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[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
GOOD EVENING.UH, WELCOME TO OUR, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING.
TODAY'S, UH, JUNE 24TH, AND WE WILL, UM, RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of those around the world who have perished as victims of war, disease and natural disaster. Our hearts are with all who needlessly suffer.]
STANDING.WE HAVE, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, FOR THE VICTIMS AROUND THE WORLD, HAVE PARISHES AS, UM, VICTIMS OF WAR, DISEASE, AND NATURAL DISASTER.
OUR HEARTS ARE WITH ALL THOSE WHO SUFFER NEED NEEDLESSLY.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero]
HAVE, UH, ROLL CALL TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER HERE.PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON.
PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN JOY HABER.
PRESENT AND ATTORNEY JOE DANKO PRESENT.
[ PRESENTATIONS (Maximum 10 minutes each) Honoring the Woodlands Girls Flag Football Team Greenburgh Chamber of Commerce's Business of the Month Award - RIVERTOWN PEDIATRICS]
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME PRESENTATIONS.UH, GINA, UH, YOU WANT TO, UH, HONOR THE WOODLANDS GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM? I SURE DO.
SO I WANTED TO WRITE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THERE? I LOVE IT.
SO TONIGHT WE HONOR, WE HONOR, WE HAVE THE HONOR TO RECOGNIZE 16 PHENOMENAL YOUNG WOMEN.
BUT BEFORE WE DO, ALLOW ME TO SHARE JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT THEM.
FIRST, THEY MADE HISTORY BY SECURING THE FIRST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP AND PROGRAMS HISTORY.
THIS IS A, THIS IS AM MONUMENTAL MILESTONE FOR THE SCHOOL AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THROUGH THE GROWTH AND PER PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION, THIS TEAM HAS WENT, HAS WENT, OH GOSH, COME ON.
GINA HAS GONE THROUGH SECURING ONE WIN IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON.
THREE WINS IN THE LAST SEASON.
NOW IMPRESSES EIGHT WINS THIS YEAR.
SO TONIGHT WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE KATRINA, IVANA, SHANICE, ELENA, KENLEY, JULIA, TIFFANY, RITA, BRIANNA, BRIANNA, GENTLY, AALIYAH, JULISSA, CHLOE CANDY, AND SAVANNAH.
YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE A TRUE TESTAMENT TO YOUR RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND BELIEF IN ONE ANOTHER.
STAND, COME ON, KEEP ON STANDING UP.
ANYWAY, WE CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL YOU HAVE, ALL THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH BOTH ON AND OFF THE COURT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL, AND I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT TO GIVE A HUGE, HUGE SHOUT OUT TO A MENTOR, A TEACHER, A FRIEND, AND I WOULD BE LORI LAA.
I'M SORRY, LORI, CAN YOU STAND UP? THIS IS THE LEADER.
CAN YOU JOIN ME WITH A PICTURE SO WE CAN PRESENT THE PROMPT, PLEASE.
TERRENCE, CAN YOU SHUT OFF THE PROJECTION? CAN I SPEAK? OH, I JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
FIRST, THANK YOU, UM, UM, TOWN BOARD MEMBERS FOR RECOGNIZING US, BUT I DO NOT COME ALONE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR HEAD COACH, ANTONIO MOON AND ASSISTANT COACH K HILL.
EVERYBODY ALONG WITH THE COACHES.
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LET'S GIVE A ROUND APPLAUSE FOR THESE WOMEN.YOU WANT GO PROFESSIONALLY? YOU DO.
SO ONCE YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR GOAL LICENSE? THAT'S GREAT.
SO SHE MADE THE, UH, THANK YOU, JOE.
Y Y'ALL DIDN'T WANNA STAY FOR THE MEETING,
UM, NEXT, UH, I, UM, THE, WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, UH, RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, UH, YOU KNOW, PERIODICALLY THAT HAVE DONE REALLY AMAZING, UH, THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE, UH, TRY ROTATING, UH, BETWEEN, UH, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE RIVER VILLAGES AND UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG.
AND TODAY WE'RE, UM, HONORING, UH, AS A BUSINESS OF THE MONTH RIVER TOWN'S PEDIATRICS.
UH, SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2018, RIVER TOWN'S PEDIATRICS HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN MANY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE RIVER TOWNS AND SLEEPY HOLLOW TARRYTOWN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, THE RIVER TOWNS ROTARY CLUB, AND THEY ALSO HAVE SUPPORTED THE DOBBS FERRY FOOD PANTRY.
NITIN GUPTA, UM, UM, IS, UM, UH, THE FOUNDER OF THIS SUB, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS.
AND I SHOULD ALSO, UH, MENTION THAT DURING COVID, UM, THEY, UM, RECEIVED A LOT OF, UH, PRAISE BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO, UH, GET VACCINES, UM, INSIDE, YOU KNOW, BILL, UH, THEY BASICALLY PROVIDED VACCINATIONS AT THEIR FACILITY, MAKING IT EASIER FOR SENIORS, UM, AND OTHERS, UH, TO GET THE VACCINES.
AND, UM, I REMEMBER, UH, ATTENDING A LUNCHEON, UM, IN HONOR OF RIVER TOWN'S PEDIATRICS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UH, WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE HONORED, UM, HONOR THEM.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UM, UM, INVITE YOU TO COME UP.
AND DEBORAH, DO YOU WANNA, UM, SAY ANYTHING? ALSO, I THINK IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU COULD COME UP AND USE THE PODIUM.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE CHAMBER HERE TONIGHT? IS ANYBODY FROM THE CHAMBER? JUST START QUICKLY.
I JUST WANTED TO BOARD FOR INVITING RIVER TOWNS ROTARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S, UM, BUSINESS OF THE MONTH, UM, PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND WE WANNA TAKE A SECOND AND LET YOU KNOW.
AS ROTARIANS, WE UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL NATURE OF HAVING INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES WHO ARE CIVICALLY MINDED, WHO ARE SERVICE ORIENTED.
SO WE FELT VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE NOW TURNING AND SAYING WE WOULD LIKE THE RIVER TOWNS PEDIATRIC, AND DR.
PAUL MENTIONED SOME OF THE VERY OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT TO NOMINATE, UM, DR.
GUPTA AND HIS TEAM, HIS ANCILLARY PROVIDERS.
HE HAS TWO OTHER PEDIATRICIANS WITH HIM, BUT WE, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT DR.
GUPTA STARTED HIS VOLUNTEER, UM, LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROTARIAN AND HAS KEPT THAT WOW.
WROTE, AND HE'S AN OLD GUY NOW, BUT
AND, UM, HE HAS MAINTAINED HIS ROTARIAN STATE IN GOOD STANDING, ALL THE WHILE BEING A, UM, PARTICIPANT IN THE, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE RIVER TOWNS.
HE IS NOW PART OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR DOBBS FERRY.
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, ALL WHILE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN REAL QUALITY TIME WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WHO IS HERE.
UM, SO ON TOP OF ALL THE THINGS THAT, UM, PAUL HAS SAID, WE AT ROTARY ALWAYS DEPEND ON RIVER TOWNS PEDIATRICS.
WHEN WE ARE DOING A CLOTHES DRIVE OR A COAT DRIVE, OR A FOOD DRIVE FOR SOME OF THE NEEDIEST ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE, UH, THE GREENBERG
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GRAHAM, UM, THE GREENBERG GRAHAM SCHOOL IN HASTINGS, OR THE DOBBS BURY FOOD PANTRY, WE DEPEND ON THEM ALL THE TIME.SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HONORED, VERY, VERY PROUD TO, UH, HAVE DR.
GUPTA COME UP AND TAKE THIS AWARD.
UM, AND WE ALWAYS CALL HIM A FRIEND.
HE'S, HE'S, UH, BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND NOW I'M GLAD THAT THE TOWN IS RECOGNIZING HIM.
YOU KNOW, I WANNA, UH, UH, THANK, UH, OUR ROTARY CLUB, UM, ALSO, UH, OUR BOARD HERE, UM, UH, FOR THIS GREAT RECOGNITION.
IT, IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESSES.
'CAUSE THAT REALLY DOES MAKE GREENBURG AND THE RIVER TOWNS WHO WE ARE.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT IS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR MANY BUSINESSES.
WE CAN'T, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME MARGINS, UH, THAT MANY OF THE LARGE CORPORATIONS HAVE TO SURVIVE.
UH, SO JUST HAVING THIS RECOGNITION REALLY DOES TELL OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE EXIST.
UH, FOR ME, UH, YES, I'VE BEEN A ROTARIAN SINCE I WAS 16.
AND THE FOCUS, WE, WE WEREN'T CALLED ROTARIANS AT THAT TIME.
WE WERE CALLED INTERACTORS, BUT, UH, IT WASN'T UNTIL A FEW YEARS BACK THAT THEY RECOGNIZED THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THE COLLEGE LEVEL KIDS AS ROTARIANS.
UH, BUT THE FOCUS IS ON SERVICE, SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
UH, AND THAT REALLY HAS COMMUNITY AT HEART.
UH, AND IT WAS ONLY, IT WAS ABOUT, I I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY, ACTUALLY, IT WAS, I WAS SITTING DOWN TO DINNER, IT WAS SATURDAY EVENING.
I GET A CALL FROM, I, I GET THIS RANDOM CALL ON MY PHONE AND I ANSWER, I SAID, HELLO? AND I SAID, YEAH, HI, THIS IS PAUL FINER
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, HOW'D YOU GET MY PHONE NUMBER
UM, HE SAID, HE ASKED, CAN YOU DO IT FOR THE COMMUNITY? I SAID, WELL, I GUESS
UH, AND THAT LED TO OVER 2000 FLU SHOTS THAT, THAT FALL.
UM, AND THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE, WE WERE ALL, WE ALL HAD TO STAY INSIDE.
IT WAS HARD TO GO, UH, MANY DOCTOR'S OFFICES WERE CLOSED.
UH, AND SO WE JUST SET UP, WE PITCHED A TENT IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND WE HAD A SYSTEM.
IT WAS JUST THREE OF US AT THE TIME.
AND ACTUALLY, WHAT PAUL SAID WAS, AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PRACTICE RUN FOR WHEN YOU DO DRIVE UP COVID SHOTS.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING THE FIRST, UH, PRACTICE TO ADMINISTER, UH, THE PEDIATRIC COVID VACCINE, UH, AND, UH, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AND, UH, THAT'S WORTH AN EMPLOYEE
AND THAT THAT LED US TO, AND, AND SO WE ACTUALLY DID, UH, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN DRIVING UP WITH THE WHOLE GOAL OF ACTUALLY MAKING SURE OUR KIDS COULD PLAY.
THAT WAS THE GOAL, WAS TO GET OUR COMMUNITY BACK, BACK OUT TO PLAY.
AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, WE'RE SIX YEARS LATER AND NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY SIT, MEET, AND THIS IS COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, UH, I HOPE IF YOU GUYS TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THIS IS, UM, PLEASE GO OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND WHAT AGES DOES YOUR PRACTICE, UH, COVER? WHAT AGES, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, DO YOU, THIS IS LIKE A FREE ADVERTISEMENT,
WE, WE GOT OUR KIDS IN COLLEGE AND THEN, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BREAK UP WITH THEM.
UH, THE THING IS, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING A DOCTOR FOR MYSELF.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, UH, COMING OUTTA COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WILL KEEP 'EM THROUGH COLLEGE.
AND IF, IF PEOPLE WANNA, UH, SINCE WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO PROMOTE BUSINESSES, HOW DO THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU? OH, UH, IF YOU GO TO RIVER TOWNS PEDS.COM, UH, RIVER TOWNS PED S.COM, UH, WE'RE AVAILABLE OR JUST, UH, TYPE IN PEDIATRICIAN IN DOBBS FERRY AND YOU'LL FIND US.
AND I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, MENTION THAT,
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UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, LOCAL BUSINESSES BECAUSE IT'S, A LOT OF THEM ARE REALLY STRUGGLING.AND, UM, IF, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER BUSINESSES, UM, IN UNINCORPORATED GREENBERG OR IN THE RIVER TOWNS THAT ARE DOING THINGS SPECIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE MAKING DONATIONS OR INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT CAUSES, YOU SHOULD LET US KNOW BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL, THEN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.
SO YOU COULD EMAIL ME IF, UH, YOU HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS AND WE'LL ASK THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, UH, OR THE ROTARY CLUB TO, UM, CONSIDER THE NOMINATION.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD, UM, MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW, I WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, FULL TIME.
SO THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING, I WOULD LIKE TO SIT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ALTERNATIVES AND OUTSIDE OF BANK, OUTSIDE OF OUR TRADITIONAL BANKS.
SO PLEASE FEEL FREE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EMAIL.
YOU CAN EMAIL THE TOWN BOARD BECAUSE WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HEAR FROM YOU.
SO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THE TOWN BOARD@GREENBURGNY.GOV AND JUST PUT ON A TITLE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
AND LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN BETTER ASSIST YOU.
IS THIS THE POWER AUTHORITY OR IS IT NO, IT'S NOT THIS.
[ 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 2010-2026 the Town earned the highest possible rating from Moody's (Aaa), most recently on 06/12/2026. 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 & 2026. 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]
UM, WE HAVE LIAISON REPORTS.WE WE'RE TABLED, BUT WE'RE TABLING THEM UNLESS YOU HAVE, UNLESS YOU, THAT'S FINE.
EVERYBODY WILL BE OUT EARLIER SINCE WE WON'T BE TALKING.
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ]
DOES THE TOWN CLERK HAVE ANY ITEMS TO MENTION? UH, NO.WE, OUR INTERNSHIP'S GONNA START, UH, JULY 7TH.
UM, WE HAVE OVER ABOUT, UH, 40 KIDS FOR JUST NOW.
SO WE'RE JUST GETTING READY FOR THAT.
IF, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN APPLYING, THEY CAN APPLY AT TOWN CLERK@GREENBERGANDY.COM.
'CAUSE SOME KIDS MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, SHOW UP.
[ TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT LIGHTNING ROUND (for anyone who can’t stay for the regular Public Comment session)]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TWO MINUTE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT.SO IF YOU WANNA LEAVE EARLY AND YOU SPEAK AT THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
UM, AND, UH, NONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD WILL INTERRUPT YOU UNTIL EVERYBODY FINISHES SPEAKING.
AND THEN BOARD MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, TO RESPOND.
BUT THEY WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SPEAK NOW AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE, UM, FINISHES.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND WILL BE LORI DUFF.
AND WHILE THE FIRST SPEAKER COMES UP, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM.
I WILL RESPECTFULLY STOP YOU AT THE TWO MINUTE MARK.
UM, PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS TOWARDS THE BOARDS AND NO PERSONAL ATTACKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
UH, IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE ON THE TOWN BOARD TONIGHT AND SUPERVISOR FINER CONGRATULATIONS ON LAST NIGHT'S WIN.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE REASSESSMENTS AND AFFORDABILITY, UM, SINCE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THANK YOU TO THE SURFACE RECENTLY.
UM, PAUL, YOU'VE, YOU'VE MENTIONED, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF A FIVE PER, UH, DOING AN ASSESSMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
AND WE MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT IT IN STRIKE WHILE THE IRON IS HOT.
UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT IN CONNECTICUT.
I FOUND ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN SCARSDALE.
THEY ARE A NON REASSESSMENT MUNICIPALITY, SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY DO NOT DO AN ANNUAL REVIEW OR ADJUSTMENT, UH, TO REFLECT THE MARKET ON A TOWN WIDE BASIS.
THE ASSESSOR, HOWEVER, IS OBLIGED TO, UM, DETERMINE THE ASSESSMENT ON THE PROPERTIES BASED ON HOME IMPROVEMENTS AND ANNUAL BUILDING PERMITS.
SO I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS, UH, WHAT MIGHT BE REALISTIC, WHAT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR GREENBERG.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M ON MY OWN CAMPAIGN TRAIL DAILY, I HEAR PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY.
RIGHT NOW, THE SENIORS AND RETIREES ARE REALLY FEARFUL THAT THEY'RE SORT OF GETTING PUSHED OUT.
SOME OF THEM HAVE TALKED ABOUT THEIR ADULT CHILDREN WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO COME HERE.
UM, AND EVEN THIS YEAR, THERE, THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH THAT WERE OKAY WITH THE 3.7 ON AVERAGE INCREASE IN ASSESSMENT, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE COMPARING IT TO LAST YEAR'S 9%.
BUT I AM, UH, OF THE FAITH IN SPEAKING TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THAT 3.7 IN LASHINGS.
OR YOU CAN'T DO A PERCENT THREE, THREE LASHINGS VERSUS WHAT COULD BE FAR WORSE.
UM, EVERY JUNE, THESE PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL WHEN THEY OPEN UP THOSE REASSESSMENT LETTERS,
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AND THAT LASTS UNTIL THE FINAL ROLE COMES IN SEPTEMBER.SO, UM, IT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY SEE WHAT'S VIABLE FOR THE TOWN.
OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE MURRAY BODEN.
THIS IS A TIME OF TRANSITION OF DOING THINGS THE WAY THEY WERE DONE YEARS AGO.
AND TO NEW OR WAY WHERE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, EVERYONE NOW HAS A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT, IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT SOMEONE CAN'T SPEAK FROM THERE.
THEY NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS IRRELEVANT.
WE WERE ONLY CONCERNED WITH GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF CLIMATE WARMING.
GLOBAL WARMING HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING.
I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE, MY GENERATION IS GETTING OFF THE SCENE.
WHAT WE DID IT, WHEN WE DID IT WAS APPROPRIATE.
MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE NOW IN CHARGE.
AND THAT TRANSITION FOR US TO GIVE UP THAT POWER TO OUR GRANDCHILDREN'S GENERATION IS QUITE DIFFICULT.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE IN GREENBURG WHO OVER THE YEARS IS ADVISE ME AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE SOLVED.
IT'S THE NEXT TWO GENERATIONS DOWN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE COOPERATION AND THE TEACHINGS THAT YOU GAVE TO ME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SHELDON IV.
UM, I HAVE, UM, I'M HERE TO BE EDUCATED, SO PLEASE, UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
UM, I BELIEVE ON FRIDAYS THERE'S A MEETING WITH, UH, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, THE COMMISSIONER OF PLANNING, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMISSIONER, TOWN ATTORNEY, AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.
BUT IT EXCLUDES THE, UH, TOWN SUPERVISOR.
AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR THAT.
COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT TO ME? THE BOARD HAS DECIDED WE COULD RESPOND AFTER EVERYONE SPEAKS.
SO I'M, I'M SORRY, TAKING NOTES.
THE BOARD HAS, UH, MADE A RULE THAT THEY'LL RESPOND AFTER EVERYBODY SPEAKS TO GIVE EVERYONE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, NO MORE SPEAKERS? NO ONE ON ZOOM? UH, I DON'T KNOW.
IS THAT ALRIGHT? DOES ANYONE, UH, WANT TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS MADE ANYBODY? WELL, I'LL, UH, SPEAK TO THE ISSUE REGARDING, UH, REASSESSMENTS.
UH, THE FACT THAT YOU GET REASSESSED STATISTICALLY EVERY YEAR UNTIL THE FIFTH YEAR, AND THEN THERE'S A FULL, UM, REASSESSMENT, UH, IS, UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN IN NEW YORK STATE OUR A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, RATING AS ASSESSMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE ASSESSOR TO DISCUSS THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
UM, BY WAITING FIVE YEARS, YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY BUYING A HOUSE IN THAT FOURTH YEAR AND THEN GET HIT WITH STICKER SHOCK THE YEAR LATER.
SO THE REASON WHY THE STATE IS HAVING US KEEP IT STATISTICALLY UP TO DATE, UM, IS SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO IT'S REALLY A QUESTION AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHICH IS THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER? I'M NOT SURE THERE IS ONE.
UH, THE FACT THAT YOUR ASSESSMENT GOES UP DOESN'T MEAN YOUR TAXES GO UP IF EVERYBODY'S ASSESSMENT GOES UP 3.5%, BECAUSE THAT'S THE MARKET.
AND RIGHT NOW THE MARKET IS, UH, WHICH IS GOOD FOR GREENBERG, IS
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THAT PEOPLE HOUSES ARE SELLING FOR MORE THAN THEIR ASKING PRICE, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S BIDDING WARS GOING ON.UM, THAT MEANS THAT IF THAT HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET THAT YOU SAY, HEY, IT'S GREAT THAT'S SOLD FOR $900,000, BUT YOUR HOUSE IS WORTH 700,000, YOUR HOUSE IS NOW WORTH, WORTH MORE THAN 700,000 BECAUSE THAT PERSON WAS ABLE TO SELL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING EQUIVALENT HOUSE FOR A HIGHER AMOUNT.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THINGS WORK.
BUT I THINK THAT I, I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF LOOKING AT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT, UM, ECONOMICALLY BIASED BY SOME HOUSES AND, AND THE WEALTHIER AREAS.
THEY WILL BENEFIT MORE FROM THIS THAN THOSE AND, AND LESS WEALTHY AREAS.
UH, THESE ARE JUST THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, UH, MURRAY, IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK AT THE MEETINGS.
YOU CAME AT THE WORK SESSION AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT'S A SURPRISE TO YOU TO HEAR, BUT WE ACTUALLY WERE CONCERNED, WE WERE TALKING AMONG OURSELVES THAT WE WERE GONNA GIVE YOU A CALL TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU.
AND THEN YOU WALKED IN, UH, SHELDON, REGARDING LAST LAND USE MEETINGS, UH, WHEN I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER IN 2006, UM, THERE WAS A SERIOUS LACK OF DISCUSSION AMONG THE LAND USE, UH, PEOPLE, LAND USE MEMBERS.
I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS SITTING ON THAT SIDE OF THE DAIS.
AND I WOULD GET UP AND ASK QUESTIONS AND I WOULD GET DIFFERENT ANSWERS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS.
SO I DECIDED SHORTLY AFTER I WAS ELECTED, LET'S GET EVERYONE RELATED TO LAND USE INVOLVED, AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE A DISCUSSION, UH, REGARDING LAND USE ISSUES.
AND THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 19 YEARS, 19 YEARS.
UH, FRIDAY AFTERNOONS WHEN COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON WAS ELECTED, SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT.
NO ONE'S WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS THING.
UH, SO THEN SHE JOINED, UH, AND SHE'S ALSO THE LIAISON TO LAND USE MEETINGS.
IT'S NOT THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS EXCLUDED, IT'S THAT HE BASICALLY WAITED UNTIL WE ALREADY HAD TWO PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.
UM, AND A THIRD PERSON WOULD CREATE A QUORUM.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO, LAST THING I'LL ALLOW IS THAT THIS TO BE AN OPEN MEETING.
'CAUSE THEN THE STAFF IS NOT GOING TO REALLY TELL US WHAT THEY THINK.
YOU PUT A CAMERA ON SOMEBODY, YOU TELEVISE SOMETHING, NO ONE'S GONNA PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GONNA RAISE THAT QUESTION THAT THE PERSON MAY NOT BELIEVE, BUT JUST WANTS TO FLOAT IT OUT THERE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE ANSWERS.
IT'S BEEN, UM, VERY EFFECTIVE.
STAFF ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, RELATING TO EACH OTHER.
WHOEVER IS THE ULTIMATE CALL OF A DECISION, LIKE A BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR A BUILDING PERMIT, WHATEVER, THAT'S, THAT PERSON'S CALL, NO MATTER WHAT IS SAID AT THAT MEETING, THAT'S THEIR PERSON'S CALL.
ANY, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO GET APPROVED HAS TO COME THROUGH THE TOWN BOARD ANYWAY, SO NO ONE'S BEING DEPRIVED.
AND THE SUPERVISOR AND I HAVE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND FORTH TODAY REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
I, I, I PUT OUT, UH, TO HIM, YOU KNOW, SOME SUGGESTIONS.
HE WROTE BACK, HE SAYS HE WANTS TO GOVERN AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANT THAT, BUT IT'S A FIVE MEMBER GOVERNING BODY.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE THIS DEBATE.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR, SINCE GINA WAS ON THE BOARD.
AS SOON AS GINA WAS ON THE BOARD, HE WANTED TO THEN PART, BE PARTICIPANT OF IT.
AND, UH, I THINK I HAVE A RIGHT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH STAFF.
SOMETHING I'VE DONE FOR 19 YEARS EVERY FRIDAY.
UM, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SEEMED TO ME THAT IT WAS RAISED, UH, FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS OR NOT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE.
AND SO WHAT I SUGGESTED TO HIM, HAVE YOUR OWN MEETINGS, MEET WITH THE STAFF.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET WHILE I'M MEETING WITH THE STAFF AND JEAN AND I, I URGE YOU, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MEET WITH THE STAFF AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM BECAUSE I'M TALKING TO THEM FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE SUPERVISOR HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM, THE 30, 31 OTHER HOURS OF THE WEEK.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I SUGGESTED.
RESPECTFULLY, WE HAVE HIT THE FIVE MINUTE MARK.
I BELIEVE WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE RULES.
UH, YEAH, I JUST, ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING
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BEFORE I SPEAK? I THINK I COVERED ALL THE TOPICS.I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING NOTABLE IN ANY OF THE LAND USE COMMITTEES, THAT WE ARE INFORMED, ALL OF US, INCLUDING THE SUPERVISOR.
AND IT, IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO COORDINATE FOR THE LAND USE COMMITTEES TO COORDINATE.
AND THEN MEETING, NOT COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEETING, MEETING, EXCUSE ME, MEETINGS, IT'S COORDINATING IN MEETINGS, JUST MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WAY FOR THEM TO, TO WORK AND GET THINGS DONE.
UM, SO I I I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HAVING, HAVING THE, THE TWO PEOPLE WHO GO TO THOSE MEETINGS REPORT TO US.
UM, AND JUST LIKE MEETINGS THAT I MIGHT ATTEND, WHETHER I'M A LIAISON OR NOT, I'LL REPORT IF THERE'S SOMETHING NOTABLE TO EVERYONE ELSE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME ON THE BOARD IN 20, I WAS ELECTED 2019 STARTED TO TURN 2020, THAT I UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE TOWN THAT I, IN THE TOWN THAT I WAS LIAISON FOR.
SO AS COUNCILMAN SHEIA MENTIONED, I'M LIAISON FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND IT WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WAS LEARNING JUST TO GET UP TO SPEED AND TO UNDERSTAND.
SO THERE'S NO DECISIONS BEING MADE.
THERE'S JUST, IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY COMMUNICATE, LEARN, COLLABORATE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES LET TO LET TO STAFF JUST REALLY HAVE A FREE REALM.
THERE IS NO, AND AGAIN, I, AND I STRESS THAT THERE IS NO DECISIONS BEING MADE AT THESE MEETINGS.
IT'S JUST CONVERSATION AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT THE ISSUES AT THAT'S AT HAND.
SO, AND AGAIN, IT WORKS BECAUSE WE ARE LIAISON TO, TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TO SEE THEM ALL DAY 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT IN TOWN HALL.
SO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY INTERACT AND COMMUNICATE AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, AS YOU GUYS CAN IMAGINE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR.
AND I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED WHEN I CAME ON THE BOARD BECAUSE OF MY ROLE IN BEING A LIAISON, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE PART OF THOSE MEETINGS SO I CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
DO YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OKAY.
UM, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT EFFICIENT TO HAVE ME MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING.
WE COULD ALL MEET TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME AND HAVE A DIALOGUE AND AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND HAVE THESE MEETINGS SHOULD BE OPEN NOT ONLY TO ME, UH, AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE LAND USE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN.
WE'RE HAVING A HEARING TODAY, UM, RELATING TO THE KNOWLES AND I'M SURE THE LAND USE COMMITTEE IS DISCUSSING THAT.
UH, THE LAND USE COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE DISCUSSED THE A DU LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST.
UM, SO IF I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, I WOULD BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE DIALOGUE.
AND IF I DON'T ATTEND, ATTEND THE MEETINGS.
I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT SOME OF THE POINTS ARE MADE SINCE, UH, THE, THESE MEETINGS HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN HELD.
NO AGENDAS HAVE BEEN EVER, UH, SHARED WITH TOWN BOARD WITH ME.
UH, NO MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN, UH, SHARED AFTER, AFTER THE FACT.
AND AGAIN, I SORT OF FEEL IN THE SPIRIT OF OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY, UH, THERE SHOULDN'T BE CLOSED MEETINGS.
UM, UM, AND, AND THIS BOARD IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, UH, THERE'S FOUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO VOTE AS A BLOCK.
AND I'M THE SORT OF INDEPENDENT, I SOMETIMES DISAGREE.
SO THERE'S BENEFITS TO HAVING, UM, AN EXCHANGE AND, AND, AND, AND DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD WANNA ATTEND THE MEETINGS ALSO.
THEY MAY HAVE GREAT IDEAS AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT HEAD SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
SO, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING OF IS, UM, IF YOU MEET AT TWO O'CLOCK, I COULD CALL A LAND USE MEETING AT THREE O'CLOCK.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT, THAT EFFICIENT.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT, AT GAMES, I'M LOOKING AT GETTING RESULTS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IN TERMS OF, UM, LORI'S, UM, SUGGESTIONS RELATING TO THE REASSESSMENT, UM, I'VE ASKED THE TOWN BOARD IF WE COULD PUT THE SUGGESTION THAT YOU MADE ABOUT FREEZING, UM, UM, ASSESSMENTS, UH, FOR FIVE YEARS ON THE WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY.
I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, INVITE, UM, THE ASSESSOR, ED MCCARTHY, UM, UH, TO DIS YOU KNOW, TO DISCUSS THAT.
YOU KNOW, AS I, YOU KNOW, I TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRESSED OUT BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT
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THEIR ASSESSMENTS AND THEY SEE THE ASSESSMENTS.RECENTLY IT'S BEEN GOING UP AND I THINK IF THERE'D BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREATHER, UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE YEARS, IT COULD BE A FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK IT WOULD EASE SOME OF THE STRESS LEVELS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND ENABLE PEOPLE TO HAVE SOME PREDICTABILITY.
YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT ALSO WANNA LOOK AT STATE LEGISLATION.
THERE MAY BE ELDERLY RESIDENTS WHO ARE, UH, HOME BOUND, YOU KNOW, CASH POOR AND A HOUSE RICH AND MAYBE, UM, WE COULD FREEZE THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY, AND WHEN THEY SELL THEIR HOMES, THEN THEY WOULD PAY, PAY BACK.
BUT I THINK THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO EXPLORE EVERY OPTION AND SEE IF WE COULD TAKE ACTION STEPS THAT WILL IMPROVE PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEIR STRESS LEVELS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING ON WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON.
AND I HOPE THE TOWN BOARD WILL, UM, WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH ASSESSOR ON TUESDAY BECAUSE IF WE DECIDE TO CHANGE THE POLICY, WE REALLY SHOULD START ACTING QUICKLY AND NOT, YOU KNOW, PUT, PUT THIS OFF UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO I, I ASK THAT THIS BE ON THE AGENDA, THE WORK SESSION AGENDA FOR TUESDAY.
SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING NOW, UM, REGARDING THAT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE ASSESSOR COME AND PRESENT THE REASONS WHY WE DO THE ASSESSMENT THE WAY WE DO.
SCARSDALE IS HARDLY THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF, UH, THE MUNICIPALITIES ALL THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER COUNTY DO THEM DIFFERENTLY.
SO SCARSDALE IS NOT THE ONLY ANOMALY AT ALL.
WE DO, WE FOLLOW SUPPOSEDLY BEST PRACTICE FOR HOW WE DO ASSESSMENT.
SO, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR HER TO PRESENT AND TALK ABOUT IF THERE ARE ANY OPTIONS OR WHATEVER.
UM, AT THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY IS FINE, IF YOU KNOW, I I SEE A HAND FROM THE AUDIENCE, BUT THAT FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IS OVER.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE LATER ON, AND YOU COULD HAVE AS MUCH AS FIVE MINUTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE HEARING? UH, OKAY.
[ To consider Town Board use of limited immunity in connection with planned improvements at Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters, located at 425 Ridge Road (PO Hartsdale, NY)]
UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN, UH, A MOTION TO OPEN THE HEARING TO CONSIDER, UM, TOWN BOARD USE OF LIMITED IMMUNITY IN CONNECTION WITH PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS AT ODELL HOUSE ROSHAMBO HEADQUARTERS, LOCATED AT 4 25, UH, RIDGE ROAD.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M CAIN, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO SITE WORK, INCLUDING PATHWAYS LANDSCAPING, AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT, OR A DA IMPROVEMENTS AND UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESTORATION OF ODELL HOUSE CEBO HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS A TOWN OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 2 5 RIDGE ROAD IN THE HARTSDALE PO, WHICH TOTALS APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE IN THE R 31 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE TOWN BOARD IS CONSIDERING THE EXERCISE OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY TO ADVANCE THIS PROJECT, WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL BE A TOWN RESOURCE AVAILABLE AS A MUSEUM IN A PARK SETTING TO RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN AND VISITORS MORE REGIONALLY WHO SEEK TO LEARN AND ENJOY THE TREMENDOUS HISTORY THAT THE SITE OFFERS.
WE ARE A LITTLE OVER ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
AND WHILE THE PROJECT WILL NOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL SOMETIME IN NEXT YEAR, 2027, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT HEAD START ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIX WEEK ENCAMPMENT IN 1781 OF GENERAL ROSHAMBO OF FRANCE, WHO AT THIS SITE, ALONG WITH 5,000 MEN AND GEORGE WASHINGTON, WITH THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN NEARBY LEY, MADE THE CRUCIAL DECISION TO MARCH THEIR COMBINED FORCES TO YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA, WHERE THEY DEFEATED BRITISH GENERAL LORD KOWA, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE WAR.
AFTER THE WAR, THE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING FARM WERE PURCHASED BY COLONEL JOHN ODELL, WHO WAS AN EARLY WESTCHESTER MILITIA MEMBER.
GENERATIONS OF THE ODELL FAMILY SUBSEQUENTLY LIVED AT THE HOUSE FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS, AND SOME OF THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS SERVED IN EVERY AMERICAN WAR THROUGHOUT THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES.
UP UNTIL WAR, WORLD WAR II IN 1965, ELIZABETH ODELL GAVE THE PROPERTY TO A SMALL CHAPTER OF THE SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION WITH AN INTENT FOR IT TO BE USED RESTORED AS A MUSEUM.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT GOAL WAS NEVER ACHIEVED.
IN 1973, ODELL HOUSE WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
IN 2020, THE SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONVEYED THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WHO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE TOWN BOARD, WITH THE AID OF SEVERAL NEW YORK STATE GRANTS, AS WELL AS TOWN FUNDING WITH SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE ADVOCACY OF
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THE FRIENDS OF ODELL HOUSE CEBO HEADQUARTERS AND PRESIDENT SUSAN SEALE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HOUSE IN SIGHT.I'M GONNA CYCLE THROUGH A SERIES OF PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU SOME BEFORE AND AFTER.
UH, IMAGES TO DATE THE HOUSE WAS THE SUBJECT OF TEMPORARY SHORING AND PERMANENT STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS.
THE ROOF HAS BEEN FULLY REBUILT AND OR RESTORED IN CERTAIN SECTIONS.
NEW WINDOWS ARE INSTALLED, NEW GUTTERS AND CEDAR SHINGLES ARE INSTALLED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
UPDATED ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN REROUTED TO THE, TO THE HOUSE'S BASEMENT.
D-P-D-D-P-W CREWS ASSISTED HEAVILY IN THIS REGARD BY FACILITATING UNDERGROUND SERVICE FROM ACROSS RIDGE ROAD, A VERY DIFFICULT JOB.
AND THE HIDDEN UTILITIES KEEP THE CHARACTER WITHIN THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE SITE.
THIS EFFORT WAS LED BY DPW COMMISSIONER MODO.
A 1905 WING OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED, WHICH INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT FOUNDATION WORK.
ALL DESIGN WORK HAS BEEN LED BY STEVEN TILLEY, ARCHITECT WITH LANDSCAPE DESIGNED BY SUSAN JANE SCHILD OF ASPECT ONE 20.
TO DATE, AB AND PRICE HAS MADE THE NOTED IMPROVEMENTS AS THE CONTRACTOR, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
THE WORK THAT REMAINS INCLUDES INTERIOR FINISHES, HVAC, FIRE SUPPRESSION, WATER UTILITIES, PLUMBING, INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS, ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS, CONSTRUCTION, LANDSCAPING, AND A DA INGRESS EGRESS IMPROVEMENTS.
THE SITE IS PROXIMATE TO NEIGHBORS IN ESTABLISHED ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.
AND FROM A PURELY VISUAL NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER PERSPECTIVE, THE FINISHED ODELL HOUSE IN SITE WILL ADD TO THE CHARACTER OF THE BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.
SIGNIFICANT THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO THE LANDSCAPING DESIGN IN TERMS OF NATIVE PLANTINGS AND GRADING, THAT'S APPROXIMATE TO THE ONSITE WATERCOURSE THAT LINES THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE.
SO ON THIS, UH, IF YOU COULD ADVANCE BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE.
ON THE SCREEN IS A SAMPLE OF THE SITE PLAN, AND I'LL LOOK TO GET YOU ORIENTED HERE.
SO I'VE COLORED IN ODELL HOUSE IN GREEN.
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS RIDGE ROAD.
AN OLD FARM LANE, UH, RUNS NORTH SOUTH ON THE PAGE TO THE RIGHT.
UH, THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED BY PEDESTRIANS FROM OLD FARM LANE, AND THAT'S SIGNIFIED BY THE, THE GREEN DOTTED LINE.
AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE THE EXISTING, UM, BRIDGE GOES OVER, UH, THE, THE, THE WATER COURSE THERE OFF OF OLD FARM LANE.
SO THERE WILL BE A, A NICE PATHWAY IN THAT LOCATION, WHICH YOU FOLLOW ON.
AND THE TWO BLUE ARROW ARROWS SIGNIFY THE A DA, UH, ACCESS POINTS TO THE HOUSE.
SO THE STONE WING, UH, WHICH IS 1855 TO THE LEFT, THE BLUE ARROW IS AT A HIGHER ELEVATION.
SO THAT, UM, HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE A DA ACCESS.
AND THEN FOR OTHERS NEEDING A DA ACCESS TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE, THEY WOULD USE THE BLUE ARROW ON THE RIGHT, WHICH TAKES YOU TO THE, UM, BACK DOOR.
UM, THAT'S AT A LOWER ELEVATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY ALL PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY, UH, WILL BE ENTERING FROM OLD FARM LANE AND THEN ENTERING THE HOUSE FROM THE REAR.
THE BLUE SQUARE OR THE BLUE RECTANGLE, I SHOULD SAY ON THE LEFT, IS A REALLY NEAT FEATURE.
AND THAT'S A LOCATION WHERE THERE'S A HIGH POINT ON THE SITE.
AND THE FRIENDS OF ODELL HOUSE HAVE DESIGNED A MONUMENT AND FLAGPOLES TO HONOR, UH, FRENCH TROOPS IN THE AREA, OR FRENCH TROOPS, THE FRENCH TROOP LEGACY ON THE SITE.
UM, THE FRONT IS, UH, SHOWING IN BROWN THAT IS, UH, TO BE A WOOD FACED GUIDE RAIL, WHICH WILL REPLACE THE STONEWALL, WHICH I'LL SHOW, UH, IN OTHER IMAGES.
AND BEYOND THAT, UH, THE SITE WORK, AS I MENTIONED, INCLUDES LANDSCAPING AND GRADING.
AND IT'S REALLY MEANT TO JUST BE, UH, A PLACE TO ENJOY VERY PASSIVELY, QUIETLY, UM, TO COMPLIMENT THE, THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE.
COORDINATION WITH NEARBY RESIDENTS HAS ASSISTED THE TOWN'S PLANNING OF THE SITE.
ONE EXAMPLE IS THE REAR OF THE SITE, WHICH WAS INITIALLY SLATED TO HAVE A ROW OF EVERGREEN TREES REMOVED, REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A STONE WALL AND DECORATIVE FENCING.
BUT AS A RESULT OF INTERACTIONS WITH THE ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, THESE TREES ARE NOW TO REMAIN WITH UPDATED WALL ELEMENTS BEING A FOCUS OF OTHER AREAS OF THE SITE FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, OLD FARM LANE RESIDENTS HAVE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THAT SAFE MANAGEMENT OF VISITORS TO AND FROM THE SITE IS, IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
CONSIDERATIONS IN THIS REGARD ARE BASED ON THE EFFECT
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EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PARKING OF VEHICLES FROM THOSE VISITING THE SITE AND BASED ON THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS THAT ARE MADE TO AND FROM RIDGE ROAD AND OLD FARM LANE, THIS IS COMPLICATED BY THE CURVATURE OF RIDGE ROAD, THE SPEEDS THAT VEHICLES TRAVEL AT TIMES ALONG THE RIDGE ROAD CORRIDOR AND SOME SITE DISTANCE CONCERNS TO SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE ODELL HOUSE WITH SUCCESS DEFINED AS A SAFETY SAFELY MANAGED RESOURCE THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF ITS NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT.THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING FOR PARKING, THE USE OF AN RS VP ONLY ATTENDANCE STRUCTURE WHERE ADVANCED RESERVATIONS ARE COORDINATED TO A SPECIFIC TIME.
SUCH AN ATTENDANCE POLICY WILL ASSURE THAT VISITORS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE GIVEN PRIORITY TO THE ON STREET PARKING SPACES MOST PROXIMATE TO THE SITE.
IT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT OVERALL VISITATION IS MANAGED BASED ON THE OFF STREET PARKING THAT IS AVAILABLE.
AND BASED ON WHERE VISITORS ARE INTENDING TO PARK, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PARKING OPTIONS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS EXAMPLE, THE INTENT IS FOR THE SITE TO BE ACCESSIBLE APPROXIMATELY 12 HOURS PER WEEK, AND ON SATURDAYS AS AN EXAMPLE, AND ONE WEEKDAY FOR SIX HOURS EACH ATTENDANCE BY RESERVATION CAN MANAGE THE NUMBER OF VISITORS IN AN HOUR, WHICH ARE LIKELY TO AVERAGE BETWEEN A RANGE OF FIVE AND 15, WITH A MAJORITY OF THOSE VISITATIONS EXPECTED TO BE BY MULTIPLE VISITORS IN A SINGLE VEHICLE.
THE WEST SIDE OF OLD FARM LANE ARE, THE ODELL HOUSE SIDE WOULD BE THE ONLY SIDE OF THE ROAD TO BE USED FOR ON STREET PARKING IN THE VICINITY OF ODELL HOUSE.
SO ON THE SCREEN THERE, UM, AGAIN, OLD FARM LANE RUNS NORTH SOUTH ON THE PAGE AND THAT, UH, AQUA BAND WOULD BE LOCATION WHERE, UM, THERE WOULD BE ON STREET PARKING TOWN STAFF THIS YEAR WILL COORDINATE WITH THE TOWN BOARD ON AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING NO PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD FARM LANE TO EXTEND FURTHER SOUTH, POTENTIALLY AN ADDITIONAL 250 FOOT RESTRICTION ON THE EAST OR THE RIDGE ROAD PARK SIDE OF THE, OF THE AREA.
THIS EXTENSION WILL PRE PROCEED ANY PUBLIC OPENING OF ODELL HOUSE.
SO AGAIN, ON THE SCREEN, THE, THIS IS REPRESENTED BY, UM, THE GREEN BAND THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF OLD FARM LANE RUNNING NORTH SOUTH ON THE PAGE.
AND NOW THERE'S, UM, A NO PARKING SIGN THAT'S OFFSET, UH, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE INTERSECTION.
UM, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE PERSPECTIVE OF RESIDENCE WHERE IT'S NOT PRUDENT TO HAVE PARKING OFF STREET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, UM, THE INTENT IS ABSOLUTELY TO EXTEND THAT NO PARKING FOR THAT DISTANCE TO KEEP, UH, A NICE TWO-WAY FLOW THERE.
ANY PLANNED EVENT SUCH AS AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR ODELL HOUSE WILL BE MANAGED THROUGH THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF SHUTTLE BUSES AND SPECIFICALLY NOT USE ON STREETT PARKING.
SO, UM, IF THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT, UM, WHAT WILL BE OCCURRING IS THAT RESIDENTS WILL PARK AT EITHER HARTSBURG OR RIDGE ROAD PARK, BE SHUTTLED, BUST INTO THE SITE AND, UH, DROPPED OFF AND, AND ACTUALLY FOCUS ON NOT USING ANY ON STREETT PARKING.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE, UM, ANOMALIES.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY RECOGNIZES THAT, THAT THE RESTORATION OF ODELL HOUSE IS OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO THE COUNTY RESIDENTS AS A HISTORIC RESOURCE.
THE COUNTY IS PLANNING FOR A NEW SATELLITE PARKING AREA IN RIDGE ROAD PARK ACCESSIBLE FROM OLD FARM LANE FOR USE AT TIMES THAT ODELL HOUSE IS OPEN.
WHILE THIS WILL NOT ELIMINATE THE RESERVATION PROTOCOL THAT I PREVIOUSLY NOTED, AND IT WILL NOT INCREASE THE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OF THE SITE, IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE BURDEN OF HAVING TO RELY ON OLD FARM LANE FOR PARKING NEEDS.
IF SUCH A LOT IS CONSTRUCTED, THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY AND THE TOWN TO ENTER INTO AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WHERE THIS SMALL SATELLITE PARKING AREA CAN BE RESTRICTED ACCESS ONLY TO BE USED WHEN ODELL HOUSE IS OPEN.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF THE COUNTY CONSTRUCTS A SMALL SATELLITE PARKING, UM, THERE WOULD BE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE USED ON SAY, A SATURDAY AND AN ALTERNATE, UH, WEEKDAY WHEN ODELL HOUSE IS OPEN AND THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF ATTRACTIVE GATE THAT, UM, WHOEVER IS OPERATING ODELL HOUSE FOR THAT VISITATION WOULD ENSURE, UH, THAT IT'S CLOSED.
AND THAT'S LISTENING TO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE GOOD CONCERNS THAT THAT LOT WOULD BE ROUTINELY USED, UM, TOWARDS EVENINGS FOR LOITERING PURPOSES IF IT WAS NOT A CONTROLLED ACCESS.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE UPDATE IN THAT REGARD.
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WE WERE TALKING, UM, UM, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF A SIDEWALK, UM, ON RIDGE ROAD FROM, UH, THE RIDGE ROAD PARK TO THE ODELL HOUSE, WHICH COULD, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT PARKING BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE COULD PARK AT PARK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WALK FROM THE PARK TO, UM, TO THE ODELL HOUSE IF THERE, IF THERE'S A BIG EVENT.AND I'M WONDERING IF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW LIKELY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE OKAY.
AND IF I COULD, I WAS ACTUALLY RATHER CLOSE TO, TO MAKING SEVERAL POINTS IN THAT REGARD, SO I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST.
VISITORS CAN FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF WASHINGTON AND RO SHAMBO AND ACCESS ODELL HOUSE IN THIS UNIQUE AND FUN WAY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EXISTS.
OKAY, AND ONTO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION AND POINT THERE.
LONGER TERM AND CONSISTENT WITH THE TREMENDOUS STRIDES THAT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HAS MADE WITH RESPECT TO PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS, THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE THE RIDGE ROAD CORRIDOR WITH SIDEWALKS AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECT BOTH RIDGE ROAD PARK AND HARTSBURG PARK TO ODELL HOUSE, BUT ALSO TO THE WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND HARTSDALE ACRES NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
THIS COULD HAVE A TRANSFORMATIVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE AREA.
THIS IS A LONGER TERM CONCEPT THAT COULD BE EXPLORED THROUGH GRANTS, BUT IS SOMETHING THAT FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE IS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION AND HIGHLY CONSISTENT WITH TOWN LAND USE, PARK PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY.
AND THIS GRAPHIC, UM, SHOWS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND, UM, IT'S REALLY IN THE SPIRIT OF, OF, OF FUTURE CONNECTIVITY.
UM, THE, WE SHOW ON THE SCREEN THERE WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, WHICH IS, UH, IN DESIGN AND FUNDED, AND THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK RUNNING FROM FOUR CORNERS, UH, UP WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
UH, HILLCREST ROAD HAS AN EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT'S REPRESENTED BY THOSE GREEN LINES ON THE SCREEN.
AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE THE INFILL POTENTIAL OF WHAT A SIDEWALK, UH, ON RIDGE ROAD WOULD DO TO CONNECT, UH, EXISTING RESIDENTS TO THESE PARKS, UH, IT JUST REALLY SHOWS THAT FULL PICTURE OF CONNECTIVITY, UM, GIVING RESIDENTS ALTERNATES TO ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO GET TO THE PARKS.
IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, PARKING FOR A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES WILL BE ON SITE WITH CONTRACTORS EXCLUSIVELY PARKING ON THE ODELL HOUSE SIDE OF OLD FARM LANE.
THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AT A RECENT SITE VISIT WITH THE NEW CONTRACTOR.
TEAM AND TOWN STAFF ARE COMMITTED TO SOON COORDINATING AN ONSITE MEETING WITH OLD FARM LANE RESIDENTS.
SO WE WANT THEM TO MEET THE NEW CONTRACTORS, AND THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO RELAY ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY FELT WERE IMPORTANT TO BE HEARD.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE COMMITTED TO SETTING UP WITH THE RESIDENTS.
IN TERMS OF INTERSECTION MANAGEMENT, OLD FARM LANE RESIDENTS HAVE CORRECTLY INDICATED THAT SITE DISTANCES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO VIEW SHEDS FROM OLD FARM LANE TO RIDGE ROAD.
IN THIS REGARD, THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, I FEEL IS VERY RESPONSIVE, EXITING OLD FARM LANE IN A VEHICLE AND LOOKING EAST OR LEFT.
THE SITE DISTANCE IS QUITE GOOD LOOKING RIGHT OR WEST.
THE CURVATURE OF THE ROAD REDUCES THE SITE DISTANCE IN THE PICTURE ON THE SCREEN.
THE VIEW IS FROM RIDGE ROAD LOOKING WEST TOWARDS ODELL HOUSE.
WHILE IT MAY SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE, THE STONEWALL IN THE PHOTO IS ACTUALLY NOT ORIGINAL TO THE HOUSE.
ACCORDINGLY INTO ENHANCED SIGHT DISTANCE, THIS WALL IS SET TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A LOW LYING WOOD FACED GUIDE RAIL AND COMPLIMENTED WITH A DECORATIVE FENCE.
THIS UPDATE WILL BE PRIORITIZED BY THE CONTRACTOR IN IMPROVED CONDITIONS FOR OLD FARM LANE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ODELL HOUSE.
I'LL NOW CONCLUDE WITH THE FOCUS ON THE PROCEDURAL GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY PROCESS.
ODELL HOUSE USED AS A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE RESOURCE IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE TOWN'S ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICTS.
THE SITE PLAN IS COMPLIANT IN ALL RESPECTS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PROVIDING ON-STREET PARKING, WHICH DUE TO THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE SITE, THE LIMITED SIZE OF THE SITE, COMPLEXITY OF CONSTRUCTING AN UPDATED DRIVEWAY ACCESS OVER THE EXISTING MORTAR COURSE AND THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED SEPTIC FIELD, THERE'S JUST NOT A PRACTICAL WAY TO HAVE PARKING ON THE SITE.
THE PREVIOUSLY NOTED OFFSITE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE UTILIZED TO MANAGE PARKING FOR THIS USE.
THE SITE DOES HAVE A WATER COURSE ALONG ITS EASTERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
THE SITE'S PROPOSED SEPTIC FIELD, AND THIS IS PER COUNTY DESIGN REGULATIONS HAS BEEN LOCATED,
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UH, 100 FEET FROM THIS RESOURCE.THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE LAST PORTIONS OF THE TOWN THAT DOES NOT HAVE REASONABLE ACCESS TO SANITARY SEWER CONNECTIONS.
THEREFORE, THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO LOCATE A SEPTIC SYSTEM ON THE SITE FOR SANITARY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
THE SITE IS GENERALLY FLAT, BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME STEEP SLOPES.
THE GRADING FOR PATHWAYS, A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND A PATHWAY TO THE HIGH POINT OF THE SITE WHERE THAT MONUMENT HONORING THE FRENCH TROOP LEGACY IS PROPOSED.
UH, THE SLOPE IMPACTS ARE MINIMAL, BUT THEY ARE UNAVOIDABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS OF THE PROJECT.
ALTHOUGH THE SITE IS PROPOSED TO BE WELL UNDER THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE ALLOWED, THE PROJECT INTRODUCES NATURAL STORMWATER MITIGATION FEATURES SUCH AS RAIN GARDENS AND SWELLS.
AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE LANDSCAPING, THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE TO OFFSITE STORMWATER RUNOFF RATES FOR THE SOCCER FANS OUT THERE.
I'M ALMOST DONE
THERE HAS BEEN A GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE WILL SOON HEAR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE CLOSE OF THIS PROCESS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT WILL NOT CONCLUDE AS THE ODELL HOUSE EVENTUALLY OPENS TOWN STAFF ARE COMMITTED TO AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW WELL OR NOT THE SITES BEING MANAGED.
AND WITH THIS FEEDBACK LOOP MECHANISM, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THE SITE WILL BE AN ASSET FOR EVERYONE FOLLOWING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL PREPARE THE TOWN FOR THE TOWN BOARD'S CONSIDERATION, NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SEEKER DOCUMENTATION, AND THAT WILL BE KNOWN AS A DRAFT NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
WHAT THAT WILL DO WILL MEMORIALIZE, UM, THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TONIGHT, AND THAT WILL BE A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DRAFT.
THE USE OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY WILL PERMIT THE SITE WORK TO ADVANCE THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS SUCH AS A BUILDING PERMIT.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD FOR THE COMMISSIONER? I DON'T.
DO YOU KNOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR THE WALL WAS PUT UP? I'VE GOT ASSISTANCE ON, UH,
I, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT MEETING BETWEEN GEORGE WASHINGTON AND
THEY ORIGINALLY, WASHINGTON'S FORCES WERE GOING TO GO DOWN TO NEW YORK HARBOR.
UM, BUT ROCHE MABO TOLD THEM THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE, THE, THE BACKUP FROM THE FRENCH, THEY WOULDN'T GET THERE IN TIME.
AND THAT'S, AND HE CONVINCED WASHINGTON TO REROUTE AND ONWARD TO YORKTOWN.
THEY WENT AND THERE GOES THE, THE END OF THE WAR.
SO I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CELEBRATING THIS IN 2026.
AND I CAN, I KEEP SCREWING UP THE ESQUE WHATEVER.
SO 250TH ANNIVERSARY
SO THERE IS, UM, THERE IS SOME IMPERATIVE TO GET THIS DONE AS POSSIBLE.
WE, THE, THE BOARD, UM, THE, THE FRIENDS OF ODELL MBO HOUSE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COMMUNICATE AND WE, AND I AM ALWAYS AS LIAISON, HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED.
I THINK WE SAW A CHAT THAT SAID STONEWALL 1990.
I WOULD'VE GUESSED WAY BEFORE THAT, BUT, UM, MM-HMM
IF THAT'S NOT ALTERNATE, WE'LL ASK THE PERSON WHO WROTE THAT.
OH, THERE'S ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO SAY.
UM, THE, THE FRIENDS OF ODELL DID DO A SURVEY.
THEY LOOKED AT LIKE FACILITIES TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF VISITATION THEY HAD.
THIS WAS SHARED WITH THE RESIDENTS ON OLD FARM LANE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON, ON THE, UM, WEBSITE, BUT IF IT'S NOT, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT YOU CAN ACCESS IT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF, UM, WHAT KIND OF VISITATION OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR HAVE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN FAIRLY QUICKLY, IS IT NOT? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
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ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK? UH, YEAH.WE HAVE, UM, MARK MILLER, SINCE WE HAVE A TRANSCRIPTION OF TONIGHT'S HEARINGS, WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN, SPELL IT IF YOU FEEL THAT IS NECESSARY AS WELL.
UM, FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH SPEAKER.
AGAIN, CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM.
AND THERE WILL BE A SECOND ROUND IF THE BOARD PLANS ON CLOSING THE HEARING TONIGHT.
IF NOT, THERE'S ONLY ONE ROUND AND IT'LL BE ADJOURNED.
AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK.
UM, A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP.
FIRST OF ALL, UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER DUQUE FOR BEING VERY PROMPT AND RESPONDING TO THE REQUEST WE'VE MADE REGARDING, UH, CLEARING THE LINE OF SIGHT, UH, TO RIDGE ROAD.
UH, IT WAS COMING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU COULD SEE ABOUT 15 FEET AND YOU COULDN'T SEE WHO WAS COMING.
UM, SO THANKS FOR THAT AND UH, ALSO FOR BEING, UH, SO RESPONSIVE, UH, TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM, UH, INTO THE FUTURE INDEFINITELY.
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT, DID YOU?
UM, COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO GO OVER TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, AND, UH, THE, SOME THINGS WERE RAISED TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THEM AGAIN.
UM, BUT AS GOES TO PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY, I WANNA KIND OF PARAPHRASE ABRAHAM LINCOLN OF GETTYSBURG, UH, AS WE APPROACH OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, THAT WE WANNA MAINTAIN GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
UH, ANY PRIVATE, UH, VENTURES, ANY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS SHOULD CERTAINLY TAKE A SECOND ROW SEAT TO THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS CITIZENS, VOTING, PUBLIC, THE TAXPAYERS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS.
UM, AS FAR AS PARKING, NO PARKING ZONES GO.
UH, WE HAVE A HISTORY, UH, I CERTAINLY DO, AND MY NEIGHBORS, UH, WITH THE TOWN BOARD, UH, AND WITH REQUESTS FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WILL EVENTUALLY GET DONE.
UM, BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE OFTEN SENT MULTIPLE EMAILS OVER THE PARKING AND NO PARKING ZONES.
UM, WE SENT REQUESTS TO BE INVOLVED IN PLANNING FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS PLANNING PRIOR TO DECISIONS BEING MADE.
UM, WE GOT BASICALLY NO RESPONSES TO THOSE AS A COMMUNITY.
UH, 16 OF THE 17, UH, RESIDENTS ON THE STREET, HOMEOWNERS SENT A PETITION TO THE TOWN BOARD TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL, UH, ENTITIES REQUESTING A RESPONSE, UM, BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION.
UH, THE FIRST TIME I SPOKE TO THE BOARD, UH, MS. JACKSON, MR. SHEEHAN, UH, ADMITTED TO NOT EVEN HAVING READ THE EMAIL NOR LOOKED AT THE PROPOSAL.
UH, WE DID GET, I BELIEVE, ONE RESPONSE FROM THE ENTIRE GROUP.
UH, AND, UH, YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO FROM THAT FIRST MEETING.
I THINK, UH, BACK IN, UH OH, MIGHT HAVE BEEN FEBRUARY.
AND, UM, SO MY POINT THERE BEING THAT IF A GOVERNMENT IS NOT RESPONSIVE, NOT CONCERNED, NOT LISTENING TO THE GOVERNED, UM, A NON-RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT, THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT AT ALL.
UH, AND WE HAVE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE.
THERE'S BEEN NO BOARD OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY OTHER THAN THE OCCASIONAL LETTER NOTIFYING US OF A PRESENTATION OR A MEETING WHERE DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE AND THEY'RE SIMPLY BEING PRESENTED TO US.
UH, WE'VE ASKED TO BE INVOLVED ORIGINALLY IN ANY CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ODEL HOUSE MUSEUM GROUP.
THAT DID NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER IT WAS UP FOR A BOARD VOTE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING ONE SENTENCE TO THE CONTRACT, UH, THAT KIND OF VAGUELY ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS.
AS TO FUTURE OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS, UH, END OF PARAGRAPH 20, I BELIEVE, UH, WE'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONS MANUAL BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
THE SIMPLE THINGS, UH, LIKE HOW BIG WILL THOSE SHUTTLE BUSES BE WHEN A SHUTTLE BUS PULLS UP FILLED WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN? IT'S A SCHOOL BUS BY STATE LAW WHEN A SCHOOL BUS STOPS AND BEGINS TO LOAD AND UNLOAD.
UM, STUDENTS, NOBODY CAN PASS IN EITHER DIRECTION.
IF IT'S A FULL SIZE SCHOOL BUS THAT'S GONNA BE 10 MINUTES, 15 MINUTES OF NOBODY IN OR OUT OF A ONE
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ENTRANCE, ONE EXIT STREET.SO WE'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS.
UH, I HAVE MORE THAT I WILL ADDRESS A LITTLE LATER ON IN THE MEETING, UH, THE SECOND ROUND.
UH, COUNCIL P HENDRICKS IS THE LIAISON TO THE ODH MUSEUM AS SUCH, DEFACTO, YOU ARE NOW ALSO THE LIAISON TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE THE PERSON STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, I'M AFRAID.
SO WE WOULD EXPECT, UH, YOU TO BE RESPONSIVE TO US WHEN WE DO REACH OUT AND ASK AND TO LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE OF ANYTHING THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST.
ANYONE ELSE? OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE ANUP BRYAN.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENCE, UH, AT 18 OLD FARM LANE.
UH, I ALREADY SPOKE A WEEK OR TWO AGO ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE WHOLE IDEA OF A BUS DROPPING OFF KIDS.
WOULD YOU MIND HOLDING UP THE MICROPHONE? YOU'RE VERY TALKING.
YOU COULD PICK IT UP OFF AS WELL.
HOW ABOUT THIS'S? GOOD, THANK YOU.
SO I HAD ALREADY RAISED THAT ISSUE AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD HERE ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT I'M GLAD COMMISSIONER HAS ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE AND THEY HAVE TAKEN OUR CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY.
BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MAP THERE, THE WHOLE IDEA THAT THERE WILL BE PARKING ON HARTSBURG OR ON RIDGE ROAD AND THERE'D BE SOME CROSSING OVER THE STREETS, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT IT IS STILL A VERY RISKY PROPOSITION FOR THE TOWN THAT IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION OF IF IT'LL BE A QUESTION OF WHEN THERE WILL BE AN ACCIDENT.
WE, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SO MANY YEARS WE KNOW THAT STREET.
UH, EVERY TIME I GET OUT OF OLD FARM LANE AND I TRY TO MAKE A RIGHT OR A LEFT, IT'S ALWAYS A, A SCENARIO WHERE YOU SUDDENLY REALIZE, WHOA, I MADE THE TURN AND THERE'S A CAR BEHIND ME.
SO, PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER, I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSIONER TO REALLY LOOK AT THE OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S MINIMIZED AT ALL TIMES.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE I WANTED TO RAISE IS WE ALL, AS ELLEN HAS SAID, THAT WE WERE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING THIS HOUSE.
IT HAS A HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
WE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE INITIAL FRIENDS OF ODELL HOUSE WHEN THE TIME CAME, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA AT THAT TIME, WHAT WE ENVISAGE WAS A NICE MUSEUM BUILDING QUIETLY LOCATED AT THE CORNER.
AND SOMEHOW SOME PEOPLE WOULD COME AND LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, INSIDE, UH, JUST TAKE A LOOK AND MOVE ON.
BUT NOW WHEN MORE AND MORE OF THE PLANS STARTED COMING OUT, WHERE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED, UM, WILL BE OFFLOADED, THERE'S GOING TO BE, I BELIEVE, A KITCHEN OR SOME SORT OF, UM, KITCHEN SETUP THAT WILL ACTUALLY END UP SERVING SOME KIND OF REFRESHMENTS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS IN THE PLAN, BUT AS THE PLANS GOT MORE AND MORE, YOU CAN SEE WHY THE RESIDENTS OF 18 OLD FARM, I MEAN OLD FARM LANE, UH, STARTED GETTING VERY CONCERNED.
UM, SO IN, IN SOME, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I'M GLAD THAT THE COMMISSIONER IS TAKING STEPS.
WE, UH, PAUL FINER JUST TOLD US THAT THEY'RE REALLY ACTIVELY CONSIDERING THE IDEA OF A PARKING LOT AT, UH, RIDGE ROAD PARK, AND THEN HAVING SOME SIDEWALKS TO THAT, UH, TO THE, TO THE HOUSE.
BUT AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THAT IF WE HAVE KIDS WALKING ON THAT STREET, IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A RISKY PROPOSITION, AND I DON'T WANT THE TOWN TO GET INTO TROUBLE AT SOME LATER DATE.
OUR THIRD SPEAKER WILL BE WALTER SIMON.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ODELL HOUSE, BUT THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE SAFETY ISSUES, WHICH, UH, THE COMMISSIONER HAS POINTED OUT THAT I THINK IT SHOULD COME AS A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR THE TOWN.
UH, UH, I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT THAT WALL IS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THE SITE DISTANCE THERE IS, IS BAD.
UH, MY GRANDCHILDREN GREW UP ON BARNABY, AND THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO WALK
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TO THE PARK OR DRIVE THEIR BICYCLES THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK.AND I THINK THAT IS A BIG ISSUE.
I KNOW BUILDING THE SIDEWALKS WILL TAKE TIME, BUT THERE IS THAT SECTION THAT, UH, THE SUPERVISOR SUGGESTED THAT YOU, UH, THERE'LL BE PARKING FOR THE BUSES IN, UH, IN THE PARK.
SO MAYBE THAT SECTION FROM THE PARK TO THE, UM, THE ODELL HOUSE BECOMES A PRIORITY.
I KNOW IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG, UH, ISSUE ON ALL OF RIDGE ROAD, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.
NOT WAIT FOR THE WHOLE SIDEWALK IS PUT IN, BUT AT LEAST PUT IN THAT SECTION AND THAT WILL SOLVE, HOPEFULLY, SOLVE THE ISSUE THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE IN THE BUSES.
STOPPING AT THAT HOUSE AND TAKEN DOWN THAT WALL WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THE SITE DISTANCE.
SO I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS SH UH, WOULD HELP IN FACILITATING THE USE OF THIS IMPORTANT FACILITY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS FOR THE HEARINGS.
OH, YOU WANT US, YOU SPEAK? OKAY.
DID YOU WANT SPEAK? YEAH, I SIGNED UP MURRAY BOWDEN.
I MAY GET THIS STUFF MIXED UP.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT PARKING FOR BICYCLES.
THE ASSUMPTION WAS THAT EVERYBODY'S GONNA COME.
THEY WERE IN A CAR AND YOU GET A TIMED ENTRY.
BUT NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING OVER FROM THE PARK ON A TRAIL, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A TIMED ENTRY.
HOW DO THEY GET IN? YOU TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS ARE ONE ENVIRONMENTALLY DISASTROUS, AND TWO, THEY'RE TERROR ON A RUNNER OR A WALKER.
SIDEWALKS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR WALKING ARE IN TARRY TOWN ON ROUTE NINE, WHERE LONGHURST IS, THEY'RE SIDEWALKS MADE OF ASPHALT, MUCH EASIER ON YOUR FEET, CHEAPER TO DO AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT.
SO YOU HAVE SEWER PROBLEMS. UM, IT BECOMES A MAJOR ISSUE WITH MORE PEOPLE THAN I HAVE EVER IMAGINED.
AND THE HOUSE NEVER HAD A SEWER SYSTEM IN IT.
SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND PUT PORTA POTTIES OUT OF SIGHT AS BEST YOU CAN, BECAUSE, I'M SORRY.
IF YOU GO ON DOBBS FERRY ROAD, YOU'LL SEE A SET OF, UH, PORTA POTTIES.
ONE SAYS MEN, AND ONE SAYS WOMAN.
AND THAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FOR THE PEOPLE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BIG, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT WAS THE GOLF COURSE? SO WHAT THIS PROJECT SEEMED TO BE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE IN CARS.
IF YOU HAVE A TIMED ENTRY, WHY ARE YOU HAVING PEOPLE COME THERE ON A PATH? DOES IT MAKE SENSE? DID I MISS SOMETHING? IF I COME THERE AND I HAVE TO HAVE A TIMED ENTRY, HOW DO I GET IN IF I COME THERE ON A BICYCLE AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING ON SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, AND THEY'RE LIKELY TO PARK AT HEART AND THEN COME OVER THAT WAY, IF IT'S PROMOTED CORRECTLY, HOW DO YOU COME IN THERE? CAN YOU, CAN YOU PLEASE ADDRESS COMMENTS TOWARDS, TOWARDS THE BOARD, PLEASE? WHAT? PLEASE ADDRESS ALL COMMENTS TOWARD, TOWARDS THE BOARD.
HE'S THE GUY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THEM.
HE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.
I'LL TURN, GARRETT, YOU WE KNOW EACH OTHER FROM A LONG TIME AND CERTAIN MARIO, I HAVE TO HOLD YOU TO THE RULES THOUGH.
PLEASE JUST ADDRESS EVERYTHING TOWARDS THE BOARD AND HE WILL RESPOND.
SO MAYBE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE RULES BECAUSE THE GUY WHO HAS THE ANSWERS TO SITTING OVER HERE, HE CAN STILL, IF I GIMME YOUR QUESTIONS OVER THERE, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO MAYBE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WAY YOUR PROCEDURES ARE DOING.
YOU ARE USING PROCEDURES THAT WERE FROM 10 YEARS AGO TODAY, GARRETT'S SITTING RIGHT HERE, AND I CAN'T ASK HIM THE QUESTION.
THIS IS EXAMPLE OF MOVING FROM THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS TO THE NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS.
YOU CAN'T DO IT THE WAY WE DID IT 10 YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN'T DO IT THE WAY WE DID FIVE YEARS AGO.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT HERE, DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY ON THIS BOARD.
AND NOW WHEN GARRETT'S STANDING RIGHT HERE
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AND YOU'RE TELLING ME I CAN'T ASK HIM, WHAT, ARE YOU OFF YOUR ROCKER? YOU EXPECT ME TO BEHAVE, BUT YOU WON'T BEHAVE.HERE'S THE MAN WITH THE QUESTIONS.
I CAN TURN THE MICROPHONE AROUND AND YOU CAN, NO, DON'T GO BACK, GARRETT.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO INTERRUPT ME AND NEITHER ARE YOU.
CAN WE GET BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND, PLEASE? NO, THIS IS MY FIVE MINUTES.
AND WHAT'S GERMANE IS HOW YOU CONDUCT HEARINGS TODAY.
THE WAY WE DID IT YEARS AGO DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.
HERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS THAT AREN'T DONE RIGHT TO THOSE PEOPLE WATCHING OUT THERE.
WE ARE IN A BUSINESS, WE'RE IN AN ERA OF CHANGE.
THE WAY WE DID THINGS FOR THE LAST FIVE CENTURIES HAS CHANGED.
WE NEED PEOPLE LEADING US WHO CAN ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WE DISAGREE, BUT WE CAN CON WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
MY OPINION IS PROBABLY INVALID.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE BETTER AND RECOGNIZE THAT IF I'M STANDING HERE AND GARRETT'S STANDING THERE AND THERE'S A QUESTION THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED NOW AND NOT ON THE RECORD, THAT'S THE WAY YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
WE DON'T ANSWER THINGS 10, 10.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY.
THEY CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T IMMEDIATELY COME UP WITH AN ANSWER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE STEPHAN CHANO.
THAT WAS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
I'LL BE VERY BRIEF, UM, SINCE MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED ALREADY BY GARRETT.
UM, ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE WHEN I READ THE, UH, AGENDA, UH, I SAW THE WORD IMMUNITY RELATED TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE WORD IMMUNITY MEANT AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING? GARRETT, DO YOU WANNA RESPOND? NO, WE, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
SHOULD I FINISH FIRST AND THEN WE CAN YES.
THE, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WILL BE ANSWERED, I GUESS WHEN WE HAVE THE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING RELATED TO THE HOURS, UH, AND, UH, DAYS THAT THE CONTRACTORS WILL BE WORKING OUT OF THE HOUSE.
I DO WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER THING WHILE I'M UP HERE.
UM, I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, AND, UM, WE DON'T GET REASSESSED EVERY YEAR.
SOMETHING IN LOS ANGELES THAT THIS IS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JUDITH VILLE.
GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINER FOR YOUR VICTORY.
I'M SORRY, SUPERVISOR AGAIN, THIS IS ON, I UNDERSTAND.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, GARRETT DUQUE FOR HIS EXCELLENCE AS A COMMISSIONER AND IN THE THOROUGHNESS OF HIS PRESENTATION AND EXPLANATION OF THE ISSUE AT HAND.
GARRETT'S PRESENTATION AND HIS EXCELLENCE IS EVIDENCE OF THE EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT ON BEHALF OF OUR TOWN SUPERVISOR AND OUR TOWN BOARD.
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS GENTLEMAN EXEMPLIFIES THE EXCELLENCE OF MANAGEMENT AND MANAGERS AND COMMISSIONERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THIS TOWN OF GREENBERG.
ALSO, UM, WITH RESPECT TO SHELDON'S
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QUESTION, WAS THAT PART OF THIS HEARING? THAT'S, THAT WAS PART OF PUBLIC COMMENT.OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE DIANE HAMMOND.
UM, JUST VERY QUICKLY, UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING THAT IS GOING TO BE ON OLD FARM LANE.
PART OF ME THINKS, WELL, THIS WHOLE DESIGN WAS IN PROCESS.
WHY WASN'T PARKING EVEN CONSIDERED IN THE BEGINNING TO BE ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF, ESPECIALLY FOR BUSES FOR TURNAROUND.
SO THEY'RE NOT COMING DOWN THE STREET, TURNING AROUND, UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE DEAD END AND COMING BACK.
BUT MORE OF MY CONCERN IS JUST FROM THE DAY TO DAY THAT I'VE BEEN ENCOUNTERING FOR THE LAST YEAR, AS THE WORK IS GETTING DONE ON THE STREET, THERE'S ALL CARS AND, UM, PEOPLE WORKING ON, ON THE HOUSE, PARKED ON THE SAME STREET AS THE ODELL HOUSE.
AND I'M FINDING, WHEN I'M PULLING INTO THE ODELL HOUSE, IF A CAR IS COMING OUT, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY LIMITED SPACE.
I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT THREE TIMES, ONE BY A UPS TRUCK, ONE BY ONE OF THOSE LITTLE MINI SCHOOL BUSES THAT WAS DROPPING CHILDREN OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO HAVING AN EXTRA LAYER OF CARS, THERE IS A VERY BIG CONCERN TO ME.
I'M MORE FOR THE SUPPORT OF HAVING PARKING OVER AT THE PARK OR A SIDEWALK, OR MAYBE JUST ONE OR TWO SPACES FOR, UH, HANDICAP SPACES, OR AGAIN, RE-LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY AND HAVING SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS SPACE FOR A FEW CARS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE I'VE ENCOUNTERED IT DIRECTLY MYSELF.
ANYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I, I DO.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, STATE, SINCE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE COMMENTS REGARDING LEGISLATIVE IMMUNITY, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S BEFORE US TONIGHT, THAT WE GIVE A SECOND ROUND.
UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS A, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, NUMBER ONE, ONE, MR. MILLER, UM, YOU, I DO, WE DO COORDINATE.
I SPEAK TO GARRETT QUITE OFTEN, AND I SPEAK TO THE FRIENDS OF ODELL HOUSE.
AND GARRETT, AS YOU SAY, HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT COMMUNICATING.
SO, UM, IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED ME TO SAY SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT GARRETT THE COMMISSIONER SAYS, I I, I'M, IT WOULD JUST BE REITERATING WHAT HE, HE HAS SAID, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UM, IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF NOT COMMUNICATING WHETHER IT'S DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER.
UM, BUT FEEL FREE TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS TO ME.
I'M, I'M, WE WILL COORDINATE THAT.
SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, THE, THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE PATHWAY, UH, FROM RIDGE RIDGE ROAD PARK IS ALSO, UM, THE COUNTY HAD COMMITTED TO CLEANING THAT UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT, UM, IF, IF THE COMMISSIONER CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BECAUSE THAT IS A PATHWAY DIRECTLY FROM THE, THE PARK TO OLD FARM LANE.
IT'S A LOT SAFER THAN WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UM, ULTIMATELY IF WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS, THAT WILL BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE MEANS, BUT IT'S A NICE WALK GOING THROUGH THE PARK AND THROUGH THE TREES AS LONG AS IT'S, UM, IT'S SAFE AND COMFORTABLE TO WORK ON, TO WALK ON.
BUT I DID WANNA MAKE PEOPLE AWARE WHO MIGHT NOT BE, THAT THAT PATH IS A, AS, AS THE COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT, THAT THAT PATH IS IN FACT, IN EXISTENCE AND JUST CAN BE, UH, CLEANED UP AND MARKED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR NOW.
I, I, OTHER THAN, THAN I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING AND, UM, THE, THE COMMISSIONER DOES IS LOOKING AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY.
WE TALK ABOUT IT OFTEN, SO THANK YOU.
WITH THE PROSPECT OF A SECOND ROUND, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA, I DO WANT TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE NOTES THAT I'VE TAKEN AND PROVIDE A LITTLE
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BIT MORE CONTEXT THAT WILL AID RESIDENTS THAT, UM, MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR SEE, OR WHO ARE SEEKING CLARITY.UH, SO FIRST, I, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH, UH, GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY.
GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY IS A PROCESS THAT'S ALLOWED, UH, IN NEW YORK STATE, WHICH PERMITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO WAIVE LAND USE BOARD APPROVALS, PROVIDED THAT THE, THE GOVERNING BODY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS, UM, TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION, PROVIDES A PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT, PROVIDED THAT, UM, A RECORD IS ESTABLISHED TO LOOK AT, UM, THE PRO, MAKE CLEAR WHAT THE PROJECT IS, IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVES, IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S NOT REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE BEING OVERLOOKED.
UM, AND THERE'S A BALANCING TEST THAT WILL BE, UM, ELABORATED UPON IN THAT NEGATIVE DECLARATION THAT I IDENTIFIED.
UH, THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE THAT GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY WAS EXERCISED BY THE TOWN BOARD, UH, WAS WITH RESPECT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY ON TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES, WAS, UH, WEST BROOK PARK WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS, UH, IMPERATIVE PUBLIC USE TO ESTABLISH LIGHTING ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE BALL FIELDS.
THERE WAS SIMPLY NOT, UM, FINANCES FOR THE TOWN TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS OR ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE.
UM, THERE IS AN EXPRESS NEED FOR THE, THE, THE RECREATION AND, AND ADDITIONAL BALL FIELD TIMES.
AND THE ALTERNATIVE TO THAT WOULD BE TO SEND THE APPLICATION TO THE ZONING BOARD.
UM, AND WITH THAT HAS PRECEDENT, UH, SETTING IMPACTS POTENTIALLY FOR ZONING BOARD TO GRANT, UH, LIGHTS, UH, AT A HEIGHT THAT'S WELL ABOVE WHAT THE UNDERLYING SINGLE FAMILY ZONING ALLOWS.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
WHEN THE USE IS FOR A PUBLIC PUR PURPOSE, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO USE GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY TO WILLY-NILLY APPROVE SOME COMMERCIAL USE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.
SO, UM, THAT IN A NUTSHELL, UH, I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S MY DESCRIPTION OF, OF GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S BEING EXERCISED, UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, ODELL HOUSE IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT USE.
UM, THERE'S ALREADY, UH, SIGNIFICANT INVESTED, UM, LOCAL, UM, TOWN OF GREENBURG, NEW YORK STATE INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF FINANCES.
AND, UM, THERE'S JUST THAT, THAT VALUED NEED TO RETAIN THE HISTORY AT THIS SITE.
UM, SO WE REALLY ARE DOING OUR BEST TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, OLD FARM LANE IS UNIQUE AND IT'S SENSITIVE CUL-DE-SAC, UM,
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK, UM, INITIALLY THE SITE TO THE NORTH OF ODELL HOUSE WAS ALSO, I, I DIDN'T MENTION THIS IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT, UM, THE ODELL FAMILY RETAINED NOT JUST THE ONE ACRE ODELL HOUSE, BUT THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
UM, ULTIMATELY THE PROPERTY OF ODELL HOUSE WAS GIVEN TO, UH, SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
AS I INDICATED, ODELL FAMILY RETAIN THE, THE LOT TO THE NORTH.
ULTIMATELY, WITH THE HINDSIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE PERFECT LOT FOR A PARKING LOT FOR ODELL HOUSE.
AND WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE PARKING ON OLD FARM LANE.
I WISH THERE WAS SOME, AN ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCES ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE ODELL FAMILY SOLD THAT PROPERTY.
THERE IS INDEED A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE ON THAT PROPERTY.
AS I MENTIONED, WE TALKED TO THAT NEIGHBOR.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS RESPECTFUL AS WE CAN WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UM, THERE'S JUST SIMPLY LIKE NO OTHER LOT ON THAT BLOCK TO PURCHASE, YOU KNOW, A HALF ACRE OR SOMETHING TO DEVELOP, UH, PARKING.
THE FACT THAT THE COUNTY, AND I, I DID USE THE WORD IF RIGHT, THE THE COUNTY IS, UM, UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF THIS PROJECT.
AND I SAID IF, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT THE COUNTY IS GONNA BUILD PARKING IN THAT PARK, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE ON BEHALF OF OLD FARM LANE RESIDENTS, THAT IF A MODEST PARKING LOT IS BUILT THERE, THAT, UM, IS USED, IT, IT REALLY WILL TAKE THE STRESS OFF OF, OF THE STREET THERE.
AND, UM, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A HALF ACRE INDUSTRIAL LOOKING PARKING LOT IF IT'S BUILT.
UM, THE GATED ACCESS IS IMPORTANT AS WE DISCUSSED, SO THAT IT'S NOT USED, YOU KNOW, 24 7 FOR LOITERING.
UM, SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I DID COVER, UM, MANY POINTS ABOUT WHY PARKING ON THE SITE IS JUST, JUST, UM, DIFFICULT.
I MEAN, IF YOUR PUSH REALLY CAME TO SHOVE AND YOU HAD AN EXTRA, UM, 500,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS, YES, YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT TWO PARKING SPACES ON THAT SITE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE RESOURCES.
AND AGAIN, LIKE THE FENG SHUI OF THE SITE DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO HAVING CARS ON IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A 1743 INITIALLY, UM, BUILT HOME, UH, THE, THE RIDGE ROAD QUARTER IS VERY DIFFICULT.
LISTEN, IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS THERE, I WOULD, IF THERE WAS A WAY TO PUT SPEED CAMERAS ON THERE AND
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SET THE SPEED LIMIT FROM AROUND THE BEND UP FROM THE HIGHWAY GARAGE TO, UH, HARTS BROOK AND SET IT AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WITH SPEED CAMERAS, AND THE SECOND SOMEBODY GOES SIX MILES OVER THAT THEY GET A $500 FINE.I WOULD AUTHORIZE THAT IF I HAD THE POWER TO DO SO, IT WOULD TOTALLY CALM THE TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS A REALITY THAT CARS COME WHIZZING AROUND THAT CORRIDOR, MAKING A LEFT OUT OF, UM, OLD FARM LANE, UM, IS, IS NOT THE MOST PLEASANT EXPERIENCE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.
UM, WE'RE ELIMINATING VISUAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT THAT, THAT, THAT IS POSSIBLE.
UM, I JUST WANNA CORRECT YOU, YES, THERE IS TECHNOLOGY TO DO THOSE BIG CAMERAS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE STATE TO DO THAT.
I'M ON RECORD AS BEING AN ADVOCATE.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE PROSPECT OF KITCHENS AND CONCESSIONS THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN THE CARDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO BUY AN ODELL EMBO T-SHIRT, UH,
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, HARTS PARK IS ACROSS THE STREET.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THE SIDEWALK'S NOT PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WOULD, THAT COULD BE BUILT FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
WITH PROPER GRANTS AND PLANNING, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A CROSSING TO GET, UH, RESIDENTS WHO WERE, LET'S SAY, TO PARK AT HARTSBURG TO CROSS THE STREET SOMEHOW.
I DON'T THINK THAT CROSSING WOULD BE ANYWHERE NEAR OLD FARM LANE FOR THE REASONS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE INDICATED.
UM, THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD STRAIGHTAWAY, UH, IN THE VICINITY, UH, OF THE RIDGE ROAD, UM, ENTRANCE.
SO I DO THINK THERE COULD BE HYPOTHETICALLY, UM, A FEASIBLE, UM, MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK WITH A RAPID FLASHING BEACON, BUT THAT CERTAINLY WOULD BE STUDIED.
AND IF ULTIMATELY I WAS NOT DEEMED SAFE, IT JUST SIMPLY WOULDN'T BE INSTALLED.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY THERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MR. BODEN'S COMMENTS, UH, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS ABOUT EXACTLY HOW THE, THE, THE RSVP AND THE TIMING MECHANISM, THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO WELCOME PEOPLE TO THE SITE, WILL GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, DO PEOPLE WANNA SPEND 10 MINUTES THERE? DO THEY WANNA SPEND 30 MINUTES? UM, DO MOST PEOPLE WANNA SPEND A HALF HOUR, BUT OUTLIERS REALLY WANNA SPEND AN HOUR AND A HALF AND OUTLIERS, UH, BECOME BORED.
AFTER 10 MINUTES, WE WILL LEARN THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND IN LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIENCE OF HOW ODELL HOUSE FUNCTIONS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CALIBRATE, YOU KNOW, THIS RF BP SYSTEM AND, YOU KNOW, NOT BOOKING PEOPLE IN TOO CRUNCHED, UH, FASHION.
BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, KNOWING THAT THE GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE TOO MANY CARS SHOW UP ON SITE, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, IN ONE HOUR, UH, I THINK THAT IT REALLY CAN BE MANAGED.
UM, LEMME SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, I, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
I, I JUST HAVE, UH, OH, DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I, I HAD JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO IF IN FACT THE COUNTY DOES BUILD THE PARKING OFF OF OLD FARM LANE, UM, CAN IT NOT BE SCREENED, AT LEAST FROM THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE SO THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUS AND WOULD BE, UH, UNCOMFORTABLE FOR YOU TO LIVE WITH? YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD, IN, IN SPEAKING WITH THE TREES WITH COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES, UM, THE GEOMETRY OF THAT PARKING LOT, THE FOCUS WOULD BE INTERIOR.
SO IT WOULDN'T, UM, THERE WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, A MODEST CURB CUT ON OLD FARM LANE, AND THEN THE DRIVEWAY WOULD GO IN FOR, UM, WHATEVER DISTANCE IS APPROPRIATE.
BUT I THINK THE INTENT WOULD BE NOT TO HAVE IT GO NORTH, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE HOMES ARE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE NON-NATIVE TREES.
THERE ARE DEAD TREES, SO, UM, IT'S NOT AS IF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CLEARING, UM, UH, A LARGER AREA THAN THEY NEED TO.
BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY, AND, UH, THE DESIGN HAS TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND, UH, ENCROACH IT MINIMALLY AS POSSIBLE TO THE, TO THE NORTHERN, UH, SIDE THERE.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THE TOWN CAN ADVOCATE FOR AS THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO, UM, UH, POTENTIALLY BUILD THAT OUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND CONCERNS FROM, FROM NEIGHBORS AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS.
IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, THE SPEED CAMERA, UM, I KNOW WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO STATE LEGISLATORS, THEY SAID AFTER WE DO THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, WHICH WILL BE INSTALLED, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR ON EAST DALE AVENUE, THE STATE WOULD BE OPEN-MINDED TO SPEED CAMERAS.
AND, BUT THEN THEY WERE SAYING THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO, THEY WOULD ONLY BE OPEN-MINDED TO PUT SPEED CAMERAS NEAR, UH, SCHOOLS.
BUT SINCE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR HOME RULE LEGISLATION, SINCE THE MUSEUM, UH, IS EDUCATIONAL, MAYBE WE COULD, UM, REACH OUT TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF A SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC, THERE'S A, A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, CON CONGEST CONGESTION.
THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, PEDESTRIAN,
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UH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC AS WELL.MAYBE WE COULD, UH, DURING THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASK IF WE COULD PUT A SPEED CAMERA, UH, NEAR THE MUSEUM.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GET THE STATE TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
UM, AND, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I SORT OF FEEL IS THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TRY EXPEDITING, UH, THE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK BECAUSE I BE FROM THE, FROM, UH, THE, THE PARK, YOU KNOW, ALONG RIDGE ROAD, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY STATE LEGISLATORS AND COUNTY LEGISLATORS WHO FEEL THAT THOUGH DELL HOUSE IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THEY'VE ALL VISITED THAT AND THEY'VE ALL PLEDGED TO HELP MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
AND IF WE HAD THE SIDEWALK, IT REALLY WOULD ADDRESS A LOT OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LOT OF THE PROBLEMS. UM, WOULD YOU HAVE, LIKE, ANY IDEA HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST, LIKE A ROUGH ESTIMATE FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES? UH, SUPPORTING SIDEWALKS? YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T, I, I'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT MORE.
BECAUSE I, I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY LOBBY FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING MURRAY BOWDEN SUGGESTED WAS, UH, A BIKE RACKS ON WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GONNA COST, YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WAS A, A REALLY CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTION.
UH, IF WE COULD GET A BIKE RACK THERE, WE SHOULD REALLY EVEN HAVE A BIKE RACK AT THE TOWN HALL AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES THAT THE TOWN OWNS AT THE LIBRARY.
WELL, I THINK THE LIBRARY HAS IT, BUT TOWN HALL WE DO.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, UM, WE CAN CONSIDER A BIKE RACK THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE? THEN SECOND ROUND, HAVING HEARD THE COMMISSIONER, DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN? NOPE.
I THOUGHT MR. MILLER, YOU SAID YOU SPEAK, WE ARE STARTING SECOND ROUND.
AND WE SHOULD GO IN THE SAME ORDER.
UM, SO MAYBE JUST EXPEDIT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK, SO IF, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK A SECOND ROUND, THEY SHOULD JUST TELL THE TOWN CLERK AND THEN WE WILL CALL YOU IN IN THE ORDER.
I DO APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO MUCH OF, UH, THE PUBLIC'S AND THE TOWN'S TIME TONIGHT, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU, UH, MS. HENDRICKS, FOR BEING WILLING TO LISTEN AND RESPOND.
UH, I MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO REVIEW.
UM, AS FAR AS I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMISSIONER, UH, DUANE REGARDING, UH, THE STATE OF THE LANDSCAPING ON THE PROPERTY, IN ADDITION TO OBSTRUCTIVE SHRUBBERY AND THINGS, UH, I HAVE SEEN TOWN CREWS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WORKING AT THE LIBRARY, SO OBVIOUS THEY WORK HERE AT THE TOWN HALL.
I ASSUME THAT THE TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES, UH, ARE ON A REGULAR LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THERE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES FOR ME.
UH, BUT, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THAT AT THE ODELL HOUSE AS WELL.
THERE ARE EXTENSIVE PLANTINGS ON THE PROPERTY, BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE CURRENT FENCING THAT DESERVE TO BE MAINTAINED.
THERE'S A GORGEOUS PLANTING ALONG THE STREAM OF DAY LILIES THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR, WELL, MORE THAN 20 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED ON THE STREET.
AND THEY'RE OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, IT WOULD BE LOVELY IF THE TOWN OWNING THAT PROPERTY, UM, WOULD TAKE AS GOOD A CARE OF THE ODELL HOUSE PROPERTY AS THEY DO OF THE OTHER TOWN OWNED PROPERTIES ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, UH, FOR TWO REASONS, ONE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWN, AND SECONDLY TO MORE CONFORM THAT PROPERTY TO THE STANDARDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH IT EXISTS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE, AND I CAN SEND EMAILS ABOUT THIS TO MEET WITH THE BOARD AT A WORK SESSION PERHAPS, AND INCLUDE SERGEANT FONTELLA, WHO'S, UH, IN CHARGE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY UNIT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, HE'S THE GUY WHO IS GONNA DECIDE, UH, ON PARKING, NO PARKING ZONES, ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, PERHAPS SOMETHING ON RIDGE ROAD.
AND I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ALL EVER PASSED BY THE NURSERY AT THE FOOT OF, I BELIEVE IT'S UNDERHILL, WHICH IS NOW BACK ON THE MARKET AS THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY, UH, AS YOU TURN TO GO UP THAT HILL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF FLASHING LIGHTS.
THERE'S A BIG SIGN THAT SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, 15 MILES AN HOUR.
AND AS YOU COME AROUND THE CURVE OF RIDGE ROAD FROM THE WEST COMING TOWARDS OLD FARM LANE, THERE ARE A
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COUPLE OF SIGNS THAT INDICATE THAT THERE ARE STREETS ENTERING ON THE RIGHT 50 TO A HUNDRED YARDS BEFORE THOSE STREETS EXIST.THERE ARE NO BLINKING LIGHTS ANYWHERE ALONG THERE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SIGNS THAT SAY 15 MILES AN HOUR.
IT WOULD BE LOVELY IF WE COULD EXPLORE BLINKING LIGHTS, A CAUTION SIGN AND A SIGN INDICATING AN ENTRY FROM THE LEFT.
AND SIGNAGE, IT SAYS, CAUTION VEHICLES ENTERING LEFT.
I CAN'T, I HAD AN AU PAIR WHOSE CAR GOT DESTROYED ON THAT CORNER BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAME AROUND THE CORNER AT SEVEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
SHE WAS FORTUNATE SHE DIDN'T END UP GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE CAR WAS TOTALED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT CIRCUMSTANCES HAVEN'T REALLY NOT CHANGED ON THAT CORNER.
I INVITE ANY OF YOU TO GO STAND IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY ACROSS FROM OLD FARM LANE IN THE MORNING, WHERE I USED TO CATCH THE BUS AND CLOCK THE CARS BETWEEN SEVEN 30 AND NINE 30 IN THE MORNING ON THEIR WAY TO THE TRAIN STATION TO GET TO WORK.
UM, THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH, UH, JOSEPH MENI, WHO'S THE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS, IT'S BEEN A, SAY THREE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS SINCE I COMMUNICATED WITH HIM AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UH, HE DID TELL ME THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWN BOARD OR WITH THE TOWN AS REGARDS ANY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PARK.
UH, HE STILL HAS NO IDEA WHO PUT THE SIGNS UP FOR THE RO SHAMBO RAMBLE.
UH, NOR HAS ANYBODY ELSE BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME WHO DID THAT.
UH, BUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE THAT PATH UPGRADED, PAVED OR GRAVEL STRIPED SO THAT IT'S A WALKABLE PATH.
IF YOU WERE TO HAVE WALKED THROUGH THAT AREA YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND TRIED TO FOLLOW THE RAMBLE INTO THE PARK, YOU WOULD'VE BEEN WALKING THROUGH KNEE DEEP WATER ON THE PARK SIDE OF THAT.
IT'S, UH, A MARSHLAND ESSENTIALLY BACK THERE.
I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP, UH, BY EMAIL WITH SOME OF YOU.
UH, OH, ONE OTHER THING WITH MY LAST 20 SECONDS.
THERE IS A TOWN ORDINANCE THAT I BELIEVE INDICATES THAT THERE CAN BE NO ENTRY OR EGRESS FROM A PROPERTY LIKE THE MUSEUM, UH, FOR A DRIVEWAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WITHIN 50 FEET OF AN INTERSECTION.
THERE IS ONLY A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE EAST SIDE OF RIDGE ROAD.
UH, FROM THE CORNER THERE TO THE FIRST PROPERTY LINE, 50 FEET OF THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWABLE.
IS THERE ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT A DRIVEWAY IN THE REMAINING 50 FEET THAT ABUTS PRIVATE PROPERTY? THANK YOU.
MR. OOP, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? NO, I'M GOOD.
UM, STEPHAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
UM, JUDITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? NO.
THERE'S NOBODY ON ZOOM, RIGHT? I DOES.
ANYONE ELSE? I THINK THESE FOLKS WOULD, NO, IT WOULD BE PEOPLE.
THEN WE WOULD MOVE TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN.
I WOULD GIVE THEM 14 DAYS SINCE WE
[ To consider a Zoning Map amendment petition and amended site plan application by Bethel Communities Management (“Bethel”) as it relates to a proposed expansion of an existing Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located at 55 Grasslands Road, PO Valhalla [TB 25-05] (held over at the request of the Applicant to TB Meeting of July 22, 2026)]
NEXT.UM, THE HEARING ON THE BETH EL IS BEING, UH, HELD OVER TO JULY 22ND.
[ 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. ]
NOW WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING MEETING, AND YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING YOU WANT.OUR FIRST SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ERIC LINLEY.
NOW'S THE TIME, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO IT.
MINE LOOKS LIKE A THANK YOU, PREREAD.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU IN OPPOSITION OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ZONING MAC AMENDMENT.
THERE'S NO S SONOGRAPHER FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, IN OPPOSITION OF THE AMENDMENT PETITION, UH, AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY BETHEL COMMUNITIES AT 55 GRASS ISLANDS
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ROAD, THE PICTURES BEFORE YOU ARE NOT HYPOTHETICALS.THEY FROM WITHIN THE PAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH DISTURBING THOSE PICTURES DO NOT CONVEY THE SEVERE IMPACT OF THE RESIDENTS SCHOOL AND BUSINESSES OF LAWRENCE DRIVE IN VIRGINIA ROAD.
TWO WEEKS AGO DURING THE RECORDED BOARD SESSION, MR. LEE LEITZ REPRESENTING BETHEL, THE KNOWLES AND THE GROVE, DISCUSSED THE PROPOSAL EXPANSION PROJECT.
AND HE STATED TO THIS BOARD, AND I QUOTE, THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA IS SUCH THAT THE OVERFLOW WOULD FLOW DOWN GRASSLANDS ROAD AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS OF STEVENS LANE.
THAT IS THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT BETHEL SEEMS TO HAVE HAD, HAD A DIALOGUE WITH THE GOOGLE MAP IMAGES THAT THEY USED IN THEIR PRESENTATION TO THIS BOARD, VERY DECEPTIVELY LEFT OUT THIS SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND ONLY DISPLAYED STEVENS LANE.
THE GOOGLE MAP IMAGES OMITTED THE ESTATES AND THE EDGEBROOK COOPERATIVES, WHERE ALMOST A THOUSAND TOWN RESIDENTS LIVE.
THEIR DECEPTIVE PRESENTATION OMITTED VAL MAR, THE VIRGINIA ROAD SCHOOL, THE RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS.
THEY OMITTED THE BUSINESSES ON VIRGINIA ROAD AND THE COMMUNITIES DOWNSTREAM AND OTHER TOWNS WHO WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE ADDITIONAL STORM RUNOFF CREATED BY THE NEW BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS, DRIVEWAYS, AND THE LOSS OF PERMEABLE EARTH, THE RUNOFF THAT WILL FLOW DOWN GRASSLANDS ROAD.
AS MR. LAITZ SAID, GRASSLANDS ROAD IS AN EMERGENCY ROUTE TO THE REGION'S LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, AND IT WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL DAYS OF REPAIR LAST SUMMER.
DUE TO THE EROSION FROM THE FLOW DOWN GRASSLANDS ROAD APPROVING THIS PROJECT WILL GUARANTEE OVERWHELMING HARDSHIP AND DAMAGE.
YOU NOW HAVE PICTURES THAT ARE JUST FROM LAST YEAR.
THERE ARE DECADES OF FLOODING THAT HAVE AND WILL OCCUR.
THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM IS NOT ADEQUATE, AS IS THE IMPACT AND LOSS FROM THE EXPANSION WILL BE MONUMENTAL.
THE ONLY PUBLIC SUPPORT THAT I HEARD DURING THE PAST HEARINGS HAVE BEEN FROM THE RESIDENTS WITHIN, BEEN FROM THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE KNOLLS AND THE GROVE.
THEY NOTED THE GREAT CARE ATMOSPHERE AND CONDITIONS INSIDE.
NONE OF THAT SUPPORT FROM INSIDE THE WALLS OF THE FACILITIES ADDRESSED THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS OUTSIDE OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
NONE OF THAT SUPPORT WAS BASED ON THE NEED FOR A LARGER FACILITY FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITIES, OR STATED A LACK OF QUALITY OF LIFE.
IN FACT, ALL OF THE SUPPORT HAD HIGH PRAISE FOR THE CURRENT CONDITIONS IN LIFESTYLE, BUT THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE INEVITABLE OUTSIDE OF THOSE WALLS.
BETHEL'S HISTORY OF INACTION, DECEPTION, AND DEFLECTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY SHOULD SERVE AS STERN FORESHADOWING TO THIS BOARD OF WHAT IS TO COME TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
WITH THE CURRENT STORM DRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE AND WILL COME AT A GRAVE COST.
BETHEL HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
THEY HAVE DEFLECTED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS BOARD SHOULD NOTE THEIR INACTIONS.
THEIR HISTORY SHOULD SERVE AS A CAUTIONARY TALE.
WE HAVE YOU IN MR. LITZ PRESENTATION, HE STATED TO YOU THAT HE HAS TALKED, LISTENED, CONSULTED, AND TAKEN NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION.
I'M A NEIGHBOR AND IN MY COMMUNITY, IT HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE DARK.
THEY HAVE INTENTIONALLY DECEIVED THIS BOARD IN, IN AN EFFORT TO BIAS YOUR APPROVAL BY NOT PRESENTING THE REAL IMPACT, I BEG OF YOU DO NOT APPROVE THE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR.
DO NOT ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO PROCEED.
DO NOT HURT THE P PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ROBERT.
LAST THING IS SPELLED R ROMEO A ALPHA H HOTEL N NOVEMBER I, INDIA.
I MUSTERED THIS TOGETHER WHILE I WAS SEATED HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, SO I HOPE IT'S SATISFACTORY.
MY FAMILY AND I RESIDE IN ALMAR, MORE SPECIFICALLY NEAR THE FRONT ENTRANCE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE KNOLLS PROPERTY.
SINCE 2016, FOR FAR TOO LONG, BETHEL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT HAS OBSTRUCTED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT RESIDES UNDER THE GUISE OF BENEVOLENCE AND ALTRUISM IN CARING FOR THE ELDERLY.
WHEN IN REALITY THEY ARE OPPORTUNISTIC PANOS THAT WILL GO TO ANY LENGTH THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT OR BOTTOM LINE, EVEN IF IT MEANS, IRONICALLY ENOUGH, THE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE ZONING REGULATIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR A REASON.
THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE, THEIR SAFETY AND WELLBEING.
HILLSIDE AVENUE IS ALREADY A HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD WITH TONS OF CONGESTION WITHOUT PROPER TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN PLACE TO HELP SUPPORT THIS HIGH VOLUME OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, CHANGING THE TOPOGRAPHY AND WHATEVER NATURAL DRAINAGE OF THIS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE, LARGELY NEGLECTED MASS OF LAND, REMAINS ONLY TO THEN MIS AT TRIBUTE.
AN INEVITABLE TRAGEDY SUCH AS A
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LANDSLIDE OR TREES CRASHING DOWN ONTO CARS, BOTH OF WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE RECENT MEMORY TO A QUOTE, ACT OF GOD UNQUOTE, IS AVOIDABLE, REPREHENSIBLE, AND BORDERLINE CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.BETHEL COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN THIS UNNATURAL, MASSIVE PROJECT AND PLACE THE LIVES THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN FURTHER JEOPARDY.
I YIELD MY TIME BACK TO THE CHAIR.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE KATHY MADISON.
UM, I'M NOT AS WELL PREPARED AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
I YOU COULD PULL THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT TOO.
I HAVE LIVED ON LAWRENCE DRIVE FOR NOW 51 YEARS.
MARY'S IN THE FIELD, WHICH THEN BECAME HEBREW.
AND ALSO, UM, THE KNOLLS WITH THAT, THEY ALL THE TREES THAT THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN.
AND ALSO IF YOU LOOK OVER ON, UM, KENSICO CEMETERY, THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN DOWN TREES.
WE HAVE WATER THAT GOES FLOWING DOWN.
IT TOOK OUT THE GAS STATION TWICE ON, BUT THAT'S IN VALHALLA.
IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UM, OUR STORM DRAINS, THE, UM, THE MANHOLE COVERS HAVE COME UP.
THE SEWER PEOPLE OR THE WATER PEOPLE HAVE COME AND CLEANED THEM OUT.
UH, MY GARAGE HAS BEEN FLOODED THREE TIMES.
UM, THE BUILDING 35 LAWRENCE DRIVE AND 17 LAWRENCE DRIVE.
UM, THEY EVEN TOOK THE LAUNDRY ROOM OUT.
THEY TOOK THE METERS OUT BECAUSE IT ALWAYS FLOODS THERE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE ON LAWRENCE DRIVE? AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT'S COMING DOWN THE HILL.
IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MOUNTAIN IS NOT EVEN COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, IT JUST, IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLE.
WE'VE GOT, WHY SHOULD WE BE GETTING ROCKS COMING UP? WHY SHOULD WE HAVE MUDDY, UH, MUDDY WATER GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY? YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE HEAVY RAINS, I NEED TO TAKE MY CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE SO I DON'T LOSE IT.
AND PUT IT AT HIGH, HIGH LEVEL.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE IN OUR AREA? WE'RE IN A VALLEY.
UM, I DON'T SEE HOW THE KNOWLES COULD BE HELPING US.
AND YOU KNOW, ALSO YOU'VE GOT, UH, WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
ALL OF THAT DRAINS INTO LAWRENCE DRIVE, NOT LAWRENCE DRIVE, BUT GRASSLANDS THEN COMES DOWN AND COMES TO VIRGINIA ROAD, AND THEN DOWN LAWRENCE DRIVE, OR HILLSIDE AND DOWN LAWRENCE DRIVE.
IT'S TAKEN OUT PARKING LOTS, CARS, BASEMENTS.
UM, WHAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
OH, ALSO, BOCES HAS A, A DRIVEWAY THAT COMES DOWN TO GRASSLANDS.
ALL OF THAT COMES SOUTH, COMES DOWN.
UM, AND ENDS UP IN OUR, IN OUR AREA.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE? IT'S CERTAINLY NOT ADDING TO THE KNOLLS.
WHEN THE KNOLLS WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, WHEN THE KNOWLES CAME IN, IT WAS HEBREW HOME FOR THE AGENT.
THEY WERE GIVEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THAT THEY HAD, AND THE REST OF IT, THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
UM, THIS IS JUST RUMOR ON, UM, THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING MORE.
WHERE IS ALL OF THIS STORM WATER GOING, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT, WHATEVER ELSE THERE IS THERE.
ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I JUST CAN'T SEE HOW ADDING TO THAT PROPERTY IS GOING TO AND TAKING DOWN MORE TREES THAT ARE, THAT SOAK UP SOME RAIN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S WETLANDS ON, ON, UH, THE KNOLLS THERE TO THE RIGHT OF THE DRIVEWAY.
IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE WATER GOES ACROSS AND THEN WHEN IT'S COLD, IT'S, IT FREEZES AND YOU'VE GOT BLACK ICE AND YOU HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC, AS YOU SAID, GOING UP AND DOWN GRASSLANDS ALREADY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE REGARDING THE K KNOWS IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
I KNOW, BUT THE POINT, THE POINT I'M MAKING IS WANNA MAKE IS, UH, THIS IS NOT, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, INTERRUPTING.
ISN'T THAT THE RULES? I'M NOT INTERRUPTING.
I'M JUST SAYING WE, WE, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE RULES,
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I THINK, I THINK HE'S SAYING SOMETHING PROCEDURALLY.NO, NO, I'M SAYING, BUT PROCEDURALLY, ONCE WE, ONCE WE GO, ONCE WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING OUR PROCEDURES, THEN EVERYBODY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S OPEN SEASON FOR, SO THEN I WON'T SAY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW IS ON THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
YOU NEED TO REPEAT IT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT INSTRUC, HE'S GIVING INSTRUCTIONS.
IT'S HE'S GIVING INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING PROCEDURE.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING HE HAVE TO REPEAT IT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
YEAH, YOU JUST, THAT'S THE, THAT WAS THE MESSAGE.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE STEPHAN CHAZOFF.
UH, AS A RESIDENT OF LOS ANGELES, UM, I, WE LIVE THROUGH PROPOSITION 13, WHICH, UM, BASICALLY OUR PROPERTIES ARE NOT REASSESSED UNLESS THE PROPERTY IS SOLD.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE DON'T GET OUR STREETS CLEANED.
CAN WE, CAN WE LOWER IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE? THANK YOU.
WE DON'T GET OUR STREETS CLEAN.
WE DON'T GET OUR TREES TRIMMED.
UM, AND MANY, MANY STREETLIGHTS ARE OUT BECAUSE THE, THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THE BULBS AND THE STREETLIGHTS.
I'M ALL FOR FREEZING ASSESSMENTS, BUT MAKE SURE WHEN YOU, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, UH, YOU'RE LOSING A REVENUE STREAM THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU CAN REPLACE IT OR AT LEAST REPLACE MOST OF IT.
OR OTHERWISE YOU'LL BE CUTTING SERVICES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS TOWN OR THE SERVICES THAT WE GET, I SAW A STREET SWEEPER TODAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE HUGH SCHWARTZ.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT, UH, REASSESSMENT.
THERE WAS A REASON WE WENT TO THE WAY WE DO IT NOW, FRANCIS, YOU HAD SOME VERY COMMENTS IN THAT EARLIER.
I THINK, UH, PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR ASSESSED VALUE REALLY ISN'T WHAT IN ITSELF CALCULATES YOUR TAXES.
TAXES ARE BASED ON BUDGET, DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF THE TOWN, AND THAT GIVES YOU A TAX RATE.
SO IF YOU DON'T REASSESS, THE TAX RATE WOULD BE HIGHER.
AND THAT'S, I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, FRANCIS.
THE REASON WE DID IT, AND FRANCIS, YOU'LL PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS, I DUNNO IF YOU WERE ON THE ZONING BOARD OR ON PROBABLY ON THE ZONING BOARD AT THE TIME, WAS WE HAD THE BMW ON ONE 19 AND WE HADN'T REASSESSED ANYBODY SINCE 1969, I THINK IT WAS, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THE BMW DID BUILT ABOUT A $2 MILLION EXPANSION OF WHICH THEIR REASSESSMENT WAS, I THINK AT THE TIME, ABOUT TWO OR $300,000.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO THE PLAN WE HAVE NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT OUT CAREFULLY BOARD BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
I, I, IT'S A VERY, I'M NOT SURE THIS MUCH ADVANTAGE TO CHANGING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I THINK WE ARE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY CURRENTLY.
UM, I HAVE ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO, TO DO TONIGHT.
WE, CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WANT TO THANK MR. FINER FOR HIS 35 YEARS OF SERVICE.
HIS DEDICATION AND FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY HAS HELPED MAKE OUR TOWN A UNIQUE AND WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.
WE CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS HARD FOUGHT VICTORY LAST NIGHT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
1956 WAS THE LAST REASSESSMENT.
YEAH, I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT.
UM, SHERRY, EUGENE, THANK YOU.
THIS IS RESPONSES TO RESPONSES TO RESPONSES.
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STEVENS LANE DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE KNOWLES PROPERTY.I WANT TO BRIEFLY FOLLOW UP ON THE NOTICE, PUBLIC NOTICE DISCREPANCY I RAISED AT THE JUNE 10TH PUBLIC HEARING FOR MONTHS.
THIS PROJECT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD AS A 41,240 SQUARE FOOT EDITION WHEN THE APPLICANT'S OWN PLANS SHOW AN EXPANSION CLOSER TO 149,000 SQUARE FEET.
AFTER I RAISED THAT ISSUE, THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY STOOD UP AND SAID 41,240 SQUARE FEET WAS THE FOOTPRINT AND THEREFORE ACCURATE.
THAT RESPONSE WAS APPALLING AND I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T BUY IT.
THAT PREPARED EXPLANATION, CONFIRMED MY CONCERN THAT THIS WAS THEIR STRATEGY ALL ALONG TO INTENTIONALLY DESCRIBE THE PROJECT AS SMALLER THAN IT IS, AND TO LET THAT DESCRIPTION TAKE HOLD IN THE PUBLIC RECORD.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE.
TONIGHT I AM SUBMITTING AGAIN THE RESPONSE MY HUSBAND AND I FILED TO THE APPLICANT'S APRIL 30TH RESPONSE LETTER IS WHAT I JUST HANDED TO YOU.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD HAS IT IN FRONT OF THEM.
IT'S ON THE TOWN'S WEBSITE, BUT IT IS SOMEWHAT BURIED.
THAT DOCUMENT IDENTIFIES ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS BY THE APPLICANT THAT ARE MISLEADING, INCOMPLETE, OR SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
AND LAST TIME I ASKED, WHAT ELSE WILL THE PUBLIC FIND OUT ABOUT THE KNOWLES PROJECT? WELL, I KEEP REVEALING THESE AND HERE IS TONIGHT'S WHOPPER FOR THE ENTIRE REVIEW PROCESS.
THIS APPLICATION HAS DESCRIBED THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS AS TWO AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF STORIES.
BUT UNDER TOWN CODE A HALF STORY HAS SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
IT MUST HAVE A SLOPING ROOF CONDITIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES, AND NO MORE THAN 50% OF THE FLOOR AREA CAN HAVE A CEILING HEIGHT OF AT LEAST SEVEN FEET, SIX INCHES.
I HAVE REVIEWED THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
THESE TOP FLOORS ARE NOT HALF STORIES, NOT EVEN CLOSE.
THEY HAVE THE EXACT SAME FOOTPRINT AS THE FLOORS BELOW THEM.
THE ONLY TRUTH HERE IS THAT THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN TELLING US HALF A STORY.
AND NOW IN THE LATEST ZONING VARIANCE NOTICE JUST ISSUED THE DAY BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR APPEARS TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR MONTHS.
THIS IS NOT REALLY TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS AT ALL.
IT IS ONE CONNECTED BUILDING AND IT REQUIRES A VARIANCE FOR FIVE STORIES.
I HAVE A FIVE STORY BUILDING PROPOSED IN MY BACKYARD, AND FOR MONTHS EVERYONE WAS TOLD IT WAS TWO AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF STORIES.
AT SOME POINT, THIS STOPS LOOKING LIKE A SERIES OF MISTAKES AND STARTS LOOKING LIKE A PATTERN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN INTENDS TO RE-NOTICE THE APPLICATION BECAUSE OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE DISCREPANCY, BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
THIS APPLICATION MUST BE SENT BACK FOR RE-REVIEW BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND BY EVERY AGENCY THAT COMMENTED, INCLUDING WESTCHESTER COUNTY BECAUSE THEY COMMENTED ON A FALSE DESCRIPTION AND FALSE DATA.
AND THE CAUSE OF THAT LIES WITH THE APPLICANT.
IF THE TOWN SIMPLY RE-NOTICE WITHOUT REQUIRING A FULL RE-REVIEW, THE MESSAGE TO ALL APPLICANTS IN THIS TOWN WILL BE CLEAR.
YOU CAN UNDERSTATE, REFRAME, AND MISDESCRIBE A PROJECT THROUGHOUT THE REVIEW PROCESS.
AND AS LONG AS SOMEONE CATCHES IT LATE ENOUGH, THE TIME WILL JUST CLEAN UP THE NOTICE AND MOVE ON.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE HECTOR UJI.
UH, EVENING HECTOR UJI THREE STEVENS LANE, UH, RIGHT BEHIND THE NOS PROPERTY.
AT THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING, I RAISED SEVERAL TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
TONIGHT I WANNA SUPPLEMENT THOSE CONCERNS AND RESPOND TO SOME OF THE EXPLANATIONS GIVEN AFTERWARD BY THE APPLICANT'S TEAM.
FIRST BRIGHTVIEW, THIS IS THE APPROVED BUT NOT YET CONSTRUCTED 170 BED ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN MOUNT PLEASANT, ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THE K KNOWLES ON GRASSLANDS ROAD.
AFTER I SPOKE, THE APPLICANT'S TEAM THEN RESPONDED BY DISCUSSING BLYTHEDALE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
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IS OVER A MILE AWAY.BRIGHTVIEW IS MUCH CLOSER TO KNOWLES AND DIRECTLY RELEVANT, RELEVANT TO THE GRASSLANDS ROAD TRAFFIC.
CONSTRUCTION IS NOT EVEN STARTED YET.
THE APPLICANT STATED IN WRITING THAT BRIGHTVIEW TRAFFIC WAS INCLUDED IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE GEN TRIP GENERATION WAS CALCULATED FOLLOWING BRIGHT VIEW'S OPENING THE APPLICANT'S TEAM KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT BRIGHTVIEW IS.
THEY HANDLED THE BRIGHT BRIGHTVIEW APPROVALS.
SO THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH BLYTHEDALE.
SECOND, THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSE TO MY CO COMMENTS ABOUT THE COVID ERROR DATA WAS SELECTIVE.
YES, THE TRAFFIC REPORT WAS PREPARED IN 2025, BUT THE ACCIDENT DATA USED IN IT COVERS 2020 THROUGH 2024.
THAT INCLUDES THE COVID PERIOD AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AROUND A SENIOR CARE AND NURSING HERE, UH, HOME DURING THE YEARS THAT THERE WERE ANYTHING BUT NORMAL.
THIRD, THE PROPOSED CIRCULATION ROAD IN THE BLUE, UH, BEHIND OUR HOME AND THE TRAFFIC AND NOISE, PARTICULARLY AT NIGHTTIME HOURS.
THIS IS NOT A SMALL DRIVEWAY AS THEY, AS THEY CLAIM IT IS A CIRCULATION ROAD ON A RETAINING WALL, APPROXIMATELY 24 FEET FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE WITH A SHARP TURN AND UPHILL GRADE DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR HOUSE.
IT IS CONFIGURED TO SERVE THE ENTIRE KNO COMPLEX, NOT JUST THE NEW UNITS.
THE ROAD WITH THE RED XS IS GOING AWAY IN THAT PROJECT.
SO THE BLUE ROAD IS GONNA BE IT.
UH, IT'S SHOWN BY THE THICK BLUE LINE ON THE DIAGRAM.
THE APPLICANT RESPONDED BY SAYING THE PROJECT ADDS ONLY 16 PEAK HOUR TRIPS, BUT THAT MISSES THE POINT ENTIRELY.
UH, I WAS TALKING ABOUT TOTAL NIGHTTIME VEHICLE USE AND A NEW CIRCULATION ROAD BEHIND OUR HOME.
THEY WERE AGAIN, BEING MISLEADING.
ALL RIGHT, THIS SLIDE'S BUSY, BUT THIS SLIDE USES THE APPLICANT'S OWN TRAFFIC REPORT.
IT SHOWS VEHICLE ENTRIES AND EXITS AT THE KNOWLES GRASSLANDS ROAD ENTRANCE BETWEEN 8:00 PM AND 8:00 AM I ADDED 50% TO REFLECT THIS PROPOSED 74 ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS AND ASSUMED ONLY 25% OF NIGHTTIME VEHICLES WOULD USE THE FIRST LOOP ROAD ENTRANCE.
THE ENTRANCE DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR HOUSE.
THAT PRODUCES AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 79 NIGHTTIME VEHICLE MOVEMENTS BEHIND MY HOME.
IT'S BASIC MATH USING THEIR OWN REPORT.
THIS MATTERS BECAUSE THE PROPOSED ROAD INVOLVES A 45 DEGREE TURN FAR BY APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED FEET OF ACCELERATION.
UP A 6% GRADE, ABOUT 25 FEET FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE.
THIS CREATES NOISE AND SWEEPING HEADLIGHTS.
ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES WILL REASONABLY CREATE PEAK NOISE LEVELS ABOVE THE TOWN'S 65 DECIBEL RESIDENTIAL THRESHOLD.
THE TOWN'S NOISE ORDINANCE IS MEASURED AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE ARE FOR FORESEEABLE.
HOW MANY TIMES A NIGHT DOES THE TOWN THINK IT'S ACCEPTABLE FOR MY FAMILY TO BE WOKEN UP? 5, 10, 20 TIMES.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE NO'S HOME RESIDENTS? HAS ANYONE STUDIED THE NOISE IMPACTS ON THE SENIORS WHO WILL LIVE NEXT TO THIS ROAD? NO.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE TOWN REQUIRE THREE THINGS BEFORE THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.
FIRST ADDRESS BRIGHTVIEW GRASSLANDS.
AND DO NOT LET THEM PRETEND THAT IT'S DALE.
SECOND, ANALYZE LEGION DRIVE AND GRASSLANDS ROAD AS REQUIRED BY THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING.
I SHOWED YOU THAT MEMO TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND THIRD, REQUIRE A SITE SPECIFIC NOISE AND HEADLIGHT ANALYSIS FOR THE PROPOSED CIRCULATION ROAD, USING THE ACTUAL ROAD GEOMETRY, THE 6% GRADE, THE RETAINING WALL, THE VEHICLE MIX, AND NIGHTTIME OPERATING CONDITIONS.
IF THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THIS ROAD WILL NOT CREATE REPEATED NOISE OR HEADLIGHT IMPACTS, THEN THEY SHOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO STUDYING IT.
HE'S 1955 GRADUATE OF RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE THROUGH THE MATH.
HE STILL GOES TO THE ALUMNI EVENTS.
OUR NEXT ON THE PORT AUTHORITY, UH, YEAH.
TOWN BOARD MEETINGS AND, AND IS BLOWN AWAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ERICA ACHE.
THIS IS ERICA BAGCHI, MY SINCERE THANKFULNESS TO THE HONORABLE SUPERVISOR AND THE TOWN BOARD.
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A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. PAUL FINER ON HIS HISTORIC VICTORY BEING A VAL MAR RESIDENT FOR 26 YEARS.NOW, LET ME SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM VAL MAR ON HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHICH IS SEEKING AN EXPANSION DUE TO THE SLOPE OF THAT PROPERTY, VAL MAR COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET WILL SEE MORE LANDSLIDES, FLOODING, AND TREES COMING DOWN IN VALLEY MAR'S DIRECTION.
DESPITE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE BY THE OWNERS TO IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE AND MINIMIZE THE SAFETY ISSUES.
OUR SAFETY PROPERTY VALUES AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS CAN BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE ISSUES.
THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION CAN MAKE A BAD SITUATION EVEN WORSE.
BEYOND THIS, THERE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO THE ADDED TRAFFIC AT THE ALREADY OVER BURDENED INTERSECTION AT VIRGINIA ROAD AND HILLSIDE, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING INTERSECTIONS.
WE PAY A HUGE AMOUNT OF TAXES AND WE DON'T DESERVE THIS PROBLEM, WHICH WILL DIRECTLY HEAT OUR PREMISE AND AREA REGARDING THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
HILLSIDE AVENUE EXPERIENCES A FAIR VOLUME OF TRAFFIC EACH DAY.
WE KEEP HEARING LOTS OF VEHICLES PASSING EVEN AT LATE NIGHT.
AND SOMETIMES THE HOMES OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE SUPER LOUD, ESPECIALLY DURING THE QUIETNESS OF THE NIGHT OR VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HILLSIDE AVENUE HAS A PARTICULAR CAPACITY AND IS QUITE NARROW.
ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC WILL NOT ONLY BE CONCERNING, BUT ALSO CAN RESULT INTO UNWANTED ACCIDENTS.
BETHEL HAS PROPOSED TO BUILD A POND TO CATCH THE EXCESS RAINWATER.
THIS IS, IT IS DESIGNED FOR CATCHING NINE INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
HOWEVER, OUR CONCERN IS FOR FLASH FLOOD SITUATIONS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON THESE DAYS AND IN THE FUTURE, THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAUSE FLASH, FLOODS DUMP MORE THAN THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR AND LAST ONLY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO.
BETHEL ENGINEERS MUST SHOW THEIR POND WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT HIGH RATE OF RAINFALL.
OTHERWISE, THE EXCESS WATER WILL FLOW DOWN GRASSLANDS ROAD AND HILLSIDE AVENUE AND WORSEN THE FLASH FLOODS THAT OUR PROPERTIES ARE FACING IN INCREASING FREQUENCY.
THESE DAYS, WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED CLIMATE CHANGE AND IT'S A SEVERE IMPACT AS WELL.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MAJOR CONCERN.
GLOBAL WARMING CAN HARDLY BE CONTROLLED.
GLOBAL WARMING INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD AND SEVERITY OF FLASH FLOODS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF WARMER ATMOSPHERE HOLDS MORE MOISTURE LEADING TO HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND MORE EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS.
THIS DIRECTLY RAISE RAISES THE RISK OF SUDDEN INTENSE FLOODING.
SO COMING BACK TO MR. PAUL FINER TODAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOLL AND PAUL
PAUL IS 35 YEARS INCUMBENT SUPERVISOR FROM THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
HE IS A WINNER ONCE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS, AND THIS IS A HISTORIC VICTORY, PAUL, WITH HIS DEDICATION, DILIGENCE, SERVICES, CONTRIBUTIONS, PLANNING AND MENTORING HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT ANY APAC MONEY OR BIG DONATIONS.
HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL ALL BY HIS OWN TASK FORCE, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND FAMILY INSPIRATION.
REAL VICTORY DOESN'T COME FROM MONEY, IT COMES FROM WHOLEHEARTED EFFORT AND PERSEVERANCE.
PAUL WAS CRITICIZED HEAVILY BY HIS OPPONENTS ON COMPLETELY FALSE GROUNDS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
BUT STILL HE HAS OWNED WITH A BIG MARGIN.
GOD HELPS THE ONE WHO HELPS MANKIND.
SHARING SOME MEMORABLE, UM, CLICKS ON FACEBOOK.
NOW ONE MORE THING THAT I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY IS, UH, GREENBERG HAS MADE PAUL WI, AGAIN, I APPEAL TO THE TOWN BOARD TO KINDLY COOPERATE WITH PAUL TO SOLVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THIS IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE TAXPAYERS AND WE HAVE ELECTED YOU.
WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES, AND WE DON'T PAY FOR LISTENING TO YOUR DRAMA OR BICKERING OR DISRESPECTING, UH, THE CFO OF GREENBERG.
WE PAY TAXES AND WE HAVE ELECTED YOU FOR REAL PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED WITH PEACE AND EASE AND WITH FRUITFUL AND COOPERATIVE DECISIONS.
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OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JUDITH LAVILLE.TOWN BOARD AND RESIDENCE OF TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO COMMENTS AND CONCERNS RAISED THIS EVENING ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROPERTY AT THE KNOWLES.
UM, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, WATER FLOW, UH, CAN IMPACT THE CEMETERY THAT IS ALSO ACROSS THE STREET ON HILLSIDE AVENUE.
UH, IF, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A REMOVAL MAY A SIGNIFICANT REMOVAL OF TREES AND, AND OTHER, UM, UH, UH, WOODED AREA THAT HELPS TO, UM, PREVENT THE FLOW OF WATER THERE.
I WANTED TO COMMENT ON SHELDON MAIVE.
IS THAT HOW I PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME? SHEL YOUR LAST NAME? MAIVE.
I WANTED TO COMMENT ON HIS, UH, QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO WHY PAUL WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN A MEETING WITH, UM, TWO TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, IT, IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT EVERY TOWN BOARD MEMBER IS A LIAISON TO ONE OR TWO DEPARTMENTS.
NOW, THAT ONE LIAISON LEAVES ROOM FOR THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO BE PART OF THE MEETING.
IF ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO ATTEND, THEN IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THAT BOARD MEMBER TO SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE TO POST THIS MEETING.
AND THEN THEY GO TO THE TOWN CLERK AND SAY, WE'RE POSTING A MEETING BECAUSE THREE OF US WILL BE MEETING.
BUT TECHNICALLY, EVERY BOARD MEMBER IS A LIAISON TO AT LEAST ONE OR TWO DEPARTMENTS.
SO IF THEY HAVE A MEETING THAT INVOLVES TWO AND THE TOWN SUPERVISOR WANTS TO ATTEND, THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS HE CANNOT ATTEND.
IT JUST SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO POST THE MEETING WITH THE TOWN CLERK BECAUSE IT'S THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE OTHER POINT, UM, THAT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST, UM, MONTH OR SO, UH, I'VE BEEN OUT MEETING AND GREETING RESIDENTS, UM, IN, IN CAMPAIGNING FOR PAUL.
AND, UH, HAD THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SEVERAL, UH, ELDERLY, UM, OR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ASKED, WHO HAVE SHOWN ME PICTURES OF PART OF CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF THEIR WALKWAYS TO THEIR HOMES.
AND, UM, THE, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY NEED CLEAR ACCESS TO THEIR HOMES.
SO I, I LOOKED UP ON NEW YORK STATE LAW, UH, VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
AND ACCORDING TO A VEHICLE, NEW YORK STATE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, VTL, UH, SECTION 1660, NEW YORK TOWNS HAVE BROAD HOME RULE POWERS TO REGULATE PARKING ON HIGHWAYS AND STREETS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION, A TOWN BOARD CAN PASS A LOCAL ORDINANCE TO EXPLICITLY FORBID, BLOCKING PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS OR WALKWAYS LEADING TO HOMES TO MAKE ENFORCEMENT EASIER FOR LOCAL POLICE OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE, CAN THIS TOWN, UM, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PARKING ON, ON PUBLIC STREETS THAT BLOCKS WALKWAYS INTO THE FRONT DOORS OF RESIDENCE? IF THEY CANNOT BLOCK DRIVEWAYS, THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BLOCK WALKWAYS.
SO I'M ASKING THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER SUCH AN ORDINANCE AND, AND IN DOING SO, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS? SO PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION.
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UM, DURING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS, THE NEW YORK STATE LAW ALLOWS YOU TO DO SO.OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE IRIS MICKLEY.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU, PAUL, ON A SUCCESSFUL VICTORY.
WE WISH YOU WELL, GOOD HEALTH, AND I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE SO MANY THINGS TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND MANY, MANY YEARS YOU'VE BEEN THERE.
AND WE THANK YOU ALSO, GINA, FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE THERE TOO.
YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR US, AND WE WANNA STILL CONT WE WANNA COUNT ON ALL OF YOU.
WE NEED YOU ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP US BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS. WE STILL GOT PROBLEMS, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU, WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU BOTH WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP US BECAUSE THINGS THAT STILL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT ON OVER IN FAIRVIEW.
OKAY? ALSO, I WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE GOD NOW, UH, LITTLE NERVOUS, UM, OKAY.
AS FAR AS MEET THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THE HEADS AND ALL OF THAT.
LIKE I KNOW YOUR MEETING IS COMING TUESDAY WITH THE ASSESSOR.
THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR, OUR TOWN, TO EVERYBODY HERE.
AND WILL THIS BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY CHOOSE TO ATTEND, LIKE, AS JUST TO OBSERVE OR JUST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME INPUT.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE SUBJECTS THAT YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, BECAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE ALSO.
AND, UH, THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE EVERY, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE BE MADE AWARE OF THIS MEETING WITH THE ASSESSOR, AND THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
GIVING A TAX FREE A TAX BREAK FREEZE.
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE, THE HOMEOWNERS NEED IT.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE GAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IN ON THE FOOD, OKAY? AND EVERY YEAR TO SEE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES GO UP.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HURTING OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING AT EACH ONE OF YOU.
WE WANT ALL OF YOU TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO COME TO SOME KIND OF SOLUTION TO HELP EVERYONE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE WALTER SIMON.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A, ARE YOU OKAY? A MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT.
UH, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, WALTER SIMON, BEFORE I MET, UH, I READ A STATEMENT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE NOSE BASED UPON THE INFORMATION.
I DON'T HAVE THOROUGH BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT, BUT JUST BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TONIGHT, IN TERMS OF THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THE APPLICANT SAID, UH, AND THE ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, AND THE ACTUAL HEIGHT OF THE DESIGN, I THINK THIS APPLICATION IS NOT READY TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE TOWN BOARD, AND IT SHOULD BE REFERRED BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO THE PLANNING BOARD COULD LOOK AT, LOOK AT THIS APPLICATION THOROUGHLY AND MAKE AN OBJECTIVE, UH, UH, EVALUATION, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE, THE, THE STANDARD PRACTICES OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
THEY WILL LOOK AT THE FLOODING, THEY'LL LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC, THEY'LL LOOK AT THE HEIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THIS APPLICATION.
UM, THE, UH, I'M REALLY HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, THE ELECTIONS LAST NIGHT.
I'D LIKE TO READ THIS SIMPLE STATEMENT.
THE RECENT ELECTION RESULTS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PUBLIC EXPECTS
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A FUNCTIONAL, EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL VOTES ARE DETERMINED BY THE MERITS OF EACH ISSUE, RATHER THAN BY ALIGNMENT WITH OR OPPOSITION TO THE SUPERVISOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE STANDARD HAS OFTEN BEEN OVERLOOKED IN RECENT YEARS AND DISREGARDED IN RECENT MONTHS.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL MEETINGS IN THE RECENT MONTHS THAT NO ONE COULD SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROUD OF.
IT HAS BEEN EMBARRASSING FOR THIS TOWN BOARD.
IT HAD BEEN EMBARRASSING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN.
THE ELECTORATE HAS SPENT A SEND A SIGNIFICANT MESSAGE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE VOTERS KEEP THE POWER TO HOLD INCUMBENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
I TRUST THAT THIS BOARD WILL REFLECT ON THESE RESULTS AND COMMIT TO A MORE OBJECTIVE AND EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
I WILL SAY THAT THE MANNER OF WHICH THE MEETING WAS DONE TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW IT WILL BE DONE IN THE FUTURE.
THEN YOU ARE OFF TO A GOOD START.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE LORRAINE KORI.
THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OVER 32 YEARS, AND, UM, I CALL MYSELF A HUNTER-GATHERER BECAUSE INSTEAD OF COMING UP HERE AND BEING ALL EMOTIONAL, I LIKE TO STATE THE FACTS.
I WANT TO REITERATE A FEW THINGS.
UM, FOR THOSE PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH ODELL.
I JUST WANNA DO A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS.
THERE'S AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT BY A A, A YOUNG MAN, UM, SCOTT MCKENNA.
HE CREATED A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN WITH PLANTS THAT WERE INDIGENOUS DURING THE 18, YOU KNOW, THE 18TH CENTURY.
AND HE INVOLVED ODDSLY TROOP THREE.
A LOT OF KIDS WORKED ON IT, AND IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS KID'S PROJECT IS NOT FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
I ALSO WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE DO HAVE A, A VERY BIG TAX, UM, ISSUE.
I THINK THAT GREENBERG IS SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH MONEY ON THINGS THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE, UM, SHOULD BE A NO BRAINER.
THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON, WHETHER THEY'RE BASED ON GRANTS OR TAX PAYER REVENUE THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN, FOR EXAMPLE, EMINENT DOMAIN OR WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC FOR HAVING A RIGHT TURN LANE.
THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS QUITE ENVIOUS WHEN I HEARD RIDGE ROAD WOULD POTENTIALLY GET FLASHING LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE, BUT THAT'S NEXT.
UH, WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE CONTINUES TO BE, UM, A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THE OBVIOUS 30 MILE PER HOUR SIGNS THAT I FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET FROM THE STATE.
OKAY? UM, THAT THE, THE, UM, DRIVING IS JUST ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
WE HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
I ACTUALLY WENT IN AND SPOKE TO THE MANAGER LAST WEEK, AND I SAID, THERE'S NO REASON FOR HIS TRUCK TO BARREL UP AND DOWN.
HE SAID THEY'LL TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE IT.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE INVOLVEMENT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS ESSENTIAL.
I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR PEOPLE JUST SITTING AROUND COMPLAINING.
UH, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BOTHERING YOU, YOU SHOULD JUST DO SOME RESEARCH BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, THE WHOLE BETHEL THING, I'VE HEARD TO IT NAUSEUM, AND I CAN COMPLETELY RELATE TO THE PASSION THE RESIDENTS HAVE, BECAUSE ONCE IT'S BUILT AND THIS COMPANY WALKS AWAY, THE RESIDENTS ARE STUCK HOLDING THE BAG.
IT'S CATASTROPHIC, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT TRAFFIC STUDIES DO NOT WORK.
THE BEST WAY TO ASSESS TRAFFIC IN AN AREA IS TO ASK THE RESIDENTS.
I COULD TELL YOU WHEN THE TRAFFIC'S BACKED UP PAST MY HOUSE.
AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR HORNS AND MISERABLE AND SPREADING THEIR MISERY LIKE THE PLAGUE.
UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES.
UH, THERE'S EIGHT OVER 8 BILLION IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, AND THERE'S, UM, 3.2 BILLION
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IN GREENBURG.AND I DO BELIEVE IF THERE ARE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES ARE SUPPOSED TO ADHERE TO, THEN UM, THEY SHOULD BE RIGOROUSLY REVIEWED BECAUSE, UM, ANY PROPERTY THAT'S TAX EXEMPT SHOULD ABIDE BY RULES AND NOT HAVE, UM, A MEANS OF SKIRTING LAWS TO BRING IN REVENUE ON THE BACKS OF THE TAXPAYERS THAT, THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU.
I FEEL LIKE TONIGHT WAS SO PLEASANT.
I'M JUST LIKE, I WAS EXHAUSTED.
IT WAS SO CALMING AND, AND
IT'S LIKE, IT JUST WARMS MY HEART TO KNOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE, THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS SO CAPABLE OF DOING SUCH GREAT STUFF FOR THIS TOWN, OR YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE 'CAUSE THERE'S GOTTA BE A NETFLIX SERIES.
YOU'D FALL IN LOVE WITH LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE JOSE VALEZ.
MY NAME IS JOSE VALEZ, AND I, UM, I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION.
MR. FEER, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION.
IS IT A PRIVILEGE OR IS IT A RIGHT TO REQUEST TO SPEAK OR TO BE PART OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR A WORK SESSION? THAT'S ONE OF MY, UH, QUESTIONS.
UH, SECONDLY, I'VE SENT EMAILS AND THEY'VE GONE ANSWERED BY THE BOARD.
UH, I JUST WANNA KNOW, YOU, YOU RECEIVED IT, MR. UH, JAY DANKO.
UM, WHY HAVEN'T YOU EVEN RESPONDED TO THAT EMAIL? UH, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL EMAILS THAT WENT OUT AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, I'M NOT ASKING ANYMORE.
I'M REQUESTING IF I CAN BE PUT ON A WORK SECTION OR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS COMING TUESDAY THE 30TH.
IT'S A RIGHT, IT'S NOT A PRIVILEGE.
DID YOU HAVE INFORMATION? THAT'S IT.
HE HASN'T SAID WHAT HE WANTS TO SPEAK.
WE ALL KNOW YOU NEED SAY ANYBODY ELSE SPEAKING? DO YOU HAVE NO, NO.
OH, HE DOESN'T HAVE, DOES ANYBODY WANNA RESPOND TO ANY OF THE COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? FIVE.
UM, UM, UH, EARLIER, UH, MS. BEVILLE SAID THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO FOR REGARDING THE LAND USE MEETING, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THREE BOARD MEMBERS, IS TO, UM, JUST GO AND POST THE MEETING WITH THE TOWN CLERK.
IF YOU POST THE MEETING WITH THE TOWN CLERK, WHICH MEANS IT'S AN OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD, HAS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT RUINS THE SAFE SPACE THAT I, AND NOW WE WITH COUNCILMAN JACKSON, PROVIDE THE STAFF TO SPEAK FREELY, NOT WORRYING ABOUT IF IT'S GONNA BE ON A GB LIST THAT NIGHT, OR A PRESS RELEASE TOMORROW REGARDING THEM PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS A LOT IN THESE MEETINGS.
WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON WHO IS MAKING A PROPOSAL HAS THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN A FISH POLE.
YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU KNOW THAT WHATEVER YOU SAY IS NOT GOING TO BE TAKEN OUTTA CONTEXT AND PUT INTO HEADLINE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING? THIS HAS WORKED FOR 19 YEARS, 19 YEARS, AND I AM NOT CHANGING IT.
THIS IS HOW I MEET WITH STAFF.
I HAVE A RIGHT TO MEET WITH STAFF IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING TO MEET WITH STAFF.
OR HOW ABOUT SHOW UP AT TOWN HALL MORE OFTEN AND ACTUALLY SPEAK TO STAFF AS THEY PASS IN THE HALLWAY? THEY CAN DO THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO DESTROY A SAFE SPACE THAT I HAVE PROVIDED.
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I PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE DISCUSSING DIFFICULT ISSUES AMONG THEMSELVES.EARLIER, THE SUPERVISOR SAID THEY HAVEN'T SHARED THE AGENDA WITH ME OR THE MINUTES, WHICH IMPLIES THAT THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE NO AGENDAS.
WHEN WE GET TO THE TIME, ANYBODY WHO HAS SOMETHING THEY WANNA RAISE, THEY RAISE IT.
THERE ARE NO MINUTES TAKEN, THERE'S NO NEED FOR MINUTES.
BECAUSE AFTER THE DISCUSSION, THEY GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS.
THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID, AND THEN THEY DRAW UP WHATEVER, UH, PERMIT OR MEMO OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT TO DO.
NO ONE'S SAYING, HEY, CHANGE THIS WORD, CHANGE THAT.
IT'S JUST A SAFE SPACE FOR STAFF WITH LAND USE, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO GET TOGETHER AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
TO SAY THAT ANYTHING THAT A TOWN BOARD MEMBER DOES, TALKING TO STAFF NEEDS TO BE PUBLICIZED, IS ABSURD.
YOU CAN'T FUNCTION IN GOVERNMENT THAT WAY.
SOUNDS GOOD FOR PRESS RELEASES, I'M PREVENTED FROM DOING, I'M PREVENTED FROM DOING THAT.
THEY WON'T GIVE ME AGENDAS, THEY WON'T GIVE ME MINUTES.
IT'S BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY, AND FRANKLY, I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW ANYONE DESTROY WHAT HAS WORKED SO WELL AND HAS LED TO US HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE TOWN BOARD GOT TO LOOK AT, STUDY, ANALYZE, HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AND VOTE.
NOT THE LAND USE MEETING, BUT THE LAND USE MEETING HAD PARTS OF IT THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS.
SO IT WAS ALSO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE THAT I WAS ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE TOWN, AND IF WE WANNA MAKE PROGRESS, THE THINGS THAT ARE WORKING, WE SHOULD NOT TRY TO DESTROY.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING? UM, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOU IS TODAY WE HAD A OPEN MEETING.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE KNOWLES.
UM, UH, UH, RESIDENTS HIGHLIGHTED, UH, THAT THERE WERE ACTIONS THAT THE KNOWLES TOOK IN THEIR APPLICATION THAT WERE POSSIBLY INCORRECT.
YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THAT DISCUSSED, UH, WITH ALL THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, UM, AT A LAND USE.
UH, I DON'T WANT YOU TO DISCUSS IT AT A LAND USE MEETING WITHOUT ME BEING PRESENT, BECAUSE IF YOU DISCUSS IT, UM, YOU COULD BE SWAYING PEOPLE, UH, OR GINA COULD BE SWAYING THE OPINIONS OF DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AND I'M BASICALLY OUT OF THE PROCESS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU'RE DISCUSSING IT, GONNA BE DISCUSSING IT THIS FRIDAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO BENEFIT, UH, HEARING FROM WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS SAY WHEN YOU BRING UP THE, YOU KNOW, THE MATTER.
SO I FEEL THAT I'M BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE RIGHT TO PART, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE AND HEAR DIFFERENT VIEWS AND EXPRESS MY OWN, MY OWN VIEWS.
IF I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO FORMING A LAND USE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND IF YOU WANT AHEAD IT, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
IF GINA WANTS TO BE A MEMBER, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
UM, I FEEL ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, INCLUDING MYSELF.
AND I ALSO FEEL THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S LEGAL ISSUES AND IT SHOULD BE CLOSED DISCUSSED, UH, PRIVATELY, UM, WITHOUT THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION, WE COULD, AS LONG AS WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW, UH, WE SHOULD.
BUT WHEN THE OPEN MEETINGS, UM, LAW WAS FIRST ADOPTED, UM, YOU KNOW, DECADES AGO, THE GOAL WAS FOR GOVERNMENT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND OPEN, UM, AND NOT SECRETIVE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST SORT OF FEEL THIS IS, UH, AN END RUN AROUND THE OPEN MEETINGS LAWYER.
I REMEMBER, UM, UH, YEARS AGO BEFORE I GOT ELECTED, UH, ARCHIBALD COX, WHO WAS THE WATERGATE PROSECUTOR, OR THEY FLEW ME TO WASHINGTON BECAUSE THEY NAMED ME ONE OF SIX NATIONAL RECIPIENTS OF THE COMMON CAUSE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD.
I SUED THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, UH, FOR THE CLOSED MEETINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I I FELT REALLY STRONGLY THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE OPEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT OF YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SAID THEY, THEY WANT US TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
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WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER.I FEEL THAT IF YOU MADE JUST A GESTURE AND SAID, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T WANT, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST A GESTURE SAID, OPEN UP THE MEETINGS, UH, LET US ALL PARTICIPATE, LET'S SEE HOW IT WORKS.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
IT WOULD SHOW THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND WE'RE ALL, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE LITTLE CHANGES.
I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE TO YESTERDAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM.
I WANT TO BENEFIT FROM HIS, UM, HIS FEEDBACK AND INPUT.
BUT I FEEL IT'S A TWO WAY STREET.
ALL OF US SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE SHOULD MAKE LITTLE CHANGES HERE AND THERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK THAT IF WE, UH, IF WE DO THAT, THE TOWN COULD BE RUN SO MUCH BETTER AND THERE'LL BE SO MUCH MORE COOPERATION.
BUT EVEN BARRY, YOU KNOWGO, WHEN HE WAS RUNNING, HE SAID IF HE, HE THOUGHT IT WAS OUTRAGEOUS THAT THE SUPERVISOR CAN'T ATTEND A MEETING DEALING WITH LAND USE.
AND HE SAID HE WAS GONNA CHANGE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU WERE GONNA LET HIM MEET, UH, WITH THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, YOU SHOULD LET ME MEET WITH THE LAND USE COMMITTEE.
YOU WANNA RESPOND TO THE GENERAL WHAT'S IT, WE NEED TO RESPOND.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY TO MR. VALEZ THAT WE WILL DISCUSS INTERNALLY AT OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY AND GET BACK TO YOU AFTER THAT MEETING.
OH, AND, AND I SHOULD JUST SAY ONE, ONE OTHER THING ABOUT, UH, MR. VALEZ, I FEEL THAT IN THE PAST, UH, DURING THE MOST OF MY TENURE AS SUPERVISOR, WE ALWAYS HAD A POLICY OF LETTING ANYONE SPEAK, UH, TO THE BOARD.
AND IF IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE SE A PERSONNEL MATTER, THEY COULD SPEAK IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HE'S A VALUABLE EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN.
YOU KNOW, TO ME, ANYONE WHO'S A CITIZEN OR AN EMPLOYEE, IF THEY HAVE ANY GRIEVANCES, UM, OR ANY ISSUES THAT THEY WANNA BRING UP, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF BEING ABLE TO SPEAK AT A, I THINK SPEAK TO THE TOWN BOARD, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR OPEN MEETING, UM, AND FEEL, FEEL HEARD.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LISTEN.
BUT AT LEAST WE SHOULD GIVE YOU THE RESPECT OF SAYING WE WILL HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
WELL, WELL, HE, HE DID COME UP, UH, AND TO SPEAK.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DISCUSS WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY.
NO, I MEAN, YOU HAVE FIVE, YOU HAD YOUR FIVE MINUTES THERE.
SO, NO, BUT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT THE SUPERVISOR SAID.
THAT WE DIDN'T GIVE HIM THE OP, WE DID NOT CENSOR WHAT MR. VALEZ WAS SAYING.
HE REQUESTED A MEETING AT ANOTHER TIME.
UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION SO THAT I COULD BE WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT WHO WANTED TO COME TO SPEAK AS WELL.
SO IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DISCUSSION TUESDAY WHEN I'M REQUESTING TO SPEAK TUESDAY, AND I CAME HERE SEVERAL TIMES.
WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING OUR RULES.
NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE ANSWER.
SO IT'S, I'LL SEND YOU GUYS ANOTHER EMAIL.
I DON'T, SO DO I GET REBUTTAL? I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WE WE'RE NOT DOING RULES ANYWAY.
SO SENT, SENT AN EMAIL, INVITE HIM TO THE MEETING.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, I, I DON'T HAVE THE INSIGHT.
THAT'S WHY I KEEP POINTING OVER TO, YOU HAVE THE INSIGHT.
AND I, BUT I, BUT I NEED TO RESPOND.
THE SUPERVISOR SAID THAT IF, IF BARRY MAGO WON, I WOULD ALLOW HIM TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS.
I, I CALLED BARRY AFTER I HEARD HIM MAKE THAT STATEMENT AND I SAID, BARRY, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE SUPERVISOR, I EXPECT YOU TO SPEND TIME IN TOWN HALL AND ACTUALLY MEET WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND MY MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE YOU TALK TO THE STAFF INDIVIDUALLY DURING THE WEEK.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID TO HIM.
AND SO I DON'T WANT IT TO BE OUT THERE THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENT STANDARD FOR BARRY MAGO THAN THERE WAS FOR PAUL FINER.
YOU BREAK, ONCE YOU MAKE THESE OPEN MEETINGS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT HAVE THEM BECAUSE THE, THE STAFF, THEY'RE INTIMIDATED.
THEY GET HARASSED AND WE PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR THEM TO SPEAK THEIR MIND TO EACH OTHER ABOUT HOW SHOULD BE SOMETHING, HOW SHOULD BE WORDED AND BACK AND FORTH.
AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY, UM, REFRESHING TO SEE STAFF COLLABORATE, ELABORATE, UM, THE TEAMWORK AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T DO WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO PRIOR TO BEING ON THE BOARD.
CALL UP EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD AND ASK 'EM AN OPINION ABOUT SOMETHING THEY, THEY MIGHT HAVE
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SOME INDICATION OR SOME KNOWLEDGE OF, AND THEY GET DIFFERENT ANSWERS.AND THEN PEOPLE GET UP AT THE MICROPHONE AND SAY, YOUR STAFF DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I GOT THIS ANSWER FOR THIS ONE, THIS ONE, AND THIS ONE.
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED SINCE 2007.
OKAY, ARE WE GONNA MOVE THE AGENDA? SAY NEXT.
[ Appointment of Peter Blier, current Alternate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals to Regular Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, for a term to expire December 31, 2033]
UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING THE AGENDA, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, APPOINTMENT OF PETER, UH, BLA, BLAIR CURRENT, UH, ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO PAUL PAUL SPEAKING, UH, TO REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2033.[ Appointment of Howard Jacobowitz as an Alternate Member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, for a term to expire December 31, 2026]
OF HOWARD JAKE JACOBOWITZS AS ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.[ TB 1 - 06/24/2026 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 purpose of village incorporation for an additional $100,000, $500,000 in total]
TB ONE, UM, UM, UH, SOMEBODY ASKED ME FOR A COPY OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BILL.I, I DID NOT FIND THE MOST RECENT BILL BY THE TIME THE MEETING, BY THE TIME THE MEETING STARTED, COULD WE THEN MAYBE PUT THAT ON FOR LIKE, EVEN, DOES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE? UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY, BECAUSE, UH, A RESIDENT ASKED ME, I'M JUST ASKING.
A RESIDENT ASKED ME, UH, TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOST RECENT BILL BEFORE WE, I I THINK IT WOULD BE FINE TO HOLD IT OVER OKAY.
TO, TO THE 22ND, BUT I'M JUST DOING IT AT A REQUEST OF A RESIDENT.
OKAY? UH, SO I'M HOLDING IT OVER.
[ TB 2 - 06/24/2026 Resolution adopting a Local Law amending Chapter 605, “Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals,” of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh providing for one additional alternate member to be appointed to the Zoning Board of Appeals]
RESOLUTION, UH, TB ONE RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW, UH, AMENDING CHAPTER SIX, OFT TWO, TB TWO, I'M SORRY, UH, UH, CHAPTER PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG PROVIDING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL ALTERNATE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.[ TB 3 - 06/24/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh reducing medical insurance costs to the Town (Held over from 06/10/2026 TB Meeting for Vote on 06/24/2026)]
UH, TB THREE IS BEING HELD OVER.IT SAYS TWO HELD OVER, OH, I'M SORRY.
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, REDUCING MEDICAL INSURANCE COSTS, UH, TO, UM, UH, TO THE TOWN.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT NO MEMBER OF THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD BE GETTING, UM, ANY, UM, UH, BUYOUT.
SO I'M NOT GONNA VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE TOWN BOARD ADOPT, OH, I'M SORRY, RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD, OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, REDUCING MEDICAL INSURANCE COST TO THE TOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU VOTING FOR? I WILL, UM, ABSTAIN.
[ TB 4 - 06/24/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh adopting amendments to the rules and procedures adopted on February 11, 2026, with regard to Town Rules of Order]
FOUR.THAT, THAT SHOULD BE HELD OVER AND I DIDN'T SEE IT WASN'T POSTED.
THE RULES POSTED TO THE WEBSITE.
YEAH, THE RULES WERE NOT POSTED.
[ AT 1 – 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 46/26C, by New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company a/s/o Gary S. Dranch, for an amount not to exceed $3,177.08]
A T ONE, UM, RELU RESOLUTION, UM, AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM.FILE NUMBER 46 26 C BY NEW YORK CENTRAL MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, UH, GARY DRENCH FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,177 AND 8 CENTS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 2 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Beacon Hill Estate Cooperative, Inc. for property located at 0 Beacon Hill Dr. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,311±; the County’s share is $22,812±; the North Yonkers Valley Sewer District’s share is $3,892±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District share is $165,633±. Refunds from all sources total $195,648±]
A T TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER BEACON HILL ESTATE COOPERATIVE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED, UH, AT ZERO BEACON HILL DRIVE.THE TOWN SHARE OF THE REFUND IS THREE, UM, THOUSAND WAIT, 3,311 COUNTY SHERIFF 22,812.
THE NORTH YONKERS VALLEY SEWER DISTRICT SHARE.
3 8 9 2 DOPPS FERRY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHARE.
1 6 5 6 3 3 REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 3 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Livingston Ridge Condominium for property located at 1-4 Rivercrest Lane, 1-14 Highview Circle and 41-51 Livingston Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,130±; the County’s share is $6,700±; the N. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $1,475±; the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District share is $53,696±. Refunds from all sources total $63,002±]
A T THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER LIVINGSTON RIDGE CONDOMINIUM FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE FOUR RIVER CREST LANE.UM, ONE 14 HIGH VIEW CIRCLE AND 41 51 LIVINGSTON AVENUE REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES.
[ AT 4 - 06/24/2026 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, $525,000 in total]
T FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED, UM, RETENTION OF, UH, WHITEMAN, OSTERMAN AND HANNAH SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR TAX TERTIARY MATTERS THAT ARE COURSE NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, $50,000.UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ AT 5 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing the continued retention Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, LLP as special counsel for foreclosure proceedings, at a cost not to exceed an additional amount of $50,000, $200,000 in total]
A T FIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETA RETENTION, WHITEMAN, OSTERMAN AND HANNAH, A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AT A COST, UM, NOT TO, UM, EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $50,000.[02:50:01]
COULD HAVE, UM, THIS FIRM, UM, SHOW UP AGAIN AND GIVE US AN UPDATE.BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I I THOUGHT THE AMOUNT THAT WE GOT IN TERMS OF THE FORECLOSURE AUCTIONS WAS, WAS RELATIVELY LOW.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE STILL DOING CLEANUP FROM PRIOR ATTORNEY'S WORK AND WE EXPECT THAT THE DECEMBER AUCTION, WHICH THE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED, WILL COLLECT SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT MORE MONEY.
DO YOU THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN MY BUDGET, I THINK THAT, UM, WE ALLOCATE, DIDN'T WE ALLOCATE LIKE 275? WE ESTIMATED $275,000.
I THINK THAT WE WERE GONNA, WAIT, I FORGOT.
NO, TWO, 2 MILLION FOR THE YEAR.
I FEEL LIKE YOU SAID TWO TO 2.7 MILLION.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.
I I'VE, I'VE BEEN TYPICALLY SAYING I EXPECT 2 MILLION.
THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE ENTERING INTO, UH, ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE TAX RECEIVER AS WELL, NOT ONLY THE AUCTIONS.
AND, AND I, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT GOAL.
AND YOU, UH, YOU ALSO SAID WE WERE GOING TO, WITHIN LIKE FOUR YEARS, WE SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET.
IS THAT THAT IS THE PLAN? YES.
I I, BUT AGAIN, WE KEEP FINDING PREVIOUS ERRORS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED, WHICH SLOWS US DOWN A BIT.
BUT I'M SAYING YOU, IF IT'S LIKE FIVE, IF IT'S NOT FOUR YEARS, IF IT'S FIVE YEARS OR IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THEN THE, I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET THERE AND THAT'S WHY THIS RESOLUTION IS SO IMPORTANT.
ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE THEM GIVE, YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC, UH, YOU KNOW, BRIEFING TO THE COMMUNITY SO AT LEAST EVERYBODY SORT OF KNOWS WHERE WE ARE AND THEY'RE ON THE RECORD SAYING HOW MUCH THEY EXPECT TO COLLECT AND, AND BACK TAXES.
AND GIVE US SORT OF A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO, I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HOLD THIS OVER AND HAVE THEM, UM, AT THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, JUST GIVING US A PROGRESS REPORT AND SORT OF A TIMELINE, AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE WHEN THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THEY EXPECT TO GET THAT WE'LL GET THIS YEAR, HOW MUCH THEY EXPECT NEXT YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO AT LEAST WE COULD SHOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY.
AND, UM, AND WE HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION SINCE, SINCE WE KEEP FINDING ERRORS IN WHAT HAD BEEN FILED BY THE PREVIOUS ATTORNEY AND HAVE TO CORRECT THEM EVERY TIME THAT THE ATTORNEYS OPEN UP A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO PROJECT BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF ERRORS AND MISTAKES THEY, THEY'RE GONNA FIND.
WELL, I DON'T, I JUST HAVE A BETTER IDEA.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR DESIRE FOR TRANSPARENCY.
UM, WE ALL WANT TO SEE THAT TRANSPARENCY, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO UNWIND FROM 2013.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF 34,000, $34 MILLION IN DEBT THAT, THAT, UM, HAVE BEEN, THAT HAS BEEN UNRECOVERED BECAUSE IT HAS GONE ON FOR SO LONG.
SO I, I THINK NOW TO PUT THESE ATTORNEYS ON THE, ON THE HOT SEAT TO TRY TO GIVE SOME KIND OF TIMELINE WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, WHAT OTHER MISTAKES ARE GOING TO UNCOVER WOULD BE JUST, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE MISLEADING AT THE VERY BEST.
NOT BECAUSE THEY INTEND TO, BUT BECAUSE THEY'D BE PUSHED TO GIVE SOME SORT OF ANSWER IN A VERY TIME.
WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THIS AUCTION, IT WAS A SMALL AUCTION.
IT WAS NINE PROPERTIES, FOUR OF THE PROPERTIES, NOBODY BID, WHICH MEANS WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOSE MONEY ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THE EXISTING TAXPAYERS HAVE TO COVER THAT.
OF THE FIVE PROPERTIES THAT DID GO TO BID AN ACCESSIBLE BID ALREADY, ONE, WE VOTED FOR IT, WE COULDN'T APPROVE IT BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS ATTORNEY WHO WAS PAID A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, UH, UH, UH, NOT THE CURRENT, UH, TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, OR STAFF, UM, DID A DEFECTIVE NOTICE.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE, THE CLAIM WAS.
AND SO THAT HAD TO GET TAKEN OFF.
SO NOW WE'RE DOWN FROM FIVE TO FOUR.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT THAT SAME ATTORNEY WHO WE PAID A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE THIS STUFF DOESN'T HAPPEN, UH, THAT MAY BE DEFECTIVE.
SO WE MAY BE DOWN TO THREE PROPERTIES, FAIRLY SMALL PRICE OF WHAT IS NOW A $34.2 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING UNCOLLECTED PROPERTY TAXES, $34.2 MILLION.
AND WHO MAKES THAT UP? IS EVERYBODY ELSE THE FOLLOWING YEAR IT GETS PUT INTO YOUR TAXES.
AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEEPING THE TOWN AFFORDABLE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE COLLECT THE UNCOLLECTED TAXES.
BUT I WOULDN'T HOLD THEM HOSTAGE IF THEY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW OTHER OUTSTANDING
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BILLS THAT, THAT THEY HAVE.OR IS THIS JUST PERSPECTIVE THEY MAY NEED IT IN THE FUTURE.
WE, WE TYPICALLY ENSURE THAT THE BOARD VOTES FIRST BEFORE HITTING THAT PREVIOUS LIMIT.
UM, I WILL SAY I BELIEVE THAT THIS FIRM HAS GIVEN UPDATES EVERY TWO MONTHS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HIRED.
AND I WOULD REQUEST THAT IF THEY ARE CALLED IN AGAIN, IT NOT BE THIS TUESDAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO, AND I FEEL THEY'LL BE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON A PRESENTATION AS OPPOSED TO GETTING THE WORK DONE, BUT MAYBE AN EMAIL IN THE MEANTIME TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE MR. SUPERVISOR, LAST TIME THEY SENT THE EMAIL, YOU THEN POSTED IT ON THE GB LIST.
SO THAT PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE ONLY REA THE ONLY REASON I SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, DISAGREE IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER $50,000 AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE $50,000 IS, YOU KNOW, IS MONEY WELL SPENT.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS THAT WE HA WE HAVE, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT IT'S ALSO REASSURING TO THE PUBLIC, UM, IF THEY WOULD SAY, LISTEN, WE FOUND THESE MISTAKES OR THE, THOSE MISTAKES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? I DON I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE SUCH GREAT INSIGHT INTO ARTICLE 11 OF THE NO PROBLEM.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS CONSTANTLY IN THE NEWS WITH THE FOR, IN TERMS OF THE FORECLOSURES AND THE BACK TAXES AND, UH, THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU'RE JUST GONNA GO LIKE THIS AND YOU'RE GOING TO COLLECT ALL THE MONEY AND IT TAKE, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRM HAS BEEN WITH US FOR OVER, WHAT IS IT LIKE MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF ALREADY? ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.
SO I'M SAYING IT'S NOT THAT 12 YEARS.
IF PEOPLE THINK THAT, OH, YOU HAD AN OUTSIDE FIRM, YOU'RE GONNA GET INSTANT RESULTS.
AND I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE THAT NO MATTER HOW GOOD OR NOT GOOD THE FORMER ATTORNEY WAS, UH, FORECLOSURE, UM, DEALING WITH FORECLOSURES IS ALWAYS A LONG PROCESS AND JUST EDUCATING PEOPLE.
I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A VALUE TO THAT, I THINK JUST DID.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CORRECT DIRECTOR AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING WAS DONE.
LIKE IT WASN'T NOTHING WAS DONE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE CONCERN.
SO NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE NOW GOING AFTER OLD PROPERTIES THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO AFTER.
WELL 'CAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE.
ALL I'M JUST SUGGESTING PAUL, IS PARKER'S CLEAR, WE HAVE THEM COME IN, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO SAY, WE ARE NOT PAYING YOUR BILL UNLESS YOU COME IN.
THERE'S MORE MONEY TO BE GOTTEN THESE FOUR.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT IT JUST NOT BE THIS COMING TUESDAY.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A VERY QUICK, BUT ALSO WE DON'T MEET FOR A MONTH.
AND DO THEY STOP THEIR WORK? BECAUSE LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
DO WE, AS A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY, I'M SURE THEY WOULD NOT STOP TO WORK, BUT IT'S POOR PRACTICE ME TO HAVE OUTSTANDING BILLS FOR CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT.
NO, BUT LET ME ASK A QUESTION.
IF THEY IS THERE RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DO THEY HAVE? IF WE HELD THIS OVER AND WE, LET'S SAY WE INVITED THEM TO SPEAK, WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AT A WORK SESSION AND THEN AFTER THEY SPEAK WE COULD, WE COULD PASS.
CAN I, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, IN THE FACT YOU'RE HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE FOR THE MA MISTAKES OF THE PRIOR ATTORNEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T WANNA PAY YOU UNTIL YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE PRIOR ATTORNEY MADE SO MANY MISTAKES.
I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S JUST UNFAIR TO THEM.
THEY'RE DOING THE WORK, THEY'RE DOING IT DILIGENTLY AND AS, AS THE TOWN ATTORNEY SAID, THEY ARE REALLY TRYING HARD TO CLEAR UP SOME STUFF.
AND THIS IS A BAD WEEK AT LEAST.
IF, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT, LIKE SOME KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY, WHY NOT TAKE THE SUGGESTIONS EITHER? LET, LET ME JUST EITHER, EITHER.
EITHER LET THEM WRITE SOMETHING OUT AND YOU CAN POST IT OR GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT DON'T HOLD UP THEIR MONEY.
IT'S NOT, LEMME THEY, THEY'VE PROVEN THEMSELVES TO, TO REALLY BE WORKING HARD AND, AND, AND FINDING AND YOU WANT GOOD RELATIONS WITH YEAH, EXACTLY.
LET ME SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR WAYS OF CUTTING COSTS AND ONE OF THE, UH, THE WAYS OF CUTTING COSTS IS TO LOOK AT OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS.
BUT PAUL, OUTSIDE LAW LAWYERS, UH, OUTSIDE, UH, ALL THESE CONTRACTORS AND BASICALLY SCRUTINIZE EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE'RE I DO, THAT WE'RE SPENDING.
AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID, WHAT I'M PLANNING TO DO, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS IS EVERY TIME THERE'S ANY OUTSIDE CONSULT CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS, UM, OUTSIDE LEGAL THINGS, I'M GOING TO SPEND MUCH MORE TIME, UM, LOOKING AT IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE WASTED ALL THIS MONEY ON, UH, OUTSIDE LAWYERS, UM, FOR THE, UH, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
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YOU KNOW, WE THREW OUT MONEY BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE DONE IT AND SAW IN-HOUSE OURSELVES.UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I FEEL WE COULD DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK, YOU SAVE MONEY HERE, YOU DO THINGS IN HOUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD SAVE A FORTUNE.
SO LET GET THIS CAN I JUST, YOU PRACTICE, SORRY, I'M SORRY.
UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT MEETING FALLS APART.
UNDERSTAND, YES, UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR CONCERN ABOUT SAVING MONEY, BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED WAS JUSTIFIED.
PAUL, I, I WAS QUIET AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I INTERRUPTED EARLIER.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED.
SO AGAIN, TO PUT OUT THERE THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE BILLS THAT'S COMING IN, THE TOWN ATTORNEY HAS CONSISTENTLY SAID, I CHECK THE BILLS EVERY TIME THEY COME IN AND WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THEM, HE RETURNS THEM.
AND THAT'S THE SAME, THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH ALL OUR INVOICES.
THE INVOICE THAT YOU KEEP ASKING ABOUT TO MAKE SURE WE JUST PAY WITHOUT, WITHOUT EVIDENCE.
SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING, ALL THE MONIES THAT'S GOING OUT THE DOOR, THAT WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEM.
OKAY, WELL THEN I'LL JUST ABSTAIN AND NOT HOLD IT OVER.
AND THAT'S WHY IF YOU, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ADDRESSED THE, THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU USED BECAUSE OUR TOWN ATTORNEY IS NOW GOING TO BE THE ONE REPRESENTING US IN THIS, UH, LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
WELL, WE ALREADY DECIDED THAT THAT'S GREAT.
NO, A T FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED.
AT T FIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AND A CONTINUED RETENTION OF WHITMAN OSTERMAN HANNAH, LLP AS A SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 50,200,000 IN TOTAL.
AND WE, AND WE INVITE HIM INTO A WORK SESSION THAT'S BUT NOT NEXT TUESDAY, BUT NOT NEXT THURSDAY.
AND HE WILL BE COMING THAT NEXT THURSDAY.
[ AT 6 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 68/26C, by Jasmin Beechum, for an amount not to exceed $10,481.33]
TAT SIX RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM.FILE NUMBER 68 28 C BY JASMINE BEEMAN BEUM FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 10,481.
[ CL 1 - 06/24/2026 Order of the Town Board Setting a Public Hearing for Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 7:30 PM, to consider an application by Guy Kohn and Debra Kohn to extend the F.A. # 17 Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh]
C ONE ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD, UH, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION BY GUY COHEN AND DEBORAH, UH, COHEN TO EXTEND THE FA UH, NUMBER 14 SEWER DISTRICT IN TOWN.[ CL 2 - 06/24/2026 Order of the Town Board setting a Public Hearing for Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 7:30 PM, to consider an application by Kindred Maison, LLC, to extend the F.A. # 8 Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh]
C TWO ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF KINDRED MASON TO EXTEND THE, UH, THE FA UH, NUMBER EIGHT SEWER DISTRICT AND, AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.[ CO 1 - 06/24/2026 Resolution amending the 2026 operating budget of the Tax Increment Financing District by increasing appropriations Tax Adjustment Items and increasing Appropriated Fund Balance]
CO ONE RESOLUTION AMENDING THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE TAX INCREMENT, UH, FINANCING DISTRICT BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIONS, TAX ADJUSTMENT ITEMS AND INCREASING APPROPRIATION FUND BALANCE.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
BEFORE WE GO ON, UH, WE WERE GOING TO ADD IN HERE THE AMOUNT AND WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
'CAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING.
UH, WE WILL ADD IT, UM, TO THE AGENDA HEADING.
IT'S, IT IS IN THE RESOLUTION.
UH, THIS IS ABOUT PAUSE CROSS INCORRECTLY BEING TAXED AND IT'S JUST REIMBURSING THEM BECAUSE THEY, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE COLLECTED TAX FOR THEM.
UH, THE TIF TAX FOR 5 0 1 C, RIGHT.
[ PO 1 - 06/24/2026 Resolution appointing Andrew Strausser as an entry-level police officer]
PO ONE RESOLUTION OF APPOINTING ANDREW STRAUSER AS AN ENTRY LEVEL POLICE OFFICER.[ PO 2 - 06/24/2026 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to amend the parking restrictions on Warren Avenue, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
PO O2 RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON WARREN AVENUE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PO 3 - 06/24/2026 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to add no parking restrictions on the east side of Pine Street, amending Chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]
PO THREE RESOLUTION OF ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WE ADD NO PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF PINE STREET.AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
[ PO 4 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an agreement with Motorola Inc, for the purposes of radio and radio infrastructure]
UH, PO FOUR RESOLUTION, UM, AUTHORIZING, UM, THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RADIO AND RADIO INTERFERENCE.INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT INTERFERENCE, I'M SORRY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND.
[ PW 1 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to go to bid to replace the existing HVAC for the Greenburgh Police Department Detective's office]
PW ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO GO TO BID TO REPLACE EXISTING HVAC FOR THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DETECTIVE'S OFFICE.[ PW 2 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing approval of an extension of the term of the professional consultant services agreement with Tectonic Engineering Consultants, Geologists & Land Surveyors, D.P.C. for the Sheldon Brook resiliency planning project, through the NYS Office of Resilient Homes and Communities]
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION OF THE TERM OF PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH T UH, UH, ENGINEERING TECTONIC TONS, ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, GEOLOGISTS, AND LAND SURVEYORS DPC FOR THE, UH, SHELDON, UM, BROOK RESILIENT, UH, PLANNING PROJECT THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY STATE OFFICE OF RESILIENT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES.[ PW 3 - 06/24/26 Resolution authorizing the execution of a first amendment to an existing agreement with Routeware (Smart City) related to installation of camera systems in 24 Sanitation vehicles, for an amount not to exceed $34,480]
PW THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF, OF A FIRST AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH, UH, ROUTE WHERE SMART CITY RELATED TO INSTALLATION OF CAMERA SYSTEMS AND 24 SANITATION VEHICLES FOR AN AMOUNT, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $34,480.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.
[ PW 4 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to go out to bid for tree removal, tree pruning and stump grinding services]
PW FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO GO OUT TO BID FOR TREE REMOVAL, TREE PRUNING AND STUMP GRINDING SERVICES.I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PW 5 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town’s on-call consultant for Professional Services for Drinking Water Projects, D&B Engineers and Architects, DPC., to proceed with a Water Main Improvement Project, for an amount not to exceed $519,860]
UH, PW FIVE, UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN ONCALL CONSULT CONSULTANT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DRINKING WATER PROJECTS, DV ENGINEERS, UM, AND ARCHITECTS TO PROCEED WITH WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 519,800, UM, 60 UH, DOLLARS.UM, UM, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[ PW 6 - 06/24/2026 Resolution awarding a Professional Services Agreement for the North Washington Avenue Sidewalk connection to Creighton Manning Engineering & Surveying, PLLC as the best qualified and most responsible proposer, for an amount not to exceed $93,940]
SAM, I ASKED THAT PW SIX B.UM, NO, I, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IT THOUGH.
HE'S, UH, SENT ME AN EMAIL ASKING FOR I, I I KNOW I HAVE MY OWN QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THOUGH.
WELL, I WANNA SAY WHY I, OKAY.
I HAD QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING AN ACTUAL SCOPE OF WORK WITH THE, UH, 93 NOT TO EXCEED $93,940.
IT, IT LISTS IN VERY GENERAL TERMS WHAT THIS IS THE RFP IS FOR, BUT THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY NO, THERE'S NO DETAIL TO IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ALREADY STUDIED WHEN WE DID THE INITIAL SIDEWALK, SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE DOING ANOTHER SURVEY STUDY AGAIN.
WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSING THE ROCK OUTCROPPING AND THEN JUST BUILDING THAT PORTION OF SIDEWALK.
THIS ISN'T FOR ACTUAL WORK BEING DONE.
THIS IS, THIS IS FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY.
SO I, I WANT MORE INFORMATION.
IT'S BEING HELD OVER YOU HOLDING IT OVER? WHO'S HOLDING IT OVER? ARE YOU HOLDING IT OVER? I'M HOLDING IT OVER.
[ PW 7 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to execute an Intermunipal Agreement with the City of Yonkers for drainage work on Edgemont Road]
PW SEVEN RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERIM MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF YONKERS FOR DRAINAGE WORK ON EDGEMONT ROAD.[ PW 8 - 06/24/2026 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to publish a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a flood mitigation study of Manhattan Park Brook and Troublesome Brook]
PW EIGHT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO PUBLISH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A FLOOD MITIGATION STUDY OF MANHATTAN, UH, PARK, UH, BROOKE AND, UH, TROUBLESOME, UM, UH, UNI BROOKE, BROOKE.