* 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. [00:00:02] IN PROGRESS. HI, [ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1525 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: HCancro@Greenburghny.com https://greenburghny.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings] WELCOME TO OUR, UH, GREENBERG TOWN BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS, UH, JANUARY 20, PAUL, YOUR MICROPHONE, SORRY, JANUARY 28TH AFTER, UH, FIVE 30. AND, UM, FIRST ITEM WAS THIS WEST SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER SEMINAR. UM, THIS WILL JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES. UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UM, THERE WAS A WEST SUSTAINABLE, WESTCHESTER HAD A PROGRAM AT THE FAIRVIEW COM THEATER, YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, IN THE FALL. UM, AND THEY GAVE OUT FREE ENERGY SAVING KITS EACH WORTH ABOUT $80, UH, PER, PER, AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN MAYBE 15, 20 PEOPLE AT THE, AT THE FORUM. AND PEOPLE LIKE LOVED IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE KITS ARE REALLY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF SAVING MONEY. UM, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD DO IT AGAIN. AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE NOT ONLY GETTING $80 WORTH OF, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AND SAVE YOU MONEY, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM, YOU, YOU COULD SAVE MONEY ON YOUR HEATING AND CONED ROLLS ON. SO WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK THE TOWN BOARD IS IF THEY CAME TO THE MARCH, THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH, YOU KNOW, FOR A PRESENTATION, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO HAVE LIKE AN HOUR PROGRAM FOR ANYBODY, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE STARTED HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK AND GONE TO SEVEN. UM, AND THEN AT SEVEN 30 THERE COULD BE A FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION IF THE BOARD, SO THEY BEING SUSTAINABLE, WESTCHESTER WANTS TO COME BACK AGAIN. YEAH. YEAH. AND IT WOULD BE IN THIS BUILDING. YOU KNOW, I, I, I HAD SUGGESTED THAT, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD BASICALLY EXPLAIN PUBLICLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, AND THE, THE GREAT SERVICE, AND MAYBE THEY COULD EVEN, UM, OFFER TO GO TO CIVIC ASSOCIATION. YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE SEE IT AND THEY, THEY, AND IT'S EXPLAINED MAYBE SOME CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE. UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO GIVE OUT THE KITS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SIT IN ON A SEMINAR FOR LIKE AN HOUR. OKAY. I GUESS I WAS CONFUSED. I THOUGHT THIS HAD TO DO WITH OUR, UM, NO. OUR POWER AGREEMENT. NO, THIS IS JUST BASICALLY ASKING PERMISSION FROM THE TOWN BOARD TO, UM, UH, LET THEM USE THE BUILDING. IT COULD BE EITHER THIS ROOM, IT COULD BE THE CAFETERIA, IT COULD BE THE LEE JACKSON ROOM. UM, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO USE THE AUDITORIUM, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL GONNA BE WORK GOING ON IN THE BACK. SO WE HAVE THEM USE THE AUDITORIUM FROM FIVE TO, UH, FROM SIX TO SEVEN, LIKE YOU SAID. OKAY. THEY'D HAVE TO BE OUT, OBVIOUSLY. SO THE MEETING CAN START AT SIX, UH, SEVEN 30. UH, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE KITS, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SEMINAR. BECAUSE ONE OF THE NOTES THAT I SAW, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE OUT KITS THAT ARE WORTH $80. UH, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOING TO A TIMESHARE RIGHT. TIMESHARE SESSION. RIGHT. UH, SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. THEY CAN SHOW UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TOWN BOARD MEETING AND GET A KID. NO, THEY'RE NOT. THEY DEFINITELY WON'T, WON'T, BECAUSE, UH, WHEN I WENT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO AGO, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE SURE YOU STAYED THE FULL HOUR. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE THE WHOLE PROCESS. THEY'LL MANAGE, THEY'LL BE HERE, THEY'LL HAVE THE HAND, THEY'LL GIVE THE HANDS OUT TO EVERYONE AFTER THEY'VE ATTENDED FOR AN HOUR. RIGHT. THEY'LL HAVE SIGN IN OR WHATEVER IT IS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE SURE THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP FIVE MINUTES BEFORE. UM, YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE INSULATION OF WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE REALLY, UH, USEFUL FREE LIGHTS, UH, LEAD LIGHTS. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, L-E-D-L-E-D, NOT, WE'RE NOT GONNA POISON IT ON PEOPLE. . SO I AHEAD, SO PAUL, HAVE YOU ENGAGED WITH, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE YET? UM, UH, THE, WHICH COMMITTEE IS THAT? THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S PART OF THE C-A-C-C-A-C? NO, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY C POWER AUTHORITY. WE, NO, PAUL, WE VOTED ON THE COMMITTEE, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY LED BY LES DAVIS. OH, OH, OKAY. LEY DAVIS. SHE'S THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY SUGGESTED THIS. I'VE BEEN, SO, I, SO, SO I'VE ENGAGED WITH HER. YEAH. AND BECAUSE SHE'S LEADING OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE, ALSO INVITED HER TO ALSO GIVE A SEMINAR. UM, SHE'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIT SHE'S GONNA BE GIVING OUT, BUT SHE DOES, SHE WORKS WITH IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UM, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY PRACTICES AND PROCESSES. UM, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DATE THAT SHE CAN COME IN AND PRESENT AS WELL. OKAY. SO WE, I'LL, I'LL MENTION IT TO HER, BUT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO ORIGINALLY REACHED OUT TO ME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MENTION [00:05:01] TO PAUL, I'M ALREADY IN CONVERSATION WITH HER, BUT IF YOU WANNA REACH OUT TO HER, THAT'S FINE, BUT OKAY. I'M, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR TWO SEPARATE THINGS, OR ONE, ONE. WELL, I, I MEAN, I THINK SEPARATELY PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY ASKED THEM AND THEY ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ARE GONNA COME IN AND THEY HAVE A PROGRAM ALREADY PLACED THE SIX TO SEVEN, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA COME RIGHT INTO THE, I THINK, I DON'T WANNA IMPEDE ON THEM, SO, BUT I KNOW THAT SHE'S WORKING ON TO BRING, TO CONTINUE PRESENT. SHE DO A, A SHORT PRESENTATION AT THE BOARD MEETING ITSELF. YEP. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE PLAN. MM-HMM. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, MAYBE THAT'LL WORK FOR HER. YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY REALIZE THIS WORK IS GOING ON. THERE'S SO MUCH COMMUNITY WORK GOING ON, ESPECIALLY THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE AWARE. OKAY. BOTH. VERY GOOD. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, NEXT. UM, THIS WAS JUST SORT OF A FOLLOW UP TOUCH. I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH YOU INAPPROPRIATELY. PLEASE FOLLOW UP. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED, WELL, LAST YEAR WE, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDED THE OPERATIONS PERSON AND THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THE LAST, YOU KNOW, TOWN BOARD MEETING. AND I JUST BASICALLY WANNA KNOW IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING FOR THE POSITION, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD BASICALLY ADVERTISE FOR THE POSITION AND, UM, AND THEN THE BOARD COULD INTERVIEW AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DECIDE IF THERE'S A CANDIDATE THAT WE COULD ALL, YOU KNOW, WE ALL THINK WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SUITABLE. OR THE OTHER OPTION IS WE COULD DO NOTHING. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL, UM, FOR THE TOWN AND HELP US, YOU KNOW, SAVE MONEY AND MANAGE MORE EFFICIENTLY. BUT IT'S, AGAIN, UP TO THE BOARD. I, I JUST SEE IT COSTING MORE MONEY, UM, TO DO, TO HAVE YOU BOTH DO THE JOB OF SUPERVISOR AND WELL, IT'S NOT, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D ALREADY DISCUSSED IS THAT, AND, AND AGREED UPON IS THAT WHOMEVER WOULD BE IN THE POSITION IF WE SO CHOOSE TO HIRE THEM, WOULD REPORT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, WHEREAS THE DEPUTY TOWN SUPERVISOR RESPONSE REPORTS STRICTLY TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR. I HAVE. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. YOU KNOW, THE, BASICALLY WHAT I, I FEEL THEY SHOULD REPORT THE PERSON, IF THE BOARD GOES ALONG WITH IT, SHOULD BASICALLY REPORT TO THE TOWN BOARD. BUT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, I WOULD BASICALLY, UM, BE WORKING WITH THAT PERSON AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, NEED WORKING. AND THEN I WOULD ADVISE THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT ASSIGNMENTS I, I'D GIVE HIM OR HER. AND, UM, AND THEN THE BOARD COULD DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT THE BOARD WOULD GIVE PRIORITY. WELL, I THINK WE HAD A PRETTY, UM, UH, WE HAD, SO SOME, SOME POINTS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS ABOUT CONCERNS OF OVERLAPPING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THESE TWO POSITIONS ARE STILL, IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR TO ME WHERE ONE POSITION STARTS AT ANOTHER ONE ENDS. AND, UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW HOW THIS WOULD, HOW THIS WOULD WORK, WHAT, UM, THAT, WHAT TITLE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE SO THAT THEY, THIS, THIS PERSON WOULD REPORT TO THE FULL TOWN BOARD. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, AS, AS COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS POINTED OUT, THIS, THIS TITLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE REPORTING TO YOU. I KNOW YOU SAID IT COULD BE OTHERWISE, SO WE CAN MAYBE CHANGE THE TITLE, BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO ANY WORKABLE, UH, WAY OF GOING ABOUT THIS. AND TO, WE COULD PO YOU KNOW, UH, POST A JOB YET. WE, WE HAVE, I THINK A LOT OF THINGS HAVE TO DISCUSS. I, SO BASICALLY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO PURSUE IT OR DO WE WANT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING AT SOME POINT? UH, YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP WITH OTHER, UH, THOUGHTS AS TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY I DON'T WANNA LEAVE IT IN LIMBO. MM-HMM . IF THE BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT, WE COULD SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. AND THAT'S IT. SO I'LL SAY THIS, I, I WILL SAY THIS. I, I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT WE NEED, WE DO NEED DAY, DAY-TO-DAY ADMINISTRATION. WE DO NEED A TALENT, AT LEAST A TOWN ADMINISTRATOR. SO ONE TO, UM, BE ABLE TO BE LED, SOMEONE TO LEAD THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS. I KNOW A LOT OF THAT FALLS ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE ARE LIAISONS TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. UM, BUT WE DO NEED SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO BE HERE EVERY DAY DURING BUSINESS HOURS. SO IF ANYTHING WAS TO COME UP, UM, WE HAVE SOME, THEY, WE'LL HAVE SOME GUIDANCE. I GUESS FOR ME, I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE FROM THAT PERSON AND YOURSELF. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT. IF YOU COULD SEND US AN EMAIL SHOWING THE THINGS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO POSITIONS, BECAUSE JUST AS EVERYONE HAS STATED THAT THERE'S SO MUCH OVERLAP, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THAT'S JUST YOUR JOB. SO IF YOU ARE DECIDING, I'M NOT, I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU ARE DECIDING THAT THIS PERSON IS GOING TO BE THE DAY-TO-DAY PERSON, AND THEN ARE YOU GOING TO BE PART-TIME NOW, OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO BE SO, SO TWO, NO, ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S GONNA BE MORE FULL-TIME. TWO, TWO. CAN I JUST, LEMME JUST FINISH. AND THEN TO COUNCIL MEMBER HENDRICKS POINT [00:10:01] IS THAT NOW WE'RE PAYING TWO SALARIES, TWO BENEFITS, TWO EVERYTHING. SO THAT $175,000 SALARY, I, I THINK, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO, WHATEVER THAT IS, WE ALSO HAVE TO PUT ON THE COST OF WHAT THE BENEFITS IS GOING TO BE AS WELL. SO THIS REALLY COULD TURN INTO $400,000 FOR ONE POSITION. OKAY. LET ME, LET ME SAY, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T SEE, UM, THIS LESSENING THE WORK I WOULD DO. I SEE IT GIVING ME, YOU KNOW, MORE, UM, MORE WORK TO DO BECAUSE I SORT OF FEEL THAT YES, THINGS THAT KEEP FALLING, UH, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAYSIDE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE SOMETIMES GET DISTRACTED. YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT FOR THREE, FOUR YEARS AND WE STILL HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, HIRED WELL ALSO, YOU KEEP PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. NO, BUT WE ALSO REMEMBER WHAT THAT REPORT POSITION REPORTS INTO. AND WHAT WE DID AGREE ON IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A TROLL WHO THAT POSITION CURRENTLY REPORTS INTO. SO WE HAVE SOMEONE NEW. NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, SO THAT I JUST, SO I DON'T, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CRITICIZING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS CLEAN AND CLEAR, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT CRITICIZING, I'M JUST, WE KNOW THAT REGENERON, THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES ARE GONNA BASICALLY DISAPPEAR IN A COUPLE YEARS. WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE BASING OUR BUDGET ON, UM, ON THE REVENUE ALSO FROM REGENERON. WE'RE, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW. SO I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE HAS BEEN SAYING, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS PERSON HELP US, YOU KNOW, HELP, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS WORKING, YOU KNOW, REALLY HARD AND WE DON'T HAVE, UM, ALL THE STAFF THAT WE NEED TO DO LONG TERM, UM, YOU KNOW, PLANNING. SO I SORT OF FEEL IF WE, IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM IN A COUPLE YEARS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE SAME REVENUE THAT WE'RE GETTING NOW. UM, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH LIKE A, A PLAN, SO A PHASE IN PLAN. SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LATER, YOU KNOW, LATER ON WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT REVENUE. UM, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE, IF EDGEMONT SUCCEEDS AND BREAKS AWAY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A PETITION, WHAT'S THE TRANSITION PLAN? I'D RATHER HAVE A WHOLE PLAN IN PLACE NOW OR AS SOON AS WE CAN. SO IF THERE, YOU KNOW, I WANNA HAVE LIKE A WORST CASE SCENARIO PLAN. UM, YOU KNOW, I MET WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, RICH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LA FOR EXAMPLE. SO HE'S NOW GONNA HIRE A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT ALL OUR WATER. UM, YOU, UM, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO SEE IF THERE'S AREAS IN THE TOWN THAT ARE, HAVE DEFICIENCIES. SO WE COULD IMPROVE OUR, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE LA TYPE CRISIS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, COULD BE WORKED ON, TALKED ABOUT. OKAY. BUT THEY JUST REMINDS ME OF THE CONVERSATION YOU AND I HAD FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN. RIGHT. SO I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING, ARE YOU NOW READY TO DO ONE? YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR TOO. WE'VE, I TALKED ABOUT, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE I, I GOT ELECTED AND YOU SAID YOU, YOU KNOW, I WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT? BUT A VERY NICE, BUT WELL, ALL I'M SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, I COULD, I COULD SEE, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG TERM REVENUE ISSUES WITH EDGE ONE REVENUE, SO HAVE CONTROL, RIGHT? WE CAN USE THE CONTROLLER. WE, WE ARE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE CONTROLLER COULD ALSO WORK, UM, WITHOUT PERSON. WE COULD BASICALLY BE, BUT THE COMP CONTROL, I WANNA HAVE THIS A DIALOGUE HERE. JUST PLEASE, PLEASE JUMP IN. YEAH. SO WE HAVE, SO, BUT WE HAVE THE COMPTROLLER WHO DOES FINANCIAL FORECASTING BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF HER ROLE. SO I'M JUST, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. WELL, AND YES, AND, AND YOU KNOW, JESS, YOU DID BRING UP HR AND THE HR REPORTS TO THE CONTROLLER, AND YES, THAT IS A PRIORITY AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THAT FREES UP THE CONTROLLER. SO, SO YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR, AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS, PER THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERVISOR IN NEW YORK STATE LAW, UM, AND A VERY, VERY, UH, TALENTED AND, AND GOOD CONTROLLER, UM, SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS, THAT WILL BE THE, THE HR PART OF IT WILL BE OFF HER PLATE. SO THAT FREES HER UP SOME MORE. UM, AND IF YOU'RE HERE AS, AS THE, THE, UM, DAY TO DAY RE BEING RESPONSIBLE DAY TO DAY FOR THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS, WORKING WITH HER, I THINK THAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH THAT PLAN, COME UP WITH THOSE PLANS. SHE'S ALREADY, UM, WORKING TOWARDS THAT. SO WE, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A HEAD START ON THAT. BUT, BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HEAD IN THE TOWN BUT ME, UM, HAS A DEPUTY. WELL, YOU'RE NOT, BUT YOU'RE NOT A DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE NOT A DEPARTMENT HEAD. YOU'RE THE SUPERVISOR. BUT I HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY. BUT THEY [00:15:01] ARE IN, IN EFFECT, YOUR DEPUTIES, THEY ARE IN FACT HERE, BUT EVERY, YOU'RE A STAFF AND THEY'RE ALSO HERE. LET'S BE REAL, THEY'RE HERE. THEY SPEND A LOT MORE TIME HERE AT TOWN HALL THAN YOU DO. YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DO, RIGHT? SO THEY ARE HERE ALMOST ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY. IF, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE TWO POSITIONS, JUST WHAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, IT'S LIKE TWO EQUAL POSITIONS IN BOTH SALARY AND DESCRIPTION. SO WHY DON'T WE HAVE ONE POSITION WE'D CUT OFF A HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS, UH, OR A CUT OFF 75 AND WE HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS POSITION. WE HAVE THE OTHER FULL SALARY OR SOMETHING LIKE A, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A JUNIOR LEVEL OR WHATEVER THAT BE TO ASSIST YOU IN THE DAY TO DAY TO WORK WITH US, OR THAT'S CHIEF OF STAFF. THAT WILL BE HIS, THAT WILL BE HIS, HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY, THE CHIEF OF STATE, THE CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY. THAT'S 'CAUSE THEY ACT, THEY ACT IN BOTH CAPACITIES. WHAT? BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT PRACTICALLY EVERY MAYOR AND EVERY, UH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN, UH, IN WESTCHESTER HAS MORE THAN ONE SECRETARY WHO REPORTS TO THAT INDIVIDUAL. I'M PROBABLY LIKE THE, ONE OF THE ONLY ONES, YOU KNOW, WHO BASICALLY DOESN'T, WELL, THEY HAVE AN OPERATIONS PERSON AND A SECRETARY. LET, BUT LEMME ASK. AND THEY ARE PARTTIME POSITIONS FOR THE MOST PART. THEY'RE PART-TIME POSITIONS, AND THEY GET PAID EITHER LITTLE OR NO SALARY. OKAY. BUT LET WHATSOEVER, SO WE CAN DO THAT. SO THAT'S WHY THEY NEED THAT POSITION. SO WE CAN DO A TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, BUT WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS THAT HE DOESN'T, I'M NOT, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE, BUT HE KILL YOU HERE, THAT YOU DON'T WANT YOU, WE CAN HAVE A TOWN ADMINISTRATOR FULL-TIME AND THEN WE HAVE A PART-TIME SUPERVISOR. THAT MEANS YOU'RE FREED UP TO CONTINUE TO DO THE RADIO SHOWS AND THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CY THAT YOU DO. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE CONDESCENDING. THAT'S, I'M SAYING NO, BECAUSE, BUT DON'T TAKE IT THAT WAY. BUT THAT'S, IT IS, BUT I'M JUST, OKAY, SO I'M SORRY EVERYONE. HE DOESN'T DO BICYCLING AND HE DOES NOT DO RADIO SHOWS. SO I CLEARLY, I MISSPOKE. ALL I'M JUST SAYING IS SO YOU CAN FREE, THAT'S THE STUFF THAT YOU LIKE TO DO. NO, I LIKE, LIKE TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT LET ME JUST SAY, I BASICALLY LIKE TO DO EVERYTHING. BUT LET ME JUST SAY ANOTHER THING. WE'RE LOOKING AT A COURTHOUSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND YOU SPEND DOUBLE SALARY, RIGHT? NO, NO. LET ME SAY, AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HIRING CONSULT. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE CORRECTLY. MM-HMM . WE DID THE LIBRARY, UM, AND BASICALLY THE, THERE WERE LEAKS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER. WE DISCUSSED THAT. WE DISCUSSED THE ROOF ISSUES LAST TIME. WHAT? SO ALL I'M SAYING IS I BELIEVE THAT IF WE GOT THE RIGHT PERSON, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT EVEN GONNA LIKE DWELL ON THIS. WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON SITTING RIGHT THERE. BUT THE THING IS, IF THE BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A AAA BOND RATING. PEOPLE LIKE THE SERVICES, I DON'T GET THAT MANY COMPLAINTS. RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. IF THE BOARD DOESN'T WANNA DO IT, THEN WE'LL JUST, YEAH, WE'LL MOVE, WE'LL PUT IT UNDER YOU HAVE TO WATCH HAS BEEN TRIPLE UP ON RATING. YEAH, NO, I'M SAYING I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY THE TOWN MATTER, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE CONDESCENDING AND SAYING THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN US CONDESCEND THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN US. NO, I'M, NO, I'M VERY PROUD WITH THE WAY THE TOWN BOARD HAS MA AND MYSELF HAS MANAGED AND THE TOWN CLERK HAS, UM, HAS MANAGED, UM, AND OVERSEEING THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF TIME AND THE CONTROLLER. I DON'T HAVE ANY AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. SO I FEEL WE'RE WELL RUN. DO I THINK IT COULD DO A BETTER JOB? EXCEPT, EXCEPT AS EITHER, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN SHEEN OR JACKSON POINTED OUT, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK DONE, OR I FORGOT, MAYBE IT WAS HAD A LOT OF WORK DONE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE LIAISONS, LIAISONS TO DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S NOT TYPICAL LIAISONS TO COMMITTEES. YES, BUT TO DEPARTMENTS NOT SO MUCH. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WELL, I'D RATHER, I WOULD RATHER, UH, I WOULD RATHER DO AWAY WITH ALL THE LIAISONS AND ME TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY IF IT WAS UP TO ME. BECAUSE THE, THE PROBLEM WITH TOWN MANAGEMENT RIGHT NOW UNDER NEW YORK STATE LAW IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ANY OF THE CITIES AND, UM, WHERE THERE'S VILLAGE MANAGERS, THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO BASICALLY MAKES THE DECISIONS, HAS HIRING, FIRING POWERS, UM, VETO POWERS AND ALL THAT. IN NEW YORK STATE LAW TOWN SUPERVISOR IS, UM, ONE OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD. SO I CAN'T HIRE ANYBODY ON MY OWN. I CAN'T FIRE ANYBODY ON MY OWN. I CAN'T VETO ANYTHING, UH, THAT WHERE I DISAGREE. SO WHEN WE HAVE DISAGREE AGREEMENTS, IT'S BASICALLY THREE VOTES. SO BASICALLY THE PROBLEM STRUCTURALLY, AND IT'S NOT THE BOARD'S FAULT, IT'S THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S FAULT. THE PROBLEM, UM, WITH THE STRUCTURE OF TOWN GOVERNMENT IS THERE'S NO ONE, UH, BY UNDER STATE LAW WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO UNILATERALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKE DECISIONS. UM, AND WELL, WHICH, BUT THE OTHER QUESTION BE WHY, WHY NOW AFTER 34 YEARS? NO, I, 32 YEARS, UM, 33 YEARS. WHY NOW AFTER WHAT HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY, I'VE CHANGED THIS FOR, I'VE, I'VE PROPOSED THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND [00:20:01] USUALLY GETS REJECTED. WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 30 SOME ODD YEARS? THAT'S, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M BASICALLY TRYING TO FIGURE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROBLEM IS, AND REALLY THIS HAS TO HAVE BUY-IN FROM THE TOWN BOARD FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING IS, EVERYBODY, THE, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS SORT OF RESPOND TO THE LIAISONS. AND, AND THE THING IS, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY TELL EVERY WE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SOMETIMES WE DON'T. UH, SOMETIMES, UH, THEY FEEL WELL, THAT'S WHY WE INSTITUTED THE LIAISON REPORTS. BUT, BUT I, I DON'T REALIZE. RIGHT, BUT NO, BUT HE'S HERE ALL A DAY. HE'S HERE EVERY DAY. BUT YOU'RE HERE EVERY, SO PAUL, YOU'RE HERE EVERY DAY IN THE BUILDING. YEAH. BUT SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO ASK, ASK. I DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO BARRY? I DO. YOU HAVE ACCESS? SO YOU'RE HERE ALL BUT I'M EVERY DAY, ALL DAY. LEMME SAY. OR IS HE? I'M LEMME JUST SAY SOMETHING. I'M NOT, THAT'S THE ROLE. I'M NOT, THAT'S THE ROLE FOR I, IF THE BOARD DOESN'T WANT TO DO THIS, FINE WITH ME AND WE'LL MOVE ON. WE'RE JUST DOING QUESTIONS. WE JUST, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION, WHICH I FEEL THAT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ADMINISTRATOR MM-HMM. THE ONLY WAY THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD WORK IS IF YOU WOULD GIVE THE ADMINISTRATOR THE HIRING AND FIRING, YOU KNOW, POWERS AND BASICALLY DECISION MAKING POWERS. THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND NOT GET TO HAVE, THEY DON'T MAKE THE DECISION. OKAY. THEN THE BOARD THEN ADMINISTRATOR DOESN'T WHOLE MAKES THE DECISION. THEN THE WHOLE, THEN YOU'RE NOT GIVING AN ADMINISTRATOR THE SAME, UM, ABILITIES THAT ADMINISTRATORS SAY IN THE VILLAGES, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT'S NOT TRUE. TRUE. THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S NOT, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THAT IS THEIR ROLE. THAT'S NOT TRUE. THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION. THEY ALSO HAVE MORE STATUTORY POWERS UNDER NEW YORK STATE LAW THAN IS IT ABOUT POWER? YOU NEED, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE, TO HAVE MORE POWER. I'M, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR POWER. I'M BASICALLY LOOKING FOR EXTRA. WELL, THAT'S EXTRA. IT SOUNDS LIKE. LEMME SAY NO, UH, LEMME SAY SOMETHING. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANY MORE POWER. ALL I'M LOOKING FOR IS, UM, UM, MORE TOOLS. SO WE COULD BASICALLY BE MANAGED, UM, AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. NOW IF THE BOARD DOESN'T WANT IT, THAT'S FINE. NO TOOLS ARE GOOD AND MORE MANAGEMENT IS GOOD, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE NOT, YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS ALL THE TIME. WE'RE BRINGING IN A HEFTY SALARY WITH BENEFITS. OKAY, WELL THEN, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE, WE'LL, SO WE, MAYBE WE LOOK AT IT SOMEWHAT. WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY GETTING ANYWHERE. OKAY. OKAY. I DO WANNA SAY THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE TYPICAL RESIDENT IS HAPPY, HOW CO IS RUN, AND WE HAVE AAA BOND RATING AND PEOPLE LIKE THE WAY, UH, SANITATION IS PICKED UP AND, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAYS AND, YOU KNOW, POLICE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UH, YOU WANT TO DO AWAY WITH LIAISONS, WHICH ARE, HAVE BEEN MAKING THAT OR FACILITATING HAVING THAT HAPPEN. NO, I DON'T, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND. NO, LEMME SAY YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO CHANGE AT THE SAME TIME. YOU'RE SAYING PEOPLE SEEM TO BE HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE TOWN IS RUN AND WE HAVE AAA BOND RATING, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE DOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? CORRECT. UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC, BUT I THINK IF YOU JUST, I THINK IT WOULD BE SIMPLE, EASY IF YOU TAKE THAT LIST THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BRING ON, AND THEN IN THE NEXT COLUMN OVER STATE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING YOURSELF, I THINK THAT WOULD ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT THERE'S BASICALLY A DUPLICATION OF THOSE POSITIONS. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. I'LL WORK ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY, NEXT. FOUR CONSULTANTS, FOUR CO'S CONSULTANT. COMMISSIONER. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU SIR? GOOD EVENING. DOING GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE, UH, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELVES, SIR. COMMISSIONER GARRETT, DUANE COMMISSIONER, THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION. LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S A LONG TITLE AND HE'S MEMORIZED IT . SO WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE GREAT PROGRESS ON FOUR CORNERS. AND WHEN I REFER TO FOUR CORNERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 2019 TOWN BOARD ADOPTED, UH, FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH IS THE TOWN'S VISION FOR MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE VICINITY OF FOUR CORNERS. AND OF COURSE, LAST YEAR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WAS AWARDED A DEPARTMENT OF STATE SMART GROWTH GRANT, THE AMOUNT OF 135,000 AND WITH A $15,000 TOWN MATCH, WHICH IS A TOTAL BUDGET OF 150,000. AND WHAT THAT GRANT WILL DO IS WE'LL FUND THE SERVICES FOR THE TOWN TO HIRE A PLANNING CONSULTANT THAT WILL ASSIST WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH, COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES THAT SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AT FOUR CORNERS, AND WORK WITH THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE, [00:25:01] PREPARE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE TOWN BOARD APPROVAL, WHICH WILL ENABLE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD OF THE TERM, BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. IN OUR WORLD IT'S ZONE FOR IT AND WE SHALL SEE IF ANYONE COMES . OKAY. SO I MENTIONED THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE. WE'VE GOT 12 VERY ENGAGED MEMBERS, AND THAT'S GOING GREAT. SO I WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE ON A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THIS PLANNING CONSULTANT AND WITH TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZATION ON OCTOBER 24TH, 24TH LAST YEAR WE ISSUED THE RFP. AND THAT WAS, UH, BROADLY, UM, PUT OUT IN THE WORLD THERE ON THE NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT REPORTER, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WEBSITE AND ON THE JOURNAL NEWS WHEN YOU SAY WE, WHO WORKED ON THAT? SO THAT'S, UH, THROUGH MY DEPART DEPARTMENT, MY DEPARTMENT IN, IN STRONG CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE? CORRECT. OKAY. WE WORK WITH THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SO I WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT WE RECEIVED SIX STRONG PROPOSALS FROM PLANNING FIRMS THAT HAS, UH, VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN DOING THE WORK. AND THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 2ND AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS AND REVIEWED ALL SIX OF THE PROPOSALS, AND WE DISCUSSED THEM. AND FROM THAT MEETING, THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE HAD IDENTIFIED THREE, UH, HIGHLY PREFERRED OF THE SIX. SO WE CALL THAT SHORTLISTING, THE FIRMS DOWN TO THREE. WHAT WE THEN DECIDED AS THE COMMITTEE DECIDED TO, UH, HOST THOSE THREE, THOSE THREE PLANNING FIRMS AND DID INTERVIEWS, AND THAT OCCURRED ON DECEMBER 9TH, FOLLOWING THOSE INTERVIEWS, WE DISCUSSED THEM INTERNALLY AND I ASKED THE COMMITTEE TO GO BACK AND NOT JUST FOCUS SOLELY ON THE INTERVIEWS, BUT GO BACK TO THE, TO THE RFPS, REVIEW THEM AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD AMONGST OURSELVES WITH THE FIRMS. AND FROM THERE, I, I ASKED THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO, TO EMAIL ME INDIVIDUALLY AND IDENTIFY, UH, THEIR NOTES ON THE FIRMS AND, AND TO SEE IF ANY, IF MEMBERS HAD A STRONG PREFERENCE FOR ONE PARTICULAR FIRM. SO FROM THERE I, IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT THERE WERE TWO CLEAR CANDIDATES, AND FROM THAT POINT, WE, UH, MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD TO INTERVIEW THOSE TWO CANDIDATES, WHICH YOU DID. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 14TH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO FOCUS ON ONE CANDIDATE, AND THAT'S B-F-J-B-F-J PRESENTED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL AT THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, INTERVIEWS AS WELL AS THE TOWN BOARD INTERVIEWS, WHICH YOU CAN SPEAK TO IF YOU LIKE. THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION. OKAY. , BFJ HAS DIRECT AND RECENT DEPARTMENT OF STATE GRANT SMART GROWTH GRANT IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE. THEY, THEY WORKED ON, UH, GLEN COVE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH THIS VERY PROGRAM. SO I, I, I FEEL CONFIDENT THEY KNOW THE INS AND OUTS AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY STRONG ATTRIBUTE IN MY OPINION. IS THIS, THE ONLY, IS THIS, JUST REMIND, JUST HELP ME REMEMBER. IS THIS THE ONLY VENDOR OR SUPPLIER THAT HAD, UM, EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THESE TYPE OF GRANTS? OF THE THREE SHORTLISTED? I BELIEVE SO. OKAY. AND, AND JUST IF YOU WOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUR CORNERS COMMITTEE, UM, ARE HAVE BROAD RANGE OF EXPERIENCE, ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING IN THEIR DIFFERENT, UM, CAREERS AND, UM, PLANNING. SO IF YOU, THIS IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE GROUP WITH, UM, VERY, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AGGREGATE KNOWLEDGE IN ASSESSING THESE CANDIDATES. YEAH, I, I NEED TO SAY NO MORE. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. VAST ARRAY OF, UH, TALENTS ON THE COMMITTEE FOR SURE. MM-HMM. UH, BJ'S RFP SUBMISSION ITSELF WAS, WAS EXCELLENT. AND IT IDENTIFIED MUCH LOCAL RELEVANT PLANNING EXPERIENCE, PARTICULARLY WITH REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, UM, ZONING, UH, ENACTMENTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS GRANT IS LOOKING TO, TO FUND. AND THOSE REFERRALS WERE, WERE OFTEN LOCAL NEW ROCHELLE, UM, PORTCHESTER, I BELIEVE SCARSDALE FOR SURE, AND BFJ HAS SOME STAFF THAT LIVE VERY LOCALLY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. THAT'S HELPFUL. THAT'S ONE OF THE VILLAGES, UH, SIX OF THE NINE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE 12 HAD CLEAR PREFERENCES FOR ONE FIRM. UH, AND THAT WAS BFJ. THE THREE MEMBERS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG PREFERENCE FOR ONE OF THE FIRMS WERE KIND OF TORN. THEY, THEY FELT WE HAD THREE STRONG CANDIDATES, WHICH IS A FACT. UH, I PERSONALLY HAVE A STRONG LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT BFJ WILL PERFORM EXCELLENT IF CHOSEN BY THE TOWN BOARD. AND IF THE TOWN BOARD'S SUPPORTIVE OF THE SELECTION OF BFJ, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE FOR ME TO REACH OUT [00:30:01] AND OBTAIN, UH, A DRAFT CONTRACT FROM THEM CONSISTENT WITH THE RFP AND, AND ALL THE, UM, UH, COMPONENTS OF THE GRANT. AND THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD LOOK TO HAVE THAT READY FOR THE FEBRUARY 12TH TOWN BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL. AND IF ALL THAT GOES WELL, I LOOK VERY, I'M VERY EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE FIRM AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE. CAN I JUST ASK YOU A COUPLE QUICK, BECAUSE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROBABLY, WHAT IS IT, LIKE FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO? YES. UH, UM, AND UNDER SAY, BEST CASE SCENARIOS, UH, THEY'LL COME UP WITH A REPORT, SAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, THEN, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME SEEKER, WE, WHEN WE SPOKE THIS MORNING, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME SEEKER, UM, YOU KNOW, NOW. SO THEN LET'S SAY THEY SAY, OKAY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING MIXED USE, YOU KNOW, ZONING. UM, THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, ONCE THEY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, COULD YOU GIVE US SORT OF LIKE A BEST CASE SCENARIO, WHAT THE TIMELINE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT IF THE KICKOFF WITH THE CONSULTANT, LET'S SAY WERE TO OCCUR IN MARCH? I THINK REALISTICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A 12 TO 14 MONTH, UH, PERIOD OF THEIR WORK, WHICH WILL CULMINATE IN ZONING ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, THAT, THAT IS APPROVABLE FOR THE TOWN BOARD. SO WE'RE REALLY INTO, UM, FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER 2026. HAVING SAID THAT, WHILE THAT PROCESS IS UNFOLDING, THERE'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC, TO EXISTING OWNERS IN THE AREA. AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT. IF THE TOWN BOARD RECALLS, WHEN WE WERE ENVISIONING THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT ENABLED THE REGENERON, UH, SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF REGENERON AS AN INTERESTED PARTY IN THAT A HUNDRED ACRES. AND WHILE THE TOWN THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAD A GREAT VISION FOR WHAT, UH, THAT AREA SHOULD BE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A CLUSTER OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO HAVE AN INTERESTED PARTY ENTER INTO THE EQUATION SO THAT WE CAN GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING FOR WHAT THEIR NEEDS WOULD BE. AND WHILE THE ZONING THAT WAS CREATED WASN'T, YOU KNOW, JUST TAILORED SOLELY FOR THEM, UM, IT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF PUBLIC BENEFITS, WHETHER IT'S OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION OR DENSITY BONUSES FOR STRUCTURED PARKING THAT WERE GREAT COMPONENTS FOR THE ZONING. SO IN THIS INSTANCE, I GUESS THE REASON I'M GIVING THIS EXAMPLE IS WHILE WE'RE IN THIS 12 TO 14 MONTH PERIOD, IT, IT IS VERY MUCH MY HOPE THAT ANYONE THAT HAS INTEREST IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AND BELIEVES IN THE REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPT, WHETHER THAT'S EXISTING OWNERS OR SOME OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT WANNA PARTNER WITH THE EXISTING OWNERS OR JUST SOME OTHER DEVELOPERS, UH, THAT, THAT DO ENTER THE EQUATION AND TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE HURDLES AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR AMBITIONS. AND WE'VE HAD MEETINGS, YOU AND ME, WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS IN THE PAST YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE, AND WE'VE SHOWN THEM THE PROPERTY AND WE BASICALLY SAID THIS IS A POSSIBILITY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY, IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE REZONING, THAT THEY MIGHT BE MORE RECEPTIVE. BUT I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF, UM, SAY IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, THE REPORT COMES UP WITH LANGUAGE, UM, ONCE THE LANGUAGE, LET'S SAY JOE DRAFTS THE LANGUAGE IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR, UM, AND, UH, THEN IT GOES TO THE TOWN BOARD, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG FROM THE TIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WOULD, WOULD IT TAKE FOR, UM, FOR THE ZONING CHANGES TO BE MADE? DOES IT HAVE TO GO TO, UM, DO WE HAVE TO DO MORE SECRET AS A, A GOLFER TO A, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE HEARINGS? YOU KNOW, IS IT LIKE ANOTHER TWO YEAR PROCESS JUST TO GET THE ZONING CHANGE? GREAT NEWS. YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO DRAFT ANYTHING. THE CONSULTANT, I APPRECIATE THAT. MAYBE A QUICK REVIEW WOULD BE GREAT. . NOW, SO THE REASON I GAVE THAT EXAMPLE IS, UH, LET'S SAY WE'RE A YEAR OUT AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PREPARING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOME SENSE IF THERE'S DEVELOPER INTEREST, PROPERTY OWNER INTEREST, UM, BUT ONCE THE ZONING IS IN PLACE, LET'S SAY SECOND QUARTER 2026, REALLY, THEN SOMEONE COULD SUBMIT A SITE PLAN APPLICATION. AND MUCH AS YOU'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A PROPOSAL FOR ALL FOUR CORNERS OR EVEN MULTIPLE CORNERS. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, SOMEONE WILL IDENTIFY ONE OF THE CORNERS. AND, UM, I GUESS A SEMI REALISTIC GOAL WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE TOWN WOULD RECEIVE SOME INTEREST AND PERHAPS RECEIVE A CONCRETE PROPOSAL IN THE YEAR 2026. NOW THAT THAT IS ZONING'S IN PLACE, THAT'S A SITE PLAN, UH, APPROVAL. UH, AND, AND, AND SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A TIMEFRAME. COULD CONCEIVABLY AS EARLY AS 2026 RECEIVE A CONCRETE PROPOSAL THAT TOWN BOARD AND PLANNING BOARD COULD VET. AND IF IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING, IT'LL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING BEFORE THEY CONSTRUCT. YEAH. AND THEN MAYBE SOMEONE'S BREAKING GROUND IN 2027, I, I [00:35:01] THINK WOULD BE A, UM, KIND OF BEST CASE SCENARIO. ANOTHER ISSUE IS, UM, WELL THE CONSULTANT BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING AND THE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ISSUES, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE FLOOD MITIGATION STUDIES AS WELL. YEAH. FLOODING TRAFFIC, UH, WATER SEWER, UH, SINCE NUTS PARKING YES. THE FLOODING. COULD YOU JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT, THE FLOODING STUDY? BECAUSE WE, WE, WE DISCUSSED THAT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE JUST ACTUALLY FIRST FINALIZED THE, THE SELECTION OF THE VENDOR. YEAH. OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE. I THINK WE COULD NOW, YOU KNOW, DISCLOSE THAT WHEN WE INTERVIEWED THAT THE, UH, TWO FINALISTS THAT, UH, WAS SUBMITTED TO US BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, I BELIEVE THE BOARD WAS, WAS SUPPORTIVE OF DFJ AS WELL. UM, UH, AT LEAST THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION. AND BOTH OF THE FINALISTS WERE OUTSTANDING. YOU KNOW, THEY, THIS IS, OH, THEY WERE BOTH, THEY WERE BOTH REALLY FANTASTIC. YEAH. IT'S, UH, LIKE KATHERINE SAID, EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS THROUGH THE, UH, STEERING COMMITTEES, UH, MEETINGS, UH, YOU REALLY CAN'T GO WRONG. RIGHT. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH EITHER ONE. BUT, UM, THERE WERE SOME FEATURES OF VFJ, UM, PARTICULARLY IN HOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, GAVE THAT IN THE EDGE, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION. YEAH. THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH VERY QUALIFIED AND, AND WE WERE HARD PRESSED TO, TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION MM-HMM . YEP. RIGHT. WHICH SHOWS THE WORK OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY PUT FORWARD TWO VERY GOOD POTENTIAL CONSULTANTS FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF STEERING COMMITTEE IN, IN SOME RESPECTS. WE DON'T CONTROL THE TIMING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING. IT MAY SPAN OVER SEVERAL MEETINGS. THAT ALL DEPENDS ON, UM, THE INPUT WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC. SO, AND THE, AND THE CONSULTANTS KNOW THAT THE RFP WAS A LITTLE BIT AMBITIOUS. THEY WANTED A TIMELINE FOR EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS, SECRET ANALYSIS, THEY CAN'T REALLY CONTROL THAT. THEY CAN DO THEIR BEST EFFORT MAKING SURE THEY TURN AROUND INFORMATION. BUT THE MAIN THING WITH THIS IS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC DO AND LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC AND PUT FORWARD SOMETHING THAT, UM, CAN'T ACTUALLY BE, UM, BE RECEIVED. BUT, BUT YOU MENTIONED, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REGENERON, AND THIS IS IN SOME WAYS SIMILAR TO THE REGENERON REZONING BECAUSE THAT TOOK MANY YEARS AND THE TOWN WAS VERY CAREFUL AND, UH, METHODICAL AND FOCUSED. AND AS A RESULT OF ALL THE DELAYS, WHICH SOMETIMES IS FRUSTRATING, UM, BECAUSE IT TOOK SUCH A LONG TIME, UH, WE CAME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN. AND IF THIS IS DONE CORRECT, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT REZONE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN, IN YEARS. BUT, UM, BUT I JUST AM SORT OF JUST CURIOUS. MAYBE COULD YOU JUST, FOR PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US, UM, LIKE, JUST LIKE A LITTLE BRIEF, ONE MORE BOTH, JUST, AND THEN WE CAN DO ALL THIS DISCUSSION. AND I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE JUST, I JUST WANT TO BRING CLOSURE TO THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM. AND, UH, UH, IS THIS BOARD NOW AUTHORIZING GARRETT TO CONTACT BFJ AND ASK FOR THEM TO SUBMIT A PROPOSED CONTRACT? YES. YES. SECOND, YES. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. AND THEN WE WILL PUT THIS ALL THE MEDIA FOR FEBRUARY 12TH. AND IT'S NOT, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY IT WASN'T A VOTE. HE WAS JUST DOING A STRAW WITH A STRAW VOTE, IF YOU WILL. STRAW. STRAW. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UNDERSTAND. AND, AND SUPERVISOR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, AN UPDATE AS FAR AS THE, UH, STORM WATER STUDIES THAT ARE ONGOING, THE ENGINEERING FIRM ARC IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE BUILDING ON THE PRIOR, UH, FLOODING ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT A HUNDRED YEAR MITIGATION, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR THE HARD SALE BROOK. NOT THAT IT WOULD TAKE A HUNDRED YEARS, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD DEAL HUNDRED YEAR STORMS. IT'S A, WOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB, UH, THE IMPACTS OF A HUNDRED YEAR STORM , HOPEFULLY, UH, ON, ON A FIVE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION TRACK. I THINK, UH, WE'LL CALL IT. PLEASE. OKAY. WE WOULD SEE IT. AND, AND, AND THAT'S, YEAH. THEY, THEY, ARCADE IS VERY ACTIVE AND, UM, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS WORKING CLOSELY. I'VE ACTUALLY STEPPED ASIDE FROM THAT PROCESS AND 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S VERY ENGINEERING, UH, FOCUSED, BUT, UH, I KNOW THEY'RE ON THEIR MEETING WITH, WITH ARC, UH, TWICE A MONTH AND WITH THE FEMA [00:40:01] FOLKS, SO THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND, UH, ABOLISHED . YEAH. AND JUST SO THAT THE, UH, IT SOUNDS, SOUNDS GREAT. A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, YOU KNOW, MOST MUNICIPALITIES, THEIR STORM WATER SUPPLY, UH, UM, SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED FOR A 25 YEAR STORM. SO THIS IS MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. BUT FOR THE MAJOR STORMS THAT WE'VE HAD, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. A HUNDRED YEAR UHY, A SYSTEM WOULD NOT, NOT PREVENT FLOODING FROM THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS. THOSE, THOSE FAIRLY RARE, BUT INCREASINGLY COMMON EVENTS WHERE WE GET 700 YEAR STORMS AND 500 YEAR STORMS OCCURRING, THIS WILL, THIS IS THE IMPROVEMENT FOR MORE TYPICAL STORMS. BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY TO BUILD A 700 YEAR SYSTEM, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER. AND WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THERE. THIS WILL MITIGATE, UM, THE BULK, THE FLOODING FROM THE BULK OF THE STORMS. AND I USE THE WORD MITIGATE PURPOSEFULLY BECAUSE IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY SOLVE, BUT MITIGATE, FOR INSTANCE, LAST YEAR, BACK TO BACK PRACTICALLY, WE HAD TWO STORMS THAT WITHIN 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR DROPPED TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND NO SYSTEM CAN ABSORB, UH, THEN ON, ON GROUND THAT WAS ALREADY SATURATED. AND NO, NO SYSTEM CAN DEAL WITH THAT AMOUNT OF WATER ALL AT ONCE. SO, JUST, JUST FAIR WARNING, UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO COMMEND THE COMMISSIONER AND COMMEND THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, YES. WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT THAT STUDY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE AND, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS? UH, 2026. OKAY. SO, SO THANK YOU. SO THIS IS REALLY GOOD COORDINATION, THIS WHOLE TIMING OF EVERYTHING. MM-HMM . ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOOD AT. WERE VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL. THEY CAME TO THE MEETING, UM, HAVING DONE THEIR HOMEWORK, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, UM, REASSURING TO SEE THE, THE LEVEL OF THE DISCUSSION, NOT JUST THE FACT THAT THEY WERE DISCUSSING FOUR QUARTERS, BUT THE LEVEL OF DETAIL, UH, THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT SUCH GOOD CANDIDATES. AND THE TRAFFIC, THE, THE TR BESIDES FLOODING, WE ALSO HAVE A TRAFFIC ISSUE FOR THE FOUR CORNERS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A EXTRA LANE WITH THE TOWN, BOUGHT SOME LAND, UM, TO POSSIBLY EVENTUALLY WIDEN, UH, WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, YOU KNOW, HEADING TO CENTRAL AVENUE. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON? YEAH, THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES WITH THE FOUR CORNERS, THE, THE TWO, UH, PROPERTIES THAT THE TOWN NOW OWNS ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S BENEFICIAL. AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT'S BENEFICIAL. AND WITH THE RESPECT TO CONTROL AND FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT, THE DYNAMIC OF ONE CORNER HAVING THE PARKING DISTRICT THERE, IS THERE SOME, SOME SORT OF, UM, SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIP THAT COULD ARISE TO, TO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, CATALYZE THAT WHOLE PARKING SITUATION AND MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE. OF COURSE, WE KNOW THE FLOODING THE TRAFFIC. WE'VE GOT A TAP GRANT THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, NEARING FINAL DESIGN AND THAT THAT'S LOOKING LIKE A 2026 BILL. BUT THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE GRANT FOR THE, THE LENGTH OF EAST HARTSDALE ADS AND THE, WELL ITS IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ALONG ALL OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, CURB BUMP OUTS, UM, SIGNAL UPGRADES, A SIDEWALK UP WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE. THAT'S A MAJOR DYNAMIC THAT'S GONNA INFLUENCE, UH, THE FOUR CORNERS. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU, THE, THE PROSPECT FOR DEVELOPERS TO MAKE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIDEN A LANE? SO MANY CURB CUTS DOWN THERE, REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD HAVE LESS CURB CUTS, MAKE, MAKE MORE ORDERLY THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA. SO THERE'S JUST SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY AND THERE ARE MANY MOVING PARTS, MANY CHALLENGING CHALLENGES, BUT, UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING ALL THE RIGHT STEPS. WE APPROVED THE PLAN, WE GOT THE GRANT TO DO THE ZONING, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED AND WE'VE GOT YOUR SUPPORT. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA GET DONE. FANTASTIC. REALLY, THANKS AGAIN. I LIKE THE CHALLENGE AS A PLANNER. THIS IS THE SITE, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD GET ITS RIGS OUT AND THROUGH THAT FOUR CORNERS AREA. ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WE DISCUSSED WAY, WAY BACK WAS, UH, BEING ABLE TO GO AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT, GOING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE FIREHOUSE AND GOING AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT SO THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GO TO THE INTERSECTION OF FOUR CORNERS. SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES, BUT THAT'S WHATEVER, HIRING [00:45:01] A CONSULTANT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GUESS, UM, THAT, I'M SORRY, BUT I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION NOW THAT YOU MADE ME THINK OF, UM, VIS-A-VIS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF THEY'RE USING EAST HEART, STILL HAVE, WE ARE SEQUENCING THE LIGHTS FOR TRAFFIC MITIGATION. UM, BUT IF THERE'S A FIRE, WILL THOSE LIGHTS BE RESPONSIVE TO THE ENABLING THE FIRE TRUCKS TO MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE WITH SPEED BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WILL THEN RESPOND TO THOSE FIRE TRUCKS? I, I KNOW THE SIGNALS HAVE THAT CAPACITY, SO IT'S REALLY JUST A COORDINATION, UM, ASPECT. AND CHIEF MITA WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED AS A STAKEHOLDER AS, AS, AS WILL HIS DISTRICT, UH, IN THE FOUR CORNERS PROCESS. BUT, UM, NOW THAT YOU, YOU'RE TO YOUR QUESTION, IT REMINDS ME TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR TAP GRANT EAST, HARSDALE AVENUE ENGINEERS ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PRIORITY GIVEN IN THE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S NEEDED. AND I, I KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY'S THERE, SO YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND CHIEF JOSE IS VERY DETAILED ORIENTED, AND I THINK THERE'LL BE, I THINK IT'LL BE ON TOP OF THIS, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO WORRY. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. THANKS EVERYONE. THANK SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD. UH, SO NOW WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC? NO, NO. A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS TO INTERVIEW POTENTIAL APPOINTEES TO THE LIBRARY BOARD TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PROPOSED PENDING AND CURRENT LITIGATION. SECOND. ALL IN 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.