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PROGRESS.WELCOME TO, UH, THE TOWN BOARD, UH, MEETING.
UH, OUR WORK SESSION TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 10TH AT FIVE 30, CLOSE TO FIVE 30.
AND, UM, FIRST ITEM IS, UM, SHOULD WE DO THE AGENDA REVIEW FIRST OR THE EAST HARSDALE AVENUE? WELL, THE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT LOOK ON UNTIL FIVE 50, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THE AGENDA REVIEW FIRST.
SO WE'LL DO THE AGENDA REVIEW FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO, UM, UM, THE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE UPDATE.
AND JUST SEE, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT TWO HEARINGS THAT WERE INITIALLY SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT, UM, ABOUT TWO LOCAL LAWS ON STREETS AND SIDEWALKS RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF GROUNDWATER, AND ALSO AS RELATING TO THE REPAVING OF STREETS FOLLOWING EXCAVATIONS.
THOSE ARE BEING HELD OVER UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER 25TH MEETING.
SO IF ANYONE WAS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON THOSE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PAUL, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT FOR GLEN ISEN? UM, I COULD WRITE SOMETHING UP.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO ADD, UH, SINCE IT IS NINE 11, YOU KNOW, REMEMBERING THE PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES ON THAT DAY AND THE, UM, FIRST RESPONDERS WHO CONTINUE TO LOSE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF THE AFTER EFFECTS.
I THOUGHT THAT, UH, UH, DAN RAFTER'S, UH, SON, HE'S A CAPTAIN.
AND, UM, I'LL COPY HIM AND ASK IF HE WANTS HER, UM, IF HE WOULD WANT TO, UH, SPEAK TOMORROW ABOUT HIS, UM, FATHER BECAUSE HE DIED, UM, FROM A BRAIN TUMOR, UH, FROM NINE 11.
WELL, NANCY EMAILED ME AND ASKED ME TO READ SOMETHING FOR HER.
BUT IF YOU, IF HE WANTS TO DO IT AS WELL, THAT'S FINE.
SO, AND NANCY IS HIS WIFE? YES.
I, I, I GAVE JOAN A COPY OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, MAVIS KANE, BUT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE MAVIS, THERE WAS A WHOLE WRITEUP ABOUT HER.
YEAH, SHE'S THE RESIDENT WAS A RESIDENT.
SHE WAS HEAD OF THE OLD CO, AN AQUEDUCT COMMITTEE.
SHE BASICALLY RESTORED THE, THE AQUI.
SO YOU NEED, YOU NEED SOME COPY FOR THESE THINGS, OR YOU NEED SOME SHORT, DO YOU, THANK YOU.
UM, DO YOU NEED SOME COPY FOR THESE? TELL YOU? YEAH, I COULD, I'LL WRITE SOMETHING.
WHAT? I'LL WRITE SOMETHING FOR GLENN EYES AND I COULD, UM, UNLESS YOU WANNA WRITE SOMETHING, GLEN.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING LET'S KEEP IT TO THE SAME LENGTH.
SO IF YOU LIKE FOR A SENTENCE, WRITE LIKE, LIKE YEAH, LIKE A COUPLE SENTENCES.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD SOMETHING ABOUT NINE 11, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY PICTURE OF THE, SOME PEOPLE, THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME LIKE GLENN ISEN, THEY MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE THE NAME, BUT THEY WOULD CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THE FACE.
IF SOMEBODY HAS A NICE PICTURE.
WHAT IS THE PRESENTATION? THAT, HOW LONG IS THAT? 10 MINUTES.
AND WHAT'S THE PRESENTATION? WHAT IS IT? JUST 10 MINUTES FOR EACH OF THE PEOPLE? FOUR HOURS.
THE SUMMER FOR ALL, ALL 37 STUDENTS.
WHO'S YOU, YOU'RE PRESENTING? YES.
ARE ANY OF THEM SHOWING UP? YES.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA CALL THEM UP TO SPEAK, RIGHT? NO, NO.
WE, PAUL, WE'RE NOT CALLING THEM UP TO SPEAK.
NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE AND SAYING, WELL, IT IS LISA'S PRESENTATION.
SO EXACTLY KNOW JUST SETTING THE PARAMETERS HERE.
I MEAN, THEY CAN STAND UP AND, YOU KNOW, CAN OH YEAH, NO, NO.
YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE SAY THAT IS BECAUSE ONE TIME IT WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
PEOPLE COMPLAINED TO US WHY WE GET INTO THE OTHER BUSINESS IN THE BOY.
DID WE HEAR THAT? OH, WELL WE HEARD ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, OKAY, WELL IT SAYS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THEN, ALRIGHT, SO
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO, UM, UM, HEAR FROM THE TOWN BOARD AND ALSO TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE MAJOR THINGS HAPPENING IN, IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND WE COULD DO, WE COULD, WE, WE COULD DO EVERYTHING WHILE AT EACH MEETING OR WE
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COULD SAY WE'RE GONNA DO THREE DEPARTMENTS A MEETING AND THEN, WELL, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.WE CAN WORK OUT THOSE DETAILS.
THIS IS NOT COMING FOR THIS MEETING, NOT ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, I JUST ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT ON THE WEBSITE, UM, ON BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS, IT HAS LIAISONS, IT HAS THE MEMBERS OF EACH BOARD AND IT HAS, UM, THE DETAILS OF THE BOARD, IF IT'S MAYBE THE BYLAWS OR IT MAY BE, UM, RESOLUTIONS.
BUT THAT'S ALL ON THE WEBSITE UNDER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
AND IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT HAS ANY, UM, INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, IT'S INCORRECT, PLEASE JUST, UM, UH, EMAIL MY OFFICE AT TOWN CLERK@GREENBURGNY.COM.
DO YOU KNOW IF THE ANTENNA BOARD IS UP THERE? YES, IT IS.
ITS INCEPTION AND ITS MEMBERS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS LAST NIGHT AT THE, UH, POLICE ADVISORY, POLICE ADVISORY BOARD.
I JUST SENT YOU A TEXT LAST NIGHT AND SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT THE MEETING, THE POLICE ADVISORY BOARD.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IS, THAT LIST IS UP TO DATE.
'CAUSE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE ON THERE THAT SAID SHOULD NOT BE ON THERE.
AND THEN THE, UH, LISA, THE ANTENNA BOARD'S NOT LISTED.
SO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.
STOP ME WHEN I GET TO THE ANTENNA BOARD.
IS IT CALLED SOMETHING ELSE? BECAUSE I, I MAYBE THE, MAYBE NO, NO, NO.
SOMETIMES THE A STATION CAN BE ALIGNED.
SO THE LIST OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ON THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE ETHICS BOARD, THE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A STARK AND LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD, PARKS OF RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD PLANNING BOARD, POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION, T-D-Y-C-C, ADVISORY BOARD, T-D-Y-C-C, SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
AND I, NO, I SAID THAT THREE TIMES.
WAIT, IT, SO NOW SHE STANDS CORRECTED, RIGHT? I SAY CORRECTED.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN MISSING.
THAT'S, SO, UM, AS OF TOMORROW MORNING BY 10:00 AM WHEN WE ARE AT THE BURN CENTER, ILL MAKE SURE THAT BY THE TIME WE GET HOME, I MEAN BACK TO THE OFFICE, IT WILL BE ON THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ASSISTED.
BUT I DID, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT.
SHE LIKE, WHICH HE POINTED IT OUT TO YOU.
SO WE HAVE, UH, YOU, THE TV ONE, UH, THE RESOLUTION ABOUT THE, UH, THE NATURE CENTER.
SO HAS THAT BEEN, YOU KNOW, RESOLVED YET, OR? NO, I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN FULLY RESOLVED.
I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT IS STILL, UH, BEING DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT.
AND IF IT IS POTENTIALLY, UM, RESOLVED BY TOMORROW, IT'S, IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
AND IF IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GONNA GET RESOLVED, 'CAUSE NOW THEY WANT TO WITHDRAW THE PROVISION THAT THEY AGREED TO REGARDING IF THERE'S AN INCORPORATION THAT THE PAYMENT COULD GO TO ZERO.
WELL THEY STILL HAVE, THAT'S A LEGAL ISSUE WE WANNA DISCUSS.
THEY STILL HAVE THAT UP ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY AGREED TO, BUT NOW THEY DON'T WANT TO.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE ITEM I WAS REFERRING TO WHEN I SAID THAT.
SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GONNA BASICALLY PASS TB ONE AND THEN JUST SAY HERE, THIS IS THE AGREEMENT, TAKE IT OR, OR LEAVE IT? IS THAT, WELL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION, UH, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT IT AND THEN WE MAY OVER THIS.
WELL, I WANNA MAKE THE POINT THAT SINCE THEY PUT OUT A VERY MISLEADING PETITION THAT WE WARRANT, WE WANTED TO DO AWAY WITH THE NATURE CENTER.
THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
UH, WE ARE READY TO SIGN A CONTRACT.
UH, AND IF THEY, WITH ALL OF THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN THERE, INCLUDING THAT ONE WHICH THEY AGREED TO, NOW THEY WANT TO RESCIND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, DON'T BLAME US FOR DELAYING A CONTRACT.
UM, THE STEIN VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG, A LOT OF THAT'S COMING FROM INSURANCE.
WE'RE ABOVE TO SELF-INSURED RETENTION.
SO THE ADDITIONAL MONIES WILL BE REIMBURSED BY OUR INSURANCE AGENT.
UM, LISA, UH, DO YOU WANT TO JUST TALK QUICKLY ABOUT THE PROCESS WITH ABOUT STREET
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CLOSING? I SAW THERE WAS SOME COUPLE OF THINGS.THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT STREET CLOSING.
I THINK YOU JUST WANNA REMIND THE PROCESS, RIGHT? WHEN THERE WAS A, WHEN THERE WAS GOING TO BE EITHER A STREET FAIR OR A BLOCK PARTY OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE, YOU HAVE TO CONTACT MY OFFICE.
THE MINUTE IS IN THE PLANNING STAGES BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PROCESSES THAT GO BEHIND THE SCENES REGARDING STREET CLOSURES.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE, WE'RE HAVING A SITUATION NOW.
AND WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS PROPER NOTIFICATION TO THE POLICE AND THE PROPER NOTIFICATION, UM, TO THE, UM, FIRE IF NECESSARY.
AND THAT IF, UM, POLICE HAVE TO BE HIRED MM-HMM.
SO WITH THAT, WHAT IS THE LEAD TIME? YOU WOULD REQUEST THAT IF THEY WANNA HAVE A STREET CLOSER, THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A MINIMUM LEAST BARE MINIMUM TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT'S A BARE, BARE, BARE MINIMUM.
THAT'S LIKE YOU MAIN THING IS THAT WE CAN GET IT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE MONDAY OF THE WEEK BEFORE THE AGENDA.
UM, AND UH, YEAH, IF YOU'RE PLANNING A BLOCK PARTY, PART OF THE PLANNING HAS TO BE TO CLOSE THE STREET.
PART OF THAT SHOULD BE GETTING PERMISSION TO CLOSE THE STREET.
AND, UH, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO MANAGE THINGS THAT COME IN, YOU KNOW, TWO DAYS OR ONE DAY BEFORE THE ACTUAL TOWN BOARD MEETING.
FIRST OF ALL, IT DOESN'T GIVE MANY PEOPLE NOTICE.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY, AS SOON AS YOU THINK OF BLOCK PARTY AND YOU PICK A DATE, CONTACT THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE AND UH, AND UH, SHE WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING IT ON THE AGENDA.
YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE PEOPLE SAYING THIS SATURDAY I'M GONNA HAVE A BLOCK PARTY.
IT PROBABLY WAS PLANNED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, SO, OKAY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CLEAR THE TIMING.
THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT.
AND GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS IN CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, THE PEOPLE WHO USUALLY HANDLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY LEAVE AND THE NEXT PERSON DOESN'T KNOW.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CLOSING A PUBLIC STREET, THERE'S SOME POLICE AND FIRE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS APPROVALS AND HAS TIME TO, TO APPROVE IT, INCLUDING NOISE WAIVERS.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, AS IT JUST STARTS, IS THAT PROCESS ON YOUR WEBSITE, SO IF THERE'S LIKE A FREQUENT ASKED QUESTIONS, I NEED TO CLOSE THE STREET OR I WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT WHICH GONNA REQUIRE STREET CLOSING, IS THAT INFORMATION READILY ON HERE? UM, I'M GLAD YOU SAY THAT.
BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION IS ONLY, UM, UNDER FILMING.
SO I WILL NOW MAKE A SEPARATE, UM, UH, SPACE FOR ROAD, UH, CLOSURES BECAUSE IT'S ONLY UNDER NOISE WAIVERS.
SO IT'S UNDER NOISE WAIVERS AND IT'S UNDER FILMING.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT UNDER, ITS ITS OWN CLOSING.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE I ADD THAT TOMORROW.
SUNDAY I WENT TO THE OLD EDGE ONE, UH, BLOCK PARTY AND IT WAS LIKE AMAZING, A REALLY FANTASTIC TURNOUT.
I WAS LIKE SO AMAZED, LIKE EVERYBODY WAS WALKING, I WAS ON MY BICYCLE, SO I JUST SAW THAT PEOPLE WERE WALKING.
UM, AND UH, AND UM, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH LITTLE KIDS.
UM, AND UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST SORT OF THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY SO FANTASTIC.
AND THEN TO GET OVER THERE, THE MAIN THING IS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THEY HAD THE BARRICADES,
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT LATE.
UM, I'M WONDERING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, UH, IS THERE, IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BASICALLY WE'VE ALL, WE'VE NEVER REJECTED STREET CLOSINGS FOR BLOCK PARTIES.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, APPROVE IT, CAN'T WE LIKE AUTHORIZE LIKE SAY THE POLICE TO, UM, TO GIVE A RECOMME TO BASICALLY MAKE THE DECISION.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY FEEL THAT, UM, A BLOCK PARTY A STREET COULD BE CLOSED, JUST LET THEM DO IT RATHER THAN HAVE TO CUT.
BECAUSE LIKE TODAY, I KNOW THERE WAS AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, THE GREENRIDGE THEY, UH, ASSOCIATION, THEY WANTED TO HAVE ONE, UH, THIS WEEKEND, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET IN TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE IT EVERY YEAR AND I'M SURE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NOT GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD'VE PREFERRED JUST LETTING THEM DO IT RATHER THAN HELD THEM UP.
AND TO ME, ISN'T THERE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S LIKE, SO ISN'T THERE A PART OF THE PROCESS? ISN'T THERE A NOTICE COMPONENT? LIKE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOTICE IT AT A TOWN BOARD MEETING? THIS IS WHY WE JUST CAN'T DO, I'M JUST SAYING NO, I'M JUST, I'M ASKING THE PROCESS.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MM-HMM.
SO IS ISN'T THAT THE REASON WHY THE PROCESS, THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE, I'M NOT SURE.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST SAYING BECAUSE MY, BECAUSE MY FAILING IS THAT, UH,
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YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BLOCK PARTIES HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE PARKWAY GARDENS ONE RIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN.
TOWN BOARD'S NEVER GONNA SAY YOU CAN'T DO IT.
BUT IT HAS TO BE NOTICED IS WHAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT HAS TO BE NOTICED IN TIME TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A CLOSURE AND PUBLIC NOTICES ARE UNDER MY JURISDICTION.
SO, BUT I MEAN, SO, SO THERE IS NO, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MORE STREAMLINING THAN WHAT WE HAVE.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE US TIMELY NOTICE AND WE TAKE CARE OF IT.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE THE POLICE HAVE SAID NO.
SO, AND I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SAYING NO BECAUSE THERE'S LIABILITY INVOLVED IN THIS.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO COME OUT AND PUT UP BARRICADES.
NOW WHERE DO THE BARRICADES GO? ARE THE BARRICADES GONNA GET MOVED? WHICH IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE FOR THE POLICE 'CAUSE THE POLICE AREN'T THERE.
AND IF THE RESIDENTS CHANGE WHERE THE BARRICADES ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
SOMETIMES THEY, THEY PUT 'EM OUT IN ADVANCE, UH, AND THE NEIGHBORS KNOW HOW TO PUT THEM UP, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION AND GOES UP THAT STREET AND KNOCKS DOWN A BARRICADE.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE POLICE WANT THAT RESPONSIBILITY, QUITE FRANKLY.
WE JUST, YOU, YOU JUST CAN'T GIVE US FIVE DAYS NOTICE.
EXPECT TO BE ON AN AGENDA AND GET IT DONE.
SO, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS, WE GO OUTTA OUR WAY TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE IT.
BUT ONCE THE AGENDA GETS PUBLISHED, THAT'S IT.
AND THIS IS WELL AFTER THE AGENDA GETS, OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
MR. JENKO, IS THERE ANYTHING IN TOWN CODE THAT STATES THAT, UM, OR MAYBE THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT STATES THAT, UM, THAT IT, IT IS NOT IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE POLICE, BUT I, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT JUST BASED FOR ON LIABILITY PURPOSES.
I THINK IT'S BEST PRACTICE TO HAVE IT NOTICED, HAVE IT VOTED ON BY THE OFFICIAL TOWN BOARD.
I DOUBT THERE'S ANYTHING WITHIN TOWN CODE.
BUT I THINK THE HAS MADE THE DECISION, OR THE OPTION WOULD BE SINCE 90% OF THE STREET CLOSINGS HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE YEAR PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TIME.
UH, WE COULD ALWAYS SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS HAD A, A BLOCK PARTY FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR, UM, AND THE POLICE, UH, HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT, UH, WE'RE AUTHORIZING THE POLICE TO, YOU KNOW, AUTOMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, RENEW IT.
BECAUSE THIS WAY, THIS WAY, ANY ASSOCIATION, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE ON VACATION AND OR THERE'S A NEW PRESIDENT AND THEY FORGET, THEN, THEN I'LL LEASE.
THEY COULD, UH, CONTINUE TO DO THE BLOCK.
HOWEVER, SUPERVISOR, BY NOTICING IT AND REFERENCING IT, IT'S LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS BLOCK PARTY IS GOING, GOING ON.
SO IT'S ALSO A WAY OF INFORMING THE PUBLIC.
SO EVERYONE, THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND NOT THAT, UM, WE DO NOT WANNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS, BUT WE HAVE A VERY, VERY HARD STOP AT 6 0 9, MAYBE REALLY? 6 0 8.
SO IF THERE IS NO MORE, UH, COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA REVIEW, IF WE COULD JUST MOVE OVER TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONER.
NO, I JUST SAY IF THERE'S NO MORE, THEN WE CAN MOVE OVER TO, UH, OUR COMPTROLLER AND COMMISSIONER, UH, FOND.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UH, CO 10.
ARE WE NOT SPECIFYING THE TYPE OF BUS? RIGHT.
SO I WARNED YOU THIS WAS GONNA PUT US
NO, WE'RE NOT SPECIFYING, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN DECIDED.
WHAT'S THAT? AREN'T WE, BUT THE TYPE OF BUS, CAN WE SAY NOT A DIESEL BUS, BUT ANY OTHER KIND? UH, WE CAN, IF YOU WANT, WE COULD BE GAS, IT COULD BE HYBRID.
IT'S NOT DIESEL, NOT, I'M NOT VOTING FOR, WELL, NO ONE'S GONNA VOTE FOR DIESEL.
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING, NOW WE'VE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, THEY CAN'T DO THE NOTICE THAT WE WANTED TO DO.
WE'RE ASKING OUR, OUR RESIDENTS TO PAY MORE FOR ELECTRICITY BECAUSE IN PAUL'S WORDS, YOU WANT TO SAVE THE PLANET AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO BUY FOSSIL FUEL BUSES.
THAT'S YOUR WORDS, RIGHT? NO, I'M, I, NO, HE BOUGHT THEM.
HE SAID I BOUGHT THEM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE TOWN, LET'S KEEP BUYING THE DIESEL OR OKAY.
BUT I THINK THIS WAS MEANT TO BE AN INTERIM BUS UNTIL WE COULD GET THE I KNOW.
REGARDLESS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY INTERIM SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY? WHAT WOULD YOU WANT THE VERBIAGE TO SAY? 300,000? I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST KNOW THAT WE DON'T WANT SENIORS TO WAIT, WHAT WAS IT, TWO YEARS? NO, FOURTH YEAR.
I THINK, THINK, I THINK WHAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER 18 MONTHS JACKSON MENTIONED.
SO, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T WANT A SCHOOL BUS.
BUT, BUT THIS THING, WHEN IT SAYS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $200,000 BONDS FOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BUS, IT BASICALLY JUST GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY OF SPENDING $200,000
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ON ANY TYPE OF BUS.SO, SO THE THING IS, NO, THERE'S A POISON PILL IN HERE.
AND THE POISON PILL IS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 400,000 AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET
SO WE CAN TAKE OUT THE WORD MAXIMUM.
SO WE, SO THEN WE COULD, WE, SO WE COULD LEAVE OUT THE, UH, WORD MAXIMUM BECAUSE BASICALLY WITH THE BONDS, WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL, BUT LEAVING OUT THE WORD MAXIMUM, MAXIMUM, WE NOT ONLY LEAVING OUT THE WORD MAXIMUM, BEING SPECIFIC AS TO, WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE SURE TO EXCLUDE A, A GAS UP, DIESEL OPERATED BUS BECAUSE THAT'S JUST COUNTERINTUITIVE TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.
I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE BUSES THAT WE HAVE AND MAINTAINING THEM AND FOR HOW LONG, AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER AT THE TIP OF YOUR FINGERTIPS, BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO, WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION SEVERAL TIMES WHEN WE WERE COMING UP WITH THIS AND NOW WE'RE GONNA SIT HERE UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
NO, WE DON'T HAVE, CAN'T WE, CAN'T WE, CAN WE REALLY TO DISCUSS THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN? RIGHT.
I JUST, AND FRANKLY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RATHER DISINGENUOUS TO PUT ON OUR RELU ON THIS BOND RESOLUTION, SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY APPROVE AFTER WE HAD THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND WHAT WE APPROVED WAS AN A HYBRID OR AN ELECTRIC BUS.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST CHANGE THE WORD TO SPECIFY TO, TO AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A 200,000 UH, DOLLARS BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PAY, UM, FOR UM, UM, A HYBRID.
SO THEN WE JUST CHANGE THE WORDING A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE DO STILL TAKE OUT MAXIMUM TAKE OUT MAXIMUM TAKE OUT MAXIMUM COMES OUT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO, I, IS THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? IS THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NO, NO, NO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS ENOUGH TIME, HAVE A HEARING DONE.
SO PAUL, I JUST, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE POLICE CHIEF FOR ONE THING.
I TOLD YOU WE HAVE A RESOLUTION PROMOTING MY GOSH, ONLY ONE THING.
WE HAVE A RESOLUTION PROMOTING OFFICER HERMAN KIBR TO DETECTIVE AND HE WAS UH, THE FIRST UH, GRADUATE OF THE POLICE SUMMER YOUTH CAMP.
UM, UM, UM, TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER.
SO IT'S REALLY NICE THAT SOMEBODY WHO GRADUATED THE SUMMER CAMP, UM, WHEN HE WAS A KID IS NOW UM, BECOMING A LEADER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND AGAIN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I BELIEVE YOU, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S FIRST, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? OKAY, SO RICH, IF YOU WANTED TO GO FIRST AND UM, WE JUST DO THANK YOU UPDATE ON INSTRUC UPDATE.
UPDATE PLEASE IF YOU AGREE, IF YOU AGREE WITH US, IT'S ON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE, UM, I JUST FIRST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 2:00 PM AT THE DBW YARD LOCATED A HUNDRED SPRAIN ROAD IN ARDSLEY, WE ARE HAVING OUR TOWN OF GREENBURG RECYCLING DAY.
UH, THERE WILL BE A MOBILE SHREDDER BETWEEN NINE AND 12 THAT'S OPEN TO ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS.
THE REST OF THE MATERIAL THATS DROPPED OFF NUMBER OF BOXES, UM, YES THERE ARE FOUR BOXES.
THE OTHER ITEMS WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON OUR WEBSITE ARE FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, THE SEWER CONDITION.
UM, I DO HAVE A BLURB THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY OUR TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ENGINEERS TO KEEP ME OUTTA TROUBLE.
SO I DO WANNA MENTION THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE RESIDENTS DOWN THERE AND THEIR PATIENTS DURING THIS TRYING TIME.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT IS GOING THROUGH THE ENGINEERING CHANNELS.
WE DO IT ONCE AND THEN WE LEAVE IT IN THE BEST CONDITION POSSIBLE.
IT IS VERY INTRICATE, UH, IT IS GONNA BE GOING ON A WHILE.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY GOING ON, WHILE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE MONTHS? COUPLE MONTHS, MAYBE LONGER.
UH, AGAIN, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE RIGHT NOW, AS WE GET MORE INTO THE ENGINEERING OF THE SHORING, WE'LL KNOW MORE.
UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANY BASE.
WHEN YOU SAY THE SHORING, IT'S A CONFINED SPACE AND THERE ARE REGULATIONS THAT CONTROL CONTROL SPACES
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AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF CAN GO DOWN AND DO.AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.
AND ALSO FINDING A COMPANY THAT'S WILLING TO GO DOWN THAT DEEP AND IT'S 35 FEET DEEP AND IT'S NEXT TO MULTIPLE UTILITIES, VARIOUS BUILDINGS AND WHATEVER WE DO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MAKE WORSE OF A SITUATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE OR A FATALITY.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T ANYTHING OF SORTS.
UH, AND YOU MENTIONED TO ME THERE'S JUST THE STRONG COULD BE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
WE GOT ONE NUMBER NOW AND UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA PUT OUT TOO MUCH DETAIL YET, BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE.
OUR ENGINEERS ARE WORKING WITH, THEY'RE TALKING TO VARIOUS CONSULTANTS TO SEE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT PRODUCT.
SO THAT AGAIN, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE JOB IS DONE.
AND IT'S DONE ONCE AND ALSO AND SAFELY.
AND ALSO YOU MENTIONED ABOVE ALL ELSE, YOU MENTIONED JUST FOR, BECAUSE I, I WAS BIKING UP AND DOWN EAST DALE AVENUE A FEW TIMES THIS WEEKEND.
SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO I SPOKE TO, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THAT THE, UH, EAST HARSDALE AVENUE COULD BE CLOSED, UH, TO, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OWNERS, THE LIKELIHOOD IS AT SOME POINT THE ROADWAY WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THAT COULD BE FOR WEEKS OR NOT SURE YET.
BUT IT WILL AT SOME POINT HAPPEN.
RIGHT, BECAUSE, SO YOU'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS THINGS PROGRESS AS TO TIMELINE, AS TO THINGS, AS THINGS CHANGE SUCH AS IF WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE ROAD OFF TO PUBLIC TRAFFIC OR ANY TYPE OF CHANGES THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE SCHEDULE, THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE SCHEDULE.
IS THAT CORRECT? ANYTHING WE LEARN, WE WILL RELAY FIRST TO THE BOARD.
AND ON YOUR SAYING, SO WE WILL RELAY TO THE PUBLIC, AND YOU HAVE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UM, THE BUILDING OWNERS AND, AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH ALL THE BUILDING OWNERS.
SO THEY ARE CONSISTENT CONVERSATION THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE'S ALSO, WE ARE GONNA SET UP ANOTHER MEETING 'CAUSE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SIDEWALK.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION SOMEBODY EMAILED ME, UH, UH, TODAY IS IF WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, TO NON RE TO NON-RESIDENTS, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT, SAY COMMUTERS? WOULD THEY BE HAVE TO DO A DETOUR, SAY ON UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO THE TRAIN STATION, WILL THEY STILL BE ABLE TO, WHY DON'T WE CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT AND, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA MOVE ON WITH OTHER THINGS.
I'M SURE THAT THAT WILL ALL BE WORKED OUT.
IT'S BEING DISCUSSED AND WE HAVE A VERY, AS YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SERGEANT FONTELLA IS ON TOP OF HIS GAME AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT.
I DON'T, I I KNOW WE, ANY IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I JUST KNOW THAT WE JUST LITERALLY HAVE A HEADS.
NO, AND I JUST, AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UM, I WAS IN A MEETING LAST NIGHT AND I JUST AGAIN WANTED TO EXTEND EVERYONE SAID, YOU GUYS, YOUR TEAM IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB FROM YOUR TEAM TO THE, FROM TO THE POLICE CHIEF TO, UH, COMMISSIONER OF PLANNING, EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, EVERYONE HAS JUST REALLY COMMEND ON THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM IN THIS CASE AND COMMEND EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN REALLY WORKING ON THIS.
AND FRANK, LIZ, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
NO, I SAID EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS, JUST IN CASE I FORGOT EVERYONE.
THIS IS WHY I PURPOSELY SAID EVERYONE, BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, I JUST, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE REALLY, PEOPLE REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY APPRECIATE TEAM EFFORT.
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND WE UNDERSTAND IT IS A, UM, IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE AND, BUT WE HAVE TO, AND, AND, AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
I HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING IN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AND YOU DON'T WANT 'EM, YOU DON'T WANNA DO THIS INCORRECTLY.
ANY WRONG MOVE COULD JUST REALLY TAKE US OUT LONGER THAN WHAT WE WANT TO.
SO WE ARE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE REALLY SHORING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE CORRECTLY.
WE DON'T WANNA MAKE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WAS TRYING TO WRAP THIS UP REALLY QUICK, QUICKLY BAD.
I'M GONNA HAND IT RIGHT ON OVER TO THE SUPERVISOR AND OKAY THEN I'LL, IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, I WON'T SAY ANYTHING.
WE JUST NEED YOU TO MOVE THE MEETING.
SHE WAS GONNA TO ASK QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING, UH, LEGAL MATTERS.
SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS, SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS.
IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SECOND ON A, AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.