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          UM, WELCOME TO OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING. 
          TODAY IS OCTOBER 8TH, UM, AT 7:38 PM AND WE'LL 
          [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
JUST START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          PLEASE REMAIN 
          [ MOMENT OF SILENCE 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.]
STAND AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, IN MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE PERISHED AS VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE, AND NATURAL DISASTER. 
          OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THOSE WHO NEEDLESSLY, UH, SUFFER. 
          AND, UM, THE TOWN CLERK WILL, SORRY, THE 
          [ ROLL CALL:   Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]
TOWN CLERK WILL NOW DO THE ROLL CALL. 
          GOOD EVENING AGAIN. 
          SUPERVISOR FINER HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN SHEEN. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN HABER. 
          PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL WHO?  PARLIAMENTARIAN TOWN. 
          ATTORNEY . 
          JOE DANKO. 
          PRESENT AND COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON. 
          ABSENT IS ABSENT ABSENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, GREAT. 
          UM, NEXT, 
          [ PRESENTATIONS  (Maximum 10 minutes each) Sahaha Swant, sixth grader - Sidewalk Repairs on Mt. Joy Avenue Deven Choksi - Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) Greenburgh Chamber of Commerce's Second Business of the Month Award - PENNY LICK ICE CREAM Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month]
UH, WE HAVE MARIA PORTILLA. 
          UH, MARIA IS, UH, THE HISPANIC LIAISON, AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING HISPANIC, UM, UM, HERITAGE MONTH. 
          AND, UM, NOW YOU COULD BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THIS CELEBRATION. 
          TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. 
          FROM SEPTEMBER 15 TO OCTOBER 15, AMERICA HONORS ACHIEVEMENT, CONTRIBUTIONS, HISTORY AND CULTURE FROM BOTH HISPANICS AND LATINOS WHO INSPIRE OTHERS. 
          UNDER THIS BIG UMBRELLA, THERE ARE THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES, ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, SPANA, ECUADOR, GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA, MEXICO, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PUERTO RICO, DOMINICAN, UH, REPUBLIC, DOMINICA, VENEZUELA, UA. 
          LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE PART OF HISPANIC HERITAGE. 
          BELONG TO THIS IMPORTANT CELEBRATION. 
          ON JUNE 4TH, 2020, 2350 SILLION SEEKERS, INCLUDING FIVE CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD, ARRIVED TO ALEY FROM NEW YORK CITY. 
          THEY STAYED IN 35 ROOMS AT THE LEY ACRE HOTEL COURT UNTIL DECEMBER 9TH, 2024. 
          THE MAYOR OF LEY, NANCY KABUL, LED A GROUP OF REMARKABLE VOLUNTEERS, WHOM THROUGH THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THEM, SHOWED COMPASSION, SOLIDARITY, PATIENCE, AND LOVE. 
          THIS GROUP WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HELPING IMMIGRANTS. 
          THEY TREASURE THEIR DIGNITY, HONOR AND RESPECT. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR GUEST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS THE MAYOR OF LEY, NANCY BULLION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TONIGHT IN RECOGNITION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH HERE IN GREENBURG. 
          THANK YOU MARIA PORTELLO FOR INVITING ME. 
          WHEN MARIA ASKED ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT, I TOLD HER THAT I WAS BEYOND HUMBLED, BUT IT WAS NOT ME WHO SHOULD BE SPEAKING TONIGHT. 
          I TOLD HER I WOULD ONLY DO IT IF SHE ALSO INVITED AND CELEBRATED WHAT ROBERTA ROO CALLED THE ASYLUM SEEKERS ADVOCATES GROUP. 
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TONIGHT IS FOR RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING ALL OF THEM AND THE WORK THEY DID FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS IN LEY AND CONTINUE TO DO. 
          WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WERE COMING TO ARDSLEY, I PREPARED A STATEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I WANTED PEOPLE TO REMEMBER THAT, BUT FOR 0.1% OF THE POPULATION OF THE VILLAGE, THE REST OF US ARE IMMIGRANTS OR DESCENDANTS OF IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE EITHER, WHO EITHER CAME HERE WILLINGLY OR BECAUSE THEY WERE ESCAPING OPPRESSION, GENOCIDE, OR WERE BROUGHT HERE AGAINST THEIR WILL. 
          I REMINDED THEM THAT UNDERSTANDING TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE STARTED AT HOME AND ODDSLY AS OUR HOME. 
          I ASK THEM TO WELCOME THE PEOPLE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE AND FREEDOM TO OUR VILLAGE AND OUR COUNTRY, AND TO HAVE ARDSLEY BE THE EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. 
          THE REACTION TO MY MAYOR'S MESSAGE ABOUT THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WAS SWIFT, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE. 
          THERE WERE IMMEDIATE OFFERS FOR HELP, ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS NEEDED, WHAT COULD BE DONE, WHO COULD HELP MANY EXPRESSED HAPPINESS THAT THEY WERE HERE AND PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR WELCOMING THEM. 
          THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS WERE SOMETIMES NASTY AND OFTEN FILLED WITH FALSE INFORMATION. 
          I RESOLVED TO HAVE ARDSLEY BE THE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHOULD WELCOME PEOPLE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE TO OUR COUNTRY. 
          FOLLOWING MY MAYOR'S MESSAGE, A NETWORK OF HELP BEGAN TO FORM. 
          I WAS FIELDING EMAILS AND CALLS FROM ALL OVER. 
          I WAS DOING MY BEST TO CONNECT DOT GO THE COMPANY THAT HAD BEEN HIRED BY THE CITY TO HELP THESE FOLKS WITH THE VOLUNTEERS. 
          BUT I KNEW WE HAD TO BE MORE ORGANIZED TO BE EFFECTIVE. 
          I CREATED A MASTER LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTACTED ME. 
          THE ASYLUM SEEKERS ADVOCATE GROUP WAS STARTED, AND, AND WE HELD MONTHLY ZOOM CALLS TO COORDINATE RESOURCES AND DONATIONS. 
          THROUGH THIS CORE GROUP. 
          WE PROVIDED THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WITH FOOD, WEEKLY DINNERS, TOILETRIES, GIFT CARDS, LAUNDRY SERVICE, CLOTHING, LEGAL AND HEALTH RESOURCES, CHILDCARE AND ESL LESSONS, NOTHING THAT WAS BEING PROVIDED BY THE CITY. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE SHOWED THEM THAT THEY WERE WELCOME HERE AND WE WERE HERE TO HELP THEM. 
          THE ASYLUM SEEKERS ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE THE ONES WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING. 
          THE INITIAL FOOD VENDOR WAS A DISASTER. 
          THERE WAS NO COOKING FACILITIES AT THE MOTEL, AND ALL OF THE FOOD WAS MICROWAVEABLE. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, DISGUSTING. 
          PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR FOOD, THEY WERE HUNGRY. 
          SEVERAL OF THE GUESTS MADE THEIR WAY TO THE DOBBS BURY FOOD PANTRY. 
          ROBIN LARKINS AND DONNA ZUMA, WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT FROM THE FOOD PANTRY, IMMEDIATELY SAW A GREAT NEED AND STARTED PROVIDING FOOD TO EACH ROOM AT THE MOTEL ON WEDNESDAYS, AFTER THEY HAD FED 70 OTHER FAMILIES AT THE FOOD PANTRY, THEY PACKED UP 35 TO 55 MORE BAGS OF FOOD AND DELIVERED THEM TO THE MOTEL. 
          IT WASN'T THIS THAT THEY DID THIS, THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY GET MORE FOOD DONATED, UH, AND AND OTHER RESOURCES IN ORDER TO DO THIS. 
          AND THEY DID THIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STAY. 
          CAN WE GIVE THEM A AND CAN WE GIVE THEM A HAND? THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE COMING UP. 
          I WILL ALSO ADD THAT, UH, THERE WERE NO COOKING FACILITIES AT THE HOTEL. 
          THERE WERE NO, UH, REFRIGERATORS FOR THESE FOLKS. 
          THERE WAS NO LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR THEM. 
          UM, AT ONE POINT, DONNA ASMA IS KNOWN AROUND ABOUT DRIVING AROUND DOBBS FERRY, PICKING UP GAS GRILLS AND TABLES AND CHAIRS FROM BUY NOTHING, SELL NOTHING. 
          SO THAT COULD BE BROUGHT TO THE, UH, UH, UH, MOTEL SO THAT THE FOLKS WOULD'VE A PLACE TO SIT OUTSIDE. 
          UH, THROUGH GENEROUS DONATIONS, TWO REFRIGERATORS WERE PURCHASED EVENTUALLY, SO THAT THE GUESTS COULD BUY AND STORE SOME OF THEIR OWN FOOD. 
          UH, RIVERTOWN FOR REFUGEES PROVIDED LAUNDRY SERVICE, UM, BY PAYING FOR IT AND CONTRACTING WITH A LAUNDRY SERVICE IN DOBBS FERRY IN SEPTEMBER, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE COLD WEATHER COMING, WE HELD A COAT DRIVE ROTARY OF RIVER TOWNS. 
          ABBY CNET AND DEBBIE WARSTEIN, WHO HAPPENS TO ALSO BE HERE TONIGHT, STEPPED INTO SORT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ITEMS OF CLOTHINGS WE RECEIVED. 
          IT TOOK DAYS, WE SORTED THEM HERE, RIGHT IN TOWN HALL. 
          ROBIN LARKINS WARNED US ABOUT HOLDING THIS COAT DRIVE, AND SHE WAS QUITE RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE EACH PERSON IN ARDSLEY AND WHITE PLAINS WITH AT LEAST ONE WINTER COAT, GLOVES, HATS, SCARVES, AND OTHER WINTER GEAR. 
          UH, WE DONATED THE REST TO A SHELTER IN A AND WE DONATED SOME BACK TO MIDNIGHT RUN WHO HAD PROVIDED CLOTHING FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS. 
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WHEN THEY FIRST CAME, WE DID NOT JUST PROVIDE THEM WITH NECESSARY ITEMS. WE SHOWED UP AND BECAME PRESENT IN THEIR LIVES. 
          WE LEARNED ABOUT THEM. 
          WE BECAME FRIENDS WITH THEM, AND THEY BECAME TRULY A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WOODLANDS TEMPLE DID NOT JUST DROP OFF FOOD. 
          ROBERTA AND OTHERS STAYED AND SERVED FOOD EVERY WEEK. 
          THAT WAS THEIR HOT MEAL. 
          THEY WOULD GET A HOT MEAL EVERY WEEK THAT WAS DONATED. 
          WE SHOWED THEM THAT THEY WERE WELCOME HERE, AND WE WERE HERE TO HELP. 
          UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF RO ROBERTA RUS, A MAGNIFICENT THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION WAS HELD AT WOODLANDS. 
          NO DETAIL WAS O OVERLOOKED. 
          TRANSLATORS, CRAFT TABLES, DECORATIONS, MUSIC, REFLECTIONS ON THE MEANING OF THANKSGIVING AND SO MUCH FOOD. 
          THERE WAS SO MUCH WARMTH AND APPRECIATION IN THE ROOM THAT NIGHT, WE SHARED WITH THESE NEW AMERICANS A VERY AMERICAN TRADITION. 
          A THREE KING CELEBRATION WAS LED BY ROBIN LARKINS AND REVEREND ROSSI AT SOUTH CHURCH. 
          AGAIN, WARMTH AND PEACE FILLED THE ROOM. 
          A SERVICE OF UNITY WAS HELD. 
          EACH CHILD RECEIVED A GIFT PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          GREENBERG'S. 
          MARIA PORTELLA SHOULD BE CELEBRATED FOR HER WORK, NOT JUST WITH THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WHEN THEY WERE HERE, BUT FOR THE WORK SHE DOES EVERY DAY FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. 
          HERE IN GREENBURG. 
          MARIA, ALMOST EVERY DAY WAS AT THE MOTEL, HELPING THESE NEW AMERICANS FILL OUT FORMS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TRANSLATION AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR NEW HOMES, AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR US. 
          SHE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ASSIMILATING THEM INTO OUR SOCIETY. 
          TONIGHT IS FOR ALL OF US TO AFFIRM OUR SUPPORT, REFUGEES, MIGRANTS, ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND ANYONE ELSE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE HERE IN AMERICA. 
          AND TO CELEBRATE MARIA AND THE MANY OTHERS WHO DO THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I WANNA QUOTE SOMETHING FROM RONALD REAGAN'S FINAL SPEECH. 
          I KNOW THAT SOUNDS WEIRD, BUT I THINK WE ALL NEED TO HEAR THESE WORDS, QUOTE. 
          WE LEAD THE WORLD BECAUSE UNIQUE AMONG NATIONS, WE DRAW OUR STRENGTH FROM EVERY COUNTRY AND EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. 
          AND BY DOING SO, WE CONTINUOUSLY RENEW AND ENRICH OUR NATION. 
          WHILE OTHER COUNTRIES CLINGING TO STALE PAST HERE IN AMERICA, WE BREATHE LIFE INTO DREAMS. THANKS TO EACH WAVE OF NEW ARRIVALS TO THIS LAND OF OPPORTUNITY, WE'RE A NATION FOREVER, YOUNG, FOREVER BURSTING WITH ENERGY AND NEW IDEAS, AND ALWAYS ON THE CUTTING EDGE, ALWAYS LEADING THE WORLD TOWARD THE NEW FRONTIER. 
          THIS QUALITY IS VITAL TO OUR FUTURE AS A NATION. 
          IF WE EVER CLOSE THE DOORS TO NEW AMERICAN, OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD WOULD SOON BE LOST. 
          LET'S NOT BE A NATION THAT CLOSES OUR DOORS. 
          LET'S BE LIKE ARDSLEY, A COMMUNITY WHICH OPENED ITS HEARTS WHILE IT'S IN DOORS TO SUPPORT AND HELP. 
          LET'S SHOW THE WORLD THAT ARDSLEY DID WHAT ARDSLEY DID TO HELP THEM, NEW AMERICANS. 
          LET'S BE THAT COUNTRY. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          IT'S TRULY BEEN MY HONOR, AND THIS IS FOR YOU TOO, MARIA. 
          THANK YOU, NANCY, ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY, THIS AWARD IS FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE WERE THREE SITES IN WESTCHESTER, AND LEY WAS BY FAR THE MOST WONDERFUL IN MAKING THE PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY'D FLED WHATEVER AWFUL, UH, CONDITIONS THEY FLED FROM. 
          AND SHE MADE THEM FEEL LIKE HOME. 
          AND EVERYBODY ON THAT TEAM, I SAW YOU WORK, YOU WERE WONDERFUL, AND I THANK YOU. 
          I JUST HAD A, A QUESTION. 
          UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UH, WAY OF TRACKING THE, THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO, UH, WERE IN THE HOTELS WHO NOW HAVE EITHER BEEN RELOCATED OR, YOU KNOW, DEPORTED? AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE IS STILL A 
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GROUP OF FAMILIES, RIGHT? GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          LIKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, YOU MAY HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBER, AND HE'S GOT, CHURCH ARE THE ONES WHO ARE FOLLOWING, KEEPING TRACK OF THEM, RIGHT? SOUTH CHURCH, SOUTH CHURCH INFORMATION TOO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN THE MOTELS, THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T LET US ALL HAVE PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THEM TO BE ABLE TO KEEP IN CONTACT. 
          THERE WERE SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE BECAME MORE FRIENDLY WITH AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM. 
          I'M STILL IN CONTACT WITH THE FOLKS FROM DOT GO TOO, THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTACT. 
          I ALWAYS FELT THAT THE FAMILIES THAT CAME THROUGH ARDSLEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE GONNA HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF MAKING IT IN, IN AMERICA. 
          AND SO I DO KNOW THERE'S ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FAMILIES WHERE THEY HAVE, THEY'RE EMPLOYED, THEIR PAPERS ARE FILED, THEY'RE WORKING, AND THEY'RE THRIVING. 
          SO I ACTUALLY CONSIDER THAT A TRUE SUCCESS STORY. 
          UM, MANY OF THEM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          I, IF I MAY HIGHLIGHT VANESSA MERTON. 
          YES. 
          VANESSA MERTON, UM, WHOM WE LOST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, UM, IS WAS AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY, AND SHE VOLUNTEERED. 
          SHE GOT A GROUP TOGETHER AND VOLUNTEERED TO HELP THE, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE AT, AT THIS, AT IN ARDSLEY, AND I DON'T KNOW, PERHAPS THE OTHER RESIDENCES, UM, FILL OUT THEIR PAPERS. 
          SO HOPEFULLY LED BY VANESSA AND HELPED BY SO MANY, UM, THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN A LOT BETTER SHAPE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN. 
          SHE HELPED FORM A COALITION OF, UM, WITH A NEIGHBORS LINK AND MEET THE ROAD AND PACE IMMIGRATION LAW, UM, SCHOOL AND TOGETHER, THEY, THEY HELPED, I KNOW FIRST IN LEY AND IN WHITE PLAINS, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC FORM EVERYONE HAD TO FILE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME OF ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE, EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN ARDSLEY HAD THAT FORM FILED. 
          UM, AND, AND SHE WAS A GREAT ASSET IN DOING THAT. 
          AND A AND VERY SORRY TO HAVE LOST HER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO HOPEFULLY, IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE SETTLED THAN MANY WOULD'VE BEEN. 
          THE OFFICE OF HISPANIC AFFAIRS IN GREEN BULL TOWN HALL PRESENTS THE OUTSTANDING IMMIGRANT AWARD TO THE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK IN THIS WONDERFUL PROJECT. 
          I'M GOING TO CALL THE LIST OF NAMES AND THE ONES, UH, THAT ARE PRESENT HERE. 
          PLEASE STEP IN. 
          ROBIN LARKINS, JULIA STAIN, NILE KANE, SAVINA WASTON, KATIE WOLF, EMILY RICHMOND, BIE MARJO, REVEREND MATTHEW, JOAN FARBER, UH, MARJORIE ROSS FROM SOUTH PRE PRISCILLA GASTON, NANCY HEES. 
          PAM CONNER. 
          DONNA AS SUMA RE, RABBI STEIN, RABBI BILLY RESCUE ROWING. 
          ELLEN ROSENBERG, ROBERTA ROSE, LORRAINE CAMPANELLI, ANNIE BRION, TAMMY BOGOS, AB CONNECT. 
          CARA BRACO, NICOLA ARMAND CO. 
          AND COUNTY LEGISLATOR, DAVID INAM. 
          SO PLEASE, ROBERTA ROSE. 
          DONNA KINS THE OUTSTANDING IMMIGRANT AWARD, RECOGNIZE, VALIDATES, MOTIVATES AND REWARDS THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS MADE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          OUR NEXT HONOREE IS A CONSISTENT ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WINCHESTER RESIDENTS, BOTH WHILE ON THE COUNTY TEAM AND IN HER PERSONAL LIFE. 
          SHE'S A LONG TIME FIXTURE IN WINCHESTER HISPANIC COMMUNITY. 
          SHE SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND THE WINCHESTER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF HISPANIC, DEMOCRAT OF WINCHESTER, MARTHA LOPEZ. 
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UNFORTUNATELY, SHE IS NOT HERE YET, BUT WE KEEP WAITING FOR HER. 
           WAIT AS USUAL,  WITHOUT LOSING HOPE. 
          THIS HONOREE IS A 20-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT WHO COMPLETED GREENBERG SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM LED BY OUR DEAR TOWN CLERK. 
          HE WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR OFFICE. 
          HE CREATED, IMPLEMENTED AN OUTSTANDING BILINGUAL WEBSITE, WHICH IS IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND INCREASING OUTREACH EFFORT WITH THE COMMUNITY FROM LIMA, PERU. 
          LET'S WELCOME SEBASTIAN GUTIERREZ. 
          WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 
          UM, I THINK IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH LISA MARIE, LISA MARIA AND MARIA PORTILLA. 
          UM, I THINK THAT COMING FROM A FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS, I FEEL LIKE SOME KIND OF LIKE DUTY, I GUESS, AS A PERSON AND AS A FAMILY MEMBER TO KIND OF HELP ANYONE IN NEED. 
          BUT ESPECIALLY I HAVE THIS PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH IMMIGRANTS AND ESPECIALLY HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS, WHICH I THINK ANYONE SHOULD HAVE WHEN THEY JUST WANT TO KIND OF REACH OUT A HELPING HAND TO HELP ANYONE. 
          AND I THINK I'VE PLAYED A VERY SMALL PART IN WHAT MARIA PERILLA HAS CREATED HERE, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING IN GREENBURG. 
          AND I THINK JUST MORE PEOPLE LIKE MARIA PORTIA WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          SO THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          MARIA, IF I MAY ADD THAT THE WORK THAT SEBASTIAN DID DURING THE SUMMER, I WAS, UH, ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IT ON MY, MY WEBSITE. 
          SO ALL OF OUR FORMS AND ALL OF OUR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED COURTESY OF SEBASTIAN. 
          SO LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          THE NEXT AWARD GOES TO AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHICH BESIDES BEING WORKING TO CONTINUE BUILDING THEIR FUTURE AND PROTECTING THEIR FAMILIES IN AMERICA, THEY HELP CHILDREN AT RISK TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THROUGH GOOD NUTRITION, EDUCATION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND A SPORTS PROGRAM. 
          FUNION CAA IS THE RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD. 
          LET'S WELCOME THE CAA LUIS MAGNI. 
          THE CHILDREN ARE WEARING WHAT IS IN , THE UNIFORM FOR A SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL UNIFORM. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          UH, MY NAME IS LUIS MAGNANI. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF, UH, FUNDACION CAA URUGUAY, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1992, BUT A GROUP OF HAWAIIANS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
          AND WE EMPHASIZE IN, UH, UH, HELPING NEEDY CHILDREN, NOT ONLY IN YOUR WIFE, BUT ALSO IN THE US. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF CASA U WIFE FOUNDATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE, UH, FOR THIS RECOGNITION TO MISS MARIA PORTIA, DIRECTOR OF HISPANIC AFFAIRS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG. 
          HER GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT, NOT ONLY HONOR OUR WORK, BUT ALSO INSPIRES, INSPIRE US TO CONTINUE WORKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO ATTEND THIS CELEBRATION. 
          SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BOARD, TO PAUL AND TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, CHA. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE, I REMEMBER, UH, JUDITH BEVILLE. 
          UH, WE HAD A SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND WE, AND WE HAD OVER 40, I THINK 48 INTERNS WHO ORGANIZED A BARBECUE, UM, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, UH, FOR THE, THE MIGRANTS AT THAT TIME WE DID AT MACY PARK. 
          IT WAS REALLY NICE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT, UH, THAT WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT APPRECIATES, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, OF HELPING FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. 
          UM, MIGRANTS ARE FLEEING FROM WAR, VIOLENCE, POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS. 
          AND WHEN WE MET, UH, WITH THE MIGRANTS, WE HEARD THE PERSONAL STORIES AND STRUGGLES THEY HAVE. 
          UH, PRACTICALLY EVERYONE I MET, ALL THEY REALLY WANTED WAS SAFETY, STABILITY, UH, DIGNITY. 
          THEY WANTED TO, UM, TO WORK. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS, THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, POLITICAL. 
          WE HAVE A OBLIGATION TO, UM, TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT ARDSLEY AND, UM, AND GREENBERG AND OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTED THE MIGRANTS. 
          UM, WE, UM, TRIED, UM, HELPING THEM HAVE A BETTER LIFE. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY WHEN I'M WATCHING THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY SO AGGRAVATED AND DISGUSTED BECAUSE I FEEL THAT OUR COUNTRY IS NOT WHAT IT ONCE, YOU KNOW, WAS, UH, WE'RE A COUNTRY THAT SHOULD BE WELCOMING, UM, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES. 
          WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING DIVERSITY. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, SOMEBODY'S TOUGH, YOU KNOW, HAVING, HAVING A HARD TIME IN THEIR LIVES, WE SHOULD TRY TO HELP THEM. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, ARDSLEY DID. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GREENBERG, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE YEARS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING, WORKING SO HARD AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. 
          AND EVERY TIME I'M, AND I PASS YOUR OFFICE AND I SEE, UM, MY PEOPLE IMMIGRANTS IN YOUR OFFICE, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING HELP FROM YOU, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKES ME FEEL THAT GOVERNMENT IS WORKING. 
          AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING A REALLY AMAZING JOB, UH, CHANGING LIVES FOR THE BETTER. 
          UH, SO WE NOW HAVE SOME OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATIONS. 
          I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, PENNY LICK ICE CREAM, THEY HAD OTHER, UM, EVENTS, UH, TODAY. 
          SO I WINNER, UH, WE HAVE A BUSINESS OF THE MONTH AWARD, AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING PENNY LICK ICE CREAM, UM, AS GREENBERG'S SECOND BUSINESS OF THE MONTH. 
          YOU DON'T WANNA HOLD IT UNTIL THEY COME. 
          THEY'RE HERE. 
          OH, YOU SAID THEY HAD ANOTHER EVENT? NO, THEY'RE HAVING AN EVENT AFTER THEY, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY. 
          UM, SO, UM, UH, FROM, UH, SORRY. 
          SO SORRY. 
          SO PENNY LICK, UM, UH, ICE CREAM. 
          THEY'VE ORGANIZED MANY FANTASTIC INITIATIVES. 
          WINTER COAT DRIVES, THEY'VE CONTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL CAREER DAYS AND CULINARY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS. THEY SUPPORTED, UH, GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE, CABRINI NURSING HOME SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS, AND THE RIVER TOWNS ROTARY, UH, THE SHOP. 
          AND, UM, AND CEO ELLEN SLEDGE, OUR GREAT COMMUNITY MODELS THEY DESERVE, UH, THIS HONOR. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO ASK ELLEN, UM, TO, UM, TO COME UP AND THERE WERE BORN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALSO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY, UH, THE ROTARY, UM, THE RIVER TOWNS ROTARY, UM, NOMINATED PENNY? LOOK FOR THIS HONOR, THIS IS THE SECOND, UH, UH, BUSINESS OF THE MONTH HONOREE AND A SPECIAL HONOREE INDEED. 
          AND THANK YOU BOARD FOR HAVING US. 
          AND, UM, I HAD TO REALLY NARROW DOWN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOR, UM, OUR HONOREE TODAY. 
          AND PAUL, YOU HIT SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES, BUT, UH, I HAVE ONE PAGE. 
          I REALLY COULD HAVE HAD MANY, MANY PAGES. 
          SO, UM, 
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I AM HONORED TO PRESENT THIS GREENBERG BUSINESS OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION TO PENNY LICK ICE CREAM. 
          AND ELLEN SLEDGE, THE FOUNDER, AND CEO, SHE'S A STEADFAST SUPPORTER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES THAT RELY HEAVILY ON COMMUNITY GENEROSITY FOR THEIR SUSTAINABILITY. 
          ELLEN AND HER TEAM, WHICH OFTEN INCLUDES HER HUSBAND AND HER THREE CHILDREN, UM, ARE REGULARLY SEEN BEHIND THE COLORFUL PENNY LICK ICE CREAM CART AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT SHE ALSO FREQUENTLY DONATES ICE CREAM TO THOSE MOST IN NEED OF CELEBRATION. 
          AFTER THE PANDEMIC, ELLEN HONORED HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND SCOOPED AT CABRINI NURSING HOME IN DOBBS FERRY BROUGHT JOY TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AT GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE IN ARDSLEY, AND LIFTED SENIORS SPIRITS AT THE DOBBS FERRY SENIOR CENTER. 
          FURTHERMORE, THE GREENBERG GRAHAM SCHOOL IN HASTINGS, WHICH SERVES AT RISK STUDENTS, HAS BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY FROM PENNY LICKS. 
          WINTER CODE DRIVES, NOT DRIVE DRIVES, PROVIDING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF STUDENTS WITH WARM CLOTHES. 
          ELLEN ALSO VOLUNTEERS HER TIME GUIDING AND TEACHING STUDENTS IN THEIR CULINARY PROGRAM AS A MEMBER OF THE RIVER TOWNS ROTARY. 
          ELLEN HAS CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UH, SERVING ON OUR CLUB'S SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE. 
          SHE HAS ALSO DEDICATED HER TIME AND ENERGY TO ADVANCING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BY SERVING AS PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE RIVER TOWNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          I AM SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE GREENBERG BUSINESS OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION TO PENNY L ICE CREAM AND FOUNDER ELLEN SLEDGE, FOR FUNDAMENTALLY ENRICHING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO PROUD TO CALL YOU MY FRIEND. 
          I, YOU HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING, SO I WILL BE VERY BRIEF. 
          IT IS VERY, VERY EASY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO FIND THE TIME AND THE RESOURCES TO GIVE BACK WHEN THEY INHABIT COMMUNITIES LIKE THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. 
          IT IS VERY SIMPLE. 
          EVERYONE EMBRACES ONE ANOTHER. 
          UH, WE PARTICIPATED PENNY THAT PARTICIPATED IN LOTS OF FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE FOLKS IN ARDSLEY DURING, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. 
          IT, AND THAT'S JUST IT. 
          PENNY, LIKE TURNED 10 YEARS OLD, UH, A WEEK AGO. 
          AND, UM, THAT STORE IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WHICH IS ONE OF THREE, HAS EMPLOYED MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          MOST OF THEM WERE FIRST TIME JOBS, BUT WE'VE ALSO SUPPORTED MORE THAN 60 SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THOSE HAVE BEEN THROUGH EVERYTHING FROM SC AONS TO FLAT OUT DONATIONS OF TIME AND RESOURCES. 
          WE ENCOURAGE IT IN ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE ALL ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND DO IT. 
          AND IT IS, AGAIN, REALLY EASY TO DO THAT IN A COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACES THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY. 
          SO, THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. 
          AW, THANKS PAUL. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY ONE OTHER THING. 
          UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMERCIAL, UM, BUT, UM, EVERY TIME I BICYCLE, UM, FROM MY HOUSE, UH, TO PENNY LOOK ICE CREAM AND HASTINGS, UM, UH, AND I WEIGH MYSELF, I ALWAYS, UH, I ALWAYS, UH, LOSE A POUND, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE ICE CREAM IS SO DELICIOUS, UM, OR THE CERTS ARE SO GREAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT ONLY A, A GREAT, UH, BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE DI DELICIOUS SORBETS. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE AND CANCEL THE MEETING NOW AND GO OVER THERE, . 
          IT IS LIKE THE, THE BEST SORBETS THAT I EVER TASTED. 
          AND, UH, I WISH ALL THE LOCAL SUPERMARKETS WOULD CARRY THEM. 
          UH, THEN . 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOLKS. 
          THANK YOU, ELLEN. 
          NOW WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER AMAZING, UM, STUDENT. 
          UH, SAHARA SW IS A SIXTH GRADER IN EDGEMONT. 
          AND, UM, AND ONE DAY SHE MAY BE A US SENATOR OR GOVERNOR OR PRESIDENT. 
          YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          UM, SO, UM, SO SHE'S GOING TO TELL US WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, ADDRESS, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS ON, ON THE SIDEWALK. 
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UM, I'M IN THIS PRESENTATION MYSELF. 
          WOULD YOU SPEAK INTO THIS? UM, I MADE THIS PRESENTATION MYSELF, UM, A PRESENTATION ON ADDRESSING STUDENT AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ON MOUNT JOY AVENUE. 
          YOU CAN PULL IT CLOSER TOO, IF IT'S EASIER FOR YOU. 
          HELLO, EVERYONE. 
          WHEN YOU THINK OF KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL, WE'LL THINK OF THEM LAUGHING, CHATTING, WORRYING LESS ABOUT WALKING AROUND. 
          HOWEVER, SOME CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS ARE ALWAYS WORRIED FOR THEIR KIDS WHILE WALKING TO SCHOOL. 
          WHY? IT'S BECAUSE KIDS WHO LIVE ON RE AVENUE, ON OP LANE TO FORT HILL ROAD HAVE UNEVEN AND IN DISREPAIR, NARROW SIDEWALKS AND VEHICLES, AND ON THESE ROADS PASSED. 
          THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SCARY, AND ANYONE CAN GET HURT. 
          I'M SAHAN DESANT, REPRESENTING THOSE WHO WANT TO WALK FROM MOUNT JOY AVENUE AND CHILDREN WHO WOULD LOVE TO WALK TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. 
          HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. 
          I'M A SIXTH GRADER FROM GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SCHOOL, EDGEMONT SCARSDALE. 
          I'M ALSO A GIRL SCOUT CADET IN A JOINT WORKING FOR COMMUNITY THROUGH VARIOUS GIRL SCOUT EVENTS. 
          WE JUST FINISHED CLEANING PROJECT IN THE GREENBURG NATURE CENTER FOR GREENBURG AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS. 
          HERE I WANT TO ADDRESS TWO CONCERNS, WHICH I FEEL SHOULD BE, UM, THERE. 
          ISSUE ONE, DANGEROUS AND INADEQUATE SIDEWALKS. 
          THE SIDEWALKS ALONG MOUNT TREY AVENUE FROM WINTHROP LANE TO FORT HILL ROAD, OUR SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD, THEY'RE UNPAVED, EXTREMELY NARROW, AND ARE IN DISREPAIR. 
          THIS FORCES PEDESTRIANS, INCLUDING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WALKING TO GREENVILLE SCHOOL, EITHER TO WALK ON A CRUMBLING, UNEVEN SURFACE, OR MORE DANGEROUSLY IN THE STREET ITSELF. 
          THIS IS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER WHEN THE UNPAVED PATH BECOMES MUDDY OR ICY. 
          IN THESE PICTURES, UM, I HAVE TO WALK ON UNPAVED SIDEWALKS, WHICH SLOWLY GET NARROW AND NARROW, AND, UM, THEY'RE CRUMBLING. 
          THESE PICTURES WERE TAKE, WERE WERE TAKEN IN JUNE, AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN MORE DAMAGED. 
          AND THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, UM, IT GETS, IT GETS REALLY NARROW, AND TWO, PEOPLE CAN'T WALK TOGETHER. 
          IN PICTURE NUMBER FIVE, THERE'S A BLIND CURVE, WHICH PEOPLE DON'T GAUGE OR INTERPRET, AND ANYONE CAN GET HURT ISSUE TO SPEEDING PROBLEM, A HAZARD FOR STUDENTS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE SIDEWALK ISSUES, VEHICLE SPEED IS A CONCERN ON MATCH AVENUE. 
          THE ROAD LACK SUFFICIENT CALMING MEASURES AND CLEAR SIGNAGE LEADING TO VEHICLES TRAVELING AT SPEEDS WELL ABOVE THE POSTED LIMIT. 
          THIS POSES A DIRECT AND SERIOUS THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS, OR ANY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THE STREET OR WALKING ON THE UNPAVED SHOULDER. 
          PROPOSED SOLUTION AND REQUEST FOR ACTION, THE NEED FOR REPAIR AND EXTENSION OF SIDEWALKS LIKE PAVING AND WIDENING OF THE SIDEWALKS, AND CREATING A SMOOTH LEVEL SURFACE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR STROLLERS, WHEELCHAIRS, AND BIKES. 
          SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY. 
          I URGE THE INSTALLATION OF CLEAR AND PROMINENT SCHOOL ZONE SCIENCE, ACCOMPANIED WITH FLASHING BEACONS ALONG MOUNT JOY AVENUE AND FORT HILL JUNCTION, AND PROMINENT ZEBRA CROSSING. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO REDUCE VEHICLE SPEEDS, INCREASE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS WALKING, BIKING, AND ESTABLISH TRE AVENUE AS A RECOGNIZED SCHOOL ZONE, THEREBY INCREASING ENFOR ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          ADDITIONAL BENEFITS HERE ARE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS CITIZENS CAN EXPERIENCE WITH SAFER SIDEWALKS. 
          KIDS CAN OPT FOR E HEALTHIER AND ECO-FRIENDLY CHOICE BY WALKING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. 
          CHILDREN WILL BE MORE SELF-CONFIDENT AS THERE ARE NO BUSING SERVICE. 
          IT'LL BE LESS DROP OFF AND PICK UP STRESS FOR PARENTS, AND LESS VEHICLE ON THE ROADS, THEREBY LESS POLLUTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          THAT WAS LIKE, THAT WAS AN AMAZING, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENT PRESENTATION. 
          I'M LIKE SO IMPRESSED, UH, WITH YOU, AND YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF HAVING A SIDEWALK HERE THAT NOW I'M SO INSPIRED, UH, TO WORK HARD TO IMPLEMENT YOUR, UH, YOUR SUGGESTION. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND WE WILL WORK WITH, UM, OUR COMMISSIONERS AND SEE IF WE COULD, UH, MAKE YOUR, UH, YOUR VISION, UM, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN. 
          BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE SIXTH GRADERS LIKE YOU INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM . 
          UH, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR PRESENTA, LIKE IF YOUR PRESENTATION 
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WAS BETTER THAN PEOPLE WHO GRADUATED COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE SUCH A PERFECT PRESENTATION. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU, IT WAS WELL ORGANIZED. 
          YOU, YOU, IT WAS SUCCINCT. 
          IT WA IT WA YOU KNOW, YOU MADE THE POINT. 
          AND I SEE GARRETT DU KAIN IS OUR COMMISSIONER PLANNING, AND, UH, WE NOW HAVE TO, UH, WORK REALLY HARD, UH, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          SO I'M GONNA BE A PAIN IN THE NECK. 
          I JUST WANT TO GIVE A WARNING, . 
          UH, BUT, UH, BUT THE THING IS, I AM SO PLEASED AND SO GRATEFUL, UH, TO YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, UH, THAT EIGHT YEARS AGO THERE WAS A, A SECOND GRADER WHO, UH, MADE A PRESENTA A PRESENTATION ABOUT JACKSON AVENUE, AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD CONDITIONS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE REP PAVED THE ROAD AFTER, LIKE A MONTH AFTER SHE, UH, COMPLAINED. 
          AND, UM, UH, YESTERDAY I GOT AN EMAIL FROM HER SAYING THAT, UH, NOW SHE'S APPLYING FOR COLLEGE, AND SHE WANTS TO USE, UH, HER SECOND GRADE PRESENTATION AS PART OF HER COLLEGE APPLICATION. 
          UH, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF NICE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY STUDENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MAYA ESHA, UH, WHO WAS WORKING ON TRYING TO GET A, A SIDEWALK, UH, UM, WHEN SHE WAS IN SIXTH GRADE, AND WE'RE MAKING HEADWAY ON, ON ONE IN FORT HILL, ON FORT HILL ROAD. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT STUDENTS SHOULD, SHOULD GET INVOLVED. 
          AND SOMEBODY LIKE YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO VOTE, BUT YOU'RE NOT TOO YOUNG TO, UH, PARTICIPATE, RIGHT? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, LOOK, I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHEN YOU COME BACK AND DO YOUR PRESENTATION AND SHOW BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES, AND THE AFTER IS AN ACTUAL SAFE SIDEWALK. 
          GREAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TODAY, UH, UH, A YOUNG MAN, DEVIN, UH, CHOKI, UH, WHO IS GONNA BE MAKING A PRESENTATION ON, UM, A PROJECT THAT HE WORKED ON RELATING TO BEACH LEAF, UH, DISEASE. 
          AND HE'S ALSO AN EXCEPTIONAL, UH, YOUNG MAN WHO IS GONNA BE A FUTURE, UH, LEADER IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND I'M REALLY, UH, IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS DEVIN CHOI. 
          I'M A SENIOR AT IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, AND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT MY LOCAL NATURE CENTER. 
          AND ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, ALONG TO HELP OF MY MENTOR CJ RILEY, I PERFORMED A RESEARCH PROJECT ON BEACH LEAF DISEASE. 
          SO, BEACH LEAF DISEASE IS AN EMERGING DISEASE THAT WAS DISCOVERED IN 2012 IN OHIO, AND SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN SEEN TO SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHEASTERN HEMISPHERE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS MAP HERE, THE CATEGOR, THE SYMPTOMS OF BEACH LEAF DISEASE HAVE BEEN SPLIT UP INTO FOUR MAJOR CATEGORIES. 
          SO THIS FIRST CATEGORY IS ASYMPTOMATIC, IN WHICH THERE ARE LITTLE TO NO SYMPTOMS PRESENT WITHIN THE LEAF. 
          THE SECOND STAGE IS STRIPED IN WHICH THE LEAF STARTS UNDERGOING THE PROCESS OF BANDING. 
          THE THIRD STAGE IS LEATHERY IN WHICH THE LEAF UNDERGOES THE PROCESS OF LEAF NECROSIS AND TAKING ON A LEATHERY TEXTURE, AND THE LEAF ULTIMATELY REACHES THE BOARDED STAGE IN WHICH IT FALLS OFF THE BRANCH AND DIES. 
          NOW, THE REASON WHY THIS DISEASE IS SO SIGNIFICANT IS BECAUSE RESEARCH DON'T, RESEARCHERS DON'T KNOW ANY POSSIBLE CURE FOR THE DISEASE, NOR WHAT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING IT. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS, IT'S ALSO SEEN TO HAVE AN ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT FATALITY RATE IN ALL BEACH TREES THAT IT INFECTS. 
          THEREFORE, THIS MAKES IT A VERY SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE LIVELIHOOD OF OUR BEACH TREES. 
          SO WHY ARE THESE BEACH TREES SO IMPORTANT? WELL, BEACH TREES ARE VERY PROMINENT THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEASTERN COAST, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY ARE KEY CONTRIBUTORS TO BOTH PROVIDING, BOTH PROVIDING FOOD AND SHELTER FOR ORGANISMS THAT LIVE IN THE HABITATS THAT HAVE BEACH TREES. 
          THEY'RE ALSO KEY CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PROCESS OF CARBON SEQUESTER, WHICH IS THE PROCESS OF ABSORBING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS GRAPH HERE, THEY'RE AMONG THE TOP THREE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PROCESS, ALONG WITH MAPLE OAK AND HICKORY TREES. 
          SO THIS MEANS THAT IF WE LET OUR BEACH TREES DIE AS A RESULT OF BEACH LEAF DISEASE, THEN THEY'LL RELEASE ALL OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE THAT THEY HAVE ABSORBED THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME, BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT, AND VARY NEGATIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS OF GLOBAL WARMING. 
          SO, THROUGH MY DISEASE, THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I WANTED TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE DISEASE. 
          AND I WANTED TO DO SO BY, BY FIGURING OUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING BEECH LEAF DISEASE. 
          SO, BASED ON PAST LITERATURE, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A PARASITIC WORM, ALSO KNOWN AS A NEMATODE CALLED ELK CRAN MCKENNA, WHICH IS CAUSING BEE LEAF DISEASE. 
          HOWEVER, THE RESEARCHERS DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEMATODE IS THE SOLE CAUSE OR IF IT IS INVOLVED WITH OTHER BACTERIA, WHICH THEN CAUSE THE DISEASE. 
          THEREFORE, THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I WANT TO SHOW THAT THE NEMATODE ITSELF IS THE SOLE CAUSAL FACTOR TO PROVE THIS, 
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MY METHODOLOGY FIRST STARTED WITH ME COLLECTING LEAVES FROM THE FOUR STAGES OF DISEASE PROGRESSIONS FROM FOUR PLOTS WITHIN MY LOCAL NATURE CENTER. 
          I THEN CUT UP THESE LEAVES INTO SQUARES AND PLACED THEM IN A PASTRY DISH FILLED OF WATER. 
          IT'S ALLOWED ME TO CREATE NEMATODE SOLUTIONS, WHICH I THEN ANALYZED USING A MICROSCOPE AND CREATED THE GRAPH THAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM. 
          SO AS THE GRAPH SHOWS LEATHERY LEAVES ON AVERAGE, WHICH IS THE THIRD STAGE DISEASE PROGRESSION, CONTAINED THE GREATEST ABUNDANCE OF NEMATODES WITH STRIPED LEAVES CONTAINING THE SECOND GREATEST ABUNDANCE OF NEMATODES. 
          AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE ABORTED AND ASYMPTOMATIC LEAVES BOTH HAVE LITTLE TO NO NEMATODES PRESENT. 
          SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IN THE ABORTED ASYMPTOMATIC LEAVES, AS, AS THE LEAF PROGRESSES THROUGHOUT BEACH LEAF DISEASE, THE NEMATODES ARE EXITING THE LEAF ONCE IT REACHES THE ABORTED STAGE. 
          AND INITIALLY IN THE ASYMPTOMATIC STAGE, THERE ARE NO NEMATODES PRESENT, WHICH IS WHY THEY LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR. 
          USING THESE RESULTS, I RAN A, AN AN ANOVA STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, WHICH ALLOWED ME TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE WAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF NEMATODES PRESENT IN A LEAF, AND THAT LEAVES SAGE DISEASE PROGRESSION, WHICH ALSO HELPED ME CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS IN FACT A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEMATODE AND THE CAUSE OF BEACH, CAUSAL FACT BEING A CAUSAL FACTOR OF BEACH LEAF DISEASE. 
          SO WHAT THIS ALLOWS RESEARCHERS IN THE FUTURE TO KNOW IS THAT BEACH LEAVES CAN HELP BEACH LEAF DISEASE CAN BE HELPED MITIGATED BY TARGETING NEMATODES AS THE CAUSAL FACTOR. 
          AND THEREFORE, IF WE CREATE A CURE THAT PREVENTS THESE NEMATODES FROM GETTING INTO OUR BEACH TREES, THEN WE'LL HELP PREVENT THEIR EXTINCTION AT THE HANDS OF THIS DISEASE AND THE OVERALL WORSENING OF GLOBAL WARMING. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          AND THANK YOU PAUL, FINER FOR INVITING ME TO COME AND PRESENT TODAY. 
          COULD YOU MAYBE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHERE YOU MADE THE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION, THE, THE WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHO YOU PRESENTED THIS? YOU KNOW, IS IT THE O'HARA NATURE CENTER THAT YOU AT THE O'HARA? YES. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT NATURE CENTER. 
          ARE YOU IN THE SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM? YES, I AM. 
          GOOD FOR YOU. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          GREAT WORK. 
          UH, SO WHERE I PRESENTED, UH, I PRESENTED THIS RESEARCH AT TWO COMPETITIONS MM-HMM . 
          SO AT THE WEST F THE WESTCHESTER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE TALENT FAIR. 
          AND THE, THE INTERNATIONAL GENIUS OLYMPIAD, BOTH OF WHICH I WON THIRD PLACE IN. 
          OH, THAT'S, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION, BECAUSE I YOU'RE TOO MODEST. 
          UH, UM, AND I, I, I, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S REALLY COMMENDABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH AND IT ALSO SELL, GIVES US ALL A GOOD, YOU KNOW, HAS A GOOD LESSON FOR ALL OF US THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE MODEST. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MODEST USUALLY ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          DO, DO COMMON PESTICIDES, ARE THEY TOXIC TO THE NEMATODES? COMMON PESTICIDES HAVE BEEN SEEN NOT TO WORK, AND THIS NEMATODE IS ALSO AN INVASIVE SPECIES FROM JAPAN. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S ALSO A SUBSPECIES OF THIS INVASIVE SPECIES FROM JAPAN. 
          SO WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE PESTICIDES THAT WILL TARGET THEM. 
          SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW TO TRY AND TRY AND COMBAT THE DISEASE. 
          BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO PESTICIDES THAT ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AGAINST IT. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR CAREER GOALS? YOU HAVE TO CO ? UH, RIGHT NOW I'M JUST FOCUSING ON APPLYING TO COLLEGE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN I'LL THINK ABOUT CREATE COLLEGE. 
          WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 
          MAKE SURE LUCK BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          YEAH, AGREED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION, UM, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS TWO ARBORISTS AND THAT ARE WORKING FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          I WILL BE SURE TO SHOW THEM THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT'S GREAT, THEIR OPINION, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH YOU. 
          YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          SO NOW WE'LL IMMEDIATELY IT'S GOING TO WORK. 
          YEAH. 
          NOW WE'LL GO. 
          JUST ONE OTHER ANECDOTE. 
          OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN IS WATCHING, AND THE YOUNG LADY THAT SPOKE PRIOR TO THAT, HE'S GONNA BE SENDING ME A JOB APPLICATION THAT I'M ALSO GONNA . 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [  To consider an Amended Site Plan application by Brixmor SPE 6 LLC for Dalewood Shopping Center II [353-371 Central Avenue North, P.O. Hartsdale, NY] & Dalewood Shopping Center III [401-425 Central Avenue North, P. O. Hartsdale, NY] [TB 25-08] ]
UM, NEXT, UH, WE, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY BRICKS MOORE, SPE SIX LLC, FOR DALEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER, UM, AND DALEWOOD SHOPPING CENTER, 3 4 0 1 4 25 CENTRAL AVENUE NORTH PO HARTSDALE. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN UP THE HEARING. 
          SECOND IN FAVOR, A AYE. 
          GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, GARY TUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION. 
          THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF BRICKS MOORE. 
          THE OWNER OF THE SITE RELATED TO PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING PARKING LOT AND DRY VIAL CONFIGURATIONS AT THE SHOPPING CENTERS KNOWN AS DALEWOOD TWO AND THREE. 
          THE DELLWOOD SHOPPING CENTER SITES HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, 
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AND THE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT IN A FEW MOMENTS WILL SHOW A PLAN CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRESS. 
          DALEWOOD TWO'S ADDRESS IS 3 53 DASH 3 71 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE NORTH DALEWOOD THREE IS 4 0 1 DASH 4 25 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE NORTH. 
          AND BOTH OF THESE ADJOINING SITES ARE IN THE CA, CENTRAL AVENUE MIXED USE IMPACT DISTRICT. 
          THE PRO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN SUPPORT OF NEW TENANTS PLANNED FOR THE FORMER VA VACANT AND VACANT CHRISTMAS TREE SHOP SPACE, AND ARE PROPOSED TO IMPROVE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT THE SITE. 
          IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE PLANS AND APPLICATIONS WERE REVIEWED BY TOWN STAFF, INCLUDING PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY DIVISION, AND THE TOWN'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 
          THE SUBMISSIONS WERE REVIEWED BY WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE TOWN'S INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, JOHN CANNING OF KIMLEY HORN AND THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS. 
          IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO COMMENTS FROM THESE AGENCIES AND TOWN STAFF, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF ITS SITE PLAN REFERRAL, WHICH INCLUDED WORK SESSIONS ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2025 AND SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025, WHERE THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF UNANIMOUS RE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD. 
          THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 2 85 54 OF SECTIONS A THROUGH K. 
          WANNA RECITE ONE OF THE QUOTES FROM THE PLANNING BOARD POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? THE PLANNING BOARD NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TOGETHER WITH SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AS SHOWN ON PROJECT PLANS PREPARED BY LANG AND ENGINEERING, ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN IMPROVED TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND FLOW WITHIN THE SITE. 
          IMPROVED AND MORE IMPROVED AND MORE HIGHLY VISIBLE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AND AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER. 
          THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, COLETTE DELAURO, IS GONNA PRESENT THE PLANS AND DISPLAY THEM ON THE SCREEN FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWN BOARD. 
          AND ALSO, I BELIEVE MARK NEWMAN IS ON ZOOM AND I, I THINK HE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE INTRO ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, EVERYBODY. 
          UM, MAKING SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME AND THAT IT'S NOT ECHOING. 
          YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU GREAT. 
          UM, WELL, I'M MARK NEWMAN WITH BRIMORE PROPERTY GROUP, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, TWO YEARS AGO IN AUGUST, 2023, UH, CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS VACATED, UM, ITS STORE HERE, UM, AND CLOSED AS PART OF ITS BANKRUPTCY. 
          UH, IN THAT TIME EARLY IN 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE LEASES WITH BOTH SPROUTS MARKET AND BEST BUY TO BACKFILL THE 38,000 SQUARE FOOT CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS. 
          SPACE SPROUTS IS TAKING 21,140 SQUARE FEET AND BEST BUY IS TAKING 17,790 SQUARE FEET, EFFECTIVELY SPLITTING THE SPACE. 
          AND ALONG WITH, UM, SPLITTING THE SPACE, WE HAVE RECONFIGURED THE, WHERE WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT TO RECONFIGURE THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THAT PORTION OF THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT THE FORMER CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS OCCUPIED. 
          UH, THE RECONFIGURING OF THE PARKING LOT WAS DONE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          UH, ONE, IT WAS DONE SO THAT THE PARKING STALLS WOULD BETTER ALIGN WITH THE STOREFRONT AND CREATE A DEEPER PARKING FIELD WITH APPROVED IMPROVED EFFICIENCY FOR BOTH THE GROCERY STORE AND FOR BEST BUY. 
          UH, IT ALSO IMPROVED CIRCULATION AND, UH, THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH, UM, GREENBURG C, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT AND GREENBERG, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEER. 
          UH, WE MADE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS TO THE PLAN TO IMPROVE THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN DALEWOOD TWO AND THREE AND ADD ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURES, STOP SIGNS AND CROSSWALKS, UH, KEY POINTS THROUGHOUT DALEWOOD TWO AND, AND, AND ADJOINING DALE WITH THREE. 
          UH, BASED ON OUR MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS, UH, WITH THE PLANNING BOARD, WE, WE SOLICITED FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING BOARD AND ADDED AN ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK, WHICH OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, PRO OUR, OUR ENGINEER WILL WALK YOU THROUGH. 
          BUT IT WAS A SIDEWALK THAT'S DESIGNED TO, UH, INCREASE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM CENTRAL AVENUE BUS STOPS TO THE NEW GROCERY STORE IN NEW BEST BUY. 
          UH, THIS PLAN, UH, WAS, UM, DESIGNED TO NOT REDUCE ANY PARKING SPACES, SO THERE'S BEEN NO REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF SPACES AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY HERE TODAY TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR JUST THE, THE, 
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BASICALLY THE PARKING LOT RECONFIGURATION. 
          AND, UH, I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO COLETTE TO FILL IN ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED. 
          . 
          THANKS, MARK. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M COLETTE DELORO, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AT LANGAN, UH, THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT. 
          UM, SO WE'VE OBVIOUSLY, AS GARRETT STATED, HAVE BEEN WORKING EXTENSIVELY WITH THE TOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, TRAFFIC CONSULTANT AND SO ON TO MAKE THIS THE BEST PLAN THAT WE REALLY CAN TO IMPROVE THE VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AT THE SHOPPING CENTER. 
          UM, WHAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS WE DID, WE MADE ALL THE PARKING AISLES, UM, PERPENDICULAR TO THE SHOPPING CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EASE OF ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES AND TO REDUCE, UM, ANY HAZARDOUS AREAS FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. 
          UM, SO SOME THINGS WE DID TO ENHANCE THE PARKING LOT WAS THAT ANY OF THE NEW PARKING STALLS ARE NOW FULLY BROUGHT UP TO CODE. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR LANDSCAPE, UH, ISLANDS EVERY, UH, 15 STALLS AND, UM, IMPROVED FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS BY REVIEWING THE FIRETRUCK MANEUVERABILITY AROUND THE SITE, AND, UM, ADDRESSING COMMENTS THEY HAD ABOUT ACCESS, UM, AS WELL AS PROVIDING A FIRE, A STRIPED FIRE ZONE AREA IN THE BACK OF THE SHOPPING CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, 24 7 ACCESS TO THE REAR. 
          UM, AS PART OF THIS, WE ARE ALSO RES STRIPING THE NO PARKING FIRE ZONE, UM, ALONG THE CURB IN FRONT OF DALEWOOD THREE. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ADDING THE LANDSCAPED ISLANDS, SO I HAVE, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          I HAVE HERE JUST, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTED WHERE WE ARE ADDING MORE ISLANDS CURRENTLY. 
          UH, THERE'S VERY MINIMAL LANDSCAPING IN THE PARKING LOT, SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND REALLY TRIED TO ADD IN AS MUCH LANDSCAPING AS WE COULD, AND IN FACT, WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE IMPERVIOUS AREA OF THE SITE. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE, WHICH I'VE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IN RED, WE NOW HAVE A PDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE, UM, SHOPPING CENTER TO THE BUS STOP ON CENTRAL AVENUE, NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, WHICH DID NOT EXIST PREVIOUSLY. 
          AND THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE NEW GROCERY STORE AND BEST BUY AND SHOPPING CENTER VIA A CROSSWALK. 
          AND THEN A STRIPED PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY DOWN THE CENTER. 
          AGAIN, A CROSSWALK CONNECTING TO THE SIDEWALK. 
          AND THERE'S TWO BUS STOPS I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE HERE AND HERE. 
          SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ACCESS TO BOTH IF YOU NEED IT. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UM, A DA ACCESSIBLE PARKING, WHICH, UH, DID NOT PREVIOUSLY MEET, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF A DA PARKING STALLS. 
          UM, HOW, HOW MANY WILL THERE BE? UM, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, FOR EIGHT, THAT'S THE ONLY TYPE OF QUESTION I ASK. 
          I KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          8, 12, 13, UM, ARE, ARE LIKE NEW. 
          SO WE HAVE A NEW, BUT DOES THAT MEAN IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE? UM, I BELIEVE YES, BEFORE THERE WERE, SO WE'RE INCREASING THE COUNT FOR DALEWOOD TWO BY, I BELIEVE ABOUT FOUR, AND WE'RE INCREASING THE COUNT AT DALEWOOD THREE BY FOUR. 
          AND ARE THE NEW LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE ENTRANCE THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES OR NOT? THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME AREA THAT THEY WERE BEFORE. 
          UM, SO WE WOULD'VE IDEALLY LIKED TO HAVE THE A DA PARKING STALLS BE IN THIS AISLE, THESE AISLES HERE, RIGHT ADJACENT TO DALEWOOD TWO. 
          HOWEVER, DUE TO THE STEEP GRADING, THEY WERE NOT COMPLIANT WITH A DA REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, THEREFORE THEY'VE BEEN SHIFTED TO THE SIDE HERE WHERE THE GRADES ARE ARE FLAT, FLATTER. 
          AND ON DALEWOOD THREE PREVIOUSLY THE A DA PARKING STALL, THERE WAS ONE RIGHT HERE. 
          AND NOW WE'VE ADDED, UH, FOUR MORE IN ADDITION TO THAT. 
          ALSO, I'VE JUST NOTICED IN THAT PARKING LOT, THERE'S A BIG DISTANCE FROM, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S HARD TO BE CLOSER WITH THE A DA PARKING THEN. 
          BUT TO EACH OF THE A DA PARKING SPACES, IS THERE A CURB CUT THAT WILL ALLOW A WHEELCHAIR TO GO UP? OR DO THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL SOME DISTANCE TO GET TO A CURB CUT? TO GET INTO THE STORE? TO GET INTO THE STORE? RIGHT. 
          SO IF I'M, I GUESS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT AREAS HERE, SO 
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THIS HAS AN EXISTING CURB CUT, WHICH WE WILL VERIFY IS COMPLIANT AND HAS THE APPROPRIATE DETECTABLE WARNING SURFACE MM-HMM . 
          AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACCESSIBLE HERE. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THIS SIDE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL WITHIN THE TRAVEL LANE, BUT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING AS MANY PEOPLE TO REALLY PARK IN THIS BACK AREA UNLESS THERE'S OVERFLOW. 
          AND THEN THERE IS A CROSSWALK HERE, UM, WITH A PET, AN EXISTING RAMP THAT AGAIN, WILL MAKE SURE IS COMPLIANT. 
          UM, SO THIS, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S NOT GREAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THE TRAVEL LANE OF THE CARS AND A WHEELCHAIR IS LOW TO THE GROUND. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT THE BEST THAT COULD BE DONE? UM, WHAT ABOUT IF YOU GO AROUND THE CORNER, UH, TO THE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE LOOKING STRAIGHT ON YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CHRISTMAS, FORMER CHRISTMAS, THERE IS THAT SIDEWALK AREA, AND THEN IT GOES SORT OF AROUND A CORNER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IT MIGHT BE MORE ACCESSIBLE FROM THERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, I MEAN, I'M NOT, ARE YOU REFERRING OVER HERE, LIKE THIS AREA HERE? MM-HMM . 
          OR COULD THERE BE THAT'S THE DRIVE, THAT'S THE DRIVEWAY, I BELIEVE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S HARD TO SEE FROM THIS PICTURE. 
          IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THIS. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT IS THERE A SIDEWALK AROUND THE BUILDING THERE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF A IT'S VERY NARROW. 
          IT'S VERY NARROW. 
          UM, YEAH, THE SIDEWALK THERE NARROW IS MAYBE A FOOT, A FOOT AND A HALF, UH, WIDE. 
          AND THIS AREA IS MM-HMM . 
          NARROW. 
          I MEAN, WE ORIGINALLY HAD THE PARKING STALLS LIKE CLOSER TO THE CROSSWALK, BUT THAT WAS OF CONCERN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE SHIFTED THE STALLS BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          WHAT IS ON THE, UM, PRESUMING YOU PULL IN, UH, STRAIGHT AHEAD, WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RIGHT HERE, OF THAT SPACE? UH, ALONG, UM, SORRY, JUST IN FRONT OF THE STALLS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF THE STALL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S A VERY STEEP GRADE CHANGE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S LANDSCAPED, IT'S MAYBE THREE OR FOUR FEET DIFFERENT IN ELEVATION SO THAT IT'S VERY STEEP AND IT'S NARROW. 
          SO THAT COULDN'T BE GRADED TO MAKE A SIDEWALK AND THEN EXTENDING THE CROSSWALK OR ANYTHING. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE, IT'S QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL GRADE DIFFERENCE THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE, IT, IT, WE YOU, YOU'D HAVE TO PUSH WELL INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO DO THAT. 
          AND, UH, THE DRIVEWAY AND DALE WOULD THREE AND YOU'D LOSE A, A SIGNIFICANT ACCESS, UM, AND CIRCULATION POINT BY RIGHT. 
          BY TRYING TO GRADE DOWN THAT SIGNIFICANTLY STEEP SLOPE. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WOULDN'T BE PRACTICAL. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF, UH, DALEWOOD TWO AND THREE IS THE, UH, THE, THE VARIOUS GRADE CHANGES THAT OCCUR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S MORE HANDICAPPED SPOTS THAN THERE WERE BEFORE. 
          AND I, WE, WE, WE SEE THIS AS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM, FROM, FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, NUMBER OF, OF, OF, OF HANDICAP LOCATIONS. 
          THOSE, THOSE FOUR ON THE SIDE ARE, WE THINK WILL BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, STILL SEE IT IN, IN MOST RESPECTS AS AN IMPROVEMENT FROM THE SITUATION TODAY. 
          SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY WHERE THE HANDICAPS SPOTS ARE ON THE SIDE? CAN'T BE REGULAR, UH, SPOTS AND THE HANDICAP SPOTS BE PUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING EARTH WHERE YOU HAVE THE PATH GOING TO CENTRAL AVENUE. 
          THE SLOPES IN THIS AREA OF THE PARKING LOT, SO THE WHOLE PARKING LOT IS SLOPED AT LIKE FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT, OR ACTUALLY MAYBE EVEN GREATER 5%. 
          AND WE'RE RE ACTUALLY REGRADING THIS AREA HERE TO BRING IT FROM THOSE HIGHER SLOPES TO A LITTLE, LIKE, WE'RE TRYING TO SMOOTH IT OUT A LITTLE MORE. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, A DA REQUIRES NO GREATER THAN ONE AND A HALF PERCENT PERCENT IN ANY DIRECTION. 
          SO THAT'S VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE WHEN THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT IS SLOPED AT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN FOUR AND A HALF AND FIVE POINT HALF PERCENT. 
          BUT YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE TO DO IT IN THOSE FIRST OR SECOND PARKING SPOTS NEAR THE FRONT OF THE STORES TO ACHIEVE THAT SLOPE AND MAKE IT UP. 
          AND THE REST OF THE, IF YOU'RE REGRADING ANYWAY, WHY, WHY CAN'T YOU? WELL THEN THERE, THEN THERE, THEN THERE'D BE A BIG DROP OFF FROM, FROM THAT POINT TO THE, THE, THE REST OF THE, THE, THE PARKING LOT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND I, I COULD LET COLETTE EXPLAIN IT PROBABLY CAN EXPLAIN IT A LOT BETTER THAT I COULD PHYSICALLY, BUT IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD END UP INCREASING THE SCOPE OF GRADING SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGHOUT THE PARKING LOT IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THAT KIND OF A CHANGE FROM A 4.5 TO A 1.5. 
          SO 
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THE WHOLE REASON WE'RE GRADING HERE IS TO BRING IT DOWN, LIKE MAKE IT BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. 
          SO IT'S NOT IN ANY WAY MAKING THIS AREA A DA COMPLIANT, IT'S JUST SMOOTHING OUT THE GRADE SO THAT IT'S NOT AS MUCH OF A DRASTIC TRANSITION. 
          SO THAT'S, THIS IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE'RE GRADING. 
          UM, BUT MY, MY, WHAT I'M TROUBLED BY IS THAT THE SPACES THAT YOU HAVE NOW ON THE SIDE ARE A DA COMPLIANT, BUT TO GET FROM THOSE SPACES THAT ARE A DA COMPLIANT TO INSIDE THE BUILDING, WE'RE PUTTING THOSE IN A WHEELCHAIR AT RISK BY HAVING THEM GO INTO THE LANE OF TRAFFIC FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER REMOVING THEM. 
          MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN REALLY NEED THEM. 
          MAYBE WE COULD REVISIT, YOU KNOW, THAT AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AND SEE YES, OF COURSE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, SEE IF, UH, IF THERE'S A WAY OF, UH, MAKING THE, UH, THE DISABLED PARKING SPOTS, UH, BETTER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY WHERE THE FOUR SPACES ARE TO THE RIGHT, THAT DRIVEWAY IS LOW VOLUME COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE DRIVEWAYS IN THE SITE, AND PARTICULARLY THE MAIN CROSSING DRIVEWAY, THE DISTANCE FROM THOSE PARKING SPOTS TO GET YOU TO THE FRONT OF, UH, THE PLAZA IS, UM, I, I, I'M, I'M, I DON'T FEEL IT'S ANY MORE THAN THE SPOTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE ACROSS THE HIGHER VOLUME, STEEPER GRADE LOCATION. 
          THE, THE THING THAT I SORT FAIL IS, AND I SORT OF AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN IS, UM, SPROUTS AND BEST BUY ARE GONNA BE VERY, VERY POPULAR. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY POPULAR AND THEY'RE REALLY THE TOP QUALITY, UM, YOU KNOW, STORES. 
          AND I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF, IF SOMEBODY HAS PHYSICAL CHALLENGES, IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A LOOK AND, UM, AND THINK OF WAY, YOU KNOW, THINK OF WAYS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, WE COULD DO IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S GROUPS LIKE WESTCHESTER DISABLED ON THE MOVE THAT YOU MAY WANT TO REACH OUT TO, UH, OR, UH, THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE OF THE DISABLED, AND MAYBE THEY COULD COME DOWN AND GIVE YOU, MEET WITH YOU AND GIVE, GIVE ADVICE AS TO WAYS WE COULD, UM, ADDRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE CONCERNS. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE CON YOU WANT TO HAVE A GREAT PARKING LOT, YOU WANT TO, UM, MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR, UH, UH, FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY. 
          AND I'M, I'M SURE THAT THIS COULD BE WORKED OUT. 
          YES. 
          AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS, RIGHT. 
          SO IF YOU JUST RUNNING AROUND MY BRAIN. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND MAYBE, MAYBE CERTAINLY WE COULD EVEN HAVE LIKE A SITE VISIT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UH, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS AND, UH, THE COMMISSIONER PLANNING, THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DISABLED COMMUNITY, WE COULD JUST MEET THERE AND THEN COME UP WITH SOME CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND HERE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ALL ABOUT SAFETY. 
          MAYBE CONVERTING THIS TO A ONE WAY DRIVE VI AND PUTTING SOME SORT OF PATH ALONG THE BUILDING HERE IS WHAT I'M THINKING IS, IS THE MOST VIABLE. 
          YEAH. 
          WHATEVER YOU COULD THINK SOLUTION YEAH. 
          WILL MAKE IT BETTER. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I JUST HAD ONE OTHER, QUE YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, NO, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, I JUST HAD, UM, UH, ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND THIS IS SORT OF A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON MY MIND FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES, UH, ON CENTRAL AVENUE. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING, WE'RE PUTTING LIKE A SOLAR PARKING CANOPIES AT TOWN HALL HERE. 
          HMM. 
          AND, UM, AND I FEEL THAT, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, THE SHOPPING CENTERS COULD POSSIBLY DO MORE TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY THAT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LANDLORD WOULD CONSIDER HAVING LIKE AN EV YOU KNOW, STATIONS OR SOLAR PARKING CAN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF WE COULD START THAT, UM, EVEN WITH THE, THIS, UH, SHOPPING CENTER, IT MIGHT MOTIVATE OTHER BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, AROUND TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          AND THE, THE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PARK CANOPY AT TOWN HALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH BY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, SO YOU MIGHT WANNA TAKE, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. 
          SUPERVISOR FINER. 
          UM, WHAT, UH, AND A COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SOLAR PANEL PROGRAM ON THE ROOF OF DALEWOOD TWO AND DALEWOOD THREE. 
          UH, IT'S QUITE SIGNIFICANT, AS A MATTER OF FACT. 
          IT'S, IT'S PROVEN TO BE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING. 
          AND, AND IT'S A DIFFICULT THING WHEN YOU HAVE A TENANT THAT LEAVES LIKE CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SPLIT THE SPACE AND, AND PUT ROOFTOP UNITS UP THERE FOR YOUR NEW TENANTS. 
          AND YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH RELOCATING THE SOLAR PANELS. 
          IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DOUBLE-EDGED 
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SWORD, BUT WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, WE HAVE EV CHARGING STATIONS HERE AT THE PROPERTY NOW. 
          UH, I THINK WE HAVE THREE ON DALEWOOD THREE, AND WE NEGOTIATED IN THE LEASES WITH, UH, BOTH SPROUTS AND BEST BUY, UM, THE ABILITY TO ADD MORE EV CHARGING STATIONS, UH, IN DALEWOOD TWO, WE, JUST BECAUSE OF OTHER LEASE OBLIGATIONS AND, AND, AND, AND EXISTING, UH, RESTRICTIONS AT THE PROPERTY, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING TO LOCATE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST, THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS ON OUR MIND. 
          YEAH. 
          MAYBE GARRETT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE SHOULD REALLY BE PROMOTING THE BUSINESS, THE LANDLORDS THAT ARE DOING EV STATIONS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ARE NOT, NOT AWARE. 
          AND WE COULD BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY, EVEN ON, ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF, LIKE, EVEN THE, THE, THE ONLY REASON I'M SUGGESTING, YOU KNOW, SOLAR PARKING CANOPIES IS IT'S LIKE SO OBVIOUS. 
          AND I FEEL THAT ALTHOUGH A LOT OF PE A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS ARE DOING SOLAR PANELS ON ROOFS, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO IT IN THE, IN THE TOWN AND WE COULD GET A COUPLE COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS TO DO THE SAME THING, EVEN ON A PORTION, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WHOLE THING ON APP PORTION, I THINK THAT IT COULD GENERATE A LOT OF MOMENTUM. 
          UM, EVEN IN THE VILLAGES, YOU KNOW, I WAS SPEAKING TO, UM, PEOPLE AND, UH, SUSTAINABLE DUFFS FERRY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AND THEY LIKED IT. 
          AND THE MORE COMMUNITIES THAT DO IT, THE MORE, UH, MOMENTUM WE WILL HAVE. 
          UM, UM, WE, YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UH, HAVE OUR SUSTAINA. 
          WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT IN OUR COMPANY ACTUALLY THAT SPECIALIZES IN THIS. 
          AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT OUR, OUR, OUR SORT OF SPECIALISTS OF SUSTAINABILITY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR OFFICE. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE IDEAS. 
          UM, I, I THINK IDEALLY WE'D LIKE TO FLESH THAT OUT OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY CONSIDER AND, AND ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE SOLAR AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS THAT YOUR BUSINESS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, DOING, YOU KNOW, YOU DEFINITELY ARE A ROLE MODEL. 
          AND WELL, WELL, AND WE CAN PROBABLY ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU WOULD NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AT THIS PROPERTY, SUCH AS THE LED LIGHTING UPGRADE THAT WE DID HERE IN 2018. 
          UM, THE, THE, UM, THE EV CHARGING STATIONS THAT WE HAVE ADDED TO THE SITE, UM, AND THE SIGNIFICANT SOLAR PANEL PROGRAM. 
          WE'D BE VERY HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE YOU SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          I WILL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK UP SOME THE SEA OF CONCRETE WITH, UM, SOME PLANTINGS AND THAT HELPS WITH WATER ABSORPTION. 
          WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING TO REMEDIATE FOR ANY KIND OF, UH, WATER ACCUMULATION IN THE PARKWAY, PARKWAY PARK? WHAT, YEAH. 
          SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING THIS TO SUPPORT SPROUTS, AND WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF DETENTION SYSTEMS OR ANYTHING. 
          THERE IS NOT. 
          THERE'S NOTHING THERE NOW. 
          UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO NOT REALLY CHANGE THE HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS AT ALL. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, ADDING THE LANDSCAPING, UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN IMPROVE, IT'S A NET GAIN FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IN THE WAY OF PERVIOUS, PERVIOUS COVERAGE. 
          UH, IT'S DEFINITELY MORE, UH, LANDSCAPING THAT WE HAD HERE PREVIOUSLY. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WHILE STILL ADHERING TO THE TOWNS, YOU KNOW, UM, TO, TO THE, TO THE, THE, THE EXISTING PARKING RATIOS HERE. 
          I MEAN, ONE OF OUR GOALS HERE WAS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TOWN'S, UM, SIGNIFICANT PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WE REALLY WANTED TO AVOID, UM, HAVING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING STALLS ANY FURTHER THAN WOULD BE NECESSARY. 
          AND WE, WE WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF WITH THIS, WITH, WITH, WITH RECONFIGURING THE PROPERTY, THE, THE PARKING LOT, ADDING, ADDING A SIDEWALK TO IT, UM, INCREASING THE SIZES OF THE PARKING STALLS, ADDING TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES, ADDING CROSSWALKS AND ADDING HANDICAP STALLS ALL WHILE KEEPING THE SAME NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES SO THAT WE COULD AVOID HAVING TO SEEK OUT A, A PARKING REDUCTION. 
          AND, AND THIS IS ALL IN, YOU KNOW, I, I REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS, AGAIN, A, A, A SPACE THAT'S BEEN VACANT FOR TWO YEARS AND, AND, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO BE COMING BACK HERE AFTER, AFTER HAVING THIS, THIS VACANCY. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, WITH NOTHING GOING ON THERE FOR TWO YEARS, BRINGING A, YOU KNOW, BEST IN CLASS GROCER TO THE PROPERTY AND, AND 
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MAKING THESE CHANGES TO THE PARKING LOT. 
          WE'RE REALLY ONLY HERE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THESE REVISIONS TO THE PARKING FIELD. 
          AND, UM, SEE ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE TOWN THIS PAST SIX MONTHS, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, I THINK, ACCOMPLISH QUITE A, QUITE A, YOU KNOW, NICE JOB OF, OF, OF RE REALIGNING THE PARKING HERE AND IMPROVING THE CIRCULATION AND THE SAFETY, UM, AND MAKING THIS MORE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBLE. 
          WE THINK SO FAR IT'S BEEN REAL. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A REAL WIN-WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          I, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. 
          IT'S JUST, WE'VE HAD SOME MAJOR STORMS WHERE WE'VE HAD HUGE ACCUMULATIONS OF WATER IN A VERY SHORT TIME. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD THINK ABOUT HAVING SOME SORT OF RETENTION OR, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IMPER HAVE SOME PERVIOUS PA PAVEMENT AREAS WHERE IT'S NOT OVERLY TRAFFICKED. 
          SOMETHING TO AMELIORATE ANY FLOOD ACCUMULATION WATER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE. 
          UH, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE REALLY DOING A AMAZING JOB. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT A COMMUNITY IS TO HAVE A VIBRANT BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID, OH, THERE'S A LOT OF VACANCIES ON CENTRAL AVENUE OR ONE 19 OR STORM RIVER ROAD, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, UH, RETAIL IS, IS TOUGH ALL OVER. 
          AND YOU'RE GETTING REALLY HIGH QUALITY, UM, UH, BUSINESSES TO COME, UH, TO THIS, UH, SHOPPING CENTER. 
          UM, WHEN I GO AROUND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE REALLY, WHEN I GO AND TALK TO RESIDENTS, PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT INTO, UH, YOUR, YOUR SHOPPING CENTER. 
          SO IT'S REALLY A CREDIT TO YOU, UM, AND TO, UH, YOUR COLLEAGUES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING THIRD CLASS TENANTS. 
          WE'RE GETTING THE BEST OF THE, THE BEST. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I'M, I'M AT YOUR, UH, YOUR SHELVING CENTER, I SAY, BOY, WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS WHO REALLY ARE DOING A, A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          WE, WE'VE, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR US. 
          WE'VE LOVED BEING ABLE TO BRING THIS CLASS OF RETAILERS TO THE, THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW HAPPY WE ARE WITH PARIS BAGUETTE AND, AND, AND J CREW, BARNES AND NOBLE. 
          IT'S ALL BEEN, IT'S ALL BEEN WONDERFUL. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT STEP. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY, IF YOU SAW THE FACADE RENOVATION THAT WE'RE SHOWING AS WELL, IT'S JUST GONNA REALLY TAKE THIS SHOPPING CENTER OUT OF A, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES UP TO A, A MUCH MORE, UM, UM, UPDATED LOOK. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING ON ADDITIONAL FACADE RENOVATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND BRINGING IN SOME OTHER RETAILERS OVER AT TAYLORWOOD ONE. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF IT. 
          SO, UM, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TO GO BACK ON THE A DA PARKING STALLS, 'CAUSE I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THE NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY. 
          UM, PREVIOUSLY AT DALEWOOD THREE, UH, THERE WERE THREE A DA STALLS, AND NOW THERE ARE SEVEN. 
          AND AT DALEWOOD TWO, BEFORE THERE WERE NINE, AND NOW THERE WILL BE 16. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW MANY ARE REQUIRED? UM, NINE ARE REQUIRED FOR DALEWOOD THREE, WE'RE PROVIDING 16, I MEAN, FOR DALEWOOD TWO, I APOLOGIZE. 
          AND FOR DALEWOOD THREE, WE'RE MEETING THE, UM, REQUIREMENT OF SEVEN SPACES NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND MAYBE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT TOO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE, THOSE, THOSE HANDICAP STALLS ALONG THE SIDE THERE, THE, THE A DA STALLS THAT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT BEFORE. 
          SO, SO COLETTE, AM I CORRECT THAT THOSE WERE ELECTIVE, OR WERE THOSE REQUIRED ELECTIVE? I MEAN, MORE, THE, THE MORE YOU CAN PROVIDE, THE BETTER. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, SPROUTS OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO PROVIDE THAT ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL. 
          UM, SO MM-HMM . 
          WE DON'T NEED THEM BASED ON CODE OR ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE MORE SPACES. 
          IS IT, IS IT WORTHWHILE DISCUSSING WHETHER IT'S SAFER TO NOT HAVE THOSE THERE AND HAVE THOSE JUST BE REGULAR STALLS? OR, OR, OR IS THE, IS THE, THE OPINION OF THE BOARD HERE THAT IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THOSE STALLS AS, AS, AS A DA STALLS, BUT WITH THE A ADDITIONAL DISTANCE THAT THIS, THE, THE, TO, TO GET OVER TO THAT CROSSWALK? I, I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE, UH, ADDITIONAL STALLS, BUT TO HAVE THEM IN A SAFE MANNER, I'M ANXIOUS. 
          MAYBE A ONE WAY MIGHT 
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HELP, MAYBE SOME KIND OF LIGHTING OR ALERT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAY HELP OR RELOCATING THEM MIGHT HELP. 
          UM, THE OTHER PROFESSIONALS, I HOPE YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT. 
          CERTAINLY CAN, ANXIOUS TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THE SOLUTION AND THE SOLUTIONS. 
          YOU CAN MM-HMM . 
          DEFINITELY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL THIS IS CALLED SEE IF ANYONE YEP. 
          ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          DOES ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK? SURE. 
          WHY DON'T YOU GO UP TO THE, FOR THIS MICROPHONE, FOR THIS SIGN UP FOR, OKAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE SURE, SURE. 
          I SPEAK SURE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          MR. WALTER SIMON, UH, UH, WALTER SIMON. 
          UH, OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PROJECT, EXCELLENT PROJECT. 
          UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS MADE. 
          I SHARED A CONCERN OF, UH, SEVERAL OF THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT, UH, THE SAFETY OF, UH, HANDICAP PARKING. 
          I THINK THAT IS A CONCERN, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT, UH, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, SPEND SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO TREAT THAT. 
          UH, UM, MY OTHER CONCERN IS THE, THE LANDSCAPING IN THE FRONT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPING OF, UH, THAT NEW DEALERSHIP, BUT THAT'S IN WHITE PLAINS, BEAUTIFUL FRONT IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT, WITHIN OUR TOWN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPING ON, UH, WHERE THE, UH, APPLE FARM AND THE BOWLING ALLEY IS, THE LANDSCAPING, THE FRONT OF THAT SHOPPING CENTER, I WOULD SAY IS THE NICEST WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG. 
          IT'S THE NICEST LANDSCAPE. 
          AND I THINK IT WILL BE NICE IF IN THE FRONT OF THAT, OF THAT PROPERTY, THEY DO A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT SHOPPING CENTER, UH, BY AN APPLE FARM, AND SEE IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD, THEY COULD MIMIC SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF THIS, UH, UH, UH, SHOPPING CENTER. 
          AS WE INDICATED THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE BRINGING IN SOME REALLY QUALITY STORES. 
          AND I THINK THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF, UH, UH, WOOD ABSORPTION THAT WOULD, WOULD, UH, WOULD, UH, EFFECT IT'LL HAVE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT, UM, BUT WHATEVER LITTLE IT HAS, I THINK THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT. 
          BUT I THINK THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS MAKING THAT SHOPPING CENTER FRONT AS ATTRACTIVE AS THE, THE SHOPPING CENTERS, UH, UH, UM, AT, AT THE APPLE FARM. 
          AND I THINK AS A LONG TERM GOAL, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, AT LEAST RAISING THAT QUESTION ALONG ALL OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE, UH, ALONG, UH, UM, ONE 19TH TO JUST MAKE COMING INTO THE TOWN VERY ATTRACTIVE. 
          AND THIS WOULD, IT IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT THE SAME WAY, I REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT, I GOT ON THE PLANNING BOARD AND FRED MCLAUGHLIN START TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS, AND PEOPLE SAY THAT'S A SIDEWALK TO NOWHERE. 
          BUT OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING MORE AND MORE SIDEWALKS, AND THEN WE NO LONGER HAVE SIDEWALKS GOING TO NOWHERE. 
          AND I THINK THE SAME APPROACH CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF MAKING THE FRONT OF SHOPPING CENTERS IS MORE ATTRACTIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? HMM. 
          WE DO HAVE TIME. 
          UH, THEN I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT. 
          I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REVISED PLANS IF THERE ARE REVISED PLANS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE HOLD THIS OVER TO THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING FOR ALL PURPOSES. 
          WOULD YOU THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET LIKE A, A MEETING ON SITE AND THEN WE COULD JUST TAKE A LOOK AND MAYBE DO IT EVEN LIKE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK? BECAUSE THEN, THEN WE COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH, UH, AN, SOME OPTIONS AND, AND THEN HOPEFULLY CLOSE THE HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING, ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE THE EXPERTS. 
          WHY WOULD WE DO A MEETING ON SITE? I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THE, NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT MAYBE FRANCIS OR MYSELF OR, UM, ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S, YOU KNOW, WHO HAS SOME THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST LOOK AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE MAKE THESE MODIFICATIONS? I, I, I THINK IT 
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SHOULD, SHOULDN'T BE THAT TOUGH TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY. 
          YEAH, CERTAINLY. 
          MARK. 
          I, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          YEAH. 
          WE WANNA MAKE THIS AS SAFE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          LIKE WE DON'T ABSOLUTELY. 
          THERE'S NO NEED TO LIKE, JUST KEEP EXTENDING AND EXTENDING. 
          AND YOU, I'D LIKE TO, IF WE DO IT NEXT WEEK, THEN HOPEFULLY WE COULD MOVE AHEAD AND GIVE YOU THE APPROVALS. 
          DEFINITELY. 
          THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION WITHOUT A SECOND. 
          SO FAR. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [  To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 440 "Taxation" of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to real property tax exemptions for residents whose homes were affected by major or local disasters subject to the Climate Change Property Tax Assessment Relief Act ]
NEXT, UH, HEARING TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 4 44 4 OH TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES WERE AFFECTED BY MAJOR OR LOCAL DISASTER, SUBJECT TO THE CH CLIMATE CHANGE PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT RELIEF ACT. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          AYE. 
          IS ED ON ZOOM? IS WHO? ED? ED? IF NOT, I CAN PRESENT. 
          UH, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A CONTINUED HEARING FROM AUGUST 6TH WHERE THIS LAW, UH, PROPOSED TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR 40 OF TAXATION, UH, WAS FIRST DISCUSSED. 
          SINCE THAT TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR REVISIONS, MOSTLY, UM, JUST TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED, UH, EDITED. 
          AND ALSO WE JUST PUT IN A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO APPLY, UH, FOR SUCH EXEMPTION AND ALSO THE REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, THIS DEALS WITH GETTING TAX ASSESSMENT RELIEF WHEN THERE'S EITHER A LOCAL DISASTER DECLARED PURSUANT TO SECTION 24 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE WHEN THE SUPERVISOR DECLARES A STATE, LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, OR WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR DISASTER. 
          WHEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 28 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, A STATE DISASTER IS DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR, OR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 68 OF TITLE 42 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, WHERE THE PRESIDENT DECLARES, UH, A FEDERAL DISASTER AS WELL. 
          AND THIS LAW WILL NOT ONLY AFFECT DISASTERS MOVING FORWARD, BUT ALSO DISASTERS DATING BACK TO 2020. 
          IF AND ONLY IF A PERSON FILES AN EXEMPTION APPLICATION WITH THE ASSESSOR WITHIN THE 90TH DAY, THAT THIS TITLE BECOMES EFFECTIVE. 
          SO ONCE IT'S SENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND IT BECOMES OFFICIAL, ALL RESIDENTS WILL HAVE 90 DAYS TO PROCEED WITH AN APPLICATION FOR DISASTERS THAT ALREADY OCCURRED AFTERWARDS. 
          ONCE THE LAW IS PUT INTO EFFECT, THE 90 DAY CLOCK BEGINS ONCE THE DISASTER ACTUALLY OCCURS. 
          DO YOU WANT ME MENTION THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TAX RELEASE? YEAH, I'M STILL GOING FORWARD. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          YES, NO PROBLEM. 
          SO THE LOCAL OPTIONS STATE THAT A MUNICIPALITY CAN CHOOSE A MAXIMUM BENEFIT CEILING, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM EXEMPTION FROM RAIL PROPERTY TAXES THAT A PERSON MAY RECEIVE ON EACH TAX ROLL. 
          THE TOWN BOARD HAS PROPOSED $10,000 PER YEAR. 
          THIS IS IN ACTUAL TAX DOLLARS, NOT TAX ASSESSMENT. 
          ANOTHER OPTION WAS THE MINIMUM DAMAGE FLOOR, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM LOSS OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE ELIGIBLE PROPERTY EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE. 
          LOST TOWN BOARD HAS PROPOSED A 50%. 
          THAT'S FIVE ZERO, UM, REDUCTION IN ITS IMPROVED VALUE. 
          THERE WAS SOME BALANCE HERE. 
          TRYING TO CONSIDER HOW WE CHOOSE THAT NUMBER. 
          YOU CAN'T GO SO LOW THAT WE HAVE A FLOODING EVENT, AND WE HAVE SUCH A WIDE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION AND QUALIFYING FOR THIS APPLICATION THAT IT REALLY HURTS THE TAX RATE MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, WE ALSO DIDN'T FEEL GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO UNINHABITABLE 100% LOSS WOULD BE FAIR FOR PEOPLE WHO SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THIS DOES NOT TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS TO GRIEVE YOUR TAXES ON A YEARLY BASIS FOR WHATEVER REASON, INCLUDING FOR DISASTER RELIEF AS WELL. 
          SO IF THERE WAS FLOODING TO YOUR HOME THAT YOU COULD PROVE THAT SAY WAS 10%, UH, REDUCTION OF YOUR VALUE, OR EVEN LESS, REALLY NO LIMIT ANY REDUCTION, YOU CAN STILL BRING A GRIEVANCE IN A TIMELY MANNER TO THE ASSESSOR AS LONG AS THAT PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS STILL IN EFFECT AS OF THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE. 
          AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A TAXABLE STATUS DATE OF MAY. 
          FIRST. 
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I'LL, I WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS ONCE PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THIS. 
          I'LL, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          UM, THE, WE ALSO LIST ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOULD BE SUPPLIED WITH THIS SORT OF RELIEF. 
          AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS LAW IS TYPICALLY THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW MEETS EVERY SUMMER DURING THE GRIEVANCE PERIOD. 
          HOWEVER, IF SOMETHING IS FILED PURSUANT TO THIS LAW, THE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW WILL ACTUALLY RECONVENE WITHIN A 30 DAY TIME PERIOD TO DISCUSS THESE APPLICATIONS, UM, TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE MORE TIMELY THAN THE TYPICAL PROCESS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? I SAW THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE, SO THEY MAY WANT TO BE A SPEAKER. 
          NO ONE'S, UM, SIGNED UP. 
          MS. WEEMS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK SO YOU COULD ASK THE QUESTION? THIS ALSO, CAN WE, UM, THIS IS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ONLY, AND TYPICALLY CHURCHES ARE EXEMPT FROM PROPERTY TAXES AS IF THEY HAVE PROPERLY FILED THE APPLICATION. 
          AND IF THEY DO NOT LEASE THE AREA TO A NON-EXEMPT, UM, ENTITY. 
          I WAS THINKING ABOUT . 
          NO, IT'S FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. 
          I THINK WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE TIMER. 
          THE TIMER IS, UH, WE HAVE TRYING TO FIX IT, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          WE CAN'T DO THIS. 
          CAN, CAN WE, DO WE HAVE A MICROPHONE? LET ME GET RETURNS. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          I NEED THEM ANYWAY. 
          ARE WE HAVING A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH THE OKAY. 
          NO, IT'S JUST JESUS. 
          NO, THERE'S A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH THE TIMER. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, IS IT? YES. 
          IT'S AT 99. 
          YES. 
          IT'S 99 MINUTES. 
          SHE HAS 99 MINUTES TO TALK. 
          YOU CAN'T FIX IT. 
          NO. 
          DO YOU WANNA TALK? IF YOU COULD JUST WAIT, WAIT ONE SECOND WHILE WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE CLOCK ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE CAN TURN OFF, WE COULD COMPROMISE AND LET YOU SPEAK FOR 98 MINUTES. 
          . 
          MR. PARLIAMENTARIAN, YOU HAVE A TIMER? I DO. 
          WAY TO UNPLUG AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN. 
          JUST GIVE HIM ONE SECOND HERE. 
          I GET IT. 
          SHOULD I START ON MY PHONE? IS THERE TERRENCE? UH, YEAH. 
          HOLD ON. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          YEAH, IT'S NOT EVEN MOVING. 
          OKAY, I'LL, I'LL START IT ON MY PHONE AND YOU CAN BEGIN. 
          MS. SWEEPS, I JUST WANTED DO A CLARIFICATION ON SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING AND THAT WAS, WHEN I SAY CHURCH, I MEAN THE PARSONAGE ALSO. 
          SO THAT MAREN IS NOT EXEMPT. 
          IT'S FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ONLY. 
          IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN AN, OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONE, OUR ZONE. 
          SO THE PASTOR THAT'S LIVING IN THAT, UM, THAT NOT IF, IF A PASTOR FILES ON HIS OR HER OWN RESIDENTIAL HOME, THEY MAY APPLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          I, I BELIEVE THAT WHAT MS. MEMES IS ASKING IS IF A PASTOR LIVES IN THE PARSONAGE, WHICH IS PART OF THE CHURCH, WHICH IS NOT REALLY THEIR OWN HOME, BUT IS THEIR RESIDENCE AND THEY'RE AFFECTED, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, MS. MEMES? BASICALLY YES. 
          OKAY. 
          IS SURE YES POSSIBLE. 
          NO, NO. 
          WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I THOUGHT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE PASTOR'S OWN RESIDENTIAL HOME. 
          IF IT WAS PART OF THE CHURCH ENTITY MM-HMM . 
          IT WILL LIKELY NOT BE ZONED CORRECTLY AND NOT APPLY TO THIS REDUCTION. 
          HOWEVER, THAT PROPERTY IS ALREADY PROBABLY HE HEAVILY REDUCED WITH THEIR TAX BURDEN. 
          WE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK ON EACH INDIVIDUAL BASIS, LOOK AT THAT PROPERTY, LOOK WHAT ZONE IT'S IN, UM, AND GO. 
          RIGHT. 
          'CAUSE SOME CHURCHES ARE IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND SOME ARE NOT THERE WAY, THEY'LL CUT POWER TO THE WHOLE THING. 
          SOMETIMES JUST SHUTTING OFF. 
          IT IS. 
          YEAH. 
          WE, WE WOULD LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AT THAT TIME. 
          WHAT KIND? UM, SO I'D LIKE TO, ANYBODY ELSE THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, 
          [  To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 348 entitled “Filming” of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it pertains license fees]
THE THIRD HEARING IS TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 3 48 ENTITLED, FILMING OF THE CODE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT PERTAINS TO LICENSE FEES. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING. 
          I SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY, COOL. 
          HEY, ANYBODY? THAT'S 
          [01:35:01]
GOOD. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          YOU READY? ARE YOU DOING FILMING? FILMING LISA, WHAT? HELLO? YOU'RE DOING FILMING. 
          I'M DOING FILMING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS LISA MARIA NIRO. 
          I SERVE AS THE GREENBERG TOWN CLERK, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, THE PUBLIC LAW FOR FILMING TO INCREASE, UH, FEES. 
          WESTCHESTER FILM INDUSTRY GENERATES 94, UM, $924 MILLION IN E IN AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, FOR THE COUNTY. 
          THE REASON FOR THE, UH, THE RATIONALE FOR THE INCREASE IS THAT IT REFLECTS THE TRUE COST OF PERMITTING, ADMINISTRATING, UM, POLICE MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND, UH, PROCESSES FOR, UH, POLI, EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES. 
          THIS ENSURES FAIR COMPENSATION FOR THE USE OF TOWN RESOURCES SUCH AS STAFF TIME, ROAD CLOSURES, SITE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND THIS SUPPORTS LOCAL COMPLIANCE. 
          AND IT CONSISTS OF HANDLING CONSISTENT HANDLING OF FILM REQUESTS, AND IT HELPS SUSTAINS THE TOWN'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES USED DURING FILMING. 
          THIS WILL AFFECT PRIVATE PRODUCTION WHO SEEKS LOCATION PERMITS, EXCUSE ME, FILMING PERMITS, AND ALSO PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT, UH, RELATED PERMITS. 
          STUDENTS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. 
          AND WHILE ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS, THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT ON STUDENTS. 
          AS I JUST STATED, THE HIGHER BASE RATE WILL ENSURE CONSISTENT, TIMELY PROCESSING OF PERMITS, AND ALSO IT WILL ADDRESS SAFETY MEASURES. 
          ALL FEE, ALL FEES AND ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE DOCUMENTED IN THE PRO PERMIT APPROVAL PACKAGE. 
          AND APPEALS, OR ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          WE ARE CONSIDERING THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF ENSURING A WELL MANAGED, UH, FILMING ACTIVITIES, AND WE ARE SUPPORTING, UH, THE, THE PERMITTING PROCESS THAT PROTECTS THE RESIDENTS WHILE ALLOWING PRODUCTIVE FILMING ACTIVITY. 
          UH, IN CONCLUSION, THE PROPOSED INCREASE TO A $2,500 BASE FOR FILMING FEES FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC IS INTENDED TO ALIGN WITH THE CHARGES OF TRUE COST OF PERMITTING, SAFETY, AND OF COURSE RESOURCE ALLOCATION. 
          AND THERE WILL BE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, AND THAT WILL BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          UH, OVERALL, THIS POLICY AND LAW, UH, WILL BENEFIT THE TOWN THROUGH RELIABLE FUNDING, IMPROVED PROCESSES, AND, UM, BETTER PROTECTION OF RESIDENTS INTEREST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          CAN I, CAN I JUST BRIEFLY ADD FOR THE RECORD THAT THE $2,500, AS THE CLERK STATED, IS FOR FULL LENGTH FILM FEATURE FILMS, UM, AND AGENCY ADVERTISING, BUT THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S A SLIGHT DISCOUNT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TEACHING NOT FOR PROFIT, WHICH WOULD BE $250 FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND $500 FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY. 
          THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF $1,000 FOR EACH OCCURRENCE OF A ROAD CLOSURE OR OVERNIGHT FILMING, WHICH IS BEING PROPOSED. 
          AND IF I COULD JUST ADD THAT WE WERE WAY BELOW IN OUR FEES OF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES WE SURVEYED. 
          SO WE ARE ACTUALLY RAISING IT TO SORT OF A MIDDLE LEVEL, I BELIEVE, NOT EVEN THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOW CHARGING. 
          UM, IF I COULD JUST, UH, SAY THAT THE, WE, THE, WE IS ACTUALLY LISA MARIA WHERE WE, THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US SEVERAL TIMES AT A WORK SESSION, AND YOU WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT MORE AND MORE TO FIND OUT, DOES THIS ACTUALLY PUT US OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY OF BEING COMPETITIVE? AND YOU FOUND THAT IT'S NOT. 
          I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAD. 
          AND OF COURSE, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY GIVE, UM, CREDIT TO MY DEPUTY WHO, UH, PRESENTED THE PROPOSAL, UM, AFTER A, UH, A WAM MEETING WHERE WE WENT TO HOLLYWOOD ON HUDSON, AND WE WERE LIKE, THERE'S 909 29,000,924 MILLION IN THE INDUSTRY. 
          SO SORRY, . 
          AND, UH, DID YOU GET THAT EXACT NUMBER? YES, , I'M IMPRESSED. 
          . 
          AND, UM, 
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AND I, AND I RECALL AT THE TIME, UH, SUPERVISOR FINER SAID HE WANTED TO USE THE, UH, SPACE IN, UH, IN ELMSFORD AS A, UH, STUDIO SPACE. 
          SO WE WERE, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? THEN WE COULD CLOSE THE HEARING, UH, AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AND THE FINAL HEARING 
          [  To consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Elmsford to provide Fire Protection Services to residents of the North Elmsford Fire Protection District for the year 2025 ]
IS TO CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH ELMSFORD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2025. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING. 
          SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? NO ONE LISTED, UH, LEMME NO IN ON THE LINE THING. 
          YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO JOE? WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? WENT TO THE RESTROOM. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          SO THIS IS A FIRE PROTECTION, UH, DISTRICT CONTRACT THAT THE TOWN ENGAGES IN WITH OUR, OUR VILLAGES WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO AREAS THAT, UH, ARE NOW COVERED BY OUR, UH, CAREER FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS ACTUALLY WAS A HEARING THAT WAS HELD OVER, UH, FOR GETTING ADDITIONAL DATA. 
          BUT IN SPEAKING WITH THE, UH, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD, UH, AND I HAD THE SAME OPINION AS SINCE THIS IS FOR THE YEAR 2025, AND 2025 IS ALMOST OVER, UH, THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED, UH, WE WILL ADDRESS IN THE CONTRACT FOR 2026. 
          SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE UH, VILLAGE HAS REQUESTED THAT WE, UH, PAY FOR THE YEAR 2025, $920,306 AND 99 CENTS. 
          THAT IS AN INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR OF $894 8,980 $4,467 AND 38 CENTS. 
          AND THIS, AGAIN, IS FOR THE NORTH ELMSFORD FIRE, UH, PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2025. 
          ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK SEVEN DAYS? THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE HEARING, CLOSE THE HEARING, AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          CAN NOW, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT 
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PORTION OF THE MEETING? ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? UH, WE HAVE PAT, WES, HOLD ON ONE SECOND, PLEASE. 
          MS. WINGS. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          IS THE CLOCK WORKING NOW? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY FIVE MINUTES. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE ALL THIS TIME. 
          UH, I'M DISCUSSING YOU HAD CHILDREN HERE AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY DARLING, BUT YOU ARE HERE TO HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY, BUT YOU'RE NOT. 
          AND, UM, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN AT THE LAST MEETING, HE WAS CAUCASIAN. 
          I THINK IT WAS HIS FIRST TIME AT A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          HE WAS NERVOUS. 
          Y'ALL WERE RUDE. 
          NO MANNERED. 
          AND I THINK YOU COULD DO BETTER THAN THAT. 
          YOU SHOULD DO BETTER THAN THAT. 
          YOU HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SITTING UP. 
          NO, FOUR. 
          1, 2, 3, 5. 
          WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE IN HERE. 
          THIS IS NO WAY TO RUN A TOWN MEETING. 
          EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN THAT DOOR SHOULD FEEL WELCOMED. 
          AND I THINK, OH, WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU. 
          I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE WAS SAYING. 
          UM, DANKO, YOU, UM, Y'ALL WERE ARGUING ABOUT HOW LONG HE HAD TO SPEAK. 
          I WAS GONNA GIVE HIM A MINUTE. 
          I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT HE WAS SAYING ABOUT, UM, WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, BLACK LIVES MATTER AND WE'RE GONNA TEAR HIM DOWN, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING, SO THEN YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE SITUATION AND TURN IT AROUND. 
          SEE, WE DIDN'T DEAL WITH THE SITUATION WITH, UH, WHEN THEY TORE DOWN THE, UH, BLACK LIVES MATTER OVER THERE ON GRASSLANDS ROAD. 
          SO WE STARTED IT RIGHT HERE. 
          YOU DIDN'T LOOK FOR IT AND YOU DIDN'T GET IT. 
          THERE'S NO EYE CONTACT. 
          YOU SIT THERE WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN. 
          UM, I EXPECT MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND, UM, I DIDN'T COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO COVER. 
          NOW I SHOULD GO INTO IT, WHAT I, UM, WANTED TO SAY, AND THAT IS, UM, THE LAST TIME I CAME HERE, I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE TO TALK ABOUT, 
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UH, HAVING A, UM, HISTORICAL SITE SET ASIDE FOR DR. 
          H****R. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, DID Y'ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE, UM, A V DATE THAT I'D GIVEN TO EVERYONE? DID Y'ALL GET ONE AND READ IT? IF YOU DIDN'T, DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT IT. 
          I JUST WANNA KNOW, BECAUSE I'LL HANG THIS OVER AND WHEN I COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING, I WOULD HOPE YOU HAD HAD ENOUGH TIME BECAUSE YOU SEE, YOU MAKE TIME FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR SPORTS, UM, MUSIC, UM, YOU, YOU NAME IT. 
          ANYTHING, ANYTHING OTHER THAN ACADEMIA. 
          DR. 
          H****R HAS GOT EVERYBODY BEAT AS FAR AS A BLACK PERSON. 
          I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE, SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK PERSON WHO GRADUATED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, PSYCHOLOGY AT ROCHESTER. 
          NOW THAT'S GOING, I WASN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF. 
          SO I'M SAYING I WOULD LIKE THE SAME RESPECT THAT Y'ALL GIVE TO EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE GIVEN TO DR. 
          H****R. 
          NOW, I ASKED AT THAT MEETING, COULD Y'ALL GET ME SOME INFORMATION AS TO WHAT I SHOULD DO, WHERE I SHOULD GO, AND HOW I SHOULD FOLLOW IT? I HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING. 
          SO NOW DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ONCE AGAIN TO DISPLAY DR. 
          HOOKER'S? YOU KNOW, WHAT I GAVE YOU ALL WAS BASICALLY FROM, UM, FROM COLLEGE. 
          WAIT, SHE, HE'S BEEN ON THE BATTLEFIELD EVER SINCE SHE WAS SIX YEARS OLD IN THE TULSA, OKLAHOMA BOMBINGS. 
          AND SHE NEVER FORGOT WHAT HER PARENTS TOLD US. 
          AND SHE SAID, YOU SEE THAT MAN, HER MOTHER TOLD HER, YOU SEE THAT MAN SITTING UP THERE WITH A, A MACHINE GUN? AND SHE SAID, YES. 
          SHE SAID, DO YOU SEE THAT AMERICAN FLAG ON TOP OF IT? SO, YOU KNOW, SHE NEVER STOPPED. 
          I AM SO PROUD OF HER. 
          THERE'S NOTHING THAT SHE HAD DONE. 
          WE, I, SHE DIDN'T SLOW DOWN UNTIL SHE GOT TO BE A HUNDRED. 
          SO I WAS NATURALLY UPSET WITH THE, UM, IDEA THAT YOU COULD PUT MIL. 
          I NOW MILLIE, I LIKE, YOU KNOW, MILLIE ORTIZ, YOU'RE YOUR WIFE. 
          I THINK SHE WAS FANTASTIC. 
          I CAN'T SAY THE SAME FOR YOU. 
          YOU'LL PUT UP A SIGN OVER DR. 
          HOOKER'S NAME, AND THERE'S NOBODY IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ACADEMICALLY WHO CAN COME UP TO HER STANDARDS. 
          I MEAN, YOU ONLY HAD AN INTRODUCTION EVERY, I MEAN, I CAN'T THINK OF AN ANYTHING THAT SHE WASN'T ON. 
          SHE COVERED. 
          I, YOU, YOU THINK OF IT. 
          SHE DID IT. 
          SHE VOLUNTEERED ALL THE WAY UNTIL SHE WAS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 
          HOW DO I KNOW? BECAUSE SHE DRUG ME OUT THERE. 
          BECAUSE I HAD TO GO JOIN THE SAME THING TO TAKE HER THERE. 
          AND I FIGURED IF I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THERE AND COME BACK AND PICK YOU UP, I MAY AS WELL STAY AT THE WOMEN'S PRISON AND VOLUNTEER. 
          I MAY AS WELL STAY AT THE, UH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, CHILDREN'S DIVISION AND VOLUNTEER. 
          I, YOU, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THEREFORE, CAN I GET SOME INFORMATION? YOU DIDN'T STOP NOT ONE PERSON, BUT NOW YOU'RE STOPPING ME, SO, OKAY. 
          SO NOW CAN I GET SOME INFORMATION FROM SOMEBODY ABOUT WHAT I SHOULD FOLLOW TO SEE, TO WHAT WE, WE COULD, I COULD SEND, I COULD SEND YOUR LETTER TO THE HISTORIC AND LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO. 
          I CAN. 
          THEN I HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          I WANT HIM TO HAVE THE WHOLE THING. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU CAN. 
          SO I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU GET IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          GOODNIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SIDNEY COLLINS. 
          TERRENCE, CAN YOU PULL UP THE PICTURES THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU, PLEASE? SIDNEY COLLINS. 
          I WAS WAITING FOR THE PICTURES. 
          I WANT HIM TO SEE YOU. 
          WHAT PICTURE IS, OKAY, WELL, I'M GONNA START. 
          UM, I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, AND IT'S ABOUT THE BUSES AT THE TDYC CITY. 
          WE WERE ON A BUS TO TODAY. 
          I WENT WITH THE SENIORS. 
          WE WENT DOWN TO THE CITY TO MANHATTAN TO SEE A PLAY. 
          NOW HE DON'T HAVE THE PICTURES, BUT I HAVE IT ON MY PHONE. 
          THE BUS, THE BUS DRIVER COULDN'T SEE, UH, THE WINDOWS WERE SO FOGGY. 
          THE DEFOREST ON THE BUS WAS NOT WORKING. 
          HE HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE, WIPED THE WINDOWS OFF. 
          WE GOT A BUS LOAD OF 38 SENIORS ON THIS BUS. 
          THIS IS THE SAME BUS THAT BROKE DOWN BEFORE THE ONE 30. 
          I HAVE A PICTURE. 
          I SENT IT. 
          HE'S NOT, HE DON'T HAVE IT UP. 
          BUT I'M GONNA LET EACH ONE OF YOU, I THINK HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT IT UP. 
          YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY EMAIL. 
          I SENT IT A FEW MINUTES AGO. 
          WELL, WHEN I GOT HERE, UM, PUBLIC, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, I DON'T, OH, THAT'S WHY. 
          WELL, ANYWAY, I'M 
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GONNA SHOW, I'M GONNA LET EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS SEE THIS PICTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S THE BUS. 
          THIS IS WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT. 
          I, SORRY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OH, SORRY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          NOW, EACH ONE OF YOU SEEN THEIR PICTURES. 
          YOU CAN'T SEE OUTTA THIS. 
          HE CANNOT SEE. 
          HE'S DRIVING. 
          SO HE HAD TO PULL OVER. 
          I DID CALL TERRANCE WHILE HE PULLED OVER AND I LET HIM KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION, AND HE DID SAY, OKAY, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS AT? WE, AT THAT TIME, WE WERE IN YONKERS. 
          SO I THINK TERRANCE WAS GONNA TRY TO SEND US ANOTHER BUS. 
          BUT WE TOLD, I SAID, GO AHEAD. 
          THE, THE WINDOWS DID FINALLY CLEAR UP BY THE TIME WE GOT TO GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE, AND I CALLED TERRANCE BACK. 
          . 
          BUT THE ISSUE IS, THIS BUS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS. 
          IT'S A BUSLOAD OF SENIORS. 
          THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          A SAFETY VIOLATION. 
          THE BUS DRIVER SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD NO RIGHT. 
          SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PULL OVER TO CLEAN THE WINDOWS IN ORDER TO SEE. 
          AND IT TOOK A HALF AN HOUR FOR THE WINDOWS TO CLEAR UP. 
          NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          A BUT THERES A BUS. 
          YOU GUYS VOTED FOR A BLUE BUS. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF THAT NEW BUS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO USE WHAT WE HAVE. 
          SO IF WE GOTTA USE WHAT WE HAVE, IT SHOULD BE IN TIP TOP SHAPE. 
          SO JUST LIKE HOW YOU TAKE YOUR CAR TO THE SHOP AND GET IT REPAIRED, INSTEAD OF GETTING THESE LITTLE ONE LITTLE THINGS THING, SEND THE BUS IN. 
          LET 'EM DO EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME. 
          THERE IT IS. 
          OH, THERE IT IS. 
          THAT'S HOW THE BUS LOOK. 
          YOU GUYS, CAN YOU SEE ALL THOSE WINDOWS? NO, YOU CAN'T. 
          THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          SO MY CONCERN IS NOT ONLY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE SENIORS, BUT THE, THE KIDS AS WELL. 
          AND NOT ONLY THAT WINTER'S COMING UP, IS THIS THE ISSUE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE DURING THE WINTER TIME WITH THE KIDS AND THE SENIORS? AND IT BOTHERS ME SO BAD THAT PAUL, YOU HAD SAID THAT THE OBLIGATION OF THE TOWN COMMUNITY IS TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          THIS IS NOT CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          THIS IS LIKE Y'ALL PUTTING THE SENIORS LIKE TO THE BACK BURNER. 
          LIKE THEY'RE NOBODY. 
          BUT THEY'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          THE BUS. 
          I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T, BUT WE NEED TO FIX WHAT WE HAVE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND NOT ONLY THE BUSES, THOUGH, MINI BUSES AS WELL. 
          JUST LIKE IT RAINED TODAY. 
          YOU GO INTO ONE OF THOSE BUSES TOMORROW, IT'S LEAKING INSIDE. 
          IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT. 
          THOSE BUSES TRANSPORT SENIORS, SENIORS, KIDS, AND YOUNG ADULTS AS WELL. 
          SO, AND THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO TO ME IT'S SAYING LIKE, YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN CARE WHERE, WHERE'S THE CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU DO ALL THIS FOR LEY AND EDGE MART AND SCARSDALE, BUT WHERE'S THE CARE FOR GREENBURG? MY SECOND POINT I WANT TO BRING UP WAS, I HAD TALKED TO PAUL BEFORE, THIS WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE PLAYGROUND AT OLD TERRYTOWN ROAD. 
          THAT BASKETBALL COURT IS STILL NOT FIXED. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? HE SAID HE WAS WAITING FOR PIECES. 
          I SPOKE TO THE GUY. 
          IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH. 
          IT LOOKS TERRIBLE. 
          THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          AND ANOTHER THING THAT BOTHERS ME, I MEAN, THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT CAME HERE TO PENNY NICKOL, WHEREVER SHE WAS FROM, WHEREVER THEY'RE GIVING DONATIONS TO, LEY, SCARSDALE, EDGEMONT. 
          WHY CAN'T GREENBURG GET DONATIONS AS WELL? WE ARE, WE ARE RIGHT HERE. 
          SO WHY ARE THEY GOING TO ARLEY TO GIVE DONATIONS WHEN WE'RE RIGHT HERE? WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT NEED HELP AS WELL. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH. 
          YES. 
          IT'S, I CAN'T MAKE OUT WHAT'S CAUSING THE CLOUDINESS. 
          IS IT THE WINDSHIELD ITSELF? THAT'S THE WINDSHIELD OF THE BUS ON THE, THAT'S HE'S LOOKING OUT. 
          SO IT'S NOT A FOGGY DAY? NO, THE WINDSHIELD. 
          THAT'S THE WINDSHIELD. 
          OKAY. 
          THE DEEP FORCE ON THE BUS WAS NOT WORKING. 
          THERE'S GOTTA BE A THAT CAN I FOG? CAN I ADDRESS IT? MS. KS? 'CAUSE WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES, RIGHT? AND I CAME TO YOUR COMMITTEE AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD WITH THE COMMISSIONER, WITH COMMISSIONER JACKSON WAS THAT HE WAS GOING TO RENT FOR THE, THIS WAS 38 PEOPLE YOU SAID? YES, 38. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR THOSE BIGGER NUMBERS, HE WAS GONNA RENT COACH BUSES. 
          WE, WE CAN'T PURCHASE THEM. 
          IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. 
          AND THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING. 
          SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAPPENED. 
          AND I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO HIM TOMORROW TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. 
          YOU CAN. 
          'CAUSE I, HE KNOWS ABOUT IT. 
          I CALLED HIM AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND, AND ALSO I THINK THAT NOW IT'S BUDGET SEES IT RIGHT NOW, SO HE'S GONNA COME WITH HIS BUDGET. 
          BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BUS NEEDS IN THE PAST. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE DON'T REALLY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A REAL HANDLE ON WHAT THE INVENTORY IS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THE NEEDS 
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OF THAT INVENTORY. 
          SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET A HANDLE. 
          IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T CARE, WE DON'T KNOW. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALL WE KNOW IS THAT, OH, WE, THAT CERTAIN BUSES ARE NEEDED FOR CERTAIN SITUATIONS, BUT MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE OF THAT IS. 
          SO WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING SO THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. 
          THE SENIORS, SENIORS, YOUNG PEOPLE, WHOEVER ARE NOT PUT IN DANGER TO BE IN A, IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY CAN'T SEE MM-HMM . 
          WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. 
          TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          GOTCHA. 
          SO YOU JUST TAKE ONE BUS OR ONE MINIVAN BY ONE BY ONE, PUT 'EM IN THE SHOP. 
          TOTALLY GET TOTALLY. 
          SOME CAN'T EVEN BE REPAIRED. 
          I UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT, UNTIL WE GET THE NEW BUS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON. 
          WELL, AND ALSO SUPPLEMENTING WITH RENTALS. 
          YES. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? FORMER CLERK. 
          MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          JUDITH BEVILLE OR THE DEFROSTER. 
          SOMETHING'S DONE OFF. 
          IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          I'M HONORABLE JUDITH BEVILLE, GREENBURG TOWN CLERK, 2008 TO 2023. 
          I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING PAUL FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME, UM, REGARDING, UH, INITIAL EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN LAUNCHED BY THE 2023 GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNS TO ASSIST, UM, UH, IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN LEY, UH, THE 15 YEARS OF THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP. 
          UH, THE LEAD UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PAUL FINER, FORMER TOWN ATTORNEY TIM LEWIS AND MYSELF, UH, LAID THE FOUND WORK, UM, FOUNDATION AND ESTABLISHED THE GROUNDWORK, UM, FOR THE VISION AND MISSION OF THE GREENBERG TOWN HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 
          AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THOSE EFFORTS, UH, ARE, ARE CONTINUING. 
          THE SECOND POINT THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH STREET CLOSURES. 
          I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW A SEPTEMBER 19TH, UH, TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION. 
          AND I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, AS A RESIDENT AND AS A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL, I WAS REALLY CONCERNED TO SEE THAT, UH, SOME STREET CLOSURE REQUESTS WERE TURNED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT, I GUESS INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF POLICE BARRIERS THAT THE TOWN, UM, WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THE NIGHT IN, IN THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMUNITIES. 
          I JUST ASK THIS TOWN BOARD TO THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN. 
          UM, AS A CHILD, WOULD YOU WANT TO WAIT TWO WEEKS AFTER HALLOWEEN OR HAVE YOUR HALLOWEEN, UM, COMMUNITY HALLOWEEN EVENT TWO WEEKS BEFORE HALLOWEEN? NO, YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE THE EVENT ON HALLOWEEN. 
          SO HAS ANYONE GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION OR ANY THOUGHT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF REACHING OUT TO OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES OR THE COUNTY POLICE OR THE STATE POLICE TO ASK, UM, FOR STREET BARRIERS OR BARRICADES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE HALLOWEEN, UH, PARADE CELEBRATIONS OR, OR WHATEVER THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN COMING INTO, UM, THE OR CLERK'S OFFICE FOR APPROVAL? HOPEFULLY YOU WILL TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THIS AND CONSIDER WHAT COULD BE USEFUL IN HELPING TO PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN IN OUR TOWN. 
          THIRDLY, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF, UM, VERY BRIEFLY HONORARY STREET SIGNS. 
          THERE'S BEEN AN EMAIL CONVERSATION GOING BACK AND FORTH AMONG ROUGHLY A HUNDRED RESIDENTS OVER THE PAST, UM, SEVERAL WEEKS REGARDING, UM, FORMAL PROCEDURES OR THE LACK THEREOF, UM, REGARDING, UH, HONORARY STREET SIGNS. 
          AND, UM, I, I SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT THAT YOU HOLD, MAYBE HOLD A PUBLIC, UM, UH, MEETING INVITING RESIDENTS FROM UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG TO COME IN AND SHARE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING, UH, PROPER 
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PROCEDURES. 
          I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE, UH, TWO SIGNS ON JUNIPER HILL ROAD. 
          ONE HONORING THE, UM, UH, DR. 
          OLIVIA J H****R, WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF JUNIPER HILL ROAD AND, UH, AT ONE END OF THE ROAD AND THE OTHER ON AT THE OTHER END BY SARATOGA ROAD, UH, HONORING, UM, THE LATE GREAT MILLIE OCEAN, AS WELL AS THE LATE GREAT DR. 
          OLIVIA J H****R. 
          HOWEVER, THE SIGN HAS MILLIE SHEHAN ABOVE DR. 
          OLIVIA J H****R. 
          NOW, NOW, NOW, YOU KNOW, IN ALL DUE RESPECT, MILLIE SHEHAN DID NOT LIVE ON JUNIPER HILL ROAD OR IN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          AND THE SIGNAGE, THE SIGNAGE SHOULD BE EQUAL. 
          IT SHOULD BE OF EQUAL HEIGHT AND EQUAL POSTING. 
          NOT ONE, EXCUSE ME. 
          NOT ONE. 
          ONE, NOT ONE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER. 
          OKAY. 
          [ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS  ]
UH, YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE WALTER SIMON. 
          UM, HOWEVER, MR. SIMON, IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME A FEW MOMENTS, UM, ONLY BECAUSE, UH, SUPERVISOR FINER HAD, UM, OMITTED, UH, TOWN CLERK COMMENTS. 
          AND, UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS, UM, THE, UH, THE FOLLOWING, THE FOLLOWING UP ON THE CONVERSATION REGARDING THE ROAD CLOSURES FOR BLOCK PARTIES AND ANNUAL FALL FESTIVALS AND HALLOWEEN EVENTS. 
          UM, THERE IS ONE CORRECTION, UH, REGARDING SUPERVISOR FINER STATEMENTS SAYING REGARDING IN HIS EMAIL THAT HE HAS NEVER HAD TO DENY ANY STREET CLOSURE REQUESTS. 
          UM, AND HOWEVER, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION FROM LAST YEAR, UH, FROM SERGEANT FONTELLA STATING THAT THE REQUESTS WERE SEVERELY INCREASED AND THAT THERE WAS A STRONG CONCERN FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING SO MANY STREET CLOSURES AND WITHOUT POLICE PRESENCE. 
          AND THERE WAS A STRONG CON CONCERN ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN. 
          DIRECT QUOTE FROM CHIEF POWELL. 
          UH, THERE ARE LOGISTICAL AND SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVING THE USE OF UNSTAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT BARRICADES, AND ONCE MANAGEABLE REQUESTS HAVE BECOME UNMANAGEABLE, AND AS THE SCOPE AND THE NUMBER OF EVENTS HAVE GROWN. 
          AND, UM, THERE AND THERE ARE OTHER, HE HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS ABOUT THE ISSUES OF BORROWING BARRICADES. 
          SO IN, IN, IN AN EFFORT TO DISCUSS MYSELF, CHIEF POWELL, UH, SERGEANT FONTAN ELLIS, AND MY DEPUTY, UM, WE DISCUSSED THE LOGISTICS OF THE LARGER OF THE EVENTS, AND WE FOUND A WAY BECAUSE OF THE DATES AND HOW THEY WERE, THEY WERE FALLING, WHICH IS ONE IS ONLY ON THE HOLIDAY, THE, UM, THE ACTUAL HOLIDAY. 
          BUT WE ARE ABLE TO APPROVE AND GET BARRICADES TO THOSE TWO LAST, UM, DENIED, UH, REQUEST PREVIOUSLY DENIED. 
          PREVIOUSLY DENIED REQUEST. 
          HOWEVER, IT STILL NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE'RE NOT NEGATING THE PROCESS. 
          HOWEVER, UM, THERE WILL BE A POLICY IN PLACE BECAUSE IT IS A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. 
          AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN PUTTING IN YOUR REQUEST FOR A PERMIT, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER 1ST. 
          THAT'S THE, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? BECAUSE OF COURSE, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT NEWS BECAUSE I, UH, SPOKE TO SERGEANT FONTAN ELLIS, YOU KNOW, EARLIER I MET WITH HIM TODAY. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST SORT OF FEEL, AND I THINK JUDITH, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED IT, YOU KNOW, TO ME A FEW DAYS AGO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY DESERVE TO HAVE A GREAT SAFE HALLOWEEN. 
          AND I SORT OF FEEL, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT THESE STREET CLOSURES. 
          THEY'RE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE THE REASON WHY COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE CLOSING, UH, LOCAL STREETS IS BECAUSE IT'S SAFER FOR CHILDREN TO TRICK OR TREAT WITHOUT KNOCKING ON DOORS OF PEOPLE WHO THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE TO THE PARKWAY, UH, GARDENS AND HOMES, UH, UH, THEY CLOSE THE STREETS. 
          IT'S A WONDERFUL, UH, YOU KNOW, EVENT. 
          UM, EVERY YEAR I'VE GONE TO THE ONES ON JOYCE ROAD AND, UH, 
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YOU KNOW, IN, IN THAT, IN SEC IN THAT SECTION OF TOWN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT IT'S, IT'S SAFER, IT'S COMMUNITY AT ITS BEST. 
          AND I THINK THAT ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO PROVIDE, UM, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANTS TO HAVE A STREET CLOSURE ON, YOU KNOW, ON HALLOWEEN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, I THINK IS REALLY WHAT THE TOWN IS ALL ABOUT. 
          YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH FUN AND, UM, IT'S SAFER AND NOBODY, NOBODY HAS TO, UM, WORRY ABOUT SOMEBODY RINGING THEIR DOORBELLS BECAUSE PEOPLE PUT THE, UH, THE CANDIES OUTSIDE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE KIDS HAVE A GREAT, GREAT TIME. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, THAT UH, EVERY UH, EVERY NEIGHBOR, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANTS TO HAVE A HALLOWEEN, A STREET CLOSURE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO. 
          THIS YEAR. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYONE DISAGREED WITH HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO HAVE STREET CLOSURES FOR CHILDREN TO BE UP TO TRICK OR TREAT. 
          UM, BUT AS, AS, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEN POINTED OUT YESTERDAY IN OUR WORK SESSION, THE CONCERN IS THAT THE STREET CLOSURES DO NOT PRECLUDE PEOPLE MOVING THEM OUT OF THE WAY TO FIND PARKING OR GO TO THEIR DRIVEWAY. 
          AND FOR THAT, THEREFORE, FOR CHILDREN TO RUN OUT INTO THE STREET. 
          AND THAT IS THE CHILD CHILDREN'S SAFETY THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          AND, UM, THE, THE COUNCILMAN ALSO MADE A SUGGESTION OF PUTTING, HAVING CARS ALSO PARALLEL TO THE, THE, UM, BARRIERS. 
          AND THAT WOULD BLOCK ANYONE FROM TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE SHOULD PUT INTO PLACE. 
          UM, BUT PLEASE DON'T MISTAKE THE FACT THAT, THAT WE WERE LISTENING TO THE POLICE FORCE TO, TO SERGEANT FONTAN ELLIS AND CHIEF POWELL. 
          WE WERE CONCERNED REALLY ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY. 
          NO, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU DIDN'T, I, I'M SORRY. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE MY TURN. 
          YOU SAY THINK OF THE CHILDREN. 
          WE ARE THINKING OF THE CHILDREN. 
          I'M THINKING OF THE PARENTS AND THE CHILDREN, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO ANY OF THOSE CHILDREN IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY WERE NOT BARRICADED IN, WHERE THERE WASN'T STAFFING OF THOSE BARRICADES, IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. 
          SO NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE AWAY HALLOWEEN FROM ANYONE, BUT HALLOWEEN DOES HAPPEN, UH, ON A DAY. 
          AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WANNA HAVE IT ON THE SAME DAY. 
          AND SOME HAVE ACTUALLY VERY SMARTLY MOVED IT TO OTHER WEEKENDS OR OTHER DAYS WITHIN THE WEEK. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF AND THE BARRICADES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN ALL ON ONE DAY. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S JUST NOT REALISTIC. 
          UM, BUT THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS THE CHILDREN AND KEEPING THEM SAFE. 
          SO HOWEVER WE CAN DO THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO FULFILL IT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT OUR DECISION, IT'S THE DECISION OF THOSE IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE. 
          THAT'S THE, WHICH IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REACH OUT TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, I WANNA, WE DID, I JUST WANTED THAT. 
          BUT NOT FOR POLICE STAFF, FOR POLICE STAFF, STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK TO POLICE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, POLICE CHIEF AND, UM, SERGEANT FONTAN ELLI FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR BASICALLY, UM, REFLECTING, YOU KNOW, ON THIS, WHEN I MET WITH, UM, SERGEANT FONTAN AND WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD MEET, YOU KNOW, A REALLY CONSTRUCTIVE AND GOOD MEETING, YOU KNOW, TODAY, I, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, I HAD WAS, UM, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UM, IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS THAT ARE ASKING FOR, UH, STREET CLOSURES, COULD ORGANIZE ALL, COULD SORT OF COME WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ORGANIZE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, SECURITY. 
          UH, SO IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BARRIERS, PEOPLE TAKING IT AWAY, WE COULD HAVE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BARRICADE. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, JUST LIKE WE WENT TO WOODLANDS TEMPLE LAST WEEK, THERE WERE 10, UM, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS, UM, WHO YOU KNOW AND SECURE WHO HELPED COMPLIMENTED THE GREENBERG POLICE PROVIDED SECURITY, AND THAT WAS DONE BY THE TEMPLE. 
          AND THEN THE GREENBERG POLICE COMPLIMENTED IT BY HAVING, UM, BY STOPPING. 
          BUT THERE WERE NO OTHER COMPETING EVENTS. 
          THAT WAS ONE EVENT. 
          NO, BUT I'M JUST, NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT. 
          I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S, IT'S REALITY. 
          WE COULD BASICALLY BE, UH, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GONNA WANT TO HAVE STREET CLOSURES. 
          SO WE COULD SAY TO THE LEADERS WHEN THEY FILE AN APPLICATION FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO MEET WITH THE POLICE AND WE'LL COME UP WITH AN EFF IN AN EFFORT WHERE A CIVIC GROUP COULD HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO COULD HELP PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SECURITY AND, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE POLICE. 
          SO THIS WAY WE'RE MAXIMIZE REDUCING THE POSSIBILITY OF 
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ANY, ANY, YOU KNOW, HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. 
          BUT I PERSONALLY THINK THESE STREET CLOSURES, UM, WILL INCREASE CHILDREN'S SAFETY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, SAFER FOR KIDS JUST TO BE ROAMING AROUND A NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT GOING INSIDE PEOPLE'S HOMES OR RINGING BELLS OF PEOPLE WHO THEY DON'T KNOW. 
          I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY SAFER AND IT'S MORE FUN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST ARE A FANTASTIC EVENT. 
          SO I'M REALLY VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CHIEF AND SERGEANT ELLAS FOR THEIR RESPONSIVENESS. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR AUTHORIZING THE OVERTIME NEXT YEAR. 
          I APPRECIATE, I, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THAT, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE A SCREW AGENDA AND BASICALLY SAY KIDS CAN ENJOY A SAFE HALLOWEEN. 
          WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED AS SUPERVISOR HOLLOW, THERE WERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF VANDALISM AND MISCHIEF AND HALLOWEEN, AND THE GREENBERG POLICE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OVER THE YEARS, AND THEY CUT IT DOWN. 
          UH, THEY PROVIDED THE RESOURCES, THEY, WE PAID OVERTIME, UH, UH, TO THE POLICE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT YEARS THERE'S BEEN ZERO IN SOME INSTANCES. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME, IF THE POLICE, UH, ARE REQUESTING OVERTIME, THEY SHOULD GET IT FOR HALLOWEEN. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THAT WHAT WE CAN DO, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO HA, WE'RE NOT AR NO ONE'S ARGUING. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE. 
          YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND WE HAVE TO DO IT ENOUGH AHEAD OF TIME, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT A YEAR AND CHANGE AHEAD OF TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          WE CAN DO THAT. 
          BUT YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR BUDGET NOW, SO YOU COULD PUT IT IN THE BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL BARRICADES. 
          WE ORDERED MORE BARRICADES, CORRECT. 
          BUT THE POLICE ORDERED ENOUGH BARRICADES THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD SAFELY HANDLE AND STREET CLOSINGS. 
          WHAT WE'RE HEARING NOW IS BARRICADES ABOVE THAT NUMBER THAT THE POLICE SAID THAT THEY COULD HANDLE SAFELY. 
          BUT, BUT IF WE WANT TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND YOU WANT TO PUT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          THE OVERTIME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND WE COULD DISCUSS IT DURING OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE EXACTLY. 
          CHIEF DURING THE BUDGET REVIEWS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THEY NEED. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SHALL WE MOVE ON? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE, MR. WALTER. 
          SIMON. 
          YES. 
          YES, YES. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO BRING UP A POINT OF ORDER, WHICH I DON'T WISH TO BE A SUBTRACTIVE FOR MY FIVE MINUTES. 
          I THINK THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD WAS VERY WORTHWHILE. 
          OH, IT WAS A PERFECTLY GOOD DISCUSSION, BUT WE WERE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, STILL COMMENT. 
          AND THAT WAS THE INAPPROPRIATE TIME TO DISCUSS IT. 
          UH, SO IT, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT BECAUSE THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT TIME, YOU SEE. 
          AND IT'S NOT AS IF THE ROOM WAS FULL OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT YOU COULD NOT WAIT ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT STATEMENT. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS, UH, ADDRESSED AS IT CAME UP. 
          YES. 
          SO I APOLOGIZE. 
          OKAY, FINE. 
          UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, PUTTING OFF A DECISION ON THE A DU, UH, UM, WHICH I THINK WAS A GOOD DECISION. 
          UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT BOTH COUNCILMAN, SHE AND MYSELF ARE SCIENTISTS, AND WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN. 
          UH, AND WE KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, FRANCIS, FROM OUR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS COURSES THAT, UH, SAMPLING WAS CRITICAL TO GET A GOOD RESULT. 
          AND, UM, THE, THE VALIDITY, UH, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE VALIDITY OF A CONCLUSION, UH, UH, REGARDING A GROUP IS BASED UPON THE, UH, THE DATA REPRESENTATIVE DATA WITHIN THAT GROUP. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA MAKE A DECISION ABOUT A GROUP, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SAMPLE REPRESENTS THE GROUP. 
          OKAY? AND THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED IN DARRELL'S HUFF BOOK, HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS. 
          I'M QUITE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF IT. 
          I'M AWARE OF IT. 
          AND THE WHOLE THING IS, IS THAT BIAS SAMPLES CAN BE UNREPRESENTED OF A LARGER POPULATION LEADING TO MISLEADING CONCLUSIONS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD SAMPLE. 
          NOW, BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED FROM, UH, FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN HABER, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU POURED IT OUT, THAT IF WE STAYED AT 10,000 SQUARE FOOT FEET MINIMUM, YOU'LL BE ELIMINATING 5,000 HOMES, UH, IN THAT POSSIBLY. 
          YES. 
          AND, AND THE WAY WE HAVE IT NOW, THAT WE WILL HAVE WHATEVER, 
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SAY WE GO WITH THE 10,000, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A, A, FIRST OF ALL, YOU SHOULD CALL IT A PILOT PROGRAM TO MAKE THE PUBLIC VERY CLEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          IT'S A PILOT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERN. 
          YOU MAKE A LAW AND THEN YOU CHANGE, YOU TAKE SOMETHING BACK. 
          NO, YOU'RE NOT GIVING THE PUBLIC ANYTHING AND YOU'RE NOT TAKING IT BACK BECAUSE IT IS A PILOT. 
          WE'RE BASED UPON, AFTER A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME, YOU ANALYZE THE DATA AND WHICH GARRETT AGREED TO DO, ANALYZE THE DATA, AND BASED UPON THAT DATA, YOU COME TO A CONCLUSION. 
          BUT IF YOU LEAVE OUT 5,000 UNITS, YOUR SAMPLING IS STATISTICALLY INVALID. 
          SO ANY CONCLUSION YOU COME TO IS INVALID. 
          WHETHER OR NOT AT THE END OF THE PILOT PERIOD YOU DECIDE TO GO WITH 5,000 OR 10,000, IT WILL JUST BE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAY, WE HAD THIS PILOT PROGRAM, AND BASED UPON THE DATA, THIS IS THE CONCLUSION I'M COMING TO, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE. 
          SO AT THE END OF THE PERIOD, IT JUST BOIL DOWN TO HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT. 
          BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SAY THAT BASED UPON THE DATA, WE'RE COMING TO THIS CONCLUSION. 
          NOW, I TOOK STATISTICS 60 YEARS AGO, SO I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE VARIOUS APPLICATION, THE T TESTS AND, AND THE SIGMA, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M QUITE SURE SOMEONE IN TOWN, PROBABLY IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, GIVE THEM THE DATA AND LET THEM CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND LET THEM TELL YOU THAT BY ELIMINATING 5,000 UNITS, YOU COULD STILL MAKE A GOOD, UH, UH, UH, UH, DECISION BASED UPON A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. 
          I, I CHARGE YOU TO DO THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I, ALTHOUGH I DON'T REMEMBER ALL THE FORMULAS, I REMEMBER THAT A, UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD SAMPLE, A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE, YOUR RESULTS ARE SUSPECT IF NOT FALSE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I SAY, CHECK IT OUT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A KNOWLEDGE OF STATISTICS, AND I'M QUITE SURE YOUR ONE YEAR ENGINEERS CAN DO THAT. 
          AND THEN DECIDE IF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE DONE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND ALL THE DATA THAT GARY GIVES YOU IS VALID IF YOU ELIMINATE 5,000, UH, UH, UH, LOTS FROM THE, UH, YOUR DATABASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NO MORE SPEAKERS. 
          I, I DO ADDRESS. 
          WANT TO ADDRESS ONE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE AND WHY IS THE, UH, SATTA SARATOGA ROAD SIGN HIGHER THAN THE JUNIPER HILL ROAD SIGN? I DIDN'T FULLY REALIZE IT, UH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THE J HILL ROADSIDE SHOULD BE HIGHER, BUT THAT'S NOT SIGN STANDARD. 
          AND IF YOU DRIVE DOWN A MAJOR ROAD, THE MAJOR ROAD SIGN IS THE LOWER SIGN. 
          I WAS WONDERING WHY IS THAT? IT'S BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR ROAD, YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHAT ROAD YOU'RE ON AND SO THEY PUT THE SIDE STREET SIGN HIGHER, LOOK AROUND ANYWHERE IN THE TOWN, THE SIDE STREET SIGN IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THE MAJOR ROPE. 
          AND THAT'S HOW THAT WAS CONFIGURED. 
          YOU WANNA MOVE THE AGENDA? OKAY. 
          VISUAL. 
          CAN WE AGENDA? MOVE THE AGENDA PLEASE. 
          UH, 
          [  TB 1 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the redistribution of June 2025 salary funds to Town Justice Brathwaite and Town Justice McGoey that were unspent due to the May 31, 2025 retirement of the Town's third Town Justice]
UH, TOWN BOARD TB ONE AUTHORIZING REDISTRIBUTION OF JUNE 25TH, UH, JUNE, 2025, SALARY FUNDS TO, UH, TOWN JUSTICE BRETH WADE AND, UH, TOWN JUSTICE MCGEE THAT WERE UNSPENT DUE TO THE MAY 20, MAY 31ST, 2025. 
          RETIREMENT OF THE TOWN'S FAIR JUSTICE. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          IT HAS TO BE AS AMENDED BECAUSE WE LEFT OUT 66 60 5 CENTS FOR EACH OF THE JUDGES . 
          OKAY. 
          AS AMENDED PLUS 65. 
          AND SINCE IT'S JUDGE MCCOY'S BIRTHDAY, I THINK SHE WOULD BE VERY UNHAPPY. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDGE MAGO. 
          RIGHT? SHE CAN USE THAT 65 CENTS ANY WAY SHE WISHES. 
           DID WE HAVE A PHONE ON THAT? UH, ALL IN FAVOR? LET MOVE IT A SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          [  TB 2 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an Intermunicipal Agreement with the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson to allocate the local excise tax associated with the sale of adult-use cannabis products in the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson in the Town of Greenburgh]
TB TWO 
          [02:20:01]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TAN INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS TO ALLOCATE THE LOCAL EXCISE TAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE OF ADULT USE CANNABIS PRODUCTS TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AND JOE, THIS IS THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          YES. 
          WE JUST CHANGED THE VILLAGE NAME. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH TARRYTOWN 
          [  TB 3 - 10/08/2025  Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh seeking proposals from professional auctioneers to provide services for the enforcing of all delinquent real property tax liens within the Town of Greenburgh]
TB THREE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG SEEKING PROPOSALS FROM PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE ENFORCING OF ALL DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY TAX LIENS WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, RESOLUTION AUTHOR, UH, 
          [  AT 1 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as Special Counsel for foreclosure proceedings, at cost not to exceed an additional amount of $25,000; $75,000 in total]
A T ONE, UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WHITEMAN, STERMAN AND HANNAH AS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AND OF COURSE NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $25,000 75,000 IN TOTAL. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, A 
          [  AT 2 - 10/08/2025  Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Rosa Marquez-Fader and Jonathan Fader for properties located at 255 Clinton Avenue and Clinton Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $458±; the County’s share is $2,824±; the North Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $622±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $22,584±. Refunds from all sources total $26,488±]
T TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER ROSA MARQUEZ FADER AND JONATHAN FADER. 
          UM, FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2 5 5 CLINTON AVENUE AND CLINTON AVENUE, TOTAL AMOUNT IS 26,488. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, 83 
          [  AT 3 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with Petitioner Steven Ivkosic for property located at 25 South Dutcher Street. The Town’s share of the refund is $19±; the County’s share is $128±; the North Yonker Sewer District’s share is $24±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $912±. Refunds from all sources total $1,083±]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER STEVEN IF ICK FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 25 SOUTH DUTCHER STREET REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 1083. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, 
          [  BD 1 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the Building Department to amend building department permit fees as detailed in “Fee Schedule A – October 9, 2025”]
UH, BD ONE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO AMEND BUILDING DEPARTMENT PERMIT FEES AS DETAILED, UM, IN FEE SCHEDULE A OCTOBER 9TH, 2025. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  BD 2 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a contract with ICC Community Development Solutions, LLC for Municity software expansion]
VD TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH ICC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS FOR, UH, MUNI CITY SOFTWARE EXPANSION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, CLERK, UH, 
          [  CL 1 - 10/08/2025 Resolution scheduling two Public Hearings for October 22, 2025, at 7:30 PM, to consider two agreements between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the Chauncey and South Ardsley Fire Protection Districts, respectively, for the year 2024]
C ONE, UH, SCHEDULING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR OCTOBER 22ND AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER TWO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG VILLAGE OF LEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENCE OF THE TRUANCY AND SOUTH YARDLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS FOR THE YEAR 2000 RESPECT 24 RESPECTIVELY FOR THE YEAR 2024. 
          LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, C 
          [  CL 2 - 10/08/2025 Resolution scheduling two Public Hearings for October 22, 2025, at 7:30 PM, to consider two agreements between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the Chauncey and South Ardsley Fire Protection Districts, respectively, for the year 2025]
TWO RESOLUTION SCHEDULING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, FOR OCTOBER 22ND, 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER TWO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS OF THE TRUANCY AND SOUTH ARDSLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY FOR THE YEARS, UH, 2025. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, 
          [  CL 3 - 10/8/2025 Resolution authorizing closing Standish Place between Joyce Road and Farm Road, on Saturday October, 18, 2025 (Rain Date: October 19, 2025), from 3:00 pm until 10:00 pm, for the residents to hold a block party.]
C3 RESOLUTION CLOSING STANDARDS PLACE BETWEEN JOYCE ROAD AND FARM ROAD ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 18TH. 
          UH, RAIN DATE OCTOBER 19TH FROM THREE TO 10:00 PM FOR THE RESIDENTS TO THE BLOCK PARTY. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          SEE ALL FOUR RESOLUTIONS. 
          [  CL 4 - 10/08/2025 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM to consider a site plan application by Thalle Industries Inc. (“Thalle”) as it relates to an existing rock crushing and aggregate reclamation facility located at 50 Warehouse Lane South,( P.O. Elmsford, NY 10523) [TB 25-06] ]
SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, UM, AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A SITE PLAN APPLICATION BAR FAIL INDUSTRIES AS IT RELATES TO AN EXISTING ROCK CRUSHING AND AGGREGATE, UH, RECLAMATION FACILITY LOCATED AT 50 WAREHOUSE LANE SOUTH. 
          I'D LIKE TO UM, YOU TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, 
          [  CD 1 - 10/8/2025 Resolution authorizing award to lowest responsible bidder, Riverview Landscapes, to provide for the planting of 41 trees as part of the Town’s Street Tree Replacement Program – Fall 2025, at a cost not to exceed $12,500]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AWARD TO LOIS, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER RIVERVIEW LANDSCAPES TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF 41 TREES AS PART OF THE TOWN STREET TREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FALL 2025. 
          IT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $12,500. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, 
          [  CO 1 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2025 budget transfers]
C UH, ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TRANSFERS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          GOOD. 
          WELL IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          CO2 PUBLIC 
          [  CO 2 - 10/08/2025 Public Interest Order in the matter of the Increase and Improvement of the Facilities of the Hartsdale Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, at an estimated maximum cost of $6,500,000]
INTEREST ORDER IN THE MATTER OF THE INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES OF THE HARTSDALE SEWER IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WESTCHESTER COUNTY AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF SIX THOUSAND SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, CO THREE 
          [  CO 3 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $6,500,000 Bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, to pay the cost of the Increase and Improvement of the Facilities of the Hartsdale Sewer District, In Said Town]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $6,500,000 BONDS TOWN OF GREENBURG WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES OF THE HARTSDALE SEWER DISTRICT AND SAID TOWN. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          [  CO 4 - 10/08/2025 Public Interest Order in the matter of the Increase and Improvement of the Facilities of the Consolidated Water District No. 1 in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York at an estimated maximum cost of $3,647,117.81]
UH, CO FOUR, UH, PUBLIC INTEREST ORDER IN THE MATTER OF THE INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES OF THE CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT NUMBER ONE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF $3,647,117 AND 81 CENTS. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          CO FIVE, 
          [  CO 5 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the issuance of $3,647,117.81 Bonds of the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York to pay the cost of the Increase and Improvement of the Facilities of the Town's Consolidated Water District No. 1 In Said Town.]
          [02:25:01]
UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $3,647,117 81 CENTS A BONDS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PAY THE COST AND INCREASE IN IMPROVEMENTS OF THE FACILITIES OF THE TOWNS CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT NUMBER ONE IN SATANA. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          C SIX 
          [  CO 6 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing a budget amendment to the Consolidated Sewer Fund for the East Hartsdale Ave Sewer Main Relining]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSOLIDATED SEWER FUND FOR THE EAST HARSDALE AVENUE SEWER REMAIN LINING. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          CO SEVEN 
          [  CO  7- 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing an agreement with the County of Westchester for an Employee Assistance Program for the Years 2025-2029]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FOR AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR 2025. 
          2029. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          CO 
          [  CO 8 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the use of the Town Council's sundry line for the 2025 Employee Appreciation Barbecue]
EIGHT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL'S SUNDRY LINE FOR THE 2025 EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION. 
          BARBECUE. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          PO 
          [  PO 1 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a professional services contract with Jenoptik Smart Mobility Solutions, LLC., to furnish and install red light photo violation system and related services within the Town of Greenburgh]
ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH JEN TECH SMART MOBILITY SOLUTIONS TO FURNISH AND INSTALL RED LIGHT PHOTO, UH, VIOLATION SYSTEM AND RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THE TOWN OF, UM, F GREENBERG. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. 
          ALL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, JOE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE INSTALLED OR IS THERE ANYTHING? NO, I DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ON FOR THE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND LEY ROAD, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          PERFECT. 
          IF WE WANTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, RIGHT, UM, 
          [  PW 1 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing the extension of Michael Broder as a consultant to assist the Department of Public Works for calendar year 2025, an additional amount not to exceed $20,000, $80,000 in total]
PW ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF MICHAEL BRODER AS A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025, AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 20,080,000 IN TOTAL. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, PW TWO 
          [  PW 2 - 10/08/2025 Resolution authorizing approval of an extension of the term of professional engineering consultant services agreement with LaBella Associates, P.C. for the Babbitt Court flood mitigation elevation project (FEMA HMGP PROJECT NO.4480-0076) for no additional cost]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION OF THE TERM OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LABEL ASSOCIATES FOR THE BT COURT FLOOD MITIGATION ELEVATION PROJECT HAD NO ADDITIONAL COST. 
          I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UH, PW 
          [  PW 3 - 10/08/2025 Resolution rescinding Resolution PW-2 – 08/06/2025 and authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an amended contract between the Town of Greenburgh and Keystone Elevator Group for the Theodore D. Young Community Center elevator replacement, for an amount not to exceed $125,000 ]
THREE RESOLUTION RESCINDING PW TWO, UM, EIGHT SIX 2025 AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR EXECUTE AND AMENDED CONTRACT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND KEYSTONE ELEVATED GROUP FOR, UM, THE THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, ELEVATED REPLACEMENT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 125,000. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          BEFORE YOU CLOSE, UH, THE REASON WHY WE WANT THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS TO BE INSTALLED BY THE END OF THE YEAR IS THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE TOLD US THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANY OTHER TRAFFIC MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ELECTRONIC AT LEAST UNTIL THEY SEE THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WITH THE, THE PHOTO, UH, VIOLATION SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO GIVE US, AND THEY DID. 
          SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS WITH OUR ATTORNEY A UH, CONTRACT. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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