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TODAY IS FEBRUARY 12TH AT SEVEN AFTER SEVEN 30, UH, PM
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC, FOR WE SHOULD STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Fran Stanley, Commissioner of the Hartsdale Fire district for over 35 years. She was a very dedicated public servant who was committed to fire protection services and to the safety of our residents. In memory of Philbert George, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. He worked in DPW as Building Maintenance at Town Hall for 20 years. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him In memory of those around the world who have perished as victims of war, disease and natural disaster. Our hearts are with all who needlessly suffer.]
WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.UM, IN MEMORY OF, UH, FRAN STANLEY, UH, FRAN STANLEY WAS, UM, A COMMISSIONER OF THE HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
SHE WAS VERY, UH, DEDICATED, UH, DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT.
SHE WAS VERY COMMITTED TO, UM, UH, UH, FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, UH, TO HARTSDALE AND TO THE SAFETY OF, UM, OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SHE DEVOTED HER, UM, A GOOD PORTION OF HER LIFE TO, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SHE'LL BE MISSED AND HER SERVICE WILL BE APPRECIATED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF, UH, PHILBERT GEORGE.
HE PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 20TH, 2025.
UH, FILBERT, UM, UH, WORKED AT TOWN HALL.
HE WORKED IN THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT FOR, UM, ABOUT 20 YEARS.
UM, HE, IF YOU WENT TO TOWN BOARD MEETINGS, UM, HE WAS HERE IN THE EVENINGS, UM, AND DID A LOT OF WORK.
HE HAD A GREAT PERSONALITY, A TERRIFIC WORK ETHIC, AND, UM, HE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BE MISSED BY EVERYBODY WHO INTERACTED, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH HIM AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE PERISHED AS VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE, AND NATURAL, UH, DISASTERS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORT MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR IN THEIR HONOR.
AND THE TOWN CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, UH,
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]
UM, I'M HERE PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HABER.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS PRESENT OUR TOWN ATTORNEY IN PARLIAMENTARIAN, MR. JOE DANKO PRESENT.
AND COUNSEL MEN SHEEN ASKED ME TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT HE'S ABSENT TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, DEALING WITH A CRITICAL MEDICAL ISSUE OF A FAMILY MEMBER.
[ PRESENTATIONS Certificate of Appreciation - Ryan Levenson Proclamation - Dr. Mudhakar Srivatsa, a volunteer of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, USA Inc ]
UH, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM OF BUSINESS IS HONORING, UM, A FRESHMAN AT ARDSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, RYAN LEVINSON.ARDSLEY, UM, UM, UH, HIGH SCHOOL IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE RYAN AS A, AS A STUDENT, AND OUR C'S, UH, FORTUNATE BECAUSE, UH, UH, RYAN HELPED AVOID A MAJOR POWER OUTAGE BECAUSE HE WAS SO ALERT.
UM, HE NOTICED THAT A TREE WAS FALLING ONTO WIRES ON SPRAIN ROAD.
UM, THE FAMILY CONTACTED CON ED AND TOWN OFFICIALS, AND THERE WAS A RESULT OF, UM, HIS QUICK THINKING.
THE TREE WAS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED, THEN NO ONE LOST POWER AND INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGES WERE AVOIDED.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD HONOR RYAN, UH, UH, TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT HE DID, TO LOOK AROUND, TO BE AWARE, AND TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, TO BE PROACTIVE.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF YOUR QUICK THINKING, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T COLD, UH, BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE HAD A POWER OUTAGE THAT COULD HAVE LASTED HOURS OR, OR EVEN DAYS.
SO, UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, AND, UM, AND THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING OVER THERE, IF YOU WANNA BECOME A POLICE OFFICER, UH, AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE A, A HEADS UP ON THE CIVIL SERVICE.
WE ALSO, UM, HAVE A PROCLAMATION.
AND, UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, TIME OF, OF THE YEAR.
UH, YOGA AS AN ANCIENT HINDU PRACTICE DEVELOPED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO IN INDIAN SUBCONTINENT FOR MAINTAINING SPIRITUAL, MENTAL,
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AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING.UM, UH, RIA, UH, NA MASCARA, OR SUN SALUTATION IS A TRADITIONAL Y YOGIC PRACTICE ON COMBINING A SEQUENCE OF POSTURES WITH BREATHING EXERCISES.
HINDU, UH, SW, AK OR HSS IS A NON-PROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 233 BRANCHES IN 169 CITIES AND 32 STATES, INCLUDING NEW YORK, THROUGH WHICH IT CONDUCTS THE HINDU VALUES EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE HINDU FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS FOOD DRIVES, PROVIDING HOT MEALS TO SHELTERS AND OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES, AND SEVERAL CITIES.
WE ARE, UM, HSS IS ORGANIZING ITS ANNUAL HEALTH FOR HUMANITY YOGA THUN, WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING OVER, UM, UH, 10,000 INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS PRACTICE RIA, UH, NAMASKAR TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND YOGA ENTHUSIASTS, YOGA STUDIOS, LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE HSS HEALTH FOR HUMANITY YOGA HON.
AND I RECOGNIZE HSS FOR ORGANIZING ITS ANNUAL HEALTH FOR HUMANITY YOGA FUND TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEALTH AWARENESS ACTIVITY.
SO, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES.
I MIGHT HAVE TO QUIT AND REJOIN THE ZOOM MEETING.
UH, IS IT, IS IT OKAY OR, THAT'S FINE.
UH, MY APOLOGIES IF YOU WANT A LITTLE TIME.
SHOULD WE DO THE LIAISON REPORTS AND THEN, AND THEN HELP GO? NO, YOU, WELL, I'M JUST ASKING YOU NEXT, SO THIS WAY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UH, WITH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR, WOULD YOU PICK UP? OH, SIR, YES, PLEASE.
UM, WANTED TO VERY BRIEFLY SHARE ABOUT THIS EVENT CALLED, UH, KARYA, SNY FOR SHARK THAT, UH, WE CONDUCT ANNUALLY.
UM, IT'S AN EVENT FOR PROMOTING HEALTH FOR HUMANITY.
SO, VERY BRIEFLY, UH, UH, PAUL TALKED ABOUT H-S-S-H-S-S IS A VOLUNTARY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR PROMOTING SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL, UM, UH, ACTIVITIES.
UH, IN THE US WE, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE US FOR ABOUT 25 PLUS YEARS, OPERATING IN THE FORM OF 230 CHAPTERS ACROSS 36 STATES, IN PARTICULAR IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS OR SO WITH THREE CHAPTERS RUNNING, UH, BETWEEN, UH, LEY AND AL HEIGHTS.
UM, AGAIN, MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF YOGA.
IT'S A, A ANCIENT FORM OF, UH, PHYSICAL WELLBEING.
THERE ARE ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCES THAT DATE ALL THE WAY BACK TO MOHAN JRO GOING BACK TO 2,500 BC A CITY IN THE ANCIENT DU VALLEY CIVILIZATION, SHOWING VARIOUS YOGIC POSES.
THIS PARTICULAR, UH, EFFORT, UH, OR THE MARATHON THAT WE RAN, UH, IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO, UH, IS ABOUT SUR NASCAR.
IT LITERALLY TRANSLATES TO SUN SALUTATION.
UH, AS WE KNOW, SUN IS THE SOURCE OF ALL ENERGY THAT WE HAVE ON EARTH, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.
SO IT'S A SALUTATION THAT WE PAY TO THE SUN FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE GET TO ENJOY, UH, ON THE EARTH.
SO THERE ARE VARIOUS BENEFITS OF SYRIA MASCAR, UH, SOME OF WHICH ARE PRIMARILY, UH, IN TERMS
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OF INCREASING CONCENTRATION, UH, MEMORY, REDUCING TENSIONS, STRESS TONES, ALL PARTS OF YOUR BODY, MUSCLES IN GENERAL, STRENGTHENS YOUR SPINE, INCREASES YOUR LUNG CAPACITY, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT HAS GOT TO DO WITH VERY RHYTHMIC BREATHING, AND IT HELPS REGULATE SLEEP AND DIGESTIVE DISORDERS.SO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SNY EVENT, THE HSS HAS BEEN CONDUCTING, UH, EVERY YEAR FOR LAST MANY YEARS.
IT'S CONDUCTED TYPICALLY IN, UH, JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF THE YEAR.
THE EAM IS TO COLLECT THOUSANDS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SYRIA NASCAR.
I'M GONNA GIVE SOME STATISTICS, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY.
UM, IT INCLUDES VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS, UH, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, A DIVERSE RANGE OF AUDIENCE ACROSS ALL AGES, GENDERS, RACES, ETHNICITIES, NATIONALITIES, AND FAITH.
IT'S A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT INTENDED TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY, BUILD A SENSE OF UNITY, AND A SHARED PURPOSE.
SO, WHY, PARTICULARLY IN JANUARY, IT'S ESSENTIALLY THIS CHANGE OF SEASONS.
THE WINTER AS ENDED, THE DAYS ARE BECOMING LONGER.
IT SYMBOLIZES FESTIVITY SUNSHINE IN OUR LIFE, AND IT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FERTILITY AND, UH, A NEW BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THIS YEAR, THE MARATHON OR THE YOGA TAN, AS WE CALL IT, RAN FROM JANUARY 17TH TO FEBRUARY 1ST, 2025.
UH, WHILE WE HAVE NOT YET COLLECTED 30 25 STATISTICS, VERY BRIEFLY RECAPPING THE LAST YEAR STATISTICS, UH, THIS EVENT WAS DONE IN ABOUT 35 STATES, 290 CITIES.
NEARLY 13,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT, INCLUDING OVER 4,000 STUDENTS, 160 YOGA TEACHERS, AND A TOTAL OF ABOUT 300,000 SYRIA NASCARS WERE COLLECTIVELY PERFORMED.
AND MANY CITIES AROUND THE US HAVE PARTICIPATED.
THIS YEAR IN NEW YORK, THERE WERE ABOUT 210 PARTICIPANTS, AND ABOUT 7,500 SYRIA NASCAR WERE PERFORMED, INCLUDING MANY ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.
UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A, A COUNTRYWIDE EVENT.
UH, HERE IS A, A, A BRIEF PICTURE FROM ABOUT 400 PLUS PARTICIPANTS FROM STATE OF UNION IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AND AGAIN, UH, MORE EVENTS HELD IN THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BRINGS IN THE STATE SENATOR AND THE LOCAL COUNSELORS.
UH, WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, END AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALL WITH, UH, DANIEL, HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THIS EVENT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF US BEING ABLE TO PURSUE THESE EVENTS WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
[ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS Liaison Reports (Councilwoman Joy Haber, Councilwoman Ellen Hendrickx, Councilwoman Gina Jackson, Councilman Francis Sheehan) GOOD NEWS...The Town continues (since 2008) to have the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA) and (since 2010) from Moody's (Aaa). Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. Most recently, on November 21, 2024, Moody's reaffirmed the Town of Greenburgh earned Moody's highest rating (Aaa) and Standard & Poors also reaffirmed the Town again earned Standard & Poors' highest rating (AAA). Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Lisa Maria Nero, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607. TownClerk@GreenburghNY.com Any individual or group interested in a visit from the Town Board should email the Board at TownBoard@GreenburghNY.com ]
AND NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OUR, UM, LIAISON REPORTS.UM, SO WE CAN START WITH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HABER.
UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE A REPORT, UH, FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, SOME THINGS, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OR ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, THEY, UH, THE TENANT'S RIGHTS FORUM AT OUR THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LEGAL SERVICES OF HUDSON VALLEY.
UM, THEY DID A LOT OF OUTREACH TO BRING PEOPLE TO OUR WONDERFUL BLACK HISTORY EXHIBIT AT THE GREENBERG LIBRARY ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
THAT EXHIBIT WILL BE THERE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? YEAH, BECAUSE YOU, THE LIBRARY, I JUST, UM, IT'S A WONDERFUL EXHIBIT IF YOU'VE NOT GONE TO SEE IT.
SO I, I RECOMMEND EVERYONE GET A CHANCE.
UM, THEY ALSO, UH, HELPED GET A PIECE IN THE RIVER TOWNS DISPATCH ON THEIR RESTORATIVE CIRCLES PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING PROGRAM, A VERY RESTORATIVE, VERY, UH, COMMUNITY BUILDING.
AND, UM, SO IF YOU GET TO GET A CHANCE TO LOOK THAT UP, UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OUT THERE, UH, PLEASE, YOU CAN EMAIL ME AS A LIAISON, UH, TO JAY HABER@GREENBERGNY.COM.
THEY, UH, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON THE NATURE CENTER OF GREENBERG, BECAUSE THAT IS NOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CALLED.
AND THEY ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED THE CONTRACT WITH THEM, SO THEY WILL BE IN THE PARK FOR ANOTHER 25 YEARS.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M LOSING MY VOICE.
UM, AND THEY HAVE BIG PLANS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ALEX DUNN AND WITH A WONDERFUL BOARD OF VERY DEVOTED AND SPECIAL MEMBERS.
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HA HAVE PLANNED, THEY'VE, THEY, THEY DID A COUPLE OF, UM, EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OR I SHOULD SAY, MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO PLAN OUT GOING FORWARD.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS CREATE A WHOLE NEW WELCOME CENTER, UM, WHICH WILL HELP PEOPLE ORIENT THEMSELVES TO THE, TO THE PARK.
THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD UP THEIR EXHIBITS AND TO FRESHEN UP THE PARK AND TO HAVE ACTIVITIES.
AND EVERYONE REALLY SHOULD LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULES.
JUST GO ONLINE AND YOU'LL FIND SOME GREAT THINGS THAT ARE REALLY WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENTS FOR PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, EITHER TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY.
UM, AS I MENTIONED AT THE LAST TOWN BOARD MEETING, I AM THE LIAISON FOR, UH, BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THIS EVENING AND SHOW THE TEAMWORK BETWEEN BOTH DEPARTMENTS, UH, LED BY COMMISSIONER FINE, UH, FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND CHIEF KOBE POWELL FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO THIS VIDEO, THIS VIDEO THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS.
SO, TERENCE, MY NAME IS JAVIER ANI.
I'M A RADIO COMMUNICATION INSTALLER UP IN CARS AND TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNICATION AROUND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
ONCE A REPAIR SHOP IS DONE WITH THE GRAPHICS, IT'S BROUGHT DOWN TO US SO WE CAN START TO UPFITTING.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE IN HOUSE BECAUSE SOMETHING BREAKS OR SOMETHING MALFUNCTIONS.
DO A DRIVE-IN, YOU GET ONE CAR.
IF IT'S A DODGE, IT'S A FORD, OR IT'S A CHEVY.
EVERYTHING, ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS THE SAME.
SO FOR AN OFFICER SAFETY, THEY'RE ABLE TO JUST REACH AND NOT EVEN LOOKING, KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS.
IF I DIDN'T CARE, I'M PUTTING SOMEBODY'S FLIGHT IN JEOPARDY OR SAFETY.
SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT LEAVES THE FACILITY PERFECT.
OH, WE DO EVERYTHING FROM BEGINNING TO END, ACTUAL BUYING IT, SPECKING IT OUT, BUILDING IT, ORDERING IT.
I'D RATHER DO IT FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE RIGHT.
WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM OCCURS, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID FROM POINT A TO POINT B, YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
I TAKE VERY PRIDE OF IT WHEN I SEE IT.
I ACTUALLY DO VIDEOS AND I, IT REFLECTS ME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CARS AND THEY GET POLICE CARS.
THEY DON'T SEE WHAT'S INVOLVED.
SO THAT'S A PLUS, HAVING SOMEBODY WHO'S INTO THE LIGHTING AND SAFE, HAPPY TO WORK FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING SAFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE OFFICERS.
QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR THANK YOU.
QUICK SHOUT OUT TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR RADIO, UM, SHOP, AND ALSO OUR CABLE DEPARTMENT WHO, UH, PUT THE VIDEO TOGETHER.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE DO STUFF IN HOUSE.
SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, I JUST WANNA, UH, THANK TERRANCE, UM, FOR, AND JANELLE OUR CABLE TV FOR, UH, DOING THIS.
AND I THINK THIS WAS REALLY GREAT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF TAPES, AND MAYBE AT EACH MEETING WE COULD DO ANOTHER, UH, UH, VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING WHAT SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE, ARE DOING, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THESE TAPES IS LIKE, REALLY GREAT AND
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A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT PEOPLE ARE, WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES DO, YOU KNOW, BEHIND THE SCENES.AND THESE, THESE TAPES REALLY GIVE YOU A BETTER APPRECIATION.
I JUST WANNA MENTION A FEW BRIEF THINGS ON, ON IF YOU DON'T LIKE, UH, CON ED.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A POLL,
UH, SENATOR SHELLY MAYER IS HAVING A RALLY AT THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY CENTER ON FRIDAY AT NOON.
AND, UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO FIND OUT WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S DOING, UM, UH, TO TRY TO PREVENT THE RATE HIKES FROM GOING ENFORCE THE GOVERNOR, I THINK TODAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A SHOT AT, UM, AT STOPPING THESE DOUBLE DIGIT, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASES.
UM, SO THAT'S FRIDAY AT NOON AT THE COUNTY CENTER, UM, JUST ON THE BORDER OF, YOU KNOW, GREENBURG AND WHITE PLAINS.
ALSO, UM, UH, JUST TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR, ON MARCH 26TH, UH, FROM, UM, UM, SIX TO SEVEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ENERGY, UM, UM, SAVINGS FORUM.
SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER IS ORGANIZING A FORUM HERE, AND THEY'RE GIVING OUT FREE ENERGY KITS, SAVING KITS, UH, TO ANYBODY WHO SPENDS THE HOUR WITH THEM.
AND THE KITS ARE WORTH ABOUT $80.
UH, SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND WHETHER TAKING STEPS TO WEATHERIZE YOUR HOUSE OR USING LEAD LIGHTS OR LED LIGHTS ON, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WAY YOU COULD IMMEDIATELY SAVE MONEY BY GETTING THESE FREE KITS AND ALSO TAKING ACTION STEPS IN YOUR OWN HOUSE THAT COULD SAVE MONEY.
AND THEN THE FEAR VIEW, EMPOWERMENT, UH, GROUP HAS SCHEDULED, UM, OUR THIRD REPAIR CAFE FOR MAY 17TH.
WE HAD, UM, TWO CAFE REPAIR CAFES ON, UM, UH, LAST YEAR AT THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, UM, PEOPLE GOT ITEMS, JEWELRY, UH, COMPUTERS, UM, UM, FURNITURE, UM, ELECTRONICS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS REPAIRED FOR FREE BY VOLUNTEERS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
I, I MIGHT MENTION THAT THIS PROPOSED RATE HIKE BY CONED AS OPPOSED TO THE SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER CONTRACT, WHICH KEEPS OUR FEES LEVEL FOR, UM, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE TIME FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, 18 MONTHS, I THINK.
UM, SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONSTERNATION BECAUSE THE PRICES HAVE BEEN HIGHER OF LATE THAN CONED, BUT WITH THIS RATE HIKE THAT CONED IS PROPOSING, UM, AND WE HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER IT, WITH THIS RATE HIKE, IT CAN GO UP BEYOND THE, THE COST OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTERS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS THE BALANCE THAT WE TRY TO ACHIEVE BY INVESTING IN SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER AND BY, UM, TRYING TO KEEP THE RATES FLAT, RELATIVELY FLAT.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION.
UM, SUPERVISOR, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE, UM, THE PARKING, UM, BEFORE YOU GET TO THE PARKING, JUST ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE RATES? I BELIEVE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WESTCHESTER POWER WAS LOWER THAN CONED THIS YEAR.
WELL, BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO THE PARKING AUTHORITY, UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY BECAUSE I GOT SOME, UM, UM, EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS, UH, FROM BUSINESSES.
AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LOSS OF BUSINESS BECAUSE OF ESPECIALLY THE CONSTRUCT, A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
AND YOU JUST SAID IT'S BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, PRETTY BAD.
SO I WANTED TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE PARKING AUTHORITY, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN BOARD, UM, AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIGURE OUT A WAY AT WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HELP SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, LOCAL MM-HMM
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO HELP OUT ON THAT.
YEAH, THAT, NO, I THINK IT'S A REALLY MAJOR, UH, ISSUE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
WE, I GUESS WE LOST TWO BAKERIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, BUSINESS THAT, YOU KNOW, WENT OUT MM-HMM
THE BUSINESSES ARE ALWAYS STRUGGLING.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A, IT IS BEEN DIFFICULT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE ALL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE COULD DO, MAYBE WE COULD COME UP WITH A PLAN TO HELP SOME OF THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS, SMALLER BUSINESSES, UH, YOU KNOW, SURVIVE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE BUSINESS WENT OUT, THE BAKERIES WENT OUT OF BUSINESS DUE TO THE REPAIR THAT'S HAPPENING ON EAST DALE AVENUE? THEY HAD LESS FOOT TRAFFIC, WAS
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ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE RESTAURANT.ONE OF THE RESTAURANT OWNERS WHO OWNS THREE RESTAURANTS.
THEY GO, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
IT'S A RESTAURANT OWNER OWNS THREE RESTAURANTS, AND HE WAS SAYING THERE'S REALLY REDUCED FOOT TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND PARKING ISSUES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE CAN ALLEVIATE THAT TEMPORARILY WITH SOME DIFFERENT PARKING, WHICH I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT, BUT, WE'LL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TERRIFIC.
SO, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY REPORT AND, UM, IF, UM, OH, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SET UP A, A DATE TO HONOR JOAN DRISCOLL.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE SIGN MADE UP BECAUSE SHE VOLUNTEERED, UM, FOR MANY YEARS WITH HER LATE HUSBAND, UH, DOING LANDSCAPING AT THE LITTLE PARKLET NEAR THE, THE TRAIN STATION.
AND SHE DESERVES TO BE HONORED.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO THAT IN THE SPRING.
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, LISA, THAT YOU WILL ANNOUNCE THAT I, I DID AT LEAST OH, OKAY.WE WILL BE HAVING OUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION, UM, CELEBRATING, UM, WONDERFUL RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG, UM, ON, UH, THIS NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS ON THE 26TH.
AND, UM, JUST ALSO WE WILL, UM, ALSO BE HONORING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, UM, ALSO ON OUR MARCH 26TH MEETING.
UM, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO STATE THAT WE HAVE OUR FOIL PROCESS DETAILED ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS GREENBURG NY.COM, AND IT GIVES STEP BY STEP FOR THE FOIL PROCESS.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CALL MY OFFICE, AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT PROCESS.
[ To consider a Local Law which would Establish Accessory Dwelling Units as a Special Permit Use, with related updates to Sections 285-5, 285-10, 285-36, 285-38, and 285-39 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh [TB 23-09]]
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.FIRST ONE IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW THAT WOULD ESTABLISH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS A SPECIAL PERMIT USE, UM, WITH RELATED UPDATES TO SECTION 2 85 5 2 85, UH, TEN TWO EIGHTY FIVE, THIRTY SIX, TWO EIGHTY FIVE, THIRTY EIGHT, TWO EIGHTY FIVE, THIRTY NINE OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING.
AND WE HAVE GAR DUQUE, EVENING SUPERVISOR, FEER TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD, GAR DUANE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE HEARING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024, AND DECEMBER 11TH, 2024, RELATED TO A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT, WHICH SEEKS TO REGULATE PERMIT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR ADUS IN THE ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICTS OF THE TOWN BY SPECIAL PERMIT APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COURT.
THE UPDATED LOCAL LAW THAT SUPPORTS THE HEARING TONIGHT CONTAINS ONE MODIFICATION, WHICH WAS DEMARCATED IN RED FONT AND POSTED ON THE TOWN WEBSITE CLARIFYING NOT TO EXCEED PERCENTAGES RELATED TO FLOOR AREA RATIO.
AT THE LAST HEARING IN DECEMBER, TWO RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE INDICATED THAT THEY HAD INTEREST IN PURSUING ADUS AT THEIR RESIDENCES.
I WAS ASKED BY THE SUPERVISOR TO REVIEW THOSE AND PROVIDED INDICATION THAT THOSE PROPOSALS APPEARED TO COMPLY WITH SOME OF THE LOT SIZE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
FOLLOWING THE DECEMBER A DU HEARING SUPERVISOR FINER SENT AN EMAIL BLAST TO THOSE SUBSCRIBING TO THE GV LIST AND SOLICITED ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM RESIDENTS THAT HAD INTEREST IN PURSUING AN A DU ON THEIR PROPERTY.
14 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS EMAILED IN WITH RESPONSES WITH THEIR ADDRESSES AND IDENTIFIED THE TYPE OF A DU THAT THEY MAY SEE THE LOCAL LAWS APPROVED, WHETHER THAT BE WITHIN THE EXISTING HOME AS A GARAGE CONVERSION OR AS A SEPARATE FREESTANDING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THE PURPOSE OF THAT OUTREACH WAS TO JUST GET A SENSE OF THE LOCAL LAW THAT'S PROPOSED AND TO GET A SENSE OF HOW THAT THOSE, THOSE, UH, THE DESIRES OF RESIDENTS THAT EXPRESS INTEREST, UH, DO OR DO NOT MEET SOME OF THE MAJOR PARAMETERS.
SO, FOCUSING ON THE LOT SIZES OF THOSE EXPRESSING INTEREST, I REVIEWED WHETHER THOSE WITH, WITH THE INTEREST, MET THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW, AND ALSO LOOKED AT THE EXISTING RESIDENCES FLOOR AREA RATIOS TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS AVAILABLE FAR REMAINING.
BASED ON THIS, SOME OF MY FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS, THE LOCAL LAWS PRESENTLY COMPRISED WILL FACILITATE ELIGIBLE A DU PROPOSALS CONSISTENT WITH THE TYPES OF, OF ADUS THAT RESIDENTS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BUILDING, FOCUSING ON MO SIZE.
OVER 60% OF THOSE THAT HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN AN A DU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PROPOSE SOME TYPE OF A DU ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AT LEAST SIX OF THOSE WITH INTEREST IN THIS RATHER SMALL SAMPLE SIZE,
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HAD SUFFICIENT LOSS SIZES THAT WOULD MAKE THE A DU PROPOSAL ELIGIBLE WHEN FACTOR IN FACTORING IN THE TYPE OF A DU THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT HAD INTERESTED, SHOULD AN A DU LOCAL LAW BE APPROVED? I KNOW THAT THE TOWN BOARD HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN RECEIVING FOLLOW UP INFORMATION REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW.AS ALL A DU APPLICATIONS WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL PERMIT PROCESSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
I SUBMIT THAT IT WILL NOT BE DIFFICULT TO TRACK AND REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE TOWN BOARD.
THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS APPROVED OR DENIED, THE VOLUME OF JUST GENERAL CALLS RECEIVED RELATED TO POTENTIAL ADUS AND SOME, SOME INFORMATION ON THE INPUT RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS AT PUBLIC HEARINGS ASSOCIATED WITH A DU APPLICATIONS.
THE TOWN BOARD COULD USE THIS INFORMATION TO EVALUATE ANY RANGE OF POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE LAW, WHETHER THAT BE MINOR MODIFICATIONS,
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE BOARD AND RESIDENTS.
SO OUT OF THE 14, UH, PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED, HOW MANY WOULD QUALIFY? AGAIN, I, I FORGOT.
SO, UH, 10 OUT OF THE 16 MET THE MINIMUM MO SIZE, UH, REQUIREMENT OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME SORT OF, OF A DM, AND THAT REPRESENTS OVER 60%.
AND, UH, DOES THE LEGISLATION HAVE, ORIGINALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIMITING THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, PER YEAR.
SO THE LEGISLATION INDEED AUTHORIZES THE TOWN BOARD TO DO JUST WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, TO PUT AN ANNUAL CAP ON APPLICATIONS.
AND IT ALLOWS THE TOWN BOARD TO DO SO BY RESOLUTION THAT CAN BE DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO THE LOCAL LAW DOESN'T SPECIFY THE NUMBER OF WHAT THAT CAP WOULD BE, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD TALK TO THE TOWN BOARD ABOUT.
AND WHATEVER NUMBER THE TOWN BOARD FELT COMFORTABLE WITH, THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE MEMORIALIZED IN THE RESOLUTION APPROVING A LOCAL LAW FOR AN A D DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN WHY WE PUT THAT IN PLACE? THAT THE FACT THAT WE COULD PUT A CAP ON THE NUMBER OFF IT, IT'S, IT IS PERMISSIBLE.
IT'S, IT'S A LEGAL ACTION, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS, UM, AND THE OFF CHANCE THAT THERE WAS, UH, MUCH INTEREST ALMOST, LET'S JUST SAY TOO MUCH INTEREST
UH, THE REALITY IS, IS IN LOOKING AT OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND PARTICULARLY THE, THE VILLAGES OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS THAT ARE APPLIED FOR IS RATHER LOW, PERHAPS ONE, TWO, OR THREE APPLICATIONS PER YEAR.
UH, AND I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD EXPECT ANYTHING MUCH DIFFERENT HERE IN GREENBURG, BUT NONETHELESS, UM, IT MAY GIVE THE BOARD AND RESIDENTS A COMFORT LEVEL TO KNOW THAT, UM, THERE'S AN ANNUAL CAP OF SOME, UM, MODEST NUMBER, PERHAPS 10, JUST TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ADD 30, 40, 50 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, PER YEAR ACROSS THE TOWN.
AND THAT WOULD ALLAY CONCERNS BY MANY, UM, OF CHANGING THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ASPECT OR, OR CONTRIBUTING TO AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PARKING ON THE STREETS.
SO THAT IS, UH, PART AND PARCEL OF THE REASON THAT WE DECIDED TO INSTITUTE THIS.
AND WE ALSO TALKED, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT, UM, HAVING LIKE AN ANNUAL, UH, REVIEW.
UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UM, YOU WOULD GET, UH, DO A REPORT, UH, WITH POSSIBLE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS, WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
AND THIS WAY WE COULD, IT COULD BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, THE A DU LEGISLATION, RATHER THAN SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE LAW THAT WE PASS IS THE FINAL VERSION AND NOTHING ELSE IS GONNA CHANGE.
WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE TOWN BOARD.
READY? UM, CAN WE HAVE PLEASE, DR. CAROL ALLEN, DR.
UM, BEFORE I START, COULD I ASK MR. DUANE A QUESTION? WHAT PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN GREENBURG ARE OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET? SO THE STATISTICS, UH, I DO RECALL YOUR COMMENTS FROM LAST PUBLIC HEARING, AND I APPRECIATE THEM.
75% OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UNINCORPORATED IS ZONED ONE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OF THAT, THE R FIVE DISTRICT COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER 1% OF THE OVERALL TOWNLAND AREA.
AND THE R SEVEN FIVE DISTRICT COMPRISES A LITTLE OVER 10%.
SO COLLECTIVELY, THOSE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS
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AND THOSE NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO SQUARE FEET.SO R FIVE EQUALS IS CONSISTENT WITH 5,000 SQUARE FEET ARE SEVEN FIVE CONSISTENT WITH 7,000 TO 500 SQUARE FEET.
SO ROUGHLY 10% OF THE, UH, LAND AREA IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG CONTAINS THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY LOT IN THOSE, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS, UM, ARE THAT EXACT SIZE, BUT MR. JO, PLEASE, YOU'LL FIND LOTS THAT SIZE.
MR. DUQUE, I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT PERCENT ARE 10,000 AND HIGHER? THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, PLEASE.
SO THE REVERSE OF THE 11% WOULD BE 64% OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS OWNED R 10 AND HIGHER, 64%? YES.
AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF LOTS.
THAT'S JUST PERCENT OF, UH, GEOGRAPHICAL LAND AREA.
WELL, MY POINT IS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LOOKING AT MY PROPERTY.
I HAVE A 7,500, I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LARGE BACKYARD THAT WOULD EASILY ACCOMMODATE AN EXTRA UNIT AN A DU, BUT MY PROPERTY IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY.
SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT THERE ARE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN TOWN WOULD NOT QUALIFY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT SPECIFICS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST OF US WOULD NOT.
THAT MEANS MOST OF THE MIDDLE CLASS IN OUR TOWN WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS.
I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SENIORS BEING ABLE TO AGE IN PLACE, BUT MOST OF US WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO QUALIFY.
SO OUR CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE ONTO OUR LOTS SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY IN TOWN WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE.
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE AGE IN PLACE.
WE'VE GIVEN LOTS OF APPROVALS TO ASSISTED LIVING, BUT I PERSONALLY DON'T WANNA GO IN THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE SURROUNDED ALL THE TIME BY MOSTLY ELDERLY PEOPLE.
IN ORDER TO STAY YOUNG, WE NEED TO HAVE YOUTH AROUND US.
WE NEED TO HAVE OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, OUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
AND MOST OF US CAN'T AFFORD TO GO INTO ASSISTED LIVING.
LAST I HEARD THERE WAS LIKE A MINIMUM OF $5,000 A MONTH, AND MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT.
SO I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHO IS THIS CURRENT LAW REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP? BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WRITTEN TO HELP THOSE OF US WHO NEED IT.
FORMER TOWN CLERK, JUDITH BEVELL.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
APPARENTLY OUR CURRENT TOWN CLERK CANNOT READ ACCURATELY.
I DID NOT SIGN MY NAME AS FORMER TOWN CLERK.
I SIGNED MY NAME AS HONORABLE JUDITH BEVILLE.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, ARE THERE ANY REGULATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS IN THIS LAW THAT, UM, HOLD THE TOWN ACCOUNTABLE FOR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, REQUIREMENTS? IS IT IN THE LAW AND THE PROPOSED LAW THAT THE ADUS WOULD RENT AT A RATE THAT REPRESENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING? NO, NO.
OKAY, SO IF THE A D ARE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHAT STRATEGIES OR PROPOSED STRATEGIES OR PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON THE PART OF THIS TOWN BOARD WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THAT ISN'T WHAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING'S ABOUT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT VERY CLEARLY.
HOWEVER, IT IS A QUESTION THAT IS RELATED TO WHAT THE ADUS WILL REPRESENT, I THINK, AND WHAT AND WHAT THEY WILL NOT REPRESENT.
SO THEY DO NOT REPRESENT ANY RESPONSE TO THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE, THE KNOWLEDGE, AND THE ABILITY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION? I THINK THERE NEED TO BE SOME CLARITY ON THE A DU.SO THE TOWN BOARD WOULD NOT SET THE RATE OR THE RENTAL RATE FOR AN A DU THAT IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE HOMEOWNER AND THE TENANT.
SO WE WOULDN'T GET IN, WE WOULDN'T GET INVOLVED IN SETTING THE RATES FOR THAT.
THAT IS OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION.
THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT YOU NOT GET INVOLVED WITH SETTING THE RATE.
HOWEVER YOU CAN ESTABLISH AND SET A STANDARD IN YOUR LEGISLATION
I HAD A, A THOUGHT J JUST, UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, WE COULD ASK FOR STATE LEGISL.
YOU KNOW, THE, ONE OF THE VALUES OF THE A DU LEGISLATION IS THAT, UM, IT ENABLES PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO CONTINUE TO STAY IN A COMMUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO BASICALLY GET SOME MORE REVENUE SO THEY COULD STAY.
SO IT MAKES STAYING HERE MORE AFFORDABLE.
BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF, UH, THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE, MAYBE WE COULD ASK FOR STATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE, UM, SAY, UM, HELP IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF ASSESSMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OR, OR WHATEVER.
UH, UH, I SEE SOMEBODY IN THE BACK GOING LIKE THIS.
UH, UM, BUT I'M SAYING MAYBE THERE'S SOME LEGISLATIVE INCENTIVES, UM, THAT WE COULD BE PUSHING FOR THAT WILL PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, MAKE THE, THE UNITS, YOU KNOW, MORE AFFORDABLE.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO CONVERT YOUR HOUSE INTO AN A DU.
AND THE THING IS, MAYBE THE STATE COULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL, UM, INCENTIVES FOR THOSE WHO WOULD COMMIT TO KEEPING A UNIT AFFORDABLE FOR SAY, 10 YEARS OR FOR FINITE TIME.
THAT WOULD BE A WAY OF ADDRESSING WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU SUGGESTING.
I BELIEVE THE NATURE, NATURE OF A, OF AN A DU IS THAT IT IS A SMALL, UM, STRUCTURE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
EITHER IT COULD BE FREESTANDING, BUT THERE ARE LIMITS TO THE SIZE OR MORE LIKELY ATTACHED TO A, THE, THE MAIN HOUSE OR PART OF A RENOVATION OF THAT MAIN HOUSE.
SO THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND, THEN I'M GOING TO WANT TO SPEND, BUY A FREESTANDING HOUSE OR A CONDOMINIUM RATHER THAN RENT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LESS THAN A PRIVATE HOME.
SO IT, I THINK IT IS SOMEWHAT SELF-LIMITING BY THE NATURE OF WHAT AN A DU IS.
BUT WE COULD BASICALLY ASK THE STATE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE, FOR PEOPLE WHO DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, PROCESS, IF THE STATE DOES HAVE THAT, IF THERE, IF THERE'S A COMMITMENT, THE STATE HAS, THE STATE HAS A PROGRAM, THEY ON A WEBSITE, THE STATE HAS PROGRAM AND RESOURCES FOR THAT, I GUESS.
SO I GUESS THE CONCERN I HAVE HERE IS THAT AND, AND TOWN ATTORNEY PLEASE WEIGH IN ON THIS, WHEN IT COMES TO A DU, WE AS A TOWN BOARD CAN'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT TRANSACTION.
THAT IS NOT OUR, CORRECT, THAT IS NOT OUR ROLE, THAT IS BETWEEN THE HOMEOWNER AND WHOEVER THEY'RE RENTING TO.
SO FOR US TO COME IN AND MANDATE OR SAY, YOU HAVE TO CHARGE THIS, THIS IS FOR THEM TO MAKE THEM WHOLE.
SO HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE TELL THEM WHAT THEY, THEY NEED? I BELIEVE WE COULD WORK ON OTHER LEGISLATION THAT DEALS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THE BOARD WISHES.
HOWEVER, THE CURRENT LAW THAT WAS NOT DRAFTED WITH THAT INTENT, IT HAS NOT BEEN PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
SO I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOARD IS OPEN TO LOOKING INTO THAT FOR A FUTURE LEGISLATION, BUT THAT, UM, AT THIS POINT LIKELY WON'T BE ADDED TO THIS.
BUT WE DID HAVE THIS THANK YOU ATTORNEY, YOU DID HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS A FORMER TOWN CLERK, AND I KNOW THAT THE TOWN BOARD CAN ENTERTAIN AND CONSIDER SUCH LEGISLATION.
UM, THERE'S NO OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THE, I'M SORRY, I HAVE MY NAME.
OH, YOU HAD FOR ANOTHER, YOU HAD FOR THE OTHER.
I DON'T ADD WHAT YOU WANNA ADD HIS NAME? YOU WANNA ADD HIS NAME? NO PROBLEM.
ALRIGHT, HAL, SAM, THE ONLY INTEREST I HAVE IN THIS IS IF ACCESSIBLE DWELLING UNITS ARE FOR A PURPOSE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF SOMEONE IS QUALIFIED MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO DO THAT.
WHY YOU ARE LIMITING THEM TO 10
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PER YEAR.THIS MAKES IT SOUND LIKE A LOTTERY.
IF YOU'RE GOING AHEAD WITH US, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO IT, IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY YOU ARE DEALING WITH SHOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, ANY MORE SPEAKERS FOR THE A DU HEARING? AND I JUST WANNA MAKE A CLARIFICATION THAT WHEN THE FORMER TOWN CLERK WAS SPEAKING, SHE WAS NOT INTERRUPTED.
SO THAT'S WHEN, WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION, THEN YOUR TIME IS YIELDED TO THE SPEAKERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
I ASK GARRETT A QUESTION, GARRETT COURSE.
YEAH, IF WE WANTED TO, I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO LIKE INVITE, SAY SOMEBODY FROM, UH, THE STATE WHO DEALS WITH A, YOU KNOW, ADU JUST TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MEET, MAYBE MEET WITH THE BOARD AT A WORK SESSION, UH, JUST TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE STATE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, TO ENCOURAGE, UH, COMMUNITIES TO DO ADUS AND MAYBE TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN PUSHING ADUS AND IS, YOU KNOW, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S WORKED SUCCESSFULLY IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES LIKE GREENBERG, UM, IN TERMS OF, AND, AND TO RESIDENTS.
YOU KNOW, IF WE GET THE LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, APPROVED, THERE'S ALL THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT COULD HELP MAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, MORE SUCCESSFUL.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY WORTHWHILE IF WE HAD JUST A, A PRESENTATION FROM THE STATE AND THEY COULD TELL US EXACTLY WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
UH, I'M GONNA ADD ONE MORE POINT.
WE HAVE HAD ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, UH, REGARDING, UH, AFFORDABILITY.
NOW AFFORDABILITY DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR AUDIENCE IS.
SO IF YOUR AUDIENCES, AS DR. ALLEN SAID, FOR THE HOMEOWNER AND TO HELP WITH THE AFFORDABILITY OF LIVING IN PLACE, THAT'S ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS LEGISLATION.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ADDING TO THE INVENTORY, THIS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
THIS IS NOT GONNA HELP WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
OKAY? THIS IS GONNA HELP RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO REMAIN IN PLACE AND CAN BE MORE AFFORDABLE LIVING WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GONNA IMPACT.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY STATE LEGISLATION THAT'S GONNA HELP US DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
WE'RE TARGETING A CERTAIN NEED.
WE CAN'T TARGET ALL THE NEEDS WITH THIS MM-HMM
SO I JUST, NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I KNOW THAT THE STATE IS REALLY PUSHING THE ADUS AND, AND THE GOVERNOR LIKES THE IDEA AND IT WOULD JUST BE INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND THEN IF WE DECIDE TO APPROVE SOMETHING, THEN WE COULD, UM, MAYBE COME UP WITH SOMETHING EVEN, YOU KNOW, BETTER THAT COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, IT, WE DON'T, IT'S NOT GONNA HURT US BY HAVING, BY HEARING FROM THE STATE AND SEEING WHAT'S WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
THIS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, EVERYTHING'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET, BUT IF YOU KEEP HAVING DROPS IN THE BUCKET, IT EVENTUALLY MAKES A DENT.
GARY, WHAT WAS THE GROUP THAT CAME LAST YEAR AND SPOKE? WERE THEY FROM THE STATE? THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A, FROM A NONPROFIT, NONPROFIT, ONE EXAMPLE IS A STATE INCENTIVE IS THERE'S A PROGRAM WHERE THE STATE, IF THE MUNICIPALITY THAT ENABLES AND ALLOWS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, UH, PARTNERS WITH I BELIEVE A NONPROFIT, THERE'S A MECHANISM TO PROVIDE $125,000 FOR ELIGIBLE, UM, RESIDENTS THAT SEEK TO BUILD AN A DU.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU NEED TO CODIFY TO, UH, BELONG TO THAT PROGRAM.
SO WE WOULDN'T, THE TOWN WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE THIS LOCAL LAW.
UH, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE TOWN TO SEE IF IT MADE SENSE TO, UH, PARTNER WITH AN ENTITY THAT WOULD HELP FACILITATE THIS FLOW OF FUNDS TO POTENTIAL RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE STATE HAS IN TERMS OF, UH, INCENTIVES.
ANYTHING ELSE WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, LOCALIZED SUCH AS WAIVING BUILDING PERMIT FEES OR ANY OTHER FEES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AS FAR AS, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON RENT, UH, JOSEPH DANKO IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THE LOCAL LAW DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THE ONLY MECHANISM THAT COULD BE DONE THERE IS, AS HE INDICATED, IS IF SOMETHING WAS DONE INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SECTION OF THE TOWN.
SO, UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE A VL ACCESSIBLE VIABLE LIVING COMMITTEE DID THINK ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF, OF RECOMMENDING SOMETHING IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY AND IN LIGHT OF DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT, COMBINED WITH, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICK'S POINT THAT BY
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THE SHEER SIZE OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WHICH RANGE FROM WHICH RANGE FROM 400 TO 800 SQUARE FEET, THEY'RE INHERENTLY SORT OF DEFACTO LESS EXPENSIVE.UH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FETCH THE SAME RENTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, 1200 OR 1400 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT WOULD HAVE.
SO, UM, THE A VL ACTUALLY DID NOT RECOMMEND, UH, ANY TO DO ANYTHING WITH AFFORDABILITY FOR THOSE REASONS.
AND I, I WILL, AND I, I WILL SAY THAT THEY, UM, DISCUSSED THAT AT LENGTH AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, THE STATE PROPOSITIONS OR THE STATE, THE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD FOR ADU, UM, GOT VOTED DOWN.
AND, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS A GROUP, UM, UH, FROM THE WAM GROUP THAT DID STUDIED THEM EXTENSIVELY.
UM, SO I BELIEVE IT WAS CHANCE MULLEN AND NIKKI ARMCO WHO PERHAPS CAN ENLIGHTEN, BUT THEY DID SPEAK TO THE A DL COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT CAREFULLY.
I KNOW THE COUNTY LOOKED AT IT CAREFULLY, SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO IT THAT I'M SURE WE CAN AVAIL OURSELVES OFF.
ALRIGHT, SO DO WE WANNA CLOSE THE HEARING OR DO WE UM, I LIKE TO HOLD IT OVER.
YEAH, YEAH, WE SAID WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT OPEN.
SO WHEN ARE WE HOLDING IT OVER? TILL WE'LL KEEP IT OPEN.
FEBRUARY AJOUR UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH.
COULD WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, UH, ADJOURN THE HEARING UNTIL FEBRUARY.
[ To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440, "Taxation," of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance members.]
OKAY.THE SECOND HEARING TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER, UM, FOUR 40 TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE MEMBERS.
I'M THE ASSESSOR IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, EDIE MCCARTHY.
UM, I'M CAN, YOU CAN SPEAK UP EDEDIE PLEASE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE YOU GO.
I'M GONNA, I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FIREMAN AND AMBULANCE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.
AND I WANNA GIVE YOU A MINUTE OF HISTORY.
SO THIS LEGISLATION, IT'S KNOWN AS RPTL 4 66 D LIKE IN DAVID.
AND THAT WAS FOR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE AND FIREMEN.
THE, THE PROPERTY LAW BACK THEN ALLOWED A 10% PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO ANYBODY THAT WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING.
AND THAT LA AND LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS JUST FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
FAST FORWARD THE STORY TO TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE LEGISLATURE CHANGED 4 66 D TO 4 66 A.
THE REASON WHY THEY CHANGED IT IS BECAUSE THEY MADE THE SCENARIO APPLICABLE TO ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES IN NEW YORK STATE.
WE'RE MANDATED, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
WE'RE MANDATED TO CONVERT OUR 4 66 D TO 4 66 A.
THERE ARE SOME MINOR CHANGES THAT I WANTED TO, UM, PRESENT TONIGHT.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, IT IS NOW YOUR OPTION AS A TOWN BOARD TO CHANGE IT FROM ALLOWING A 10% PROPERTY EXEMPTION FROM ANYWHERE FROM ZERO UP TO 10%.
NUMBER TWO, PRIOR TO THE THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION, YOU HAD TO BE A MEMBER, UH, IN GOOD STANDING FOR FIVE YEARS.
THIS NEW LEGISLATION ALLOWS, UM, AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING ANYWHERE YOU CAN CHOOSE ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO YEARS AND FIVE YEARS.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR CHANGES.
THERE'S ONE MORE MAJOR CHANGE.
THE PRIOR LEGISLATION SAYS, IT INDICATED THAT IF YOU WERE GOING TO RECEIVE THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION, YOU HAD TO LIVE IN THE JURISDICTION THAT YOU VOLUNTEERED IN.
IF YOU LIVED IN ELMSFORD, YOU GOT THE EXEMPTION AND VOLUNTEERED IN ELMSFORD, YOU GOT THE EXEMPTION.
IF YOU LIVED IN ARDSLEY, YOU VOLUNTEERED IN LEY, YOU GOT THE EXEMPTION.
THIS LEGISLATION HAS NOW CHANGED TO INDICATE THAT YOU CAN LIVE ANYWHERE IN AN A BUDDING MUNICIPALITY, CITY, TOWN, COUNTY, AND VILLAGE OR VILLAGE.
AND YOU CAN, UH, YOU'D BE, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION EXAMPLE.
IF YOU LIVE IN HARSDALE AND VOLUNTEER IN ARDSLEY, YOU ARE NOT
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ELIGIBLE AT THE MOMENT.THIS LEGISLATION WILL, WILL, UH, GRANT THAT EXEMPTION IF EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS IN PLACE.
SO, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE REALLY SMART AND, AND REMIND YOU OF THAT.
BUT YOU GOT, YOU CAUGHT ON
SO, UM, LET ME JUST, I BROUGHT SOME NOTES SO I WOULDN'T FORGET ANY OF THE MAJOR POINTS.
UM, THE COUNTY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW, UM, THE PRESS CONFERENCE LAST LAST WEEK.
WAS IT? UM, COUNTY EXECUTIVE JENKINS WAS, UH, HE'S PROMOTING THIS AND PASSING THE LEGISLATION AND ALLOWING THE, UM, IF YOU LIVE IN HARTSDALE AND YOU VOLUNTEER IN HARDLEY ALLOWING YOU TO GET THE EXEMPTION.
CURRENTLY, AS WE STAND TODAY, ALL SIX VILLAGES AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS HAVE ALL PASSED THIS LEGISLATION ALREADY.
HOWEVER, THEY PASSED THE LEGISLATION LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS BEFORE YOU COULD LIVE IN HARSDALE AND VOLUNTEER IN HARDLEY.
SO I'VE SPOKEN WITH THEM AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR CURRENT LEGISLATION.
SO YOU CAN LIVE IN HARD SALE AND VOLUNTEER IN HARDLEY.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 171 VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN ENTIRE.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
THAT'S BOTH AMBULANCE AND FIRE.
HOWEVER, UM, THERE ARE 123 OF THE 171 THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
I'M NOT ALLOWED TO POLITICALLY SAY THEY'RE, THEY MIGHT BE AGING OUT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
THERE'S 47 CURRENT VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
SO JUST FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES, THE LEGISLATION PASSES AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE TOWN HAS TO PASS IT, THE VILLAGES HAVE TO PASS IT BY LOCAL LAW.
THE SCHOOLS PASS IT BY RESOLUTION AND THE COUNTY PASSES IT BY LOCAL LAW.
ALL SIX VILLAGES HAVE ALREADY PASSED IT.
THEY'RE ALL WORKING ON THE AMENDMENTS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, WE HAVE 10 IN GREENBERG, DOBBS FERRY, ELMSFORD, GREENBERG AND EDGEMONT HAVE NOT PASSED IT YET.
DOBBS FERRY JUST CONTACTED, CONTACTED ME YESTERDAY.
UM, THEY'RE GETTING READY TO, TO DO THEIR LOCAL LAW.
SO, AND THE REASON WHY EDGEMONT AND GREENBERG HAS NOT PASSED IT, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THIS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS 'CAUSE THEY HAD PAID DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UM, PROCESS, NEW APPLICATIONS HAVE TO COME INTO MY OFFICE.
IT'S A STATE FORM HAS TO BE FILLED OUT BY EVERY ACTIVE MEMBER INITIALLY, AND RENEWALS ARE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE TO CHASE THE FIREMEN DOWN 'CAUSE THEY FORGET.
I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS.
AND, UM, WE ALSO, AND THEN WE GET, UM, A REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF ALL THE ACTIVE MEMBERS CURRENTLY IN THE LAW.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO RENEW IF YOU HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S OVER HALF OF 'EM, THREE QUARTERS OF 'EM THAT ALREADY HAVE THE 20 YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT HAS TO BE YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
IF YOU HAVE A TWO FAMILY HOUSE AND YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THEM AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THE OTHER ONE, YOU'RE ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE PORTION THAT YOU LIVE IN.
SO IF YOU LIVE IN A TWO FAMILY HOUSE, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR 50% OF THAT EXEMPTION.
IN THE NEW LAW THAT IS PROPOSED IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, IT IS PROPOSED TO ALLOW ACTIVE MEMBERS AFTER TWO YEARS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE YEARS, 'CAUSE THAT WAS THE OLD LAW.
IT'S PROPOSED TO HAVE TWO YEARS.
IT'S ALSO PROPOSED TO CONTINUE THE 10% EXEMPTION.
AND LAST I THINK IS, UM, AGAIN, I HATE USING THIS, BUT IF YOU LIVE IN HARDLEY AND YOU VOLUNTEER, IF YOU LIVE IN HARD SALE AND VOLUNTEER IN HARDLEY, YOU'D BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS NEW LAW.
HOW I DO QUICK, AND I THINK WHAT THE IMPLICATION WAS WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT, UH, OVER 50% OF A CERTAIN AGE THAT UM, I DIDN'T SAY AGE, WE HAVE TO, HUH? I DIDN'T SAY AGE.
YOU SAID THEY MIGHT BE AGING OUT.
THAT, THAT A CERTAIN, UM, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UM, WILL, THAT THERE WILL BE OPENINGS IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE AND THEREFORE WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO, UM, INCOMING PEOPLE.
THESE ARE DIFFICULT SERVICES, BIG TIME AND, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COMMITMENTS REALLY.
SO WE WILL, IT MAKES SENSE TO MAKE, MAKE THE, THE LAW TO, TO RECONSIDER THE LAW TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE.
AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE IN THE PAST HAD, UM, RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN ONE MUNICIPALITY, WORKED IN THE OTHER, WHO WEREN'T, WHO WOULDN'T QUALIFY
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MUCH TO THEIR CHAGRIN.AND CERTAINLY WE WOULDN'T, WE'D NOT WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I WOULD THINK, UH, THERE ARE FIVE RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW WAITING BECAUSE I'VE DENIED THEM EVERY YEAR.
SO THERE'S FIVE, I'M SURE THERE'S MORE, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S FIVE.
SO JUST ONE MORE NOTE, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT AN APPLICANT, UM, IS DEFINED AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IF THEY'VE RESPONDED TO AN AVERAGE OF 10% OF CALLS OVER THE PREVIOUS TWO YEAR PERIOD.
SO IT'S YES,
AND, AND THAT HAS TO BE IN THE APPLICATION SET FORTH TO YOU BEFORE THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE.
UM, SO ARE WE GONNA CLOSE THE HEARING? NO PUBLIC HEARING, OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, FOR THE TAXATION, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAVE HAL SAMIS SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE VILLAGE RESIDENT.
ELLEN, I A LITTLE CONFUSED AS WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PASS THIS LEGISLATION.
THE SIX VILLAGES PASSED IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
I'M NOT UNDERESTIMATING THE VALUE HAVING VOLUNTEERS OR EVEN TRYING TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO PERFORM THE NECESSARY TASKS, BUT THE OPTION CAN BE THE SAME AS IN INCORPORATED GREENBERG TO PAY PEOPLE TO PERFORM THESE TASKS.
HERE UNDER THIS LEGISLATION, YOU HAVE FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO HAVE UNINCORPORATED CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS FIRE DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE NOT LOCATED WITHIN, UH, INCOR.
UNINCORPORATED IS THAT NOT OBVIOUS.
YOU HAVE A TAX BASE AND FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS YOU WANNA REDUCE THAT TAX BASE, ASSUMING THE BUDGET THAT YOU VOTE FOR EVERY YEAR.
INCOME VERSUS EXPENSES IS SUPPOSED TO BALANCE.
WHEN YOU START CHISELING OUT SEGMENTS OF THE REVENUE, EVEN AS SMALL AS THEY MAY BE OR AS LARGE AS THEY MAY BE INDIVIDUALLY, IT HAS TO BE MADE UP AND BEING MADE UP WILL BE MADE UP BY ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE TAX BASE.
SO IN FACT, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG WILL BE RAISING THEIR TAXES LIKE EVERYWHERE IN GREENBERG SLIGHTLY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THAT ARE BEING EXEMPTED.
I'M ALSO WONDERING WHAT THE TAX CONSIDERATION TO THE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE WHEN YOU FORGIVE A DEBT BECOME LIABLE IN YOUR FILING OF YOUR INCOME TAXES TO MAKE UP FOR THE BENEFIT OF WHAT YOU'VE JUST FOR BEEN FORGIVEN FOR.
SO IF YOU OWED A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NOW YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY BACK 90, YOU'LL BE TAXED ON THE $10.
IF YOUR ASSESSMENT WAS $10 AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAY NINE 90, DO $9, YOU'LL BE TAXED ON THE MONEY THAT WAS FORGIVEN BECAUSE BY EXEMPTION YOU ARE IN FACT FORGIVING A DEBT WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THIS TOWN.
AGAIN, WHY SHOULD RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG IN ANY MANNER CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS FIRE DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE SERVING MOSTLY THE VILLAGES? A LITTLE OVERLAP INTO SOME OF UNIN UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY, BUT IN EFFECT, IF THE VILLAGES WANNA HAVE THEIR VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICTS LET THEM PAY FOR IT, LET THEM FIND OUT THE VALUE OF THE EXEMPTION AND RAISE THE FIRE DISTRICT TAXES IN EACH VILLAGE WHERE THE EXEMPTION IS NOW BEING GIVEN.
I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED SHOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS.
WELL, I FOR ONE, AM VERY HAPPY FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE NEIGHBORING VILLAGE SINCE I LIVE ON THE, THE OUTER REACHES OF GREENBURG, NOT NEAR ANY OF THE FIRE DISTRICTS.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING LIVES, UM, IN MY ADJACENT NEIGHBOR'S HOMES.
YEAH, I WAS, I ALSO LIVE, YES, SIR.
I I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE, COULD YOU WANNA ADDRESS WHAT MR. SAMS WAS SAYING? THANK YOU, YOU MCCARTHY.
AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE THING, UM, THAT THE, CURRENTLY WE ARE UNDER 4 66 D OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, WHICH IS EXPIRING.
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SO YOU CAN RE, YOU CAN ADOPT 4 66 A UNDER THE SAME CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE NOW.YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, BUT THAT LEGISLATION IS EXPIRING AND 4 66 A IS REPLACING IT.
SO, AND I JUST WANNA SAY LINE REPEATS WHAT ELLEN SAID.
YOU KNOW, I I SORT OF FEEL THAT THE VOLUNTEER, UM, DO AN AMAZING JOB.
UH, THE FI VOLUNTEER FIRE DISTRICTS SAVE THE TAXPAYERS, UM, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT'S SERVED BY LARGELY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUNTEERS ARE AVAILABLE DAY NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, THEY'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AROUND, THEY'RE ALWAYS DEDICATED.
AND I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T PASS THIS, UH, LEGISLATION, UM, IT WILL MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE VOLUNTEER OR OUR COMPANIES TO, UH, TO SURVIVE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A, A BIG TAX HIKE BECAUSE, UM, THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS AND THE PAID DEPARTMENTS, IT'S SIGNIFICANT.
COULD, WOULD, YOU KNOW, UH, EDIE JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, SAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAY HARTSDALE FAIRVIEW OR GREENVILLE AND SAY LEY OR DOS ANY OR, OR THE VILLAGES BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THE TAX RATE FOR, UM, THE PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS RANGES ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT $3 AND 80 CENTS PER THOUSAND TO, UM, $4 AND 90 CENTS PER THOUSAND IN THE VOLUNTEERS DISTRICTS, UH, THEY'RE PAYING ABOUT 70 CENTS PER THOUSAND.
RIGHT? SO THIS IS LIKE, SO, SO THIS IS REALLY MONEY TOTALLY WELL SPENT.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US AND PUTTING YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED AT AS A BORDER ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HELP PEOPLE IN WHATEVER WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HELP FOR BASICALLY A FEW DOLLARS OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE REST OF US.
I MEAN, THAT'S TO, IF THAT IS IN FACT THE, THE, THE EFFECT OF IT, I THINK THAT IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
I'M SORRY, I JUST NEED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN PASSED IN THE VILLAGES BEING PASSED? YES, MA'AM.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO GET THAT FROM THEIR VILLAGE? YES, MA'AM.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL, I I ADMINISTER THE EXEMPTIONS.
SO, SO I, I ADMINISTER VALUES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR ALL PROPERTIES IN THE TOWN AND TITLE.
RIGHT? SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO ADMINISTER AN EXEMPTION IN ONE OF THE VILLAGES, THE VILLAGES HAVE TO ADOPT IT BY LOCAL LAW.
RIGHT? SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE GETTING THE EXEMPTION AS OF RIGHT NOW OFF OF TOWN, COUNTY, AND MOST SCHOOLS AND VILLAGES.
SO IF, SO IF WE, I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
SO IF WE WERE NOT AS A TOWN TO PASS THIS, IT WOULD STILL BE PASSED WITHIN THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY THAT THEY ARE A VOLUNTEER FIGHTER FIRE IN, CORRECT? THE VILLAGES, YES.
SO I'M GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE, HOW WE'RE NOT INCORPORATED WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, BUT CAN YOU GIVE HER THE HARTSDALE HARTSDALE LEY EXAMPLE? SO WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE PAID DEPARTMENTS, HARSDALE, GREENVILLE, AND FAIRVIEW.
AND SO THOSE ARE FULL PAID ACTUALLY THEY'RE NOT FULL PAID.
THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO THIS WOULD HELP THEM, THE VOLUNTEERS IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS? CORRECT.
SHE'S MISSING WHERE THEY LIVE.
NO, THAT'S NOT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE MISSING WHERE THEY LIVE.
NO, I WAS TRYING TO FIND, I JUST TOOK, I'M SORRY.
NO, THEY, THEY'RE THE VOLUNTEERS IN THE DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE ROYAL PROPERTY TAX LAW CURRENTLY.
IF YOU HAVE A PAID DEPARTMENT MM-HMM
AND YOU HAVE MORE THAN FIVE PAID MEMBERS, THE VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION.
I'M SURE THAT WILL CHANGE EVENTUALLY, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE WAY IT, AND THAT WILL REMAIN THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY.
SO WE'RE NOT HELPING THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS IN THE, THERE MIGHT BE FIVE ALL TOTAL IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.
THERE ARE RESIDENTS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, UM, SURROUNDING THE VILLAGES THAT VOLUNTEER AGAIN.
WE, AND THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A LEGITIMATE EXAMPLE THAT SOMEBODY LIVES IN HARTSDALE AND VOLUNTEERS AN ARTS.
COULD, COULD, COULD YOU GIVE A JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY THOSE, HOW MANY THAT LIVE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AND, AND THEN VOLUNTEER IN THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES? THAT, THAT I KNOW OF? YEAH.
I, I KNOW, UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW OF AT LEAST FIVE.
BECAUSE IF THIS LEGISLATION PASSES, THOSE FIVE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION.
SO THEY'VE CONTACTED ME, BUT I HAVE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF OTHER PHONE CALLS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THE TAXATION? WELL, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE
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NOT HIS TIME.WELL, ARE WE HOLDING IT OVER? I'D LIKE TO HOLD IT OVER.
SO THEN MR. SAM GOT ANOTHER OH, DOESN'T GET ANOTHER CHECK BECAUSE HE HOLDING IT OVER.
NO, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY ONE ROUND.
SO WHAT'S THE DATE? WHAT ARE WE, ADJO WE'RE HOLDING IT OVER.
DO YOU WANNA PROPOSE THAT? AND THEN WE ONLY GET ONE ROUND BECAUSE WE'RE HOLDING IT OVER.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NEXT, AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO SPEAK.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, FEBRUARY 28TH? FEBRUARY 26TH.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN TO FEBRUARY 26TH.
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WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.SONOGRAPHER DOESN'T TAKE NOTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH, UH, YOUR SECURITY PROTOCOL HERE.
I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T HEAR WHAT, WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.
SAID, HAVE AN ISSUE WITH YOUR SECURITY PROTOCOL.
STARTED BACK ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024, WHERE I WANTED TO COME IN TO PAY MY SCHOOL TAXES.
I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO SHOW ID TO BE, ENTER TO PAY MY BILL.
UH, YOU KNOW, DURING COVID THERE WAS ONE THING WHERE YOU HAD THE BOXES OUTSIDE, AND PRIOR TO THAT, YOU WERE ABLE TO PUT DOWN YOUR NAME, SIGN WHERE YOU'RE GOING, AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
SO I'M, I'M DEALING WITH A SECURITY GUARD, WHICH I THINK WAS, UH, A SECURITY GUARD 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A UNIFORM ON.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WOULDN'T LET ME IN.
SO I ASKED HIM, CAN YOU CALL SOMEBODY? SO INSTEAD OF HIM CALLING SOMEBODY, HE CALLED THE POLICE.
SO SOME PEOPLE THAT WORKED HERE HEARD THE CONVERSATION AND ACTUALLY GOT SOMEBODY FROM THE TAX DEPARTMENT TO COME OVER TO TAKE MY BILL, STAMP IT.
SO THERE WAS FOUR GREENBERG POLICE OFFICERS, THREE MALE, ONE FEMALE.
I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR IN YEARLY SALARY THAT CAME HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NONSENSE.
SO THE SERGEANT ASKED ME, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? I SAID, WELL, THERE IS NO PROBLEM.
BECAUSE WOMAN CAME OUT, STAMPED MY BILL, AND I WAS ON MY WAY.
MY SECOND PROBLEM WAS ON FEBRUARY 11TH OF THIS YEAR, I WANTED TO COME IN TO DO SOME PAPERWORK WITH THE ASSESSOR.
SO I TALKED TO THE SECURITY GUARD AND HE WANTED MY INFORMATION.
AND THEN HE STARTED LAUGHING AT ME AND SAID, WELL, WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T GIMME YOUR INFORMATION.
SO I TRIED TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME AND TALK TO ME AND TRY TO HELP ME OUT.
AND I'M EVEN SCREAMING ACROSS TO THE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE TOWN CLERK WINDOW IS.
I SAID, WELL, CAN YOU CALL SOMEBODY TO COME OUT? SO ED CAME OUT, UH, UH, MS. MCCARTHY, AND SHE WAS VERY CORDIAL TO ME.
AND SHE SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UP TO HER BECAUSE THE POLICY IS SHE CAN'T SERVICE ME BECAUSE I CAN'T DO BUSINESS OUT IN THE HALLWAY.
SO YOU HAVE IT SET UP WHERE EVEN AT THE TIME, PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE CREDIT UNION AND THEY WERE GETTING AN ID TO GO THERE.
SO THE CREDIT UNION WAS ACTUALLY FORCED TO MOVE OUT, WHICH THEY MOVE OVER NOW INTO GREENBURG.
AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY PAYING YOUR RENT IF YOU LOST MONEY ON THAT, BUT I COULD SEE WHEN I WALK IN THAT THERE'S NO PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SERVICE THE PUBLIC.
SO WHEN I CAME IN ON THE 11TH, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE SAME THING.
SO I CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
I PUT MY PHONE NUMBER IN, GAVE AN ID, TOOK A PICTURE OF MY LICENSE, TOOK A PICTURE OF ME.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY PHONE STARTS RINGING.
SO I'M LIKE LOOKING AT IT, AND IT'S FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHOEVER COMPANY THAT YOU USE, I AIN'T GIVE PERMISSION TO CALL MY NUMBER.
AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THIS INFORMATION'S GOING.
THERE'S LOTS OF CREDIT CARD FRAUD, WHICH I'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
AND I EVEN SAW WHEN I CAME BACK, WHEN I CAME TO DO MY BUSINESS, THAT ACTUALLY WAS A WOMAN WHO CAME IN VOTING.
'CAUSE SHE HAD A EARLY VOTING AND, UH, A SENIOR WAS TRYING TO GO INTO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE ID? SHE SAYS, WELL, I NEED ID, I DON'T NEED ID TO VOTE.
I DON'T NEED ID TO COME HERE TO A BOARD MEETING.
I'M JUST HERE TO GET SOME PAPERS FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
SO SHE SAYS, I DON'T HAVE ANY ID, YOU KNOW, CAN A SAM'S CLUB CARD OR A CREDIT CARD? THIS IS, NO, THAT'S NO GOOD.
SO THEN HE STARTS 20 QUESTIONING HER, MA'AM, HOW'D YOU GET HERE? WELL, I WALKED.
SO I'M LIKE SAYING, WELL, IS HE, HE TRYING TO TRIP HER UP TO SEE IF SHE WAS LYING
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AND HE WOULDN'T LET HER IN.SO I KNOW MAYBE YOU CAN SET UP SOME TYPE OF TAKE DOWN THE WALL WHERE THE TOWN CLERK IS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE PUBLIC AND DO THE BUSINESS.
IF YOU JUST WANNA GET A PIECE OF PAPER OR A BUILDING PERMIT OR JUST EVEN THOUGH WHEN, UH, THE MEETING IS, YOU CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT'S BEHIND A WALL AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SECURITY.
BUT THE OTHER THING TOO, WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY, I CAN SAY TONIGHT THERE'S A NEW GUY ON HERE TONIGHT.
HE'S ALL DRESSED UP AS UNIFORM.
I ALSO CALLED MR. FINER, WHICH MR. FINER, I CAN COMPLIMENT HIM ALL THE TIME YOU CALL HIM, HE WILL RETURN YOUR PHONE CALL.
AND I WAS A CHILD WHEN I MET MR. FINER, WHEN HE USED TO GO POLITICKING.
I FIND THIS AT THE GROCERY STORES.
SO HE WAS ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
HE GOT HIS HOME NUMBER, CELL NUMBER, BUSINESS NUMBER.
AND MS. MCCARTHY, WHICH IS, ARE YOU STILL HERE? I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK HER, HER SUPPORT WITH DOING STUFF WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
NEXT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT, WOULD WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, I REALLY, I, I, WELL, I'M PROBABLY LIKE THE ONLY ONE.
I DON'T LIKE THE SECURITY SYSTEM HERE BECAUSE I, I LIKE THEM MUCH BETTER WHEN PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, COME TO TOWN HALL AND USE IT MORE FREELY.
I, I, I FEEL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE MORE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO I, I I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY DISCUSS WAYS OF, UM, ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS LIKE YOU HAVE.
BECAUSE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE FEEL, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE THEY, THEY FEEL GOVERNMENT IS MORE REMOVED FROM THEM THAN, THAN, THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S EMPLOYEES WHO FEEL WORRIED BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY.
AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION, UH, DURING THESE TO PROTECT TERRIBLE TIMES, UH, AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MURDERS AND SHOOTINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, SAFE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING MAYBE THERE'S WAYS THAT WE, THINGS THAT WE COULD DO A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND BETTER SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FEEL, YOU KNOW, MORE WELCOME WHEN THEY, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE COMING HERE TO DO BUSINESS WITH EMPLOYEES.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE FEEL THE SAME WAY.
'CAUSE I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE SECURITY GUARDS AND THEY SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T LIKE HAVING TO GIVE THEIR IDS.
BUT AGAIN, I DO UNDERSTAND LIKE BOTH SIDES ON THE, UH, I MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT EMPLOYEES ARE AFRAID ALSO.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE DYLAN PINE.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DYLAN PINE.
I'M A RESIDENT OF EDGEMONT AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THIS IS MY FIRST TIME UP HERE THIS YEAR.
UH, TONIGHT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU SIX RESOLUTIONS FROM THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT FURTHERING THE ECCS ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND PRIORITIES.
UH, THESE PRIORITIES DETAILED IN OUR OCTOBER, 2023 TRAFFIC SAFETY REPORT.
AND REINFORCED BY COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT.
UH, IF APPROVED RESOLUTIONS, PO O ONE AND PO O2 WILL LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 30 MILES PER HOUR TO 25 MILES PER HOUR ON RESIDENTIAL ROADS WITHIN THE LONGVIEW AND SOUTHERN GREENVILLE.
NEIGHBORHOODS OF EDGEMONT, INCLUDING FORT HILL ROAD, UH, FORT HILL ROAD, EMERGED AS A KEY FOCUS IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE 2023, UH, TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
UH, LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT WILL NOT ONLY CREATE SAFER TRAVEL CONDITIONS, BUT WILL ALSO REDIRECT, UH, GPS RELIANT DRIVERS TOWARDS ROADS MORE SUITED FOR HIGHER SPEEDS AND HEAVIER TRAFFIC.
UH, IN AUGUST, 2024, THE ECC CONDUCTED A COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEY ON THIS PROPOSAL, AND 76% OF RESIDENTS SUPPORTED IT, UH, RESOLUTIONS.
PO THREE AND PO SIX PROPOSED NEW PARKING RESTRICTIONS NEAR GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
UH, IF APPROVED, STOPPING WOULD BE PROHIBITED ON BOTH SIDES OF HIGHLAND ROAD AND GREENVILLE ROAD DURING SCHOOL DROP OFF 7:45 AM TO 9:00 AM AND PICK UP, UH, SCHOOL PICKUP, 2:30 PM TO 3:30 PM THESE RESTRICTIONS AIM TO PREVENT CONGESTION AND HAZARDOUS PARKING BEHAVIORS.
UH, THE RESTRICTIONS ALSO ENHANCE VISIBILITY, PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG STUDENTS WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
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PO FOUR ADDRESSES TRAFFIC SAFETY ON MAPLE RIDGE COURT BY PROHIBITING PARKING WITHIN 30 FEET OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH FORT HILL ROAD.LIMITED SITE DISTANCE IN THIS AREA CREATED UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
AND, UH, THIS RESTRICTION IMPROVES VISIBILITY AND SAFETY FOR BOTH DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS.
UH, FINALLY, PO FIVE WOULD AUTHORIZE THE INSTALLATION OF A STOP SIGN ON ROBIN HILL ROAD AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH MOUNT JOY AVENUE.
TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGES INTRODUCED IN JULY, 2022, LED THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT DRIVER CONFUSION AT THIS INTERSECTION.
UH, THE PROPO, THE PROPOSED STOP SIGN WOULD CLEARLY ESTABLISH THAT WESTBOUND TRAFFIC ON MOUNT JOY AVENUE HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, THIS MEASURE HAS BEEN AN ECC PRIORITY, UH, SINCE WE FIRST HEARD FEEDBACK ON THIS INTERSECTION FROM RESIDENTS IN NOVEMBER, 2023.
UH, THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS ALL THESE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND URGES THE TOWN BOARD TO APPROVE THEM THIS EVENING.
UH, WE ALSO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWN BOARD, UH, FOR THEIR CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH THE ECC PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE PAUL WOOTEN, CHAIR OF THE ECC PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION, UH, TO THESE EFFORTS.
WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE ECC AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, YOU, YOU REALLY HAVE, YOU WENT VERY MUCH IN DEPTH IN YOUR, IN YOUR OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND DISCUSSED EVERY POINT VERY, AND INVESTIGATED THEM VERY CAREFULLY.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS A RESIDENT OF HASTINGS, UM, THAT A 25, UH, MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT WAS IMPLEMENTED.
AND I REMEMBER WELL, THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE HARM THAT COULD BE DONE BY A DRIVER EVEN DRIVING 30 MILES AN HOUR, AND HOW MUCH, UM, SAFER THE 25 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT WAS FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
SO I COMMEND YOU VERY HIGHLY FOR THAT.
I'D JUST ALSO LIKE TO COMPLIMENT YOU.
I THINK WE, UH, AND THE ECCI THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, UNDER, YOU KNOW, YOUR WATCH.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING A SIDEWALK ON OLD ARMY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER SIDEWALK ON, UM, UH, FORT HILL FROM LONGVIEW TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UNDER HILL.
UH, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, UH, ON LEY ROAD AND, UH, FORT HILL ROAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, LINWOOD, UM, UH, ROAD, THE CROSSWALK MAKING THAT, YOU KNOW, SAFER, WHICH WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS IMP SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FOR, UM, FOR P FOR PEDESTRIANS.
UH, I SPOKE TO THE POLICE CHIEF.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAKING THE, THAT BRIDGE, THE ACCESS TO THE BRIDGE ON PIPELINE ROAD, UM, MORE VISIBLE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF, UH, SAFETY INITIATIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT CRANE, UH, POND AND THAT AREA.
SO I THINK THERE'LL BE, I THINK, UH, EDGEMONT WILL BE MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
JUST LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE FAIRVIEW AREA IS GONNA BE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK FROM HARTSDALE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION TO THE LIBRARY AND THE COMMUNITY COL AND EVENTUALLY TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND ALSO TO ONE 19, AND TO THE TOWN HALL.
SO THIS WHOLE AREA IN FAIRVIEW IS, UM, IS ALREADY BECOMING PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, WHICH IS LIKE, THANKS TO GARRETT, TO KAIN.
IT REALLY IS, UH, AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING.
AND MENT, THE ONLY SUGGESTION THAT I HAVE, UM, IS, UM, THE 25 MILE, UH, REDUCTION IS DEFINITELY GONNA SAVE LIVES AND DEFINITELY IS AN IMPROVEMENT.
AND I THINK THAT THE TOWN BOARD AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD CONSIDER DOING THIS FOR THE WHOLE TOWN, NOT ONLY FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE IF IT'S SAFER TO HAVE 25 MILE PER HOUR REQUIREMENTS, IT SHOULD BE FOR EVERYBODY, I THINK.
YOU KNOW, WE START IN SMALL BITES AND THEN WE MAKE A TOWN WHAT, IN MY OPINION, NEXT SPEAKER, FORMER TOWN CLERK, JUDITH BEVILLE.
GOOD EVENING, LISTENING AND VIEWING AUDIENCE OF THE TOWN.
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I'M HONORABLE JUDITH BEVILLE, FORMER GREENBURG TOWN CLERK, 2008 TO 2023.THE PROPER AND APPROPRIATE WAY OF ADDRESSING ME IS THE HONORABLE JUDITH A BEVILLE.
I WANT TO FIRST, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN CLERK FOR CONTINUING THE TRADITION THAT I ESTABLISHED HERE IN THE TOWN OF CREATING AN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION AND A WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION PRIOR TO MY TENURE AS TOWN CLERK.
AND, AND THIS IS NOT TO BRAG, IT'S JUST FOR FACTUAL, UM, PURPOSES.
NO ONE ELSE, NO OTHER PRIOR TOWN CLERK OR, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL HAD ESTABLISHED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND OUR CURRENT TOWN CLERK FOR CONTINUING.
UM, THE, THE LEGACY THAT, THAT, UH, I ESTABLISHED A FEBRUARY 10TH ZOOM MEETING DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR PARKWAY GARDENS AND PARKWAY HOMES, PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITIES FROM THE 1930S, FORTIES INTO 2010.
THESE COMMUNITIES ATTRACTED PROFESSIONALS, SKILLED LABORERS, AND VETERANS BECOMING A HUB FOR BLACK RESIDENTS, SIMILAR TO OTHER AREAS IN LOWER NEW YORK, SUCH AS HARLEM, QUEENS, AND INCLUDING MOUNT VERNON NEAR ROCHELLE.
WHILE THE DESIGNATION IS APPROPRIATE, GIVEN THE AREAS RICH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE MEETING RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND LACK OF REPRESENTATIVE INPUT, THE HISTORIC AND LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN, UH, UH, TOWN BOARD, AND, UM, UH, ALSO WITH THE SUPPORT OF TOWN CODE LEGISLATION, PRIMARILY CONSULTED TWO RESIDENTS FROM PARKWAY GARDENS, EXCLUDING OTHERS LIKE MYSELF, WHO I, I'VE LIVED IN PARKWAY HOMES.
IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, I, I I HAVE A, ALL MY LIFE, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT AND 15 YEAR TOWN OFFICIAL.
THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY-WIDE CALL TO ACTION, AND THERE'S NO REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS INITIATIVE, WHICH THE TOWN BOARD CLAIMED IN NOVEMBER THAT THEY KNEW VERY LITTLE ABOUT HOW, UM, UH, UH, MADELINE OCHE, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC AND LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD, ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF GREENBERG, SAYS THAT THIS DISCUSSION AND PLANS HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE SUMMER.
SO WHY WOULDN'T MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD BE AWARE OF IT? OKAY.
UM, AGAIN, THERE IS NO COMMUNITY-WIDE CALL TO ACTION.
THE H AND LPB ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE GREENBERG BLACK HI HISTORY MUSEUM PROJECT POSTPONED COMMEMORATIVE INITIATIVES UNTIL THEIR WORK IS COMPLETE CITING COMPETITION AND POTENTIAL JEOPARDY TO THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
THIS RAISES QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS A FACT OR CONJECTURE.
AND IF IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL RELATED INITIATIVES, THE H AND PBS EFFORTS SHOULD INCLUDE QUALIFIED RESIDENTS SUCH AS MYSELF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GREENBERG BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM INITIATIVE TO ENSURE EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION FOR BOTH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND STREET SIGN INITIATIVES, THE EXCLUSION OF APPROPRIATE RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS INPUT, WREAKS OF MARGINALIZATION THAT SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED IN THIS TOWN.
WE CANNOT AGREE TO INCLUDE CERTAIN PEOPLE AND NOT OTHERS FOR THE RISK, AT THE RISK OF INTEGRITY, AT THE RISK OF, OF, OF FACTS AND TRUTH AND, UM, ACCURACY AND APPROPRIATENESS.
SO I'M ASKING THAT THIS TOWN BOARD, THAT THEY ENSURE THAT THE H AND LPB INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALS ON
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THIS COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED OR THEY'RE WORKING WITH TO BRING ABOUT HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF PARKWAY HOMES AND PARKWAY GARDENS.WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE I UNDERSTAND.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE FROM PARKWAY GARDENS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARKWAY HOMES SUCH AS MYSELF, NEED TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY FOR ACCURACY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO.
I JUST WANT TO, YOU MENTIONED, WE'LL, BEFORE WE TAKE ANY ACTION ON, ON THIS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY BE INVOLVED AND WE HAVE MAXIMUM, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTS PARTICIPATION, YOU KNOW, BOTH COMMUNITIES DO.
NO, WE, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.
NO, BUT I, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR CONVERSATION AND IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO CORRECT ME.
I'M ASKING YOU TO HOLD OVER THE COMPTROLLER TWO.
THIS IS, UH, CONTINUING TO HIRE CAPITAL MARKETS AGAIN.
I'VE REQUESTED THROUGH FILE IN JANUARY, STARTING IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING FROM CAPITAL MARKETS, REGARDING FINANCING OF COUNT DEBT.
I TOLD INITIALLY THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS EXIST AND APPARENTLY DOCUMENTS DO EXIST, AND YOU ARE REVIEWING THEM NOW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE INFORMATION REGARDING CAPITAL MARKETS BEFORE YOU HIRE THEM.
SO I HAD CERTAIN SUSPICIONS BASED UPON THEIR PERFORMANCE.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT PR, UH, FOUR OR ONE.
THIS IS THE, UH, STARTUP CONCESSION AGAIN, THAT YOU WANNA RENEW THE CONTRACT.
YOU'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY.
THE CAPITAL MARKETS, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? IT'S THE CO2 CONTROLLER.
TWO, RIGHT? UH, COULD I JUST ASK, COULD YOU STOP THE CLOCK? ASK ME? I DID.
COULD YOU STOP THE QUE? I JUST WANNA ASK IF, UM, IF THERE'S, IF THAT WAS HELD, HELD OVER AND WE DISCUSS IT ON TUESDAY, UH, IS DOES THAT CREATE ANY PROBLEMS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMP CONTROLLER'S OFFICE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
THAT'D BE AN, AN, UH, QUESTION FOR THE COMPTROLLER.
I MEAN, IS THERE A CHANCE MAYBE YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH, JUST CALL AND JUST SEE BECAUSE I'M, I'M SAYING IF THERE'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION, UM, AND IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE ANY PROBLEMS, I HAVE NO PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, WAITING, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS.
I MEAN, I WILL REACH OUT TO THE COMPTROLLER.
WELL, IT IS A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST SAYING.
WELL, I DON'T CARE WHETHER IT CAUSES PROBLEMS. IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
DID YOU NOT RECOGNIZE THIS YESTERDAY AT THE READING OF THE AGENDA? DID YOU, DID YOU SPEAK TO HER TODAY? NO, I DIDN'T.
NO, BECAUSE YOU JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THIS UP.
OH, BECAUSE, OH, YOU BASED IT ON THIS, HIS COMMENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT MY FEELING IS? IF WE HAVE A, IF WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, PEOPLE RAISE POINTS.
I FEEL THAT NO MATTER WHO RAISES IT, IF, IF THEY HAVE A CONCERN, I FIND OUT HAS TO, NO ONE'S HAS A CONCERN.
I JUST ASKED A QUESTION FOR CLARITY.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING, MR. SAM'S KEYS CONTINUE.
SO BACK TO PARKS AND REC, UH, YOU'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISING PRICE OF ELECTRICITY.
WHY WOULD WE BE SIGNING A CONTRACT OR WHAT WE CALL A LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR A FIXED AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD, AS WELL AS WHY ARE WE ALSO IN INFLATIONARY TIMES LOCKING OURSELVES INTO FIXED RENT OR A LICENSE? IT'S $7,000 A YEAR.
YOU DIVIDE THE 21,000 BY THREE YEARS, $7,000 A YEAR.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT FURTHER.
AND I'M, FOR THAT MATTER, IT SEEMS TO ME UNDER THE CONTRACT YOU HAD WITH SPORT TIME, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE COMPETITIVE INFLUENCES AGAINST THEM.
SO THAT'S, DOES THAT MEAN SPORT TIME WON'T BE TAKING OVER FOR THREE YEARS? THEY'RE GONNA SELL BEVERAGES AND SNACKS ON THEIR PROP PREMISES.
UH, MISS TONIGHT, AGAIN, YOU PLAYED THE SAME GAME OF SUPPORTING UHS.
IT'S, IT JUST, THE NAME IS SO RIDICULOUS, SUSTAINABLE, WESTCHESTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO DEFEND IT SO MUCH? I BELIEVE
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THE CONTRACT ENDS IN A YEAR, FROM NOVEMBER TO NOVEMBER OF 2024 TO 2025.CON ED'S RATE INCREASE IF IT GOES THROUGH, OCCURS JANUARY, 2026.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR STATUS WILL BE WITH SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER WHEN THEIR CONTRACT ENDS.
YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT RECOURSE, RIGHT? SO WHY ARE WE LOCKING OURSELVES IN AGAIN? I I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.
NOW, MR. FINER, YOU WENT THROUGH A LONG STORY ABOUT SUPPORTING EDGEMONT AND ALL THEIR SAFETY INITIATIVES.
SO I HAVE TO ASK YOU, BECAUSE I'M STILL PURSUING THIS ON NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, THIS IS A SIMPLE QUESTION.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO ANSWER YES OR NO, MR. FINER SIMPLE QUESTION, YES OR NO.
WHEN YOU SIGNED THE CONTRACT THAT SAID A SIDEWALK FROM WEST HARSDALE AVENUE TO CENTRAL AVENUE, WERE YOU AWARE THAT THAT WAS NOT INTENDED? I, I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU, MR. FINER.
IT'S, IT'S VERY CLEAR YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT DOCUMENT.
THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DOCUMENT SAYS, FROM WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE TO CENTRAL AVENUE IS JOY.
WOULD YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT? IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS? IT DOESN'T SAY CONTIGUOUS IT.
DOES IT SAY FROM WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE? YES, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY CONTIGUOUS.
DOES IT SAY FROM WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE TO CENTRAL AVENUE? YES, BUT IT'S NOT CONTIGUOUS.
IT DOESN'T SAY THE COLOR OF THE SIDEWALK EITHER, BUT IT DOES SAY THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
YEAH, FROM WEST HARTS TO CENTRAL AVENUE.
MR. FINER, WERE YOU AWARE THAT IT WASN'T TO GO FROM WEST HARSDALE AVENUE? IT DOES TO CENTRAL AVENUE.
LOOK, WE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S THE TOWN SUPERVISOR HERE TONIGHT? WE HAVE ONLY ONE TOWN SUPERVISOR.
IS YOUR MEMORY FAILING SO MUCH? YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY DON'T YOU, I'M NOT GONNA BE DEBATING.
THIS IS BASICALLY, IT WASN'T A DEBATE.
THIS IS, IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO ANSWER.
THIS IS FIVE MINUTES OF COMMENTS.
IF THE BOARD WANTS TO RESPOND, WE CAN.
AND IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO.
THAT'S A SHOWS EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE CAN TRUST YOU BECAUSE YOU WALKED ALL THE RESIDENTS OF WA, NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE ON A SITE TOUR OF WHERE THE SIDEWALK WAS TO GO AND YOU NEVER INFORMED THEM OTHERWISE.
MR. CLIFF ABRAMS, BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK, I WANT FOR CLARITY REAL FAST, THE GENTLEMAN
OR THE REASON I ASKED THAT WE'RE VOTING TONIGHT.
THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT, BECAUSE ELLA WOULDN'T KNOW JOY OR GINA PAUL, YOU KNOW THAT OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD, MANHATTAN AVENUE? UM, I THINK WE NEED TO START THE CLOCK.
SEE, THIS IS LIKE A PLANTATION, RIGHT? THE ORDER DEPENDS WHO YOU ARE.
NOT AT ALL THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SAY YOU WANT GET THE CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY.
SO PAUL, YOU KNOW, OLD TERRY TOWN ROAD, I GOT THE CROSSWALK, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, OLD TERRY TOWN ROAD, WE HAD THE AL CLOCK, RICHARD FUN COULD COME DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT, RIGHT? I ADVOCATED FOR IT.
RIGHT NOW THE DIGITAL CLOCK AIN'T THERE NO MORE.
THEN THE CROSSROAD ON O TERRYTOWN ROAD, THE CROSSROAD ON MANHATTAN AVENUE, THERE WAS NO SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON UM, MANHATTAN AVENUE.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WAS ABLE TO PITCH STUFF TOGETHER AND GET Y'ALL TO VOTE ON IT.
RIGHT? IF YOU, IF YOU GONNA AT THE FAIR STOP THE CLOCK, I'LL ANSWER AFTERWARDS.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OFF RIGHT.
UM, IS, UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME? THE GUY WAS ON THE TV.
IS GARY STILL HERE? COMMISSIONER DUANE, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? OKAY, WELL ANYWAY, ABOUT MAYBE TWO YOU GUYS.
I REMEMBER ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, I ASKED YOU AND GINA THAT THE 10%, WHEN THEY GOT THE LUXURY HOUSES AND APARTMENTS COMING, WHO JOB IS IT TO MAKE SURE
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THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR 10% TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND IT THREE YEARS LATER? I NEVER GOT THAT ANSWER BACK.SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 10% AFFORDABLE HOUSING? THAT'S NOT BUILT YET? NO, NO, THAT'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT NOT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU, I DON'T KNOW YOU'RE FROM, WELL, HOWARD JOHNSON IS AT, I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION WHEN THE GENTLEMAN'S FINISHED WITH THE ALL HIS STATEMENTS.
YOU WERE QUICKER THAT CLOCK, LISA.
ANYWAY, ANOTHER IS THAT YOU ARE APPOINT FIVE PEOPLE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD.
RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YEARS THEY SUPPOSED TO BE ON? AND DO Y'ALL HAVE A CRITERIA OF HOW Y'ALL KEEP ON REINSTATING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER? WE HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT BEEN THERE SINCE 1991.
YOU KNOW HOW WHEN, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU'ALL USE? OR YOU'LL SAY, OH, WE LIKE THIS PERSON.
YOU'LL JUST GIVE THE PERSON ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
AND I'M, AND RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK, I THINK IT'S TWO OR THREE OF 'EM.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DID IT YET.
JOY, THERE'S TWO OR THREE OF THEM THAT I CAN BE REINSTATED.
DO THEY GET REINSTATED YET? WE HAVE REINSTATED, SO, ALRIGHT.
THEY DIDN'T GET REINSTATED YET, BUT THEY STILL VOTING
THOSE ARE CALLED HOLDOVERS UNTIL WE REAPPOINT.
YOU KNOW, THAT SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY? WHAT? SAME THING.
WE REAPPOINTED THOSE WHOSE APPOINTMENTS WERE UP IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
LIKE YOU'VE GOT, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO BE STILL REAPPOINTED.
SO THAT BE A NOTE, RIGHT? WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME CLARITY AFTER YOU FINISH TALKING.
BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW THAT IF THEY AIN'T REAPPOINTED, HOW ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND VOTES IF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AFTER FIVE YEARS, AND THIS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR BEEN PASSED ALMOST THEY SHOULD, I MEAN, I WANT TO KNOW HOW DO THEY STILL GET TO MAKE DECISION AND VOTE WITHOUT THE BOARD APPOINTING SOMEBODY ELSE OR REAPPOINTING THEM? AND I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A BAD WORD, TERM LIMITS
I'M A CEO, I GOT A 5 0 1 C3, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THEY APPOINTED, THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON NO BOARD FOR 30 SOMETHING YEARS AND 20 SOMETHING YEARS.
'CAUSE THEY GET TO PICK WHO, UM, Y'ALL PICK
LIKE, I JUST WISH IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE SOMEBODY YOU ANNOUNCE IT, THAT THERE'S A OPENING.
IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO APPLY, YOU'LL CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SEE, I AM A, UH, ELECTED, RIGHT? AND SO I CATCH SHEEP BECAUSE I'M REALLY FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE.
I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR THAT, BUT I REALLY DON'T CARE.
SO GARRETT, UH, COMMISSIONER DECAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE TWO QUICK ANSWERS.
I THINK YOU HAD TWO QUESTIONS FOR ME.
SECTION FIVE SAYS, AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM AND UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS CHOSEN AND QUALIFIED, THE PUBLIC OFFICER CAN CONTINUE IN A HOLDOVER STATUS.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE ALLOWED TO, FOR HOW LONG? THERE IS NO LIMIT UNLESS THERE'S A TERM LIMIT CONNECTED TO THAT SPECIFIC, UH, COMMITTEE OR BOARD, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ONE IN THIS INSTANCE.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION, IF YOU HAVE ANY TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME SPECIFICALLY AT MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR AT LEGAL@GREENBERGNY.COM.
I WILL FORWARD IT TO SERGEANT FONTELLA, WHO'S THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR, AND WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT.
HE CAN DO AN EVALUATION AND SEE IF ANY SIGNS NEED TO BE PUT UP OR ANYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
REAL QUICK, JUST, JUST AS, JUST ONE THING.
JUST AS, AS I THINK YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UH, TERM LIMITS IS NOT A BAD ONE, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A BOARD CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS.
OR OTER JUST REAL QUICK, JOE, ON OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD WHERE THE SPEED CLOCK WAS AT THAT THEY MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT A 25 MILES PER HOUR, RIGHT? THEN THAT'S HERE.
WE, WE WENT THROUGH THE FIVE MINUTES, WE'RE NOW PROVIDING THE ANSWER, SO WHY DON'T YOU OKAY.
YOU CAN CALL OR EMAIL AND THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THAT CONCERN PIECE.
ALSO, MR. ABRAMS, YOU HAD ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
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CHANGING OF BOARDS.IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AGENDA, IT DEFINITELY SAYS TO, UM, ADDRESS YOUR RESUME OR AN EMAIL TO ME, AND THEN I WILL GET THAT TO THE BOARD.
AND THAT'S FOR ANYONE WHO HAD INTEREST IN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ALSO IN REFERENCE TO YOUR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, WHEN YOU HAD FOILED A, A PARTICULAR ISSUE, I HAD TOLD YOU, I HAD A WHOLE PACKET FOR YOU ON THE, UM, IN THE CREATION OF THAT BOARD.
AND I HAD ALL OF THE HISTORY AND ALL OF ITS CHARTERS AND ITS BYLAWS FOR YOU.
SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THOSE UNITS, THOSE UNITS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG THAT ARE MANDATED TO BE RENTED OR SOLD AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE ARE THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WENT INTO CONTRACT WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY OVERSEES THE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY DOING THAT.
THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THEY DO THIS FOR A NUMBER OF WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES.
AND, UH, THAT OVERSIGHT IS DONE BY THE COUNTY.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THAT BECAUSE AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT JOE HAD OVERSIGHT.
WHAT I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.
YOU'RE AGREEMENT WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY WHO HAS THE EXPERTISE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DATA.
SO ANNUALLY, THE COUNTY RECEIVES, UH, THE LIST OF, OF, OF UNITS IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG THAT HAVE THE SUBSIDE, AFFORDABLE REDUCED RATE RENTAL UNITS OR FOR SALE.
AND THEY POUR THROUGH THAT DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, UM, LIVING IN THOSE SPACES MEETS THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
SO WESTCHESTER COUNTY DOES THAT FOR US, AND THAT'S BY CONTRACT.
SO ME AS A COMMISSIONER, I NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO FIND OUT IF THEY ARE DEALING WITH THE 10%.
THE, I I I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE VERY DILIGENT ABOUT IT.
AND I HAVE SEEN THE PRINTOUTS THAT DETAIL COMPLIANCE.
JU JUST TO CLOSE THE
SO IF THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE, UH, WE GENERALLY DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT.
BUT IT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND I'M JUST GONNA CHECK OVER WITH THE COUNTY JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN GENERAL.
BUT I DO HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE OVERSEEING EVERYTHING PROPERLY FOR US.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR GIVING YOU A NAME OF MUCH WORK WE DID TOGETHER.
COULD I JUST ASK, UH, JOE, IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW SAM'S, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, PR ONE, THE 1400 ANNUALLY FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICES, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD, UH, BE MODIFIED? ESPECIALLY SINCE THE RATES ARE GOING UP SO MUCH? EXCUSE ME.
JOE LU, CASEY, COMMISSIONER, PARKS AND RECREATION, UM, WE DO NOT METER THE, UM, SNACK BAR SEPARATELY.
SO THAT'S AN ESTIMATE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A GUESSTIMATE ON THE USAGE EACH YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
AND I, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO, UM, COVER THE ELECTRICITY THAT THEY USE.
AND THIS IS ALL, OKAY, IT'S A THREE YEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT RATES DO GO UP AND DOWN AND HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY GOING UP AND DOWN.
SO YOU, YOU AVERAGE IT OUT AND YOU LOOK AT PAST HISTORY, YOU TAKE YOUR BEST GUESS.
COULD I, THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, STANDARD PRACTICE.
COULD I JUST ASK A QUESTION? IF, YOU KNOW, CONED RATE IF'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT AND LET'S SAY THERE'S AN 11% INCREASE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN RATES, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WELL THIS IS, UH, WE DON'T GET THE POWER.
BUT WE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A METER ON.
NO, BUT I'M SAYING, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO MODIFY, SAY 1400 ANNUALLY? NO, WAIT, LET ME JUST SAY BEFORE YOU SAY NO, 1400 ANNUALLY FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICES, UM, UH, UH, PLUS, UH, WHATEVER PERCENTAGE, UH, UH, INCREASE THERE IS, UM, OVER THE 1400, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT I'M SAYING IF IT'S, IF IT'S A 10% INCREASE FROM PAS OR 5% INCREASE, THEN WE WOULD SAY FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHATEVER THEY'RE PAYING, WHATEVER WE'RE PAYING OVER THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANY'S NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SMALL AMOUNT.
BUT I THINK, I THINK IT'S SORT OF LIKE A LEGITIMATE POINT.
ELECTRIC RATES ARE GOING UP AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY THINK THAT, UH, IF THE RATE, IF OUR ESTIMATE IS RAW UP
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BY 8%, THEN THERE SHOULD BE AN 8% INCREASE.IF IT GOES DOWN, IT COULD BE AN 8% DECREASE, WHATEVER IT IS.
HE CAN'T, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, I'M SAYING IT'S, THAT'S BUDGET.
DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY THEY'RE USING.
NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING SINCE THERE'S NO, BUT HOW ARE YOU GONNA, YOU CAN'T, IF YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT HE CAN'T METER THEM, IF HE JUST MENTIONED THAT HE CANNOT METER THEM, THEN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE MARKUP? I'M JUST SAYING, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH IT? CAN YOU TELL THE PROCESS? YOU WOULD, I'M SAY, MY FEELING IS I COULD LIVE WITH A 1400.
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE METERING AND PAYING THAT? HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE NO, I'M SAYING WHATEVER WE PA A, THE STATE OF NEW YORK BASICALLY GIVES US A, A RATE EVERY YEAR.
THERE'S ALWAYS AN INCREASE, OR IT COULD BE A DECREASE EVERY YEAR.
SO I'M SAYING WE USE THE 1400 AS A BASE.
I, I DON'T THINK, NO, I'M SAYING WE, WHATEVER.
AND THEN WHATEVER THE INCREASES OR THE DECREASES ARE OF, UH, THEY WOULD PAY.
PAUL, CAN I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, I THINK ANYONE MISUNDERSTANDS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS CLEAR IT, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT'S NOT METERED AND BECAUSE IT'S AN APPROXIMATION, THAT'S THE PROCESS, RIGHT.
WHICH IS WHAT WHAT COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON WAS WAS SAYING IS THAT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO QUANTIFY THAT EITHER WAY.
NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, WHY DON'T WE LET, PAUL CAN I GIVE YOU, CAN I JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY? WE DID NOT CHARGE UTILITIES AT ALL FOR YEARS.
AND THIS CAME UP BECAUSE WE DON'T METER 'EM SEPARATELY.
SO IT WAS JUST INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY PAID, THEY PUT IN, WE ADDED THAT IN, I THINK ON THE LAST CONTRACT.
AND SO WE'RE NOW COLLECTING SOME MONEY FOR UTILITIES SEPARATELY.
THAT IS NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE MAKING A GUESSTIMATE ON THE USAGE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, DOING DURING THE, UH, 90 DAYS THAT THEY'RE THERE.
AND THEN HOW MANY YEARS YOU'VE BEEN IN CONTRACT WITH THEM? JEFF? SINCE 2008.
SO 2008 UNTIL, WHAT DO WE YEAR 2005? 4 5, 5.
AND UNTIL 2003, YOU WEREN'T, WE WEREN'T CHARGE AND THEM, SO TO SPEAK.
AND I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE, UM, VENDOR THAT WE HAVE, WE WENT OUT TO RFP.
WE ONLY GOT TWO INQUIRIES FOR THIS JOB.
ONE OF 'EM PULLED OUT BECAUSE THEY JUST LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BE MADE AT THIS POOL BECAUSE WE ALLOW OUTSIDE FOOD TO COME IN.
AND BECAUSE THE CABANA HOLDERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING IN, THEY HAVE A, UM, THEIR REFRIGERATORS IN THEIR CABANAS.
SO THIS IS ALMOST A SERVICE MM-HMM
TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO THE POOL.
THIS IS NOT A MAJOR MONEY MAKER.
IF YOU GO TO SCARSDALE POOL WHERE THEY DON'T ALLOW YOU TO BRING IN FOOD, THEY DON'T ALLOW YOU TO HAVE REFRIGERATORS.
THE SAME VENDOR PAYS A LOT MORE THERE BECAUSE HE MAKES MORE MONEY THERE.
AND THEORETICALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE SUB LITTLE SUBGROUPS AND, AND RENTAL AND PRO GROUPS WITHIN THE TOWN.
UM, EVEN OUR DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF RATES GOING FORWARD.
AT LEAST THOSE KIND OF, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, UH, RFP THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH IN THE CONTRACT.
WE FEEL THAT THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR, SINCE 2008, HAS PROVIDED A VERY GOOD PRODUCT.
ANYBODY THAT KNOWS THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS OR THE CATERING BUSINESS KNOWS THIS COULD GO WRONG IF YOU BRING THE WRONG PERSON IN MM-HMM
UM, AND SO WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH, SO IT'S NICKEL AND DIMMING AND IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS IT, I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS NOW, MR. THOMAS, THERE WAS NO AUTHORITY APPROACH.
LEMME SAY, LEMME JUST SAY SOMETHING.
I, I FEEL THAT MR. SAMS IS RAISING A POINT.
I HAVE A RIGHT, AS A COUNCIL, AS A MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD, I FEEL I HAVE A RIGHT.
BE RESPECTFUL TO BASICALLY ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE VOTING ON SOMETHING.
AND IF I, IF I DON'T FEEL A HUNDRED PERCENT COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE VOTE, I WANNA FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA FEEL GOOD ABOUT EVERY VOTE THAT I HAVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, IN TERMS OF THE, FOR THE, I, I, I REALIZE STILL THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THE CONCESSION PEOPLE I'VE GONE TO.
I GO THERE A LOT DURING THE POOL.
UM, I FEEL THAT IF WE SAID FOR, IF, IF, LET'S SAY IT'S A 10%, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POCKET CHANGE, IT'S RIDICULOUS, I DON'T THINK.
BUT YOU HAD TO CONTRACT IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
SO WAIT UNTIL THIS MEETING TONIGHT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M HOLDING IT OVER.
I'M HOLDING OVER IT OVER AND I'LL, I'M GONNA CALL O'NEIL TOMORROW AND THEN I'LL BASICALLY SPEAK TO HIM AND I'LL SEE IF HE WOULD AGREE.
SO I'M HOLDING IT OVER AND I'LL CALL, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
AND THAT IS THAT AS, AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, THAT THIS IS NOT A MONEY MAKING OPERATION FOR THEM.
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AND THAT'S WHY ANOTHER CON CONCESSION WHO DID, WHO BID ORIGINALLY PULLED OUT, AND YOU HAVE, SO NOW YOU WANT TO NICKEL AND DON GIVEN THE SERVICE WHO IS NOT MAKING VERY MUCH MONEY TO BEGIN WITH, AND THEY MIGHT SAY, OKAY, FORGET IT.WE DON'T HAVE, AND THEN THE SERVICE DON'T HAVE THE SERVICE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, AS THE COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IT IS, IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO OUR, TO THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE, THE POOL.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD HOPE, AND I'M ASKING IF YOU WOULD RECONSIDER YOUR POOL.
I, I, I BASICALLY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CONCESSION PEOPLE AND SAY, LISTEN, I FEEL FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A PRINCIPLE, ELECTRIC PRICES HAVE GONE UP.
YOU KNOW, WE ESTIMATED $1,400.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A BIG, IT'S NOT A BIG THING.
I JUST FEEL FROM A PRINCIPLE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THESE, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS AND IF IT'S BASICALLY GONNA BE AN 8% INCREASE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA USE A 1400 AT BASELINE EVERY YEAR.
AND IF THE RATES KEEP GOING UP, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR.
WELL, I, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR, I YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $112 MATTER THAT MUCH.
12 KNOW WHAT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
WELL, I RAN RESTAURANTS FOR 10 YEARS BEFORE I STARTED WORKING HERE FOR 30 YEARS, AND I'M A 30 YEAR PROFESSIONAL HERE.
I REALLY THINK THAT YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, TRUST THE PROFESSIONALS, YOU SHOULD TRUST OUR COMMISSIONER ON THIS, THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY PAID TO DO THIS.
UM, AND I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS A GOOD DEAL.
I MEAN, THIS IS TRUST IN YOUR EMPLOYEES.
LET ME JUST HEAR THE RESPONSE.
I JUST WANT TO HEAR ONE SECOND RESPONSE.
THE CONCESSIONAIRE IS VERY HAPPY WITH US BECAUSE THIS EXPERIENCED MAN JUST TOLD YOU THAT FROM 2008 TO A FEW YEARS AGO, HE WASN'T PAYING FOR ELECTRICITY AND OBVIOUSLY USING IT, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, THERE IS NO PREVENTION AGAINST ANYTHING THAT THE CONCESSIONAIRE CHARGES IN THE FUTURE.
AS INFLATION STRIKES, WILL HE NOT CHARGE MORE FOR THE FOODS THAT HE SERVES? THERE ARE OTHER INDEXES IN THE ABSENCE OF A METER THAT YOU CAN USE.
MR. FINER SUGGESTED ONE, BUT THERE'S ALSO COST OF LIVING INCREASE.
THERE'S CPI, YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THEY BASE IT UPON WHAT THE PAST WAS.
THERE IS NO INCREASE IN RENT OVER THREE YEARS.
STEP UP, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY, BUT THIS IS NOT YOUR FORUM.
MR. SAMS, I ASKED IF I COULD SPEAK.
I APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION, BUT THIS IS NOT YOUR FORUM.
THIS IS A BOARD MEETING, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THAT YOU WRITE A LETTER AND WE WILL READ IT.
WELL, ARE YOU, OR YOU CAN WRITE IT IN ONE OF YOUR VERY
WELL, IF THIS FINER HOLDS IT OVER, I WILL WRITE A LETTER.
BUT OF COURSE, IF YOU'VE READ YOUR MAIL, I'VE ALREADY WRITTEN THAT LETTER, HAVEN'T I? WELL, I SAID JUST A ONE QUICK RESPONSE, UM, IN THE CONTRACT, UH, THEY CANNOT RAISE THE PRICES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PRE-APPROVED BY ME BEFOREHAND EACH YEAR.
AND SO THEY SUBMIT THEIR PRICES, WE LOOK THEM OVER, AND THEN WE, UH, AND THEN WE APPROVE THEM.
AND THIS IS WHAT A PROFESSIONAL DOES.
MS. JOHN, STOP THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THE BOARD BASICALLY FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT IT, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE WITHOUT HOLDING IT OVER.
AND THEN MAYBE WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL CALL ON THE, YOU KNOW, I'LL CALL THE CONCESSION TOMORROW'S FINE, FINE.
AND I'LL SAY, IS THERE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF HE, AND HE'S PROBABLY GONNA SAY, FINE, BECAUSE YOU $120 ISN'T GONNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE OR BREAK IT.
AND THEN WE COULD ALWAYS, AT THE TIME I SIGN A CONTRACT, WE COULD ALWAYS MAKE LITTLE MODIFICATIONS, BUT MAYBE COULD GIVE HIS NUMBER AND I'LL REACH OUT.
WE CANNOT MAKE MODIFICATIONS AFTER TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT.
WE CANNOT MAKE THAT MODIFICATION AFTER A VOTE.
THE VOTE, IF THE VOTE IS HELD TONIGHT, IT HAS TO REMAIN THE SAME NUMBER.
OKAY, WELL THAT, THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE.
I DID HEAR FROM THE CONTROLLER AND SHE, WELL, WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE VOTE.
NO, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THERE YET.
UM, THE COMP CONTROLLER ADVISES THAT IT'S OKAY IF CO2 IS, UH, HELD OVER UNTIL FEBRUARY 26 MEETING.
ALRIGHT, DO YOU WANNA START? OKAY.
[ BOARDS & COMMISSIONS Re-appointment of Harris K. Lampert, Lydia Adegbola, Eliana Weissman, Angelica Mares Miceli and Alison Sherwin to the Library Board of Trustees, each for a term to expire December 31, 2029]
AND COMMISSIONS, A REAPPOINTMENT OF HARRIET LAMBERT.LYDIA ADDIE, UH, POLA ELENA WEISSMAN.
ANGELICA MARRIS KELLEY, AND ALLISON SHERWIN TO THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
[ TB 1 - 02/12/2025 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 Sr. Payroll Clerk to Group IX in the current agreement]
RATIFYING A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF[02:00:01]
GREENBERG AND CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION TO IGN TB ONE, TB ONE TO REASSIGN AND RATIFY THE TITLE OF SENIOR PAYROLL CLERK TO GROUP, UH, NINE AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.[ TB 2 - 02/12/2025 Resolution approving specified travel and related expenses for Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero to attend the New York State Association of Towns Meeting on February 21,2025]
TB TWO, UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING, UH, SPECIFIED TRAVEL AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR TOWN C CLERK LISA MARIA NARROW TO ATTEND THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2025.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ TB 3 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 with the Village of Ardsley for fire protection services to the South Ardsley fire protection district, at a cost not to exceed $354,576.93]
TB THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 FOR THE VILLAGE OF LEY FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE SOUTH LEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT A COST NOT TOE 354,000 5 76 90 3 CENTS.[ TB 4 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 with the Village of Ardsley for fire protection services to the Chauncey fire protection district, at a cost not to exceed $11,049.19]
RESOLUTION TB FOUR T FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO ONE YEAR CONTRACT COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023 WITH THE VILLAGE OF AWARDS LEAD FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES THROUGH MS. TRUANCY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $11,049 AND 19 CENTS.[ AT 1 - 02/12/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police; Lt. John Schachinger, Detective R. Wyland, Police Officer Allan Williams, Detective Joseph Santagate, Lt. Raphael Garafano, Detective Robert J. Sharpe, Detective Gerard Holley, and Peter Sauter in the matter of Leonard Mack v. Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed an additional $25,000, $75,000 in total]
A T ONE, UH, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THOMAS STRATTY TO REPRESENT GREENBERG POLICE LIEUTENANT, UH, UH, UH, SHA YOUR DETECTIVE, UH, LAN POLICE OFFICER ALLEN WILLIAMS. DETECTIVE JOSEPH SON TAG, UH, LIEUTENANT RAPHAEL GARO.DETECTIVE GERARD HOLY AND PETER SODER IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD MV TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT, UM, OF 25,075,000.
[ AT 2 - 02/12/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of Kenneth E. Pitcoff, Esq., and the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh and Town of Greenburgh Police Department in the matter of Leonard Mack v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed an additional $25,000, $75,000 in total]
MOVE A T TWO RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF KENNETH PITCOCK ESQUIRE IN THE LAW FIRM OF MORRIS DUFFY ALONSO LEY AND UFF TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD MACK VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ETAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL 25,075,000 IN TOTAL.[ AT 3 - 02/12/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Greenburgh Police Officer Jason Vlasaty, Police Officer Joanny James and Sergeant Dyana Albano in the matter of Patrick A. Navas v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al, for an amount not to exceed an additional $25,000, $100,000 in total]
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THOMAS STRATTY TO REPRESENT GREENBURG POLICE OFFICER JASON SDI, POLICE OFFICER, UH, JO JOANI JAMES AND SERGEANT DEANNA ALBANO IN THE MATTER OF PATRICK NEVAS VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR MOUNTAIN NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL 25,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TOTAL.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 4 - 02/12/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Patrick A. Navas v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al for an amount not to exceed an additional $25,000, $75,000 in total]
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW FIRM OF MORRIS STUFFY ALONSO BAILEY AND PITCOCK TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN THE MATTER OF PATRICK NOVICE VERSUS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL 25,075,000 IN TOTAL.[ AT 5 - 02/12/2025 Resolution approving the continued retention of Thomas J. Troetti, Esq., to represent Town of Greenburgh Police Officers in the matter of Kirk Beckford v. Town of Greenburgh for an amount not to exceed an additional $25,000, $50,000 in total]
APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THOMAS STRATTY TO REPRESENT TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE WHILE OFFICERS IN THE MATTER OF KIRK BECKFORD AND TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,050,000 IN TOTAL.[ AT 6 - 2/12/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Siemens Corporation and Siemens Medical Solutions for property located at 511 Benedict Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $115,481±; the County’s share is $55,141±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $11,363±; the Glenville Fire Protection District’s share is $13,534±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $4,141±; the Tarrytown Union Free School District’s share is $399,821±. Refunds from all sources total $599,480±]
A T SIX RESOLUTION, NO.RESIDENT TEXAS TERTIARY SETTLEMENT TI PETITIONER SIEMENS CORPORATION AND SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED FIVE 11 BENEDICT AVENUE.
UM, UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 599,480 LIKE TO THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 7 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Ardsley Swimming Club Inc./Hidden Acres Country Club Inc. (ATIMA) for property located at 230 Sprain Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $14,524±; the County’s share is $6,911±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,273±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $53,211±. Refunds from all sources total $75,919±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX C RARI SETTLEMENT PETITIONER ARLEY SWIMMING CLUB, UM, VERSUS HIDDEN ACRES COUNTRY CLUB REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 75,919.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT TWO 30 SPRAIN ROAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 8 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Tallyrand LLC/220 WPR LLC for property located 220 White Plains Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $11,012±; the County’s share is $72,010±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $14,137±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $523,126±. Refunds from all sources total $620,287±]
TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONERI WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 9 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner 126 North Broadway LLC for property located at 126 North Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $88±; the County’s share is $627±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $94±; the Tarrytown Union Free School District’s share is $4,161±. Refunds from all sources total $4,971±]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITION OF 1 26 NORTH BROADWAY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 26 NORTH BROADWAY REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 4 9 7 1 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.[ AT 10 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as special counsel for Tax Certiorari matters at cost not to exceed an additional $50,000, $325,000 total]
RESOLUTION 80 10 80 10 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED CONTINUED DETENTION OF WHITMAN OSTERMAN AND HANNAH AS A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR TAX TERTIARY MATTERS AT IT COST NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL $50,325,000 TOTAL.RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING
[ CL 1 - 02/12/2025 Resolution scheduling a public hearing for Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 7:30 pm to consider a local law amending Chapter 460 "Vehicles and Traffic" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh establishing a Demonstration Program for traffic-control signal photo violation monitoring.]
C ONE, UM, UH, C ONE, UH, FOR FEBRUARY 26TH AT SEVEN 30 TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ESTABLISHING A DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL PHOTO VIOLATION MONITORING.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CD 1 - 02/12/2025 Resolution awarding a contract for professional planning services related to the preparation of Zoning Ordinance amendments in connection with a Four Corners Smart Growth Zoning Program grant CFA #129982 to BFJ Planning, for an amount not to exceed $150,000]
AYE.CD ONE RESOLUTION AWARDING AND CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL PLANNING SERVICES RELATED TO THE PREPARATION OF ZONING ORDINANCES, AMENDMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOUR CORNER SMART GROWTH, UH, ZONING PROGRAM, UM, UM, TO BDJF
[02:05:02]
PLANNING FOR AN AMOUNT, NOT TUXEDO 150,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 1 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2024 budget transfers]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR, UH, C ONE 2020 4 1, 1 C ONE.ALL I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION UH, CAN YOU REPEAT THE PLEASE? CO ONE, SORRY.
RESOLUTION, REPEAT THE WHOLE THING.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL 20 YEAR 2024.
UH, SO, UH, CO2 IS GONNA BE HELD OVER.
TWO HELD OVER TO THE NEXT HELD OVER.
[ PR 1 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing a three-year license agreement to operate a food concession at the Anthony F. Veteran Park Pool and Tennis Complex with O'Neill's Concession, which will pay the town $21,000 for the license, as well as $1,400 annually for electric utility service]
PR ONE, I'M ABSTAINING SO ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION ANY SECOND.PR PR, PR WINE PRE SOLUTION AUTHORIZING A THREE YEAR LICENSE AGREEMENT TO OPERATE A FOOD CONCESSION AT THE ANTHONY F VETERAN PARK POOL AND TENNIS COMPLEX WITH O'NEILL'S CONCESSION, WHICH WILL PAY THE TOWN $21,000 FOR THE LICENSE AS WELL AS $1,400 ANNUALLY FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICE.
YOU'D LIKE TO THAT SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LUCHA FOR DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS.
[ PR 2 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing award to lowest bidder or New York State contract approved vendor, whichever is lowest cost per item meeting specification, for paper goods and kitchen supplies for 2025, at a cost not to exceed $47,365.75]
YOU ARE TOO.REAUTHORIZING THAT WELL AWARD TO LAWLESS BIDDER, UH, OR A NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT APPROVED VENDOR, WHICHEVER IS LOWEST COST PER ITEM MEETING SPECIFICATIONS FOR PAPER GOODS AND KITCHEN SUPPLIES FOR 2024.
AND IT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 47,365.
[ PO 1 - 02/12/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to reduce the posted Maximum Speed Limit to 25 MPH on Argyle Road, Anadale Road, Byron Place, Clarendon Lane, Clarendon Road, Clayton Road, Delhi Road, Dorchester Drive, Evandale Road, Ferndale Road, Fort Hill Lane, Fort Hill Road (East of Ardsley Road), Glendale Road, Gordon Place, Greenville Road, Highland Road, Inwood Road, Juniper Road, Kaateskill Place, Laura Lane, Longview Drive, Maple Ridge Court, Moorland Drive, Scarsdale Farm Road, Sheridan Road, Westminster Road and Winthrop Lane, commonly referred to as “Longview,” amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MILES PER HOUR ON ARVAL ROAD.ANNANDALE ROAD BRO AND PLACE, CLARENDON LANE, CLARENDON ROAD, CLAYTON ROAD ROAD, DORCHESTER DRIVE, EVANDALE ROAD, FERNDALE ROAD, FORT HILL LANE, FORT HILL ROAD, EAST OF ORLEY ROAD, GLENDALE ROAD, GORDON PLACE, GREENVILLE ROAD, HIGHLAND ROAD AND WOOD ROAD, JUNIPER ROAD, CATSKILL ROAD PLACE.
LAUREL LANE, LONGVIEW DRIVE, MAPLE RIDGE COURT, MORELAND DRIVE, SCARSDALE FARM ROAD.
WESTMINSTER ROAD AND WINTHROP BLAINE.
UM, COMMONLY KNOWN AS LONGVIEW.
AND ENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND IT WAS AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
[ PO 2 - 02/12/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to reduce the posted maximum speed limit to 25 MPH on Andrea Lane, Castle Walk, Cherry Lane, Eaton Lane, Eva Lane, Fort Hill Road (West of Ardsley Road), High Point Lane, High Point Road, High Point Terrace, Highview Drive, Kingwood Road, Leone Close, Penny Lane, Pheasant Run, Skytop Road, Sprain Valley Road, Warnke Lane, Sunrise Lane, Tanglewood Road and Theresa Lane, commonly referred to as “Southern Greenville,” amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
ADOPT PAGE OH TWO RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE POSTED MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.ON ANDREA LANE, CASTLE WALK, CHERRY LANE, EATON LANE, EVA LANE FOR HILL ROAD, WEST OF LEY ROAD, HIGH POINT LANE, HIGH POINT ROAD, HIGH POINT TERRA HIGH VIEW DRIVE, KINGWOOD ROAD, LEON CLOSED PENNY LANE, PHEASANT RUN, SKY TOP ROAD, STRAIN, VALLEY ROAD, WARBY LANE, SUNRISE LANE, TANGLEWOOD ROAD AND THEA LANE, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS SOUTHERN GREENVILLE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION PO
[ PO 3 - 02/12/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Highland Road between Laura Lane and Longview Drive, amending chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
THREE PO THREE, UH, UH, THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON HIGH MAIN ROAD BETWEEN LAURA LANE AND LONG DU DRIVE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ PO 4 - 02/12/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Maple Ridge Court, amending chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
FOUR RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON MAP BOLD RIDGE COURT AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ PO 5 - 02/12/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendations of the Greenburgh Police Department to add a stop restriction on Robin Hill Road at the intersection of Mount Joy Avenue, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
FIVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADD A STOP RESTRICTION ON ROBIN HILL ROAD.ADD THEN TO SECTION OF MOUNT TROY AVENUE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE UH, PO
[ PO 6 - 02/12/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Greenville Road from Highland Road, east to the end of Greenville Road, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
SIX RESOLUTION TO ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND PARTNER RESTRICTIONS ON GREENVILLE ROAD, UH, FROM HIGHLAND ROAD EAST, UH, TO THE END OF GREENVILLE ROAD AND ENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ PO 7 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to go to bid to furnish and install Red Light Photo Violation System and related services]
PO SEVEN RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POLICE TO GO TO FURNISH AND INSTALL RED LIGHT PHOTO VIOLATION SYSTEM AND RELATED SERVICES, UH, LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND SP SEVEN.[ PW 1 - 02/12/2025 Resolution awarding the contract for Engineering Consultant Services related to the Babbitt Court Flood Mitigation Elevation Project (FEMA HMGP Project No. 4480-0076) to LaBella Associates, P.C. as the lowest responsible bidder for an amount not to exceed $271,000]
PW ONE, UH, TWO 12 UH, RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT OF THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES RELATED TO BTT COURT FLOOD MITIGATION ELEVATION.PROJECT, UM, UM, TO, UH, ELLA ASSOCIATES HAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO 71,000.
[ PW 2 - 02/12/2025 Resolution authorizing the extension of Michael Broder as a consultant to assist the Department of Public Works for calendar year 2025, an amount not to exceed $35,000]
AUTHORIZED A PW TWO, UH, AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF MICHAEL BRODER AS A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR CALENDAR YEAR TWO, 2024[02:10:01]
FIVE, AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 35,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 3 - 02/12/2025 Resolution awarding the contract for Construction Inspection Services for the Repair of the Bridge on Fairview Park Drive to KS Engineers, P.C., the best qualified and most responsible proposer for an amount not to exceed $150,000]
RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION PW THREE, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE REPAIR OF THE BRIDGE ON FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE TO KS ENGINEERS, UM, BEST QUALIFIED AND MOST RESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000.YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE? YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE? I WOULD CLOSE THE MEETING.