* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY. [ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1525 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: JDudek@Greenburghny.com https://ny-greenburgh.civicplus.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings] OKAY. UH, WELCOME TARA TOWN BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS DECEMBER 17TH AND, UM, IT'S ALMOST, WE'RE ONLY 15 MINUTES LATE, UM, WHICH IS A RECORD. UM, SO, UM, WELCOME, FUNNY , UM, AND NO, WHEN FROM LAST WEEK. IT'S A RECORD. OH, USUALLY. AND, AND CAN I JUST POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND COUNCILMAN SHEHAN IS ON ZOOM. SO, IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND TOWN LAWS AND CODES. GREAT. SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM, UH, THE COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, UH, TERRANCE JACKSON. THANK YOU, PLEASE. AND IF I CAN BRING FORWARD THE, OUR, UH, CHAIRPERSON FOR THE, UM, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES ADVISORY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD EVENING. ALL FOR THE, UM, FOR THE PEOPLE LISTENING IN, WOULD YOU JUST ADDRESS IT? UM, GIVE THEM EVERYBODY YOUR NAME. SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY. I AM ETTE SWAY LIPTON, CHAIR OF THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER'S ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU. TWO THOSE FOR ME. THANK YOU. AND FRANCIS, I EMAILED THE DOCUMENT THAT I JUST HANDED OUT TO YOU ALL EARLIER, FIVE O'CLOCK, THINKING NOBODY WOULD LOOK AT IT. AND PAUL ALREADY RESPONDED, HOW ABOUT THAT? AND I READ IT. AH, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS MOMENT OF YOUR TIME. UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, I GIVE IT TO YOU. YEAH. SO WHAT WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST TO SUPPORT THE, UH, ADVISORY BOARDS, THE COMMUNITY CENTER'S, UM, DESIRE TO HONOR MS. BARBARA PERRY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WAS THE FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER, I WANNA SAY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BUT DEFINITELY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO I AM GOING TO, IF I MAY, READ OUR LETTER OF PROPOSAL. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, T-D-Y-C-C, COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD COMMISSIONERS, AND JASON PERRY. AND JASON AND JENNIFER PERRY, THE CHILDREN OF BARBARA WATSON PERRY, OUR DEPARTMENT'S FIRST COMMISSIONER AND FIRST FEMALE COMMISSIONER IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. WE ARE REQUESTING YOUR SUPPORT IN HONORING COMMISSIONER PERRY'S EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS BY NAMING THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, THE BARBARA WATSON PERRY SECOND FLOOR EXTENSION. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE TO COMMISSIONER PERRY'S EFFORTS IN EXPANDING THE FACILITY AND THE REACH OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMS. WHILE WE RECOGNIZED COMMISSIONER PERRY WAS NOT SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE SECOND FLOOR, THE CULMINATION OF HER DETERMINATION, DRIVE, AND PASSION FOR EDUCATING, ELEVATING, AND UPLIFTING HER COMMUNITY LED TO ITS EXPANSION. WE FURTHER RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING THE MANY OTHERS WHO SUPPORTED THE EXPANSION AND THOSE WHO MAKE CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CENTER IN ITS 54 YEARS OF EXISTING BY CREATING A HISTORIC WALK DOWN THE SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY. THIS DISPLAY OF THE BUILDING'S FULL HISTORY THROUGH PICTURES, ARTICLES, AND MORE, WILL BE A GREAT UNDERTAKEN TIME WILL BE NEEDED TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO CREATE THIS DESIGN. BUT THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL SECOND STEP IN THIS PROPOSAL. IN THE MEANTIME, WE FEEL IT NECESSARY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO COMMISSIONER PERRY'S LEADERSHIP IN EVOLVING THE FACILITY AND ITS PROGRAMS BY NAMING THE SECOND FLOOR IN HER HONOR HOME TO OUR DANCE STUDIO, COMPUTER LAB CLASSROOMS, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT SUITE, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE. THE SECOND FLOOR PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR DIVERSE PROGRAMMING AND IS ESSENTIAL IN DAILY OPERATION. COMMISSIONER PERRY'S HEARTFELT PASSION AND VISION ALSO LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POOL, EXPANDED DAY CAMP JAZZ IN THE PARK AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. HER NUMEROUS ACHIEVEMENTS AS COMMISSIONER FROM 1993 TO 2000 CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE OUR PROGRAMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. TO THIS DAY, ATTACHED IS A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE DESIGN [00:05:01] WE'D LIKE TO USE TO COMMEMORATE COMMISSIONER PERRY. IT CONSISTS OF A LEADERSHIP THEMED WORD CLOUD SURROUNDING COMMISSIONER PERRY'S PICTURE ABOVE A CELEBRATORY BRONZE PLAQUE. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE ADVISORY BOARD'S REQUEST TO HONOR HER IN THIS WAY, TO ENSURE THE ACHIEVEMENTS REMAIN A PART OF THE HISTORY, THE THIS HISTORIC BUILDING'S LEGACY. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, . SO, UM, PER THE LETTER YOU SAID THAT, UM, JASON AND JENNIFER ARE OKAY, THEY'RE ONBOARD 125%. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. I KNOW THAT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, HOW TO HONOR HER. THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE FULLY ENGAGED AND THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, WERE OKAY WITH WHAT WAS GONNA GO FORWARD. IT, UM, UH, WE TOOK SOME REAL TIME TO DO THIS PROPERLY MM-HMM . AND WITH NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, JENNIFER AND JASON AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT PIECES. UH, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT CAME OUT AND IT DID TAKE THAT TIME THROUGH THEIR GRIEVING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BUT, UM, THEY ARE FULL ON BOARD AND, UM, UH, WHEREAS THIS IS SOMETHING WE'D LOVE TO DO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, BUT, UH, TO GET THIS IN THE WAY, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SECOND PAGE, IS A LITTLE DIAGRAM OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH I THINK IS JUST GONNA LOOK AMAZING ON THAT FLOOR AGAINST THE BRICK WALL. BUT, UM, UH, GIVING IT A LITTLE TIME TO, TO GET THAT TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN, WE THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HOLD A CEREMONY WHERE THIS COULD BE UNVEILED ABSOLUTELY. IN MARCH DURING HISTORY, WOMEN'S HISTORY. PERFECT. PERFECT. YEAH, I JUST THINK THIS IS LIKE, SO ENT, I'M SORRY, PAUL. TALK TO TINA. TALK TO TINA. JUST TALK TO TINA. SO I JUST WANNA COMMEND THE ADVISORY BOARD. I'VE HAD BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YOUR MEETINGS. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AND CAREFUL PROCESS. I THINK YOU'VE COME UP WITH A REALLY WONDERFUL SOLUTION, AND I THINK THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WILL REALLY EMBRACE IT. UM, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL WAY TO HONOR THOSE ALSO WHO HELPED TO MAKE THE CENTER WHAT IT IS, THE, THE, YOU KNOW. YEAH. IT CELEBRATES THE WHOLE HISTORY RIGHT POINT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT POINT, BECAUSE DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, IT DID COME UP ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, COMMUNITY THAT WERE ALSO INSTRUMENTAL, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY BIG, BIG UNDERTAKING. AND WE WANTED TO AT LEAST START WITH THIS. AND THEN WE WOULD PROCEED AS, UH, NOTED IN OUR, UM, REQUEST, WHICH, WHICH SHOWS OUR HISTORY, UH, OF JUST THE ADVISORY BOARD. VICKI SIMMONS, UH, WAS THERE DURING THAT TIME FRAME OF BUILDING . AND SHE COULD SAY, YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT SHE WAS VERY PROUD WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. THAT'S GREAT. AND A NEW WAY TO HONOR PEOPLE. UM, I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, BUT GO AHEAD. YOU GO FIRST, UH, SINCE ON CAMERA AND OTHERS ARE THERE, THIS WILL BE THE TIME FOR ALL OF US TO CONNECT WITH THOSE HISTORIANS TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BARBARA AND NOW JEN, HAVE A LOT OF IT. UM, BUT, UH, THIS IS BIG. AND, UH, GETTING IT IN AND THEN COPYING IT AND FIGURING OUT A DISPLAY AND ALL WILL BE WONDERFUL, BUT IT WILL BE AN UNDERTAKING THAT WILL TAKE SOME TIME. SO IS THIS THE FINAL MOCKUP OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE, OKAY, SO THAT'S JUST A ROUGH DRAFT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE, JUST WHAT WE ENVISION. YEAH. IT IS, IT IS, I WOULD SAY CLOSE FROM A, KEEPING THE MONETARY LEVEL OF IT IN ORDER, UM, BUT SLIGHT CHANGES. YEAH. OKAY. DEFINITELY CAN BE HELPFUL. I REALLY LIKE IT. THIS IS JUST AS I, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT MORE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, UH, NOUNS THAN KEEP REPEATING THE SAME ONES OVER AND OVER, UNLESS THAT'S THE INTENTION. NO, I ONLY DID THAT TO DESIGN IT QUICKLY FOR YOU. , I ASSUME THAT, I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. YEAH. THAT'S WHY PARTS OF THE WORD DEVELOPMENT ARE, ARE MISSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I KNEW IT WAS PUT TOGETHER JUST TO GIVE IT AS A CONCEPT, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT I THINK THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, OTHER ATTRIBUTES THAT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO HER THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE ON THAT. IN FACT, THE FAMILY MIGHT, IN OUR MEETINGS, WE ARE, WE HAVE ABOUT A LIST OF 60 WORDS ABOUT THAT'S, AND SO, TO YOUR POINT, UH, FRANCIS, HI, GOOD TO SEE YOU. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY WORDS, YOU KNOW, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES THAT YOU FEEL WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE HERE, JUST SUBMIT THEM TO US. AND ANYONE ELSE THAT'S LISTENING CAN HEAR US. IF YOU HAVE ANY NOUNS OR ADJECTIVES. AND WHAT THESE PROGRAMS DO, THEY POPULATE THEM AS YOU SEE HERE. MM-HMM. BUT THE WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN MOST REPEATED ARE THE WORDS THAT ARE MORE HIGHLIGHTED. MM-HMM . SO LEADERSHIP PROBABLY CAME UP [00:10:01] MORE THAN ANY OTHER MM-HMM . ANY OF THE OTHER WORDS. SO THAT'S THE WAY MANY OF THESE, UH, PROGRAMS POPULATE THESE WORD CLOUTS. SO YOU, I'M SORRY. MENTOR IS A WORD THAT I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BE OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU MENTIONED THEY CAN CONTACT YOU. DID YOU WANNA GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION TO CONTACT YOU? OOH, OR YOU WANNA GIVE IT OVER TO, YOU WANNA GIVE IT OVER TO THE COMMISSION AS WE CAN PUT THIS RIGHT INTO, UH, UH, ONLINE. UH, THERE WILL BE AN ADVISORY BOARD AT GREENBURG , UM, NY.COM, UH, VERY SOON. AND IT CAN BE SENT THERE TO PUT IT OUT THERE. THAT'D BE THE BEST WAY TO DEFINITELY DO THAT. AND JUST ADDITIONALLY, I WAS GONNA SAY, THIS WORD WAS NOT JUST THOUGHT FOR BARBARA, BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT WOULD LEAD INTO THE SECOND, SECOND PHASE WHOLE THING. YEAH. ALL THOSE EXTRA WORDS CAN CERTAINLY BE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT. YEAH. PIECES AND STUFF. SO WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR ACTUALLY CREATING THE, THE PIECE, UM, DOING WORK RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS GETTING, UM, UH, NUMBERS AND, AND, UH, QUOTES AND ALL MM-HMM . FOR THE BRONZE PLAQUE. MM-HMM . UM, THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE. UM, IT, IT'S FUNNY, UH, IN THE COMMISSIONER'S SUITE, THERE IS A PICTURE OF ALL THE PAST COMMISSIONERS. YEAH. BUT IT IS A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE AT TIME. THEY WERE COMMISSIONER. MM-HMM . BARBARA HATED THAT PICTURE. I KNOW. , SHE COULDN'T STAND UP. AND, AND ANYTIME SHE CAME IN THE OFFICE, SHE WANTED TO TAKE IT DOWN AND PUT ONE, YOU GOTTA PUT A GOOD PICTURE THAT SHE LIKES. BUT WE SAID, NO, BARBARA, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. WE WILL PUT A PICTURE THAT SHE WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF ON THIS ONE. I WISH I COULD REALLY BE THERE TO DO THAT WITH HER. MM-HMM . UM, BUT, UH, YEAH. THAT, THAT'S HOW WE SURE. JENNIFER HAS THAT. WHAT SIZE ARE YOU ANTICIPATING LIKE TO BE? SO THERE IS A, UM, THE WALL OUTSIDE IS A, UH, NINE FOOT HIGH, UH, TOP TO BOTTOM. I'M THINKING OF BRINGING IT DOWN MAYBE SIX MAX, SEVEN FROM THE VERY TOP OF THE WORDS. INCHES. INCHES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. INCHES. UM, ACTUALLY THAT'S FEET, FEET. I'M TALKING. OKAY. FROM THE VERY TOP OF THE WORDLE TO THE BOTTOM. AND THEN COMING IN, OH, I'M SORRY, SIX. THE SIZE OF THE PICTURE OF BARBARA I'M THINKING IS PROBABLY, UH, EIGHT BY 11, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. UM, AND THE WORDLE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND GOING HORIZONTAL LIKE THAT AGAIN, PART OF THE DESIGN ISSUE THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT WIDTH, YOU'RE SAYING SIX FEET HIGH. UH, OH. UM, HE'S NOT, IT PROPORTIONATE. HE'S NOT, YEAH. I'M NOT TOTALLY SURE. ALL RIGHT. PROPORTIONATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT COULD BE A LITTLE WIDER THAN TALLER, RIGHT. IS ALSO ANOTHER PIECE OF IT. DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO DESIGN IT? LIKE A, ARE YOU GONNA YES. OKAY. I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO A COUPLE OF GROUPS. UM, THE KEY IS, AS YOU SAID, HAVING THE WORDS AND WHICH WORDS DO WE WANT TO COME OUT STRONGER OR LOUDER AND ALL THOSE. AND THEN IT'S, UM, PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND MOUNTING IT ON A WALL THAT'S NOT TOTALLY FLAT. AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON HOW TO DO THAT AND ALSO MM-HMM . AND WHEN IS THE DEADLINE? YOU NEED THE WORD SUBMITTED BY, UM, END OF TO JANUARY. YEAH. OKAY. AND YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT S LIP TEN259@AOL.COM. DON'T JUDGE ME YESTERDAY. I'M NOT, I WAS GONNA SAY . I DO HAVE A GMAIL ACCOUNT, BUT AOL STILL WORKS. IT STILL WORKS. IT'S WHAT I KNOW. AND IT'S WORKING. MY, MY DAUGHTER MADE ME CHANGE. SHE SAID, MOM, IT MAKES CHANGE, BUT YOU DON'T USE IT. YOU DON'T. OH, NO. I JUST THINK THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC. I REMEMBER YOU WORKING WITH BARBARA, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER I, YOU KNOW, BECAME TOWN SUPERVISOR AND SHE WAS SUCH A GREAT GRANTS WRITER, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKED REALLY TIRELESSLY TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW HARD SHE WORKED. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, THE SECOND FLOOR NEVER WOULD'VE HAPPENED WITHOUT, WITHOUT HER, UM, INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP ON THIS. SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY VERY, VERY FITTING AND VERY, YOU KNOW, EXCITING. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND, UH, THE BOARD FOR THE RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE, AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU BROUGHT UP FOUNDING PAUL. UM, AS I WOULD ASK THE QUESTION AS, I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS, WITH THE TOWN AS, AS OF YET. IS THERE ANY, UM, UH, TYPE OF FUNDING WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS FOR PAST EMPLOYEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UM, LIKE A TRIBUTE FUND FROM THE BOARD? YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING? COULD BE A TRIBUTE FUND. IT COULD BE SOME KIND OF HISTORICAL FUND. OKAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU, YOU, IT MAKES SENSE. MIGHT MEANT MORE SO FROM THE TOWN, JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE, WHEN WE RENAMED, UH, THE JERRY, UH, BURN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING YES. THAT THE, THE SIGNAGE CAME FROM THE TOWN. [00:15:01] WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE MIGHT BE A GRANT. I THINK IT'S WORTH CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF GRANT. WE SHOULD PROBABLY WORK WITH THE, WELL PAUL WORK WITH PAUL COMP. YEAH. NO, I'M SORRY. WORK WITH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. JULIA COMP WORK WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING COURSE, THEN COME BACK TO US SO WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. AGAIN, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRICE, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALSO LOOK FOR A GRANT. YOU REALLY WANT FUNDING FOR THAT. MAYBE WE CAN GET A GRANT FOR THIS, BECAUSE IT'S GOT SOME HISTORICAL VALUE, SOME SIGNIFICANT, SOME. DO YOU HAVE A SORT OF A PRICE RANGE IN MIND? UM, AT THE MOMENT I'M LIKE FIVE OR 6,000. WELL, THAT'S FOR THE PLAQUE ITSELF. NO, NO. THAT'S THE ENTIRE FOUND. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING ENTIRELY. UM, UH, I, THE PLAQUE WILL BE A GREAT PLAQUE AND ALL THAT, BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE ONES THAT ARE THOSE REALLY BIG AND SUPER HEAVY THINGS TO HELP WITH THAT. ALSO, THE WALL WE'RE PUTTING IT ON MAY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HOLD IT AS WELL. UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE GORGEOUS FOR SURE. AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE LETTERING AND ATTACHING THEM AND ALL THOSE THINGS, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HELP KEEP IT DOWN. BUT THE BIGGEST PIECE IS I DO NOT WANT, UM, I WOULD NOT LIKE FOR FUNDING TO MAKE US MISS OUR MARK OF MARCH. I THINK THAT, UH, WE SHOULD FIND THE FUNDING ON, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY PART OF THE CENTER. IT'S LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS AT THE N-A-A-C-P, UM, YOU KNOW, EVENT OF THEIR, THE SWEARING IN OF THE OFFICERS, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THE WALL AND YOU HAD SOME HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE START OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, AND YOU KNOW, ALSO ON THE SECOND FLOOR THERE WAS SOME HISTORICAL AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE. PEOPLE ARE, WHEN YOU'RE READING IT, YOU KNOW, MAKES HISTORY COME ALIVE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE ALL THE STRUGGLES AND UM, AND EFFORTS THAT GO INTO BUILDING A FIRST CLASS, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER. SO I THINK THIS IS REAL. I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S MONEY, YOU KNOW, WELL SPENT. WONDERFUL. AND OTHER QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS? I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE. YES, INDEED. IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, AS YOU SAID. SO, SO WHEN YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL WITH PRICE, EVERYTHING YOU'LL, YOU'LL SHARE WITH US. YES, MOST DEFINITELY. BUT, UH, THIS IS AN APPROVAL TO GO FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, AUSTRALIA AMAZING. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, UH, BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE GOT INVOLVED, THE CENTER WAS ONE FLOOR AND LUCK. HOW MUCH, UH, JOY AND, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THAT SECOND FLOOR OVER, OVER THE YEARS THANKS TO, UH, THANKS TO HER EFFORTS? COULD YOU IMAGINE HAVING A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH JUST ONE FLOOR? THIS EFFORT MADE THE CENTER REALLY PROBABLY A WORLD CLASS CENTER. WE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CENTERS OF ITS KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. IN FACT, I REMEMBER JOHNNY JONES, I THINK IN THE WHOLE WORLD. WHOLE WORLD, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. YOU KNOW, JOHNNY, JOHNNY JONES, WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, HE, I REMEMBER HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT THERE WERE INITIALLY AFTER LBJ, THERE WERE FIVE COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY. AND THE ONLY ONE THAT'S STILL AROUND IS THE THEATER. YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER. REALLY? YEAH. THEY ALL WENT UNDER IT. THAT'S FASCINATING. SO THE THING IS, THIS CENTER, UM, NOT ONLY, UM, SURVIVED, BUT IT GOT BETTER AND ALL THE MORE REASON THAT A GRANT MIGHT REALLY BE FEASIBLE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT ANY CONGRESSMAN, I'M JUST ASKING . NO, I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I'M JUST, I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE, DOES ANYBODY KNOW? MAYBE WE COULD, MAYBE COULD AND WE CAN GET A GRANT, THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT WE DON'T WANNA HOLD, IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WANNA HOLD IT UP. SO IT'S, IF THE GRANT PROCESS TAKES LONGER THAN MARCH, YOU KNOW. BUT I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. DO WE HAVE TO DO A RESOLUTION ON THIS? NO. YEAH. AND THAT WAS A QUESTION. YES. BEFORE THE FORTI OFFICIAL, ONCE WE HAVE, DON'T WE DO IT AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY? WELL, WE HAVE, HAVE, HAVE TO HAVE A CROSS FIRST. NO, NO. I'M TALKING ABOUT DEDICATED. WHY DOESN'T THE TOWN BOARD PASS THE RESOLUTION? UH, AUTHORIZING THE RENAMING AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. AND THEN IT GIVE, AND THEN BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH, THEN WE COULD WORK ON THE DETAILS. BECAUSE THIS WAY WE COULD ALSO AUTHORIZE THE FUNDING FOR IT AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. WELL, WE CAN'T, IF WE DON'T, DON'T HAVE A PROPOSAL. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. THAT'S WHY, WHY, WHY WE WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE THE, THE WHOLE THING. SO COMMISSIONER, IF YOU COULD JUST DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE AND WHAT YOU NEED FROM US, THEN COME BACK TO US AND SEND US AN EMAIL AND THEN WE CAN ALL THE BOARD AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO YOU. WONDERFUL. AND THEN THAT, AND THEN PAUL, WHATEVER MEETING IS, WE CAN THEN ANNOUNCE IT MARCH 19TH, WHICH IS, UH, THE THIRD WEDNESDAY WOULD BE A GREAT DAY. OKAY. MARCH NINE. MARCH 19TH. OKAY. FOR WOMEN'S, WHEN, WHENEVER WE DO THE RESOLUTION, IT SHOULD, UH, RENAME IT AT THE, UH, AT A DATE, WHATEVER THE DATE IS OF THE UNVEILING. SO OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WHY SPOIL THE, THE EVENT BY HAVING A DEDICATED TWO MONTHS EARLIER, THREE MONTHS EARLIER, IT IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY UNVEIL IT, [00:20:01] DOES IT ACTUALLY BECOME RENA? OKAY. AGREED. YEAH. EXCELLENT. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD POINT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST REMIND ME, TALKED TO ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT. TALK TO YOU WHAT? I EMAILED IT TO YOU. AH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, I'VE SEEN THOSE TOO. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO NEXT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR MY DINNER. I'M SORRY, WE'RE THINKING. OH NO, WE GET IT. AND AGAIN, I DID EMAIL THIS TO YOU ALL. OKAY, KAREN, GET OUT WHILE YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. YOU TOO NOW. THANK YOU ETTE. SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS MATTERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND FAVOR, AYE. AYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.