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TODAY IS, UM, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH, AND, UM, IT'S, UH, SEVEN 40.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
START WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE BLACK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WIDGET STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Richard Ronde, 80, who passed on March 21 at Calvary Hospital. Richard was a former longtime member and Chair of the Town's Police Community Advisory Commission. Many of us remember Richard as a committed and innovative PCAC Chair In memory of Roberta Karmel, 86, who passed on March 23. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated Roberta to be the first female Commissioner of the Security Exchanges Commission. A mentor for women in the legal profession, she was later a partner at her law firm, a full-time professor at Brooklyn Law School, and the first female director of the New York Stock Exchange In memory of Thomas (Tom) Hatzilouloudes, 42, who passed on March 25 surrounded by his loving family. Tom was a former Town of Greenburgh Water Department employee In memory of those killed in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, and in memory of those who have perished in Israel and Gaza due to the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. We pray for a swift return of the hostages and for peace in the region.]
AND WE HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR, UH, RICHARD RDE, UM, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 21ST AT CALVARY HOSPITAL.RICHARD WAS A FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE TOWNS POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION.
WE ALL REMEMBER HIM AS A COMMITTED AND INNOVATIVE, UM, UH, LEADER OF THE POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY, UM, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, HE WAS JUST A FANTASTIC, UH, HUMAN BEING WHO WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT LIUS.
HE REALLY CARED ABOUT THE TOWN AND DID A LOT OF, UM, GOOD, YOU KNOW, MAKING OUR COMMUNITY A MUCH BETTER, UH, YOU KNOW, BETTER PLACE.
HE WAS VERY MODEST AND, AND HARDWORKING AND, UM, ALWAYS CONSTRUCTIVE.
UM, IN MEMORY OF ROBERTA CARMEL, UH, SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 23RD.
UM, AND IN 1977, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER NOMINATED ROBERTA TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER OF THE SECURITY EXCHANGE, UM, COMMISSION.
UH, SHE WAS A MENTOR FOR WOMAN IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION.
SHE WAS LATER A PARTNER AT HER LAW FIRM, A FULL-TIME PROFESSOR AT BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, AND THE FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK, UM, YOU KNOW, STOCK EXCHANGE.
SHE, UM, LIVED IN, UM, HASTINGS ON HUDSON, AND I REMEMBER, UM, SPEAKING TO HER, UM, WHEN I FIRST RAN, YOU KNOW, FOR OFFICE AND VERY, VERY MODEST AND VERY, VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, SMART.
AND SHE ALSO WILL BE, UM, MISSED.
AND ALSO A MEMORY OF TOM HAD THE LU, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 25TH, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY.
AND HE WAS A FORMER TOWN OF GREENBURG WATER DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE.
AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN UKRAINE DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PERISHED IN ISRAEL AND GAZA, DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, WE PAY FOR A SWIFT RETURN OF THE HOSTAGES AND PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE REGION.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
NOW THE TOWN CLERK WILL DO THE ROLL CALL.I'M MIKE, SUPERVISOR FINER HERE.
COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN JOY HABER PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS PRESENT, AND OF COURSE, OUR TOWN ATTORNEY, MR. JOE DKO PRESENT.
SO JOY GETS A FIRST AND LAST NAME.
I'M NOT GONNA LOOK UP AND ASK WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, BUT OKAY.
WE READY TO GET STARTED? GREAT.
[ Sarah Bracey-White/Arts & Culture Director - Presentation by Greenburgh Youth Poet Laureate Asa Miller]
SO, SARAH BRACY WHITE IS THE HEAD OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, AND SHE'S GONNA BE, UH, GIVING US A PRESENT PRESENTATION, UM, BY GREENBERG YOUTH POET LAUREATE ZA MILLER.UH, NATIONAL POETRY MONTH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1966 BY THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS TO CELEBRATE THE AMAZING WEALTH OF EMOTION, HUMOR, AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE FOUND IN POETRY.
IN A PROCLAMATION ISSUED THAT YEAR, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DECLARED NATIONAL POETRY MONTH OFFERS US A WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY THE UNSURPASSED BODY OF LITERATURE PRODUCED BY OUR POETS IN THE PAST, BUT ALSO THE VITALITY AND DIVERSITY OF VOICES REFLECTED IN THE WORKS OF TODAY'S AMERICAN POETRY, THEIR CREATIVITY AND WEALTH OF LANGUAGE ENRICH OUR CULTURE AND INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICANS TO LEARN THE POWER OF READING AND WRITING AT ITS BEST.
AS POET AUDREY LORD SAID, POETRY IS NOT A LUXURY.
IT IS A VITAL NECESSITY OF OUR EXISTENCE WITH US TONIGHT, AS WE CELEBRATE APRIL NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, I AM INVITING AA MILLER GREENBERG'S FIRST YOUTH POET LAUREATE, WHO WILL SHARE WITH YOU A POEM TO COME DOWN AND READ WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN.
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HELLO, EVERYBODY.UM, AND THIS POEM IS JUST SORT OF ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
UH, IT'S CALLED THE TWISTED TRAIL.
THE TWISTED TRAIL BY ASA MILLER.
I WALK THE TWISTED TRAIL ON A CHILLY DAY IN FALL.
OR IS IT WINTER NOW? EITHER WAY, MY HANDS SHAKE LEGS ACHE IN THE SKIES, A DARK GRAY.
AND THE ONLY SPARKLE AMONG THE SHALLOW PUDDLES IS A MEMORY OF THE SUMMER MORNING WHEN THIS HIKE BEGAN.
HOW LONG AGO WAS IT? THE SUN WOULD NOURISH MY SOUL WITH EACH RAY OF LIGHT THAT SEEPED THROUGH THE LEAVES, AND THOSE BIRDS THAT SANG LULLABIES WOULD LULL MY YOUTHFUL ABANDON OR MAYBE WOULD CALL LIKE SIRENS, URGING EACH STEP A NEW OPPORTUNITY, REPEATING MY NAME.
MY BODY WOULD ALLUDE TO THE GRASP OF GRAVITY AS I SKIPPED, NO PRACTICALLY GLIDED OFF THE GROUND.
EACH STEP TAKEN SO EFFORTLESSLY, ONLY AN OCCASIONAL ROOT OR ROCK WOULD TRIP ME UP.
BUT JUST AS FAST AS I WOULD FALL WAS I BACK UP ON MY FEET AGAIN.
AND THAT BREEZE, THAT WARM BREEZE THAT DIDN'T HOWL, BUT SIMPLY WHOOSHED WITH THE TREES.
O HOW TIME PASSED SO QUICKLY, THE WINDING OF THE PATH HAS MADE ME NAUSEOUS AND SICKLY.
EACH STEP REQUIRING A BIT MORE FORCE AND A LOT MORE NEGATIVITY.
HAS THE TRAIL GOTTEN HARDER? OR IS IT ME WHO IS JUST MORE FEEBLE? BECAUSE ALL AROUND ME ARE PEOPLE WHO PASS ME? NO PROBLEM.
FINALLY, THE SORES ON MY FEET DROP ME TO MY KNEES.
MY OLD SCARS BEGIN TO BLEED, AND I QUESTION THE VERY NEED FOR THIS WHOLE G*****N HIKE.
ANYWAYS, WHAT'S AT THE END? IS IT JUST MY STORY OF THIS PATH WITH ME ON THE GROUND AND HIKERS PASSING AROUND? LET'S SAY I HEAD BACK DOWN.
WHO'S GONNA STOP ME? THE ANSWER IS NO ONE REALLY.
IS IT WORTH ENDING EARLY IF I'VE MADE IT THIS FAR, BUT OH, HOW I MISSED THOSE LEAVES AND THE SUN, AND HOW NOTHING REALLY MATTERED WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
AND SO I PRAY FOR THE HIKE TO BE UNG AND FOR THE CALL OF THE BIRDS TO BE UNSUNG IN THE SOUND OF MY SCREAM AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS.
AND I LET MYSELF CRY JUST FOR ONCE.
I LAY THERE, SPRAWLED OUT ON THE GROUND, BUGS CRAWLING ON MY SKIN AS MY HEART POUNDS, MY BREATH GETS THIN.
WHEN I SEE A KID WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE ME, STOP BY TO CHECK IN, HE SEES I NEED HELP.
SO HE REACHES OUT HIS HAND, FEET, ALSO SORE EYES, ALSO RED.
BUT HIS SMILE TELLS ME THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH.
HIS VOICE IS GONE AS IF I ONCE SCREAMED TOO.
THE JOURNEY IS ALWAYS WORTH THE VIEW.
POWERFUL ACES SPEAKS TO THE NEXT PART OF MY PRESENTATION.
ROBERT FALLS SAID, POETRY IS WHEN AN EMOTION HAS FOUND ITS THOUGHT, AND THE THOUGHT HAS FOUND WORDS.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WRITING ABOUT EMOTIONAL THEMES IMPROVES OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
IT ALSO CAN REDUCE STRESS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION.
POETRY INSPIRES US TO DIVE DEEPLY INTO OUR EMOTIONAL DEPTH, ALLOWING US TO MOVE MORE EASILY TO PUT WORDS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN US, WHETHER IT'S HEARTACHE, GRIEF, JOY, OR GRATITUDE.
TODAY'S SOCIAL EVENTS HAVE NECESSITATED A NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS REACHED OUT TO ME FOR WAYS TO USE THE ARTS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. SO TONIGHT I STAND HERE ANNOUNCING THE FORMATION OF THE ARTS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY.
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS HAVE COME TO ME BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE PROPOSED COALITION.
SOME OF THEM ARE THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REPRESENTED BY LYNN GOODMAN, REVEREND LANE COBB, AND DELIA MARKS
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THE ZMA FOUNDATION, WHOSE MISSION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH RISKS AND CHALLENGES FACING OUR YOUTH AND PARENTS, AND ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO SUICIDE PREVENTION, EDUCATION, AND EFFORTS WITHIN THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL.EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL'S, BLUEBIRD PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS AND EXHIBIT DEDICATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IN TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINDER'S GALLERY FOR STUDENTS.
THE EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY UNTIL APRIL 19TH.
ERIN JACOBSON, WHO IS WITH US TONIGHT, WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO REACHED OUT TO ME.
ERIN IS NOT ONLY AN ARTIST, SHE IS A LICENSED ART THERAPIST.
SOMA VAJ PAE, AN ARTIST WHO HAS EXHIBITED HERE IN GREENBURG TOWN HALL, CANNOT BE WITH US TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE'S HOME TENDING TO A SICK CHILD.
SHE'S AN ARTIST AND A RECENTLY MINTED ART THERAPIST.
WITH US TONIGHT, WE HAVE NINA BAYLEN ROBBINS, ONE OF THE FINALISTS OF THE RECENT WESTCHESTER COUNTY SEARCH FOR POET LAUREATE.
NINA USES POETRY IN HER COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF COMMUNITY WHEN MENTAL HEALTH.
SHE'S TEACHING 11 CLASSES THIS WEEK AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND LASTLY, VANESSA WALKER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION AND ASSISTANT CLINICAL COORDINATOR OF GREENBURG'S CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, HAS AGREED TO SPEAK TO THE COALITION AND OFFER ADVICE AS THEY EMBARK ON THEIR JOURNEY.
IF THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WATCHING THIS TOWN BOARD MEETING WHO WISH TO BE A PART OF THE COALITION, I AM ASKING THAT THEY EMAIL ME AT SARAH BRACY.WHITE@GMAIL.COM, AND I WILL CONNECT YOU WITH THE ARTS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH THE ARTS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY.
THE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT WILL NOW RECONVENE WITH ME TO THE LEE F JACKSON MEETING ROOM.
I JUST, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.
UH, YOU'RE ORGANIZING OR HELPING US ORGANIZE AN ARTS MARKET AT THE END OF APRIL, AND I'M WONDERING IF, UM, SOME OF THE ARTISTS, UM, COULD EXHIBIT, UM, THEIR ARTWORK AT THIS, AT THIS MARKET, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE AT RICHARD PRESSER, UH, FIELD.
UH, I THINK, WHAT IS IT, APRIL, 2020.
UM, AND, UM, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE, AND I THINK THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE THERE, AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD, UM, HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE ARTS COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, DOES.
AND, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANY, I'VE, I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT AND WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE APPLIED THAT WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF VET IT DOWN TO A NUMBER THAT'S MANAGEABLE.
BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN IT ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY EXIST, UM, EXHIBITED IN GREENBURG'S, VARIOUS GALLERIES.
AND I'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T MISSING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS EVENT.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 PEOPLE AND WE HAVE THEM NOT JUST PRESENTING ART, OUR TAGLINE READS, COME SEE ART, COME BY ART, AND COME MAKE ART.
WE ASK OUR, UM, EXHIBITORS TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE ARTISTS WITHIN THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GO HOME AND BECOME ARTISTS ON THEIR OWN.
CAN I JUST ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION TOO? ARI POET, YOU LAURET.
UM, UH, COULD YOU TELL US ONE THING THAT I WAS CURIOUS, IS IT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WHEN YOU READ IT LIKE SO POWERFUL, AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY TIPS FOR OTHER, UH, STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BECOME FUTURE POET LAUREATES.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE QUALITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF BEING A, UH, A GOOD POET? AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE HERE? AND YOU CAN, IF YOUR ANSWER, JUST COME TO THE MIC FOR US, PLEASE.
I DIDN'T TELL HIM IT WAS GONNA BE A Q AND A, UM, FOR ACTUALLY WRITING POETRY.
UH, FOR ME, MY MAIN PROCESS, AND I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IS JUST SORT OF THINKING ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND HAVING LIKE A NOTEPAD OR HAVING SOMETHING ON YOUR PHONE.
SOME SORT OF NOTES WHERE YOU COULD WRITE DOWN YOUR IDEAS, WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU WANNA WRITE ABOUT, SOME SORT OF METAPHOR, SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, RHYTHM RHYMING
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SCHEME THAT YOU FEEL WOULD MATCH WHATEVER A POEM YOU'RE GOING FOR.AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT LIKE THE PUBLIC SPEAKING, UH, ACTUALLY PRESENTING A POEM, IT TAKES A LOT OF, A LOT OF COURAGE TO DO.
UM, AND JUST LIKE A LOT OF PRACTICE, UH, I'VE PRESENTED A FEW POEMS SO FAR, AND LIKE, HONESTLY, ALMOST ALL OF THEM I'VE MADE ONE OR TWO MISTAKES.
SO
AND DID YOU, YOU KNOW, DO YOU STU LIKE, IF YOU'RE A MUSICIAN, YOU'LL STUDY WITH A, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN.
IS IT THE SAME THING WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING? LIKE HOW DID, HOW DID YOU BECOME SO GOOD? YEAH, WELL,
UM, AND ALSO I HAVE MY DAD WHO'S ABLE TO LOOK AT MY POEMS AND ALSO MY TEACHER, UM, SHE'S, WHEN SHE HAS THE CHANCE, SHE CAN LOOK AT POEMS THAT I'M TRYING TO PRESENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SARAH BRACY WHITE FOR THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, NOT ONLY TO BRING BEAUTY TO LIFE, BUT BRING A, THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, WHETHER IT'S IN WRITING OR ART OR POETRY.
UM, AND JUST ON ANOTHER NOTE, MENTAL HEALTH IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE CAN FEEL ISOLATED.
SO IT IS A WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF, LIKE THE, THE VERY SHY ACTOR WHO CAN GO ON STAGE AND EMOTE.
IT GIVES YOU A WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELVES AND YOUR FEELINGS WITHIN.
AND YOU ARE HIDING, BUT YOU ARE SHOWING YOURSELF AT THE SAME TIME.
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF BRAVERY.
AND I THANK YOU, SARAH, FOR GIVING PEOPLE THE AGENCY TO DO THIS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT WE GIVE TO OTHERS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR OURSELVES AS A CHILD.
I HAD THESE INCLINATIONS, BUT THERE WAS NOT A FACILITY OR A PLACE THAT ENCOURAGED IT.
AND I ACTUALLY DESIGNED THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE I FEEL THAT EVERYONE IS CREATIVE.
THE PROBLEM IS MOST OF THEM THINK THEY AREN'T, OR SOMEONE HAS TOLD THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT.
AND PAUL, THE WAY YOU GET TO BE GOOD LIKE ASA IS THROUGH EXPERIENCE.
I GET KIDS IN WRITING PROGRAMS WHO ARE VERY SHY WHEN THEY START OUT.
I HAD A CHILD WHOSE MOTHER SAID TO ME THAT SHE WAS, UM, SELECTIVELY MUTE.
SHE DID NOT TALK IN CLASS THE FIRST DAY I PASSED HER CLASSROOM.
AND SHE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE DOESN'T WANNA BE REINCARNATED 'CAUSE SHE MIGHT BE AN ANIMAL SHE DOESN'T LIKE.
AND I SAID TO THE MOTHER, I THOUGHT YOU SAID SHE DIDN'T TALK.
SHE SAID, EVIDENTLY THAT CLASS HAS MADE HER FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO SHARE HERSELF WITH HIM.
AND THAT'S WHAT ALL MY PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED ON.
IT IS TO MAKE THE CHILD FEEL A PART OF A COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN THEY BEGIN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, THEY'RE NOT AFRAID.
AND ONCE YOU GET PAST THE FEAR FACTOR, PEOPLE WILL BE THEMSELVES.
THEY WILL BE THE CREATIVE PERSON THAT THEY ARE.
AND ONCE YOU STAND IN FRONT OF THE MIC AND HAVE THE AUDIENCE BEHIND YOU FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, YOU GET VERY GOOD AT THE PRESENTATION OF IT.
BUT IT IS, IF YOU DON'T GET THE EXPERIENCE.
AND WHERE DO WRITERS GET THAT EXPERIENCE? THEY DON'T PLAY IN A SOFTBALL GAME.
THEY DON'T PLAY ON A STAGE WITH ACTING.
THEY WRITE THESE THINGS AND THE ONLY PERSON WHO GETS TO SEE IT OR THE PARENTS.
I PUBLISHED A BOOK OF WORK BY THESE CHILDREN, AND WE ALSO HAVE COPIES HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN POETRY.
IT'S PUBLISHED BY THE POETRY CARAVAN, WHICH GOES INTO NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS AND READS POETRY TO PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE LOST, BUT WHO SPEAK UP AND FIND THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY REMEMBER THESE FORMS FROM THEIR YOUTH.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, ELLEN FOR, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
WELL, YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND IT REMARKABLE
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, PASS A LAW PREVENTING SARAH FROM EVER RETIRING.
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AYE.[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
UH, WE HAVE THE TOWN CLERK COMMENTS.MY NAME IS LISA MARIA NIRO, AND I AM PROUD TO SERVE AS YOUR TOWN CLERK.
I AM, UH, CURRENTLY SERVING A TWO YEAR TERM, AND, UH, THE TERM STARTED JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
AND, UM, IT CURRENTLY RUNS UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
I AM PROUD TO BRING TO YOU, UM, MY A HUNDRED DAY REPORT FOR THE TOWN
ALREADY, ALREADY A HUNDRED DAYS.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THE TOWN CLERK DOES, AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, UM, UH, WITH THE CUSTODIAN OF TOWN RECORDS.
WE ARE DESIGNATED BY THE STATE AS THE TOWN RECORDS MANAGER OFFICER.
UH, THE TOWN LAW REQUIRES TO KEEP COMPLETE AND ACCURATE RECORDS OF THE PROCEEDING AT EACH MEETING.
AND I'M REQUIRED TO RECORD ALL LOCAL LAWS FILED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
AND RIGHT NOW YOU CAN CURRENTLY FIND THE, UH, TOWN LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE TOWN BOARD ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE TOWN CLERK, HEADING ON GREENBURG NEW YORK.COM.
UM, OF THE SEVERAL, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I HAVE, UM, ALREADY, UM, BEEN, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR, I'VE APPOINTED THE FIRST HISPANIC DEPUTY CLERK IN THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK, UM, OF TOWN OF GREENBERG.
UM, I'VE INITIATED FREE SERVICE NOTARY SERVICES FOR GREENBURG RESIDENTS, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, INITIATED BY OUR VERY OWN HONORABLE AL FRIDA WILLIAMS, WHO WAS IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, AND I HAVE, UM, ALSO, UH, EXTENDED THE EVENING HOURS ON TOWN BOARD MEETING DAYS FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM.
UM, I'VE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL LEADERSHIP EVENTS.
I MODERATED SEVERAL POLITICAL FORUMS, AND I'VE ATTENDED, UH, MANY CAUCUSES TRAININGS AND OF COURSE ANNUAL MEETINGS REPRESENTING THE TOWN BOARD.
AND I'VE ATTENDED MONTHLY MEETINGS OF THE VARIOUS TOWN AND COUNTY MEETINGS.
UM, UH, REGARDING OUR, OUR SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, IT WILL BE RELEASED ON, UM, ON MONDAY WHEN WE DO A PRESS RELEASE.
AND YOU CAN CURRENTLY FIND THE APPLICATION ON THE GREENBERG NEW YORK.COM WEBSITE, AGAIN, IN THE TOWN CLERK SECTION, RIGHT UNDER THE FILED LAWS FOR 2024.
AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ADDRESS, UM, TERRANCE, IF YOU CAN BRING IT UP, IF YOU, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UM, THE FORMER CLERK, CLERK HAD STATED THAT, UM, SHE HAD INITIATED THE, UH, SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UM, BUT BY THE ADVICE OF HONORABLE ALFREDA WILLIAMS, I SEARCHED THE MINUTES, AND IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, UH, TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, TOWN OF GREENBURG DATED FEBRUARY 24TH, 1988.
AND YOU GO TO THE SECOND PAGE, WHICH IS, UH, ON PAGE 20, YOU'LL SEE THE THIRD ENTRY ON THE REQUEST FOR BUDGET TRANSFERS IS, UH, INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR $3,250.
AND THIS WAS OF COURSE, TRANSFERRED FROM THE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT, AND THIS WAS TO SET UP NEW PROGRAMS PER AGREEMENT WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
AND AT THAT POINT, UM, IF YOU GO TO THE LAST PAGE, JUST TO CON JUST AS WE GO TO THE LAST PAGE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS UNDER SUPERVISOR ANTHONY VETERAN, AND OF COURSE, THIS WAS SIGNED BY SUSAN TOLSON TOWN CLERK.
UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD THAT, UM, THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS BEGAN UNDER SUSAN TOLSONS, UH, ADMINISTRATION, AND I JUST WANTED TO SET THAT STRAIGHT.
WE'VE SELECTED KNOWLEDGE, JUDITH P WE HAD AN INTERN PROGRAM FOR 15 YEARS AND THINK IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
AND NO MATTER WHO STARTED OR WHATEVER, THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO INVOLVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT PROCESSES.
SO WE APPRECIATE ANYONE WHO HAS INSPIRED OR MOTIVATED YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET, UM, INVOLVED IN, UM, IN, IN PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SERVICE.
UH, MANY OF THE FORMER INTERNS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVE COME BACK SAYING THAT IT REALLY CHANGED YOUR LIVES.
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I, UH, I'M REALLY PROUD OF, OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE, IN THE PAST.AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE SOME FUTURE ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE NATIONAL, STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL LEVELS WHO WILL SAY THEY GOT THEIR START IN GREENBURG.
[ 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]
WE HAVE, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.UM, AND THE FIRST HEARING, ACTUALLY THE ONLY HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW, UH, 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 THE DECISIONS, UM, IS THAT THE DECISION IS DONE AF OKAY.
AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PAUL, THAT WAS A MOTION TO OPEN THE HEARING.
I WILL PRESENT THIS PROPOSED LAW THAT MY OFFICE HAS PUT TOGETHER, AS THE SUPERVISOR SAID.
UH, THIS IS TO CREATE A NEW CHAPTER WITHIN THE TOWN CODE, AND IT WOULD BE CHAPTER 3 43 ENTITLED DONATION BINS, CLOTHING BINS, AND RECYCLING BINS.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS LAW IS TO ENSURE THAT USERS OF THESE BINS KNOW WHERE THE CLOTHING IS GOING, WHETHER IT IS FOR, UM, CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR WHETHER IT IS FOR PROFIT PURPOSES.
AND IT'S ALSO TO REGULATE THE BINS THEMSELVES TO ENSURE SAFETY WITH THE TOWN.
TO CREATE THE RECORD, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
UM, IF THIS LAW IS TO BE PASSED, UH, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO INCORPORATE PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW SECTION 3 99 DASH BBBB AS IN BOY, UH, WITHIN THE TOWN CODE.
AND THAT SECTION OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW LOOKS TO PUT SIGNAGE OR TEXT ON ALL OF THESE DONATION BINS.
AND THERE ARE FOUR OPTIONS, UM, THAT YOU, IF IT PASSED WITHIN THE TOWN, WE'LL PUT A SIGN ON EACH BIN.
AND THE FOUR OPTIONS ARE ONE, CLOTHING COLLECTED IS TO BE SHREDDED AND SOLD PROCEEDS TO GO TO A FOR-PROFIT VENDOR.
OPTION TWO IS CLOTHING COLLECTED, IS TO BE SHREDDED AND SOLD.
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
OPTION THREE, CLOTHING COLLECTED IS TO BE SHREDDED AND SOLD.
A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
AND OPTION FOUR IS CLOTHING COLLECTED IS TO BE DONATED TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
IF THE CLOTHING IS DEEMED UNUSABLE, UNUSABLE, IT WILL BE SHREDDED AND SOLD.
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION.
SO ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROPOSED LAW, UM, TALKS ABOUT FILING INFORMATION WITHIN THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR EACH OF THESE DONATION BINS.
UM, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE OPTIONS I JUST SAID, WHETHER IT'S FOR A CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR FOR PROFIT.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE NAME DIMENSIONS, DESIGN, SIGNAGE AND LOCATION OF THE DONATION BIN, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE OWNER, LESSEE OR OTHER PERSON OR LEGAL ENTITY IN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY, CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE PERSON WHO CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESPOND TO MAINTENANCE.
AND, UM, ALSO JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROPOSED LAW, WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE BINS THEMSELVES, WHICH IS THEY SHOULD NOT BE PLACED ON RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
THEY SHALL BE PLACED OUTSIDE ON AN ENCLOSED BUILDING OF AN ENCLOSED BUILDING ON A FLAT, SOLID DUST-FREE SURFACE AND ANCHORED.
UM, THEY NEED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SIGHT LINES FOR, UH, ONSITE PARKING, DRIVEWAY SPACE, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, AND ANY OTHER ELEMENTS THAT THE BUILDING INSPECT THEIR, UM, DETERMINES TO PRESERVE SAFE AND ADEQUATE VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ON THE PREMISES.
WE DON'T WANT THESE PUT IN A PLACE WHERE THEY LIMIT THE SIGHT LINES AND THERE'S AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BECAUSE OF THESE, UM, BINS.
UH, THEY WILL BE CLOSED EXCEPT FOR A SMALL, APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO ACTUALLY PUT THE ITEMS WITHIN THE DONATION BIN AND THEY WILL BE LOCKED WITH A ONE-WAY TRAP DOOR DEVICE.
SO TO STOP, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY BURGLARIES OR TO PREVENT ANY, UH, HARM THAT MAY OCCUR FOR SOMEONE USING THEM.
AND ALSO THEY SHOULD BE SIX FEET IN WIDTH AND SIX FEET IN LENGTH AND SIX FEET IN HEIGHT.
IF YOU ARE FOUND, UH, TO BE SERVED WITH A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, YOU'LL HAVE 30 DAYS TO CORRECT.
IF IT'S NOT CORRECTED WITHIN THAT 30 DAYS, OR IF THERE'S NO GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS,
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THEN WE MOVE TO A SUMMONS.AND IF FOUND GUILTY OF CONVICTION, IT'S $500 FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND IT ESCALATES AFTER THAT.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL.
I I JUST HAVE ONE, UH, QUESTION.
UH, ONE RESIDENT, UM, HAD ASKED, UM, SOMETIMES WHEN LAWS ARE PASSED, UM, IF THERE'S AN EXISTING LIKE BUILDING OR OPERA A BUSINESS, THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED, THIS WOULD APPLY TO EXISTING, UH, BINS, NOT ONLY NEW ONES, RIGHT? THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT, THIS LAW WOULD TAKE EFFECT WHEN IT'S FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND IT WOULD APPLY TO ALL DONATION BINS.
THERE IS NO AMORTIZATION PERIOD WRITTEN WITHIN THIS LAW.
HOWEVER, IT DOES PROVIDE THAT 30 DAY PERIOD FOR THE OWNER OR TENANT OR WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS BEFORE THEY'RE SUMMED AND HAVE TO GO TO COURT.
SO IF THERE'S A BIN THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR ON, ON A BUSINESS, UH, FOR 10 YEARS OR WHATEVER, THEY STILL WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY.
UH, SO WE OPENED UP THE HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK YOU? AND IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ALSO IT'S IN REFERENCE ONLY TO THE LAW AND, UH, NO OTHER ITEMS AT THIS TIME.
THE, HI, MY NAME'S BRIAN FETCH.
UM, AS YOU READ THE LAW, I WAS JUST SIMPLY THINKING ABOUT, UM, POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS OR THINGS.
AND THE ONE THING THAT CROSSED MY MIND, I'M SORRY, DID YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF? YES, YES.
UM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE SIZE, SIZE, UH, CONSTRAINT, WHETHER THAT NEED BE MANDATORY, WHETHER THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS, SO, SO IT, IT JUST SEEMED THAT WE MIGHT, WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, THE PURPOSE IS TO HEAR COMMENTS.
SO EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS, IT WILL BE REFLECTED ON.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE, SUGGESTIONS OR CRITICISMS OR, UH, THEN WE, WE WELCOME IT.
MY THOUGHT WAS J JUST SIMPLY, UH, WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SIZE BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY OF RECYCLING BINS IS RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S ALL I'M THINKING.
UM, WE DID MODEL THIS, UM, FOR LAWS THAT EXIST IN OTHER AREAS AND THAT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE THE SIZE THAT WE SEE AS GENERALLY IMPLEMENTED.
AND IF THERE WAS EVER A NEED IN THE FUTURE FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO WANT TO CHANGE THE SIZE, IF WE FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE SMALLER FOR SAFETY PURPOSES OR BIGGER, IT'S FOR MORE DONATIONS.
WE COULD REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CHANGE IT AT THE TIME.
IF, UM, WE FOUND SIX BY SIX BY SIX TO BE APPROPRIATE.
NOW THE, THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GENESIS OF, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATION WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I DONATE USED CLOTHES AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WHEN I GO TO THESE BINS AND THEY'RE USUALLY VERY ATTRACTIVE LOOKING BINS, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS GIVING TO CHARITY.
AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE COLORFUL PICTURES AND YOU REALLY THINK YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING GOOD.
MY WIFE, UH, WILL USUALLY WASH THE CLOTHING AND FOLDED NICELY.
AND THEN I FOUND THAT IT'S BEING, UH, SHREDDED.
UM, AND UH, NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN OUR, ON ALEY ROAD IN EDGEMONT, THERE'S A CHURCH, UH, THE GREENVILLE, YOU KNOW, CHURCH AND THEY GIVE TO CHARITY.
SO NOW I'M DROPPING IT OFF THERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST SORT OF THINK THAT IT WOULD BE NICE IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE GOAL IS TO GIVE IT TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS GONNA USE THE CLOTHING, YOU KNOW, I WOULD DRIVE 10 MINUTES AWAY TO GIVE IT.
IF ON THE OTHER HAND, IF IT'S BEING SHREDDED, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AND I'M NOT GOING GO THERE, SIR, WE, WE TYPICALLY HAVE JUST ONE PERIOD FOR EACH SPEAKER.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THIS TONIGHT.
SO THIS COULD BE YOUR SECOND ROUND.
THIS COULD BE YOUR SECOND ROUND.
I THINK THE MOTIVATION FOR THE LAW WAS VERY GOOD AND SORT OF, I'M A BIG DIS A BIG ADVOCATE OF GOOD DISCLOSURE.
SO, SO, UH, SU SU SUPERVISOR, FINER, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.
AND THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN THE LAW.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE IT THAT BIG.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
COULD YOU GIMME A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY? SO YOU CAN HAVE FOUR BINS, YOU'RE SAYING, SO AND
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YOU SAYING THERE'S GONNA BE FOUR BINS? NO, JUST ONE.OH, FOUR OPTIONS TO PUT THE GOTCHA TO PUT THE NOTICE ON THE, ON THE BIN.
SO YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT WHAT YOU'RE INTENDING TO DO WITH THE BIN.
SO, SO WHO'S GONNA BE DOING THE SHREDDING AND WHAT DETERMINES FOR SOMETHING TO BE SHREDDED? SO THE COMPANIES THAT COLLECT THESE ITEMS, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT THEY DO.
THEY EITHER TAKE THE CLOTHING AND ACTUALLY GIVE IT TO CHARITY, OR A LOT OF TIMES THEY BREAK IT DOWN THEMSELVES, THEY SHRED THE ITEMS, UM, AND THEY SELL THAT FOR PROFIT.
SO LIKE AS SUPERVISOR FINER WAS SAYING, IF YOU GO TO A DONATION BIN RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE ITEMS ARE GOING.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GO AND DONATE AND GIVE A CHARITABLE CAUSE NOW YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT LITTLE STICKER.
SO ONCE SOMETHING IS SHREDDED, IT'S GONNA BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE WAY IT'S BEEN.
THAT'S, IT COULD BE NOT TOTALLY.
SO WHERE IS THE SHREDDING COME FROM? THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE A SHREDDING, IT'S GONNA BE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY COMPANY.
SO THEN WHO MAINTAINS AND COMES AND PICKS UP THE CLOTHING.
NOW THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE CLOTHING.
SO HAVE YOU HAD DETERMINE, DETERMINE WHERE THESE BINS ARE GONNA BE YET? NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.
SO THEY, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
THERE'S A BIN AT THE, IT'S A SIGNAGE FOR THE BINS.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THAT BIN, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE STUFF THAT YOU PUT IN THE BIN.
EXAMPLE IS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN OUTSIDE OVER THERE.
A COMPANY IS GIVING THE TOWN 70, I THINK $75 A MONTH, BUT IT'S A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR, FOR YEARS.
GOT THOSE BANDS, THE LIBRARY HAZARD.
NOW WE MAY DECIDE AFTER THIS LAW HAS PASSED THAT WE WOULD WANNA, UH, REBID, UH, AND THEN GIVE OTHER COMPANIES THE OPTION OF, UM, HAVING A, A BIN THAT IS GONNA USE A CLOSE AND GIVE IT TO CHARITY.
PAUL, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT MY TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
I STILL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY.
I FORGOT WHAT THE QUESTION WAS.
I WAS READY HERE IT COME BACK.
IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BINS.
IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE BINS.
UH OH, WHO GOES AROUND THE, BECAUSE I SOMETIMES I SEE THOSE BINS AND THEY'RE OVERFLOW.
SO IS SOMEBODY GONNA BE GOING AROUND WEEKLY, MONTHLY TO CHECK THESE BINS? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THEM AND SOMETIMES CLOTHES ARE ON THE SIDE OVERFLOWING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT AND MAYBE SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF, UM, RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANIES WHO OWN THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
BECAUSE CERTAINLY IF THE CLOTHING IS FOR RECYCLING OR FOR GIVING AWAY, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE DESTROYED BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS.
COULD HE ADD AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAW THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, THE COMPANIES TO UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TO REMOVE THE ITEMS WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME? YOU KNOW, OR, OR YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT OVERFLOW FLOWING? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
YOU ALSO NEED A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF BINS THAT YOU CAN HAVE IT ON THAT AND A LOT.
THE FIRST SUGGESTION THAT, THAT'S A GREAT ONE.
WE COULD DEFINITELY INCORPORATE THAT.
DO WE HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR NUMBER OF BINS? I, A LOT? YEAH.
THEY'RE SIDE BY SIDE I'VE SEEN.
THEY COULD BE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE NOW AND SEE HOW MANY THERE ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE THAN ONE.
AND DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE BLOCK PERHAPS AND THE LOCATION.
WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE TWO AMENDMENTS ALSO IN BI THINK SINCE EVERY ONE OF THE SIX PROVISIONS STARTS WITH DONATION BINS, CLOTHING BINS, AND RECYCLING BINS SHALL, UH, WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT THAT INTO THE HEADING AND JUST LIST THE REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO SAY THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO SECTIONS ONE AND FIVE SAY SHALL NOT.
WELL THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT, RIGHT? IT WOULD START THE REQUIREMENT WITH SHALL OR SHALL NOT.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP REPEATING DONATION BILL, CLOTHING BINS AND, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE AS THE, THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE SOMETHING SHORT.
BUT I AM OFFERING THIS ONE TIME, UH OH.
IS THERE A TIME MARK, MARK, THE DATE IS, IS THERE A TIMEFRAME ON IT? THIS IS YOUR ONE TIME PER EVERY FIVE YEARS
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ORANYBODY ELSE? VERY GOOD COMMENTS.
THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
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NEXT.UH, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ANYBODY WANT TO COMMENT? SHOULD, UH, FILL OUT A CARD AND THE TOWN CLERK WILL, UH, CALL YOU IN THE ORDER OF, UH, YES, THE REQUEST.
AND COULD I JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT THERE IS ONE ROUND? THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER SHEEN FOR REMINDING ME IN PUBLIC HEARING, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TWO ROUNDS, PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ALWAYS HAVE ONE.
AND IT'S A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT PER SPEAKER.
WE HAVE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS OF ANY KIND TOWARD ANYONE WILL BE PERMITTED.
FIRST WE HAVE HONORABLE ALFREDA WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK LISA FOR HER RESEARCH IN DETERMINING THE ACTUAL ORIGINAL PROGRAM FOR THE, UH, SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM BECAUSE I HAD BEEN SAYING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT IT WAS NOT STARTED, UH, IT WAS STARTED BY SUSAN AND SUSAN HERSELF.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND SHE DIDN'T REMEMBER.
SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE RESEARCH AND THE ACCURACY OF YOUR COMMENTS AND UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'M AT 27 OVERTON ROAD IN EDGEMONT.
UH, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN MY HOUSE FOR 26 YEARS AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A WATER ISSUE IN THE BACKYARDS, UH, FOR THE HOUSES THAT ARE BEHIND ARDSLEY OLD ARMY AND, UH, OVERTON ROAD, IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
I HAVE A MAP AND I HAVE PICTURES.
SHOULD I BRING THAT UP? YOU COULD HAVE TO SPEAK IF YOU'D LIKE.
YOU COULD HAND IT UP AFTER YOU SPEAK.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, THERE ARE 10 HOUSES, UH, BEHIND, UH, THOSE ROADS AND WE SHARE A BACKYARD SORT OF AREA.
IT'S A GIANT BOWL AND IT FILLS WITH WATER.
SO THE WATER ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, I HAD TALKED TO THE TOWN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
I SORT OF GAVE IT A BREAK FOR A WHILE.
I CAME BACK LAST FRIDAY AND I HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL MY HISTORY AND PICTURES.
UH, BUT LUCKILY I GOT TO MEET WITH ROBERT RISLEY, WHO'S A PRINCIPAL ENGINEER.
HE HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUE.
UH, HE WAS VERY SYMPATHETIC AND HE NOTED THAT IT DEFINITELY WAS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDED A SOLUTION.
WE HAVE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE WET BASEMENTS, WE HAVE A MOSQUITO ISSUE.
WE HAVE LOST THE MOST OF THE USE OF MANY OF OUR BACKYARDS.
UM, AND, UH, THERE WAS SOME TALK YEARS AGO OF A SOLUTION ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY OR WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY WE COULDN'T RESOLVE IT AT THAT TIME.
BUT MR. RISLEY SUGGESTED THAT I RALLY THE NEIGHBORS AND I DID DO THAT.
TWO OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE HERE AT SE YOU'RE AT 70? YEAH.
IN ADDITION, I'VE HEARD FROM 25 OVERTON 17 OVERTON 131 ARDSLEY AND 14 OVERTON.
THOSE ARE THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IMPACTED BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE LOW POINT.
SO, UM, WE WANNA TALK TO THE TOWN.
WE'RE HERE IN TOGETHER TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ALL IN SUPPORT OF A SOLUTION.
UM, AND WE'D BE WILLING TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET THIS DONE THIS TIME AROUND.
UM, AND THE WATER, JUST SO YOU KNOW AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE PICTURES, CAN BE AS DEEP AS THREE FEET.
UH, THERE'S A STONE WALL THAT RUNS AN ANCIENT STONE WALL THAT RUNS ACROSS OUR BACKYARDS.
IT'S AT THE POINT NOW THAT IT'S COVERING THE STONE WALL.
UH, THE LAST PICTURE IN MY PACKET, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IS FROM 2001 WHEN I STARTED TAKING PICTURES.
UM, I WISH I HAD THE PROBLEM THAT I HAD IN 2001.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE MY BACKYARD IN THAT PICTURE.
SO I'VE LABELED EVERYTHING AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE, BUT IF SOMEONE COULD CONTACT US, CONTACT US FROM THE TOWN.
DID YOU SEND US THOSE PICTURES? I SENT THE PICTURES TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
WOULD YOU RESEND THEM PLEASE? TO TOWN BOARD APP? OH, SURE.
GREEN BROOK, NY YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
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THANK YOU.NEXT WE HAVE HONORABLE JUDITH BEVILLE.
IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME THE EXTENT TO WHICH SOME WILL GO IN THEIR EFFORTS TO DIS DISMISS AND DIMINISH.
UM, THE, THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT I MADE TO THIS TOWN DURING MY 15 YEARS AS TOWN CLERK.
YOU KNOW, UM, THIS TOWN IS LIKE 235 YEARS OLD AND I WOULD REALLY BE SURPRISED IF NOBODY ELSE OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE YEARS EVER INTRODUCED SOME INTERNS OR SOME APPRENTICES TO THIS TOWN.
I ASKED SUSAN TOLSON ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHE CREATED THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THIS TOWN, AND SHE SAID TO ME, WHAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SECONDLY, AND THIS IS A MAJOR FACT.
NO ONE EVER CREATED, AT LEAST IT HASN'T BEEN DOCUMENTED.
THE STUDENT NEWS NET GREENBERG STUDENT NEWS NETWORK OR THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL, UM, SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, EXCEPT PAUL FINER TIM LEWIS AND JUDITH BRAIL DURING THE PAST 15 YEARS.
NO ONE HAS EVER, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE IMPACTED CLOSE TO 400 LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE COMING HERE EACH SUMMER, GOING THROUGH OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I CAME HERE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT AGAIN.
PARKS AND MONUMENTS DEDICATED TO WOMEN IN NEW YORK, WOMEN'S RIGHTS PIONEERS, SOJOURNER TRUTH, SUSAN B. ANTHONY ELIZABETH, KATIE STATON, PIONEERS AMONG THE MANY LEADERS AND COUNTLESS ADVOCATES OF THE AMERICAN WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT MOVEMENT, THERE'S A MEMORIAL TO FRENCH PATRIARCH JOAN OF VAR, HARRIET TUBMAN MEMORIAL.
HARRIET TUBMAN, WHO HELPED LIBERATE OVER 1000 ENSLAVED INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES AND PARTICIPATED IN THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, WHO CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF SOCIAL REFORM AND RACIAL EQUITY EQUALITY MONUMENTS TO WOMEN WHO WERE VETERANS TRAILBLAZING, AMERICAN AUTHOR, UH, AND PAT AND PATRON, GERTRUDE STEIN AT BRYANT PARK, SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, ABOUT TO BE ERECTED AT PROSPECT PARK.
NUMEROUS OTHER MONUMENTS AND NOTABLE PERMANENT ARTS AND PARTS SURROUND NEW YORK MENTIONED THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE.
WHY CAN'T WE THEN HERE IN GREENBURG COME TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER SHOULD BE NAMED IN HONOR OF BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE AS PROPOSED, THE BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE EXTENSION, BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE COMMISSIONER, APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMISSIONER OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE FIRST WOMAN HERE IN FAIRVIEW, WHO ORGANIZED MOTHERS TO RALLY FOR SAFE, UM, UM, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR CHILDREN.
THE FIRST WOMAN, THE FIRST OF ANYONE TO ORGANIZE THE JAZZ SERIES AT THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
SHE, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG OR IN TOWN GREENBURG AS SUCH WHO SAT DOWN AND WROTE A PROPOSAL GAINING HER OVER TWO, 2000, I'M SORRY, $2 MILLION.
AND THEN ANOTHER 700,000 TOTALING CLOSE TO $3 MILLION TO UPGRADE AND BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR OF THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
I WAS TOLD THAT THE THEODORE DE YOUNG ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, FOUND THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO, UH, HELPING TO ERECT THE SECOND FLOOR.
WELL, THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON.
AND THAT WAS BARBARA WATSON PERRY WHO WROTE THE PROPOSAL, WHO OBTAINED CLOSE TO THREE, $3 MILLION TO BUILD THAT SECOND, UH, UH, FLOOR.
AND THERE'S NO LOGICAL REASON THAT I, OR I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE
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WHO COULD COME UP WITH AS TO WHY THE SECOND FLOOR SHOULD NOT BE NAMED THE BARBARA WATSON PERRY EXTENSION IN HONOR OF BARBARA WATSON PERRY AND THE LEGACY THAT SHE CREATED IN THIS TOWN.NEXT WE HAVE MR. CLIFF ABRAMS. WELL, ON THAT, HOW EVERYBODY DOING CLIFF ABRAMS? OH MAN.
SO I WAS LOOKING, YOU KNOW, I WAS HOME.
I SAID SHOULD I COME HERE TONIGHT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT REALLY TO BE A WASTE OF TIME.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE WATCHED, WATCHED IT SO THEY MIGHT LISTEN.
EVEN IF Y'ALL DON'T LISTEN, JOHN 8 44, YOU ARE YOUR FATHER.
THE DEVIL YOU WILL, YOUR WILL IS TO YOUR FATHER'S DESIRE.
HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING AND DOES NOT STAND IN THE TRUTH BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM.
WHEN HE LIES, HE SPEAK OUT OF HIS OWN CHARACTER FOR HE IS A LIAR AND A FATHER OF LIES.
ANYWAY, SO LAST BOARD MEETING, WE WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTER AL WALLS AND UM, FRANCIS HIN SAID THAT WE NEED TO DO OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY BECAUSE CLIFF IS IRRESPONSIBLE WHEN IT COME TO FINANCE.
AND THAT WE DIDN'T PAY OUR BILL.
AND I THINK YOU SAW APOLOGY BECAUSE I HAD TERRENCE COME UP AND SAY THAT WE PAID OUR BILL AND THE REASON WHY WE PAID OUR BILL LATE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET THE MONEY UNTIL DECEMBER, WHICH TERRENCE KNEW.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ALL PAID UP UP TO THE DAY.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T PAY PAST MARCH BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU TO SAY HE HAD A BOARD MEETING ON TV THAT I'M IRRESPONSIBLE YOUR OWE APOLOGY.
THEN MR. BOYKINS ASKED, UM, THE BOARD IS THE PERSON WHO WITH CLIFF EVERYBODY.
AND THEN MR FINALLY SAID TO ME, BECAUSE WE SENT AN EMAIL, I GOT ON AN EMAIL.
HE SAID, THE TOWN BOARD DON'T WANT TO MEET WITH CLIFF ABRAMS AND THAT COMMUNITY SOMEWHERE OUR WALLS INCORPORATED 5 0 1 C3.
HE SAID, CLIFF ABRAMS PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, UM, I AM ON THE HUMAN RACES COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
I DID AN HONORS DISCUSSION ON RACISM IN GREENBURG.
AND LYNN GOODMAN, WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OR CO-CHAIR NOW CAME HERE IN FRONT OF Y'ALL TO TELL Y'ALL THAT, UM, HOW MUCH IMPORTANT I WAS WHEN IT COME TO BLACK ISSUES IN FAIRVIEW.
AND THEN SHE SAID TO ME, OH, THEY SAY YOU AIN'T A VOTING MEMBER.
AND I SAID, WELL, WHY? I'M NOT A VOTING MEMBER.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, A ACTIVE MEMBER.
SO I SAID, WELL, CAN WE HAVE A WORK SESSION OR SOMETHING FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO SAY WHAT IS THE CRITERIA TO BE ON THE, UM, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE? 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY RECRUITING PEOPLE AND BUT Y'ALL WON'T DO THAT
AND THEN ALL I WANTED TO KNOW IS LIKE, IS THERE ANYBODY YOU ARE DENIED BESIDES ME FOR BEING ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE? YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO TALK ON BARBARA PERRY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET, OH, AND ELLEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH YOUR BOSS, OUR COUNTY IS THAT GEORGE LATIMER, YOU SUPPOSED TO EXCUSE YOURSELF FROM ANYTHING THAT DEAL WITH COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.
THAT'S INCLUDING VOTING, YOU KNOW, IN CASE, I DON'T KNOW.
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COMES, WE TALK ABOUT THAT SHE SHOULD GO TAKE A BREAK OR WHATEVER SHE NEED TO DO.SO BARBARA PERRY, WOW, THIS WOMAN MAN, AND PAUL, YOU KNOW, SHE RAISED OVER $3 MILLION, BUILT THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE, WHICH IS NEVER OPEN.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME I GO DOWN THERE, EVERYTHING IS LOCKED UP AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
I LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS, UM, ON THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE AT THE THERE, THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE, UM, WHY IS THAT LOCKED? WHY IS EVERYTHING LOCKED UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT? LIKE IT, AND THE AND THE YOUTH DON'T GET TO USE IT AND THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING DOWN THERE.
SO MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD SAY TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA OF BEING A VOTING MEMBER ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND OR WHAT IS IT THAT YOU CAN'T DO? BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW RESPECTING A LEADER, MINISTER FARRAKHAN WILL GET YOU TO BE AN ANTI-SEMITIC.
AND LAST I KNOW YOU GOING TO TELL ME.
I I GONNA SAY CLIFF, THANK YOU.
HA UM, OVER IN HAITI, RIGHT? THEY HAVE, THEY'RE MURDERING PEOPLE IN HAITI.
CAN Y'ALL GIVE THEM ONE MOMENT ON SILENT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HOW ABOUT THERE NO MOMENT OF SAL? WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS CAN CAN I RESPOND OR, OR DO WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS? YOU, YOU COULD RESPOND.
SO CLIFF, I JUST WANNA, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA COMMEND YOU.
WE, WE HAD HIM, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS SIT DOWN
WE DID HAVE A MEETING, TERRANCE JACKSON, WHO'S THE COMMISSIONER OF THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND YOU AND ME AND YOUR BOARD.
AND WE HAD, WE HAD A GOOD MEETING.
AND SINCE THEN, THE RESULT OF THAT IS THAT YOU DID PAY UP, WHICH I THINK DESERVES A LOT OF COMMENDATION BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN ARREARS OF YOUR RENT ANYMORE.
YOU SENT ME A PHOTO OF A VERY ACTIVE NIGHT LAST NIGHT.
SO, BUT YOU'VE ASKED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE, LET'S FOCUS ON JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS THERE.
IN TERMS OF BARBARA PERRY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE ON THIS BOARD WHO WOULD NOT AGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
BUT THAT'S NOT OUR DECISION TO MAKE.
IT'S THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEY VOTED HOW THEY VOTED, WE DID NOT VOTE ON IT.
OKAY, SO YOU GOTTA TAKE IT UP, NOT THEIR DECISION.
UH, JUDITH PLEASE JU SIT DOWN.
JUDITH, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
YOU CAN'T TALK FROM THE AUDIENCE.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO CALL OUT.
YOU HAD YOUR FIVE MINUTES PLEASE.
SO IT IS THEIR DECISION TO VOTE ON AND TO MAKE NOT OURS.
I THINK EVERYBODY HERE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF HAVING THAT SECOND FLOOR NAMED AFTER BARBARA PERRY.
AFTER ALL SHE'S DONE FOR GREENBERG.
SO I JUST WANNA ADDRESS THOSE TWO THINGS I CAN'T ADDRESS CANNOT ADDRESS THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND THAT PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH HAVING, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WHO WE'RE NOT SURE WHOSE TERMS ARE UP AND WE'RE GETTING, WE, WE, UH, ALIGNED WITH ALL OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND EVERYTHING.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO HAVE, UH, INTERVIEWED, WHO ARE FRUSTRATED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT ALL UP AND UP TO SPEED.
CAN WE JUST REAL, CAN WE KNOW WHO IS YES, IT'S ON THEIR, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
WELL, I NEED TO ADDRESS THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT A LIAR, LIAR, LIAR.
WHAT I READ LAST TIME, IT'S NOT MY WORDS.
IT'S CLIFTON ABRAMS WRITING FOLLOWED BY TERRANCE JACKSON'S WRITING.
I SAID, ANYBODY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOIL IT.
ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2024 11:12 AM CLIFF ABRAMS WROTE TO TERRANCE JACKSON AND SAID, GOOD MORNING TERRANCE.
PER OUR CONVERSA PREVIOUS CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY, WILL YOU PLEASE CONFIRM IN AN EMAIL THAT T-D-Y-C-C WILL CHARGE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS $800 FOR 2023 AND WILL FOREGO ANY WEEKLY CHARGES FOR 2024.
I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR DISCUSSION.
CLEARLY IT WASN'T PAID FOR 2023 AT THAT POINT.
TERRENCE JACKSON WRITES TO CLIFTON ABRAMS. WHAT I CAN SAY ON THIS TOPIC IS, AS COMMISSIONER, I AM WILLING TO FOREGO THE FEE FOR
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CCWW IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2024.AS LONG AS THE 2023 FEE HAS BEEN PAID AND THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD APPROVES IT, THAT'S FEBRUARY 1ST, 2024.
WHAT TERENCE JACKSON TOLD ME WHEN I ASKED ABOUT IT WAS THAT HE AGREED TO WAIVE 2024.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE HE HAD NO EXPECTATION OF GETTING 2023.
AND SO THAT IS WHY THAT OCCURRED.
BUT HE ALWAYS ADDED, PROVIDED IT WAS APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
YOU CAN CALL ME A LIAR, BUT YOUR EMAILS ARE HERE IN WRITING AND YOU SAID YOU HAD PAID IT AND CLEARLY YOU DIDN'T.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR FROM COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HABER THAT YOU HAD A GOOD MEETING AND YOU PAID UP.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT HAPPENED.
WHO'S NEXT? THERE ARE NO MORE.
THEN WE COULD GO TO THE, IS THERE ANY ZOOM REQUESTS TO SPEAK? LET'S SEE.
OKAY, WE'LL HEAR FROM MICHELLE.
MICHELLE, YOU HAVE TO SAY YES.
UM, SHE'S NOT, NO, SHE'S COMING IN.
WELL, SHE'S TRYING, BUT SHE'S NOT.
NO, SHE'S RIGHT HERE ON THE PHONE, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO GET ON, BUT SHE JUST DECLINED.
I WANT, I TRIED TO JOIN AS A PANELIST.
AND IT JUST SAYS CONNECTING AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
UM, I WANNA RESPOND TO JOY WHEN YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR MEETING.
UM, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE, UM, FROM YOU AS WELL.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ATTENDED THAT MEETING, OUR RENT HAD ALREADY BEEN PAID TO, UM, THE DEON COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE PAID IN DECEMBER AND TERRANCE WAS VERY CLEAR ON THAT AND HE MADE THAT CLEAR.
AND WE WERE ATTENDING OUR MEETING.
SO IT WASN'T A MATTER OF YOU COMING AND FI AND THEN WE, WE WERE CAUGHT UP.
ADDITIONALLY, UM, FRANCIS, THANK YOU FOR READING THE EMAIL.
HOWEVER, NOWHERE IN THAT EMAIL DOES KAREN SAY THAT HE BELIEVED HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE PAID FOR 2023.
THAT'S WHY HE SAID, IF YOU PAY ME, IT WILL FORGO 2024.
I ASKED TERRANCE THAT AT OUR MEETING.
HE SAID, THAT IS NOT WHAT HE SAID TO YOU, TERRANCE.
IF HE'S THERE THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE HIM TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THAT FACT BECAUSE AN APOLOGY IS NECESSARY.
I'M AN ACCOUNTANT, I'M ON THE BOARD.
THESE WERE ALWAYS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH TERRANCE.
TERRANCE KNEW WE HAD NOT BEEN FUNDED.
AS SOON AS WE BECAME FUNDED, WE PAID TERRANCE.
THE REASON WHY THERE WAS DELAY, ONE IS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT FUNDED YET.
TWO, WE WEREN'T SURE IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO ALSO INCLUDE 2024.
WE WANTED TO TRY TO MEET WITH A BOARD AT A WORK SESSION, WHICH WE ATTEMPTED TO DO IN JANUARY AND IN FEBRUARY.
SO I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYBODY'S A LIAR, BUT THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS.
HE NEVER SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT HE
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WAS NOT GOING TO BE PAID FOR 2023.WE ARE A BUSINESS, WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE BUILDING A LEGACY FOR OUR PEOPLE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE IRRESPONSIBLE IN THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T CO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR BOARD.
SO IF YOU HAD COMMUNICATED WITH OUR BOARD, YOU'D HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.
EITHER WHAT YOU HEARD OR WHAT YOU BELIEVED.
BECAUSE TERRANCE SAID HE NEVER SAID THAT.
AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT A APOLOGY BE MADE AND KAREN BE PERMITTED TO GO CLEAR THE RECORD TODAY OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
UM, OKAY, WELL I'M SAYING PERHAPS NEXT MEETING TRUE.
I CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL, WHATEVER.
JOY, I REALLY WANT YOU RIGHT NOW TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT WHEN YOU CAME THAT WE WERE ALL CAUGHT UP AND YOU WERE GLAD FOR THAT? LISTEN, YOU'RE ALSO TRYING TO PLANT A SEED THAT UPON YOUR ARRIVAL WE DECIDED TO PAY OUR BILL.
IF YOU DON'T WANNA HELP US, PLEASE DON'T HARM US.
WE ARE A BUSINESS WE'RE, WE ARE ABLE TO MANAGE OUR FINANCES AND THE BOARD THAT AS ON, UM, FOR COMMUNITY CENTER.
MOUNT WALSH IS A PROFESSIONAL BOARD.
SO I WOULD LIKE JOY TO SAY EITHER YOU MISSPOKE, MISUNDERSTOOD OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE BILL WAS PAID AND YOU WERE CLEAR ON THAT WHEN YOU WERE THERE.
SO I DON'T WANNA KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A DISTRACTION FROM WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH POETRY IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO REACH PEOPLE, ENLIGHTEN THEM, ENHANCE THEM, AND ENCOURAGE THEM AND EDUCATE THEM ON, UH, BECOMING BETTER VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES OR ENHANCING VERSION OF WHO THEY ALREADY ARE, 25 SECONDS.
AGAIN, THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT US NOT PAYING OUR BILL, IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE ON YOUR PART BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO EVEN HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH US.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T WANNA HELP US, PLEASE DON'T HURT US.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANY HARM TO YOU OR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S UNDERSTOOD WHAT MISUNDERSTOOD.
THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE REGULAR PART OF THE MEETING APPOINTMENT OF KIMBERLY, UH,
[ Appointment of Kimberly F. Siegrist Gutwein as Greenburgh Town Comptroller, effective April 15, 2024]
EGRESS GUTMAN AS GREENBERG TOWN CONTROLLER, EFFECTIVE APRIL 15TH.UH, ROBERTA ROMANO, WHO HAS SERVED THE TOWN FOR, UH, 15 YEARS AS DEPUTY CONTROLLER AND MORE RECENTLY AS CONTROLLER, UM, HAS, UM, UH, SUBMITTED HER, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, A RETIREMENT.
UM, AND WE WISH HER, UH, UH, UH, GOOD LUCK AND DANKER FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND AT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL, UH, SALUTE HER AND THANK HER FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TOWN.
JOE, DID WE FIND OUT IF WE COULD HAVE TWO CONTROLLERS AT THE SAME TIME? NO, I DID NOT RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.
I IT WAS ACTUALLY, SHOULD THE UH, DATE OF THE CONTROLLER BE MAY 1ST? YOU SHOULD SAY MAY 1ST, YES.
YEAH, SO WHY DON'T WE CHANGE IT? EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST, 2024.
SO LET'S JUST MOVE IT TO THE 24TH MEETING.
SO IT'S, BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULD, SHE COULD, SHE'S STARTING NEXT WEEK.
SHE COULD, SHE'S STARTING NEXT WEEK BASICALLY AS A CONSULTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GONNA BE, UH, TRAIN, YOU KNOW, TRAINED FOR THE POSITION SO SHE COULD GET PAID, UH, FOR THE TRANSITION.
BUT SHE'S BASICALLY LIKE CONTROLLER, UM, CONTROLLER ELECT OR CONTROLLER NOMINEE.
WHY DON'T WE APPOINT, UH, WHY DON'T WE, UH, SAY APPOINTMENT OF KIMBERLY GUTMAN AS GREENBERG, UH, TOWN CONTROLLER, UH, DESIGNEE EFFECTIVE APRIL 15TH AND EFFECTIVE APRIL MAY 1ST IT WOULD BE CONTROLLER AS AS CONTROLLER.
THAT'S WHY I GUESS THAT APPROVE SECOND.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE REVISING YOUR MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M, I'M REVISING THE, THE MOTION.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER TO DO THIS.
OH, UM, DON'T WE HAVE TO DO THIS? NO, THAT'S AFTER.
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CD SO IT'S OUTTA WATER.UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER.
ACTUALLY, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION, JOE? YES.
BECAUSE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HABER SAID, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA IT SAYS DECISIONS, UM, AND WE ALWAYS SKIP OVER THE DECISIONS.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE IN THE FUTURE? UH, SO IT'S LESS CONFUSING TO PUT NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY IT'S UP THERE IS A DECISION.
SO IT'S IT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS THING, IT'S A SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION.
IT'S PUT UP THERE MAINLY FOR JOAN AND OTHERS TO SEE THAT HIGHLIGHTED.
WHEN WE GET TO CD ONE, WE'RE VOTING ON THAT DECISION.
SO HOW ABOUT WE PUT IN PARENTHESES OR SOMETHING SO WE DON'T SEE IT AS AN ACTION? IT SAYS CD ONE BELOW.
WELL, I, I KNOW, BUT IT'S LISTED AS A HEADING, SO I, I JUST WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
SO, OR COULD WE SAY ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING? SO COULD IT SAY DECISION TO BE MADE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS? RIGHT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE LESS CONFUSING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S, NO, IT'S NOT.
IT'S, IT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERY, PEOPLE ALWAYS GET CONFUSED BECAUSE BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IT SAYS DECISION AND THEN WE FOR, WE ALWAYS SKIP OVER IT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE LAST MEETING ON THAT.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTING ON IT.
BUT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU JUST, BUT IT ALWAYS SAYS, SEE THIS RESOLUTION, HOW ABOUT IF WE JUST BOLD CD, SEE CD ONE OR WHATEVER IT IS, SO THAT IT IS MORE EVIDENT.
THAT'S A GOOD, WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO.
[ AT 1 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Ki Yol Kim for property located at 223 and 225 Sprain Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $9,785±; the County’s share is $5,283±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $752±; Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $368±; the S. Ardsley Fire Protection District’s share is $1,437±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $36,133±. Refunds from all sources total $53,758±]
A T ONE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER KYY REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 53 7 5 8.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 2 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Sunshine Elmsford Realty Corp. for property located at 240 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $777±; the County’s share is $426±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $61±; Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $29±; the N. Elmsford Fire Protection District’s share is $82±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $2,604±. Refunds from all sources total $3,980±]
TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER SUNSHINE ELMSFORD REALTY REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 3,980.[ AT 3 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Eugene Kezema for property located at 487 Warburton Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $160±; the County’s share is $1,183±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $175±; the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District’s share is $7,642±. Refunds from all sources total $9,161±]
TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER EUGENE KMA REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL $9,161.[ AT 4 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Dobbs Ferry Shopping, LLC for property located at 50 Hamilton Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $962±; the County’s share is $6,947±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,003±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $47,513±. Refunds from all sources total $56,425±]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER DOS FERRY SHOPPING REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL $56,425.[ AT 5 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Muhammed Faraz Khan, n/k/a Faraz Ayaz Khan and Alla Khan for property located at 84 West Ogden Place. The Town’s share of the refund is $922±; the County’s share is $6,822±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $991±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $44,736±. Refunds from all sources total $53,471±]
TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER MOHAMED FARRA, UH, KHAN.K, UM, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES 53,471.
[ AT 6 – 4/10/2024 Resolution approving the continued retention of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP to represent the Town and requested Greenburgh Police Personnel in the Matter of Kristin Stein v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed $50,000, $600,000 in total]
THAT CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON, UM, ULCER, MOSKOWITZ SETTLEMENT AND DICKER, UH, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.AND A LOT OF THAT'S BEING PAID BY INSURANCE, RIGHT, JOE? THAT IS CORRECT.
WE'VE REACHED A SELF-INSURED RETENTION AND ALL THE AMOUNTS IN EXCESS ARE PAID BY OUR INSURANCE CARRIER.
[ AT 7- 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein, LLP as Special Counsel to address Town matters concerning labor contract negotiations, for an additional $50,000; $150,000 total]
THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF HARR AND, UH, PEARLSTEIN AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS, UH, RELATING TO LABOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, UM, FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 150,000 TOTAL.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 1 – 4/10/2024 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, to consider a Zoning Map Amendment (Solar District Overlay) related to a recently approved Solar Energy System Local Law [tb 24-05]
SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY TO CONSIDER A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT SOLAR DISTRICT AND APRIL 24TH, WHAT, I'M SORRY.UM, RELATED TO RECENTLY APPROVED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM LOCAL LAW.
[ CL 2 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing the closing of Old Colony Road, Club Way, Fenimore Road, Pipeline Road, Edgemont Place, Edgemont Road and White Oak Lane; as well as close the intersections of Old Colony Road with Brook Lane West, with Brook Lane East, with Midvale Court, and with Club Way; the intersections of Fenimore Road with East Hartsdale Avenue and with Pipeline Road; the intersection of Pipeline Road with Edgemont Place; the intersection of Edgemont Place with Aqueduct Drive and the intersections at the triangle; the intersections of Edgemont Road with Barclay Road, with Artillery Lane, with Round Hill Road (both ends), and White Oak Lane; and any other closings deemed necessary by the Greenburgh Police Department to provide appropriate protections to the runners; on Sunday, May 5, 2024 (no rain date), from 8:45 am to 09:30 am, for the residents of Edgemont to hold the “2024 Colors Against Cancer Run"]
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CLOSURE OF OLD COLONY ROAD CLUB WAY, FENIMORE ROAD PIPELINE ROAD, EDGEMONT PLACE, EDGEMONT ROAD, WHITE OAK LANE, AS WELL AS CLOSE THE INTERSECTIONS OF OLD COLONY ROAD WITH BROOK LANE WEST, WITH BROOK LANE, EAST WITH MIDVALE'S COURT AND WITH CLUB WAY INTERSECTIONS OF FENIMORE ROAD WITH EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND WITH A PIPELINE ROAD INTERSECTION OF PIPELINE ROAD WITH EDGEMONT PLACE, INTERSECTION OF EDGEMONT PLACE WITH AQUEDUCT DRIVE AND THE INTERSECTIONS AT THE TRIANGLE OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF EDGEMONT ROAD WITH BARCLAY ROAD, WITH ARTILLERY LANE, WITH ROUND HOLE ROAD AND WHITE OAK LANE.AND THAT'S BOTH ENDS OF ROUND HILL ROAD AND FOR OTHER CLOSINGS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, PROVIDE APPROPRIATE PROTECTIONS TO THE RUNNERS ON SUNDAY, MAY 5TH, UH, FROM 8 45 TO NINE 30 FOR THE RESIDENTS OF EDMONT UNTIL THE 2024 COLORS AGAINST CANCER RUN.
I, SORRY, I, I MEANT TO CHECK INTO THAT.
IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT RACE IN 45 MINUTES? UH, I DID.
THIS IS THE FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR.
YEAH, I'VE, I'VE RUN A FIVE MINUTES.
I'VE RUN A, BETWEEN THE SETUP AND THE GETTING PEOPLE AWAY 45 MINUTES.
'CAUSE LAST YEAR IT WAS NINE TO 12
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AT OKAY.45 MINUTES ISN'T VERY LONG FOR SETUP ON THE ACTUAL RUN.
I DIDN'T, I WHO SAID WHO? WE DON'T GET THE ACTUAL, WE JUST GET WHAT COMES FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
WHY DON'T WE SAY EIGHT? WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE JUST CHANGE IT FROM 8 45 TO I WOULD MAKE IT EIGHT TO 12 AND IF WE TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS SOONER, WE TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS, THAT'S FINE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
UM, I'M SORRY, JUST BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MY, UM, BEAUTIFUL.
COUNCILWOMAN CAN JUST SPEAK UP A LITTLE LOUDER BECAUSE LISA CAN HEAR TO TAKE THE VOTE.
THAT'S SO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE VOTING, IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST SPEAK UP, SHE CAN'T HEAR.
THIS, UH, RACE WAS, WAS REALLY GREAT.
YOU KNOW, I RAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE AT C TWO AND, UH, IT WAS JUST REALLY TERRIFIC THAT, UH, MANY OF THE STUDENTS ARE, UM, ARE ORGANIZING AN EFFORT TO FIGHT CANCER AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS EVERY YEAR FOR, UM, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THAT'S GREAT.
MIKE, DO YOU HAVE BEN'S, UM, PHONE NUMBER? COULD YOU CALL HIM AND ASK WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE LIMITING THE, THE, UH, STREET CLOSING FOR THAT RACE BECAUSE OF WE CAN'T KEEP THE ROAD CLOSED THAT LONG.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS ONE.
[ CD 1 - 4/10/2024 Resolution approving, with conditions, a Special Permit application (Medical Clinic) by Lewiston Realty Holdings LLC, on behalf of Westchester Institute of Human Development for the operation of a medical clinic facility within an existing building located at 80 Grasslands Road (P.O. Elmsford) [TB 24-04]]
CONDITIONS OF SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION MEDICAL CLINIC BY LEWISTOWN REALTY HOLDINGS ON BEHALF OF WESTCHESTER INSTITUTE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF A MEDICAL CLINIC FACILITY, UH, WITH AN EXISTING BUILDING LOCATED AT 80 GRASSLANDS ROAD.[ CD 2 - 4/10/2024 Resolution awarding engineering and related services to Arcadis in connection with a FEMA Advanced Assistance Grant related to Hartsdale Brook Flood Mitigation Design, for an amount not to exceed $598,500]
RESOLUTION AWARDING ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES TO ARC IN CONNECTION WITH FEMA, ADVANCED ASSISTANCE GRANT RELATED, UH, TO HARTSDALE BROOK FLOOD MITIGATION DESIGN FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 598,000, UH, UNIT $500.YESTERDAY, GARRETT DUQUE, UH, MADE A PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS IS LIKE, SO SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE FOR MANY YEARS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WAYS OF ADDRESSING FLOODING ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
AND, UH, THIS GRANT WILL, YOU KNOW, IS AN IMPORTANT NEXT STEP THAT WILL ENABLE US TO EVENTUALLY, UH, FIND A SOLUTION, UH, OR MI OR MITIGATE, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEMS ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK, UH, GARRETT TO CAIN THE COMMISSIONER OF, UH, PLANNING FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL WORK.
HE KEEPS APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE EARLIER TODAY.
SOME RESIDENTS SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FLOODING.
THERE'S A LOT OF THE AREAS IN THE TOWN THAT FLOOD AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MO YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO, UH, TO ADDRESS ALL THE FLOODING AROUND THE TOWN.
BUT IF WE COULD GRADUALLY, UH, WORK ON DIFFERENT AREAS THAT FLOOD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TROUBLESOME BROOK, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE SOOMO RIVER, OUR PARKWAY.
WE COULD DO IT GRADUALLY OVER 10, 20, 30 YEARS, THERE'LL BE A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENCE IN, WE'LL HAVE IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CREDIT REALLY GOES TO, UH, UH, GARRETT DUANE FOR, FOR HIS EFFORTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S SORT OF LIKE AN UNSUNG HERO.
THE GRANTS GURU
THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE GREENBERG TEAM AND THEY REALLY WORK HARD.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD DEPARTMENT HEADS.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY, WE'RE VERY PLEASED.
SORRY, DID WE VOTE ON THAT? NO, WE NEED, WE NEED, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.
NO, ELLEN, I THOUGHT ELLEN, SHE SECONDED.
[ CO 1 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2023 budget transfers]
ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET TRANSFERS.[ CO 2 - 4/10/2024 Resolution authorizing fiscal year 2024 budget transfers]
FISCAL YEAR 2024.[ CO 3 - 4/10/2024 Resolution amending the 2024 Town Entire Fund Budget to reflect the acceptance of the Justice Court Assistance Program (JCAP) Grant for Records Management by Resolution PH 1 – 9/27/2023]
2024 10 ENTIRE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE JUSTICE COURT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT BY RESOLUTION PH ONE.[ PO 1- 4/10/2024 Resolution appointing Daniel O’Neill and Giuseppe Cannova as Entry-Level Police Officers]
APPOINTING DANIEL O'NEILL AND, UH, GU CANOVA AS ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICERS.YEAH, IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, ON, UH, SATURDAY I WAS AT, UH, SHOPRIGHT, UH, AT NIGHT, UH, IN, IN GREEN ON CENTRAL AVENUE, AND SOMEBODY LIVES IN ON MOUNT JOY AVENUE, AND HE SAID A TREE CAME DOWN, UM, AT, AT THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND HE SAID, I WAS, HE JUST CAME UP.
I HADN'T YOU SPOKEN TO HIM BEFORE? HE SAID, I WAS JUST AMAZED AT
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THE GREENBERG, UH, POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DEPARTMENT BECAUSE TREE CAME DOWN, I WENT TO SLEEP WHEN I WOKE UP, THE TREE WAS, UH, HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DID AN AMAZING JOB.AND HE LIVED ON MOUNT JOY AVENUE AND HE SAID, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH, UM, UH, THE STAFF AND THE RESPONSIVENESS AND HOW EFFICIENT THEY WERE.
SO I JUST WANNA, UH, COMMEND YOU WEREN'T, YOU WEREN'T SURPRISED WERE YOU? I ACTUALLY, I WAS TO SAY YOU SOUND LIKE YOU SURPRISED.
NO, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, UM, YOU SURPRISED THAT THE RESIDENT ACTUALLY APPROACHED HIM, NOT HE, HE APPROACHED VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
NO, HE APPROACHED ME AS I WAS, UH, AS I WAS PURCHASING BLUEBERRIES.
AND, UM, AND HE WENT UP TO ME AND HE SAID, I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH THE TOWN.
AND SO I, I WAS REALLY, I WAS REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THRILLED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY, OH, THE TOWN STAFF IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND THEY'RE RESPONSIVE AND THEY'RE HELPFUL, BUT IT'S NICE WHEN SOMEBODY, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, MAKES AN ACKNOWLEDGE UNSOLICITED ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO, SO I HOPE THAT OUR NEW OFFICERS WILL FOLLOW THE LEAD OF, UH, SOME OF THE SENIOR, UM, PERSONNEL WHO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
WELL, THEY HAVE THE GREAT LEADERSHIP OF OUR CHIEF.
[ PW 1 - 4/10/2024 Resolution awarding bid for The Revolver RT 508T Track Mounted Portable Trommel Screening Plant]
UH, RESOLUTION AWARDING BID FOR THE REVOLVER, UH, RT 5 0 8, TRACK MOUNTED PORTABLE PROMO SCREENING PLANT.ARE WE SECOND? IS THAT A FRANCIS? SECOND? WELL, IN FAVOR.
A AND WE'RE ALL GONNA BE P****D.
LET'S GO BACK TO WHY DON'T WE RATHER THAN WAIT FOR TO HEAR FROM THE TRAFFIC DEPART.
WELL, I THINK HE, SO HOLD ON A SECOND, SERGEANT.
I'M, DID YOU HEAR THAT? ARE YOU ABLE TO, THE CHIEF IS ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW.
IF THE CHIEF WANTS TO COME UP.
COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK, SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT? FIVE MINUTES.
I HOPE I'M UP HERE FOR THE REASON.
I WAS JUST GETTING PREPARED FOR IT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE, UH, THE CANCER COLOR RUN.
AS IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME, PREVIOUS YEAR, THEY HAD SEVERAL WAVES OF RUNNERS AND IT KIND OF STRETCHED OUT THE EVENT AND ALSO BECAME SOMEWHAT UNTENABLE FOR THE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RUNNERS WERE SAFE.
SO THEY WORKED IT OUT WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE PEOPLE COORDINATING THE EVENT TO ESSENTIALLY HAVE A CONSOLIDATED WAVE OF RUNNERS THAT THEY COULD MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING SAFELY.
AND, UM, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE AS LARGE A TIMEFRAME TO DO THAT.
AND THAT IS WHY THE TIMEFRAME IS AS IT IS IN THE RESOLUTION.
SO, SET UP, PUT UP THE BARRICADES.
WELL, NO, THAT'S FOR ESSENTIALLY TO PROTECT THE RUNNERS.
I MEAN, FOR US TO PUT THEM UP, TAKE THEM DOWN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT.
BUT FOR US, WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO WORKING IN TRAFFIC, WORKING IN ROADWAYS.
IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT PROTECTING THE RUNNERS AND CONSOLIDATING, MAKING THE EVENTS SAFER.
SO THE ROAD WILL CLOSE AT 8 45 AND OPEN UP AGAIN NINE 30? YES, SIR.
YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT A FULL HOUR
NO, IM JUST TRYING TO, I'D RATHER GIVE YOU MORE TIME AND YOU THEN TAKE DOWN THE BARRIERS THAN NOT HAVE IT.
IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT AND WE DIDN'T AUTHORIZE CLOSING THE STREET, THAT'S MORE OF THE PROBLEM.
I, SO THE, I GUESS, UM, IT'S 8 45 TO NINE 30.
SAID TO DYLAN AND EXPLAIN EXACTLY.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE AS AMENDED TO CONFIRM.
SO WHAT IS THE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO CHANGE THE VOTE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AMENDED.
SO IT'S AMENDED TO EIGHT 30 TO 9 45.
ALL IN FAVOR? AND THAT'S, WAIT, AND THAT'S CC TWO.
CAN WE JUST HAVE AN OFFICIAL VOTE ON THAT? YES.
HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND WE WILL NOT BE BACK TONIGHT.
DID WE CLOSE ALFRED WILLIAMS? IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'VE MOVED NOW WE CLOSED THE MEETING.