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TOWN BOARD, UM, WORK SESSION.TODAY IS, UM, APRIL, UH, NINTH, FIVE.
MIKE PAUL ON MIKE, APRIL 27TH AT, UM, START AGAIN.
WELCOME TARA TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION.
TODAY'S APRIL 9TH AT 5 27, AND THE FIRST ITEM IS AGENDA REVIEW.
SO I'M GLAD YOU GOT, UM, MR. RHONDA THERE.
YOUR, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THIS.
CHANGE WHAT IN THE, THE PHRASE IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED.
I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN CALLING JOY, AND THEN EVERY TIME AS I REALIZE I'M SUPPOSED TO CALL JOY, IT'S WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY PAST MY BEDTIME.
I'LL PURPOSELY WELL, WE, WE WE'RE GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT JUST TO SAY, UM, WE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE FOR EVERY, ALL THE, ALL OF THE LIVES THAT'VE LOST.
JUST, JUST NOT JUST IN ISRAEL.
IT DOESN'T SEEM ISRAEL OF NO, NO, I DIDN'T SAY IT DID.
I'M JUST SAYING WE WANNA BE INCLUSIVE.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS WRITTEN THE WAY IT IS.
ALL THOSE REQUIRES DUE TO THE HAMAS ATTACK.
I, I, THAT'S INTENTIONAL, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT MORE, MORE, ADD MORE WORDS BECAUSE THEY AND INNOCENT VICTIMS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD THROW THAT IN.
LIKE THEY'RE NOT EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INVOLVED IN IT OR WHATEVER.
UM, I, HOW ABOUT WE SAY IN MEMORY OF ALL OF THOSE IN BOTH ISRAEL AND PALESTINE WHO HAVE PERISHED HER TO THE, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE GOOD? UM, AS A RESULT? WELL, THE, THE, THE ISSUE IS IF SOMEBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A TERRORIST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING.
SO I, I'M, I'M FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INNOCENT, WHO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A BABY WHO LOST THEIR LIFE, UH, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, A MOTHER WHO HAS NOTHING, YOU KNOW, TO DO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INNOCENT VICTIMS. UM, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD THINK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, WELL, BUT WE, IF WE WANNA MAKE IT LIKE A POLITICAL, UH, RIGHT, EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS AS VAGUE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I THINK WE SAY JUST THE TWO AREAS THAT COVERS EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE SOLDIER, WHETHER THEY'RE A MOTHER, WHETHER THEY'RE A BABY, WHATEVER.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TERRORISTS OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
OR MAYBE WE COULD SAY INCLUDE, UH, THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PERISHED DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, AND IN MEMORY OF, UH, INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE INNOCENT.
UH, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH, BUT I GET YOUR POINT.
OR YOU COULD, WHATEVER WORDING IS, I THINK IF WE JUST SAY BOTH AREAS, NAME BOTH AREAS, THEN THAT PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPECTED.
I MEAN, IS THERE OTHER WORDING THAT YOU WANTED, GINA? NO.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING SPECIFICALLY? I WOULD JUST ADD IN ISRAEL AND PAL IN BOTH ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, AS YOU WANNA SAY, AS A RESULT OF MAYBE THOSE WHO HAVE PERISHED IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE AS A RESULT OF, RESULT OF, OKAY.
DID, DO YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE WE HAVE NO, WE'VE GOT IT.
NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, JUST REPEAT IT AGAIN.
IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN UKRAINE, DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE IN ISRAEL AND IN GAZA, WHO HAVE PERISHED AS A, AS A RESULT OF THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAMA HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, OR DUE TO, I WOULD SAY DUE TO, 'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY PASSED ON ON OCTOBER 7TH DUE TO, YOU KNOW, BY THE TUR 'CAUSE IT'S PEOPLE PASSED ON.
IT WAS A RESULT OF THAT ATTACK THAT CREATED THE, THE SITUATION CONFLAGRATION.
DO WE HAVE A TIME FOR, UH, TIMEFRAME FOR SARAH BRACEY WHITE'S PRESENTATION? UM, I THINK SHE'LL MAKE IT SURE.
SHE, SHE JUST BRIEFLY MENTIONED TO ME MAYBE A MONTH AGO OR SOMETHING, SO I CAN, YEAH, I'LL TELL HER TO MAKE, THINK WE GIVE HER A FRAME.
YOU WANT US SAY 15 MINUTES? WE COULD PUT 15 MINUTES ON.
I THOUGHT WE PUT A STANDARD ON HOW MUCH 10, HOW LONG THE PRESENTATIONS
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ARE GOING TO BE FOR EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD.IF YOU WANNA MAKE 10 MINUTES, 10 MINUTES.
WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T YOU PUT 10 MINUTES ON.
DO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS? I THINK SHE'S INTRODUCING, UM, SOME OF THE ARTISTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE EDGEMONT, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, YOU HAVE SOME STUDENTS, UM, USING, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE GALLERY.
AND I THINK SHE MENTIONED THAT TO ME, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT SHE WANTED TO OKAY.
WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HER AND, OKAY.
COULD SHE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S 10 MINUTES.
DID WE EVER ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF ROBERTA? I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT ON THE AGENDA.
I THOUGHT WE HAD, DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT? I KNOW THERE WAS SOME.
HAVE WE HAVE TO RESEARCH NEW? I CAN CHECK SO FRANCIS CAN CHECK TO SEE.
I'M JUST, WE APPOINTMENT, UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST SAY TO, UH, UH, REPLACE, UH, ROBERTA ROMANO, WHO HAS SUBMITTED HER, UM, RESIGNATION, WHO'S RETIRING, LET'S SAY RETIRING.
WHO'S RETIRING, WHO'S RETIRING ON, ON, UM, EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST.
AND WE THANK, WE THANK HER FOR HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
MAYBE PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THOUGHT DONE IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO DO IT AS TWO SEPARATE LINES.
SO LET'S GIVE THE NEW CONTROLLER HER OWN SPACE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. SO WE DOING THAT FOR THIS MEETING OR FOR THE 24TH? I, I THOUGHT FOR THE 24TH THEN WE COULD, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE HER, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THANK HER PUBLICLY FOR HER YEARS OF THIS MEETING.
WE'RE DOING THE APPOINTMENT RIGHT TOMORROW, THEN THE 24TH TO DO THE, BUT I THINK FOR THE APPOINTMENT, I SHOULD SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, ROBERTA'S RETIRING.
I THINK THAT FRANCIS HAS A GOOD, GOOD POINT.
LET'S NOT TAKE AWAY, LET'S NOT CONFLATE THE TWO.
LET'S NOT TAKE AWAY FROM OKAY, KIMBERLY, BECAUSE WE'LL GIVE ROBERTA HER TIME SOLELY IT HERS.
IS THAT HOW SHE SPELLS HER NAME? WE NEED TO CHECK THAT.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT SHE HAD A A SHE HAD A TWO, SHE HAS A FUNNY SPELLING.
SHE'S HYPHEN UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HYPHENATED, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HER, WE NEED TO CHECK THE SPELLING OF HER NAME.
I'M JUST CHECKING ON THE, ON THE APPOINTMENT.
OH, COULD JUST CHECK IT RIGHT NOW ON THE, YEAH, SHE HA IT'S KIMBERLY AND THEN MIDDLE NAME IS S-I-E-G-G-R-I-S-T.
AND THEN THE THIRD NAME IS G-U-T-W-E-I-N.
IS THAT HOW YOU, IS THAT HOW SHE SPELLS HER FIRST NAME? KIMBERLY? YEAH.
I JUST NEED NO, NO, UH, SECOND E OR ANYTHING.
UH, GARRETT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE FEMA ADVANCED ASSISTANCE, THE GRANT.
JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD, TOWN OF GREENBURG WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A FEMA FEDERAL FUNDING GRANT FOR CLOSE TO $600,000.
AND THAT FUNDING'S GONNA BE UTILIZED TO PROCURE THE SERVICES OF A ENGINEERING CONSULTANT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE PRIOR A KRF STUDY TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, DO A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE THAT WILL GET US TOWARDS A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODS, MITIGATION DESIGN.
AND THE RESOLUTION THAT I PROPOSED FOR THIS MEETING, UH, TOMORROW IS TO, UH, FOLLOW THROUGH ON AN RFP PROCESS THAT WE EXECUTED ON YOUR BEHALF.
AND, UH, WE GOT SIX FIRMS THAT HAD INTEREST IN DOING THIS WORK.
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WE MET IN-HOUSE AND WE RANKED THEM AND IDENTIFIED THAT THE FIRM ARCADE WAS THE MOST RESPONSIVE.AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT ARC WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
THEREFORE, WE'VE PUT A RESOLUTION UP FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO SELECT THEIR SERVICES AND, UH, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, UH, UPON SELECTING THEM.
AND WE WILL, WE WILL ENGAGE IN CONTRACT AND, UM, LAUNCH FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN.
NOW, JUST SOME OTHER QUICK POINTS.
UH, 600,000 TOTAL, UH, TOWN MATCH, 57,000.
HAVING SAID THAT, WE'VE ADDITIONALLY BEEN WORKING WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY STORMWATER ADVISORY BOARD, AND I HAVE A GOOD LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT THE TOWN WILL ALSO RECEIVE $400,000 FROM THE COUNTY THAT HAS A 50 50 MATCH.
SO THE PLAN IS FOR IF THE TOWN'S SUCCESSFUL WITH THE 400,000 FROM THE COUNTY, UM, FOR THAT FUNDING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TOWN'S $57,000 MATCH.
THEREFORE THERE WOULD BE ZERO TAXPAYER DOLLAR MATCH ON THIS, UH, FEMA GRANT.
WE CAN USE THE COUNTY'S FUNDING TO WARN THAT YOU CAN.
AND THEY WERE BOTH AGENCIES WERE VERY EXPLICITLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THAT, UM, ARRANGEMENT.
AND, UH, AND VICE VERSA, THE FEMA GRANT WILL MATCH THE COUNTY'S FUNDING.
SO, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A POOL OF CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WHAT THE COUNTY FUNDING WILL DO IS, THE GOAL FOR THE FEMA GRANT IS TO GET THE DESIGN TO SAY 10 TO 20% CONSTRUCTION LEVEL PLANS.
UH, THE COUNTY FUNDING, WE WILL GET CLOSE TO 90% PLANS.
UM, WHICH WE THEN, WITH THOSE PLANS, WE'LL HAVE FULL COST ESTIMATE.
WE CAN THEN GO TO FEMA FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
BUT, UM, IT IS PROGRESSING WELL.
WE MEET WITH FEMA EVERY MONTH.
THEY'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE.
AND, UM, BOTTOM LINE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, WORK TO SOLVE A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN PERSISTENT FOR YEARS, AS YOU KNOW.
SO THIS WOULD IMPACT ALSO LIKE THE FOUR CORNERS AND EAST DALE AVENUE THERE.
IF A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD MITIGATION IS IMPLEMENTED, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR FOUR CORNERS AND, UM, MORE SO FOR THE MULTIFAMILY ALONG EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND, AND DEFINITELY FOR THE BUSINESSES DOWN DOWNTOWN, NOT, NOT CENTRAL AVENUE.
IF THE OVERALL PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR FOUR CORNERS.
AND THE AREAS, SAY NEAR FOUNTAIN DINER, GREEN DINER IS REALLY, TO ME, THE FLOODING AT FOUR CORNERS.
IT'S REALLY A BIT SOUTH OF FOUR CORNERS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S FOUNTAIN DINER, IT'S NEAR STARBUCKS.
UM, THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ALLEVIATED.
SO IF WE GET, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS, UM, FIRST WE'RE GONNA GET THE STU THE DESIGN AND HOW LONG WILL THE DESIGN TAKE? MAYBE A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS.
SO LET'S SAY IT TAKES CLOSE TO TWO YEARS.
THEN AFTER THAT, THEN THEY MAY SAY IT'S LIKE $50 MILLION OR A HUNDRED MILLION, WHATEVER IT IS.
UH, THEN WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND TRY GETTING THE FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT 18 OR, YOU KNOW, 24 MONTH PERIOD AS WE GET CLOSE.
AND WE HAVE A GOOD GAUGE ON, UM, WHAT THAT CONSTRUCTION COST WILL BE IN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK A HUNDRED MILLION, BUT IT, IT IS MULTIPLES OF 10.
IT COULD BE 40 MILLION, 50 MILLION, 60 MILLION.
ONCE WE GET THERE, UM, WE CAN CONCURRENTLY APPLY TO FEMA, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE CAN BE PROACTIVE AND HAVE SOME CONCURRENT ACTIONS GOING SO THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE LESS OF A GAP BETWEEN HAVING FINAL DESIGN AND HOPEFULLY FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I, I JUST HAVE, I'M SORRY TO ASK SOME MORE QUESTIONS.
RIGHT NOW, THE STATE HAS THE ENVIRONMENT, THE BOND MONEY, SO THERE'S MONEY THAT THE STATE HAS.
DO YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD WE, WHILE WE'RE DOING THE, AFTER WE, UM, YOU KNOW, AWARD THE GRANT AND THEY START, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD START REACHING OUT TO OUR ALBANY REPRESENTATIVES AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WITHIN TWO YEARS WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE SHOVEL READY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A DESIGN.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOUR HELP RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, SO THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, MAY, WHEN YOU KNOW TWO YEARS COMES, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, YEAR OR TWO BEFORE WE, AS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE STATE HASN'T CROSSED ITS T'S AND DOTTED ITS I'S ON THE ALLOCATIONS OF MONIES FOR THAT BOND.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT UM, HAS NOT, HAS NOT, THEY, THEY HAVE PUT OUT A FEW GRANTS, BUSES, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, BUT, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN, I HAVEN'T CHECKED ON THAT IN ABOUT A MONTH.
HAVE, HAVE YOU ANY UPDATE? I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA SAY I NEED TO EDUCATE MYSELF
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MORE SO WITH HOW THE BOND ACT WORKS BEFORE I CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT, UM, IMPROVEMENT IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE ON TRACK AND I THINK RICH HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, WE DON'T WANT TO LIKE FOCUS ON EVERY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO LIKE TARGET AND SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE TOO TAXING ON OUR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STAFF THAT BE ABLE TO DO IT.SO I'M SORT OF THINKING THAT IF WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S GRANT WRITERS THAT FOCUS ON THE SPECIAL, THE REAL TECHNICAL STUFF.
SO I'M THINKING THAT IF WE START NOW BY TIME, UH, THIS, BY TIME THE STUDY'S DONE, THE STATE WILL PROBABLY BE READY BE YEAH.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE NATURE OF THE GRANTS ARE.
THEY HAVE ALLOCATED A, A, A GOODLY AMOUNT OF MONEY, MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BILLIONS DOLLARS TO FLOODING, BUT IT'S VERY GENERIC.
AND UNTIL THEY START TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC GRANTS, UM, WE ARE KIND OF HARD PRESSED, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT DOING TO, TO BE IN PREPARATION FOR IT.
THIS ONE OF THE THINGS IS HAVING THIS IS FANTASTIC, THE SHOVEL READY? YEAH.
AND THIS EXAMPLE THERE, THERE'S BRICK FUNDING, IT'S FEDERAL FUNDING.
I, I SAW THAT ANNOUNCEMENT RECENTLY.
BUT BRICK IS, IS, IS IN CYCLES AND IT COMES BACK AND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE.
SO IF IT'S NOT BRICK OR, OR WE CAN LOOK AT THE BOND ACT, THERE COULD BE OTHER ONES.
SO, UM, SO YOU, I CAN ASSURE YOU OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WE WILL HAVE OUR EYES ON OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE, UH, GEARED TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT FEDERAL, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ON THE ANYONE HAS FUNDING, WE WILL BE THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S WHY I WANNA, EVERYTHING STATE, COUNTY, STATE, EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD.
IF THEY HAVE POCKETS ON THEIR PANTS AND THEY HAVE POCKETS ON THEIR PANTS,
ANYONE WOULD MIND? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE, GARRETT? I DON'T KNOW.
CAN, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING.
I JUST HAD ONE OTHER RESOLUTION ON THE, UH, MEDICAL CLINIC.
AND, UM, WENT THROUGH THE TRANSCRIPT AND, AND CAUGHT A COUPLE CONDITIONS THAT PICKED UP ON SOME BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD? ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UH, THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE, UH, SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS.