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HI, WELCOME, TARA TOWN BOARD MEETING.
TODAY'S APRIL 24TH AT AFTER 7:30 PM AND WE'LL START WITH
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR ALL WIDGET STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Helen Steinman, formerly of Edgemont, died at the age of 93. Helen was a former Democratic district leader. Helen was involved in our community and made Greenburgh a better place. 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.]
STANDING.PLEASE, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF HELEN STEINMAN.
UM, HELEN, UM, LIVED IN EDGEMONT.
SHE WAS A FORMER DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADER, WAS VERY INVOLVED IN OUR, UM, COMMUNITY, AND WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE GREENBERG, UM, A BETTER PLACE.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A REALLY NICE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, PERSON AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN UKRAINE, UH, DUE TO, UH, THE RUSSIAN INVASION AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE HAVE PERISHED IN ISRAEL AND, UM, AND GAZA.
UM, DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023, WE PRAY FOR A SWIFT RETURN FOR, UH, THE HOSTAGES AND, UM, FOR PEACE IN THE REGION.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
UM, JOE COULD DO A ROLL CALL.JOE, WE NEED TO DO ROLL CALL SUPERVISOR FINER HERE.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS PRESENT AND COUNCILWOMAN HABER IS NOT PRESENT TONIGHT.
[ PRESENTATIONS Proclamation for Ivy Darling]
IN INITIAL, UH, WERE YOU GONNA START, UH, WITH A, A PROCLAMATION FOR, UM, IVY, UH, UH, DARLING.AND, UM, SHE IVY'S, UH, FAMILIES HERE, RIGHT? YES.
SO, IVY, UM, UH, DARLING IS A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG FOR OVER 55, UH, YEARS, AND, UH, SHE'S, UH, 101 YEARS, OH MY GOD, YOUNG.
UM, SHE'S AN IMMIGRANT WHO MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA.
SETTLED IN ELMSFORD IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH HER HUSBAND AND FIVE SONS.
15 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND THREE GREAT, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, IVY DARLING LOST A GRANDDAUGHTER, ELIZABETH ANN DARLING, AN ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
SHE EXPERIENCED FURTHER, UH, GRIEF ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2022 WHEN HER SON PASSED.
EARL DOUGLAS DARLING PASSED AWAY.
SHE IS CAME FROM, UH, VERY HUMBLE BEGINNINGS.
SHE WORKED HER WAY UP TO BEING AN ASSISTANT DIETICIAN.
SHE EXCELLED AND RECEIVED HER LPN.
SHE OBTAINED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM MERCY COLLEGE IN DOVES FERRY, AND BECAME A REGISTERED ON A NURSE.
AND FOR NUMEROUS YEARS, SHE EMBODIED A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.
OVER FOUR DECADES AGO, SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN INITIATING THE FIRST FWP FOOD PANTRY, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS.
AND FOR 20 YEARS, SHE CARED FOR TWO VETERANS FROM THE VA MEDICAL CENTER, MONTROSE CAMPUS.
WHEN THEY PASSED AWAY, SHE RECEIVED A CITATION FROM WASHINGTON THANKING HER FOR ADMINISTERING THE BEST CARE TO THESE, UH, VETERANS.
SHE'S A POET, AN AUTHOR, UM, A SONGWRITER.
SHE WROTE MANY POEMS, WHICH SHE IS STILL ABLE TO RECITE FROM MEMORY.
SHE PUBLISHED BEAUTIFUL SPRING, A REMARKABLE SONGBOOK ABOUT LIFE.
SHE ALSO WROTE AND PUBLISHED THE PRINCIPLES OF HOMESCHOOLING A HANDBOOK FOR HOMESCHOOLING ON DECEMBER 23RD, 2021.
AND SHE, SOMEBODY, UH, WHO SHOW THAT HOMESCHOOLING COULD, UH, BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE SHE WAS HOMESCHOOLED UNTIL AGE SEVEN BY HER GRANDPARENTS WHO WERE TEACHERS.
AND SHE COMPILED THIS BOOK FOR CHILDREN WITH A HOMESCHOOL PRINCIPLES THAT SHE LEARNED.
UM, YOU WENT SOME, GORDON IS HERE IN THE BACK AND SPEAKS THE WORLD ABOUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, IVY IS ONE OF HER BIGGEST SINS.
UM, UM, AND, UM, UH, SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE'S THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE FIRST SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST, UH, CHURCH OF WHITE PLAINS LOCATED GREENBURG.
AND THEY'RE SO PROUD TO HAVE THIS CENTENARIAN IN THEIR MIDST AND ATTRIBUTE HER LONGEVITY TO HER HEALTH PRACTICE.
AND ALSO, UH, THE FACT THAT SHE CONSTANTLY
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THINKS THANKS AND PRAISES GOD.SO THE TOWN BOARD IS PROCLAIMING TODAY AS IVY DARLING DAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND WE JUST WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A COUPLE MINOR CHANGES.
WE, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MINOR CHANGE TO IT, BUT I THINK WE CAN SEND THIS ONE HOME AND THEN REPLACE IT.
IT, I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU AND THEN, BECAUSE HER, HER BIRTHDAY WAS IN THE PAST AND IT SHOWS IT AS IF IT WAS, AND WE WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMING UP, UH, SAY ANYTHING OVER HERE ABOUT? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, IF YOU COULD SPEAK ON THE MICROPHONE.
SHE'S GONNA KILL ME, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR HONORING MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
HE CAME UP, HE COMES UP EVERY YEAR.
COME UP, SON, COME UP SO EVERYONE CAN SEE WHO YOU ARE.
SHE WRITES POEMS, CHILDREN STORIES.
AND, UM, SHE HAS THIS DREAM THAT SHE'S GOING TO DO A MOVIE SCRIPT SUNDAY SOON,
SO SHE'S A, A HARD ACT FOR US TO FOLLOW AND, UM, BIG SHOES FOR US TO FILL.
AND I DO HOPE THAT SOME OF US IN THE FAMILY WILL FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS.
AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR HONORING HER.
I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF CELEBRATING AT THE CHURCH LAST YEAR WHEN SHE TURNED A HUNDRED.
IT WAS QUITE A, A WARM, LOVING CONGREGATION, AND THEY GAVE HER ALL HEARD THE DUE RESPECT SHE DESERVED.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER PROCLAMATION, BUT, UH, THE PERSON WE'RE GIVING IT TO IS TOO MODEST AND DIDN'T REALLY WANT IT, THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I TOLD HER THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO HER ANYWAY, AND SHE COULD SHOW IT TO HER CHILDREN AND FUTURE GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
UH, BECAUSE ROBERTA ROMANO IS, UM, RETIRING, UM, AS CONTROLLER OF THE TOWN.
AND SHE SERVED THE TOWN FOR 15 YEARS, UM, AND SERVED AS DEPUTY CONTROLLER AND MOST RECENTLY AS A CONTROLLER.
AND, UM, ROBERTA REALLY WORKED VERY, VERY HARD, UH, FOR THE TOWN DURING, UH, HER TENURE AS TOWN CONTROLLER.
ROBERTA HELPED ENSURE THAT THE TOWN OBTAINED THE HIGHEST CREDIT RATING POSSIBLE, A TRIPLE A RATING FROM BOTH MOODY'S AND STANDARD AND POOR'S, UH, CREDIT AGENCY.
MOODY SAID THE TOWN'S A A A RATING REFLECTS THE TOWN'S STABLE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS WITH HEALTHY RESERVE LEVELS AND STRONG ECONOMIC PROFILE.
THE STABLE OUTLOOK REF REFLECTS THE EXCEPTION OF CONTINUED STRONG OPERATIONS, GIVEN PRUDENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY STANDARD.
AND POORS SAID THE HIGH RATINGS ALSO REFLECTED THEIR VIEW OF GREENBERG STRONG MANAGEMENT WITH GOOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES, PRACTICES UNDER OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT.
FMA METHODO METHODOLOGY EVIDENCED BY STRONG MONITORING AND STRONG INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK SCORE BETWEEN, UH, 2019 AND 2020, UH, THREE, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, ROBERTA HELPED THE TOWN AVOID LAYOFFS.
UM, WE HAD NO LAYOFFS AND ALSO PREPARED BUDGETS THAT, UM, AVOIDED ANY TAX HIKES.
WE HAD NO TAX HIKES FOR FOUR, YOU KNOW, CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
UM, UM, THANKS TO HER LEADERSHIP, UH, THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AWARDED THE TOWN A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR ALL THE YEARS OF HER TENURE.
THIS IS A PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL AWARD, RECOGNIZING CONFORMANCE WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR PREPARATION OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL REPORTS.
THE TOWN HAS RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR OVER 25, UH, YEARS.
SO ROBERTA, UH, KEPT COSTS DOWN.
SHE WORKED TO MAKE GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT.
SHE NAVIGATED ANNUAL AUDITS AND OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS IN ADDITION TO DAILY RUNNING A DEPARTMENT THAT INCLUDES REGULAR PAY, ROLE BENEFITS, AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE DECLARING TODAY, APRIL 24TH AS ROBERTA, UH, ROMANO DAY, BUT, UH, NO EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO, UM, HOLIDAY.
YOU KNOW, SHE WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT.
SO I THINK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, AND I THINK OTHER COUNCIL CAN, UM, SPEAK
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TO, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROBERTA, FOR YOUR 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.UH, WE KNOW THAT YOU WORKED HARD ON ENSURING THAT THE BUDGET WAS ON TIME AND THAT YOU, UM, ANSWERED TO ALL OF OUR REQUESTS.
SO WE WANT TO WISH YOU ALL OF THE BEST HERE.
YES, ROBERTA, WISHING YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A HOME HERE, SO COME VISIT.
NO, I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT SORT OF LIKE SURPRISED ME IS SHE, UM, GAVE US THREE MONTHS NOTICE, UM, THAT SHE WAS GONNA LEAVE.
YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES PEOPLE, WHEN THEY RETIRE, THEY GIVE YOU A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS OR WHATEVER, BUT SHE'S BEEN WORKING LIKE SO HARD AFTER SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE, UM, WAS GONNA RETIRE.
UM, AND YEAH, I REALLY FEEL THAT IT'S VERY, UM, IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT HER CHARACTER THAT EVEN WHEN SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S LEAVING AND, UH, AND NOT GONNA BE PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, SHE STILL, UH, WANTS TO DO A GOOD JOB, AND SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN IS, UM, IS HAVING A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK HER FOR HER, UH, GIVING US SO MUCH TIME TO FIND A NEW CONTROLLER.
A CONTROLLER'S, A CONTROLLER IS NOT A POSITION THAT YOU GO INTO IF YOU EXPECT EVERYBODY TO LOVE YOU BECAUSE, UH, A ELECTED OFFICIAL, JUST, JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY, BECAUSE THERE'S LIMITED RESOURCES, MONEY, AND, UH, EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE AS, UH, MANY, MANY, UM, EXPENDITURES THAT, UH, THEY CAN THINK OF AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE STAY WITH TWO DAYS OF GARBAGE PICKUP OR GO TO ONE.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE.
UH, SO SHE'S IN A, SHE'S IN A TOUGH POSITION.
SHE SITS BASICALLY DIRECTLY ABOVE US.
AND, UM, AND, UH, IT IS, AS THE SUPERVISOR SAID, SHE GAVE US THREE MONTHS.
AND WHY DID SHE GIVE US THREE MONTHS NOTICE IS BECAUSE SHE WAS COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE ONGOING AUDIT IS COMPLETED, UH, BY MAY 1ST, WHICH IS HER LAST DAY.
SO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN THEY'RE RETIRING, THEY SAY,
AND WE DO, WE WISH IT WELL, AND WE DO, I'M SORRY.
AND WE DO HAVE, UM, A NEW COMMISSIONER THAT, I MEAN, A NEW DEPUTY, UH, COMPTROLLER HAS, THAT HAS STARTED.
KIMBERLY, I THINK WE INTRODUCED HER LAST WEEK.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THEM WHO, YOU KNOW, ROBERTA, WHO'S STAYING ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SEAMLESS, UM, TRANSITION FOR THE NEXT COMPTROLLER.
AND WE WISH ALL THE, THE NEW COMPTROLLER ALL THE BEST, BUT ROBERTA WILL BE MISSED.
[ 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 ]
THIS IS ALSO ON ANOTHER NOTE.THIS IS A REALLY FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW, STORY.
MY, UM, ASSISTANT, UH, CHRISTA MATTIN, UM, UM, SHE, UH, MA MADISON, SHE, UM, UH, WAS AT TOWN HALL, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
AND, UM, UM, SHE OBSERVED, UM, IT, UH, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR PLUMBING INSPECTOR, VIN ANO, UH, WHO JUST HIT HIS 10 YEAR MARK IN FEBRUARY.
HE SAVED A MAN'S LIFE IN A PARKING LOT.
AND HE'S NOT GETTING EXTRA PAY FOR THAT, BUT, UH, THIS IS, BUT, BUT THIS WAS NOT.
BUT, UH, JARED ROSENBERG, UM, WHO, UH, WORKS ON, UM, IN THE, UH, EMS DIVISION OF THE TOWN, HE HAD A TRAINING PROGRAM ON THE HEIM LOOK, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW TO MANEUVER, MANEUVER.
AND, UM, SO BASICALLY KRISTA, UM, AND, UM, AND HE, THEY WERE AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT, UM, AND THEY SAW AN OLDER MAN JUST STANDING NEAR THE CAR.
THE MAN AND ATTORNEY WAS CALM, BUT HE ASKED VINNY IF HE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THE HEIM LOOK AND SAID HE WAS CHOKING WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT.
UH, VINNY PUT HIS ARMS AROUND THE MAN AND DID THE MANEUVER IMMEDIATELY CAUSING THE FOOD BLOCKAGE TO FLY OUT.
THE MAN WAS CHOKING ON A CARROT.
VINNY SAID HE FELT NERVOUS AFTERWARDS WHEN HE REALIZED WHAT HE HAD JUST DONE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
BUT HE MADE THAT SEEM VERY EASY.
THE MAN SAID HE WAS PROBABLY SO CALM BECAUSE THIS HAD HAPPENED TO HIM BEFORE I STOOD.
SHE STOOD THERE IN AWE, PRAISING BOTH OF THEM BEING SO CALM WHEN ONE MAN ALMOST DIED, ANOTHER PERSON, OUR EMPLOYEE JUST CASUALLY SAVED HIS LIFE.
IT WAS A SURREAL, UM, MOMENT ACCORDING TO, UM, UH, KRISTA, UH, WITH BOTH OF THEM JUST BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
VINNY SAID HE RECENTLY TOOK THE TRAINING HERE, AND WE DO KNOW THE MAN'S NAME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO NAME HIM
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WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION.SO I THOUGHT THAT THE TOWN, WHAT WE ALL THOUGHT THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE RECOGNIZE VINNY, UH, ON AN UPCOMING, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWN BOARD MEETING.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE, HE REALLY HIGHLIGHTS HOW DEDICATED SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE AND HOW COMMITTED THEY ARE TO HELPING OTHERS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THE RECOGNITION, BUT YOU KNOW, HE DESERVES IT.
AND A FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS THAT THE GREENBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD A ART EXHIBIT HERE TONIGHT, AND THEY HAD FOOD, AND YOU HAVE THE LEFTOVERS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT OLD, IT'S ONLY FROM ABOUT 5 30, 6 O'CLOCK OUTSIDE.
AND WHAT'S OUTSIDE? CARROT STICKS.
SO WE NEED VINNY TO BE HERE JUST IN CASE.
WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE.
BUT I SAW THE CARROT STICKS, I SAID, OH MY.
BUT WE WANNA CONGRATULATE VIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING A COOL, CALM HEAD.
YOU MUST, I HOPE YOU FEEL AS GOOD AS WE FEEL ABOUT YOU.
AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, UH, THIS SATURDAY, UH, WE'RE HAVING AN ARTIST MARKED AT, UM, RICHARD PRESSER PARK ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
SOME PEOPLE KNOW IT AS WEB FIELD, BUT THERE'S ALMOST 50 ARTISTS, UM, WHO ARE GONNA BE EXHIBITING DIFFERENT ARTWORK.
UM, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY, VERY GOOD, YOU KNOW, TURNOUT WITH LOTS OF ARTISTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE, UH, APPRECIATING THE ARTS.
AND ON MAY 18TH, UH, WE'RE HAVING A REPAIR CAFE AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE LIKE A BROKEN COMPUTER OR BROKEN, UH, ELECTRONICS, UH, NEED SOMETHING SEWED, UM, NEED A TV FIXED, UH, A SCREEN DOOR FIXED OR ANYTHING, YOU COULD GO TO THE THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND, UM, GET IT FIXED FOR FREE.
AND THE REPAIR CAFES EXIST ALL OVER, UH, THE UNITED STATES AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
UM, AND THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT, UM, WE'RE DOING IT IN GREENBURG AT THE, AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, BUT IT'S NEIGHBORS DOING VOLUNTEER WORK AND HELPING OTHER NEIGHBORS, UH, WITH FREE, YOU KNOW, FREE REPAIRS.
SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING REPAIRED, UM, YOU SHOULD, UM, UM, SHOW UP.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP, UH, FOR THEIR EFFORTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ORGANIZING, UH, THIS WHOLE INITIATIVE AND DOING A REALLY AMAZING JOB.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE JUST CLEAR THE DAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY? ARE YOU OKAY? OKAY.
SO WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A RECORD GOING.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, SNO PRAYER IS OKAY.
SO IF WE CAN JUST ASK EVERYONE FOR JUST FIVE MINUTES, PLEASE.
COULD WE DO PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.
YOU COULD DO WHAT? I JUST NEED TO RESEARCH WHAT'S PROGRESS.
[ To consider a Site Plan Application of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) for property located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown, NY) [TB 23-08]]
NEXT, UH, TO, UM, A SITE AND APPLICATION OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ATTO CONSIDER A SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, UM, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 5 5 SELMA RIVER ROAD, UM, PO TOWN IN NEW YORK.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
GARY KING, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 136,000 SQUARE FOOT R AND D BUILDING, KNOWN AS THE LOGISTICS BUILDING, ALONG WITH RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AT 5 5 5 SAWMILL RIVER ROAD, PO TERRYTOWN LOCATED IN THE PED PLANNED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DESIGNATED ON THE TAX MAP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS PARCEL ID 7.71 DASH SIX DASH 2.1.
THE PROJECT IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE
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PED DISTRICT AND EXHIBITS CONTINUED SIGNIFICANT CONSISTENCY WITH THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BASED VISION ESTABLISHED FOR THIS PORTION OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AS DEFINED IDENTIFIED IN THE TOWN'S 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN REFERRAL, WHICH INCLUDED WORK SESSIONS ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2023, DECEMBER 20TH, 2023, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024, AND FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, WHERE THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN SUBMISSION SATISFIED THE APPLICABLE SITE PLAN STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 85 54 STANDARDS A THROUGH K.
THE PLANNING BOARD NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED AREA OF WORK IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOCATED WITHIN PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED AREAS VERSUS AN EXPANSION INTO CURRENTLY WOODED AREAS OF THE SITE.
AND THE BOARD FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICANT CONTINUE TO ADVANCE ITS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY MITIGATIONS WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT.
SINCE THE APPLICANT LAST APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD, I CAN AFFIRM THAT THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH BOTH THE NEW YORK STATE DOT, AS WELL AS THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, MR. JOHN CANNING OF KIMLEY HORN, WHO IS PRESENT THIS EVENING.
THE APPLICANT WILL NOW PROVIDE UPDATES AND MAKE ITS PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.
MS. JANET GARRIS, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU SUPERVISOR AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS JANET GARRIS, G-I-R-I-S, AS IN SAM.
I AM A PARTNER WITH DELBELLO DANELLE AND WEINGART AND WEISEN WHITAKER HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF REGENERON.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER DUQUE FOR DOING MY JOB FOR ME.
SO WELL
AND, UH, WE ARE SEEKING SITE PLAN APPROVAL FROM THE TOWN BOARD AND A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE LOGISTICS BUILDING.
IT'S AN APPROXIMATELY 136,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, THREE STORIES WITH A MECHANICAL PENTHOUSE.
UH, AND IT'S LOCATED IN THAT AREA OF THE PROPERTY THAT YOU FAIRLY RECENTLY APPROVED TEMPORARY PARKING ON THAT TEMPORARY PARKING WILL BE REMOVED, UH, AND RESTORED AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DURING THE TIME THAT YOU APPROVE THAT CERTAIN OF THOSE PARKING SPACES WILL REMAIN.
UH, AND THOSE WILL SERVE THE NEW BUILDING, UM, 208 PARKING SPACES IN ALL 157 SPACES.
UH, WILL WILL REMAIN ON THAT LOT 10, WHICH IS THAT TEMPORARY LOT, AND THE PROPERTY WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FROM, UH, LOOP ROAD AND OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD.
JOINING ME THIS EVENING, STEVE SPINA MARK PET, BOTH WITH JMC, OUR, OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS AND TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT, UH, JOINING US VIRTUALLY VICTOR JIMENEZ WITH LAMAR JOHNSON COLLABORATIVE.
THEY ARE OUR ARCHITECTS FOR THIS PROJECT, TED JESSON WITH REGENERON AND MY ASSOCIATE ANNIE KLEIN.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I'D LIKE STEVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BUT AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, UH, SINCE WE WERE BEFORE YOU BACK IN OCTOBER, WE HAD WORKED WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AT A NUMBER OF THEIR, UH, UH, WORK SESSIONS TO ADDRESS COMMENTS THAT THEY HAD, COMMENTS, UH, OF YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
UH, MARK CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD A VERY, UH, GOOD MEETING WITH, UH, WITH NDOT, UH, WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS AS RECENT AS YESTERDAY.
SO, UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU RECEIVE THIS WELL.
AND WE'RE HERE AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ONCE STEVE IS FINISHED.
UH, MAY I HAVE, CAN I HAVE, UH, PERMISSION TO SHARE SCREEN? YES.
CAN YOU JUST SPELL YOUR NAME, PLEASE? UH, S-P-I-N-A.
A MOMENT, I'LL JUST, I, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH A LITTLE PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE TO SPELL OF HIS NAME.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A JUDGE ON ONE OF THOSE SHOWS, YOU KNOW,
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ALL RIGHT.JANET KIND OF HIT ON MOST OF THESE, BUT JUST SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE IN OCTOBER, WE DID, UH, GO TO THE CAC CE, RECEIVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION THERE.
UM, WE'VE DONE, UH, MEETINGS WITH TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, JOHN CANNING, DOT, ELMSFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE PREPARED THE TRAFFIC STUDY STORM ORDER REPORT, UM, MADE MINOR REVISIONS TO THE DRAWINGS.
UM, NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL AS CHANGED.
IT'S REALLY JUST REFINING IT, ADDING CONSTRUCTION DETAILS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THE, THE LAYOUT OR THE SITE DESIGN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY ADVANCED THE DRAWINGS.
WE HAVE SOME AERIAL IMAGES, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SUBJECT SITE IS DOWN HERE ON THE LOWER RIGHT, UH, WHERE THERE'S A TEMPORARY PARKING LOT.
UH, YOU COULD SEE THE REST OF THE CAMPUS HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, THE LOOP ROAD SITE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, AS THIS BOARD IS AWARE OF, UM, LOGISTICS BUILDING, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS BUILDING IS DOING IS THAT IT'S LOOKING TO CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THE EXISTING FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ON THE CAMPUS NOW.
UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, UH, LAB WASHING EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS, SHOPS, UH, SECURITY, UM, LOADING AREAS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGH ALL THE BUILDINGS.
UM, REALLY LOOKING TO KIND OF MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT.
GET IT IN ONE LOCATION, UPGRADE IT ALSO NEAR THE MAIN ROADWAYS SO THAT TRUCKS AND TRAFFIC THAT WOULD NORMALLY HAVE TO CIRCULATE THROUGH THE WHOLE SITE COULD REALLY JUST GO RIGHT THERE AND THEN LEAVE.
AND THEN SMALLER VANS AND, AND BOX TRUCKS WOULD, WOULD CIRCULATE THROUGH THE SITE TO DELIVER TO THE SPECIFIC BUILDINGS.
UM, THIS HERE JUST SHOWS OUR SITE PLAN, UH, AGAIN, REALLY HASN'T CHANGED SINCE WE MET WITH YOU GUYS BACK IN OCTOBER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UH, WE HAVE OUR MAIN ACCESS DRIVEWAY COMING OFF OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE DOT AND JOHN CANNING ON REFINING.
WE ARE, UM, KEEPING SOME PARKING ON THE SOUTHERN END HERE.
WE ARE, UH, REVISING PARKING RIGHT IN THIS LOCATION, SOUTH OF THAT, UH, MAIN ENTRANCE DRIVEWAY.
UH, SOME PARKING AROUND THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE OUR LOADING AREA AND SOME ADDITIONAL QUEUING SPACES FOR TRUCKS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE DRIVEWAY THAT LINKS THE PROJECT DOWN TO THE, UH, EXISTING CAMPUS LOOP ROAD THAT RUNS AROUND THE, THE SOUTH CAMPUS THERE.
UH, THIS IS WHERE THAT, UH, TEMPORARY PARKING LOT WITH THE RETAINING WALLS IS BUILT HERE NOW.
SO THAT WOULD ALL GET REMOVED, RESTORED.
WE HAVE A FULL LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PLAN, UH, TO BRING THAT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAN WHAT IT USED TO BE IN TERMS OF, UH, LANDSCAPING AND TOPOGRAPHY THERE.
UH, THIS IS JUST QUICKLY STEEP SLOPES.
SO, UH, AS JANET MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO KEEP THE DISTURBANCE WITHIN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED TO BUILD THE PARKING LOT.
SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO LIMIT TREE REMOVAL AND STEEP SLOPES DISTURBANCE.
THE ONLY REAL STEEP SLOPES DISTURBANCE WE HAVE IS ON, UH, MANMADE, YOU KNOW, SLOPES THAT WERE MADE TO GRADE DOWN FROM THE PARKING LOT TO REACH THE WOODS, OR RETAINING WALLS, UH, KIND OF UP IN THIS DARK AREA THAT WERE, THAT ARE GONNA BE REMOVED.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY STEEP SLOPES, UH, NATURAL STEEP SLOPES THAT WERE DISTURBING HERE.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME WETLAND BUFFER DISTURBANCE.
WE DID, UH, RESPECT THE WETLANDS, UH, BUT WE ARE IN THE BUFFER, NOT WITH ANY IMPERVIOUS AREA, BUT WITH GRADING STORM WATER, WE'RE PROPOSING A POND.
THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING POND RIGHT IN THIS AREA, SOUTH OF THE BUILDING AND LOADING AREA.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO EXPAND IT AND, UH, AND MAKE IT MORE OF A PERMANENT POND THAT WOULD STAY WITH THE PROJECT.
UH, SO THERE IS SOME BUFFER DISTURBANCE, UH, FOR THE GRATING AND, AND LANDSCAPING AND, AND BUILDING OF THE DRAINAGE.
UH, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ALONG THE FRINGE HERE TO BUILD THIS RETAINING WALL.
BUT, UH, EVERYTHING, ALL THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THEMSELVES ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BUFFER, UH, AND IMPERVIOUS AREAS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, SO WE JUST HAVE SOME NICE PHOTOS THAT I, I THINK THIS BOARD HAS REALLY SEEN BEFORE.
BUT, UH, VIEW FROM 100 C THE BRIDGE LEADING TOWARDS THE ROUNDABOUT BUILDING UP HERE, UH, ON, ON THE LEFT.
SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THESE.
STOP ME IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT, UH, JUST A VIEW FROM THE ROUNDABOUT.
THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR HERE, UH, VIEW FROM THE, UH, UH, WE CALL IT THE KIND OF, UH, PENINSULA WHERE THE GAS STATION AND DUNKING DONUTS ARE.
THIS IS OLD SAWMILL RIVER ROAD ON THE LEFT.
SO THIS IS, UH, UH, UH, RIGHT HERE IS THE MAIN DRIVEWAY WHERE YOU DRIVE IN.
WE HAVE SOME LANDSCAPING PROPOSED ALONG THE FRONTAGE, UH, A VIEW KIND OF IN THE MAIN DRIVEWAY.
SO, UH, THERE'S THAT LITTLE MEDIAN ISLAND WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, AND YOUR CAR IS COMING IN AND OUT.
YOU HAVE THE TRUCKS IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE HAVE A SCREEN WALL HERE, SOME LANDSCAPING TO TRY TO HIDE THE LOADING DOCK AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM THE ROADWAY.
UH, THIS IS A VIEW FROM WITHIN THE
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LOADING AREA, SORT OF WHERE THAT STORM WATER POND MIGHT BE SOUTH OF THE BUILDING.JUST LOOKING AT THE LOADING AREA OF THE BUILDING, UH, THESE ARE JUST ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS PART OF OUR SUBMISSION PACKAGES.
UM, THIS SHOWS THE WEST, THE, THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
YOU SEE THAT LARGE SCREEN WALL THERE.
THERE'D BE THE TRUCKS PARKED BEHIND THAT.
THIS IS THE FRONT ENTRANCE HERE ON THE RIGHT.
I'LL JUST KIND OF ROLL THROUGH THESE.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE PLANNING BOARD AND, AND WITH THE CAC IN, IN MORE DETAIL, BUT THERE IS, UM, UH, A GOOD AMOUNT OF, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY THAT, UH, THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING TEAM ARE, ARE WORKING HARD TO BUILD INTO THE PROJECT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW SITE, UM, ELEMENTS AS WELL, UH, FOR DRAINAGE.
AND THEN, UH, I'M GOING TO, UH, UH, ASK MARK TO COME UP, TALK ABOUT SITE ACCESS, UH, AT THE DRIVEWAY AND OFFSITE FOR A MOMENT.
MARK PETRO FROM J-M-C-M-A-R-C-P-E-T-R-O-R-O.
UM, YEAH, SO, UH, STEVE KIND OF HIT ON THE POINTS AS FAR AS THE ACCESS.
SO, UH, AS HE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THE ACCESS, UH, THE INTERNAL CONNECTION TO THE MAIN CAMPUS, WHICH IS, UH, TO THE NORTH OF THE BUILDING.
BUT OUR MAIN, UH, ACCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING IS OFF OF OLD SOME ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE ALIGNED OPPOSITE ONE OF THE EXISTING GAS STATION DRIVEWAYS.
UM, SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, IS A RIGHT TURN IN ONLY, SO WE WOULD PROHIBIT LEFT TURNS IN, UM, AND THEN, UH, ONE EXITING LANE OUT, WHICH WOULD BE UNRESTRICTED.
SO ANY, ANY MOVEMENTS OUT WOULD BE, UH, PERMITTED OUT ONTO
AND THAT'S JUST AN AREA OF THE SITE.
AND THIS IS JUST, UM, THIS RIGHT HERE IS JUST SOME OF THE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, UH, A LOT OF THESE ARE, A LOT OF THESE ARE FLAGGED, AND MOST OF THEM ARE, ARE RELATED TO WHAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED ON THE, ON THE CAMPUS PROPERTY.
SO, UM, YOU SEE DIFFERENT PHASES OF DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, LR IN THE LEGEND, MEANING LOOP ROAD, WHICH IS THE LARGER PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, INVOLVES THE WIDENING OF THE ROUNDABOUT TO ACCOMMODATE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTIONS.
UM, AND SOME MONITORING OF OTHER, UH, LOCATIONS FOR POTENTIAL SIGNALIZATION.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE ORANGE, UH, DOWN ON HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SITE ACCESS LOCATION HERE.
BUT, UH, ALL THE REST OF THE, THE LEADERS AND CALL OUTS, THOSE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING, UH, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED AND THEY'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR DOT FOR PERMITTING, FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF GOING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION, JUST WE'RE GETTING APPROVAL FROM THEM FOR THE DESIGN ASPECT OF IT.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY OUR PRESENTATION, I GUESS, UH, IN A SUMMARY.
UM, BUT I WILL JUST NOTE, UM, SO AS, UH, JANET HAD MENTIONED, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SINCE THEY WILL BE INVOLVED AS FAR AS OUR ACCESS LOCATION, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A WORK PERMIT FROM THEM, BECAUSE THAT SECTION OF OMO ROAD IS ACTUALLY A DOT OWNED ROADWAY.
UM, SO WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM, UH, YESTERDAY ACTUALLY.
AND, UH, GARRETT, UH, FROM THE TOWN WAS ON AS WELL AS YOUR TOWN TRAFFIC CONSULTANT.
UM, IN SHORT, BASICALLY THE, THE DOT UH, REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL ONSITE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE TO, UH, DIRECT, UH, REGENERON EMPLOYEES TO MAINLY USE THE INTERNAL CAMPUS DRIVEWAY, UH, TO ACCESS AND COME OUT THE SIGNAL LINES INTERSECTION THAT WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED OVER ON OLD SUMMER ROAD.
AND THEN THEY ALSO, UH, WERE ASKING FOR, UM, DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE OUT THE DRIVEWAY TO, UH, LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY'RE LEAVING TO HEAD TOWARD NINE A NORTH TO MAKE A LEFT AND USE THE RAMP JUST, UH, ACROSS THE BRIDGE INSTEAD OF COMING DOWN SOUTH, UH, OVER BY THE HOTEL AND MAKING THE LEFT THERE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THE STATE WANTED US TO IMPLEMENT, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO PUT THAT ONTO THE, UH, SITE PLANS, UH, FOR THOSE ASPECTS OF IT.
UM, UH, THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED US TO, UM, PUT IN A REQUEST FOR AN ACCESS HIGHWAY RELATED TO TRUCK ACCESS, UM, BUT DON'T SEE ANY HICCUPS WITH THAT AS FAR AS FROM THE STATE'S, UH, APPROVAL PROCESS ON THAT ASPECT OF IT.
UM, TRUCKS CURRENTLY USE THAT ROADWAY, JUST IT'S A TECHNICALITY, REALLY, UH, UH, THAT THEY WANTED TO BE DENOTED AS A ACCESS HIGHWAY FOR TRUCKS TO UTILIZE.
ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YES.
SO, UM, I'LL PRESS IT ONE MORE.
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BE GREEN.UM, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE DENSE, I, YOU CAN ONLY MAKE A RIGHT TURN IN.
SO IF SOMEONE'S COMING, IF A TRUCKER IS COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHERE, WHERE'S THE TURNAROUND SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS IT TO, BY USING, BY RIGHT TURN ONLY.
SO, UH, TO ACCESS THE SITE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF COMING IN, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE WEST, IF YOU'RE COMING DOWN OLD SUMMER ROAD, UH, FROM THE PARKWAY, YOU COME DOWN AS USUALLY WOULD'VE MADE THE RIGHT TURN IN.
SIMILARLY, IF YOU'RE COMING DOWN FROM A HUNDRED C FROM THE EAST, COME DOWN AND, AND, UM, FROM THE NORTH, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY MAKE THIS TURN DOWN HERE, COME UP TO THE ROUNDABOUT, PULL A U-TURN AND COME BACK DOWN.
UH, YOU KNOW, SIMILARLY, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE SOUTH, YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND DO THAT SAME MANEUVER AND GO THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT.
HOWEVER, YOU CAN ALSO COME UP THE NORTHBOUND RAMP OFF OF NINE A TURN LEFT AND COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE, COME DOWN THE ROUNDABOUT, AND THEN DOWN AND MAKE THE RIGHT TURN IN.
THAT'S JUST ALL THE MANEUVERS, NOT SPECIFICALLY TRUCKS.
THAT JUST IN GENERAL, THAT'S HOW PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT.
AND, AND ALSO, UM, IT, HOW MUCH MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC WOULD THERE BE? I KNOW TRUCKS USE IT A LOT, BUT YOU SAY SOMEWHERE THE ROAD LOT.
UH, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT DURING THE PEAK HOURS.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY HAS, UM, DURING THE PEAK HOURS, THREE TRIPS IN THE AM AND THREE TRIPS IN THE PM YOU KNOW, MAJORITY OF 'EM DON'T COME DURING THAT SPECIFIC PEAK HOUR.
UM, BUT AS WAS MENTIONED, A LOT OF THIS TRAFFIC THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS USE IS ALREADY THERE.
WE'RE JUST RELOCATING IT TO THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION TO MORE CENTRALIZED OPERATIONS FOR THE CAMPUS.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S LESS DESIRABLE TO HAVE THE TRUCKS JUST GOING THROUGH ALL THE CAMPUS TO RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, RATHER HAVE IT CENTRALIZED TO THIS ONE LOCATION.
ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC? SIDNEY, YOU HAVE QUESTION, SO COME ON.
WHAT IS REGENERON? NO, NO, NO, NO.
I JUST, I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY LOST IN TRANSITION.
WHAT IS REGENERON? WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? I, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
I COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, GIMME SOME KIND OF CLARITY? CAN YOU TALKING TO THE MIC? YEAH, I TALKING TO THE MIC.
OH, YOU, YOU CAN PICK IT UP IF YOU WANT, IF YOU WANT.
REGENERON IS BASICALLY, NO, LET HIM, LET HIM.
WELL, HE'S, MY QUESTION WAS, I WAS A LITTLE, ONE OF A LITTLE CLARITY BECAUSE I MYSELF, OKAY, MAYBE I'M LEFT IN THE DARK AGES, WHATEVER, DON'T KNOW WHAT REGENERON IS, WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THEIR PURPOSE, AND WHO DO THEY HELP.
SO GIMME SOME CLARITY, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME, LET ME TRY.
SO, UH, REGENERON IS, IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LEADING INDUSTRIES, UH, INDUSTRIES FOR A PHARMACEUTICAL.
UM, SO ON THIS CAMPUS, THEY HAVE, UH, A LOT OF RESEARCH OFFICE, UH, TESTING.
THEY HAVE, UH, MANUFACTURING OF MEDICINES.
SO, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF MEDICINES, WHICH I SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW SOME OF THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT THEY, UH, THEY PRODUCE A LOT OF MEDICINES.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, A VERY SUCCESSFUL COMPANY THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, I THINK THEY WERE, UH, MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE BEST, UH, PLACES TO, UH, UH, TO WORK, TO WORK OUT IN, UH, IN THE WORLD.
UM, AND THIS COMPANY IS JUST AMAZING.
UH, THEY, UM, FOCUS ON LIFE THREATENING MEDICINES.
UM, IT'S NOT LIFE THREATENING MEDICINES, BUT LIFESAVING MEDICINE, LIFE SAVINGS, MEDICINE, RIGHT.
LIFE SAVINGS, UH, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY FOCUS A LOT ON, UH, PATIENTS WITH EYE DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR, UM, ILLNESSES, PAIN, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, UH, RARE DISEASES.
UM, IT WAS, UH, FORMED I THINK ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO, UH, BY LYNCH SCHLEIFER.
UM, AND NOW THE COMPANY, THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERED IN GREENBURG, UH, BUT THEY HAVE OFFICES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASICALLY BUILDING PRACTICALLY A CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, WITHIN THE TOWN WHERE THE BIOTECH CAPITAL OF THE HUDSON VALLEY, UM, THEY'VE DONE MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY, UM, IN THIS WHOLE, UM, WHOLE REGION.
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KNOW, IT'S JUST A, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A, UH, ENOR ENORMOUS ASSET TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE TOWN OF, UM, GREENBURG.UH, UH, THEY HAVE, UM, OVER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES AND, UM, AND WHO LIVE IN WESTCHESTER.
SO THEIR EMPLOYEES, UM, THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING, UM, FOR PLACES TO LIVE, THEY'LL LOOK AT, UH, LOCATIONS WITHIN GREENBURG.
SO IT'S GREAT FOR THE PROPERTY VALUES.
THE EMPLOYEES ARE SUPER SMART.
UM, SO THAT'S GOOD FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S JUST A WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN WIN.
DID YOU GUYS MAKE THE STUFF THERE? SO, SO SUN, SORRY.
NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE MIC.
BUT I THINK, I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT, UH, REGENERON WAS ONE OF MEN, WHAT WAS IT? THREE COMPANIES THAT DID THE COVID TESTING? WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE PART OF THE COVID TESTING.
SO WE, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THAT.
UM, THIS IS A SCIENTIST HERE, SO I'M GONNA DEFER TO HIM REALLY QUICKLY.
I LIKE TO SAY ONE OF THE FEEL GOOD STORIES IS, UM, MY MOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR SO, SORRY, SHE HAD A AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.
AND SO FOR HER, REGENERON WAS REALLY A GODSEND BECAUSE SHE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN HER VISION THROUGH THE USE OF ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS CALLED EYLEA.
AND YOU PROBABLY SEE THE COMMERCIALS FOR IT ON TV ALL THE TIME.
SO FOR ME, NOT ONLY IS IT A PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT THEM, AND WE'VE REPRESENTED THEM PROBABLY FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO, BUT THEY'RE ALSO NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WERE MY MOTHER'S VISION SAVIOR FOR, FOR, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL.
AND REGENERON DEVELOPED DRUGS DURING COVID, WHICH HELPED.
AND, AND I'LL LEAVE THAT TO FRANCIS TO GIVE YOU THE DESCRIPTION.
AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROJECT ON ASKING YOU QUESTIONS TONIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN MEETING AFTER MEETING, AFTER MEETING, INCLUDING IN TOWN HALL AND OUTSIDE TOWN HALL AND AT BOARD MEETINGS.
UM, BUT HOW THEY TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES TELLS YOU A LOT.
THEY DESIGNED IT LIKE A CAMPUS ON PURPOSE.
THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES SO THAT THE SCIENTISTS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S GRUELING WORK.
AND PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING RESEARCH, SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
AND THEY HAVE EXERCISE ROOMS. I MADE THE MISTAKE AT ONE TIME AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS OVER AT REGENERON SAYING, DO YOU HAVE AN EXERCISE ROOM? AND IT WAS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN A EXERCISE ROOM?
THEY DON'T CUT ANY CORNERS WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION SAFETY.
UH, WE HAVE A BUILDING INSPECTOR THAT STAYS ON TOP OF THEM.
OBVIOUSLY REGENERON WANTS THE BUILDINGS TO BE SAFE, SO DOES OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
CONTRACTORS SOMETIMES DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT NE IS NECESSARY, BUT TOGETHER BETWEEN RED REGENERON AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE CONTRACTORS ARE DOING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
UM, MY ONLY PEEVE, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO MENTION IT, IS THAT REGENERON, WHICH WE CHANGED THE ZONING SO THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE CITED ON THAT, ON THAT PROPERTY.
WE GIVE THEM ALL THE APPROVALS.
WHAT'S THAT? IT'S THE GREENBERG CAMPUS
BUT IT'S CALLED REGENERON OF TARRYTOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TARRYTOWN POST OFFICE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING DESPERATELY TO DO IS TO BRAND GREENBERG UNINCORPORATED AREA.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S TESLA OF WHITE PLAINS ON RIGHT DOWN THE BLOCK HERE.
IT'S REGENERON, THE ONE ONE COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY DOES, WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR IS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
THEY NEVER CALL IT BY POST OFFICE.
SO JUST, JUST SO I COULD FILL A COUPLE OF PAGES OF THE RECORD
UH, IT, BUT IT'S A PHENOMENAL COM COMPANY.
IT'S, AND, UH, THEY'VE DONE SO MANY GOOD THINGS.
WHAT REALLY IMPRESSES ME ABOUT THE RESEARCH THEY'RE DOING IS THEY JUST, THEY'RE NOT GOING AFTER, LET'S GET SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO USE.
THEY GO AFTER SOME OF THESE DISEASES THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE, AND IT'S, IT, AND IT'S, IT'S TOTALLY LIFE CHANGING.
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CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT.I DON'T HAVE ANY STOCK IN THE COMPANY,
SO I'M SAYING IT'S TOTALLY INCLUDED.
ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO ADD AS WELL IS, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE THEY AN INCREDIBLE, UM, COMPANY DOING TERRIFIC THINGS, AND ONE OF THE BEST EMPLOYERS THAT THERE IS, BUT IN CONNECTION WITH ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION, THEY ARE INCREDIBLY RESPONSIBLE AND INCREDIBLY DEVOTED TO SUSTAINABILITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS STEVE MENTIONED, OR MARK MENTIONED, I MEAN, THIS BUILDING IS INTENDED TO BE LEAD SILVER, LEAD SILVER, LIKE MANY OF THE BUILDINGS ON THAT CAMPUS.
SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY, UM, CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO THEIR BUILDINGS AS WELL.
AND IF ANYONE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT LEAD IS, IT'S A CERTIFICATION, UM, USING MATERIALS AND, AND DEVELOPING PROCESSES, YOU KNOW, FOR LI THE LIGHTING AND WATER AND HOW IT'S CONVEYED, AND THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT RANKINGS FOR, FOR LEAD, BUT IT IS MORE COSTLY TO BUILD, TO LEAD STANDARDS AND IT'S VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS.
AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY DO IS THEY MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A, A, UH, COMPETITION YEARLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO WORK ON PROJECTS.
WHAT THESE KIDS DO IS AMAZING.
YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE TITLE OF WHAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED, BUT THEY, THEY HELP THE KIDS THAT WIN OR GET, UM, SPECIAL, UH, NOTICE WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
SO IT HELPS THEM GO TO COLLEGE.
AND THEY, THEY'RE JUST SO CIVIC MINDED.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER, UH, BIG ADVANTAGE IS, UM, THE IMPACT IT HAS FOR THE ECONOMY, THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A GAS STATION RIGHT NEAR REGENERON NOW, THERE'S ALL THESE CONSTRUCTION CREWS.
THEY'RE USING THE GA, THE LOCAL GAS STATION.
YOU HAVE SHOPRITE, UM, AND ELMSFORD VERY, VERY CLOSE, YOU KNOW, BY, SO A LOT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING ARE USING THAT SHOPRITE.
THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER LOCAL STORES THAT ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE BEING, ARE BEING HELPED.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY A BOOST, A DIRECT BOOST, BUT IT'S ALSO AN INDIRECT BOOST.
AND PEOPLE WHO, UM, UM, ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE FDA APPROVES VERY FEW, THE PERCENTAGE OF, UM, DRUGS THAT THEY APPROVE IS VERY, VERY SMALL.
SO REGENERON HAS THEIR EMPLOYEES DOING ALL THIS RESEARCH, AND MOST OF THE RESEARCH DOESN'T GET ANYWHERE, BUT IT, IT, BUT I THINK THEY'VE HAD 12, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROVALS.
AND I THINK THERE'S 35, UH, UM, CLINICAL TESTS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS, THE COMMERCIAL FOR REGENERON.
SO REGENERON, WELCOME TO GREENBERG.
LIKE WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING IN C GREENBERG.
THEY, THEY ARE SO, SO AMAZING FOR THE TOWN.
AND WE ARE JUST SO FORTUNATE THAT THEY'RE, THEY CHOSE TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN SOME WAYS IT WAS SORT OF LUCK BECAUSE YEARS AGO, UH, THE TOWN WAS ASKED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AND THERE WERE OTHER, BEFORE REGENERON CAME AROUND, THERE WERE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE TOWN AND THE TOWN BOARD.
WE REJECTED THE OTHER APPROACHES, BUT IF WE HAD ACCEPTED IT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD REGENERON AND WE WOULD'VE NOT HAD ALL THESE, UH, BENEFITS.
SO BY SAYING NO A BUNCH OF TIMES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, IT ACTUALLY WORKED TO THE TOWN'S.
I THINK WE FINISHED OUR QUESTION.
WE GOT, GOT OUR MONEY'S WORTH QUESTION.
SO, SO BOTTOM LINE, WE ARE GONNA REJECT THIS PROJECT.
CAN I JUST CLARIFY, ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO, UH, GET THE LEADED CERTIFICATION OR ARE YOU JUST BUILDING THE SILVER STANDARD? NO, THEY TYPICALLY GET LEADED CERTIFICATION.
'CAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH MORE MONEY THEY BUILD TO THE STANDARDS.
I THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GET, GET THE CERTIFICATION.
TED, DO YOU, CAN YOU WE'RE DESIGNING THAT WAY, BUT UH, EXCUSE ME A SECOND.
CAN YOU JUST SAY THAT SO THAT THE COME UP ON THE PHONE? YEAH.
SO THEY INTEND TO BUILD, TO LEAD SILVER CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.
THEY TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO CONSTRUCT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
ANYBODY ELSE? THEN I MOVE THAT WE, UH, UM, LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS AND, UM, CLOSE THE HEARING.
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CONSIDER A LOCAL, UH, A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, SOLAR DISTRICT RELATED TO A RECENTLY APPROVED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM, LOCAL LAW.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.
AND STEVEN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UM, STOP SHARE.
FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
GARY QUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO THE TOWN BOARD'S PRIOR AND RECENT APPROVAL OF THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT, WHICH ADDED A SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM ORDINANCE TO CHAPTER 2 85 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AS PART OF THAT PROCESS IN LOCAL LAW, A SOLAR DISTRICT OVERLAY WAS APPROVED AND MADE PART A PART OF CHAPTER 2 85 TO COMPLETE THE OVERALL RELATED ZONING PROCESS.
ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SHALL BE AMENDED TO AFFIRMATIVELY ADD THIS OVERLAY TO DO SO.
THREE MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED AND ARE AS FOLLOWS, WHICH I WILL NOW PROJECT ON THE SCREEN.
SO WHAT I HAVE ON THE PROJECTION SCREEN IS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S ZONING MAP AND THE THREE CHANGES.
THE FIRST OF THE THREE CHANGES IS IN THE LEGEND, AND IT WILL BE TO ADD THE SOLAR DISTRICT OVERLAY AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
WHAT WE DO IS ADD A REVERSE, UM, CROSS, UH, DIAGONAL HATCH, AND WE'VE, UH, MADE IT THE COLOR GREEN SO THAT IT STANDS OUT QUITE WELL WHEN ULTIMATELY IT'S APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD FOR A SPECIFIC SITE IN THE TOWN.
THE SECOND CHANGE IS WE HAVE THE ROSTER OF ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE TOWN, WHICH I'M NOW GONNA SCROLL DOWN.
AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE SECTION IDENTIFIED AS OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
PRESENTLY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WE HAVE ONE OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND THAT'S THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT OVERLAY, WHICH HAS BEEN EMPLOYED SEVERAL TIMES.
AND WHAT'S PROPOSED IS THIS SD SOLAR DISTRICT OVERLAY.
SO WE'LL LOOK JUST AS YOU SEE IT THERE.
THEN LASTLY, UM, WE HAVE THIS DATED MAY.
UH, WE, WE'LL FILL IN THAT DATE WHEN THE TOWN BOARD, UM, IS, IS READY TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS.
UM, THE REVISION, IT'S JUST THE TITLE OF THE REVISION.
AND, UH, ANTHONY FABRIZIO DOWN IN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE HAS FOR YEARS, UH, MAINTAINED, UH, THIS MAP.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE CHANGES.
CAN WE SEE THE MAP AGAIN ITSELF? GARRETT? YES.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU'D LIKE TO, I, I WANT TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSED SOLAR DISTRICT OVERLAY AREAS.
AND THEN I JUST HAVE A FEW MORE REMARKS AND THEN IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT, ELLEN AND OTHERS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
SO THE SOLAR DISTRICT OVERLAY IS NOT PROPOSED TO BE PLACED ON ANY SPECIFIC LOT IN THE TOWN AT THIS TIME.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SOLAR DISTRICT OVERLAY WILL ONLY BE PLACED ON A SPECIFIC ELIGIBLE PROPERTY IN THE TOWN AFTER SUCCESSFULLY PETITIONING THE TOWN BOARD TO HAVE IT MAPPED TO ENABLE A SOLAR FARM SITE PLAN AND SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION.
THE PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSED THE TOWN BOARD'S ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REFERRAL ON APRIL 3RD, 2024.
THE PLANNING BOARD ISSUED A REPORT WHICH WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE MAP AMENDMENT AND UNANIMOUSLY ISSUED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP UPDATES.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK THEN WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE, UH, THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
NOW, UH, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMON PORTION OF THE MEETING.
UH, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? UH OH.
ANY COMMENTS? UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, JUST NEED TO KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN JACKSON WANTS TO VOTE ON, UH, CLOSING THE HEARING THE RECORD OPEN ON THE REGENERON? YES.
AND THEN YOU WANTED TO VOTE THAT OPENING THE HEARING ON, UH, ON THE, UH, SOLAR.
OKAY, SO NO, NO, NO ONE WANTS TO TALK.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, AND SINCE I'VE BEEN SUPERVISOR THIS HAPPENED.
[ TB 1 - 4/24/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Willett Public Affairs, LLC to provide legislative and strategic counsel before the legislative, executive and administrative branches of New York State Government, for a period of twelve (12) months, May 1, 2024 to April 29, 2025]
MOVE ON TO THE, UH, REGULAR GENDER[00:55:01]
TB.ONE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TENTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BULLOCK PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE AND STRATEGIC COUNSEL BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCHES OF NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS, MAY 1ST TO APRIL 29TH.
[ TB 2 - 4/24/2024 Resolution ratifying a Memorandum of Agreement between CSEA Local 1000 AFSCME AFL-CIO and the Town of Greenburgh for the period beginning January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026]
UH, RESOLUTION RATIFYING A MEMO OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CSCA LOCAL 1000 A-F-S-C-M-E-A-F-L-C-I-O AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY ONE, UH, 2023 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2000, UH, 26.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ TB 3 – 4/24/2024 Resolution adopting a Local Law creating a New Chapter 343 in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh entitled “Donation Bins, Clothing Bins and Recycling Bins”]
ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW, CREATING A NEW CHAPTER 3 43 IN THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG ENTITLED DONATION BINS, CLOTHING BINS, AND RECYCLING BINS.UM, AND, UH, JOE FOR THE BINS, UH, WE SHOULD REALLY, UM, FIGURE OUT A WAY OF NOTIFYING ALL THE, THE COMPANIES WE, WE, WE WILL FIGURE THAT YEAH, YEAH.
WE COULD, WE COULD DISCUSS THAT.
AND IT TAKES EFFECT ONCE IT'S FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE STATE.
SO IT'S NOT OFFICIAL TONIGHT UNTIL THAT FILING IS SENT, AND THAT'S ABOUT 30 DAYS OR SO, CORRECT? RIGHT.
[ AT 1 – 4/24/2024 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 additional amount not to exceed $50,000, $650,000 in total]
THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON ELER, MOSCOWITZ EDELMAN AND DICKER TO, UH, REPRESENT THE TOWN AND REQUESTED GREENBERG POLICE PERSONNEL IN THE MATTER OF, UM, KRISTEN STEIN OFFER AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $50,000.THE TOTAL, SO FAR, SIX 50,000.
AND MOST OF IT'S PAID FOR BY INSURANCE? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'VE EXTENDED BEYOND OUR SELF-INSURED RETENTION.
SO THIS, THESE AMOUNTS ARE COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE AGENT.
[ AT 2 – 4/24/2024 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Joseph Falcone in the matter of Tina Scolpini v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an additional amount not to exceed $25,000, $125,000 in total]
THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF TOM FRATTY TO REPRESENT GREENBURG POLICE OFFICER JOE FALCON IN THE MATTER OF TINA, UH, SINI, UH, VERSUS, UH, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 3 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 1007-11 Yonkers Avenue LLC for property located at 468-472 Ashford Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $956±; the County’s share is $6,482±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,169±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $46,633±. Refunds from all sources total $55,239±]
AUTHORING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH, UH, PETITIONER 1007 11 YONKERS AVENUE REFUNDS FROM WAL, UH, SOURCES TOTAL 55,239.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 4 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner R.S.A. Corporation for property located at 690 & 692 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $875±; the County’s share is $6,390±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $976±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $42,971±. Refunds from all sources total $51,213±]
[ CO 1 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Transfers]
AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2000.I I, I'M GONNA HOLD THAT OVER.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, REACH THE, UH, CONTROLLER FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS REGARDING, UM, THERE SEEMS TO BE A, YOU KNOW, TREMENDOUS PULL FROM CONTINGENCY AND I'M, I NEED SOME EXPLANATION ABOUT THAT.
I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING OF HOLDING THAT OVER TOO, SO THANK YOU.
[ PR 1 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder or New York State contract approved vendor, whichever is lowest cost per item meeting specification, for Athletic Supplies for 2024, at a total cost for all items bid not to exceed $41,530.59]
AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER OR A NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT APPROVED VENDOR, UH, WHICHEVER IS LOWEST COST PER ITEM.MEETING SPECS FOR ATHLETIC SUPPLIES FOR 2024 AT A TOTAL COST FOR ALL ITEMS. BIDS NOT TO EXCEED $41,530 AND 59 CENTS.
[ PR 2 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for T-Shirts and Miscellaneous Items for 2024, at a total cost for all bid items not to exceed $38,122.67]
AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR T-SHIRTS.MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, UH, 38,000 102 2 67.
[ PR 3 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for 2024 Pool Chemicals and Supplies, for a total cost for all items bid not to exceed $68,984.22]
AWARDING, UM, TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS, POOL CHEMICALS AND SUPPLIES FOR TOTAL COST FOR ALL ITEMS, UH, BID NOT TO EXCEED 68,000 984 22.[ PR 4 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidders for 2024 Grounds Maintenance Supplies, at a total cost for all items bid not to exceed $26,113.90]
AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR 2024 GRAND MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES ADD A TOTAL COST FOR ALL ITEMS. BIDS NOW TO EXCEED $26,113 AND 90 CENTS.[ PO 1 - 4/24/2024 Resolution authorizing the Chief of Police to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), at no cost to the Town, between the Greenburgh Police Department and Guardian Revival commencing April 1, 2024, and continuing thereafter unless terminated as provided for in the agreement]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHIEF OF POLICE? WAIT, HOLD ON.THERE'S A MODIFICATION TO IT, SO LET ME READ IT, BUT IT'S YOUR MOTION.
BUT, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENTER INTO A, UH, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GUARDIAN REVIVAL COMMENCING APRIL 1ST, 2024 AND TO CONTINUE THEREAFTER, UNLESS TERMINATED AS PROVIDED IN THE AGREEMENT.
[ PO 2 - 4/24/2024 Resolution appointing Brandon S. Piehler as Entry-Level Police Officer]
FINALLY, UH, RESOLUTION APPOINTING BRENDA BRANDON, UH, PILLAR AS ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER.[01:00:01]
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