Nov 24, 2025 Town Board- Regular

UM, SO NOW WE GO OUTSIDE.

OR SHOULD WE DO THE ROLL CALL FIRST? AND THEN YOU COULD JUST GO START AFTER THAT.

WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST GO BY THE WHY DON'T AGENDA.

SO, UM, WE'LL GO OUTSIDE NOW FOR A FEW MINUTES.

AM GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO COME BACK IN AND TAKE THEIR SEATS.

PLEASE FOLLOW US OUTSIDE FOR THE FLAG RAISING

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JUST ABOUT MY WIFE WILL SIT IN THE, IN THE, UH, THE CAR.

YOU ARE READY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

THAT WAS LOVELY.

UH, IS THE CHAIR OF THAT WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, AND SHE IS ALSO A GREENBERG RESIDENT.

I'M EVELYN SANTIAGO, CHAIR OF THE WHITE PLACE PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL COMMITTEE.

ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR MEMBERS ARE FROM GREENBURG, AND WE WELCOME ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US AND KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PUERTO RICAN TO SUPPORT US AND JOIN US.

WELCOME TO OUR THIRD CELEBRATION OF PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHICH IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GREENBURG PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE SUBCOMMITTEE.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE WHITE PLAINS PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL COMMITTEE BEGAN CREATING CULTURAL SPACES FOR PUERTO RICANS AND LATINOS IN 2020 TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE AND EXPAND OUR WONDERFUL LEGACY OF MUSIC, DANCE, LITERATURE, PERFORMANCE, AND VISUAL ARTS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS.

NOW THE CITY OF GREENBERG AS WELL, ARTS, WESTCHESTER AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING RE ANOTHER PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS EVENT LAST YEAR'S SPEAKER.

TERESA SANTIAGO,

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AND I WANTED TO THANK OTHER, UM, DIGNITARIES WHO CAME.

WE HAVE, UM, THE HONORABLE WALTER RIVERA, THE JUDGE.

UM, I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYONE, JUDGE LEAH RODRIGUEZ.

JUDGE LEAH RODRIGUEZ.

SHE'S HONORABLE HONOR.

IF I MISS ANYONE, PLEASE SHOUT IT OUT.

I WILL.

I I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT.

IT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO PARTNER WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND COLLABORATE ON EVENTS THAT ALLOW US TO SHARE OUR CULTURAL TREASURES WITH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER FOR GIVING MEMBERS OF OUR PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY SUCH A WARM WELCOME, MOST NOTABLY BACK IN 2017 WHEN HE WELCOMED FAMILIES FROM PUERTO RICO, DISPLACED BY HURRICANE MARIA.

THANK YOU ALSO TO MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF GREENBURG JOY HABER.

PLEASE.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BECAUSE ELLEN HENDRICKS, GINA JACKSON, SHE'S ON ZOOM.

FRANCIS SHEEN.

I DON'T WANNA MISS THE GENTLEMAN HERE.

AND, UH, ALSO, TOWN CLERK LISA, MARIA NIRO.

JOE DANKO TOWN ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YOU'LL KEEP US IN THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW.

I'LL THANK YOU.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE MARIA PORTILLA GREENBERG HISPANIC COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR TIRELESS WORK, THE COMMUNITY OF GREENBURG.

UM, I ALSO WANNA SHOUT OUT THE INCREDIBLE LEADERS OF THE GREENBURG PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE COMMITTEE, MS. G FELICIANO AND MS. STEPHANIE ORTIZ, LAURA, AND THEY'LL BRING UP GIRL SCOUT TROOP 24 91 TO SING THE PUERTO RICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM, LA KENYA.

OH WOW.

I THINK SHE'S GREAT.

GO AHEAD.

THE LYRICS ARE ON THE INSIDE COVER OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG AND SING ALONG.

HI.

SORRY GUYS.

I'M NOT CONNECTED TO ACAPELLA.

TAKE A PICTURE, PLEASE.

READY? YOU READY, GIRLS?

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GREAT JOB.

THAT WAS EXCELLENT.

BEAUTIFULLY DONE GIRLS.

ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY ABOUT GELLE ANO AND STEPHANIE GELLES WORK IN THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN AS A MOM.

AND THROUGH HER WORK AS A GIRL SCOUT TROOP LEADER AND PTA MOM HAVE MADE HER AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO GREENBERG AND THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY.

STEPHANIE ORTIZ LAURA IS ALSO AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY LEADER AND A US MILITARY VETERAN.

AND MOM WHO LEADS IN THE IN COMMUNITY SPACES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP IN THE GIRL SCOUTS, PTA AND HER OTHER ENDEAVORS.

UH, THESE ARE TWO AMAZING EMPOWERED GREENBERG WOMEN, AND WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF THEM.

AND NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM MS. GRISEL FELICIANO.

HONORABLE EVELYN SANTIAGO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH HONORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

MY NAME IS CHRISTELLE LUCIANO, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE A I'VE BEEN PRO RESIDENT OF GREENBERG FOR 13 YEARS, AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS CO-LEADER OF GIRL SCOUT TROOP 24 91.

I'M A MOTHER OF THREE, UM, ONE ATTENDING MY SECOND GRADE AT HIGH VIEW, HER TEACHER TODAY.

MS. MALDONA HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT.

ANOTHER ATTENDING THE, UH, ABIGAIL FOURTH GRADE AT RJ BELLY AND MY 20-YEAR-OLD WHO IS IN HER THIRD YEAR AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY.

PROFESSIONALLY, I WORK AS A BRANCH MANAGER AND A LICENSED HOME CARE AGENCY ON LIMITED CARE WHERE I CAN.

UH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR THE, UH, PAST 14 YEARS.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PUERTO RICO, BUT AT THE AGE OF 18, I MOVED TO NEW YORK TO STUDY ENGLISH AND BECAME THE FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY TO COMPLETE A COLLEGE DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

WOO.

MY PASSION AND LOVE FOR MY ISLAND ARE IN, UM, WHEN MR. FINER INVITED ME TO INITIATE OUR PUERTO RICAN FLAG RACING EVENT HERE IN GREENBURG.

I WAS THRILLED BY THE OPPORTUNITY.

TODAY MARKS OUR THIRD YEAR CONTINUING THIS WONDERFUL TRADITION.

WE LOVE TO CELEBRATE OUR VIBRANT COLORS THROUGH OUR MUSIC, FOOD, AND TRADITIONS.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE AWAY FROM PUERTO RICO, THIS CONNECTION TO THE ISLAND ALLOW US TO CELEBRATE ITS BEAUTY, HISTORY, AND IDENTITY.

THIS CELEBRATION IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION.

WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING THEIR FUTURES TO THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE THEM.

BY DOING THIS, WE REMIND THEM OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR, THEIR ROOTS.

THESE SHARE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ARE VITAL BECAUSE THEY CREATE A FEELING OF UNITY AND BELONGING, HIGHLIGHTING HOW A SHARE IDENTITY HELPS BUILD STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES.

THERE IS SO MUCH WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR GIRL SCOUTS ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THAT COMMITMENT.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE RECENT DEDICATION AND ACTION DURING THEIR CLEANING WESTCHESTER EVENT.

IT MAKES ME INCREDIBLE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN GREENBURG AND TO COLLABORATE WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE WHITE PLAINS PUERTO RICO CULTURAL COMMITTEE.

THIS COMMITTEE WAS GENERALLY FUNDED BY OUR FIRST EVER PUERTO RICAN ELECTED COUNCILWOMAN IN WHITE PLAINS.

EVELYN IS MORE THAN A LEADER.

SHE'S MY MENTOR, SOMEONE I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING SINCE I WAS 14 YEARS OLD.

OUR LIVES ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED AND WE CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORT EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE SHARE THE SAME VALUES AND THE SAME DEDICATION TO KEEPING OUR CULTURE ALIVE.

WHEN DIFFICULT TIMES ARISE, WE BOAS TEND TO HELP EACH OTHER IN ANY WAY WE CAN.

THIS SPIRIT WAS EVE EVIDENT DURING HURRICANE MARIA WHEN EVELYN AND MANY OTHER FRIENDS COLLABORATED ON A FUNDRAISING EVENT.

I NAMED

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WESTCHESTER FOR PUERTO RICO.

THANK YOU, PAUL FOR BEING THERE.

UM, WITH US TOO.

THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $8,000 TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.

ALONG WITH SENDING A CONTAINER FULL OF, UM, GOODS AND FIRST AID PRODUCTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK OMBRE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF WHITE PUERTO RICAN CULTURE HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

THEY ORGANIZED NUMEROUS EVENTS THROUGH NOVEMBER AND THE REST OF THE YEAR, INCLUDING SCHOLARSHIP FOR PROGRAMS FOR PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS, NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN ARTISTS AND AUTOFAIR, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY, UH, HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS, THE ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE MONTH KICKOFF OF CELEBRATION, AND MUCH MORE.

THANK YOU TERESA AND EVELYN SANTIAGO FOR CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTING OUR FLAG RACING HERE IN GREENBURG WITH FUNDS TO BRING ARTISTS AND PROMOTE OUR CULTURE AND TRADITIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU EVELYN, AGAIN, FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND DEMONSTRATING YOUR EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO OUR DEV DEVELOPMENT.

AS STEPHANIE AND I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PUERTO RICAN FLAG RACING EVENT, YOUR ACTIONS HAVE BEEN CORNERSTONE OF OUR PROGRESS.

AND I'M EXCITED TO CARRY THE LESSONS FORWARD, CONFIDENT IN THE TRUST AND GUIDANCE YOU HAVE PLACED IN US.

NOW I AM HONORED TO PRESENT TWO YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF THE GIRL SCOUT TROOP 24 91 GABRIELA SANCHEZ AND MY DAUGHTER ABIGAIL BAR.

THESE TWO AMAZING GIRLS BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS AFTER OUR LAST PUERTO RICAN FLAG RAISING EVENT TODAY WITH INCREDIBLE COURAGE AND HEART.

I DE UH, AND DESPITE NOT BEING ENTIRELY FLUENT IN SPANISH, THEY ARE GOING TO SING TO YOU IN SPANISH.

I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM, AS THEY WILL PERFORM A VERY SPECIAL SONG THAT MEANS SO MUCH FOR US PUERTO RICANS.

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND JOIN THE GIRLS PLEASE IN SINGING ZA

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JOB.

SO WE COULD WE ASK FOR A ENCORE? , ARE YOU PRESENTING ANY, ARE YOU PRESENTING ANY, ARE SO, SO PROUD OF THEM? SO GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE THAT WAS, GET COPIES OF THIS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S THIRD ANNUAL PUERTO RICAN FLAG RAISING.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE LORA, AND I'M SO PROUD TO STAND HERE AS A MEMBER OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

I'M A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER TO TWO AMAZING KIDS, CHELSEA, WHO ATTENDS RJ BAILEY AND GRAYSON, WHO ATTENDS HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I'M ALSO A WIFE TO MY AMAZING HUSBAND WELLINGTON.

I AM ALSO A PART-TIME SUBSTITUTE IN GREENBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I ALSO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PTA IN HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY.

AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE GIRL SCOUT CO TROOP LEADER FOR THE 12 AMAZING JUNIOR GIRL SCOUTS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT WITH US.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN QUEENS, NEW YORK, BY TWO PUERTO RICAN PARENTS WHOSE ROOTS RUN DEEP IN OUR ISLAND.

MY MOTHER'S FAMILY'S FROM KO AND MY FATHER'S FAMILY'S FROM SAN.

GROWING UP IN A PUERTO RICAN HOUSEHOLD, OUR CULTURE WASN'T JUST SOMETHING WE CELEBRATED, IT WAS THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR FAMILY.

TONIGHT IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL BECAUSE MY MOTHER IS HERE WITH US JOINING IN THIS CELEBRATION.

THE TRADITIONS, PRIDE AND PASSION THAT SHE INSTILLED IN ME ARE THE SAME ONES I'M NOW PASSING ON TO MY OWN CHILDREN.

HAVING HER HERE TONIGHT IS AN HONOR AND A REMINDER OF THE GENERATIONS OF PUERTO RICAN STRENGTH, LOVE, AND RESILIENCE THAT BUILT US GROWING UP.

OUR TRADITIONS WERE EVERYWHERE, AND THE MUSIC THAT PLAYED IN OUR HOME, IN THE FOOD THAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND IN THE STORIES PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

THE HOLIDAY SEASON ESPECIALLY, HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS.

THE BARAS, THE LAUGHTER, THE FOOD, THE GATHERINGS THAT LASTED WELL INTO THE NIGHT, THAT SPIRIT OF WARMTH, TOGETHERNESS, AND CULTURE CONTINUES TO LIVE ON IN MY OWN FAMILY.

AND THAT IS A BIG RE BIG PART OF WHY I SHOW UP FOR THIS COMMUNITY IN THE WAY THAT I DO TODAY.

I STAND HERE FRESH OFF THE BAD BUNNY CONCERT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHERE HE REPRESENTED OUR PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY SO BEAUTIFULLY

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THROUGH HIS ART.

IT REMINDED ME HOW POWERFUL IT IS TO BE PART OF THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD.

IT IS THAT SAME LOVE, THAT SAME PRIDE THAT BRINGS ME HERE TONIGHT TO HONOR SOMEBODY WHO EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HER WORK, HER ART, AND HER DEDICATION.

TONIGHT, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE KATHLEEN MARTINEZ HOMES, AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR AND CHERISHED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

KATHLEEN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE BRONX TO PUERTO RICAN PARENTS WHO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR EARLY TEENS, BRINGING WITH THEM STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND THE CULTURAL PRIDE THAT WOULD SHAPE HER FUTURE.

KATHLEEN LIVED IN GREENBURG FOR OVER 15 YEARS, WHERE HER, SHE AND HER HUSBAND OF 24 YEARS, RONNIE HOLMES RAISED THEIR TWO SONS, JOSHUA AND DANIEL, BOTH WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

HER JOURNEY INTO EDUCATION BEGAN RIGHT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT WHEN HER SON JOSHUA STARTED AT LEE F JACKSON.

KATHLEEN JOINED THE PTA AND DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS VOLUNTEERING IN THE SCHOOLS.

BOY CAN I RELATE.

THE MORE TIME SHE SPENT IN THE CLASSROOMS, THE MORE SHE FELT A CALLING GROWING WITHIN HER.

SHE WENT ON TO EARN HER MASTERS IN EDUCATION AND BEGAN HER CAREER AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER IN THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

KATHLEEN BELIEVES DEEPLY THAT TEACHING IS HER PURPOSE, DRIVEN BY THE CHALLENGES AND THE IMMENSE JOY OF WATCHING STUDENTS LEARN, GROW, AND COME INTO THEIR OWN.

WHILE I HAVE PERSONALLY NEVER HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING HER TEACH ANY OF MY OWN CHILDREN, I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN HER CLASS CLASSROOM TO WATCH HER TEACH.

AND I WITNESSED THE WONDER EXCITEMENT AND CURIOSITY IN THE STUDENT'S EYES.

IT WAS CLEAR IN JUST THOSE FEW MOMENTS WHAT KIND OF TEACHER KATHLEEN IS PATIENT, JOYFUL, NURTURING, AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY INVESTED IN STUDENT SUCCESS BEYOND ACADE ACADEMICS.

KATHLEEN'S PRIDE IN HER PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE IS PROFOUNDLY, PROFOUNDLY, INFLUENCES HER WORK AS A PROUD LATINA.

SHE CONNECTS WITH FAMILIES ON A CULTURAL AND PERSONAL LEVEL, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THEIR CHILD'S FIRST SCHOOL EXPERIENCES, ENCOURAGING THEM TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AND SUPPORTING THOSE WHO MAY FEEL LIKE THE OUTSIDERS BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS.

HER ABILITY TO UPLIFT AND EMPOWER FAMILIES IS A GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

HER STORY REFLECTS THE HEARTS OF THIS CELEBRATION, THE STRENGTH, LOVE, AND PERSEVERANCE OF PUERTO RICAN FAMILIES WHO ENRICH THIS COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING MS. KATHLEEN MARTINEZ HOLMES, A WOMAN WHOSE DEDICATION AND HEART CONTINUES TO MOVE OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.

WE ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM, UH, THE TOWN BOARD.

SO LET ME GIVE IT TO YOU.

THERE'S THE FOLDER.

PICTURE OF DIVERSITY, LOVE, INCLUSION, ENCOURAGEMENT.

WOW.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I AM, UM, HUMBLY AND, UM, I'M HUMBLY HONORED TO BE HERE.

I AM SPEECHLESS, SOME WOULD SAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.

UM, I AM SO GRATEFUL, UM, FOR THIS HONOR.

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT , IF I CAN DO THIS WITH THAT, WITH THE TEARS, IT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, MY, MY HEART IS JUST OVERJOYED WITH APPRECIATION.

I THOUGHT OF SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT, UM, STEPHANIE AND GRISEL CAN CALL INSTEAD OF ME.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, STARTING WITH THEM BECAUSE, UM, STEPHANIE AND GELLE ARE LIKE TWO ANGELS HERE ON EARTH.

AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS SHARED ABOUT THEM BEFORE IS ON THE NAIL TO THE T.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHT, YOUR THINKING OF ME.

I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.

UM, STEPHANIE, YOU KNOW, READ, UM, MY, IT FEELS LIKE MY ENTIRE LIFE, , BUT I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I THANKED EVERYONE HERE BECAUSE, UM, I COULD NOT BE HERE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY.

UM, I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST A SPECK IN THIS, UM, IN THIS, UM, PICTURE THAT WHEN YOU STEP BACK, YOU LOOK AT IT AND IT'S, UH, A BEAUTIFUL

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AND THAT'S WHAT I RECEIVED.

AND IN ME RECEIVING THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, PAY IT FORWARD.

UM, I COULD, I COULD NOT GO ON WITHOUT, UM, SHARING THAT THE, THE LIGHT THAT ANYONE HAS SEEN IN ME IS NOT OF MYSELF, BUT, UM, THAT OF GOD HIMSELF.

AND, UM, I HAVE TO GIVE HONOR, UM, TO GOD BECAUSE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HIS LIGHT, I KNOW I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE TO SPEAK, TO SAY ANYTHING.

SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE IS, UM, IS ALL FOR HIS GLORY.

AND I'M SO THANKFUL.

I'M THANKFUL.

I'M THANKFUL THAT I HAVE MY HUSBAND.

WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR, UH, 24 YEARS AND, UM, TOGETHER FOR 31 YEARS.

HE'S BEEN MY RIDE OR DIE.

HE'S BEEN MY ENCOURAGER.

HE'S BEEN ALL THAT, UM, FOR ME.

AND I JUST WANNA THANK, THANK GOD FOR HIM.

AND ALSO, UM, TO MY, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD CALL THEM CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE GROWN ADULTS NOW, BUT MY OFFSPRING JOSHUA AND, AND, AND DANIEL, WHO AS STEPHANIE SHARED, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY STARTED HERE, THAT BEGAN MY JOURNEY INTO, INTO TEACHING.

I HAVE FAMILY AND, AND I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY FRIENDS HERE BECAUSE I WOULD JUST SAY FAMILY.

UM, HOLD ON.

'CAUSE I'M NERVOUS.

, TAKE YOUR TIME.

UM, I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE WHO I APPRECIATE, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY.

AND AS I SAID, WITHOUT THEM I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

MY, UM, AMAZING PRINCIPAL, MS. SIMONE.

I'M, I'M HONORED THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

UM, I'M PART OF A GREAT TEAM AT LEE F JACKSON AND PART OF THE GREENBERG DISTRICT.

I'M SO, UM, GLAD THAT, UM, I HAVE PART OF, UM, ONE OF THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS HERE AS WELL, ANGELA MAKO, WHO'S ALSO AMAZING.

UM, MS. MALDONADO, WHO IS, UM, SHE, SHE LOVES EVERYBODY THAT SHE COMES INTO CONTACT WITH.

AND ALSO, UM, MS. WOODWARD IS HERE.

SO I THANK, UM, YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND THAT'S JUST A PART OF A SMALL PART OF THIS GREENBERG, UM, COMMUNITY.

UM, MY, MY MOM AND MY BROTHER I KNOW, AND MY OTHER SISTER ARE WATCHING ONLINE.

AND NORMALLY MY MOM WOULD'VE BEEN HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THANKSGIVING WITH HER THIS YEAR.

MY BROTHER MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO SPEND THANKSGIVING WITH HIM.

AND HE'S, HE'S IN , RIGHT? HE'S HER ONLY SON AND HE'S THE YOUNGEST.

SO , OKAY, IT'S A WRAP.

SO, UM, SHE'S IN FLORIDA WHEN NORMALLY SHE WOULD BE HERE, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HER BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS HER.

AND, UM, MY JOURNEY BEGAN WITH HER AND MY DAD.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, IF, IF MY DAD WERE HERE, HE WOULD PROBABLY BE SITTING NEXT TO MY MOM WITH A GREAT SMILE ON HIS FACE BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH THE, UM, MY, UM, INTRODUCTION TO THIS, UM, PUERTO RICAN, UM, LIFE THAT WE LIVED GROWING UP.

AS STEPHANIE SAID, THEY BOTH, UM, CAME FROM PUERTO RICO WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, AND THEY'RE THE SOURCE OF WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT BEING A UA.

PAPI WOULD TELL ME THAT I'M NEW RICAN BECAUSE I WASN'T BORN IN LALA.

HE WAS STRAIGHT FROM THE ISLAND.

SO IT WAS A PRIDE THAT HE HAD.

UM, AND MOMMY TAUGHT US, UM, THE CULTURE, UM, THROUGH FOOD AND MUSIC AND LANGUAGE.

BEING PUERTO RICAN WAS SOMETHING I TOOK FOR GRANTED FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL SOME TIME AGO.

I LEARNED THAT TOBI MEN, I COME FROM ANCESTORS WHO WERE WARRIORS WHOSE PRIDE RUNS DEEP AND CULTURE IS RICH, IS A PRIDE LIKE NO OTHER.

MY TIME IN GREENBURG BEGAN WHEN MY BOYS STARTED IN, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I VOLUNTEERED, UM, IN THE PTAI ATTENDED EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

I WORKED AT THE T-D-Y-C-C.

UM, I CAN SAY I WORKED AT THE CENTER, AND IF I SAY THE CENTER, EVERYBODY IN GREENBURG KNOWS WHAT I MEAN.

AND GREENBURG AND GREENBURG BECAME MY HOME.

I'M BLESSED TO BE SURROUNDED BY YOU ALL BY THIS COMMUNITY,

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AND I CONSIDER MYSELF JUST A PIECE OF A PUZZLE.

UM, MY, MY, UH, PRINCIPAL, MS. SIMONE, UM, ONE DAY I WAS, UM, SHARING AT BACK TO SCHOOL AT A BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT.

UM, I WAS SHARING A LITTLE BIT, UM, ABOUT MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN IN THE BRONX, BORN AND RAISED IN THE BRONX.

UM, YOU KNOW, I LOVE PIZZA.

I LIKED TO WATCH FRIENDS.

UM, AND MS. SIMONE POPPED IN AND SAID SHE WAS BORN IN THE BRONX, BUT HER HEART IS IN GREENBERG.

AND THAT NEVER LEFT ME.

THAT NEVER LEFT ME BECAUSE, UM, SHE SAW SOMETHING, UM, IN ME, UM, WHEN SHE ALLOWED ME TO BECOME PART OF THE FAMILY AT LEAH JACKSON.

AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL, UM, TO HER FOR THAT AND ALLOWING ME TO WORK WITH THE ENL POPULATION.

UM, I DON'T HAVE THEM THIS YEAR, AND I MISSED THE, THE POPULATION.

UM, BUT THE TIME THAT I DID HAVE, I WAS ABLE TO, UM, MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THE STUDENTS.

AND THE BEST THING IS, UM, TO SEE SOMEONE COME IN WITH NO, UM, ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SEPTEMBER AND SEE THEM WALK OUT IN JUNE, HAVING A FULL CONVERSATION.

AND THESE ARE FIVE AND SIX YEAR OLDS, AND THAT SHOWED ME THEIR RESILIENCE.

AND I, I LOVE WORKING WHERE I AM.

TO ME, IT'S, IT'S NOT A JOB, IT'S NOT A CAREER.

IT'S A CALLING.

AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.

UM, AGAIN, I'M, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS HONOR.

AND WHAT I CAN LEAVE YOU WITH IS THIS, WHATEVER IT IS THAT, THAT WE'VE SHARED.

UM, WHOEVER KNOWS ME HERE, A CONVERSATION, A LAUGH, AN ENCOURAGING WORD, I, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO PAY IT FORWARD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE LOVE, THE ENCOURAGEMENT, THE KNOWLEDGE, THE PUSH, UM, THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAY IT FORWARD.

AND I CHARGE YOU ON TODAY TO DO THE SAME THING.

THERE'S ENOUGH EVIL IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.

AND I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF COMMUNITY, BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF A SHARED LOVE FOR PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HELP US PUSH US FORWARD AND STAY FOCUSED ON THE PRIZE AHEAD.

I THANK YOU.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

BEFORE WE CLOSE TONIGHT, WE WANNA LEAVE YOU WITH SOME MUSIC FROM OUR CULTURE.

UH, CARLOS JIMENEZ HAS BEEN A FLUTIST, UM, HAS BEEN A, UM, A BAND DIRECTOR FOR OVER TWO DEC TWO DECADES.

UH, HIS SPECIALTY IN MUSIC IS LATIN, JAZZ AND MAMBO.

AND WE'LL LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH SOME SAMPLING OF HIS MUSICAL WORK.

CARLOS, IS CARLOS HERE? I HOPE HE'S HERE.

SO, UM, HE'LL BE IN, IN A MINUTE.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT AFTER AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE SOME SAMPLINGS OF FOOD AND SOME REFRESHMENTS OUTSIDE.

UH, SO FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, AFTER THE PROGRAM IS DONE, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE TO JUST GIVE CARLOS A MINUTE, TWO MINUTES.

TWO MINUTES.

BUT YOU WANNA PRESENT THE FLAG NOW? YEAH, WHY DON'T YOU DO THE FLAG NOW.

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CARLOS, HERE WE GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING NOISE.

I'M TODAY, BUT, SO LET'S,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

OF COURSE.

FIRST I WANNA SAY THAT THE SONGS THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY TODAY IS WALKING BY WELL, COMPOSER, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.

MY NAME IS, AND PIANO.

CHRIS.

SEE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF I HAD TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO DO WRITTEN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN?

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AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF OUR PROGRAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.

IF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS ON TV AND THEY WANT TO CONTACT YOU, COULD YOU GIVE US THE CONTACT INFORMATION? OH, YOU CAN FIND ME ON CARLOS EZ COURT CASES.

UH, DOCK, THIS WAS ONE OF, UH, THE BEST, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETINGS I'VE EVER ATTENDED.

THIS MBO.

ONE SECOND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US DIRTY CLOUD.

YOU.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT.

WE'LL BE CELEBRATING THREE KINGS DAY AT THE WHITE PLAINS PUBLIC LIBRARY.

WE'LL BE GIVING OUT TOYS.

YOU SO GOOD TO CHILDREN.

AGE FIVE TO 12.

THAT'S SATURDAY, JANUARY 3RD AT THE WHITE PLAINS PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THIS WAS REALLY AMAZING.

IT REALLY WAS SUCH A HIGHLIGHT.

HOW GONNA USE THE RESTROOM? SO WE'LL TAKE LIKE A TWO MINUTE BREAK AND THEN WE'LL START THE MEETING, OR WE'LL CONTINUE THE MEETING TIME.

MARIA, PETER, YOUR, YOUR MICROPHONE'S NOT ON.

DO YOU WANNA SAY THAT AGAIN? UH, FRANCIS, DO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IN MEMORY OF, UH, PETER? RIGHT.

SO THE MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER.

SO, UH, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GIVE IT THE, UH, THE TRIBUTE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE HAD.

SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS A PICTURE OF PETER BROCCOLI, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY THREE DAYS AGO.

PETER BROCCOLI IS DOBBS FERRY.

I MEAN, HE WAS BORN IN DOBBS FERRY.

HE WAS ON THE FIRE, UH, THE DOBBS FERRY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 60 YEARS.

HE WENT INTO THE DO MILITARY SERVICE AND SERVED AS A MARINE.

THEY HAD A DELI, I THINK IT WAS CALLED, UM, SIPPIN SNACK IN DOBBS FERRY.

UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HE WAS PART OF THE DODGES FERRY POP WARNER YOUTH FOR FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

UH, AND NOEL BROCCOLI IS THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

DOES A GREAT JOB, UH, SERVING IN A FAMILY TRADITION, UM, IN, IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND ALSO DISPLAY HIS PICTURE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAY REMEMBER HIM BY HIS PICTURE AS OPPOSED TO HIS NAME.

UH, BUT NOT IN DOBBS FERRY, BECAUSE IN DOBBS FERRY, HE, UM, STANDS OUT AND, UH, HE'S A TERRIBLE LOSS FOR NOT ONLY THE BROCCOLI FAMILY, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY.

ON, ON BEHALF OF DOBBS FERRY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRIBUTE.

LISA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE ROLL CALL? SURE.

THANK, THANK YOU.

UM, OUR SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO, UH, NOEL AND THE FAMILY.

UM, UH,

[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]

PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINER HERE.

COUNCILMAN HAN.

COUNCILWOMAN HABER PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS, PRESENT TOWN ATTORNEY AND PARLIAMENTARIAN.

MR. JOE DANKO PRESENT.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON IS ATTENDING VIA ZOOM TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A QUORUM IN PERSON OF A DUALLY, PROPERLY NOTED TOWN BOARD MEETING.

SO WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL TOWN AND STATE LAWS.

UM, SO NEXT, UH, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[ To consider an amended site plan application by Metropolis Country Club [289 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains, NY) [TB 25-09]]

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION

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BY METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB 2 89 DOPPS FERRY ROAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.

GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR.

FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.

GARY TU KAIN, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB.

THE SITE OWNER RELATED TO A, TO PROPOSED SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE NEW AND REPLACEMENT STAFF HOUSING IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE GOLF COURSE.

METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB IS A 127 ACRE GOLF COURSE SITE, LOCATED AT TWO EIGHTY NINE DOBBS FERRY ROAD IN THE R 21 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.

THE LOCATION OF THE COUNTRY CLUB THAT THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED CONSISTS OF AN APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRE CONSERVATION EASEMENT BENEFITING BOTH METROPOLIS AND THE ADJOINING FUTURE BRIGHTVIEW CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITY.

THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT PLAN FOR AND ALLOWS FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS WITH REPLACEMENT HOUSING AND THE PRESERVATION OF GOLF COURSE FEATURES IN OPEN SPACE CONSISTING OF PERMISSIBLE USES IN THIS PORTION OF THE SITE.

IN TERMS OF PROCESS, THE SITE PLANS AND APPLICATIONS WERE REVIEWED BY TOWN STAFF, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENTS OF PLANNING, BUILDING ENGINEERING, POLICE, AND THE TOWN'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO COMMENTS FROM THESE AGENCIES AND TOWN STAFF, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF AN AMENDED SITE PLAN REFERRAL, WHICH INCLUDED A WORK SESSION ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025, WHERE THE APPLICATION WAS THE SUBJECT OF A NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.

THE PLANNING BOARD FOUND THAT THE AMENDED SITE PLAN SUBMISSION SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE SITE PLAN STANDARDS, ENDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 85 54 A THROUGH K.

AS PART OF ITS RECOMMENDATION, THE PLANNING BOARD NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN COULD BE IMPROVED WITH THE ADDITION OF EVERGREEN SCREENING AT THE NORTHERLY PROPERTY LINE.

AND THE APPLICANT'S GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT THEY'VE MADE AS A RESULT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.

IN A MOMENT, ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025, THE APPLICANT APPEARED BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR REVIEW OF TWO AREA VARIANCES AS WELL AS FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT.

AND AT THAT MEETING, THE ZONING BOARD GRANTED THOSE APPROVALS, THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE AND KLEIN WILL NOW START THE PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.

MY NAME IS ANNIE KLEIN.

I'M AN ASSOCIATE AT DELBELLO DANELLA AND WEINGART AND WISE AND WHITAKER HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF METROPOLIS COUNTRY CLUB.

UH, JOINING ME THIS EVENING IS ANDY NATHAN, WHO'S PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB, AND ADAM THYER, WHO'S OUR, UH, ENGINEER FROM INSIGHT.

UH, SO I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF METROPOLIS.

IT IS AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE INCLUDING TENNIS COURTS, SWIMMING POOL, CLUBHOUSE, AND ACCESSORY USES.

IT'S BEEN, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1922.

UM, THE USE IS CLASSIFIED AS A PRIVATE CLUB OR SOCIAL CLUB OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS.

UM, AND WE DID RECEIVE AN AMENDED SPECIAL PERMIT LAST THURSDAY FROM, I'M SORRY.

CAN, CAN WE KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED BECAUSE IT'S QUITE NOISY OUT THERE.

UH, WE RECEIVED AN AMENDED SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THAT USE, UH, LAST THURSDAY FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PROPERTY.

WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING IS TO REPLACE TWO EXISTING STAFF HOUSING BUILDINGS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WITH ONE NEWER AND MORE EFFICIENT MODULAR BUILDING IN THE SAME LOCATION.

THE TWO BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 5,230 SQUARE FEET.

THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 5,215 SQUARE FEET, SO ABOUT THE SAME SIZE, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE REDUCING IT FROM TWO BUILDINGS TO ONE BUILDING, THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT IS ACTUALLY DECREASING BY APPROXIMATELY 1000 SQUARE FEET.

WE ARE ALSO REDUCING THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IN THE AREA BY APPROXIMATELY 630 SQUARE FEET.

UM, THIS IS A TYPE TWO ACTION UNDER SECRA BECAUSE IT IS A REPLACEMENT IN KIND.

UM, AND WE ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR AMENDED SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT.

UM, I'M GOING TO NOW HAND IT OVER TO ADAM TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PLAN SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, AND HE'LL ALSO GO OVER THE LANDSCAPING WITH YOU.

UH, WHAT WILL BE THE PROPOSED BUILDING, WHICH I'LL JUMP TO IN A MOMENT.

I'M ADAM BERG FROM INSIGHT ENGINEERING.

UH, JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, THE SITE AS IT EXISTS NOW, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE SCREEN HERE, THESE ARE THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT EXIST IN THE LOCATION OF,

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UM, I WOULD ALSO, LET ME, UH, LET ME ALSO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THESE EXISTING BUILDING OR THESE TWO EXISTING BUILDINGS.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF DILAPIDATED AND IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE VIEW AT THE MOMENT IN THIS LOCATION.

LET ME UPDATE MY SHARE.

SO TO GO BACK TO THE SITE PLANS, AGAIN, THIS IS THE NORTHERN END OF THE SITE.

UH, THIS IS THE LOCATION HERE.

LEMME JUMP DOWN TO THE LAYOUT AND LANDSCAPING PLAN.

SO THOSE TWO BUILDINGS WOULD BE REPLACED, UM, BY, UH, AS, UH, ANNIE WAS MENTIONING, UH, THE, THIS BUILDING THAT'S SHOWN HERE, WE PROVIDE TWO HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES ON THE WEST SIDE.

THERE'D BE ACCESSIBLE ROUTES TO ACCESS, UH, THE BUILDING FROM BOTH SIDES.

THERE WOULD BE AN EXTERNAL STAIR ON THE EAST SIDE.

AND WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, UH, LANDSCAPING, UH, TO REPLACE SOME OF THE TREES THAT'LL BE REMOVED ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, FACING INTO THE COURT, UH, INTO THE COURSE.

AND ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE'VE PROPOSED A HEDGE, UH, THAT IN THIS PLAN DEPICTS 10 TREES.

UM, AND BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT BY THREE, UH, ADDITIONAL TREES.

SO WE'LL HAVE 13 TREES, UH, ON THIS SIDE HERE.

PROBABLY ADD A COUPLE OVER HERE AND MAYBE ONE MORE OVER HERE JUST TO ADD SOME DENSITY TO THAT, THAT VEGETATED SCREEN.

UM, FOR A LOOK AT THE BUILDING ITSELF, UH, WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS.

I'M JUST GONNA JUMP TO THOSE.

UH, THESE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY OR SOME, SOME MORE BASIC RENDERINGS.

UH, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL COLOR, THE GENERAL SCALE, UH, OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERNAL STAIR THERE.

AND I HAVE ANOTHER RENDERING THAT I'LL JUMP TO NOW IF I CAN FIND IT.

LIKE, IF I JUMP BACK TO THIS, WHERE DID THAT ONE GO? SORRY, ONE SECOND.

AH, HERE IT IS.

LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.

THERE WE GO.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE VIEW, UH, TO THE PROPOSED BUILDING, UM, FROM THE SOUTH.

UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SKIP, GET AN IDEA OF THE, THE, THE SCALE AND THE, THE COLOR AND THE GENERAL APPEARANCE.

HOW OLD WAS THE BUILDING THAT'S BEING DEMOLISHED? SO IT'S OVER 50 YEARS OLD.

IT'S AS YOU COULD SEE AND NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CLUB TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, UH, GOOD FACILITIES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.

UM, THE EMPLOYEES ARE GENERALLY THERE FOR MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND, UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS YOU COULD SEE, IT'S NOT IN GREAT SHAPE.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THIS BETTER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, UM, AT THE CLUB.

UH, IN ADDITION, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT WE DID REQUIRE SOME VARIANCES FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, BUT IT ACTUALLY, THE BUILDING, THE NEW PROPOSED BUILDING IS VISUALLY A COUPLE FEET LOWER THAN THE EXISTING BUILDINGS AND ALSO SET BACK IN ADDITIONAL FOUR FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS BETTER THAN WHAT'S THERE.

IN ADDITION TO LOOKING BETTER, IN ADDITION TO BEING BETTER FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, IT'S ALSO AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.

SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

UM, PAUSE TRANSCRIPTION PLEASE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THIS THE PROJECT WHERE THERE WAS AN ISSUE REGARDING SIDEWALK AND WHICH SIDE OF THE STREET? NO, NO, NO.

THEY'VE, THEY'VE, UH, BUILT A LOT OF SIDEWALKS ON DO, SORRY, ROAD.

UH, THE, THE GOLF CLUB BUILT A MAINTENANCE FACILITY RIGHT ON THE JUNIPER HILLSIDE, RIGHT.

AND, UM, THAT PROJECT IS, IS, IS ACTUALLY COMPLETE.

AND I DID INSPECT THE SIDEWALK, UH, THAT'S IN THAT AREA.

THAT WAS TO BE BASICALLY USED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT, THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE, UM, A THE MAIN CAMPUS THERE.

AND, UM, SIDEWALK LOOKS GREAT AND IT WAS BUILT FOR PLANS AND, UM, VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY CAME OUT.

SO THEY DID WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT WAS KIND OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

AND THE NEW SIDEWALK ON DOPPS FERRY ROAD IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, AMAZING.

I'VE USED IT A FEW TIMES SO FAR, AND I JUST THINK IT, IT'S GREAT.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S THE WHOLE, UH, CLUB IS REALLY LOOKING NICE.

THE ENTRANCE IS, YOU KNOW, IT REAL, YOU COULD REALLY SEE IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL, UH, NEW EDITION.

SO I'M REALLY, I'M REALLY PLEASED.

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UM, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SIGNUPS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING METROPOLIS? THANK YOU.

YOU RESUME.

OKAY, THEN I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.

SHOW THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THERE WAS NOBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK.

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING.

OKAY, LUCK.

YOU TOO.

UM, I, I FORGOT, UH,

[ To consider a Local Law amending Chapter 605 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to Planning Board composition and procedures, by increasing the number of alternates from one to two and decreasing the membership from seven to five, with a one-year re-evaluation period of the reduction; or, alternatively, to consider a Local Law amending Chapter 605 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to Planning Board composition and procedures by increasing the number of alternates on the Planning Board from one to two]

THE FIRST HEARING WAS GONNA BE TO CONSIDER AN, UH, LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 6 0 5 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO PLANNING BOARD COMPOSITION AND PROCEDURES BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ALTERNATES FROM ONE TO TWO AND DECREASING THE MEMBERSHIP FROM SEVEN TO FIVE WITH A ONE YEAR REEVALUATION PERIOD OF THE REDUCTION.

OR ALTERNATIVELY TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 6 0 5 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO PLANNING BOARD COMPOSITION AND PROCEDURES.

BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ALTERNATES ON THE PLANNING BOARD FROM ONE TO TWO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.

WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF WITH A GOAL OF REALLY BOOSTING MEMBERSHIP AND, UM, ONLY HAVING THAT BE TEMPORARY.

CAN YOU CLARIFY THE, THOSE TERMS FOR EVERYONE? ALL SET? YEP.

GREAT.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.

GARY DUANE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS RELATED TO LOCAL LAWS WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO THE COMPOSITION NEEDS OF THE PLANNING BOARD.

CHAPTER 6 0 5 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COVERS PLANNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION, WHICH INCLUDES REGULAR MEMBERS AND AN ALTERNATE.

PRESENTLY, THE PLANNING BOARD IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN REGULAR MEMBERS AND ONE ALTERNATE MEMBER FOR EIGHT TOTAL.

WITH THE ALTERNATE MEMBER VOTING AT TIMES WHEN THERE'S AN ABSENCE OR IF THEY HAVE TO RECUSE THEMSELVES.

THERE ARE TWO RELATED LOCAL LAWS POSTED IN SUPPORT OF THE HEARING TONIGHT, ONE OF WHICH I WOULD DESCRIBE AS WHERE THE TOWN WOULD LIKE TO BE.

AND ANOTHER WHICH REFLECTS THE RE REALITY THAT SOME BOARDS AND COMMITTEES HAVE EXPERIENCED LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY, WHICH IS RE REDUCTIONS IN MEMBERSHIP.

THE FIRST LOCAL LAW PROPOSES TO SIMPLY ADD ONE ALTERNATE ADDITIONAL ALTERNATE PLANNING BOARD MEMBER, WHICH IF APPROVED, WOULD COMPRISE THE PLANNING BOARD OF NINE TOTAL MEMBERS, AND THAT WOULD BE SEVEN REGULAR AND TWO ALTERNATES, AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT SEVEN IN ONE.

SO ONE ADDITIONAL ALTERNATE MEMBER SUCH COMPOSITION WOULD BE IDEAL IN TIMES WHERE THERE WAS AN ABUNDANCE OF EXISTING MEMBERS AND INTERESTED CANDIDATES.

THE SECOND LOCAL LAW PROPOSES TO REDUCE THE CURRENT REGULAR MEMBERSHIP FROM SEVEN VOTING TO FIVE VOTING MEMBERS AND ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO ALTERNATE MEMBERS.

SO SEVEN TOTAL.

THIS APPROACH BUFFERS THE BOARD IN TIMES WHERE THERE IS NOT A FULLY APPOINTED BOARD AND BUFFERS THE PLANNING BOARD IF THERE IS AN ILLNESS, RECUSAL OR PROLONGED VACATION.

AT PRESENT, THE TOWN'S PLANNING BOARD HAS FIVE TOTAL MEMBERS, AND WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A RECUSAL AND A PROLONGED VACATION, BOTH OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE FACED BY THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD.

THIS JANUARY, A REDUCTION OF THE BOARD TO FIVE VOTING MEMBERS COULD BE A VIABLE TEMPORARY SOLUTION TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE FULL VOTING QUORUMS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS OVER 46,000 RESIDENTS WITH A TREMENDOUS VARIETY OF SKILLS AND PERSPECTIVES, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE BACKBONE OF THE TOWN'S LAND USE BOARDS.

AND I KNOW THAT TOWN BOARD AND TOWN STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SEEK WAYS TO MAXIMIZE AND RAISE AWARENESS FOR VACANCIES ON THE BOARDS, AND HIGHLIGHT HOW RESIDENTS IN THE PAST HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED PROJECTS BOTH SMALL AND LARGE, WHICH BENEFIT ALL OF US.

NOW I REFERENCED, UH, THE TEMPORARY SOLUTION IN MY REMARKS WHEN DESCRIBING THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF SEVEN TO FIVE VOTING MEMBERS, BECAUSE IF APPROVED THE TOWN BOARD COULD AT ANY TIME INCREASE MEMBERSHIP IN THE FUTURE WITH A SIMPLE LOCAL LAW AMENDMENT PROCESS, JUST LIKE WE ARE CONDUCTING THIS EVENING AS MEMBERSHIP INTEREST RISES.

SO I THINK SUPERVISOR, YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, THAT AT MANDATORY WOULD BE REVISITED IN A YEAR, BUT IF, UH, IN THE, FOR, IN A, IN A FORTUNATE INSTANCE WHERE, UM, LET'S SAY THERE WAS, UH, A LOT OF CANDIDATES THAT WERE WANTING TO BE ON THE BOARD, UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY COME BACK TO YOU SOONER THAN THAT IF IT FELT THAT MAYBE WE COULD REVERT BACK TO, UM, THE FULLER BOARD OR GO TO THE FULLER WITH TWO ALTERNATES.

SO, UM, TWO LOCAL LAWS, UM, CAN'T PROVE THEM BOTH.

THAT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE.

IT'S REALLY, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF THAT UNDER THE UNFORTUNATE, UM, REDUCTION IN BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, A TEMPORARY, UH, SEVEN TO FIVE WOULD,

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HOW MANY VACANCIES ARE THERE ON THE PLANNING BOARD NOW? SO, UH, WITH THE SEVEN IN ONE ALTERNATE, THAT'S EIGHT TOTAL.

THE, THE MAXIMUM YOU WOULD HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS.

UH, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE FIVE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I'M JUST GIVING YOU MY OWN OPINION.

I, I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UH, NOT DECREASE THE NUMBER OF, UM, MEMBERS OF, OF THE PLANNING BOARD, BUT I DO SUPPORT HAVING ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATE BECAUSE I THINK OVER THE YEARS, WHAT HAS MADE THE PLANNING BOARD SO, UH, VALUABLE IN MY OPINION IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD INPUT FROM A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU KNOW, EVERY, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THERE'S PEOPLE WHO COME, THERE'S LITTLE CONTROVERSIES, LAND USE ISSUES AND CONCERNS, AND, UH, PEOPLE SHOW UP AT BOARD MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE PUBLICIZE THE, THE VACANCIES THAT THEY'LL, THAT IT WILL BE, THERE'LL BE NO PROBLEM FINDING, UM, UH, QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WE, WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING ON EAST HEARTS DAILY ABOUT EAST HARS DAILY, I KNEW THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO'S VERY QUALIFIED, WHO, YOU KNOW, HAD EXPRESSED, UM, YOU KNOW, INTEREST IN, IN, IN SERVING ON THE PLANNING BOARD.

SO I, I JUST BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANNA FEEL THAT THEY HAVE INPUT, THAT THEY HAVE INFLUENCE, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING REPRESENTED.

AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, BE AGAINST REDUCING THE, UM, THE NUMBERS.

THAT'S MY OWN OPINION.

ALRIGHT, ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WANNA SPEAK? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE HOW, HOW SAM HAS TO BE CALLED ON? YOU COULD SIGN, YOU COULD SIGN UP TO THE LIST.

AND, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

THERE'S A CLOCK ON BOTH SIDES.

WHEN YOU REACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

UM, IT, IT IS IMPORTANT WITH RESPECT TO, UH, HAVING A QUORUM.

I'M AGAINST REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE PLANNING BOARD FROM SEVEN TO FIVE.

YOUR NAME PLEASE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE.

S UM, ONE, WHEN YOU'RE ON THE PLANNING BOARD, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE APPOINTED TODAY AND ACTIVE TOMORROW.

A LOT OF TRAINING INVOLVED AND PEOPLE WHO ARE APPEAR ON THE TRAINING ON THE PLANNING BOARD.

NUMBER TWO, HAVING ALTERNATES DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM EITHER BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT AN ALTERNATE THAT SAYS THAT THEY WILL ATTEND THE MEETING ANYMORE THAN A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE AT YOUR BOARD OF ETHICS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE MEMBER MISSED MORE THAN HALF OF THE MEETINGS SO FAR.

AND FINALLY, BOTH THE PLANNING BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD, THE TOWN BOARD, AND THE BOARD OF ETHICS, INCREASINGLY WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE PLANNING BOARD IN THIS SPECIFIC SITUATION.

IF YOU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND YOU THEREFORE TR ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THAT CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY RECUSAL, THEN YOU DEFEATED YOUR OWN PURPOSE HERE IN REDUCING IT BECAUSE YOU STILL MAY NOT HAVE A QUORUM, SO YOU HAVE MORE OF A CUSHION WITH SEVEN PEOPLE.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO ELSE, WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT? NO MORE SPEAKER.

YES, I DO.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

AS FORMER TOWN CLERK FOR TOWN OF GREENBERG, 2008 TO 2023, I AGREE WITH, UH, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER WITH RESPECT TO NOT REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD.

WHEN I FIRST BECAME TOWN CLERK IN 2008, UH, OOO, ONE OF THE, UM, UH, WHAT REALLY, UM, JUMPED OUT AT ME WAS THE, UM, THE LOW NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, UH, REPRESENTING, UM, DIVERSITY ON THE TOWN'S, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT KEEPING THE NUMBER AT SEVEN ALLOWS FOR A GREATER REPRESENTATION AND, UH, OF THE DIVERSITY OF THIS, OF THIS TOWN.

I ALSO THINK THAT,

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UM, AT, AT FIVE YOU HAVE FEWER NUMBERS AVAILABLE TO VOTE ON AN ISSUE, AND I, I JUST CAN'T SEE ANY LOGICAL REASON FOR REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD FROM SEVEN TO FIVE.

WHAT IS THE LOGICAL REASONING BEHIND THIS? IT IS A BOARD THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE STATE, AND THEREFORE IT IS A BOARD THAT SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT REPRESENTS.

AND WITH A, A, A A, UH, WITH SEVEN YOU HAVE THE BROADER REPRESENTATION OF A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE DIVERSE, DO NOT REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT? YES.

HI, MY NAME IS CARRIE HARRELL, AND, UH, I'M A FAIRLY NEW RESIDENT OF GREENBERG, SO I GUESS YOU CAN PICK THE MIC UP HIGHER IF YOU'D LIKE.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, SO BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED, I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE, UH, YOUNG LADY SAID.

UM, BASICALLY IS THAT, UH, I AGREE THAT WE, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN A TOWN MEETING, AND SO WE WANTED TO COME BASICALLY JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE RUN.

AND I AGREE, I FEEL LIKE THE KEEPING THE NUMBER LARGER ALSO ALLOW FOR MAYBE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GIVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE NOT ONLY THE DIVERSITY IN CULTURE, BUT ALSO DIVERSITY IN AGE AND SOCIOECONOMICS.

SO I AGREE WITH THE OTHER SPEAKERS SAYING THAT IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD BE KEPT AT A THAT'S GREAT.

LARGER NUMBER.

GOOD.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE ATTEND THIS MEETING AND I HOPE YOU'LL ATTEND EVERY MEETING.

WE'LL TRY .

THE NEXT MEETING'S DECEMBER 10TH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? BECAUSE NOW WE WILL HAVE DYLAN PINE, THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.

UH, I'M DYLAN PINE AND I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TWO PROPOSALS BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT.

I SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL TO TEMPORARILY REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE PLANNING BOARD, BUT I WANNA PLACE IT IN THE CONTEXT OF SEVERAL STEPS THAT I BELIEVE TAKEN TOGETHER WILL STRENGTHEN THE PLANNING BOARD'S WORK, IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, PROVIDE STABILITY AFTER A PERIOD OF TURBULENCE AND EXPAND RATHER THAN REDUCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

REDUCING THE, REDUCING THE PLANNING BOARD FROM SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS AND ONE ALTERNATE TO FIVE VOTING MEMBERS.

AND TWO, ALTERNATES IS NOT SOMETHING ANY OF US ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT.

BUT GIVEN THE EXTRAORDINARY TRANSITION THE PLANNING BOARD HAS EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF THE QUORUM CHALLENGES THAT HAVE RESULTED, I BELIEVE IT IS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE SHORT TERM ACTION THE TOWN CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THE PLAN, THE PLANNING BOARD CAN CONTINUE DOING ITS WORK.

THIS TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENT BRINGS SEVERAL PRACTICAL LOGICAL BENEFITS WITH FIVE VOTING MEMBERS.

ONLY THREE WOULD BE NEEDED TO PHYSICALLY ONLY THREE WOULD NEED TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT TO MEET QUORUM, MAKING IT FAR LESS LIKELY THAT APPLICANTS WILL EXPERIENCE DELAYS DUE TO MEETING CANS.

UH, THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE ALSO ALLOWS MORE MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY WHEN NECESSARY, PRESERVING CONTINUITY AND MAKING IT EASIER TO ENSURE THAT FIVE MEMBERS CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO THE BUSY TRAVEL PERIODS AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE START OF THE NEXT.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A NET REDUCTION OF ONE SEAT, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT IN THE PAST YEAR, NO PLANNING BOARD MEETING HAS HAD, HAS HAD MORE THAN FIVE VOTING MEMBERS PARTICIPATE.

SO THIS ADJUSTMENT LARGELY CODIFIES HOW THE PLANNING BOARD HAS ALREADY BEEN OPERATING.

ADDING A SECOND ALTERNATE, HOWEVER, ACTIVELY STRENGTHENS OUR CIVIC PIPELINE BY GIVING MORE RESIDENTS THE CHANCE TO CLOSELY OBSERVE THE PLANNING BOARD'S WORK, LEARN THE PROCESS AS AN ALTERNATE, AND FEEL PREPARED FOR WHEN THEY'RE READY TO STEP INTO SERVICE.

AS A FULL-TIME VOTING MEMBER, ALONG THIS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, THERE ARE SEVERAL STEPS I BELIEVE THE TOWN SHOULD TAKE TO INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORK OF THE PLANNING BOARD.

THE TOWN SHOULD UPDATE THE CODE TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO NEARBY RESIDENTS OF THE FIRST WORK SESSION FOR ANY FORMALLY SUBMITTED SITE PLAN SUBDIVISION OR SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION ONLY THE PUBLIC ONLY PUBLIC HEARINGS CURRENTLY REQUIRE NOTICE.

YET THE ATIVE WORK SESSION PROCESS IS OFTEN WHERE THE PLANNING BOARD PROVIDES ESSENTIAL DIRECTION THAT SHAPES THE REST OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

REQUIRING THE NOTICE OF THE FIRST WORK SESSION MEETING INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE IMPACTED RESIDENTS BECOME AWARE OF PROPOSALS EARLIER AND

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GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE IF THEY WANNA CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ITS DEVELOPMENTS AND ENGAGE.

WHILE RESIDENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO NOT BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK DURING WORK SESSIONS, THEY COULD AND WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WOULD INFORM AND INFLUENCE THE PLANNING BOARD'S REVIEW FROM THE OUTSET.

DURING THIS IMPORTANT STAGE, THE TOWN SHOULD ALSO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED EMAIL NOTIFICATION LIST SPECIFICALLY FOR UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD, THE PLANNING BOARD, AND THE ZONING BOARD.

THIS LIST SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM GENERAL TOWN COMMUNICATIONS SO THAT RESIDENTS WHO CARE ABOUT LAND USE MATTERS OR WANT TO TRACK CODE CHANGES, RECEIVE TIMELY FOCUSED UPDATES AND ARE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

AND IF THE EARLIER NOTICING OF PLAN, UH, PLANNING BOARD WORK SESSION IS ADOPTED, THOSE NOTICES SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THIS LIST AS WELL.

CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS REMAIN IN ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN INFORMING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOBILIZING THEIR NEIGHBORS AROUND LAND USE PROPOSALS AND TOWN INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK.

THE TOWN SHOULD PUT IN PLACE AN ANNUAL PROCESS TO CONFIRM CIVIC ASSOCIATION LEADERS AND CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT COMMUNICATIONS ARE CONSISTENTLY REACHING THE CORRECT COMMUNITY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.

KEEPING THIS INFORMATION CURRENT STRENGTHENS NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDES ANOTHER WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO STAY AWARE OF MATTERS THAT AFFECT THEM THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

TO BUILD A STRONG AND STEADY PIPELINE OF FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS, I AM WORKING WITH THE TOWN STAFF TO ESTABLISH A TRANSPARENT PUBLIC APPLICATION PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS INTEREST.

IN SERVING THE TOWN APP APPLICANTS WOULD SUBMIT A RESUME AND A SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE AND MEET WITH TOWN STAFF AND BOARD LEADERSHIP TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ROLES AND COMMITMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIOUS TOWN BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COUNCILS.

THIS APPROACH WOULD HELP THE TOWN IDENTIFY STRONG CANDIDATES WHILE GIVING INTERESTED RESIDENTS A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT THE WORK ENTAILS.

ALONG THIS, THE TOWN SHOULD PROACTIVELY TRACK ALL VOLUNTEER TERMS AND TAKE A MORE INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO ASSESSING CURRENT AND FUTURE VOLUNTEER NEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEMBER VACANCIES AND TERM EXPIRATIONS TO ENSURE THE TOWN MAINTAINS A WELL-PREPARED AND REPRESENTATIVE BENCH OF CIVIC PARTICIPANTS TAKEN TOGETHER.

THESE PROPOSALS AIM TO STABILIZE THE PLANNING BOARD DURING THIS PERIOD OF TRANSITION AND EXPAND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LONG TERM.

WHILE TONIGHT'S ACTION IS DRIVEN BY PRACTICAL NECESSITY, IT SHOULD ALSO MARK THE START, UH, OF A BROADER EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION, IMPROVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS AND TOWN LEADERS.

I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN STAFF TO BUILD THAT PIPELINE SO THAT WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS ADJUSTMENT IS RECONSIDERED IN A YEAR, WE ARE PREPARED TO RESTORE THE PLANNING BOARD TO ITS ORIGINAL SIZE OF SEVEN VOTE VOTING MEMBERS WHILE RETAINING THE TWO ALTERNATE SPOTS WITH CONFIDENCE AND ENSURING STABILITY.

RIGHT ON THE MOON.

WOW, YOU TIME THAT.

WELL, THAT WAS GREAT.

YOU TIME PERFECTLY.

AND I MIGHT, I MIGHT ADD YOU GET AN A FOR THAT.

ASK THE, EXCUSE ME, TERRY, OPPORTUNITY FOR A SECOND.

UH, I MIGHT FOR CLOSING TONIGHT.

THERE WILL BE, YES, WE SHOULD DO THAT.

I MIGHT ADD THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO FINISH THE FIRST ROUND FIRST.

IF I, IF I MAY, I MIGHT ADD THAT, UM, THAT BY ENCOURAGING CIVIC, UM, INCLUSION AS YOU'VE SUGGESTED BY NOTICING MEETINGS MORE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS A, A GREATER, UM, EXPOSURE WILL ALSO HAVE THE ANCILLARY EFFECT OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO APPLY AS MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD BECAUSE THEY'LL BE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORKINGS OF THE TOWN, UH, NOT THE TOWN BOARD, THE PLANNING BOARD.

MAYBE IF IT WAS A FOUR YEAR TERM OR SOMETHING ELSE, UM, WE MIGHT ATTRACT MORE, MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON, UH, IN A MORE INCREMENTAL WAY.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION, UH, SORT OF A COMPROMISE IDEA.

UM, WHAT ABOUT, UM, AMENDING THE LAW? UM, SO, UM, BASICALLY THERE'D BE A REDUCTION FOR ONE YEAR, BUT IN THE STATUTE, I WOULD SAY THAT A YEAR FROM THE DAY, A YEAR FROM, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE, THE LOCAL LAW, THE, THE PLANNING BOARD WOULD GO BACK TO SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS.

SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE, SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A TEMPORARY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LURE BASICALLY WOULD MAKE A TEMPORARY JUST FOR BASICALLY THIS, YOU KNOW, TRANSITION, YOU KNOW, PERIOD.

SO THE PLANNING BOARD COULD DO THE WORK, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION.

SO YOU'RE SAYING AS OPPOSED TO A SUNSET, YOU'RE SAYING IT JUST AUTOMATICALLY GO BACK WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE AUTOMATIC.

WHAT IF THEY HAVEN'T ACHIEVED THEIR GOALS? THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY ACHIEVE THE GOAL BECAUSE BASICALLY, UM, THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WANNA BE ON THE PLANNING BOARD.

AND IF WE BASICALLY SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW SOME ISSUES BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND, AND SOME PROBLEMS. THIS IS A TEMPORARY, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM, BUT WE'RE ALL GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT A PERMANENT PROBLEM.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE ONE YEAR, SEVEN MEMBERS AGAIN, AND WE COULD SPEND A YEAR LOOKING FOR MORE MEMBERS.

SO THAT'S JUST, WELL, I I WANNA ADD ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING MORE MEMBERS, WHICH IS THE TERM ITSELF OF A SEVEN YEAR TERM IS A VERY LONG TERM.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, BECAUSE COMMITTING TO A SEVEN YEAR TERM IS THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

UM, AND

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SO YEAH.

SO MAYBE YOU COULD JUST THINK ABOUT THAT AND, WELL, I, THE MORE WE THINK ABOUT THIS AND THE MORE WE CHANGED THIS, YOU HELD IT OVER ONCE, UM, THERE'S A REAL RISK THAT THE PLANNING BOARD WON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

AND SO THE WAY WE DID IT WAS WE PUT TWO LOCAL LAWS ON THE TABLE IN THEIR FINAL FORM.

THEY'VE BEEN ON OUR DESK FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS SO THAT WE COULD VOTE ON THIS BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.

UH, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE ARE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD WHO HAVE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AND THERE'S OTHERS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING ON VACATION, THEY DON'T MIND PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT WITH A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD MM-HMM .

AND SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO MODIFY THE LAW, UM, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS IMPLEMENTED SOONER THAN LATER.

BUT WE ARE THE, WE ARE THE PLAN, WE'RE THE TOWN BOARD.

WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO.

WE COULD WRITE IT INTO THE RESOLUTION THAT IN ONE YEAR WE WILL HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AGAIN MM-HMM .

AND GET A REPORT BACK FROM THE PLANNING BOARD AS TO WHERE THEY ARE.

AND I THINK THAT STRICT, THAT STRENGTHENS IT.

AND WHEN PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET MORE DIVERSITY IF YOU HAVE A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD, WE'RE A FIVE MEMBER BOARD .

SO, SO THERE'S A FIVE MEMBER BOARD HERE.

UH, I DON'T, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT ANYBODY.

I DID, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT ANYBODY.

I DO, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT ANYBODY.

CAN WE PLEASE STOP? WILL YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TIME.

WE, UM, AND SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD URGE US TO DO IS TO HAVE A SECOND ROUND, HAVE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHICH ONE WE WILL PICK.

UM, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO DELAY THIS BECAUSE THEN IT'LL ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF SOME PEOPLE.

I BELIEVE THAT THE PLANNING BOARD DOESN'T HAVE A QUORUM.

ARE THERE ANY MORE SPEAKERS FOR THE FIRST ROUND? NO, NO.

MR. PINE WAS THE LAST.

SO IF THE BOARD IS, IS LOOKING TO CLOSE TONIGHT, YOU CAN OPEN FOR A SECOND ROUND.

SURE.

UM, UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER, UM, WE, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A SECOND? YEAH, WHY DON'T WE JUST ASK PEOPLE IF THEY WANNA SPEAK A SECOND TIME.

AND THEN HOW'S SAM? HE SAID HE WAS ACTUALLY FIRST WANTS TO SPEAK A SECOND TIME.

ALLOWING THE BOARD TO REMAIN AT SEVEN MEMBERS GIVES A GREATER AND STRONGER OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER DIVERSITY ON THE BOARD.

WE SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT WHAT MAKING A DECISION THAT WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE VACATION TIME COMING UP OR HAVE, OR WHO HAVE PERSONAL CONSIDERATIONS.

WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT MAKING A DECISION THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THIS BOARD AND REDUCING THE NUMBERS ONLY ALLOWS FOR GREATER CONTROL BASED ON, UM, UH, UM, LESS, UM, UH, INTEGRITY AND A LESSER DEGREE OF INTEGRITY AND MORE CONTROL.

DO NOT REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

THE PLANNING BOARD IS A VERY POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL BOARD IN ANY MUNICIPALITY.

IT MAKES MAJOR DECISIONS ABOUT LAND USE, ABOUT, UM, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE TOWN GOING FORWARD.

AND WE SHOULD HAVE GREATER DIVERSITY ON THE PLANNING BOARD RATHER THAN REDUCING THE NUMBERS ON THIS BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPEDITING A VOTE.

WHAT ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD? PLEASE DO NOT REDUCE THE NUMBERS.

THIS IS ABOUT MANIPULATION AND CONTROL AND, AND EFFORT TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF THIS PLANNING BOARD, THE VOTES AND THE DECISIONS.

IT IS A TOOL OF MANIPULATION TO REDUCE THE MEMBERS, THE NUMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD,

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PLEASE DO NOT DO IT.

THOSE OF YOU ON THIS TOWN BOARD WHO BELIEVE AND WHO EMBRACE INTEGRITY, HONOR, EQUITY, EQUALITY, DO NOT REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF THIS BOARD TO SOME DEGREE.

THIS WAS A SETUP TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO RUSH THIS THING ALONG.

THE AGENDA FOR THIS TOWN BOARD MEETING TONIGHT WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE TOWN BOARD ON TUESDAY.

IT FIRST APPEARED ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE ON SATURDAY.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NOTICING, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS TOWN BOARD HAS REALLY PROVED ITS CAPABILITY OF NOTICING ANY MORE THAN IT SHOULD BE APPARENT FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER BOARDS AND AGENCIES ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE, WHICH CONCERNS ME TO THE EXTENT ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

HI, DYLAN.

I THINK HE'S GONNA BE SITTING WHERE MR. FINER IS GONNA BE SIT SEATED RIGHT NOW IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THE REALITY IS HIS PRESENTATION DAZZLED YOU BY ITS THOROUGHNESS, BUT STILL, IT DEFLECTED AWAY FROM THE BASIC ISSUE THAT DYLAN IS THE PRESIDENT OF A CIVIC ASSOCIATION, THE EDGEMONT CIVIC ASSOCIATION, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.

AND THE POINT IS THAT WITH FIVE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD, IT'S NOT ABOUT DIVERSITY WITH A LARGER NUMBER, IT'S ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS BEING REPRESENTED.

THAT'S, THANK YOU.

AND THAT MAKES EDGEMONT VERY POWERFUL.

SEPARATELY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE, EDGEMONT, I'M SUBBING ACROSS THIS HERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T COME PREPARED TO WRITE WITH A WRITTEN SCRIPT HERE.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AS THE HEAD OF THE EDGEMONT UMBRELLA CIVIC ASSOCIATION, HE HAS A LOT OF POWER.

MORE SO WHEN HE IS THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD.

AND THAT IN SOME SITUATIONS WOULD CALL FOR HIS RECUSAL, WHICH WOULD REDUCE EFFECTIVELY FIVE TO FOUR MEMBERS.

NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALTERNATES DOING A DUTIFUL JOB BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN APPOINTED AS AS ALTERNATES, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A SITUATION THAT'S OCCURRED TO ME RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A SCREEN BEHIND YOU, WHICH SHOWS RIGHT NOW ME, BUT AT OTHER TIMES WE'VE SEEN THAT YOU HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF A SPLIT SCREEN.

SO YOU HAVE A MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD, WHERE IS SHE? WE SAW A BRIEF APPEARANCE ONCE.

SHE COULD BE ON THAT SCREEN ALL THE TIME SO THAT WE KNOW THAT SHE'S HERE.

I'D LIKE, HELLO GINA.

GOOD.

WE WANT TO SEE YOU ALL THE TIME TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE STILL AT THE MEETING.

UM, A LONGER TERM, WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE LONG TERMS AND GUESS WHAT? THEY OFTEN RESIGN.

SO THE LENGTH OF THE TERM IS NOT THE ISSUE.

IF SOMEONE IS COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OR AN AGENCY, THEY WILL REMAIN ON IT FOR THE LENGTH OF THEIR TERM.

ALSO, SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS TO THESE AGENCIES ARE TO FILL EXISTING TERMS. SO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A SEVEN YEAR TERM MAY BE APPOINTED AND ONLY BE FILLING 3, 4, 5, 6 OF THE SEVEN YEARS, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT COMES UP.

AND FINALLY, AGAIN, I WANNA STRESS THE MAIN POINT, AS MR. BEVILLE POINTED OUT, IT'S ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS BEING REPRESENTED.

AND WE DON'T WANT ANY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE MORE POWERFUL.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ALL NEIGHBORHOODS REPRESENTED, AND WE WILL NOT HAVE IT WHEN WE REDUCE IT FROM SEVEN TO FIVE.

CAN I JUST LIKE TO, CAN, I'M SORRY, BUT, UM, COMMISSIONER KANE, I THINK HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.

NO, YOU'RE OKAY.

THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO, UH, TO JOIN THE ANTENNA BOARD, WHICH MAKES A LOT OF POLICY.

YEAH, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, OVER A YEAR AGO WE REDUCED THE SIZE AND I THINK THIS WAS A MISTAKE OF THE INTENT BOARD.

AND I, I, SO I THINK THREE, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN WE ARE SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY, YOU KNOW, WHY, UM, IS THE ANTENNA BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE MADE NO EFFORT TO, UM, PUBLICIZE THE VACANCIES, INVITE PEOPLE FROM

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SO, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY IF WE REDUCE THE SIZE, WE'RE PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO INCREASE IT, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A HISTORY, UM, WITH THE ANTENNA BOARD, AND THAT'S ALSO A LAND USE COMMITTEE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SHOULD BE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE INTEREST IN, UM, IN CELL SITES AND SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S INVITE YOU IF THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, TO PARTICIPATE AND BE PART OF, PART OF A COMMITTEE.

SO I, SO I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, AGAIN, I'VE CAME UP WITH A TEMPORARY SUGGESTION COMPROMISE.

IF WE DON'T DO THE COMPROMISE, THEN, UH, THEN I WOULD, UH, SUPPORT JUST, UH, INCREASING THE ALTERNATE MEMBERS.

BUT I WOULDN'T, WOULD NOT SUPPORT DECREASING THE NUMBER OF PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS.

A WAY TO MAKE THE BOARD VIABLE SO THAT IT CAN CONTINUE TO HEAR PROJECTS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS UNTIL IT GETS RIGHTED UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP.

CAN, CAN I JUST SO I AM, I AM THE LIAISON TO THE ANTENNA BOARD AS I AM TO THE PLANNING BOARD, AS I AM TO THE ZONING BOARD.

WHEN WE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF THE ANTENNA BOARD MEMBERS, WE DID NOT SAY IT WAS GONNA GO BACK UP HERE.

I THINK WE'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT.

NO, BUT WE DIDN'T EVEN ADVERTISE IT.

WE JUST, I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU.

I INTERRUPT YOU.

I DIDN'T INTERRUPT YOU.

WHEN, WHEN WE REDUCED IT, WE REDUCED IT FOR GOOD REASON.

IT'S A HIGHLY TECHNICAL BOARD.

IT IS FUNCTIONING.

PLEASE, PLEASE KNOW.

COULD AT FIRST COME AUDIENCE YOU TELL YOURSELF, PLEASE, NO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.

IF YOU KEEP INTERRUPTING, PLEASE.

IT FUNCTIONS WONDERFULLY AT THREE MEMBERS, AS IT DID, ITS FIVE.

BUT AT THREE, IT WORKS FOR THE SAME REASON WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.

SOMEBODY COULD BE REMOTE AND AS LONG AS TWO PEOPLE ARE PRESENT, AND WE NORMALLY HAVE THREE FOR THAT MEETING, BUT SOMETIMES ONE HAS TO BE REMOTE AND, AND IT WORKS.

AND, UH, THE APPLICANTS ARE GETTING, THE APPLICATIONS ARE GETTING DONE.

UH, WE REDUCED THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WE DIDN'T SAY WE WERE GONNA INCREASE IT AGAIN HERE.

WE'RE MAKING A COMMITMENT.

IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE AGENDA, AND IT'LL BE IN THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THIS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO REVISIT THIS WORK WITH THE PLANNING BOARD IN AN EFFORT TO GET IT BACK TO SEVEN MEMBERS.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN A METHODICAL WAY, AS OPPOSED TO SAYING, YOU HAVE VACANCIES.

FIND SOMEBODY AND THROW THEM ON THERE AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

THAT'S, THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND I JUST WANNA ADD ONE THING IN TERMS OF INTEGRITY AND RESPONSIBILITY, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PROJECTS GET COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, THEY HAVE TO WAIT.

AND I, I THINK THAT IF WE SURVEYED RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, THEY WOULD PREFER THAT WE DID WHATEVER WE COULD TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, WHETHER IT WAS FIVE OR WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKABLE, VIABLE, UM, FOR THEM TO GET THEIR PROJECTS DONE.

SO SUPERVISOR FINER ON EVERY AGENDA UNDER SUPERVISOR TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYONE INTERESTED ON SERVING ON A BOARD OR A COMMISSION SHOULD SEND A RESUME TO THE TOWN BOARD VIA LISA MARIA NIRO TOWN CLERK, 1 77 HILLSIDE AVENUE TOWN CLERK@GREENBURGNY.COM IS ON EVERY AGENDA.

AND HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN ON THE AGENDA? I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT IF WE POST SOMETHING ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, INVITING RESIDENTS WHO WANNA BE ON THE PLANNING BOARD TO SUBMIT A RESUME THAT WILL BE INUNDATED WITH QUALIFIED, UM, YOU KNOW, RESUMES FROM PEOPLE.

AND I FEEL THAT IF WE, UH, DID THE SAME THING FOR THE CAC AND SAID, UH, NOT THE ANTENNA BOARD, AND SAID, WE WANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH ANTENNAS AND, YOU KNOW, CELL SITES AND ALL THAT, WE WILL GET PEOPLE THAT WE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.

THEY'LL GET INVOLVED AND, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT , WELL, WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE IT SOONER THAN BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN THE, YOU'VE BEEN THE SUPERVISOR FOR A LONG TIME, FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT KEEPS CROPPING UP THAT WE DON'T GET ENOUGH VOLUNTEERISM, AND IT'S VERY HARD FOR VOLUNTEERISM FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING.

AND SO I, I HAVE A LOT OF EMPATHY FOR THAT.

BUT IF, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUCH A GRAVE CONCERN FOR YOU, THEN WHY, WHY DID WE GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE HAVE A DEFICIT OF PEOPLE ON OUR BOARDS? WE, WHEN HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS TRYING TO BE DONE, IT IS NOT HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH REDUCING, UM, ANY KIND OF PARTICIPATION BY ANY GROUP WHATSOEVER.

IT'S A TEMPORARY FIX FOR A PROBLEM THAT HAS HAPPENED.

THAT IS

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WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

UH, WOULD YOU SUPPORT ME POSTING ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, UM, UM, AN INVITATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, SUBMIT RESUMES IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE PLANNING BOARD? AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER 10TH, SO IF NOBODY RESPONDS, THEN IT SHOWS THAT IT'S TOUGH TO GET PEOPLE.

BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

I THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MANY, MANY PEOPLE THAT WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S LIKE UPSET BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

THE FACT THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DEMOCRACY HERE.

SO IN AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED AND TO STAY INVOLVED.

SO TO ME, HAVING A, PLANNING A LARGER PLANNING BOARD, A LARGER ANTENNA BOARD, A LARGER CAC, AND INVITING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTIC INVITING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT.

BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE SKILLS FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOOK.

THEY NO, I'M, THEY CANNOT JUST BE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE VERY SPECIFIC SKILLS.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BOARD.

THEY DEAL WITH A LOT OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION, AND IT HAS TO BE, UH, AND WHO SAID THEY WOULDN'T ASK SKILLS? CAN WE, CAN WE PLEASE? THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO I INTRODUCED IN HARTSDALE, UM, UH, TO GARRETT, AND HE WAS PROJECT MANAGER FOR WESTHAM, AND HE SAID HE'D LIKE TO BE ON THE PLANNING BOARD.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST SAW HIM AT THE HARTSDALE MM-HMM .

UH, HARTSDALE, UH, FOUR CORNERS MEETING.

SO THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY QUALIFI, THERE'S A LOT OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THE PLANNING BOARD.

SUPERVISOR FINER.

I'LL DO YOU ONE BETTER.

WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL MAKE SURE, IN ADDITION TO YOU, UM, UM, ON PUTTING IT ON THE WEBSITE, I WILL ALSO SEND OUT A NOTICE ON THE GB LIST.

AND NOW THAT I'M A PART OF YOUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, I WILL ALSO INCLUDE THAT IN MY SECTION UNDER TOWN, UM, TOWN.

LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT YEAH, YEAH.

BUT I DON'T WANT ASK WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A MIC.

COULD BE ON THE RECORD FOR, UH, UH, NEW MEMBERS, UNLESS THE TOWN BOARD IS WILLING TO, UM, TO ENTERTAIN, YOU KNOW, UM, MORE, MORE MEMBERS.

BECAUSE THE WORST THING WE COULD DO IS, UH, ADVERTISE AND THEN NOT CALL SOMEBODY AND SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, WE REALLY DON'T NEED YOU.

UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD IS ON, YOU KNOW, IF WE, BETWEEN TOMORROW AND DECEMBER 9TH, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE TO SEE IF I COULD FIND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS AND YOU HAVE REALLY GREAT RESUMES, I'LL SEND IT OUT.

IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO DO THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHATEVER THE BOARD WANTS TO DO, IT'S A MAJORITY DECISION.

WELL, WHEN YOU HELD OVER, WHEN YOU HELD THIS OVER THE FIRST TIME, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO ALL THOSE THINGS TO WATCH OUT, TO TRY AND FIND SOMEBODY, EXCUSE ME, SO THAT IT'S NOT, AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY SPEAK.

WE'LL BRING YOUR MIC.

PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT TO ME.

THAT'S VERY, I, I, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF.

THIS WAS INITIATED BY STAFF, AND I'M GONNA, UH, UH, UM, SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD.

I THINK WE HEARD THE MOST COGENT, LOGICAL, GIMME SOME MORE ADJECTIVES.

COMPELLING, UH, COMPELLING, UM, PLAN FOR HOW TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE PLANNING BOARD.

BUT IT CAN'T BE DONE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO FIND SOMEBODY WALKING ALONG THE STREET AND SAY, DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON THE PLANNING BOARD AND PUT 'EM ON THERE? IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE I, I WITNESSED IT.

AND SO I, I THINK I'VE SAID WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE? WELL, I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE TWO QUICK POINTS.

THE, THE TWO, THE SECOND ALTERNATE IN THE FIRST IN THE REDUCTION OF SEVEN TO FIVE IS SIGNIFICANT.

UM, IF THE PROPOSAL WAS TO GO FROM SEVEN TO FIVE WITH ONE ALTERNATE, I, I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT.

HAVING THAT SECOND ALTERNATE IS, IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

AND IF THAT IS DONE, IF, IF THAT WERE PASSED, WE WOULD HAVE WORK TO DO, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET TWO NEW PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS.

WE HAVE FIVE, WE WOULD NEED SEVEN.

SO IT'S WORK TO GET TWO NEW PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS TO GET THEM ACCLIMATED.

SO, UM, EVEN IF YOU PASSED THE REDUCTION LAW, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO FILL THOSE TWO SPOTS.

AND THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS, THE ALTERNATE ROLE IS, IS NOT, UM, WHAT ONE MIGHT THINK IS A PASSIVE ROLE.

IT'S NOT A, OH, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HEAR FROM TOWN STAFF FOR THREE MONTHS, THEN YOU GET A PHONE CALL, OH, WE THINK THERE'S GONNA BE AN ABSENCE.

YOU MIGHT WANNA COME TO THIS MEETING.

THE ALTERNATES, UH, FOR BOTH THE ZONING BOARD AND THE PLANNING BOARD TRADITIONALLY ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE REGULAR MEMBERS.

THEY'RE AT EVERY MEETING.

THEY GET ALL

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THE PACKAGES.

THEY CALL US UP WITH THE SAME RHYTHM THAT REGULAR MEMBERS DO, ASKING QUESTIONS.

AND, UM, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THEY ARE A VOTING MEMBER.

UM, 'CAUSE USUALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, SEVEN PEOPLE AND YOU'RE, THERE'S, SOMEONE'S GONNA BE SIX, SOMEONE'S GOT SOMETHING GOING ON.

SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO DE-EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, WHAT THE ALTERNATES HAVE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE OVER THE YEARS.

AND FOR WELL OVER A YEAR ON THE PLANNING BOARD, WHENEVER THE ALTERNATE SHOWED UP, THAT ALTERNATE WAS A, PLANNING A WAS A VOTING MEMBER, BECAUSE THERE WAS, THERE WAS NEVER A FULL, UH, BODY OF THE REGULAR MEMBERS.

GARY, COULD YOU ALSO, UM, PRESENT US WITH LIKE A LIST OF WHERE EVERYBODY IS AND WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTED? BECAUSE IN THE PAST, UH, WHEN THERE WAS LAND USE MATTERS, I MEAN, YOU HAVE, UH, A MAJOR PROJECT, THE KNOLLS, YOU HAVE, UH, THE WAREHOUSE NEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DONALD PARK AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARWOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF FEEL THAT, UM, UH, ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT WAS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION ON, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE PLANNING BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AGREED.

WHAT WE REALLY, WE DO KEEP A GEOGRAPHIC, UH, LOCATION MAP OF, OF, OF, OF THE BOARD, BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBERS PLANNING BOARD, WHY I COULD BASICALLY REACH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S LIKE AN AREA THAT IS UNDERREPRESENTED, WE COULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO, WE COULD CONTACT CIVIC GROUP LEADERS.

WE COULD, UH, WE COULD POST ON THE WEBSITE IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, PEOPLE FROM THESE AREAS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED.

AND THIS WAY, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT THE TOWN, UM, PLANNING BOARD REALLY REPRESENTS, UH, THE ENTIRE TOWN.

AND THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SPEAK UP ON ISSUES THAT WE ALL FEEL ARE IMPORTANT.

JUST A COUPLE, TWO MORE THINGS.

UH, THE PLANNING BOARD CHAIR, I AGREE FULLY NOT, I'M NOT COMING.

I WISH I WAS NOT.

I WISH WE WERE NOT HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

I WISH WE WERE, YOU KNOW, PERIOD.

I WISH WE NEVER HAD TO HAVE IT, BUT, SO WE'RE NOT COMING AT THIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY.

I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN SHOULD THE TOWN BOARD GO FROM THE SEVEN TO FIVE TO COME BACK IN, IN, IN FIVE, SIX MONTHS AND SAY, WE'VE, WE'VE FILLED THOSE, THOSE TWO ALTERNATES.

WE HAVE SEVEN MEMBERS, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE PROCEDURES AND WE HAVE SOME CANDIDATES.

AND ONCE WE GET THAT LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, LIKE, I DON'T WANNA WAIT A YEAR, I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, END OF SECOND QUARTER 2026, AND, UM, BE IN A POSITION TO SAY, HEY, LET'S GO BACK TO, OR LET'S, LET'S DO SEVEN AND TWO ALTERNATES AND GET UP TO NINE.

UM, A GEOGRAPHIC, UH, DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT.

SUPERVISOR REFINERY CAN'T AGREE MORE.

AND, UM, THERE'S, THERE ARE THINGS I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER AS, UH, STAFF AND, AND WORKING COLLECTIVELY WITH THE TOWN BOARD TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THESE VACANCIES FILLED.

THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, I THINK WE'LL GET THERE, BUT, OKAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT THE, THAT THE COMMISSIONER IS OUT DOING PROJECTS AND GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE, PROFESSIONALS IN, IN ALL THE PROFESSIONS THAT ONE WOULD WANT TO, TO PULL FROM FOR THESE POSITIONS ON THE PLANNING BOARD, WHETHER THEY'RE ARCHITECTS OR PLANNERS OR CONTRACTORS OR, AND HE HAS BEEN LOOKING AND, AND TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE FOR THE BOARD.

UM, IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO, TO ADVERTISE SUPERVISOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE IT, BUT THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT AS WAS WAS JUST MENTIONED BY THE, THAT WE REDUCE THE NUMBER AND FOR WHATEVER SHORT TERM.

AND IF WE GET SOMEONE, IF WE GET SOMEONE IN IN TWO MONTHS, THEN THAT'S GREAT.

THEN WE CAN START VETTING THEM AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, OF INCREASING THE BOARD BACK TO SEVEN.

I I, I, I THINK THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SOME KIND OF CABAL TO TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS.

IT REALLY ISN'T.

WE, WE JUST WANNA MAKE IT OPERATIONAL FOR THE SHORT TERM.

I, I JUST ASKED DYLAN AND OR GARRETT, COULD YOU LIKE, PREPARE, UM, LIKE, LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POST ON THE WEBSITE, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME VACANCIES NOW.

AND THEN YOU COULD SAY THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT ARE PREFERRED AND, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE QUALIFICATIONS AND HOW OFTEN THEY MEET.

AND THEN WE COULD POST IT.

AND THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA BE VOTING ON THIS TILL DECEMBER 10TH ANYWAY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT MEETING.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET AMAZING QUALIFICATIONS THAT MAY, UH, BE A FACTOR IN THE BOARD'S, YOU KNOW, DECISION AS TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

SO WE COULD, I, I, I WILL RESPOND TO THAT.

DOES MS. WE WANTS TO BE FIRST, WE HAVE A MIC AVAILABLE FOR HER.

CAN YOU GO AHEAD? I ENJOY LISTENING TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I GO FIRST.

OF YOU COME AND THEN GO BACK AND DISCUSS THE ARROGANCE OF THE PEOPLE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

BOTTOM LINE.

I DIDN'T COME TO THIS MEETING TO LISTEN TO Y'ALL HAVE A MEETING.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF, UH, AT LEAST EVERY MEETING THAT THEY HAVE AT THE PLANNING BOARD, ONE

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UM, THEY'RE ALMOST AS BAD AS, UM, NO, THERE, I THINK THEY'RE WORSE THAN WHEN WE HAD A GENTLEMAN HERE WHO WANTED TO DISCUSS SOMETHING AT THE LAST MEETING I ATTENDED, AND ALL OF Y'ALL SAT THERE LIKE, UM, PAUL, FINE.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE.

YOU, YOU WERE AT LEAST ATTENTIVE IN PAYING ATTENTION.

UM, WHAT YOU CALL HAD COME DOWN TO TELL ME, OH, DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO HIM BECAUSE WE WANT HIM TO SHUT UP AND GO AWAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLANNING BOARD.

YOU GOT IT.

I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT YOU DID.

IT WAS RUDE, IT WAS ILL MANNERED.

IT WAS UNCALLED FOR, UNNECESSARY.

IF YOU DON'T WANNA LISTEN, GET UP AND LEAVE, GO TO THE BATHROOM, GO ANYWHERE.

BUT DON'T SIT THERE AND BELITTLE HIM.

FIRST TIME HE'S COME TO A MEETING AND YOU MADE HIM FEEL LIKE, UM, A PIECE OF NOTHING.

Y'ALL ARE DISGRACEFUL.

NOW, BACK TO, UM, EDGEMONT, WHEN YOU GO IN AND YOU HAVE A SEAT AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A HUMAN BEING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

ACT LIKE IT.

TRY PUT FORTH AN EFFORT TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU AREN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK YOU ARE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND HAVE YOUR MEETINGS WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE.

UM, I I JUST WANNA MAKE THREE QUICK, QUICK POINTS.

UM, TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, AGAIN, THIS IS A, A NET REDUCTION OF ONE MEMBER.

UM, I WANT NOTHING MORE THAN US TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET BACK TO SEVEN AND TWO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS I SHARED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, I WILL WORK WITH TOWN STAFF AND THE TOWN BOARD, UM, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE, WITH THE REALIZATION THAT THE PLANNING BOARD DOES TAKE WORK, DOES TAKE STUDYING.

UM, I THINK IT'D BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO, TO RUSH SOMEONE IN TO A VOTING SPOT, UM, WITHOUT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN ALTERNATE AND GET THEIR FEET WET AND, AND GET THEIR BEARINGS.

UM, BUT IF, IF THE TOWN BOARD WERE TO EXPAND THE, I I THINK WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE NOW WHO'S READY TO MOVE INTO A VOTING SPOT.

AND IF THE TOWN BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY DECIDES TO EXPAND THE ALTERNATES FROM ONE TO TWO.

I KNOW TOWN STAFF HAS ALREADY HAD A, A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

UM, AND I THINK WE VERY WELL MAY BE IN A POSITION THAT WE'D BE ABLE, OR, OR STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UH, TO CANDIDATES FOR THE TWO ALTERNATE POSITIONS AS, AS EARLY, UH, AS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE, THE HESITANCY TO, UM, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON, UH, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS VACATION SCHEDULES OR, OR CONFLICTS OR OTHER PERSONAL CHOICES, UM, I WILL REMIND THE, THE TOWN BOARD AND, AND EVERYONE LISTENING THAT UNLIKE THE TOWN BOARD AND, AND UNLIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN CLERK POSITION, THE PLANNING BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD, UM, ALL OF THE OTHER, UH, LAND USE BOARDS ARE VOLUNTEER BOARDS, UH, FULLY NOT COMPENSATED.

UM, AND SO WHILE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I MADE A COMMITMENT TO JOIN THE PLANNING BOARD AND I MADE A COMMITMENT TO, UM, BECOME CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE TOLD OTHERS THAT I'LL BE DEAD BEFORE I MISS A MEETING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS BEING A VOLUNTEER JOB, PEOPLE HAVE LIVES AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PLAN FOR, UM, PLAN FOR THE REALITIES OF LIFE.

UM, AND SO THAT, THAT IS SORT OF WHERE WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL REITERATE COMMISSIONER DUQUE, UM, REITERATING ME, NO ONE IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I JOINED THE PLANNING BOARD AND WHEN I BECAME CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD, THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I'M FOCUSED ON IS ENSURING THAT THE WORK OF THE TOWN MOVES FORWARD.

UM, AND, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST PRUDENT WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

REDUCING THE BOARD TO FIVE AND ADDING, ADDING, UH, AN ALTERNATE.

THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER AN AMEND, UH, TO CONSIDER THE, UH, 2026 PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

ANYONE ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT.

I WANT TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.

[ To consider the 2026 Preliminary Budget (<-- Click link for document)]

I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.

SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

AND, UM, THE CONTROLLER, YOU HAVE, UH, SOME COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE MIC ON TOWARDS YOU STILL TOWARDS YOU SIT ON MIKE SHOULD ACTUALLY POINT TOWARDS IT.

THERE, THERE WE GO.

I'M COMPTROLLER GUT WINE.

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I'M PRESENTING THE 2026 PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

UH, IN THE PRESENTATION, I'VE ATTACHED THE BUDGET SCHEDULE, THE TAX, UH, LEVY CAP CALCULATION.

UH, THE TOTAL 2026 TAX LEVY IS 86.8 MILLION, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY 3 MILLION OVER THE 2020 TOTAL TAX LEVY LIMIT.

WE HAVE 20 FUNDS WITHIN THOSE FUNDS.

WE HAVE, UH, TWO MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, A AND B, WHICH IS THE GENERAL TOWN WIDE IN THE GENERAL TOWN OUTSIDE VILLAGE, WHICH WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS EVENING.

I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE FISCAL HIGHLIGHTS, AND I APOLOGIZE, I CAN'T REALLY SEE THIS SCREEN, SO I'M GONNA READ OFF THE PAPER.

IT'S TOO SMALL.

UH, COULD YOU EXPAND? IS THAT ON YOUR COMPUTER? UH, NO, THIS IS A TOWN COMPUTER.

IT'S TOO SMALL.

NOT, I CAN'T SEE IT.

I CAN STAND UP THERE, BUT CAN YOU DO PAGE WIDTH? UH, HE, HE'S SHARING THE SCREEN.

OH, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S SHARING IT? YEAH.

SO, OH, IT'S TOO SMALL FOR ME TO SEE .

SORRY.

NO, NO.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU TRYING TO SEE? OH, YEAH, THAT'S MUCH BETTER.

SORRY.

OKAY, KIMBERLY, JUST PULL YOUR MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

YOU CAN GRAB AND DRAG BACK TO THE, OKAY.

AND APPROXIMATELY 6.6 MILLION IS GRANTS.

THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE FOR 2025 ACROSS ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS WAS 162.5 MILLION.

OF THE 162.5 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION IS UNASSIGNED UNRESTRICTED AT THE END OF 2024.

IN 2025, APPROPRIATIONS WERE BUDGETED FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY $19.6 MILLION.

IS THAT, AND ANY UNUSED APPROPRIATIONS WILL BE ROLLED BACK TO THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF 2025.

COULD YOU JUST SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT? OKAY.

TRY TO AVOID CARPAL TUNNEL TOO LATE .

IN COMPARISON, 2026 APPROPRIATIONS ARE PROJECTED TO BE 16 MILLION FROM RESERVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WITHOUT FURTHER REDUCTION IN OPERATIONAL COSTS AND TO MINIMIZE TAX INCREASES.

HOWEVER, THE HOPE IS THAT BY THE CLOSE OF 2026, THIS AMOUNT WILL LIKELY DECREASE DUE TO POSSIBLE BUDGETARY SAVINGS AND OTHER BUDGETARY SURPLUS ONTO THE EXPENDITURES.

THE 2026 BUDGET INCLUDES CONTRACTUAL INCREASES FOR UNION EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING STEP INCREASES AND A 2.95% INCREASE FOR CSCA AND MANAGEMENT.

WAGES AND SALARY INCREASE BY 2.2 MILLION OR 4.57% COMPARED WITH THE PRIOR YEARS ADOPTED.

THIS COMBINES WAGES INCREASES FOR BUDGETARY ADDITIONS IN PARAMEDICS, PUBLIC SAFETY, SANITATION, AND THE LIBRARY SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS.

THE DOLLAR AMOUNT INCREASED IN 2026 DUE TO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND CONTRACTUAL INCREASES WHILE THE RATES REMAIN THE SAME.

TOTAL OPERATIONAL EXPENSES IN THE A FUND HAVE INCREASED BY 3.2% AND IN THE B FUND BY 4.5%.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE INCREASES IN ENERGY COSTS, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND INFLAMMATORY PRESS INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, WE ENCUMBERED FUNDS FROM UNSPENT BUDGETED DOLLARS FROM LAST YEAR, THEREBY REDUCING THE 2025 BUDGET BUDGETED OPERATIONAL EXPENSES THAT CONTINGENCY WITH DECREASE BY 1.7 MILLION IN THE B FUND AND 794,000 IN THE A FUND

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CAPITAL.

THE TOWN HAD SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL REQUEST THIS YEAR WITH AN ORIGINAL ASK OF $62.7 MILLION.

IT WAS NECESSARY TO REDUCE THESE COSTS.

THEREFORE, THE TENTATIVE BUDGET INCLUDES A CAPITAL REQUEST OF 51 MILLION, OF WHICH 25.9 MILLION IS LONG-TERM BORROWING.

THIS BORROWING HAS COMBINED WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 15 YEARS.

THE TOWN WOULD NOT HAVE ANY EXPENSES IN 2026 FOR THIS BORROWING.

THE FIRST PAYMENT WOULD BE JUNE OF 2027.

THE ANTICIPATED ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE FOR THE A FUND IS 15,000 ANNUALLY, AND FOR THE B FUND 1.4 MILLION WITH AN APPROXIMATE AVERAGE INTEREST RATE OF 3.4%.

THE CAPITAL INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 113,000 IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SUCH AS MIS 1.2 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY, 18 MILLION FOR PUBLIC WORKS, SPECIAL DISTRICT PROJECTS OF 17 MILLION FOR THE EAST HARSDALE SEWER, 4.4 0.6 MILLION IN BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS AND APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION AND PLANNING FRINGE BENEFITS.

EXCUSE ME, COULD WE PLEASE BE A LITTLE LOWER IN THE BACK? THANK YOU.

FRINGE BENEFITS INCREASED BY 10% BASED ON LOCAL SURVEYS OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WE'RE WAITING FOR THE BROKER'S FINAL PERCENTAGE RATES MVP DID RISE BY 9%.

OTHER REVENUES MORTGAGE TAX SLIGHTLY INCREASED BASED ON NATIONAL AND LOCAL TRENDS.

WHILE SALES TAX DECREASED BASED ON PROJECTIONS REPORTED FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY, INTEREST INCOME WAS DECREASED DUE TO PROJECTED RATE CUTS IN 2026.

TAX IMPACT OVERVIEW, THE REASSESSMENT MAY LEAD TO HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES FOR SOME RESIDENTS.

THE ASSESSED VALUE VALUATION FOR THE A BUDGET INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 2 BILLION.

THE REAL PROPERTY TAX WENT, WENT UP BY APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION DRIVING THE INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE BY 3%.

THE ASSESSED VALUATION FOR THE B BUDGET INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 1 BILLION.

THE REAL PROPERTY TAX WENT UP $4.7 MILLION, DRIVING THE INCREASED TAX RATE TO 2.31.

WE ARE PLANNING TO OVERRIDE THE TAX LEVY CAP CALCULATION APPROVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, WHICH IS A TAX LIVING LIMIT, APPROXIMATELY 83.7 MILLION, WHICH I HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

THE TOWN IS DEALING WITH GROWING EXPENDITURES IN CAPITAL DEMANDS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OUTPACE REVENUE WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE.

THE TOTAL TAX LEVY IS OVER THE CAP, AS I MENTIONED BY 3.1 MILLION.

THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN TOTAL TAX LEVY DIFFERS FROM THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN THE TAX CAP FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THE REASSESSMENT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE YOUR AS ASSESSMENT OR YOUR TAXES.

YOUR TAXES MAY INCREASE, DECREASE, OR STAY THE SAME.

AND AGAIN, THE BUDGET OFFERS AN EXAMPLE OF EQUALIZATION TAXATION FOR THE AVERAGE HOME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

WOULD ANYBODY, UH, LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE BUDGET DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? UH, THE FIRST ONE REGARDING, UH, THE BUDGET HEARING IS TRUSTEE ADONIS MANN.

SHE LEFT.

WHO? SHE LEFT SHE BE BACK.

HAD TO BRING UP HIS HOME.

OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

WE'LL GET BACK TO HER.

UM, NEXT ONE.

FOR THE BUDGET, UM, FORMER TOWN CLERK JUDITH ABELL.

THE PROPER WAY TO INTRODUCE A FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL, OR A CURRENT ELECTED OFFICIAL IS HONORABLE.

UM, IT, IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKING THIS TOWN CLERK A LONG TIME TO LEARN THAT.

12 YEARS, UH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, SEVEN YEARS NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, FOUR YEARS, NEW YORK STATE SENATE, SEVEN YEARS COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SO, UM,

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CONGRESSMAN GEORGE LATIMER APPROVED A GRANT OF $15,000 TO GREENBERG TOWN RESIDENT CLIFF ABRAMS TO, TO MANAGE, TO ORCHESTRATE AND MANAGE A PROGRAM CALLED COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

IT HAS TAKEN THIS TOWN SEVERAL YEARS AND WHY TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM WITH MATCHING FUNDS.

FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER APPROVED THE $15,000 GRANT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWN WOULD MATCH THE FUNDS.

YET THIS TOWN TOOK $3,000 OF THE 15,000 THAT COUNTY EXECUTIVE, FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE LATIMER GAVE TO CLIFF ABRAMS FOR COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

WHY ARE YOU DRAGGING OUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW ON MATCHING OR EXCEEDING THE MATCH ON FUNDING THIS PROGRAM FOR TEENS? A MUCH NEEDED AND VALUABLE PROGRAM INITIATIVE FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBERG, PLEASE APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR OUR YOUTH FOR THIS VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUTH.

AND PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THE ISSUE OF THE STREET SIGN POST.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM THAT, THAT CLIFF ABRAMS HAS, HAS INTRODUCED, HE HAS DEMONSTRATED ACCOUNTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF FUNDING GIVEN BY GEORGE LATIMER AND CONTINUES FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

I REMEMBER FORMER COUNTY EXEC GAVE HIM THIS MONEY WHEN I WAS STILL TOWN CLERK.

IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

AND WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? DON'T YOU TRUST THE JUDGMENT OF FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LAER, NOW CONGRESSMAN OF THE 16TH DISTRICT OF NEW YORK STATE.

WITH ALL OF THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT HE BRINGS TO HIS CURRENT POSITION, HE GRANTED THE MONEY FOR CLIFF ABRAMS TO RUN THIS PROGRAM.

DON'T YOU TRUST GEORGE LATTIMER'S JUDGMENT? WHY ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS GENTLEMAN IN BRINGING FORTH QUALITY A QUALITY PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG? A PROGRAM THAT BRINGS ABOUT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY, UM, UM, GROUP PLANNING, GROUP LEADERSHIP, UH, JUST A A A MYRIAD OF SKILL BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK.

IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THIS BOARD, IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH OF THIS COMMUNITY, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD NOT BE ON THIS BOARD.

PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT OF THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND AWARENESS THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF SYSTEMIC BELIEFS THAT GET IN YOUR WAY OF PRESENT, OF, OF SUPPORTING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, STEP BACK AND MOVE ON SOMEWHERE ELSE.

ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT PAUL FINDER'S INPUT TO THE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO THE BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM'S COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

THANK YOU MS. WE GOT THE PROPOSAL TODAY.

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UM, HOW DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET? YES.

WELL, YOU'RE COMING UP.

I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT IT'S IN THE BUD.

IT'S IN MY PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, THE $15,000 FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

AND, UM, SO FAR I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OPPOSITION FROM THE BOARD.

WE RECEIVED THE PROPOSAL TODAY, WHICH WAS VERY DETAILED AND GOOD, BUT WE RECEIVED IT TODAY.

SO WE WILL REVIEW THAT.

EXCUSE ME, RECORDING.

I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAIL BECAUSE THE TOWN BOARD HASN'T COMMENTED ON IT, THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW AT YOUR WORK SESSION.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE TOWN BOARD CONTRIBUTES TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR'S BUDGET BEFORE WE HAVE A FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN I WILL MAKE CERTAIN COMMENTS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE NOTICE OF IT WAS THE AGENDA WHICH YOU HAD IN YOUR POSSESSION AT THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.

IT DIDN'T GO UP ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE UNTIL SATURDAY, NOR DID IT BECOME THE SUBJECT OF NEWS AND TOWN BOARD REPORTS.

SO YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF DISGUISING PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S LEGAL OR NOT, WHETHER THE NOTICE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SATISFIED REQUIREMENT, BUT YOU CERTAINLY HAVEN'T GONE OUT OF YOUR WAY TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT THERE WERE HEARINGS TONIGHT.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THOUGH IS REVENUE SIDE OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, BECAUSE IT MAY BE THERE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

MAYBE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR IT.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT GRANTS.

WE'VE GOT 5 MILLION HERE, WE'VE GOT 300,000 HERE AND ALL THAT.

GRANTS GENERALLY WILL REQUIRE TOWNS COPAYS OF A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, GENERALLY AROUND 20%, BUT THE OTHER 80% ISN'T THAT REVENUE.

WHERE DOES IT APPEAR IN THE BUDGET? WE HEARD A BIG RUSH FOUR YEARS AGO THAT WE HAD TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SPORT TIME ENTERTAINMENT AT TOWN PARK FOR THEM TO BUILD A TENNIS FACILITY.

WHAT THEY HAVE IS A NO COST OPTION.

SO WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE REVENUE FROM SPORT TIME? THEY HAVE IN THEIR CONTRACT, WHICH THEY WROTE.

ONCE THE BUILDING IS UP, THEY'LL BE GETTING REVENUE, BUT UNTIL THE BUILDING GOES UP, THEY HAVE THIS OPTION TO PROCEED OR NOT TO PROCEED.

REGENERON, YOU NOTICE IN YOUR BUDGET TODAY THAT IT'S DOWN 3 MILLION.

SO WE MAKE UP FOR THAT BY TAKING FROM THE APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE BALANCING OUR BUDGETS.

WE'VE ALSO REDUCED THE EXPENSE LINE WHERE THE CONTINGENCY LINES EXIST IN BOTH THE A AND B BUDGETS, BUT IN FACT, WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE CONTINGENCY LINE BECAUSE WE'RE USING VARIOUS FUND BALANCES AS A CHECKING ACCOUNT.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED UPON THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED IN DECEMBER, 2024.

BUT WE DIDN'T FUND THAT CAPITAL BUDGET UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 2025.

SO ALL THE CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY RECEIVED, SPENT, DONE BORROWED MONEY FROM THE FUND BALANCE REPLACED ONCE THE BONDS ARE SOLD.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO COMMENT ON.

THE OPERATING BUDGET, THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T PUT THE, UH, AGENDA OUT AND TIME.

AND SECONDLY THAT YOU HAVE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES FIRST.

AND THEN I'LL COMMENT AT THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WHEN I SEE YOURS.

AND ONE FINAL COMMENT SORT OF RELATED, WE TALK ABOUT ALTERNATE MEMBERS.

WELL, WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE MEMBER HERE TONIGHT, IN EFFECT.

GINA JACKSON, WHO'S UP THERE, HAS NO COMMENTS TO MAKE IN THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER YET.

SO IN EFFECT,

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SHE'S WATCHING.

I WILL COMMENT THAT AT THE LAST TOWN BOARD MEETING, WE SCHEDULED THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THE PUBLIC HAD AT LEAST TWO WEEKS NOTICE.

WELL, I GUESS 12 DAYS NOTICE THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.

THE BUDGET'S BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND THERE WAS A HYPERLINK TO THAT BUDGET WHEN WE PUT, WHEN WE POSTED THIS AGENDA.

BUT TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT WE'RE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN THE AGENDA WAS, WAS, UH, PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY, UH, IS NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE PRIOR MEETING, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN ADVANCE AND WE VOTED ON IT IN PUBLIC.

UM, IT'S, AND IT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY ABOUT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR, UH, ABOUT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR.

AND THERE WAS A LEGAL NOTICE PUBLISHED WHO ALSO SENT, UH, UM, UH, EMAIL, UH, TO ALL THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS WAS, UM, WAS PROPOSED.

JUST ADVISING THEM, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BUDGET IT WAS AND, UH, GIVING THEM THE LINK AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO, UH, PROVIDE US WITH INPUT OR TO EVEN SCHEDULE COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, GOING IN ORDER.

MS. WILLIAMS, DO YOU WISH TO, UH, SPEAK? OH, TRUSTEE MAN, WHAT? GOOD EVENING TOWN SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND TOWN CLERK, ALTHOUGH MANY OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE ME.

MY NAME'S A MANS.

I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF GREENBURG, A GRADUATE OF THE GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, A WORKING MOTHER OF THREE, AND A CURRENT TRUSTEE ON THE GREENBERG BOARD OF EDUCATION.

TONIGHT, I'M HERE WEARING MY PARENT HAT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE, I'M OUT OF BREATH.

WHEW.

OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS PROGRAM AND THE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES IT HAS PROVIDED TO MY CHILDREN AND SO MANY OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MY SON WAS THE FIRST IN OUR FAMILY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IN 2024, AND MY DAUGHTERS JOINED THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2024.

GEORGE LATIMER FUNDED THE PROGRAM WITH $15,000.

AND WITH THIS FUNDING, THE CHILDREN HAD VARIOUS COACHING AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES, CELEBRATED KWANZA EXPERIENCED THE ARTS BY ATTENDING THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF WICKED.

THEY ENGAGED IN FRIENDLY COMPETITION WHILE BOWLING SHOWCASING THEIR ATHLETIC ABILITIES.

AND THIS YEAR THEY HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING DIRECTLY WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S SECOND POET LT FELICIA VILLANUEVA, AN EXPERIENCE THAT STRENGTHENED THEIR CONFIDENCE AND PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS.

I CAN PERSONALLY SHARE THAT MY DAUGHTERS WERE EXTREMELY SHY DURING THEIR FIRST SESSION, BUT BY THE FINAL ONE, THEY WERE SPEAKING OPENLY AND CONFIDENTLY.

FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS THESE ARE VITAL.

DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES WHEN INITIATIVES FOR OUR YOUTH ARE BEING STRIPPED AWAY.

THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT LUXURIES.

THEY ARE LIFELINES.

THEY PROVIDE SAFE SPACES WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED, CELEBRATED, AND EMPOWERED.

TONIGHT, I ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ALLOCATING THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING PROVIDED BY GEORGE LATIMER OF 15,000 FROM THE 2026 BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND IN A WORLD THAT TO OFTEN OVERLOOKS THEIR POTENTIAL.

BY SUSTAINING THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS, WE AFFIRM THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, MENTORSHIP, AND JOY.

WE SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE.

EVEN WHEN SYSTEMS FAIL TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUTH, WE WILL NOT ABANDON OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO UPLIFT THE NEXT GENERATION AND OUR COMMUNITY.

FOR SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

I'M SO THRILLED THAT YOU SPOKE, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE SO RESPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU GAVE A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM MEANT TO YOUR FAMILY.

AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, THE $15,000, IF IT COULD CHANGE EVEN ONE LIFE, IT'S WORTH IT.

YEP.

AND AND IT PROBABLY IS GONNA CHANGE MANY MORE THAN ONE LIVES.

UM, SO I, I JUST AM REALLY THRILLED THAT YOU SPOKE AND GAVE US A TESTIMONIAL, UM, HIGHLIGHTING WHAT THIS PROGRAM MEANT, UH, TO, UH, TO YOUR CHILDREN.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THE PROGRAM WAS A WASTE OF MONEY, YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST TO, UM, AS A MOTHER AND AS A, AS AN EDU A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, YOU'D BE THE FIRST TO SAY, DON'T FUND IT.

SO THIS REALLY OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO SPEAK SPOKE UP BUDGET HEARINGS.

THIS WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION THAT YOU MADE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU.

WELL, THANK YOU.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE POSITIVE ASPECT OF WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS DONE, RATHER THAN THE CHASTISING

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AND I THANK YOU.

IT'S, IT'S VERY GOOD TO HEAR.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU PAT.

WES? YES.

UM, YOU HAVE A MIC, JOY.

I CALLED EARLIER TODAY AND I, SORRY, IT WAS, COULDN'T FIND MY MISSION STATEMENT FROM THE, UM, UH, FAIRVIEW GREENBERG, UH, THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE LIAISON.

DID YOU, UM, DID THE SECRETARY FIND THAT FOR YOU? UH, THERE WAS NOT TIME FOR THAT IN MY WORK DAY TODAY, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

TOMORROW NIGHT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING ON THIS ALSO.

WELL, TOMORROW NIGHT WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION.

THE WORK SESSION, YEAH.

AND WILL, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THIS WE CAN TALK OFF.

NO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU COULD BRING THAT, IF IT'S GONNA ALSO INCLUDE THE BUDGET FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

THAT'S, THAT'S A SEPARATE, THAT'S A SEPARATE THING.

AND THAT, THAT WILL BE TOMORROW WE HAVE THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY.

AND WE CAN DIS WE WILL DISCUSS THAT.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE WORKSHOP TOMORROW.

UH, WE CAN NO DISCUSS THAT TOMORROW.

WELL, THE BUDGET, THIS IS PART OF THE, AS FAR OF THE BUDGET.

YEP.

SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT 7 5 30.

FIVE 30.

UM, I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT, UM, THE MISSION STATEMENT THAT THEY DO HAVE FOR ACTUALLY THIS PROGRAMMING FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT.

AND, UM, TO DENY ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY TO THIS COMMITTEE.

I MEAN, THAT PROGRAM COMMUNITY WALL, UM, WITHOUT WALLS, RIGHT, WITHOUT WALLS, IT BOTHERS ME TO NO ENDS BECAUSE THAT CENTER WAS BUILT FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE YOUTH AND THE ADULTS, THE ELDERLY.

I AM NOW ELDERLY.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS I DON'T GO DOWN TO THE CENTER ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S BAD BECAUSE THE PROGRAMMING ISN'T THERE ANY LONGER.

SO THAT MEANS EVERYBODY IN MY COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, UH, GOING DOWN SLOWLY BUT SURELY IN POPULATION.

AND THAT CAN ONLY BE DONE THROUGH REDLINING.

AND MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN REDLINED FROM, UH, PARKWAY GARDENS OVER TO ORCHARD HILL FAIRGROUNDS.

AND UM, THAT LEADS TO GERRYMANDERING AND THAT MEANS TO SUPPRESSION OF MY VOTE.

NOW, AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH HERE, WE NEED THAT PERSON.

AND WE DON'T PUT NAMES ON STREET ADDRESSES, UM, BY JUST SAYING SOMEBODY WENT TO WORK AND THEY DID IT FOR 15 YEARS.

AND SO THEREFORE WE ARE GONNA NAME A STREET AFTER YOU.

WE LOOK AT THE, UM, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GROUP I'M THINKING WITH JOEY PHILLIPS AND STAR, ATLANTIC STAR.

HAVE SOMEBODY INTERESTED IN THEM, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN PRODUCE, THEY CAN BE WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT TO BE.

THEY CAME OUT OF GREENBURG.

THEY CAME OUT OF THE, UM, THE, UM, THE FAIRGROUNDS, UM, COMMUNITY CENTER.

YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS.

MY BROTHER OR MY COUSIN, FIRST COUSIN TAUGHT JOEY HOW TO PLAY THE FLUTE.

SO I'M SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED.

IT WAS PUT THERE BECAUSE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AREN'T GIVEN.

THEY WERE FOUGHT FOR.

AND IT WAS A BIG FIGHT.

AND WE, THOSE WERE REPUBLICANS WHO PUT THAT BUILDING UP THERE.

AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE DEMOCRATS.

MY MOTHER WAS A REPUBLICAN, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A DEMOCRAT.

I WENT WITH MY GRANDMOTHER TO ALL THE MEETINGS YOU'RE TAKING AWAY MERELY BY REDLINING MY COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS AT ONE TIME 91% BLACK.

IT IS NOW UNDER 50%.

AND WE ARE NOT LEADING.

AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S BEING DONE.

YOU CAN'T RED LINE WITHOUT LOCAL CORRUPTION IN THE GOVERNMENT.

YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE BANKING INDUSTRY.

AND YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE, UM, REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

THIS IS NOT PAT WILLIAMS. THIS IS WHAT IS STATED IN THE STATE.

WELL, HEY, ANYTHING GOVERNING ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH REDLINING, PAT WILLIAMS DIDN'T MAKE UP THOSE RULES.

THEY WERE MADE UP BEFORE I WAS BORN.

SO WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS YOU'RE CLOSING OFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDENTS, TO CHILDREN, TO

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BUT WE NOT DOING THAT.

WE ARE SEEING TO IT THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE LEGAL, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WITH THE NEW LAW FOR ZONING, YOU CAN PLANT AND PUT ANYTHING IN YOUR YARD YOU WANT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

TIME, MS. WEEMS. I HAVE TO STOP EVERYBODY AT FIVE MINUTES.

SYDNEY.

I'M GIVING IT TO YOU BECAUSE I LIKE YOU.

BUT OTHERWISE, NO, HE WOULDN'T GET IT.

, APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE BEEN POLITE TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, MS. WILLIAMS. NO, NO.

IT'S WHAT? YOU HAVE BEEN CU SIDNEY COLLINS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA BE VERY SHORT 'CAUSE EVERYBODY BROUGHT IT UP.

I'M TAUGHT HERE TO TALK ABOUT, I KNOW YOU JUST GOT THE BUDGET PLANS FOR THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT COMMUNITY CENTER, WITHOUT WALLS.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING YOU JUST GOT THE BUDGET, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.

THAT IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.

MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS NOW 30 SOMETHING, STARTED OFF WITH CLIFF WITH THE PROGRAM.

IT WASN'T A COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALDEN.

IT WAS YEP.

BUT WITH THAT PROGRAM, THEY DID SO MUCH.

UM, THEY WENT ON DIFFERENT TRIPS, EDUCATIONAL, THEY WENT ON A COLLEGE TOUR AND CLIFF, I THINK IT WAS CLIFF AND WAYNE BASS THAT HAD IT THEN.

AND NOW CLIFF IS BRINGING IT BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS, WHICH IS NEEDED IN THE GREENBURG COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT COMMUNITY CENTER HAS NO PROGRAMS THERE.

NOT ONE.

AND THAT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S WHY IT WAS DESIGNED FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S NOT BEING USED BY OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE, THE ONE BROUGHT IT UP.

WE HAD OUR KIDS RAISED UP IN THERE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON THERE.

SO WHY IS THE CENTER THERE? THEY GOT THE LIBRARY UPSTAIRS.

THEY GOT A COMPUTER ROOM, BUT IT'S NOT BEING USED AT ALL.

SO THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.

IT'S SO, UM, I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS, BUT THEY'RE PUBLIC.

BUT I'LL WAIT FOR THAT.

BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO FUND THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.

IT HELPS THE KIDS.

UM, THEY LEARN SO MUCH AND IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING FUN.

I MEAN, THEY DO HAVE FUN, BUT IT'S EDUCATIONAL AS WELL.

THEY LEARN DIFFERENT TRAITS AND DIFFERENT SKILLS THAT THEY CAN USE.

'CAUSE MY, LIKE I SAID, MY DAUGHTER WHO'S 30 SOMETHING, SHE, SHE'S A GRADUATE OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THAT'S ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY WENT TO GO VISIT.

AND IT'S JUST EXCELLENT.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF HER AND I'M VERY PROUD OF CLIFF AND THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING.

I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR YOU.

UH, AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE MET, YOU KNOW, UH, LAST WEEK AND YOU KNOW, SOME, UM, OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT BEING USED AS IT SHOULD BE.

I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THE TOWN OR TO, UM, UH, DO LIKE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND A, A SURVEY OF THE COMMUNITY, FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE BEING USED, UM, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE NOT BEING, WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT USING OTHER PROGRAMS, IF THEY'RE NOT USING IT, AND WHAT IS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS, UH, UM, PREPARATION FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR JOB, JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS, UH, PROGRAMS WHERE WE COULD, UH, TRAIN PEOPLE FOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE POLICE SUMMER YOUTH CAMP, WHICH WE'VE HAD FOR, UH, FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.

AND I THINK THERE'S 10 GRADUATES OF THAT CAMP, UM, WHO ARE NOW GREENBURG POLICE, YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED BY THE POLICE.

BUT IT'S NOT ONLY POLICE.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR DOCTOR YOU PEOPLE WHO WANT BE DOCTOR, BUT THERE'S NO PROGRAMS. SO YOU CAN'T INVESTIGATE.

THERE'S NO PROGRAMS AT ALL.

NO, BUT I'M SAYING, AND ONCE THAT'S THERE, THERE'S A COST AND IT'S NOT BRINGING OUR YOUTH IN IT.

I MEAN, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THE CENTER WAS THE PLACE TO BE.

WE HAD SPADES GOING ON.

THEY HAD THE GAMES GOING ON.

THEY HAD PING PONG.

WHERE'S ALL THAT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO WHEN I MET WITH, I MEAN, WHEN I MET WITH THE FAIRVIEW COMMITTEE, WE HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS.

AND I SUGGEST THAT WE MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, HAVE A MEETING TOGETHER TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT YOUR YES, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO THAT.

WHAT WHAT YOU SEE AS LACKING WHAT, WHAT THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING.

SO THAT WE JUST TALK YES.

AND SEE WHERE, GO FROM THERE.

I'VE BEEN A GREENBERG RESIDENT ALL MY LIFE.

I ALSO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT IT'S NOT TALKING.

MR. BOYKIN, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON BUDGET OR PUBLIC COMMENT? MY NAME IS JOE BOYKIN.

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AND, UM, I DON'T WANNA GET MYSTICAL UP HERE AND, AND, UH, SPIRITUAL, BUT I HAVE TO, UM, SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY SPECIAL IN THE, IN THE UNIVERSE.

AND I'VE MET LOTS OF PEOPLE IN MY, IN MY TRAVELS.

AND MR. ABRAMS IS A SPECIAL HUMAN BEING.

HE'S A, HE WAS, UH, BLESSED WITH THIS JOB TO DO THIS, TO, TO HELP OUR YOUTH AND BEING A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD AND, UM, AMERICA, HOW IT IS.

UM, EVERY TIME SOMEBODY OF COLOR, BLACK PEOPLE DO SOMETHING OF LOVE FOR OUR CULTURE, IT GETS SHUT DOWN BY GOVERNMENT, BY WHATEVER.

AND THERE'S SOME, BECAUSE I TOOK A COURSE CALLED I'M DOING RACISM.

I THINK I ADVISE EVERYBODY HERE TO TAKE THAT COURSE.

THAT BE NICE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COURSE.

IT SHOWS THAT, UH, AMERICA IS INGRAINED IN RACISM IN ITS CORE.

AND IT'S SO, IT'S SO HIDDEN AND INGRAINED IN THE SYSTEM THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A, IT IT'S A, IT'S A, A NORMAL THING.

IT'S NORMALIZED.

AND, UH, BUT ANYWAY, BACK TO MR. MR. ABRAMS, HIS, HIS, HIS, HIS, UM, PROGRAM IS NEEDED BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S A, IT DOES, UM, GOOD THINGS FOR THE KIDS CULTURALLY.

THE MI THE MURAL, UH, IT SHOWS, UH, THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN, IN AMERICA.

THE FIRST TIME I SAW MYSELF IN THE HISTORY BOOK WAS WITH CHAINS ON, UH, EUROPEAN HISTORY IS GREAT, BUT THAT'S ONLY THE FIRST PART OF HISTORY WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

THOUSAND YEARS.

BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAUGHT THE WORLD HOW TO BEHAVE.

ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANNA GET DOWN TO IT, YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH SCIENCE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO I'M SAYING THAT THE FACT THAT CULTURALLY WE HAVE TO, WE, WE, IT'S NOT ABOUT HATE.

IT'S ABOUT LOVING YOUR CULTURE.

LIKE THE JEWISH PEOPLE LOVE THEIR CULTURE.

EVERYBODY LOVES THEIR CULTURE.

ITALIAN LOVES THEIR CULTURE.

WE LOVE OUR CULTURE.

THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

THERE'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, THEY, THEY FIND SOME KIND OF WAY TO TO TO SHUT IT DOWN OR, OR, OR LIMIT, LIMIT THE, THE, UH, THE FUNCTIONS OF IT.

SO THIS, THIS PROGRAM HE'S DONE IS EXCELLENT, MAN.

I KNOW THE MAN PERSONALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON.

HE GIVES YOU SHARE HIS BACK.

HE'S DOING OUTTA LOVE NOT TO.

HE'S NOT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY AND BE AN ENTREPRENEUR WITH THIS.

IT'S LOVE, IT'S NEEDED.

WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

LOOK AT OUR COUNTRY.

LOOK WHO, LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION.

I MEAN, COME ON.

I MEAN, SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE YOUTH ARE OUR FREE FUTURE HERE.

THAT'S OUR FUTURE.

EXCUSE ME.

THE YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE.

WE HAVE TO INVEST IN OUR YOUTH.

YOU HAVE TO TEACH 'EM THE TRUTH.

NOT JUST THAT THE LIES THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.

YOU KNOW, ALL OUR, ALL OUR LIVES CHANGED THE COURSE OF, OF THIS COUNTRY.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.

BUT LET'S TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT IT.

MR. ABRAMS PROGRAM IS A BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM.

THE GREENBURG CENTER, WE ALL GREW UP THERE.

WE ALL HAD FUN THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S A SHAME TO SEE THAT THERE'S NO PROGRAMS THAT'S, THAT'S HELPING OUR YOUTH.

THAT'S, WE HAVE A COMPUTER RISE OFFICE UPSTAIRS NAMED AFTER GEN.

UM, MR. PERRY.

IS THAT, IS THAT BEING USED FOR THE YOUTH? WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, UM, I MEAN WE HAVE TO USE THAT.

WE GOTTA UTILIZE THAT.

SO I'M, I'M, I'M APPALLED THAT, BUT I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AT RESIDENT OF GREENBURG ALL MY LIFE.

I'VE TRAVELED THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SEEN LOTS OF THINGS HAPPEN.

BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO DO SOMETHING BUT CHOSEN TO DO SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO HONOR THAT.

SO PLEASE FUND THIS MAN'S PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR.

IT'S ABOUT A, A THING THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE, FOR THE WORLD TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

SO WE WON'T HAVE PEOPLE GOING TO PRISONS AND, AND, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND WHATEVER.

WE, WE HAVE TO USE EDUCATION AS PROPER PER PERSPECTIVE.

AND STATEMAN WAS DOING THAT WITH THAT PROGRAM.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE THING.

UH, THAT'S OKAY.

NOT, NOT TO JUST A GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND OUR COMMISSIONER HAS, WAS QUITE GENEROUS WITH MR. ABRAMS WITH HIS LAST PROGRAM.

GAVE HIM A DISCOUNT, GAVE HIM OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEY CAN PERHAPS MOVE FORWARD AND DO, UM, NO, DON'T INTERRUPT ME.

I'M NOT, DID I SAY ANYTHING? NO, DON'T, DON'T DO THAT TO ME.

PLEASE DON'T, DON'T, I'M NOT THE ONE DO, DON'T DO THAT.

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE FINISHED.

NO, NO, NO.

BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING ADDRESSING WHAT I'M NO, NO, NO.

I WAS JUST, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE.

SO I WAS JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

YOU FINISH WHAT YOU WANNA SAY, BUT YOU KIND RUDE AND YOU SAID IT.

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SAY A WORD.

YOU SAID DON'T INTERRUPT.

I DIDN'T SAY A WORD.

NO, THAT'S OKAY.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE.

I COME IN PEACE.

BUT PLEASE, THAT'S FINE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE.

SO FINISH YOUR MINUTE.

NO, YOU SAID SOMETHING DIRECTED TO, TO WHAT? I SAID NO, I I WAS NOT DIRECTING IT TO YOU.

SHE, SHE'S SAYING AN OVERALL STATEMENT ABOUT THE WHOLE MATTER, NOT DIRECTLY TO SOMETHING YOU WERE JUST SAYING, BUT I THOUGHT THAT YOU SO, SO WANNA ADDRESS WHAT JESUS SAID.

I'M NOT ADDRESSING YOU THOUGH.

MINISTER BOY CAN USE HIS MINUTE IN 12 SECONDS HEARD.

I STILL HAVE A MINUTE ANYWAY.

RIGHT, BUT WHAT, I'M SORRY.

ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS THAT IT IS, I THINK, UNFAIR TO THE COMMISSIONER AND, AND ALL THE STAFF AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHO DO PROVIDE

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PROGRAMMING.

IT MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP OR YOU WERE, IT'S CHANGED.

ECONOMICS CHANGED.

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

BUT TO SAY THAT THERE IS NO PRO, THEY DO COLLEGE TRIPS, THEY DO ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL THINGS.

IF THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.

BUT LET'S NOT SAY THAT THERE IS NO PROGRAMMING THERE OR NOTHING'S GOING ON THERE.

'CAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS TRUE.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT TRUE OR NO, I KNOW 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TO THE CENTER, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NOT OKAY.

CAN I, CAN I GET MY MINUTE THOUGH? YES, PLEASE.

UM, SO IT WASN'T KIND OF DIRECTIVE WITH WHAT I SAID.

SO THE FACT IS IT'S WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID.

SO SPEAK EVERYONE WHO HAS SPOKEN.

SORRY, DIDN'T, I DIDN'T FINISH, DIDN'T, I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING.

SO SOME PEOPLE SORRY, MAY I GET MY MINUTE PLEASE? THAT'S FINE.

LET IT RUN OUT.

ALRIGHT, CAN WE, CAN WE ALL PLEASE WHAT? WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE GENTLEMAN HIS TIME TO SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

CAN WE CONTINUE? THANK YOU.

LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S NOT THE SAME.

I GO DOWN THERE.

I DON'T SEE YOUTH, I DON'T SEE YOUTH.

I READ THERE'S BASKETBALL THERE.

I SEE BASKETBALL, I DON'T SEE ANY PEOPLE.

WE NEED EDUCATIONAL THINGS DOWN THERE.

IS THAT BEING USED UPSTAIRS? IS THAT BEING USED UPSTAIRS, BROTHER? UPSTAIRS? OH, I'LL TALK IN A FEW MINUTES.

WELL, IF, OH, I'M SAYING THIS, PLEASE FUND THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED, BECAUSE, UM, THERE SHOULD BE ANY HESITATION ON THAT AND THE DELAY WITH WHAT HAPPENED TO $3,000.

THAT, THAT, UH, WHY'D YOU TAKE THE $3,000, SIR? THAT'S NOT A REAL THING.

IT'S NOT WHAT? THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY HOW IT TRANSPIRED.

200 AND SOMETHING PEOPLE THAT CAME THROUGH THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

COLBY JENKINS? YES, THIS IS, YOU MAY BEGIN.

GOOD EVENING TOWN BOARD.

GOOD EVENING TOWN SUPERVISOR AND BOARD TOWN ATTORNEY.

MY NAME'S COLBY JENKINS AND I AM THE FOUNDER OF DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, WESTCHESTER AND THE FOUNDER OF THE GREENBURG FARMERS' MARKET, LOCATED HERE IN FAIRVIEW.

UM, I AM ASKING, UM, THAT WE THIS YEAR BE, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THE SUCCESSFUL YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.

UM, FEEDING FAMILIES, GROWING OUR COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S LISTED ON MY LOGOED SHIRT HERE.

UM, THAT'S WHAT WE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL INITIATIVE.

IT WAS FRESH AT NO COST.

UM, THIS INITIATIVE CAME AS A BOOST TO BUILD BACK OUR FARMER'S MARKET HERE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UM, ONGOING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS SINCE I'VE LED IT.

UM, WE'VE HAD OUR UPS, WE'VE HAD OUR DOWNS, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, WE DIDN'T GIVE UP IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WE HELD ON STEADFAST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD, UM, WAS ABLE TO DO AT THE GREENBERG FARMER'S MARKET.

THIS YEAR ALONE IS LAUNCH OUR, UM, THIRD ANNUAL, UH, TURKEY GIVEAWAY THAT WE JUST HAD.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO TEAM UP WITH FEEDING WESTCHESTER, WHICH ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TURKEYS.

SO THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GROW AT A RECORD NUMBER OF OVER 250 TURKEYS, OVER 60 HAMS, AND AS WELL AS 40 CHICKENS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ABOUTS.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO DO OUR THIRD ANNUAL BACKPACK GIVEAWAY, AND WE ALSO INCLUDED STEM ITEMS INSIDE OF THOSE BACKPACKS TO UPLIFT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

UM, WE, UM, WERE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, VENDORS THIS YEAR.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN WE WERE ABLE TO DO BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO CUT DOWN THE COST FOR THE PRODUCE SO FAMILIES CAN HAVE ACCESS BEFORE WE EVEN KNEW IT WAS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

SO THAT'S HOW, YOU KNOW, GOD WAS IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL.

UM, WE SERVICED OVER

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UM, DURING THIS, THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PROCESS, WE WERE FIRST, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY SEE OTHER FARMER'S MARKETS, THAT THEY DID HAVE A, A INITIATIVE WHERE THEY GAVE AWAY TOKENS, BUT WE WERE FIRST AT FRESH AT NO COST.

UM, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE BEEN BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

WE HAVE DONE THIS AND THAT, AND WE ARE ASKING THAT THIS TOWN BOARD SOW A SEED INTO OUR FARMER'S MARKET IN THE TUNE OF $20,000.

WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, WE CAN BUILD CAPACITY BUILDING HERE IN THE TOWN.

WE CAN START OUR NEWSLETTERS.

WE CAN BEGIN TO DO OTHER ADVERTISING.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY BUILT UPON.

WE THANK YOU, DYLAN, FOR HELPING TO, UH, HELP US TO SECURE, UM, VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEER NEW YORK.

WE ALSO TEAMED UP WITH 9 1 4 CARES THIS YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO, UM, OUR RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH UNITED WAY, WE BROUGHT OUR INSIDE OPERATION AT OUR OFFICE LOCATED IN SLEEPY HOLLOW.

AND THE REASON WHY MANY HAVE ASKED WHY WE ARE NOT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

WE'RE PRICED OUT.

THAT'S WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AN OFFICE AT.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING OUR INSIDE OPERATION OUTSIDE TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, PROVIDING THESE S DEODORANT, SOAP, TOILETRIES, UM, I SAID OUR BACKPACKS, BUT ALSO IN ADDITIONS, UM, PAMPERS WIPES FORMULA, WHERE WE'VE ALSO HAD ACCESS TO GET FORMULA HERE FROM THE TOWN SO WE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT PROPERLY.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE TRIED, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SHOWN UP AND SHOWED OUT IN VARIOUS, UM, CAPACITIES.

WE ALSO HAD OUR SENIOR BREAKFAST, WHICH WE WERE IN OUR 10TH YEAR THAT WE JUST HAD ON, I WANNA SAY NOVEMBER 13TH AT THE CENTER.

WE HAD OVER, WE, WE, MR. JACKSON WILL TELL YOU, WE, WE BURST AT THE SEAMS AT OUR SENIOR CITIZEN BREAKFAST.

WE ALSO, PEOPLE FROM THE DOLE CENTER CAME UP HERE.

PEOPLE FROM NEW ROCHELLE WERE HERE.

ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ENTITIES, SENIOR FOR SENIORS, CAME TO OUR GREENBERG COMMUNITY CENTER TO CELEBRATE OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR SENIOR BREAKFAST.

WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR, UM, PROGRAM BY CAPACITY BUILDING SO WE CAN HAVE REFRIGERATION SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO HAVE STORAGE PROPER THINGS THAT OTHER FARMER'S MARKETS HAVE.

SO I ASK THAT THIS TOWN BOARD TO SOW A SEED INTO OUR ORGANIZATION.

I ALSO WANNA SAY WE DO ALSO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS AND THEIR YOUTH HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING AND OTHER YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE EXCEPTIONAL, UM, WORK YOU'VE DONE.

THE MARKET THANK YOU IS REALLY FABULOUS.

AND YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE PRACTICALLY EVERY, EVERY WEEK SINCE YOU'VE STARTED.

YES, YOU HAVE.

AND THE TURNOUT HAS BEEN ENORMOUS AND IT REALLY, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GO THERE AND YOU SEE PEOPLE, EVERYBODY'S THANKING YOU AND, UH, THEY'RE SO, IT'S ALL GOT NOT ME.

THEY'RE SO APPRECIATIVE, UM, FOR THE MARKET.

UM, SO LIKE, IT'S, I WOULD SAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY THAT, UM, THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED HAS NOT BEEN WELL SPENT.

AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WHO I, YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT GIVES EVERYBODY DIGNITY BECAUSE E EVERYBODY, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR INCOME LEVEL IS ABLE TO GET THE FREE FOOD.

SO THERE'S NO SHAME IN WAITING ONLINE FOR A TURKEY OR WAITING ONLINE FOR PRODUCE.

UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL SO WELCOME AND YOU'RE TREATING PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY THAT MANY OTHER PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, JUST AN AN EXCEPTIONAL MODEL THAT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WILL BE REPLICATED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

BUT YOU, YOU REALLY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT.

AND I, I DO THINK THAT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR REQUEST FOR FOR FUNDING WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY MONEY WELL SPENT.

THANK YOU, SOUND SUPERVISOR.

AND, AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO SOMETIMES FRESH FOOD IS MORE EXPENSIVE.

FRESH PRODUCE IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BUYING CANNED AND WHATEVER.

AND YOU GAVE THAT PRODUCE WAS INCREDIBLE.

AND, AND THE, AND THE EFFORT, THE, THE HERCULEAN EFFORT TO GET IT FROM OCEAN, OCEAN TO GET IN HERE, TO GET IN HERE, HERE IN TIME FOR THE MARKET GET WAS, WAS REALLY COMMENDABLE.

AND, AND, AND THE PRODUCE QUALITY WAS GREAT.

AND WE WORE U-HAUL OUT , BELIEVE ME, WE DID.

SO THANK WE, THANK YOU.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DRIVING.

IT WA IT WAS A LOT TO GET THOSE, THOSE PRODUCE HERE.

IT WAS TREMENDOUS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT, ONE OF THE, UH, GREAT QUALITIES THAT YOU HAVE IS, IT WASN'T

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SUCCESSFUL INITIALLY.

YOU KNOW, YOU TRIED FOR A YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, BUT YOU NEVER GAVE UP.

I DON'T JACKSON.

SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD.

SOMETHING HAPPENED.

SHE MAY WANT SAY SOMETHING.

YEAH, NO, AND I'M JUST SAYING, YOU NEVER GAVE UP.

SHE'S MY VOICE.

AND YOU KEPT BUILDING ON, SHE'S GOING ON WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU STARTED THE YEAR BEFORE.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE GREAT LESSONS, UM, BECAUSE YOU CAME UP WITH A MODEL INITIALLY.

IT WAS, IT WAS TOUGH TO EVEN JUST GET THE APPROVALS, BUT YOU KEPT PLUGGING AWAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S INSPIRATIONAL FOR ME WHEN I COME BACK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I WANNA USE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR VARIOUS SPONSORS AND THOSE THAT HELPED US TO GET WHERE WE WERE THIS YEAR.

CLIFTON ABRAMS. UM, I HAVE A LITTLE LAUGH AT THE CHAIR.

KESHA, ARE YOU, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK DURING? YES.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING TOWN SUPERVISOR.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING THEM WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES, VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, ALSO CIVIC OPPORTUNITIES.

TOWN BOARD.

UM, I JUST, I'M HERE.

JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

OH, MY NAME IS KISHA HOPE, UH, RESIDENT OF THE FAIRVIEW AREA OF GREENBURG.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SIMPLY EXPRESS, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE.

I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

I JUST WANNA GIVE THE TOWN BOARD AND THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING SOME BACKGROUND.

THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED BY CLIFTON ABRAMS TO HELP BRING LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH OF GREENBURG.

UM, WHAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS WE ARE A 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATION.

WE'VE GOTTEN OUR PAPERWORK IN PLACE.

UH, WE HAD AS SUCCESSFUL AS ONE OF THE MOMS SAID, WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR WHERE WE WERE VERY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THEN TOWN, UH, EXE COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER.

HE WAS ABLE TO GET US THAT GRANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO INCREDIBLE THINGS WITH WHAT WE HAD.

UM, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO IS WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE TOWN BOARD, WE, WE, FIRST OF ALL, WE'D LIKE TO THANK SUPERVISOR FRYER AND COUNCILWOMAN HABER FOR SUPPORTING OUR INITIATIVE.

WE WOULD, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, THANK COMMISSIONER, UH, TERRENCE JACKSON.

HE HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS FROM ITS INCEPTION.

I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR.

WE CAME TO HIM, HE WORKED WITH US WHEN WE HAD LIMITED FUNDS, AND WE WERE ALLOWED TO HOLD HIS PROGRAM THERE.

AND WE HAD NO ISSUES.

I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR.

IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS AND THE THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE HAVE A BRAND NEW PROGRAM, A LEADERSHIP ACADEMY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUSH FORWARD.

UH, WE SENT THE PROPOSAL ON TO SUPERVISOR FINER.

WE SENT THE PROPOSAL ON TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HABER.

AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT THE TOWN BOARD CONSIDER GRANTING US THE $15,000.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEADERS OF TOMORROW.

WE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP SOMEONE WHO COULD SIT IN ONE OF THE SEATS THAT YOU CURRENTLY SIT IN.

THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS IS ABOUT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING THE TOWN TO INVEST, INVEST IN OUR YOUTH.

IT'S, IT'S NOT PERSONAL.

IT'S NOT THIS, THIS IS ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH.

WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FROM THE TOWN TO PARTNER WITH US.

THAT THAT'S IT, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.

IT WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY SET CENTER WITHOUT WALLS AND THE TOWN.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THOSE YOUTH.

WE'RE TRY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND ENGAGE WITH THE TOWN BOARD, AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKS.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR YOUTH ACADEMY.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT GOVERNMENT, LEARNING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCIAL SKILLS.

THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS IS ABOUT.

SO I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE OF, OF THE $15,000 THAT SUPERVISOR FINER

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HAS INCLUDED IN HIS BUDGET.

WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PARTNERSHIP.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN TO AFFECT CHANGE, POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE LIVES OF OUR YOUTH.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER, UH, INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE, UH, PRIOR COMMENTS BECAUSE YOU WERE ABLE TO BUILD UP YOUR ARGUMENT AND THE GOODNESS OF COMMUNITY CENTER OUT WALLS WITHOUT MAKING STATEMENTS LIKE TO TEAR DOWN THE COMMUNITY CENTER SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS THERE.

THERE'S NOBODY USING THE BASKETBALLS.

THERE'S NOBODY IN THE DANCE STUDIOS UPSTAIRS, BUT I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT.

PROGRAMS ARE GOING ON AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, GOOD EVENING, TOWN BOARD, MADAM CLERK, AND ALL OF YOU ON CAMERA AND IN PERSON.

SO, UM, UH, THANKSGIVING COULD BE A LITTLE HARD TIME.

SO I WAS AT HOME, BUT I'M ALWAYS LISTENING.

I'M ALWAYS WATCHING.

AND BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE FAR, I CAME RIGHT DOWN WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING THAT I NEEDED TO RESPOND TO.

I'M SORRY.

BUT THE FACT THAT SOMEONE CAN SAY TO ME THAT THERE ARE NO PROGRAMS GOING ON IN THE CENTER, AND I'LL BREAK IT UP FOR YOUTH IS A LIE.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A 96% AVERAGE FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. NOW, I WILL SAY IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT, SO DIFFICULT THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE ARE THREE FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHAT DO THEY DO? YOU ASK? I'M SO GLAD YOU DID.

BETWEEN THE COLLEGE TOURS, THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS PROGRAM THAT HAS 60 KIDS EACH, THAT TRAVEL TO MUSEUMS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT MORE SO STAY IN AND GET TRAINING IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, DEPENDING ON THE AGE RANGE OF THESE KIDS.

WE EVEN SPLIT UP EACH GROUP INTO OLDER AND YOUNGER GROUPS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

BUT AS I WAS SAYING, IT'S CHANGED IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE RECENTLY.

UM, AND IT, IT HAPPENED, UH, BEFORE COVID, WE STARTED IT AND THEN WE BOUGHT, TRIED TO BRING IT BACK IN THE LOUNGE, WHICH IS USUALLY THE MORNING.

MY SENIORS ARE THERE, HAVE TO STOP BY EVERY MORNING I GET TALKED ABOUT.

BUT AT THE END OF IT, WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE END IN THE CORNER THERE, WHERE THE THREE TVS ARE THAT THEY CAN PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT SAYS TEEN LOUNGE, T-D-Y-C-C, TEEN LOUNGE.

AND THEY MADE IT.

IT'S A MURAL THAT THEY MADE AND THEY WERE COMING THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

BUT BETWEEN THAT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, AND WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU START TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENCES IN WHAT'S HAPPENING, PLEASE ADDRESS TO THE BOARD JUST FOR THE TEEN LOUNGE.

PLEASE, PLEASE ADDRESS TO THE BOARD FOR PURPOSES OF GOING OUT ON TV.

UH, RIGHT, .

SORRY.

YOU WERE IN A GOOD FLOW.

NO, THAT'S GOOD.

I, I'M AN AUDITOR.

I MAKE SURE I LOOK AROUND THE CROWD.

UM, OUR CHILDREN ARE DIFFERENT THAN WE WERE.

THE THINGS THAT ARE GRAVITATED, THE, THE, THAT, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S GOT TO BE TOUGH.

IT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR ONE OF US TO GO BACK INTO IN, TO BE IN THIS TIME AS A CHILD.

THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE BEING PULLED AT THIS THING PEC, I'M SORRY.

THIS THING ESPECIALLY, IT IS THEIR LIFELINE.

THEY CANNOT DO WITHOUT IT.

THEY START TO SHAKE WHEN YOU TAKE IT DOWN.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE MANDATES TO THE TEEN LOUNGE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT'VE PULLED IT AWAY, WE SAID, PUT YOUR PHONE IN A BOX.

WE'RE GONNA DO GAMES, WE'RE GONNA TALK.

WE'RE GONNA DO ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND IT FADED OUT.

SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE USED TO HAVE WE'RE NOT RUNNING ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T COMING THERE.

ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS SIT, ESPECIALLY THE GIRLS SIT AND WATCH THE BOYS PLAY BASKETBALL, SAY, NO, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

THAT'S WHY WE GOT

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PING PONG AND OTHER THINGS ALL IN THE CENTER.

IT'S THERE.

IT'S NOT WHAT'S PULLING THEM AT THE MOMENT AS WE TALK TO THEM AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT A SATURDAY THING WHERE THE KIDS CAN HANG OUT? WE CAN DO STUFF, WHICH IS WHAT CREATED THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING MANY THINGS, BUT THE ONE THING I CAN SAY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA SEE THE KIDS.

NOW, HERE'S THE THING.

, WE LESSEN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING WHEN THE AFTER SCHOOL IS THERE.

IT IS SOMEWHAT MANDATED THAT WE DO THAT.

WE HAVE TO KEEP IT SEPARATE IN THAT SENSE.

UM, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH A WHOLE THING NOW, UH, ON THAT AS WELL.

BUT IF YOU WERE TO, AND IF YOU COME, LET ME KNOW.

I WILL GUIDE YOU.

I GIVE THE BEST TOURS OF THAT CENTER ANYBODY COULD EVER GIVE.

I WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

THE COMPUTER LAB IS BEING USED, THE DANCE STUDIO IS BEING USED, AND ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE HAPPENING.

WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP DANCE TEAM.

DANCE TEAM.

SO TO SAY THAT NOBODY'S THERE, I'M SORRY, IT'S JUST NOT THERE.

BUT MY DOOR IS OPEN.

MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN.

UNLESS I'M IN A MEETING, COME SEE ME.

AND, AND TO CLARIFY, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE A COMMISSIONER REALLY HELD TO THE FIVE MINUTE RULE.

I ASKED COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO STICK TO FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING LATE TONIGHT.

AND I CUT HIM OFF.

SO I GAVE HIM AN ADDITIONAL 10 SECONDS.

JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE.

AS COMFORTABLE GOING DOWN THERE NO MORE.

CLIFF ABRAMS. UM, CLIFF ABRAMS, UM, LISA, THIS GIMME 30 SECONDS.

I HAVE A QUICK JOKE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, RIGHT.

UM, I ALWAYS TALK WITH TERRANCE.

YES, I AIN.

WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO START THE CLOCK THOUGH.

HUH? WE HAVE TO START.

GO AHEAD.

START, START, START.

I ALWAYS TALK TO TERRANCE.

I ALWAYS SHOW TERRANCE THE UTMOST RESPECT.

I DON'T COME IN THE CENTER.

I DON'T GO TO NOBODY, BUT I GO TO TERRACE AND LET HER KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT AND WHAT I LIKE TO DO.

SO IF IT DON'T APPLY, LET IT FLY.

IF IT FLIP YOUR BELLY, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I TELL MY KIDS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT FLIP YOUR BELLY, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

WHY YOU, WHY YOU GETTING SO SHOOK IT UP? YOU KNOW? BUT I WANNA SAY THIS IS THAT ENJOY YOU ARE THE LIAISON OF THE CENTER, THE HOUSING AND FAIRVIEW.

SO WHEN PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND THEY SAY CERTAIN THINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT GET WORKED UP.

OF COURSE, PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CENTER IS DOING SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I MEAN, THAT'S A NO BRAINER, YOU KNOW? BUT THE POINT IS, WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING IS THAT THINGS THAT WE USED TO SEE AND THINGS THAT USED TO BE GOING ON IS NOT THERE.

YOU KNOW, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS, RIGHT? AND I ALWAYS TOLD TERRANCE, HEY, I WANNA DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.

NOT GIVE ME A DISCOUNT.

THAT'S NOT PARTNERSHIP.

IT, I'M TALKING ABOUT, I'M THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH OUR WALLS, RIGHT? I'M FROM GREENVILLE MY WHOLE LIFE.

UM, I DID PAUL, YOU KNOW, AND FRANCIS KNOW TOO, WHEN ME AND WAYNE BACK DID THE YOUTH OF POWER PROGRAM THAT STILL WAS TALKING ABOUT HER DAUGHTER WAS IN IT, YOU KNOW, WE DID THINGS RIGHT.

SO I'M SAYING I WANT A PARTNERSHIP.

LIKE, I WENT DOWN THE CENTER THE OTHER DAY AND I SAW ABOUT 35 OR 40 KIDS IN THE GYM ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND I SAID, OH, SHOOT MAN.

I SAID, MAN, IF WE COULD PARTNER, LIKE THAT'S THE CARROT.

IT'S EASY FOR 'EM TO GO DOWN THE CENTER AND JUST PLAY BASKETBALL.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT WHAT ABOUT THE COMPUTER LAB? NOT SAYING THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON THERE, TERRANCE, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE COMPUTER LAB AT NIGHTTIME? YOU KNOW? WHAT ABOUT THE LOUNGE? WHAT ABOUT THE THEATER OFFICE? THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF THAT CAN BE GOING ON BECAUSE EVERYBODY DON'T PLAY BASKETBALL.

YOU KNOW, EITHER TO THROW THE BALLS OUT WITH THIS OTHER PLAY ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WHEN, WHEN IN, IN OH SEVEN, WHETHER Y'ALL WANNA BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WAS THIRD IN CHARGE DOWN THERE, AND I DID CANTEEN NIGHT.

I USED A WHOLE BUILDING UPSTAIRS IN A, IN A THEATER ROOM.

I HAD MUSIC GOING ON DOWNSTAIRS IN A LOUNGE.

WE HAD MOVIES GOING ON.

WE GAVE HIM POPCORN.

WE GAVE HIM COTTON CANDY.

THERE'S THINGS YOU COULD DO TO USE, UTILIZE OUR WHOLE BUILDING.

AND I'M NOT SAYING HE'S NOT, BUT I'M SAYING LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, I'M DOING SOMETHING THAT MAYBE, OR I'M GOING AFTER KIDS BABY, YOU AIN'T GOING AFTER OR DON'T FEEL

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AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS LIKE, YES, HE DID ENJOY WORKING WITH ME AND GAVE ME A DISCOUNT.

BUT REALLY WORKING WITH ME, I NEEDED BUSES BECAUSE THE LIBRARY GAVE ME FREE OF CHARGE, THE LIBRARY.

AND THEY PAID FOR THE SPEAKERS.

I HAD COME IN THERE AND THEY GOT UPSET BECAUSE I HAD NO TRANSPORTATION TO GET THE KIDS.

THANK GOD FOR MS. MANN, BECAUSE SHE GOT INVOLVED AND WE WAS IN BURY, AS YOU KNOW, AT THE POD.

AND WHAT I'M DOING NOW, I'M WORKING.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REALLY WRITE WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.

YOU COULD SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORD.

HUH? YOU CAN SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORD IF YOU WISH.

IT'S IN THE RECORD ALREADY.

BUT ANYWAY, I WANTED TO READ IT FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T.

ANYWAY, LET ME GET TO MY THOUGHT AGAIN.

THE POD.

AND WE WAS AT THE POD AND WE DID CREATIVE WRITING, YOU KNOW, AND THIS MAN TOO DURABLE, SO SHY.

BUT AS TIME WENT ON, IT WAS A THREE MONTHS.

YOU SEE, THEY CAME UP HERE AND THEY SPOKE.

I WANNA SAY THIS REAL FAST IS ABOUT TEAMWORK, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE THAT WOMAN SAY, IT AIN'T A JOB TO ME BECAUSE I LOVE WHAT I DO.

SO IT'S NO JOB.

LEADERS OF TOMORROW, YOUTH OF EMPOWERMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM, RIGHT? PROGRAM GOAL, DEVELOP LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILL, INCREASE UNDERSTANDING AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

TEACH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND FUNDAMENTAL BUDGET AND SAVING ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

INSPIRE YOUTH TO LEAD COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

FOSTER TEAMWORK, CRITICAL THINKING AND PERSONAL GROWTH.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE THE KIDS THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO CHECK THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, KIDS DON'T EVEN KNOW, LIKE THEY BUMP INTO YOU.

YOU, THEY DON'T EVEN SAY, EXCUSE ME NO MORE.

SO I GOTTA DO 1 0 1.

LIKE, HEY, IF YOU BUMP SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE TO SAY, EXCUSE ME.

THESE ARE BASIC STUFF THAT THIS AIN'T DO NO MORE.

BECAUSE TERRENCE HAS CAFE TO SING BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS ON THIS.

UH, THERE ARE NO MORE SPEAKERS.

OKAY, THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE A, UH, ADJOURN THE HEARING TILL DECEMBER 10TH.

I, I WANTED TO SPEAK.

THE COMP CONTROLLER WANTS TO SPEAK.

PAT SPOKE AFTER, UM, TRUSTEE ADONIA ON WHAT DID YOU SPEAK AFTER? ON THE BUDGET? ON THE BUDGET? YOU SPOKE ON THE BUDGET.

YES YOU DID.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ON BASICALLY, UM, THE, UM, WE DIDN'T DO PUBLIC COMMENT YET.

WE DIDN'T DO PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE, WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO LET JUST SAY TO CONSIDER THE TOWN SUPERVISORS 2000, NO, WE ARE HAVE, WE'RE HOLDING IT OVER.

I WANTED JUST ADDRESS HOW'S QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANT REVENUE, IF THAT'S OKAY.

CONSIDERED THE TOWN SUPERVISOR'S 2026 RECOMMENDED A CAPITAL BUDGET ON 2027 AND 28 CAPITAL PLAN.

SO, UM, THE OPERATING GRANT REVENUE YOU NECESSARILY WOULDN'T SEE IN THE, UM, IN THE BUDGETARY.

YOU MIGHT SEE THAT IN THE H FUND OR IN THE TRUST AND AGENCY, DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF THE GRANT.

BUT THE TOWN DID BRING IN APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION IN GRANTS AND DONATIONS IN 2023.

IN 2024.

AND WE ARE BUDGETING APPROXIMATELY, UH, $6 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR 2026.

AND THAT'S ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET ON THE COLUMN UNDER GRANTS.

SO I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN IT FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UH, YES TO DECEMBER 10TH.

ALL IN FAVOR? YOU NEED A SECOND? IT'S YOU SECOND.

WELL, YOU MAKE THE MOTION.

NOW WE HAVE THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY'S

[ To consider the Town Supervisor's 2026 recommended Capital Budget and 2027 and 2028 Capital Plan (<-- Click link for document)]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.

SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THE SEWER, FOR THE SEWER BREAK IMPROVEMENTS ON A HUNDRED EAST TART SALE.

SO, UH, THE QUESTION I JUST HAVE FOR KIMBERLY IS, UM, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, UM, WHEN WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, UM, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE GENERAL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD USE THE FUNDS FOR? FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE APPLIED FOR, UH, LIKE, I THINK A, A GRANT OF OVER $9 MILLION FOR

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AND IF WE GET THE GRANT, UH, THAT COULD COVER A, YOU KNOW, GOOD, YOU KNOW, GOOD CHUNK.

SO IF WE COULD USE, SAY THE MONEY THAT WE DON'T NEED FOR THE REPAIRS, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING, IF ASSUMING WE GET A GRANT, IF WE COULD USE IT TO, UH, SAY LINE, UM, OTHER SEWERS, WHICH WOULD EXTEND THE LIFE OF SEWERS, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD USE.

I MEAN, THE MORE GENERAL WE, WE MAKE IT, THE MORE, UM, FLEXIBILITY WE WOULD HAVE TO, TO USE IT FOR THE THING REFERRING YOU FOLLOW SAYING YOU'RE REFERRING, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE GRANT, THEN IT DEPENDS ON, UM, THE VERBIAGE OF THE GRANT.

IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE BORROWING, THEN THE MORE GENERAL WE ARE IN THE BORROWING IN THE RESOLUTION, THE MORE ABILITY WE HAVE TO MOVE THE FUNDS TO OTHER BUDGETARY LINES TO TRANSFER IN TO DO OTHER PROJECTS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M, IF IT'S IN THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND POST IT ON EMMA AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO THE PROJECT, THEN WE CAN'T TOUCH THE MONEY.

THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT.

I'D RATHER MAKE IT MORE GENERAL SO AS WELL.

SO THE GRANTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW, CAN WE MAKE GRANTS MORE GENERAL? MAY NOT, WE DON'T HAVE NO, IT DEPENDS ON GRANTS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING FROM TOWN FUNDS.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO FIX THE A HUNDRED EAST TAR STILL AVENUE.

SO THAT'S DIFFERENT.

SO THERE'S THREE SOURCES ADD A GRANT CASH TO CAPITAL GRANTS AND BORROWING.

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA DO, SO ANY MONEY NOT USED THAT WAS CASH TO CAPITAL, WE WOULD, UM, THAT WOULD GO BACK TO FUND BALANCE.

ANY GRANT MONEY.

IT'S PROBABLY VERY SPECIFIC IN THE VERBIAGE WHAT IT'S FOR.

AND UH, THE BORROWING, DEPENDING ON THE VERBIAGE, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD GO BACK TO DEBT SERVICE OR IT COULD BE USED FOR ANOTHER PROJECT.

OH NO, RIGHT.

I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

UM, I'M SAYING THAT WE APPLY FOR A GRANT, WHICH WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET.

WE, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

THE CAPITAL BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET, NOT GRANT THE OPERATING MONEY.

OH, YOU MEAN THE, THE MONIES THAT YOU HAVE TO USE TO GUARANTEE FOR THE GRANTER, THEN NO, I'M, AND THEN WE DON'T USE IT ONCE WE GET THE GRANT, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE MAY HAVE EXTRA MONEY.

WE'VE JUST, SO THAT WOULD RETURN TO THE FUND BALANCE.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S OFTEN TERM OF THE GRANT GIVER THAT THEY WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE MONEY IF YOU START THE PROJECT, UM, AND THE GRANT DOESN'T COME THROUGH OR THERE'S SOME EXTRA, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GONNA CUT BE GOOD FOR THE GRANT.

BUT YOU'RE, SO THAT'S THE DISTINCTION, RIGHT? WHAT I WAS REALLY SAYING IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE, HOW MUCH DID WE PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR, UH, FOR A HUNDRED EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE? UH, I THINK, I THINK IT WAS LIKE EIGHT OR NINE.

IF SEVEN SEVEN.

IS THAT GARRETT? HOW SO LET, LET'S SAY WE PUT IN 8 MILLION FOR THAT AND, UH, WE APPLIED FOR A $9 MILLION GRANT FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, THE STATE FOR, TO FUND FUND THAT.

SO IT'S, IF WE GET THE GRANT, WE'RE NOT GONNA NEED MONEY IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, RIGHT? IT'S 4.5 MILLION CASH TO CAPITAL AND 5 MILLION FOR OTHER SOURCES.

SO, SO WE, RIGHT.

AND 7.5 ON A, A BOND, RIGHT? SO IT'S SO, SO WE MAY GET ALL THE FUNDS FROM THE GRANTS AND I'M, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DO THAT.

AND I'M SAYING MAYBE IF WE MADE IT GENERAL, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE REQUESTING, THEN WE WOULD THEN, IF RICH NEEDS THE FUNDING FOR SAY, FLOOD RELIEF OR SEWER LININGS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY WE NEED TO DO, THEN IT WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

THAT'S MATERIAL.

IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE.

OKAY, WELL THAT'S, AND THEN WE COULD RE YOU KNOW, REAPPROPRIATE AFTER.

DIDN'T TELL ANYTHING IN THE BACKUP ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING MAYBE WE COULD CHAT ABOUT.

WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FIRST? I HAVE TO ASK, DOES ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET? MR. S ME HAVE SAME THING I SAID ON THE OPERATING BUDGET.

YOU HAVEN'T GONE OUT OF YOUR WAY TO PROMOTE THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS, FRANCIS.

YES, YOU HAD A RESOLUTION AT THE LAST TOWN BOARD MEETING TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING.

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YOU HAD OPPORTUNITIES, YOU DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE USED CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NEWS AND TOWN BOARD REPORTS FOR ONE, NOTHING ABOUT THESE HEARINGS.

SO TECHNICALLY, YES, YOU ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WHO IN THE PUBLIC READS THE NEWSPAPER TO LOOK AT PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THE REALITY IS YOU DIDN'T GO OUT OF YOUR WAY.

YOU DIDN'T MR. FINER.

YOU SPOKE TO CIVIC LEADERS AT CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.

LET'S ESTIMATE HOW MANY PEOPLE OF GREENBURG LIVE IN GREENBURG AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTEND CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.

MAYBE 300.

THAT REALLY DIDN'T GO OUT OF YOUR WAY.

YOU DIDN'T USE THE FACILITIES YOU HAD.

BUT ANYWAY, NOW WE KNOW CAPITAL BUDGET, PROBLEM OF CAPITAL BUDGET IS, IT HAS TO BE BONDED.

SO WE GO TO THE BOND, MARCUS, AND AS I TALKED WITH KIMBERLY, SHE'S VERY GOOD ON YOUR DETAILS OF OPERATIONS AND ALL THAT, BUT SHE RELIES GREATLY ON THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, THE BO PEOPLE WHO WE HIRE TO ADVISE US.

THE REALITY IS BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS GROSSLY UNAWARE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY IGNORE THE FACTS.

YOU LOOK IN THE BACK OF THE BOND, BOOK THE BOOK, AND YOU SEE THE BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS AN IMPORTANT COLUMN.

THE FIRST COLUMN WOULD BE HOW MUCH THE BOND ISSUE WAS.

HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO PAY BACK? SO IF WE BORROW $1 MILLION, WE NEVER SEE THAT.

THE ORIGINAL ISSUE WAS FOR $1 MILLION.

AS IT HAPPENS, THE PEOPLE WE'RE USING TO SELL OUR BONDS HAVE SET UP A A LITTLE SECRET SYSTEM.

THEY'RE SELLING THE BONDS FOR MORE THAN WE HAVE TO PAY BACK.

WHAT A GREAT DEAL THAT IS, ISN'T IT? BUT THE REALITY IS, WE ARE PAYING IT BACK BECAUSE ALL WE HAVE TO RESPONSIBLE FOR IS PAYING BACK THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT.

THE THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND WILL BE REDEEMED AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED $1,150 ON THE SALE.

HOW ARE WE PAYING IT BACK? WE'RE PAYING HIGHER INTEREST THAN WE NEED BE.

AND THE PUBLIC IS FOOLED BECAUSE IT LOOKS, IF THEY DO LOOK AT ALL, THEY SEE VERY LOW INTEREST RATE.

BUT WHAT WE ARE SELLING IS MUNICIPAL BONDS.

AND PEOPLE WHO BUY BONDS ARE INTERESTED IN ONE THING ONLY.

NOT ONLY THE SECURITY, BUT THE YIELD AFTER TAXES.

MUNICIPAL BONDS ARE TRIPLE TAX FREE.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT.

SO IF YOU FIGURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON THE INCOME ON A MUNICIPAL BOND, YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY LOWER INTEREST.

AND WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT LOWER INTEREST, BUT THE INTEREST WE'RE PAYING AND NO ONE KNOWS BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THAT REPORT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO SELL OUR BONDS.

NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE REAL MARKET VALUE WOULD BE.

IF IF THE BONDS WERE SOLD AT THE FACE VALUE.

THE PAR VALUE A THOUSAND DOLLAR AMOUNT.

ODDLY ENOUGH, YOU LOOK AT THE MATURITIES THAT WE SET UP, BONDS WE SOLD IN 2025 WERE 15 YEAR BONDS.

IN 2024, THEY WERE 13 YEAR BONDS.

IN 2023, THEY WERE 14 YEAR BONDS.

ALL OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE PRICING, THE YIELD, BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

AND WE NEED TO LEARN THE MARKETS BETTER BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO DUMP BONDS ON THE MARKETPLACE.

THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT ALL OVER 36 SECONDS, $500,000 FOR SIDEWALKS IS NOT SUFFICIENT.

MR. FINER, YOU TALK PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, YOU ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO COME FORWARD WITH THEIR NEEDS FOR THEIR SIDEWALK.

THE COUPLE WHO WANTED A SIDEWALK ON TAX THE ROAD.

THAT ONE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR EDGEMONT IN SECURING YOUR INTEREST IN BONDS.

$500,000 DOESN'T BUY MUCH AT BEST.

ONE SHORT SIDEWALK.

ANYONE ELSE ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET? THANK YOU.

OKAY, UH, NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

OH,

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I MEAN, WE'D HAVE TO ADJOURN.

ADJOURN, UH, ADJOURN.

UH, UNTIL, UH, FOR ALL PURPOSES.

FOR ALL PURPOSES UNTIL DECEMBER 10TH.

WELL IN FAVOR, AYE.

NOW THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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YOU CAN GO IN.

DID YOU ALSO WANNA SPEAK? WELL, THAT WAS DYLAN'S FAULT.

THAT WAS DYLAN'S FAULT.

I KNOW.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY.

HE TRIED TO, I TOLD HIM STRETCH IT OUT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES.

NO, HAVE TO TELL THAT FAST THOUGH.

LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

I EMAILED THEM.

SO THEY'RE IN YOUR BOX.

OH, YOU DID.

CINDY COLLINS.

NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIS EGO.

YOU SAID HE IS THE BEST.

WELL, BECAUSE HE EMAIL SYDNEY COLLINS.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA COMMEND A BOARD.

I THINK THE SPEED BUMPS ON MANHATTAN AVENUE WAS A GREAT IDEA.

AND ALSO THE STOP SIGN THAT YOU HAVE COMING UP FROM THE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T SEE OUTTA THERE.

PEOPLE WERE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, SO I WANT COMMEND THE BOARD FOR PUTTING THOSE TWO THINGS IN PRO IN PROGRESS.

UM, ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT GOT SKY ON MANHATTAN AVENUE UNDERNEATH.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT, BUT THAT THING IS DANGEROUS.

THAT NEEDS TO COME DOWN.

THAT'S, IT LOOKS TERRIBLE UNDER THERE.

PEOPLE, KIDS ARE WALKING BY THERE.

THAT THING IS FULL OF WOOD.

IT COULD JUST FALL DOWN.

IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED.

AND ONE OTHER THING I WANNA BRING UP IS I WANNA COMMEND KOBE JENKINS.

JENKINS FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET.

SHE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

LIKE YOU SAID, SHE HAS SAID BEFORE, THE PRODUCE PRODUCE IS REALLY EXCELLENT.

UM, SHE'S BEEN A COM A BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.

THEY LOVE IT, KOBE.

UM, SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT.

DID WE GLOSSED OVER IT? SO ONE MORE THING I WANNA ANNOUNCE IS THIS THURSDAY ON THANKSGIVING DAY, UM, GOLDEN CRUST ALONG WITH CHRIST TEMPLE FREE.

I HAVE FLYERS.

IT'S A THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER AND IT'S FREE, IT'S OPENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND ANYBODY YOU KNOW, WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO, WHO WON THANKSGIVING DINNER, IT STARTS AT 11:00 AM AND IT'S GONNA BE AT CHRIST TEMPLE.

DO YOU HAVE AND GOLDEN CRUST BOUNCES THE FOOD WE HAVE JERK CHICKEN.

DO YOU HAVE MORE OF THOSE THAT YOU CAN? YES, I HAVE MORE.

COULD YOU GIVE ME ONE? SURE.

I I'M SENDING IT OUT ON THE GB LESS THAN 11:00 AM TO WHEN? SO I'LL BRING, SO FOOD RUNS OUT THE ADDRESS.

OH, THE ADDRESS OF CHRIST TEMPLES 25 OAK STREET IS THE ROUND CHURCH THAT EVERYBODY THINK WAS A RESTAURANT, BUT IT'S THE CHURCH.

IT'S ON TOP OF THE HILL.

11:00 AM TO WHEN? RIGHT FROM MANHATTAN AVENUE.

RIGHT TOP OF THE HILL.

WHAT TIME, WHAT TIME DID THE EVENT END? IT WAS USUALLY FROM LIKE 11 TO ONE.

OKAY, GREAT.

DOING THIS.

OH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER A DECADE.

SO GOLDEN CROSS IS, AND ALSO TO GO WITH THAT, UH, VITAL COCOA ANTHONY FROM THAT COMPANY HAS, THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WILL DONATE 20 CO EXCUSE ME, 20 CASES OF THE COCONUT WATER, WHICH THEY DID LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S OPEN, IT'S FREE.

COME ON AND GET YOUR FREE DINNER.

HONORING THE LATE WIFE OF TOWN, COUNCILMAN FRANCIS SHEEN.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

HAVE OH, I WAS GONNA SAY THANK YOU.

I, OKAY.

HE'S NOW, HE'S TRYING TO SUCK UP TO HER FORMER TOWN CLERK JUDY BEVILLE.

SO, OH GOSH, IGNORANCE IS BLISS.

UM, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC AGAIN THAT THE PROPER WAY TO ADDRESS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL IS HONORARY.

MY NAME IS, UH, FOR PUBLIC PRESENTATION PURPOSES.

UH, IN, IN THIS RESPECT, HONORABLE JUDITH BEVILLE TO REVISIT THE ISSUE OF THE STREET SIGN POSTED AT JUNIPER HILL ROAD AND SARATOGA ROAD IN THE JUNIPER HILL COMMUNITY, HONORING TWO WOMEN, DR.

OLIVIA J H****R, AND, UM, MILLIE SHEIN.

I WISH TO CLARIFY THAT I AM NOT AGAINST

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I AM OPPOSED TO HER HONORARY SIGN BEING POSTED ABOVE THAT OF DR.

OLIVIA J H****R, WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHO LIVED ON JUNIPER HILL ROAD.

SHE WAS A NATIONAL HISTORIC FIGURE.

THESE STREET SIGNS ARE NOT THE NORMAL STREET SIGNS.

THEY ARE HONORARY STREET SIGNS AND THEREFORE AN EXCEPTION TO THE STANDARD PLACEMENT OF SIGNS.

AS SUCH, AN EXCEPTION SHOULD BE MADE TO PLACE THEM OUTSIDE OF THE NORM.

AND I AM SUGGEST, I AM REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN BOARD AGREE TO PLACING THE SIGNS SO THAT THEY ARE EQUALLY, WHY ARE YOU BEING RUDE? PLEASE, PLEASE STOP THE, THE, THE TOWN CLERK.

WE, I MEAN, WE CAN'T CONTINUE.

PLEASE STOP THE CLERK.

WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD WHO WERE BEHAVING INAPPROPRIATELY.

NO, WE'RE NOT LAUGHING AND TALKING.

NO, WE WERE SEEING SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN J JUST TO KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.

'CAUSE EVERYONE WAS LOOKING UP YOUR, IT, IT'S NOTHING.

JILL, GO AHEAD.

SO YOU'RE BEING RUDE.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S STILL RUDE WHY SHE SAID IT'S TOWN CLERK STOP.

UHM WE NOT DOING THAT.

SO AGAIN, AS SUCH, FOLKS IN THE BACK YES, PLEASE.

DO YOU NEED TO STEP OUTSIDE THE ROOM? OKAY.

AS SUCH AN EXCEPTION SHOULD BE MADE IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SIGNS ARE POSTED.

INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE POSTED ON TOP OF THE OTHER, THEY SHOULD BE POSTED EQUALLY ON THE, ON THE STREET SIGN.

SO THAT ONE IS NOT ABOVE THE OTHER.

AGAIN, I'M ASKING THE TOWN BOARD TO RETHINK THE IMAGE OF THIS STREET SIGN.

IT IS SIGNIFICANT WITH RESPECT TO HAVING ONE OF, OR HAVING TWO HONORARY SIGNS ON THE SAME POST.

THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE LIKE THAT.

AND NO, NOWHERE ELSE ARE, ARE THERE ANY POSTINGS LIKE THAT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG? OKAY.

WHERE YOU HAVE TWO HONORARY INDIVIDUALS, THE TWO HONORARY SIGNS ON THE SAME STREET POSTS AS SUCH, THIS IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE NORM.

AND THEREFORE POSTING THE POSTING SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION TO THE NORM.

INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM PLACED ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER, THEY SHOULD BE PLACED EVENLY ON THE, THE STREET SIGN ON THE POST.

AND SO I WILL, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T MIND ADDRESSING THIS AT, AT, AT EVERY TOM BOARD MEETING BECAUSE I REALLY, REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT CONVEYS AN IMAGE OF, UM, UH, INEQUALITY.

IT IS NOT EQUAL IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S POSTED RIGHT NOW.

THE IMAGE OF THE TWO HONORARY WOMEN, AND I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR, FOR EQUALITY AND EQUITY.

AND IF THIS BOARD IS NOT ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, ENDORSE, AND EMBRACE EQUALITY AND EQUITY, THEN I THINK THAT PERHAPS THEY NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES, WHAT IS MY PURPOSE FOR BEING ON THIS TOWN BOARD? IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT IMAGERY AND WHAT IT SPEAKS, THE MESSAGE THAT IT SPEAKS RIGHT NOW AS THE SIGN IS POSTED WITH ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER, AND THE ONE THAT'S ON TOP OF THE OTHER IS NOT EVEN A PERSON, WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

SAID, WOW, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME FACILITY AS EASTCHESTER.

MR. BOYKIN.

DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK? I WANT PERMISSION TO SAY I'M MEANT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE A LONG TIME AGO, MR. FIGHTER.

UM, SOME PEOPLE HANG ON BARS.

I HANG ON BOOKSTORES.

I GO TO EAST CHESTER.

THEY HAVE A, A NICE DINING PLACE IN EAST CHESTER.

WHEN I HEARD THAT GREENBERG WAS HAVING BARNES AND NOBLE AND GREENBURG, I

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THERE, THERE'S NO BATHROOM IN THERE, MAN.

THERE'S NO BATHROOM IN THE BOOKSTORE.

THERE'S NO PLACE TO HAVE COFFEE OR, OR DRINKS OR ANYTHING.

W WHAT, I MEAN, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I WAS REALLY HAPPY WHEN I HEARD THAT GREENBURG WAS GONNA HAVE BARNES NOBLE, CENTRAL AVENUE IN GREENBURG IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, EXCEPT GOING DOWN TO EAST CHESTER TO DINE IN WHATEVER.

I, I THOUGHT THE SPACE IS BIG ENOUGH FOR A DINING AREA AND, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ACCOMMODATE A BATHROOM.

THERE'S NO BATHROOM THERE.

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SAY.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT BARNES AND NOBLES, YOU KNOW, DOES, UH, THEY BASICALLY HAVE CHANGED THE MODEL FOR THE STORE.

UM, AND YOU ALSO HAVE PARIS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NEXT, NEXT TO IT WHERE THERE'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A CAFE THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GO TO, TO, YEAH, I KNOW ABOUT THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY CONTROL.

I STILL THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, BARNES AND NOBLES, THEY, THEY HAD SHUT DOWN, LIKE CLOSED A LOT OF THEIR STORES.

REMEMBER? THEY USED TO HAVE ANOTHER YES.

UM, STORE ON CENTRAL.

ON CENTRAL AVENUE, UH, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AROUND, SO, UM, NOW THEY GOT, THEIR MODEL IS THE SMALLEST STORES, LIKE THE, THE ONE ON CENTRAL AVENUE.

BUT I STILL THINK IT'S A, A NET PLUS TO HAVE THEM BECAUSE, UH, THEY DO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO ALSO THE OTHER STORES, UH, ON, ON CENTRAL AVENUE.

BUT PAUL, THEY ALL HAVE BATHROOMS THOUGH, BUT, YOU KNOW.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE NO CONTROL.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY HAVE A BATHROOM.

THEY'RE JUST NOT LETTING THE PUBLIC USE IT.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT, I COULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY THIS WAS A COMPLAINT AND SEE IF THEY WOULD LET PEOPLE USE IT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

HAL SAMIS, YOU MIGHT WANNA PULL THAT ON THE MIC.

WELL, WE'VE ALL HAD A LOT OF FUN LOOKING AT THE ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD WHO HASN'T SPOKEN.

UH, OCCASIONALLY SHE'S AWAKE TOO.

OCCASIONALLY SHE'S NOT.

LIKE TO ASK MR. DANKO IF HE'S PREPARED NOW TO TELL US ABOUT THE TOMI, UM, PAYMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE TO HIM.

UH, WE KNOW A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WHERE THAT WENT.

WHERE'S THE OTHER $200,000? WE'D LIKE TO KNOW.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE TAXPAYERS AND YOU HAVEN'T TOLD US.

WHEN WILL YOU TELL US LAST CHOICE? I, I, I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MR. TOOMEY, YOU, YOUR RESOLUTIONS FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS OF OVER $300,000 TO VIN, THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT TOOMEY.

NOW I UNDERSTAND.

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND? YES.

AS NOTED IN THE RESOLUTIONS, THEREFORE LEGAL ADVICE ON PERSONNEL MATTERS.

BUT THAT SOMEHOW IT LACKS SPECIFICITY.

COULD YOU BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR? NO, I CANNOT.

OR ELSE I WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE RESOLUTION.

UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT CLIFF ABRAMS AND HIS WITHOUT WALLS ENTITY.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HE'S DOING A FAIR JOB.

THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH CLIFF'S PRESENTATION IS HE DIDN'T ASK FOR ENOUGH.

$15,000 IS RIDICULOUS.

WITHOUT KNOWING THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I THINK HE'S WORTH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAVE A FOOD SCRAP PROGRAM.

WHY AREN'T YOU REDUCE THAT TO $15,000 AND GIVE HIM THE DIFFERENCE? UH, CAN I, CAN I JUST POINT SOMETHING OUT AS WELL? COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON IS ATTENDING VIA ZOOM TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT HAVE A VOICE AND SHE HAS TERRIBLE BACK SPASMS. AND SHE HAS BEEN DOING HER BEST TO STAY INVOLVED, TAKE NOTES, AND RESPOND AT A LATER TIME.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW THAT, THAT COMMENT WAS, THERE'S NO NEED FOR DERISION.

VERY RUDE.

COMMENT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IF SOMEBODY WAS IN ISRAEL TWO WEEKS AGO, SHE CAN'T HAVE BACK SPASMS TODAY.

WELL, LET ME ADD TO THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AT A WORK SESSION RECENTLY WHEN SHE DIDN'T ATTEND, I BELIEVE YOU SAID SHE OR MR. FINER SAID AND WAS CALLED DOWN FOR SAYING IT, THAT SHE WAS IN ISRAEL, THE KNOWN AREA FOR BACK CENTER WORK.

THAT'S AN ABSURD

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IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.

AND ALL THE CRITICAL VOTES OF THE TOWN BOARD.

MAY I REMIND YOU OF ONE, WHEN YOU WERE VOTING, WAS IT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO ABOUT CONDOMINIUM TAXES AND YOU NEEDED A CRITICAL THREE MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT IN THE BUILDING.

THE PER TWO OF YOU RECUSED YOURSELVES, RIGHTFULLY.

THE THIRD PERSON CRITICALLY NEEDED WAS GINA JACKSON, WHO NEVER APPEARED OUT HERE.

SHE WAS SICK IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND NEVER MADE ANY PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY IF SOMEBODY'S SICK, I THINK IT'S, UH, COMMENDABLE TO PARTICIPATE BY ZOOM BECAUSE SHE'S BASICALLY, UM, HELPING US, HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS WHO COMES TO THESE MEETINGS IS NOT GONNA GET, IS NOT GONNA CATCH A VIRUS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT.

FOR HOURS.

I THINK IT'S COMMENDABLE, UH, THAT SHE'S BASICALLY, UM, NOT FEELING THAT GREAT AND STILL OBSERVING, UH, THESE MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE SICK WOULD BE SLEEPING THE WHOLE TIME AND NOT EVEN BOTHERING TO SHOW UP.

SO, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF DISAGREE WITH, UM, SHE JUST HAS TO LEARN NOT TO.

SHE'S SLEEPING AT HOME.

SHE JUST HAS TO LEARN NOT TO LIFT SOMETHING THAT'S TOO HEAVY.

RIGHT? YEAH.

WELL SEE, THE THING IS, WHICH I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, THAT THE BACKDROP THAT YOU USE GIVES US IMPRESSION SOMEHOW THAT SHE'S HERE.

IT DOES NOT.

AND IT'S, AND MR. FINER HAS, WELL, SHE IS PARTICIPATING ON ZOOM, BUT HE'S DONE IT FROM HIS DEN OR OFFICE AT HOME.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE, OR HE IS DONE IT HIS WELL FROM OUTSIDE THE, UH, DURING THE SUMMER.

I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, IF NOT MORE HONEST, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ZOOM THAT YOU DON'T DO IT FROM WHAT LOOKS LIKE TO BE THE TOWN HALL AUDITORIUM.

YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST GET, JUST THIS IS GOOD.

IS VERY PICKY.

YOU KNOW? ENOUGH, ENOUGH.

THIS IS REALLY, REALLY, YES.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, NOW WE'LL GO TO THE, I'M SORRY, I COLBY.

I DID.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UM, DON'T CHANGE YOUR PRICE NOW.

GOOD.

YOU AL YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS SITTING BACK THERE, I WAS THINKING, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, 15,000 IN WHAT WE DO WITH 15, THAT WE HAD A BUDGET THAT THE COM DEPARTMENT OF COMMAND RESOURCE HAD.

WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY IS THAT, UM, THANK YOU TO GEORGE LATIMER THAT IN 2022, I THINK I WENT TO HIM AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER STUFF, BUT THANK YOU HELEN AND I NEEDED, HE SAID, YO, YOU NEED TO GET THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND I HAD TO GO AHEAD AND GET, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TAXES EXEMPT.

I HAD TO GET THEIR INSURANCE.

I GOT $3 MILLION WORTH OF INSURANCE, YOU KNOW.

UM, BUT I DID IT BECAUSE YOU SAY THE THINGS I NEEDED TO DO AND ALSO TO GET THE MONEY FROM THE, UM, COUNTY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UM, RICHARD FAGAN.

UM, SID, UM, FOR TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN TELLING RICHARD, FINE, I NEED BUMPS ON MANHATTAN AVENUE FOR SAFETY, BECAUSE PEOPLE BE FLYING UP AND DOWN MANHATTAN AVENUE.

AND I DIDN'T COME TO THE BOARD.

I CAME TO RICH.

AND USUALLY EVERY TIME I GO TO RICH, HE HELPS OUT.

AND THIS OTHER GUY, RICH CALLED ME UP AND SAID, HEY CLIFF, I GOT YOU YOUR BUMP.

YOU KNOW? AND, UM, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE OTHER SIGNS YET BECAUSE HE HAD THE MADE UP SIGNS.

HE WAS MAD AT HIM, BUT, UM, HE SAID HE WAS GONNA GET THE SIGNS LATER.

BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT SAFETY THE SAME WAY, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, I'M NOT PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK, BUT I GET SO MUCH GRIEF.

SO I GOTTA SAY THINGS I DO BESIDE BAKE FOR MONEY, UM, THE CROSSWALKS, YOU KNOW, I SAY, HEY, I SAID, LISTEN, WE NEED CROSSWALKS.

OLD TERRYTOWN ROADY GAVE THE CROSSWALK, MAPLE STREET, MANHATTAN AVENUE, YOU KNOW, I SAID THERE NO SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON, UH, MANHATTAN AVENUE.

HE PUT THE, UM, SPEED LIMIT SIGNS UP, EVEN WHEN WE WERE DOING

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THE MURAL.

LIKE, HE WALKED AROUND WITH ME AND HE BRUNG HIS CREW AND HE SAID, WHAT YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, THE HAZARDS ARE, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THIS MAN, BECAUSE, UM, JUST TO SAY, EVEN WHEN HE PUT THE STOP SIGN UP, I MEAN, I THOUGHT THAT WAY.

I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT .

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO AMAZING WITH THE LIGHTS ON.

AND IT MAKE IT SO EASY LEAVING OUT OF THE CENTER TO GO WHEREVER YOU GOTTA GO.

AND THE STOP STOPS EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR.

THERE'S NO COMPETITION BETWEEN ME AND TERRANCE AND THE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY RESOURCE.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GO TO TERRANCE, YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING I DO.

I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I DOVE THINGS WAS SAID HERE, BUT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND I SAID, YOU, ELLEN, I SAID, HEY ELLEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE STARTED OFF GOOD THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

BUT I SAID, HEY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD.

YOU SAID, LET'S MOVE FORWARD.

AND, AND THE MAKE GREENBERG BETTER.

YOU KNOW, I, I WAS WATCHING THIS TOO.

I CAME HERE TODAY AND THEY HAD THE PUERTO, YOU KNOW, THIS PUERTO RICAN THING.

I SAID, WOW, THAT WAS NICE.

YOU KNOW? SO I'M LOOKING WHEN FEBRUARY COME, NOT JUNETEENTH, WHEN FEBRUARY COME, I WANT THE PAN-AFRICAN FLAG TO BE RAISED, YOU KNOW? AND I JUST WANT THE SAME ACTION THAT WE DID WITH THEM THAT HAPPENED WHEN WE DO THE PAN-AFRICAN FLAG.

ALL RIGHT? AND LIKE I SAID, I WANNA WORK WITH CHARLES.

I HOPE Y'ALL LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

AND I WANNA SAY THIS, IT GOT HERE LATE JOY, BECAUSE I BEEN DOING, UM, COLLABORATION.

UM, I GOT LANCE HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M WORKING WITH THEM, RIGHT? UM, I'M MEETING WITH MR. GAINES.

HE'S A SOCIAL WORKER.

OH, MARVIN CHURCH WITH, UH, ELOC ENVIRONMENTAL, RIGHT? THEY DO IT IN THE SUMMERTIME.

MY PROGRAM ENDS IN THE SUMMER.

SO MARVIN CHURCH CAME, HE SAID HE WAS GONNA WORK WITH ALLEN THEN I TOLD HIM I COULD HELP WITH OUT, BUT HE SAID, NO KIDS FROM GREENBURG.

AND THIS IS ENVIRONMENTAL.

HE TEACH THE KIDS ALL ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL.

IT'S, IT'S FANTASTIC.

AND CONNIE DAVIS FROM THE YOUTH BOROUGH, THE YOUTH COURT, I'M DOING COLLABORATION WITH HER.

I GOT THREE KIDS INTO THE YOUTH COURT AT DWIGHT PLAIN YOUTH COURT FROM COMMUNITY CENTER WALLS.

AND I GOT UNITED NATION.

I MET THIS LADY AT THE UNITED NATION WHEN THEY DID A THING AT THE LIBRARY.

SHE'S WORKING WITH ME NOW TO DO A SATURDAY SCHOOL.

THAT'S GREAT.

YOU SHOULD BE ALSO VERY PROUD.

YOU KNOW, I'M, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE $109 MILLION IN THE B BUDGET.

AND OF THE $109 MILLION, THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SPOKE AT THE HEARING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALTZ.

SO IT SAYS SOMETHING COMMENDABLE ABOUT YOU, THAT THE, THE GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS, UM, IN SUPPORT OF YOUR, YOUR PROGRAM.

SO I THINK YOU MADE A REALLY GREAT CASE.

AND I THINK THIS HEARING WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO, UH, THE CAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITHOUT WALLS.

AND IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE KEEP IT TO 15,000, IT'S SUCCESSFUL, THEN IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD ALWAYS, UM, KEEP, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASING IT.

BECAUSE A PROGRAM THAT'S SUCCESSFUL DESERVES MORE SUPPORT RATHER THAN LESS.

AND I WILL GIVE YOU LIKE BIMONTHLY OR QUARTERLY REPORTS OF HOW THE MONEY'S GOING TO BE SPENT HERE.

PAT WILLIAMS. HI, DEAR.

UM, WE, YOU, YOU'LL NEED A MICROPHONE.

IT'S RIGHT HERE, HERE.

IT'S, THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO COVER THEM ALL.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS AT LEAST MAKE THIS ONE STATEMENT WHEN I SPEAK, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING.

AND Y'ALL NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND IT, IT COMES UP WITH NOW, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

YEAH, WELL, WE, WHERE DID WE, ARE THEY, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM.

NOW I WANNA GO BACK TO THE MURAL.

I WANNA GO BACK TO SIGNS.

I WANNA GO BACK TO DR.

H****R, WHO IS BASICALLY ON THE BATTLEFIELD FROM THE AGE OF SIX.

SHE RAN AND HELPED HER FATHER PUT ALL OF THE STUFF IN THE SAFE.

'CAUSE THERE WERE ONLY TWO SAFES IN, UM, TULSA.

ONE WAS AT THE BANK, THE BLACK BANK, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS AT DR.

HOOKER'S FATHER'S STORE, THE AMERICAN TEAL.

AND, UM, SHE STAYED THERE AND HELPED.

BUT ANYTIME SHE TALKED ABOUT TULSA, HER EYES WOULD GO TO ANOTHER PLACE.

SHE NEVER FORGOT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED AT THAT DAY.

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AND THAT'S BAD.

SO, WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVE A HISTORIC PERSON WHOSE HOUSE SHOULD BE COME A SITE, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT UP A SIGN AND HAS DR.

H****R.

DR.

HOOKER'S FIRST HOME WAS ON MCLEAN AVENUE ACROSS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND SHE WAS MY GIRL SCOUT LEADER.

WE GO TO THE SAME SUNDAY SCHOOL, SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BIT.

SO I BASICALLY SEE A PERSON WHO REALLY HAS SOME DONE GREAT THINGS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO A HUNDRED.

SHE DIDN'T SLOW DOWN UNTIL AFTER SHE REACHED A HUNDRED.

ONE.

BOTTOM LINE IS YOU PUT UP A SIGN FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.

SHE DIDN'T SLOW DOWN UNTIL A HUNDRED YEARS, BUT YET YOU CAN PUT A SIGN ON TOP OF HER SIGN OF A PERSON WHO WORKED IN THE GREENBERG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 15 YEARS.

SO NOW I WANNA DO A COMPARISON WITH, UM, CO CAREY.

NOW, I WORKED FOR, AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING DIED, I WORKED FOR A HEAD START SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING PROGRAM.

I FORGET, I HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY.

CO CAREY TOLD ME THAT SHE STARTED WORKING AT HEAD START SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING, A HEAD START PROGRAM IN GREENBURG.

AND THAT WAS AFTER, I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY THE EARLY SEVENTIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT STARTED.

CORAL WORKED THERE FROM, FROM IN HEAD START, FROM THE SEVENTIES ALL THE WAY UNTIL SHE RETIRED.

WE TALKING ABOUT 25 YEARS.

THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO STREET SIGN FOR CORA.

AND AFTER SHE LEFT THAT, SHE BECAME, SHE WENT AND WORKED ON THE, UM, SCHOOL BOARD.

SHE DID THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE THINGS THAT ARE INCOMPARABLE.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MEASURE THEM.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING STATED AS TO WHY YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A, UM, A SIGN ON THE STREET.

YOU JUST STICK 'EM UP THERE AND YOU DON'T LOOK TO SAY, WELL, DR.

H****R WORKED OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, 101 YEARS.

SHE'S DONE MORE.

SHE HAS A, SHE HAS A, THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE.

I SAID, I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE SHE DID THAT, BUT SHE DID.

AND SHE GETS NO CREDIT FOR IT.

YOU'RE GONNA PUT MILLIE'S NAME ON TOP OF DR.

HOOKER'S NAME.

I'M SAYING, LET'S HAVE A STANDARD.

YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GOES TO WORK.

I THINK I, I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN THINK I WORKED.

YEAH, I MUST'VE WORKED IN THE UNITED STATES AT LEAST 15 YEARS MAYBE.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I CAN'T COMPARE MYSELF TO CON UM, TO DR.

H****R.

I'VE DONE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, BUT NONE OF THEM COMPARE TO DR.

H****R.

I'M NOW ELDERLY.

I GOT THE YEARS ON ME.

I KNOW WHAT, WHEN I LOOK BACK OVER WHERE I'VE COME FROM, I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICE IN THERE.

NOT THAT I WANTED TO DO IT, BUT I'M DOING IT.

IF YOU THINK I COME OUT HERE AND APPRECIATE COMING, I DON'T.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACROSS THE BOARD, EQUITY, DIVERSITY.

TERRENCE LEFT AND I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO TELL ME.

MS. WILLIAMSES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

I KNOW I HAVE TO STOP YOU.

I KNOW.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO STOP BLACK PEOPLE.

NO, I HAVE TO STOP EVERYBODY.

I'LL GO OVER FIVE MINUTES.

I KNOW THAT.

WHAT'S WHAT YOU DO? COPY.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL, ALL RIGHT, COLBY, YOU'RE UP LEAVING OUT IN THE TRENCHES DELIVERING AND EVERYTHING, SO DON'T WORRY.

YOUR OVEN STUFF ROASTS ON IT WAY.

UM, I DIDN'T KNOW MY TIME STARTED GOING.

CAN I PLEASE HAVE MY TIME BACK? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T START SPEAKING.

I'M SORRY.

C CAN YOU PLEASE START AND I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW SECONDS.

I JUST WANT THIS NIGHT TO GO ON.

IT'S 11 O'CLOCK AT THIS POINT.

YEAH, WE'VE GOTTA GET TO

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OUR AGENDA.

GO AHEAD.

I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE MY TIME TO BE RESTARTED.

YOU'LL GET SOME SECONDS BACK.

JUST GO AHEAD.

HOLD ON.

MM-HMM.

BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS CLEAR A CONTINUOUS FIVE MINUTE LIMIT PER SPEAKER WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

THE CLOCK WILL START.

WHEN A SPEAKER BEGINS SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN.

THANK YOU, TOWN ATTORNEY.

OF THE AREA OF WHERE OUR FARMER'S MARKET IS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT LOOKS DILAPIDATED A LOT, BUT WE KNOW THAT WITH THOSE FUNDINGS AND SITU AND, AND THOSE DOLLARS, WE CAN TURN THAT AREA INTO A BEAUTIFUL AREA OF JUST LIKE DOWNTOWN WHITE PLAINS WHERE THEY HAVE A CENTER.

UM, SO WHAT I WANTED TO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, JUST MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS ON MY FIRST, UM, INITIAL SPEECH.

SO I WANTED, SO THERE'S NO, NO CONFUSION.

UM, AFTER GREENBERG FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAY, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY THE TURKEYS ALONG WITH THE, THE HAMS. UH, WE ALSO, AFTER THE FARMER'S MARKET, BECAUSE WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH SAM'S CLUB, WAS ABLE TO GO AND RECEIVE THE CHICKENS, WHICH WERE CONTINUED TO BE DISTRIBUTED ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL TODAY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO GET THE POULTRY CHICKEN THAT WE DIDN'T, WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS IT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO RETRIEVE THEM FROM SAM'S CLUB.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS NOTED.

UM, I WANNA GO ON TO THANK OUR MANY COUNTLESS, UM, PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TEAM UP WITH, PARTNER WITH, AND AS WELL AS GET SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS FOR THIS FARMER'S MARKET.

SOME THAT CHOOSE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, BUT WE WOULD THANK THEM IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.

WE WANNA, FIRST OF ALL THANK THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR PASSING THE, UM, RESOLUTION TO BRING THE FARMER'S MARKET BACK FOR 2025.

WE WANNA THANK 9 1 4 CARES.

WE WANT TO THANK UNITED WAY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALSO VOLUNTEER NEW YORK WHO HELPED PROVIDE OUR, OUR, UM, VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, WE WANNA THANK OUR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER ANDREA STEWART COUSINS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK OUR COUNTY LEGISLATOR, JEWEL WILLIAMS JOHNSON.

WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD'S GREEN GARDEN, SEASONED GIFTS.

WE WANNA THANK, UM, FEEDING WESTCHESTER 'CAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM.

NOT ONLY DID WERE WE ABLE TO RECEIVE TURKEYS FROM THIS THEM THIS YEAR, BUT WE WERE THE FIRST FARMER'S MARKET IN THE WHOLE WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO DONATE TO THEM WEEK AFTER WEEK.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO DONATE TO THEM ON TWO OCCASIONS OF A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PRODUCE.

SO WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE THE FIRST FARMER'S MARKET TO DO THAT AND HOPE THAT OTHER MARKETS WILL FOLLOW SUIT.

UM, WE WANT TO THANK THE BILAL GROUP, LLC.

WE WANT TO THANK BERNSTEIN AND ASSOCIATES.

WE WANT TO THANK HART'S PLACE.

WE ALSO WANNA THANK NINA'S ROOM.

WE WANNA THANK BREAK BREADS AND NOT HEARTS.

WE WANNA THANK MY COMPANY GEMSTAR ENTERTAINMENT.

WE ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, T ROWE'S INSURANCE BECAUSE WITHOUT INSURANCE UNDER THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET DONE.

WE ALSO WANNA, UM, ALSO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO DONATE TO SOME OF THE FIRE VICTIMS THAT TOOK PLACE IN MOUNT VERNON.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT IN GREENBURG, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, GIVE BACK TO THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED, YOU KNOW, OF, OF ITEMS SUCH AS SANITARY PRODUCTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, THE DAY EVEN OF OUR SENIOR BREAKFAST, THERE WAS A FIRE THAT BROKE OUT IN MOUNT VERNON RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE OF WORSHIP.

SO NOT ONLY DID IT KNOCK OUT, UM, OUR PLACE OF WORSHIP, BUT WE ALSO, ALL THE FAMILIES THERE ALSO LOST THEIR HOMES.

UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, HELP SOME OF THEM OUT AND MAKE SURE THOSE, UM, THREE FAMILIES HAD, UM, A THANKSGIVING MEAL.

UM, I JUST WANNA, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COHESIVELY WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS FARMER'S MARKET A SUCCESS.

BUT NOT ONLY THE FARMER'S MARKET, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WE ALSO DO AT THE LOVE AND HELP CENTER.

THAT WE DON'T JUST LEAVE IN SLEEPY HOLLOW, BUT WE BRING HERE TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

SO WE ARE REALLY HOPING IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP BUT ALSO TO CONTINUE TO FEED FAMILIES, AS I SAY ON OUR LOGO NOW, FEED FAMILIES AND CONTINUE TO GROW OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING EVEN, UM, POSSIBLY INCLUDING US IN THE BUDGET AND SOW IN THE SEED THAT WE KNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.

WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE BEAUTIFICATION

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UM, AND WE CAN REALLY MAKE THAT PLACE LOOK PLEASINGLY PLEASANT WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE TO THE FARMER'S MARKET OR IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO BLOCK OFF THAT STREET FOR A FUTURE EVENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK, UM, THIS TOWN BOARD AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT'S LOVELY.

YEAH, HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

AND HAVE A GOOD THANKSGIVING.

[ AT 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as Special Counsel for foreclosure proceedings, at a cost not to exceed an additional amount of $25,000; $100,000 in total]

UM, RESOLUTION, UH, A T ONE AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF, UH, WHITEMAN, STERMAN AND HANNAH SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS THAT COST NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL $25,000.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TOTAL.

[ AT 2 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for properties located at 383 Broadway, 130 Washington Ave., 126 Washington Ave., and 122 Washington Ave. (The Town’s share of the refund is $72±; the County’s share is $497±; the North Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $93±; the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District’s share is $3,622±. Refunds from all sources total $4,284±)]

AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT TWO WHAT? I'M SORRY.

A A T TWO, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 3 83 BROADWAY, ONE 30 WASHINGTON AVENUE, 1 26 WASHINGTON AVENUE AND 1 22 WASHINGTON AVENUE.

UM, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL $4,284.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER GAGLIARDI ENTERPRISES, UM, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES.

UM, A T THREE

[ AT 3 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Gagliardi Enterprises 44 LLC for properties located at 44 Executive Blvd and 5 Hunter Ln. The Town’s share of the refund is $6,488±; the County’s share is $3,121±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $671±; the Pocantico Hills Central School District’s share is $10,267±; the N. Elmsford Fire District’s share is $673±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $224±. Refunds from all sources total $21,443±]

TOTAL 21,000 DO YOU? 43.

DO YOU WANNA SAY WHERE IT'S LOCATED AT T THREE YOU WANNA SAY NO.

LOCATED AT 44 EXECUTIVE BOULEVARD AND FIVE HUNTER LANE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TA, UH, TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GOOSE TOWN COMMUNICATIONS TO REVIEW AND TEST EMERGENCY RESPONDER, UH, RADIO COVERAGE SYSTEMS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

A BD ONE,

[ BD 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a professional services agreement with Goosetown Communications, LLC to review and test emergency responder radio coverage systems for the Town of Greenburgh Building Department]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.

ONE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF EDGEMONT ROAD FROM ARTILLERY, UM, ROAD TO THE TRIANGLE AT EDGE.

UM, C

[ CL 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing closing Edgemont Road from Artillery Road to the triangle at Edgemont Place, on Sunday, December 7, 2025, from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM, for the Edgemont Community Council (ECC) to hold its annual tree lighting at Crane’s Pond]

ONE PLACE ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7TH FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:30 PM FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING A CRANE POND.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING EDGEMONT ROAD FROM ARTILLERY ROAD, UH, TO THE TRIANGLE WITH EDGEMONT PLACE ON SUNDAY DATE DECEMBER 14TH FROM FOUR 30 TO 6:30 PM FOR THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO ITS ANNUAL MENORAH LIGHTING EVENT AT CRANES POND.

UM, C TWO

[ CL 2 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing closing Edgemont Road, from Artillery Road to the triangle with Edgemont Place, on Sunday, December 14, 2025, from 4:30 PM until 6:30 PM, for the Edgemont Community Council (ECC) to hold its annual Menorah lighting event at Crane’s Pond ]

UM, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF EDGE ONE ROAD FROM ARTILLERY ROAD TO THE TRIANGLE WITH EDGEMONT PLACE.

C3.

[ CL 3 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing closing Edgemont Road from Artillery Road to the triangle with Edgemont Place, on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, from 4:30 PM until 6:30 PM, for the Edgemont Community Council (ECC) to hold its annual Christmas Eve caroling event at Crane’s Pond,]

AND, UH, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24TH, UH, FROM FOUR 30 TO 6:30 PM FOR THE EDGE ONE COMMUNITY COUNCIL TOLD ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EVE CAROLING EVENT AT CRANES POND.

UM, ONE RESOLUTION APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL FI FINDING STATEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPOSED ACTION BY RIDGEWOOD ELMWOOD, OWNER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT ON DOS FERRY ROAD, DESIGNATED ON THE TAX MAP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER ELMWOOD ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB.

UM, CL FOUR IS HELD OVER, CL FIVE IS HELD OVER CD.

[ CD 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution approving a Supplemental Findings Statement associated with a proposed action by Ridgewood, Elmwood Owner, LLC for property located on Dobbs Ferry Road, designated on the tax map of the Town of Greenburgh as Parcel ID: 7.530-320-1..SE and 7.530-320-1..SG associated with the residential redevelopment of the former Elmwood Country Club]

CD TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND SUPPORTING THE SUB MIDDLE OF PRO HOUSING COMMUNITIES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GROW APPLICATION THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, UH, RATED LATER TO THE FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT, UH, PLAN AND CONFIRMING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S COMMITMENT TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE AND FULLY COOPERATE WITH PROVISIONS OF THE GRANT.

UM, UM,

[ CD 2 - 11/24/2025 Resolution (1) authorizing and supporting the submittal of a Pro-Housing Communities “Technical Assistance to Grow” application, through the NYS Department of Homes and Community Renewal related to the Four Corners Redevelopment Plan; and (2) confirming the Town of Greenburgh’s commitment to actively participate in and cooperate fully with the provisions of the grant]

CD THREE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING $400,000 AWARD IN CONNECTION HELD, HELD OVER CO

[ CD 3 - 11/24/2025 Resolution (1) accepting a $400,000 award in connection with a Stormwater Advisory Board grant administered by Westchester County for advanced design funding for the Hartsdale Brook Flood Mitigation Project; and (2) authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a related contract (held over to Town Board Meeting of December 10, 2025)]

[ CO 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2025 budget transfers]

ONE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET TRANSFERS.

ALL FAVOR? AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2025 LIBRARY BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 48,000.

CO2

[ CO 2 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2025 Library Budget Amendment in the amount of $48,000]

ORDER CALLING PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 PM DECEMBER 10TH IN THE MATTER OF OVERRIDING THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, LEVY CAP FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.

CO THREE

[ CO 3 - 11/24/2025 Order Calling Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, December 10, 2025 in the Matter of Overriding the Property Tax Levy Cap for Fiscal Year 2026]

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ON YOUR SIDE.

AUTHORIZING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO THE ENTIRE TOWN ENTIRE FUND AND AMOUNT TO 26,500.

CO THREE.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR? UM, CO

[ CO 4 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing a budget amendment for Fiscal Year 2025 to the Town Entire fund in the amount of $26,500]

FOUR RESOLUTION

[04:00:01]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO ACCEPT A $250 DONATION FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAM FOR THE QAS CLUB OF DALE.

PR ONE

[ PR 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town of Greenburgh's Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a $250 donation for the senior citizen program from the Kiwanis Club of Hartsdale]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO ACCEPT $61,550 TO OPERATE THE 2025 10 F SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGES 14TH.

PH ONE RE YOU ON YOUR SIDE BOTH .

SAY SECOND.

AT THE SAME AYE.

P ONE

[ PH 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute a contract with the Westchester County Department of Social Services to accept $61,550 to operate the 2025 TANF Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) for youth ages 14–20 at the Theodore D. Young Community Center, May 1, 2025–September 30, 2025]

20TH THEATER YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT MAY 1ST TO, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH.

[ PO 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution appointing Bill Bravo as an entry-level police officer]

UH, PO ONE RESOLUTION APPOINTING BILL BRAVO AS AN ENTRY LEVEL POLICE, UM, OFFICER LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE AYE.

UM, PO

[ PO 2 - 11/24/2025 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add no parking restrictions on the south side of Mt. Joy Avenue from Old Army Road to Robin Hill Road amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

TWO, UH, RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO HE HAD NO, UH, PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MOUNT JOY FROM OLD ARMY ROAD TO ROBIN HILL ROAD.

UH, PW ONE, UH, RESOLUTION, UM, APPROVING THE ASBESTOS AND LEAD ABATEMENTS CONTRACT AT THE GREENBURG NATURE CENTER, UM, AND THE BRYANT AVENUE PUMP STATION TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID BIDDER NOT TO EXCEED 161,000 A SECOND.

AND LAST,

[ PW 1 - 11/24/2025 Resolution approving the asbestos and lead abatement contract at the Greenburgh Nature Center (P.O. Scarsdale, NY 10583) and the Bryant Avenue Pump Station (P.O. Elmsford, NY 10523), to the lowest responsible bidder, GTM Contracting, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $161,000]

NO.

IN FAVOR.

AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ADJOURN.

AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.

WHERE'S DINNER? WELL, NO, WE'LL BE BACK HERE TOMORROW.

WHO SECOND THE LAST ONE? ME.

ME? ME.

DID IT? PARDON? WHICH ONE? ME.

COPY.