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OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, UH, 23RD.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
UM, WE'LL BEGIN WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDARD ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
AND, UH, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Roseanne Cassano, mother of Karen Misilmeri. Karen has worked as both a part time and full time of the Police Department's Records Unit for more than 25 years In memory of Michael Corbett, longtime Greenburgh resident, and (retired) dedicated Traffic Aid in the Greenburgh Police Deparment for over 30 years 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]
OF SILENCE FOR THE MEMORY OF ROSEANNE.ANO MOTHER OF KAREN, MS. O MARY KAREN HAS WORKED AS BOTH A PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME.
UM, EMPLOYEE THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RECORDS UNIT FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
AND IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL CORBETT, LONGTIME GREENBURG RESIDENT AND RETIRED DEDICATED TRAFFIC AID IN THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER, UH, 30 YEARS.
AND, UH, FINALLY IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED IN UKRAINE DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PERISHED DUE TO THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY HAAS ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2020, UM, 23, AND ALL THE INNOCENT VICTIMS. THANK YOU.
AND, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION FROM SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, I JUST WANTED TO, WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, UM, UH, ASHLEY ROBINSON.
ASHLEY'S, UM, YOU COULD COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS IS AN AMAZING, UH, YOUNG, UH, UH, WOMAN, UM, WHO, UM, HAS BEEN ORGANIZING VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS AND, UM, AND HAS AS FAR AS TO WIN THE T SURPRISE ONE DAY,
I'M A GRADUATING SENIOR AT ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN ELMSFORD.
I ALSO PROUDLY SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE WHITE PLAINS GREENBERG, N-A-A-C-P YOUTH COUNCIL.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION FROM TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER TO BE WITH YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE YOUTH COUNCIL'S WORK IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, LET ME FIRST TELL YOU ABOUT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NAACP.
WE ARE THE NATION'S OLDEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1909, AND OUR MISSION HAS BEEN TO ENSURE EQUALITY FOR MINORITY GROUP CITIZENS AND TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PREJUDICE IN ALL PARTS OF SOCIETY.
THE N-A-A-C-P WORKS TO REMOVE ALL BARRIERS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION THROUGH DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.
WE HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
WHILE MUCH OF THE NAACP HISTORY IS CHRONICLED AND BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND MAGAZINES, THE TRUE MOVEMENT LIES IN THE FACES OF THE MULTIRACIAL MULTI-GENERATIONAL ARMY OF ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO UNITE TO AWAKEN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE NATION OF THE WORLD.
YOU MAY ASK WHAT DROVE ME TO GET INVOLVED, AS IT DID FOR MANY STUDENTS.
WITH THE IMPACT OF THE GEORGE FLOYD MOVEMENT.
I SAW YOUNG PEOPLE JUMPING INTO ACTION BEHIND A CAUSE AND PURPOSE.
THEY BELIEVED IN, WHICH IN TURN, INSPIRED ME TO GET INVOLVED.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH THE NAACP YOUTH COUNCIL AND OUR COMMITMENT TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ELEVATING YOUTH VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR YOUTH COUNCIL TOOK ON THE TASK OF ELEVATING YOUTH VOICE THROUGH OUR VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES AT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WHITE PLAINS LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE TEENS WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE TO REGISTER TO VOTE, AND ALSO TO PRE-REGISTER, AND THOSE WHO ARE 16 AND 17 YEARS OF AGE.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN OUR, THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT OUR VOICE MATTERS.
OFTENTIMES, YOUTH BELIEVE THAT THEIR VOTE DOESN'T MATTER.
HOWEVER, I, ALONG WITH THE NAACP, WANT ALL YOUTH TO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO AFFECT CHANGE, YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE THAT WE SEEK.
AND OFTENTIMES, IT STARTS WITH EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
REGISTERING STUDENTS TO VOTE IS NO EASY TASK, IF I'M HONEST.
IT CAN SOMETIMES BE FRUSTRATING AND DISHEARTENING BECAUSE AS A GROUP, WE ARE NOT FOCUSED ON POLITICS.
WE ARE MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH THE ROUTINE OF OUR SCHOOL DAY SPORTS, GRADES, PARTIES, AND OUR FRIENDS.
WE SEE VOTING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AS SOMETHING THAT THE ADULTS IN OUR LIVES HANDLE.
BUT I OFTEN SHARE WITH THE STUDENTS THAT ALMOST EVERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE USA HAS BEEN SPARKED BY TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS JUST LIKE US, WHO HAVE BAND TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE OUR VOICES ARE HEARD AND CHANGE TAKES PLACE.
THE NAACP AIMS TO SUPPORT EVERYONE.
AND SO THIS PAST SUMMER, WE WENT OUT INTO THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY TO MOTIVATE SENIORS TO VOTE.
IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION AT GREENBURG TOWN HALL, MYSELF AND OTHER TEAMS WENT DOOR TO DOOR, ENCOURAGING SENIOR CITIZENS TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND PARTICIPATE IN EARLY VOTING
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AT TOWN HALL.I THOUGHT TALKING TO MY FELLOW TEENS WAS HARD, BUT TRYING TO CONVINCE OLDER ADULTS PROVED TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE.
BUT NONETHELESS, WE PUSHED FORWARD AND KEPT KNOCKING ON DOORS.
THOUGH IT MAY BE CHALLENGING IN SOME INSTANCES TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REGISTERING TO VOTE AND VOTING, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T LOSE HOPE.
GROUPS SUCH AS THE NAACP AND LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ARE DEDICATED TO REMINDING PEOPLE THAT THEY CANNOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE THINGS THEY DO NOT LIKE WHEN THEY DO NOT UTILIZE THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE AND HAVE A SAY.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT BY ENGAGING TEENS AND TEACHING THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THEY WILL FOR FOREVER CAST THEIR VOTES DURING ALL ELECTIONS, AND THAT THEY WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME AND EVEN MORE.
REMEMBER, IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE BY OCTOBER 26TH.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING ME, AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU ARE INCREDIBLY INSPIRATIONAL AS A YOUNG PERSON, AS A LEADER FOR YOUR PEERS, AND THIS IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE REALLY APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS.
SOME OF US OLDER PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY LOVE THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE GET OUT THE VOTE AND INSPIRE CHANGE.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE NOT ONLY A LOCAL LEADER, BUT A NATIONAL LEADER, UM, IN THE COUNTRY.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO INSPIRATIONAL TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMENTS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I, UM, YOU KNOW, HEAR SOMEBODY LIKE YOU, IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF, YOU KNOW, OF THE CO OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO REALLY GIVE US HOPE THAT OUR COUNTRY'S GONNA BE BETTER OFF.
AND THE BEST THINGS ARE GONNA COME IN, IN THE FUTURE.
AND FIRST I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD BE A JOURNALIST AND WIN THE PULITZER PRIZE.
NOW, I THINK YOU SHOULD RUN FOR GOVERNOR OR PRESIDENT ONE DAY, SO, OR MAYBE SUPERVISOR.
GOVERNOR OR SENATOR, UH, CONGRESS PERSON'S FINE.
AND IF I MAY ADD, UH, THE, UH, THIS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL YOUTH WAS HONORED BY THE WESTCHESTER BLACK WOMEN'S POLITICAL CAUCUS, WHITE PLAINS GREENBURG CHAPTER AT THE SALE HOUSE LAST MONTH, WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE FIRST EVER YOUTH LEGACY AWARD.
SO LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I'M GONNA TELL MY NO, PAT, WE'RE NOT, I'M GONNA TELL MY WIFE NOT TO WATCH THIS BECAUSE IF YOU RUN AGAINST ME, THEN SHE PROBABLY WOULD VOTE FOR YOU
UH, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT OKAY.
THIS, IT JUST WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA TOO, THOUGH.
UM, NEXT, UM, WE HAVE, UM, A PRESENTATION FROM
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ROLL CALL.COUNCILWOMAN HABER PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN JOE DANKO PRESENT.
[ PRESENTATIONS 7: 30 PM - Sustainable Westchester/Dan Welsh - Westchester Power Program Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero - Upcoming Street Closings & Events]
NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER.DEAN WALSH IS GONNA GIVE US A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM THEY HAVE.
LEMME HACK INTO MY COMPUTER REAL QUICK.
AND THANKS TO THE TOWN FOR BEING SO ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS.
WE ALL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE FULLY AWARE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, ALL THE DETAILS, AND THEY KNOW THEIR OPTIONS.
SO, I'M DAN WELSH, I'M WITH SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER.
UH, AND, AND RUNNING THE, THE WESTCHESTER POWER PROGRAM.
AND START WITH A LITTLE NOD TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, A FULL PRESENTATION ON THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY WE RUN THE PROGRAM.
SO, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, GREENBERG IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
IN FACT, I WAS SURFING AROUND LOOKING AT GREENBERG STOCK AND I SAID, YOU GUYS HAD A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BACK IN 2009, WHICH WAS BEFORE MOST TOWNS EVEN KNEW WHAT THAT WAS.
SO, SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK ON THIS
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AND DONE A LOT OF STUFF, BUT THE TRENDS ARE STILL WHAT THEY ARE.AND WE ALL HAVE TO KEEP BEARING DOWN ON THIS ISSUE, YOU KNOW, HOTTEST EVER AND ALL THAT LAST, LAST SEASON.
SORT A LITTLE PIECE OF TRIVIA HERE, WHICH IS KIND OF HORRIFICALLY FUN, WHICH IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, UM, WE HAVE TO AVOID A ONE OR TWO DEGREE, UH, CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S COMFORTABLE ENOUGH.
BUT IN ORDER TO GET THERE, THAT'S RAISING THE ENTIRE PLANET BY ONE OR TWO DEGREES.
THAT'S A GARGANTUAN AMOUNT OF ENERGY.
IT'S 14 TRILLION KILOWATT HOURS, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
SO THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT ENERGY IS WHAT'S GOING INTO THESE STORMS, RIGHT? AND DRIVING THEM TO BE SO, SO ENERGETIC AND, AND BRING SO MUCH DAMAGE TO US.
SO EVERYBODY'S REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THESE, THESE PICTURES NOW AT THIS POINT, UN UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THESE GREENHOUSE GASES.
IT TRAPS THE TRAPS THE HEAT HERE ON THE EARTH, RATHER THAN BEING REFLECTED BACK, UH, TO SPACE.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON THE, THE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCE OF THOSE GREENHOUSE GASES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE, BASED ON SORT OF TODAY'S, UH, PROFILE, IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE OUTPUT.
BUT REMEMBER, WE'RE ALSO GOING, WE'RE ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING TOO.
WE'RE GONNA, ELECTRIC CARS GONNA HEAT PUMPS FOR THE HOUSES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE MORE A BIGGER AND BIGGER, UH, UH, SEGMENT OF THAT.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH THE NEEDLE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, UH, BEYOND THE, THE JUST BASE LEVEL THAT CONED HAS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LESS, LESS THAN 10%.
UH, WE'RE DOING THIS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF STATE POLICY, WHICH IS VERY AGGRESSIVE AND, AND WORKING HARD TO GET THIS DONE.
BUT IT, IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT COMMUNITY ACTION.
UH, AND JUST ONE LAST NOTE ON LIKE THE, THE STATE INVOLVEMENT.
YOU, YOU, YOU GUYS ARE ENGAGED WITH SOME OF THE STATE, UH, INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WITH THIS NEW CONTRACT, UH, I SEE THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE QUALIFIED FOR ANOTHER $150,000 GRANT FROM THE CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITIES.
I DON'T, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S UP THERE YET.
MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY APPLIED FOR IT, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S, UH, AVAILABLE NOW WITH, YOU GET 2000 ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT TAKES YOU OVER THE, THE, THE 5,000 MARK, WHICH IS THE NEXT LEVEL IN THAT, IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WORTH, UM, GETTING TO WORK ON IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT THAT YET.
OF COURSE, WITH THE SCALE IS A PROBLEM, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
IT'S NOT, YEAH, WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR INDIVIDUAL PARTS AT HOME AND ALL THAT.
BUT, BUT WITHOUT SCALE, WITHOUT, WITHOUT COLLECTIVE ACTION, UH, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GET THIS DONE.
SO SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.
WE'RE THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES COMING TOGETHER AND, UH, BUILDING PROGRAMMATIC, UH, TOOLS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES TO PARTAKE IN TO, TO HELP GET THIS DONE.
AND WESTCHESTER POWER IS OF COURSE, ONE OF THOSE.
THE, UH, THE PROGRAM SORT OF OVERALL OUTLINE, CLEARLY IT'S ABOUT USING OUR COLLECTIVE PURCHASING POWER, BEING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT OUR ENERGY PURCHASES AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION, PUSHING RENEWABLE ENERGY.
IT DOES PROVIDE A FIXED RATE OPTION TO THE VARIABLE RATES THAT WE, WE GET FROM THE UTILITIES.
IT, IT SERVES AS A PLATFORM FOR MORE, UH, ENGAGEMENT AND MORE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND, UH, ENERGY AND, UH, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND, AND WASTE REDUCTION AND ALL THAT.
UH, THE, AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE, THE KEY FEATURES ARE, NUMBER ONE, IT'S AN OPT OUT, UH, PROGRAM.
SO THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS IT BECOMES FOR, FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT PARTICIPATE, IT BECOMES THE DEFAULT ENERGY SUPPLY, THE ELECTRIC ENERGY SUPPLY FOR, UH, ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS.
AND I'LL NOTE THAT, THAT, THAT MOST RESIDENTS, BUT IT DOES EXCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THE, UM, UH, ANY OF THE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND, AND GET SUBSIDIES THERE.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TRACK AND THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM THAT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT IN THE PROGRAM.
ANYBODY WHO'S OPTED OUT BEFORE STAYS OPTED OUT UNLESS THEY OPT IN.
AND CERTAIN OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UNIQUE RATE CLASSES FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT IN.
BUT THE, THE BULK OF, UH, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS ARE ELIGIBLE.
IT IS CONSUMER FRIENDLY IN THAT, UM, YOU CAN OPT IN OR OPT OUT AT ANY TIME.
SO IF IT LOOKS GOOD TO YOU NOW, BUT LATER ON, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL YOU WANNA BE SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THAT.
UH, WE GENERALLY ALWAYS HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SUPPLY OPTIONS.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE COROLLARY OF IT BEING A FIXED PRICE VERSUS UTILITY, UM, UH, VARIABLE PRICES THAT THERE COULD BE NO GUARANTEE OF SAVINGS.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, THE UTILITY RATES ARE GOING.
AND, AND THESE DAYS, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AT LEAST
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THE RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPONENT OF THIS HAS GONE UP SO THAT STATISTICALLY YOU ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A PREMIUM FOR THE, FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY.WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT, BUT, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A FAIR BET.
UH, BROAD PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, 29 MUNICIPALITIES, UH, GOING TO 26.
'CAUSE SOME OF THE ONES THAT HAD, UH, DEFAULTED TO THE STANDARD SUPPLY THAT HAS GONE AWAY.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT AT THIS POINT.
UM, AGAIN, JUST TO QUICK HIT ON THE BASICS FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE, THE, THE, THE MOST BASIC LEVEL OF READING YOUR BILL AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR POWER SUPPLY THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, WHICH IS THE SEPARATION OF THE DELIVERY AND THE SUPPLY.
SO DELIVERY IS ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU NEED TO GET THE POWER TO YOUR HOUSE.
ALL THE WIRES AND THE, THE, ACTUALLY THE BILLING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THE, THE SOURCE OF THE SUPPLY IS BASICALLY DECIDING WHICH OF THE GENERATORS, WHO OUT THERE IS PRODUCING ELECTRICITY, IS GOING TO DUMP IT INTO THE GRID ON YOUR BEHALF.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T TRACK ACTUALLY TRACK AN ELECTRON TO YOUR HOUSE OR ANYTHING, BUT IN TOTAL, UH, SOMEBODY'S GONNA DO THAT ON YOUR BEHALF.
AND THAT'S WHAT CONSTITUTES BUYING ELECTRICITY, ESSENTIALLY.
SO WHEN WE SAY THAT THIS IS ABOUT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT'S DETERMINING WHERE YOUR ELECTRICITY COMES FROM AND HOW THAT SHOWS UP ON YOUR BILL WHEN YOU ARE WITH THE PROGRAM, YOU ARE WITH OUR, OUR SUPPLIER THAT WON THE BID.
UH, AND THIS BILL WOULD ALSO LOOK THE SAME IF YOU WERE OUT, UH, SIGNED UP WITH YOUR, YOUR OWN, UH, PRIVATE SUPPLIER.
YOU KNOW, YOU GET SOLICITED AND, AND MAYBE YOU SIGNED UP WITH AN ASCO.
AND THAT IS TO SAY THAT YOUR ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER SHOWS UP ON THIS PAGE TWO HERE.
AND THE DETAILS OF THAT, IN OUR CASE, THERE'LL BE, THERE'S A LITTLE NOTE THERE ABOUT WESTCHESTER POWER THAT'LL TIP YOU OFF THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN THE PROGRAM, UH, IF YOU'RE JUST WITH CONED THAT'S NOT THERE.
AND EVERYTHING JUST SAYS CONED CONED.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF THE OVERVIEW IS ABOUT PROMOTING CLEAN ENERGY, EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF OPTIONS YOU HAD, BECAUSE BEFORE, UH, THIS PROGRAM YOU HAVE JUST THE UTILITY AND THE ESCO AND, AND AGAIN, FIXING THOSE COSTS, UH, CAPPING THE COSTS, IN OTHER WORDS, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, UH, FIX RATE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRONT, JUST TO GET A, A MEASURE OF, UH, WHAT THE IMPACT HAS BEEN.
UH, LOOKING AT 2020 THREES, CARBON MITIGATION COMES OVER 330,000 TONS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? NOBODY KNOWS WHAT A TON OF CARBON ACTUALLY SORT OF REPRESENTS.
SO THE EPA HAS A LITTLE CALCULATOR, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO KIND OF CONVERT THAT TO THINGS THAT ARE MORE, YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL TO US.
SO WE PICKED THE, PICKED THE NUMBER OF CARS TAKEN OFF THE ROAD.
SO THAT'S LIKE, WE TOOK SEVEN OVER 79,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF ITS IMPACT AND THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES.
ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS TO, UH, USE THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONS WORK ON THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS TO SAY, FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN PUTTING THIS, THIS, UH, STUFF OUT INTO THE AIR AND YOU, YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT THERE, OR THE COSTS ARE NOT THERE, BUT THE COSTS ARE SHOWING UP IN PEOPLE'S HEALTH OR IN THE, THE STORM DAMAGE AND ALL THESE OTHER PLACES.
AND THE DEC DOING THIS WORK AND STUDYING WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE, IS SAYING, LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CONNECT THOSE COSTS.
WE'RE GONNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE, IN THE YEARS TO COME AS THEY TRY TO BUILD THAT INTO RESTRUCTURED MARKETS.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, JUST TO SORT OF GIVE AN IDEA OF, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS.
WE'VE TAKEN THEIR VALUES OUTTA THEIR REPORT, CONVERTED THE, THAT, UH, CARBON NUMBER AND IT CONSTANTLY $43 MILLION WORTH OF, OF HARM MITIGATION THAT WE'VE AVOIDED ON THE CONSUMER CHOICE THING KIND OF ALREADY, UH, SPOKEN TO THAT.
BUT IT'S TO SAY, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY CHOICE SEGREGATION, WHICH IS THE, THE STYLE OF PROGRAM IN YOUR MUNICIPALITY, YOU ARE WITH THE UTILITY.
AND THEN YOUR, YOUR OTHER CHOICE IS TO GO OUT ON YOUR OWN AND GO FIND AN ESCO SUPPLY IF YOU WANT TO GET RENEWABLE ENERGY OR FIXED RATES OR SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER GOAL THERE.
SO WHEN THE PROGRAM IS INSTITUTED IN A MUNICIPALITY, THEN YOU HAVE THREE CHOICES.
THE DEFAULT, UH, IS WESTCHESTER POWER.
AND IN ANY CASE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A DEFAULT.
SO IF, IF WESTCHESTER POWER WASN'T HERE, YOU HAVE A DEFAULT ALSO.
IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF CONED SUPPLY, YOU HAVE TO GO ACTUALLY TAKE AN ACTION.
SO IN THIS CASE, WITH, UH, WESTCHESTER POWER, UH, IN, IN THE MUNICIPALITY, THEN THAT'S THE STARTING POINT.
IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING ELSE, YOU GOTTA RAISE YOUR HAND AND, UM, AND EITHER OPT OUT OR SIGN UP WITH ANOTHER ESCO.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A VISUAL TO, TO KIND OF VISUALIZE
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THAT, THOSE CAPPED COSTS.THIS DOESN'T, AGAIN, DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GUARANTEEING SAVINGS, BUT AT LEAST YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR COSTS ARE GONNA BE.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THOSE BIG RUN UPS THAT HAPPEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THEN YOU, YOU'RE CAPPED.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO PAY ANY MORE THAN THIS.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN OPT IN OR OUT AT ANY TIME.
SO IF, YOU KNOW RATES ARE TAKING A RUN THIS WINTER, YOU KNOW, SIT TIGHT, IF, IF, UH, YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO WATCH IT AND YOU SEE THEY GO DOWN IN SPRINGTIME, YOU COULD OPT OUT.
IT'S NOT INSTANTANEOUS THOUGH, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS TAKES A ONE BILLING CYCLE TO, TO COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, IT, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE ON THAT DAY.
SO IT'S NOT A LIKE A DAY TRADING THING, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF WATCH THE, WATCH THE TRENDS.
AND, UH, ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACET OF THE PROGRAM IS JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY AND GENERAL AWARENESS LEVEL.
WE EVEN FEEL LIKE THOSE FOLKS WILL CALL UP AND TELL US, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT FOR US.
WE'RE GONNA OPT OUT, WE'RE HAVING A DIALOGUE.
WE'RE, WE'RE LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE TO MAYBE, UH, TAP INTO, UM, STATE FUNDS TO ENERGIZE AND, AND INSULATE THEIR HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, WE HAVE BILINGUAL STAFF.
SO WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS IN SPANISH.
WE'RE HAVING SPANISH EVENTS AND WHATNOT.
TRYING TO, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S EQUAL ACCESS OUT THERE IN THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS TO, TO THIS INFORMATION.
SO THE EDUCATION PIECE OF THIS IS ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROGRAM.
SO TO THE, THE NEW CONTRACT, WHICH, UH, STARTS NOMINALLY ON NOVEMBER 1ST, BUT AGAIN, EVERYTHING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT HOLDER STARTS ON YOUR METER READ DATE.
SO IF YOU METER READ DATE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER OR 13TH, THEN, THEN THAT'S WHEN, WHEN IT STARTS FOR YOU.
BUT, BUT IT'S, UH, SO IT'S METER READ DATES IN NOVEMBER, AND THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT IS GONNA GO FOR 13 MONTHS.
THE, THE, I'M CALLING A CONTRACT, IT'S NOT A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSUMER, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOCKED IN OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST DURING THAT PERIOD, THE SUPPLIER IS OBLIGED TO THE MUNICIPALITY TO MAKE AVAILABLE THESE, THESE RATES AND THESE PRODUCTS.
SO THAT'S THE, WHAT WE MEAN BY THE CONTRACT TERM.
IN GREENBERG, UH, SINCE WE HAVE THE TWO, UH, PRODUCTS, A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE, AND THE 50% RENEWABLE, GREENBERG HAS SELECTED THE 50% AS THEIR DEFAULT, AGAIN, THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOUR LETTER, UH, IT GIVES YOU THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
IF YOU TAKE NO ACTION, THEN YOU'LL BE ENROLLED IN THAT 50% PRODUCT AT 12.1, CALL IT 12.20 CENTS, UH, PER KILOWATT HOUR.
UM, IF YOU WANTED TO GO ALL THE WAY AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, DO MORE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND GET TO THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU WOULD, UH, CALL US UP OR GO ON THE WEBSITE WITH FORM AND, AND COMMUNICATE WITH US OR SEND US AN EMAIL AND SAY, YOU WANNA BUMP UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT IF YOU WANNA OPT OUT, SAME THING.
GO TO GO ON THE WEB OR CALL US UP.
AND, UH, AND THAT'S ALL EASY ENOUGH.
I HAVE POSTED HERE THE TRAILING 12 MONTHS AVERAGES FOR, FOR CON ED.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE WANTS US TO DO.
AND IT IS A KIND OF A BENCHMARK, BUT YOU SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THAT'S THE PAST.
IT DOES NOT IN ANY WAY TELL YOU WHAT THE FUTURE OF CONED RATES ARE GONNA BE.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, A SNAPSHOT OF THE PAST, AND IT'LL GIVE YOU SOME IDEA.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THIS MONTH'S RATE IS LOOKING CLOSER TO LIKE 11 CENTS.
YOU KNOW, WILL NEXT MONTH BE LIKE THIS MONTH? OR WILL IT COME CRASHING DOWN STATISTICALLY OR HISTORICALLY, WINTER TENDS TO GET HIGHER, SPRINGTIME GETS GET SLOWER, SUMMER AGAIN, HIGHER, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW ANY GIVEN MONTH.
SO THAT'S JUST A, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, OF A BACKGROUND ON THAT.
UM, UH, AS FAR AS SORT OF THE MILESTONES AND, AND TIMING, UH, WE HAD THE, THE ROLLOVER INTO THIS NEW CONTRACT.
EVERYBODY WHO WAS ALREADY IN, IN THE PROGRAM, UH, GOT, GOT THEIR LETTERS AND THAT THAT 30 DAY OPTOUT PERIOD HAS, UH, JUST ENDED.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THAT SOUNDS 30 DAY OPTOUT PERIOD.
SOUNDS LIKE AFTER THAT YOU CAN OPT OUT, YOU CAN OPT OUT ANY TIME.
IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU WILL NEVER HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IF YOU OPT OUT DURING THAT PERIOD AFTERWARDS, YOU MAY BE ENROLLED AND THEN YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE DE ENROLLED AT THAT POINT, BUT YOU CAN OPT OUT AT ANY, AT ANY TIME.
COULD I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION, PLEASE? YES.
UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, UM, I EMAILED YOU AND I THINK THERE WERE, ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THERE WERE ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE WHO WERE ENROLLED.
AND ABOUT 3000 OPTED OUT IS, THAT'S THE, THE NUMBER.
SO WE'VE BEEN 9,000, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 3000.
WE'RE IN THAT, LIKE THE HIGH NINE THOUSANDS NOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, SO THERE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN, EVERY MONTH I POST ON THE WEBSITE COMPARISONS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE, UH, THE FACT
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IF CONED RATES ARE, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT LOWER, WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE.SO YOU COULD LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANNA OPT, YOU KNOW, OUT, AND THEN FOUR MONTHS LATER, IF THE RATES ARE, YOU KNOW, BETTER FOR ESCO, THEN YOU COULD ALWAYS UP BACK IN IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRICE.
BUT ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THE SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER IS THAT YOU'RE ALSO, UM, HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT AND GETTING SOME CLEAN ENERGY.
SO IT'S, SO IT'S A BALANCE OF PRICE, WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD VERSUS WHAT YOU CAN DO ENVIRONMENTALLY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY FAMILY HAS TO BALANCE FOR THEIR OWN BUDGET, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING, OH, THEY DON'T LIKE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF OPTING OUT.
UH, BUT THE THING IS THEN SOMEBODY MENTIONED TO ME, AND IT WAS SORT OF INTERESTING, EVERYBODY'S IN CONED UNLESS THEY OPT OUT ALSO.
SO THERE'S TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, NOBODY HAS A CHOICE SAYING, OH, I WANNA BE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN CONED MM-HMM.
PEOPLE SAY, OH, I DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT MAKING THAT CHOICE FOR ME, BUT THE GOVERNMENT MADE THE CHOICE FOR YOU ABOUT CONED.
THAT'S A STATE REGULATED MONOPOLY.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF CAN'T AVOID IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BECAUSE, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE SET OF WIRES OUT THERE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE STARTING POINT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE AND, AND MAKE A CHANGE.
AND THE RATES, UH, UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT ARE LESS THAN THE RATES UNDER THE OLD, OLD CONTRACT.
AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE POINTED OUT THAT, UH, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, YOU KNOW, A FEW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, INITIALLY, UH, THE ESCROW RATES WERE LESS THAN CON ED'S PAST TWO YEARS, CONED RATES WERE BETTER THAN THE ESCO.
BUT WE DON'T, NOW THAT THE RATES ARE DOWN, WE HAVE NO IDEA.
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE WILL DO BETTER WITH THE ESCO.
WELL, IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS BASED, IT'S A COMMODITY.
SO IT DOES RESPOND TO WORLD EVENTS.
AND WHAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS THAT RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE, AND EVERYONE WAS AFRAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE WORLD WAS AFRAID THAT OUR OIL WAS GONNA BE CONTROLLED CUT OFF FROM RUSSIA.
SO THEREFORE THE NUMBERS WENT WAY OUT.
THEY, THEY WENT UP TO, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 20 CENTS IN CANADA.
THEY WENT TO 22 CENTS IN, IN NYAI, SO, RIGHT.
UM, SO IT IS KIND OF, UH, AT LEAST PROVIDES SOME ASSURANCE AND THE WORLD IS KIND OF AN UNSTEADY PLACE TODAY.
SO, UM, IT'S, BESIDES WHICH, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING INTO THE WINTER MM-HMM.
SO IF I WAS, BUT, BUT YOUR RATES ARE, YEAH.
THEY'RE FIXED AS OPPOSED TO CONED, WHICH CAN FLUCTUATE QUITE A BIT.
ACQUAINTANCE, THERE'S ONLY ONE, IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT HERE.
THEY'RE FIXED, BUT THERE IS A, A, LIKE A GOVERNMENT ACTION CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE STATE SAYS, OH, BY THE WAY, I'M GONNA ADD HALF A CENT TO EVERYBODY'S KILOWATT HOUR CHARGE ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THE NEW TRANSMISSION STUFF.
SO THAT STUFF GETS, GETS PASSED THROUGH, BUT THE, THE ACTUAL RATE UNDERSTOOD ITSELF DOESN'T, DOESN'T CHANGE.
SO YEAH, THE, THE, THE RATES, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT'S JUST ENDING OR UP THERE IN THAT LITTLE GREEN BOX.
SO WE ARE SHAVING A COUPLE OF CENTS OFF THOSE RATES.
AND, UM, EVEN MORE GOING TO THE 50 10, 50% RENEWABLE.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A HEALTHY DECREASE THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, THIS IS THE, THE, UH, RENEWAL AND THE, THE, UH, ROLLOVER OF THE EXISTING CUSTOMERS.
THEN THERE'S, WE CALL THE NEWLY ELIGIBLE MAILINGS.
SO, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S MOBILITY, PEOPLE MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO CONED SENDS US EVERY FOUR MONTHS OR SO, THEY SEND US A NEW BATCH OF THE, THE NEW ACCOUNTS, SAME PROCESS LETTER GOES OUT TO THEM, TELLS 'EM WHAT THE PROGRAM'S ABOUT, GIVES THE, UM, GIVES THE OPTOUT INFORMATION AND THE DATES AND, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND AGAIN, 30 DAY OPTOUT PERIOD STARTS, IN THIS CASE, IT'S, IT'S BEGUN IN OCTOBER, UH, 11TH.
UH, BUT PEOPLE CAN OPT OUT ANYTIME AS I, AS I SAID.
AND IN THIS CASE, THE, THESE NEWLY ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS WOULD START ON THEIR METER EAT DATES IN DECEMBER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT A LETTER THEY RECEIVED, THEY COULD BE IN, IN THIS BATCH HERE.
AND, UM, UH, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE SOME EVENTS ALSO FOR SOME INFORMATION EVENTS.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK FLASH OF WHAT THAT LOOK LETTER LOOKS LIKE.
I'VE COME BEFORE YOU AND WHINED AND CRIED ABOUT THIS LETTER, UH, A NUMBER OF TIMES.
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY, UH, GIVEN TO US BY THE DPS.
SO THIS, THIS IS THE STANDARD FORMAT THAT EVERYBODY USES ACROSS THE STATE, A LITTLE DENSE, ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE.
CAN, CAN YOU JUST SAY WHAT DPS IS FOR THE, OH, I'M SORRY.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SERVICE.
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THEY OVERSEE UTILITIES AND, UH, THE OPERATIONS OF OUR, UH, OF OUR, UM, UH, PROGRAM HERE ARE, HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE, THE RULES THAT THEY SET.ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE TO KIND OF DENSE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO SIFT THROUGH IT, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL US IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION.
THE TABLE IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU NEED.
AND THEN THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
THERE'S ALSO, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE TACTILE AND THEY LIKE TO FILL OUT MAIL PIECES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO YOUR OPTING APP BY, UH, BY MAIL IF YOU WANT.
WE THINK IT'S PROBABLY, YOU'RE PROBABLY BETTER OFF JUST CALLING US OR ON THE WEB.
IT'S QUICKER AND THE MAIL WON'T GET LOST AND ALL THE REST OF THAT.
UH, AND THIS IS JUST TO REPEAT.
AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THE CARD OPTION.
YOU GO ONLINE, THERE'S A, A SIMPLE FORM.
YOU PLUG IN YOUR NUMBER THERE, UH, OR, OR JUST CALL US.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A LOOK BACK AT, AT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, TIMES WE'VE BEEN HERE TO, UH, TO GRAN, UH, GREENBERG, UH, WE WERE HERE IN, UH, IN MAY, IN JUNE.
IN AUGUST, WE HAD A IN PERSON SESSION AT THE LIBRARY.
UH, WE'VE HAD THE, THE TWO ONLINE EVENTS, UH, INFORMATION SESSIONS THAT WE DID IN SEPTEMBER.
WE DID A SPANISH LANG LANGUAGE ONLINE EVENT, AND WE'RE HERE, HERE TONIGHT OF COURSE.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S ALSO, TODAY AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE THESE NEWLY ELIGIBLE VIRTUAL SESSIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND WE INTEND TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP, KEEP GOING WITH THIS.
BUT, UH, SO WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON CHANNELS MEETING, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET OUT THERE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO, TO GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
SO IF THERE ARE EVENTS WE SHOULD BE AT, THEN, THEN THAT'S, UH, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, GOOD OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
AND, UH, WELCOME ALL, ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
I DID RUN THROUGH THAT FAIRLY FAST, BUT, SO IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING I SHOULD GO BACK.
WE, WE ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UH, IN THE CONTRACT THAT IF THE RATES ARE HIGHER, THE CONED RATES ARE HIGHER, WAIT LOWER THAN THE ESCOS FOR A FEW MONTHS, UH, WE'LL SEND OUT A POSTCARD THAT SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, WESTCHESTER POWER WILL PAY FOR IT TO EVERYBODY JUST ADVISING THEM.
SO IN ADDITION TO POSTING THINGS ON THE WEBSITE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST AND NOTIFY EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, THE ESCO RATES ARE, UM, ARE MORE, YOU KNOW, ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CONED.
IF YOU WANNA OPT OUT, THIS IS HOW YOU COULD DO DO SO.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD SEND THAT OUT AFTER TWO OR THREE, AFTER I THINK THREE MONTHS.
WHAT WE, WHAT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IS AT TO WHAT LEVEL HIGHER DID WE LIKE IF THEY ARE MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, ONE OR 2 CENTS HIGHER, IS THAT, WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DISCUSS THAT YEAH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE MORE JUDGMENT TRANSPARENT WE ARE MM-HMM.
BECAUSE IF PEOPLE SEE THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING AND GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION, THEN THEY COULD MAKE, WE ARE NOT GONNA SAY, CHOOSE, UH, CONTINENTAL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA RATHER SCO WE'LL JUST SAY, WE JUST WANNA PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION AND NOW IT'S YOUR CHOICE.
SO, AND YOU KNOW, YOU MAY WANT TO DO THAT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A HUGE GAP IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO, SO WE'RE READY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT FOR SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, THE, AND SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, I WAS AT A FUNCTION THAT, UH, THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP, YOU KNOW, SPONSORED, UM, UM, I THINK ABOUT A WEEK AGO AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, ON A SATURDAY.
AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING BECAUSE EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED, UH, GOT A BOX OF FREE LIGHT BULBS, UM, FREE, UH, ALL THESE, UH, THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO FOR YOUR HOUSE THAT COULD SAVE YOU MONEY.
SO JUST THAT WAS WORTH, YOU KNOW, MM-HMM.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WITH SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER AGAIN, UM, PROBABLY IN DECEMBER OR, OR JANUARY.
BUT IT'S NOT ONLY IF YOU LOOK UNDER YOUR SEAT, LIKE AT OPRAH, YOU'LL FIND A
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY THE ESCO THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM SUSTAINABLE WESTERN, WE'RE GETTING, UM, THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS PROMOTING A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE GIVING RESIDENTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TOOLS AND, AND FREEBIES LIKE THEY DID AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER THAT COULD HELP PEOPLE SAVE MONEY.
NO, IT'S A, IT IS A MUCH BROADER SCOPE OF ACTIVITY.
THERE'S STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH LIKE THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS AND THE, AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOLKS, AND, UH,
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YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO, YOU KNOW, CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND WONDERFUL.AND I JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, WE, NO, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL.
MIGHT YOU CALL UP PUBLIC COMMENT? I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT WE HAVE SAID THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE LIKE THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE MEETING, WE WERE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION.
AND THEN YOU CAN DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHY DON'T, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE HERE.
AND THEN WE COULD BASICALLY, UH, AND THEN WE COULD GO TO THE REGULAR MEETING BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHAT TAKING THE QUESTIONS IN LIEU OF PUBLIC, THEIR PUBLIC? NO, THIS WOULD BE SEPARATE BECAUSE WE NO, NO, I'M SAYING THAT, THAT, AND THEN PEOPLE COULD COMMENT ON ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WANT AFTER.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE HAD A PRESENTATION AND YOU CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS, SO THAT'S FINE.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, I THREW THIS UP ON THE, ON THE SCREEN HERE.
WE HAVE A JOBS FAIR, UH, EVENT IN NOVEMBER FOR CLEAN ENERGY INDUSTRIES.
AND ANYBODY WHO'S KIND OF THINKING LIKE, HEY, MAYBE THAT'S A DIRECTION I OUGHT THINK ABOUT GOING TOWARDS, IT'S WORTH ATTENDING.
IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE IT TO A QUICK QUESTION OR, WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU QUESTIONED WHETHER I COULD SPEAK, UM, LET'S GO BACK OVER THIS AGAIN.
I GET THAT HAVING AN ESCO IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE CLIMATE.
WHAT I'M NOT SO SURE IS WHETHER THIS COMPANY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO TO GET THAT, UH, RESULT.
WHEREAS YOU ARE AN OPERATING NOW WITH A FIXED CONTRACT.
I HAVE TO PRESUME THAT THEY TOO, AS SUPPLIERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE PURCHASING AND RE RESELLING IT, ARE OPERATING UNDER A FIXED CONTRACT TOO.
SO THE QUESTION TO THEM WOULD BE, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CHARGING US.
WHAT ARE YOU PAYING FOR THAT PRODUCT? I THINK WE'RE ENTITLED TO KNOW THE SPREAD.
NO, THAT'S NOT MY ONLY QUESTION.
YOU REALLY WANNA SHUT ME UP, DON'T YOU? NO.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S NOT REALLY PROTOCOL HERE IN THIS BEEN BROUGHT UP.
YOU STILL TRYING TO SHUT ME UP? WAIT, CAN WE JUST STOP FOR A SEC? SO HOW WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS, I THINK IT ALL IS APPROPRIATE FOR IT TO COME IN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR EVERYTHING.
THAT'S HOW WE USUALLY, WELL, I GENERALLY HAVE OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE CONTINUING TO DEBATE.
WHY ARE WE TAKING THIS OUTTA ORDER? EXCUSE ME.
WE ALLOWED YOU TO COME UP FOR QUESTIONS.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN THEY CAN BE ANSWERED.
UM, BEING THAT THIS IS A 13 MONTH CONTRACT AGAINST LAST CONTRACT, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THIS ALLOWS LESS TIME FOR ANY REVERSALS IN PRICE TO CORRECT THEMSELVES.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER CONED IS GOING TO BEAT THEM.
I SUSPECT THEY'RE GONNA BEAT THEM FOR MANY MONTHS.
SO THE ACTUAL TIME OF THIS CONTRACT IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW MUCH TIME FOR CORRECTION IF THERE SHOULD BE ANY SPURT IN PRICES, AS WE SAID.
IS, IS WHAT IS THE QUESTION? BECAUSE MR. WES IS HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
DOES THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT? DOES HE, DOES, DOES HE DISPUTE THAT? SAVE IT FOR, DOES HE DISPUTE ANYTHING? I'M SAYING, AND THE QUESTION WAS WHAT ARE YOU PAYING FOR THE ENERGY YOU'RE RESELLING? I THINK WE'D HAVE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE EARNING SALARIES, PAYING RENT, THEY'RE DOING IT WITH THE MONEY THAT THEY MAY ON THE SPREAD.
CAN WE HAVE AN ANSWER? PLEASE, PLEASE RESPOND.
SO, SO WE ESSENTIALLY ACT AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROGRAM.
SO WE DON'T TAKE POSSESSION OF THE, OF THE, THE POWER, THE, UH, WE ORGANIZE THE, THE BIDS FOR THE POWER AND SOLICIT THOSE BIDS.
UH, NO, WE, WE ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.
WE GET A 0.18 CENT PER KILOWATT HOUR ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AS, AS ALLOWED UNDER THE STATE REGULATIONS.
THEN THE, THE, UM, THE WINNING BIDDER BECOMES ESSENTIALLY THE ESCO SUPPLIER FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL, ALMOST AS IF YOU JUST SIGNED UP YOUR YOURSELF, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, THEY HAVE MARGINS CLEARLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE BIDDING PROCESS IS ABOUT.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ON OUR SIDE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
SO BANK'S THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
AND THAT'S, SO YOU'RE NO DIFFERENT FROM ANYONE ELSE.
FROM, UM, AND THEY DO HAVE TO, THEY'RE, THEY ARE WORKING, RIGHT, AND
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THEY ARE ADMINISTRATING, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS A BIDDING PROCESS THAT, UH, OVER 25 COMMUNITIES IN WESTCHESTER PARTICIPATED.THIS IS AN EFFORT, RIGHT? NOT ONLY OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, THERE WERE 20, WHAT IS, HE SAYS ABOUT 25, 20, 26 COMMUNITIES THE NOW, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND EVERYBODY'S WORKING, TRYING TO MAKE THE WORLD, UH, CLEANER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE.
AND THE THING IS, IT IS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY DOESN'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, NOBODY'S BEGGING ANYBODY, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS OPT OUT.
AND WE'RE MAKING IT REALLY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO OPT OUT, AND THEN YOU'LL NEVER HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO OPT BACK IN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THIS, AGAIN, WE HAVE THREE, ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE WHO DECIDED TO OPT OUT, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA EVEN HEAR ABOUT, UH, SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, UM, OR, OR WESTCHESTER POWER.
UM, AND WE'RE MAKING A REALLY MAJOR EFFORT TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY ABOUT THE PRICE IN RANGES.
AND ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO DO IS CLICK OFF, I WANT TO OPT OUT, AND THEY'RE OPT OUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALSO ASKED TO OPT IN AFTER THEY'VE OPTED OUT.
UM, SO MAYBE THIS WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY HAVING A Q AND A ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND NOT IN THIS FORMAT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT WE PLAN FOR, FOR TONIGHT.
YOU'VE COME FORWARD WITH A PRESENT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY VALUABLE.
BUT THIS IS NOT REALLY THE FORMAT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
SO IF WE WANNA DO A WORK SESSION OR, YOU KNOW, A WORKSHOP ABOUT THIS, WE SHOULD DO THAT.
CAN WE JUST ASK ONE MORE? WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND THEN WE'LL, PAT, WAIT, WAIT.
CAN SOMEONE BRING, YOU MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS TO BRING A MICROPHONE UP TOO? OH, NO, I, I SAID, UH, SHOULD FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE ENERGY ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE UTILITIES, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
SO, SO THE QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANY, UM, SEPARATE TREATMENT OF SENIORS PER SE? WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT YOU'RE A SENIOR.
AND SO THE ONLY THING WE DO KNOW IS THE FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH THE, HAVE SOME HELP AND SUBSIDY THROUGH THE UTILITY PROGRAM.
THEY'RE EXCLUDED FROM THE, FROM THE PROGRAM.
BUT, UH, JUST SENIOR WE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW PER SE OR SEEN.
AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT A KILOWATT HOUR WAS.
UM, CAN YOU COME UP PLEASE TO ASK YOUR QUESTION? THE MICROPHONE MIC RIGHT HERE.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT A KILOWATT HOUR WAS LIKE IN THE RATE.
OKAY, SO KILOWATT HOUR IS THE MEASURE OF THE QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY.
YOU KNOW, THINK OF IT AS LIKE GALLONS OF WATER OR WHATEVER.
TYPICAL, UH, TYPICAL GREENBERG HOUSEHOLD, I THINK THE AVERAGE PER MONTH IS LIKE 600 KILOWATT HOURS, ROUGHLY.
OF COURSE, IF BIG HOUSE, MAYBE YOU'RE USING MORE, IT'S LIKE 1200, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN A SMALLER APARTMENT, IT'S LIKE 400.
SO IT'S A MATTER MEASURABLY AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY USE.
AND THEN, AND SO ON YOUR BILL, THE, THE BILL IS CHARGED, OR AT LEAST MOST OF IT'S CHARGED BASED ON A PER KILOWATT HOUR FEE.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER OF KILOWATT HOURS, TIMES THAT CHARGE 22 COMMUNITIES ARE NOT.
SO IF, IF, IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING ANOTHER SESSION REGARDING THIS, WE SHOULD UP YEAH.
WHAT, WHATEVER FORMAT YOU'D LIKE, WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD WORKSHOP IT SOMEHOW.
OR YOU CAN CALL SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER DIRECTLY AND THEY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OR EMAIL US.
LISA, YOU HAVE COMMENTS? UH, YES.
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EVENING.UM, I AM GOING TO, UM, GIVE AN, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS IN THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.
AND IF YOU BEAR WITH ME, THEY, THEY ARE LENGTHY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO SHARE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH, UM, UH, THEODORE YOUNG ON FRIDAY.
UM, MRS. TINA HARPER DINKINS AND COMMISSIONER TERRANCE JACKSON WILL BE HAVING THE T-D-Y-C-C ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL.
AND THAT WILL BE AT, OF COURSE, 32 MANHATTAN AVENUE.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 6:30 PM TO 9:00 PM AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE BOUNCY CASTLES, HOT DOGS, FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT,
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CANDY BAGS, PUMPKIN PAINT, PAINTING MATRIX ON THE GO FOOD TRUCK, AND A HAUNTED WALK FOR AGES EIGHT AND UP.AND, UH, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC BY DJ HARRY.
SO AGAIN, UM, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT, UM, ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING.
UH, THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL, THEY WILL BE THERE REQUESTING THE PERMISSION FOR A STREET CLOSING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH FROM 2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM AND THEY'RE GONNA HOLD THEIR HALLOWEEN PARADE.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE WE, THE, THE BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED THE CLOSING OF BARCLAY ROAD, BETWEEN EDGEMONT PLACE AND GLENMONT ROAD, GLENMONT ROAD AND BARCLAY ROAD, AND WALBROOK ROAD, WALBROOK ROAD BETWEEN GLENWOOD ROAD AND ROXBURY ROAD, AND ROXBURY ROAD BETWEEN WALBROOK ROAD AND EDGEMONT ROAD, EDGEMONT ROAD BETWEEN ROXBURY ROAD AND EDGEMONT PLACE.
AND THIS IS ALL FOR THEIR HALLOWEEN PARADE.
THAT'S GONNA BE ON SUNDAY, UM, OCTOBER 27TH FROM 2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM WE ALSO HAVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS AUTHORIZING THE CLOSING OF JOYCE ROAD, UM, WEST OF SHERBROOK ROAD AND JOYCE ROAD, DEAD END.
UM, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE LOCATED IN THE INCORPORATED AREA FOR AREA RESIDENCE TO HOLD A HALLOWEEN PARADE, AL ALSO ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM THIS ALSO COVERS ARDEN DRIVE, SINCLAIR PLACE, AND HUNTLEY PLACE, STANDISH PLACE, ALDEN PLACE, AND DARDEN PLACE ALL NORTH OF FARM ROAD, KENNETH ROAD, WEST OF SHERBROOK ROAD, HOWARD PLACE, SOUTHERN ROAD AND BYWAY EASTERN ROAD AND EAST WAY, BOTH SOUTH OF NORTHERN ROAD, NORTH WAY, AND SOUTH WAY, AND WEST WAY, AND EAST EASTWAY, BOTH SOUTH ON NORTH NORTHWAY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FROM, UH, 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST.
UH, THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, UH, ARE ASKING FOR, UH, THIS, THESE ARE RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PASSED ALREADY, UH, PERMISSION FOR STREET CLOSING ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 3:00 PM TO 10:00 PM TO HOLD THEIR BLOCK PARTY.
UM, THIS IS PERMISSION TO CLOSE OFF STANDISH PLACE BETWEEN JOYCE ROAD AND FARM ROAD ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH, AGAIN FROM 3:00 PM TILL 10:00 PM FOR THEIR RESIDENTS TO HOLD THEIR BLOCK PARTY.
WE ARE ALSO RESOLUTION FOR THE RESIDENTS ARE REQUESTING A STREET CLOSING ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH.
AND THIS WILL BE BETWEEN 3:00 PM AND 10:00 PM ANOTHER BLOCK PARTY THAT IS GOING TO BE CLOSED OFF BETWEEN ARDEN DRIVE, BETWEEN JOYCE ROAD AND STANDISH PLACE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 3:00 PM UNTIL 10:00 PM THE RAIN DATE IS NOVEMBER 2ND.
THERE IS ALSO A RESIDENCE OF BRANFORD AVENUE.
ARE REQUESTING THE PERMISSION TO, UH, STREET CLOSING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, UM, FROM 2:00 PM TO 9:00 PM TO HOLD THEIR BLOCK PARTY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE CLOSING BRANFORD AVENUE BETWEEN MARITON ROAD AND ETHERTON ROAD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 2:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AND OF COURSE, THEIR RAIN DATE IS GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE PARKWAY GARDEN SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE REQUESTING PERMISSION FOR STREET CLOSING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, BETWEEN 1:00 PM AND 9:00 PM TO HOLD THEIR HALLOWEEN PARADE.
AND THIS IS PERMISSION TO CLOSE OFF SOUTH ROAD BETWEEN HILLSIDE AVENUE, ALL THE WAY INTO LINCOLN PLACE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, BETWEEN 1:00 PM AND 9:00 PM BY THE PARKWAY GARDEN SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PERMISSION TO CLOSE OFF WAR WALBROOK ROAD BETWEEN GLENWOOD ROAD AND ROXBURY ROAD.
AND THIS IS A REQUEST BY THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL COUNCIL.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 4:30 PM UNTIL 9:30 PM AND THIS IS ALSO THEIR ANNUAL HOLLI HALLOWEEN EVENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS WALBROOK ROAD BETWEEN GLENWOOD GLENWOOD ROAD AND ROXBURY ROAD.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE REQUEST FROM THE EDGE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL REQUESTING AUTHOR AUTHORIZATION TO CLOSE HADDEN ROAD BETWEEN ARDSLEY ROAD AND IN VEES ROAD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 4:30 PM UNTIL 9:30 PM FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO HOLD THEIR HALLOWEEN EVENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT IS AUTHORIZED IN THE CLOSING
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OF RUTLAND ROAD, CAMDEN ROAD, WITHINGTON ROAD, CHD WORTH ROAD AND KEMPSTER ROAD, BETWEEN COSWORTH WOOL WAY AND HADDEN ROAD.AND THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING ON OCTOBER 31ST FROM 4:30 PM TO 9:30 PM AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, A REQUEST FROM THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO HOLD THEIR HALLOWEEN EVENT, RIGHT, THE RESOLUTION.
ALSO CLOSING JOYCE ROAD, JOYCE ROAD, WEST OF SHERBROOKE TO JOYCE ROAD.
JOYCE ROAD'S, DEAD END, ARDEN ROAD, SINCLAIR PLACE, AND HUNTLEY DRIVE, STANDISH PLACE.
AND ALL NORTH OF FARM ROAD, FARM ROAD, KENNETH ROAD, WEST OF SHERBROOKE, HOWARD PLACE, SOUTHERN ROAD AND BYWAY, EASTERN AND EAST WAY, BOTH SOUTH AND NORTHERN ROAD, NORTHWAY AND SOUTHWAY, WEST WAY AND EASTWAY, BOTH SOUTH OF NORTHWAY AND ALL CLOSINGS ARE BEING, UM, HELD IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA FOR THE AREA RESIDENTS TO HOLD THEIR HALLOWEEN PARADE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 9:00 PM.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE RELE RESOLUTION GIVEN PERMISSION TO CLOSE SHAW LANE BETWEEN ONE SHAW LANE AND 10 SHAW LANE ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST.
AND THIS IS IN FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HOLD THEIR, UH, THEIR ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY.
AND THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST FROM 5:00 PM TO 10:00 PM AND, UM, THIS WILL, THIS WILL CONCLUDE ALL THE ROAD CLOSINGS AND EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
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CORRECTION, SLIGHT CORRECTION.UM, THE, THE ACTUAL, UM, PARADE STARTS AT THREE, NOT TWO.
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SET UP FROM TWO O'CLOCK ON THREE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION.
AND THE NORTH ELMSFORD CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS HAVING A HOLLOWAY HALLOWEEN CANDY AND PREET GIVEAWAY OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT ERO PARK PARKING LOT IN ELMSFORD.
UM, UM, SO IF YOU LOOKING FOR CANDY, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
SO THIS SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA.
NO, 'CAUSE IT'S, NO, THIS WAS, UH, PARKING LOT.
IT'S NOT CLOSE AT THE SRO PARK.
UH, IT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN EVENT.
I JUST WANNA ALSO MENTION ONE OTHER THING THAT IS REALLY, UH, FANTASTIC.
UH, THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, THE TOWN, THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY'RE HAVING A REPAIR CAFE, UH, THIS, UH, SATURDAY FROM 11 TO THREE.
UH, THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND IT, WE HAD IT IN MAY AND IT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN COMPUTER, YOU GO TO THE REPAIR CAFE, IT'S FIXED FOR FREE.
IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN IPHONE, YOU GO TO THE REPAIR CAFE.
IF YOU HAVE A BROKEN BICYCLE, YOU GO TO THE REPAIR CAFE.
THERE'S VOLUNTEERS, THEY'LL FIX IT FOR FREE.
IF YOU HAVE JEWELRY THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, THEY'LL FIX IT FOR FREE.
UH, SO IT REALLY IS AN AMAZING, UH, PROGRAM.
THEY'VE DONE THESE REPAIR CAFES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE DONE IT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
BUT, UM, IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IN MAY THAT WE DECIDED TO DO IT WITH FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP, DECIDED TO SPONSOR IT AGAIN.
SO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS IF YOU WANT TO, UM, WE'LL HAVE SET TAXES.
YOU COULD GET SOMETHING DONE FOR FREE.
[ To consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Donald Park Fire Protection District for the year 2023]
HAVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS.AND, UM, THE FIRST HEARING IS, UM, TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENTS OF THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2023.
IS THAT A MOTION TO OPEN THE HEARING? YEAH, I MIGHT MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN THE HEARING.
ANYBODY LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? I'LL SAY SOMETHING VERY BRIEF.
SO, THE FIRE COMPANY FOR THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON HAS PROVIDED FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENTS IN THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, THIS IS AN AREA WHICH IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED TOWN, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF THE VILLAGE.
AND BOTH THE TOWN AND HASTINGS WISH TO CONTINUE THE CONTRACT FOR SUCH FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.
UM, THE PERIOD OF THIS CONTRACT IS JANUARY 1ST, 2023 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
THE REASON THAT HAPPENS IS, UM, THE AMOUNT IS CALCULATED BY LOOKING AT
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THE EXPENSES THAT THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, UM, PUTS FORTH IN THE PROCEEDING YEAR.AND THEN THEY HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE TOWN TO REIMBURSE SOME OF THOSE COSTS.
AND THE TOTAL COST PROPOSED FOR THIS CONTRACT IS $336,941.
AND IF I MIGHT SAY, MIGHT SAY, UM, IN THE PAST, PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONED WHY WE HAVE CONTRACTS LIKE THESE WITH OUTSIDE COMPANIES WHEN WE HAVE THREE FIRE DISTRICTS.
AND FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE NOT EASILY WITHIN REACH.
AND SO THE, THE POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE NEIGHBORING GREENBURG VILLAGE, UM, IS THEN, THEN, UM, CONTRACTED WITH.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT HELPS.
NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE DONALD PARK DISTRICT AND THE, THE HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY.
THERE WAS A WOMAN STUCK IN THE HOUSE, THEY GOT THE WOMAN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THE GAS LINE, THEY HAD A GAS EXPLOSION.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SAVE HER LIFE.
SO THIS IS WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE IN THESE CONTRACTS.
ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? SAL HAMIS? AL.
UM, MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT WE HAVE THIS STENOGRAPHER HERE AND WE OPENED THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 8 35, MEANING SHE HAD TO SIT HERE DOING NOTHING FOR AN HOUR AND FIVE MINUTES WHILE WE WENT THROUGH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GREENBURG.
AND WE HEARD AGAIN FOR THE ZILLION TIME ABOUT WESTCHESTER POWER.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? UH, WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THE LIST THAT WANTED TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC? I MEAN, YEAH.
PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO THIS MATTER.
OKAY, THEN I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
AND I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED ALL IN FAVOR TIME HERE.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup is required. A continuous five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking and will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. There will not be a second five minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.]
WE HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.AND JUST A REMINDER, THERE'S A ONE ROUND OF FIVE MINUTES EACH, THERE'S A CLOCK ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROOM AND THE CLOCK WILL BEGIN ONCE THE SPEAKER BEGINS.
UM, EVERYONE'S ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK HOWEVER, PERSONAL ATTACKS OF ANY KIND TOWARDS ANYONE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
FIRST WE HAVE COMMISSIONER TERENCE JACKSON.
I AM HERE, UM, AT A IDEA TO TALK ABOUT ONCE, UH, IT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN A LONG TIME BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 40 YEARS.
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE LAPSE IN THERE, UH, JUST ABOUT THAT, UH, THAT THE THEODORE YOUNG CENTER HAS BEEN HAVING COLLEGE TOURS, COLLEGE TOURS FOR STUDENTS, UH, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS, NOT TOO MANY SENIORS.
'CAUSE BY THAT TIME THEY SHOULD REALLY HAVE AN IDEA.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME AT TIMES AND IT HAPPENS TWICE, UH, DURING THE YEAR, NOVEMBER AND USUALLY MARCH, APRIL, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS FALL.
AND UH, WE JUST THOUGHT IT GOOD.
THAT BOARD MYSELF AND OTHERS, THOUGHT IT GOOD JUST TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT IS, HOW IT HAPPENS, UM, AND OF COURSE COST THAT MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTED TO IT.
THE AMAZING THING IS THAT TO THE TOWN, THERE IS NO COST TO THE STUDENT.
THERE IS A COST OF AT NOW BECAUSE OF RISING COSTS, $150, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FOR A THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY RETURN ON SUNDAY TRIP PER STUDENT, IT'S MUCH CLOSER TO $500 PER STUDENT.
UM, THERE ARE NUMEROUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND WHY WE FELT IT.
INFORMATION NEEDED TO JUST BE TOLD ONE MORE TIME.
UH, 'CAUSE IT HADN'T BEEN DONE IN A WHILE.
UH, BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT SEE CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE A TOWN, OR LET, LET'S GO THIS WAY FIRST.
WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THESE COLLEGES WELL IN ADVANCE AND WE TELL THEM WE COULD BE COMING TO YOU WITH PROBABLY 40
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TO 50 STUDENTS.AND THEY HAVE CERTAIN TIMES WHERE YOU CAN TAKE GROUPS OF THAT SIZE THROUGH THE COLLEGE AND THEY BASICALLY HAVE TO ADMIT YOU.
BUT WHEN THEY KNOW IT'S A GROUP OF THAT SIZE AND YOU'RE COMING FROM, UM, A MUNICIPALITY, UH, WORKING FOR THE MUNICIPALITY.
THEY KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET BOARD APPROVAL BEFORE YOU CAN GO.
THERE'S ALSO MANY THINGS GOING ON WITH, WE HAVE A HOTEL THAT WE HAVE TO GET.
THEY WILL GIVE US A RATE FOR ONLY TWO WEEKS.
OTHERWISE, THE RATE, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TRY AND LOOK ON, UH, UH, AN AIRPLANE FLIGHT AND YOU LOOK ONE DAY AND YOU GO BACK AND LOOK THE NEXT DAY, THE PRICE HAS GONE UP.
SO WE ARE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO PUT THE EXACT INFORMATION IN THE RESOLUTION.
HOWEVER, THE BOARD IS AWARE OF OUR INTENT.
SO WHEREAS IT READS GOING TO NUMEROUS COLLEGES IN THE CONNECTICUT AREA, UM, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN AT FIRST.
BUT IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS ON THURSDAY, LEAVING OUT AT, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR WAY TO SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE.
WE SHOULD MAKE IT THERE BY ONE 30.
AFTER THAT, THE STUDENTS WILL, UH, WE WILL GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT QUICKLY, UH, RUN THROUGH TARGET OR WALMART AGAIN, NOT SURE WHICH ONE.
JUST PUTTING OUR TIMES TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE PLACE.
THEY GRAB SOMETHING TO EAT, THEY GO BACK TO THE HOTEL AT THAT TIME.
UM, HOTEL WILL BE WITH, WE HAVE TWO ON HOLD AT THE MOMENT.
AS THIS IS DONE TONIGHT, WE WILL BE FIGURING OUT WHICH ONE THAT IS AND GETTING IT BACK OUT THERE.
UH, WE THEN GO FURTHER INTO, UM, LEAVING THE, UH, THAT AREA.
AND OUR NEXT SCHOOL IS BENTLEY UNIVERSITY.
THE NEXT SCHOOL IS, UH, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY.
THREE O'CLOCK THAT EVENING, WE WILL BE HAVING A SIT DOWN DINNER TALKING WITH THE STUDENTS.
THAT DINNER WILL BE, UH, PAID FOR BY THE FRIENDS OF TDYC COMMISSIONER AS WELL AS, YEP.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M, I'M RUN.
UM, THAT WE PAID FOR BY THE, UH, T-D-Y-C-C SATURDAY.
WE HAVE THE, UH, BOSTON UNIVERSITY ON SUNDAY.
UH, WE HEAD BACK EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THERE WAS ALSO A POSSIBLY MUSEUM, UH, OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
COULD NOT DO THAT UNTIL WE MADE SURE THAT WAS THE SCHOOL WE WERE GOING TO.
BUT WE DO HAVE IT ON OUR AGENDA TO GO.
BUT THERE'S MANY OTHER THINGS THAT GO ON.
THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS, WHO GOES, AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
OUR STUDENTS ARE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, PROBABLY SINCE THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OLD, OR, OR A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THEM, WE KNOW THEIR PARENTS.
WE KNOW HOW THEY ARE AND WE NEED TO GET, AND IF WE, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THEM AWAY FOR FOUR DAYS, UH, WITH CHAPERONES, WE WILL HAVE THREE CHAPERONES ON THE TRIP AS WELL.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 52 SPACES.
SOMETIMES ONE FALLS OFF AT THE END, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WE HAVE A BUS THAT HAS BEEN CHARTERED.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A CHARTERED BUS CALLS RIGHT COSTS RIGHT NOW? IT'S UNBELIEVABLE FOR THE PRICES.
SO ON THE RESOLUTION, IT SAYS, I'M ALMOST THERE.
IT SAYS, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $19,000.
IT SAYS THAT BECAUSE OF THESE LITTLE NUANCES THAT GO IN THERE, WE KNOW IT WILL NOT GO OVER THERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LOW EIGHTEENS, IF EVEN THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S KIND OF HOW WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE THINGS MOVE.
BUT IF EVER, AND I LEAD THIS TO EVERYONE, THERE IS A QUESTION.
MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN UNLESS I'M NOT IN IT.
YOU CAN FIND ME IN THE CENTER.
YOU CAN CALL ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
OUR INFORMATION IS FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.
BUT IT'S MOST HELPFUL WHEN WE KNOW THE STUDENT, WE KNOW THE PARENT, WE KNOW HOW IT WILL WORK, AND THEY TRUST US.
THANK YOU FOR A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? COME UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? PAT, DO YOU WANNA PUT IT IN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU CAN PUT IT IN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL STEP, YOU CAN DEPEND TO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, YOUR HONOR.
OH, YOU HAVE YOUR MIC? SHE HAS A MIC.
LET ME, LET ME JUST, IS IT, CAN I, YOU, IS THIS, ARE YOU, UM, ON THE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, I AM.
SO CAN CAN YOU, DO YOU MIND PENDING YOUR QUESTION TO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT
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AND MAYBE WE TAKE IT NO, I LIVE ORDER.I I DON'T, I I WOULD NOT LIKE TO DO THAT.
WELL, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT'S FINE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE AGENCY HERE, PHIL, FOR PHIL, WHAT IS IT? PHILANTHROPY, HAVE THEY CONTRIBUTED ANYTHING FOR GRANT MONEY TO FIND OUT TO REDUCE THAT PRICE? THAT'S EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH PRICE.
SO PHILANTHROPY IS VERY GOOD TO US IN FINDING FUNDING, UM, GRANTS THAT CAN BE USED FOR NUMEROUS THINGS.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ONE AT THE MOMENT FOR THAT.
WHEN DOES THAT PROGRAM START? GRANTS HAVE HAD, I'M SORRY.
GRANTS HAVE, UM, THEY'VE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND THEY'VE BEEN A LOT MORE SPECIFIC.
WHEN THEY HAD MORE LIBERAL ROOM, WE COULD DO THAT.
UM, BUT OUR STUDENTS BE, UH, BECAUSE GETTING THIS INFORMATION AND TRYING NOT TO LET THE PRICES GO UP WHEN WE FIRST CHECK ON 'EM, WE LEAVE ON NOVEMBER 14TH.
OKAY, THEN, SO THAT WOULDN'T HELP.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA DO IT NEXT YEAR.
SO COULD YOU START AHEAD FOR SURE.
AND START RAISING MONEY THEN NOW? YES, INDEED.
THIS IS REALLY A GREAT, A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, WHEN I LISTEN TO PAT, IF SOMEBODY, UH, CAN'T AFFORD, IF, IF SOMEBODY CAN'T AFFORD, WE, I REALLY FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE SCHOLARSHIPS JUST LIKE WE HAVE FOR THE CAMPS, UH, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE WEALTHY AND COULDN'T GO ON AT THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS, AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MORE SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, WITH TIME.
UH, THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT IS ELIGIBLE AT THE CENTER IS ALSO, UM, ELIGIBLE WITH CONDITIONS FOR THIS TRIP.
HOW MUCH IS IT? UH, IT DEPENDS UPON, UM, INCOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT FOR ONLY $150 THAT WE'RE ASKING, IT COULD DO WELL.
BUT, UH, THERE ARE SPECIFICS THAT DO GO WITH THAT.
I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
THIS, UH, SUMMER, UH, THERE WAS A GROUP FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY LIVE OUTSIDE THE AREA AND THEY MADE A SIGNIFICANT DONATION, UM, UH, UH, TO THE CENTER.
AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF, UM, ANY OF, UH, IF THERE'S LIKE FORMER, UM, STUDENTS WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YEARS LATER GIVEN BACK, UH, TO, UM, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE SORT OF NICE TO SAY, SPONSOR, LOOK, LOOK WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, THEY WENT ON THIS COLLEGE TOUR AND MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, AND NOW LOOK AT ALL THESE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE FEEL, WELL, WE REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS.
AS I SAID, UH, THERE'S NO TAXPAYER MONEY TO IT.
THE WAY IT GETS PAID IS BY OUR SPECIAL DONATIONS.
WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT GIVE BACK TO THE CENTER, BUT MANY OF THEM DON'T WANT ANY GLITZ, GLAMOR, OR THEIR NAME PUT TOWARDS IT.
I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THAT IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL IN INTRODUCING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO COLLEGES WHEN, AND DOING IT AS A GROUP IS, IS REALLY A WONDERFUL WAY FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE THANK I I JUST FEEL I AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I'M JUST WANTED TO SAY CONVERSATION ANYMORE THOUGH.
NO, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE REALLY TERRIFIC FOR THE TOWN TO DO IS TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, PEOPLE WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, YEARS LATER WHAT IT MEANT TO THEM.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE TOWN FOR THE, FOR THE FUTURE IS TO SHOW THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WENT ON THIS, UH, TRIP, AND BASICALLY IT MADE A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES, AND, UH, THEY COULD THEN COME BACK, UH, AND EVEN SPEAK AT A TOWN BOARD MEETING, SAY, SO MAYBE, SO MAYBE THE COMMISSIONER CAN HELP US IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WELL, I WAS THINKING, I WANTED OKAY.
LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW, KNOW, BUT I WANTED TO SAY AND DO MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ISSUE? OH, I DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL.
UM, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE A FULL STATEMENT ON HOW I WAS BLESSED AND HOW I AM NOW A GRADUATE OF MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE OF THE TRIP THAT WE MADE IN 1985.
AND THAT IS WHERE I MADE MY DECISION TO GO TO AN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE BECAUSE WE HAD DID A, A TOUR.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YOU WERE ON THAT TOUR WITH ME AND THAT'S HOW YOU ENDED UP AT HAMPTON UNIVERSITY.
SO, AND THERE'S YOUR ANSWER, MR. SUPERVISOR.
BUT Y'ALL MISSED MY MAIN POINT.
AND MY MAIN POINT WAS I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FOR THE
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OFFICE OF PHILANTHROPY, THAT WE MANAGED TO PUT SOMETHING DOWN FOR A PROGRAM AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR GRANTS.SO THAT MONEY WILL BE THERE BEFORE WE EVEN START.
MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, TOWN ATTORNEY, MR. DANKO, TOWN CLERK, HONORABLE NERO.
UM, WE STAND HERE TODAY, THE FAIRVIEW AREA DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADERS, UM, TO ADVOCATE.
ADVOCATE, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE STREET NAME, UH, INDIAN TRAIL, UH, TO BE NAMED AFTER MRS. CLEO OLIVER.
UH, WE DO KNOW THAT YOU HAD A WORK SESSION YESTERDAY.
NOT SURE HOW THAT PANNED OUT, BUT, UH, SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER AND I SPOKE PREVIOUSLY ON THIS TOPIC MULTIPLE TIMES, AND, UM, I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF IT.
THEY'RE IN FULL SUPPORT OF IT.
AS A LIFETIME, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF FAIRVIEW GREENBURG, HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY IS ASTRONOMICAL.
UM, SHE SERVED ON THE GREENBURG DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR DECADES.
SHE FOUGHT HARD TO GET DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ELECTED.
SHE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR TOWN ISSUES THAT IMPACTED THE FAIRVIEW AREA COMMUNITY.
HER INVOLVEMENT IN LOCAL POLITICS SPAN SEVERAL DECADES.
UH, SHE WAS A DEDICATED FAIRVIEW AREA DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADER, AND LATER BECOMING THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE SAME COMMITTEE.
UH, SHE WAS MY PREDECESSOR AS WELL.
UH, BEFORE I BECAME CHAIR, SHE TAUGHT ME MUCH AND LED BY EXAMPLE.
SHE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HILLSIDE WINDOVER CIVIC ASSOCIATION, VICE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF GREENBERG CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AND A POLICE ADVISOR BOARD MEMBER FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
SHE CO-HOSTED THE CABLE TV PROGRAM, THE THREE CS, WHICH STOOD CLEO, CORA, AND, UH, COMMUNITY WITH MRS. CORA CAREY.
SHE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS, ACCOLADES, AND CITATIONS FOR HER SERVICE AS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.
THIS IS JUST A SMALL SNIPPET OF HER, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN GREENBURG AND PARTICULARLY FAIRVIEW, UH, ALL WHILE BEING A WIFE AND A MOTHER TO HER FAMILY.
HER CONTRIBUTION IS UNMEASURABLE AND ABSOLUTELY SHE DESERVES THIS RECOGNITION.
UH, WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY.
UH, BY ASKING FOR THE STREET INDIAN TRAIL, WHICH SHE LIVED FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, UM, BE NAMED AFTER MRS. CLEO OLIVER.
I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT.
AND NOT THAT I'M SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT YOU BEING
AND THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, THE SIDEWALK.
I CAN'T, I ADVOCATED FOR OUR SIDEWALK ON HILLSIDE AVENUE HILL.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AGAIN.
THANK YOU, DITO, TO WHAT SHE SAID.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING, UM, SYDNEY COLLEGE, BUT WHEN TERRENCE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE COLLEGE TOUR, MY DAUGHTER IS A PRODUCT OF THE COLLEGE, COLLEGE TOUR.
SHE WENT TO VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND SHE GO, SHE DID GO ON THE COLLEGE TOUR AND THEY WERE GOING FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
SO THE COLLEGE TOUR IS DEFINITELY A HELP.
AND THAT MADE HER DECIDE TO GO TO A HBC TOO AS WELL.
AND MY AUNT WAS VIRGINIA STATE.
AND THE WESTCHESTER BLACK WOMEN POLITICAL CAUCUS ALSO HONORED KHALIL OLIVER POSTHUMOUSLY, UM, WITH THE LEGACY AWARDS.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, JUDITH BEVILLE.
UH, AS I HAVE MENTIONED TO THE CURRENT TOWN CLERK MANY TIMES, UM, WHEN YOU INTRODUCE A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL, THE PROPER INTRODUC INTRODUCTION IS TO SAY THE HONORABLE JUDITH APE
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AS GO GIRL PAUL.UM, FINER JUST STATED A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE HAVE TO SHOW THE VALUE OF THE THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
WELL, A SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT WAY OF DOING THAT, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, IS TO MEMORIALIZE, UM, MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHAT IT IS.
FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, GREW UP, WHO GREW UP IN THE MANHATTAN AVENUE, MANHATTAN PARK SECTION OF, OF FAIRVIEW, GRADUATED, UM, UH, FROM GREENBERG AND WHITE PLAINS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND, AND ATTENDED COLLEGE WITH, RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, DEDICATED MAJORITY OF, UH, HER CAREER TO UPLIFTING HER COMMUNITY.
FROM ITS INCEPTION, BARBARA WORKED WITH TED YOUNG FOR WHOM THE BUILDING IS NAMED AFTER, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ADVOCATES, SUCH AS MY SISTER, LYNN BEVILLE, GARY HUGHES, UH, JOHNNY JONES, BIG JIM HARRIS, AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHERS IN CREATING AND DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS AT THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, BARBARA RALLIED MOTHERS TO APPEAL TO THE TOWN FOR SAFE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND EVENTUALLY BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE DAY CAMP AT THE FAIRVIEW, THE THEN FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY CENTER, DRIVEN BY A PASSION TO BRING MORE PURPOSEFUL PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SHE SPENT 16 MONTHS WORKING DIRECTLY FOR THE TOWN, UM, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, AND LATER RETURNED TO THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
SHE WROTE A PROPOSAL THAT RESULTED IN A GRANT OF CLOSE TO $3 MILLION TO BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE THEATER AT DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
NOW WE HAVE, UM, A RECORDS ROOM HERE IN TOWN HALL NAMED AFTER A WOMAN, UH, A CAUCASIAN WOMAN.
WE HAVE ART GALLERIES NAMED AFTER INDIVIDUALS.
WE HAVE, UM, CONFERENCE ROOMS NAMED AFTER, UH, RESIDENTS OF TOWN, UM, AND, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION.
CAN WE, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE QUIET IN THE AUDIENCE? THANK YOU.
UM, WE HAVE THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER NAMED AFTER JERRY BYRNE, WHO WAS AGAIN, UH, 30 YEARS OR MORE, UM, AS A, UH, EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMMISSIONER HERE IN THE TOWN.
UM, WE HAVE THE, UH, THE TOWN HAS NAMED THE PAVILION FOR, UM, AT THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, MITE PARK, UM, THAT, UH, HOSTS THE JAZZ CONCERT THAT BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE CREATED, UH, AFTER A A ANOTHER GENTLEMAN.
AND IT JUST SEEMS, DOESN'T SEEM LOGICAL THAT, THAT, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT I WROTE AND PROPOSED TO THE TOWN WELL OVER A YEAR AGO, TO NAME THE, TO, TO NAME THE SECOND FLOOR OF THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE EXTENSION SHOULD GO, UM, WITHOUT A RESPONSE.
UM, TO NORMALIZE THE BEHAVIOR OF THIS BOARD, OF NOT RESPONDING TO RESIDENTS RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS IS TO SAY IN EFFECT THAT IT'S OKAY TO JUST NOT RESPOND.
UH, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THEATER DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF T-D-Y-C-C HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT A, UH, A WALL PLAQUE BE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE UPDATES, JUDITH, FOR YOU.
THAT A WALL PLAQUE, UM, HUNG IN HONOR OF BARBARA WATSON PRAIRIE THAT DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO THAT ALONE, DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO HER CONTRIBUTIONS.
I THINK THAT THE WALL HANGING IS A GREAT IDEA.
HOWEVER, SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SECOND FLOOR EXTENSION, AND THEREFORE THE, THE FLOOR SHOULD BE NAMED IN HER HONOR, A COMMEMORATIVE NAME IN HER HONOR.
TERRENCE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US TO SPEAK, TO RESPOND? SURE.
ONLY MS. NOW I LIKE THAT THIS WILL RESPOND TO THE
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HELLO ALL, UM, RESPONDING ON THAT.SO THE THEODORE D YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER ADVISORY BOARD, A GREAT BOARD THAT HAS DONE A LOT WITH US, FOR US AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
WHEN THE TOWN BOARD GAVE THE TASK TO THE ADVISORY BOARD, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND OF COURSE I AM IN THE MEETINGS, UM, THAT THEY WERE SO, UH, WANTED TO FIND OUT IS WHERE THE EXISTING FAMILY WAS AT WITH THINGS.
WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? UM, I HAPPEN TO ATTEND SCHOOL WITH BOTH OF THEM, JASON BEFORE ME, UH, JEN BEHIND ME.
AND, UM, UH, IT WAS A TOUGH TIME AT FIRST FOR THEM, UH, TO REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED, MOVE FORWARD AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THE REQUEST THAT, UH, YOU SO ELOQUENTLY PUT FORWARD HAS DEFINITELY BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT AND HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS THE ADVISORY BOARD.
AND MANY THINGS HAD BEEN BOUGHT UP.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, UM, BARBARA AS A, UH, A MENTOR OF MINE, SEE, I'D KNOWN HER FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND, UH, SHE HAD SOME WORDS FOR ME,
BUT, UH, SO IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT.
AND THE PIECE THAT MADE IT HAPPEN WAS THE UNDERSTANDING.
AND BARB WOULD EVEN SAY, YOU KNOW, I HELPED PUSH THIS ACROSS THE GATE.
AND SHE KNEW THAT, BUT I PUSHED IT ACROSS THE GATE AND I PUSHED A LOT OF THINGS ACROSS THE GATE.
UM, AND, UH, A RECOGNITION DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I CAN TELL YOU TODAY THAT THE, UH, CHILDREN AND THE ADVISORY BOARD HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION TO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD, HOPEFULLY NOVEMBER, DEFINITELY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT WILL BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THAT IS BEING REQUESTED OF THE HONOR.
IT IS POWERFUL AS IT SHOULD BE AS SHE WAS.
THANK YOU, MR. WHAT WAS REQUESTED? WHAT WAS MY QUESTION? NO, THAT YOU STATED THAT, UM, ALL WAS, I'M SORRY, THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION.
WE REALLY ARE HOLDING A BOARD MEETING AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT IT, IT, IT WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL TO HAVE, WHEN YOU'RE READY TO RELEASE THAT, TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING AT THEODORE YOUNG PAT, AND, AND WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION GIVEN TO US IN A CELEBRATORY WAY.
NO, I DON'T WANT IT IN A CELEBRATORY WAY.
IT'S JUST, THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION.
PAT, THE NEXT SPEAKER, WELL, IT, IT WILL BE SUBMITTED AND THEN PRESENT.
A PROPO A PROPOSAL WILL BE SUBMITTED.
I ACTUALLY ENJOY WHEN WE HAVE THESE DIALOGUES.
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND FOR CONVERSATIONS TO GO ON.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TONIGHT ON LENGTHY PROGRAMS THAT YOU WANT IT TO PRESENT.
HEY, MAYBE THE PUBLIC HAS SOME RIGHTS.
THAT'S WHY I KEEP ASKING HIM TO RUN FOR TOWN SUPERVISOR, WHICH HE REFUSES.
HOWEVER, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I DISAGREE ALL THIS TONIGHT ABOUT THE TOURS IS BECAUSE OF ME, BECAUSE I RAISED SOME POINTS.
40 YEARS YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING THESE TOURS.
WELL, I'VE BEEN IN GREENBERG SINCE 1994.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN ANYONE EXPLAIN THE TOURS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE I REQUESTED IT, NOT BECAUSE YOU DID.
AND WHY DID YOU REQUEST IT? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT SENT YOU EMAIL IMPORTANT PUBLIC.
AND WHERE'S THAT? JUST SAYING THE WORK SESSION LAST NIGHT, I ASKED ABOUT THE DETAIL.
MR. DANKO, I'M KEEPING TRACK OF THE TIME TOWN CLERK, BUT YOU'RE
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A LITTLE SLOW ON THE INTERRUPTIONS FROM THE TOWN BOARD, AREN'T YOU? YOU CAN CONTINUE YOUR TIME.BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AND ENJOY IT.
UH, WHAT TERRANCE DIDN'T SAY WAS, IN ALL THIS FREE MONEY, THAT 19,000 OR UP TO 19,000 KIND OF DWARFS WHAT WAS DONE IN 1923, 2023, WHERE IT WAS UP TO $13,000.
SO HERE WE ARE IN BUDGET SEASON, AND YOU EVEN HAD TURNS IN AT YOUR WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY AND YOU BATTED BACK AND FORTH ALL THE STUFF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SEE HOW MUCH HAS GONE, WE'RE RAISING INFLATION AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.
SO WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUESTIONING, YOU NEVER RAISED THAT QUESTION OF TERRANCE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE DIDN'T RESPOND TO IT TODAY.
SO THAT'S, WE ALL KNOW THE COST HAVE GONE UP BECAUSE OF COVID AND SUPPLY CHAINS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, NOW THE GOOD NEWS THAT I WANT TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT IS THAT I'M NEVER GONNA BE SENDING YOU EMAILS OR ADDRESSING AT PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GONE PAST THE FAIL SAFE POINT, AS I'VE SAID ALL ALONG.
EITHER YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM OR YOU'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
YOU'VE ELECTED TO REMAIN PART OF THE PROBLEM.
ON WEDNESDAY, I WILL HAVE FINISHED COPY MAKING COPIES AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
IT'LL BE FEDEXED AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
UM, AND GUESS I'VE GOT NOTHING MORE TO SAY.
ANYTHING ELSE, PAT, WES, AND, UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHY I'M HERE AGAIN.
AND IT'S TO DISCUSS TOWN COMPLICITY, DUPLICITY AND DOUBLE STANDARDS.
EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT BIAS REGARDING THE MANNER OF IMPLE, UM, IMPLEMENTING DISSEMINATING PROCEDURES WITHIN THE ENTIRE ENTIRE TOWN OF RACIST GREENBERG.
AND I WOULD HATE TO USE THAT WORD FOR GREENBERG BECAUSE I GREW UP HERE.
I'M GONNA START WITH THE MURAL BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE STILL IN THE SAME PLACE.
THREE JEWISH PEOPLE MADE A STATEMENT THAT THEIR TAX DOLLAR WAS FOR THAT MURAL AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME HERE AND SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO THEREFORE, I'M GONNA SAY THINGS ABOUT THEM.
HOW MANY TIMES HAS EVERYBODY TRAVELED DOWN MANHATTAN AVENUE? AND WHY IS THE MURAL THERE AND WHAT IT IS THERE FOR? IT'S THERE FOR THE STUDENTS, THE YOUNG CHILDREN HERE IN GREENBURG TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BASKETBALL PLAYER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BASEBALL PLAYER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MUSICIAN.
AND SEE, THE NARRATIVE OF THIS IS, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR THE WHITE MAN, JEWISH WHITE MAN.
ALSO YOU TWO SAMS BUT YOU DON'T, IT DOESN'T FIT YOU.
AND, UM, DIDN'T MAKE EXCEPTIONS.
UH, YEAH, I MADE AN EXCEPTION.
I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SUPPORTED THE MIRUM AND STATED THAT FARRAKHAN, THE HONORABLE MINISTER FARRAKHAN, WAS NOT WORTHY TO BE UP THERE BECAUSE HE'S ANTISEMITIC.
I'M SEMITIC, I'M UP FROM SLAVERY.
SO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE JEWISH ARE NOT SUBMITTED.
AND, UH, PASSAGE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT UNDER THE JOHN JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION AND, UM, TO BE A CITE.
THEY STATE IT'S YOUR, YOUR LANGUAGE AND YOUR BONE STRUCTURE.
SO MOST OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE HERE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY ARE EUROPEAN JEWS, YOU KNOW, HELLO, BOTTOM LINE.
SO I WANNA KNOW, WHY ARE THEY GONNA TELL ME WHO I SHOULD HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM? I WANT THE CHILDREN COMING UP TO REALIZE THAT THE FIGHT IS STILL ON.
THE STRUGGLE IS STILL ON THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
WHEN I WENT THROUGH SCHOOL HERE IN GREENBURG, I HAD FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THE 12TH GRADE, TWO BLACK TEACHERS, WHOLE BUNCH OF JEWISH TEACHERS, WHITE TEACHERS, BUT ONLY TWO BLACK ONES FROM GRADE KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE.
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BLACK TEACHERS DID YOU HAVE IN YOUR CLASS? I MEAN, THAT YOU HAD, HE'S THINKING NO.YOU HAD 7, 7, 7 TEACHERS THAT YOU WENT TO FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THE FIRST GRADE.
UH, 12TH GRADE ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEVENTH UHHUH
HOW MANY DID YOU HAVE? YOU WENT TO VAL HALL? THAT'S STILL GREENBURG ABOUT ABOUT THREE.
I BELIEVE YOU WENT TO GREENBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL.
HOW MANY UH, BLACK TEACHERS DID YOU HAVE? TERRANCE AND I WERE IN THE SAME GRADE.
SO YOU HAD AROUND SEVEN MM-HMM.
HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE ON GREENBERG STAFF RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE.
AND WE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN AND THREE AND 10 ALL TOGETHER.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? NOW YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE SECOND FLOOR OF, UM, TOWN HALL AND PUT ON THERE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPORTS THAT LIVED IN GREENBURG AND GREW UP IN GREENBURG, UM, AND HAVE IT SORT OF LIKE A, A LITTLE MUSEUM.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR Y'ALL TO COME TO THE DECISION THAT JERRY BURNS NAME IS GONNA BE ON THE, UH, RECREATION, UM, SECTION OF, UH, TOWN, TOWN GREENBURG? HOW LONG? YEAH.
AND I'M STILL ARGUING OVER BARBARA PERRY FOR TWO YEARS.
AND Y'ALL PUT, WE PUT UP THERE CARTER'S NAME OR WHATEVER HIS NAME WAS FOR DOING THE JAZZ PAVILION.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION.
I DON'T NEED PEOPLE SPEAKING UP FOR ME.
I DO THAT VERY WELL, ALL BY MYSELF.
AND IF YOU'RE WHITE, JEWISH, WHATEVER YOU WANNA BE, AND YOU'RE GONNA GET IN MY FACE AND TELL ME WHO I SHOULD FIND THAT SHOULD BE ACTUALLY LIFTED FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
I GOT THREE PAGES HERE, SO THAT'S JUST ONE HALF.
WHEN I GET FINISHED, Y'ALL WILL CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S DISCRIMINATION HERE AND I DON'T NEED WHITE PEOPLE TO TELL ME WHO I CAN HOLD IN HIGH ESTEEM.
AND THE GENTLEMAN CAN COME FOR HIS MICROPHONE.
ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST, UH, WANTED JUST START WITH THE YEAH, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT IF YOU LOOK ON, IF YOU GOOGLE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, THERE'S SOMETHING SAYING FARHAN IN HIS OWN WORDS AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THE WORDS THAT FARRAKHAN HAD SAID THAT ARE SO OFFENSIVE, UH, TO MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
BUT I, PAUL, WOULD YOU START THE MEETING PLEASE? YEAH, BUT I'M SORRY, PAUL, A BACK FORTH.
WE CAN'T GET TO BACK AND FORTH NOW.
[ TB 1 - 10/23/2024 Resolution ratifying a Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 1000 AFSCME AFL-CIO to reassign and ratify the title of Payroll Clerk to Group VII in the current agreement]
YOU, LET'S, WE'VE GOTTA SPEND MEETING RESOLUTION RATIFYING A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO MEMO OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION TO REASSIGN AND RATIFY THE TITLE OF PAYROLL CLERK TO GROUP, UM, SEVEN IN THE, UH, CURRENT AGREEMENT.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ TB 2 - 10/23/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Supervisor to execute an agreement with the Housing Trust Fund Corporation ("HTFC"), represented by the Office of Resilient Homes and Communities to accept a grant from the NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) RISC Program to study, evaluate and develop a capital improvement plan for the Sheldon Brook Drainage area]
AYE.UH, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, UH, REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF BRAZILIAN HOMES AND COMMUNITIES TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, UH, PROGRAM TO STUDY, EVALUATE, AND DEVELOP A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE SHELDON BROOK DRAINAGE AREA.
[ TB 3 - 10/23/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Grant-Agreement for the elevation of six single-family dwellings located at 9, 34, 47, 50, 51 Babbit Court and 2329 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Elmsford) (Held over to Town Board Meeting of November 13, 2024)]
AYE.UH, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD, UM, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR BEING HELD OVER PAUL.
[ AT 1 - 10/23/2024 Resolution authorizing an agreement with WestCOP to provide social services to the Town of Greenburgh for calendar year 2024, at a cost not to exceed $16,837 plus up to $400 reimbursement for meal delivery mileage expenses documented to the satisfaction of the Town Comptroller]
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH WEST CUP TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR RELU FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 16,837 PLUS UP TO 400 REIMBURSEMENT FOR MA MAIL, UH, DELIVERY MILEAGE EXPENSES DOCUMENTED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE TOWN CONTROLLER.[ CL 1 - 10/23/2024 Resolution authorizing going to bid for the printing and typesetting of the Town of Greenburgh’s Spring/Summer 2025 and Fall/Winter 2025/2026 guide to programs, activities and services]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GOING TO BID FOR THE PRINTING AND TYPESETTING OF THE, UH, TOWN OF GREENBURG SPRING, SUMMER, UH, 2025 AND FALL, WINTER 2020 5 26 GUIDE TO PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR,
[ CL 2 - 10/23/2024 Resolution authorizing closing Walbrooke Road between Glenwood Road and Roxbury Road, on Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 4:30 pm until 9:30 pm, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold a Halloween event]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING WALLBURG ROAD BETWEEN GLENWOOD.
VOTED OH ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST FROM FOUR 30 TO 9:30 PM FOR THE EDGE ONE COMMUNITY COUNCIL TILL THE HALLOWEEN EVENT.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 3 - 10/23/204 Resolution authorizing closing Hadden Road between Ardsley Road and Inverness Road, on Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 4:30 pm until 9:30 pm, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold a Halloween event]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING HADDEN ROAD BETWEEN ARDSLEY ROAD AND IN VEES ROAD ON THURSDAY,
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OCTOBER 31ST FROM FOUR 30 TO 9:30 PM FOR THE EDGE.ONE COMMUNITY COUNCIL TOLD A HALLOWEEN EVENT.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 4 - 10/23/2024 Resolution authorizing closing Rutland Road, Campden Road, Withington Road, Chedworth Road and Kempster Road between Cotswold Way and Hadden Road on Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 4:30 pm until 9:30 pm, for the Edgemont Community Council to hold a Halloween event.]
AYE.RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING.
RUTLAND ROAD, CAMDEN ROAD, UH, WITHINGTON ROAD.
CHADWICK ROAD, KEMPSEY ROAD, UH, BETWEEN COSAL AND HADDEN ROAD ON OCTOBER 31ST FROM FOUR 30 TO 9:30 PM UH, FOR A HALLOWEEN EVENT.
[ CD 1 - 10/23/2024 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh supporting the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for planning and zoning services associated with a New York State Department of State Smart Growth Zoning Grant related to the Four Corners portion of the Town as envisioned through the Four Corners Redevelopment Plan]
AYE.RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SUPPORTING THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SMART GROWTH ZONING GRANT RELATED TO THE FOUR CORNERS PORTION OF THE TOWN AS ENVISIONED THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN
[ CR 1 - 10/23/2024 Resolution authorizing personnel from the Department of Community Resources to travel to various colleges and universities in Connecticut and Massachusetts from November 14, 2024 through November 17, 2024, at a total cost not to exceed $19,000, $7,800 of which will be paid by program participants]
FAVOR, AYE.UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERSONNEL, UH, FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, UM, RESOURCES TO TRAVEL TO VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS FROM NOVEMBER 14TH THROUGH THE 17TH AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 19,000, UM, 7,800 OF WHICH WILL BE PAID BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
[ CO 1 - 10/23/2024 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2024 budget transfers]
AYE.AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2024.
[ CO 2 - 10/23/2024 Resolution approving a budget amendment for Fiscal Year 2024 to the consolidated sewer fund and the capital fund for the East Hartsdale Ave sewer main relining]
AYE.AND RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER FUND AND THE CAPITAL FUND FOR THE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
UM, MAIN, UM, AVENUE SEWER MAIN RELINING.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE EVERY ADJOURN SECOND.