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OH, UH, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION.
TODAY IS, UM, MAY, UH, UH, 20TH.
AND I JUST WANNA MENTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, I'M GONNA SKIP OUT IN A FEW MINUTES, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE HINDU COMMUNITY IS HAVING A, A VIGIL, UM, AT THE GREENBURG LIBRARY, UM, AT SIX O'CLOCK.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, A TERRORIST ATTACK, UM, IN INDIA.
AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY, UM, UH, SYMPATHIES, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, UM, ENCOURAGE OUR PAKISTANI COMMUNITY AND THE INDIAN COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE HAD, THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY HAS HAD EXCELLENT RELATIONS, AND THEY'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO STAY FRIENDS LOCALLY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT THAT TO CONTINUE? ABSOLUTELY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, BOTH COMMUNITIES, THE PAKISTANIAN COMMUNITY, UH, AND THE INDIAN COMMUNITY.
AND ALL OF US OPPOSE STRONGLY TERRORISM OF ANY KIND AGAINST ANYBODY.
SO THAT WILL BE IN THIS, IN THIS TOWN BOARD IS, IS, AND ALL WE WANT IS PEACE.
WE WANT PEACE ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, AND, AND WE HOPE AT SOME 0.1 DAY WE WILL SEE FULL PEACE IN THIS WORLD.
AND I WILL COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE THAT EVERYBODY SHARES THE SAME FEELINGS.
AND WE HAD A WORK SESSION SO PEOPLE WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
RICH, YOU WANNA COME ON? THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST, IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, THAT WE CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA SO THAT THE SUPERVISOR CAN BE BACK FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
BUT THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR SCHEDULE.
RICH, JUST GIVE ME BRIEFLY, THIS WILL NOT TAKE LONG.
AND I THINK YOU BOTH COMMISSIONER, WHAT'S THAT? COMMISSIONER? OH, YES.
UH, RICH FOND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS DOWN OF GREENBERG.
UM, SOMETIME AGO WE WERE ASKED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CONNECTION OF THE TWO PIECES OF SIDEWALK ON NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE.
UH, THE ORIGINAL REASON I THINK EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT IT WASN'T DONE WAS THE ROCK OUTCROPPING.
AND THE CONCERN FROM THE ENGINEERS IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT IT WAS FRAGILE AND WOULD, IF WE STARTED DIGGING INTO IT, IT WOULD FURTHER COMPROMISE THE, THE PROPERTY BEHIND IT FOUND.
WE HIRED A GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, THEY WENT OUT AND THEY SURVEYED THE AREA.
THEY'VE COME BACK WITH THIS REPORT.
IT IS KIND OF A REPORT IN WHICH WHEN THEY START THE WORK, WHICH WOULD BE DRILLING UP TOP MM-HMM
DOWN AND PEELING THE ROCK AWAY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINE GEOTECH ENGINEER ON SITE TO MONITOR THAT WORK.
AS WE PEEL THE ROCK BACK MM-HMM
WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT FEET IN WHICH WE COULD GO BACK TO GET THE SIDEWALK BELOW IT.
THEY FEEL THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY HARM TO THE BUILDINGS BEHIND IT.
THERE'S SOME LOOSE BOULDERS WE HAVE TO REMOVE MM-HMM
BUT I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE REPORT.
THE CAVEAT, THEY WON'T COME OUT AND JUST SAY IT, BUT THEY, WELL THEN IT DOESN'T, WELL THEN, WELL THEN, YEAH, BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE IN JEOPARDY THEN WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING IS PUTTING OUT A BID FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES ON SITE WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING THIS OUT TO BID AS WE PEEL THIS BACK.
IT MIGHT COME A TIME AND WE NEED TO WORK THIS OUT BEFOREHAND.
WHERE WE GO ONTO THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES PROPERTY.
SO, I MEAN, THE CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE WITH US NOT BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE COMPROMISING OF THE PROPERTIES.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING YOU SAID, BUT YOU CAME CLOSE TO IT SAYING THAT THERE COULD BE SOME, UM, CONCERN OR THERE COULD BE SOME THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CONCERN.
RIGHT, BUT, BUT YOU COMPROMISE SAID THEY WEREN'T SURE IF IT WOULD COMPROMISE IF THEY, ONCE THEY STARTED DRILLING.
SO OUR ENGINEERS AND THIS ENGINEER HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH IN DISCUSSION AND THERE IS A A SENSE OF, I'M GONNA SAY THIS, KEEP GETTING MYSELF IN TROUBLE.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE TOWN ATTORNEY FIRST AND YES,
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE, AGAIN, THERE'S NO BLASTING, THIS IS DRILLING AND PEELING, DRILLING AND THEN APPEALING.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A SMALL AREA WHERE WE CAN DO THIS, BUT THEY'RE CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN GET IT DONE.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE DONE THIS YEAR, BUT BE, NO, THIS WOULD NOT BE THIS YEAR.
NEXT YEAR IF EVERYBODY, IF ALL GOES WELL.
SO WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO LIKE MEET, UH, WOULD THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND JUST SIR, I HAD A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET TO TO THAT.
UM, SO IS THIS A PROCESS IN WHICH THEY COULD START PEELING AND DRILLING AND THEN IF THEY SEE THAT IT COULD COMPROMISE, THEN THEY WOULD STOP.
THERE ARE OTHER PRACTICES THEY WOULD PUT IN PLACE.
THEY TALK ABOUT NETTING, WE JUST, OKAY.
DRILLING AND BOLTING THIS DIFFERENT AVENUES THEY CAN GO, BUT SOMEONE'S GONNA BE OUT THERE FULL TIME WHEN THIS TAKES PLACE.
WE SHOULD GET BUY-IN FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT THEY'RE WILLING
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TO TAKE THAT RISK.AND ON THAT NOTE, FOR THE WHOLE AREA, JUST SO EVERYBODY GETS A PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
AMANDA MAGNA, THE FIRST DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY, DID BACKGROUND INTO THAT ROAD GOING INTO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AT ONE POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE TOWN BOARD MANY YEARS AGO FOR DEDICATION.
IT WAS NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE OF CLEAR TITLE.
THAT ROAD IS DISREPAIR AT THIS POINT.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD SHOULD WORK OUT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AT THIS TIME.
UM, WE PLAN ON GOING INTO THE AREA AND DOING DRAINAGE ON LAUREL.
RECURVING, LAUREL PAVING, LAUREL CURBING NORTH WASHINGTON.
PAVING WISE, SOME OF IT MIGHT GET DAMAGED WHEN WE DO THIS WORK, WHAT WE AREN'T GONNA DO IS THE CURBING IN FRONT OF THAT AREA.
BUT WE PLAN ON THAT AREA BEING COMPLETELY UPDATED THIS YEAR.
THIS WORK WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR.
RIGHT NOW IN THE HOPPER WE HAVE EAST IRVINGTON.
WHICH IS I BELIEVE IN 95% DONE IN THE DESIGN.
IT'LL BE GOING OUT TO BID, BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER.
UM, GARRETT'S ALSO GOT A BUNCH OF SIDEWALKS IN THE WORKS.
WE ALSO, UM, PLAN ON DOING EAST IRVINGTON, THE O OPPOSITE SIDE MOUNTAIN ROAD.
UH, I THINK WE'RE ALONG WITH THE OLD ARMY AND A FEW OTHERS.
SO WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
LEMME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED THAT UM, IF WE DO A LOT OF THE REPAVING, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR IT COULD BE DAMAGED IF WE DO THE SIDEWALK NEXT YEAR AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME OF IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME OF IT OVER.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE? I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT.
TO UH, IF WE KNOW THAT, THAT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THE SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR TO BASICALLY HOLD OFF ON ALL THE ROAD WORK, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR.
SO THIS WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AND THEN REDO IT A YEAR LATER.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT JACKSON AVENUE? YEAH.
YOU SAID IT WAS GONNA BE DONE FOR, IT WAS GONNA BE I TWO YEARS.
I SAID IT WAS GONNA BE TWO YEARS.
SO ALL I WOULD SAY IS THE ROAD IS THIS VERY POOR CONDITION.
WHOSE ROAD IS THAT? WHAT'S THAT? WHOSE ROAD IS THAT? IT'S OURS.
SO, SO THERE'S A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE CAN CONNECT THE TWO SIDEWALKS, BUT WHAT'S NOT GETTING DONE BECAUSE THE MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS THIS.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? GREAT QUESTION.
JOY JUST DOWNGRADED A NICE QUESTION.
AND WE DO CAPITAL FUNDING WITH THIS BOARD.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE GENERALITIES PUT IN.
SO WE WILL PUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS MM-HMM
RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT EARMARKED FOR JUST ONE PROJECT.
SO THE FUNDS THAT DON'T GET USED IN ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT WE'LL GET USED ON THE NEXT PROJECT.
THAT'S THE CASE WITH THIS TOO.
SO RIGHT NOW IT ALMOST COMPLETELY DONE IS EAST IRVINGTON THE TAXI ROAD SIDEWALK THAT IS GETTING DONE AND WILL BE OUT TO BID.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THAT COMES IN AT THIS PROJECT.
THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATE BETWEEN 500, $600,000.
SO ONCE WE GET A HANDLE ON EAST IRVINGTON AND THE OTHER SIDEWALK PROJECTS, WE'LL KNOW HOW MUCH IS LEFT FOR THIS.
BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT IF IT'S, SAY LET'S SAY IT COMES IN THAT 500,000, YOU SAID, OH WELL WE MAY HAVE TO THEN GO DO NETTING, WHICH WOULD BE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, A COST THERE COULD BE COST OVER ON.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S, IF WE BID, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET A BID FOR $500,000 TO DO THE WORK, UM, AND THEN AT ONCE THEY START IT THEY MAY SAY, OH YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WELL THE BID WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CONTINGENCIES BUILT INTO IT.
SO AT WHAT POINT WOULD YOU WANNA BRING IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY? TALK ABOUT THE PLAN.
I THINK WE SHOULD START THAT NOW.
I THINK I'M MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW SO I WILL MENTION IT AND I WOULD ALSO ASK WHEN YOU TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THE ROAD MM-HMM
ALRIGHT INTO THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S GOTTA GET WORKED.
HMM? IF THEY DO IT, THEY DON'T.
AND AMANDA'S BEEN EXCELLENT WITH THAT BACKGROUND.
SHE REALLY DIGS INTO, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE FINDS THIS STUFF, BUT SHE FINDS IT.
IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE TOWN STANDARDS.
DO YOU THINK IT'S THE TOWN STANDARDS? IT IS PROBABLY AT THIS POINT PRETTY FAR OFF.
IT'S BEEN BEAT UP WELL, BUT DOES IT HAVE DRAINAGE OR ANY, I BELIEVE THERE IS DRAINAGE IN THERE.
SO THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T TAKE IT
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THE LAST TIME IS WE DIDN'T HAVE CLEAR TITLE.SO WE GOTTA FIX THAT OR AT THAT TIME NEEDED CLEAR AND IT WAS JUST NOT PROVIDED OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK YESTERDAY.
OKAY, SO NEXT 25 OLD JACKSON AVENUE, THE FEMA SWIFT APPLICATION.
NO, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN AS WELL.
SOMEBODY COMING OUT ON ZOOM OR PETER DUDA WASN'T PETER, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT.
THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH.
I SAW US THROUGH EMAILS ABOUT POTENTIALLY BEING SCHEDULED TONIGHT, BUT THEN MAYBE PERHAPS MOVING THE MEETING LATER.
SO I DON'T THINK MR. DO BUT WE DIDN'T THEY SAY THAT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF URGENCY TO THIS TO OH WELL I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNSEL AND HENDRICKS HAD A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND THEN WHEN I SUGGEST THAT WE OVER IT, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ASKED TO REMAIN ON, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
WELL 'CAUSE IT WAS A DEADLINE, BUT, UM, BUT YOU HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.
I I I EMAILED ABOUT IT COME UP.
NO, IT'S, IT'S ALL VERY CRYPTIC.
BUT IT SOUNDS, IT JUST SOUNDS EXPENSIVE AND, UH, EXPENSIVE.
I THINK WE PROBABLY EXPENSIVE SHOULD NOT BE CRYPTIC.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW.
WELL THAT'S BECAUSE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REVIEW? THANK YOU.
MY EMAIL, I PUT MY EMAIL OUT TODAY.
WHAT EMAIL? THE EMAIL ABOUT TUESDAY.
UM, WE WERE JUST GOING BACK, UM, WHEN LAST WEEK AND WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE EMAIL GOES TO SPECIFICALLY OF THE GRANT, UM, AS FAR AS THE UKRAINIAN CHILDCARE FLOOD AREA, UM, UNSTABLE AND MET WITH THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING.
UH, THEY WERE ASKING TO FOR HELP FOR 15% OF THE EASEMENT, UH, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING.
UM, NOT FOR SIMPLE AS IMPLIED AND WITH THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND DISCUSSION OF, UM, IT'S DELAYED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT AND GRANT.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE, THE DISCUSSION LAST WEEK AND, UH, EVERY YEAR FLOOD RELIEF COUNTY PLANNING, UM, IF THERE WAS ANY OBSTACLES OR REMEDIATION.
UM, IT WAS BASICALLY LOOKING FOR 10% LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.
TERRANCE, I JUST SAW, I JUST SAW MR. DODA IN THE WAITING ROOM.
IS HE STILL THERE? LEMME PUT MY GLASSES ON SO I CAN SEE.
I JUST SAW, HERE HE IS RIGHT HERE.
MR. DODA, CAN YOU HEAR US? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO MR. DUDA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU PRESENTED TO US LAST WEEK, UH, TOWN CLERK, UH, JUST RECAPPED EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST WEEK.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT WAS SENT TO YOU VIA EMAIL.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOME RESPONSES ON THAT.
SO IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS HERE, THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.
AND THESE WERE THE ONES FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEN? SHEEN? YES.
UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I REMEMBER THE QUESTIONS VAGUELY, BUT, UH, I I WOULD YOU LIKE US TO READ 'EM TO YOU? I CAN PULL 'EM UP.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF ANYBODY RESPONDED TO THEM AND I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY DID.
'CAUSE I LOOKED, I WASN'T SURE.
THE QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S ASSISTING WITH THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION WITH FEMA.
I, I I BELIEVE IT WAS DIRECTED TO SOMEBODY FROM THE COUNTY WHO, OED? YEAH.
OH, OH, DAVID OED LAR UH, SUPERVISOR.
BUT ON OTHER EMAILS WHERE YOU WEREN'T THE INITIAL RECIPIENT, YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM RESPONDING.
SO, UH, FIRST THING IS, WHO IS BUYING OUT WHO, UH, FEMA IS BUYING THE PROPERTY AT 25 OLD JACKSON AVENUE, BUT
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THEY BUY OUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OWNERSHIP IS BECOMES LOCAL, WHICH, AND THAT IS TOWN AND OR COUNTY.I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY IS SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT THE OWNERSHIP IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE TOWN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN THE FILING WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN, WHEN I READ WHAT THE DIRECTOR OF FLOOD MITIGATION, UM, DEAN OLI HAD SUBMITTED, IT WAS A 75 25 SPLIT FEMA TO THE TOWN.
OBED ESE HAS CONFIRMED THAT FEMA WOULD PAY 90% AND THE LOCAL SHARE WOULD BE 10%.
AND THEN, AND THEN BETWEEN HE AND HIS BOSS, DAVID, THEY HAD SAID THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT BE WILLING TO PICK UP THE ENTIRE 10% LOCAL SHARE.
AND HOW WOULD WE KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE A CERTAINTY? UM, THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO APPLY AND, AND THAT'S, THIS IS THE, UH, I SEE, I GUESS THE UNCERTAINTY OF, UH, THE 10%.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS ORIGINALLY THE COUNTY WOULD SPLIT THE 10% WITH THE TOWN AND THEN OUT OF, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TERM WOULD BE, GENEROSITY OR, OR AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
APPARENTLY THE COUNTY HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE STATE TO DEAL WITH FLOODING ISSUES.
SO I BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE FUNDING TO COVER THE FULL 10%.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHICH IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF LEGISLATURES, AND I BELIEVE THEY SAID A COUPLE OF OTHER COMMITTEES.
AND HOW IS THE PRICE DETERMINED? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 10% AND 75% AND 90%.
HOW IS THE ACTUAL PRICE OF THE PROPERTY DETERMINED? WELL, THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN.
I JUST LOOKED AT, UH, MY INSURANCE, MY LIABILITY INSURANCE.
UH, THE HARTFORD COMPANY ESTABLISHED A VALUE OF, UH, 2.4 MILLION.
THE FLOOD INSURANCE POLICY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT, BUT THE FLOOD INSURANCE MAY ONLY COVER THE BUILDING ITSELF, WHICH THEY PUT DOWN AT, UH, 2,063,000.
AND WHAT I DID WAS, RATHER THAN TRY AND, YOU KNOW, I, BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THOSE TWO, I WENT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ASSESSMENT, WHICH, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT.
I'M GONNA TRY AND GET IT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
YEAH, THERE'S A NUMBER, BUT IT MAY NOT, IT IS, UM, 2 MILLION, 11,600 IS THE VALUE THAT I TOLD DEAN OLI, WHO WAS THEN THE FLOOD DIRECTOR FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
I SAID, THIS IS WHAT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG SAYS THE PROPERTY IS WORTH.
AND WHEN DID YOU BUY THE PROPERTY? EXCUSE ME? AND WHEN DID YOU BUY THE PROPERTY? UM, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022.
AND HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY FOR IT? 750,000.
AND IT'S WENT FROM $750,000 AT A ARM LENGTH SALE TO 2.2 MILLION.
NO, AT, AT THE TIME THE BUILDING WAS DEVASTATED.
THERE WAS A SHELL, UH, FULL OF MUD.
EVERYTHING INSIDE WAS DAMAGED.
FOUR FEET OF WATER WENT THROUGH THE BUILDING.
AND, UM, THE, THEY HIRED AN ASSESSOR WHO TOLD THEM THAT YOU, THE VALUE OF THIS BUILDING AND PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IN HIS PRESENT STATE IS 750,000.
SO WHAT I DID WAS I ASKED THE UNITARIANS FOR A FIRST OPTION, UH, TO PURCHASE IT, AND WE AGREED TO TAKE IT OVER AT THAT PRICE.
UM, WHAT I DID, BECAUSE WE HAVE A FAIRLY STRONG COMMUNITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF CRAFTSMEN, I WAS HOPING PEOPLE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO HELP US.
AND IT BASICALLY TURNED OUT WE REBUILT IT ONCE.
THEN WE GOT HIT WITH OPHELIA, WHICH WAS, UM, ANOTHER NOT QUITE AS DEVASTATING FLOOD, BUT IT WAS UP ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO FEET INSIDE THE BUILDING.
WE HAD TO RIP EVERYTHING APART AND REBUILD IT AGAIN.
SO MY, MY ESTIMATE OF IF WE WERE TO HIRE CONTRACTORS, I HAD PROVIDED ALL OF THIS TO, UM, TO DEAN FOR THE APPLICATION, SOMEWHERE AROUND SIX.
IF WE WERE TO HIRE PEOPLE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN 606,000 JUST FOR THE CRAFTSMEN WORK.
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CLEANING UP ALL OF DEBRIS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND, AND ADDRESSING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WITHIN THE FACILITY.UM, AND IT'S NOT COUNTING MY TIME OR THE, OUR DAYCARE DIRECTOR'S TIME, OR ANY OF OUR STAFF TIME.
UM, SO WE, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO PUT INTO, PUT THIS FACILITY BACK INTO ITS PRESENT STATE.
IT IS ACTUALLY FULLY, UH, REFINISHED INSIDE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE DIDN'T SET THE TOILETS AND WE DID NOT FINISH THE KITCHEN BECAUSE I WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT WATER TREATMENT WE NEEDED IN THE FACILITY.
UH, AND TO DO, TRY AND DO ONE CONTRACT WITH A PLUMBER BECAUSE I I DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN DO THE PLUMBING, UM, OR BE WILLING TO DO IT FOR, AS A VOLUNTEER, I WOULD'VE HAD TO CONTRACT THAT OUT.
UM, THE DIFFICULTY I WAS HAVING WAS THE BOARD OF HEALTH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH WAS REQUIRING US TO DO A FULL PUBLIC WATER TREATMENT INSTALLATION.
AND I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING WITH THEM, WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS SEVERE FOR ME.
UH, WHEN TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA, OR MAYBE IT WAS HURRICANE OPHELIA HIT, UM, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF 23, MY CONCERN WAS THE INSTALLATION OF ALL THE CHLORINATION BOOSTER, PUMP STORAGE TANK, SEPARATE ROOM CONDITIONING FOR THAT ROOM.
EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE GONE IN, IF IT WAS UNDER UNDERWATER AGAIN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A TOTAL LOSS.
AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY FORWARD.
AND THEN WE GOT HIT WITH THE, UH, SECOND FLOOD.
AND, AND DEAN, UH, DETERMINED THAT BASED ON THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, THE FACTS THAT WE PRESENTED, UM, I I, WE HAD A, IN OUR COMMUNITY, A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WHO BROUGHT HIS GRANDDAUGHTER TO OUR UKRAINIAN SCHOOL IN YONKERS.
AND JUST BY CHANCE, HE STARTED TALKING WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF DAYCARE OPERATIONS WHO RUNS OUR UKRAINIAN SCHOOL.
AND SHE FOUND OUT WHAT HIS QUALIFICATIONS WERE.
HE, HE'S A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
HE DID A FULL WATER FLOW ANALYSIS FOR US TO DETERMINE WHERE THE PROBLEMS WERE, UH, WHAT WAS CAUSING THE FLOODING.
UM, I DID A LOT OF WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS AND, AND I SPENT MY EARLY YEARS CADDING AT ST.
SO I KNEW THE LAY OF THE LAND AND I HAD PRESENTED OPTIONS FOR HOLDING BACK THE FLOOD WATERS, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, TO HOLD 'EM BACK ON SAN ANDREW'S GOLF COURSE.
UM, AND IN OUR MEETINGS WITH, UM, SUPERVISOR, FINER COMMISSIONER RICHARD FA, UM, THE DEAN OLI WAS AT THE TIME THE FLOOD DIRECTOR FOR WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
UM, SEVERAL ENGINEERS FROM YOUR STAFF.
UH, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
I DON'T KNOW HIS OFFICIAL TITLE, UH, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE CAME OUT, I THINK IT WAS THE CHEAPEST OPTION, UH, TO IMPLEMENT SOME SORT OF FLOOD CONTROL WOULD'VE BEEN TO BUY US OUT CHEAPEST OPTION FOR SO FOR YOURSELF TO BUY, BUY HIM OUT.
WELL, WELL, THE ISSUE, WHAT I THINK IS GOING ON, UM, I BELIEVE THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR STREET.
I THINK THEY ALREADY RAISED THEIR BUILDING.
UM, AND I DID, I STARTED TALK, I TALKED TO OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOR.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S AFFECTED BY FLOODS AS MUCH.
I WENT OVER TO THE KENNEL, UH, LU LOVEWORTH KENNELS.
UH, I THINK THE OWNER THERE IS TOM BREAK.
AND, UM, HE, HE WASN'T INTERESTED IN MOVING AT ALL.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, I THINK THEY VALUED, UH, THE QUIET OF THE STREET.
AND AND THEY MAY BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE RISKS OF FLOODING.
BUT I, I'M IN A SITUATION, I, UM, AND I, I WOULD ADVISE ALL OF YOU NOT TO DO THINGS FROM AN EMOTIONAL POINT OF VIEW, BUT I DECIDED TO BUY THIS FACILITY, UH, ONCE THE WAR BROKE OUT IN UKRAINE.
'CAUSE I KNEW THERE'D BE REFUGEES AND I KNEW THEY WOULD NEED HELP.
UM, AND I HAD ANTICIPATED ALL THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
I HAD TAKEN A PERSONAL MORTGAGE ON MY HOUSE, UM, AND, UH, A MORTGAGE, UH, I, I SIGNED A MORTGAGE FOR THE FACILITY, BUT I DID TAKE OUT AN EXTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND, HAVE MONEY TO DO THE, THE RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS, FIGURING VOLUNTEER LABOR.
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MATERIALS.AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THAT TWICE, UH, WITH IDA AND THEN WITH OPHELIA.
BUT I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD OUT THIS PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY.
AND WE TESTED THE WATER, WE FOLLOWED THE RULES ACCORDING TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH.
UM, 132 ITEMS WERE TESTED IN THE WATER.
AND THE WATER IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S BETTER THAN TAP WATER.
AND, UM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH SAID IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 25 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING, YOU HAVE TO PUT IN CHLORINATION, YOU GOTTA PUT IN BOOSTER PUMPS, YOU GOTTA PUT IN STORAGE TANKS.
AND WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT, THE COST, MY ENGINEER ESTIMATED THE COST TO BE, IF WE COULD FIND A SPACE FOR IT INSIDE THE BUILDING, 150,000 IF WE BUILT SOMETHING ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING, 200,000.
AND THE MY PROBLEM IS TWOFOLD.
ONE IS THAT ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT WOULD BE LOST IF WE HAD ANOTHER FLOOD.
UH, I MEAN, AND THE SECOND I JUST, I, I DIDN'T BUDGET FOR IT.
AND I TRIED RAISING MONEY THROUGH GOFUNDME.
BUT MY PROBLEM IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IS DOING ALL THE DONATIONS TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT.
AND EVERYBODY WANTS UKRAINE TO SURVIVE.
I, I MEAN, THEY THINK THEY'D WANT US TO SURVIVE, AND I THINK THEY'D LIKE US TO HAVE A DAYCARE CENTER HERE.
BUT IT, IT'S A DIFFICULT CHOICE.
SO AFTER, SO I'M, I'M, I'M A LITTLE STUCK.
SO AFTER ALL THIS, UH, WHAT'S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN TO THE BUILDING SLASH STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY AFTER THIS WHOLE FEMA THING AND THE 90 10 AND ALL THAT KIND OF, WHAT, WHAT'S MY UNDER BUILDING? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, THEY WOULD EXPECT THAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND THE, UH, LAND WOULD BE RETURNED BACK TO NATURE.
BUT I, I JUST SPOKE TO O BED BEFORE THIS MEETING.
I WANT TO SEE IF HE WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, BUT I ASKED IF THE COUNTY, IF THE TOWN COULD USE THIS AS A NATURE PRESERVE OR A PARK AND PUT LIKE A WALKING TRAIL IN THERE BECAUSE, UH, THERE IS, THE TOWN OWNS, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OVER NINE ACRES BEHIND US, AND IT'S ALL WILD, NATURAL.
UM, IN, IN ONE OF MY EARLIER EMAILS, I HAD SUGGESTED THE DOG WALK PARK.
UM, I'VE SEEN THAT, UH, IN A COUPLE OF PLACES, UH, NEARBY WHERE I LIVE.
AND, UM, HE SAID, YOU COULD PUT A TRAIL IN THERE.
HE SAYS, YOU JUST CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING.
IT CAN'T BE, UM, A BUILDING OR SOMETHING GOING UP IF, IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD.
HE'S IN THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
HE THOUGHT MAYBE HIS SUPERVISOR MIGHT ATTEND THIS, BUT, UM, HE SAID THAT THE TOWN COULD PUT, UH, A WALK RETURN IS BACK TO NATURE, BUT MAKE IT A, UH, A, A NATURAL PARK.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY FOR, IF, IF YOU DECIDE TO PROCEED WITH THIS, AND HOPEFULLY THE, THE COUNTY CAN PICK UP, UH, THE, THE, UH, 10%, UH, YOU WOULD BE GAINING 2.6 ACRES ADJACENT TO NINE.
I BELIEVE IT'S NINE ACRES OF TOWNLAND, WHICH WOULD MAKE A, UH, KIND OF A WONDERFUL, IT'S A, IT, IT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPOT, A NATURE PRESERVE.
SO WOULDN'T IT BE JUST SIMPLER IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE PROPERTY'S WORTH 2.2 MILLION, SELL IT AND MOVE SO THAT THE, UH, UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY COULD HAVE A PLACE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FLOODING EACH TIME? I, I, I COULD TRY TO SELL IT, BUT THEN I GOT TO, UH, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE TELL PEOPLE THAT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER FLOOD.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF NEW YORK STATE LAW NOW.
UH, BUT, SO KIND OF AN HONEST GUY.
BUT AS YOU SENT US IN LOTS OF DOCUMENTS, THIS PLACE HAS BEEN KNOWN TO FLOOD FOR DECADES.
RIGHT? WELL, IT, IT, THE REASON I TOOK A CHANCE ON IT WAS THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WAS IN 2007.
AND I WAS WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON THE FLOOD EVERY 14 YEARS, WHICH WAS FROM 2007
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TO, UH, HURRICANE IDA WAS 2000, 20, 21.UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THINGS ARE JUST ACCELERATING RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW.
WELL, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I AM LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, IF IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS, IT'S TOO MUCH.
WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THESE FLOODS AS WELL.
THAT'S OUT OF THEIR HOMES, HAS BEEN OUTTA THEIR HOMES FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
SO THE COUNTY SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BUY IT, UM, BUT THEY WANT AN EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT EASEMENT IS FOR? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE LITTLE BIT THAT I'VE HEARD IS I THINK YOU'RE GONNA POST A BOND TO PAY FOR THE 10% SHARE.
I FIRST THOUGHT THAT THEY GOT MONEY FROM NEW YORK STATE, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU'RE GONNA POST A BOND.
AND FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE BOND EXISTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP AN EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY AND AFTER THAT IT GOES TO THE TOWN.
SO IT, WHEN IT WENT FROM 700,000 TO 2.2 MILLION ASSESSMENT, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT OCCURRED? WELL, THE TOWN, EVEN WHEN IT WAS SEVEN 50, THE TOWN WAS STILL HAD IT AT 1.8 MILLION, THE TOWN.
SO I ONLY WAS ABLE TO BUY IT BECAUSE IT WAS DEVASTATING.
IT WASN'T EVEN A SHELL OF FULL JUNK, GARBAGE, TRASH, MUD, EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THERE.
I FORGET HOW MANY DUMPSTERS THE STUFF WE GOT HAD TO GET TENS OF PEOPLE THAT HELPED CARRY EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE AND GET RID OF IT.
I MEAN, OTHERWISE, LIKE I SAID, MY INSURANCE POLICY, I CAN SEND YOU, I JUST TOOK PICTURES OF IT.
I COULD SEND THE PICTURES TO SOMEBODY'S CELL PHONE IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IT.
BUT MY, UH, LIABILITY POLICY, THE HARTFORD HAS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY AT 2.4 MILLION.
AND THE FLOOD INSURANCE POLICY SAYS, UH, 2.063 MILLION, WHICH I'M ASSUMING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT COVERING THE LAND, UH, BECAUSE FLOOD IS JUST GONNA, YOU KNOW, GO OVER LAND AND DISAPPEAR.
SO THEY'RE COVERING THE BUILDING.
BUT, SO THERE'S, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS, UH, THAT ARE CLOSE TO WHAT WE PUT ON THIS APPLICATION.
BUT IT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT REALISTIC AS TO WHAT IT WOULD SELL FOR.
I MEAN, I'M SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T FILE A GRIEVANCE ON YOUR ASSESSMENT.
UM, I HAVEN'T AGREED TOO MUCH WITH YOU FOLKS 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN GOOD TO ME.
BUT WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT YOU DIDN'T GET BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE WORK YOU DID EITHER.
SO THAT PUTS IN QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS DONE WELL BASED ON CODE.
WE, WHAT WE DID WAS WE REPAIRED WHAT WAS DAMAGED.
UH, WE HAD A, WE HAD BUILDING PLANS DRAWN UP AND READY TO FILE FOR A PERMIT TO, UH, ADD A, A FEW SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS.
THE JANITOR'S CLOSET IN THE CORRIDOR, UM, AN EXTRA SINK IN THE LADIES' ROOM.
UH, WE DID GET A VARIANCE FROM NEW YORK STATE TO HAVE JUST FOUR TOILETS AND FOUR, UM, SINKS BECAUSE OF THE, THE HEADCOUNT FOR THE FACILITY.
WE HAD ALL THIS STUFF IN PLACE.
AND THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, ACCORDING TO THE, UH, THE TOWN PERMIT PROCESS, WAS TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE WATER SYSTEM FROM THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
AND THAT'S, THAT TRIPPED US UP.
AND YOU STILL DID THE WORK? WELL, WHAT WE DID WAS JUST REPAIRED WHAT WAS DAMAGED.
WHAT WAS PLUMBING AND ELECTRIC INVOLVED? UH, THE, UM, ELECTRICIAN DID FILE A PERMIT.
AND I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOMEBODY DID COME TO INSPECT HIS WORK IN THE PLUMBING.
WE WERE WAITING, WE WERE WAITING TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH BEFORE WE ISSUED, UH, A CONTRACT FOR A PLUMBER.
WELL, APPARENTLY THERE WAS NO PLUMBING PERMITS, BUT THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC, UH, PERMIT EVENTUALLY.
SO LEC MY, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE ELECTRICIAN, HE DID WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO I GUESS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO FIND OUT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WHAT, BUT SOMEBODY IS PROPOSING IS A COMMITMENT LETTER.
SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'LL GO THROUGH WITH THIS, YET WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE COST WILL BE COVERED, UH, FOR THE TALENT.
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DON'T KNOW HOW WE RESOLVE THAT.YEAH, I, I I DON'T KNOW EITHER.
UM, I TRIED TO GET THE COUNTY FOLKS TO MAKE SOME SORT OF COMMITMENT, BUT THEY BASICALLY SAID YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.
THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.
WE'D ALSO HAVE TO SEE THE DEED.
WHATEVER THE PROPOSED EASEMENT IS, EASEMENT COULD BE FOR ANYONE.
SO DO WE HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER, A MEETING WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THIS? UM, WELL NOW WE AT LEAST HAVE A PICTURE, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE WHEN WE TALKING TO THE SUPERVISOR, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE DOWN THE BUILDING.
WELL, CLEARLY THAT'S GONNA, THERE'S NO WAY THAT FEMA'S GONNA PUT MONEY IN AND HAVE A BUILDING SO THAT SOMEBODY ELSE CAN FLOOD
THEY, THEY WANTED, THEY WANT THE BUILDINGS TAKEN DOWN.
SO WE, WE, WE KNEW THAT WAS THE CASE.
UH, THERE IS, IF, IF I MAY, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING IN HERE THAT I THINK MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS HAD SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING TO THE STREAM BED.
UM, ACCESS TO, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST FROM JACKSON AVENUE, FROM THAT NINE ACRES THAT THEY HAVE.
'CAUSE IT'S FAIRLY STEEP GRADE.
BUT FROM OUR PROPERTY, ACCESS TO THE STREAM BED IS, UH, FAIRLY EASY.
AND IF YOU CAN KEEP THE STREAM CLEAN, NOT ONLY DO YOU MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE REMAINING PEOPLE ON THE STREET, BUT YOU C WILL, I BELIEVE YOU WILL REDUCE THE FLOODING ON JACKSON AVENUE, WHICH, UH, SCREWS UP TRAFFIC ROYAL POTENTIALLY YES.
WE'LL LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE ENGINEERS REGARDING THAT AS TO WHAT, WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
BUT AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE A, A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
AND UM, IF YOU NEED ME FOR ANYTHING, IF I NEED TO EVEN COME OVER AND FACE TO FACE, I CAN DO THAT.
JUST AS GOOD ON ZOOM, THE INFORMATION'S THE INFORMATION.
WE, I WAS, UM, ASKED THE QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE VILLAGES.
UH, AND WE CAME JUST FOR A MOMENT.
THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT, UM, LISA IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE FILM PREVENT FIRST.
SHE WANTS TO COME ON FOR A MOMENT.
LET LET GARRETT GO IN FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UH, LISA, MARIA, I, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
ARE YOU IN THE BUILDING? NO, I'M ON ZOOM.
I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU GET ON THE ROAD.
I WAS TRYING TO BE CONSIDERATE.
THE COMMISSIONER, I'M VERY QUICK.
THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW UP
UM, UH, AND UH, AS A, AGAIN, WE WERE ASKING ABOUT THE VILLAGES AND THEIR PRICES.
UH, WE CAME UP, UH, WITH OUR, OUR ATTACHED, UH, PRICES.
UM, OF COURSE ARDSLEY BEING 5,000 DOBBS FERRY ONE 1500 ELMS FORD 2000, HASTINGS 5,000, IRVINGTON 1000.
AND THIS IS FOR PRIVATE AND OF COURSE 5,000, UH, ARDSLEY DOBBS FERRY, 1500, 3000 ELMS FORD, 5,000, HASTINGS FIVE THOUSANDS, IRVINGTON, IRVINGTON, AND TARRYTOWN BEING 2,500.
AND THIS IS ALL PUBLIC FEES AND THIS IS PER DAY.
AND AS YOU SEE, UH, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AFFILIATE FEES THAT ARE PER HOUR.
UH, THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED TO MY OFFICE WAS, UM, ON AVERAGE THE OTHER VILLAGES AND TOWNS AS WE, UH, GAVE THE NUMBERS, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE THAT THEY FILM OR ARE ASKED TO FILM ARE ISSUING PERMITS.
AND IT IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO 10 PER YEAR.
WHEREAS MY OFFICE AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, WE USUALLY DO FIVE TO SEVEN PER MONTH.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED UNTO ME.
UM, AND I DID FURTHER RESEARCH OF COURSE.
AND, UH, AS YOU SEE, UM, I HAVE DIRECTLY FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY TOURISM AND, UM, FILM THAT LAST YEAR THEY DID 924 MILLION AS AN IMPACT ON WESTCHESTER COUNTY JUST BASED ON FILMING, UM,
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INDUSTRY AND WHAT IT GENERATES IN, UH, FILMS AND, UH, FEES.SO THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 77 MILLION PER MONTH.
UM, IF YOU WANTED THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW IT AFFECTS, UH, NOW THE REASON WHY WE ARE COMING BEFORE THE BOARD IS BECAUSE OF COURSE IN TOWN CODE, UM, IT IS SECTION 3 48, UM, AND IT'S DASH FOUR AND IT'S REGARDING THE LICENSE FEES.
AND IT SAYS EACH APPLICANT SHOULD PAY A FEE TO THE, UH, GREENBURG TOWN OF GREENBURG.
AND IT'S SET IN A FEE SCHEDULED, DETERMINED BY THE TOWN BOARD.
SO THAT'S WHY WE PRESENTED THIS AND WE JUST NEED YOUR, UM, APPROVAL TO RAISE THEM.
AND WE AGREED, UH, THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE TO THE, NOT TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD REQUESTED, WHICH WAS DOUBLING IT, BUT WE WERE DEFINITELY GOING TO RAISE IT TO THE 2,500 AS OPPOSED TO THE, UM, 1200 AND 1400 THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED.
SO WE'RE TAKING 2,500 FOR EACH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE? CORRECT.
AND WE ARE NOT TOUCHING STUDENTS, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING NON-FOR-PROFITS.
WE ARE LITERALLY NOT EVEN AGENCIES.
WE ARE JUST TOUCHING THE, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE, UH, FOR FILMING PER DAY.
AND I'M GONNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S A PRIVATE CONTRACT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER? ABSOLUTELY.
IF AN ELECTRICIAN COMES AND THEY PAY A ELECTRIC, SO THEY HAVE TO PAY TWO FEES, ELECTRICAL PERMIT TO THE TOWN, DOES THEY PAY TWO FEES, YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY THE ELECTRICIAN.
ONE TO THE TOWN AND ONE TO THE HOMEOWNER.
ONE TO THE TOWN AND ONE TO THE HOMEOWNER.
SO SO THAT MEANS, SO THAT MEANS THE MOVIE COMPANY PERMIT PAY 2,500.
THIS IS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHATEVER COST I CHARGE THE MOVIE COMPANY COMES.
SO I'M NOT SEEING WHERE YOU'RE SHOWING THE 2,500.
I'M STILL SEEING THE, THE OLD NUMBERS.
WHERE'S THAT? UH, YEAH, NO, NO, THIS IS, THIS WAS OUR OLD, UH, I'M JUST GOING FROM OUR, OUR UH, VERBAL CONVERSATION.
THAT WE, WE ARE GOING TO, WHEN WE SUBMIT FOR THE RESOLUTION OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THE 2,500 AS YOU HAD SUGGESTED.
DO WE HAVE TO MODIFY THE LAW AT ALL? NO, YOU DO.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS FEE SET, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT SO THAT YOU KNOW, THESE CHANGES LATER ARE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON JUST THE FEE SCHEDULE, I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW, IS THAT, UM, THE FEE SCHEDULES A PORTION OF THE CODE, RIGHT? SO IT'S 3 48 DASH EIGHT.
IT ACTUALLY HAS THE FEE AMOUNTS WITHIN THE TOWN LIMIT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SUGGESTING WE DON'T DO.
UM, WHY IS THAT? IT IT, BECAUSE THEN IT'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH CHANGING THIS, WHICH IS MORE EXTENSIVE THAN DOING.
SO WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THIS TIME AROUND IS HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO THEN CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE CODE ENTIRELY AND MAKE THIS A SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD.
WE'D HAVE TO DO THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE FEES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THIS, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU SEE RIGHT HERE MM-HMM
IT ACTUALLY LISTS FEES, IT ACTUALLY EMBEDDED IN THE CODE MM-HMM
WHEREAS OTHER PLACES WE HAVE A FEE SCHEDULE.
AND IT'S C FEE SCHEDULE INSTEAD OF IT BEING RIGHT.
I APOLOGIZE, I DID INCLUDE IT THE LAST TIME.
SO WE NEED TO DO THIS AND, UH, I ASSUME THE OUR TOWN ATTORNEY IS GOING TO MODIFY THIS CODE FOR US AND PUT THIS ON A THAT IS CORRECT.
I WILL NEED A COPY OF THAT TO GET THE NUMBERS.
AND THEN DID I GIVE IT TO YOU EMAIL OR, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? AND MADAM CLERK SURE.
MADAM CLERK, YOU DID A VERY NICE JOB.
DID YOU? WE KEPT THROWING YOU THROUGH A FEW HOOPS TO JUST MAKE SURE, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
AND I OF COURSE HAVE TO THANK MY DEPUTY BECAUSE HE IS, UM, THE ONE WHO SAID, WHY DON'T WE RAISE HIM AFTER THEY HAD, UH, COME.
UM, AND DO YOU WANT THAT EMAILED TO YOUR OFFICE AS WELL, OR? NO, THAT'S OKAY.
I'LL SHOW YOU A DRAFT ONCE, UH, WE HAVE ONE SET.
AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY SOMEBODY WHO
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TAKES AN ACCOLADE AND DEFLECTS IT BECAUSE OF STAFF.IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR STAFF.
LOUIS, DON'T TALK ABOUT AMANDA
WHO'S NEXT? WHO'S DEPUTY SUPERVISOR? COMMISSIONER.
YOU, SO YOU HAVE THE DEPUTY SUPERVISOR.
OH, YOU WANT ME TO CHECK? IS IS JOY.
I THINK WE WILL TURN TO OUR AGENDA REVIEW NOW.
COMMISSIONER GARRETT? NO, WE WANNA HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER DUQUE.
UH, GARRETT DUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
UH, IF YOU RECALL, WE WERE SLATED TO HAVE A CONTINUED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, SLATED FOR, UH, MAY 28TH.
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF THAT, UH, TOWN WIDE MAILING.
SO I'M APPEALING TO YOU TO, UH, POSTPONE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO A TIME PERHAPS IN JUNE THERE'S MEETINGS ON BOTH THE 11TH AND THE 25TH.
I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD, UH, GET THE MAILING CORRECT.
I WOULD WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU ON THAT TO PERFECT IT.
AND, UH, WE CAN THEN, UH, MOVE FORWARD IN THAT FASHION.
IF IT'S ALRIGHT WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING MAJOR SCHEDULED FOR EITHER OF THOSE BOARD MEETINGS? ANY OTHER PUBLIC HEARINGS?
WHEN I, UH, WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UH, THE TOWN COUNCIL AID, I WAS ASKING BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY STILL WAITING FOR, UM, MORE, MORE INFORMATION, UH, BEFORE SETTING THAT, UH, AGENDA.
THE JUNE 25TH MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT RELIEF BILL.
I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT JUST ONE HEARING THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
WELL IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND HEARING, MAYBE WE JUST, OR WHAT WE DO THE 10TH HEARING
WHAT THE 11TH? OR YOU WANNA DO IT? THE 25TH? 25TH.
SO WE'LL SETTLE ON THE 25TH OF JUNE.
AND THEN, UH, IF I COULD JUST HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE HERE.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SHEEN FOR THE E-BLAST RELATED TO THE FOUR CORNERS ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND, UH, JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE E-BLAST THAT WENT OUT ON MONDAY, JUNE 9TH, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WILL BE HOSTING AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING.
IT'S A COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETING RELATED TO FOUR CORNERS.
AND, UH, THE TOWN HAS A CONSULTANT WORKING WITH IT.
WE HAVE A GREAT, UM, STEERING COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF MANY RESIDENTS, MANY FROM THE HARTSDALE AREA.
AND WHAT THIS MEETING WILL BE IS IT'S GOING TO BE AT 7:00 PM MONDAY, JUNE 9TH HERE AT TOWN HALL.
IT'S GONNA FUNCTION VERY MUCH LIKE A TOWN BOARD MEETING IN THE SENSE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
THEY'LL HEAR A PRESENTATION, UH, FROM THE CONSULTANT PFJ, AND IT WILL ALSO BE A HYBRID MEETING.
SO WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T MAKE IT TO TOWN HALL TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAM AND OR PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM.
SO, UH, THE NATURE OF THE MEETING WILL BE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW, UH, AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF THE FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ALL ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS MEANS, UM, THE ZONING, UH, GOAL, THE ZONING LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE THE, THE, THE BYPRODUCT OF, OF THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VISION FOR FOUR CORNERS.
AND, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL FUNCTION IN THE TOWN HALL STYLE WHERE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, COMMENT, RAISE CONCERNS, ASK QUESTIONS, AND, UH, WE'LL GIVE RESPONSES THE BEST WE CAN AT THIS EARLY STAGE.
SO MONDAY, JUNE 9TH, 7:00 PM HERE AT TOWN HALL 7:00 PM NICE.
WHILE, WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE FOR A MOMENT, UM, IS THE SOLAR WORK GOING TO BE STARTING HERE? DO WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE PARKING LOT HERE? WE ARE LOOKING, UH, LIKE, UH, THE GROUND WILL BE BROKEN IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, VERY COGNIZANT OF THE JUNE 9TH.
JUNE 13TH, UH, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
IT'S JUNE 13TH, SO WE'LL ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT YES IT IS.
SO WE, WE WILL NOT CONFLICT WITH THAT.
WE WILL NOT START THE PROJECT, UH, BEFORE THAT DATE.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, TOWN HALL PROPERTY IS, IS, IS, IS CLEARED UP FOR THAT, THAT GREAT EVENT.
AND, UH, WE ANTICIPATE STARTING SOME TIME TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH OF JUNE.
DID YOU PUT THAT ON THAT? WE APPRECIATE THAT DATE.
DON'T FORGET WHAT DATE JUNETEENTH.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T REMEMBER JUNE 13TH.
YEAH, WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT WAS THE FRIDAY BEFORE.
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EVERY, EVERY DAY, EVERY, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.IS DO WE HAVE A RAIN DATE OR ANYTHING OR NO? OKAY.
ONE TIME THAT IT SEEMED LIKE AROUND EIGHT 30 IT WAS GOING TO AND IT HELD UP UNTIL EVERYBODY LEFT.
BUT THEN ONE YEAR WE HAD TO, TWO YEARS AGO, NO, WE MOVED IT AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP AT TOWN HALL.
AND THE FLYER WILL BE UP ON THE WEBSITE TOMORROW.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, LAST NIGHT THE NAACP HAD A, A FORUM ON FROM WELCOME HOME WESTCHESTER.
I DON'T WANNA SAY THE WRONG THING.
AND, UM, IT WAS A DISCUSSION SPECIFICALLY, UH, FROM THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, REGARDING THE ADUS.
UM, I WAS, I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION OF WHEN THE HEARING WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE UNCLEAR.
AND I ALSO CLARIFIED THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE MOVED TO THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH.
SO I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT, UM, OF THE NAACP SO THAT WE CAN JUST GET AN UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, CONFUSION EVEN FROM THE PRESENTERS REGARDING, UM, THE UPCOMING, UM, PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THEY WANTED REALLY MORE INFORMATION.
UM, AND I WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE IT.
SO I WOULD RATHER YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE, UH, PRESIDENT IF YOU CAN FIND SOME TIME THIS WEEK IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE AND THERE'S A CHANGE OF DATE.
WHAT I'LL DO IS, UH, LISA MARIA, I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL RIGHT NOW AND IF YOU CAN JUST REPLY WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT, UH, TOMORROW OR THURSDAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
NO, WE'RE MISSING, UH, ONE OF THE, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM NAAM, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL INSTITUTION.
I GOTTA MAKE SURE I NAMI NAAM NAMI NAMI
THEY'RE COMING IN BECAUSE, UH, WE WENT TO THE EVENT, THE WALK THAT THEY HAD LAST SATURDAY.
UM, AND ALTHOUGH THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS THE MONTH OF MAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS RE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY PROVIDE AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE WITH OTHER AGENCIES, THAT THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES IS OUT THERE.
AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER ALONE.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO TO REALLY PARTICIPATE OR REALLY JOIN IN AND LISTEN TO THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS A, IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL DEAL WITH.
YOU KNOW, EVEN EVEN THE PERSON THAT LOOKS PERFECT, LIKE EVEN A, I WON'T DO THAT TO YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT EVERYONE IS CHALLENGED AND, AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW TO WHAT LEVEL.
SO, AND, AND THERE, THERE ARE RESOURCES OUT THERE AND ARE, AND THERE ARE REALLY GOOD ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NA, AM I, NAAM? NAMI.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SAID IT CORRECTLY.
UM, SO, BUT, SO THEY'RE COMING IN AND THEY'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING AT THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AT THAT TO, AND THANK YOU STEPHANIE, DID SOMEBODY SEND HOLLY THE I DID, I SENT IT TO HER.
NAMI IS ALSO PRESENTING ON THURSDAY, MAY 22ND AT THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THAT IS THIS THURSDAY FROM 6:00 PM TO 7:30 PM GREAT.
AND IT'S THE DIRECTOR OF EXECUTIVE, DIRECTOR OF NAMI, WHICH IS MARIE.
YOU CAN GO NEXT THURSDAY? UH, THIS THURSDAY.
OR YOU CAN COME TO NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEDNESDAY.
UH, YEAH, YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE OR YOU CAN GO ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE AND YOU CAN RSVP AND REGISTER.
IT'S A HYBRID MEETING, I BELIEVE.
OH, FOR THE, AND FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, NAMI STANDS FOR THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL MENTAL.
BUT THAT WAS, YEAH, THAT WAS THE MAIN THING I DIDN'T SEE ON HERE.
AND THEN WE REPORTS THIS REPORTS AS WELL.
IS THAT ON HERE? SO WE HAVE REPORT, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING REPORTS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON OUR LIAISON REPORTS.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL DO SO MUCH STUFF IN ADDITION TO LIAISON TO OUR DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE JUST GONNA JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO TO OUR DEPARTMENTS OR ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF THAT WE DO OUTSIDE OF, WELL, WE NORMALLY TALK ABOUT LIAISON, BUT THEN PAUL TALKS ABOUT ALL OTHER EVENTS.
UH, HE DOES MORE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS IN MY VIEW.
I THOUGHT WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING LIAISONS TO OUR COMMITTEES, NOT NECESSARILY DEPARTMENTS.
SO I MEAN, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE A LIAISON TO,
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WHATEVER WE, SO YOU GO THROUGH THE, THE CYCLE OF THOSE AND THEN THE DEPARTMENTS.WELL I'M A LIAISON TO MORE DEPARTMENTS YES.
SO FOR YOU IT'S, YEAH, EXACTLY.
WE JUST GONNA HAVE A REPORT ON WHAT WE DO.
YEAH, I'M JUST, I'M STILL, NO, I'M STILL LOOKING AT THE AGENDA.
AND THIS IS THE MAY 28TH AGENDA IN CASE ANYBODY THINKS WHERE YES.
IF THE MEETING IS TOMORROW, DIDN'T WE ALREADY UH, VOTE ON A T TWO? NO, BECAUSE IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT AN ADDITIONAL $50,000.
UM, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION UNDER CLERK ONE.
UM, THERE'S A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PERMISSION TO CLOSE, UH, MFER ROAD.
UM, THERE IS A, UH, A APPLICATION THAT I RECEIVED TODAY FOR THE CLOSING OF UM, ACTUALLY FOR PERMISSION FOR A BLOCK PARTY.
AND, UM, IT IS ACTUALLY BEING ORCHESTRATED BY SUPERVISOR FINER AND HIS INTERNS.
UM, IS IT, WHERE IS THE BLOCK PARTY? UH, IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT THE FORMER OR THE LOCATION WHERE THE FARMER'S MARKET IS NORMALLY IN HARTSDALE HELD AND IT'S GONNA, AND THEY WANT IT TO BE HELD ON JUNE.
IS HE BLOCKING OFF THE STREETS? UM, THAT'S, I'M WAITING FOR THE APPLICATION TO COME IN.
IT'S JUST THAT I KNOW TIME IS UP THE ESSENCE AND IT WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO, IT WOULD NOT BE GOING ON THE AGENDA UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.
SO RATHER TRYING TO, WHEN IS HE LOOKING TO DO THAT? RIGHT AFTER JUNETEENTH, SO THAT SATURDAY.
UM, AND THE RAIN DATE, IS THAT SUNDAY? FIRST MEETING IN JUNE? DO WANT? YEAH, WE HAVE TIME.
WE HAVE ENOUGH MEETING BEFORE THEN.
OKAY, SO THAT'S A, A HARTSDALE BLOCK PARTY.
SO SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR FINER.
AND HE WAS GONNA SHARE THAT ONE? I DON'T, I MEAN THIS IS THE FIRST OF US HEARING IT.
SO I GUESS WE'RE NOT INVITED AND
THE APPLICATION, THE, UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING AN AGENDA REVIEW FOR THE END OF MAY, SO I WAS TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE MM-HMM
AND RATHER THAN WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE, I LITERALLY GOT THE APPLICATION TODAY.
WE HAVE A MEETING ON JUNE 11TH.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT THEN.
AND MAYBE WE CAN GET AN INVITATION.
WAIT, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE DEPUTY SUPERVISOR.
YEAH, 'CAUSE I'M, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE, THE PARK ON EAST PARKDALE AVENUE PO EIGHT, WE HAVE SOME DETAIL ON WHAT THOSE MODIFICATIONS ARE.
ISN'T IT IN, IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT? IT IT WILL BE IN THE RESOLUTION.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU A DRAFT OF THAT.
I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF RESOLUTIONS THAT CHANGE A SCHEDULE AS OPPOSED TO UH, WHEN YOU I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IS WHAT IT IS.
WHEN YOU ARE APPROACHING FOUR CORNERS FROM THE TRAIN STATION, THE SIGNS THAT ARE ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD'S, NO PARKING.
FREQUENTLY PEOPLE THEN STAND SURE.
TO GO INTO THE SHOP BLOCKING THE ONLY LANE OF TRAFFIC.
YOU MEAN THE THEY STOPPED THEIR CAR YES.
THE, THERE'LL BE A DRIVER OF THE CAR.
SO THEY'RE STANDING AND THEN THEY'LL GET, THE PASSENGER WILL GET OUT, GO OUT, GO IN, GET WHATEVER IT WAS.
MEANWHILE, THE ENTIRE LANE OF TRAFFIC, THE ONLY LANE OF TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED.
SO THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE IT TO NO, IT'S CORRECT.
LIKE WE GOT THE FREEZES NOW WITH THE NEW ICE CREAM PLACES.
'CAUSE THAT'S A TERRIBLE, UH, INTERSECTION TO BE STANDING IN.
SO WE'RE DONE WITH THE AGENDA REVIEW AND WE HAVE A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU'RE MAKING THAT MOTION? YEAH.
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OUR ROLE.WHAT? I YOU SAID WE HAVE A MOTION? YOU HAVE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS MATTERS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THAT'S A WONDERFUL VOTE.
AND WE WILL NOT BE COMING BACK AND WE WILL NOT BE HAVING A WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY, CORRECT? NEXT TUESDAY, YES.