CAN GATHER.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 10 KIDS THAT COME REGULARLY.
BUT WITHOUT THE HARDSHIP, WITHOUT THE FIGHT, UM, WITHOUT THE STRESS, THAT NUMBER COULD GROW TO 30 PUPILS.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT GROWTH.
SO AGAIN, UM, IF, IF THIS SPACE, UH, IF THIS FACILITY HAS, UM, A LOCATION WHERE HE CAN GATHER WITH A FEW PEOPLE, THEN IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ISSUE WHERE HE NEEDS TO JUST BE, UH, EXCLUSIVELY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES WOULD BE IF THE COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE IS SAYING THAT HE'S WILLING, UM, TO WAIVE FEES.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND REALLY THINK ABOUT THE MATH HERE.
IT'S $100 A DAY THAT THE TIME THAT HE SHOWS UP.
BUT PERHAPS THAT $100 CAN GO TOWARDS FOOD AND SNACKS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE OPTED TO SHOW UP AND TO LEARN SOMETHING, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER TOMORROW, RIGHT? THEY COULD BE USING, DOING WHATEVER THEY WANNA DO.
THEY COULD BE DOING SKATEBOARDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THINGS THAT ARE FUN.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR DIFFERENT STUDENTS AND DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, THE REALITIES ARE DIFFERENT.
SO IF THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WANTS TO POUR INTO THE YOUNG PEOPLE, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS ALLOW HIM TO DO THAT.
AND THAT CAN ONLY BE DONE WITH SOME HELP FROM LEADERSHIP SUCH AS YOURSELVES.
SO, AGAIN, I MEAN, I, I THINK I LOOK AT A WEBSITE SUCH AS DAYBOOK, RIGHT? THAT'S A VERY GOOD, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT SITE.
UM, SO, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS KNOW SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN GIVE HIM INFORMATION, UM, BECAUSE WITH EFFORT HE COULD REALLY APPLY FOR GRANTS.
UH, THE BOARD COULD BE APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
UH, BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, IT'S HARD TO DO THAT.
AND GRANTS ARE VERY GERMANE, VERY, UH, SPECIFIC.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY ALL I WANNA SAY IS THAT I AM, YOU KNOW, A LOVER OF PEOPLE.
SO LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN TO ASSIST HIM.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT WE HAVE ON ZOOM? MEISHA? I WOULD LIKE TO BE A COMEDIAN.
CAN I PREACH? IS THERE, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE ZOOM SHOW.
MICHELLE, YOU NEED TO SAY YES TO THE PROMPT.
SHE SAYS SHE'S TRYING TO JOIN ANY OF THAT IN, SHE'S HERE.
ALL SHE HAS TO DO IS TO SAY YES.
WHEN IT SAYS, DO YOU WISH TO BE PROMOTED? YES.
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LET'S TRY ONE MORE TIME.MAYBE YOU HAVE A SCREEN ON TOP OF THE SCREEN WITH THE PROMPT.
SO MOVE YOUR, WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN AROUND, UH, IT COMES UP AS MICHELLE BROWN DECLINED TO BE PROMOTED AS A PANEL.
THAT COULD BE BIG OF THE TIMED OUT.
SO THEN YOU HAVE HER ON, YOU HAVE HER ON THE PHONE.
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE HER BRING HER TO THE MIC SO SHE CAN, SHE CAN'T GET IN.
MICHELLE, ARE YOU THERE ON THE PHONE? NO, SHE'S, IT'S GONNA BRING HER TO THE MIC.
SO I'M GONNA TO THE MIC? NO, GO TO THE MIC.
SHE SIGNED IN? NO, SHE SIGNED OFF.
JUST TELL HER TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.
UM, I'M ALSO CALLING REGARDING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS AND THE, UM, IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THAT THE REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT MEETING WITH COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS ISN'T PERSONAL.
IT'S NOT 'CAUSE OF, UM, CLIFF.
SO AS A BOARD MEMBER, WHICH I AM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO MEET WITH US, UM, TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH EITHER PAYING FOR THE 2024 SEASON WITH, UH, THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, OR NOT AS, UM, HAS BEEN MENTIONED.
UM, CAROLINA HAS SAID THAT HE'S WILLING TO FOREGO IT, BUT WE NEEDED TO MEET WITH THE TOWN BOARD IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM HEAR OUT WHAT HE HAD PLANNED AND BE WILLING TO SAY IT FINE TO DO THAT.
WE DID HAVE MR. ER SAY THAT HE WAS WILLING TO, UM, DIDN'T SEE WHY THERE'D BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND AGAIN, UM, KAREN IS SAYING HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE ARE EARLY IN THE STAGES OF, UM, RUNNING THIS PROGRAM AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK, 400 BUCKS, YOU KNOW, UP TO $400 A MONTH IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A PROGRAM JUST STARTING TO HELP KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THESE KIDS, UM, AS MENTIONED BY PREVIOUS PEOPLE, UM, AREN'T ALL FINANCIALLY ABLE TO ATTEND ACTIVITIES AT THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THIS PROGRAM THAT CLIFF IS OFFERING IS FREE TO THEM.
AND THERE'S A GREAT STEM, UM, PACKAGE WE HAVE TOGETHER FOR THEM, UM, THAT WILL TEACH THEM MANY THINGS FROM, YOU KNOW, SCIENCE TO ENGINEERING, TO TECHNOLOGY TO MATHEMATICS, UM, WHICH WILL BREAK DOWN BARRIERS AND THEY, AND INSPIRING CHANGE FOR THESE CHILDREN.
AND I DON'T, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR.
EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE ASKED FOR AND HOW THINGS ARE PROMISED AND TAKEN AWAY, UM, SO EASILY AND SO READILY.
AND WE RESPECTIVELY REQUESTED, UM, THAT YOU MEET WITH US ON YOUR WORK SESSION SINCE JANUARY.
AND OUR LAST INTERACTION WAS THE BOARD DID NOT WANT TO MEET WITH CLIFF.
SO THAT'S WHY WE BELIEVE THAT YOU DID NOT WANT TO MEET WITH US BECAUSE OF CLIFF.
CLIFF HAS A VERY STRONG BOARD, HAS A VERY STRONG PROGRAM, HAS A GREAT INTEREST IN HELPING CHILDREN AS A LOVE FOR HIS COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND THIS IS ABOUT EVERYTHING ACTS OF HIM.
NO, HE STILL WORKED IT OUT BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN THE COMMUNITY AND HE BELIEVES IN THE CHILDREN.
IN SPITE OF YOU NOT GIVING HIM THE $15,000, HE WAS STILL ABLE TO WORK IT OUT.
HE'S BUILT A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
HE'S BUILT A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HE'S BUILT A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE IN HIS COMMUNITY THAT WANT THIS PROGRAM TO HAPPEN.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT THE PROGRAM.
UM, WE'RE JUST ASKING TO MEET WITH YOU TO EITHER HAVE THESE FEES WAIVED OR HAVE THEM NOT RESPECTFULLY, AND TO SUPPORT
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THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST SOME PARTS OF IT, NOT JUST SOME OTHER PARTS.I TOO GREW UP IN WITH GREENBERG BEING, UH, A CENTER OF MY LIFE AND THE GREENBERG CENTER KNOWN NOW AS THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
MY THING IS, THIS IS A SOCIAL PROGRAM, BUT IT'S ALSO AN INTERACTIVE WAY TO MAKE FRIENDS.
I MEAN, I'VE KNOWN CLIFF SINCE I'M 12 YEARS OLD.
I MET HIM AT THE GREENBERG CENTER.
I MEAN, UM, I COULD JUST GO ATLANTIC STAR.
YOU GOT ONE MINUTE FROM THE CENTER.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO MEET WITH US OR NOT? AND I LIKE, TAKE MY LAST MINUTE TO RECEIVE YOUR ANSWER.
IS THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? IS THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE.
SO I'M JUST WAITING FOR EVERYONE SPEAK.
DID WANT SPEAK? DID YOU WANNA TAKE, YOU HAVE 34, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY YOUR TIME.
DID CLIFF ASK CLIFF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, 25.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD AGREE TO DISAGREE, YOU KNOW, AND STILL COME TO SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT.
IF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE T-D-Y-C-C IS WILLING TO FOREGO THE 2024, HE'S A COMMISSIONER, WHY WILL THE TOWN INTERFERENCE? I MEAN, DO YOU INTERFERE WITH PARKS AND REC INTERFERE WITH PUBLIC WORK? YES.
SO I JUST, I'M GONNA RESPOND TO EVERYONE AS A WHOLE.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THIS.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN LET ME, THEN I'M GONNA TAKE IT PERSONAL.
I HAVE BEEN FOR THE COMMUNITY, I GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T ASK ANY, ANY FUNDING OR ANYTHING FROM THE TOWN WHEN I GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY? NEVER SAID I DIDN'T APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID FOR THE, WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHAT YOU BRING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY? BUT WHEN WE AGREED AND WE CAME UP HERE 2022, THAT WAS A GRANT.
AND THAT WAS A GRANT FOR THAT BUDGET YEAR CLIFF.
CLIFF, LET ME JUST FINISH 'CAUSE I DON'T, 'CAUSE I ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES, BUT NO, BUT NO, IT'S FIVE MINUTES.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHY I WAITED.
SO IT IS FAIR BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT THE RULES THAT'S IN PLACE.
OKAY? SO IT'S UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY HE'S THE BOARD MEMBER, JUST LIKE WE ALL ARE, WE'RE ALL EQUAL.
SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT GETS HER RESPONSE.
LET'S, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE POLITE, OKAY? OKAY.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT A PICTURE IS BEING PAINTED, THAT WE ARE AGAINST THIS ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL AND THAT WE ARE IN THAT ONE, THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL IS HINDERING THE ADVANCEMENT OR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GIVING BACK TO OUR CHILDREN.
OKAY? UH, COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS HAD WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNTY MADE SURE THAT HE HAD A GRANT AND MAKE SURE WE FOLLOWED EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE COUNT, UM, FROM THE COUNTY SIDE OF THE COUNTY SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHEN THE GRANT WAS NOT PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR 2020.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE A YEAR OFF.
I THINK THAT GRANT WAS 2023 THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET.
OKAY? AS WE ALL KNOW, IF ANYONE HAS BEEN WATCHING AND SEEING, WE ALL ARE CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF INCORPORATION POSSIBILITY, A POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATION.
AND WHAT THE MONIES THAT MR. ABRAMS IS SPEAKING ABOUT WAS A GRANT.
SO IF THERE IS A GRANT THAT HE HAS, WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE DENYING THAT GRANT, BRING THE GRANT TO US.
OKAY? WE ARE ALL SUPPORTIVE JUST AS WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY GOING FORWARD FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO IT'S, I WILL SAY FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT IS VERY HURTFUL THAT A PICTURE IS BEING PAINTED.
THAT WE ARE AGAINST OUR FUTURE, OUR KIDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I KNOW WHAT I PERSONALLY DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
SO IF THERE IS A GRANT THAT YOU HAVE, BRING IT TO US.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WORKS ON GRANTS, BRING IT TO US.
BUT TO PAINT A PICTURE THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT YOU.
THE FEE THAT WE ARE CHARGING AT THE CENTER IS A DISCOUNTED FEE.
WE, IF THERE'S OTHER SPACE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE AROUND THE TOWN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HINDER YOU OR HOLD YOU BACK FROM GOING, UH, TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND TRYING TO HAVE AND HOST
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YOUR STUDENTS OR YOUR CHILDREN THAT YOU HAVE THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.WE ARE ALL IN CONTACT WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMISSIONER, WHICH I JUST REALIZED IS HERE.
WE'RE ALL IN CONTACT JUST TO FIND AND HOW THIS PROGRAM IS DEVELOPING.
BUT TO CONTINUOUSLY PAINT US THAT WE'RE THE ENEMY HERE AGAINST OUR FUTURE IS WRONG.
SO IF, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A PERSONAL VENDETTA, IT'S NOT ABOUT A PERSONAL VENDETTA FOR ME.
WHAT IT IS, IS THAT YOU KEEP PAINTING A PICTURE THAT WE'RE NOT ABOUT OUR FUTURE, WHICH IS OUR CHILDREN.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE TAKING THE TIME NOW TO SIT THERE AND TRY TO MENTOR STUDENTS.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE GIVING YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT EFFORT.
BUT AGAIN, TO COME BACK AND CONTINUOUSLY SAY THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT YOU AND DEVELOPING OUR FUTURE IS NOT FAIR.
SO EVERYONE WHO WAS LISTENING AND WELCOME, WELCOME TO GREENBERG.
YOU, I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU WAS FROM NYAC.
WELCOME TO WE ARE NOT AGAINST OUR FUTURE.
WE ARE NOT AGAINST OUR CHILDREN.
HE HAS A GRANT FROM THE COUNTY.
IF HE, IF HE CAME TO US AND SAID, WE HAVE, I HAVE NO MONEY, NO MONEY COMING IN.
CLIFF, I DID NOT INTERRUPT YOU.
HE HAD A, HE HAS A $15,000 GRANT.
SO THE FACT THAT HE DOES THE FACT THAT HE, HE HAS A $15,000 GRANT, HE HAS A, CAN WE PLEASE STOP HAVING INTERRUPTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? HE HAS A $15,000 GRANT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SEE, THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T LIKE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHEN IT GETS PLAYED OUT.
THIS IS WHEN IT GETS PLAYED OUT.
EVERYONE FOR THE SIMPLE FACT IS THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE WHAT WE SAY.
HE DOESN'T LIKE HEARING, NO, HE DOESN'T LIKE TO HEAR THESE PARTICULAR THINGS.
SO HERE HE IS NOW, IS THAT HE'S GONNA CONTINUE TO TRY TO DISRUPT, AS I GIVE MY COMMENT, AS I'VE BEEN RESPECTFUL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE HAS SPOKEN.
OKAY? SO THAT'S THE RULES, ALL RIGHT? IT'S STILL THE RULES RIGHT NOW.
IT'S STILL THE RULES AND THE RULES.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ADHERE TO THE RULES AS WELL.
SO, SO AGAIN, I WILL SAY AGAIN, THIS BOARD AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON ALWAYS SUPPORTS THE FUTURE, ALWAYS SUPPORTS THE KIDS, OKAY? I'M NEVER AGAINST THE KIDS.
I APPRECIATE, I RAN A PROGRAM WITH NO FUNDING, NO FUNDING WHATSOEVER FOR THOSE TEENAGERS WHO WAS SUBJECT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
NO MONIES, MY TIME, MY MONEY, MY EVERYTHING.
AND NEVER DISRESPECTED ANYONE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE, AND IT WASN'T ABOUT PEOPLE TELLING ME HOW TO GIVE BACK.
IT WAS ABOUT ME JUST GIVING BACK.
OKAY? SO, MA'AM, I'M SORRY SIR, EXCUSE ME.
SO I JUST, I JUST NEED EVERYONE, BECAUSE EVERYONE SAYS THE BOARD DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING.
THE BOARD DOESN'T COMMENT BECAUSE AT SOME POINT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT GETS TO A POINT THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH THE SHOTS BEING PUT AT US THAT WE DON'T CARE.
I PERSONALLY WAS SPEAKING TO NOT ONLY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN OUR BUDGET.
THE NEXT, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, I SPOKE TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
I SPOKE TO THE DEPUTY COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
I SPOKE TO AIDS IN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE.
AND GUESS WHAT? HE HAS A $15,000 GRANT.
SO WHEN WE SAY THE TOWN HASN'T, HASN'T DONE ANYTHING, COMMISSIONER JACKSON REPORTS INTO US.
OKAY? COMMISSIONER JACKSON CAME TO US, SAID, HEY, I WANNA GIVE A DISCOUNTED RATE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM RUN.
WHAT IS HE'S DONE? WE SAID, NO PROBLEM.
WE DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THAT TO SAY, TO SAY THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.
HERE WE ARE PAINTING A PICTURE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
IT'S, AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.
I TOO GREW UP IN THAT COMMUNITY CENTER.
I TOO GREW UP IN THAT COMMUNITY CENTER HERE, SIR, ALL DUE RESPECT, I DID, I PROMISE YOU, I SAT QUIET HERE AND I ALLOWED YOU TO HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTES.
AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO PLEASE GIVE ME MINE WITHOUT DISRESPECTING ME.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES AND WE'LL LISTEN TO YOU.
AND I'M GIVING, AND I'VE GIVEN YOU FIVE MINUTES AND I'M RESPONDING.
I'M RESPONDING AS OUR RULE, AS OUR RULE STATE.
I'M FINDING, I'M, I'M, I'M FINE.
LEMME SIR, I CAN'T, I CANNOT GO BACK
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AND FORTH WITH YOU.I'M, I CANNOT GO BACK AND FORTH THROUGH, JUST AS YOU COMMENTED.
AND I, I'M COMMENTING AS WELL.
I JUST, JOE, JOE, JOE, YOU NEED TO STEP IN HERE.
SO, JOE, JOE, JOE, AS I COMMENTARY, I'VE TRIED, EVERYONE HAS THEIR FIVE MINUTES.
SO NOW WE, SO NOW EVERYONE HAS HEARD THE TRUTH.
EVERYONE HAS HEARD OUR PERSPECTIVE AND WE HEARD YOURS.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S YOUR TRUTH, RIGHT? OKAY, SO NOW WE SPOKE, BUT I, I WANNA SPEAK, I WANNA SPEAK COUNCIL PERSON, I WANNA SPEAK AS WELL.
YOU HAD MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.
10 AND WHAT THE COUNTY DID, LISTEN, YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
WE HAVE, WE HEARD WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS TRUTH.
YOU OPENED THE WALL, YOU OPENED.
I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE WITH YOU.
YOU SPOKE AND YOU SAID WHAT YOU THOUGHT IS TRUTH.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS DOCUMENTED.
I'M SAYING YOU'VE HAD FIVE MINUTES.
YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T CONTINUE DISRUPT THE MEETING.
WE COULD TAKE A, WE COULD TAKE, WE TAKE A, BECAUSE RECESS, WE'RE TAKING A RECESS.
YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE JUST, CAN I JUST MAKE, CAN I JUST ASK, MAKE LET, JUST MAKE ONE YOU I WANNA SPEAK SO NO, NO, PAUL, WE'RE NOT ARGUING.
LET HIM GO AND THEN YOU CAN GO.
SO THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD BE A DISCOUNTED RATE FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS TO USE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT RATE WAS A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOURSELF.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THAT A JOKE.
THE REASON WHY THE COMMISSIONER SAID HE'S WILLING TO WAIVE 2024 IS BECAUSE HE HAD NO HOPE OF GETTING THE PAYMENT PAST DUE FOR 2023.
AND HE SAID IF HE COULD GET THE 2023 PAYMENT, HE WOULD CONSIDER WAIVING THE 2024.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HOPING IS BEING TAUGHT TO THESE CHILDREN IN THIS PROGRAM IS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIVING UP TO YOUR WORD.
IF YOU SAY YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, FOR EACH OF THE MEETINGS THAT YOU ATTEND, THEN YOU SHOULD PAY AND SHOW THE CHILDREN THAT YOU PAY, PARTICULARLY IF YOU HAVE $15,000 TO COVER THE $400 OR THE $800 THAT THE ROOM COSTS.
AND SO WE'RE NOT DEPRIVING ANYONE OF HAVING A PROGRAM.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CHILDREN TO PAY A DOLLAR FOR A CUPCAKE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CHILDREN TO PAY ANYTHING.
THE PROGRAM IS FREE TO THE CHILDREN.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT, IF YOU HAVE A GRANT, SHOULD YOU BE USING THAT MONEY TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM OR AFTER THE FACT NOT PAY THE BILLS AND THEN GO TO THE COMMISSIONER AND SAY, COULD YOU WAIVE 2024? OBJECTION.
THERE IS A, THERE IS A, THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH OF THE MEETINGS.
PLEASE NO, NO INTERRUPTIONS FROM, AND THAT'S THAT AS WELL.
IF YOU HAD YOUR FIVE MINUTES THIS SPEAK.
OKAY, LEMME, LEMME JUST, LEMME SAY, WAIT.
LEMME JUST SAY ONE, ONE THING.
UH, YOU KNOW, MY SUGGESTION IS, UM, IS THIS, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, MY CAREER AS A COUNTY LEGISLATOR, I MET WITH JOHNNY JONES AND JOHNNY JONES, WHO WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, SAID TO ME, UM, HE SAID, PAUL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO, UM, HE SAID, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO THE CENTER, UH, WHO NORMALLY DON'T GO TO THE CENTER.
AND THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, OVER TH 30 YEARS AGO WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, CLIFF IS TRYING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE CENTER WHO NORMALLY DON'T USE THE CENTER, UM, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE THERE, OR MAYBE FOR SOME REASON THEY DON'T LIKE THE PROGRAMS OR WHATEVER.
SO ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE IS I THINK THE CONCEPT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS IS REALLY A GOOD ONE.
AND MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS HAVE LIKE A, LIKE A, A WORKING MEETING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WITH OUR WALLS, YOU KNOW, MYSELF, THE TOWN, ANYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD WHO WOULD LIKE TO, WE COULD, UH, DISCUSS
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THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE BEING OFFERED.WE COULD DISCUSS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, SHOWING UP, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEING DONE EACH, EACH WEEK.
UM, AND THEN NO, WHAT'S BEING DONE EACH WEEK? UH, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE PROGRAMS, WHAT WE COULD DO BETTER.
AND I SORT OF FEEL WE COULD DEVELOP AN EVEN BETTER PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE COULD WORK COOPERATIVELY TO TOGETHER BECAUSE ALL OF US, THE BOARD MEMBERS AND UM, THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH OUR WALLS, UH, THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME OBJECTIVE.
WE WANT TO HELP PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.
SO THE THING IS, I I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS, YOU KNOW, BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT THE WAY THE PROGRAM'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, RUN TO TRY COMING UP, UH, AND WORKING WITH YOU, YOU TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, EVERYBODY, I'VE SET UP PROGRAMS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
I REMEMBER ONCE I SET UP A PROGRAM AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SHOWED UP, YOU KNOW, SO THE THING IS, I DON'T THINK, NO, I THINK SO.
I'M, SO WHY, WHY DON'T WE SET UP A TIME AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN INVITE ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO WANTS A TOWN BOARD MEMBER AND WE WILL WORK IT OUT AND WE WILL MAKE THIS EVEN A BETTER PROGRAM.
AND THEN MAYBE IF IT'S REALLY SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL GRANTS BECAUSE WE'LL SHOW THAT THIS PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL.
COMMISSIONER THE GREENBERG CENTER.
UH, IF YOU'RE ON MY SIDE FOR I'M NOT ANYTHING PLEASE, THERE OUTBURSTS FROM THE CROWD RIGHT HERE DURING THE MEETINGS.
AND PLEASE, WHY DON'T WE SAY, SO WHY, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE JUST SIT DOWN AND LET'S, LET'S ALL I WANNA CLIFF, CLIFF, ALL I WANNA SAY IS WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE START BY SAYING, LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE PAST.
LET'S FORGET ABOUT ALL THE, UH, ALL ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T LIKE.
AND LET'S SAY STARTING TODAY, WE'RE ALL GONNA WORK TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE A REALLY FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
OKAY, LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT'S FAIR.
IF THE COMMISSIONER WANTS TO COME UP TO SPEAK, THAT'S HIS CHOICE.
AND THEN THAT'S ALREADY SPOKEN.
LET'S THE COMMISSIONER NO, YOU, YOU GO TO THE MIC AND THAT'S THE COMMISSIONER.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, HIM SPEAK.
AND AFTER THIS, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD EVERYONE AND WE'RE FAIR.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO MOVE ON THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.
CAN YOU GIVE HIM FIVE MINUTES, PLEASE? OH, YES.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER TERRANCE JACKSON, LIFELONG RESIDENT, UM, AND PROUD COMMISSIONER OF THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE ARE FOR ALL MM-HMM.
AND IT IS MY JOB TO ADHERE TO THAT.
HOWEVER, IT IS A BUSINESS, IT IS A BUSINESS INSIDE OF A TOWN THAT'S GOING THROUGH A LOT AT THE MOMENT.
AND WHEREAS I DON'T LIKE IT, I UNDERSTAND IT 'CAUSE I AM A BUSINESSMAN,
UM, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ARE VAST AND I CAN TOOT MY HORN IN THE FACT THAT OVER, SINCE COVID, EVEN BEFORE COVID, I'LL JUST GO, SINCE COVID, THERE HAS BEEN A RUSH BACK, BACK INTO THAT CENTER.
WE ARE AT A 98%, UH, FULFILLMENT RATE OF ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS YET.
AND STILL WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SPACE IN THAT BUILDING FOR OTHERS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
WHEN CLIFF CAME TO US FOR ONE DAY A WEEK, THREE DAYS A MONTH, FROM WHAT THE CONTRACT IS, IS OCTOBER THROUGH THE END OF MAY.
AND YES, THE UM, UH, RATE WOULD'VE BEEN ONE 50.
I THOUGHT IT PROPER BECAUSE AT THAT TIME HE WAS TELLING ME OF HIS, UH, THE GRANT THAT HE HAD.
UM, AND I KNEW WHAT THE MONEY WAS ON IT, OR AT LEAST I HAD AN IDEA FROM WHAT HE TOLD ME WHAT THE MONEY WAS ON IT.
SO I DID GIVE A A REDUCTION, I PUSHED IT TO THE BOARD AND IT WAS AGREED UPON AT THAT TIME.
UM, WE DEAL WITH GRANTS OFTEN AND, UH, THE DIFFICULTY WITH GRANTS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT MONEY OUT FIRST AND THEN GET IT BACK.
AND THAT CAN, THAT CAN BE TOUGH, UH, FOR US, IT, IT WORKS OUT PRETTY WELL.
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BUT IT CAN BE TOUGH.AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
IN ALL FAIRNESS, I'M TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TOUGH POSITION TO BE IN.
BUT THE FACT IS, I HAVE A JOB TO DO AND I HAVE OTHER PEOPLE AND CHILDREN TO WATCH OUT FOR.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 72 KIDS ON H ON, UM, THE SPRING BREAK TRIP.
UH, IT ONLY COSTS $150 TO THE FAMILY.
AND THAT IS, IF THEY DON'T COME IN WITH A, UM, UH, UH, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHOLARSHIP, UM, AS YOU MIGHT CALL IT, UM, THAT IF THEY HAVE THE PROPER RECORDS, WE WILL GIVE A REDUCTION.
AND I TRY AND BE GENEROUS WITH THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THE PROPER DOCUMENTS TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND.
UM, BUT IN THAT TRIP, JUST TO BRING UP IN MY TWO MINUTES LEFT, UM, WE'VE BEEN TO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SEE WHAT'S THE FIGHTING THING, UM, MANY OF THE TIMES TOMORROW, AND WE WERE JUST AT, UM, IN NORWALK AT THE AQUARIUM THE OTHER DAY.
AND BECAUSE IT'S A HALF WEEK ON FRIDAY, THAT'S ONLY FOUR DAYS A WEEK, BUT THEY WERE ALL OVER THE BUILDING IN THE POOL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
LESSONS OR PLAYING AROUND OR ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, NO, HANG ON, I'M GETTING THERE.
UM, SO I SAY THAT TO SAY WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE CONNECTION THAT, UH, HAS BEEN GOING ON, UM, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS WITH WALLS DID PAY THEIR, UH, FOURTH QUARTER FEE IN, I BELIEVE, UH, JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY.
UM, AT THAT TIME IS, WHICH I WAS ASKED ABOUT GOING FORWARD.
AND MY ACTUAL RESPONSE WAS, I WOULD AGREE AS LONG AS THE BOARD AGREES, BECAUSE I DON'T GO AGAINST MY BOARD, I CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ALL THE TIME.
THAT IS WHAT I DID SAY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM, I UNDERSTAND MY BUILDING AS WELL.
AND THAT SPACE, ALTHOUGH IS USED A LOT, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND SO THAT IT'S NOT HURTING ME AT THIS MOMENT FOR THAT TIMEFRAME TILL THE END OF MAY AFTER THAT.
AND GOING FORWARD, I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU THAT.
UM, BUT I TELL YOU, I I, I, I, I DID SAY THAT, I SAY IT ON AND I TOLD THE BOARD I SAID THAT, AND, UM, UH, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS.
BUT I TOLD YOU THAT WAS THEIR DECISION.
OTHER THAN THAT, UM, FROM THE PROGRAM STANDPOINT, I DO SEE KIDS IN THERE.
IT FLUCTUATES, UM, UH, AS IT ALWAYS DOES.
UH, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DAY THERE, THERE OR TWO THERE, THERE WASN'T ANY, BUT IT DEPENDS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES AT THAT TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN, BUT, UH, SOME HAVE BEEN THERE AND, UM, I SEE THAT IT'S MOVING.
I'VE SAT IN TWO OR THREE TIMES AND, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS VARY, BUT IT IS MOVING.
IS THERE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTION THAT I MAY NOT HAVE COVERED? APPRECIATE YOU.
WE GOTTA CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING.
IF I MAY, UNLESS I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WHEN THE COMMISSIONER SAID IT WAS A BUSINESS, IT'S NOT A PROFIT MAKING BUSINESS.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S AN OPERATION THAT HAS TO SUSTAIN ITSELF AND COVER ITS EXPENSES, SO, RIGHT.
AND, AND SO THAT, THAT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE MUST BE AWARE OF, THAT THEY'RE NOT MAKING A PROFIT ON ANYTHING OR ANYBODY THEY RESPOND TO THAT.
YOU CAN'T BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE, THE RULES.
IF, IF YOU, IF YOU READ THE PROGRAM, IT CLEARLY SPELLS OUT.
THE KIDS DON'T KNOW ABOUT BUSY.
[ Appointment of Julian Broughton to the Police Community Advisory Board (PCAC), for a term to expire December 31, 2025]
OF JULIAN, UH, BROUGHTON TO THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ TB 1 - 3/27/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh adopting a Home Rule Message of Support and requesting that the New York State (“NYS”) Legislature execute a Town Home Rule Request authorizing the Town of Greenburgh, County of Westchester to amend Section 1 of Chapter 334 of the Laws of 2012 for the purposes of defining the term Tennis Facility]
THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ADOPTING A HOME RULE MESSAGE OF SUPPORT REQUESTING THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE EXECUTED TOWN HALL HOME RULE REQUEST AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER 3 34 OF THE LAWS OF 2012 FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEFINING THE TERM TENNIS FACILITY.[ AT 1 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Jigsaw, Inc. for property located at 542 Warburton Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $58±; the County’s share is $430±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $65±; the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District’s share is $2,712±. Refunds from all sources total $3,265±]
TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT.PETITIONER, UH, JIGSAW, UM, WE'RE PROPERTY LOCATED 5 42 WAR BURTON AVENUE, TOTAL AMOUNT 3002 65.
[ AT 2 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Michelle Joy Coppola (Trust) for property located at 10 & 11 Carriage Trail. The Town’s share of the refund is $15±; the County’s share is $107±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $16±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $693±. Refunds from all sources total $831±]
AUTHORIZING, UH, A T TWO, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MICHELLE JOY CAP FOR TRUST LOCATED AT 10 AND 11 CARRIAGE, UH, TRAIL, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES.[ AT 3 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 55 Enterprises Corp. and/or Dimitrios Kitsios for property located at 55 W. Main Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $395±; the County’s share is $2,903±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $430±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $17,371±. Refunds from all sources total $21,099±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER, WHICH ONE?[01:50:01]
83 83, UH, 55 ENTERPRISE CORP.ENTER DEMIRO EOS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 55 WEST MAIN STREET, TOTAL AMOUNT 21,000 OH NINE NINE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 4 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Realty@460SB, LLC for property located at 460 South Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $174±; the County’s share is $1,289±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $174±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $8,034±. Refunds from all sources total $9,671±]
EIGHT, UH, T FOUR AUTHOR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT PETITIONER REAL TY FOUR 60 S-B-L-L-C UH, TOTAL AMOUNT, UM, IS 9,671.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 5 – 3/27/2024 Resolution approving the retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Town of Greenburgh Police Officers in the matter of Nylah Z. Elder v. Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $25,000]
UH, APPRO RESOLUTION APPROVING RETENTION OF THOMAS TRADY TO REPRESENT TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE OFFICERS IN THE MATTER OF ANELLA ELDER VERSUS, UH, TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.[ AT 6 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing the retention of C.T Male Associates to complete an Engineering/Architecture assessment related to a Tax Certiorari matter for property known as Siemens Corporation and Siemens Medical Solutions located at 511 Benedict Avenue, at a cost not to exceed $5,050]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RETENTION OF CT MAIL, UM, ASSOCIATES TO COMPLETE AN ENGINEERING, UM, UH, ARCHITECTURAL ASSESSMENT RELATED TO TAX OR A, UH, MATTER FOR PROPERTY KNOWN AS SIEMENS CORPORATION OF SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND, UH, THAT'S THE COST NOT 65,050.
I'D LIKE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ CL 1 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing permission to close Primrose Avenue, from Bonnie Briar Road to the end of Primrose Avenue Cul-De-Sace, on Sunday, June 2, 2024, from 12:30 PM until 4:30 PM, for the Hilltop Farms Civic Association to hold its Annual Meet and Greet]
AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE PRIMROSE AVENUE FROM BONNIE BRIAR ROAD TO END THE PRIMROSE AVENUE CUL-DE-SAC, UH, FOR THE HILLTOP FARM CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO HOLD THE ANNUAL MEET AND GREET.[ CL 2 - 3/27/2024 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM, to consider a Local Law by creating a New Chapter 343 entitled “Donation Bins and Recycling Bins” in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
UM, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW BY CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 3 43 ENTITLED DONATION BINS AND RECYCLING BINS IN THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CD 1 - 3/27/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh proclaiming April 28, 2024 as Arbor Day in the Town of Greenburgh]
THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CLAIMING, UM, APRIL 28TH IS ARIDE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND, SECOND.
[ CD 2 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh’s Department of Community Development and Conservation to accept a donation of approximately 300 tree seedlings from Con-Edison for the 2024 Arbor Day celebration]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION TO ACCEPTED DONATION OF APPROXIMATELY 300 TREE SEEDLINGS FROM[ CD 3 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh’s Department of Community Development and Conservation to accept a donation of one Eastern Redbud Tree from Alpha Kalpa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Zeta Nu Omega Chapter, for the 2024 Arbor Day Celebration]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION TO ACCEPT THE DONATION OF ONE EASTERN, UH, RED BUD TREE FROM ALPHA CAL.Z NEW OMI CHAPTER FOR ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CD 4 - 3/27/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh approving Supplemental Survey Services of Badey & Watson in connection with an Ardsley Road and Fort Hill Road Intersection Traffic Signal Project, for an amount not to exceed $4,250]
UM, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD APPROVING SUPPLEMENTAL SURVEY SERVICES OF, UM, BLEY AND WATSON IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARDSLEY ROAD AND FORT HILL INTERSECTION TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,250.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CD 5 - 3/27/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh supporting the issuance of a request for proposals (RFP) for Surveying Services related to various potential future sidewalk and infrastructure projects]
CD FIVE, I HAVE A QUESTION.UM, UM, I SUPPORT ALL THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SERVING US, UH, SERVICES RELATED TO VARIOUS POTENTIAL FUTURE SIDEWALKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
I SUPPORT ALL THE PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS.
YOU SEE DYLAN HERE, ONE OF THEM IS THE FORT HILL, UM, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY A, A GAME CHANGER.
BUT, UM, THERE'S, UM, ALSO A REQUEST FOR, UH, UH, RFP FOR SURVEYS RELATING TO, UM, SPRINGWOOD AVENUE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I FEEL WE SHOULD BE CONSULTING WITH THE VILLAGE OF LEY BECAUSE IF THEY, UH, EXTEND THAT ROAD, UM, IT BASICALLY IS GONNA CREATE TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
I THINK IT'S GONNA CREATE MORE TRAFFIC.
WELL, I PAUL, IT'S IT'S JUST A, A SURVEY? A SURVEY.
IT'S JUST A SURVEY, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S RIGHT, BUT THE SURVEY IS NOT GONNA BE FREE.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
SO ALL NOT FOR THE SURVEY, IT WON'T BE THAT MUCH EXPENSIVE.
ALL I'M ASKING, ALL I'M ASKING, UM, IS IF WE COULD, UM, SEPARATE THE RESOLUTION SO WE COULD SUPPORT THE VARIOUS FUTURE SIDEWALKS, WHICH I'LL VOTE FOR, AND THEN, UM, DO A SEPARATE RESOLUTION IF THE BOARD WANTS, WHICH I WOULD VOTE AGAINST RELATING TO THE SURVEY OF, OF SPRINGWOOD.
I'M JUST SAYING I'D LIKE TO CLOSE, I'M CONFUSED.
THAT'S, I'M MOVING THAT CLEAR THAT UP.
CAN YOU CLEAR IT JOE, PLEASE? YES.
SUPERVISOR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO, AND ANY MEMBER HAS A RIGHT TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION, RIGHT.
AND, AND YOU COULD REMOVE, UM, SURVEY NUMBER SIX IN REGARDS TO SPRINGWOOD AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE A VOTE ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE RESOLUTION EXCEPT JUST NOT INCLUDING THE SPRINGWOOD PORTION AND OF IMPORTANT POINTS AND OVERALL VOTE, LET HIM FINISH, AND THEN YOU COULD HAVE A SECOND VOTE ON THE SPRINGWOOD SPRING PORTION AS WELL.
AND THEN MADAM CLERK COULD JUST TAKE ESSENTIALLY TWO VOTES AND, UM, LET COMMISSIONER DUCAIN KNOW IF BOTH PASSED WHAT WERE THE TWO SEPARATE VOTES.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, THE CALL OF MOTION TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION.
AND THE MAJORITY VOTE, ANYONE WHO VOTED TO DIVIDE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE VOTING TO EXCLUDE SPRINGWOOD.
IT WOULD JUST BE A GRAIN TO ALLOW TWO SEPARATE VOTES.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT
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WE, BEFORE THAT, CAN WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE POINT OF DISCUSSION? AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS PARTICULAR ROAD HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A TOWN ROAD.IT'S A ROAD THAT'S BEEN PLOWED BEFORE BY THE TOWN.
SO WHY ARE WE TO SEPARATE IT OUT NOW? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I, I, I SPOKE TO JIM DIXON WHO LIVES ON SPRINGWOOD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, ONE OF THE, UH, POSSIBILITIES IF, UM, IF THIS HAPPENS IS TO EXTEND A DEAD END ROAD, UH, WHICH THE NEIGHBORS I'VE REALLY, YOU KNOW, VERY CRITICAL OF.
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE ROAD OR POSSIBLY, UH, TAKING SOME OF THE PROPERTY OF SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO, I FEEL THE CHANCES OF EXTENDING THE, THE ROAD, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS I THINK, ALMOST ZERO.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE REALLY OUTRAGED.
I ALSO FEEL THAT WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW IF WE'RE DOING A, JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING WITH THE SIDEWALKS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I FEEL THAT, UM, WITH SPRINGWOOD, I SPOKE TO MR. UM, DIXON, WHO IS A LEADER OF THAT AREA.
YEAH, HE, I SPOKE TO HIM TODAY, HE WAS UPSET.
AND I FEEL THAT WE HAVE TO TREAT OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE TO CONSULT WITH 'EM AND AT LEAST ADVISE THEM IF THE BOARD DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO GO AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD WISHES.
THAT'S THE PREROGATIVE OF EVERY BOARD MEMBER.
I, I SPOKE TO HIM TODAY AND SAID ALL OF THIS WAS GOOD BEFORE ALL WE'RE DOING.
FIRST I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANNA SAY I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS RESOLUTION.
THIS IS WHAT STAFF IS ASKING FOR.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
IT MAY BE THAT IT'S NOT AN OPTION.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW THAT, AND THEN THAT WOULD PUT AN END TO IT.
MR. DIXON'S PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
WE WERE OUT AT THE SITE, WE'VE BEEN OUT AT THAT SITE NUMEROUS TIMES.
NOW WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND SO THEY WANT, THE STAFF IS ASKING FOR OPTIONS.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO AGAINST STAFF.
CAN I, CAN I ALSO MAKE A, A STATEMENT FOR CLARIFICATION? UM, THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT MAINTAINING THAT ROAD, CLEARING THAT ROAD, PLOWING THAT ROAD AS IT STANDS NOW THERE ARE OBSTACLES THAT MAKE IT DANGEROUS THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SO THE STAFF, THE DPW WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE BY, BY DOING THIS SURVEY SO THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE HOW BEST TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THAT ROADWAY SO THAT IT CAN BE AND SAFER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND SAFER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
BECAUSE THERE IS A CHANCE, UM, AS IT STANDS IN THE HEAVY SNOW THAT A PLOW COULD GO OFF THE ROAD OR CRASH INTO, UM, AN OBSTACLE.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S WORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I'M UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN, MR. SUPER SUPERVISOR.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DISRESPECT IT, BUT, UM, IT HAVING A BROADER UNDERSTANDING MAKES ME CONSIDER IT BECAUSE I THINK IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY DICTATE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A, A, A ROADWAY BECAUSE THERE WAS A, A LENGTHY PROCESS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
ALL I'M ASKING IS TO SEPARATE THE VOTES SO I CAN VOTE FOR, UH, FAIR ENOUGH, THE SIDEWALK, THAT'S ALL.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO VOTES.
AND THEN I'LL VOTE AGAINST THE SECOND ONE.
SO, OKAY, SO I'D LIKE TO, SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEPARATE, UM, THE, THE RESOLUTIONS.
UM, SO THERE WOULD BE, WHICH WHICH, TALK ABOUT WHICH ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO THE, SO, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE ISSUE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SERVING SER UH, SERVICES RELATED TO VARIOUS POTENTIAL FUTURE SIDEWALKS.
THAT WOULD BE, UM, FOR CD FIVE, C FIVE CDD FIVE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT DELETING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A VOTE, A SEPARATE VOTE ON THE ASPECT OF, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WOULD, BUT CAN WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION? DUNNO WHAT YOU, CAN YOU DO SPECIFICALLY? WE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE SAYING WE WERE GONNA REMOVE, UH, PORTION SIX FROM, OKAY.
SO JOE, HOW DO PORTION, HOW BEST IT WOULD BE TO MOVE TO DIVIDE THE MOTION SO THAT THE QUESTION OF OBTAINING A SURVEY FOR SPRINGWOOD ROAD ONLY CAN BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
IF THAT MOTION PASSES, YOU FIRST HAVE A VOTE ON THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION, EXCLUDING SPRINGWOOD.
WE HAVE TO PUT FORTH THE MOTION EXCLUDING SPRINGWOOD MOTION.
SO, SO JOE, WHY DON'T YOU DO IT FOR US? SO IT'S, THE RECORD IS CLEAR AND
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WE VOTE CORRECTLY.SO WHY DON'T YOU START FROM THE TOP PLEASE.
SO, SO SUPERVISOR, IS IT YOUR INTENTIONS TO MOVE, TO DIVIDE THE MOTION SO THAT THE QUESTION OF OBTAINING A SURVEY BASE FOR SPRINGWOOD ROAD CAN BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY? YES.
AND, AND IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? SECOND.
NO, WE'RE JUST VOTING TO SEPARATE AND, AND THIS WOULD JUST, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE SEPARATING, BUT SEPARATE SPRING, OKAY.
NO, BUT THE SUR BUT THE SURVEY'S FOR EVERYTHING, SO I JUST, SO WHY WOULD WE SEPARATE THAT OUT? THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR ALL AREAS.
IT THEN GONNA TAKE A VOTE WOULD, SO I WOULD NOT NEED TO SEPARATE SPRINGWOOD IT FOR PURPOSES OF TAKING IT OUT OF THE RESOLUTION.
IT WOULD BE SEPARATING IT TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE VOTES JUST FOR THE VOTE.
SO WHERE DO YOU SEE SPRINGWOOD AS NUMBER SIX? IT WILL BE A, IT'S ALLY SURVEY NUMBER SIX ON ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, EXACTLY.
YEAH, I THE AGENDA DOESN'T MENTION ON, ON THE, ON WHICH ONE? MINE.
IF WE COULD JUST, IF WE COULD JUST EXCUSE ME.
UH, WE'RE MAKING THIS VERY MESSY LOOK AT IS AND, UM, THE, THE RFP ON THE SHARE SCREEN.
THE RFP THAT HAS SIX SEPARATE SURVEYS.
NUMBER SIX AS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.
YES, IT IS A, UH, 600 LINEAR FOOT SEGMENT OF SPRINGWOOD ROAD AND IT'S LISTED AS SURVEY SIX, AND THEN THERE'S A CORRESPONDING, UH, GRAPHIC FOR THAT, WHICH I CAN SHARE AS WELL.
THERE'S THE 600 LINEAR FOOT SEGMENT OF SPRINGWOOD KNOWN AS SURVEY SIX, AND IT'S ENTITLED AS SUCH IN THIS EXHIBIT.
SO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT IF THE MOTION HAS PASSED, I, I CAN'T REALLY HEAR, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU ON ZOOM, IF THERE WERE THREE EYES THAT THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE VOTES, THE FIRST VOTE BEING SURVEYS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND THE SECOND VOTE BEING FOR SURVEY SIX, WHICH IS LY AND IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? SO THE STRUCTURE OF THE SURVEY RIGHT, IS SUCH THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE COMPETITIVE BIDING.
SO, UM, THE, THE, THE RFP IS STRUCTURED SUCH THAT OF COURSE, UH, RESPONDING SURVEYORS WILL SUBMIT A BATCH PRICE FOR ALL SIX SURVEYS.
SO IF, IF, IF IT'S SOME, IF IT'S, SO IF THE TOWN BOARD SO CHOOSES TO REMOVE SPRINGWOOD, UM, THE RFP WOULD GO OUT IN A TRIM FASHION TO ONLY INCLUDE FIVE SURVEYS, BUT THAT'S ALL DEPENDING ON THE VOTE THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO TAKE.
RIGHT? SO WHAT THIS IS FOR IS ISSUING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PEOPLE TO GET BACK TO US AS TO WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE, BUT IT'S NOT AUTHORIZING THEM TO DO ANY SURVEYS.
CORRECT? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THIS IS JUST SIMPLY TO ISSUE AN RFP AND UM, IN, IN, IN THE NATURE OF IT IS TO GET ECONOMIES OF SCALE GOING WITH SIX SURVEYS, YOU, YOU WOULD GET A BETTER PRICE IN A BATCH SETTING THAN IF WE WERE TO DO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BE, UM, PRUDENT WITH THE EXPENDITURE AND UH, YES, WE WILL, IF, IF, IF THIS, THESE RESOLUTIONS PASS, WE WILL ISSUE THE RFP.
UH, IN APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH WE WILL REPORT BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD ON HOW MANY SURVEYORS WERE INTERESTED THE PRICES THAT THEY, UH, PUT FORTH TO DO THE SURVEYS AND WILL THEN ULTIMATELY PUT FORTH ANOTHER RESOLUTION TO HAVE THE TOWN BOARD, UM, TAKE ON THOSE SERVICES.
THE ONE, UM, EXCEPTION I WILL STATE, UH, WITHIN THE SIX, UH, ROADWAY SEGMENTS, THERE'S A PORTION OF NORWOOD ROAD THAT WOULD BE FULLY REFUNDED BY A COUNTY GRANT.
AND AS SUCH, WE ASK FOR TWO THINGS FROM RESPONDING SURVEYORS IN THE RFP, UM, A TOTAL PRICE, BUT THEN ALSO A PRICE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL SIDEWALK SEIG SEGMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF GETTING FULL REFUND FROM THE ACCOUNTANT.
THAT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THE RFP.
SO WHAT THE RIGHT TIME TO SEGMENT THIS WOULD BE WHEN WE GET BACK THE RFP AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA VOTE ON THEM DOING THE WORK.
THIS, THIS IS GETTING VERY MESSY.
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DON'T WANT HIM TO DO THE WORK, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE, WE'RE DOING A SURVEY, FIRST OF ALL, DON'T WE NOT DOING A SURVEY.WE'RE DOING, LEMME SAY SOMETHING.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN EFFORT, UH, TO EVENTUALLY, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO, UM, THE ROAD BEING EXTENDED TO A NEW DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL CREATE MORE TRAFFIC.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAS TO AGREE.
I BELIEVE, I DON'T WANNA, LEMME SAY I DON'T WANNA START SOMETHING THAT I FEEL COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL MOMENTUM THAT WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL, UH, WORK ON, YOU KNOW, ON THAT ROAD.
I SPOKE TO THE COMMISSIONER, I SAID THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD SUPPORT IT.
NOW LET ME MAKE ONE OTHER POINT.
I WOULD, I SUPPORT ALL THE OTHER ITEMS IN CD FIVE IF THE BOARD, UH, SEPARATES THE VOTE.
SO THERE'S TWO SEPARATE VOTES AND IF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD DISAGREE WITH ME, THEN BASICALLY IN EFFECT THE RESOLUTION CD FIVE IS GONNA BE, UM, APPROVED BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SIX SURVEYS ON.
BUT I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON THIS, ON THAT ONE THING ON SPRINGWOOD.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS RIGHT AT THIS POINT THAT GETS TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AS TO WHICH SURVEYS WE'RE, THIS IS JUST AN RFP FOR, FOR, FOR FOR SURVEILLANCE.
BUT I, I WILL NOT TO GIVE, TO GIVE A QUOTE, I DO NOT SUPPORT ANY, IT WAS JUST TO, YOU DON'T WANNA GIVE A QUOTE? NO, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN EVEN GETTING A QUOTE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS, FIRST OF ALL, WE SPENT THREE YEARS OR THREE OR FOUR YEARS FIGHTING ABOUT SPRINGWOOD.
WE THE TOWN FOR LIKE 40, 50 YEARS ALWAYS, UH, PLOWED THE ROADS.
WE BASICALLY, UH, WE ALWAYS, UH, UH, UH, UH, FIX POTHOLES ON SPRINGWOOD FOR, FOR DECADES.
I'M NOT SURE KNOW WHAT I'M THE BOARD ARGUED WITH NATE WITH THIS FOR YEAR SAYING WE DON'T WANNA DO IT.
I'M, THIS HAS TO DO WITH A SURVEY.
NO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I, I'M NOT SURE, CAN YOU JUST, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS HAS.
WE ARE ASKING, WE'RE PUTTING AN RFP OUT.
WELL, TO ASK FOR A SURVEY TO DO WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THAT PARTIC FOR THOSE ROADWAYS? I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SPRINGWOOD, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THIS SURVEY.
OKAY, SO HE'S, SO WHY DON'T WE JUST VOTE VOTED? SO I MEAN, IF THERE IS, IF THERE IS, MAY I ASK THE ATTORNEY A FEW QUESTIONS? SURE.
SO THAT I MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND IT AND WE'RE ALL CLEAR.
NUMBER ONE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND EVEN THOUGH IN THE PRINTED IN THE PRINTED DOCUMENTS, WE DON'T SEE THE, THE MATS SHOWING THE, THE, THE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO SURVEY, IT IS OKAY TO SEPARATE THEM FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTES.
IF WE VOTE SEPARATELY AND THE VOTE PASSES ON THE SEPARATED OUT SPRINGWOOD SURVEY, THEN THEY WILL ALL BE BID IN ONE MM-HMM.
BUT PAUL, BUT THE SUPERVISOR WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE HIS STATEMENT BASED ON HIS BELIEF.
SO IT, BUT JUST FOR POINT OF FACT, IT SHOULD, THE DETAIL OF WHAT THE SIX SURVEYS ARE SHOULD BE IN OUR PACKET OR SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN REFERENCE IT.
SO IT'S ONLINE, NOT WHAT I JUST DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN IS YOUR PACKET? NO, IT'S, IT'S THE, I I
WELL THE ATTACHES WE HAVE, I MEAN IT WOULD'VE, IT IT IT'S UP ONLINE BUT IT'S NOT IN THE PACKET.
I'M SORRY IF IT WASN'T PRINTED, IT'S NOT PACKET.
THAT WASN'T MY RESPONSIBILITY.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THERE'S AN OPEN MOTION TRYING GET NO, IT'S BEEN VOTED NO, NO, THERE PROBABLY THERE ARE THREE VOTES TO SEGMENT IT.
NO, LET, LET'S, CAN WE START AGAIN PLEASE WITH THE VOTE OR JUST REPEAT THE MOTION? YEAH.
UM, RIGHT NOW I HAVE UM, THE MOTION OF REMOVING THE SURVEY FOR, IS IT SPRINGWOOD NUMBER SIX? YES.
AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS.
SO JUST, CAN YOU JUST SAY YOUR VOTE AGAIN PLEASE? THIS IS JUST TO THE VOTE TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RIGHT, FROM FROM C CD FIVE.
AND, AND NOW WE HAVE YOUR SECOND VOTE.
SO THEN NOW YOU WOULD HAVE A VOTE ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE MOTION, EXCLUDING THE SPRINGWOOD SURVEY SIX TO SOMEONE.
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NO, SECOND.NO, WE'RE NOT SECOND TO TO REMOVE IT.
NO, WE JUST, WE WE'RE HAVING TWO SEPARATE VOTES.
THE FIRST VOTE IS, THE FIRST VOTE IS GONNA BE ONLY ON THE SIDEWALKS AND THE, AND EVERYTHING BUT ALL THE, THE SIX ITEMS. EVERYTHING BUT SPRINGWOOD.
SO THE FIR, SO EVERYBODY'S FOR THAT.
THEN THE SPRINGWOOD, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S AGAINST IT RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE VOTE? YES.
IF THAT PASSES, THEN UH, THEN BASICALLY CD SIX WILL BE APPROVED.
BUT I WILL BE RECORDED VOTING AGAINST ONE THING THAT I FIND OFFENSIVE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL VOTE THE OPPOSITE.
IT IS SURVEY SIX IS WHAT YOUR BURN I'M NO, THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S 'CAUSE YOU JUST MADE THE WRONG NO, BECAUSE THE WRONG MOTION.
NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT MESSY BECAUSE BASICALLY I I'M JUST SAYING I WANT TO BE ABLE TO, CAN WE GET A DOOVER NO ON SPRINGWOOD.
AND IT'S, DO WE, DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO VOTE ON SURVEYS ONE THROUGH FIVE AT THIS POINT, EXCLUDING SURVEY SIX, WHICH IS SPRINGWOOD, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT VOTE.
HE NOW WANTS, SEE, I WOULD PREFER TO VOTE ON ALL SIX.
WHAT YOU'RE NOW REQUIRING ME TO DO IS TO VOTE ON FIVE.
NO, WE HAD A VOTE ALREADY ON, ON SEPARATING THIS MATTER.
WHY DON'T WE, THE VOTE PASSED, SEPARATING IT THREE TO TWO, YOU NEED TO HOLD IT OVER.
I'M, I DON'T SEE WHY WE HOLDING IT COOL.
I DON'T, I'M NOT FIGHTING YOU.
WE NEED TO, I THINK WE, WE NEED, THIS NEEDS TO BE CLEAN.
THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHY WE GET, THIS IS WHY WE GET MESSY.
IF THEN YOU CAN REWRITE THE RESOLUTION AS YOU WANT IT TO BE STATED.
SO IT'S A CLEAN SENSE RECORD INSTEAD OF WE GOING BACK AND FORTH.
WE, WE WENT TO JAIL FIVE TIMES ALREADY TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO IT NEEDS TO BE A CLEAN RECORD.
WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T PUT ON HOW YOU FEEL BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A CLEAN RECORD.
SO WRITE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION FOR YOU SEPARATING OUT SPRINGWOOD.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING TO DO.
BUT THIS IS ALSO WHY WE HAVE WORK SESSION AGENDA REVIEW, WHERE YOU COULD HAVE RAISED THIS YESTERDAY INSTEAD OF TODAY.
WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THIS YESTERDAY.
WHAT'S THAT? WE WEREN'T AWARE OF THIS TODAY.
IT WAS ON THE, IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
IT WAS ON THE AGENDA, NOT SURVEY SIX WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.
WHEN DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT? WE DIDN'T TALK.
NO ONE BROUGHT THIS UP AS AN ISSUE.
SHE DIDN'T BRING IT UP WITH, IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE.
PAUL GARRETT, GARRETT MENTIONED TO PAUL SAID IF PAUL HAD THE OBJECTION.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING TO OBJECT TO TO OH, THAT I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT IT WASN'T.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT DURING SOLUTION WASN'T UP THERE.
SO, SO NOW VOTE, VOTE ON SURVEYS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
NO, WE'RE GONNA, SO WE'RE VOTING FOR THAT.
I I WE DID, WE DID NOT VOTE FOR THAT.
WE VOTED TO SEPARATE SIX FROM ONE TO FIVE.
SO NOW WE'LL DO A VOTE ON ONE THROUGH FIVE.
IF, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UNLESS SOMEONE I HEARD SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOLDING IT OVER.
IT'S ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE CLEAN.
TECHNICALLY IT'S TOO LATE TO HOLD IT OVER.
'CAUSE YOU, IT'S ONLY AFTER A VOTE.
YOU HAVE TO DO THAT BEFORE THERE'S A VOTE.
UM, YEAH, OF COURSE WE COULD ALWAYS.
AND, AND, AND I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, I'M SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION, BUT THE MOTION TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION IS IN THE TOWN BOARD POLICIES THAT WE'RE
NO, IT DEFINITELY, IT DEFINITELY IS.
IT'S USUALLY IT DOESN'T COME UP ON THE DAYS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO ONE THROUGH FIVE RIGHT.
AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS HONORED FOR ANY ONE OF US BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S GONNA SLOW DOWN MEETINGS TREMENDOUSLY, IF WE DISAGREE WITH ANY PART OF A RESOLUTION, WE COULD ASK FOR A DIVIDED RESOLUTION.
THAT'S SO WE'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT HERE.
WELL, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD 17 YEARS.
SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON ONE THROUGH FIVE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON ONE THROUGH SIX.
AND THEN WE ARE GONNA VOTE ON SIX SEPARATES.
AND THEN, AND THEN IF IT PASSES, THEN THEY COULD DO JOIN.
OKAY, SO THAT PASSES NOW ONE, NOW JUST HOLD ON.
NO, THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T THINK SO.
THERE WAS, THERE'S THREE YESS AND TWO NAYS.
UH, NUMBER, UH, THE SECOND VOTE, UH, WOULD BE, UH, ONLY ON SPRINGWOOD
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AND I VOTE NO.WHY DO YOU MAKE THE MOTION HAVE TO BREAK THE MOTION? YOU WANNA MAKE THE MOTION? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOTION IS.
ALL I SAID SPRING NUMBER VOTING TO, TO DO SURVEY.
TO SURVEY SPRINGWOOD ROAD TO SURVEY.
AND I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION NOW THAT WE HAVE A ONE VOTE ON ALL SIX.
PAUL, YOU CAN VOTE NO IF YOU WISH.
GOING BACK JUST FOR CLARITY, GOING BACK THE ORIGINAL ONE THEN, THEN I'D LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST, I'VE ALREADY MADE A MOTION, BUT THERE'S A MOTION.
'CAUSE Y'ALL, I PROMISE YOU TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THIS IS SO CONFUSING BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE PAUL, YOU IN MY SO MAY, THERE'S GONNA BE THREE VOTES.
BASICALLY THERE'S GONNA BE A VOTE ON ONE THROUGH FIVE, A VOTE ON SIX, AND THEN A VOTE.
RIGHT? SO I WANNA VOTE THAT WE DO A SURVEY ON EVERYTHING.
SO WHEREVER THAT VOTE IS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M VOTING.
SO THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
I'M SAYING THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO READ.
DOES COUNCIL MEMBER SHEHAN HAS A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO VOTE ON ONE THROUGH SIX? IS THERE A SECOND TO DO THE SURVEY OF EVERYTHING? CORRECT? RIGHT.
IT IT'S ACTUALLY DOING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
I'M, WE'RE NOT EVEN DOING THE SURVEY.
THAT'S WHAT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
RIGHT? SO, SO SECOND IN THAT, IN THAT VOTE, CAN YOU JUST REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME SO IT'S JUST CLEAR? 'CAUSE I REALLY FEEL THIS IS, I'M MAKING A MOTION FOR THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT'S ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS PREPARED BY STAFF.
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, NO OTHER BOARD MEMBER DID.
I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A VOTE, CLEAN VOTE ON THAT ONE THROUGH SIX.
PAUL CAN ABSTAIN OR, OR, AND PUT AN EXPLANATION INTO THE MINUTES AS TO WHY HE'S VOTING NO OR ABSTAINING.
BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CLEAN DOCUMENT JUST FOR THIS.
THAT'S WHAT, IF IT COMES TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE THEN GOING TO DECIDE LET'S ACTUALLY DO THAT WORK, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT THAT'S FOR A DIFFERENT DAY.
LET ME JUST, UH, UH, THE MOTION MOTION IS A MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION WE COULD, YOU COULD DISCUSS IT.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE, UH, ADVISE THE MAYOR OF VARLEY, UM, ABOUT, ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IF THERE'S AN EXTENSION, THIS IS, THIS IS AN RFP.
I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE THE MA ASK THE BOARD IF IT IS OKAY TO ADVISE A MAYOR OF LEY THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING A SURVEY WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO AN EXTENSION OF THE ROAD.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
NO, I ALSO BELIEVE PAUL, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT PAUL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET OUR PERMISSION.
WHAT AM I JUST WANT, I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I WANNA BE TRANSPARENT AND I WANT, SO YOU'VE MADE, IF YOU WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT, THAT WOULDN'T THE DRIVEWAY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO, SO NOW, SO NOW TAKE THE VOTE, THE, THE VOTE THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAN THE VOTE THAT'S ON THE FLOOR NOW AS A SURVEY.
SECOND IS A RFP FOR TO DO A SURVEY ON ONE THROUGH SIX MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU PUT ON THE FLOOR.
I'M SECONDING THAT 'CAUSE I BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU DID.
[ CD 6 - 3/27/2024 Resolution issuing a negative declaration for the SEQRA determination of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh with respect to an action which includes the adoption of a Zoning Text Amendment to several sections of Chapter 285 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled “Zoning,” in connection with a Solar Energy System Local Law [TB 23-12]]
RESOLUTION ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE SECRET DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO AN ACTION WHICH INCLUDES ADOPTION OF A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO SEVERAL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 2 85 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED ZONING IN CONNECTION WITH A SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM LOCAL LAW.[ CD 7 - 3/27/2024 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending several sections of Chapter 285 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh, entitled “Zoning,” related to a new use (Solar Energy Systems)]
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SEVERAL, UM, SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 2 85 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ENTITLED ZONING RELATED TO A NEW USE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.[ CD 8 - 3/27/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh referring a Zoning Map Amendment related to a Solar District (SD) Zone, to the Planning Board in accordance with the requirements of Section 285-64 of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance]
TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REFERRING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT RELATED TO A SOLAR DISTRICT ZONE TO THE PLANNING BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 2 85 64 OF THE TOWN ZONING ORDINANCE.[ CO 1 - 3/27/2024 Resolution authorizing designation of certain assigned Town Outside Villages Fund Balance as committed fund balance]
AUTHORIZING DESIGNATION OF A CERTAIN ASSIGNED TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE FUND BALANCE HAS COMMITTED FUND BALANCE.UM, WE DID THE RESO DID WE DO THE RESOLUTION FOR UH, YES.
RESOLUTION BOX AND SECONDED BY GINA JACKSON.
[ PW 1 - 3/27/2024 Resolution awarding the contract for the Installation of New Sidewalk on Juniper Hill Road-2024 to Woodland Manor, LLC., the lowest responsible bidder, for an amount not to exceed $527,966.52]
DO RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SIDEWALK ON JUNIPER HILL ROAD TO WOODLAND MANOR, LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5 2 7 9 6 6 52.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
UH, BECAUSE THE QUESTION CAME UP AS TO WHETHER OR NOT I WAS TRUTHFUL IN WHAT I STATED ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER, UH, STATING THAT HE WOULD WAIVE THE FEES FOR 2024 IF THE 2023 FEES
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WERE WAIVED.AND THEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THEY DID PAY THE FIRST QUARTER, THE, THE LAST QUARTER OF 2023.
AND ANYONE WHO WISHES TO FOIL THIS, YOU WON'T HAVE TO JUST WRITE TO ME AND I WILL SEND IT TO YOU.
UH, ON FEBRUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR AT 11:12 AM CLIFTON ABRAMS WROTE TO TERRANCE JACKSON, UH, AT SAYING GOOD MORNING TERRANCE, PER OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY, WILL YOU PLEASE CONFIRM IN AN EMAIL THAT T-D-Y-C-C WILL CHARGE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.
THEY ACTUALLY PUT CCWW $800 FOR 2023 AND WILL FORGO ANY WEEKLY CHARGES FOR 2024.
I WILL HAVE TO BRING THIS BACK TO MY BOARD FOR DISCUSSION.
SO AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST, THAT BILL WAS NOT PAID.
AND WHAT MR. ABRAMS WAS ASKING FOR IS WAIVING THE FEES FOR 2024, HE WOULD PAY 2023.
MR. JACKSON, COMMISSIONER JACKSON WROTE BACK, HELLO CLIFF.
WHAT I CAN SAY ON THIS TOPIC IS AS COMMISSIONER, I'M WILLING TO FOREGO THE FEE FOR CCWW IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2024.
AS LONG AS THE 2023 FEE HAS BEEN PAID AND THE TOWN BOARD APPROVES IT, I DO NOT AND WILL NOT WORK INDEPENDENTLY OF THE BOARD.
SO WHEN I HAD ME MENTIONED EARLIER, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS BASED ON WHAT'S IN DOCUMENTS AND THAT'S, AND YOU CAN FOIL 'EM, BUT YOU WON'T HAVE TO.
UM, THAT THAT WAS THE REASON WHY COMMISSIONER JACKSON WANTED TO, UH, WAS WILLING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET 2023, I'LL WAIVE 2024.
BUT THE TOWN BOARD REJECTED THAT THERE IS AN AGREEMENT AND MR. ABRAMS IS SUPPOSED TO LIVE UP TO THAT AGREEMENT AND MAKE A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THE CHILDREN THAT HE'S WORKING WITH.
CAN YOU MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION WE ADJOURN.