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GOOD EVENING.UM, TODAY IS AUGUST 14TH, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR STARTING THE MEETING A LITTLE LATER THAN, UM, WE ADVERTISED.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.AND, UM, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING IF YOU COULD REMAIN STANDING.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE (tributes/photos in progress) In memory of Charlie Gray Sr., Charlie was a lifelong resident of Greenburgh. He worked for the Town as Forman with our Sanitation Department. He retired just a few years. Everyone that knew Charlie loved him and he will be missed by all. In memory of Joyce Baumgarten, who was the first woman elected to the position of Chairperson for the Democratic Party in the Town of Greenburgh. As Chairperson, Joyce spearheaded both the successful election in 1971 of the Honorable George Bland, the first Black man elected to the Greenburgh Town Council, as well as the election of Tony Veteran, the first Democrat to be elected as Greenburgh Town Supervisor in over 75 years. Before Joyce became Chairperson, there was not a single Democrat holding office in the Town of Greenburgh. By the time she left office seven years later, all elected officials were Democrats. In memory of Harry Phillips, III, who was a leader in local school and Democratic politics. He served as PTA president, was a Democratic District Leader, participated in many committees geared toward improving the schools, and was Chairman of the Greenburgh for Stevenson campaign in 1955-56. Harry’s commitment to Greenburgh School District 8 was partly due to the fact that in 1950, prior to the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, the district had decided to implement busing to integrate the schools. One of the achievements that Harry was most proud of was helping to facilitate a meeting between members of the school board and Frieda Schiff Warburg that resulted in Warburg donating her 150 acre estate to the school district. This allowed for the building of Woodlands High School on the estate grounds. Warburg, like Phillips, was impressed by the school district’s commitment to integration. In memory of Vanessa Merton, Vanessa was a Hastings activist, advocate for immigrants, democratic district leader, and Pace Law School Professor (Darrow Slade Godeski Merton will speak following the moments of silence) In memory of those killed in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, and in memory of those who have perished due to the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023]
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING THE MEETING WITH MOMENTS OF SILENCES FOR, UM, FOR, UM, UH, LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO RECENTLY, UH, PASSED AWAY.UH, THE FIRST, UM, AS CHARLES GRAY JR.
A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, KNOWN AS JERKY TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
HE DEVOTED 64 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO, UM, HIS BELOVED GREENBERG, SPENDING OVER FOUR DECADES SERVING THE TOWN.
HE RETIRED AS A FOREMAN IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT IN 2022.
HIS RELIABILITY AND DEDICATION MADE HIM A MENTOR TO MANY AND AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GENEROSITY, RELIABILITY, AND SUPPORTIVE SPIRIT.
CHARLES WAS A MAN OF GREAT CHARACTER, EXEMPLIFYING THE VIRTUES OF A LOVING INDIVIDUAL IN EVERY ASPECT OF HIS LIFE.
HIS PASSION FOR GOLF AND CIGARS WAS ONLY SURPASSED BY HIS LOVE FOR THE FAMILY.
AND ALSO IN MEMORY OF JOYCE BAUMGARTEN, THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THE POSITION OF CHAIRPERSON OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, SHE PASSED AWAY ON JULY 27TH.
UH, SHE SPEARHEADED THE SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN 1971 OF GEORGE BLAND, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN ELECTED TO THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD, AS WELL AS ELECTION OF TONY VETERAN, THE FIRST DEMOCRAT TO BE ELECTED AS GREENBERG TOWN SUPERVISOR IN OVER 75 YEARS.
PRIOR TO JOYCE BECOMING CHAIRPERSON, NO, DEMOCRATS HAD HELD OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND BY THE TIME, UH, SHE LEFT OFFICE SEVEN YEARS LATER, WHILE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, WERE DEMOCRATS IN, UM, MEMORY OF HARRY PHILLIPS, WHO WAS A LEADER IN LOCAL SCHOOL AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICS.
HE SERVED AS PTA PRESIDENT WAS A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADER.
HE PARTICIPATED IN MANY COMMITTEES GEARED TOWARDS IMPROVING THE SCHOOLS.
I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE, OF GREENBERG FOR STEVENSON CAMPAIGN IN 1955 AND 56.
UH, WHILE WAS REALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE, UM, WAS HIS COMMITMENT TO THE GREENBERG SCHOOL DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, IN 1950, PRIOR TO THE BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION, THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT BUSING TO INTEGRATE THE SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HARRY WAS MOST PROUD OF WAS HELPING TO FACILITATE A MEETING BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND FRIDA SCHIFF WARBURG THAT RESULTED IN WARBURG DONATING HER 150 ACRE ESTATE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS ALLOWED FOR THE BUILDING OF WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL ON THE STATE GROUNDS.
WARBURG, LIKE PHILLIPS WAS IMPRESSED BY THE SCHOOL'S DISTRICT COMMITMENTS INTEGRATION.
AND FINALLY, UM, WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF VANESSA MERTON.
VANESSA WAS A LIFETIME HASTINGS ON HUDSON RESIN.
SHE WAS AN ESTEEMED PROFESSOR, SHE WAS A HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE, AND SADLY, SHE PASSED AWAY ON JULY 25TH.
SHE WAS A TRIAL ATTORNEY FOR THE NEW YORK CITY LEGAL AID SOCIETY AND ASSOCIATE DEAN AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT NYU LAW BEFORE JOINING THE NEWLY CREATED PACE LAW SCHOOL WHERE SHE SUPERVISED THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLINIC AND BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE IMMIGRATION JUSTICE CLINIC.
VANESSA LITERALLY NEVER SLEPT AS SHE ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR THE MARGINALIZED, MOST PARTICULARLY DISENFRANCHISED IMMIGRANTS AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SHE WAS A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT PACE, AND SHE PARTNERED WITH NEIGHBORS LINK TO BUILD A PACE COMMUNITY LAW PROJECT, WHICH HAS HANDLED OVER 5,000 IMMIGRATION LEGAL MATTERS SINCE 2017.
THAT'S ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF WHAT VANESSA OR I DID SPEAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, UH, VANESSA, UM, ALWAYS, UM, WAS SOMEBODY YOU COULD CALL FOR ADVICE.
AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T CALL HER AND SHE DISAGREED WITH YOU, SHE WOULD CALL YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT SHE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE THOUGHT.
AND FOR ME, SPEAKING PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN VANESSA FOR, UM, FOR OVER 40 YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, VANESSA TO ME WAS LIKE THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING SALE OF APPROVAL.
SO EVERY TIME THERE WAS A CONTROVERSIAL MATTER, UH, DURING MY TENURE, I WOULD ALWAYS, UH, BE SCARED THAT I'D GET A CALL FROM VANESSA, UH, YELLING AND SCREAMING AT ME BECAUSE I, I KNEW THAT, UM,
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I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO, UM, TO MEET HER HIGH STANDARDS OR NOT EVEN MEET THE STANDARDS.IT'S COME AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO MEETING, UH, THE STANDARDS.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THE TOWN, AND, UM, THERE WERE SOME, UM, IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE, UH, SENT TO THE ARDSLEY, UM, ACRES HOTEL IN ARDSLEY.
AND, UM, THANKS REALLY TO THE INSPIRATION OF VANESSA.
UM, WE HAD A WHOLE GROUP OF INTERNS VOLUNTEERING, UM, AT THE, AT THE, UH, AT THE HOTEL, UM, UH, GENERATE GETTING DONATIONS, UH, FOR THE MIGRANTS, UM, TEACHING, UM, MIGRANTS ENGLISH.
BUT I, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAID, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ANTI-IMMIGRANTS.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE I WANTED TO SHOW VANESSA THAT, UM, SHE REALLY INSPIRED ME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE INSPIRED SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
THERE'S HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, UM, AND, UM, GRADUATES WHOSE LIVES WERE, WILL NEVER BE THE SAME BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DID.
SO FOR ME, HER LOSS IS SO PERSONAL, AND I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE IN MY LIFE WHO MATCHED HER INTEGRITY, HER HONESTY, UM, HER PASSION, UM, AND HER COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE.
YOU KNOW, SHE WAS POLITICS AT, AT, AT ITS BEST.
YOU KNOW, SHE, WHEN I FIRST, AND THIS IS THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY.
I REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE WORKING, UH, AGAINST A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE, IN ON HAS IN HASTINGS.
AND SHE WAS INVOLVED IN HASTINGS POLITICS.
SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
UH, SHE, UM, FOUGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT.
SHE, SHE DIDN'T LIKE POLITICIANS WHO WERE LEGENDS IN THEIR OWN MIND.
YOU KNOW, SHE JUST WAS A, A FANTASTIC HUMAN BEING, AND IT WILL BE VERY, VERY HARD TO REPLACE HER.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS RAISED HER HAND.
YES, I, I BELIEVE, UM, STEVE VANESSA'S HUSBAND AND DARROW, HER SON ARE THERE, IF I CAN SEE CLEARLY IN A VERY SMALL PICTURE.
BUT THE FAMILY WAS EVERYTHING TO VANESSA.
UM, I KNEW VANESSA FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS, HALF OF FALSE, UH, PAUL'S AMOUNT OF TIME WITH HER.
BUT I WAS CHAIR OF THE HASTINGS DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
SHE WAS MY, MY VICE CHAIR, AND WE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER.
UM, VANESSA'S FAMILY PULLED TOGETHER WHAT THEY CALLED, AND LET'S SEE IF I PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK DARL MIGHT BE SPEAKING, AND HE WILL CORRECT ME A COMMUNITY FEST SCRIPT, WHICH IS A CELEBRATION UPON, UM, A, A WRITTEN CELEBRATION, QUOTE UNQUOTE, OF AN ACADEMIC'S WORK OFTEN IN THE FORM OF ESSAYS, HONORING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO I WROTE SOMETHING, IT'S NOT LONG, BUT I'D LIKE TO READ IT.
LEMME JUST MENTION IF PEOPLE WANNA SIT DOWN, THEY COULD, WHILE WE'RE HAVING THE CEREMONY, THIS MEMORIAL, I STILL REMEMBER ONE NIGHT, 2010, PERHAPS NOT WHAT PRECEDED IT, BUT WE WERE TOGETHER AFTER SOME EVENT.
WE SAT DOWN, YOU AND ME, AND TALKED OVER A GLASS OF WINE, NOTHING EARTH SHATTERING, JUST TALK.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ONE-ON-ONE, IT WAS RELAXED, AND THERE WAS NO OVERWROUGHT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY, THE WORLD, OR EVEN OUR LOCAL DRAMA OF THE DAY, JUST TO CHAT ABOUT OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES.
I WAS NO LONGER INTIMIDATED BECAUSE YOU LET DOWN THE SHIELD OF YOUR FORCE OF NATURE AS YOU WOULD YOUR TRUSSES OF WILD WHITE HAIR.
YOUR PASSION FOR HOW THINGS SHOULD BE, COULD BE SO FEW, HAVE THE POWER OF YOUR CONVICTIONS, OR ARE WILLING TO RAISE THEIR VOICES IN WELL PROCLAMATIONS, AS YOU HAVE DONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, DAUNTING, ADMIRABLE, AND YES, SOMETIMES FRACTIOUS AND ANGER INSPIRING.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE PROCLAMATION.
YOU WERE BEING HONORED, AND I WAS TASKED WITH REVIEWING YOUR HISTORY AND CALLING OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS TO CELEBRATE YOU.
HOW WAS I TO FIT IT ALL IN ONE DOCUMENT? HOW SMALL COULD I MAKE THE FONT TO CELEBRATE THIS BIGGER THAN LIFE WOMAN? AND THEN THERE WAS ALL THAT I HAD TO LEAVE OUT.
MOST OF ALL, A SINGLE DOCUMENT COULD NOT CAPTURE THE BREADTH OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS, NOR COULD IT CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF WHO YOU'VE BEEN, A FLAME THAT BURNS BRIGHTLY
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WITH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION.AND DARROW, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YES.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ONE UP ALL THE PRAISE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GIVING MY MOTHER, AND I'M DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE TOWN BOARD FOR, UH, TAKING THIS TIME TO, TO COMMEMORATE HER.
UM, I'LL JUST SAY ONE, ONE THING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO SORT OF HEAR ALL THIS PRAISE OF MY MOM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE ALSO HAD THIS OTHER SIDE, WHICH, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, WHICH DESCRIBED HER AS A, A PERENNIAL THORN IN THE SIDE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UH, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO GIVE PUBLIC, UH, OFFICIALS, UH, A PIECE OF HER MIND, AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU HAD GONE OFF THE PATH, SHE WOULD LET YOU KNOW.
UM, BUT, UH, WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO PROVIDE SORT OF INSIGHTFUL ANALYSIS FOR HOW YOU COULD SOLVE PROBLEMS, HOW YOU COULD ACTUALLY MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR PEOPLE.
UM, AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT, UH, HER IMPACT HAS AFFECTED SO MANY PEOPLE.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M PROUD TO HAVE LEARNED FROM HER.
I THINK MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED FROM HER.
UM, AND SINCE, UH, ELLEN MENTIONED THE THE FES SHRIFT, UM, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN GO TO WWW.CELEBRATINGVANESSA.COM.
AND WE JUST COMPILED ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT HER WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS AND THINGS.
AND SO, UH, IT'S VERY TOUCHING TO, TO HEAR THIS FROM, FROM, UH, FROM PAUL AND FROM ELLEN AND EVERYONE ELSE.
UH, AND THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
UM, I JUST WANNA, UM, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, MENTION WE HAVE TO FINISH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE WITH UKRAINE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, ONE MORE MOMENT OF SILENCE, UM, IN ME IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN UKRAINE DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION AND MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE, UM, PERISHED DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]
SUPERVISOR.UH, HERE, COUNCILMAN SHEEN PRESENT.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY IN PARLIAMENTARIAN.
[ PRESENTATIONS Presenting a Proclamation to Nettie Pizza, celebrating her 101st Birthday]
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MENTION THAT, UM, WE HAVE WITH US, UM, MY FAVORITE REPUBLICAN AND, UH, WHO'S BEEN MY FAVORITE REPUBLICAN FOR, SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED.AND NETTY IS, UM, CELEBRATING HER 60TH BIRTHDAY TODAY.
UM, AND, UM, WE WANTED TO HONOR HER FOR BEING SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSET TO, UH, THE TOWN OF, UH, GREENBURG.
I ASKED, UM, THE POLICE TO DO A CHECK TO MAKE SURE, UM, HER AGE IS, IS WASN'T AN EXAMPLE OF FRAUD, BECAUSE I BASICALLY THINK THAT, UH, YOU, YOU'RE NOT 101.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT, BUT, UH, OFFICER MARINOS SAID THAT WHOLE ATTEST THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY TELLING US THE TRUTH WITHIN LIKE 20 OR 30 YEARS.
UM, UM, UM, YOU'VE BEEN JUST AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER.
UH, YOU'VE WORKED AS A SCHOOL MONITOR AT LEE JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS, UH, KNOWN AS A JUNIPER HILL SCHOOL FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS.
SHE BECA BEGAN HER CAREER IN GREENBURG CENTRAL SEVEN, VOLUNTEERING WHEREVER, UH, NECESSARY.
UH, SHE WORKED AS SECRETARY FOR THE PRINCIPAL OF WASHINGTON AVENUE SCHOOL, INITIALLY, THEN WORKED IN THE LIBRARY THERE, ASSISTING WITH WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND SHE, SHE HELPED WITH STAGE DECORATIONS FOR THE SCHOOL, PLAYS, FUNDRAISERS, AND, UH, PTO FUNCTIONS.
IN 1976, NETTY SERVED AS A PARENT CHAPERONE FOR THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCTION FREEDOM CHILD.
UM, A PLAY ABOUT THE LIFE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
THE GROUP TRAVELED TO AND PERFORMED IN LIBERIA, GHANA, ROME, AND FLORENCE NETTY WAS INVOLVED IN, UH, LOCAL POLITICS.
SHE BEGAN AS A VOLUNTEER AND QUICKLY BECAME A DISTRICT LEADER, A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT LEADER.
UM, SHE, I WAS GONNA SAY, SAY I LEAD, BUT THIS IS GOVERNMENT, SO I CAN'T SAY THAT.
UM, SHE LATER, SHE LATER BECAME SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF THE GREENBERG REPUBLICAN CLUB, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT OF THE DALE WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB.
SHE WORKED CLOSELY WITH MANY LOCAL POLITICIANS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ACROSS PARTY LINES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN I FIRST, UH, WAS A COUNTY GOT ELECTED TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE,
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I THINK YOU WERE, YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND WERE LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO TALK TO ME, UM, BECAUSE MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T TALK TO ME AT THAT TIME ON, BUT I, BUT YOU, YOU WERE, YOU WERE ALWAYS, UM, EVERY TIME I, I FELT BAD ABOUT MYSELF.I'D GO TO YOUR HOUSE OR NEAR YOUR HOUSE, AND THEN YOU'D GIMME A LITTLE BOOST.
UM, UH, YOU WERE MARRIED TO ANTHONY PIZZA, UM, AND MASTER SERGEANT IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II.
THE PIZZAS WERE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1962, THIS ORGANIZATION BEGAN AS A GRASSROOTS GROUP OF ENLISTED MEN AND OFFICERS WHO DECIDED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CHILDREN OF MARINES AND OTHER VETERANS THAT WERE KILLED, OR, UM, DISABLED AND SERVICED TO OUR COUNTRY TO ENABLE THEM TO ATTAIN A HIGHER EDUCATION AND GREATER OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE.
AND THEY BOUGHT A MODEL HOME IN ONE OF THE FIRST HOMES, OR THE FIRST HOME, BUILT IN POET'S CORNER IN 1955, AND ENJOYED MANY A WONDERFUL YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE ACTIVE GARDENERS, DEEPLY VALUED EDUCATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUALITY, AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL AROUND THEM.
AND THEY WERE, THEY BOTH HAD, UM, A LONG, HEALTHY, HAPPY LIFE.
ANTHONY LIVED TO THE AGE OF 98, AND NETTY IS NOW 101.
SO, UH, TODAY WE'RE, UM, NAMING, UH, THE TOWN BOARD'S NAMING TODAY, AUGUST 14TH, NETTY PIZZA DAY, AND, UM, IN GREENBERG.
AND, UM, WE COULD ALL CELEBRATE WITH A PIZZA.
UH, UH, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE MIC 101.
YEAH, I WANNA SAY THAT I, I HAD NEVER HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL LIFE AS I HAD WITH MY HUSBAND.
HE WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MARINE AND MAN.
AND WE DID SO MUCH TO HELP EVERYBODY.
AND WE EVEN HELPED SOMEBODY LIFT THEIR HOUSE AND A FOUNDATION.
I WAS MIXING CEMENT AND WE WERE POURING CEMENT AND SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDED THEIR HOUSE PAINTED, AND WE WENT AND PAINTED THEIR HOUSE
WE DID TELL ME HOW LONG, YOU KNOW, PAUL AND I KNOW PAUL FOR 40 YEARS.
AND, UH, I REMEMBER WHEN HIS FATHER HAD HIM BY THE HAND AND BROUGHT HIM TO HARTSDALE.
AND HE WAS CAMPAIGNING AND WHAT ELSE? UH, I WAS ON TWO BOWLING LEAGUES AND I GOT THE SEVEN 10 PIN, WHICH IS ON HONOR, AND I GOT THAT SEPARATED.
WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? SHE ENJOYED BEING IN THIS TOWN? WHAT EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS TOWN, WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT OUR TOWN? I LOVE THIS TOWN, AND I ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT THEY TOOK GOOD CARE OF ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THEY PULLED A LOT OF TREES OUT, WHICH THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE.
THEY GROW, THEY COME BACK JUST LIKE I DID
SO, SO YOU'RE, YOU, YOU SAID TO ME BEFORE THE MEETING, UM, THAT UNLESS WE MAKE SURE THAT THE TREES THAT HAVE TO BE PLANTED ARE PLANTED, YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION.
SO, UM, SO, UM, SO, UM, SO, UH, COULD YOU MENTION, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON? COUPLE, COUPLE MORE EVERGREEN, HUH? YEAH.
AND, AND LET GLEN WRITE IT UP.
AND GLEN, YOU GONNA WRITE IT UP, ACT LIKE YOU DID LAST TIME.
SO WE, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS.
OTHERWISE, UH, NEXT YEAR, YEAR, THE HUNDRED SECOND BIRTHDAY, WE'RE GONNA GET IT.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR TALKING WITH EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GONNA GET, 'CAUSE I LOVE, I LOVE THIS TOWN.
AND YOU, YOU GONNA BE 105
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE, THE PROCLAMATIONS IN THE MAIL, LIKE THE CHECKS IN THE MAIL, UH, BUT, UH, WE, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE NOT, ARE MEETING REMOTELY.
SO WE WANT EVERYBODY TO SIGN IT.
SO AT THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY SIGN IT AND THEN WE'LL GET IT TO YOU.
CAN I HAVE MOM COME UP AND JUST TAKE PICTURES OF YOU? YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
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WE COULD, YEAH.YOU COULD ALSO, EVERYBODY COULD, I DON'T WANNA BOTHER.
IF SHE WANTS US, IF SHE WANTS US TO COOK FIRST ALONE.
STAND NEXT TO TAKE SOME PICTURES PLEASE.
COULD WE HAVE SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, SO, UM, WILL YOU ALSO, LET ME JUST SEE, UM, LET'S YOUR STATEMENT HERE.
[ 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 ]
YOU, I'M, UH, ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUBMIT A CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND COMPREHENSIVE CONTRACT PROPOSAL TO THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER THAT INCLUDES RENEWED FINANCIAL AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FOR A 25 YEAR, UH, TERM.OUR COMMITMENT TO THE NATURE CENTER AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ITS VALUES AS A COMMUNITY ASSET REMAINS STEADFAST AND WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO THE COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACTUAL PROCESS.
AND I KNOW, UH, CATHERINE AND, UH, ALEX, WE HAVE, UM, REP JIM, WE HAVE, UH, SOME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATURE CENTER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? SUPERVISOR, FINER COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, MY NAME'S MICHAEL SIMS. I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATURE CENTER.
I HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD THE LAST TIME THIS CONTRACT WAS RENEWED.
I WAS THE NEWBIE THEN, AND I HAD BROWN HAIR.
UM,
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING IT, BUT ON THE LARGER POINTS, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THE 25 YEAR COMMITMENT THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE OUR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AND APPLY FOR MULTI-YEAR GRANTS.
THE PROPOSAL RESTORES THE FUNDING, UH, FOR SERVICES WE PROVIDE, BUT THERE ARE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THAT FUNDING COULD BE CUT OR ELIMINATED.
THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE ON A FAIR FRAMEWORK, UM, FOR HOW THOSE CUTS WOULD BE DETERMINED.
THIS IS AS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD, AND WE THANK THE BOARD FOR TAKING THIS STEP WITH US.
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MORE THAN 5,000 NATURE CENTER SUPPORTERS WHO SIGNED OUR PETITION AND THE HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS THAT HAVE ENERGIZED OUR TEAM OF NATURE EDUCATORS.
THEY ARE AMAZED AT HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE THE NATURE CENTER.
OUR BOARD LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE TOWN BOARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GO THROUGH ANY REMAINING ISSUES BEFORE HOPEFULLY FINAL AGREEMENT, AND FINALIZING THIS THING AT NEXT MONTH'S TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THANK YOU, JOE, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, WITH THE CONTRACT BEHIND US, IT'S ONTO OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NEXT YEAR.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE NATURE CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF, YES.
MY NAME IS JIM BLAND AND I LIVE IN HARTSDALE AND I'M ON THE BOARD AT THE NATURE CENTER.
UM, I LARGELY WANNA REITERATE WHAT MIKE JUST SAID.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA FOLLOW LATER, NOT IMMEDIATELY.
UH, WANNA THANK THE FIVE, 5,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SUPPORT OF THE NATURE CENTER, UH, IN OUR LONGSTANDING EFFORT TO GAIN RENEWAL OF THE 25 YEAR CONTRACT.
WE ARE NOW IN THE 23RD YEAR OF OUR SECOND 25 YEAR CONTRACT.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 48 YEARS, AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.
THE GOOD NEWS TODAY, AS MIKE SAYS, IS THAT EARLIER TODAY WE RECEIVED A SERIOUS OFFER, A SERIOUS OFFER TO RENEW FOR ANOTHER 25 YEARS.
WE JUST RECEIVED IT THIS AFTERNOON AND, AND
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WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY QUICK.IT HAS A LOT OF THE BASICS THAT WE NEED.
UM, IT DOES CONTAIN, IT CONTAINS SOME ISSUES THAT WE WILL NEED TO DISCUSS BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH, UM, JOE AND THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL, WE THINK WE'RE EVEN CLOSE, UH, BUT THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL.
UM, ANYWAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED SUPPORT, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN.
UM, LISA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY?
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
YES.UM, I WOULD, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE GREENBERG TOWN CLERK SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
UH, WE HOSTED OVER, UM, ALMOST 40, UH, GREENBERG AND VILLAGE STUDENTS IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS IN TOWN HALL.
AND THAT INCLUDED, UH, EIGHT STUDENTS WHO WERE HOSTED BY COMMISSIONER TERRANCE V JACKSON AT T-D-Y-C-C.
AND I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THE SUPERVISOR AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WERE SO GRACIOUS, UM, THAT THAT TOOK THE TIME OUT OF OUR SCHEDULES TO PROVIDE REAL LIFE GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE IN EACH DEPARTMENT.
AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY RECEIVING A STIPEND, UM, THEY ARE ALSO RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OF 50 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ALSO A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK THE, UH, TOWN, UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME AND INVESTING IN OUR STUDENTS.
AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH MY PRESS RELEASE.
UM, WHERE NOW, UM, I AM AVAILABLE AS A NOTARY FOR THOSE TO COME TO, UM, WHO NEED NOTARIES.
YOU CAN COME TO OUR OFFICE AND, UM, AND THEY CAN GET, UM, THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS SIGNED, UM, AND NOTARIZED.
[ To consider an Amended Site Plan Application by Game On Golf Center, for property located at 701 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains, NY)]
HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING.UM, THE FIRST, THE HEARING IS TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY GAME ON GOLF CENTER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 0 1.
DO ROAD PO O BOX WHITE PLANS NEW YORK.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
FINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING RELATES TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A PREFABRICATED REMOVABLE AWNING ON A NEW CONCRETE PLATFORM.
THIS WOULD REPLACE THE PREEXISTING ASPHALT AND BE INSTALLED IN SUPPORT OF EXISTING DRIVING TEES AT THE EXISTING GOLF DRIVING RANGE, KNOWN AS GAME ON GOLF CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT SEVEN ZERO ONE DOBBS FERRY ROAD, PO WHITE PLAINS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE R 31 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE TOWN BOARD PREVIOUSLY REFERRED THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF A SITE PLAN REFERRAL, WHICH INCLUDED A WORK SESSION ON MAY 15TH, 2024, WHERE THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A UNANIMOUS POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
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 FOCUSED ITS REVIEW ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND VISUAL IMPACT OF THE PROJECT.
THE PLANNING BOARD DEEMED THAT THE PROPOSAL IS A LOW IMPACT ADDITION THAT IS ADEQUATELY BUFFERED FROM RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE AREA, AND ACCORDINGLY ISSUED A NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS REGARDING THE NEED FOR TWO AREA VARIANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
THESE ARE A FRONT YARD, UH, VARIANCE AND AN ALTERATION OF A NON-CONFORMING USE.
ON JULY 18TH, 2024, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AND THOSE AREA VARIANCES WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE ZONING BOARD.
MR. KEVIN K, OWNER OF THE GAME ON GOLF CENTER IS PRESENT AND WILL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UH, MY NAME IS KEVIN K I'M, UH, ONE OF THE PARTNERS AT GAME ON GOLF CENTER.
AND, UH, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE GONE THROUGH A, A FAIRLY, UM, SIMPLE BUT, UH, LONG PROCESS OF GETTING TO THIS POINT.
UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE, UH, MANAGED TO PRESENT OURSELVES, UH, UH, WELL, AND WE'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY NOW.
UH, WE'VE OPERATED THE GOLF RANGE FOR, UM, ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW.
UH, WE'VE, UH, I THINK, UH, MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS TRYING TO, UM, BRING THIS, UH, GOLF RANGE
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A LITTLE BIT INTO THE, UM, MORE MODERN TIMES.UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, THE THING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS A ANOTHER AWNING.
WE HAVE AN EXISTING AWNING ON SITE.
THIS WILL BE A SLIGHTLY NICER, I WOULD SAY, PREMIUM AWNING THAT WOULD, UH, PROVIDE A BIT MORE OF A, UM, PREMIUM EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CLIENTELE.
UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OVER THE YEARS COME TO LEARN THAT GOLFERS SOMETIMES CAN BE QUITE FANATICAL AND THEY GET OUT THERE IN THE WEATHER NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER DURING THE WINTER, ALL YEAR ROUND.
AND, UM, WE FREQUENTLY CANNOT ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY.
SO WE, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS PROJECT.
WE THINK IT WOULD BE TREMENDOUS ADDITION TO OUR FACILITY, BUT, UH, ALSO A RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WOULD ANYBODY, UM, LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A STATEMENT MURRAY, I COME OVER THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
AS A REMINDER, EACH, UM, THERE'S A LIST FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
YEAH, WE HAVE A LIST FOR PUBLIC.
WE'LL GO IN ORDER AFTER AFTER THIS, BUT HE'S ALREADY I KNOW, BUT JUST BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY IT'S A FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES AND THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND SPEAKER.
THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND ROUND UNLESS THE HEARING IS TO BE CLOSED TONIGHT.
UM, THEN THERE MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL ROUND IF YOU WANT AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEW YORK CITY IS TALKING ABOUT IS FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS.
WHY ISN'T GARRETT HERE FACE TO FACE? SO WE CAN, WE CAN ASK HIM QUESTIONS TO HIS FACE AND NOT ON ZOOM.
NO, ARE TALKING ABOUT I HAVE THE MEETING PROPERTY, OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NO, I HAVE THE FLOOR IF YOU WANNA INTERRUPT ME.
NO, YOU CAN GET THE TIME AFTER YOU THIS A PUBLIC COMMENT.
NO, I WILL NOT BE, I'LL NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ANYMORE.
MR. BOW, THIS HAS GONE LONG, LONGER ENOUGH.
WHO RUNS THIS TOWN AND DO YOU RUN IT BY THE LAW OR DO YOU RUN IT BY WHIM? THIS IS THE LAW.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SITE PLAN APPLICATION.
I ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION THAT HE'S TALKED ABOUT TODAY IN AN EMAIL TO GARRETT.
I DIDN'T GET IT BACK BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLINE.
I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY WANTED.
I HAVE A COPY OF THE EMAIL AND SO DO MOST OF YOU.
AND IF YOU WANNA INTERRUPT ME, YOU CAN'T.
ARE YOU GONNA TALK? I GET THE TALK PLAN.
I GET THE TALK WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.
HE'S THE, UH, HE'S THE, WHAT IS, WHAT'S THE RIGHT WORD? PARLIAMENTARIAN.
CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK ON THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION? WHY? BECAUSE THAT'S THE POINT OF A PUBLIC HEARING AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR, BUT I DIDN'T QUESTION.
IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT, IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT GETTING DOCUMENTS, GET THE DOCUMENT LAW THAT WILL ENABLE HIM TO SPEAK ON THAT, THEN THAT'S CORRECT.
PROBABLY IS AN APPROPRIATE TOPIC BECAUSE HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF, HE'S TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT RELATING TO THE OKAY.
HE'S GONNA GET, BECAUSE I HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT IT.
WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS IN A WAY THAT'S NOT BEEN ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT.
AND I WAS LOOKING FOR WHAT WAS IN THOSE PLANS THAT COULD BE MADE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT.
AND IF ANY OF YOU WANNA INTERRUPT ME WHEN I'M SPEAKING, I GET A CHANCE TO TALK AFTER THAT.
THIS HAS GONE LONG ON LONG ENOUGH.
I WON'T TALK WITH IT IN PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I'M ENTITLED TO THAT INFORMATION.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE.
I ASK FOR IT IN ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT.
GARRETT'S NOT IN THE ROOM AND HE SHOULD BE, HE SHOULD NOT BE ON THERE.
SO I CAN ASK HIM, IS HE THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE THIS ROUTE? THIS HAS GOT ON LONG ENOUGH WHERE PEOPLE HIDE BEHIND THAT.
I WANTED THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.
BUT SINCE I'M DEALING WITH DEMENTIA AND IT LOSES WHAT I CAN, I GOTTA WRITE IT DOWN SO I DON'T GET LOST.
BUT I WILL NOT EVER AGAIN BE INTERRUPTED BY ANYBODY AND ANY ONE OF THOSE.
MAYBE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS.
I'VE NOTICED THE CHANGE LATELY.
I WILL NOT BE PUT UPON THE WAY I HAVE BEEN IN WITHOUT
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BEING ABLE TO ANSWER ANY OF THAT.I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO KEEP MY WORDS.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS I'M FIGHTING DEMENTIA.
I TALK ABOUT IT ALL OVER BECAUSE I FIND ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WANNA TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU'LL BE ACTIVE ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, I APOLOGIZE.
NEXT TIME WHEN I ASK FOR SOMETHING, I EXPECT TO GET IT.
AND I EXPECT GARRETT TO BE HERE IN THE ROOM SO I CAN SEE HIM AND NOT UP THERE.
'CAUSE I TALKED TO HIM 10 MINUTES AGO.
HOW DOES THE WORLD CHANGE? I'VE BEEN USING A CANE FOR YEARS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA HELP? I WENT THROUGH 10 DIFFERENT ONES UNTIL I FOUND, AND THIS ONE CAME IN TODAY WHEN I GOT OUTTA BED AT NIGHT, I NEED A CANE.
'CAUSE I CAN'T GET TO THE BATHROOM WITHOUT WATER.
THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD CHANGED.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? WE HAVE A LIST.
CAN WE HAVE MR. JIM BLAINE BLAND? HE ALREADY SPOKEN.
UH, THAT, THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
THEN I MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, CLOSE.
DOES ANYONE WANT A SECOND ROUND? OH, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE HEARING TONIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND ROUND? RIGHT? UM, WE CLOSE THE HEARING.
WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT MURRAY, UH, YOU KNOW, IS ASKING FOR? BECAUSE WOULD YOU WANT HER, UM, YOU COMMENT ON IT TOO? SO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING OR, UM, YES, THEY'RE ENTITLED.
WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AND, UH, THERE'LL BE A VOTE.
UH, WAIT, THERE'LL BE A VOTE ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 11TH.
SO BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 11TH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE, THEN YOU COULD, UH, SPEAK TO THEM.
SO I, YES, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING, UM, AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9TH AND THEN, UH, IT GIVES YOU TIME TO TALK TO, UH, THE APPLICANT AND TO EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
PAUL, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN FINAL FORM.
IF SOMETHING COMES IN IN TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, WHY DON'T WE JUST LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS? THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE DOCUMENTS.
WELL, COULD YOU, COULD SOMEONE MAKE THE MOTION? WE NEED A SECOND.
AND, UH, WE MAKE THE MOTION VOTE.
I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, UH, LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS.
CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD.
CLOSE THE HEARING AND CLOSE, AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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YOU VERY MUCH.FIRST ON THE LIST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS MICHAEL SIMS. HE ALSO ALREADY SPOKE THE SPOKE HE DID.
UM, CAN WE HAVE, UH, HUGH SCHWARTZ? GOODNIGHT.
I HOPE I LOOK THAT GOOD WHEN I'M 80 OR EVEN AT 75, FRANKLY.
UH, BEFORE I GIVE MY REMARKS, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE AGENDA, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF MY TIME, YOU CAN ANSWER IT AFTER MY REMARKS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OUT OF MY TIME.
IT SAYS, UH, DYLAN PINE IS TO REPLACE A POSITION ON THE PLANNING BOARD THAT EXPIRED DECEMBER, 2023.
THERE ARE TWO BOARD POSITIONS THAT FIT THAT DESCRIPTION.
ONE WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENDANCE, ONE WITH 64% ATTENDANCE.
BELOW THAT THE REQUIRED LEVEL, 75% IS REQUIRED, UH, BY TOWN CODE.
WHICH POSITION ARE YOU REFERRING TO? YOU CAN ANSWER THAT AF AS I SAID AFTER THE REMARKS.
NOW MY REMARKS, I'M VERY DISTURBED ABOUT THE TOTAL DISREGARD THAT THIS BOARD HAS SHOWN TO THE RULE OF LAW AND WHAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTABLE PROTOCOL IN THE TOWN FOR QUITE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AMONG THESE TRANSITION, UH, TRANSGRESSIONS, EXCUSE ME, ARE ONE, PASSING A RESOLUTION THAT CONTAINS NO DEFINITIONS OR PROCEDURES.
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AND ACCORDING TO THE OPINION OF AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL, CONFLICTS WITH THE CURRENT ETHICS CODE.THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT INPUT FROM THE BOARD OF ETHICS, WITHOUT PUBLIC HEARING AND WITHOUT SEEKING ADVICE OF THE AG OR THE COUNCIL OF, UH, ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS, DESPITE IT BEING REQUESTED BY BOTH THE PLANNING BOARD IN WRITING AND THE TOWN SUPERVISOR.
TWO, IGNORING THE ETHIC ETHICS BOARD'S DECISION REGARDING HOW TO DEAL WITH ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE VIABLE LIVING INCORPORATED, A 5 0 1 C3, UH, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND THE PLANNING BOARD.
INSTEAD MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SLOPPILY COMPOSED RESOLUTION, SENDING LETTERS OF ULTIMATUM TO FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF BOTH.
AND COULD WE ACTUALLY HAVE QUIET OVER THERE WHILE I SPEAK, PLEASE? YES.
COULD COULD WE PLEASE IF YOU COULD TAKE ME OUTSIDE MARTY, PLEASE.
NOT FOLLOWING ACCEPTED PROCEDURE AND RECRUITING NEW PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS BY FAILING TO PUBLICLY LIST THE OPENING WHILE NOT EVEN INTER EVEN INTERVIEWING THE BOARD MEMBER OR MEMBERS THAT MAY LIKE TO BE REAPPOINTED FURTHER NEW PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS GENERALLY SERVE AS ALTERNATES FIRST, SINCE IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET UP TO SPEED AS A MEMBER, AT LEAST A YEAR.
BY THE WAY, WHY IS MR. PARIN WITH NO PREVIOUS LAND USE EXPERIENCE? I THINK THE GUY'S GREAT BY THE WAY.
I THINK HE WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION.
HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE YET BEING APPOINTED AS A FULL BOARD MEMBER AT THIS TIME.
I ALSO ASSUME THAT THE TOWN BOARD IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, HAS INFORMED MR. PINE THAT HE HAS TO IMMEDIATELY RESIGN HIS POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF THE ECC AND OF THE OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION TO TAKE THE POSITION ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE ECC HAS BEEN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF DECISIONS IN THE PAST.
SEEMORE ROAD AND SHELBURNE FOUR SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFYING AND DILUTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD AND I PERSONALLY TALK TO THOSE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS MAY BE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG IN TERMS OF RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED SOME AFTER A FINAL VOTE HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
I CURRENTLY HAVE A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST PENDING TO INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER.
AND I WILL IN MY 21 YEARS SERVING THIS, PLANNING THIS TOWN AS A PLANNING BOARD MEMBER, I HAVE ALWAYS RESPECTED AND COMPLIED WITH THE RULE OF LAW AS WELL AS THE ACCEPTED PROCEDURES IN THE TOWN.
THAT IS WHY I SOUGHT AN OPINION OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS TO ENSURE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST CURRENTLY EXISTED AND HOW ONE COULD BE HANDLED IF IT AROSE.
AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT DECISION WAS.
THEY DECIDED THERE WAS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UNFORTUNATELY APPEARS THAT UNDER THE GUISE OF TB ONE, I AM BEING PENALIZED FOR GOING TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS SINCE NO LETTER OF EXP EXPLANATION HAS BEEN SENT TO ME.
AND THE LETTER OF ULTIMATUM, WHICH I RESPONDED TO BY SAYING THAT VLI DOESN'T EVEN FIT THE CRITERIA AND GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY EVEN THOUGH I SENT HIM A REMINDER THAT, THAT THE REASON FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING IS ACTION TONIGHT IS TB ONE.
UH, AFTER MY SPEECH OR SOMETIME TONIGHT BEFORE YOU DELIBERATE, I'D LIKE A CONFIRMATION IF THAT'S THE REASON FOR YOUR RESOLUTION TONIGHT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OCCUR ALL THE TIME.
THERE ARE TWO PE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD TONIGHT, BOTH WHO COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE, HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT I KNOW OF.
GINA, YOU WORK FOR THE NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, YET YOU VOTED ON WESTCHESTER POWER.
THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT ELLEN HENDRICKS.
ELLEN HAS WORKED FOR MANY DEVELOPERS OVER THE YEARS.
DO WE KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE IN FRONT FRONT OF OUR TOWN BOARD? NO.
SHOULD EITHER OF YOU BE, BE THROWN OFF THE BOARD? NO, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF IF SOMETHING COMES UP JUST LIKE I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO.
WHO'S NEXT? NEXT WE HAVE WALTER SIMON, THANK YOU.
I'M WALTER SIMON, A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
YESTERDAY I VIEWED THE WORK SESSION OF THE TOWN BOARD AND I SAY TO THE PUBLIC VIEW THE TAPE, IT WAS A MAJOR DISPLAY OF A LACK OF RESPECT FOR SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER AND A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAYING
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ONE THING, BUT DOING THE OPPOSITE.FRANCIS SHEEN TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO ETHICS VIOLATION OF THE PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, BUT CONVENIENTLY OMITTED THAT A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS ABOUT ONE YEAR AWAY.
EVEN BEING AWARE OF THIS, HE SUCCESSFULLY AT ADVOCATED FOR THE SUPPORT OF TB.
ONE, ALTHOUGH AN OFFICIAL RULING OF THE ETHICS BOARD WAS ONLY A WEEK AWAY, TIME WAS ON THE TOWN BOARD SIDE.
I CANNOT SEE ANY COMPELLING REASON WHY THE TOWN BOARD INITIATED THE CURRENT CONFLICT.
IT HAD TIME TO FULLY INVESTIGATE THE PROS AND CONS OF THE CURRENT ETHICS CODE AND ADJUST THE CODES LIKE ANY OTHER CODE CHANGES.
WHEN THE SUPERVISOR SUGGEST THAT WE SEEK THE ADVICE OF ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS AND HIS OFFICE, MR. SHEEN RESPONDED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A TOWN ATTORNEY.
UH, UH, SHOULD THE TOWN ATTORNEY EVERY TIME YOU DISAGREE, UH, SHOULD GO TO THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS OF AG OFFICE.
THIS IS A LUDICROUS SUGGESTION OF MR. FRANCIS.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE HAVE A IMPORTANT DECISION THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE LEGAL OPINION OF THREE LAWYERS, PAUL FINE'S A LAWYER AND TWO OUTSIDE LAWYERS, THERE IS A JUSTIFICATION FOR SEEKING THE OUTSIDE OPINION.
THIS IS NOT A BAD REFLECTION ON THE TOWN ATTORNEY, BUT A REALIZATION THAT AN OUTSIDE OPINION IS WARRANTED.
MY SON-IN-LAW IS A CORPORATE LAWYER WITH OUTSTANDING CREDENTIALS WHEN IT'S TIME FOR HIM AND MY DAUGHTER TO PURCHASE A HOUSE.
HE HIRED A REAL ESTATE LAWYER THAT DID NOT DIMINISH HIS CREDIBILITY AS A CORPORATE LAWYER.
RATHER RECOGNITION THAT A SECOND OPINION IN THE AREA OUTSIDE HIS EXPERTISE WAS BEST AVENUE YOU TO COME TO A GOOD DECISION.
GINA JACKSON SPOKE TO THE, UH, SUPERVISOR AND A DISRESPECTFUL AND REPEATEDLY INTERRUPT HIM AND TIMES RAISING HER VOICE.
SHE CHASTISED THE SUPERVISOR FOR NUTS, UH, UH, SPEAKING TO HER AND OTHER MEMBERS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION TO DELAY ACTION ON TB ONE AND SEEK THE OPINION OF ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS.
BEFORE THE MEETING SHE STRESSED.
SHE COMMUNICATION IS NEEDED TO RESOLVE ISSUES.
COMMUNICATION IS NEEDED TO RESOLVE ISSUES.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE VERY BEGINNING.
LET'S SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS HOW BEST TO MOVE FORWARD.
DESPITE HER MARKS ABOUT THE NEED FOR COMMUNICATION, SHE LINED UP WITH THE OTHER THREE BOARD MEMBERS AND REFUSE TO SIT AND COMMUNICATE WITH US.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS LECTURED, UH, SUPERVISOR THAT HE CANNOT MAKE UP RULES TO HIS LICHEN AND THERE ARE RULES THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.
HER LECTURE WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY BREAKING THE RULES FOR APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS YOU TO TAKE.
THE RULE HAS BEEN THE VA UH, HAS BEEN THAT VACANCIES ON THE TOWN BOARD ARE ADVERTISED.
THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES AND SEND EVALUATIONS OF TOWN BOARD.
AFTER REVIEW WITH THE TOWN BOARD, THE APPLICANT IS ACCEPTED OR REJECTED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
FROM WHAT I KNOW OF HIM, HE SHOULD BE A GOOD ADDITIONAL TO PLAN BOARD.
THE BOARD IS USED TO REMOVE HUG SMITH USED SCHWARTZ AS THE, UH, FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
IN SUMMARY, THE ACTION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE TOWN BOARD REFLECTS WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN OUR, IN OUR LARGER SOCIETY, WHERE INDIVIDUALS FEEL THAT THEY COULD RENDER ONE SET OF LAWS AND STANDARDS FOR OTHERS, BUT PRACTICE THEIR OWN OR PRACTICE ANOTHER FOR THEMSELVES.
THE ISSUE FOR ME IS NOT IF, IF I STAY ON THE PLANNING BOARD, I FEEL THAT I HAVE SERVED WITH INTEGRITY AND ADDED VALUE TO THE TOWN I OPPOSED, OR AN ACTION.
THEY'RE ENACTING OF THE RESOLUTION TB ONE WITHOUT THE CONCERN OF BEING REMOVED FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
IF THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED THE RE THE REMOVAL OF HUG SCHWAR FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, MY RESIGNATION BECOMES AFFECTED IMMEDIATELY.
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NEXT WE HAVE YO JOHAN SNAGS.EARLIER THIS MONTH, WALTER SIMON HUGH SCHWARTZ AND I FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST GINA JACKSON, FRANCIS SHEEHAN, JOY HABER AND ELLEN HENDRICKS IN RELATION TO UNBECOMING RETALIATORY BEHAVIOR.
IF HUGH SCHWARTZ IS REMOVED FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, I WILL DECLINE PARTICIPATION IN FUTURE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS PENDING THE ETHICS BOARD COMPLAINT RESOLUTION.
I WANT TO READ A WRITTEN COMMENT THAT WAS OFFERED AS PART OF THE RECORD AFTER THE JULY 10TH MEETING.
THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE FROM THE DAIS AFTER A SINGLE ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE JULY 10TH, 2024 BOARD MEETING THAT WERE INACCURATE AND OR MISLEADING.
I'D LIKE THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDED IN PUBLIC RECORD FOR TB ONE TO CORRECT THE RECORD ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ONE, HOW DID TB ONE BECOME ABOUT PUBLIC, UH, BECOME ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? IT BECAME ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN THE TOWN BOARD CREATED TB ONE IN RESPONSE TO THE CREATION OF A 5 0 1 C3 WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT BECAME ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN WE HAD WHAT AMOUNTED TO A VIRTUAL INQUISITION LED BY TOWN STAFF AND TOWN ATTORNEYS TO EXPLAIN WHY VLI THE 5 0 1 C3 WAS CREATED AND ALSO TO DISPENSE THE NARRATIVE THAT CREATING THE 5 0 1 C3 WAS FOR FINANCIAL GAIN, HOW HIS CREATION DID NOT VIOLATE EXISTING LAWS OR CODES.
WE ALSO HAD TO REMIND ALL IN ATTENDANCE THAT COMMISSIONER DUQUESNE, MR. SCHWARTZ AND I HAD THE EXACT SAME TRAINING THAT ENCOURAGED THIS COURSE OF ACTION.
IT BECAME ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED ILLEGAL TAMPERING OF A PROPOSED LAW THAT WOULD ENABLE A, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOL, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
WE GAVE THIS BOARD THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND REQUESTED A, THE COURTESY OF A DISCUSSION TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WERE UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES TO DATE.
THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE TO SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS DATED AS FAR BACK AS FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR TO PRESENT ON THE PROPOSED LAW.
IT BECAME ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DUE TO THIS BOARD'S IN ACTION ON PENDING PROPOSED, ON THE PENDING PROPOSED A DU LAW.
IT BECAME ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHEN THIS BOARD FOUND THE TIME TO PROPOSE AND CREATE A VAGUE RESOLUTION TB ONE, BUT DEMONSTRATED NO COMMITMENT TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED A DU LAW FOR OVER FIVE MONTHS.
TWO, THE RESOLUTION TB ONE ISN'T RUSHED.
THE A DU LAW, AGAIN, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCE WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TOM BOARD ON MARCH 7TH.
ADUS ARE CONSIDERED ONE TOOL THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED TO CREATE A DI DIVERSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ENVIRONMENT.
CONSISTENT WITH THE 2016 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FIVE MONTHS HAS BEEN SHELVED.
INSTEAD, IN JUST A MATTER OF WEEKS, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO PREVENT BOARD MEMBERS FROM ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL CREATE MORE DIVERSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ENVIRONMENTS.
B, EVEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE TOWN BOARD AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE ETHICS BOARD FOR POSTPONEMENT, THE RESOLUTION WAS PUSHED THROUGH.
A MONTH LATER, WE RECEIVED AN ULTIMATUM FROM THE TOWN BOARD VIA THE TOWN ATTORNEY.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO READ ALL OF THIS, UNFORTUNATELY.
I JUST WANT TO GET TO THE PART WHERE, UH, WE TALK ABOUT RESPECT.
I'LL SUBMIT THIS LETTER AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SEEM TO TAKE PARTICULAR OFFENSE TO SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SUCH AND LACK OF RESPECT FROM THE BOARD IN GENERAL AND AND TOWARDS SUPERVISOR FINER WITH REGARDS TO RESPECT.
I DON'T RECALL SEEING A SINGLE EMAIL RESPONSE FROM ANYONE ON THE TOWN BOARD TO THE PLANNING BOARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. FINER PERTAINING TO TOWN BUSINESS.
THERE'S A ZERO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE TO THE TOM BOARD PERTAINING TO TOM BUSINESS OR CO, UH, COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.
UM, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD HAD TO APPEAR DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS IN 20 22, 5 MONTHS APART TO REQUEST THE, UH, A VL COMMITTEE BE ESTABLISHED AND RECOGNIZED.
THERE WAS ONE COMMENT MADE BY MR. SHEEHAN IN PARTICULAR THAT THERE WERE THREE ATTEMPTS MADE BY THE BOARD TO, UM, DISCUSS THE SU THE, UH, ETHICS CONCERN WITH THE ETHICS BOARD.
AND ACCORDING TO MRS. UH, SPIN AND UH, WRITTEN LETTER THAT HE OFFERED TO THE TOM BOARD, THERE WAS
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NO SUCH ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE ETHICS BOARD.AND, UM, I I JUST AGAIN, WANTED TO REITERATE THE WILLINGNESS AND THE OPENNESS OF THE BOTH THE VLI, THE A VL AND THE PLANNING BOARD TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD SO THAT WE COULD REMEDY THINGS IN A WAY THAT'S LEGAL AND OPERATE IT WITH INTEGRITY.
UM, CAN WE HAVE BIJU THOMAS, YOU SAID JIM BLAND ALREADY SPOKE, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
I AM WEARING THESE, UM, GLOVES TONIGHT AND I RECOMMENDED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WEAR 'EM SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE DIRECTING TRAFFIC WE CAN SEE THEIR HANDS AND THEY ONLY GO THIS FAR BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THEY'RE DIRECTING TRAFFIC, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A HAND FREE TO USE THEIR REVOLVER.
WITH THAT IMPLEMENTATION I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, WHO RUNS TOWN OF GREENBERG? WHO WAS THE EFFECTIVE SUPERVISOR? BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY WASN'T PAUL FINER.
SHE MADE HIMSELF EFFECTIVELY SUPERVISOR.
HE CONTROLLED THE ZOOM, WHICH IS A STAFF FUNCTION, WHICH GAVE HIM THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHO SPOKE WHEN AND HOW TO CUT YOU OFF.
HE PUT THE WORD OUT THAT NOBODY DOES ANYTHING WITH MURRAY BODEN BECAUSE FRANCIS SHEEN DOESN'T LIKE MURRAY BOWDEN.
AND THIS GOES BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD.
SO WHO DOES RUN YOU? YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT GOES ON.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, EXCUSE ME FOR POINTING.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD TO SUPERVISE STAFF.
HOST STAFF TAKES CARE OF THE AGENDA.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I SEEN, EXCUSE ME FOR POINTING.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I SEEN FRANCIS MAKE A DECISION THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE MADE JOE AND YOU LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT? YOU'LL STOP ME FROM TALKING.
BUT YOU CAN'T STOP FRANCIS 'CAUSE YOU'LL LOSE YOUR JOB AND YOU LIKE YOUR JOB AND SO ARE THE REST OF YOU.
AND SO WHAT? NOBODY CHALLENGES SHEAN BECAUSE HE GETS YOU FIRED.
THE BEST PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE HAVE HAD HERE HAVE LEFT BECAUSE OF HIM.
TOM MADDEN, OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER YEARS AGO, IT WAS CHASED OUT BY SHEEN, WENT TO STANFORD, REVITALIZED STANFORD IN A PHENOMENAL WAY.
NOW WORKS FOR THE COUNTY AS A CONSULTANT.
THERE ARE TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHERE SHE AND HIS TAKEN, UH, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CEMETERY AND THE DRAINAGE.
HE WANTED THE REPORT, NOT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
EVERYTHING I SAY IS ON THE RECORD BECAUSE IT'S CHECKABLE.
WHO IS THE HOST TONIGHT FOR ZOOM? BY THE WAY, WILL ANY OF YOU TELL ME IT'S A STAFF FUNCTION.
IT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF THE, AND WHEN I ASKED YOU WHAT MADE FRANCIS SHEEN THE ZOOM HOST, I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER BECAUSE THERE IS NO ANSWER.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS HE CAN BE.
YOUR JOB IS TO SUPERVISE STAFF AND HIRE AND FIRE.
AND WHEN SOMEBODY ISN'T DOING THEIR JOB RIGHT, THAT'S YOUR JOB.
NONE OF YOU CAN STAND UP TO SHEEN.
PAUL HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF PROMOTING THE TOWN, BUT YOU HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BECOME AN EXECUTIVE WILLING TO SEE IT DONE.
RIGHT? YOU WRITE EMAILS CORRECTLY WHERE ALL THE INFORMATION IS IN THE EMAIL AND AT THE BOTTOM IT SAYS, LINK TO THE WEBSITE.
PEOPLE TODAY READ THEIR STUFF ON PHONES.
AND FOR ANYBODY TO SAY GO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE FROM THE PHONE IS JUST NOT REASONABLE TO DO IT THE WAY HE DOES IT.
YOU DID ONE THE OTHER DAY THAT WAS CORRECT.
AND I THINK I COMPLIMENTED YOU ON DOING IT CORRECTLY.
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BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HERE FOR ONE REASON, NOBODY WANTS TO DEAL WITH FRANCIS SHEEN 'CAUSE HE DOES WHATEVER HE WANTS.AND I HAVE NO REASON NO UNDERSTANDING WHY HE GETS AWAY WITH IT.
YOU PEOPLE, YOU ARE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES STOOD UP AND SAY WHAT'S GOING ON? WHO IS THE ZOOM HOST TONIGHT? WILL ANYBODY ANSWER THAT QUESTION? GARRETT, I ASSUME YOU'D ASSUME MOST TONIGHT, AS YOU SHOULD BE EVERY OTHER TIME OR ONE OF YOUR STAFF, EVERY OTHER MEETING IS RUN CORRECTLY EXCEPT THIS ONE.
I'D HAVE IT OUT WITH FRANCIS UNION RIGHT NOW IF HE WAS HERE IN PERSON.
'CAUSE I TOLD YOU I WAS GONNA DO IT NEXT TIME HE'S HERE.
HE DOESN'T GET AWAY WITH IT ANYMORE.
I AM, UH, CO-CHAIR OF THE GREENBURG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ORGANIZER FOR THE GREENBURG RESTORATIVE CIRCLE PROJECT.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HERE IN MY CAPACITY OF HAVING A VESTED INTEREST IN WORKING WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE BOARD TO MOVE US ALL FORWARD TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE, AND THE BOARD IS, YOU'RE SEATED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO, UM, TO WITNESS THE INFIGHTING AND, UM, THE UPSET THAT HAPPENS, UM, BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE TOWN.
AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW THESE THINGS.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE NOT ALWAYS GONNA GET THEIR WAY.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE US ALL TO FIND A WAY TO MANAGE OUR DISAGREEMENTS, UH, IN A WAY THAT IS, UM, KIND AND GENEROUS AND TRANSPARENT.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I DO AND MY COLLEAGUES, WE, WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
WE CREATE SAFE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, TALK IN A WAY THAT'S CIVIL, IN A WAY THAT FINDS COMMON GROUND.
AND, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE ALL NEED TO DO.
IT'S, WE NEED TO FIND COMMON GROUND BECAUSE WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT, THE WELFARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG, OUR FAMILIES, OUR FRIENDS.
UM, AND SO THIS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE UNABLE TO MANAGE DISAGREEMENTS.
IT HINDERS OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAR VISION AND LEADERSHIP.
AND IF THAT'S WHAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO, WE NEED TO PUT THAT FIRST AND BE WILLING TO BE VULNERABLE AND TALK WITH EACH OTHER ON THE BASIS OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND WHAT WE ALL NEED AND WANT SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND STOP FIGHTING.
THERE ARE, THERE IS SO MUCH BUSINESS TO DO.
THERE IS SO MUCH BUSINESS TO DO.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND I'M JUST HERE AS A CITIZEN AND SOMEONE WHO'S COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTNER AS I THINK A LOT OF US ARE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
AND I ACTUALLY JUST LIKE TO STAND HERE FOR TWO MINUTES AND HAVE US ALL BE TOGETHER RIGHT HERE IN THIS MOMENT AS HUMAN BEINGS SHARING THIS SPACE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY CARE.
'CAUSE NOT ONE OF US DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD BE DOING, NOT ONE.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.COLONEL JUDY, A BEVILLE, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WHETHER THEY ARE PRESENTLY, CURRENTLY ELECTED OR FORMALLY ELECTED ARE ADDRESSED AS HONORABLE.
I AM HONORABLE JUDI BEVILLE AND I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO FOLLOW UP ON TWO ISSUES THAT I HAVE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BOARD AND TO THE ATTENTION OF THE TOWN.
UM, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH HIS WORD.
HE SAID THAT HE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH ASSIGNING, OR NOT NECESSARILY ASSIGNING, BUT UM, REACHING OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION REGARDING THE BAMBOO PROBLEM ALONG NORTH ROAD.
UM, AND, UH, ACTUALLY SPREADING INTO TWO COMMUNITIES, UH, PARKWAY HOMES AND PARKWAY GARDENS.
UM, LAST WEEK, COMMISSIONER GARRETT, DUANE AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AARON SCHMIDT CAME AND MET WITH ME.
AND, UM, WE, THEY ASSESSED THE SITUATION.
IT IS APPARENT, HOWEVER, THAT THE TOWN, UM, WILL NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE STATE AND WILL POSSIBLY NEED TO INVOLVE MORE THAN ONE, UM, UH, ENTITY IN RESOLVING THIS PROBLEM.
THE OTHER ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH, UM, OUR, UH, LATE BARBARA WATSON PERRY.
IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING THIS EVENING.
I REVIEWED THE, UM, AGENDA, TOWN AGENDA OF JULY 26TH, 2023.
AND, UM, SOMEONE REROUTE THE OBITUARY OR THE STATEMENT, THE STATEMENT HONORING BARBARA THAT I HAD WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED.
AND THEY STARTED IT OUT BY STATING, UH, IN MEMORY OF BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE 85, THE SECOND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
NOW THE ONLY PUBLIC OFFICIAL THAT I HAVE EVER READ ABOUT IN MY LIFE, UM, WHERE YOU START OUT DESCRIBING THE PERSON AS THE SECOND, UM, WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND I JUST THINK THAT GIVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AN OLD DUE RESPECT AND, UH, TO BARBARA WATSON PERRY, THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BEGIN BY SAYING THE FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COM FIRST FEMALE AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMISSIONER OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AS THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
SO HUMAN RESOURCES NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THIS, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THE MINUTES, MINUTES, NEED TO REFLECT CORRECTION BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
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WAS THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES.AND YOU KNOW, I I AM, I'M REVISITING THIS ISSUE BECAUSE, UM, THE TOWN RECENTLY HONORED THE FORMER RETIRED COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND RECREATION BY NAMING AN ENTIRE BUILDING AFTER HIM.
AND YES, IT, HE WAS WORTHY OF IT.
AND A FEW YEARS AGO THEY HONORED, UM, A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER WHO PASSED AWAY BY NAMING THE PAVILION, UH, THE, UH, AT MITE PARK AFTER HIM.
NOW, BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE ACTUALLY CREATED THE JAZZ PROGRAM, UM, AND THAT, THAT, UM, ORIGINATED WITH THIS PAVILION, BUT SHE WASN'T NAMED.
IT DIDN'T, I MEAN, THE PAVILION WASN'T NAMED IN HONOR OF HER.
I HAVE SUBMITTED A RESOLUTION ALMOST A YEAR AGO NOW, SEPTEMBER, REQUESTING THAT THIS BOARD HONOR BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE BY NAMING THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE EXTENSION.
AND WHY? BECAUSE SHE GENERATED THE GRANT.
SHE WROTE THE GRANT THAT, UM, UM, RECEIVED THE, THE MONEY OF NEARLY $3 MILLION TO BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEATER AT THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
NOBODY ELSE, NOBODY ELSE, UH, RAISED THAT MONEY.
AND IF OTHERS COULD HAVE BUILDINGS NAMED AFTER THEM, PAVILIONS NAMED AFTER THEM, WHY CAN'T THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMISSIONER OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER, HAVE A FLOOR OF THE BUILDING NAMED IN HER HONOR THAT SHE RAISED THE MONIES TO CREATE.
SO, I WILL BE REVISITING THIS.
I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER WOMEN AT THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL WHO ARE JUST BAFFLED BY AS TO WHY THE TOWN BOARD WILL NOT INTERVENE AND SAY, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM TOWN CLERK AND MR. DANKO TOWN.
MY NAME IS ANDREA REED, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE FAIRVIEW GREENBURG AREA.
UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS A PROGRESSING, GROWING, AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
WHEREVER YOU GO, THE PROBLEM IS, UM, AND IT IS GROWING MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS BY THE DAY.
WHAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT IS, UM, BICYCLES.
OKAY? I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST BICYCLE LANES.
UM, I AM FOR ALL PEOPLE GETTING EXERCISE GOING CARLESS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, BUT DRIVING IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE HORRENDOUS AND DANGEROUS.
UM, YOU ALL DRIVE, SO YOU KNOW, WHEN DRIVING, YOU ARE NOT JUST DRIVING FOR YOU.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE A MYRIAD OF COMPONENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO, LIKE OTHER DRIVERS, CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS WHO FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO CROSS, NOT AT THE CORNER, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET,
OKAY? MANY OF WHOM ARE DOOR DASHERS, UBER EATS, AND ALL OF THAT.
I'VE SEEN THEM CROSS TWO, TWO TO THREE LANES.
I'VE SEEN THEM DRIVE DOWN THE YELLOW DOUBLE LINES WHEN WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CROSSING DOUBLE LINES, UNLESS THE DRIVING LAW HAS CHANGED.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO CROSS DOUBLE LINES.
I'VE SEEN THEM DRIVE DOWN THE DOTTED LINE WHITE LINE.
I'VE SEEN THEM CUT ACROSS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, IF I DESCRIBE IT, THE, UH, GAS STATION ACROSS FROM, UM, DOBS SPRAY ROAD.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE LIGHT IS GREEN, IF IT'S RED, IF IT'S PURPLE OR GREEN OR ORANGE, THEY JUST DRIVE.
I, MY PERSONAL BEST IS WHEN THEY STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE AT A LIGHT.
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BY THE TIME THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN, NO ONE GETS BY BUT THEM.OKAY? SO THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM, AND I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING DONE BEFORE IT IS IT GROWS DANGEROUS, MORE FATAL.
OKAY? SO FOR THE SAKE OF THE PROTECTION OF THOSE OF US WHO DRIVE, UH, THOSE RIDING THEIR BIKES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO PREVENT FATALITIES, PLEASE INSTALL BIKE RIDES.
I MEAN BIKE LANES ANYWHERE IN GREENBURG.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE INCORPORATED, UNINCORPORATED, INSTALL THEM PLEASE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE LOSE THEIR CHILD.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
THANK THINK ANYBODY, WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT AND HOW THEY WOULD WORK ON SIDE STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I DO KNOW WITH, I THINK IT'S SAFER STREETS ON ONE 19, AS YOU GO TOWARDS TARRYTOWN, UH, I BELIEVE THE BIKE LANES WILL BE INCLUDED.
IS THERE ANY, UH, UM, ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? CAN WE GO AGAIN? NO, THERE ARE NO SECOND ROUNDS ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
UH, THE FIRST, UM, STATEMENT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, UM, A COUPLE, UM, UH, LAST WEEK I SOUGHT A RESOLUTION.
UM, I, UH, PROPOSED IT IN A TIMELY MANNER, SEEKING AN OPINION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS RELATING TO TB ONE.
AND I WAS VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED, UM, AND OFFENDED THAT, UH, THE TOWN BOARD REFUSED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
DURING MY TENURE AS TOWN SUPERVISOR, I HAVE NEVER BEEN DENIED THE ABILITY TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA, UH, THAT I WANTED.
AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME, UM, I HAD A RESOLUTION THAT I WANTED THE BOARD TO VOTE ON THAT WOULD SUSPEND TB ONE, WHICH I FIND VERY, VERY OFFENSIVE.
UM, AND I WANTED, I BASICALLY JUST SAID, LET'S GET A SECOND OPINION FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS.
UM, AS TO THE LEGALITY OF TB, ONE, I'M PERSONALLY CONVINCED AS AN ATTORNEY THAT THE LAW IS IMPROPERLY WRITTEN, UH, TOO BROAD.
AND, UH, TB ONE, IN MY OPINION, IS UNENFORCEABLE UNLESS, UH, IT'S DONE BY A LOCAL LAW.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE LAW, UM, UM, SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE COMPLIED WITH, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S LEGAL.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD, AND SEVERAL OTHER PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE TOWN BOARD AND THE RESIDENTS OF IT'S CRITICAL, UM, FOR THE OPERATIONS OF GOVERNMENT, LANE COBB CORRECTLY SUGGESTED THAT WE ALL SIT DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER.
DURING THE PAST, UH, COUPLE WEEKS AFTER TB ONE WAS, UH, INTRODUCED, I WROTE TO EVERYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD.
I WROTE TO, UH, THE PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS.
I SUGGESTED THAT THE RESTORATIVE, UH, CIRCLE COMMITTEE, WHICH THE TOWN BOARD HAS BEEN SAYING WE REALLY WON.
UM, AND WE, WE'VE, WE'VE PROMOTED FUNDING IT.
UM, WHY DON'T THEY SIT DOWN WITH ALL THE BOARDS AND SEE IF WE COULD WORK OUT AN A, YOU KNOW, AN AGREEMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE VALUE OF THE CIRCLE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW TO, UM, GET PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER.
AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS AND TOWN BOARD MEMBERS TO BE FIGHTING OR TOWN BOARD MEMBERS TO FIGHTING.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR ANY OF US TO BE FIGHTING EACH OTHER.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE AS A BOARD HAVE NOT FULLY SUPPORTED THE OPERATION OF, UM, THE VARIOUS, UM, UH, BOARDS IN THE TOWN.
THERE ARE MANY HOLDOVER EMPLOYEE APPOINTEES WHOSE TERMS HAVE NOT BEEN EXTENDED, CONSEQUENTLY, CAUSING UNNECESSARY UNCERTAINTY AND DISRUPTION, UH, IN THE TOWN.
IT'S TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL FOR PEOPLE'S TERMS TO BE, UM, UH, EXPIRED AND FOR THEM TO BE SERVING ON A BOARD FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OR YEARS, UM, UH, WITHOUT BEING TOLD THAT THEY'RE GOOD, THAT THEY, THAT THEY ARE WORTHY OF BEING APPOINTED OR REAPPOINTED.
SECOND OF ALL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD, UM, THE PLANNING, THE TOWN BOARD HAS ALLOWED THREE OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS, UH, TERMS TO EXPIRE WITHOUT, UH, REAPPOINTMENT OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
ON AUGUST 14TH, THE TOWN BOARD REMOVED OR SAID
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THEY'RE GONNA REMOVE, UM, THE LONG-TERM MEMBER AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE PLANNING BOARD, WHOSE TERM EXPIRED SOME TIME AGO, AND PROPOSED A REPLACEMENT.ALTHOUGH THE BOARD LEGALLY HAS A RIGHT TO RENDER A DECISION AND TO APPOINT ANYONE YOU WANT, I THINK THAT IT WAS POORLY TIMED.
I ALSO THINK IT WAS POORLY CONCEIVED.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY WRONG TO INSULT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THESE BOARDS, UH, TO TRY HUMILIATING THEM, UH, HARASSING THEM, INTIMIDATING THEM BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS TOWN, UM, IS A GREAT TOWN BECAUSE WE REALLY WANNA WELCOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS.
THE PLANNING BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PASSED AN ETHICS LAW IN 2007 SAYING THAT THE TOWN CANNOT INTERFERE WITH, UM, THE, THE PLANNING BOARD.
WE CAN'T EVEN SPEAK UP AT MEETINGS ON MATTERS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD BE INDEPENDENT OF POLITICIANS.
AND JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY DISAGREES WITH US ON AN A DU LAW DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD KICK THEM OFF THE BOARD AND TRY HUMILIATING THEM.
UH, I ALSO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT DYLAN PINE WILL BE A EXCELLENT MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD, AND I THINK HE HAS A VERY, VERY BRIGHT FUTURE.
BUT I THINK THE WAY THIS WAS HANDLED WAS REALLY HORRIBLE AND EMBARRASSING.
UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE, TO THE TOWN, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF, UM, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD WHO ARE PART OF THE, UM, THE NON-PROFIT COMMITTEE THAT ONCE TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IF THEY QUIT, YOU ARE GONNA HAVE CHAOS ON THE PLANNING BOARD BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE POSSIBLY HALF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD NOT SERVING.
SO DURING THE COMING MONTHS, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, A LOT OF, UM, DELAYS BECAUSE THE NEW MEMBERS ARE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, GET UP TO SPEED AS TO MATTERS THAT ARE, ARE COMING UP.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEARN THE JOB.
UH, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN IS GONNA BE HURT.
SO THE THING IS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN GOING BEFORE THESE, UH, YOU HARDWORKING PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, THEY'RE GONNA BE SO UPSET WITH THE TOWN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN GOING, HEARING, HEARING, AND HEARING, AND NOW HALF THE BOARD IS NOT EVEN GONNA BE IN EXISTENCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF THEY FILE A LAWSUIT, I HOPE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BEING PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR ANY LAWSUIT, BECAUSE BASICALLY IT SHOULDN'T BE THE TOWN THAT IS GONNA BE PAYING FOR THE DELAYS.
IT SHOULD BE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. HOR SCHWARTZ WAS NOT GIVEN PROPER NOTICE PRIOR TO EXPULSION FROM THE, FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
HIS LONG SERVICE TO THE TOWN WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED, AND NO REASON WAS PUBLICLY GIVEN, UM, UH, FOR NOT EXTENDING HIS TERM.
UH, YU SCHWARTZ HAS DONATED AND DEDICATED HIS LIFE, UH, TO MAKING GREENBERG A BETTER PLACE.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, WE ALL THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, MYSELF, WE ALL GET PAID FOR WHAT WE DO.
THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD GET NOTHING, ZERO.
AND THE THING IS, IT'S REALLY INSULTING THAT WE'RE KICKING SOMEBODY OFF THE BOARD, UM, WITH NO REASON, NO PUBLIC REASON, NO DUE PROCESS, NO OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, PUBLICLY, THIS WAS DONE ON MONDAY.
I LOOKED AT THE AGENDA ALL WEEK, WEEKEND, FRIDAY.
I LOOKED, IT WASN'T POSTED SATURDAY, I LOOKED ON THE AGENDA, NOTHING WAS POSTED SUNDAY, I LOOKED ON THE AGENDA, NOTHING WAS POSTED.
AND THEN YESTERDAY WE HAD A DISCUSSION.
THAT'S NOT THE WAY IF TREATING PEOPLE.
AND I ALSO FEEL IF YOU WANTED TO, UM, NOT REPLACE, UH, YOU OR ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM THE DIGNITY AND THE RESPECT OF SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TRANSITION PERIOD.
WE'RE NOT GONNA APPOINT YOU AS OF JANUARY 1ST.
LET THEM, UM, FINISH THE BUSINESS.
LET THEM TRAIN, UH, THE NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING APPOINTED.
DO IT CORRECTLY, BECAUSE I KNOW I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THERE ARE GONNA BE PROBLEMS WITH THE WAY THE BOARD'S DOING THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT? THE WAY WE, WE ARE TREATING OUR VOLUNTEERS ON THE PLANNING BOARD ALSO ISN'T GOOD BECAUSE BASICALLY IT'S GONNA MAKE IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO ATTRACT OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JOHAN, UH, SNACKS FOR NOW TWO OR THREE YEARS, AND I JUST WANNA MENTION, UH, JOHAN STARTED, UM, UM, A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'VE HAD EVENTS AT DIFFERENT PARKS, WHICH WAS VERY, VERY, UM, UH, APPRECIATED BECAUSE WE BROUGHT PEOPLE TO PARKS AND NEVER WENT.
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YOU ORGANIZED, UM, MOVIE NIGHT AT TRAVIS AND MASSARO PARK, WHICH BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE PARKS IN THE EVENING, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS.WE HAD AN EVENT THIS YEAR AT TRAVIS, ALSO, UH, FANTASTIC THANKS TO, TO YOUR EFFORTS.
UM, WE, UM, UH, YOU STARTED A REPAIR CAFE, UM, AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, WHICH BASICALLY REPAIR, HE GOT VOLUNTEERS TO REPAIR ITEMS FOR FREE.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE REPAIR CAFE WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOHAN SNAGS.
AND THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE TREATING HIM.
SO, SOMEBODY WHO IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST VOLUNTEERS THIS TOWN HAS EVER HAD, UM, NOW IS BEING DISCOURAGED AND GETTING A BEER TASTE OF POLITICS.
WALTER SIMON, UM, WHO'S HERE? WELL, WE HAVE A LIMITED, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS I WANT.
WALTER SIMON, UM, WALTER SIMON, UM, BASICALLY, UH, HAS WORKED WITH YOU, SCHWARTZ, YOU KNOW, WALTER SIMON, EVERYBODY, YOU WANNA CENSOR ME? I'M NOT GONNA BE CENSORED TO, NO ONE SAID ANYTHING.
WALTER SIMON, UM, WALTER SIMON HAS, WAS INVOLVED BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH YOU, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE, THE NEGATIVE IMPACT AN EDGEMONT IN CORPORATION'S GONNA HAVE.
SO HE, HE MET WITH SENATOR COUSINS, HE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
HE LOBBIED, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMU, UH, IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
HE BASICALLY WORKED TIRELESSLY TO SAVE THE TOWN.
AND I APPRECIATED, AND I DON'T APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN, UH, TREATED.
UM, YOU KNOW, FINALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE APPOINTING DYLAN, WHO EVERYBODY SAYS IS, YOU KNOW, IS GREAT.
AND I, I BELIEVE THAT HE'S GONNA BE AN EXCELLENT MEMBER.
BUT ALICIA SPARKS IS AN ALTERNATE.
UH, SO THE THING IS USUALLY ALTERNATES GET THE POSITION, NOT THE, NOT THE, UH, NOT NON ALTERNATES.
SO WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY ALICIA IS BEING, UM, AISHA IS BEING, YOU KNOW, BYPASS.
WE ALL INTERVIEWED HER, UH, SHE'S QUALIFIED, AND NOW WE'RE TREATING HER WITH, UH, DISRE DISRESPECT.
SO AGAIN, THE DISRUPTION OF THESE LONGSTANDING APPOINTMENT PROCESSES PROVIDE UNCERTAINTY TO ALL BOARDS AND COMMITTEE, UH, MEMBERS WORKING DILIGENTLY ON A PRO BONO BASIS AS VOLUNTEERS.
UM, IT'S DISQUIETING FOR TOWN RESIDENTS.
IT DIS DISSIPATES TRUST IN THE TOWN BOARD.
AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST AM TOTALLY OFFENDED BY THIS, AND I ALSO AM GONNA MAKE A MOTION LATER ON TODAY THAT, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA APPOINT DYLAN, THAT IT'D BE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1ST TO GIVE AT LEAST A SHORT TRANSITION YEAR PERIOD RATHER THAN DO IT IMMEDIATELY.
BECAUSE IF WE DO IT IMMEDIATELY, THERE IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE CHAOS.
AND BASICALLY EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WHO VOTES AGAINST IT IS GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHAOS.
BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE, APPLICANTS COME TO ME AND START BLAMING ME OR THE TOWN, I'M GONNA TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M GONNA ASK THEM TO WATCH THIS MEETING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M JUST URGING EVERYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD TO, UM, RETHINK TB ONE TO SUSPENDED, TO WORK AS A TEAM, TO GET AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER IT'S LEGAL AND, UM, TO TREAT OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH RESPECT THEN AND DIGNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WALKED OUT YESTERDAY, I WAS LIKE SO UPSET, UM, BECAUSE FIRST I WAS ANGRY, BUT THEN I SAID, NO, I'M REALLY SAD BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I NEVER WOULD'VE THOUGHT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T LIKE DONALD TRUMP, BUT I THINK HE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE TOWN BOARD.
HE'S, WELL, I, I, I THINK DONALD TRUMP WOULD ON OR THE TOWN BOARD FOR THE WAY YOU'RE TREATING EVERYBODY.
OKAY, LET'S CONTINUE THE END UP.
[ Appointment of Kenneth S. Jones to the Greenburgh Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, for a term to expire December 31, 2028]
APPOINTMENT OF KEN JONES TO THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.[ Appointment of Dylan Pyne to the Planning Board, to fill a position that expired 12/31/2023, for a term ending December 31, 2030]
OF DYLAN PINE TO THE PLANNING, UH, BOARD TO FILL A POSITION THAT EXPIRED 1231 2020, UH, THREE FOR A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST.AND, UM, STARTING ON, UM, DECEMBER 1ST, 2024.
WHAT IS, WHAT WAS THAT? I, I WANT THE TERM TO BEGIN AMENDMENT ON DECEMBER 1ST.
I THOUGHT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO, WE COULDN'T MAKE.
SECOND, I WOULD LIKE YOU, YOU GONNA SECOND? NO.
ANYBODY WANNA SECOND? OKAY, THEN, THEN, UH, THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I, I SUPPORT DYLAN.
I BASICALLY, UM, THINK HE'LL BE A GOOD MEMBER, BUT I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE THAT THE LACK OF A TRANSITION IS GONNA CREATE, UH, CHAOS.
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UM, THE PROCESS WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS UNFAIR AND FOR THE REASONS THAT I JUST ARTICULATED.SO WE CAN MOVE THE VOTE? YEAH.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE VOTE TO APPOINT DYLAN PINE TO THE PLANNING BOARD TO FILL THE POSITION THAT EXPIRED 12 31 20 23 TO A TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2030 SECOND.
AND IS, WHICH POSITION IS BEING VACANT VACATED IT SO WE KNOW.
I MEAN, THERE'S TERMS, THERE'S TWO EXPIRED TERMS. NO, BUT WHICH ITS HUGE.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, IT'S HUGE FOR, IT'S A CHANGE IN THE RESOLUTION.
HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? CHANGE IT.
I, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE RESOLUTION.
THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE RESOLUTION.
HE DID, I DIDN'T SAY YOUR NAME.
WELL, PAUL, A PAUL ASKED THE QUESTION AND YOU, I ANSWERED THE QUESTION OUT.
A DEFERENCE TO THE, TO POSITIONS THAT ARE EXPIRED OUT OF DEFERENCE TO THE INCUMBENT.
SINCE IT'S A PERSONNEL MATTER, WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING THE REASON WHY WE'RE MAKING THE SWITCH, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TB ONE AND THE SUPERVISOR KNOWS THAT.
UM, UM, WHAT'S THE NEXT APPOINTMENT? OKAY,
[ Appointment of Darra Boyd to the Board of Ethics, for a term to expire December 31, 2028]
NEXT APPOINTMENT OF DARA BOYD TO THE BOARD OF ETHICS FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.[ TB 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution approving the petition by Ridgewood Elmwood Owner, LLC to extend the Finmor Sewer District on property located at 850 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains, NY) in the Town of Greenburgh]
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PETITION OF THE RIDGEWOOD ELMWOOD OWNERS TO EXTEND THE FINMORE SEWER DISTRICT ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT 50 DUXBURY ROAD IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ TB 2 - 8/14/2024 Resolution ratifying a Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Civil Service Employees Association (CESA) local 1000 AFSCME, AFL-CIO to reassign and ratify the title of Building Plans Examiner to group XII in the current agreement]
SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.CAN CAN YOU PLEASE STOP FROM THE AUDIENCE? WE HAVE A MEETING WE'RE TRYING TO RUN, UH, UH, A LOCAL A THOUSAND A-F-S-C-M-A-A-F-L-C-I-O TO REASSIGN AND RATIFY THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER TO GROUP, UH, X ONE ONE AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.
[ TB 3 – 8/14/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the continued retention of Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP to represent the Town in matters related to the NYS Chapter Amendment affecting potential Village Incorporation requirements, for an additional $50,000; $100,000 total]
UH, OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF DORF NELSON ANDER TO REPRESENT THE TOWN AND MATTERS RELATING TO THE NEW YORK STATE CHAPTER AMENDMENT AFFECTING POTENTIAL VILLAGE INCORPORATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A HUNDRED THOUSAND TOTAL.[ AT 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 40/24C by Mark Oliver, for an amount not to exceed $1,475]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM FILE NUMBER 40 24 C BY MARK OLIVER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1004 75.[ AT 2 – 8/14/2024 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 amount not to exceed $25,000 ($150,000 in total)]
RESOLUTION AYE.APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF TOM TTY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE OFFICER JOSEPH ALCON IN THE MATTER OF TINA SINI VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000 150,000 IN TOTAL.
[ AT 3 - 8/14/2024 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 amount not to exceed $25,000 ($175,000 in total)]
THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THOMAS TRADY TO REPRESENT GREENBURG POLICE OFFICER JOSEPH FALCON IN THE MATTER OF TINA SINI VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 4 - 8/14/2024 Resolution approving the retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Jessica Huth v. Village of Irvington and the Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]
THE RETENTION, AYE.RETENTION OF THE
[ AT 5 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing a remainder payment to C.T. Male Associates that completed an Engineering/Architecture Assessment related to a tax certiorari matter for property known as Siemens Corporation and Siemens Medical Solutions located at 511 Benedict Avenue, at a Cost not to exceed $294]
RESIDENT RESOLUTION, AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A REMINDER, UM, REMAINDER PAYMENT TO CT MAIL ASSOCIATES THAT COMPLETED AN ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE ASSESSMENT RELATED TO A TAX ARI MATTER FOR PROPERTY KNOWN AS SIEMENS CORPORATION AND SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LOCATED AT FIVE 11 BENEDICT AVENUE AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $294.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND WELL IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 6 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as special counsel for Tax Certiorari matters at cost not to exceed an additional $50,000, $275,000 total]
AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WHITEMAN, OSTERMAN AND HANNAH, A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR TAX TERTIARY MATTERS THAT OF COURSE NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL 50,000.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND, SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 7 - 08/14/2024 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; $200,000 total]
AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF HARP, FEIST AND CROWD AND PEARLSTEIN AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS, UH, CONCERNING THE LABOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50,000.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
IT'S 200, IT'S 200,000 IN TOTAL.
[ AT 8 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Nicholas Tanzillo for property located at 200 S. Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $13,158±; the County’s share is $6,806±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,112±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $34,504±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $12,562±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $490±. Refunds from all sources total $68,633±]
AUTHORIZING TAX ARY, UH, UM, SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER NICHOLAS ZILLOW FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 200 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE.UH, TOTAL AMOUNT IS 66, UM, UH, 68,000 6 33.
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AYE.[ AT 9 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner JMD Ardsley for property located at 690 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $295±; the County’s share is $1,865±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $386±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $14,363±. Refunds from all sources total $16,908±]
AUTHORIZING TAXUH, THE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 16 9 0 8.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 10 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Sterling National Bank (formerly Astoria Bank) for property located at 729-731 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $359±; the County’s share is $2,667±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $381±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $17,767±. Refunds from all sources total $21,175±]
AUTHORIZING TAX ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER STERLING NATIONAL BANK, UH, UH, REFUND FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 21 1 75.[ AT 11 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Vincent A. Casolaro/129 S. Saw Mill LLC for property located at 129 S. Central Ave. The Town’s share of the refund is $209±; the County’s share is $1,485±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $245±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $9,115±. Refunds from all sources total $11,055±]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER VINCENT RO REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES, UH, TOTAL AMOUNT, $11,055.[ AT 12 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner KRE HIP HPTN Tarrytown Owner LLC f/k/a IHP Elmsford NY Owner LLC for property located at 200 W. Main Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,643±; the County’s share is $11,420±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,033±; the Elmsford Union Free School District’s share is $69,665±. Refunds from all sources total $84,760±]
RESOLUTION.AUTHORIZING TAX ARY, PETITIONER.
UM, UM, TERRYTOWN OWNER, LLC ELMSFORD, NEW YORK FOR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 200 WEST MAIN STREET.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ AT 13 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Ardsley Swimming Club Inc./Hidden Acres Country Club Inc. (ATIMA) for property located at 230 Sprain Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $28,246±; the County’s share is $14,186±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $2,501±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $104,513±. Refunds from all sources total $149,446±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER OLEY, UM, UH, SWIMMING CLUB VERSUS HIDDEN ACRES COUNTRY CLUB REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL.I I JUST HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE FOR JOE.
I, I, YOU KNOW, I SAW SOME PEOPLE SHAKE THE HEADS WHEN WE MENTIONED THE, THE LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
IS THERE ANY WAY OF MANAGING THE COSTS BETTER? UH, BECAUSE I SORT OF FEEL THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CALL THE LABOR COUNCIL, THEY'LL HAVE THE PARTNERS AND, UM, AND A SENIOR, UH, ATTORNEY AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE SAVE MONEY IF WE HAVE ONE PERSON INSTEAD OF TWO PEOPLE AT THE, THE MEETINGS.
SO WE ONLY GET BILLED FOR ONE OF THOSE ATTORNEYS, AND I HAVE BEEN REVIEWING EACH BILL AS THEY COME IN, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN FAIR AND REASONABLE, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT FUTURE BILLS, BUT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY, WE'RE ONLY BEING PAYING FOR ONE.
I'M JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SEE, MAKE SURE.
SO THEY, THEY MADE THAT VERY CLEAR TO US ALONG THE PROCESS.
THEY ALWAYS COME IN PAIRS IN CASE ONE CAN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.
THE ALWAYS AN OVERLAP, BUT THEY NEVER BILL FOR MORE THAN ONE.
AND THEN THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE, UH, LABOR UNIONS.
SO MULTIPLE UNIONS, SO THEY'RE, IT'S NOT JUST ONE UNION.
SO IT IS, UH, MULTIPLE MEANINGS.
[ AT 14 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 42/24C by Michele Gregory, for an amount not to exceed $297.23]
SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED TO CLAIM, UH, BY, UH, MICHELLE GREGORY FOR AN AMOUNT NOW TO 2 97 23.[ AT 15 - 8/14/2024 Resolution approving the retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alson Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the Matter of Central Westchester Tenants Corp. v. Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]
UH, PROVING, UH, THE RETENTION OF THE LAW FIRM OF, UM, MORRIS, UH, DUFFY, ALLISON FALEY AND PITT CUFF, TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN THE MATTER OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON TENANTS CORP VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, 25, UM, YOU KNOW, THOUSAND DOLLARS.AND JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE IN HOUSE.
SO ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS IS IN THE PROCESS OF RETIRING, AND UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR HIM AT THIS POINT.
SO A FEW MEETINGS AGO, THE TOWN BOARD GRACIOUSLY PASSED A RESOLUTION TO HIRE MORRIS DUFFY TO WORK ON THESE SORTS OF CLAIMS UNTIL WE CAN GET AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY.
SO THE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MATTERS THAT FALLS UNDER THOSE, UM, REQUIREMENTS.
AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE FIND A REPLACEMENT, WE WILL MOVE ALL THE CASES FROM MORRIS STUFFY TO THE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL.
WE SECOND? WE HAVE TO SECOND WE HAVE TO SECOND RESOLUTION SECOND.
[ CL 1 – 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing permission to close Wood Avenue, from Oak Street to Forest Boulevard, on Monday, September 2, 2024, from 12:00 PM until 4:00 PM, for the residents of Wood Avenue to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
PERMISSION TO CLOSE WOODY AVENUE FROM OAK STREET TO FOREST BOULEVARD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND FROM 12:00 PM TO 4:00 PM FOR THE RESIDENCE OF WOODY AVENUE TO HOLD THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BLOCK PARTY.[ CL 2 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing permission to close Yale Road, from Amherst Place to Princeton Drive, on Saturday, September 7, 2024 (Rain date: Sunday, September 8, 2024), from 4:00 PM until 7:30 PM, for the residents of Yale Road to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
UH, PERMISSION TO CLOSE YALE ROAD FROM AMHERST PLACE TO PRINCETON DRIVE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, UM, FROM FOUR TO SEVEN 30 FOR THE RESIDENTS OF YALE HOTEL, THEIR ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BLOCK PARTY.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 3 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing permission to close Doris Drive, on Sunday, September 8, 2024, from 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM, for the Old Edgemont Neighborhood to hold their Neighborhood Block Party]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE RO DRIVE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, UH, FROM TWO TO 7:00 PM FOR THE OLD EDGE ONE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ASSOCIATIONS HELD THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
[ CL 4 - 8/14/2024 Resolution scheduling a public hearing for Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 7:30 PM, to consider a local law amending Chapter 430 "Streets and Sidewalks" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh regulating the discharge of groundwater and stormwater onto Town streets]
SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 30, UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.SO THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REGULATING THE DISCHARGE OF GROUNDWATER AND STORMWATER INTO TOWN STREETS.
[ CL 5 - 8/14/2024 Resolution scheduling a public hearing for Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 7:30 PM, to consider a local law amending Chapter 430 "Streets and Sidewalks" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to the repaving of streets following excavations]
SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 30 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO REPAVING OF[01:40:01]
STREETS FOLLOWING EXCAVATIONS.[ CL 6 – 8/14/2024 Resolution scheduling two Public Hearings for Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 7:30 PM, to consider two one-year agreements between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Tarrytown for Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Glenville Fire Protection District for the years 2023 and 2024, respectively]
RESOLUTION SCHEDULING, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH TO CONSIDER TWO ONE YEAR AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENTS, UM, OF THE GLENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEARS 2023 AND 2024.[ CD 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution endorsing the submission of an application for 2025 - 2027 Community Development Block Grant funding for the Dobbs Ferry Road sidewalk and related improvements project]
AYE.RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2025, UH, 2027 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR THE DOPPS FERRY ROAD SIDEWALK AND RELATED IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ CD 2 - 8/14/2024 Resolution approving the professional services of Two Men and a Truck for a one day moving task associated with Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters, for an amount not to exceed $1,925]
UH, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF TWO MEN ON THE TRUCK FOR A ONE DAY MOVING TS ASSOCIATED WITH ODELL HOUSE ROSHAMBO HEADQUARTERS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,925.UM, UH, AND IT'S A VERY INTERESTING NAME FOR A COMPANY, TWO MEN IN THE TRUCK, IN A TRUCK.
[ CR 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing personnel from the Department of Community Resources to travel to InvestFest in Atlanta, GA from August 22, 2024 through August 26, 2026, at a total cost not to exceed $11,000, $4,800 of which will be paid for by program participants]
UM, I HAD GOTTEN TWO CALLS TODAY FROM, UM, RESIDENTS ABOUT C ONE, UM, AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ANSWER THEM.YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE INVEST FEST IN ATLANTA.
I SAY IT'S AUGUST 22ND THROUGH AUGUST 26TH.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO LATE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOLD IT OVER BECAUSE THE MEETING'S GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY, THE EVENT'S GONNA BE SHORTLY.
THEY THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON WHO COMPLAINED SAID THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MORE LIKE A PARTY.
UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, ASK, UH, THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO MEET WITH THE TOWN BOARD TO JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT INVEST FEST.
WELL, WE COULD LOOK IT UP OURSELVES, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, AND IF WE'RE SPENDING LIKE 11,000, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SPENDING SOME TAXPAYER DOLLARS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I COULD ANSWER TO PEOPLE WHY IT'S A VALUABLE, UM, AND NECESSARY EXPENSE.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY DONATIONS OR, SO WHY DIDN'T WE DISCUSS THIS LAST NIGHT? I, I, THEY JUST CALLED ME TODAY.
THIS WAS JUST PUT ON, NO, THEY JUST CALLED ME TODAY.
I, I HAD, OH, I HADN'T, YOU KNOW, I BASICALLY THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN, UM, STUDENTS, UM, FROM FAIRVIEW TO, UM, COLLEGES.
COLLEGES, YOU KNOW, SO I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THAT.
RIGHT? UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VALID REASON FOR THIS.
AND IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCEL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE COULD VOTE FOR THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ESPECIALLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO GET LIKE A REPORT WHAT EVERYBODY LEARNED.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE PARTICIPANTS SHOULD GIVE US SOME A REPORT YEAH.
I WILL, UH, REACH OUT AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
CAN I JUST POINT OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION DOES SAY THAT FUNDS FOR THIS TRIP SHALL BE APPROPRIATED FROM SPECIAL DONATIONS.
AND LIST THE, UM, BUDGET NUMBER IT'S IN WITH, IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION.
SO, SO IT'S ALL, UH, NON TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THEN, THEN I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS.
CAN I SUGGEST THAT WE, WE, WE VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, BUT WE INVITE, UM, MEMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, UH, ON TUESDAY, AND THAT WE DON'T STAMP UP THIS RESOLUTION UNTIL THAT OCCURS, SO THAT WE BASICALLY DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WELL, WON'T THEY BE, THEY'LL BE, OH, WHAT'S THE DATE? NO, THE DATE? NO, NEXT TUESDAY'S.
WELL, TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE OF TWO DAYS BEFORE CONFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL ASK, I'LL ASK THE AVAILABILITY.
WELL, YOU'RE ONE, I RAISED THE ISSUE, PAUL, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE WILL REACH OUT.
[ CO 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2024 budget transfers]
FISCAL YEAR 2024.[ CO 2 - 8/14/2024 Resolution to approve a budget amendment to the Town Entire Fund to increase the Estimated Revenue for Program Activity Donations and Increase the Appropriation for Summer Interns with a donation received from Lanza Foundation]
UH, AYE RESOLUTION, UH, TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN ENTIRE FUND TO INCREASE THE ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR PROGRAM ACTIVITY DONATIONS AND INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION FOR SUMMER INTERNS WITH A DONATION RECEIVED FROM LANZA FOUNDATION.IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THAT? I BELIEVE IT IS 5,000.
IS IT IN THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT? IT IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE IN THE RESOLUTION.
[ PR 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh Department of Parks and Recreation to solicit requests for proposals for engineering and landscape architectural professional services for the development or rehabilitation of various Parks and Recreation facilities in the Town of Greenburgh]
UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REC TO SOLICIT, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR AN ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPING ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE D THE DEVELOPMENT, YES.OF REHABILITATION OF VARIOUS PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
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CO2 IS $5,000.I JUST VERIFIED IT IS $5,000, BUT IT, BUT IT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE LISTED THERE.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION OF 2025.
UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE PH, UH, PAUL, UM, I SPOKE TOSO.
I JUST FOUND OUT, UM, TODAY THAT THE RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON AGENDA QUICK FOR THESE BLOCK GRANTS OR NOT THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE BEFORE US FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I ASKED, UH, WINSOME TO COME AND EXPLAIN WHAT DIFFERENCES, IF ANYTHING, I'M, THIS HAS TO BE FILED BY FRIDAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
UH, WE HAVE TO PASS THIS, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THESE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
I JUST WANNA THANK FRANCIS FOR REACHING OUT TO ME.
UM, THE RESOLUTIONS WHEN WE HAD OUR PUBLIC, OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, VISOR TOWN BOARD, FRANCIS, EVERYONE HERE, WHEN WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING, PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO THE RESOLUTION.
PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THEIR PROJECTS, THEY CAN CANCEL IT.
SO THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE RESOLUTIONS.
UM, IN PH FOUR, WE HAD, UM, THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THE ONLY THING THAT WAS CHANGED ON THERE WAS THE REMOVAL OF THE LOYCE BRONX CHILDREN'S CENTER.
THEY WERE GONNA GONNA HAVE ELECTRICAL WORK DONE, ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WEATHERPROOF INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE DPW DEPARTMENT AGREED TO DO THESE, UM, CHANGES.
SO WE HAD TO REMOVE IT FROM THE RESOLUTION.
THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS THE DATE, THE NEW DATE, WHICH IS TODAY'S DATE AND REMOVAL OF THE LOCE BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER, ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATERPROOF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE WAS ONE THAT WAS INSTRUCTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, COUNCILMAN SHEHAN BROUGHT UP A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
UM, WHY SHOULD THE TOWN BE GIVING $305,400 FOR OUR CASH MATCH? AND, UM, COMMISSIONER ESE INDICATED THAT WE'RE GIVING $250,000 FOR OUR CASH MATCH, AND $55,400 IS IN KIND SERVICES.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH 505,400 AS A MATCH OFF WHICH 250,000 IS A CASH MATCH.
AND 55,400 IS AN IN-KIND MATCH.
THE COUNTY WILL THEN GIVE US $200,000.
BUT THIS PROJECT, SO THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS $505,400.
THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE TO THIS RESOLUTION.
PH THREE, BECAUSE IT WAS NECESSARY, AS COUNCILMAN SHEHAN INDICATED TO INDICATE THAT THE TOWN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR THAT TOTAL MATCH, JUST $250,000 OF IT.
WE DID THREE, TWO, NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO PH TWO, JUST THE DATE, WHICH IS TODAY'S DATE.
EVERYTHING REMAINED THE SAME ON THAT ONE.
SO, SO CAN WE AT LEAST THE TITLE, READ THE TITLE OF WHAT THE UM, YES.
PH FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025 TO 2027, COMING TO DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUNDING FOR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
AND THAT'S FOR THE LOWEST BRONZE ELECTRICAL WORK.
THAT WAS FOR ALL THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE HAD, UM, THE BAPTIST CHURCH WAS IN THEIR UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.
SO THEN, SO THE ONLY ONE, SO YOU'RE SAYING THE LOES BROWN WAS JUST REMOVED.
SO UNION BAPTIST CHURCH REMAIN THE WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER REMAINS.
WE JUST REMOVED LO BROWN CHILDREN'S CENTER.
AND COUNCILWOMAN, I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THIS CLARITY.
PH THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2025 TO 2027.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION, OLD TARRYTOWN ROAD PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS AN ADDITIONAL OF, OF CLARITY TO THE MATCH.
EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINS THE SAME.
SO WHEN YOU SAY CLARITY TO THE MATCH, THE
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MATCH WAS, WE SAID THE MATCH WAS OF A MATCH OF FIVE OF 305,400.IT WAS INDICATED AS A CASH MATCH BECAUSE, UM, IN CONVERSATION WITH JOE LA CASEY, WHEN WE'RE DOING THE APPLICATION, HE SAID HE WOULD COME UP WITH ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT THEN FRANCIS BROUGHT IT TO ATTENTION, DO WE NEED THIS MUCH CASH MATCH? SO THEN JOE SAID WE COULD DO 55,400 IN, IN KIND SERVICES.
SO THE MATCH IS STILL, UM, 305,400 OF WHICH TWO 50 IS A CASH MATCH.
AND 55, 400 IS IN KIND SERVICES, WHICH IS JUST LABOR AND JUST THINGS THAT DON'T COST MONEY.
SO THE TITLE REMAINED THE SAME ON THOSE TWO.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING HELD OVER, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I WASN'T TOO CLEAR ON WHAT YOU EXPECTED OF ME.
YOU HAVE HAVE THIS IN ON FRIDAY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS ON FRIDAY.
LIKE SAID, WE CAN'T HOLD THIS OVER.
WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE CLARITY IN WHAT TOPIC.
SO, SO WE HAVEN'T DONE, AND PH OH, HERE'S PH TWO.
NO, PH TWO IS THE LOYCE BRONZE CHILDREN'S CENTER.
EVERYTHING, NOTHING CHANGED ON THAT AT ALL.
JUST THE DATE, WHICH IS TODAY'S DATE GOT, SO THAT REMAINS THE SAME.
AND THEIR MATCH IS VERY SMALL.
AND THE TITLE REMAINED THE SAME ALSO.
NOW THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAD CHANGES AND BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WITH THIS ONE, AND I WAS TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE, BUT I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE TOWN BOARD.
I HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR DIRECTIONS.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER WANTED A, THEY WANTED A GAS BUS.
THEY WANTED A HYBRID BUS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT AN ELECTRIC BUS.
NOW, THE TOWN BOARD, I SPOKE TO DIFFERENT TOWN BOARD MEMBERS AND I SPOKE TO TERRANCE AGAIN.
AND IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE DID SAY WE WANTED AN ELECTRIC BUS.
SO WHAT I DID, I MADE A CHANGE TO THE TITLE, UM, FROM THE ONE THAT I SUBMITTED.
AND I ADDED ELECTRIC, HYBRID GASOLINE OR DIESEL.
AND THAT WAS TO PLEASE EVERYONE.
BUT I THANK FRANCIS FOR ADDING SOME CLARITY TO THIS.
HE SAYS ELECTRIC OR A HYBRID BUS.
SO HE CHANGED THAT IN THE TITLE FOR ME.
AND I TRULY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THEN THERE'S NO DISCREPANCIES.
THERE'S NO FUSSING OR FIGHTING.
WE'RE GONNA GO WITH A HYBRID OR AN ELECTRIC BUS, NOT A GAS, NOT A DIESEL.
NOW, WHAT I DID IN THE BODY, I JUSTIFIED THE ELECTRIC BUS.
IT, IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
ALRIGHT? SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED.
THE PRICE IS STILL $200,000 MATCH FROM THE TOWN AND $200,000 MATCH FROM THE COUNTY.
ONCE WE GO OUT TO BID, WE WILL KNOW THE EXACT PRICE.
AND WHATEVER IT IS, THE TOWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 50 50, 50%.
UM, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? PLEASE? NO.
SO I THINK THE CLEANEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO, FOR US TO VOTE ON THESE AS THEY WERE PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING YES.
RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
'CAUSE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT'S UP ON THE, WHAT'S UP ON THE WEBSITE HAS THE DIESEL IN IT AND IT SHOULD NOT.
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT, WE'RE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
SO I, SINCE WHAT WAS BEFORE THE PUBLIC AND WHAT THEY COMMENTED ABOUT WERE THE RESOLUTIONS AS WE PRESENTED THEM.
'CAUSE WE TOOK AN UNUSUAL STEP BECAUSE WE KNEW WE HAD ONLY HAD THIS MEETING AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER YOU HAVE TO GET THESE IN OR WE MISSED THE DEADLINE.
SO WE ACTUALLY CREATED THE RESOLUTIONS FOR THE 14TH WAY BACK, I THINK IN JULY WHEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS BEFORE THEM.
BUT YOU HAVE MADE SOME GOOD AMENDMENTS TO THAT.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE ADOPT THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION.
I AGREE WITH YOU 100% WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR AMENDMENTS.
AND I COULD WORK WITH YOU IN THE MORNING IF YOU WISH, OR WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT.
WE GOTTA GET THESE GRANTS, UH, TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE MED INCORRECTLY.
UM, FRANCIS, I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR ASSISTANCE.
NOW, IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO PASS THE RESOLUTIONS AS THEY WERE, IT CAN STILL WORK BECAUSE IN MY NARRATIVE, I CAN PUT THE CHANGES THAT I MADE TO THE RESOLUTION INTO
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THE NARRATIVES, AND THAT'S JUST AS GOOD.PLUS I HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO THAT'S FINE.
WHERE ARE WE GONNA BE GETTING THE, IF THE COUNTY APPROVES THIS, UH, WHEN WILL WE BE GETTING THE, THE FUNDS FOR THE BUS? IT'LL BE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ORDERING THE DIESEL BUS, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY BY, AND THEN THIS WILL BE A SECOND BUS.
WE'RE NOT LET JUST TELL YOU BECAUSE WELL, LET, LET, LET, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, I HAVE SPOKEN TO RICH FUNN, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A MONTH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
AND HE SAID THAT, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, DOES OUR REPAIR SHOP HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, OF DOING THE REPAIRS ON ELECTRIC, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC BUSES, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, UH, BECAUSE THE THING IS, OUR REPAIR SHOP DOES ALL THE REPAIRS ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE VEHICLES.
SO I SORT OF THOUGHT THAT THE EASIEST, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE SENIORS DEFINITELY NEED A BUS AND THEY PROBABLY NEED TWO BUSES BECAUSE I, WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS. SO I THOUGHT THAT SINCE WE APPROVED THE CA WHEN WE APPROVE THE BONDING FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET, IF WE COULD MOVE AHEAD QUICKLY WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE COUNTY, GET THE, THE, THE DIESEL BUS, YOU KNOW, ORDERED THIS WAY, THE SENIORS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BUS AT THEIR DISPOSAL, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE APPLY FOR THE HYBRID OR ALL ELECTRIC BUS AS A SECOND BUS.
THIS WAY WE WON'T HOLD, HOLD THEM UP.
BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO THE SENIOR, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, LUNCHEONS, UH, A LOT OF THE SENIORS SAID, WHEN AM I GETTING MY BUS? SO THEY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT COULD TAKE A YEAR BEFORE A BUS SH OR TWO YEARS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE RICH BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT A DIESEL BUS.
WELL, I WAS GONNA PUT THE SECOND BUS IN THE, IN THE 2025 CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO MAYBE THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE DURING WORK SESSION BECAUSE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
LET'S DISCUSS THAT ON TUESDAY.
THEN WE COULD DISCUSS IT ON TUESDAY.
THIS, THIS HAS TO GO OUT FOR, SO, BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
NO, THIS, THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
BUT WE'RE, I BELIEVE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO TELL YOU BECAUSE I'M A VERY UPFRONT PERSON.
AND, UM, I GOT A NOTE FROM THE COUNTY LAST WEEK BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ONLINE APPLICATION.
IT'S NOT VERY SIMPLE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND THEY DID GIVE US AN, AN EXTENSION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT FRANCIS.
AND, AND THE PROBLEM THAT I SEE WITH THESE EXTENSIONS AND IF THE COUNTY'S HAVING PROBLEMS IS THE SENIORS DEFINITELY NEED A BUS.
SO THE THING IS, IF WE'RE WAITING FOR THE CDVG GRANT TO BE APPROVED, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING THEM THE BUS THIS YEAR OR, OR EVEN EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO I SORT OF FIGURE IF WE, UH, PURCHASE, WHAT'S THE NEW, WHAT'S THE EXTENSION TILL, WHEN IS THE EXTENSION? UM, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
BUT THEY SAID IT HAS TO BE IN AT LEAST TWO DAYS BEFORE BECAUSE THERE ARE GLITCHES IN THE SYSTEM.
SO THEY DID GIVE US AN EXTENSION AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM AGAIN TO REVIEW EVERYTHING? SO IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF WEEKS.
YEAH, NO, BUT HOW LONG WILL IT, IT TAKE THEM TO IT? IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TWO WEEKS.
THAT'S WHAT SAYING NO, BUT WHEN WILL THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS ON THAT ONE? THEY MAKE THE DECISION BY JANUARY.
THEY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEY PASS IT THEN, UM, AND THEN WE GET THE MONEY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY ORDER, THEY GO TO CONTRACT AND THEN WE, THEN WE PUT IN THE BID DOCUMENTS AND WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THE BUSES.
NOW I MUST TELL YOU THAT NEW YORK STATE HAS PASSED A LAW WHERE ALMOST ALL OF THE SCHOOL BUSES HAVE TO BE PASSED ELECTRIC BUSES, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S THE WAY WHERE WE'RE TO GO.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE ANTI THE ELECTRIC BUS, BUT THAT'S THE WAY, THAT'S THE FUTURE AND THAT'S THE WAY TO GO.
OR AT LEAST HYBRID, RIGHT? YES.
THIS IS A STATE MANDATE FOR 2030 THAT WE SHOULD BE COVERING.
WELL WE ALSO HAVE TO, WHEN WE SPEAK TO, WITH RICH ON, UM, TUESDAY, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE REPAIR SHOP HAS THE ABILITY OR THE TRAINING TO, UM, TO REPAIR THE, THE BUSES YOU HAVE TO SEND ON A
I WOULD SAY THAT BY THE TIME WE GET THE ELECTRIC BUS SHOULD HAVE, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE TRAINING AND THE FACILITY TO DO THOSE REPAIRS.
AS WE'VE GOT INTO THAT MEAN, IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO PUT OUT A POSTCARD TELLING PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO OPT OUT OF ELECTRIC IF THEY WANT TO, BUT IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.
'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE THE PLANET AND THEN WE ORDER DIESEL BUSES.
I, I HAVE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC BUSES.
THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS WHEN I SEE THE SENIORS AND THEY'RE ING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET, I MEAN, WE GET UNDERST WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM AS WELL.
WE GOTTA BE MINDFUL OF THE HEALTH AS WELL.
NOT DIESEL, BUT DIESEL'S NOT, NOT DIESEL.
UM, DO YOU HAVE MORE? NO, I MEAN I COULD READ IT THE ADVANTAGES OF THE ELECTRIC BUS, BUT THAT'S, WE KNOW VERY WELL.
BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA THANK, I WANNA THANK, I WANNA THANK THE BOARD BECAUSE
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UH, IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, WE WOULD NOT PUT IN FOR THE ELECTRIC BUS.YOUR SUPPORT WAS NEEDED AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH AND COUNCILMAN, SHE, AND YOU'RE FAR AWAY FROM US RIGHT NOW AND I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING ME AND REACHING OUT TO ME TONIGHT TO COME IN.
AND YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE TIME TOO FOR US TO FIX UP WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE FIXED UP.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I WON'T WAKE YOU OUR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO GO OVER THERE, SO THAT'S OKAY.
I DO THAT TO YOU ALL THE TIME.
I USUALLY CALL ME 1130 AT NIGHT.
SO PH UH, ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION OF 2025 2027 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR 40 PASSENGER ELECTRIC OR HIGH RED BUS FOR THE SENIORS AND THE YOUTH OF THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
AND JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING WHAT WAS BEFORE THE PUBLIC AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKING THE AMENDMENTS THAT, UM, WINSOME MENTIONED TONIGHT.
[ PH 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the submission of a application for 2025 - 2027 Community Development Block Grant Funding for a 40 Passenger Electric or Hybrid Bus for the Seniors and the Youths at the Theodore D. Young Community Center]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2025 2027.COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR THE LOWEST BROWN CHILDREN'S CENTER PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
[ PH 2 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the submission of an application for 2025-2027 Community Development Block Grant funding for the Lois Bronz Children's Center Playground Improvement Project Phase #2]
RESOLUTION.AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2025 2027.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR GREENBURG PARKS AND RECREATION, UL TAR TOWN ROAD PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
[ PH 3 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the submission of an application for 2025-2027 Community Development Block Grant funding for Greenburgh Parks and Recreation Old Tarrytown Road Park Improvements]
AYE.[ PH 4 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the submission of an application for Fiscal Years 2025-2027 Community Development Block Grant funding for the Non-Profit Organization Projects to Westchester County]
AYE.UH, AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, 2027.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR THE NOT, UH, PROFIT, UH, ORGANIZATION PROJECTS IN WEST TO WESTCHESTER.
[ PH 5 - 8/14/2024 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $3,000 from Greenburgh Arts & Culture to reimburse the Town of Greenburgh for the 2024 Juneteenth Celebration]
AYE.UM, WAIT, NOW WE'RE ON PAY H UH, FIVE.
FIVE FIVE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 3000 FROM GREENBURG ARSON CULTURE TO REIMBURSE THE TOWN FOR, UH, THE 2024 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
[ PH 6 - 8/14/2024 Resolution appointing Dr. Brezetta Griffith-Bullock, in the absence of Mr. Lloyd Cort, as the acting Town of Greenburgh Community Development Advisory Group Representative]
RESOLUTION APPOINTING DR.BTA GRIFFITH BULLOCK IN THE ABSENCE OF LLOYD COURT AS THE ACTING TOWN OF GREENBURG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY GROUP REPRESENTATIVE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PO 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute the Westchester County Repository for Integrated Criminalistic Information (“RICI system”) Agreement with Westchester County]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, THE SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY REPOSITORY FOR INTEGRATED CRIMINALISTIC INFORMATION AGREEMENT WITH WESTCHESTER.
[ PW 1 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing the extension of Michael Broder as a consultant to assist the Department of Public Works for calendar year 2024, for an amount not to exceed $20,000]
AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF MICHAEL BRODER AS A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TO 20,000.[ PW 2 - 8/14/2024 Resolution authorizing agreement with Routeware (ReCollect) for Waste & Recycling Communications Platform]
AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH ROUTE.WE ARE RECOLLECT FOR WASTE AND, UH, RECYCLING COMMUNICATIONS, UM, PLATFORM.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
UH, DYLAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING SINCE YOU WERE DISA APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD?
IT IS USUALLY TYPICAL TO KEEP A SPEECH UNDER 30 MINUTES.
NO, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
I, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME, MY, MY HALF MY LIFE, MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK IN THIS WAY.
AND THIS IS SORT OF HEREDITARY.
YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD? YEAH, MY, MY GRANDFATHER WAS ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND, UM, HOW LONG, UH, I KNOW HE WAS APPOINTED IN 1970 AND, AND I KNOW HE SERVED AT, AT LEAST THROUGHOUT THE DECADE.
YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE? YES.
AND PLEASE DON'T COME FORGET TO COME BY MY OFFICE AND GET SWORN IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT RE ADJOURN THE MEETING.