* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY, WELCOME ALL. [ TOWN OF GREENBURGH HARTSDALE CONTEXTUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA Town Hall Auditorium February 17, 2026 12:00 P.M.] THIS IS THE FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026 HARTSDALE CONTEXTUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE. JOINED HERE, UH, LIVE PERSON IN TOWN HALL WITH FOUR HARTSDALE CONTEXTUAL CON REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, DYLAN PINE, ELIZABETH GARRITY FROM THE TOWN BUILDING DEPUTY BUILDING INSPECTOR VIOLA FARRO, HCRC MEMBER, AND MYSELF, GARRETT DUANE, PLANNING COMMISSIONER. AND WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE MECADO SUSHI APPLICATION. THIS IS THE SECOND, UM, DISCUSSION ON THIS APPLICATION. THEY APPEARED BEFORE US IN DECEMBER, AND THE COMMITTEE HAD COMMENTS, WHICH THE APPLICANT, WE APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSES TO THOSE. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UH, TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MICHAEL FROM SAMA ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE SCREEN. IF YOU COULD JUST WALK US THROUGH THE UPDATES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. DYLAN GARRETT AND OTHERS. UM, I AM TRYING TO SHARE MY SCREEN SHARE UMDO ARCHITECTURAL, SO DOWNLOAD THEIR FONT. CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN? YES, YES, YES. OKAY, LET'S TRY. OKAY. SO JUST TO QUICKLY RECAP, UM, THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT WERE ASKED THAT WE GOT ASKED, UM, IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE, DECEMBER 19TH, UH, IT WAS ABOUT THE EXISTING ON AWNINGS AND THE REMOVAL AWNING REPLACEMENT NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE, UH, BLACK PANEL, BLACK SPOT ON THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE WINDOW, UH, STREET ADDRESS. AND THEN, UM, VERY FIVE HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE, UH, UH, UH, WILL BE SHOWN ON WINDOWS. AND THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT A CONDUIT ON THE BUILDING. UM, SO I THINK WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. SO TO NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, THE, UH, EXISTING OLD AWNINGS WILL BE REMOVED AND REPLACED BY NEW AWNINGS, BY NEW RETRACTABLE AWNINGS AS SHOWN IN THIS, UH, RENDERING. AND BY THE WAY, ON, ON THIS PAGE, YOU HAVE FOR A FEW MORE DETAILS. UH, AS I SAID, THEY ARE, UM, RETRACTABLE AWNINGS, UH, THREE SECTIONS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. UM, THEY WERE NINETY EIGHT, A HUNDRED EIGHT AND 108, UH, IN, UM, IN WIDTH AND CAN BE PROJECT UP TO 98 INCHES IF FULLY, UH, UH, RETRACTED. THE COLOR IS BURGUNDY. UM, AND THEY ARE MOUNTED TO THE WALL. UH, AGAIN, NOTHING UNUSUAL EXACTLY LIKE THE, UH, PREVIOUS AWNINGS. UH, AND, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A FIVE BY FIVE INCH, GIVE OR TAKE, UH, LITTLE CHANNEL THAT IS HOLDING THE, THE FABRIC. UM, AGAIN, 98 1 0 8. 1 0 8. UH, MICHAEL, UH, MICHAEL, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. UH, I, IN CASE THE MIN LEE, IF, IF THAT BACK FEEDBACK'S COMING FROM YOU, IF YOU COULD PLEASE MUTE YOUR MIC. HI. HI. WELCOME. UH, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. UH, IN CASE THERE'S FEEDBACK COMING FROM YOUR MIC, COULD YOU MUTE UNTIL SUCH TIME YOU NEED? OKAY, THANK YOU. YEP. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD MICHAEL. OKAY, SO THIS WAS, UH, UH, THE NUMBER, UH, THE QUESTIONS NUMBER ONE AND TWO, CLARIFY IF THE BACK PANEL AT THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE WINDOW WILL BE REMOVED. I MEAN, THIS IS IN, UH, IN RES IN, IN, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THIS PORTION OF THE, UM, UH, UH, OF THE WINDOW. AND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. SO THERE WILL ONLY BE COMPLETE GLASS PANELS AS SEEN EVERYWHERE ELSE, UH, WHATEVER THAT WAS BEFORE. BUT MAYBE, UH, UH, THE TENANT CAN, CAN EXPLAIN WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE FULL GLASS PANELS. UM, THE STREET ADDRESS NUMBERING. SO YOU SEE HERE WE ADDED WHAT WE CALL DIMENSIONAL, UH, NUMERALS TWO ONE FOUR TO GO TO SOME DETAIL. YOU CAN SEE THIS HERE. SO THESE ARE SIX INCH TALL LETTERS, UM, FLAT CUT OUT OF METAL, UH, WITH A KIND OF BRASS FINISH AND THEN STEP MOUNT TO THE WALL. [00:05:01] UH, AT NUMBER FIVE, VERY FIVE HOURS OF OPERATION OR ANY OTHER LETTERING IS PROPOSED FOR THE WINDOWS. AND THE ANSWER IS NO, THERE WILL BE NOTHING AFFIXED TO THE WINDOWS OR DOORS, UH, AT THIS TIME. AND THEN THE VERY LAST QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH CONDUITS THAT I THINK ARE, I MEAN, WE REMOVED THEM HERE, UH, DIGITALLY, BUT, UH, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, WE MENTIONED IN OUR LETTER BACK TO YOU, UH, THERE WILL BE NO, UH, UH, CONDUIT IN ORDER TO, TO FEED THE SIGN. UH, WE WILL CONNECT EVERYTHING THROUGH THE WALL TO THE INSIDE, UM, OF THE SPACE. AND THERE WILL BE NO CONDUIT. EVERYTHING WILL BE HIDDEN. SO MICHAEL, MY ONLY COMMENT, AND THIS IS LIZ, UM, YES. IS THE, THE NUMBERING ON THE BUILDING, THE 2 1 4 KIND OF FALLS INTO THE BRICK. UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A DISTANCE, UM, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD DO A CONTRAST LIKE THE BLACK BACKGROUND, THE MECADO BEHIND IT SO IT STANDS OUT MORE JUST SO THE, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CAN READILY SEE THE NUMBERS. MM-HMM . OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO ADD THE NUMBER TO OVER THE WINDOW. UM, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY THE AWNING WHEN IT'S FULLY RETRACTED MM-HMM. FULLY OUT. YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE, UH, PLACED THE, THE, THE, THE STREET NUMBER HERE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A, I I CAN'T PROMISE, AND, AND NOBODY CAN RIGHT NOW EXACTLY SAY HOW THE FINAL PIECE WILL, BUT IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY IF ONCE THE AWNING IS RETRACTED, UH, UH, THEN CERTAIN THINGS HERE MIGHT NOT BE VISIBLE. I MEAN, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, MAYBE WE DO THEM IN, WE DO THE, THE NUMERALS IN BLACK. I MEAN, WE JUST WANTED TO CREATE SOME, YEAH, WANTED TO CREATE SOME CONSISTENCY WITH THESE LETTERS UP HERE. BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, IT'S MOST PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBLE IN REALITY ONCE IT'S, UH, ONCE IT'S INSTALLED. BUT YES, I MEAN THE STRONGEST CONTRAST WOULD MUST PROBABLY BE IF WE PAINT THEM IN BLACK, WELL ALSO PLACING IT RIGHT UNDER THE MECADO MIGHT ALSO MAKE IT POP THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. SO ALSO PLACING IT RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE MECADO, I WOULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THE, THE RESPONDERS USUALLY LOOK FOR NUMBERS ON THIS HEIGHT BECAUSE YES, NUMBERS ARE USUALLY A FIXED EITHER HERE OR ON THE DOOR. I WOULDN'T DO IT HERE. IT'S TOO HIGH. I MEAN, THEY, THEY MIGHT NOT, AND MOST OF THE , OH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT ON THE SIGN ITSELF, YOU'RE ALL SAYING THE SUGGESTION IS JUST TO POP UP A BLACK BACKGROUND ALMOST TO MIMIC, RIGHT. VERY SMALL, VERY SMALL THAT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A BLACK BACKGROUND BEHIND IT WITH THE GOLD LETTERING TO, TO MIMIC IT. IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR CLIENT WOULD LIKE TO DO. UM, AESTHETICALLY, UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A CONTRASTING STANDPOINT, UM, FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO EASILY LOCATE THE BUILDING. AND THAT'S TRUE, AS I SAID, I MEAN, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO, TO MAKE BLACK LETTERS TO BE HONEST, BUT IF, IF THE TENANT WANTS A BLACK PANEL BEHIND IT, WE CAN DO THAT TOO. THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE. SO EITHER, EITHER OR, UH, IT'S, IT'S A DECISION OBVIOUSLY THAT, AND I SAW THE RESTAURATEUR UNMUTED. DID YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? UH, SIR, UM, I'M OKAY WITH THE BLACK, UM, PAN ON THE BACK WAS MORE VISIBLE FOR CUSTOMER, FOR ADMISSION. UM, I'M TOTALLY OKAY WITH THAT THERE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, NO. THIS, UH, THIS LOOKS GREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR HEARING OUR FEEDBACK AND, AND MOVING THIS FORWARD. A COUPLE OF MEMBERS, INCLUDING COUNCILMAN SHEHAN WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY DID, UH, INDICATE TO ME VERBALLY THAT THEY VERY MUCH SUPPORTED, UH, YOUR UPDATES AND APPRECIATED THEM, THEM AS WELL. UH, JUST WANNA ADD TO THE RECORD, I REVIEWED THE SIGNAGE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIGN AND ILLUMINATION LAW AND EVERYTHING IS COMPLIANT. OKAY, GREAT. SO, UM, AT THIS POINT THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WOULD WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, SUBMIT A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE, WITH THE MINOR UPDATE THERE TO THE NUMBER. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND, VIOLA. GREAT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE, AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU MICHAEL. AND UH, TO THE RESTAURATEUR FOR MECADO, WE WILL, UH, UPDATE AND GET A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE TO YOU BY THE END OF THE DAY. WE'LL CIRCULATE THAT TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND THEN YOU'LL BE ALL SET. AND AS NOTED PRIOR, UM, AS YOU GET CLOSER TO YOUR LAUNCH OF YOUR RESTAURANT, FEEL FREE TO SEND A BIO, WE'LL SEND THAT TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR AND UM, THAT CAN BE E-BLAST TO ALL TOWN RESIDENTS AS A PROMOTION FOR YOUR UPCOMING RESTAURANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, YEAH, WE CAN'T WAIT TO OPEN THOUGH. IT TAKES A WHILE, A YEAR AND A HALF ALREADY THOUGH. [00:10:01] CAN'T WAIT THOUGH. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY EVERYONE. THANK CARE. HAVE A BYE. TAKE CARE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.