* 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. YES. GOOD [00:00:01] EVENING EVERYBODY. TODAY IS OUR TOWN BOARD MEETING, AND IT'S WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11TH AND, UM, 7 41, UH, PM AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. AND, UM, YOUR, UM, SAID, [ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Philip Marino, 76, who passed March 7, 2026, father of Greenburgh Detective Michael Marino, avid athlete since his days as a star football running back for the Stuyvesant High School Peg Legs of New York, continuing with his long-time coaching children in the Elmsford Little League. At the wake, a former Little Leaguer said he didn't realize how bad an athlete he was until he wasn't on Coach Marino's team anymore. He said he always thought that he was really talented because Coach Marino made everybody feel like they were a winner and it was about teamwork, building relationships and treating everybody well. That was Philip, dedicated to his wife of 54 years, Donna Mae, two sons and their wives, three grandchildren, and two brothers, one predeceasing him. Philip's dedication to his family, friends, work ethic, and love of life and sports will be sorely missed. In memory of those around the world who have perished as victims of war, disease and natural disaster. Our hearts are with all who needlessly suffer.] UH, TO REPORT THAT, UM, PHILIP MARINO, UH, PASSED AWAY. UM, HE WAS A FATHER OF, UM, IS THE FATHER OF GREENBERG, DETECTIVE MICHAEL MARINO. UM, HE NOW THAT ATHLETE, SINCE HIS DAYS AS A STAR FOOTBALL, RUNNING BACK FOR THE STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL, PEG, LEGS OF NEW YORK. UM, HE CONTINUED WITH HIS LONG, UH, TIME COACHING CHILDREN IN THE ELMSFORD LITTLE LEAGUE AT, UM, THE WAKE, A FORMER LITTLE LEAGUER SAID HE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BAD AN ATHLETE HE WAS UNTIL HE WASN'T ON COACH MARINO'S TEAM ANYMORE. HE SAID HE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS REALLY TALENTED BECAUSE COACH MARINO MADE EVERYBODY FEEL LIKE THEY WERE A WINNER. AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT TEAMWORK, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND TREATING EVERYBODY WELL. THAT WAS PHILIP DEDICATED TO HIS WIFE OF 54 YEARS. DONNA MAY TWO SONS AND THEIR WIVES, THREE GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS, ONE PRE PRE DEICING HIM. PHILIP'S DEDICATION TO HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, WORK ETHIC AND LOVE OF LIFE AND SPORTS WILL BE SORELY MISSED. AND WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO, UM, DETECTIVE MICHAEL MARINO, WHO REALLY IS ONE OF THE NICEST POLICE OFFICERS, UH, IN THE WHOLE TOWN. SOMEBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, I THINK HIS FATHER DID A FANTASTIC JOB BRINGING UP A, A, A GREAT SON. AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT A PARENT WHEN YOU, YOU LAID THE FOUNDATIONS, UM, AND HELPED, UH, HELPED BRING UP A SON WHO'S REALLY TERRIFIC. WE ALSO, UM, HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, A MEMORY OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE PERISHED AS VICTIMS OF WAR, UH, DISEASE, NATURAL DISASTER. OUR HEARTS ARE WITH ALL THOSE WHO NEEDLESSLY SUFFER. THANK YOU. AND IF, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, UM, WHO DETECTIVE MARINO WAS, UH, BY NAME, HE'S THE ONE THAT USUALLY STANDS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT DOOR OVER HERE, OR STANDS AT THE DOOR IN THE BACK FOR ALMOST ALL OF OUR TOWN BOARD MEETINGS. UH, HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, OF THE SERVICES. AGREED. UM, [ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero] SO NOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL. GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR. FINER HERE. COUNCILMAN SHEEN. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN HABER PRESENT, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS PRESENT, PARLIAMENTARIAN AND TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DANKO. PRESENT. GREAT. WELL, UH, [ PRESENTATIONS (Maximum 10 minutes each) Honoring Tanya Johnson, artist who exhibited at Town Hall and the winner of the People's Choice Award in the Bluefield Arts Festival] TODAY WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ARTISTS IN GREENBURG, UM, TANYA JOHNSON. UM, I WAS THINKING WHEN I WAS DRIVING HERE TODAY THAT MY FAVORITE ARTISTS ARE PETER MAX, UH, PICASSO, UH, REMBRANDT AND TANYA JOHNSON. UM, UM, AND, AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS WE HAVE, WE HAVE SIERRA BRACY WHITE WHO'S HERE. UM, UM, SHE JUST HAS EXHIBITS, UM, EVERY MONTH AT, ON BOTH FLOORS OF TOWN HALL AND AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AROUND THE TOWN. AND YEARS AGO, A FEW YEARS AGO, I WENT TO, I SAW AN EXHIBIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, SPEECHLESS. I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE EXHIBIT. TANYA JOHNSON, UM, TURNS TRASH INTO BEAUTIFUL ART. UM, AND THAT EXHIBIT IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. UM, UM, SHE'S EXHIBITED AT THE GREENBERG, UH, TOWN HALL, THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM, SHE IS THE WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD IN THE BLUEFIELD ARTS FESTIVAL. AND I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE, AND I'M, UM, HOPEFUL THAT I WON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WHEN YOU REALLY FAMOUS . UM, UM, BECAUSE I, I AM ALMOST LIKE CERTAIN THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO'S BEEN EXHIBITED, WHO'S EXHIBITED THEIR WORK, WHO'S AT GREENBURG TOWN [00:05:01] HALL, WHO'S GONNA BE FAMOUS, I WOULD BET ANYTHING THAT IT WILL BE YOU. UM, PAUL, CAN I JUST SHOW I'M LET THOMAS MODELS, EXCUSE ME. MA'AM. MA'AM, MA'AM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE THING IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK. I'M SO SORRY. I, I IN, I'M SORRY. I, OKAY. LEMME IN ADDITION. GO AHEAD, PAUL. YEAH, SO IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE TANYA JOIN OUR ARTS AND OUR ARTS COMMITTEE, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG'S ARTS AND CRAFT, I'M GONNA SAY ARTS AND CRAFT ARTS COMMITTEE HERE AT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU PART OF THE BOARD LED BY SARAH BRACY WHITE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. ARTS AND CULTURE. SO, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE, CAN I SAY IT? YEAH, YOU CAN SAY IT. UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN, UH, FOR HAVING ME HERE AS WELL AS SARAH BRACY WHITE FOR, I CALLED HER OR TEXTED HER ONE DAY OR EMAILED AND SAID, UH, I AM TANYA JOHNSON. SHE SAID, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EXHIBIT AT TOWN HALL. SO TWO YEARS AGO, IN OCTOBER OF 2024 WAS MY FIRST EXHIBIT HERE. AND SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN, I'VE MADE THE LOOP OF JUST ABOUT QUITE A FEW LIBRARIES AND, UM, PLACES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UM, GONNA BE GOING ON TO MAYBE SCARSDALE, ET CETERA. BUT ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT TRASH CAN BE ART, AND YOU REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE RECYCLING RIGHT. THERE'S A PLACE CALLED, THERE'S A THING CALLED RECYCLE, RIGHT? NEW YORK. YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO SEE THAT. UM, I HAVE AN EXHIBIT OVER AT THE GREENBERG LIBRARY THAT'LL BE UP FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT I PUT OUT SO THAT YOU CAN RECYCLE, RIGHT? SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THE TRASH OR THE GARBAGE DOESN'T GO THERE, IT GOES IN THE RECYCLE BIN. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THE RECYCLE BIN GO IN THE TRASH. AND THROUGH RESEARCH, I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THIS, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REALLY KEEP THOSE THINGS OUT OF OUR OCEANS. OUR LANDFILLS AND SOME OF OUR WILDLIFE IN THE OCEAN ARE TANGLED UP IN ALL OF THIS, AND THIS, IT'S TO THEIR DEMISE. SO IF WE CAN DO OUR PART TO HELP THEM SURVIVE AND, AND KEEP IT GOING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ALSO, I JUST STARTED A NEW, UH, THE TRASH TO TREASURE COLLECTION, AND THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE ON THE EARRINGS AS, AS THEY SO WANT TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU . BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPE IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S UPSTATE NEW YORK RIGHT NOW IN ALBANY, UH, IN A MALL. AND THE PLACE IS CALLED, UM, UPSTATE THRIFT AND APPAREL, AND IT'S IN THE COLONY MALL, SO HOPEFULLY SOON BE COMING DOWN THIS WAY. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. AND, UH, IN THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DRIFT STUDIO AND FRIENDS THAT I'M GOING TO BE INVITING DIFFERENT ARTISTS FROM LOCAL, FROM LITTLE, LITTLE ONES ALL THE WAY UP TO SEASONED ARTISTS. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT EXHIBIT HERE IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF LATER ON THIS YEAR. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ACTUALLY, I'D RATHER HAVE AN AUTOGRAPH BECAUSE SHAKING HAND DOESN'T, DOESN'T GIVE YOU, UH, UH, UH, MONEY FOR, UH, RETIREMENT. BUT, UH, YOUR AUTOGRAPH IS GONNA BE WORTH A LOT IN, IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. BUT, UH, BUT I JUST AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY, IT IS, SO, IT, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE AN ARTIST EXHIBIT HERE AND THEN A NUMBER OF YEARS FROM NOW BECOME FAMOUS. UM, SO NOW WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS FROM IRVINGTON THAT, AND I, I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THEM BECAUSE, UM, THEY, UM, HAVE, UM, BEEN PROMOTING, UM, ALSO RECYCLING. UM, AND, UM, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UM, IVA, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, COME UP HERE AND YOU CAN INTRODUCE THE OTHER STUDENTS AND THEN YOU COULD, UH, SHOW US THE BRIEF PRESENTATION. BUT THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND WE'RE REALLY SO PROUD OF, UH, ALL THE STUDENTS IN, [00:10:01] IN GREENBERG WHO ARE EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED, LIKE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. UM, YOU CAN PULL THE MIC UP. YEAH. . HI, UM, MY NAME IS AVA VUKA AND I'M HERE WITH MY, UM, FELLOW COLLEAGUES, UM, MAY JU SOPHIE AND TJ CAIRO. AND WE ENTERED A SCHOOL COMPETITION TO CREATE A RECYCLING VIDEO, UM, FOR $500. BUT HONESTLY, WE DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PRIZE. WE WANTED TO SHOW HOW TO RECYCLE CORRECTLY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT'S FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. UM, I THINK WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT YEAH, MAYBE, UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING, SOME OF OTHER STUDENTS WHO PRODUCE THIS YEAH. COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DID, WHAT THEY DID. AND I, I, I RECALL POSTING, UH, YOUR VIDEO ON THE TOWN WEBSITE, I THINK LATE LAST YEAR. YEAH. SO, UM, WELL, DOING THIS VIDEO LIKE TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT HOW LIKE RECYCLING REALLY HELPS OUR ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WE SHOULD ACTUALLY PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHERE WE PUT OUR TRASH. BECAUSE WHEN WE DON'T, WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT MORE THAN WE REALIZE. AND WE THOUGHT BY DOING THIS VIDEO, WE WOULD SHOW OUR PEERS THAT THEY'RE LIKE, NOT INTENTIONALLY, BUT THEY ARE HARMING OUR ENVIRONMENT. UM, YES. AND OUR GOAL WAS TO, UM, KIND OF, UM, PORTRAYED THIS IDEA TO LIKE OUR FELLOW PEERS AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT LIKE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS LIKE THE IMPACT THAT IT CAN HAVE. UM, AND WE WANTED TO DO SO IN LIKE A FUN WAY, WHICH IS WHY WE CREATED THE VIDEO. WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE, UM, MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE WHEN THEY'RE RECYCLING? I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE TIMES PEOPLE JUST PUT EVERYTHING INTO THE TRASH. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOL HAS A BUNCH OF SIGNS ON WHAT IS COMPOST, WHAT IS RECYCLING, WHAT IS TRASH, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S KIND OF JUST, I GUESS, QUICKER TO PUT EVERYTHING IN THE TRASH. AND I GUESS WE REALLY NOTICED IT WAS A BIG PROBLEM. YEAH. CAN YOU CLOSE THE MIC? WOULD YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO EACH OF YOU AS YOU, SINCE IT'S, YEAH, SORRY. AS YOU TALK. THANK YOU. UM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I SEE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE PUTTING LIKE WATER BOTTLES AND STUFF IN THE TRASH INSTEAD OF THE RECYCLING BIN, WHICH IS LIKE A, IT'S LIKE A MISTAKE THAT THEY DO, I GUESS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING MORE POLLUTION AND IT'S HARMING OUR ENVIRONMENT. DOES, DOES A COUNTY, UM, IF PEOPLE BUY A MISTAKE PER PAPER OR PLASTICS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT CONTAMINATED? DO YOU, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU KNOW, UM, WELL THERE ARE SEPARATE, UM, THERE ARE SEPARATE BINS FOR, UM, LIKE WHERE TO PUT EVERYTHING. AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T FOLLOW THOSE RULES, BUT THAT'S ALSO AGAIN, WHY WE, WHY WE CREATED THE VIDEO TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT LIKE EVERYBODY SEES THOSE BINS AND LIKE, KNOWS, UM, WHERE TO PUT WHAT. AND THE, THE LAST QUESTION, I'M SORRY, I'M ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS. IS DOES YOUR SCHOOL DO FRUIT SCRAP, UH, RECYCLING? UM, YEAH, IN OUR CAFETERIA, UM, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT COMPOST BINS, WHICH, UM, ARE THEN COMPOSTED AFTER I THINK A WEEK. SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD SYSTEM AT OUR SCHOOL. IT'S JUST THAT NOT A LOT OF STUDENTS EXACTLY. LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS ON WHERE EVERYTHING GOES OR FOLLOW THE RULES. SO THAT WAS A BIG PART OF WHY WE CREATED THE VIDEO. DO YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE, UH, UH, FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN A, YOU KNOW, AND IS, ARE THE SCHOOLS, DO YOU THINK DOING ENOUGH TO PROMOTE IT? YOU KNOW, DO DO PARENTS, IS IT SORT OF LIKE SECOND NATURE FOR SOME PEOPLE? LOOK AT THIS? UM, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE, SORRY. I FEEL LIKE, LIKE THE TEACHERS AND STUFF, THEY JUST LIKE ASSUME THAT THE KIDS KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND I MEAN, LIKE US KIDS, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT LIKE KIDS DON'T REALLY LIKE REALIZE THE BIG IMPACT IT HAS. SO I THINK THEY JUST, UM, LIKE THEY THINK THAT IF THEY PUT LIKE A WATER BOTTLE IN THE TRASH, FOR EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF THE RECYCLING BIN, THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. BUT I THINK IF LIKE THE TEACHERS LIKE DO LIKE, UM, LIKE MORE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT IT AND TALK MORE ABOUT IT, THEN UM, THEN IT WOULD HELP THE KIDS LIKE NOTICE HOW LIKE BIG OF AN IMPACT IT IS. SO WE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. [00:15:01] SO DO YOU THINK THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS GET INFORMATION FROM THEIR PARENTS AS TO THE RIGHT WAY TO RECYCLE AND THEN MAYBE THEY RECYCLE AT HOME BUT THEY DON'T WRITE RECYCLE IN SCHOOL? UM, YEAH, I THINK SO. DEFINITELY. AND ALSO, I MEAN, IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE WATCHED A BUNCH OF VIDEOS ON RECYCLING AND STUFF ONCE THOSE BINS WERE INTRODUCED TO US. BUT I THINK THAT, UM, RECYCLING AT HOME DEFINITELY BECOMES SECOND NATURE AND I FEEL LIKE IS A, HAS A BIGGER IMPACT ON PEOPLE RATHER THAN LEARNING ABOUT IT IN SCHOOL. MM-HMM . YEAH. GREAT. SO WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO. IT'S ONLY A MINUTE AND A HALF OR SOMETHING. SO WE'RE READY. WHAT SCHOOL IS THIS? IRVINGTON. ALRIGHT. RECYCLING. COMPOSTING IN THE SCHOOLS IN GENERAL AND THE CRACK BINS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. IF THE TRASH IS A GO IN THE CORRECT PLACE AT SCHOOL, THE JOBS WILL MOST LIKELY EVER BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE WORLD. AND THIS SOLUTION, IF WE STORE TRASH CORRECTLY, IT CAN BE USED AS SOIL OR TURNED WITH SOMETHING NEW. ALL PLASTIC BOTTLES, CANS AT DISPOSABLE PLASTIC CONTAINERS, GOBIN, BUT BEFORE, SO AND DOWN ALL THAT, ALL RECYCLABLE WILL EVENTUALLY BACK TO YELLOW, CLASSY BAGS, WRAPPERS AND ANYTHING MADE OF PAPER IN A COFFEE. HOT BOXES OR SMALL FOOD PAPER TRAYS BELONG IN THE LEAST OF THE HERO SPIN, OTHERWISE KNOWN STRETCH. THERE ARE NO LIQUID LIQUID. THE SPIN ALL THE DISPOSABLES IN THE RATOR AND BECOME AIR POLLUTION FOLLOW UP STEPS. THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD BE EXCEPT FOR ALL DISPOSE AND EVENTUALLY EVENTUALLY START TO REBUILD. AND THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. REALLY, REALLY GOOD, REALLY CREATIVE. AND I LOVE THE RETRO MUSIC. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS ONLY THE TRAILER, SO YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE WHOLE, UH, THE WHOLE VIDEO. AND DID YOU NARRATE IT, UH, GENTLEMEN ON THE END? WELL WE, WE, WE KIND OF LIKE, WE KIND OF ALL NARRATED IT, BUT I WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO, SO THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, VERY GOOD. SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M SURE THAT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE WINNING EMMY AWARDS . AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CARING FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. HAVE YOU REALLY BEEN TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UH, MUR MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY? UM, I DON'T THINK SO. NO. I THINK YOU SHOULD GO. IT'S A FASCINATING THING TO LOOK AT TO SEE HOW THEY SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE DO CO-MINGLES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BUT IT GOES DOWN A CONVEYOR BELT AND PUFFS OF AIR IS WHAT BLOWS THE BOTTLES OUT OF, IN THE AIR FLIPS OVER AND THEY GO INTO DIFFERENT CONTAINERS. THEY HAVE ONE IN BROOKLYN AS WELL. RIGHT. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY ASK YOU NOT TO PUT PEANUT BUTTER JARS INTO THE, UH, CO-MINGLED RECYCLING IS THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF PUFF OF AIR THAT'S GOING TO MOVE THAT THING. RIGHT. SO IT SHOULD GO INTO THE REGULAR TRASH, BUT I THINK YOU'D REALLY ENJOY GOING TO SEE IT. IS THAT THE PLACE NEARLY COSTCO? YES, YES, YES. AND YOU CONTACT, GO ONTO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY WEBSITE AND LOOK, LOOK UP THEIR, YOU CAN PROBABLY ARRANGE FOR A TOUR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, GREAT. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE, [ SUPERVISOR & TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS Liaison Reports (Supervisor Paul Feiner, Councilwoman Joy Haber, Councilwoman Ellen Hendrickx, Councilwoman Gina Jackson, Councilman Francis Sheehan) GOOD NEWS...From 2010-2025 the Town earned the highest possible rating from Moody's (Aaa), most recently on 9/9/2025. Less than 1% of communities in the nation have this record of financial stability. From 2008-2024 the Town also earned the highest possible bond rating from Standard & Poors (AAA). To reduce costs, the Town did not seek a rating from Standard & Poors in 2025. Anyone interested in serving on a board or commission should send a resume to the Town Board via Lisa Maria Nero, Town Clerk, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607. TownClerk@GreenburghNY.com] UH, LIAISON, UH, REPORTS. UM, SO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HABER WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? SURE. UM, I'M THE LIAISON TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ON SATURDAY, THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOSTED AN EVENT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST ONE THEY'VE DONE IN QUITE A WHILE ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AT GREENBERG LIBRARY. THE EVENT FEATURED A SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY, THE LIBRARIANS, WHICH EXAMINES THE FRONTLINE ROLE. LIBRARIANS PLAY IN COMBATING BOOK CENSORSHIP AROUND, UH, 40 PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE. I UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT ABLE TO GO. I HAD ANOTHER EVENT TO GO TO, BUT I GOT REALLY GREAT, UH, HER REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK. UM, AND IT FEATURED A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT SAM HELMICK AND [00:20:01] RETIRED A CLU ATTORNEY CHRIS HANSON, AND CONCLUDED WITH A Q AND A. AND SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM IT WERE NOT TO BE COMPLACENT. UM, AND THAT ONE WAY THAT, UH, RIGHT WING GROUPS, UH, WHO ARE INTENT ON TAKING AWAY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IS THROUGH BOOK CENSORSHIP. UH, THEY OFTEN CAN WORK THROUGH SCHOOL BOARDS AND PARENTING GROUPS USING THE, THE GUISE THAT BOOKS ARE PORNOGRAPHIC WHEN INDEED THEY'RE NOT. UM, BUT THAT THESE BOOKS JUST DON'T ALIGN WITH, UH, THEIR, UH, RIGHT WING AGENDA. AND THIS RESULTS IN QUIETING THE VOICES OF TRADITIONALLY OPPRESSED GROUPS WHO HAVE GAINED VOICES IN RECENT HISTORY. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL SUPPORT OUR LIBRARIES, JOIN LIBRARY BOARDS, DONATE TO, TO THEIR FUNDING, AND ALSO BE VIGILANT ON OUR SCHOOL BOARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT BOOKS ARE NOT CENSORED. SO, GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS. WELL, UM, THIS TIMING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER. UM, FIRST OF ALL, WE WILL GET TO VOTE ON CD TWO, WHICH, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, APPROVING THE SERVICES OF SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR TO ADVANCE THE TOWN SUBMISSION OF A CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY CERTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR, AND THAT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESILIENT AND MORE GREEN. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE TO DO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES TO GAIN POINTS, AND WHEN WE GET ENOUGH POINTS TO BE CERTIFIED FIRST AS BRONZE, THEN AS SILVER. AND THAT MIGHT GO BEYOND THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY COMMUNITIES YET THAT HAVE GONE BEYOND SILVER, BUT A COUPLE OF THEM ARE WITHIN THE GREENBERG FAMILY, UM, TO THE VILLAGES. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY FOR A GREATER VARIETY OF GRANTS TO HELP US IN THAT RESILIENCY AND THAT, THAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY, LIKE CONTROLLING FLOODING. SO, UM, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. BUT I ALSO AM LIAISON TO THE GREENBERG CON CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE CAC, UM, LED BY TERRY TORY. UM, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL MEMBERS. THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAY IMPACT WATER COURSES OR WEST WETLANDS. UM, THEY ALSO REVIEW TREE REMOVAL APPLICATIONS. THEY ASKED ME TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR TREE OFFICER, UH, WILLIAM DANO, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN DOING A TERRIFIC JOB, SO THANK YOU. UM, BUT THEY, THEY ARE VERY, UM, SCIENCE-ORIENTED. SO ANYTHING THEY CHOOSE TO LOOK AT, THEY, THEY LOOK AT THE SCIENCE, SO THEY BACK UP ANY DECISION, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MAKE. THEY'RE LOOKING NOW AT, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING NOW AT ARTIFICIAL TURF, UM, VERSUS GRASS FIELDS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. UM, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT GREENBERG PLANTS NATIVE PLANTS IN ANY OF ITS PARKS AND LANDS. SO, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION. THEY'RE DOING GOOD JOB. AND THESE KIDS HERE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOT THE WORD BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A TERRIFIC JOB TOO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GINA JACKSON. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO, UM, AS WE WERE WAITING TO START THE MEETING, I STARTED TO MENTION ABOUT THE WEATHER AND HOW, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN INUNDATED WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF SNOW. I THINK WE HAD UP CLOSE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW. UM, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, WE'VE ALSO HEARD ME TALK ABOUT FLOOD MITIGATION AND WHAT DPW HAS BEEN DOING AS IT RELATES TO ALL OF THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING FROM FLOODING. SO TONIGHT I JUST WANNA REALLY GIVE A QUICK UPDATE, VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE AS IT RELATES TO FLOOD MITIGATION. UM, FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT BABBITT COURT AND ELM SCHWART SURROUNDING AREA, WE, UM, OVER THE LAST WEEK WE CLEARED A BRIDGE AND OBSTRUCTIONS, UM, ON THE SAWMILL RIVER ROAD ON SAWMILL RIVER. AND THAT, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, ENDURED WITH HOMES BEING UNDERWATER. UM, WE DO STILL HAVE FAMILIES WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN THEIR HOMES, BUT WE KNOW AS, AS THEY ARE CHALLENGED AND FRUSTRATED AND STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NOT BEING IN THEIR HOMES, THAT TO JUST TO REMIND THEM THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK TO TRY TO MITIGATE, UM, THE FLOODING THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED. UM, SO AGAIN, UH, BIG, UH, THANK YOU TO, UH, WELL [00:25:02] THANK YOU OF COURSE, TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, UM, BECAUSE THIS BRIDGE HAPPENS TO BE ON WESTCHESTER COUNTY PARKLAND. SO WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY PERMITS AND APPROVALS TO, UM, REMOVE THAT BRIDGE, UM, OODLES AGAIN TO, UM, THE DPW STAFF COMMISSIONER FINE, RICHARD FINE, AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FRANK MOTO AND THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND TO REALLY CONTINUE TO MITIGATE, UM, THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. OH, THERE WAS A VIDEO. UM, LET'S SEE THE VIDEO. CAN YOU RUN THE VIDEO, TERRENCE, PLEASE? YOU CAN JUST SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER ALL THE OBSTRUCTIONS. THANK YOU. SO, SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHERE ALL THE WATER, BEFORE YOU SEE ALL THE WATER, ALL THE OBSTRUCTION WAS, AND THIS IS US REMOVING THIS BRIDGE, UM, FROM THE RIVER AND DURING THE SNOW AND ACTUALLY DURING THAT SNOWSTORM. SO RIGHT AFTER THE SNOWSTORM, STAFF WAS OUT REALLY REMOVING THIS BRIDGE. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU CONTINUE TO, UM, WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE STAFF THAT IS REALLY WORKING TO MITIGATE, UM, THE FLOOD MITIGATION. AND AGAIN, WE, WE REALLY ARE WORKING WITH, UM, OUR BA COURT RESIDENTS TO HOPEFULLY REALLY GET THEM, TRY TO GET THEM WHOLE AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER BE WHOLE AGAIN, BUT WE, WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY SINCERELY WORKING WITH THEM. SO WAS THIS BRIDGE USEFUL AT ALL? NO, IT WAS USEFUL. IT WAS USEFUL IN, IN, IN BLOCKING THE WATER, IN BLOCKING THE WATER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS USEFUL, BUT, BUT AT LEAST, AT LEAST, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING AND WE, WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. MM-HMM. UH, SO IT WAS A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE FROM NOWHERE THAT YOU HAD TO WEAR, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD STURDY BOOTS TO GET TO. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE TOOK DOWN SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE COMMERCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, BUT AS COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON SAID, THE BRIDGE WAS BUILT SO LOW THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE MUCH AREA UNDERNEATH IT FOR THE WATER GO THROUGH. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS IT WAS BACKING UP. AND COUNCILMAN JACKSON WAS ACTUALLY NOT TOO LONG AGO, SHE WOULDN'T ACCEPT MY HIGH BOOTS. SO SHE BORROWED THE V INSPECTOR'S LOW BOOTS, , AND THEN SHE WAS MAKING ALL KINDS OF FACES WITH THE MUCK IN HER BOOTS, UH, TAKING SHOPPING CART OUT OF THE, UH, WATERWAY. AND, UM, SHE'S REALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY ACTIVE IN DEALING WITH, UH, THE FLOODING ISSUE AND TRULY HANDS ON. THANK YOU. UM, AND YOU CAN, FRANCIS, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE YOUR LIAISON REPORTS. THAT WASN'T NICE ENOUGH. . SO I'M THE LIAISON TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, UH, WHICH WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE NAME COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWED BY AND CONSERVATION, WELL, HOW DO YOU CONSERVE WHAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING? AND THAT'S THE BALANCE THAT HAS TO BE DONE. WE NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY, BUT WE ALSO WANT CONSER, UH, TO CONSERVE WHAT MAKES GREENBERG GREENBERG. AND SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION, UH, MORE GENERALLY CALLED ZONING AND PLANNING, UM, IT JUST REALLY DOESN'T, UM, DENOTE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO IS THEY ACTUALLY DO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. THEIR ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS IS HOUSED THERE. THE PLANNING BOARD IS HOUSED THERE. SO THEY WORK TO HELP GET OUT THE MINUTES OF THOSE MEETINGS AND THE AGENDAS FOR THOSE MEETINGS. UM, THE PLANNING BOARD LOOKS AT APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN. IT'S USUALLY A LONGER PROCESS. THEY MEET TWICE A WEEK. ZONING BOARD MEETS, UH, UH, TWICE A MONTH. TWICE A MONTH. SORRY DYLAN. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU EXTRA WORK. UH, TWICE A MONTH. UH, BUT, AND THE ZONING BOARD MEETS ONCE A MONTH, BUT FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS IS AN APPEALS BOARD. THEY DON'T DO ZONING. PEOPLE THINK IT'S THE ZONING BOARD. IT'S NOT THE ZONING BOARD. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CREATING ZONING. THIS TOWN BOARD CREATES ZONING. SO THAT BOARD IS THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS THAT IF FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER YOU CAN'T COMPLY WITH OUR ZONING, YOU CAN GO TO THIS BOARD, WHICH IS A GROUP OF RESIDENTS. I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM IN ANOTHER MEETING. UH, THAT CAN GIVE YOU RELIEF FROM OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. BUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO FIND REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION, UH, AND THERE IS AN AGENDA ITEM ON THE, UH, OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, WHICH IS CD ONE. SINCE COUNCIL ONE, HENDRICKS ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT CD TWO, I AM THE LIAISON TO GREAT MINDS CAN GO OUT. , UH, IS DECLARING THE INTENT OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG TO BE LEAD AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SEEKER, UH, FOR AN ACTION INVOLVING COMPREHENSIVE [00:30:01] CHAPTER 2 85 ZONING, TEXT AMENDMENTS AND RELATED ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO REFER, UH, WHAT WE'RE PASSING TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE JUST REFERRING IT. WE'RE NOT, THERE ARE NO DECISIONS GONNA BE MADE AND NO DECISIONS. REAL DECISIONS ARE GONNA BE MADE FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS IS A VERY LONG PROCESS. AND REFERRING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, FOR A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 2 85 64 OF THE TOWN ZONING ORDINANCE. AND THAT IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. LOOKING AT OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, CLEANING THINGS UP, SIMPLIFYING THINGS WHERE POSSIBLE. UH, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT YESTERDAY'S, UH, WORK SESSION. AND WE'LL ALSO PUT UP THE VIDEO OF THAT PRESENTATION THAT I THINK IT WAS 50 MINUTES, 45 MINUTES, 45 MINUTES. UH, BUT YOU'LL GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE, THE PLANNING PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION IS ALL ABOUT. NONE OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. YOU KNOW, IN, UH, LEADING UP TO 2016, AN EIGHT YEAR PROJECT, AGAIN, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPING CONSERVATION CAME UP WITH THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE FIRST FULL FEATURED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I CHAIRED THAT COMMITTEE, UH, EIGHT YEARS. IT TOOK, UH, NOT THAT NONE OF THIS GOES EASY, UH, BUT THAT IS NOW THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE TOWN. WHAT THIS IS NOW DOING IS USING THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MODIFY OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO BE MORE COMPLIANT WITH IT AND WITH ITS GOALS. AND SO I'M JUST RAISING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TELLING YOU ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSERVATION. 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LOT ABOUT AT IT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS. IT'S NOW GOING TO GO OVER TO THE PLANNING BOARD. THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD IS SITTING IN THE FOURTH ROW AS HE NORMALLY IS. UM, AND SO HE'S JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 300 PAGE DOCUMENT, UH, AND I'M SURE HE'LL GET BACK TO US IN ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND, UH, HAVE A DEFINITIVE ADVANCE FOR US. SURE. TWO OR THREE DAYS STILL IN, YOU CAN DO IT. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A FEW THINGS. UH, ONE ABOUT HARTSDALE, THE FARMER'S MARKET IS, UH, STARTING AGAIN, UH, THIS WEEKEND, UM, EVERY, UM, SATURDAY UNTIL THANKSGIVING. AND, UH, IT'S, WE HAVE A GREAT FARMER AND, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE RIGHT NEAR THE HARTSDALE TRAIN STATION. UH, THE SUPERMARKET ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE IS, UM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO HOPEFULLY, UH, RESIDENTS OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM, UM, THAT SUPERMARKET. TODAY I WROTE TO, UM, THE HARTSDALE PARKING AUTHORITY. AND, UM, I SUGGESTED, UH, TO THEM, AND I'M MEETING WITH 'EM, UH, NEXT WEEK. I SUGGESTED THAT THEY GIVE, UM, FREE, UM, PARKING, UM, WHEN THERE'S A BLIZZARD OR A HURRICANE, UM, UH, OR A NATURAL, YOU KNOW, DISASTER BECAUSE RESIDENTS, UH, MANY RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE, UM, UH, ENOUGH PARKING AND, UH, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER SPOTS. I ALSO AM WRITING TO, UM, WELL, THE GREENBURG SCHOOLS AND THE EDGE ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT, UM, WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY THAT THEY SEE, THEY TRY FINDING PARKING SPOTS THAT COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE TO, UM, TO RESIDENTS. BECAUSE WHEN IT SNOWS, UM, IF PEOPLE ARE PARKED ON THE STREET, UM, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE PLOWS TO DO A GREAT, YOU KNOW, A GREAT JOB. UM, THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PROBLEMS. AND WE, THIS YEAR WE TOWED, UH, SOME CARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TOWING COMPANIES AND NOT ENOUGH STAFF TO, UM, TO ALWAYS GET EVERY CAR OFF THE ROAD. BUT IF PEOPLE HAD ACCESS, IT WOULD MAKE THINGS, UH, BETTER. AND THEN I WANNA MENTION BRIEFLY, UM, I STARTED ON TWO MONTHS AGO A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE, UM, IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES, UM, WHO WANT TO, UH, GET INVOLVED IN, UH, GOVERNMENT. AND EVERY MONTH, UM, WE'RE HAVING, UM, MEETINGS AND, UM, WE'RE TEACHING, UM, OUR FUTURE LEADERS, UH, GIVING THEM TIPS AS TO WHAT THEY, UH, COULD DO. UM, YOU HAVE TO BECOME AN ACTIVIST, HOW TO GET APPOINTED TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, HOW TO, UH, RUN FOR OFFICE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO [00:35:01] PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. AND WE NEED, UM, A NEW GENERATION OF, UM, OF FUTURE LEADERS. UM, LAST MONTH, UM, WE JUST, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD THE GOVERNOR'S REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, LUKE POWELL SPOKE, UM, EVERY MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER, UM, SPEAKER. UM, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR NEXT, UM, UH, FORUM ON APRIL 17TH. AND IF, UM, ANYBODY HERE IS INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SERVICE AS AN ACTIVIST, AS, UM, UH, APPOINTEE TO COMMITTEE AS A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR, UM, FUTURE OFFICE, UH, YOU COULD, UM, YOU COULD EMAIL ME. AND I WANNA MENTION THAT THIS IS OPEN TO EVERYONE, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, CONSERVATIVES, LIBERALS. UM, WE ARE NOT GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT LOCAL POLITICS AT THESE, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS. WE'RE JUST GIVING PEOPLE TIPS ON HOW THEY COULD GET INVOLVED. UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OPEN TO, TO EVERYBODY. AND THE FINAL THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UM, I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THE CREATION OF A CITIZENS BUDGET COMMITTEE. UM, AND, UM, I'VE, I'M GONNA BE, UM, INVITING RESIDENTS, UH, WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, UH, TO SEND ME THEIR RESUME. I'M GONNA CREATE A COMMITTEE MYSELF. UM, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS IN PROCUREMENT. UH, IF WE'RE GONNA BE TIGHTENING UP OUR, UM, OUR, OUR OPERATIONS, ONE OF THE WAYS OF SAVING MONEY IS TO REVIEW CONTRACTS THAT ARE AWARDED, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONSULTANTS, UM, WHO GET JOBS FROM, FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE'S PROPER OVERSIGHT. AND, UM, AND I'M GOING TO, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE DEALING WITH PROCUREMENTS, AND WE'RE GONNA, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR 2020, UM, SIX, WE'RE GONNA MAKE EVERY SINGLE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PROPER OVERSIGHT. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE EXPERTS, UH, TAKING A LOOK AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. SO IF YOU HAVE BUDGET EXPERTISE OR, UH, PROCUREMENT, UM, EXPERTISE, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA HAVE YOU ON, UM, ON THIS COMMITTEE. SO YOU COULD EMAIL ME AT P FINE FINDER@GREENBURGNY.COM, OR YOU COULD CALL ME NINE ONE FOUR, UM, 4 3 8 13 43. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. AND LISA, [ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ] YOU HAVE, UM, SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS ALSO. UH, YES, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, UM, THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, WITH COLLABORATION WITH THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, AND THE GREENBERG PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE WILL BE SPONSORING A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH OUR VERY OWN LIVING ICONS, THE CREATORS OF EARN YOUR LEISURE NETWORK AND INVEST FEST FESTIVAL IN ATLANTA, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS, TROY MILLINGS AND OR RASHAD BLAU IN THEIR BOOK, YOU DESERVE TO BE RICH. THAT'S GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST FROM 12:00 PM TO 2:00 PM AND IT WILL BE LOCATED HERE. UM, WE NEEDED MORE ROOM THAN AT THE LIBRARY. SO THE EVENT WILL BE HELD HERE AT, UH, TOWN HALL. UM, YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE, UH, THE TOWN CLERK INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR 20 SUMMER OF 2026. YOU CAN FIND OUT ON THE GREENBERG NY.GOV NETWORK, I MEAN WEBSITE. AND YOU CAN LOOK IN THE TOWN CLERK SECTION AND YOU CAN FIND THE APPLICATION AND YOU CAN APPLY. WE WANNA CONGRATULATE, UH, WE HAVE A THREE-PEAT FOR THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM. UH, THE FALCONS CAPTURED ITS THIRD CONSECUTIVE SECTION ONE TITLE, WINNING THE CLASS B CHAMPIONSHIP AND AN OVERTIME THRILLER. AND, UM, WE HAVE NEWS TONIGHT THAT, UH, THE FALCONS CONTINUED THEIR POST-SEASON RUN IN THE STATE REGIONAL FINAL WITH A WIN THIS EVENING, UH, FOR 67 TO 50. SO EXCITED. UH, THEIR NEXT GAME IS ON SATURDAY. I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE THEN, UH, THE NAACP WHITE PLAINS, UH, GREENBURG BRANCH, UH, THEY ARE HAVING THEIR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND THAT INFORMATION ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. AND, UM, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, BUILD OUR MEMBERSHIP. UM, OF COURSE, UH, I BELIEVE THE SUPERVISOR JUST MENTIONED THE GREENBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. OF COURSE, UM, YOU CAN FIND FLYERS AT THE FRONT DESK, AND AGAIN, GROWING A GREATER BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN GREENBURG. ALSO, WHAT YOU CAN ALSO PICK UP AT THE FRONT IS THE NEW SPRING AND SUMMER 2026 GUIDE TO ALL OF OUR, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, [00:40:01] ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES IN THE TOWN. UH, WE WANTED, IT'S ALSO ONLINE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HARD COPY. SO, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE AND PLEASE PICK ONE UP, UH, ON YOUR WAY OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, IT GREAT. OKAY, NEXT. [ TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT LIGHTNING ROUND (for anyone who can’t stay for the regular Public Comment session)] UM, THIS IS LIGHTNING, UH, ROUND. IF YOU DON'T WANNA, UH, STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING, UH, YOU COULD SPEAK TO NOW, WE, WE HAVE AN INTERESTING SITUATION HERE SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD OVER, THE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE RIGHT BACK TO THAT, RIGHT? SO I WOULD SUGGEST THIS ALLOWING THE FIVE MINUTE PERIOD TO BEGIN, AND IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO USE TWO MINUTES OR LESS, THEY COULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. DO YOU WANNA ANNOUNCE IT? THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE? SURE. UH, [ PUBLIC HEARINGS Advance signup is required. A continuous five-minute limit per speaker per hearing will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking or 15 seconds after reaching the podium, whichever occurs first. The clock will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted.* If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. After 30 seconds of a response to a question asked, the speaker may reclaim any remaining time. There will be a second five-minute round unless the hearing is going to be adjourned to a subsequent hearing date. If the hearing is going to be adjourned to a subsequent hearing date, the Town Board may waive the second round. Any written comments sent to PublicHearing@GreenburghNY.com (this should include the title of the Public Hearing in the Subject Line) by 3 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.] I JUST WANNA SAY THE ONE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S BEING HELD OVER, UM, TO APRIL 8TH, 2026, IS TO CONSIDER A SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY FAIL INDUSTRIES AS IT RELATES TO AN EXISTING ROCK CRUSHING AND AGGREGATE RECLAMATION FACILITY LOCATED AT 50 WAREHOUSE LANE. THAT'S BEING CONTINUED, HOWEVER, NOT TONIGHT, IT'S BEING PUSHED TO APRIL 8TH SO THAT THE PARTIES CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE, UH, DISCUSSIONS AND POTENTIAL NEGOTIATIONS ON THAT MATTER. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S BEING HELD OVER AT THE REQUEST OF BOTH THA AND THE TOWN STAFF. TOWN STAFF ONLY RECEIVED DOCUMENTS, I THINK LAST THURSDAY, UH, AND THEY NEED TIME TO REVIEW THEM. OKAY? OKAY. [ PUBLIC COMMENT Advanced signup is required. A continuous five-minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking or 15 seconds after reaching the podium, whichever occurs first. The clock will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five-minute allocation and not be interrupted. After 30 seconds of a response to a question asked, the speaker may reclaim any remaining time. The Clerk will ask for any comments from each Town Board member upon the completion of each public comment. There will not be a second five-minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.gov by 3 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so. ] FIRST WE HAVE SHERRY OUI UI, AND, UM, AND I BELIEVE TERRANCE WILL HAVE A SLIDE UP FOR YOU DURING YOUR SPEAKING. YES, THERE'S THREE SLIDES. SO I'LL JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE AND HOPEFULLY OKAY. HE CAN HEAR YOU. AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. I WILL POLITELY CUT YOU OFF IF YOU GO BEYOND THE FIVE MINUTES, JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE, UH, THE TIME AND RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COOPERATING. I'M USED TO THAT. SO , I KNOW YOU'RE . OKAY. UM, SO MY FIRST SLIDE IS UP THERE. YES. UH, GOOD EVENING. I'M SHERRY YUJI FROM THREE STEVENS LANE. UH, TONIGHT I AM CONTINUING MY REBUTTAL TO THE FEBRUARY 10TH WORK SESSION ON THE BETHEL KNOLLS EXPANSION PROJECT. BECAUSE I HAVE JUST FIVE MINUTES, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON STORM WATER ISSUES ONLY. THIS COMPLIMENTS THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE SENT BY MY HUSBAND AND I EARLIER THIS WEEK. SO, FIRST I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PRIMARY STORM WATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE RETAINING WALL, THE ROADWAY ON TOP OF IT, AND THE PIPING THAT GOES TO THE LARGE BASIN, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE. I HAVE THREE COMMENTS ON THIS MAIN SYSTEM. FIRST, THE UNACKNOWLEDGED ROADWAY VARIANCE. DURING THE FEBRUARY 10TH WORK SESSION, THERE WAS NO MENTION THAT THE RETAINING THAT THE ROADWAY REQUIRES A SUBSTANTIAL VARIANCE. THE REQUIRED SETBACK IS 75 FEET, YET THE ROADWAY IS DESIGNED 25 FEET FROM MY PROPERTY. THIS IS A 50 FOOT VARIANCE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR. THE LACK OF SETBACK IMPACTS NOT JUST BULK AND MA MASKING TO MY PROPERTY, BUT ALSO INCREASES STORMWATER RISK WITH LESS SPACE FOR MITIGATION. THE APPLICANT'S UPDATED SITE PLANS AND MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR THE WORK SESSION DID NOT REFLECT THIS VARIANCE. THIS VARIANCE WAS ENTIRELY IGNORED DURING THE WORK SESSION. THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS AS A CONTEXT. I BELIEVE THE BOARD'S COMMENTS WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT IF THIS VARIANCE HAD BEEN PROPERLY NOTED. THIS IS A PROCEDURAL PROBLEM. SECOND SNOW. THAT ROADWAY SITS DIRECTLY AT THE EDGE OF A RETAINING WALL. WHEN IT IS PLOWED, SNOW WILL BE PUSHED OVER THE WALL AND ACCUMULATE BELOW. AS THAT SNOW MELTS THE WATER ALONG WITH SALT AND TOXIC MELT CHEMICALS WILL FLOW DOWNHILL TOWARD MY HOME. THIS IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNING GIVEN THAT LANDSCAPING PROPOSED BELOW THAT WALL IS BEING PRESENTED AS A MITIGATION MEASURE. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR SNOW ON THIS ROADWAY? THIRD, STORMWATER MAINTENANCE, STORMWATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE. THE ROADWAY DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL BE COLLECTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER. THE RUNOFF, IT WILL RUN OFF FROM THE NEW BUILDINGS AND WILL FLOW DOWN THAT ROADWAY INTO CATCH BASINS ALONG THE ROAD AND BLOW TO THE, THAT BIG BASIN. IF THOSE CATCH BASINS ARE NOT MAINTAINED OR ARE ALLOWED TO CLOG, THEY WILL OVERFLOW. SO MAINTENANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THE APPLICANT'S HISTORY OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CHALLENGES IS VERY RELEVANT HERE. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE ME RELYING ON EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE FROM THIS APPLICANT TO PREVENT FLOODING TO YOUR HOME? UH, SLIDE TWO, PLEASE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE TOWN TO REVIEW THE KNOLL'S CURRENT STORMWATER MAINTENANCE RECORDS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND ARE REQUIRED TO BE KEPT. WE UNDERSTAND CURRENT SYSTEMS [00:45:01] INCLUDE A DETENTION BASIN. WE HAVE SEEN IT ON NEAR MAP AND GOOGLE EARTH. WE ARE CONCERNED IT APPEARS TO HAVE DEBRIS. PLEASE HAVE THE TOWN EXPERTS REVIEW AND INSPECT THIS. I'D NOW LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE SECONDARY STORM WATER SYSTEM AND RISK TO MY PROPERTY. UH, SLIDE THREE PLEASE. THIS IS SLIDE. YES. UH, NOT ALL STORM WATER FROM THE SITE IS ROUTED TO THAT MAIN BASIN. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A SEPARATE PORTION OF THE STORMWATER PLAN THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS MY PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO PAGE 1 78 OF THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE NATURAL WATERSHED FROM A SPECIFIC SECTION, NOT ROUTED TO THE MAIN BASIN DIRECTS RUNOFF THROUGH MY FRONT YARD. I HAVE SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ALREADY ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE, AND I CAN BARELY GROW A LAWN THERE. AND THAT'S SHOWN ON, ON THIS, UH, FIRST THING WITH THE RED CIRCLE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE WATER FLOWING THROUGH THERE. THE CURRENT PLAN PROPOSES REMOVING MATURE TREES AND VEGETATION IN THIS EXACT LOCATION. TREES THAT HAVE BEEN ABSORBING AND SLOWING WATER FOR DECADES, REPLACING THEM WITH NEW PLANTINGS WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY REPLICATE THE STORMWATER FUNCTION OF MATURE TREES. AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THE SECOND BLOCK WITH ALL THOSE XS ARE WHERE THEY'RE REMOVING THE TREES. SO THIS WILL INCREASE RUNOFF TOWARD MY HOME. IN ADDITION, APPROVALS FOR THE WESTCHESTER MEADOWS, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER BEFORE THE KNOWLES, INDICATE THAT THIS AREA WAS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE A ROCK LINE STILLING POND AS PART OF THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THAT FEATURE DOES NOT APPEAR ON CURRENT SURVEYS, AND WE WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY IT IN NEAR MAP GOOGLE EARTH. IT WAS EITHER NEVER INSTALLED OR IT WAS UNMAINTAINED AND FILLED IN. SO I WOULD ASK THE TOWN TO VERIFY THIS AS WELL. IN CLOSING, I'M BEING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY THIS PROPOSAL. THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. UH, IN SUMMARY, MY REQUEST TONIGHT ARE REQUIRED THE ROADWAY VARIANCE BE INCORPORATED TO THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION MATERIALS, HAVE A PLAN FOR SNOW, REVIEW THE SITE'S CURRENT DETENTION POND, STORMWATER MAINTENANCE RECORDS, CONFIRM IF THE ROCK LINE STEALING POND EXISTS, AND HAVE EFFECTIVE STORMWATER PLAN FOR NEXT TO MY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. YEAH. I THOUGHT YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHTING YOUR VIEWS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT, I THINK THIS IS SORT OF ALMOST A MODEL OF, UM, OF THE WAY, UM, CITIZENS SHOULD BE INVOLVED. AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU, YOU WERE THOROUGH, UH, YOU WERE TOTALLY, UH, RESPECTFUL. YOU GAVE US, YOU KNOW, FACTS. SO THIS IS REALLY WAS EXCELLENT. IT'S NOT ONLY THE, THE ISSUE OF THE KNOLLS AND STORMWATER, BUT I THINK IT'S CITIZEN ACTIVISM AT ITS BEST. AND I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU. THANK YOU. I REALLY WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS INVOLVED THAT I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE PROCESS EARLIER, BUT THANK YOU. WOULD YOU GIVE A COPY OF THAT TO THE CLERK, PLEASE? YES. FOR THE RECORD MM-HMM . OF COURSE. AND I HOPE EVERY LETTER THAT MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE WRITTEN IS CODE THE EMAIL. YES. HAS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALK ABOUT PIPING THE WATER SO IT'S NOT GOING OVER YOUR LAWN? NOBODY HAS ADDRESSED ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE STORM WATER THAT BIG BASIN. AND I GET THAT'S THE BIG PART OF THE PLAN. YOU KNOW, I SEE DINNER FIVE MINUTES. YES. YES. I'M SORRY. WE CAN TALK LATER. YOU COULD BREAK. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE YOUR INFORMATION ON HERE AS WELL, YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION? SURE. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT CAN WE HAVE LA FONDA, SPERLING S SPALDING? I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. ALL MY NAME. YOU CAN PUT THE MIC. YOU CAN PUT THE MIC ON. THERE YOU GO. YEAH. LITTLE TALLER THAN SHE . UM, MY NAME IS LAA SPALDING AND I LIVE 25 SOUTH ROAD OVER HERE IN PARKWAY GARDENS. AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR SOME ASSISTANCE WITH DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. TRAVIS HILL PARK. IT'S THE BASKETBALL COURT, FOR INSTANCE. IT'S TERRIBLE. IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE I, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN THERE, WHICH HAS BEEN 26 YEARS THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE NOT REDONE THAT BASKETBALL COURT. THEY DID A NICE PICKLEBALL COURT, BUT EVERYBODY DOESN'T PLAY PICKLEBALL. SO SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DEFINITELY BE DONE WITH THE BASKETBALL COURT AS WELL AS THERE NEEDS TO BE A BATHROOM UP THERE. THEY HAVE A PORTA POTTY, WHICH DOESN'T GET CLEAN, UM, AS OFTEN AS IT SHOULD. AND WHEN I DID CALL AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PORTA POTTY, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD BE REMO, THEY REMOVED IT. THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THERE. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE GARBAGE BECAUSE I USED TO GO UP THERE AND WALK EVERY DAY. AND I WOULD SEE THE SAME GARBAGE THERE OVER A WEEK. 'CAUSE I WOULD GO IN THERE AND LOOK TO SEE IF IT WAS STILL THERE. AS WELL AS THE WATER [00:50:01] FOUNTAINS ARE HORRIBLE. IT'S, IT'S JUST LIKE THE FORGOTTEN PARK AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. AND I, UM, SPOKE TO MR. FINER ABOUT US POSSIBLY GETTING A SPRAY PARK OR SOMETHING UP THERE TO MAKE IT A PARK INSTEAD OF JUST A, A HANGOUT OR JUST A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND PLAY PICKLEBALL. SO ANY, ANY ASSISTANCE, I MEAN, THAT WE COULD GET TO MAKE THAT PARK BEAUTIFUL AND BRING IT UP TO DATE WITH SO MANY OTHER PARKS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WOULD BE DEEPLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA ASK, UH, JOEL ESE, THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS. MM-HMM . IF YOU COULD PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY MEET, UH, BOARD. THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH. UM, AND I DEFINITELY AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, TO ADDRESS ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ISSUES. UM, I KNOW, UM, I WAS SPEAKING TO JOE ABOUT WHAT FIELD IN TERMS OF THE BATHROOMS, THEY MAY UPGRADE THE, UM, THE BATHROOMS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S BETTER, UM, BETTER ONES THAT YOU COULD, YOU COULD RENT, BUT I WANT, I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO GIVE THIS ATTENTION. I LIKE THE IDEA OF ADDRESSING THE WATER FOUNTAINS. I'M GONNA WORK ON THAT TONIGHT WHEN I GET HOME FROM THE MEETING. YES. AND I ALSO WONDER, I'M GONNA ASK IF HE COULD GIVE US AN ACCOUNTING, HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, UM, UM, IN OUR DEVELOPER ESCROW FUNDS. UH, BE THAT'S NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS. UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK SPRAY PARK AT TRAVIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT KIDS, UH, TO FEEL AND FAMILIES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO THE PARK. YES. AND ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO GET MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE ESPECIALLY YOUNG FAMILIES TO USE THE PARK WOULD BE MONEY THAT WOULD BE VERY WELL SPENT. MM-HMM . SO I DEFINITELY WOULD WANNA WORK WITH YOU ON THIS. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD MAKE PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR BECAUSE TRAVIS PARK, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK. UM, AND I KNOW THEY'VE MADE, THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS OVER, OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS. I LIKE THE PICKLEBALL, YOU KNOW, COURTS, BUT IT'S, IT STILL COULD ALWAYS BE BETTER. YES. AND I'M GONNA WORK WITH YOU. AND YOU HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER, RIGHT? I DO. SO I'LL, I'LL JOIN YOUR COMMITTEE AND, UH, UH, HELP YOU LOBBY FOR, UH, FOR THIS. BUT THIS IS, THIS IS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT ALL OUR PRODUCTS BE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY. AND THIS IS AN A, A SPECTACULAR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. UM, AND WE SHOULD JUST MAKE IT BETTER. YES, WE SHOULD. SO THANK YOU. DEFINITELY. I'M, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME HERE TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, . AND I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU ON MAKING THAT A BETTER PARK. WE ARE GONNA, OKAY. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. . HI. CAN, UH, MS. ROSALYN STORMS? ROSALYN. ROSALYN. SORRY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSALYN STORMS AND I'M A PARK FAN ALSO. I CAME TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE YOSEMITE PARK AND BACK OF THE THEODORE DE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE EARN YOUR LEISURE DID THE TENNIS COURTS OVER BEAUTIFUL BASKETBALL COURT. THEY DID THAT OVER. AND NOW PEOPLE ARE PLAYING SOCCER ON THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE BASKETBALL COURTS WITH CLEATS. THEN BARBECUE GRILLS ARE BEING PULLED OUT ON, I GUESS 'CAUSE IT'S CLEANER ON THE BASKETBALL COURTS. THEY'RE COOKING OUT THERE. THOSE PARKS NEED TO BE MONITORED AS THAT'S GONNA BE DESTROYED. AND DOGS, DOGS EVERYWHERE CLEARLY SAYS ON THE SIGN, NO DOGS ALLOWED IN THE PARK. I'VE CALLED PAUL NUMEROUS TIMES ON THIS, AND IT'S A SHAME THAT THEY'RE GETTING AWAY WITH IT. GARBAGE EVERYWHERE. AND THEY REALLY USED TO KEEP THAT PARK UP REALLY, REALLY NICE. 'CAUSE I I, I GO TO IT OFTEN. SO I THINK SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY DESTROY THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE BASKETBALL COURTS. 'CAUSE THAT WAS A GIFT TO US. YOU KNOW? AND ALSO YOU ADDRESS THE PARKING SITUATION IN GREENBURG WITH THE SNOW STORMS. THE OVERNIGHT PARKING IS HORRENDOUS. I MEAN, AT NIGHT YOU CAN'T, YOU HAVE TO WAIT ALL THE WAY AT THE END OF THE ROAD. IF SOMEBODY'S COMING DOWN TO GET UP THE STREET. IT'S, IT'S OUTTA CONTROL. IT REALLY IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE. THAT WAS A GREAT SUGGESTION ABOUT MAYBE THE SCHOOLS CAN LEND THEIR PARKING LOTS OR THE CHURCHES, I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT'S OUTTA CONTROL. GOD FORBID. EVEN TOWN HALL OVER HERE. HUH? EVEN TOWN HALL OVER HERE. [00:55:01] WE SHOULD GIVE FREE PARKING FOR RESIDENTS, UH, WHO BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, ESPECIALLY DURING, DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN THERE'S BLIZZARDS OR HURRICANES OR WHATEVER. SO I THINK SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE THIS ATTENTION. AND I ALSO WILL GIVE, UM, ATTENTION TO YOSEMITE PARK. YOU KNOW, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER AND, UM, AND AGAIN, UM, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY MEET, UH, ONCE A MONTH AND WE SHOULD WHERE, WHERE DO THEY MEET? THEY MEET AT VETERAN PARK. OH, OKAY. AND, UM, AND, UM, EL ELLEN ISN'T THE FIRST ONE. EL EL YOU THE ELLEN, YOU'RE THE LIAISON. WHAT'D YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE LIAISON. NO, . I'M JUST NAVIGATING BACK HERE. GET TO GET THE MEETING. YEAH, I I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY CARD. OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REACH OUT TO ME AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. I'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND, UM, AND WE'LL PICK IT UP FOR THE NEXT MEETING. WHO'S, UH, WE HAVE MEETINGS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY, EVERY MONTH. OKAY. UH, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME. UM, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. OKAY. BUT HERE'S MY CARD. THANK YOU. HOW LONG WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS GOING ON WITH THE CLEATS? WELL, I KNOW IT WAS GOING ON LAST SUMMER. 'CAUSE I ACTUALLY REPORTED IT. 'CAUSE I'M ALWAYS AT THE PARK WITH MY GRANDSON. I REPORTED IT TO THE CENTER AND I TOLD THEM, I SAID, YOU, YOU GUYS NEED TO GET SOMEBODY, OR SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET SOMEBODY BACK HERE. 'CAUSE IT'S OUTTA CONTROL. PEOPLE ARE DOING OH. AND THEY'RE DRINKING ALCOHOL BACK THERE, LEAVING BEER CANS. I EVEN SAW A GUY GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND I CALLED THE POLICE. I SAID, THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS. HE WENT RIGHT OVER THE SIDE AND WENT, WENT TO THE BATHROOM. I SAID, WE HAVE KIDS OUT HERE. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME? AND I CALLED THE POLICE. THIS WAS LIKE, I GO, I'M OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. YEAH, BUT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW IT? I MEAN, I WAS THERE TWO DAYS AGO. OKAY. SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM. YES. OKAY. WHEN THE WEATHER GETS NICE, EVERYBODY'S OUT AT THE PARK. YEAH. IF YOU WOULD SEND ME AN EMAIL. OKAY. I WILL HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH HIM. OKAY. TOMORROW. ALRIGHT. AS SOON AS I GET THE EMAIL. OKAY. YOU WANT ME, YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T WANNA TELL HER THAT YOU ALREADY PUT HIM ON NOTICE? YES, I ALREADY PUT HIM ON NOTICE. THANK YOU, . GREAT. CAN WE HAVE BISHOP PRESTON, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TO MR. FINER, UH, TO THE, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS OF GREENBERG TOWN AND TO THE ATTORNEY. I, UM, STAND BEFORE YOU KIND OF EMOTIONAL. UH, AND, UH, IT, IT, IT, IT'S JUST TOUGH FOR ME NOW. UM, I, I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO, UH, FORMALLY AND INFORM YOU THAT I AM RESIGNING AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HOUSING GREENBURG HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UM, I WILL BE SPEAKING TO CHIEF POWELL ABOUT MY POSITION AS CHAPLAIN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE HEAD CHAPLAIN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, I HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THE GREENBERG HOUSING AUTHORITY NOW FOR THIS SUM, THIS SUMMER WILL BE 26 YEARS OUT OF THE 26 YEARS. I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR FOR 18 YEARS, AND WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE TOWN. WHEN I BECAME, UH, COMMISSIONER, WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONS IN 2000, I, WE WERE, WE HAD A PORTFOLIO OF ABOUT 256 UNITS. NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 730 UNITS THAT WE SERVE AS UNDER FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH CONSTITUTE WHAT I THINK IS, UH, QUITE A FEAT TO PROVIDE SAFE, CLEAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT AFFORD THE UP UPPER LEVELS OF HOUSING. PART OF THE REASON THAT I'M RESIGNING IS, UM, I'M ALMOST 77 YEARS OLD AND I'VE BEEN PASTORING FOR 48 YEARS. 48 YEARS OF A 54 YEAR MARRIAGE TAKES GREAT TOLL ON THE FAMILY, WIFE, CHILDREN, YOU'RE SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GO HOME. . [01:00:01] WHAT MAKES YOU THINK? HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MARRIAGE AND, AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ME TO GIVE SOME OF THAT BACK. I WOULD NOT BE GOING OUT OF MINISTRY. I WOULD JUST BE STEPPING DOWN FROM PASTORING. I WAS TELLING SOMEONE EARLIER TODAY, I, I ATTENDED ONE OF, I ATTENDED THE GREATEST FUNERAL THAT I'VE EVER, UH, UH, LOOKED AT OR EVER SIT OVER. AND THAT WAS THE LAST SATURDAY WHEN I TOLD MY CHURCH THAT I WOULD BE RESIGNING AS PASTOR. AND IT, IT WAS NOT EASY. I, UM, I OWE IT ALL TO GOD. GOD HAS BEEN MY GUIDE, MY INSTRUCTOR, MY CONFIDANT, MY COUNSELOR, MY LAWYER, MY DOCTOR. AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS BOARD HAS HAD IN ME FOR 20, ALMOST 26 YEARS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF GREENBURG. I HOPE I'VE SERVED WITH DIGNITY AND I HOPE I'VE SERVED WITH PURPOSE. THERE IS A GREAT VISION AND PLACE FOR GREENBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND I HOPE THAT THAT BOARD THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AND MANY OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WILL, UM, HAVE BEEN PLACED UNDER MY GUIDANCE AND UNDER MY RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BOARD. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKING THOSE POSITIONS WHAT THEY ARE. WE HAVE A GREAT HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD THAT WORKS TOGETHER VERY WELL TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED. AND I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND I WILL PROBABLY BE STAYING IN TOWN UNTIL OCTOBER, AFTER OCTOBER IS NOT SURE, BUT EACH ONE OF YOU ALL THE TIME, ALL THE RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF THERAPEUTIC SECTION, YOU HAVE MY PRAYERS AS I MOVE FORWARD INTO WHAT GOD IS DOING IN MY LIFE. I WILL BE DOING A LOT OF MENTORING. I'VE STARTED SOME MENTORING PROGRAMS FOR MEN, FOR PASTORS AND LEADERS. AND I WILL BE IN THAT FIELD WORKING WITH OUR HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS IN VIRGINIA, AND HOPEFULLY TRAINING OUR PASTORS TO TAKE THE PLACE OF MANY PASTORS WHO ARE RETIRING, NOT ONLY IN MY DENOMINATION, BUT IN A LOT OF OTHER DENOMINATIONS. AND AGAIN, GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU. AND DO KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BISHOP. I JUST WANNA, UH, SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU, I REALLY FEEL BE, UH, THAT YOU ARE, UM, RETIRING IF, UH, I HAD, UH, GOOD CONTEXT WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. I GET AN INJUNCTION, UH, TO PREVENT YOU FROM RETIRING BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN, UM, YOU'VE BEEN REALLY AN EXCEPTIONAL, UM, WHERE I GET IT FROM THE COURTS. UH, UM, UH, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN REALLY AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSET TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. UM, YOU HAVE FOUGHT VERY, VERY HARD FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UH, YOU'VE, UH, OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES IN GETTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BOTH, YOU KNOW, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE HAVEN'T BEEN EASY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STRUGGLES. THERE'S BEEN, YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TRIED PUTTING YOU DOWN OVER THE YEARS, BUT YOU'VE PLUGGED AWAY AND YOU PLUGGED AWAY, AND YOU'VE MADE LIFE SO MUCH BETTER FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN. UM, YOU'VE, UM, UH, SPOKEN OUT AT BOARD MEETINGS. YOU'VE BEEN A, A, A GREAT ADVOCATE. YOU KNOW, I FEEL OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS, YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, DEALING, DEALING WITH. BECAUSE YOU'VE, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL. YOU'RE, YOU JUST ARE AN AMAZING, UH, YOU KNOW, LEADER IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND I HOPE, UM, NOW THAT YOU'RE RETIRING FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THAT YOU'LL, UH, YOU'LL GET BORED AND, UH, AND, AND THAT YOU'LL, UH, UH, AND THAT YOU'LL UNRETIRE. UM, AND, AND, AND STAY AND STAY INVOLVED BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIKE, LIKE YOU. UM, YEAH, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE MADE GREENBERG WITHOUT QUESTION. YOU'VE MADE GREENBERG A BETTER PLACE AND YOU'RE, I THINK JUST AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY LEADER. AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE. AND YOU SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY VERY BRIEFLY THAT AS THE LIAISON TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, WITH THE WAY THAT THE MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED WITH SUCH PROFESSIONALISM, UM, SUCH [01:05:01] RESPECT AND WITH COMPASSION TOWARDS THE PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE SERVING. AND IT'S SORT OF FUNNY BECAUSE YOU AND I WERE POLITICAL RIVALS AT ONE POINT, BUT YOU WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. YOU REALLY DID. SO I WILL MISS YOU VERY MUCH TOO. I DO WANNA ADD AN ECHO TO, UM, WHAT COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN, EXCUSE ME, HAYWARD SAID, BUT I DO WANNA SAY OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU AND I CONNECTED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION. WE AGREED TO DISAGREE, BUT IN THAT TIME IT WAS RESPECTFUL. AND THAT'S WHAT I DO APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL. UM, BUT AGAIN, WE, WE, IT'S, IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S A LOSS. I THINK, I THINK HONESTLY, YOU, YOU SET THE TONE FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHAT CAN BE DONE. AND, AND YOU'VE GIVEN A BLUEPRINT THAT WHAT CAN BE MOVED FORWARD. SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND GET MUCH REST AND, AND BE GOOD TO YOUR WIFE IN ADDITION. AND DON'T SAY WHAT YOU DID . WELL, IN ADDITION TO YOUR, THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, I DISCOVERED LAST SATURDAY AT CAVALRY BAPTIST CHURCH THAT HE HAS A WONDERFUL SINGING VOICE SO HE CAN HAVE A SECOND CAREER . BUT THANK YOU. REALLY. THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN, YOU'VE BEEN A TERRIFIC, TERRIFIC, UM, MENTOR AS WELL AS GIVING YOURSELF IN SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OF THESE APPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD AS INEX INEXPENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU'RE DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YET GIVE QUALITY, IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A TUG AND WAR AND, UM, DISCUSSION OVER WORDS AND CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD PLENTY OF THOSE. UH, BUT THE END RESULT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WORTH IT. RIGHT? BECAUSE, UM, BY HAVING DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS AND ACTUALLY WORKING TO RESOLVE THEM AND DEALING WITH STORM WATER ISSUES AND SEWER ISSUES, NOTHING THAT ANYBODY FINDS SEXY, BUT, UH, YOU NEED IT IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO LIVE IN A BUILDING AND, UH, AND THEN TO SEE THE ACTUAL END RESULT. AND YOU WALK IN AND YOU SEE THE SMILES ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, UH, LIVING IN THE, THE DIFFERENT UNITS AND HOW HAPPY THEY ARE. AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WOULD YOU MIND MOVING OUT SO I CAN MOVE IN? YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE JUST THAT NICE. AND SO, UH, THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED, UM, WITHOUT YOUR EFFORTS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND, AND THE BOARD AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS THING HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT COLLABORATION IS ALL ABOUT. AND YOUR WONDERFUL COLLABORATOR. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, SO YOU, BUT YOU ARE, YOU'RE NOT LEAVING FOR VIRGINIA, RIGHT? YOU STAYING? I PROBABLY MOVED IN OCTOBER. OKAY. AT THAT TIME. OKAY. UM, MY WIFE WANTS TO STAY. SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH GREEN BIRD, WHITE PLAINS. I LOVE GREEN BIRD. WHITE PLAINS BETTER THAN I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD. I'M COMFORTABLE OUTSIDE, BUT WE DID BUILD A RETIREMENT HOME FOUR YEARS AGO. BEAUTIFUL. SO I COULD LIVE MORE RELAXED THERE THAN HERE. WE TRULY WATCH . WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU. A LOVELY PROCLAMATION AT OUR NEXT FOUR MEETING THAT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE TIMING. SO WE WILL HAVE YOU BACK OF COURSE, BUT YOU KNOW, PLEASE COME BACK TO VISIT, PLEASE. YES. THANK YOU. GREAT. AND, AND EVEN IN VIRGINIA, YOU CAN WATCH US ON ZOOM . YEAH. IF YOU MISS US, ALLOW US TO GIVE THAT TO YOU. , IS THERE ANY RIGHT. NO, THAT'S FUNNY. TOWN CLERK IS ANYBODY ELSE? YES. REVEREND LANE COBB. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, BISHOP. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, BISHOP. I'LL HAVE TO TELL YOU LATER. I'LL SEND YOU A CARD AND TELL YOU WHAT YOU'VE MEANT TO ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, LANE COBB, UH, TARRYTOWN RESIDENT AND, UM, CO-CHAIR OF THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, AND, UH, LAST WEEK, THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE SENT YOU AN EMAIL URGING YOU TO SIGN A RESOLUTION AROUND PROTECTING OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS. AND I JUST CAME TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANNA READ IT, UM, PUBLICLY AND TO THE RECORD, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION [01:10:01] ON SOMETHING AS WELL. UH, SHOULD I HAVE TIME? SO, UM, SUPERVISOR FINER AND TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, THANKS FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME. DEAR ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADVANCE AND ADOPT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO PETITION THE US GOVERNMENT TO END ICE AND CBP ABUSES AND AFFIRM THAT THE TOWN'S POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ONLY COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES TO THE EXTENT THEY ARE COMPELLED TO BY ESTABLISHED LAW. THERE IS NO MORE PRESSING HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERN IN OUR COUNTRY AT THIS MOMENT THAN PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ABUSES BEING PERPETRATED AGAINST EVERYDAY AMERICANS, BE THEY DOCUMENTED UNDOCUMENTED, WHITE, HISPANIC, YOUNG OR OLD, ET CETERA, BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. AND IN LIEU OF OUR NATIONAL LEADERS DEMONSTRATING BASIC REGARD FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. NOT TO MENTION THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE'S OBSTACLES AND CODIFYING VITAL PROTECTIONS VIA PENDING LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE NEW YORK FOR ALL ACT. IT IS INCUMBENT ON INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES TO AFFIRM THEIR VALUES AND OFFER SOLACE TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN THIS TIME OF FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY. ARDSLEY DOBBS FERRY HASTINGS ON HUDSON AND TARRYTOWN HAVE EACH PASSED VERSIONS OF THE MODEL RESOLUTION BEING CONSIDERED BY YOUR TOWN BOARD OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, REFLECTING THE URGENCY OF THE ISSUE AND THE ENORMOUS OUTPOURING OF FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS WANTING THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT DECISIVELY AND SWIFTLY IN THIS MOMENT, ADVOCATES FOR THE COUNTY'S HISPANIC AND IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS HAVE LIKEWISE EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR A CRITICAL MASS OF THESE RESOLUTIONS PASSING AS A BULWARK AGAINST ICE. AND CBP BELIEVING THEY CAN CONDUCT THEMSELVES HERE AS THEY HAVE IN MINNESOTA OR CHICAGO OR LOS ANGELES WITH IMPUNITY. THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT ASK TOWN OFFICIALS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO UNDERMINE EXISTING AND LONGSTANDING MANDATES AS IT CONCERNS THE PRESENCE OF ICE AND CBP IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT MERELY STATES THAT WE WILL NOT STAND BY IDLY IF AND WHEN THEY THEMSELVES BEHAVE IN WAYS THAT DISREGARD THOSE SAME LAWS. IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND A CLEAR SIGNAL TO OUR COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL ELECTEDS THAT WE EXPECT THEM TO CONTINUE APPLYING UPWARD PRESSURE IN KIND TO PRESERVE EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT FEAR OF FEDERALLY SANCTIONED VIOLENCE AND UNREST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND PLEASE DO CONSIDER THE MESSAGE NOT ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION WOULD SEND TO THE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ACROSS UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG IN PARTICULARLY WHO ARE RIGHTFULLY AND VISCERALLY ON EDGE AND WHO DESERVE ANY MEASURE OF REASSURANCE THE TOWN CAN PROVIDE. SINCERELY, THE GREENBERG HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO I, AS I SAID, I JUST WANTED TO READ THAT AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THAT RESOLUTION. UM, IN ADDITION, WHAT I'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET CLARIFICATION ON IS I HAVE BEEN ASKED AND NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY FIND THE ANSWER TO WHETHER THERE WAS A RESOLUTION ACTUALLY PASSED TO PROHIBIT THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM, UM, COOPERATING WITH ICE AGENTS IN CIVIL MATTERS. IS THAT AN ACTUAL RESOLUTION OR IS THAT JUST AN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT? DOES, DOES, DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT? NO, I BELIEVE THAT'S PROCEDURE. YEAH, THAT'S PART OF, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THEIR PROCEDURE OF THE POLICE PROCEDURE MANUAL. IT'S PART OF THE POLICE PROCEDURE MANUAL. RIGHT. OKAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I'LL TAKE THAT AS AN ANSWER. SO IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T, IT'S WITHIN THEIR, IT'S IN THEIR, THEY DON'T GET INVOLVED PART AS PART OF THEIR PROCEDURE 'CAUSE IT IS A PROCEDURE MATTER THEY HAVE, SO THEY HAVE THE GUIDELINES THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT, BUT IT'S AN EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION, BASICALLY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. CAST THE RESOLUTION. WAIT, WAIT. I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER. YOU'RE SAYING THAT, THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A MANDATE TO COOPERATE WITH ICE OR THEY THEY DO. THEY CAN'T PROCEDURALLY, THEY, THEY, IF THEY HAVE A WARRANT, IF ICE HAS A WARRANT, THEY CAN'T GET INVOLVED. RIGHT. SO AS LAW ENFORCEMENTS, THEY CAN'T IMPEDE ON ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY A JUDICIAL. CORRECT. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING. RIGHT. JUDICIAL, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A WARRANT. YEAH. RIGHT. SO IT MATTERS. SO IN CIVIL MATTERS, THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT AID ICE. CORRECT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TURN PEOPLE OVER TO ICE. IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. NO, THEY WILL NOT DO THAT UNLESS THERE'S A JUDICIAL WARRANT. UNLESS THERE'S YEAH. UNLESS THERE'S A WRIT. THANK YOU. BUT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON NO WAIT. 'CAUSE I JUST, YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, WILL WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? WE ARE WORKING ON THE REWARDING OF THE RESOLUTION [01:15:01] AND WE WILL HAVE IT READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. I ALSO WANNA MENTION ON MARCH 28TH, I'M WORKING WITH INDIVISIBLE, THE CENTRAL WESTCHESTER BRANCH. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, UH, THE NO KINGS RALLY OUTSIDE TOWN HALL MARCH, UH, 28TH. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, AT 10 O'CLOCK. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A, A RALLY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN, I THINK IN OCTOBER HERE. THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK OUT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T SPEAK OUT, UM, AT SOME POINT IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE AND WE'LL LOSE OUR DEMOCRACY, IN MY OPINION. UH, I ALSO HOPE THAT WHEN WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION, WE'LL ALSO ADOPT, UH, YOU SCHWARTZ'S, UH, SUGGESTION THAT, UM, ICE BE BAN, THAT WE ASK THE STATE TO BAN ICE, UH, WITHIN 2000 FEET OF, UM, ANY POLLING PLACE. UH, BECAUSE IF, IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT ICE COULD, UH, HAVE THEIR OFFICER IS, UH, CLOSE TO THE POLLING PLACES, IT'S GONNA DISCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE FROM, UH, FROM VOTING. SO I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THAT'S ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT WE SHOULD APPROVE. WELL, RIGHT NOW, UM, OUR ASSEMBLY WOMAN, MARY JANE CHIMPSKY, HAS SPONSORED A BILL MEETING TO PUT A BUFFER OF 200 FEET, UM, FROM POLLING SITES. UM, BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. I THINK. WELL, UM, CAN I FINISH? UM, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS ROBUST ENOUGH AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND, OR IF WE WOULD PUT THAT IN THE RESOLUTION. THAT'S STILL, WE WILL STILL DISCUSS THAT. OKAY. CLIFF HAVENS AT A SPECIAL MEETING. SO, LANE, MS. COBB, I AM, I'M GONNA FOLLOW WITH YOU BECAUSE I HAVE MORE INFORMATION WITH YOU FOR YOU. I'M RESEARCHING THAT. I JUST GOT INFORMATION FROM THE CHIEF, SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. YEAH, WE PASSED A, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION IN 2017. THAT'S WHAT I, YES. I NEED CLARIFICATION. I HAVE THE DATE. I HAVE THE DATE FOR THAT. SO I'LL EMAIL THAT OR TEXT THAT OVER TO YOU. BUT IT'S ALSO IN THEIR PROCEDURE MANUAL. BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO BISHOP. OKAY. BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK, HOW YOU DOING? CLIFF ABRAMS, LIFELONG RESIDENT TOWN OF GREENBURG BISHOP. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING ON THE PAUL WITH YOU. NOT YET. GEORGE MIGHT GAVE PAUL WITH, UM, THE CLOCK HAS STARTED. JUST START THE CLOCK. GO AHEAD. NO, UM, I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU ON THE BOARD AND YOU WILL BE MISSED. UM, BUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY, JOY IS OUR LIAISON. YOU KNOW, SHE HAVEN'T BEEN AT A PUBLIC MEETING YET, SO PEOPLE REALLY HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE TO MEET YOU, JOY. AND YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. TRUST ME. YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE YOU HAVING IT. UM, LAST SATURDAY, UM, QUEEN HAS LEAN SUPER IN THE COMMUNITY, GAVE A, UM, BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND MR. FINE, OUR SUPERVISOR GAVE ME A PROCLAMATION OUTTA HIS OFFICE AND CALLED IT FEBRUARY 28TH, CLIFTON EARL ABRAMS DAY. AND THE KEY TO THE TOWN. TOWN. AND PAUL, YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT THAT DAY. I WANT YOU TO COME TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, THE BOARD, THE BOARD WILL ALSO SEND CONGRATULATIONS. WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING, SO YEAH, GO AHEAD PAUL. COME. I'M JUST FOLLOWING MY THAT'S RIGHT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NO, THIS IS WORKING TOGETHER. YEAH. COLLABORATION. IT'S ALL PAUL. WOW. KEITH, WAIT, HE'S GOTTA HOLD IT STRAIGHT. A KEY. WAIT, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THIS IS HIS TIME. THIS IS HIS TIME. TALK OKAY. ME THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IS HOW YOU'VE GROWN AND BECOME A REAL IMPORTANT COMMUNITY LEADER IN OUR TOWN. 'CAUSE I I'VE FOLLOWED YOUR CAREER AND YOUR ACTIVISM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UH, YOU ALSO HAVE OVERCOME A LOT OF OBSTACLES, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE RESPECT YOU RIGHT NOW. AND YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF FANTASTIC THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'VE CHANGED LIVES FOR THE BETTER. YOU'VE GIVEN YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HOPE, AND YOU'RE JUST A REAL IMPORTANT ASSET TO OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I I JUST REALLY, I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOU BECAUSE I REMEMBER, UH, YOU, [01:20:01] YOU STRUGGLED WITH HEALTH ISSUES, UH, YEARS AGO, AND YOU GOT BACK ON YOUR FEET AND YOU DIDN'T GET DISCOURAGED. AND IT'S, YOU'VE ALWAYS INSPIRED ME, UH, FOR, FOR THAT. SO, UH, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. AND I I ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH OUR WALLS BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY IS GONNA CHANGE SO MANY LIVES FOR THE BETTER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, KEITH, TO GREENBERG. AND, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, PAUL IS A STAND UP GUY. ME AND PAUL HAD BUMPED HEADS MANY A TIMES, YOU KNOW, BUT HE'S NOT VICIOUS, YOU KNOW, AND WE COULD AGREE TO DISAGREE AND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE GO AGAINST CERTAIN THINGS, OUR POLITICS ARE DIFFERENT. AND WE HAD A BIG THING WHERE IT CAME WITH THE MURAL, BUT WE CAME TO AN UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW? IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING AND TAKING, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY, RIGHT, JOE. BUT, YOU KNOW. ANYWAY, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS MR. FINER, AND I KNOW YOU WANTED TO COME TO THE EVENT, BUT YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT. SO THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE AND I WANTED TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU. YEAH, ACTUALLY I WANTED TO, UM, SHOW UP. I GOT, I WAS, I WAS DRIVING OVER AND THEN I GOT A CALL THAT IT WAS, UH, RIGHT. I WANNA SAY THIS. THERE NO INTERRUPTIONS. I WANT TO SAY THIS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I ASKED BEFORE ABOUT THE PLATFORM, THIS SUMMER WILL BE FOUR YEARS THAT THE PLATFORM BEEN UP. AND A PLATFORM IS TEMPORARY, NOT PERMANENT, AND YOU CANNOT HAVE A PLATFORM AND LEY DALE EDGE BOND, IT'S A EYESORE, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S SPEAKING ON THIS. YOU KNOW, TAKE THE PLATFORM DOWN AND THEN ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT WE GOING TO DO, WE END UP, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IT BACK UP. WE DON'T PUT IT BACK UP, BUT IT'S A EYESORE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE UP FOR NO FOUR YEARS. ALL RIGHT? UM, AND LAST THE PLAYGROUND. THANKS JOY TERRYTOWN ROAD PLAYGROUND. THEY GOT ALL THESE BIG OLD PIPES THERE, RIGHT? I TOLD JOY AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, AND SHE AT LEAST GOT TO THE EPI YELLOW TAPE AROUND IT BECAUSE THE TOWN WAS DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR A LAWSUIT BECAUSE YOUNG KIDS IS IN THE PLAYGROUND, THEY FALL AND HURT THEMSELVES. I SAID, IF I FALL, I'M GONNA WAIT TILL THE COPS COME. , I CAN USE A GOOD LAWSUIT. RIGHT? AND Y'ALL NEED TO PROTECT THAT. I MEAN, IT IS HORRIBLE HOW Y'ALL GOT IT THERE. AND IT'S THE PLAYGROUND. BUT THAT'S AGAIN, MR. FINER. THANK YOU. WHAT'S NEXT? NEXT WE HAVE ERICA . HI, EVERYONE. HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. SO, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS IN THE YEAR THAT INVITES YOU TO PAUSE, LOOK AROUND, AND RECOGNIZE JUST HOW MUCH OF YOUR WORLD HAS BEEN SHAPED QUIETLY AND BOLDLY BY WOMEN WHOSE STORIES WEREN'T ALWAYS GIVEN THE SPOTLIGHT. THERE ARE MANY ACCOMPLISHED WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, STARTING FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, POLITICIANS, ARTISTS, AND SCIENTISTS. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A WOMAN. I'M AN ADVOCATE OF WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EMPOWERMENT, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RIGHTS. I WANT TO SEE A WOMAN PRESIDENT OF OUR COUNTRY, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT SO FAR, THE WORD WOMAN HAS THE WORD MAN IN IT. MEANING, FOR EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN, THERE IS DEFINITELY THE CONTRIBUTION OF A MAN. REGARDING MR. PAUL FINDER'S REELECTION IN JUNE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW HIS TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION IN GREENBERG FOR 35 YEARS. I REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND THE REASON OF DEFAMING HIM AND TRYING TO BRING HIM DOWN WHEN HE'S DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WE SHOULD APPRECIATE HIS WORK, THANK HIM, AND RECOGNIZE HIS RELENTLESS EFFORTS AND SERVICES TO MAKE GREEN BARK PROSPEROUS. PAUL KNOWS EVERY NUAN CORNER OF GREEN BARK. FROM HIS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, PAUL HAS HANDLED THE MASSIVE BUDGET WITH PEACE AND EASE. HE'S A GREAT MENTOR AND HAS BEEN ALREADY TRAINING SO MANY OF US. PART OUR TALENT AS PART OUR TALENT, CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY. PEOPLE WHO ARE DEFENDING HIM SHOULD PLACE LEGITIMATE EVIDENCES BEFORE MAKING SKETCHY REMARKS. PEOPLE DOESN'T REALLY READ LENGTHY POSTS OR TEXT SKETCHY AND CREEPY PEOPLE SERIOUSLY. IN FACT, AVOID THEM, DISREGARD THEM AND RUN AWAY FROM THEM. ANY DEFAMATION AGAINST PAUL IS ACTUALLY WORKING AS A POSITIVE NOTE CAUSE PEOPLE KNOW HIS TALENT, HIS SERVICES SO FAR AND HIS TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT. [01:25:01] I WISH PAUL A VERY BEST OF LUCK FOR HIS LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN THIS JUNE PRIMARY. PAUL IS INDEED A PROBLEM SOLVER. I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING TOWN BOARD MEETINGS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, AND HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH OTHER RESIDENTS AS WELL, SHARING MY IMPRESSIONS. RESIDENTS DON'T LIKE THE BICKERING, FIGHTING AND DISRESPECT SHOWN TO PAUL. HE WAS ELECTED TOWN SUPERVISOR. HE SHOULDN'T BE INTERRUPTED. AND IF HE HAS DIFFERING OPINIONS, WE SHOULD ALL RESPECT HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK AND EXPRESS HIMSELF. I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE MY DESIRE TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR A SPOT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE. I THINK IT'S WRONG FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO DISCOURAGE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, DO YOU HAVE ANY REMARKS? JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR WANTING TO BE INVOLVED AND YOU KNOW, I I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU'RE, UH, PASSIONATE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS. UM, I, I AM IMPRESSED WITH, UH, WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE CABLE TV, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOWS HOW YOU, YOU GETTING MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE. THE TOWN SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET MORE INVOLVED. MM-HMM . AND YOU'VE ATTENDED, UH, MANY MEETINGS RECENT, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT MONTHS. UM, SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD BE OFF, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS BOARD AND YOU HAVE A LOT TO OFFER, RIGHT? I'M VERY RESOURCEFUL BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AN ACTIVIST FOR 12 YEARS NOW, AND I'VE BEEN A DISTRICT LEADER FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. AND ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SPEAK HEART TO HEART WITH PEOPLE, AND I'M A VERY DOWN TO EARTH PERSON. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LIKE, ABOUT FIVE, SIX YEARS, YOU KNOW, BOTH OFFLINE AND ONLINE, BOTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON. SO I'M PRETTY EXPERIENCED AND I FEEL THAT, UH, I SHOULDN'T BE DEPRIVED OF WHAT I DESERVE AND DESIRE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARL. AND, YOU KNOW, HUMAN RIGHTS, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, UM, UM, AND THE TOWN, WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS MM-HMM . UM, AND DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES. NOT DISCOURAGING. SO WE DON'T WANT HAVE RUBBER STAMPS, RUBBER STAMP TOWN BOARD. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A RUBBER STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS AGREEING ON THE SAME THING. SO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT, MAYBE DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES, DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT SHOULD BE EMBRACED, NOT DISCOURAGED, RIGHT. SHARING IS ALWAYS CARING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATED. SANDRA BOER. OKAY. HELLO. IS THIS LOUD ENOUGH AND CLEAR ENOUGH? IT'S CLEAR, YES. OKAY. UH, HI. UH, MY NAME IS SANDRA BOOR. UH, I'M A RESIDENT NOW OF HARTSDALE AND VERY RECENT, AND I CAME HERE BECAUSE I WAS INVITED FOR TANYA JOHNSON'S AWARD. I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST AN AWARD CEREMONY FOR HER . SO I APOLOGIZED FOR MODELING THE EARRINGS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS A COMPLETE TOWN HALL MEETING, BUT I'M SO HAPPY THAT I'M HERE BECAUSE I'VE WANTED TO COME TO A MEETING FOR SO LONG. AND I FIRST ACCOSTED, OR I SHOULD SAY, ENCOUNTERED PAUL FINER IN AISLE EIGHT OF SHOPRITE. AND I JUST THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW DEDICATED HE IS. HE DRIVES AROUND WITH A BIG SIGN ON HIS CAR TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, TALK TO ME. AND SO I DID. UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE REVEREND BECAUSE I MYSELF, UH, HAVE RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER 37 YEARS OF A LONG CAREER IN TEACHING. AND SO NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED MORE WITH, UH, GREENBURG AND WHERE I LIVE. BECAUSE SINCE I GREW UP IN MANHATTAN IN A STUDIO, I GREW UP IN THE BRONX, UH, TO ME, WHERE I LIVE, PINEWOOD GARDENS IS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS THE COUNTRY FOR ME . SO I LOVE IT HERE. I LOVE THE PARKS, I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS AREA. UM, SO MY COMMENT TODAY IS BASICALLY ABOUT THE, UM, THE SIDEWALK THAT GOES FROM WHERE I LIVE, WHICH IS NEAR THE HARTSDALE PET CEMETERY. AND IT, UH, SPANS UNTIL TRADER JOE'S AND I WALKED THAT, UM, THAT ROUTE VERY OFTEN. I JUST WALKED IT YESTERDAY BECAUSE I HAD TO DROP OFF MY CAR AT NAVIS. UH, THEY [01:30:01] DID A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY. AND, UM, THERE'S A SPAN OF IT, UH, THAT THE SIDEWALK JUST ENDS. I MEAN, I ALWAYS THINK OF THAT BOOK WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS AS I'M WALKING IT. AND WHEN I WAS COMING BACK, I MEAN, I ALMOST GOT RUN OVER BY CRAZY DRIVERS. THERE WAS SOME LADY THAT WAS IN A HURRY, YOU KNOW, MY FATHER USED TO SAY THEY'RE IN A HURRY TO GO NOWHERE, OR THEY WERE IN A HURRY TO GET TO THE CEMETERY. AND I WAS LITERALLY WALKING PAST THE HARTSDALE PET CEMETERY, AND THIS WOMAN JUST RAMMED HER HORN. I NEARLY RAN ME OVER. SO I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT SIDEWALK. BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS IT EVER GOING TO BE COMPLETED? I SAW THERE WERE SOME CONES THERE. UM, IS THAT SIDEWALK GOING TO GOING TO BE COMPLETED? BECAUSE WE REALLY NEEDED, AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WALK ON THAT BLOCK THAT YOU HAVE NO CLUE. YOU, YOU DON'T SEE THEM. BUT I DO. AND THAT'S ALL I WANNA ASK OR SAY AND ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. CAN I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THERE'S, THERE'S A GRANT THAT WE, I THINK IT WAS AT THE LAST MEETING, WHERE WE'RE GONNA FILL IN ALL THOSE GAPS. THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE GAPS ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE FROM YONKERS TO WHITE PLAINS, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THEM, BUT THERE ARE MANY OF THOSE WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE NICE AND FINE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE NO SIDEWALK, AND THEN YOU HAVE A SIDEWALK, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A SIDEWALK. SO IT'S UNUSUAL TO DO GAPS BECAUSE YOU NORMALLY DO A SIDEWALK FROM ONE, ONE STREET TO ANOTHER. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAKING, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. WHY WAS IT NOT COMPLETELY, ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I THINK SHE'S TALKING. SO THERE'S A VERY LARGE ROCK OUTCROPPING OVER THE SECTION OF SIDEWALK THAT WOULD'VE BEEN COMPLETED THAT IS NOW GOING TO BE ADDRESSED. THEY ARE GOING TO EXCAVATE THE ROCK SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THE SIDEWALK. I UNDERSTAND. SO THAT'S THE PLAN. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE? YES, NORTH WASHINGTON. OH, OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU TALKED TO CENTRAL AVENUE. NO, NO, NO, NORTH WASHINGTON, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PET CEMETERY. WEST HARTSDALE TO TRADER JOE. RIGHT, RIGHT NEAR THE HARTSDALE PET CEMETERY. YES. AND NOW IT'S FILLED WITH POTHOLES. PEOPLE DRIVE LIKE LUNATICS. UM, THEY JUST, AND THEY DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN. I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY, IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS STREET. YES, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WALK AND I DEFINITELY NEED MY STEPS. SO , SO THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN UTILIZE THAT SIDEWALK. IT'S WONDERFUL. IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE PLAINS CONFERENCE CENTER. SO I HOPE IT WILL BE COMPLETED. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO MORE OF THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. AND I'M SORRY, I INTRUDED BEFORE I GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT HER EARRINGS. . PERFECTLY FINE. NO APOLOGIES. SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE'D LOVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET YOU INVOLVED. UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT WAYS THAT YOU, YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS SORT OF THINKING, UM, THAT ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT GREENBERG IS OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND ONE OF THE WAYS OF BEING RESPONSIVE IS BY HAVING THESE MEETINGS AND LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND BEING RESPONSIVE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREENBERG THAT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED. YOU KNOW, HAL SAMIS, WHO'S OVER HERE. YOU ADVOCATED FOR THE, UH, SIDEWALK, UM, THE FILLING THE GAP. YOU KNOW, YOU SPOKE AT, UH, MANY MEETINGS, YOU COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE LISTENING. SO TODAY, UH, WHEN RESIDENTS SPOKE ABOUT TRAVIS PARK, WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT, UH, YOSEMITE PARK, UM, UH, GIVING US SUGGESTIONS WHEN, UH, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, GIVING US SUGGESTIONS, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, GIVING US SUGGESTIONS AS TO WAYS WE COULD, UH, OR KNOWS WAYS WE CAN MAKE GOVERNMENT BETTER, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LISTENED TO AND, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA REFLECT ON COMMENTS. AND, UM, IF WE DO THINGS THAT ARE NOT PERFECT, WE WILL, WE'RE WILLING TO MODIFY AND MAKE CHANGES. SO YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS REALLY, YES. FANTASTIC. I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN INVOLVED WITHOUT EVEN, UM, BEING, BEING EXPIRED. NO, THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY COMMITTEE. UM, THERE WAS A RECYCLING BIN ON, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. TIME, TIME DID EXPIRE. I'M, SO WE DO NEED, NEED TO GO ONTO THE NEXT THANK YOU. I'LL, UH, SEND AN EMAIL IN THE FUTURE. APPRECIATE IT. AND YOU HAVE MY EMAILS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETE. FINE GREENBERG. OKAY, THANKS . UM, GOOD. THIS IS REALLY GREAT. WE WANT MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED. SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS AND, UM, AND YOU HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS, ATTEND OUR NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING. IF YOU HAVE AGREEMENTS, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS AS TO WAYS WE CAN MAKE A TOWN GOVERNMENT BETTER, WE MEET THE SECOND AND FOURTH, YOU KNOW, WEDNESDAYS AND GOVERNMENT DEMOCRACY ONLY WORKS IF CITIZENS ARE INVOLVED. AND CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH US. IT MEANS THAT [01:35:01] YOU SHOULD DISAGREE WITH US AND AGREE WITH US AT TIMES AND WE WILL REFLECT ON YOUR COMMENTS. SO THANK YOU. UM, KYLE, SAM, WELL, WE'LL TEST THAT ON HOW YOU DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN'T AS FRIENDLY. , YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR THAT. 'CAUSE ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. HOWEVER, THE TOWN BOARD DOESN'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THERE'S SEVEN PEOPLE UP ON THAT DAUS WHO HAVE UNLIMITED TIME TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE THE LAST WORD. OKAY? WE ALL LIKE MAGICIANS EVEN HERE IN GREENBERG. SO THE QUESTION IS, HAVE WE BEEN WATCHING MAGICIANS ALL ALONG ON TOWN BOARD ONE TONIGHT? WE HAVE A $350,000 NOW GOING TO AN ATTORNEY. TO ME, WE KNOW ABOUT THE $120,000 PORTION OF THAT, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OVER AND FINISHED WITH WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS ABOUT THE $230,000 FOR SOMETHING THAT'S STILL ONGOING AND LIKELY TO INCUR ADDITIONAL COST TO TAXPAYERS. THAT'S WHAT A MAGICIAN DOES. THEY DEFLECT YOU AWAY FROM THE TRICK. WE TALK ABOUT THE 120,000. WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE 230,000 TB, TWO $400,000 MORE TO SAVE GREENBURG. AND HERE WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT EDGEMONT IN CORPORATION. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH EDGEMONT RESIDENTS PAY IN TAXES TOWARDS THIS $400,000 SO THAT THEY CAN'T INCORPORATE? IT SEEMS KIND OF QUIXOTIC THAT THEY'RE PAYING MONEY WHEN THEY WANNA INCORPORATE AND THAT MONEY IS BEING USED AGAINST THEM. HAS ANYONE HEARD ABOUT THE $72,000 THAT WE ARE SPENDING SPENT FOR THE FORENSIC AUDIT? UM, YOU KNOW, THE OPINION CAME OUT OF THIS, JUST THE FACTS THAT THE TOWN HAD ALREADY KNEW AND REPORTED, BUT I'M SURE EVERYONE IN TOWN HAS HEARD ABOUT THE MISSING $39 MILLION. NOT MISSING 39, 30 2 MILLION BECAUSE THERE'S AROUND SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION LEFT HERE. AGAIN, WE HAVE DEFLECTION BECAUSE WHY DID WE HAVE $39 MILLION IN THE FIRST PLACE? IT'S NOT BECAUSE ANYONE IN THIS TOWN GOT A MONOPOLY CARD. RICH UNCLE DIED, LEFT THE TOWN 39 MILLION. IT CAME OUT OF THE TAXPAYER'S TAXES, WHICH WERE COLLECTED WHEN WE WERE, QUOTE, BALANCING EACH YEAR'S BUDGET AND USING FUND BALANCE AT THE SAME TIME. TO DO SO, WE OVERCHARGE TAXPAYERS, THE MONEY GOES INTO A FOOD BA, A FUND BALANCE SO THAT THE TOWN EARNS THE INTEREST ON THAT MONEY. AND IT DOESN'T GO ANYMORE INTO THE WALLETS OR STABLES ACCOUNTS OF THE TAXPAYERS WHO CONTRIBUTED THAT MONEY. BUT WHY, IN FACT, DO WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THIS MONEY IN A FRONT BALANCE FOR A COURTHOUSE AND POLICE HEADQUARTERS? WE HAVE A CAPITAL BUDGET. AND THE IDEA BEHIND A CAPITAL BUDGET IS ITEMS THAT HAVE A LONG SHELF LIFE SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE USING IT. SO WHEN WE PUT $39 MILLION DOLLARS ESSENTIALLY FOR THIS COURTHOUSE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS HAVING THE CURRENT USERS PAY THE COST. THE COURTHOUSE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH A CAPITAL BUDGET. YOU HAVE SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS LEFT. IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH A COURTHOUSE, USE THAT 700 HALF MILLION AND SELL THE BONDS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS FABULOUS BOND RATING. THE ONLY VALUE IS, IS WHEN YOU SELL DEBT. SO THE QUESTION IS, WE ARE CONSCIOUS NOW ABOUT THE MONEY. THAT'S HOW WE'RE SPENDING TO MAKE UP ALL THIS LOST MONEY. AND ON THE RE RESOLUTION TONIGHT IS TV TWO AND THAT'S THE $60,000 SO THAT WE CAN GET A POTENTIALLY A BRONZE MEDAL FOR DOING THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY. YEARS AGO THERE WAS A SIMILAR SCAM CALLED [01:40:01] LEADS WHERE YOU WOULD DO ALL THESE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO ANYWAY, WHICH THE TOWN BOARD WANTS TO DO. WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY $60,000 TO DO THE WORK WE SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO OTHER SPEAKERS? UH, TB ONE, UM, UH, HE SAID THAT THE ZOOM SPEAKER. OH, ZOOM. SORRY. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A ZOOM. YES. WE NEED TO UNMUTE STEP. YOU WOULD NEED TO UNMUTE. COPY BILL. YOU NEED TO UNMUTE. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT. IF YOU WANNA TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, THEN YOU'LL BE ON VIDEO. HI, SIR. IT'S OKAY. WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. I'M GONNA MAKE THIS BRIEF. UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW LONG THESE MEETINGS DO TAKE. UH, SO GOD BLESS YOU GUYS FOR THIS. UM, MY SPECIFIC COMMENT TONIGHT, MY NAME IS BILL GANS. I'M IN THE BEAVER HILL SECTION OF GREENBURG. MY WIFE ELLEN, AND I, I HAVE LIVED IN GREENBURG FOR OVER 50 YEARS. AND MY SPECIFIC COMMENT TONIGHT IS REGARDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC NEED TO HAVE ONE. AND WE HAD SENT A LETTER TO, UH, PAUL FINER LAST WEEK, UH, LAYING OUT WHY. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AT THIS POINT. SO WE HAVE A, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A SPECIAL NEEDS SON WHO IS NON-VERBAL AND TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON US. MY SON JESSE, IS NOW 32 YEARS OLD. HE IS VERY SWEET AND LOVING AND HAS NO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS. WE ARE GETTING OLDER AND WORRY OURSELVES TO DEATH ABOUT HIS FUTURE. THERE ARE NO PLACES FOR OUR KIDS. THERE IS A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF HOMES AND STAFF TO CARE FOR THEM. WE ARE AT THE STAGE OF OUR LIVES WHERE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR HIM. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OUR OWN HEALTH ISSUES, SO WE KNOW HOW FRAGILE LIFE IS. NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S SAFETY AND WELLBEING AFTER THEY'RE GONE. WE HAVE TO HAVE HIM CLOSE AND TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE NEED A SEPARATE DWELLING FOR HIM WITH A ROOMMATE AND STAFF MEMBERS ON OUR PROPERTY. WE KNOW WE HAVE A SMALLER LOT THAN IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT, UH, BECAUSE FOR US IT'S NOT ABOUT OUR PROPERTY, BUT IT'S ABOUT OUR SON. PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO ALLOW OUR DREAM FOR OUR SON TO COME TRUE. EVERYONE KNOWS OR LOVES SOMEONE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO JUST IMAGINE IF IT WAS YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVED. WE ARE BEGGING YOU FOR OUR HELP WITH THIS SO THAT WE CAN SOMEDAY DIE IN PEACE KNOWING OUR BELOVED SON HAS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING IS GOING TO ADDRESS ADUS MORE SPECIFICALLY. SO I'M GONNA TRY TO ATTEND THAT, UH, MEETING IN PERSON AND MAKE WHATEVER SUGGESTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS I HAVE TO TRY AND RESOLVE THIS. THESE, UH, REQUIREMENTS SO FAR SEEM TO US TO BE IN, IN ADEQUATE RIGHT NOW. NOT ONLY US, BUT EVERYONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR AN A DU. UH, MY SON CURRENTLY GOES TO A, UM, ADULT REHAB PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEY PERIODICALLY HAVE MEETINGS FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. AND THE LAST MEETING WE ATTENDED, THEY TOLD US THAT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR THERE WOULD BE A SHORTAGE OF 600,000 HOUSING UNITS FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME VERY CREATIVE AND ACCOMMODATING WAYS TO FIND HOUSING FOR OUR SPECIAL, UM, SONS AND DAUGHTERS. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. UH, PAUL, WE APPRECIATED TALKING TO YOU LAST WEEK, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT I CAN GET MORE IN DEPTH WITH THIS ON YOU. WITH YOU. THANK YOU. UH, I JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, FEEL SO HORRIBLE THAT, UH, THAT THIS IS TAKING SO LONG. THERE'S PEOPLE WHO DEFINITELY NEED THE ADUS AND I THINK YOU WERE LIKE SO ARTICULATE AND YOU MADE THE POINT VERY, VERY, UM, EFFECTIVELY I THINK THAT THE TOWN HAS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO, [01:45:01] UM, THE, TO FAMILY, TO FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, UH, UH, CHILDREN WITH, WITH DISABILITIES. AND I CAN'T SEE WHY WE HAVE TO ADOPT AN A DU LAW THAT ONLY BENEFITS PEOPLE WITH LARGER PROPERTIES. BECAUSE THE WHOLE, WHEN I HEARD OF THE A DU INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, MY ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS WAS BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, WHO WERE STRUGGLING WITH ISSUES LIKE, LIKE YOU HAVE, OR PEOPLE WHO, UM, ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE THEY, THEY NEEDED FOR FI FINANCIAL REASONS. SO I DEFINITELY, UH, FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD, UH, THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD WORK WITH YOU AND TRY FIGURING OUT A WAY OF ENABLING YOU TO, UM, UH, HAVE THE ADUS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS LIFE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERN. SO I PLEDGE THAT I'M GONNA DO WHATEVER I CAN TO HELP, AND I'M HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND, AND MAYBE THE COMMISSIONER, MAYBE HE, WE COULD BRAINSTORM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO, UM, UM, THE ROCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE DISABLED. UM, MAYBE, UM, MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, A RC, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THE, UH, THE GROUPS THAT ADVOCATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED MM-HMM . AND I'M SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT, OR THEY COULD COME HELP US COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT COULD ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS. BUT I I, I'M SO THRILLED THAT YOU SPOKE AT THIS MEETING BECAUSE YOU DEFINITELY ARE. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS COMMENT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU FEEL YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GOVERNMENT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO WITH OUR SON THAT THERE'S NO COOKIE CUTTER ANSWERS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND SO I DON'T FEEL THAT THERE'S ANY COOKIE CUTTER ANSWER TO THIS KIND OF A PROBLEM WITH ADUS. IT HAS TO BE , SIR. AND, AND I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. WE ARE BEYOND THE FIVE MINUTES, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSSION. IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, MAYBE EMAIL ME IF YOU EMAIL ME AND ASK FOR A MEETING WITH SAY, THE COMMISSIONER OF PLANNING AND, UM, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS TO DEVELOP, UH, DISABLED ON THE MOVE AND SOME OF THE ADVOCACY GROUPS FOR THE SPECIAL FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. MAYBE WE COULD ALL SIT DOWN AND, AND TRY COMING UP WITH, WITH A PLAN. SO IF YOU JUST EMAIL ME, THEN I'LL WORK ON IT, UH, EITHER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW. ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE ALREADY, WHEN I GOT YOUR EMAIL, I ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING. UH, YOU ARE ON A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. THERE'S NO PRACTICAL WAY TO PUT A SECOND DWELLING ON YOUR LOT, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT YOU COULD EXPAND YOUR PRINCIPAL DWELLING. AND WHAT MAY BE YOUR RELIEF, QUITE FRANKLY, IS NOT SO MUCH THE A DU LEGISLATION, BUT THE 2 85 AMENDMENTS THAT I THINK WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR SITUATION. UM, YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE 2 85 AMENDMENTS, BUT IT'S BASICALLY AN OVERHAUL OF OUR EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW SECOND KITCHENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN INDEPENDENT, UM, AREA OF YOUR HOME. UM, BUT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS HAVING TWO DWELLING UNITS ON A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. AND THERE'S NO REAL PRACTICAL WAY TO DO THAT. BUT WE COULD HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD THE DISCUSSION, UH, YESTERDAY ABOUT THE CHAPTER AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING, COULD WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, THIS ISSUE, UM, AND EXPEDITE, UM, ITS REVIEW AND, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE APPROVALS BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU INDICATED, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY OR GARRETT INDICATED THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE MONTHS BEFORE THAT WOULD BE APPROVED. SO IF WE TOOK, IF EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD BASICALLY, UH, WOULD AGREE THAT WE WANT TO HELP, UH, UH, MR. UH, GENS, WHY DON'T WE DO IT QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, AND REF AND, AND, AND TAKE THAT OUT OF ORDER. UM, AND, AND THIS WAY HE COULD GET THE, HE COULD START PLANNING AND HE COULD GET THE RELIEF THAT HE NEEDS. YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT IT'S CALLED AS LONG AS HE COULD HOUSE HIS, UM, YOU KNOW, HIS SON IN HIS HOUSE. AND SO WHY CAN'T WE JUST, WHY CAN'T WE JUST EXPEDITE IT INSTEAD OF, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS PROPOSED YESTERDAY IS GONNA TAKE MANY, MANY MONTHS. AND, BUT THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO BY WITH, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I'VE, I'VE, I'VE BEEN QUIET. THERE'S A PROCESS, SIR, WHICH, WHICH WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONCERN VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO [01:50:01] THAT'S JUST OUR, THAT'S JUST OUR LEGAL PROCESS. BUT THERE ARE HEARINGS AND WE WOULD WELCOME YOU TO COME OUT TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND EXPRESS YOURSELF AGAIN. I MEAN, WE DO HAVE YOUR LETTER. IT HAS BEEN IN RECORD, PUT IN RECORD, BUT THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE DO HAVE TO FOLLOW. RIGHT? BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE MAY BE RELIEF, IT MAY NOT BE THROUGH THE A DU LEGISLATION, BUT IT MAY BE THROUGH THE 2 85 AND WE'LL BE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT YOUR PROPERTY TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS WHILE WE DO THE 2 85. BUT THE 2 85 IS A COMPREHENSIVE OVER, UM, REVISION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THERE'S NO, LET'S TAKE THIS PIECE OUT AND DO THIS FIRST, BECAUSE IT'S ALL PART OF CHANGING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY SETBACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS THAT MAKE IT. BUT WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE THESE REVISIONS BY AT LEAST THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO TAKE LONGER THAN THAT. OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. NEXT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. TB ONE. UM, DOES [ TB 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of the Law Office of Vincent Toomey as special counsel to address town matters concerning personnel related issues for an additional amount of $50,000, $350,000 in total] ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THE, THAT MOTION? WHO'S THE, UH, DEPUTY? WHAT? WHO'S THE DEPUTY? OH, NEVERMIND. TB ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED ION OF THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCE TOY AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS IT'S OKAY. I'LL DO IT. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT IT, I THOUGHT MY, OR YOU DO IT, FRANCIS. GO AHEAD. IT'S, IT'S ALRIGHT. IT'S ALRIGHT. IT'S ALRIGHT. ENJOY. NO, LET'S GO AND PROCESS MY LOVE. IT'S OKAY. FINE. IT'S BETTER. IT'S, YOU DO IT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. OKAY. RIGHT. RESOLUTION TB ONE AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT TOOMEY AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS CONCERNING PERSONNEL RELATED ISSUES FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF FIVE OF $50,000, 350,000 IN TOTAL. SECOND, I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. I THINK THIS IS A BIG WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T OBJECT TO MR. TOOMEY, UM, DOING, UH, LEGAL WORK, BUT I, UH, BUT I DO OBJECT, UM, TO HIM REPRESENTING THE TOWN ON, UH, THE ETHICS CHARGES INVOLVING THE TOWN BOARD BECAUSE I, I FEEL THAT THERE'S, THAT THIS WAS A, A BIG WASTE OF MONEY COST OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. UM, WHEN, UM, THE BOARD MEMBERS COULD HAVE INDIVIDUALLY SPOKEN TO THE ETHICS BOARD AND PROBABLY GOTTEN THE, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE SAME, UM, UH, RESULTS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY VINCENT TOOMEY, BUT I THINK YOU HAVE A STENOGRAPHER AT THESE MEETINGS, UH, ALSO, AND THAT'S COSTING MORE. SO WE'RE SPENDING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WE'RE JUST THROWING THE, JUST THROWING THE MONEY IN THE GARBAGE ON A WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE. SO THIS IS A BIG RIP OFF OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE, UM, WHEN WE'RE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, WE SHOULDN'T BE WASTING SIX FIGURES ON, ON AN OUTSIDE LAWYER. HOWEVER, THE, THE THREE TIMES THAT YOU WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ETHICS BOARD, YOU CHOSE TO USE AN ATTORNEY RATHER THAN FOLLOW YOUR OWN ADVICE THAT YOU SPEAK ON YOUR OWN. THAT ATTORNEY HAPPENED TO BE THE TOWN ATTORNEY. YES. WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO REBUT. I KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, BUT BECAUSE OUR TOWN ATTORNEY WAS NOT ABLE TO REPRESENT US BECAUSE HE WAS ONE OF THE NAME PEOPLE IN THE, THE ETHICS COMPLAINT, WHICH BY THE WAY WAS FRIVOLOUS. UM, AND WE WERE FORCED INTO A POSITION TO USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL. NONE OF US WANTED TO, BUT NONE OF US WANTED TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ETHICS BOARD ON FRIVOLOUS CHARGES. WELL, IF, IF THERE'S A FRIVOLOUS CHARGE, YOU COULD REPRESENT YOURSELF WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY. WELL, YOU COULD HAVE REPRESENTED, OKAY, TAMMY ONE, WHAT'S THE NEXT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. I, UM, NO, UM, OKAY. ARE YOU NOT DOING THIS? ARE YOU NOT DOING THIS TOO? NO. TB TWO, LET ME ASK A QUESTION, UM, OF THE BOARD. UM, I SPOKE TO, UM, UM, OUR, UM, THE HEAD OF OUR MIS DEPARTMENT. HE SAID THAT THE COMPANY MOTION WOULD BE A HIGH LINK, WOULD BE, UH, NEEDS TO BE MOTION. AND SECOND, I NO, I THOUGHT YOU SECONDED. I'M JUST ASKING IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY. NO, HE'S DOING, HE'S READING IT NOW THAT WE COULD HAVE THEM AT THE WORK SESSION. I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA BE, HE'S MAKING A COMMENT YESTERDAY AND THEY WEREN'T. HE'S DOING, NO, I THINK SOMEONE MIGHT BE ON ZOOM RIGHT NOW. OH, OKAY. WELL, PETER, WELL, HERE, HERE, THEY'RE ON ZOOM. THEY, WE HAVE OUR MIS DIRECTOR ON PETER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? BUT WAIT, WE NEED TO DO, I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN PROCESS. DID HE PUT IT FORWARD? WE NEED TO PUT IT FORWARD THEN HE CAN COME YOUT, PUT THE MOTION THROUGH. THERE'S NO MOTION. PAUL PUT THE MOTION THROUGH. DO YOU WANNA MAKE, DO YOU, BECAUSE I WANT, I WANT TO HEAR THEM AND THEN WE ALL WANNA HEAR THEM SO [ TB 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the Supervisor to execute a contract with Hi-Link Technology Group LLC to provide comprehensive managed voice and internet service for all town buildings at a one-time cost for system design and engineering of $14,500 and a 5-year service agreement for voice services and internet access at an annual cost not to exceed $117,600, for a total amount not to exceed $602,500] YOU MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. TB 2 3 11 2, UH, [01:55:01] 2025 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT. 2026, THANK YOU RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH HIGH LINK TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MANAGED VOICE AND INTERNET SERVICE TO ALL TOWN BUILDINGS AT A ONE-TIME COST FOR SYSTEM DESIGN AND ENGINEERING. A $14,500 AND A FIVE YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR VOICE SERVICES AND INTERNET ACCESS TO AT AN ANNUAL COST NOT TO EXCEED, UH, ONE 11 600,000 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 600 TO 500,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT ONE. 1 17 5 1 17 6 NOT TO EXCEED 6 0 2 5, RIGHT. OKAY. SECOND TO MOVE THAT SECOND. NOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR STATEMENT. OKAY. NOW, COULD, UH, PETER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE COMPANY? PETER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. FIVE HOLIDAY. THESE, WE ARE HAVING A THUNDERSTORM, UH, RIGHT HERE, SO I MAY HAVE BAD INTERNET. UM, SO, UH, THIS, UH, OUR CONTRACT WITH ALTICE IS UP. WE RIGHT NOW PAY ABOUT $15,000 A MONTH FOR PHONE SURVEY. CAN WE HAVE QUIET THE AUDIENCE PLEASE? I'M BISHOP. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. BISHOP. BISHOP. I'M SORRY. BISHOP. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MEETING GOING ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH IN FOR TIES. UM, SO WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO. AND LENE CAME IN WITH THE BEST, UH, NOT ONLY PRICE, BUT ALSO, UH, FEATURES THAT ARE GOING ENABLE US TO MOVE THE TOWN FORWARD AND STRENGTHEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, THE SAME IS THE, UH, WELL ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT HIS TITLE IS, WAS THE SAME MANAGING PARTNER OF ING TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, HE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. YEAH. UM, GOOD EVENING. SUPER, UH, SUPERVISOR PAUL AND THE MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD. MY NAME IS BER, UH, FROM ING TECHNOLOGY GROUP BASED IN STANFORD, CONNECTICUT. UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE SOLUTION. UH, WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU, UH, BEFORE THE BOARD IS FULLY MANAGED WIFE AND INTERNET SOLUTION THAT WILL REPLACE AND MODERNIZE THE TOWN, UH, CURRENT FOREIGN INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, BASICALLY WE ARE ADDING A LOT OF NEW FEATURES AND, AND PLUS YOU GUYS ARE SAVING ON THE MONTHLY COST ON THE, WHAT YOU GUYS PAY RIGHT NOW. UM, SOME OF THE POOL FEATURES, I DON'T WANT WANNA GO TOO MUCH INTO DETAIL, BUT SOME OF THE POOL FEATURES WE HAVE NOW IS MOBILE AND DESKTOP APP. UM, SO USERS HAVE THE ABILITY NOW TO NOT ONLY RECEIVE THE CALL ON THEIR PHONE APP, BUT THEY CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A CALL USING THEIR PHONE APP AND IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THEY'RE CALLING THEIR FROM THEIR OFFICE NUMBER. UM, WE ALSO HAVE FROM VOICEMAIL TO EMAIL FEATURE, BUT IT IS CONNECTED WITH THE MICROSOFT 365. SO IF YOU DELETE YOUR, UH, VOICEMAIL FROM YOUR INBOX, IT WOULD ACTUALLY DELETE THE VOICEMAIL FROM THE PHONE SYSTEM. SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE NICELY CONNECTED. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE E 9 1 1 INTEGRATION THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING RIGHT NOW, UH, WHERE THEY CAN TRANSFER THE NINE ONE ONE CALL TO THE CISCO, UH, TO THE REGULAR PHONE. UH, RIGHT NOW THEY DO NOT HAVE THAT FEATURE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS, THE LIGHT PATH PHONE SYSTEM, UH, BUT WITH CISCO PHONE SYSTEM WE SHOULD ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. UM, THIS IS AROUND LIKE 500 PHONES ACROSS EIGHT LOCATIONS. TOWN HALL, POLICE RECREATION HIGHWAY, WATER DEPARTMENT CODE, UH, T-D-Y-C-C AND LIBRARY. UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TOWN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. UH, WE PRETTY MUCH SET UP THE WHOLE PACK AND INFRASTRUCTURE FIREWALL. UM, SO WE KNOW LIKE IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE WHOLE NETWORK AND I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, GREAT SERVICE TO THE TOWN IN TERMS OF SETTING UP, UH, THE PO SYSTEM AS WELL AS PROVIDING ALL POINT A TO POINT Z, COMPLETE FOOD SUPPORT FOR THE PHONE SYSTEM AS WELL. UM, BESIDE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT FOR EAC. SO NOW THE USER HAS THE ABILITY TO SEND AND RECEIVE THE FAX, UH, THROUGH THEIR SIMPLE OUTLOOK APP AND THE NEW PHONE SYSTEM. YOU ALSO GET THE ENHANCED E 9 1 1, UH, WHICH IS, UH, REQUIRED BY THE RIES LAW. SO THE DISPATCH ACTUALLY GET, ACTUALLY GETS MORE INFORMATION. IT'S NOT JUST LIKE IT'S COMING FROM TOWN, BUT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET THE ACTUAL OFFICE FLOOR AND USER INFORMATION. WHO IS ACTUALLY MAKING THOSE 9 1 1 CALLS? UM, SO WITH ALL THESE FEATURES, UH, WE ALSO HAD UNLIMITED LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE BEFORE YOU GUYS WERE, HAD A LIKE SPECIFIC NUMBER OF MINUTES PER, PER MONTH FOR LONG DISTANCE. UM, BUT WITH THIS NEW, WITH THE NEW SOLUTION, YOU WOULD HAVE UNLIMITED LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE. THERE. NOT NO CHARGE FOR THAT EXCEPT THE INTERNATIONAL CALLS. MM-HMM . UM, AND TOWN WILL RECEIVE THE 24,000 FOR MONITORING AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR TEAM. UM, AND IT'S COMPLETELY REDUNDANT DESIGN, SO IT'S NOT JUST RELYING ON THE INTERNET, WE ARE SETTING THE 4G BACKUP INTERNET, WHICH WOULD COME VERY HANDY. 'CAUSE THERE ARE TIMES THE FIBER GOES DOWN BETWEEN THE LOCATIONS. SO IT WOULD FALL BACK TO THE 4G CONNECTION OR 5G CONNECTION, DEPEND ON THE LOCATION AND THEY WOULD ABLE TO STILL MAKE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND CALLS. UM, APPRECIATE THE PUR AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THEY SENT [02:00:01] ON. SO WE WERE SENT ON FEBRUARY 27TH AT 10:33 AM UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD, UH, THE TOWN ATTORNEY, THE TOWN CLERK, UM, WHAT THE FEATURES OF THIS, UH, PHONE SYSTEM IS. UM, AND IT SAYS IN PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, AND YOU BROKE DOWN THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UNIFIED PAGING AND ALERTING SYSTEM AND EXPLAINED IT REDUNDANT INTERNET BACKUP AND EXPLAINED IT, PHONES AND COMPUTERS WILL SHARE DATA CIRCUIT, UH, CIRCUITRY, ET CETERA. UH, AND YOU EXPLAINED IT ADDITIONAL CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF OUR BACKEND SYSTEM AND YOU EXPLAINED IT AND THEN YOU DID A COMPARISON OF THE CURRENT VENDOR AND WHAT WE WILL GET OUT OF THE HIGH LINK, UH, SERVICES AND SHOWED THAT THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS. UH, DO YOU STILL STAND BY ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SENT US, UM, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO? THAT WAS ME THAT SENT THAT. YES, I KNOW. OKAY. IS IS IT, IS IT ACCURATE? YES. OKAY. UM, AND THEN SUPERVISOR FINER RESPONDED, THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION, SO I DIDN'T NEED ANY FURTHER EXPLANATION ABOUT IT, BUT IF THE SUPERVISOR DID, THAT'S HIS PREROGATIVE. AND I WANNA THANK YOU, PETER, FOR DOING SUCH A THOROUGH JOB AND AN EXPLORATION OF THE OPTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TONIGHT, UM, FOR BOTH OF YOU TO, UH, SPEAK TO THE BOARD. UH, THIS WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD ASKED FOR THIS, UH, DISCUSSION, UM, UH, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, CAROL ALLEN, UM, UM, ONE HAD ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, UH, CONTRACT. SO I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR IT FIRSTHAND, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND, UM, YOUR EFFORTS TO, UM, HELP THE TOWN. DID YOU FORWARD THE INFORMATION WE GOT BY EMAIL TO HER? I, I WILL BE CALLING HER, UH, TONIGHT. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE THE EMAIL WITH I'LL, I'LL SEND HER THE EMAILS AND I'LL SEND HER THE LINK. ALRIGHT. TB THREE NEXT. TB THREE. TB THREE. THANK YOU. TB THREE, UH, TB [ TB 3 - 03/11/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the continued retention of Cozen O’Connor for the review and evaluation of a petition filed for the purposes of village incorporation for an additional $50,000, $400,000 in total] THREE RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF COZEN O'CONNOR FOR THE REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF A PETITION FILED FOR THE PURPOSES A VILLAGE IN CORPORATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 400, UH, THOUSAND TOTAL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. WELL, SECOND. MM-HMM . ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. A T ONE, [ AT 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution approving the continued retention of Kenneth E. Pitcoff, Esq., and the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh and Town of Greenburgh Police Department in the matter of Leonard Mack v. the Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an amount not to exceed an additional $25,000, $100,000 in total] UM, RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF KENNETH PITCOCK AND THE LAW FIRM OF MORRIS DUFFY, ELSO, FALEY AND PITCOCK TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND COUNT OF GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD MACK VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL 25,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TOTAL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, RESOLUTION [ AT 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as special counsel for tax certiorari matters at a cost not to exceed an additional $50,000, $475,000 in total] AUTHORIZING, UH, THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF, UH, WHITEMAN, USMAN AND HANNA, A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR TEXAS TERTIARY MATTERS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 475,000 IN TOTAL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. UM, UM, RELU, UH, EIGHT T THREE [ AT 3 - 03/11/2026 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 $50,000; $150,000 in total] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED, UM, RETENTION OF WHITEMAN, STERMAN AND HANNAH AS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS. THAT OF COURSE NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 50,000, 150,000 AND TOTAL. UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, MOVE THAT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK, UH, JOE, IF, UM, AT THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON, UM, WHERE WE STAND ON, UM, ON THE FORECLOSURES AND LIKE THE BOARD, THIS HAS BEEN A MATTER THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN RECENT MONTHS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UM, AN UPDATE FROM THE LAWYER WHERE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, AN ESTIMATED TIMETABLE FOR THE AUCTIONS AND FOR, UM, FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING. YEAH. SO THERE WAS A LEGAL ADVICE SESSION SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS AS I HAD SENT TO THE BOARD. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? THIS I'M WONDERING CAN GIMME A I'M, LET ME ASK A QUESTION. WE ALL KNOW IT'S ALL PROCESS. THE ISSUE OF FORECLOSURES HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC NEWS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT IN THE NEWS. THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DID A FORENSIC REPORT. UH, PEOPLE ARE HEARING ONLY ONE SIDE, UH, THAT OH, THE TOWN'S DOING NOTHING. IF WE DISCUSS THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE KEPT IN THE DARK. AND I, I, SO I'M REQUESTING, THERE'S NO REASON, UM, UH, THERE'S NO CONTROVERSY OVER THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THE FORECLOSURES AND, UM, I I BELIEVE THAT [02:05:01] THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC UPDATE AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL, IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD ASK FOR THAT PORTION TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, THE FORENSIC REPORT CAME OUT, UM, UH, THERE'S, UH, IT'S A, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S A POLITICAL DOCUMENT. YEAH. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF MISCOMMUNICATIONS GOING ON, SO I'M ASKING THAT THIS BE DONE PUBLICLY. OKAY. PAUL, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, UH, GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR TB THREE? UH, UH, I'M MAKING A MOTION, UH, RE A T THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WHITEMAN, STERMAN AND HANNAH AS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AT A COURSE NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 50,000 150,000. UM, UH, AND I'M ASKING AN FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT I'M ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. CAN WE, ARE WE, CAN WE, I'M ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT, CAN WE READ, CAN WE, ARE WE, ARE WE, CAN WE THAT MR. MOVE IT AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION? CAN YOU MOVE IT PLEASE? I'M, I'M ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION THAT, THAT AN AMENDMENT. AN AMENDMENT THAT, UH, WE INVITE THEM TO, UM, TO OUR A PUBLIC MEETING NEXT, UM, NEXT TUESDAY DURING THE WORK SESSION. I'M, I MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. CAN YOU READ THE CORRECT TOTALS FIRST PLEASE? IT'S, UH, FI 50,000 AND 150,000 IN TOTAL. IT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S A 50,475. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M READING THE OTHER ONE. 50,475 IN TOTAL IT'S 50 AND ONE 50. WAIT, IT IS 50 AND 50. WE'RE ON TB THREE. I'M SORRY. 50 AND 400. SORRY, I'M ALREADY CHECKING UP. SO I, I I I FEEL WE'RE MOVING IT SO WE SECOND IT. OKAY. CAN I RESPOND? YES, PLEASE, JOE, PLEASE. SO WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO ATTEND A WORK SESSION, I SCHEDULED IMMEDIATELY AND I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION IT WAS FOR LEGAL ADVICE, WHICH BY THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW CAN AND SHOULD OCCUR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO THAT'S WHEN I SCHEDULED IT WITH HIM. NOW THAT I KNOW THAT THE REQUEST IS FOR OPEN SESSION, I'LL HAVE TO SEE HIS AVAILABILITY BECAUSE I KNOW HE WAS AVAILABLE LATER IN THE NIGHT. I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S AVAILABLE EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT MY RESPONSE IN REGARDS TO THE FORECLOSURE MATTERS, I BELIEVE HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE WEBSITE AND ARE STILL TRUE JUST ABOUT FIVE WEEKS LATER AND ALMOST IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION AS WE'VE BEEN IN FIVE WEEKS AGO. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF LEGAL MATTERS ON THE BACK END THAT ARE OCCURRING, BUT FOR THE REGULAR EVERYDAY PERSON TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, THAT STILL APPLIES AND THAT IS CURRENTLY POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. SO I WILL REACH OUT TO OUR SPECIAL COUNSEL AND ASK FOR HIS AVAILABILITY EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. IF HE'S NOT AVAILABLE, I WOULD HAVE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL, UH, ANOTHER WORK SESSION LATER ON OR, OR THE, OR A COMPROMISE IDEA IS, UM, UH, WE RECORD THE, WE COULD RECORD THE ZOOM DISCUSSIONS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DO NOT SUGGEST THAT. NO, NO. LEMME JUST SAY WE COULD BASICALLY, UM, INDICATE THAT, UM, WHEN HE COMES IN, I'M JUST SAYING, WE COULD INDICATE THAT IF HE'S AVAILABLE, SAY EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, UM, WE COULD BASICALLY RECORD THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING. WE COULD BASICALLY OPEN THE DOORS WHEN, YOU KNOW, UH, SO IF SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WANTS A, UH, SHOW UP WHEN WE HAVE IT, THERE'S ONLY GONNA BE TWO OR THREE, A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE ANYWAY, WHO ARE GONNA SHOW UP. AND THEN BASICALLY IT'S AN OPEN MEETING AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, IMPOSE AND HAVE HIM CHANGE THE TIME. BUT, BUT THE THING IS, WE NEED, UH, WHEN THERE'S BEEN ARTICLES IN THE NEWSPAPERS, UM, PUTTING THE TOWN IN, IN TRYING TO MAKE THE TOWN LOOK REALLY BAD, UM, WHEN SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAVE WRITTEN TO THE CONTROLLER, UH, ASKING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH ALL THIS NASTY, UM, INFORMATION, UH, SOME OF IT, WHICH ISN'T EVEN TRUE. UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE NEED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE FORENSIC AUDIT. AND I'M INSISTING ON THAT. BUT YOU, ARE YOU SAYING IT'S NOT TRUE THAT THERE'S $29 MILLION OF UNCOLLECTED PROPERTY TAXES? ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S NOT TRUE? I'M SAYING THAT THERE'S ASPECTS OF THIS THAT ARE VERY, VERY POLITICAL, AND I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT DEBATING NINE. THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT THE TAXES. THIS IS ABOUT THE TAXES. THE FORECLOSURES IS, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO FORECLOSURES, BUT WE ALSO KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THE AMOUNT THAT WAS FOUND WAS, IS NOT TRUE. THAT'S THE QUESTION. THERE'S NO, IT'S NOT THE AMOUNT. NO, NO, THAT'S THE QUESTION. THE, THE IMPLICATION WAS THAT WE NEVER MADE AN EFFORT TO COLLECT THE BACK TAXES. I HAVE OVER 1000 EMAILS, UH, UH, DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS WHERE I'VE, UM, I'VE, UH, PURSUED, UH, UH, THE COLLECTION OF, UH, BACK TAXES. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH RECEIVER OF TAXES. BUT WHAT I'VE ALSO DONE IS I'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO OWE THE MONEY. AND I'VE PERSONALLY MET WITH THEM. I'VE REFERRED THEM TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UH, TO DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT BODIES, TO BANKS FOR, AND I'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO HELP THEM AVOID FORECLOSURES. SO INSTEAD, I COULD HAVE BASICALLY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. BUT EVERY [02:10:01] PERSON WHO'S OWED MONEY, I'VE TAKEN A PERSONAL INTEREST, I'VE INVITED THEM TO MEET WITH ME, I'VE MET WITH THEM, UM, AND I HAVE COPIES OF THE LETTERS. AND I, I, I, I ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOGLE DOC. I ASKED MY ASSISTANT TO, UM, UH, TO PROVIDE THE GOOGLE DOC BECAUSE I'M REALLY FURIOUS THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTING LIKE I DIDN'T CARE. AND OR ACTUALLY IT'S NOT ME BECAUSE IT'S THE WHOLE TOWN BOARD THAT DEALS WITH FORECLOSURES AND EVERY ASPECT OF THE, OF THE TOWN. AND I WANNA BASICALLY BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM. AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENED. AND I DON'T WANT, I DON'T LIKE THE GARBAGE THAT'S IN THE, THAT AND ALL THIS DEF ALL THE SLANDER AND DEFAMATION AND, AND MAKING THE TOWN LOOK LIKE, UM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WELL MANAGED. WHEN WE ARE WELL MANAGED. UH, THE, THE TOWN GOVERNMENT IS WELL MANAGED. WE'RE EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. AND IF THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'RE O THAT COULD BE DONE BETTER, WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM IT. WE'RE GONNA USE THIS FORENSIC REPORT AS A ROAD ROADMAP TO MAKE THE TOWN BETTER IN THE FUTURE. WHERE IS ROBERT IN HIS ROLE? ARE YOU DONE? ARE WE GOING TO, OKAY, SO I MAKE THE MO THAT MOTION. I'M SORRY. YOU, YOU GOT TO MAKE YOUR SPEECH. YOU COULD SPEAK, YOU CAN MAKE, MAKE YOUR SPEECH. YOU SAID THAT THERE THINGS ARE, ARE NOT TRUE. THINGS ARE SAID THAT ARE NOT TRUE. THERE WAS A FORENSIC AUDIT REPORT THAT ARE REPORT, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T GIVE OPINIONS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AUDIT AND REPORT. WE WANTED AN AUDIT, BUT AN AUDIT WOULD INVOLVE OPINIONS. WE COULDN'T FIND A FORENSIC COMPANY THAT WOULD GIVE US OPINIONS. THAT'S WHY WE WROTE TO THE STATE CONTROLLER TO GET OPINIONS. THE AUDIT, UH, THE REPORT, UH, JUST STATES FACTS. AND ONE OF THE FACTS IS THAT WE'RE JUST ABOUT AS BAD OFF AS WE WERE IN 2013 WHEN WE HAD AN AMNESTY PERIOD, BECAUSE WE WERE SO, SO MUCH IN THE HOLE ON PROPERTY TAXES, WE PROMISED IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. AND WE HIRED SOMEBODY THAT PAUL WANTED, PAUL ASSURED US THAT THIS PERSON WOULD MAKE SURE WE'D NEVER GET INTO THAT SITUATION AGAIN. AUDIT SHOWS WE'RE AT $29 MILLION IN OUTSTANDING, UM, PROPERTY TAXES NO MATTER WHAT YOUR EFFORTS WERE. AND YESTERYEAR, IT STILL $29 MILLION. SO I WELCOME HAVING THEM COME IN. UM, I WOULDN'T TIE ANYTHING TO THIS RESOLUTION. UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR TOWN ATTORNEY IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EVEN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITHOUT ATTORNEY TOWN ATTORNEY. YOU'RE NOT IN NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? I AM NOT. I'M NOT IN NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. RIGHT. UM, I'M, I'M FINE WITH IT BEING DISCUSSED. I TALK TO THIS SPECIAL COUNSEL QUITE OFTEN ABOUT THIS AND TEXTURE SEARCH AREA MATTERS. SO I KNOW WHAT THE PRESENTATION LOOKS LIKE, AND, UM, I, I'M FINE WITH IT. HOWEVER THE BOARD WANTS TO SCHEDULE. I'M NOT YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'VE BEEN WITH US FOR ALL OF THESE DISCUSSIONS. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A DAY OFF , TWO DAYS OFF. ANYWAY. ARE YOU GONNA MAKE THE, THE MOTION CLEAN, PAUL, OR YOU YOU WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO READ IT? UH, I, SO DO YOU WANT TO, UH, HAVE HIM HERE IN TWO? WE COULD DO IT IN TWO WEEKS IF WE WANT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, BUT AS LONG HAVE TO CHECK HIS AVAILABILITY. RIGHT. ARE YOU GONNA FORWARD THE MOTION? UH, YEAH, I'M, UH, RESOLUTION A T THREE AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WHITEMAN, STERMAN AND HANNAH AS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS THAT ARE COURSE NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 50,000 150,000 IN TOTAL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. UM, AT, UM, [ AT 4 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Oceana Partners II LLC for properties located at 75 Main Street, 42 Chestnut Street, 50 Chestnut Street, Unit P1 and 50 Chestnut Street, SPC S1. The Town’s share of the refund is $717±; the County’s share is $4,590±; the No. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $936±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District’s share is $35,699±. Refunds from all sources total $41,942±] UM, UH, FOUR, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER OCEANA PARTNERS FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED OF 75 MAIN STREET, 42 CHESTNUT STREET, 50 CHESTNUT STREET, UNIT P ONE AND 50 CHESTNUT, UH, STREET SPCS ONE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 41,942. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. C ONE [ CL 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the closing of Old Colony Road, Club Way, Fenimore Road, Pipeline Road, Edgemont Place, Edgemont Road and White Oak Lane; as well as close the intersections of Old Colony Road with Brook Lane West, with Brook Lane East, with Midvale Court, and with Club Way; the intersections of Fenimore Road with East Hartsdale Avenue and with Pipeline Road; the intersection of Pipeline Road with Edgemont Place; the intersection of Edgemont Place with Aqueduct Drive and the intersections at the triangle; the intersections of Edgemont Road with Barclay Road, with Artillery Lane, with Round Hill Road (both ends), and White Oak Lane; and any other closings deemed necessary by the Greenburgh Police Department to provide appropriate protections to the runners; on Sunday, April 26, 2026 (no rain date), from 8:30 am to 10:00 am, for the residents of edgemont to hold the “2026 Colors Against Cancer Run"] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CLOSING OF OLD COLONY ROAD CLUB WAY, FENIMORE ROAD PIPELINE ROAD EDGE RUN PLACE. EDGE RUN ROAD, WHITE OAK LANE, AS WELL AS CLOSE THE INTERSECTIONS OF OLD COLONY ROAD WITH BROOK LANE WEST, WITH BROOK LANE, EAST WITH MIDVALE COURT AND WITH CLUB WAY THE INTERSECTIONS OF FENNIMORE ROAD WITH EAST DALE AVENUE AND WITH PIPELINE ROAD, INTERSECTION OF PIPELINE ROAD WITH EDGEMONT PLACE, THE INTERSECTION OF EDGEMONT, UH, PLACE WITHOUT PRODUCTIVE DRIVE AND INTERSECTIONS AT THE TRIANGLE. THE INTERSECTIONS OF EDGEMONT ROAD WITH BARCLAY ROAD, WITH ARTILLERY LANE, WITH ROUND HILL ROAD AND WHITE OAK LANE, AND ANY OTHER CLOSINGS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE PROTECTIONS, UH, TO THE RUNNERS ON SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH FROM EIGHT 30 TO 10 FOR THE RESIDENTS OF EDGEMONT TO HOLD THE 2026 COLORS AGAINST CANCER RUN. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. UM, THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT SECOND FIRST, UH, SECOND, [02:15:01] SECOND. BUT THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE SPEED BUMPS BEING TRIPPING HAZARDS. SO CAN WE MARK THEM, MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE, UH, ON PIPELINE ON PI ONE, THE WISH? IT'S GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE POLICE DEPART POLICE DEPARTMENT ANYWAY, DEPART. YEAH, IT'S IN THERE, IT'S OUTLINED SO THE, THE POLICE WILL ADDRESS THEM. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. CE UH, TWO [ CL 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 7:30 PM, to consider a one-year agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson for Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated Greenburgh residents of the Donald Park Fire Protection District for the year 2025] RESOLUTION IS SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH, TO CONSIDER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG RESIDENTS OF THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2025. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, AND, UM, OKAY. CL THREE C3 [ CL 3 - 03/11/2026 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 7:30 pm, to consider a Local Law amending the enrollment requirements of Chapter 440 “Taxation” of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance members] RESOLUTION SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER FOUR 40, TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE, UH, UH, MEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, UH, C FOUR, [ CL 4 - 03/11/2026 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 7:30 PM, to consider a Consolidated Water District No. 1 Rules and Regulations Amendment] UM, UM, RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A CONSOLIDATED WATER OF DISTRICT NUMBER ONE RULES AND REGULATIONS AMENDMENT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, CD [ CD 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution (1) declaring the intention of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh to be Lead Agency with respect to SEQRA for an action involving comprehensive Chapter 285 zoning text amendments and related zoning map amendments; and (2) referring the amendments to the Planning Board for a report and recommendation in accordance with the requirements of Section 285-64 of the Town’s Zoning Ordinance] ONE, UH, RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO LEAD THE LEAD AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SEEKER FOR AN ACTION INVOLVING COMPREHENSIVE CHAPTER 2 85, ZONING, TEXT AMENDMENTS AND RELATED ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS AND REFERRING AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 2 85 64 OF THE TOWN, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE. ANY SECOND? SECOND. UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, UH, YESTERDAY'S REPORT WAS VERY DETAILED. IT WAS OVER 45 MINUTES LONG, BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE, UM, AS WE SAW FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WHO, UM, DISCUSSED, UH, THE NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, I BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE ADOPTED, UM, NECESSARILY AS A PACKAGE, BUT THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING, UM, IN INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. AND, UM, AND, UH, SOME THINGS ARE GONNA BE CONTROVERSIAL, OTHERS WON'T BE. AND I FEEL THAT WE COULD MOVE THE NON-CONTROVERSIAL MATTERS UP FIRST. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT, UM, THAT THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED ALL AT ONCE THAT, UM, THAT IT'S GONNA BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST THE IMPLICATIONS. IT'S SORT OF ALMOST LIKE WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS DOING WITH A BIG, BEAUTIFUL BULLY. THERE'S SO MUCH AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST IT. UM, AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SKIP BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PAGES, UH, THAT, UM, THAT THINGS ARE GONNA FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS. AND THEN LATER ON WE'LL SAY, OH, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, I I REALLY FEEL IT'S NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF OPEN GOVERNMENT, UH, DOING IT THIS WAY. UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA VOTE, UH, TO REFER TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND THERE'LL BE HEARINGS AND, YOU KNOW, IT MAY TURN OUT THAT SOME ASPECTS ARE GONNA BE CONTROVERSIAL AND, UM, AND IT MAY TURN OUT THAT WE DO IT IN PIECEMEAL LATER ON, BUT I'M MAKING THE MOTION AND IT WAS ALREADY SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, UH, RESOLUTION AT [ CD 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh approving the services of a sustainability coordinator to advance a Town submission of a Climate Smart Communities Certification application for an amount not to exceed $60,000] CD TWO RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, APPROVING THE SERVICES OF A SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR TO ADVANCE, UM, A TOWN SUBMISSION OF A, A CLIMATE, UH, SMART COMMUNITY CERTI CER, UH, CERTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $60,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. SEAL. I WANNA SAY FOR CD TWO, 'CAUSE SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE $60,000, WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT THAT $60,000 WILL BE, PUT US IN A GOOD POSITION TO GET A SIGNIFICANTLY AMOUNT, A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AMOUNT OF GRANT MONIES, UH, FOR OUR OTHER PROJECTS. SO THAT'S, IT'S RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST A METAL, IT'S, IT'S A RIGHT. IT ENABLES US TO QUALIFY FOR MORE GRANTS, UM, THAT WILL TAKE, BE GEARED TOWARDS OUR ENVIRONMENT, PART AND PARCEL OF THE, THE $4.2 MILLION BILLION THAT THE STATE HAD ALLOCATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WE ALL VOTED FOR. SO THERE ARE MONIES AND GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE WILL NOW, ONCE WE ACHIEVE THE, THE BRONZE STATUS WILL BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR. OKAY. UM, FOR, UH, JOE, A [ CO 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2026 budget transfers] CO ONE INCLUDES THE SALARY INCREASES, UM, YES, IT'S THE SAME AS WHEN IT WAS HELD OVER LAST MEETING. OKAY. UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS SHOULD BE GETTING SALARY INCREASES [02:20:01] OVER THE COST OF LIVING. EVERYBODY ELSE GETS, YOU KNOW, THE P POLICE, THE CSEA TEAMSTERS, THEY ALL ARE HARDWORKING AND THEY'RE GETTING CONTRACTUAL CONTRACTS. AND THIS ONE CO ONE INCLUDES, UM, UM, UH, A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. PAUL, YOU NEED TO HAVE A MOTION THEN A SECOND. THE STORM COUNCIL. I'M NOT, I'M NOT MAKING THE MOTION. OKAY. OKAY, SO I'LL MAKE IT PLEASE. CO ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AND FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET TRANSFERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CO2. OH, WELL, I'M, I'M, I'M VOTING NO, BECAUSE, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW WHY, BECAUSE THEY'RE WATCHING ON TV. THEM, YOU TOLD THEM ALREADY WHEN YOU HELD BECAUSE YOU, YOU'RE TRYING TO HIDE IT. NO ONE'S HIDING LIES. IT'S NOT, I WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH STOP LYING TO THE STOP LYING TO WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY HOW MUCH IT IS FOR? BECAUSE BASICALLY IT'S ON, IT'S ON THE RECORD. WELL, IT'S ON, IT'S ONLINE. PAUL PAUL, [ CO 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2026 budget transfer] CO2 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN FISCAL YEAR 2026, BUDGET TRANSFERS. THIS INFORMATION IS ONLINE. IT'S OUTLINED WHAT, WHAT THESE TRANSFERS ARE FOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD PLEASE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NEXT, BUT WE NEED MORE OPEN GOVERNMENT AND IS JUST STOP SAYING WE'RE NOT OPEN. STOP. STOP. ARE YOU GONNA CONTINUE THE MEETING? OKAY. PR ONE, ALL OF THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. THANK ALL THE BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS, WHICH APPARENTLY DIDN'T READ PR PR ONE WEBSITE. OKAY. AND FURTHERMORE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. EVERYTHING IS ON THE WEBSITE. WE MAKE SURE THAT MEETINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND TWO DIFFERENT PR [ PR 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the closing Pipeline Road from the Hartsdale Train Station to Edgemont Road on Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 8:30am to 11:30am, for the annual One-Mile Run of the Greenburgh Roadrunner's Club, in conjunction with the Town's Department of Parks and Recreation] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CLOSING PIPELINE ROAD FROM THE HARD SALE TRAIN STATIONS EDGEMONT ROAD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH FROM 8:30 AM TO 11:30 AM FOR THE ANNUAL ONE MILE RUN OF THE GREENBURG ROAD RUNNERS CLUB IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOWNS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A [ PR 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the execution of a $15,904 grant agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the County of Westchester for transporting seniors] UM, PR, UH, TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A 15,904 GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER FOR TRANSPORTING SENIORS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, PR ONE [ PO 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to increase revenue recovery rates for EMS billing] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO INCREASE REVENUE RECOVERY RATES FOR EMS BILL BILLING. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT IN FAVOR A AYE, UH, PO O2, UH, [ PO 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the Police Department to award the bid for the purchase of Dodge Durango unmarked administration vehicles to the lowest responsible bidder, at a total cost not to exceed $175,136] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AWARD THE BID FOR THE PURCHASE OF DODGE DURANGO UNMARKED ADMINISTRATION VEHICLES TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 175,136. I DONE, I'M HOLDING THAT OVER. I'M HOLDING THAT OVER THE WORK SESSION YESTERDAY. I SAID I'D LIKE TO SEE AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE VEHICLES WE HAVE AND WHAT THEY'RE BEING USED FOR BEFORE WE ARE BY MORE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE VERY LARGE FUND BALANCE THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD. UH, THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTABLE, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THE CHIEF CHIEF IS WORKING ON IT, SO WE SHOULD GET THAT TOMORROW. WAS IT WHAT? I HAD ALSO REQUESTED THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THIS IS FOR. IT DOESN'T SAY SO. RIGHT. THE CHIEF IS WORKING ON IT. HE'LL GET IT TO US TOMORROW. OKAY. NEXT. UM, UH, PW [ PW 1 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing a Five-Year Water Rate Plan for the Greenburgh Consolidated Water District No. 1 to ensure funding for Infrastructure Improvements] ONE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FIVE YEAR WATER RATE PLAN FOR THE GREENBERG CONSOLIDATED, UH, WATER DISTRICT TO ENSURE FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, [ PW 2 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to publish a request for proposals (RFP) for sidewalk installation on North Washington Avenue] PW TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO PUBLISH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SIDEWALK INSTALLATION ON NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. [ PW 3 - 03/11/2026 Resolution authorizing agreement with Routeware (Smart city) for routing, GPS, and video camera services for Sanitation vehicles, for an amount not to exceed $144,226.66] RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ROUTE WHERE, UH, SMART CITY FOR ROUTING GPS AND VIDEO CAMERA SERVICES FOR SANITATION VEHICLES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 144. UH, 2 2 6. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [ PW 4 - 03/11/2026 Resolution rescinding the award of item 1 (Zinc Orthophosphate) from Public Works Resolution PW-2 – 01/14/2026 and authorizing Public Works to rebid item 1 (Zinc Orthophosphate) for 2026] RESOLUTION RES SENDING THE AWARD OF, UM, UH, ITEM, UH, ONE ZINC, UM, AUTHOR FIVE RIGHT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RESOLUTION PW TWO, UH, AND AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS TO REBID THEM. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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