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OKAY, WELCOME, UH, TO OUR GREENBERG, UH, TOWN BOARD, UH, WORK SESSION.
UM, IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD.
HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A NICE, UH, LABOR DAY, UH, WEEKEND, AND A GREAT HOLIDAY.
UM, SO FIRST, THE FIRST ITEM, UM, AMANDA, YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE LOCAL LAWS SURE.
SO WE HAVE TWO DRAFT LOCAL LAWS.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU'RE FILLING IN? SURE.
I'M, UH,
I'M FILLING IN FOR TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO TONIGHT, WHO IS ON, UH, VACATION TODAY.
UM, SO I WAS GOING TO ADDRESS TWO, UH, DRAFT LOCAL LAWS.
ONE IS WITH ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER FOUR 30 REGARDING THE REGULATION OF THE DISCHARGE OF GROUNDWATER AND STORMWATER ONTO TOWN STREETS.
UM, SO THIS REALLY ADDS TO THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE AND, UH, IN THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AND SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE DISCHARGING OF WATER FROM HOUSES, WHETHER IT'S VIA PUMP OR, UH, ROOF LEADERS ONTO PUBLIC STREETS, CREATING A NUISANCE CONDITION, POTENTIALLY ICING OR, UM, OTHER INSTANCES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED POTENTIALLY BY THE DPW.
UH, IT ALSO PROVIDES A NOTICE PROVISION, UH, WHICH WAS SUGGESTED BY A DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY WHO ADDRESSES THE, UH, VIOLATIONS, UM, TO GIVE THEM A NOTICE THAT IF THEY DO NOT REMEDY THE CONDITION THAT THE DPW WILL COME IN AND ADDRESS IT AND CHARGE IT BACK AGAINST THE RESIDENT.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, IS ANY OF THIS AS A RESULT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OF THE SEWER PIPES FROM THE MAIN TO THE HOUSE BEING BROKEN OR, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A SEPARATE ISSUE, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS, UM, LANGUAGE IN THE WORKS TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, SEPARATELY.
UM, THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, DRAINAGE ENTERING THE SEWER SYSTEM, UM, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE, REGULATED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT THAT HAS SINCE CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
WELL, FROM THE MAIN TO THE HOUSE IS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER.
AND, AND THE SECOND ONE,
ENGINEERING RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT THE, UH, CRITERIA.
SO WHAT, WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS THAT ORIGINALLY THE COUNTY HAD ISSUED THOSE VIOLATIONS AND NOW THE TOWNS DO.
UM, AND SO THE SECOND LAW HAS TO DO WITH THE CURB TO CURB, WHICH IS, UH, REPAVING WHEN UTILITIES, UH, DIG UP THE ROADWAYS.
UM, CURRENTLY IF THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR CODE, THE UM, UM, UTILITY WILL KIND OF DO IT AS THEY SEE FIT PIECEMEAL, RIGHT PIECEMEAL
UM, BY PUTTING THIS INTO THE CODE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN, UM, TYPES OF, UH, DIGGING AND, UH, REPAVING.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A DIAGRAM ON THE LAST SHEET, UH, WHICH SHOWS DIFFERENT RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS DEPENDING UPON WHAT THEY DIG UP.
UM, WE USED EXAMPLES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT DO THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, REPAVING REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, THESE, UH, REQUIREMENTS WERE ACTUALLY PART OF THE D PWS STANDARDS, BUT THEY WERE NOT CODIFIED YET.
I WISH YOU COULD SAY IT WAS ME,
YOU DID THESE ARCHITECTURAL JOINTS, DON'T YOU? THIS IS REALLY EXCELLENT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ARROW ROADS AND, UH, AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN SCARSDALE WHEN, UH, CONED, UH, DIGS UP, YOU KNOW, HALF A ROAD, THEY REPAVE THE WHOLE ROAD.
BUT IN GREENBURG, WHEN THEY, UM, DIG UP HALF A ROAD, THEY ONLY REP PAVED THE HALF A ROAD.
SO, UH, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIVE IN I THINK COLLEGE CORNERS.
UM, THEY WERE COMPLAINING THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE, YOU KNOW, OF PRINCETON AND, UM, AMHERST.
I THINK WE ALSO HAD SOME INSTANCES RECENTLY WHERE THERE WERE ROADS THAT WERE RE LIKE PAVED BRAND NEW, AND THEN UTILITY WORK HAD TO BE DONE, AND SO IT WAS TORN UP AND YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WASTE TO WELL, YEAH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COORDINATION AND CONED CONED AND UM, AND FOR, FOR THOSE OF US WHO, UH, USE VEOLIA, UM, THEY ARE, THEY ARE TYPICALLY NOT PARTICULARLY COOPERATIVE IN, IN WORKING OUT THEIR, THEIR, UH, SCHEDULES.
DOES THIS, DOES, UH, THE PROPOSAL OR ALSO, UM,
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HAVE SORT OF A TIMETABLE? BECAUSE I KNOW SAY OFF OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, CON HAS BEEN DOING LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK ON A LOT OF THE SIDE STREETS, LIKE FOR YEARS, AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, COULD WE BASICALLY SAY THEY HAVE TO DO A REPAVING, SAY WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MONTHS AFTER THEY COMPLETE THAT STREET? SO I THINK THE PERMIT SPEAKS TO HAVING A, UH, THREE MONTH TIMELINE.SO THE PERMIT EXPIRES AFTER THREE MONTHS UNLESS IT'S EXTENDED.
AND HOW EASY IS IT TO GET AN EXTENSION? YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE PERMIT ISSUER.
WELL, WE WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S AN EXTENSION, THEN ANOTHER EXTENSION.
SO WE'D WANT TO PUT A LIMIT, THE NUMBER LIMIT.
I THINK WE ALL SAY THE SAME THING UNDER LIMIT TO EXTENSIONS.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
JOAN WILL HAVE TO SCHEDULE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS COMING UP ON OUR, UH, OUR BOARD MEETINGS.
AND THERE ARE MORE LOCAL LAWS BY STAFF IN WORKS IN THE WORKS.
SO, BUT RATHER THAN HIT YOU WITH FIVE OR SIX OF THEM AT ONE TIME AND HAVE
UH, BUT THE THING IS, I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF WE, THIS WOULD BE GOOD JUST TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, DONE.
BECAUSE CON ED RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE A LOT, AN AWFUL LOT OF STREETS OFF EAST DALE AVENUE THAT'S ALL DUG UP.
SO IF WE COULD GET THIS LAWYER APPROVED QUICKLY, THEN WE COULD GET THE ENTIRE ROAD PAVED IF THEY, IF WE DON'T GET THE LAW APPROVED AND THEY THEN THEY MIGHT DO HALF OF THE ROAD NOW AND SAY, OH, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CONED HAS REACHED OUT TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO ASK ABOUT THE CURRENT STANDARD.
SO THEN RELATIONSHIP, I THINK CORPORATION SHOULD BUILD A TIME INTO THE ACTUAL LOCAL LAW AS OPPOSED TO RELYING ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
UM, UH, THIS IS A BY POPULAR DEMAND.
UH, EVERYBODY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN HARSDALE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE DRISCOLL FAMILY.
UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, THE DRISCOLL, SOME OF THE FAN CLUB MEMBERS HERE.
UM, AND, UM, UH, BECAUSE FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS, UM, UM, UM, MISS MRS. DRISCOLL AND HER HUSBAND AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN, UM, UM, REALLY MAINTAINING, UM, UH, A SMALL LITTLE PARKLET ACROSS FROM THE SAN PLAZA, NEAR THE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION.
THEY REALLY HAVE, UH, PUT IN HUNDREDS OF HOURS, UM, MAKING IT LOOK ATTRACTIVE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, A LOT OF PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF, FEEL THAT IT, THE PARKLAND SHOULD BE, UH, NAMED IN HONOR OF, UM, UM, THE DRISCOLL FAMILY.
UM, MRS. DRISCOLL'S HERE, HER HUSBAND, UM, UH, SADLY PASSED, PASSED AWAY.
BUT REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UM, THE WORK THAT THEY DID HAS ENHANCED EAST DALE AVENUE.
IT GENERATED SOME MOMENTUM, UH, FOR, UM, IMPROVEMENTS ON THE STREET.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY FEEL THAT THE TOWN CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH.
THE ISSUE IS WHO OWNS THE PARKLET? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT GREENBERG THAT THEY, I SPOKE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS AND HE SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOT, WHICH IS I THINK WHY THE DRISCOLLS STARTED MAINTAINING IT AND MADE IT SO BEAUTIFUL FOR SO LONG, UM, BECAUSE IT IS NOT WITHIN THEIR REALM.
WHO, WHO DOES IT BELONG TO? THE DALE PARKING AUTHORITY.
SO WHAT, THIS IS BACK ON THE AGENDA.
'CAUSE WHEN IT WAS ON THE AGENDA LAST TIME, WE ALL AGREED THERE SHOULD BE HONORED, BUT IT'S NOT, I, I ASKED THE PARK, UH, PARKING AUTHORITY TO NAME THE, THE PARKLET FOR THE DRISCOLLS, AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T WANT THE, THE PROPERTY, AND THEY SAID THEY WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TOWN BECAUSE SO DID THEY, WHAT DID THEY, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE NEGOTIATING.
AND BASICALLY, IS IT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, SO MAYBE WE'RE NOT READY TO DO THIS.
WAS THERE AN OFFER? HAS THERE BEEN AN OFFER MADE? I DON'T THINK THAT.
AND AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE, THAT THE PARKS CAN REALLY MANAGE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THEY HAVE AT THIS POINT? AND IS IT PARKLAND, YOU'RE CALLING IT PARKLAND? IS A PARKLAND.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY.
WELL, THE, THE ISSUE THAT I, I SEE IS WHILE IF THE HARTSDALE PARK, AND THE REASON I WANT TO BRING IT UP IS
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PARKLAND, LET'S SAY THE HARTSDALE PARKING AUTHORITY IS SAYING WE DON'T WANT THE LAND, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.AND WE'RE SAY WE DON'T WANT THE LAND, BUT EVERYBODY AGREES THAT IT SHOULD BE NAMED FOR THE DRISCOLLS.
THAT THAT THE, THE NAMING IS NOT THE CONTROVERSY.
NO, THE OWNERSHIP IS THE ISSUE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, I'M WONDERING IF THE TOWN BOARD COULD EITHER PASS A RESOLUTION SAYING, WELL, WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS, WE DON'T HAVE TO.
NO, BUT, UM, I'M JUST MAKING A SUGGESTION.
WHY CAN'T WE JUST TO MOVE THIS ALONG, ASK THE PARKING AUTHORITY IF, UM, WHILE THEY'RE DISCUSSING THE, YOU KNOW, WHO OWNS A PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN NAME THE, THE PROPERTY FOR, FOR THE, THE DRISCOLLS.
UM, AND UM, AND THEN WE COULD STILL HAVE OUR OWN OUR DISCUSSIONS.
I THINK YOU CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST.
BUT AGAIN, SO FAR I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYWHERE.
I GET CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAVE NO JURISDICTION FOR THAT PIECE OF LAND.
SO IF THE HOUSING, I MEAN THE PARKING AUTHORITY WANTS TO NAME IT, AND THIS IS RIGHT INTO, AS THEY'RE DETERMINING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT IS A CONVERSATION YOU COULD HAVE WITH THIS.
THIS IS WHERE WE WERE THOUGH MONTHS, IF NOT A YEAR AGO.
BUT SO WHY IS IT BACK ON IF WE HAVEN'T RESOLVED THE OWNER? 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP.
HOW CAN, THE TOWN ATTORNEY SAID THAT WE CAN'T USE PUBLIC MONEY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT'S BASICALLY PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO, SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO OWNS IT AND EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT.
WE, WE LEGALLY, WE CAN'T JUST GO AND PUT UP, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY.
SO WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU ARE HERE FOR, FOR A DEDICATION THAT WE'RE NOT QUITE READY.
WELL, BUT PEOPLE ARE HERE BECAUSE THEY EXPECTED A DEDICATION.
THEY, UH, I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE GONNA DISCUSS, THEY WERE, WERE DISCUSS DEDICATION.
NO, SO, SO JOY, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHEN IN SPEAKING AND SPEAKING WITH EVERYONE, THEY WERE HERE TO SUPPORT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE.
SO I THINK THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT.
AS, AS WE JUST SAID, I THINK WE'RE JUST, YOU SEE, WITH THE IMPASSE THAT WE'RE AT, WE NEED TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT STEP.
SO I, ONCE WE HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE TO SAY, HERE'S OUR NEXT STEPS, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, I THINK AT THAT TIME, WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND SAY, PLEASE COME BACK OUT, OR HERE'S WHAT OUR NEXT DATE IS GOING TO BE.
SO DO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE PARKING DISTRICT AGAIN AND I'LL ASK, I'LL MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT AND IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, NAMING THE PROPERTY, UM, AND, AND DOING THE HONOR.
AND IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, WHILE, AND THEN WE STILL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO THAT, WE STILL COULD, UM, HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM IN TERMS OF OWNERSHIP.
SO BY DOING THAT, THEY'RE NOT BASICALLY SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS IT.
WE'VE MADE A DECISION, THEN WE, BECAUSE THE DISCUSSIONS OF OWNERSHIP COULD TAKE MONTHS.
FRUSTRATING TO ME THOUGH, THAT KATE, THEY CAME OUT THE LAST TIME FOR THIS AND WE HAD THE SAME ISSUES.
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S CHANGED IN THE OWNERSHIP.
YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMETIMES, UH, YOU DON'T WIN THE FIRST TIME AND YOU KEEP TRYING AND TRYING.
IT'S LIKE THE KIND OF WHAT YOU DID WITH THE STREET, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR LIKE THREE YEARS SO FAR.
SO, SO THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S HAPPENING.
SO WE WON'T GIVE UP UNTIL THE PARK.
IF I, IF I COULD JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT AS YOU CAME OUT TO SHOW SUPPORT HERE, THAT YOU DO THE SAME THING TO THE, UM, HOUSING AUTHORITY SHOW THE SUPPORT PARKING AUTHORITY, PARK AUTHORITY SAID HOUSING, PARKING.
I JUST CAME FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY, FOR THE PARK AUTHORITY, IF, FORGIVE ME, UM, AND SHOW THAT SAME SUPPORT THAT WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, DISHONOR.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE PARKING AUTHORITY MEETING IS AND THEN, UM, UH, BECAUSE I ATTEND, YOU KNOW, THEIR MEETINGS AND, UM, YOU'RE THE LIAISON.
WE'LL PUT THAT, WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA.
WHY DON'T YOU COME, DON'T YOU COME UP TO THE QUESTION.
PLEASE COME UP TO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME UP TO THE, TO THE MICROPHONE.
THE MICROPHONE ONLY BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE, EVERYONE SEES YOU PLEASE, PAUL.
UM, I'VE TALKED TO THE PARTNER.
DID YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? YOU CAN PICK IT UP SO YOU DON'T WANNA SIT AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
CAN, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? FIRST OF ALL, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, I'VE TALKED TO, UH, STEPHANIE CARL AT THE PARKING AUTHORITY, WELL, SEVERAL TIMES.
AND SHE SAID THAT THEY'VE DONE ALL THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
THEY DON'T WANT THAT PROPERTY.
THEY DON'T WANT ANY MONEY FOR IT OR ANYTHING.
THEY JUST WANNA GET RID OF IT.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BEFORE IT'S MOVED IF IT'S CAN BE MOVED.
AND, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT HASN'T BEEN MOVED BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY
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DONE ON THEIR SIDE.SO THEY SAID IT'S, IT'S THE TOWN THAT'S HOLDING, BUT IS IT PART OF THE HARTSDALE PARKING DISTRICT, WHICH IS FORMED BY STATE LEGISLATION? WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE STATE TO SELL OFF A PIECE OF IT? APPARENTLY NOT.
WELL, APPARENTLY IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
SO SUPERVISOR, CAN YOU GET ALL THE DETAILS TOGETHER FOR THIS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND, SPEAK TO IT INTELLIGENTLY? IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
NOT THAT, NOT THAT WE BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SAY, YOU'RE JUST REPEATING, BUT WE NEED TO DO ALL DUE DILIGENCE JUST TO MAKE SURE.
ACTUALLY IT WAS IN, IN ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SENT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WERE THEY'RE PART OF THEIR DISCUSSION, WHICH THEY SAID, WAIT, WE DIDN'T, AND THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC IN THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO.
WELL, IT IS THEIRS NOW, BUT THEY WANT TO OFFLOAD IT SO THEY, THEY'RE JUST PRESUMING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO OFFLOAD IT AND THEREFORE THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN BEING ANYTHING.
WELL, THEY DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE START ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UM, MAKE IT SO THAT IT WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT TO GET IT MOVED.
THEY WANTED, THEY SAID THEY MOVE IT FIRST AND THEN WHENEVER YOU CAN MOVE IT.
BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH US ABOUT MOVING BEFORE.
IT'S JUST NOT LIKE YOU GO AWAY, BUT IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE TOWN.
SO THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH THE MEETS AND BOUNDS OF WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO TRANSFER.
AND THEN THAT WOULD START THE BALL ROLLING.
THEY WANNA GET RID OF THE YEAH, BUT THEY HAVE TO INITIATE IT.
THEY HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO US WITH ANY REQUEST AS FAR AS WE KNOW WITH ANY MEETS AND BRAND MEETS AND BOUNDS.
AS, AS, UM, COUNCILMAN CHIN MENTIONED, THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT.
ONCE THEY DO THAT, IF AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, WE CAN CONSIDER IT.
AND WE REALLY WANNA HONOR YOU DID MADE IT BEAUTIFUL, SO THANK YOU.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THEN SOME OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, UM, CORRESPONDENCE BACK AND FORTH, THEY, THEY ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN.
ARE THEY, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU CORRESPONDENCE CORRESPONDENT SUPERVISOR? I'VE MET WITH THEM AND THEY BASICALLY WORK.
I MEAN, THE THING THAT WAS FRUSTRATING IS THEY BASICALLY DIDN'T WANNA DO IT THAT UNLESS THEY WANT TO TURN OVER THE LAND.
I JUST HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT, LIKE THIS MAY NOT MAKE SENSE, BUT I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP.
UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE, NEAR PIPELINE ROAD, THERE'S SOME GRASS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S GRASS IS THAT OWNED BY, I'M WONDERING IF THAT PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE TOWN RATHER THAN BY THE PARKING AUTHORITY.
DO YOU FOLLOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YES.
AND I THINK SO BECAUSE, UH, WHEN I TALKED TO UH, UH, STEPHANIE CROW, SHE SAID THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY PIECE THAT THEY OWNED.
SO MAYBE I'M JUST THROWING OUT, LIKE, LET'S SAY I GO TO THE PARKING AUTHORITY AND SAY, COULD YOU NAME THE PARKLET FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DRISCOLLS? AND THEY SAY NO, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT THEY SAID FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANOTHER PROPERTY, LIKE AS A, YOU KNOW, WHICH COULD BE SAY, ON NEAR THE PIPELINE ROAD, WHICH THE TOWN OWNS.
AND THEN WE COULD SAY, OKAY, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, AT LEAST WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE HONORING, UH, YOU AND YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR HUSBAND AND, AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND THIS WAY I'LL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS GOOD, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT COULD BE A FALLBACK POSITION, YOU KNOW.
BUT THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, BUT WE DON'T.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, OPEN, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS GOOD, BUT MAYBE THEN WE COULD, IT'S REALLY NOT AS FAIR.
BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR.
THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR ALL THE, I JUST KNOW I THAT'S UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S NOT FAIR AREA, BUT WE'LL HONOR HER OVER HERE.
NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF WE CAN'T GET, I'M JUST TRYING TO, WELL, LET'S LET, SO LET'S LISTEN, LET'S, LET'S TALK, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PARKING AUTHORITY AND SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH, AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT PLAN B IS.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HONORED THAT YOU ON AND ON THE PLACE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY DID THE WORK, THAT WILL BE NICE.
LEMME, IS IT, WHEN IS, WAS THE PARDON DISTRICT GONNA COME TONIGHT? DO YOU KNOW, TO THE MEETING? THAT WAS MY QUESTION EARLIER.
SO I DID YOU INVITE THEM, PAUL? I MEAN, YOU PUT THIS I'M NOT, I'M NOT NOBODY.
BEFORE YOU INVITE THEM, LET'S GET SOME MEETS AND BOUNDS.
LET'S GET SEE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU OWN PROPERTY.
YOU'RE WILLING TO GIMME SOME PROPERTY AND SAY, TAKE THE CORNER.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE NEED THE ACTUAL YEAH.
AND THEN IT'S UP TO YOU AS THE SELLER TO MAKE SURE YOU COULD ACTUALLY SELL IT.
AND IT'S NOT PART OF A HARTSDALE PARKING DISTRICT REGULATED LAND.
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ALSO TO KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA OFFER IT FOR DEDICATION OR IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY INTENDING TO SELL IT FOR FOR PROFIT.WELL, THEY SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO, THEY JUST WANNA GIVE IT AWAY.
WELL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DISCOVERABLE.
SO, SO I THINK, I THINK NOW CONVERSATION, WE'RE JUST PUZZLED AND DON'T REALLY, UM, WITHOUT THE FACTS, WE'RE NOT SURE HOW TO RESPOND BECAUSE WE, WE CERTAINLY WANT CELEBRATE.
BUT PAUL, DO YOU WANT AMANDA ON THAT CALL? SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA ASK WRONG QUESTIONS, THAT WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION SO WE KNOW WHAT TO WORK WITH.
SO YOU MAY WANNA CONNECT WITH A SUPERVISOR SO WE CAN MAKE SURE, COULD I SEND YOU THE INFORMATION I HAVE, PLEASE.
SO WE CAN ALL GET ONE TOWN BOARD@BERGANDY.COM.
YOU, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I'M SORRY YOU HAD TO COME OUT AGAIN, SO I APOLOGIZE AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT.
COME OUT AND IT WAS NICE SEEING YOU.
WE LIKED THE COMPANY AND LOVE THE COMPANY.
NOW I KNOW YOU'RE ALL GONNA LEAVE
MAKE SURE AND SORRY, THE, AND I'M GLAD GO OUT, ENJOY THE WEATHER.
WELL, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THIS MEETING, THIS IS GREAT.
THIS IS REALLY USEFUL BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOMETIMES, UM, WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANT TO NAME A PARKLET OR SOMETHING FOR SOMEBODY AND YOU SEE THAT THERE'S A GROUNDSWELL OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, IT MEAN IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
SO I, I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS WAS A WASTEFUL MEETING.
I FEEL THAT IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING AND MY PREDICTION IS IT WILL LEAD, UH, TO A POSITIVE RESULT AND WE WON'T GIVE UP UNTIL WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IF THERE, THERE, IF WITHOUT NAMING THE PARKLET ITSELF, BY PUTTING UP A SIGN, THEY COULD PUT UP A SIGN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT.
IT DOESN'T DEVALUE THE PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE GOING TO SELL IT FOR ZERO.
THEY CAN'T WORRY ABOUT IT BEING DEVALUED BY HAVING SOMETHING ON IT.
WELL I'M SURE WE'LL GET THIS RESOLVED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP EARLIER.
OKAY, NEXT, UH, IS OKAY, UH, LET'S SEE.
EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS, DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE ON VARIOUS MATTERS.