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SILENCE AND MEMORY OF, UM, FRANCIS SHEEN'S, UM, WIFE AND, UM, AND, UH, DAUGHTER, UM, IN-LAW.MILLI SHEAN, UM, IS SOMEBODY WE MILLI SHEAN AND DAUGHTER DIANE.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HEARTS GO OUT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
THIS IS A TRAGEDY FOR THE ENTIRE TOWN.
SO TODAY'S OUR, UM, TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA START, UH, DISCUSSING, UH, FULTON PARK FLOOD MEETING HERE.
WELL LET, MAY I JUST SAY THAT THE FULTON PARK, UM, GROUP, UM, ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT SO THEY WILL BE, WILL BE RESCHEDULING WITH THEM, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT AN OVERVIEW FROM TOWN, COUNTY, AND STATE, UM, WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH ARE HERE SO THAT WE CAN GET AN OVERVIEW OF HOW WE ARE HANDLING FLOODING IN GENERAL AND MORE SPECIFICALLY FULTON PARK.
UM, SO PLEASE, SO, UM, I THINK GARRETT'S IN THE BACK.
HE'S THE HOST OF, UH, THE ZOOM.
DID YOU WANNA INVITE OUR GUEST UP TO THE TABLE WHILE OH, DID YOU? NO, THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO THE TABLE PLEASE?
AND THEN IF WE COULD JUST HAVE DEDUCE OUR GUESS.
I'M, I'M SURE DYLAN, THEY'RE FAMOUS.
AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE GIVE THEIR NAMES AND WHERE THEY'RE FROM, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED, INCLUDING OUR, UH, GREENBERG STAFF.
UM, ASSEMBLYWOMAN, MARY JANESKY, 97 SECOND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
UH, DISTRICT EIGHT, WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS.
UH, DEAN LEY, DIRECTOR OF FLOOD MITIGATION AND RESILIENCE.
DEAN, CAN YOU PULL CLOSER? CLOSER? HOW'S THAT? YES, IF YOU COULD JUST, DEAN LEY, DIRECTOR OF FLOOD MITIGATION AND RESILIENCE.
UH, RICHARD FA, UH, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, TOWN OF GREENBURG.
CJ GELLAR, DEPUTY TOWN ENGINEER FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
LISA NIRO, GREENBERG TOWN CLERK.
WE DON'T HAVE TO INTRODUCE, WE DON'T NEED TO.
I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS WHO WE ARE.
SO WHO, WHO'S GONNA GIVE THE PRESENT START THE PRESENTATION? WELL, I'LL, I'LL, I THINK I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
SO, OLD KENSICO ROAD, UM, DURING STORM EVENTS IS IMPACTED BY FLEMING.
UM, THE PROPERTY PAST OLD KENSICO, IT, OH, SORRY.
IS, UH, GOES ONTO TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY PARKLAND.
UM, SO THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION, I KNOW JEWEL WAS VERY ACTIVE IN, IN GETTING THE COUNTY, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT AND CLEAN OUT THAT AREA.
UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, I THINK THE, THE FUTURE AND THE PLANNING OF THAT AREA.
ANOTHER KIND OF CLEANUP PAST THAT, I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
WE DO HAVE VIDEO THAT WE COULD SHOW YOU OF THE AREA.
I THINK THE GAR GAR GAIN GOT IT QUEUED UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S CLEAR ON WHAT AREA OF TOWN WE'RE SPEAKING OF.
SO I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST TON PARK ALL THIS, ALL KANSAS RICH, I'M GONNA PUT UP A, I'M GONNA SHARE SCREEN WITH A, UH, ARIEL PHONE.
UM, AND THEN IF IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU TO JUST WALK THROUGH THE, UH, GEOGRAPHY THERE.
IT'S, IT'S NEAR, UH, THE, THE COUNTY CENTER, RIGHT.
FOR PEOPLE WHO, IT'S ALL FOUR 19.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO PAN TO DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, I CAN DO SO.
BUT, UM, RIGHT HERE, JUST FOR FRAME OF REFERENCE, WE HAVE ROUTE ONE 19 AND OLD TENCO ROAD AS IT COMES INTO THE, UM, THE, THE CIRCULAR INTERSECTION HERE.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE STORMWATER SYSTEM, UH, THAT IS UNDERNEATH KENSICO ROAD AND, UH, HEADS IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION TO THE BRONX RIVER.
AND GARY, CAN YOU JUST POINT OUT THAT PIPELINE AREA, THAT LONG RECTANGULAR STRIP RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NEXT TO THE VERIZON BUILDING? YEP.
THAT'S ALL THE PARKLAND THERE, RIGHT BEHIND THE RESIDENCES.
YOU JUST HAD THE CURSE AROUND IT.
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RIGHT THERE, RIGHT.SO THAT IS A MOUNTED AREA THAT, UM, IS A BERM IN THE BACKYARDS OF THE RESIDENCE ALONG THAT AREA AND HAS PIPING.
THERE IS A CULVERT UNDER IT AT ONE POINT WHERE IT BECOMES COUNTY PARKLAND.
AND THAT'S WHERE JUUL WAS VERY ACTIVE ABOUT GETTING THAT CLEANED UP AND PAST THERE.
AND GARRETT, IF YOU COULD BRING UP THAT, UH, THAT VIDEO, RICH, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE, SORRY.
I'LL JUST MAKE ONE CORRECTION.
THE BURN THAT PERPEN DIX THE CULVERT, RIGHT.
THE BURN IN THE, AND WHERE PERPEN DIX IS ACTUALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, COMPLAINING ABOUT THE FLOODING, IT'S MAINLY PEOPLE ON OLD KENGO ROAD.
THERE'S OTHER AREAS, BUT THERE'S OTHER SITUATIONS, RIGHT.
OLD KENGO ROAD IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON.
KENGO ROAD IS THE MORE COMPLEX ASPECT OF IT.
THERE ARE SMALLER, VARIOUS, SMALLER ISSUES.
UM, MUCH IF NOT ALL, THE COMMISSIONER CAN CORRECT ME, OUR, OUR TOWN PROPERTY, HOWEVER, SOME OF IT GENERATES FROM OTHER PROPERTIES.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD UPDATE, YOU COULD, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS, UH, LIKE SAY, IDENTIFY SOME STREETS THAT MIGHT ALSO BE OF INTEREST.
SO THIS WAY WHEN PEOPLE WATCH THIS, THEY COULD SAY, OH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL KINDS OF GO ROAD.
IF THERE'S A COUPLE EXTRA STREETS, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE'S STONE, THERE'S KENT, THAT AREA.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME INDIVIDUAL ISSUES THAT THE TOWN IS LOOKING TO.
THIS IS A MORE, UH, GLOBAL ISSUE FOR THE AREA.
SO COMMISSIONER FONG, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THE VIDEO NOW? PLEASE.
THIS VIDEO IS COMPLIMENT TO COMMISSIONER PARKS AND RECREATION.
CAN YOU ALL SEE THE VIDEO? MM-HMM.
SO YOU GONNA WALK US THROUGH THE VIDEO? BECAUSE YEAH, THIS IS JOE.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SPIN AROUND IN A MINUTE.
SO THAT'S THE MANHATTAN BROOK.
THIS IS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT THIS POINT.
AND THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO MAINTAIN.
THERE'S AN EASEMENT THROUGH THERE.
UH, AMANDA WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID A LOT OF, UH, RESEARCH, UH, IN THE AREA AND CAME, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK IN MANHATTAN, BUT RIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE'RE IN THERE.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK AS WE SPEAK.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WE'RE DOING ON MANHATTAN? WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER? SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT'S BEEN THE MOST CONCERNED FOR THE PEOPLE ON OLD PENSKO.
THAT IS THE PIPELINE IN THERE.
THAT AREA AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE IS CLEANED OUT PAST THAT POINT.
YOU THEN GO ONTO THE COUNTY PARKLAND PARK PROPERTY, AND YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE, THE SILTATION AND SOME OF THE, THE BLOCKAGES IN THERE.
BUT THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THIS OLD KENKO ULTIMATELY FLOWS INTO.
AND YOU GOT THE HISTORIC TO CONNIC PARKWAY THERE.
THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY, SORRY, BRONX RIVER PARKWAY.
THEY ARE, AND IT IS ALL COUNTY PROPERTY.
AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT ONE POINT HAD SAID THIS WAS THE, THE NEXT AREA THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE STUDYING.
I THINK THEY'VE DONE TWO OTHER AREAS ON THE BRONX RIVER, WHICH WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS.
UM, DAVE COVINA AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA.
HE IN FACT SAID SOME OF THE ISLANDS HERE USED TO BE POND AREAS.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN OVERALL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOK AT THE, THE PATH THAT IT TAKES.
SO COMMISSIONER, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE RESIDENTS? SO THIS IS GREAT.
WE, WE SEE THE MANHATTAN BROOK.
SO WHAT IS, WHAT DO WE TELLING THE RESIDENTS? WHAT IS WE HOPE IS GONNA BE LOOKED AT IS THIS IS THE NEXT PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY TO HELP ALLEVIATE, IF POSSIBLE, SOME OF THE ACTIVE FLOODING THAT TAKES PLACE IN ALL KENSICO.
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ASKING THE COUNTY TO DO A STUDY.WHY THINK THE COUNTY THEMSELVES ARE LOOKING AT IT? THE COUNTY IS STUDYING THE PROBLEM AND GONNA COME UP WITH SOME SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM LIKE REMEDIATION EFFORTS.
IS THAT GO WELL? LET'S BACK UP A MINUTE.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE COMPLAINTS, UH, ONE BEING THE FLOODING, TWO BEING, UH, THE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THREE BEING THE BROKEN FENCE, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES WENT IN AND CLEANED UP ALL THE OVERGROWN, UM, UH, WEEDS AND WHATNOT SO THEIR CONTRACTOR COULD COME IN AND CLEAN OUT THE CULVERT, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPLAINTS.
UM, SO THAT WAS DONE AT THE END OF AUGUST.
UH, THEY ARE SETTING UP A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE TO DO SO EVERY OTHER MONTH OR EVERY THREE MONTHS.
UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, UH, UH, BIDDING OUT TO REDIRECT THE FENCING AROUND SO PEOPLE CAN'T, UH, AND I THINK IT WAS ESPECIALLY LANDSCAPERS THAT WOULD COME AND DUMP THEIR TRIMMINGS, UH, IN THE AREA.
UH, THE SOLID WASTE COMMISSION IS ALSO HAS AN EYE ON IT TO CATCH ANYONE DUMPING.
AND, UM, I'LL LET DEAN TAKE OVER, UH, FROM THE POINT THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING CAPITAL P UH, PROJECT THAT, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONER FOND THAT DAVE COVINA NOTIFIED US OF WHERE THEY DID INDICATE THAT, UM, THERE WERE, UM, USED TO BE PONDS THAT MAY HELP WITH THE FLOODING.
SO THERE, UH, DEAN WILL AND I AND DAVID WILL MEET AGAIN ABOUT, UH, INCORPORATING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO THAT PROJECT PROJECT INTO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN INTO THAT, UH, PONDS RETENTION PONDS, I ASSUME YES.
OR I CANNOT EXPLAIN
I HAVE YET TO LOOK AT THAT EXACT PLAN, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOOD IDEA TO PUT RETENTION BASINS IN THE PROX RIVER PARKWAY.
THAT'S PART LOOKING AT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO PONDS, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHAT HAD BEEN SOME, UH, RETENTION PONDS.
I DUNNO IF THAT MAYBE CAN BE REINSTATED.
THAT'S THE HOPE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE NATURAL OR IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY BUILT, CREATED AS RETENTION PONDS.
BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY FIND OUT.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE FENCING, YOU'RE, THERE'S NATURAL DEBRIS, WHETHER IT'S TREE BRANCHES, OVERGROWN WEEDS, LOTS OF BRANCHES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DRIVE PAST ANY ONE OF OUR LOCAL RIVERS AND SEE LOTS OF BOTTLES BOBBING THAT'S BESIDES CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS.
UM, AND, AND SOME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE FOUND DISHWASHERS AND TIRES AND SO, SO THEY, THEY BLOCK AND IF YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A CULVERT IS, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO THAT WAS, YEAH, THOSE, THAT WAS THE, THE TWO CONCRETE OPENINGS UNDER THE PIPELINE.
AND WHAT THELAN, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT I THINK HAD FOUND THROUGH OLD PHOTOS THAT THE COUNTY HAS GREAT OLD PHOTOS ON THE WEBSITE.
WERE THESE AREAS THAT WERE PONDS THAT OVER TIME SILTED UP? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN, UM, DAVID TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE FLOOD ZONES OR FLOOD AREAS THAT ARE DEVELOPED OVER TIME.
UM, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO COMMISSIONER WOOD? CULVERT IS FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT, IT'S BASICALLY A, CALL IT A PIPE.
IT'S JUST A LARGE OPENING TO ALLOW THE WATER TO FLOW UNDER THAT, THAT BERM.
SO IT'LL, AGAIN, ALLOWS UNDER A ROADWAY OR ROADWAY, IT COULD BE, UH, SOME PIECE OF OR BRIDGE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN GOING, NOT JUST HERE, BUT AROUND TOWN, THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR YOU.
WE'VE BEEN GOING AROUND TOWN AND NOW REALLY HIGHLIGHTING WHERE THESE ARE AND GETTING THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES TO CLEAN UP OR TOWN STAFF OR OUTSIDE CONSULTANT.
I THINK THAT WHAT LEGIS JEWEL HAS BEEN DOING HAS BEEN REALLY EXCELLENT, YOU KNOW, UM, ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE, UH, YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE NOW HAVE A MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, PLAN.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN REMOVING THE OBSTRUCTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR FOLLOW UP AND YOUR PERSISTENCE.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE COUNTY IS REALLY DOING A LOT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP WHAT HAVE, AND I KNOW ASSEMBLYWOMAN
UM, AND COULD YOU MAYBE MENTION HOW WE COULD USE THE FUNDING TO, UM, TO HELP REDUCE THE PROBLEM? OKAY, AT THIS POINT, FOR THE YEAR 2024,
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UM, WE ARE, WE HAVE ALLOCATED $250,000 IN CREST FUNDING.THAT FUNDING, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS GOING TO BE, UH, DEDICATED TO THE MANHATTAN BROOK AREA.
NOW WITH FULTON PARK, THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS ALONG THE WAY.
THE FIRST ONE IS GETTING EVERYTHING CLEANED OUT.
PART OF THAT IS THE COUNTY'S JOB BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CONTROL OF THE BRONX RIVER.
WE'VE HEARD THE PROGRESS REPORT THERE, THE SEWERS, THE CATCH BASINS, THE WATER COMING FROM UP THE HILL, THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH TOWN FUNCTIONS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO PRETTY MUCH BE UP TO YOU.
NOW, WE, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN DOES HAVE SOME ST OR I'M SORRY, THE COUNTY DOES HAVE SOME STUDIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE AREA.
UM, THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE AT LEAST SOME PARSING OF THOSE STUDIES TO DETERMINE WHICH STEPS TO TAKE AS FAR AS BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, UM, ASSUMING WE GET CREST FUNDING NEXT YEAR, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE SOME TOWARD FULTON PARK AS WELL TO DO WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE WITH THE CATCH BASINS.
AND AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT THE SEWERS AREN'T, THE STORM WATER SEWERS ARE NUMBER ONE IN PROPER SHAPE.
AND NUMBER TWO, THAT THE PIPES ARE BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE FLOW, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS GETTING WORSE AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLYWOMAN FOR THESE, THESE GRANTS, WHAT IS THE MATCH ON FROM THE TOWN? IS THERE A MATCH OR IS IT, IS THERE THE STATE FUNDS DON'T REQUIRE A MATCH.
UM, IN ORDER TO GET COUNTY FUNDING, BECAUSE THERE IS COUNTY FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROJECTS UNDER THE 2011 LAW, UM, THE TOWN NEEDS A MATCH, BUT THE TOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD USE THE STATE FUNDING TO QUALIFY AS THE MATCH TO GET TO LEVERAGE COUNTY FUNDING AND THEREFORE GET FUNDING FROM TWO SOURCES.
BUT I'M SORT OF LIKE, I SORT OF FEEL WE'RE DOING THE MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW YOU SAID, COULD YOU IDENTIFY, JUST SAY, WHILE WE'VE BASICALLY DONE, I'M GONNA HAVE SO FAR.
SO OUR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY OUT, UH, VACUUMING OUT EVERY BASIN, CLEANING EVERY PIPE, NOT JUST IN THIS AREA, BUT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TRUCK ON ORDER THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING A FEW YEARS FOR.
SO WE DID GO OUT AND RENT ONE.
UM, BUT IT'S BEEN OUT VERY AGGRESSIVELY CLEANING THESE AREAS.
WE ARE NOW, UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND PULLING OUT ANY DEBRIS, VEGETATION FROM THE MANHATTAN BOOK IN THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE AN EASEMENT.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, I WANNA SAY ABOUT A MONTH NOW.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU DRIVE UP, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU GO UP MANHATTAN AVENUE, IT'S VERY CLEAR THERE'S BEEN SOME TREE CLEARING AND IT, YOU GOT TWO CREWS ACTIVELY IN THERE CLEANING IT OUT.
AND THIS IS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, NOT JUST IN THIS AREA.
UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER SITUATION, AND I KNOW MARY JANE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SAWMILL RIVER.
AND WE DID A, UH, PETER ASKED, AND TERRANCE DID A WHOLE VIDEO OF THAT.
SO WE ARE REALLY, REALLY GETTING BOOTS ON THE GROUND LOOKING AT THESE SITUATIONS.
UM, THERE'S OTHER COUNTY PROGRAMS THEY GOT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S ONE THAT'S LOOKING AT TWO AREAS TO CREATE RETENTION AREAS NEAR THE ELMSFORD LITTLE LEAGUE.
AND SO, SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I JUST HAVE BEFORE, CAN I JUST, CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? SO, SO THANK YOU TO, UH, ELLIMAN SANKY, UH, COUNTY LEGISLATOR, DREW WILLIAMS JOHNSON.
SO I'M GONNA SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE.
SO WE'VE MENTIONED TIMELINES, WE'VE MENTIONED, WE'VE MENTIONED GRANTS, WE'VE MENTIONED, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF CLEAN OUTS.
CAN WE HAVE SOME SORT OF TIMELINES? SO AT SOME POINT THE WEEK, AND HOPEFULLY THE RESIDENTS WILL SEE SOME SORT OF RELIEF BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE BEEN ON SITE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CLEANING UP AND CLEANING UP, AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE, HAVE BEEN MAKING SOME PROGRESS, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, OR I'M SURE OUR RESIDENTS WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN THEY'RE GONNA SEE SOME SORT OF RELIEF.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING GRANT FUNDING, WE ARE ALREADY, WE'RE ALREADY IN 2025.
'CAUSE WHAT ARE WE IN SEPTEMBER ALREADY? ALMOST OCTOBER.
UM, SO I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE SOME SORT OF, I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN'T GET CONCRETE DATES, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN GET SOME SORT OF ROUNDABOUT DATES OF WHEN THEY CAN EXPECT SOMETHING SO WE CAN, SO THEY CAN FEEL SOME SORT OF RELIEF OR, OR AT LEAST MONITOR THE PROGRESS THAT'S HAPPENING.
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WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT IN THIS CASE.THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE TOWNS, IT'S THE COUNTIES.
SO AGAIN, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PASS THE BUCK, BUT THIS IS ONE WE JUST CAN'T GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PERMITTING THAT'S REQUIRED.
I KNOW, UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND JEWEL AND I HAVE BEEN OUT THERE A FEW TIMES, OFTEN AT MARY JANE IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE OUT THERE WITH DAVID.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CLEANUP'S BEEN KIND OF DONE.
IT'S GETTING IN THERE AND REALLY DIGGING INTO THE WEEDS NOW.
AND A PLAN'S GONNA BE PUT IN PLACE FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING, ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
THE FUNDING IDENTIFY, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS? LIKE MAY, IT MAY BE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT, YEAH, I THINK DAVID JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
WAIT, WAIT, CAN YOU REPEAT DEAN? ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS? FOR FOR WHAT? FOR THE WHOLE, SO WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR JUST THAT ONE STREAM? SO WHEN WE SAY FOUR TO FIVE YEAR, IS THAT FROM OTHER AGENCIES GETTING INVOLVED? JUST IT'S OUTSIDE.
THAT'S PERMITTING AND THERE'S THE BIDDING PROCESS, GETTING THE CONTRACT ON BOARD DESIGN.
SO IN TERMS OF, COULD YOU JUST FOUR TO FIVE.
SO THIS, COULD YOU JUST MAYBE EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT THE CAPITAL BUDGET YEAR FROM, FROM INITIAL TWO COMPLETION, FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, FOUR, FIVE YEARS FROM DESIGN TO STARTING THE PROJECT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING FOUR TO FIVE YEARS TO START THE PROJECT TO BE REALISTIC AND SET EXPECTATIONS THE RIGHT WAY.
SO IT'S A LARGE PROJECT, IT'S COMPLEX.
YOU'RE DEALING WITH D-O-T-D-E-C ARMY CORPS.
IT'S NOT ARMY CORPS ALONE IS ARMY.
GORE ALONE IS PROBABLY ONE YEAR JUST TO GET USED TO BE SEVEN.
IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE A PROPOSED TIMELINE THAT MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE RESIDENTS.
SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, AGAIN, WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
AND THAT'S, IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, WHAT WORKS TOGETHER.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I SAID PROPOSED.
SO CAN, CAN I JUST, JUST BEFORE YOU GET ALARMED, WHAT THE TOWN IS DOING IN TERMS OF CLEANUP AND REMEDIATION IS GOING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT IT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEM FOR THE LOWER LEVEL STORMS. WHEN WE GET HUGE A HUNDRED YEAR STORMS WHERE WE'RE GETTING TWO INCHES AND 45 MINUTES OR THREE INCHES, NOTHING IS GOING TO, EVEN, EVEN AFTER FIVE YEARS, NOTHING IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO HANDLE ALL THAT SATURATION.
BUT, UM, BUT DON'T, JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN THAT THERE, BUT THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME HELP.
AND WE'RE DOING STUDIES IN CERTAIN AREAS.
THE ENGINEERS LOOKED AT A WHOLE AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW RESIDENTS GETTING IMPACTED.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I, I HEARD YOUR RESUME AT THE, THE MEETING WE HAD AT THE LIBRARY.
THIS GENTLEMAN'S REALLY SEEN A A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE OTHER AREAS HE IS WORKED IN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET SOME OF THESE STORMS AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE, YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE DRONE PITCHERS, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE AREA IS, IT'S A POOL.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEMA MAPS, A LOT OF THESE AREAS ARE MEANT TO FLOOD, RIGHT? IT'S A SWELLING OF THE RIVER.
AND I THINK YOU VERY, UH, ELOQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, SPELLED OUT LAST TIME THAT WE'VE ALLOWED BUILDING IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY GOTTA START FOCUSING ON NEXT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES AND REESTABLISHING THESE AREAS.
THE QUESTION ON ELEVATIONS, THE QUE FIRST OF ALL, LIKE, I'M REALLY PLEASED BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IF WE HAD, IF WE KNEW THAT IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THERE'S GONNA BE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR DECADES, SO FIVE YEARS.
AND IF THERE'S LIKE, IF WE COULD HAVE A TIMELINE AND SAY, THIS IS WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS IS WHY WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH YEAR ONE, IT'S GONNA BE OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL.
I THINK THAT WE GET IN TROUBLE WITH THAT IN THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTIES.
YOU'VE GOT FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, SO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PUT A TIMELINE, BE A FALSE FLAG.
LIKE MY FEELING, WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS LIKE A, I THINK MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT TIMELINES JUST AS LIKE A, A ROUGH DRAFT.
IT'S LIKE AN INITIAL, IT'S INITIAL STEP.
BUT I FEEL THAT IF WE SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS, BUT THE NEXT STEP IS GONNA BE COMING UP WITH A CAPITAL PLAN TO DO, TO DO MORE DURING THE FIRST, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS.
THAT COULD TAKE MAYBE THE DESIGN OF A CAPITAL PRODUCT COULD TAKE A YEAR.
THE, THE, THEN WE GO TO THE ARMY CORPS.
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THAT COULD BE ANOTHER YEAR.AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I SAID YOU FOLLOW, IM SAYING A I DID 'CAUSE I RECOMMENDED IT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A PROPOSED, I'M JUST REPEATING YOU WHAT YOU SAID.
I APPRECIATE YOU, BUT IT'S JUST A PROPOSED TIMELINE.
THINGS COULD CHANGE, BUT WE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT ALL THE STEPS ARE.
SO, BUT THAT'S WHY I'M JUST SAYING, SO TO YOUR POINT, IT'S, THINGS WILL CHANGE.
SO IF WE, IF WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS WITH DEC OR WE KNOW WE HAVE A PRO OR APPLICATION AND WITH THE STATE OR WHEREVER, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
SO, I MEAN, I, WE, WE CAN TALK AROUND TIMELINES AND, UM, AND, AND, AND WE ALL HOPE, UM, LET, LET ME BACKTRACK AND SAY THAT I CAN'T IMAGINE BUYING A HOME FOR YOUR FAMILY AND THEN HAVING THE UTMOST ANXIETY EVERY TIME THERE'S A FORECAST FOR RAIN.
SO MY HEART GOES OUT TO THAT, UM, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT LET, I KNOW, AND I KNOW EVERYONE HERE FEELS THE SAME, BUT LET'S TAKE A BEAT AND LET DEAN JUST STARTED.
YOU KNOW, WE FOUGHT FOR HIS POSITION FOR OVER A YEAR AND HE JUST STARTED AND HE'S BEEN INUNDATED BECAUSE AS HE SAID, SOMEONE THE POND, SOMEONE SAID, YEAH, PLEASE DO THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS AND, AND DRAINAGE AND STORM DRAINAGE WERE NOT BUILT FOR THE STORMS AND THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EFFECTS OF OUR PLANET, UH, CURRENTLY.
SO, BUT AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THERE IS A CAPITAL PROJECT ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.
SO LET US MEET WITH, UH, UH, THE REST OF PLANNING TO TALK ABOUT A BP 40 AND SEE IF IT'S, IF THE PLANS STILL RELATE TO CURRENT CONDITIONS AND IF IT JUST NEEDS AN INFLUX OF FUNDING AND THAT COULD MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE.
OR IF WE HAVE TO GO ALL, YOU KNOW, MAJOR MORE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND PERMITTING AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK.
SO WHEN DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE LIKE A BETTER IDEA WHAT LIKE A, A, A DRAFT, LIKE CAPITAL, UH, BUDGET PLAN? BECAUSE I, I ALSO FEEL IF WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, IN AN IDEAL WORLD, THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LUCKY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN TRIKES COMMITTED TO THIS, UH, THE COUNTY'S COMMITTED, THE TOWN'S COMMITTED, SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE WHERE YOU ALL WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD RESOLVE THIS.
AND I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF WE JUST HAVE LIKE A, AS GINA SAID, LIKE A PLAN, UH, AND I, I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU AFTER WE, UH, REVIEW, UH, BP 40 BY THE END OF OCTOBER, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF IN IN CONJUNCTION WHAT WE CAN DO IS WHEN WE HAVE, UM, WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE, OKAY, SO THE PLANS WERE JUST RELEASED FOR 30% DESIGN, FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN KEEP THE, THE RESIDENTS INFORMED THAT THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND THAT THAT MIGHT BE A HELPFUL WAY TO HANDLE IT.
I'M SORT OF WONDERING, LET'S SAY WE TENTATIVELY SAID, SAY, UH, THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 12TH OR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 19TH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO LET'S SAY WE SAY NOVEMBER 12TH TO NOVEMBER 19TH, WE WOULD COME BACK, YOU KNOW, HERE, AND THEN WE COULD COME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, BY THEN ALSO THE TOWN BOARD WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND THE COUNTY IS LOOKING AT THE BUDGET.
AND, UM, AND THIS WAY, UM, IF WE HAVE TO ADD FUNDS TO A PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, SO I, I SORT OF THINK THAT, WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
SO WOULD YOU PREFER, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER 12TH, ONCE THANKSGIVING, IT'S, UH, 28TH, 27TH.
SO DO YOU WANT TO DO THE NOVEMBER 20TH, WHICH GIVES US, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN, UH, A LITTLE EXTRA, YOU KNOW, BREATHING ROOM IN CASE THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE MORE TIME? SURE.
WE'LL MAKE IT NOVEMBER 19TH AT, AT AT FIVE 30.
SO SOMEONE'S GONNA SEND OUT I IS THAT OKAY? NEED A REPORTS? THAT SHOULD WORK? NO, I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND, AND I'M GONNA SAY JUST MAKE SURE IT'S TO HAVE FULTON PARK, RIGHT? MAKE SURE EVERYONE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE, SHOULD WE HAVE FULTON PARK BEFOREHAND? AND WE COULD, I MEAN, I MEAN I'M SURE THEY'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS.
I MEAN, WE SHOULD HAVE THEM REVIEW WHAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT AND THEN WHATEVER QUESTIONS COMES OUTTA THAT, THEN UM, I'M SURE THE PERSON WHO'S LEADING THAT, WHO CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH, UM, THE COUNTY AND STATE.
UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION IN A FEW OBSERVATIONS I'D LIKE TO MAKE
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BEFORE WE WRAP UP.UH, FIRST OF ALL, WHO, WHICH JURISDICTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING AGAINST THE ILLEGAL DUMPING? OH, I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.
WE JUST, UM, THE SOLID WASTE COMMISSION, IT'S, UH, THE RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT AND WE ALSO JUST PASSED A BILL LAST NIGHT, UH, BEEFING UP OUR DUMPING, ILLEGAL DUMPING ON COUNTY PROPERTIES.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, I SPOKE TO THE COMMISSIONER, SOLID WASTE, AND THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE SITUATION IN THE AREA.
SO I EXPECT, DID YOU PLAN, SO WOULD THAT BE COUNTY? YES, THAT'S COUNTY.
AND, AND ANOTHER PART OF DEF FENCING, UM, IS TO INCORPORATE THE, UH, OR REPLACE, I THINK THEY WERE THERE TO BEGIN WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING SIGNS.
UM, MY OBSERVATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS, IN ORDER TO KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE ABLE TO BE DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE CLEANING OF ALL OF THE CULVERTS AND THE DRAINS AND SO ON.
UM, OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU MAY NEED MORE THAN ONE TRUCK RICH, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, WE ARE HAVING INCREASING PROBLEMS IN MANY PARTS OF THE TOWN, BUT IT ONLY WORKS IF WE KEEP IT CLEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT WILL NOT POSE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM.
IN TERMS OF THE EXISTING PLANNING DOCUMENTS, I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY BE A LITTLE SANGUINE AS TO WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT ARE A NUMBER OF YEARS OLD, ESPECIALLY ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN RECENT YEARS.
BUT I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A FAIRLY EXPEDITED EXAMINATION TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.
AND MAYBE IF WE'RE LUCKY, WE CAN MOVE UP THAT FOUR TO FIVE YEAR TI YOU AND I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION OFFLINE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ASFORD AVENUE, BRIDGING THIS PROJECT, THIS PROCESS.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AT LEAST GET A LITTLE BIT OF TIME OFF AROUND THE MARGINS.
SO WOULD IT BE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW STAFFED YOU ARE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CLEANUPS, IT'S A LOT, RIGHT? SO CAN WE GET ANY HELP STAFF-WISE FROM COUNTY WITH CLEANUP? WELL, AS FAR AS THE, THE COVID AT PERPEN DIX, OLD KEN ROAD, THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS, SO DEF HAS A CONTRACTOR THAT CLEANED UP THE COVID AND THEY'RE, UH, HAVE A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
I'M NOT, I JUST HAVE TO REVIEW IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TWO EVERY TWO MONTHS OR EVERY THREE MONTHS.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PAST THERE, LIKE THE TREES, LIKE THE SO MILL WHERE MARY JANE, YOU WERE WITH US 13 YEARS AGO, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, WALKING UP AND DOWN THE SAW MILL AFTER ONE OF THOSE STORMS. THAT'S VERY INTENSIVE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH COUNTY STAFFING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO GET IN THERE AND, AND PULL OUT ANYTHING AS A TEAM EFFORT.
THE TREES AND THE DEBRIS DAMS, WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO FORM OVER TIME, END UP BEING MAJOR PROJECTS JUST LIKE WE HAD IN LATE 2011 ALONG THE SAWMILL.
BUT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH IT ON A REGULAR BASIS, EACH INDIVIDUAL TIME THAT YOU GO OUT IS NOT QUITE AS BAD.
IT'S LIKE PAINTING A BRIDGE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH THESE RIVERS.
SO I THINK, AND IN MY YEARS OF DOING THIS, I, THE RESPONSE FROM THE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXCELLENT.
UM, I THINK WE COULD WORK THROUGH IT.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PROBLEM.
THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, AND ON THE MAINTENANCE END WE HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS A REAL SOLUTION, HOW TO KEEP THAT GOING.
UM, YOU REFERENCED A COUPLE OF TIMES DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HAS CAUSED THE, AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, PA PAVING, PARKING LOTS, SO, SO FORTH.
UM, CAN THERE, ARE THERE RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO MAKE, UM, OF WHAT KIND OF, WHETHER IT'S DIVERSION THAT WE ARE, ARE REQUIRING DEVELOPERS TO MAKE TO HELP WITH THE FLOOD REMEDIATION, TO BEEF UP ARE LAWS THAT MIGHT IMPROVE THAT SITUATION, THOSE SITUATIONS GOING FORWARD? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN AND WOULD
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DO IS TRUE? SO THE PLAN FOR THAT IS TO, FOR IT TO BE PART OF BPL 26.SO WHEN THE FUNDS ARE ACCEPTED BY THE, BY YOU, UH, THERE'LL BE ORDINANCES AS A PART OF THAT PACKAGE THAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTED OR THAT HAVE TO BE ACCEPTED, UH, TO GET THE MONEY.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US, BECAUSE CERTAINLY I'M SURE THAT OUR, OUR LAWS ARE, UH, AND ORDINANCES ARE OUTDATED.
UM, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN HELP IMPROVE THAT GOING FORWARD.
SHOULD THE TOWN BE, UH, PARTNERING WITH THE COUNTY AND STATE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME GRANT, YOU KNOW, SOME GRANTS, IT'S A LOT OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE NOW, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR FLOOD, YOU KNOW, MITIGATION.
I'M WONDERING IF, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, UH, WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO APPLY FOR SOME ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT COULD HELP US DO MORE FOR THIS.
YES, APPLY TO EVERYTHING YOU CAN AND I'M HERE TO ASSIST WHEREVER I CAN.
IF YOU HAVE, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO RE YOU KNOW, MAYBE BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING, UH, GIVE US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE LIKE AN APPROPRIATE GRANT APPLICATION TO APPLY FOR? BECAUSE IF WE BA YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE MORE EXPERTISE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTISE IN, IN ADDRESSING THESE PROBLEMS, AND IF WE BASICALLY, UM, ARE ALL PARTNERING TOGETHER AND WE'RE APPLYING FOR THE FUNDS, THEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A REALLY BIG IMPACT AND IN SOLVING THIS PROBLEM, YEAH.
IF YOU GIVE ME, I DUNNO, TWO PEOPLE FROM THE TOWN TO WORK WITH DIRECTLY ON FLOOD ISSUES, THEN I CAN WORK WITH THEM.
I HAVE 53 GRANTS I'VE VETTED SO FAR THAT CAN WORK WITHIN THE COUNTY.
I WORK WITHIN THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.
SO, SORRY, YOU SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO 'EM.
SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN RIGHT HERE.
WELL, AND I, I WE'RE DISAPPOINTED.
I THINK, UH, WHO'S ON THE LINE? GARRETT, DUANE REALLY IS, WE CAN ADD HIM AS A THIRD RESOURCE.
HE'S GOT A EXCELLENT EXPERTISE.
THE THE GENTLEMAN'S GOT MORE GRANTS FOR THE DOWN, I THINK THEN WE CARE TO MENTION.
AND, AND IF, IF EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, OUR CHANCES OF GETTING A GRANT ARE GONNA BE MUCH BETTER.
AND THE CHANCES OF REALLY MAKING A REAL MAJOR IMPACT AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM WILL BE MUCH BETTER.
SO I, SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, GREAT.
MM-HMM,
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO MENTION THAT IT WAS SAID ONCE BEFORE YOUR DEPARTMENT'S BRAND NEW.
IT'S JUST ME, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK AND I'M SURE HE'S, THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ANGLE.
SO IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO BUILD UP WHAT YOU NEED.
AND SO, BUT I, HE'S READY FOR THE TOWNS.
IF WE WORK TOGETHER, THEN IT'LL GO A LOT QUICKER.
YOU KNOW, THE TOWNS, YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS.
I'M NEW TO WESTCHESTER, SO THE MORE YOU TELL ME, THE QUICKER WE CAN MOVE, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL AND I AM REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WORKING TOGETHER.
THAT REALLY IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO.
SO WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY NOVEMBER 19TH.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, UM, PAUL, PAUL, WAIT, JUST I JUST WANNA GIVE A FEW MINUTES.
AND IS THIS IN OUR AMANDA, ANA, ANA IS HERE IN, HOLD ON.
WE JUST TRYING TO YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
WELL, JUST, JUST A SECOND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T INTRODUCE AMANDA AS TAKING OVER THE, THE REIGNS FOR TONIGHT FOR THE ALL THINGS LEGAL.
SO HISPANIC FLAG RAISING CELEBRATION.
UH, EARLIER, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE SUGGESTED IS THAT WE HAVE A FLAG RAISING FOR THE PUERTO RICAN FLAG AT 7:00 PM AND THEN SHE SAID THAT THEN, UH, SHE'S GONNA HAVE, UH, A REGULAR HISPANIC CELEBRATION WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED AND, UH, YEAH, I JUST SPOKE TO HER A HALF, HALF HOUR AGO.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, PAUL? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? A CELEBRATION WITH ALL THE OTHER NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT, THEN WE'LL HAVE A, WE'LL MAKE IT LIKE A HALF HOUR PRESENTATION FOR HISPANIC, UM, WHAT? HISPANIC, UH, HERITAGE.
WELL, WE DON'T DO HALF AN HOUR PRESENTATIONS.
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THAT I BROUGHT UP WAS THAT IT'S WONDERFUL TO RAISE THE PUERTO RICAN FLAG, BUT IT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.THEY ALL HAVE THEIR FLAGS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND WE SHOULDN'T JUST SINGLE OUT ONE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT REALLY INCLUSIVE.
SO I, I THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE A CREATIVE WAY TO HAVE THEY DO LIKE THE STRING OF FLAGS, LIKE TO DO.
SO HOW DOES THE TOWN, HOW DOES THE COUNTY DO IT? SO WHEN THEY, SO WE DO, WE DON'T PUT UP A, WE DON'T DO FLAG, WE DON'T DO A FLAG IN THE, BUT THE BOARD OF LEGISL, NOT WE, THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS DID NOT DO A FLAG.
IT WOULD, THEY WOULD HONOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WHO WERE NOMINATED BY LEGISLATORS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
BUT THE PRINTED MATERIALS HAD ALL THE FLAGS OF EVERY HISPANIC COUNTRY SO THAT EVERYTHING WAS REPRESENTED.
SO I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MARIA ALSO TALK TO YOU.
WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK TO MARIA AND THEN SEE WHAT OKAY.
BECAUSE SHE WAS, SHE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS.
NEXT, UM, I'M SORRY, JUST TO INTERRUPT.
UM, UH, MARIA HAD COME TO MY OFFICE TODAY ALSO TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS, AND SHE DID TALK ABOUT THE RAISING OF THE FLAG AND WORKING WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO, UM, PARTNER WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS EVENT.
AND THAT'S WHEN, UM, WE WERE TRYING TO GET A TIMELINE AS FAR AS I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN PRESENTATIONS ARE NOT HALF AN HOUR.
AND THAT, UM, IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A FLAG RAISING, OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK MM-HMM.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE A PRESENTATION FROM THAT GROUP WHO IS DOING THE FLAG RAISING.
THEN I WOULD DO, UM, A PIECE WITH FOCUSING FOR MY OFFICE WITH, UM, MY DEPUTY AND MY NEW CLERK.
AND THEN, UM, MARIA WOULD FINISH UP WITH THE, UM, UH, UH, WITH THE PRESENTATION AS FAR AS, UH, HER OFFICE.
AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT? THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK OUT TODAY? UM, MM-HMM.
AND AGAIN, WHEN I, TO EXPLAIN PRESENTATIONS ARE NOT AN HOUR.
AND, AND THAT'S WHEN WE WERE JUST, UH, WORKING WITH JOAN TO PUT IT ON THE, UM, AGENDA JUST TO DISCUSS HOW EXACTLY LIKE, IS IT GONNA BE 10 MINUTES A PIECE? IS IT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, THAT'S HOW WE WERE TRYING TO WORK OUT THE HALF HOUR, NOT AN HOUR.
AND SO THAT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST WENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE UNDER PROTOCOLS AS FAR AS PRESENTATIONS.
AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OCTOBER 9TH, UH, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, UH, IN DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION BARBECUE.
UM, AND WE'VE DONE THIS LIKE EVERY, UH, FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, AND DURING THE HEALTH FAIR FOR THE EMPLOYEES, AND I THINK WE INCLUDED FUNDS IN THE BUDGET, UM, LAST YEAR FOR, FOR THIS YEAR.
AND MY ASSISTANT, UM, RISTA SAID, UM, THAT SHE WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE SAME VENDOR AND THEY BASICALLY NEED AN ANSWER HOPEFULLY LIKE TODAY OR TOMORROW BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.
WHERE'S THE PAPERWORK? WHAT, WHERE'S THE PAPERWORK? I, I EMAILED EVERYBODY WHEN, WHAT TIME WAS THAT? PROBABLY ABOUT 5 35.
SO YOU WANT US TO MAKE A DECISION
SO IF WE COULD TABLE THAT'S FINE.
WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT FIRST.
SHE, SHE'S, SHE INDICATED THAT THE VENDOR SAID THAT IT'S GETTING TO A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS AND THEY BASICALLY JUST WANT HER, WANTED AN ANSWER SO THEY COULD MAKE THEIR PLANS.
WELL AS SOON AS WHAT'S THE DEAL DATE? WHAT'S THE DATE FOR THAT EVENT? AGAIN? I THINK IT'S THE END OF, UM, OCTOBER THE END.
IS THIS WHAT WE HAVE THE FLYER ON THE, ON THE DOOR FOR? YES.
IT'S THE, IT'S THE, IT'S THE EMPLOYEE, UH, HEALTH FAIR 10 25 EMPLOYEE HEALTH FAIR.
THEY COMBINED, THEY ALWAYS COMBINE THE TWO.
THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH FAIR WITH THE EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION.
SEE ON THIS, ON YOUR, UM, THE PROPOSAL, THE PAPERWORK THAT YOU SENT, THE PROPOSAL, IT SAYS TEN TWENTY FIVE.
WELL, WE'LL, YEAH, I WON'T BE HERE.
THAT MEANS WE SHOULD DEFINITELY, WE COULD.
I'LL TELL THEM TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY CAKE AS WELL.
AND, AND I GUESS ANY INFORMATION ON SPONSORSHIP? YES.
OR WHO'S PROVIDING THE FOOD AND OR SUPPLIES? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE MM-HMM.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ALL BETTER THROUGH THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO WE, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, IN DECEMBER WE HAVE THE, UH, THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS DINNER AND EVERY COMMUNITY HAS TO, UM, ROTATE AND HOST IT.
THAT'S OUR CHILDREN HOST IN DECEMBER.
UH, AND I ASKED LISA AND KRISTA TO WORK TOGETHER YOUR MIKE PLACE BECAUSE IF I PICKED IT, IT WOULD BE MCDONALD'S.
UH, I CAN HELP WITH THE, I CAN HELP THE CLERK'S
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OFFICE WITH THAT TOO.ANYTHING ELSE? I ACTUALLY WENT VERY BRIEFLY TO THE LAST MEETING.
LAST TO THE MEETING LAST WEEK, BUT, UH, I HAD TO LEAVE REAL FAST.
BECAUSE WE HAD OUR CONVENTION.
SO, UH, THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I HAVE FOR THE OPEN MEETING.
UM, I GUESS, DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO YEAH, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE COULD DISCUSS OPEN? UM, WAIT, THERE WAS SOMETHING, UM, DO WE WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW NIGHT HERE? OH, I HAVE, UH, MONT, UM, INCORPORATION SUFFICIENCY, UM, PETITION HEARING.
AND BASICALLY PEOPLE, IF THEY OBJECT TO THE, THIS IS ALL STATE LAW, IT'S NOT LIKE A REGULAR HEARING WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD SAY I'M FOR INCORPORATION OR I'M AGAINST IT.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, THERE'S A STATE STATUTE AND BASICALLY THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH PETITION REQUIREMENTS IF THEY COMPLY WITH THE PETITION REQUIREMENTS.
UH, A REFERENDUM WOULD BE HELD, UH, IN PROBABLY EARLY NOVEMBER, WITHIN FOUR.
I THINK I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SO IT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
AND IF THE PETITION IS NOT SUFFICIENT, THEN UM, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW, WE, WE NEED WE OBJECTIONS.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE HEARING.
THEY COULD GIVE IT TO US IN WRITING.
UM, AND, UH, THEN WE WILL REVIEW IT.
AND THAT'S BA I MEAN THE HEARING DOESN'T HAVE TO, IT COULD LAST 10 MINUTES, 15 MINUTES.
IT'S JUST, AND THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING.
THIS IS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE THAT POWER A SUPERVISOR MAKE DECISION.
SO WRITTEN OBJECTIONS AND BE SIGNED AND DELIVERED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND THEN I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION VIA EMAIL.
NOT SO YOU WANNA GET THE TIME AGAIN, JUST IT'S SEVEN 30 TOMORROW NIGHT.
WHERE HERE THEY CAN SUBMIT IT BY EMAIL, BUT IT'S PREFERRED TO HAVE A HARD COPY AS WELL.
AND IF THEY ARE, AND IF THEY ARE SUBMITTING IT BY EMAIL TO WHAT EMAIL ADDRESS PLEASE? YES.
THEY COULD EMAIL ME P FINER F-E-I-N-A R@GREENBERGNY.COM ON, AND THESE EMAILS SHOULD GO DIRECTLY TO YOU? IT SHOULD GO DIRECTLY TO ME AND COPY THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND COPY THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND, OR YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A TYPEWRITER OR A COMPUTER OR CAN'T WRITE, I DUNNO IF ANYONE HAS TYPEWRITERS ANYMORE, THEY COULD SHOW UP HERE AND, UH, THE STENOGRAPHER WOULD, UH, WRITE IT FOR THEM.
SO AMANDA, IF YOU CAN GIVE THE EMAIL ADDRESS TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO YOU CAN EITHER SEND THE, YOUR WRITTEN CAN BE SUBMITTED THROUGH EMAIL, UM, AND THAT IS AT P FIND@GREENBERG.GREENBERGNY.COM.
AND THEN FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS LEGALS LEGALS.
AND THE TOWN, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DID A REALLY FANTASTIC JOB THIS, UH, WEEKEND, UH, WITH THE RECYCLING DAY.
YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED.
YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING REALLY HARD AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE CON AIR SERVICE PEOPLE, EMPLOYEES WOULD GO TO SOMEBODY'S CAR, TAKE A COMPUTER, OR TAKE A TV, PUT IT IN THE BINS, AND PEOPLE REALLY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HOW HELPFUL THEY WERE.
NOW I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF, UM, SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS, DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS MATTERS.