* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] UH, WELCOME, UH, TO THE TOWN BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS, UH, JULY 22ND, AND, UH, WE'RE ONLY 10 MINUTES LATE. AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, 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 ALL PLEASE REMAIN STANDING. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. IN MEMORY OF JOHN AHERN, HE WAS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND A DEFENDER OF DEMOCRACY. PROFESSOR AHERN WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND MOST ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS OF THE NEWLY FORMED CENTRAL WESTCHESTER INDIVISIBLE CHAPTER BASED IN GREENBURG. AND IN SPITE OF, UM, A VERY SERIOUS ILLNESS BEING CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR, HE ACTIVELY, UH, PARTICIPATED IN TWO RALLIES HELD IN FRONT OF GREENBURG, UH, TOWN HALL. AND WHETHER YOU AGREED OR DISAGREE WITH CENTRAL WESTCHESTER INDIVISIBLE, IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, LIKE PROFESSOR, UM, AHERN, WHO, UM, SPOKE OUT AND EXPRESSED HIMSELF, AND I'M SURE THAT HE SMILING FROM HEAVEN. UM, SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, UM, ALSO PARTICIPATING AT A TOWN BOARD MEETING AND PARTICIPATING IN OUR DEMOCRACY. THERE'S ANOTHER THANK YOU. AND 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. WE'D LIKE TO, UM, A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UM, ALKA SHUKLA, AND, UM, ARE WE NOT GONNA DO THE ROLL CALL? ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. I'M SORRY. TOWN SUPERVISOR PEFIN. HERE. COUNCILMAN . PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN. GINA JACKSON. PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN JOY HABER. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS, PRESENT AND TOWN ATTORNEY JILL KO. PRESENT I GREAT. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, ALKA, UM, UH, CHILA. I DON'T SEE, UH, COLBY JENKINS HERE. UM, UH, AND SHE IS GONNA, UM, DISCUSS THE GREENBERG STORY OF OH YEAH. COL INITIATIVE THAT, UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, SUPERVISOR MR. FINER AND THE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD AND THE, UH, AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS ALKA SHUKLA AND I'M HERE WITH, UH, MY, UH, CO-CHAIR SONYA SAMATH. WE ARE GREENBERG RESIDENT, AND HERE TONIGHT TO PROPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW COMMITTEE, THE HERITAGE AND HARMONY COMMITTEE. LET ME START WITH WHY THIS MATTERS. RIGHT NOW. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST US CENSUS BUREAU, DATA, GREENBURG IS HOME TO ROUGHLY 94,500 RESIDENTS REPRESENTING A DIVERSE RANGE OF ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. NEARLY A QUARTER OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE FOREIGN BORN, AND 30% OF RESIDENTS AGE FIVE AND OLDER SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME. THAT DIVERSITY DOESN'T STOP AT RACE AND ETHNICITY. IT SPANS FAITH, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND GENERATION. AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND EVOLVE, INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING INCLUSION AND MUTUAL RESPECT AREN'T JUST NICE TO HAVE, THEY ARE ESSENTIAL. I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND WHAT THIS KIND OF INITIATIVES CAN DO. I PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CO-CHAIR OF THE ARTS E MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE, WHERE WE LED MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND THE ARTLEY STORY PROJECT. TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO BROADEN THAT PROVEN APPROACH TO REACH A WIDER, MORE DIVERSE PO POPULATIONS RIGHT HERE IN GREENBURG. OUR TWO PILOT PROJECTS WILL BE MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, AND THE GREEN WORK IS STORY QUOTE. ALONGSIDE THESE, WE PLAN TO BUILD OUT OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS THAT CELEBRATE THE TRADITIONS, VALUES, AND THE STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY. HERE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES, UH, FROM THE ARTLEY STORY QUILT PROJECT. EACH SQUARE THAT YOU SEE WAS STITCHED BY A FAMILY TELLING THEIR OWN STORY IN FABRIC AND [00:05:01] THREAD. TOGETHER THEY BECAME ONE QUILT, ONE SHARED PIECE OF THAT COMMUNITY'S IDENTITY. THAT'S THE MODEL WE WANT TO BRING TO GREENBERG. RATHER THAN APPROVAL FOR A SINGLE EVENT, WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR A COMMITTEE WITHOUT ONE. THESE BECOME ONE OFF EVENTS INSTEAD OF A SUSTAINED PROGRAM. THESE PROJECTS WILL BE LED BY OUR CO-CHAIRS WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE TOWNS, ALL COMMITTED TO FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG RESIDENTS. WE RESPECTFULLY AS THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HERITAGE AND HARMONY COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE, THANK YOU. I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO YOU SAID THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE FOR GREENBURG. SO WHEN YOU SAY GREENBERG, ARE YOU MEETING TOTAL GREENBERG OR ARE YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT THE UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG? UH, TOTAL GREENBERG. SO IT INCLUDES THE VILLAGES INCLUDING THE VILLAGE. CORRECT. AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE NANCY OUI AND WHO, UH, WAS ONE OF THE, UH, LEADING ADVOCATES, UM, FOR THIS INITIATIVE, UM, UM, IN ARDSLEY. AND, UM, SHE BASICALLY HAD A VISION, UM, THAT WE COULD COPY. YEP. AND SHE'S THE FORMER MAYOR? YES, THE FORMER MAYOR OF LEY. SO MAYOR KABUL HAS STARTED, UH, THE A MDI COMMITTEE IN LEY, AND IT'S STILL, UH, GROWING IS STRONG AND WE WOULD LIKE TO USE THE SAME APPROACH. AND, UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE THE LEY STORY QUOTE. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF, UH, THE INITIAL PILOT PROJECTS TO THE REST OF THE GREENBERG. SO WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP, EVERYBODY OPEN UP TO EVERYONE, EVERYONE, EVERYONE. AND, UH, SO WE DID DO, UM, INITIAL SURVEY TO SEE THE INTEREST AMONG THE RESIDENT AND THERE IS A HUGE INTEREST. AND, UH, MAYOR KABUL, EXM KABUL, SHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE WITH ADVISING US AS WELL. MM-HMM . SO WE HAVE THE PLAN, UH, LAID OUT. WE JUST NEED THE APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD. AND I DO SEE THE CURRENT MAYOR OF LEY IN THE PHOTO AS WELL, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO, UH, MAYOR ADELSTEIN IS ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, THE COMMITTEE. SO BEFORE HE SPEAKING HERE, WE DID, UH, ASK HIM AND, UH, HE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE. SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS ONE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT, BUT IF IT'S DONE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, IT CAN BE SUSTAINED IN, UH, GREENBERG FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT. UH, DID COL SHOW UP NEXT? UH, WE'LL DO, UH, NO. DOES THE TOWN CLERK HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, NO. THEN I GUESS, UH, WE SHOULD START WITH A TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, NO, NO. I, I WAS ASKED TO READ THE ENTIRETY OF TB FIVE AS PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. SO USING THE TIME THAT THE LIAISONS WOULD'VE USED AND THE CLERK WOULD'VE USED FOR THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO READ, UH, TB FIVE, THE RESOLUTION. UH, SO I JUST WANNA MENTION TB FIVE IS THE RESOLUTION DEALING WITH A HUNDRED EAST HEAR DAILY AVENUE, THE SEWER, UH, YOU KNOW, BREAK SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FEEL. THERE SHOULD BE NO OTHER COMPETITIVE BIDDING. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. ANOTHER COMPETITIVE BIDDING, UH, ROUND. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. SO THE TOWN ATTORNEY WILL READ, UH, HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW AND THEN, WE'LL, I'M NOT READING MY INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW, I'M JUST READING. OKAY. YES. RIGHT. AND THEN, AND THEN PEOPLE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT RIGHT AFTER THAT. OKAY. FOR TWO MINUTES. ALRIGHT, BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE IT IS QUITE LONG. UM, HEADING RESOLUTION, REJECTING THE PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED ALTERNATIVE PERMANENT SEWER BYPASS PROPOSAL, ESTIMATED THE COST BETWEEN 24 AND $29 MILLION AND AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER REPAIR AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE UNDER THE EXISTING 2025 EMERGENCY. AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $5,165,000. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG REGULARLY PROCURES AN EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THE TOWN WITH A QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM SEWER, WATER, STREET EXCAVATION, REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND RELATED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THROUGHOUT THE TOWN WHENEVER SUCH WORK IS REQUIRED. AND WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER, AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT IS NOT LIMITED SOLELY [00:10:01] TO EMERGENCY WORK, BUT PROVIDES FOR SEWER, WATER, STREET EXCAVATION, REPAIR, RESTORATION, OR RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AS DIRECTED BY THE TOWN, INCLUDING BOTH EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY REPAIRS. AND WHEREAS THE PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE SANITARY SEWER SERVING 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, INCLUDING ALL EXCAVATION, SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION METHODS, RESTORATION AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR IS WORK EXPRESSLY CONTEMPLATED AND COVERED UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PUBLICLY SOLICITED BIDS FOR THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT. AND WHERE IS NOTICE TO BIDDERS WAS ADVERTISED ON MAY 1ST, 2025 IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND WAS POSTED ON EMPIRE STATE PURCHASING GROUP BID, THE TOWN OF GREENBERG WEBSITE AND THE NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT REPORTER, AND WHERE BIDS WERE PUBLICLY OPENED ON MAY 22ND, 2025. AND WHEREAS BY RESOLUTION PW 2ND OF MAY 28, 20 25 ADOPTED ON MAY 28TH, 2025, THE TOWN BOARD AWARDED THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT TO MURANO BROTHERS CORP, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,530,100 AND 1 CENT. AND WHEREAS SECTION 2 0 1 OF THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER, AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT PROVIDES THAT THE CONTRACT WAS COMPETITIVELY PROCURED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING SCHEDULED AND OR EMERGENCY EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AFFECTING TOWN OWNED AND OPERATING THE UTILITIES ROADWAYS AS DIRECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND WHEREAS THE CONTRACT FURTHER, FURTHER PROVIDES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH WORK ON A TIME AND MATERIAL BASIS IN RECOGNITION OF THE VARIED NATURE, SCOPE AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEWER WATER EXCAVATION AND RESTORATION PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE TOWN. AND WHEREAS BY RESOLUTION PW 3RD OF DECEMBER 17, 20 25 ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025, THE TOWN BOARD AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION IN FUNDING UNDER THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT FOR CONTINUING SANITARY SEWER WORK, INCREASING THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED CONTRACT AMOUNT TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,530,100 AND 1 CENT. AND WHEREAS BY RESOLUTION PW 4 5 27 20 26 ADOPTED ON MAY 27TH, 2026, THE TOWN BOARD EXERCISED THE CONTRACT RENEWAL OPTION AND EXTENDED THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT THROUGH JUNE 3RD, 2027. AND WHEREAS THE ADOPTED 2026 CONTRACT RENEWAL HELD THE TIME AND MATERIAL RATES TO THE SAME RATES IN THE 2025 BID AND SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT. AND WHEREAS IN MAY, 2024, THE TOWN SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM FAILED IN THE VICINITY OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE CREATING AN EMERGENCY EFFECT IN CRITICAL PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHEREAS SINCE THE SEWER FAILURE OCCURRED, THE TOWN HAS MAINTAINED TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMPING OPERATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT THE DISCHARGE OF UNTREATED SEWAGE, MAINTAIN CONTINUOUS SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. AND WHEREAS THE BYPASS PUMPING SYSTEM REMAINS TEMPORARY IN NATURE, HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL FAILURES AND DEMONSTRATES THAT THE SANITARY SEWER FAILURE AND EMERGENCY HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD FINDS THAT THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM REMAINS DEPENDENT UPON TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMPING AND THAT ADDITIONAL FAILURE OF THE BYPASS SYSTEM, WHICH IS EXPECTED WOULD AGAIN RESULT IN SEWAGE DISCHARGES, INTERRUPTION OF SANITARY SEWER SERVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND CONDITIONS CONSTITUTING A CONTINUED THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD FURTHER FINDS THAT THE EMERGENCY CONDITION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE REPAIR OF THE SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMPING SYSTEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE. AND WHEREAS THE SANITARY SEWER SERVING 100 EAST DALE AVENUE HAS NOT BEEN PERMANENTLY PAIR REPAIRED SINCE ITS FAILURE IN MAY, 2024 AND REMAINS OPERATIONAL ONLY THROUGH TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMPING, WHICH HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED AND IS SUSPECTED TO FAIL AGAIN. AND ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF ABOVE TEMP, EXCUSE ME, ABOVE AVERAGE HEAT OR BELOW AVERAGE COLD. AND WHERE IS THE TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMPING SYSTEM HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL FAILURES, RESU RESULTING IN SEWAGE BACKUPS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE PARKING GARAGE AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, REQUIRING REPEATED CLEANUP EFFORTS AND DEMONSTRATING THE CONTINUING PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED [00:15:01] WITH THE RELIANCE ON THE TEMPORARY BYPASS SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION HELD ON JULY DURING THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION, WHEREAS DURING THE TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION HELD ON JULY 7TH, 2026, BARBARA GRODEN WHO MANAGES SIX BUILDINGS ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, INCLUDING 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE PUBLICLY DESCRIBED THE REPEATED SEWAGE BACKUPS AND CLEANUP EFFORTS WITHIN THE PARKING GARAGE AND EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE PROMPT COMPLETION OF THE PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER EMERGENCY REPAIR AND THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY. AND WHERE IS THE TOWN PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED AN ALTERNATIVE PERMANENT SEWER BYPASS AND REROUTING PROPOSAL ESTIMATED TO COST APPROXIMATELY 24 TO 29 20 $9 MILLION, WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SEWER ROUTED AROUND THE AFFECTED BUILDING REQUIRING EASEMENTS AND ACCESS RIGHTS AND SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WHEREAS IN APRIL, 2026, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, COMMISSIONER MOORE BEDO DIRECTED ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION AND ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THE FAILED SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERA INSPECTIONS AND SUB-SERVICE ANALYSIS, WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE SEWER FAILURE WAS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND COULD BE REPAIRED IN PLACE, THEREBY ALLOWING THE TOWN TO CONTINUE TO PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE, UNDER THE EXISTING EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT, WHICH WAS PROPERLY SUBJECTED TO BIDDING REQUIREMENTS. AND WHERE IS THE ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE AND CONFIRMED THE VIABILITY OF A REPAIR IN PLACE, WHICH ELIMINATED THE NEED TO PURSUE A PREVIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED SEWER BYPASSING AND REROUTING PROJECT AND IDENTIFIED A SUBSTANTIALLY MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND FEASIBLE PERMANENT REPAIR ALTERNATIVE UNDER THE TOWN'S EXISTING EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT, REDUCING THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE PERMANENT REPAIR FROM APPROXIMATELY 24 TO $29 MILLION TO APPROXIMATELY $5.1 MILLION. AND RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED COST OF APPROXIMATELY AN ESTIMATED COST AVOIDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $19 MILLION. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD HAS DETERMINED THAT AUTHORIZING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE TOWN'S EXISTING EMERGENCY CONTRACT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TOWN AND ITS TAXPAYERS AND REPRESENTS THE MOST TIMELY COST EFFECTIVE AND TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE MEANS OF RESTORING THIS CRITICAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR CONTINUED BYPASS PUMPING OPERATIONS. AND WHEREAS MURANO BROTHERS CORP HAS REMAINED CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGED BY THE TOWN UNDER THE EXISTING EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER AND WATER STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT IN RESPONDING TO THE SANITARY SEWER FAILURE, INCLUDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, BYPASS, PUMPING SUPPORT, INVESTIGATION, AND THEN ENGINEERING COORDINATION, GROUNDWATER AND SUBSURFACE EVALUATIONS AND PREPARATION FOR THE PERMANENT REPAIR. AND WHERE IS THE TOWN RECENTLY IDENTIFIED SIGNIFICANT GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION WITHIN THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION AREA AND ROADWAY, CREATING UNSTABLE SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS AND COMPLICATING THE PERMANENT REPAIR EFFORT, WHICH MUST BE PROMPTLY ADDRESSED. AND WHERE THE SOURCE OF THE GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION HAS NOT BEEN DEFINITIVELY DETERMINED, BUT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH A NEARBY COUNTY WATER MAIN OR OTHER SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAILED SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PERMANENT REPAIR REQUIRES THE INSTALLATION OF A SEA CAMP PILE RETAINING WALL TO STABILIZE THE EXCAVATION CONTROL GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION PROTECT ADJACENT ADJACENT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITATE THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PERMANENT REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF THE FAILED SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHEREAS ARTICLE 10 ASSIGNMENT SUBLETTING OF THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT ADDRESSES THE CONTRACT, ADDRESSES THE CONTRACT CONTRACTOR'S USE OF THE SUBCONTRACTORS AND PROVIDES THE TOWN WITH THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AND OBJECT TO A PROPOSED SUBCONTRACTOR PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT. AND WHEREAS MURANO BROTHERS CORPORATION SOLICITED SEVERAL C CAMP PILE CONTRACTORS AND HAS IDENTIFIED ATLANTIC PILE AND FOUNDATION CORP AS THE BEST QUALIFIED SPECIALTY SUBCONTRACTOR TO PERFORM THE C CAMP PILE, RETAINING WALL INSTALLATION REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PERMANENT SEWER REPAIR. AND WHEREAS BARBARA GRODEN WHO MANAGES SIXTH BUILDING ON EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, INCLUDING 100 EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED REPAIR APPROACH AND THE USE OF MURANO BROTHERS CORPORATION AND ATLANTIC PILE AND FOUNDATION CORP TO PERFORM THE PER PERMANENT SEWER REPAIR AND C CAMP PILE INSTALLATION AND PUBLICLY EXPRESSED SUCH SUPPORT DURING A TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION ON JULY 7TH, 2026. [00:20:01] AND WHEREAS THE ENGINEERS FOR 100 EAST HARSDALE AVENUE AND THE TOWN'S CONSULTING ENGINEERS HAVE REVIEWED AND SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF THE SEA CAN PILE, RETAINING WALL NECESSARY TO FACILITATE PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE TOWN SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHERE IS THE TOWN, EXCUSE ME, WHERE IS THE TOWN BOARD HAS REVIEWED THE NATURE OF THE SEWER REPAIR WORK, INCLUDING EXCAVATION, SEWER REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND INSTALLATION OF SEA CAMP PILES AS TEMPORARY EXCAVATION SUPPORT AND STABILIZATION MEASURES TO ACCESS AND REPAIR THE EXISTING TOWN OWNED SANITARY SEWER AND FINDS THAT SUCH WORK CONSTITUTES A SINGLE SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR PROJECT BEING PERFORMED UNDER THE EXISTING COMPETITIVELY AWARDED SEWER WATER EXCAVATION, REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT. SORRY, I'M RUNNING OUTTA SPEED HERE, . WE'RE GETTING THERE. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD FINDS THAT THE PERMANENT REPAIR IS NOT A NEW OR SEPARATE PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT AND FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE EXISTING COMPETITIVELY AWARDED 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT FOR THE REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF TOWN OWNED AND SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH AUTHORIZES SEWER REPAIR AND RESTORATION WORK, WHETHER ARISING FROM AN EMERGENCY CONSI CONDITION OR FROM OTHER REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN BOARD FINDS THAT THE CONDITION CONTINUES TO CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY AS THE REPAIR WORK REPRESENTS A CONTINUATION OF THE TOWN'S ONGOING EMERGENCY RESPONSE. AND EVEN IF THE CONDITION DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMERGENCY, THE WORK REMAINS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE EXISTING COMPETITIVELY AWARDED CONTRACT AS SEWER REPAIR, EXCAVATION RESTORATION, AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS WITHIN THE BID CONTRACT SCOPE. AND WHEREAS THE TOWN'S FINDINGS IN THIS RESOLUTION ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE OPINIONS OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY AND THE TOWN CONTROLLER NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG HEREBY DETERMINES THAT THE SANITARY SEWER FAILURE AFFECTING 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE REMAINS AN ONGOING CONDITION REQUIRING COMPLETION OF THE PERMANENT REPAIR TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY REJECTS THE PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED ALTERNATIVE PERMANENT SEWER BYPASS PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SEWER AROUND THE AFFECTED BUILDING REQUIRING EASEMENTS AND ACCESS RIGHTS AND SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. ESTIMATED THE COST APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 24 TO $29 MILLION AND WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE OWNERS OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE TO EXTEND THE BUILDING SEWER LATERALS UNDER THEIR UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT AT THEIR OWN COSTS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $600,000 WHICH HAVE FALLEN, WHICH WOULD HAVE FALLEN OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL WATER, THE SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT AND BE IT THERE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AT THE TOWN BOARD APPROVED MURANO BROTHERS CORPORATION'S UTILIZATION OF ATLANTIC PILE AND FOUNDATION CORP AS A SPECIALTY SUBCONTRACTOR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 10 OF THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING CCAN PILE INSTALLATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER REPAIR AT THE 100 EAST HARSDALE AVENUE. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD FINDS THAT THE PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER THE 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION RE REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF APPROXIMATELY $5.165 MILLION REPRESENTS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE, TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MEANS AVAILABLE TO THE TOWN AND RESULTS IN AN ESTIMATED TAXPAYER COST AVOIDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $19 MILLION WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED SEWER BYPASS AND REROUTING ALTERNATIVE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES AN INCREASE IN THE FUNDING AVAILABLE UNDER THE EXISTING 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF 5 MILLION, BLESS YOU, $165,000 FOR THE PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER REPAIR AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, INCREASING THE TOTAL AUTHORIZED CONTRACT AMOUNT FROM $4,530,100 AND 1 CENT TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,695,000 $100 AND 1 CENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF JUNE 3RD, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 3RD, 2027. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AT THE TOWN BOARD, HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE CONTINUATION OF ALL NECESSARY INVESTIGATION ENGINEERING SPECIALTY SUBCONTRACTING, INCLUDING CCAN PILE INSTALLATION AND EXCAVATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, GROUNDWATER MITIGATION MEASURES, EXCAVATION, SEWER REPAIR AND RESTORATION, AND ALL RELATED WORK REQUIRED TO PERMANENTLY REPAIR AND RESTORE A SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM SERVING 100 EAST DALE AVENUE UNDER THE EXISTING 2025 EMERGENCY AND ON-CALL WATER, [00:25:01] SEWER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT AWARDED TO AND EXTENDED WITH MURANO BROTHERS CORP. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE TOWN BOARD HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, TOWN ENGINEER, COMP CONTROLLER AND SUCH OTHER TOWN OFFICIALS AS MAYBE NECESSARY TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS RESOLUTION AND COMPLETE THE PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER REPAIR AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AT ANY WORK UNRELATED TO REPAIR AND PROGRESS SUCH AS, SUCH AS RELINING OF THE PIPES ALONG EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE SHALL BE TO SUBJECT TO SEPARATE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. AND I'M FINALLY DONE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. I FEEL LIKE I RAN A MARATHON NEED SOME WATER? YOU GET IN THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS FOR THE LONGEST STAR ON OUR SENTENCE. YES. SORRY, I DID NOT WANNA SAY THE NAME OF THAT CONTRACT AGAIN. I, I REALLY HILARIOUS. OKAY, GOOD. SO NOW WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMON LIGHTNING ROUND. SO YOU COULD SPEAK, YOU HAVE A CHOICE, YOU COULD SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES, UM, OR YOU COULD SPEAK LATER ON AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR FIVE MINUTES. BUT YOU CAN DO BOTH, BUT YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE, UH, OPTION. SO, UH, YOU'LL CALL IN THE ORDER OF, UH, PEOPLE SIGNING UP. YES. AND PEOPLE COULD SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ABOUT, ABOUT THIS. RIGHT. AND IF, AND IF I HAVE IT SIGNED UP, JUST UH, PLEASE COME UP AND SIGN UP. UH, SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE WALTER SIMON, AND AS MR. SIMON COMES UP, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM THAT WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START SPEAKING. AND THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE, THE TIME LIMIT PROTOCOL NO MATTER WHAT TOPIC YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. OH, AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW POLICY THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA INTERRUPT. NO, NO. MEMBER OF THE BOARD WILL COMMENT ON ANYTHING UNTIL AFTER EVERYBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAKS, UH, YES. PER ROUND, RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU. WELL, GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE CORE ISSUE REGARDING THE UPCOMING VOTE IS NOT CENTERED ON PAUL FINER OR DISAGREEMENTS ON POLICY MATTER MATTERS. RATHER, THE CONCERNS ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE RULE OF LAW, UM, CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO POSITION THEIR GOVERNMENT, AND GOVERNMENT HAS THE OBLIGATION TO RESPOND TO VALID CONCERNS AND ACTS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC. ANOTHER KEY ISSUE IS THAT NO EMERGENCE IN SPITE OF WHAT IS STATED IN, UH, TB FIVE, NO EMERGENCY EXISTS TODAY. THIS EVENING, YOU WILL HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE VALID CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRES ANSWERS. IF THESE ANSWERS ARE NOT FULLY AVAILABLE TONIGHT, THAT ALONE JUSTIFIES POSTPONING THE VOTE UNTIL THEY CAN PROVIDE, THEY CAN BE PROVIDED. FURTHERMORE, THESE CONCERNS ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY A LETTER BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF WESTCHESTER AND HUDSON VALLEY. I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAVE A COPY OF THAT LETTER. UH, THE C THE COUNCIL INDICATES THAT TB FIVE IS CONTRARY TO MUNICIPAL LAW 1 0 5 AND THE TOWN LAW 1 22. THEY NOTE THAT IF IT IS INACTIVE, THEY WILL, AND I QUOTE, RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL AND OTHER APPROPRIATE RELIEF. THIS INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF FILING AN ARTICLE 78 PROCEEDING, WHICH WOULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL DELAYS TO THE HARDSHIP THAT PEOPLE ON HARTSDALE AVENUE WAS ALREADY EXPERIENCING AND INCUR ADDITIONAL LEGAL COSTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT THE FACT THAT SO MUCH TIME WAS TAKEN BEFORE, I THINK IT'S REALLY INAPPROPRIATE THAT THE, THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC ONLY IS LITERALLY TO TWO MINUTES. YOU COULD HAVE A FIVE MINUTE, YOU COULD HAVE YOUR FIVE MINUTES LATER IN THE MEETING. THAT'S WHAT SUPERVISOR FINER SAID. I'M SAYING YOU CAN HAVE, HAVE A CHOICE EITHER TWO MINUTES NOW OR FIVE MINUTES LATER. YOU HAD A CHOICE, YOU DID. TWO MINUTES. YEP. UM, OUR SECOND SPEAKER WILL BE ERICA BHI. HELLO, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ERICA BAGCHI AND SINCE YOU KNOW, JOE DID A GREAT JOB AND ALSO SIMON, UH, DID A GREAT JOB TOO BY SO MUCH OF EXPLANATION. SO I'M COMING DIRECTLY TO PARTICULARLY PINPOINTED QUESTIONS. WHY DID [00:30:01] IT TAKE OVER TWO YEARS FOR MORENO TO FIND AN OPTIMAL SOLUTION GIVEN THIS, WHY WOULD YOU AWARD THIS JOB TO THEM? WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE. IT IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS NOT URGENT. NOBODY IS, YOU KNOW, UH, , I DON'T WANT TO USE THIS WORD DYING, BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, IT IS THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY AND WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES, SCHOOL STA, SCHOOL TAXES, AND SO ON. SO WE NEED A FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRACT PROCESS. HOW COULD THE TOWN HAVE ALREADY ALLOWED MORENO TO BEGIN THIS PROJECT WHEN IT HAS NOT BEEN VOTED UPON? AS OF THIS MOMENT, THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALL IN PLACE DURING THE ENTIRE SWEAR CRISIS, ALONG WITH MR. MORABITO, WHERE WERE THE OUTCRY FOR YEARS. SO WE WANT TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND A FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRACT PROCESS. AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE. IT IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY, IT IS NOT URGENT. SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT 2 MILLION WHICH HAS BEEN SPENT AND NOW 5 MILLION, OH MY GOD, I'M NOT GOING TO TOLERATE ANY MORE TAX HIKES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK OUR THIRD SPEAKER WILL BE DAVID SLO. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TB FIVE, THE EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE SEWER MAIN BREAK REPAIR. AFTER TWO YEARS, THIS IS NO LONGER AN EMERGENCY. THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT WAS PUSHED THROUGH WITH THE PREMISE THAT THE COMPLETION WOULD BE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. EVEN IF YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL AT QUASHING THIS REQUIREMENT FOR A BIDDING PROCESS, THIS PROJECT WON'T EVEN START UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL STARTS. UH, WHAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS EMERGENCY CONTRACT IS. UH, IS THERE A SPENDING CAP? YOU SAID 5 MILLION AND CHANGE, AND IF THEY FIND ANYTHING NEW, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BILL ON TOP OF THAT LIKE EVERY OTHER PROJECT LIKE THE TAVEN BRIDGE. UM, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE THE CONTRACT? AND THIS IS PART OF WHAT YOU JUST SPOKE EARLIER TO A CONTRACTOR WHO HAS NOT HAD THE SKILLSET TO KEEP THE PUMPING SYSTEM WORKING RELIABLY. WE TELL RIGHT THERE THAT HE JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE SKILLSET. IF HE'S BRINGING IN OTHER CONTRACTORS, WHY DO WE NEED HIM? WE DON'T NEED MURANO. WE NEED WHOEVER'S THE ACTUAL COMPANY THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THE PROJECT. UM, AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD IF IT'LL CONDEMN COUNCILMAN SHEHAN FOR USING THE GREENBERG EMAIL LIST TO PUSH OUT ELECTION PROPAGANDA. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. I PROPOSE THAT THE BOARD PROHIBITS ANY FURTHER ABUSE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE, UH, DR. CAROL ALLEN. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR USING MY TITLE BECAUSE I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING IF SOMEBODY COMES INTO MY OFFICE AND SAYS, DOC, I'M HAVING CHEST PAIN AND THEY'RE SWEATING, THAT'S AN EMERGENCY. IF THEY SAY TO ME, I HAD A HEART ATTACK IN 2024 AND ONCE A WEEK, NOW I HAVE TO TAKE NITROGLYCERIN, I'M HAVING PAIN ONCE A WEEK. THAT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY THAT YOU'RE USING IN THIS INSTANCE? WHAT IS IN THE CONTRACT? THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH MORENO AS A DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY? I'M ALSO A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE AS YOU WERE READING THE RESOLUTION, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE CONTRACT COVERS EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY REPAIRS. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED IS IT A CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS OR NON OR BOTH. IF THEIR CONTRACT COVERS EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY, ARE THERE DIFFERENT RATES THAT THEY'RE BEING CHARGED? DO WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT'S PREPARED THAT EXPLAINS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR THE $5 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYING THEM? AND I'D LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THE LENGTH OF THE RESOLUTION [00:35:02] IS SO LONG IT SUGGESTS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO JUSTIFY A QUESTIONABLE ACT. NEXT SPEAKER IS DELLA TROY. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING, SO I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. SO BEAR WITH ME. I FELT COMPELLED TO COME HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LIVE ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE AND I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS HORRIFIC STENCH FOR TWO YEARS AND IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE ANSWERS TO. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ANSWER THEM AND NOT AVOID THE QUESTIONS. ONE QUESTION IS, WAS THE THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT COMPETITIVELY BID? AND IF SO, HOW MANY BIDS DID THE TOWN RECEIVE? WHY WAS MURANO SELECTED? AND WILL THE TOWN CONDUCT CONDUCT COMPETITIVE BIDDING BEFORE ANY EXTENSION? IF NOT, WHY WASN'T IT? AND THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS AND I'D REALLY APPRECIATE ANSWERS. AS A RESIDENT OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED CORRECTLY, LEGALLY, AND AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE OUR ANSWERS THIS EVENING. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE MANNY A HI. I AM. YEAH. MY NAME IS MANNY REES. UH, UM, THERE'S A LOT. THERE'S, UH, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I, I FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE IN EAST HARTSDALE AND THAT THIS WORK SHOULD BE DONE EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY. IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY. AND YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT IF IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, YOU HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TO BID. YOU HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TO BID UNDER THE LAW, UNDER THE LAW OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE TOWN OF NEW YORK STATE TOWN LAW. OKAY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL. AND, AND IF YOU FLOWER IT WITH A LOT OF, A LOT OF PHRASING AND A LOT OF TALK AND IN THE CONTRACT AS CAR DR. CARROLL, UM, POINTED OUT, IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE IT, IT NEEDS TO GO OUT TO BID. IT'S, IT'S THE LEGAL THING TO DO. UH, I HAVE, UH, MORE QUESTIONS HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TOOK TWO, THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR TWO YEARS. UM, AND WHERE WAS THE EMERGENCY OR OVER THOSE TWO YEARS? UH, IT WOULD KICK THE CAN, UH, FORWARD UNTIL YOU FINALLY, FINALLY DECIDED THAT YOU FOUND A WAY TO WORK YOURSELF AROUND THE COMPETING BOT. THE PROCESS. IT, IT'S, IT'S, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S INCONVENIENT, BUT YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. AND HERE, HERE'S THE OTHER, MY LAST COMMENT AND THE TOWN BOARD. WHERE WERE YOU GUYS? I MEAN, WHERE WERE YOU GUYS? YOU KNOW, THE, THE WHOLE TIME YOU WERE ALL SITTING HERE, THE BOARD WAS SITTING HERE AS MEMBERS OF THE, OF, OF THIS PROCESS. AND YOU WERE MISSING IN ACTION. YOU WERE MISSING IN ACTION. SO NOW, NOW CALLING THIS AN EMERGENCY IS A LOT OF NONSENSE. AND YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT, WHETHER IT'S THAT ARTICLE 78 THAT WAS MENTIONED OR IN YOUR, IN YOUR POSITION AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS TOWN. SO, UM, THERE WAS NO OUTCRY WHILE YOU GUYS WERE SITTING AROUND FOR TWO YEARS DOING NOTHING. NOW YOU'RE MAKING IT SEEM LIKE IT'S AN EMERGENCY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE PROFESSOR JUDITH CHUCHO. YES. TB FIVE. MY NAME IS PROFESSOR JUDITH CATCHER. CAN YOU PULL THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT PLEASE? THANK YOU FOR HELPING. THANK YOU. TB FIVE. MY NAME IS PROFESSOR CATCHER JUDITH CATCHER. MIC IT ISN'T WORKING. IF YOU COULD JUST PROJECT A LITTLE MORE CLOSER TO THE MIC. OKAY. AND YOU PROJECT. THANK YOU. WHAT'S MORE WITH FEELING? TB FIVE BY NAME IS PROFESSOR JUDITH CATCHER. THAT'S CATCHER WITH A K. UM, WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE TEMPORARY SEWER REPAIR? IS IT TRUE IT IS WORKING WELL ENOUGH THAT THE PUMP IS [00:40:01] NO LONGER NEEDED? THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE EDWARD DWYER. I HAVE NO IDEA. GOOD EVENING BOARD. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS ALSO. UM, IS THIS CAUSING A HEALTH OR SAFETY ISSUE? AND IF SO, WHAT HEALTH OR SAFETY ISSUE IS IT SPECIFICALLY CAUSING? UM, ALSO, HOW LONG HAS THE CURRENT, UH, HOW LONG HAS THE CURRENT TEMPORARY REPAIR, UH, REASONABLY SUSTAINABLE? HOW LONG WILL THAT BE IN PLACE? UM, ALSO GOING BACK TO MONTHS AGO WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE FORENSIC AUDIT IN WHICH WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED REVENUE THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, UM, WE STILL FIND A WAY TO JUST KEEP SPENDING MONEY, SPENDING MONEY, SPENDING MONEY. I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH ALL THIS. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL GET SOME ANSWERS TONIGHT AND HEAD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT WE DON'T KEEP GETTING OUR TAXES RAISED. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ANNA BROUGHTON. GOOD EVENING. UH, I HAD A LONG LIST OF THINGS TO SPEAK ABOUT PREPARED, BUT I'M KIND OF GONNA GO AD LIB. SO I'M AT B BROON. I'M A RESIDENT OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A 241 FAMILY COOPERATIVE OR HOUSING 241 FAMILIES. I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID HERE TONIGHT. UM, IS IT AN EMERGENCY? YES, IT IS. WE ARE LIVING WITH PUMPS IN OUR GARAGE. SEWAGE BACKUPS THAT ARE CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, IMPACTING, UH, CAN BE IMPACTFUL TO PEOPLE'S HEALTH. UH, MURANO BROTHERS WAS ENGAGED BY THE TOWN IMMEDIATELY AT THE ONSET OF THIS EMERGENCY WHEN THERE WAS A SEWAGE BACKUP DUE TO THE SEWAGE P SEWER PIPE BREAK. UM, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY INSTALLED, UH, IN LIKE 24 HOURS THIS BYPASS SYSTEM, WHICH, UH, ANYBODY WHO DRIVES ALONG EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE CAN SEE IT COMES UP. EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE HAS BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED. UM, I'M GONNA CUT MY REMARKS SHORT. AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS, THE SHAREHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTED TO FURTHER UNNECESSARY DELAY WHILE A NEW CONTRACTOR IS SELECTED AND BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED EMERGENCY CONDITION, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS DO NOT EXIST. MURANO BROTHERS HAS BEEN INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING, POSSESSES DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEMPORARY SYSTEM AND IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO COMPLETE THE PERMANENT REPAIR SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY, AND WITHOUT UNNECESSARY INTERRUPTION. I STRONGLY URGE THE MEMBERS OF THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD AND SUPERVISOR FINER TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AND PERMIT MURANO BROTHERS TO PROCEED WITH THIS PERMANENT REPAIR WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. GIVEN THE HISTORY, URGENCY AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS PROJECT, DOING SO WOULD NOT SET A PRECEDENT FOR HAND THE HANDLING OF OTHER MORE ORDINARY PROJECTS AND THEREFORE GOING OUT TO BID ON THOSE WOULD BE REQUIRED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE KIMBERLY DUFFY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KIM DUFFY. I'M A RESIDENT OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE TOWN MOVING FORWARD TO REPAIR THE SEWER PIPE. UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE RESIDENTS OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE AS WELL AS 80 EAST HARTSDALE HAVE LIVED FOR OVER TWO YEARS WITH NOISE FUMES, FEAR OF SEWAGE SPILLAGE ON OUR PROPERTY, AND THE GENERAL INCONVENIENCE OF THE TEMPORARY FIX. WHILE I GENERALLY SUPPORT THE PROCESS OF SECURING MULTIPLE BIDS FOR A PROJECT, I BELIEVE THE BOARD PERFORMED THEIR DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL REPAIR. THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THE TOWN IS NOW AVOIDING OVER $19 MILLION IN COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORIGINAL PROJECT AND REDUCING THE RISK OF A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RELATED TO AN ABOVE GROUND SEWAGE PIPE. I STRONGLY URGE, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE AND URGE THE TOWN BOARD AND SUPERVISOR FINER [00:45:01] TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND PERMIT MORANO BROTHERS TO PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR. WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, STEVEN ELLI. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR, FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD. MY NAME IS STEVE ELLI AND I'M A PARTNER AT LARUSSO URDO SCHWARTZ AND ELLI, UH, OUT FROM REPRESENT CENTRAL WESTCHESTER TENANTS CORP. LOCATED AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, AS WELL AS OTHER COOPERATIVE BUILDINGS ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS MATTER SINCE THE TOWN SEWER FAILURE ON MAY, 2000 IN MAY, 2024, INCLUDING MEETINGS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH TOWN REPRESENTATIVES AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY. I HAVE REVIEWED THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AND THE RELEVANT HISTORY OF THE TOWN'S CONTRACT WITH MURANO BROTHERS AS SET FORTH THEREIN. THE CONTRACT WAS PUBLICLY ADVERTISED COMPETITIVELY BID AND AWARD TO MIRANDA BROTHERS AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. IT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH JUNE 3RD, 2027 AT THE TIME. AND MATERIAL RATES ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS, IN MY OPINION, THE PROPOSED PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE TOWN OWNED CEMETERY SEWER SERVING 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT. THE EXCAVATION, GROUNDWATER CONTROL MEASURES CA PILE SUPPORT SYSTEM SEWER REPAIR AND RESTORATION ARE ALL NECESSARY COMPONENTS OF A SINGLE SEWER REPAIR PROJECT. THE SPECIALIZED CONSTRUCTION METHODS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE WORK DO NOT TRANSFORM IT INTO A NEW OR UNRELATED PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT. THE PROPOSED AUTHORIZATION DOES NOT INVOLVE THE SELECTION OF A CONTRACTOR WITHOUT COMPETITION, RATHER AUTHORIZES ADDITIONAL WORK AND FUNDING UNDER AN EXISTING COMPETITIVELY AWARDED CONTRACT THAT EXPRESSLY COVERS SCHEDULED AND EMERGENCY SEWER EXCAVATION, REPAIR AND RESTORATION, WHICH REPRESENT EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE CONTINUED RELIANCE ON TEMPORARY BYPASS PUMPING, WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED OPERATIONAL FAILURES MOST RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY. AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS PROJECT ALSO SUPPORTS THE TOWN BOARD'S DETERMINATION THAT THE SOIL CONDITION REMAINS AN EMERGENCY AND THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND SHOULD BE PERMANENTLY CORRECTED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER OR DELAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE BARBARA GRO. I THINK I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S BEEN LIVING THIS FOR ALMOST 800 DAYS. SO, UM, IN LATE MAY OF 2024, THE SEWER PIPE RUNNING UNDER 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE BROKE. AND THIS SIDEWALK IMPLODED AND ABOVE GROUND EMERGENCY SEWER SYSTEM WAS IMMEDIATELY ESTABLISHED BEHIND 180 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. DURING THE FOLLOWING MONTHS, NUMEROUS CAMERAS WERE USED TO TRY AND LOCATE AND VISUALIZE THE BRAKES LOCATION. THEY WERE UNABLE TO BREACH THE RUBBLE OF THE COLLAPSE AND IDENTIFY ITS PROXIMITY TO THE BUILDING'S FOUNDATION. WITH THIS INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE, THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL PLANS AND A NEW AND PERMANENT TOWN SEWER SYSTEM WAS ENGINEERED AND DESIGNED. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT FRANK MODO WAS RECENTLY ABLE TO SOURCE A NEW TYPE OF HIGH DEFINITION CAMERA ONE THAT COULD PENETRATE THE NOW SHIFTED RUB. AND THE VENDOR HE USED WAS ABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE ACTUAL BREAK OF THE SEWER PIPE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. BECAUSE OF THIS NEW INFORMATION, THE LOCATION OF THE BREAK WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING CLEAR OF THE BUILDING'S FOUNDATION. A NEW SYSTEM IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE CONSTRUCTED, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE EMERGENCY REPAIR TO BE DONE, WHICH RESULTS IN THE SAVINGS OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 100 PAYS OVER $500,000 A YEAR. SO IT'S OUR TAX MONEY AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE'S IN THE TOWNS. THE SYSTEM, THE TOWN INSTALLED IN 2024 WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN EMERGENCY SYSTEM AND THIS REPAIR WILL FINALLY ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF THAT TEMPORARY SYSTEM. A REPAIR TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM DOES NOT REQUIRE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. IT'S A COMPLETION OF THE EMERGENCY. EVERYBODY WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BREAK, UM, INCLUDING MURANO ALONG WITH ATLANTIC PILE, ARE THE BEST QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS TO MAKE THIS REPAIR. THE RESIDENTS OF EAST HARSDALE AVENUE, ALONG WITH BUSINESSES THERE WHO TRA AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL IN THE AREA NEED THIS PIPE TO BE REPAIRED SO THAT EVERYTHING CAN GO BACK TO WAY IT WAS BEFORE 2024. WE URGE YOU TO MOVE AHEAD AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE EMERGENCY TONIGHT. AND IF ANYBODY TONIGHT WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME A QUESTION ABOUT A SEWER SYSTEM, I'LL BE HAPPY ANSWER FOR YOU. [00:50:04] OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ALKA SHUKLA. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR. MR. FINER AND, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SOME QUESTIONS, SOME OF, UH, THESE QUESTIONS. YOU, YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD IT BEFORE. HOW MANY OTHER CONTRACTS DOES THE TOWN HAVE WITH MORENO? AND WERE THOSE CONTRACTS AWARDED THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS? HOW MANY OTHER EMERGENCY CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO MORENO? THE THIRD QUESTION IS, THE SUPERVISOR HAS ASKED THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO GET AN OPINION FROM THE STRAIGHT CONTROLLER ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF AWARDING THIS PROJECT WITHOUT A COMPETITIVE BID. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT LETTER AND WHAT WILL THE TOWN BOARD DO IF THE CONTROLLER'S OPINION IS THAT IT SHOULD BE COMPETITIVELY PAID? THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE, UH, LORI DO FOLLOW. GOOD EVENING. I AGREE THAT THE TOWN MUST COMPLY WITH NEW YORK STATE COMPETITIVE BIDDING LAWS. THESE LAWS WERE DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FRAUD, OF WASTE, OF CONFLICT, OF INTEREST. UM, AND WHEN I WAS HERE BACK IN MAY, UH, MAY 27TH, I ASKED HOW MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS WERE SPENT OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, UH, WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF THIS SEWER ISSUE. IF THE SITUATION AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE IS GENUINELY AN EMERGENCY, THEN WHY WOULD AN EMERGENCY GO ON FOR TWO PLUS YEARS? I'M ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I I, I'D LIKE TO HELP WITH ONE THING. STATE LAW DOES ALLOW AN EXCEPTION WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY. THEY ALLOW AN EXCEPTION TO THE BIDDING. UM, BUT BEST PRACTICES REQUIRE A CLEAR DEFINITION OF LOCAL POLICIES, UM, DEFINING HOW AN EMERGENCY IS DECLARED, WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION WHEN OUTSIDE SPECIALISTS ARE NEEDED, AND WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE WORK. SHOULD IT BE THE WHOLE BOARD? SHOULD IT BE THE TOWN SUPERVISOR? SHOULD IT BE A TOWN MANAGER OR OPERATIONS MANAGER? BECAUSE I DID NOTE THAT THERE WAS A DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, WHICH I THINK IS A FABULOUS IDEA THAT WAS APPROVED AND FUNDED STARTING BACK IN 2024 IN THE BUDGET. UM, SO THAT'S TWO YEARS THAT $300,000 HAS BEEN BUDGETED FOR. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT 300,000 IS, BUT WE'RE AT A BIGGER TICKET ITEM TODAY WITH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT FALLS BETWEEN 2.5 AND 5 MILLION FOR THE WASTED MONEY OVER THE TWO YEARS. AND NOW WE'RE TALKING UPWARDS OF 5 MILLION GOING FORWARD. SO I REALLY THINK THAT IT HAS TO GO OUT FOR A BID. UM, WITHOUT TAXPAYERS HARD EARNED DOLLARS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS OVERSPENDING AND, AND INEFFICIENCY OF MANAGEMENT. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE EMILY COMBS. UM, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND READING, UM, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I COULD FIND ABOUT THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE SITUATION. UM, FOR THE PEOPLE ASKING, UH, THE MORENO CONTRACT WAS RENEWED THIS PAST MAY, EVEN THOUGH A MONTH EARLIER THE BOARD HAD GRANTED, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR A NEW CONTRACTOR TO TAKE THAT PLACE IN THE EMERGENCY SEWAGE AND, UH, PLUMBING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. UM, AND THEN THEY JUST CHANGED THEIR MINDS. THAT'S ALL THE NOTES SAID. THEY JUST DECIDED IT WASN'T NECESSARY ANYMORE TO BID AND THAT MORENO SHOULD JUST CARRY ON. UM, I COULD NOT FIND WHO PROVIDED THE INITIAL PROPOSAL AMOUNT OF $29 MILLION FOR THE, UH, THE INITIAL SOLUTION TO BUILD THE COMPLETELY NEW SECTION. DUNNO WHERE THAT CAME FROM. UM, IT TOOK MR. MOTO ONE MONTH [00:55:01] AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC'S WORKS COMMISSIONER TO FIND THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. WHY DID THE TOWN ELECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INITIAL LENGTHY, MORE COSTLY REPAIR PLAN WITHOUT A CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF THE PROBLEM THAT WAS ACCURATELY DIAGNOSED? UM, THE RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE BYPASS SYSTEM IS NOT WELL FUNCTIONING. IT'S EXPECTED TO FAIL AT ANY MOMENT. APPARENTLY THAT'S BEING OVERSEEN BY MORENO. WHY SHOULD WE TRUST THEM TO CARRY ON THIS WORK? AND IN RECENT MONTHS, THE BOARD WAS VERY VOCAL ABOUT PROPER MANAGEMENT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WHY DOES THIS JOB NOT WARRANT BIDDING TO MEET YOUR STATED PRIORITIES? I FEEL SO MUCH FOR THE RESIDENTS OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE. THEY HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY NEGLECTED. THEY'VE BEEN BACKED INTO A CORNER AND THE FAILURE OF THE BOARD TO HANDLE THIS DOES NOT JUSTIFY IRRESPONSIBLE . THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JUDITH. GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TOWN BOARD RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'M HERE AS A FORMER, FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL OF THE TOWN, UM, WHO HAS ALWAYS STOOD FOR HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND TRUTH. THIS PROPOSED, THIS WHOLE SITUATION SMELLS LIKE AN OPEN SEWER . THE THE PURPOSE OF COMPETITIVE BID BIDDING IN NEW YORK STATE IS TO PROTECT TAXPAYER FUNDS BY ENSURING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OBTAIN MAXIMUM QUALITY GOODS, SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE BID POSSIBLE PRICE. IT IS STRICTLY GOVERNED BY STATUTES LIKE THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW SECTION 1 0 3 AND STATE PROCUREMENT LAWS TO GUARD AGAINST FAVORITISM, FRAUD AND CORRUPTION. THIS CONTROVERSY STEMS FROM A FOUR TO ONE VOTE BY THE TOWN BOARD TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT USING A NO BID EXTENSION OF AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND ENACT MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, WHICH RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS AROUND WHETHER IT IS STILL LEGAL, LEGITIMATE, OR HONEST TO CONSIDER THIS MATTER AN EMERGENCY. SO I JUST SAY TO THE, THE BOARD AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN, UM, AND YOU KNOW, TO, TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS MATTER SERIOUSLY BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE OPERATING WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND TRUTH. WHY HOLD ON TO A CONTRACTOR WHO AFTER TWO YEARS WAS NOT ABLE TO AMELIORATE AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHY ARE WE NOT APPLYING COMPETITIVE? THANK YOU BIDDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THIS PROCESS. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE STERLING TIMBERLAKE BROWN. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS STERLING TIMBERLAKE BROWN. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE FAIRVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD OF GREENBURG RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. I ACTUALLY WALKED HERE THIS EVENING. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, BUT I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT 1 0 2 ROAD, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT I LIVE ON THAT HAS HAD A DRAINAGE ISSUE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS NOW. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN OVER FIVE YEARS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING TO. THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR THE STREET ESSENTIALLY HAS ONE STORM DRAIN FOR THE ENTIRE ROAD. AND EVERY TIME THAT THERE IS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN, IT GETS OVERWHELMED AND IT CANNOT HANDLE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IT IS GETTING HIT WITH. NOW, FROM WHAT MY NEIGHBORS TOLD TELL ME THIS IS A NEW THING THAT THEY HAVE ONLY SEEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF RAIN. NOW I KNOW THAT NONE OF YOU NOR CAN ANY OF THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT COMES OUT OF THE SKY. I GET IT. UM, BUT THE TOWN ENGINEER HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING DRAINAGE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING WAS GONNA BE DONE ABOUT IT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BETWEEN 2020 AND 2025. IT IS NOW THE SIXTH YEAR. SINCE I HAVE FIRST SAID SOMETHING AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, THE FOUR HOUSES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THAT STORM DRAIN ARE GETTING DAMAGED OVER AND OVER AND OVER BECAUSE OF RISING FLOOD [01:00:01] WATERS. IT FLOODS ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF RELIEF THAT CAN HELP THESE HOMEOWNERS AT THIS POINT. MY HOUSE HAS GOTTEN WATER IN IT TWICE. UM, AND WE CAN'T OVER AND OVER AND OVER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AMOUNT THAT MY TAXES KEEP GOING UP. YOU KNOW, AFFORD TO FIX OUR DRIVEWAYS. UM, GOD FORBID WE HAVE TO DO MOLD REMEDIATION IN THE FUTURE. BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING THING. UM, THERE IS NOW EVIDENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET THAT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SINKHOLE ABOUT TO FORM IN THE MIDDLE OF 1 0 2 ROAD. IT WAS COMPLAINED ABOUT EARLIER THIS WEEK. MY NEIGHBORS CALL, WE GET BOUNCED FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT, SOMETIMES THE PHONE ISN'T EVEN ANSWERED. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS BEFORE THIS GETS TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE SO MUCH DAMAGE TO OUR HOMES THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REMEDIATE IT. SO IF SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING NEW STORM DRAINS OR HELPING THE RESIDENTS IN SOME WAY, WE'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE STEFAN CHAZOFF. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I AM HERE TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE EMBO MUSEUM AND THE IMPACT OF PARKING ON OLD FARM LANE. UM, I KEEP READING, UM, THINGS ON THE WEBSITE AND GETTING EMAILS ABOUT THE THOUGHT OF STILL BUILDING A PARKING LOT WITH AN ENTRANCE AND EXIT ON OLD FARM LANE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS MUSEUM SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND MY WIFE AND PROBABLY FOR MANY OF THE RESIDENTS AND OWNERS OF OLD FARM LANE. WE DO NOT WANT A PARKING LOT WITH AN EXIT AND ENTRANCE ON OLD FARM LANE, ESPECIALLY UP BY A VERY BUSY AND DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. AND THIS CONTINUES TO COME UP. I'VE HEARD OTHER OPTIONS THAT I THINK ARE MUCH BETTER AND MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN THAT, INCLUDING BUILDING A POSSIBLY A SIDEWALK ON RIDGE ROAD. AND THE OPTION THAT I WOULD PREFER, WHICH IS TO CLEAN UP THE EMBO RAMBLE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO WALK FROM THERE AND PARK OVER AT RIDGE ROAD PARK. ANOTHER OPTION THAT I THOUGHT OF THE OTHER DAY WAS, UM, AS I'VE PASSED A SMALL LITTLE SHUTTLE BUS AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS HERE, ONE, CAN'T THE TOWN PURCHASE OR LEASE A SHUTTLE BUS AND HAVE PEOPLE SHUTTLE FROM BACK AND FORTH? PARTICULARLY IF THIS MUSEUM, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED MANY TIMES, MIGHT BE OPEN A COUPLE OF HOURS A WEEK DURING THE SUMMER SEASON OR FALL SEASON. UM, THERE'S NO NEED TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND CUT DOWN TENS OF TREES AND CLEAR PROPERTY TO BUILD A PARKING LOT THAT WILL PROBABLY HARDLY BE USED IN ADDITION TO IT BEING VERY, VERY DANGEROUS TO THE RESIDENTS OF ALL FARM LAND. AND I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT. THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY BRIEFLY IS, IS I BELIEVE THERE IS A PLAN TO TEAR DOWN A STONE WALL THAT EXISTS ON RIDGE ROAD. AND I'LL ASK THAT YOU RECONSIDER THAT PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE. OKAY, SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE IDA OR OR ADA IDA. IDA. I'M SORRY. YEP. BE . GOOD EVENING MR. FINER AND BOARD MEMBERS. I WILL TRY TO BE CALM. UM, I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT HARTSDALE AVENUE BUT MY HOME, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT. I LIVE ON KEATS AVENUE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GREENBURG FOR OVER 50 YEARS. AND I AM HERE TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SERIOUS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I HAVE A SINKHOLE AND I HAVE ADDRESSED THE TOWN AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY I DO HAVE THIS SINKHOLE AND IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. UH, BEHIND MY HOME, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS AD LIB BEHIND MY HOME. THERE IS THE OPEN BROOK. AS IT COMES UNDER MY DRIVEWAY, THERE ARE TWO VERY LARGE PIPES, HOWEVER, EVERY TIME IT RAINS, HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING SUCH AS YESTERDAY, MY DRIVEWAY BECOMES THE BROOK. THEN IT FLOWS ACROSS THE STREET INTO THE OPEN BROOK. THEREFORE MY DRIVEWAY. AND I MUST SAY I GO OUT AND CLEAN THE MAIN SEWER LINES AND EVERYTHING. I HAVE A PROBLEM. [01:05:01] IT IS NOW CREATING SINK HOLES IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE PIPES CANNOT ABSORB ALL THE WATER OVER THE YEARS. AND NOW IT'S CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS, I HAVE PUT A BIG TRASH CAN, ONE OF THE CITY TRASH CANS OVER THE HOLE. SO SOMEONE SHOULD NOT FALL IN AND BREAK THEIR LEGS OR THEIR BODY OR WHATEVER. SO I WILL TRY, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE TOWN COMING TO LOOK AT IT AND DOING SOMETHING. 'CAUSE IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE A CLEAR EXPLANATION, I'D BE VERY HAPPY TO GIVE IT. BUT I WISH SOMEONE FROM THE TOWN WOULD CONTACT ME AND ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JAY MENDELSON. UH, HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? I'M JAY MENDELSON. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HARTSDALE FOR 35 YEARS, THE FIRST SEVEN OF WHICH WERE AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. UH, ALL THE PEOPLE THERE CERTAINLY HAVE MY SYMPATHIES. I DO REMEMBER WHEN THE FLOODS WOULD TRASH CARS IN THE, UH, GARAGE, INCLUDING MINE. SO THE BUILDINGS HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS OVER TIME, BUT TO ME, UH, THE ROOT OF EVIL HERE IS A DECISION THAT I STILL CAN'T GET TO MAKE FRANK MODO THE, UH, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDING INSPECTOR AND DO TWO JOBS AT A SALARY OF $263,000, WHICH IS CRAZY BECAUSE NOBODY CAN DO TWO FULL-TIME JOBS. IF YOU HAD AN OPENING AND YOU NEEDED TO HIRE IT, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE TOWN DIDN'T SAY, OKAY, WE'VE HAD THESE TWO JOBS OPEN FOR MANY YEARS. FRANK CAN ONLY DO ONE JOB AT X SALARY. LET'S HIRE ANOTHER PERSON AT Y SALARY AND GET THE WORK DONE. I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE GUY DOING TWO FULL-TIME JOBS. HE'S NOT GONNA WORK 90 HOURS A WEEK. THAT'S FOR TECH INDUSTRY PEOPLE WHO ARE A LOT YOUNGER THAN MOST OF US, AND DON'T MIND NOT SLEEPING, BUT YOU'VE TOTALLY OVERLOADED ONE GUY AND YOU'RE ASKING HIM TO DO TOO MUCH. AND OBVIOUSLY THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE BEING CHALLENGED BY SO MANY PEOPLE AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU ONLY GOT ONE BRAIN. IF YOU HAD TWO BRAINS IN THE JOB, I THINK WE'D BE DOING A LOT BETTER. THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY, HAVING WORKED 30 YEARS IN INDUSTRY, THAT WOULD NEVER FLY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. NOBODY WOULD, WOULD SAY, HEY, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO TWO JOBS AT DOUBLE YOUR SALARY? IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN IN GOVERNMENT. AND I'M REALLY, REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT AND I DO THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEMS START. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SHELDON MAIVE. SHELDON, THANK YOU. I'VE ONLY RECENTLY BECOME AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY READING, UM, SOMETHING, UH, I, I PROMISED A FRIEND TO READ. SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT FOR MEDICAL REASONS, AND HER NAME IS MICHELLE MAYA. AND SHE WROTE NEVER BEFORE HAVE I HEARD OF A MUNICIPALITY NOT PUTTING A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE. THIS IS WITH REGARD TO THE SEWER PROJECT. UM, OUT TO COMPETITIVE BID TAXPAYERS DESERVE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN PUBLIC MONEY IS BEING SPENT. I'M READING THAT ON HER BEHALF. END QUOTE. UM, AS I SAID, I'M NEW TO THE ISSUE AND I'VE HEARD BEEN HEARING THINGS ON BOTH SIDES. I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR AS MUCH FROM THE OTHER SIDE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF, UH, MR. MORABITO, THE CURRENT CONTRACTOR HAS FAILED TO CORRECT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM AND OVER TWO YEARS THAT OTHER CONTRACTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONSULTED. AND IF THE TOWN BOARD IS GOING TO IGNORE, UH, COMPETITIVE BIDDING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN FOR SERIOUS PROBLEMS AFTERWARDS BECAUSE TAXPAYERS, UH, WILL NOT [01:10:01] EXACTLY LIKE THAT. UH, WE ARE ALL CONCERNED WITH, UH, FAIR PLAY AND FAIR COMPETITIVE PRACTICES. AGAIN, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS, I'M JUST LEARNING, BUT I JUST WANTED THE WAR BOARD TO BE AWARE OF HOW MANY OF US FEEL. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE BRIAN LATON. CAN YOU LOOK AT YOUR PHONE? HEY, LOOK AT YOUR PHONE. UH, I'M NOT LOOK, SPEAKING ABOUT EASTDALE, UM, MY CONCERN IS FOR PO TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, UH, AUTHORIZING THE TOWN TO USE, UH, CENTRAL SQUARE TECHNOLOGIES FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS. UH, THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH FLOCK. THE CAMERA SYSTEM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS ABOUT SHARING WARRANTLESS INFORMATION FOR POLICE AND CONCERNS OVER, UH, STALKING THEIR EXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD COMPANY TO BE INVOLVED WITH. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANY ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THE TWO MINUTE ROUND? SO WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER ON ZOOM, IT'LL BE BARRY STEINBECK. YES. HELLO. SEE ON MUTED BRIAN BARRY. HE'S HERE. HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE HIS CAMERA ON. BARRY, YOU GONNA SPEAK? YES. AND IF YOU HAVE A CAMERA, DO YOU WANNA BE VISIBLE AND TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? YEAH, SURE. YEAH. HAPPY TO GIMME ONE SECOND THERE. OKAY. BASICALLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S ATTENTION TO THE NEEDED REPAIRS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECT WHAT THAT OUT TOWN. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SEND THIS PROJECT OUT TO FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. NUMBER ONE, NO CURRENT EMERGENCY EXISTS. THE LAW ALLOWS YOU TO BYPASS COMPETITIVE BIDDING ONLY IN THE CASE OF ITS TRUE EMERGENCY THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR PROPERTY. THERE IS NO DECLARED EMERGENCY IN EFFECT TODAY, AND THE SITUATION DOES NOT APPEAR TO MEET THAT STANDARD TAXPAYER STEWARDSHIP. COMPETITIVE BIDDING INSURERS, WE GET THE BEST VALUE FOR TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT PROMOTES FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOW PUBLIC FUNDS ARE SPENT. WHY THE COMPETITION EQUALS BETTER RESULTS BY INVITING MULTIPLE QUA QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS TO BID THE TOWN BENEFITS FROM BETTER PRICING, STRONGER PROPOSALS AND PROVEN EXPERIENCE AND TRANSPARENCY BUILDS PUBLIC TRUST. FOLLOWING PROPER BIDDING PROCEDURES REINFORCES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT CONVENIENCE. I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT TAKING A LITTLE MORE TIME NOW TO FOLLOW THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS WILL PROTECT THE TOWN LEGALLY, FINANCIALLY, AND ETHICALLY. I RESPECTFULLY ASKED YOU TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AND RELEASE THIS PROJECT FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. LET'S DO IT THE RIGHT WAY FOR THE GOOD OF OUR TOWN AND ITS TAXPAYERS. AND THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, WHEN WILL THE TOWN BE SENDING OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO THE ADJOINING BUILDINGS ABOUT WHEN CONSTRUCTION WILL BE BEGINNING AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT THE BUILDINGS ADJACENT? THANK YOU. UH, NO MORE SPEAKERS. GREAT. SO, UM, WE'LL NOW GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. WELL, THERE, THERE, THERE MIGHT BE COMMENTS FROM THE TOWN BOARD. DOES ANYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD WANT TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING? AND BEFORE SOMEONE BEGINS THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, WE FOLLOWED THE RULE FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON, THREE MINUTE REBUTTAL PERIOD. I'M JUST ENSURING WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE RULES AGAIN TONIGHT. OKAY. SO MANY COMMENTS. THERE ARE LOT, LOTS OF, DID YOU WANNA ANSWER ANY OF THE FACTUAL QUESTIONS? UH, JOE? SURE. OKAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER EVERY SINGLE ITEM, BUT HERE ARE JUST SOME NOTES I TOOK [01:15:01] AND SPECIFICALLY THE ONES WHO HAD QUESTIONS AS OPPOSED TO MAKING STATEMENTS. UM, WAS THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT BID? YES. HOW MANY COMPANIES RESPONDED? THERE WERE FOUR BIDDERS. UH, WHY WAS MURANO CHOSEN? THEY WERE AWARDED FOR BEING THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. I'M SORRY. THEY, THEY, THEY WERE THE ACTUAL LOWEST BIDDER, NOT JUST THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID. THAT IS CORRECT. BUT IF SOMEONE WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER AND WERE NOT DEEMED TO BE RESPONSIBLE, THEY WOULDN'T BE CHOSEN. SO YOU HAVE TO BE BOTH CHOSEN AS THE LOWEST AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. MM-HMM . . SURE. COULD I JUST ASK, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING BECAUSE IT, THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS IS NOT PREDETERMINED BY THE TOWN. THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR BIDDERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. SO, AND THEN ONCE THEY GOT ALL THE INFORMATION AND DID THEIR SITE TOURS, THEN DECIDED TO BID. SO THAT IS HOW THAT, THAT HAPPENS. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT WE DID NOT PRESCRIBE HOW MANY BIDDERS QUESTION IT COULD HAVE BEEN ON AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT, HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE JUST ANSWERED IN A TIMELY FASHION. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAID PEOPLE, HAVE THEY BID? WE HAD A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS. IT WAS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT. NO, THAT'S NOT AFTER, NO, NO, NO. LET ME SAY, BECAUSE BASICALLY THE REPAIR, THE SITUATION CHANGED IN THE PAST MONTH BECAUSE BASICALLY RIGHT NOW, UH, AFTER THEY DID THE CAMERA, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERAS, THEY CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT, UM, REPAIR THEN WAS ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED RESPECTFULLY. THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. CAN I EXPLAIN? IT'S NOT TRUE. YES. DO, DO YOU PLEASE. THE CONTRACT IS FOR SEWAGE WATER STREET EXCAVATION, THAT WHOLE THING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT AGAIN ON SIDEWALKS AND IN THE STREET. SO WHEN THE PROJECT, WHEN WE, WHEN WE, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT COULD BE DONE AT THE SIDEWALK WHEN WE HAD TO GO AROUND THE BUILDING, THAT'S WHEN IT FELL OUTSIDE THE CONTRACT AND WE WOULD'VE HAD TO BID BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND NEW CONTRACT AND IT'S WORK THAT WASN'T ASSUMED UNDER THE INITIAL CONTRACT. SO WE WENT INITIALLY THINKING WE COULD FIX IT TO REPAIR FALSE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT, THEN THINKING, NO, WE CANNOT, WE HAVE TO GO AROUND THE BUILDING. WE'RE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT. NOW THAT FRANK MODO PUT A NEW CAMERA AND SEE, SEES THAT IT CAN BE DONE. IT'S, IT'S BACK INTO THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT. ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE, PLEASE MENTION THAT WAS NEW TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS WHY PLEASE MENTION THE CONSULT. THERE WERE CONSULTANTS WHO WERE ON, WHO MADE THE DETERMINATION AND ADVISED THE TOWN IN THE INITIAL PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT. THIS IS WHAT THE GUIDANCE THEY GAVE THE TOWN ENGINEERS, NOT, NOT MURANO, NOT FRANK MARDO ENGINEERS THAT WERE HIRED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I I THINK JUST CLARIFYING PEOPLE FOR THE PA THIS HAPPENED TWO OVER TWO YEARS AGO. CAN WE, CAN WE LET THE TOWN ATTORNEY FINISH ANSWERING THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND THEN WHOEVER WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE TOWN BOARD CAN OKAY. I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING NO, NO. LET LET HIM ANSWER THE QUESTIONS FROM THE, FROM THE PUBLIC. OKAY, WELL GO AHEAD. WE GO AGAIN. ALRIGHT. YOU GUYS DON'T LET ANYBODY SPEAK IF YOU DISAGREE WITH HIM. I RESPECT WHATSOEVER. THAT'S SAD TO SEE. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE JUST, I'M ASKING OF HIM. YES. UM, SOMEONE ASKED THE, IS THE PUMP STILL NECESSARY? YES, THE PUMP IS STILL NECESSARY. IF WE TOOK THE PUMP OUT, I BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE CONSTANT SEWAGE WITHIN THE BASEMENT OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. EVEN WHEN IT FAILS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SEWAGE GOES INTO THE BASEMENT. TO BE HONEST, I'M SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT'S AN EMERGENCY IF THEY LIVED IN THAT BUILDING. EXACTLY. I COULDN'T IMAGINE THE SMELL AND THE HEALTH HAZARDS THAT COULD BE DONE TO THE RESIDENTS. UM, I, WE WERE ASKED WHY IF MURANO, UM, COULD NOT COME UP WITH THIS PLAN TWO YEARS AGO, IF WE CONTINUE TO USE THEM. THEY'RE LISTENING TO ENGINEERS. THEY'RE WAITING ON THE CAMERA WORK. THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT MIND READERS. THEY NEED THE CAMERA AS WELL. SO THEY JUST LEARNED OF THIS AS WELL. THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALWAYS ON CALL. AS MS. GROIN HAS SAID, THEY HAVE CONTINUOUSLY, UM, FIXED ANY ISSUES WHEN THEY COME UP. UH, THE CONTRACT WAS AT THE SAME RATES AS THE 2025 AMOUNT. I DON'T DUNNO ABOUT YOU, BUT FOR ME, NOTHING COSTS THE SAME IN 2026 AS IT DID IN 2025. SO IT FALLS IN THE SCOPE OF THAT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE SIGNED. AND THE TERM DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL 2027. SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT THE LETTER TO BE SENT TO THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. I PERSONALLY DID NOT FEEL THAT WAS NECESSARY, BUT I SENT THE LETTER ANYWAY. AND AGAIN, UM, I DIDN'T PHRASE IT AS BEING A NO BID CONTRACT. I PHRASED IT AS NOT GOING OUT FOR AN ADDITIONAL BID BEYOND THE ONE THAT WAS ALREADY PASSED OUT. UH, SOMEONE ASKED, WHO SHOULD BE APPROVING THIS, UM, SUPERVISOR, TOWN BOARD OR A MANAGER. UM, THE ANSWER AS IT CURRENTLY SITS [01:20:01] IS THE TOWN BOARD ACCORDING TO TOWN LAW. THE TOWN BOARD MAKES THE ULTIMATE DETERMINATIONS. UM, SOMEONE, THIS IS JUST A NOTE I TOOK, SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT FRANK WORKING TWO JOBS. HE'S THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY SOLVED THIS PROBLEM WHILE WORKING BOTH JOBS. UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY NOTES. I KNOW THERE WAS MORE SAID, I USE AN EMAIL. CAN I INSTEAD ABUSE IN THE EMAIL? OH, I'M JUST, I'M JUST ANSWERING ABOUT THE EAST HARSDALE AVENUE. SO ABOUT THE EMAIL LIST, THERE IS A RESOLUTION ON TONIGHT ABOUT CHOOSING A MODERATOR AND, UM, OVERLOOKING THE POSTS THAT ARE, ARE BEING PUT ON THE WEBSITE. I HEAR A LOT OF, I I I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THIS. YOU SAYING I I BUT THE RESIDENTS FEEL IT'S NECESSARY. DON'T WE MATTER? SO I DON'T CREATE POLICY. THE TOWN BOARD CREATES THE POLICY. I GIVE A LEGAL OPINION. I DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEND THIS. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WE FEEL. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT DOES MATTER. AND THERE WERE, THERE WERE, THERE WERE BOTH SIDES WHO SPOKE TONIGHT. YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. THAT'S WHY WE LISTENED TO YOU AND I, YOU KNOW, I HEARD ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. THERE WAS ONE QUESTION ABOUT WHY SHOULD WE TRUST MURANO BROTHERS IF THE PUMPS AREN'T CURRENTLY WORKING CORRECT. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. RIGHT. I AGREE THAT THEY CAN'T. SO THE MURANO BROTHERS THAT THE, THEY FACILITATE THE WORKING OF THE PUMP, BUT THEY CANNOT HELP A PUMP THAT IS OVERWORKED. AND THIS IS A LENGTHY, LENGTHY THEY HAVE. AND THEY, AND THEY HAVE AND THEY HAVE, THEY'VE OVERSEEN YEARS. YOU REALIZE THE PUMP, WE DON'T NEED THE PUMPS. NOT WE. THAT'S NOT EVEN TRUE. STILL WORKING. NO, IT'S DON'T, THAT'S NOT A RULE. DO YOU LIVE IN 101? YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T NEED THE PUMP. IF THEY SHUT OFF THAT, IF THEY SHUT OFF THE PUMP, IF THEY SHUT OFF THE PUMP TONIGHT, THERE'S GOING TO BE INCHES AND INCHES OF EVEN SEWAGE FEET, FOOT OF FOOT OF SEWAGE FROM THE TOILETS IN THOSE BUILDINGS. THE GREASE THAT'S IN THE BUILDINGS COMING DOWN THERE TO SAY WE DON'T NEED THE PUMPS IS RIDICULOUS. MURANO DOESN'T MANUFACTURE PUMPS. OKAY, CAN WE PLEASE JUST HAVE, ANO DOESN'T MANUFACTURE PUMPS. THEY PUT IN THE BEST PUMPS THEY CAN BUY. NO PUMP. NO PUMP CAN WITHSTAND BLOCKAGE. THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE BUILDING. THAT HAS TO BE, CAN WE PLEASE, PLEASE, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. WE'RE NOT HAVING BACK AND FORTH PUMPS. I'M REFERRING TO ONE PUMP. MA'AM. THIS THE, THE RESPECTFUL PROCESS. WE'RE RESPECT LISTENING TO YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO HIM? RESPECT. RIGHT. WITH RESPECT. GO AHEAD. SO, SO WE'RE NOT DOING THIS RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING. WE'RE WE'RE HAVING RESPONSES. THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT MURANO IS THE ONE THAT DICTATES HOW THE REPAIRS GET DONE. THOSE ARE ENGINEERS THAT DID THAT OR, UH, AND WORK THAT OUT. WE WERE TOLD WITH CONSIDERABLE CERTAINTY THAT THE BREAK WAS UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING. AND IF WE WENT AFTER THE BREAK AT ITS LOCATION WHERE IT BROKE, WE COULD COMPROMISE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING. AND THE PEOPLE FROM 100 EAST, UH, UM, DALE AVENUE ARE NODDING THEIR HEADS. NOBODY WANTED TO TAKE A RISK OF HAVING THAT BUILDING COMPROMISED AND PERHAPS THE FRONT OF IT COLLAPSE. SO, SO WITH THAT, THERE WAS, OKAY, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN. A REPAIR CAN'T HAPPEN. SO WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? IT'S TO GO AROUND THE BUILDING. THAT WAS A DIFFERENT PROJECT. THAT'S NOT A REPAIR. SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT, HEY, THERE WAS A, A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA TO GO OUT TO BID. IT WAS FOR GOING AROUND THE BUILDING. 'CAUSE WE ALL AGREE THAT IF WE WENT AROUND THE BUILDING, THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAN A REPAIR. AND IT WOULD'VE FALLEN UNDER AND IT WOULD'VE FALLEN UNDER ANOTHER COMPETITIVE BID. AND THAT'S WHAT'S LOST, INCLUDING IT'S MENTIONED IN THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL'S LETTER. WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE? WHAT'S THE CHANGE? SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WHEN THEY WROTE THEIR LETTER EITHER. THEY DIDN'T KNOW. WHY DID WE STOP THAT BIDDING PROCESS AND INSTEAD GO WITH THE REPAIR ONCE WE KNEW A REPAIR WAS POSSIBLE. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT MURANO WHO DOES GREAT WORK. AND IF YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THEY DID WITH THESE HORSE, WITH THE ELMWOOD LITTLE LEAGUE, UNBELIEVABLE IN GETTING THEM BACK UP AND RUNNING, UH, PRIOR TO THE, THE, UH, LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON. AMAZING WORK. THEY DO GREAT WORK, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ENGINEER THAT DETERMINES WHAT WORK THEY DO. [01:25:01] THEY TAKE THE PLANS THAT ARE GIVEN TO THEM AND THEY'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. THAT'S THEIR JOB. AND WE NOW HAVE A PLAN THAT IS A REPAIR, NOT A DIFFERENT JOB GOING AROUND THE BUILDING. WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE PUMPS IN THE FUTURE. AS SOMEBODY WHO SUPERVISOR WANTED TO BID ON THIS WANTED TO DO IS PUT IN PUMPS THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. AND WHO WANTS TO BE DEALT DEALT WITH, THAT THE PEOPLE ON 100 EAST HARSDALE AVENUE ARE TIRED OF SEEING AND SMELLING SEWER. AND YES, DOES THIS SMELL LIKE SEWER? WELL GO THERE AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT SEWER REALLY SMELLS LIKE. THIS IS AN ONGOING AND EMERGENCY. THE PUMPS FAILED. AGAIN, IT'S NOT IN OUR RESOLUTION. 'CAUSE IT HAPPENED SO RECENTLY, YESTERDAY WE PUT IN OUR RESOLUTION THAT IT HAPPENED A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. THE PUMPS FAILED. THEY FAILED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. THEY PUMPS ARE JUST TEMPORARY. THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED TO BE THERE FOR AS LONG AS THEY'VE BEEN THERE. BUT BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO, LET'S BE VERY HONEST, NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO ONCE THE BREAK WAS UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE DID GO AROUND THE BUILDING HOW MUCH THAT WOULD REALLY COST. 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT BEDROCK. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD MEET THE SLOPES. WE WOULD HAVE TO IMPROVISE SOME KIND OF A PUMPING SYSTEM TO MAKE THAT WORK. BUT FRANKLY, IT WAS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE THAT THEY TOLD US WE COULD DO. SO WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK. AND NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE, WHY WOULD WE EVER GO THROUGH THAT AND DO A GO AROUND THE BUILDING ALTERNATIVE THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WILL WORK, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MAKE THAT BEND GOING AROUND THE BUILDING. IF YOU'RE FACING THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT, CAN WE MAKE THAT BEND WITHOUT CAUSING ADDITIONAL BLOCKAGES? CAN WE GET THE, THE, THE PINCH OF THE PIPE SO THAT THE SEWAGE ACTUALLY FLOWS? THAT WAS REALLY NEVER RESOLVED, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE. NOW WE HAVE A REAL ALTERNATIVE REPAIRING THE PIPE IN PLACE. IT'LL SAVE THE BUILDING OWNERS OVER $600,000 BECAUSE REPAIRING THE, THE PIPE IN PLACE, THE LATERALS, WHICH IS A NICE WAY OF SAYING ALL THE PIPES COMING FROM UPSTAIRS GOING IN THERE. THOSE LATERALS THAT GO INTO THE MAIN PIPE, THEY'RE ALREADY CONNECTED. THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO A THING. SAVE 600 MILLION, UH, SIX, $600,000, WHICH OF COURSE THEY'RE GONNA GO AFTER THE TOWN FOR BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA SAY, HEY, WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY THIS? SO THERE'S YOUR TAXES GOING UP. AND WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE GET UP HERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST SPEND AND SPEND AND SPEND, ARE YOU NOT SEEING HOW MUCH WE'RE SAVING? AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S THE FINAL NUMBER AND GET SOME, PLEASE. RIGHT. HOW CAN WE GET SOME RESPECT? IT, IT JUST HIT THE FI IT JUST HIT THE FIVE MINUTE. OKAY. OKAY. YOU'VE HAD FIVE MINUTES. I I I WANNA I HAD IT ON MY PHONE THE WHOLE TIME. OKAY. LET, UH, LET ME THANK YOU FOR THE RESPECT. OKAY. NO, YOU, NO, THERE ARE OTHERS. I JUST WANNA, UH, ASK, UH, MAKE I, I DO 30, I WANT A STATEMENT. THIS HAPPENED TO OVER TWO YEARS AGO. WE HIRED OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. WE SPENT, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH ON TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS THAT WEREN'T, WERE NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY COULD HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT TWO YEARS AGO OR, OR, OR, OR, OR ONE YEAR AGO. AND THEY DIDN'T. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED IS A FORENSIC AUDIT. WE REALLY NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE IF WE HIRED OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS, UH, WITH HOW COME THEY DIDN'T TELL US, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T TAKE ROCKET SCIENCE TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU NEED A CAMERA. UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY FIGURE THIS OUT? YOU KNOW, WE HIRED CONSULTANTS WHO, WE HIRED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE PROFESSIONALS. THEY BASICALLY KNEW, UH, THEY WERE SKILLED IN TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND THEY SPECIALIZED IN, IN THIS, IN THIS FIELD. SO WHY DID IT TAKE UNTIL JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO COME UP WITH, UH, WITH A SOLUTION? SO I THINK SINCE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE, EVERYBODY ON THE TOWN BOARD, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD TODAY AND NOT DO COMPETITIVE BIDDING, AT THE MINIMUM, LET'S HIRE OR LET'S HAVE, UH, AN, A DISCLOSURE. WHAT HAPPENED, AN INVESTIGATION, WHAT HAPPENED? WE SHOULD TELL PEOPLE IF WE, IF THEY WERE, WHO MADE THE MISTAKES, UM, IF ANYBODY KEPT THINGS FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEN THE PUBLIC COULD DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, ANYBODY WAS RESPONSIBLE. WHY THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE AND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS [01:30:01] ARE. THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN ANY BUSINESS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE, I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WORK THAT MURANO HAS DONE. YOU KNOW, HE, WE USE HIM IN THE, FOR MANY THINGS. HE'S, YOU KNOW, IF HE WOULD BE THE LOWEST BIDDER, I WOULD BE VERY, VERY, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH IT. YES. BUT I BELIEVE IN COMPETITIVE BIDDING. I FEEL JUST THE FACT THAT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY. UM, AND, UH, WE WILL LET THE TOWN BOARD AND THE CONTRACTORS KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING WATCHED. SO WE'LL PROBABLY SAVE MONEY AND THERE'LL BE PROBABLY FEWER COST OVERRUNS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GONNA KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MAXIMUM SCRUTINY. IF WE HAD COMPETITIVE BIDDING, UM, I THINK THE PRICES WOULD GO DOWN EVEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE. I ALSO FEEL THAT THE LACK OF RECENT COMPETITIVE BIDDING, BECAUSE I LOOK AT THIS AS A RECENT, UH, WE HAVE A RECENT SOLUTION, UH, NOT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL, UH, BIDDING, IT WAS LIKE TWO YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER. THIS IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT RIGHT NOW. I FEEL THAT IT SETS A BE AT PRECEDENT. UM, IT ERODES CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT. UM, I MAKES, MAKES PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS OF THE PROCESS. UM, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TAXES AND TAXES AND TAXES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE DON'T DO COMPETITIVE BIDDING ON EVERYTHING, AND IF THERE'S NOT SCRUTINY OF EVERY SINGLE CAPITAL PROJECT, UH, OUR TAXES ARE GONNA KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND UP. AND WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE. AND ALL I COULD SAY IS EVERY SINGLE CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE, I WANNA HAVE MAXIMUM SCRUTINY. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HERE, IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE, UH, DEALING WITH CONTRACTS, I HOPE YOU'RE GONNA HELP US MONITOR EVERY SPENDING THAT IS DONE. WE HAVE $60 MILLION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT $60 MILLION DOLLARS, MAYBE IT COULD BE $30 MILLION, OR MAYBE IT COULD BE $20 MILLION. IF WE DON'T DO COMPETITIVE BIDDING, THE TAXES ARE GONNA GO, ARE GONNA SKYROCKET. THAT WAS YOUR FIVE MINUTES. THAT WAS YOUR FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. OKAY. GINA, DID YOU, OKAY, I'M SORRY THAT EVERYONE REALLY CONTINUES TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WASN'T COMPETITIVE BIDDING. THIS WAS COMPETITIVELY BID. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE HAVE, HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO SAY IT AND EXPLAIN AND CAN WE JUST PLEASE LET HER RESPOND? AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE EVERY ONE OF YOU THE RESPECT OF LISTENING TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. SO PLEASE, I'M ASKING THAT YOU GIVE US THE SAME RESPECT BACK. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT BARBARA GRODEN, WHO SPOKE, WHO LIVED THIS BREATHED, LITERALLY BREATHED THIS, LIVES IT EVERY DAY AND STILL LIVES IT EVERY DAY. AND SHE WASN'T JOKING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BECAUSE SHE'S LEARNED SO MUCH, SHE COULD ALMOST EARN AN ENGINEERING DEGREE. UM, SHE, SHE KNOWS EVERY SINGLE DETAIL. SO IF YOU DON'T TRUST US, TRUST HER. SHE'S LIVING IT. AND, AND REALLY, IF YOU HAD SEWAGE RUNNING INTO YOUR HOUSE FOR TWO YEARS, YOU WOULD BE HERE POUNDING THE PAVEMENT AND MAKING SURE WE TOOK CARE OF IT. I, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE TECHNOLOGY, THE CAMERA TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT JUST ANY CAMERA, IT TOOK A SPECIALTY CAMERA WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE EMPLOYED, WAS EMPLOYED BY COMMISSIONER MORABITO TO DISCOVER WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AND, AND SO TO IMPLY THAT HE WASN'T DOING HIS JOB FIRST WHEN HE WAS THERE. BARBARA, YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT. HOW MANY TIMES YOU CALLED. AND HE WAS THERE AND IT'S PROBABLY BEYOND COUNT. AND THIS IS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO SAY AND, AND TO, WE, WE'VE TRIED IN THOSE SIX PAGES TO BE AS TRANSPARENT WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THE WHOLE THINKING WAY OF THINKING. AND YET TO BE ACCUSED OF NOT BEING TRANSPARENT, TO BE ACCUSED OF BEING DISHONEST, PLEASE. THIS IS REALLY, THIS IS REALLY AN INSULT. WE WORK VERY HARD AND WE ARE REALLY WORK ON YOUR BEHALF TO, TO INSULT US AND TO CHEER FOR EVERY INSULT REALLY IS VERY HURTFUL BECAUSE I'M NOT UP HERE BECAUSE I WANT THE GLORY OF SITTING HERE LISTENING TO YOU. I WANT THE BEST FOR THE TOWN. AND THAT'S THE WAY THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE. AND I WISH YOU WOULDN'T MAKE FACES AT US BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY TRULY WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME OR YOUR 30TH TIME, IT RESPECT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. YES. UM, I WOULD ALSO [01:35:01] LIKE TO SAY THAT A AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, HOW LONG WOULD YOU TOLERATE IT IF YOU HAD SEWAGE IN YOUR HOUSE? REALLY, REALLY? YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU SHOWED SYMPATHY OR EMPATHY. WELL, NO, YOU, YOU, YOU REALLY DIDN'T LIVE IT. AND, AND AS FAR AS BUDGET, THIS, THIS 5 MILLION IN CHANGE IS A CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS FROM, FROM UPWARDS OF 25 TO $29 MILLION. SO I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT. WHERE WAS EVERYBODY THEN SAYING THE TOWN IS GONNA SPEND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO, UH, UH, I REST MY CASE. OKAY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE REASON YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT IS I HOPE TO GET FACTS TO LISTEN TO COME HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE SPEECH WRITTEN OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA SAY, YOU'RE GONNA SAY. BUT HAVE AN OPEN MIND TAKE IN WHAT'S BEING SAID TONIGHT. IT MAY CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE. THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED. I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED SOME THINGS HERE TONIGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CAMERAS, WHICH WAS A HUGE, A HUGE, THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER GOTTEN AN MRI, I ALWAYS LIKE TO USE THIS EXAMPLE. IF YOU EVER GOTTEN AN MRI AND THEY GIVE YOU A RESULT AND SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY. THIS HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER. SHE WENT IN FOR SURGERY. SHE HAD A TORN MENISCUS. THEY WENT IN TO DO THE SURGERY. NO, THE MRI WAS WRONG. THERE WAS NO TORN MENISCUS. THIS IS THE, THIS IS HOW IMAGERY WORKS. SOMETIMES IT'S GREAT AND SOMETIMES IT'S TERRIBLE. IT'S NOBODY'S FAULT. OKAY? WE DID GET THE BETTER CAMERAS IN ONCE THE RUBBLE HAD SUBSIDED TO, TO A DEGREE, ABLE TO GET A BETTER VIEW AND TO ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THERE IS NO AGENDA HERE. THESE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS, OKAY? SO I HOPE YOU WILL GO FORWARD WITH THAT IN YOUR MIND INSTEAD OF LIKE SORT OF MOB MENTALITY. OH, THEY'RE TRY OUT TO GET, WE'RE NOT, NO, WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU. IF ALL THE PEOPLE OF OF OF 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE CAME HERE AND COMPLAINED, THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. BUT THEY ARE HERE IN SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY KNEW NO, WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR VERY LONGSTANDING, VERY COMPLICATED PROBLEM. SO PLEASE NOT JUST HAVE THIS IN YOUR MIND, WHAT YOU CAME HERE TO SAY. AND THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE HERE THINKING. OPEN YOUR MINDS, OPEN YOUR HEARTS AND TRY TO HAVE A MORE FLEXIBLE PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY. OKAY? I HAVE TO BE SPEECHLESS 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAY THAT COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE YOUR MIND. AND WHICH IS, WHICH I WAS HOPING, WHICH WE ALL HOPED THAT READING THE FULL RESOLUTION ALL SIX PAGES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TOWN ATTORNEY, THAT YOU WOULD GET CLARITY NEVER AGAIN, . SORRY THAT YOU WOULD GET CLARITY IN ALL THE FACTS IF YOU HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE RESOLUTION IN ITS ENTIRETY. SO, AS MY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE JUST SAID, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU REALLY, ONCE AGAIN, LOOK AT THIS, LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AGAIN. HEAR ALL THE COMMENTS, HEAR JOE READ THAT. OKAY. JUST READ IT YOURSELF. OKAY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR 'EM AGAIN. BUT, BUT REALLY LOOK AT, BECAUSE WE WERE INTENTIONAL TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T LEAVE OUT ANY DETAIL. SO YOU WOULD HAVE FULL FACTS ON WHERE WE WERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO THE END. NOW WE HAVE BEEN STANDING WITH 100 E DALE. WE HAVE BEEN AT THE MEETINGS, WE HAVE BEEN STANDING NEXT TO 'EM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. WE WERE ALL FRUSTRATED ABOUT WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS SITUATION, WHEN THIS ISSUE HAD OCCURRED. AND WE'RE FIGURING OUT, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS THE BEST SOLUTION. SO NOW PERSON, AND I'M GONNA PERSONALLY SPEAK BECAUSE I WAS THERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I DID NOT WANNA HAVE TO GO AROUND THE BUILDING BECAUSE I DO HAVE, UH, EXPERIENCE IN UTILITIES. KNOWING THAT THAT IS NOT A GUARANTEED SOLUTION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU TALK ABOUT PITCHES AND MAKING SURE THAT IT FULLY GOES AROUND. THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE. I WAS GRATEFUL. THANK YOU, GOD. I WAS GRATEFUL TO KNOW THAT ONCE THAT CAMERA WENT IN, ONCE THINGS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, THAT WE COULD REALLY MAKE THAT REPAIR IN PLACE. SO NOT ONLY THAT IS THAT THAT TAKES THE FEAR OF, OF COURSE, WHAT WAS MENTIONED, THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFRAID OF. GOD FORBID WE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING OF ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO RESIDENTS. BUT IN ADDITION TO, TO FIND OUT, WE CAN MAKE THAT IMPAIR AND, AND WE CAN SAVE MONEY. $19 MILLION IS BIG. SO I I I, I HOPE, AND, AND I, I REALLY, I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE ONCE AGAIN REREAD THE RESOLUTION. WE PUT, WE LAID OUT ALL THE FACTS. I EVEN WROTE IT AGAIN. I, I, I SAT AT, I SAT ON MY LUNCH HOUR AND WROTE OUT THE FACTS AGAIN FOR YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE REREAD EVERYTHING. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO MISLEAD YOU. WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EAST HEART STILL BACK IN, BACK [01:40:01] WHOLE AGAIN. 'CAUSE I'M SURE THEY WERE APPRECIATED. WHAT'S THE NEXT LIST? DO, DO WE WANT TO TAKE A RECESS IN CASE PEOPLE ARE WANT TO HEAD OUT? I, I EXPECT A MASS EXODUS, POTENTIALLY, NO, BECAUSE THERE PEOPLE WANNA SEE THE VOTING. THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY WANNA SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES. I, I'M JUST OFFERING IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE. WE NOT, WE'RE NOT TELLING PEOPLE OFFERING. WE'RE NOT TELLING TO LEAVE. WE'RE GIVING AN OFFERING, PAUL. SO, SO, UM, I'M NOT FOLLOWING, SO LEMME TALK TO WHO'S ASKING A QUESTION'S? SUPPOSED TO BE A MOTION FOR A RECESS, BUT, OH, WHAT'S THAT? I'D SUPPOSED MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION FOR RECESS. IT'S TOO LATE. , CAN WE JUST DO IT FORMALLY? PLEASE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. HEARINGS, UH, UM, FIRST HEARING TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION BY GUY COHEN AND DEBORAH COHEN TO EXTEND, I I DON'T THINK ANYONE HOLD, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR US. WE'RE GONNA START THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW TO, TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION BY GUY COHEN, DEBRA COHEN, TO EXTEND THE FA 17 SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, UM, OPEN THE HEARING. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, ANYONE MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION? I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR ON ZOOM. HE DID. HE JUST, HE DID. WE JUST DID I SECOND, GARY SECOND? THAT'S TRUE. UM, USUALLY SOMEONE GIVES A PRESENTATION TO SHOW IS GARY THE SURVEY AND MEETS AND BOUNDS. IS GARY HERE? USUALLY IT'S NOT COMMISSIONER DUQUE PLANNING. UH, I I COULD GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION. YOU WANNA ASK? OKAY. YOU, ANYBODY ON ZOOM THAT, UH, CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? I THINK, I THINK IF, IF, IF, UM, THE TOWN ATTORNEY CAN MAKE A PRE CAN, SURE. I, I, I'LL BE BRIEF. I I DIDN'T REALLY HANDLE THIS, BUT, SO THIS IS TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION TO EXTEND SEWER DISTRICT FA NUMBER 17, UM, TO THEIR HOME LOCATED AT BLUEBERRY HILL ROAD. AND THEY HAD SUPPLIED THE APPROPRIATE PETITION MEETS AND BOUNDS AND SURVEY TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE, APPLICABLE LAWS. UM, THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF IT IS PASSED AND IT IS TO BE INSTALLED, THAT IT WOULD BE AT THE PETITIONER'S SOLE COST EXPENSE AND NO EXPENSE TO THE TOWN, INCLUDING THE $1,500 INSPECTION FEE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UM, YOU WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE HANDLING IT NOW? THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN NO, SOME TO, I MEAN, NOT AWARE. SO DO IT. I CAN SAY THAT WHEN I WORKED AT THE COUNTY GOING BACK MANY YEARS AGO, UM, I WAS AT THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND THE, AND WE ROUTINELY, UM, GOT BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, THESE VERY SIMILAR REQUESTS. YES. UM, THAT FIRST HAD TO BE PASSED BY THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THEY, THEY WERE IN. AND IT HAD TO GO THROUGH A VERY, UM, UH, VERY THOROUGH PROCESS BY THE, THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WE ALL REPORT TO. SO THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD GETTING PEOPLE, UM, TO GETTING THEIR SEWAGE TAKEN CARE OF. YEAH. UM, UM, BY THE, THE TOWN WIDE OR COUNTYWIDE, UM, OR MUNICIPALITY WIDE SEWAGE. UM, AND, AND THESE ARE TYPICALLY NOT CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE ALL THE COSTS ARE PICK UP BY THE HOMEOWNER. UM, I JUST TYPICALLY YOU DO HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO PRESENT. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THINK WE'RE OF THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS HERE FOR THIS PROJECT. NOBODY'S HERE. SO WE'RE GONNA HOLD. SO WE SHOULD HOLD THIS OVER. YEAH, WE SHOULD, SHOULD, YEAH. WE SHOULD BE MAKING THIS DECISION. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE TO HAVE A RECORD. OKAY. MOTION. I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HOLD OVER THIS TO AUGUST 12TH TO AUGUST 12TH. OKAY. SECOND FAVOR. WELL, WE ADJOURN IT BECAUSE WE ALREADY OPENED THE HEARING, SO LET'S ADJOURN IT. OH, ADJOURN IT. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. ADJOURN ADJOURNMENT. CAN ADJOURNMENT ADJOURN THE HEARING? OKAY. ADJOURN. ADJOURNMENT. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS UNTIL AUGUST 12TH, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION OF GUY COH DEBRA COHEN TO EXTEND THE FA NUMBER 17 SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT ONE? UH, NEXT, UM, [01:45:01] TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION BY, UH, KINDRED MASON TO EXTEND THE FA EIGHT, NUMBER EIGHT SEWER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING. SECOND. WELL JUST HOLD IT OVER THEN. HOLD ON A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OPENING THE HEARING? NO. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE? IS ANYBODY HERE FOR THIS ONE EITHER? NO. NO. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADJOURN THE HEARING. ADJOURN AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO MAKE MOTION. ADJOURN THE HEARING. OKAY. UNTIL AUGUST 12TH. IT'S AUGUST 12TH. ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND. WHO'S SECOND? DID YOU, DID YOU SECOND ELLEN? SHE DIDN'T. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. OKAY. YOU SEE THIS IS OKAY, THEN. EVERYBODY'S GETTING ALONG. THIS IS FANTASTIC. UM, GREAT. UM, OKAY. NOW WE'LL GO TO, UH, CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW ENTITLED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM PILOT PROGRAM. LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. ANYBODY WANT TO, I'LL, I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. THIS IS A CONTINUED HEARING FROM ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE ON ME RIGHT NOW. WE DID RE-NOTICE THE HEARING BECAUSE THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE LAST TIME WHO FELT THAT THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE LAW THAT WAS POSTED ONLINE WHILE I DISAGREED. I I SAW HIS POINT. SO WE DECIDED TO RE-NOTICE IT FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING. UM, IN OUR CODE, WE HAVE A PILOT LAW FOR SOLAR PANELS, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ONE FOR BATTERY ENERGY AND STORAGE. SO, UH, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM. SO THIS WOULD PUT THE PROVISIONS INTO PLACE TO ALLOW ANYONE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES HERE, NOT SMALL RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES TO BE TAXED FOR THESE BEST SYSTEMS. AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME INTO THE TOWN AND NEGOTIATE A PILOT PROJECT WITH THE ASSESSOR. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, A PILOT MEANS PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. SO INSTEAD OF GETTING YOUR ORDINARY TAX BILL, YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN FOR DEFINED AMOUNT OF TIME AND YOU PAY BASED ON, UM, THE KILOWATTS OR, OR MEGAWATTS. AND THAT WOULD BE NEGOTIATED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS ONCE THE, UH, BEST IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. UM, THIS BASICALLY FOLLOWS THE TEMPLATE FOR OTHER TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS WITHIN THE TOWN AND TALKS ABOUT THE TYPES OF, EXCUSE ME, OTHER PILOTS WITHIN THE TOWN AND TALKS ABOUT THE LIST OF INFORMATION THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN ALL APPLICATIONS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO FOLLOW SORT OF THE SAME PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH SOLAR. THIS EXTENDS IT NOW TO BEST IT'S BECOMING A BIGGER AND BIGGER ITEM. WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE BUILDING MORE BEST SYSTEMS WITHIN THE TOWN, AND THIS WILL SHOW HOW AND, UH, WHY THEY SHOULD BE TAXED. IF I COULD JUST ADD, THIS DOES NOT ALLOW OR DISALLOW BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE TOWN THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED. THIS IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE A PIPE PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED AS PART OF THEIR INSTALLATION. ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK? I, AND THIS IS A FIVE MINUTE ROUND, BY THE WAY. ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE FIVE MINUTES, BUT ANYONE WHO SPOKE FOR TWO MINUTES CANNOT SPEAK AGAIN. NO, THEY CAN DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, CANNOT HEARING. YOU CAN, SORRY. APOLOGIZE. AND IT'S NICE THAT WE HAVE A SPEAKER, A PUBLIC HEARING. WELL, I, I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE. THANKS. THANKS, FRANCIS. FOR, FOR THE, UH, THE INVITATION. HUGH SCHWARTZ, UH, EDGEMONT GREENBURG. UM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, I WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE ORIGINAL BATTERY STORAGE LAW IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. AND, UH, LED A COMMITTEE ALONG WITH MR. SIMON FOR OVER A YEAR THAT LOOKED AT THIS. TELL YOU WHAT MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THIS. THIS IS NOT GREEN ENERGY. AND IF IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO A, UH, ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCE LIKE WIND OR, UH, SOLAR, YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM A TAX BREAK. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THESE ARE USED FOR. THEY'RE USED, AND THIS IS WHAT WHY WE WROTE THE LAW THE WAY WE DID AND STOPPED A, UH, TWO ACRE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITY IN, IN, UH, IN THE, UH, NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB A FEW YEARS AGO. THEY, THESE ARE USED BY VENTURE CAPITALISTS SOMETIMES TO DRAW ENERGY OFF THE GRID DURING OFF PEAK HOURS AND PUT IT BACK ON THE GRID DURING PEAK HOURS. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN ARBITRAGE SYSTEM. IT HAS MINIMAL BENEFIT TO THE, IT DOES BENEFIT A LITTLE BIT 'CAUSE IT DOES BENEFIT [01:50:01] POWER SURGE. I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS GINA BETTER THAN ANYBODY ON THE BOARD 'CAUSE OF YOUR JOB, BUT IT HAS MINIMAL BENEFIT FROM A GREEN ENERGY POINT OF VIEW ON ITS OWN. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THE PILOT, PLEASE DO IT. ONLY IF IT'S ATTACHED TO AN ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCE, THEN IT MAKES SENSE. OTHERWISE IT DOESN'T. THE OTHER THING, IF YOU, PEOPLE I THINK KNOW THIS PRETTY WELL BY NOW 'CAUSE YOU PASSED THE, OUR ENERGY STORAGE LAW, WHICH YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF. IT'S THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE LAW IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK. SO YOU ALL SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FOR PASSING THE LAW IN THE FIRST PLACE. THESE THINGS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. UM, THEY CAN EXPLODE, THEY CAN, UH, TAKE DAYS AND DAYS TO PUT OUT A FIRE. THEY CAN BE, UH, DANGEROUS TO, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS. IT REQUIRES, UH, SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO DEAL WITH THEM, SPECIAL TRAINING TO DEAL WITH THEM. YOU DON'T WANNA PROLIFERATE THESE UNLESS THERE'S A REASON FOR THEM. SO PLEASE, BEFORE YOU RUN AND PAST THIS LAW, RECONSIDER IT AND MAKE SURE IT IS ATTACHED TO, TO ALTERNATE ENERGY, TO GREEN ENERGY, TO EITHER A A, UH, A SOLAR PANEL OR THAT NOT USED FOR ARBITRAGE. THAT WAS A MISTAKE BY THE WAY NYSERDA MADE, UH, THE STATE MADE BECAUSE THEY WERE ACTUALLY GIVING TAX BREAKS TO THESE ARBITRAGE VENTURE CAPITALISTS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE. IT WAS ALSO A LI A LIFESPAN OF THESE THINGS. AND IF THEY'RE SET UP BY A SHELL COMPANY, THESE MAY NOT BE, BUT IF THEY'RE SET UP BY A SHELL COMPANY AFTER 10 YEARS AND THESE THINGS BECOME SPENT, YOU HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE WITH THEM. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. SO PLEASE JUST CONSIDER WHAT I JUST SAID. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, HUGH. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? OH, YEAH, SURE. OKAY. UM, IF YOU HAVE IN, SINCE YOU WORKED VERY HARD, AND TWO OF US WERE NOT ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME, ALTHOUGH I LISTENED IN TO A NUMBER OF YOUR MEETINGS, UM, I, WHATEVER YOU FEEL COULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US, UM, IN YOUR RESEARCH VIS-A-VIS, FOR INSTANCE, THE, UH, HOOKING IT UP TO OTHER, UM, TO NATURAL SOURCES. I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME VERY BENEFICIAL, UM, THEN IT IS BENEFICIAL. YOU CAN, YOU CAN SHARE WITH US. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANKS. AND I, I, I WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE SAID WHEN I PRESENTED THIS. IT'S THAT IF SOMEONE WERE TO BUILD A BEST SYSTEM RIGHT NOW, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY NOT BE TAXED AT ALL. UM, STATE LAW SAYS YOU NEED TO OPT INTO A PILOT AGREEMENT. JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR EVERYONE. UM, IF, IF WE DON'T PASS THIS, EVENTUALLY PEOPLE CAN BUILD BEST SYSTEMS AND NOT HAVE ANY TAX WHATSOEVER. I JUST WANNA MAKE THIS CLEAR. I BELIEVE I SAID THAT LAST MEETING, BUT I DID NOT SAY THAT THIS MEETING AND THAT KIND OF SUPPORTS HUGHES CONTENTION THAT IT COULD BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AS WELL, RIGHT? NO, NO. IT MEANS THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY GO TO GET A TAX BREAK UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING WITH A PILOT. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M SAY THAT AGAIN. ANY BEST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JOE, IS ANY BEST IS TAX EXEMPT UNLESS WE GO INTO A PILOT AGREEMENT, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THAT OR NOT. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT? WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT, SO, NO, WHAT, WHAT YOU SCHWARTZ WAS SAYING WAS ONLY GIVE A TAX BREAK A PILOT TO, TO THOSE THAT ARE TIED TO AN ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCE, OTHER THAN JUST TAKING IT OFF THE GRID AND PUTTING IT BACK AGAIN. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT CHOICE. THIS WAS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD IT PRESENTED. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOKING INTO FURTHER AND EXPLORE THAT. RIGHT? IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO RAISE. ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK? AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IF YOU'VE EVER NEGOTIATED WITH OUR ACCESSORY TO MCCARTHY, SHE'S PRETTY TOUGH. SO DON'T THINK THEY'RE GETTING THE GREATEST, UH, DEAL IN THE WORLD. , I HAVE . YEAH. I AS, UH, WILT SIMON AS, UH, YOU INDICATED I ALSO WORKED ON THAT LAW. UH, I THINK WHAT IT MEANS THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL IS NOT RIPE FOR A DECISION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS, THERE IS, WE HAVE THE BALANCE OF FRANCIS SAID THAT IF WE DO NOTHING, WE CAN'T GET TAXES. IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, THEREFORE, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO GET THE TAXES. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING NOTHING ENVIRONMENTALLY [01:55:01] TO HELP, UH, OUR CURRENT SITUATION. SO WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHERE IS THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE HERE. UH, UM, BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL AS WRITTEN, I DON'T THINK, UH, UH, UH, ADDRESSES ALL THE POINTS. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE AMENABLE FOR GETTING FURTHER INPUT TO MAKE, TO, TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS. BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AT A POINT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION OF THE PROS AND CONS TAX WISE AND EVENT ENVIRONMENTAL WISE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE WAS NO INTENT TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ON THIS THING. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. BUT I HOPE IT BE ADDITIONAL WHAT WE SAID. MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. UH, GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR. FINER MEMBER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. I'M DYLAN PINE. I'M CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD. UM, I DID JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE RECORD AND, AND CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID AT THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING. UM, IT WAS PR UH, REPRESENTED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRE THE SPEAKER THAT SPOKEN TO LAST MEETING, THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY APPROVED BESTS WITHIN THE TOWN. UM, CURRENTLY I'M AWARE OF THREE BEES, UH, AT LEAST WITHIN UNINCORPORATED. THERE MIGHT BE MORE, UH, IN THE VILLAGES AS WELL. BUT THERE'S THREE BEES CURRENTLY IN THE GROUND IN OPERATIONAL WITHIN UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG, UH, SIX 60 WHITE PLAINS ROAD, UH, 5 55 AND 5 56 TAX TO ROAD. UH, AND THEN THERE ARE THREE BUSES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD. THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVES ALL BUSES IN UN INCORPORATED GREENBURG THROUGH A SPECIAL PERMIT PROCESS. UM, THE THREE BUSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY APPROVED BUT NOT YET OPERATIONAL OR AT MIDWAY SHOPPING CENTER, UH, GREENVILLE SHOPPING CENTER AND CROSSROAD SHOPPING CENTER. UM, AND SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THE THREE BUSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE GROUND AND OPERATIONAL, HOW WOULD THEY INTERACT OR HOW, HOW WOULD THEY BE, UH, REQUIRED, UH, TO, TO THIS LAW? UH, AND THEN ALSO THE MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE THREE BEST THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, ARE CURRENTLY IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, BUT ARE NOT YET OPERATIONAL. HOW WOULD THEY, UH, INTERACT WITH, WITH THIS LAW? UM, 'CAUSE ULTIMATELY, IF, IF AN APPLICANT GOES IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, PRESUMING A A CERTAIN SET OF, OF FACTS AND THIS LAW IS ADOPTED, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT BE OPERATIONAL, UM, I DO THINK THE TOWN SHOULD, SHOULD GO EYES WIDE OPEN, UH, AND ULTIMATELY ENGAGE THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE APPLICANTS BEFORE, UH, THEY JUST PASSED THIS LAW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S A, IT'S A VERY VALID QUESTION AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE LEGAL GUIDANCE TO THE TOWN BOARD ABOUT THAT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THIS HEARING. SO I, I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL POINTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT THAT NEED FURTHER CONVERSATION AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. I, UH, I DO AGREE. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A ELECTRIC CAR OR HYBRID CAR, THAT THE BATTERIES ONLY LAST FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. UH, DAVID SLOAN, BY THE WAY. UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU CAN REQUIRE SOMEBODY BUILDING THESE THINGS TO PUT MONEY ASIDE INTO SOME TYPE OF TRUST THAT WILL PAY FOR THE DECOMMISSION OF SUCH OR REPLACEMENT OF BATTERIES? BECAUSE I MEAN, KINDA LIKE NUCLEAR FUELS SPENT, NUCLEAR FUEL, UH, THESE THINGS ARE JUST GONNA BE SITTING AROUND AND THEY'RE GONNA BE TOXIC. UH, BESIDE THE, THE INCREDIBLE FIRE RISK. THEY ALL SAY THEY'RE SAFE UNTIL THAT TIME THAT THEY DECIDE TO BLOW UP. UH, AND, UH, NOBODY PLANNING TO PUT ONE IN IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY FACTOR OTHER THAN GREAT. THEY'RE SAFE UNTIL THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM. AND, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, PERSONALLY I THINK THAT GOVERNOR HOOL PUT A KIBOSH TO AI DATA CENTERS FOR NEXT YEAR. IS THERE A WAY THAT GREENBERG CAN BASICALLY SAY ONE YEAR, FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER, UH, THAT WE DON'T ALLOW ANY NEW ONES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU PUT IT, HAVE TIME TO PUT IT IN RULES AND WHERE, UH, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA GET STUCK WITH A TOXIC WASTE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THOSE ARE CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD QUESTION. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. ADJOURN WHAT? DURING THE HEARING? MM-HMM . IT'S AUGUST 12TH. AUGUST 12TH. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [02:00:01] AND UH, THE LAST HEARING, UM, IS TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE. IT'S BEEN HELD OVER, UH, WHAT IT'S BEEN HELD OVER. NO, THERE'S TWO THERE. THERE'S ONE STILL ON ONE LAWRENCE, ONE LAWRENCE TO CONSIDER AMENDED SITE PLANNING APPLICATION BY ONE LAWRENCE LEY AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 110,000 SQUARE FOOT CON CONTRACTOR STORAGE YARD FOR SCAFFOLDING BUSINESS, AND AN UNRELATED OFF STREET PARKING AREA FOR SEPARATE CARGO TRUCK STORAGE LOCATED AT ONE LAWRENCE STREET IN LEY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. AYE, ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR. FINER MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. GARY TUQUE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE HEARING THAT WAS PRIORLY HELD ON JUNE 10TH, 2026. AND IT, IT INVOLVES THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 110,000 SQUARE FOOT CONTRACTOR STORAGE YARD ASSOCIATED WITH A SCAFFOLDING BUSINESS AND AN UNRELATED OFF STREET PARKING AREA FOR SEPARATE, UH, TRUCK CARGO STORAGE. THE SITE WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SUCCESSFUL ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM. SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON JUNE 10TH, THE APPLICANT MADE SUBMISSIONS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO ALL APPLICABLE TOWN STAFF AND LOCAL AGENCIES. THE APPLICANT'S SUBMISSION SOUGHT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO OUTSTANDING SITE PLAN STANDARDS AND PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS, TOWN ENGINEER COMMENTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE TOWN'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT. FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE, A SERIES OF MITIGATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS WERE SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT AND INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING. SO I'LL START WITH THE WESTERNMOST DRIVEWAY LEFT TURNS OUTTA THE WESTERN SITE DRIVEWAY ARE RESTRICTED, WOULD BE RESTRICTED BETWEEN 7:30 AM AND 9:30 AM AS WELL AS BETWEEN 3:00 PM AND 6:00 PM THE HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME HOURS. AND THEY HAVE RELATED SI SIGNAGE TO HELP ENFORCE THAT LEFT TURNS IN AT THIS WESTERN SITE. DRIVEWAY ARE PROPOSED TO BE RESTRICTED AT ALL TIMES, AND THAT'S AS DEPICTED WITH SIGNAGE SHOWN ON DRAWING C 300. RIGHT TURNS OUT OF THIS DRIVEWAY BY TRUCKS ARE PROHIBITED AND ALL VEHICULAR MOVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER THIS SITE DRIVEWAY BY EXCLUSIVELY MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN. SO THAT'S THE WESTERNMOST DRIVEWAY FOR THE EASTERN MOST DRIVEWAY TRUCK MOVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ENTER THIS SITE DRIVEWAY BY EXCLUSIVELY MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN RIGHT TURNS OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY BY TRUCKS ARE PROHI WOULD BE PROHIBITED. NOW FOR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE NINE A AND LAWRENCE STREET, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO INSTALL A NO TURN ON RED SIGN ON LAWRENCE STREET. THE APPROACH TO ROUTE NINE A THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THAT THE USE OF WB 50 TRUCK DELIVERIES TO AND FROM THE SITE WOULD BE RESTRICTED AND PERMITTED ONLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 PM AND 7:00 AM. IN WORKING WITH TOWN STAFF AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE APPLICANT, IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE FOLLOWING TO THE EXTENT A FUTURE SITE USER IS PROJECTED TO GENERATE MORE INTENSE TRIP GENERATION FROM A TRIP VOLUME AND TRUCK TYPE PERSPECTIVE. UPON REVIEW BY TOWN STAFF THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CDNC AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS BY AN INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC CONSULTANT THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE APPLICANT, ADDITIONAL SITE PLAN REVIEW MAY BE NECESSARY BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD WITH A REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING BOARD TO REVIEW POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCREASE IN, IN THE INTENSITY OF THE USE AND THE ADEQUACY OF PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED TRANSPORTATION MITIGATIONS. SO THAT'S UNDER A HYPOTHETICAL WHERE DOWN THE LINE, LET'S SAY, UM, EITHER THE PRESENT, UM, OWNER DOES NOT OCCUPY THE SITE WITH THEIR SCAFFOLDING BUSINESS, BUT AN ALTERNATE CONTRACTOR WERE TO COME IN OR SAY THEY OPERATE FOR A FEW YEARS, FINE, BUT THEN THEY MOVE THEIR, THEIR OPERATIONS ELSEWHERE. AND SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, USER CAME IN. UM, IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE TRIP VOLUMES IF THEY ARE PROPOSED TO BE A MORE INTENSE USE. SO ALTERNATIVELY, UPON USE OF THE SITE AS APPROVED BY THE APPLICANT, AND UPON OBSERVATIONS THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY OF THE USE OR THAT THE MI MITIGATIONS ESTABLISHED RELATED TO VEHICULAR SITE MOVEMENTS INTO AND OUTTA THE SITE ARE DEEMED TO RESULT IN UNSAFE TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONS BY THE TOWN. ADDITIONAL SITE PLAN REVIEW MAY BE NECESSARY BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD. AND THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE PLANNING BOARD REFERRAL TO REVIEW THE ADEQUACY OF PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED TRANSPORTATION MITIGATIONS. SO IN THIS HYPOTHETICAL THAT LAUNDRY LIST OF RESTRICTIONS THAT I IDENTIFIED, LET'S JUST SAY THAT THE TOWN BOARD WAS RECEPTIVE TO ATTRACT THE WFWB [02:05:01] 50 RESTRICTIONS FROM 7:00 PM TO 7:00 AM IF IT IS OBSERVED THAT THOSE VEHICLES ARE, UM, MAKING MOVEMENTS AT THAT TIME AND THEY'RE DEEMED TO BE UNSAFE, WE WOULD HAVE THE APPLICANT COME BACK AND THE TOWN BOARD COULD, UM, MODIFY THAT CONDITION TO HAVE ZERO TRACTOR TRAILER OR W WB 50 UH, TRUCKS OPERATING ON LAWRENCE STREET. IN TERMS OF OTHER MITIGATIONS AND MEASURES SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, THE ENTIRE SITE MUST BE FENCED. FOR SECURITY PURPOSES, THE APPLICANT MUST ADHERE TO THE LANDSCAPING PLAN, WHICH REQUIRES THE INSTALLATION OF 145 TREES. THE APPLICANT MUST ADHERE TO THE SITE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS AN EXCAVATION WORK PLAN, AND THIS LAYS OUT THE PROTOCOLS FOR ANY EXCAVATION WORK RELATED TO THE FLOODPLAIN OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAP. THE APPLICANT MUST REDUCE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE ON THE SITE BY A MINIMUM OF 6,885 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS DEPICTED ON THE PLANS AND NO VEHICULAR MAINTENANCE IS PERMITTED ON THE SITE. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED, WHICH WILL, WOULD BE DOCUMENTED AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, I WOULD NOTE THAT JOHN CANNING IS AVAILABLE ON ZOOM IF, UH, THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM AS TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT FOR THE TOWN. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, BRIAN SBA AND MARK PETRELL ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT TO GIVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THEY'D LIKE TO. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE JOHN CANNING ON ZOOM. I WILL, UH, REACH OUT TO HIM. STEPPED AWAY FROM YOU. HE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. , NOTHING CAME IN. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU GARRETT. UH, GOOD EVENING. OH, SORRY. UH, GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS BRIAN AL. I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH ZAIN AND STEIN METZ. I'M HERE WITH MARK PETRO OF JMC, THE ENGINEER OF RECORD. UM, WE, HAVING HEARD ALL THE MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WERE JUST DISCUSSED, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE MITIGATION MEASURES. UM, AS GARRETT ALSO MENTIONED, WE DID MAKE A SUBMISSION ON JUNE 22ND. UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND MARK CAN WALK THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AS WELL, UM, AND OUR SUBMISSION. BUT OVERALL, UM, I THINK JUST OUR ASK TONIGHT IS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF NOT, AT A MINIMUM, TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION. UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE DO HAVE AN APPLICATION PENDING BEFORE THE EBA FOR SPECIAL PERMIT, AND THAT CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION. UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SECRET. I KNOW THIS WAS OPENED ON JUNE 10TH, UM, AND THERE'S BEEN EXTENSIVE REVIEW. SO TO THE EXTENT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE OPEN TO THOSE. I ASKED A QUESTION DURING THE WORK SESSION, I DIDN'T ASK IT WELL, BUT, BUT I DID ASK A QUESTION. WHAT IS THE LARGEST TRACTOR TRAILER THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO BE VIABLE AS A BUSINESS ON THAT PROPERTY? MARK PET, UH, SORRY, MARK PETRO FROM JMC. UM, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO DIRECTLY TO THE CLIENT ON THIS ASPECT OF THE QUESTION, BUT, UH, TO BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE AWARE OF RIGHT NOW WITH WB 50 WOULD BE THE LARGEST VEHICLE, THOUGH IT IS NOT THE MOST FREQUENT VEHICLE THAT WOULD BE VISITING THE SITE. IT WOULD BE MORE OF THE SMALLER SINGLE UNIT TRUCKS WOULD BE ANTICIPATED TO BE MORE FREQUENTLY VISITING THE SITE. UH, THE TRACTOR TRAILER WOULD BE MORE OF A INFREQUENT, UH, DELIVERY. THAT'S WHY WE WERE ACCEPTABLE TO RESTRICTING IT TO THOSE LATER HOURS AS AGREED UPON BY THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD MY QUESTION. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE A VIABLE BUSINESS UNLESS YOU HAVE A W2 50 CAPABILITY OF ALLOWING THOSE TRACTOR TRAILERS BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CLIENT THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS TO THIS MEETING? YES. OKAY. OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION. UM, UH, I'M A BICYCLIST. I'M GONNA USE A SOUTH COUNTY TRAIL, AND THIS IS RIGHT NEAR THE SOUTH COUNTY, UH, UNIT TRAIL. AND IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TRACTORS AND, YOU KNOW, VEHICLES, UM, I'M, I'M WORRIED THAT THERE COULD BE, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLING BICYCLISTS OR PEDESTRIAN, UM, ACCIDENTS. WHAT COULD WE DO TO, UH, PROTECT, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND, UM, AND CYCLISTS, UH, WHO USE THE SOUTH COUNTY TRAIL? IT'S JUST RIGHT NEXT TO THIS, UH, UNIT PROPERTY. SO I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN SO WE CAN AT LEAST BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AS I'M DISCUSSING THIS. UM, HOPEFULLY IT SHOWS UP. UM, OKAY, THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS JUST THE SITE PLAN OVERLAID ON TOP OF AN AERIAL. THE SOUTH COUNTY TRAILWAY THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING IS ON THE NORTH PLAN SIDE OF THE SITE. UH, THIS IS TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE. TRACTOR TRAILERS WOULD NOT BE TURNING RIGHT. THIS TRACTOR TRAILER THAT YOU CURRENTLY SEE ON LAUREN STREET IN THE AERIAL HERE, [02:10:01] THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. UM, BUT TRUCKS WOULD BE ANTICIPATED TO COME FROM 87, GET OFF THE EXIT, COME DOWN ROUTE NINE A, AND THEN TURN RIGHT INTO THE SITE. THEY WOULD NOT GO BEYOND THESE DRIVEWAYS OVER ACROSS THE SOUTH COUNTY TRAILWAY. HOWEVER, UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING MULTIPLE PEDESTRIAN, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ESSENTIALLY. UH, SO ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF LAWRENCE STREET, THE DEVELOPMENT'S PROPOSING BRAND NEW SIDEWALK TO CONNECT FROM THE TRAILWAY, UH, TO THE EXISTING, UH, SIDEWALK THAT CROSSES THE CULVERT THAT GOES OVER THE SOMO RIVER PARKWAY, SOMO RIVER, I'M SORRY. UM, AS WELL AS CURB RAMPS ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY. CROSSWALK MARKINGS. UH, THERE IS PROPOSED TO BE A STOP SIGN AT THE DRIVEWAYS BEFORE THE CROSSWALKS TO PREVENT, UH, VEHICLES FROM BLOCKING PEOPLE THAT WOULD WANT TO CROSS THE DRIVEWAYS. AS WELL AS THERE'S A FLASHING PEDESTRIAN, UH, SIGNAL THAT WOULD BE, UH, ACTIVATED IF THERE'S A VEHICLE LEAVING THE DRIVEWAYS TO ALERT PEDESTRIANS THAT WOULD BE USING THE SIDEWALK, THAT WOULD BE AN APPROACHING VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVEWAY. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE ARE DOING AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFETY AND MEASURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN PLACE THERE. BUT THE TRUCKS WOULD NOT BE ANTICIPATED TO GO BEYOND THE SITE DRIVEWAYS, WHICH IS, UH, WHERE YOU'RE DISCUSSING THE, THE TRAILWAY, UH, CROSSING THAT'S THERE. YEAH. ONE, ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT I'VE HAD IS, UM, THERE'S NO BUS STOP AT THE, I GUESS, UH, IT USED TO BE CALLED, UH, RIVERTOWN SQUARE. THERE'S SHOPPING CENTER ACROSS THE SAW MILL PARKWAY. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO THE EMPLOYEES AND PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE SHOPPING CENTER, UH, GET OFF THE BUS. IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR, THEY GET OFF THE BUS ON SOMO RIVER ROAD, THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO WALK ON LAWRENCE AND THEN CROSS, UM, OVER, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE SOMO PARKWAY. AND I PERSONALLY, WE HAD ONE ACCIDENT, A PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT, UH, SOMEBODY IN HASTINGS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF A BUS STOP, UM, INSIDE THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE MORE AND MORE, UM, PEDESTRIAN, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS. I'VE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THEY HAVE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER, UM, THE SOWA PARKWAY. AND I FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT OF AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, UM, TO PUSH THE STATE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, HELP FUND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER OVER THE PARKWAY BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE ACCIDENT, BUT WE WERE LUCKY. UM, I HAD MOLD IN MY KITCHEN AND I, I WAS STAYING AT THE DUFF AREA HILTON FOR TWO MONTHS WHILE THEY WERE FIXING IT. AND, UM, AND I SAW MANY NEAR ACCIDENTS WHILE I, WHILE I WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING OVER THIS. SO WHILE I WAS CROSSING THE SOMO PARKWAY, A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS EVERY SINGLE DAY THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AND I'M JUST REALLY NERVOUS THAT THIS IS GOING TO NOT MAKE IT SAFER, BUT IT'S GONNA MAKE IT LESS SAFE. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE PEDESTRIANS. UM, THE, IT'S, WE, WE DO KNOW, IT'S BEEN SHOWN TO US, SHOWN TO US THAT THEY WILL NOT, CANNOT PUT A BUS STOP IN RIVERTOWN SQUARE. AND THERE'S SOME GOOD REASONS, UM, SOME NOT SO GREAT, BUT THAT COURSE LEFT THE BARN. UM, BUT I'M CONCERNED FOR THOSE PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY, THE, THE 7:00 PM UM, START. MANY PEOPLE WILL STILL BE WORKING AND TRANSITING FROM ACROSS THE, THE SELMA RIVER PARKWAY AND DOWN TO SELMA RIVER ROAD TO CATCH THE BUS. UM, SOME MIGHT BE IN A RUSH BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET HOME. BUT THAT TIMEFRAME REALLY DOES WORRY ME, AND THERE IS STILL TRAFFIC THERE. AND, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, UM, I LIVE NEAR THERE AND I USE THAT, THAT ROADWAY OFTEN. UM, I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CONTINUOUSLY BREAKING THE LAW AND GOING THE WRONG WAY DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP. ALBEIT 7:00 PM ISN'T AS BAD AS IT IS DURING THE HEIGHT OF RUSH HOUR, BUT IT STILL EXISTS. AND, UM, AND I'D BE CONCERNED FOR THAT TOO. SO, I, I SIDEWALK'S GREAT SIGNAGE. GREAT. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING THAT AND YOU'RE TAKING IT INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MEASURES THAT YOU CAN TAKE TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY, [02:15:01] I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL. SO TO ANSWER THAT POINT, UM, THIS TYPE OF USE DOESN'T RENDER ITSELF AS A HIGH PEDESTRIAN GENERATOR OF TRAFFIC. UM, MOST OF THE, THE TRIPS TO AND FROM THIS SITE WOULD BE THE, THE TRIPS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE STORAGE USE, UH, OUTDOOR STORAGE USE. UM, THOUGH, UH, I WILL SAY THAT AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WE DID MENTION THAT THE INTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD BE THE 5:00 AM TO 3:00 PM WAS THE INTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE USE. THAT WAS, UH, MENTIONED BY THE CLIENT TO US. UH, AND WE CONVEYED IT TO THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY. SO THE ACTIVITIES AT NIGHTTIME ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE VERY HIGH AS FAR AS THE 7:00 PM ASPECT OF IT. UM, IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH, UH, CONTRACTOR HOURS BEING EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND, UH, LATER, UH, BEFORE RUSH HOUR, UM, ASPECTS OF THE, THE USE. BUT, UM, THIS TYPE OF USE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD GENERATE A, A SIGNIFICANT OF PEDESTRIANS. UH, WHEREAS MAYBE LIKE IT'S, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL USE THAT WOULD MAYBE BE A DIFFERENT STORY. BUT, UM, WE ARE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BY PROVIDING ALL THOSE PEDESTRIAN, UH, ENHANCEMENTS AND SAFETY MEASURES ALONG, UH, WITHIN OUR FRONTAGE AND, AND WHERE WE CAN, UH, THE VILLAGE OF WASHINGTON. I'D LIKE TO HAVE MY TURN NOW. YOU COULD HAVE A TURN. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE STARTED TO SPEAK IN THE WORK, THE ABBREVIATED WORK SESSION WE HAD TODAY. UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED SOME OF THESE ISSUES ALREADY WITH YOU, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE COPIOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WE'VE RECEIVED EVEN UP UNTIL MONDAY THAT WE HAVE REALLY NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST. AND THAT INCLUDES THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS. WE REALLY NEED A MORE THOROUGH, WE'VE REALLY NEVER HAD A VERY THOROUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS THAT I DON'T FEEL IN GOOD CONSCIENCE THAT I WOULD WANT TO CLOSE THE HEARING TONIGHT. SO I, I'M GONNA PROPOSE THAT WE ADJOURN THE HEARING, UM, AND HAVE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROJECT, SEEMINGLY NOT, BUT REALLY IT IS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, FROM A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ALL SAFETY STANDPOINTS. UM, I THINK WE NEED THE TIME TO, TO FOCUS ON, I WISH WE HAD DONE THAT BEFORE, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY YOUR FAULT. UM, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, HAD A BETTER PROCESS FOR, UH, RECEIVING AND DIGESTING THE INFORMATION AND TALKING AMONGST OUR OURSELVES, UM, TO DO THAT. SO, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO ADJOURN THE HEARING IN ORDER TO DO THAT, BUT ARE YOU MAKING THAT I WANNA HEAR FROM GENERAL, WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ALSO. YEAH. YOU HAVEN'T HEARD. NO, I JUST, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S MY, GONNA BE MY SUGGESTION. YEAH. YEAH. I, I JUST HAD ONE OTHER, UH, FINAL QUESTION. THE VILLAGE OF ARDSLEY, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN LEY, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VEHICLES WOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, ARDSLEY. BUT, UH, IS THERE ANY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD THE TOWN DO, IF ANYTHING? UM, WERE THE VILLAGE DO TO PREVENT, UH, YOUR VEHICLES FROM GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN, UH, VILLAGE, LARGELY BECAUSE THE, THERE'S ALWAYS TRAFFIC CONGESTION THERE AND, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC RELATED PROBLEMS. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT IT'S NOT GONNA IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUSINESS AREA. CERTAINLY. UH, SO THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE POINTS HERE AND I THINK THAT, UM, TRY TO ADDRESS THEM ALL AT ONCE. THE, UM, THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT PEDESTRIANS OFFSITE AND SOME EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH THAT, AS WELL AS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR TRAFFIC AND ARDSLEY. UM, WE'VE TAKEN MITIGATION MEASURES ON SITE, UM, TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES, BUT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ADDRESS OFFSITE ISSUES, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO FULLY DIRECT TRAFFIC OFF THEIR SITE AND WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE GOING. WE CAN DIRECT PEOPLE ON OUR SITE THROUGH SIGNAGE, UM, AND ALSO CERTAIN DESIGN THAT WE'VE UTILIZED. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO PUSH THE POINT THAT OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN OR ADDRESSING OFFSITE EXISTING CONDITIONS AS, UH, A DIFFERENT ITEM. UH, AS TO THE PUB, AND I'LL LET MARK SPEAK IN A SECOND, BUT AS I JUST WANNA ADDRESS REAL QUICKLY, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING, I HAVE NO PROBLEM KEEPING THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, BUT I DO WANT TO URGE, UH, THE BOARD TO AT LEAST DIRECT STAFF TO BEGIN PREPARING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, UH, SORRY, JUST TO, UH, GET TO THE SUPERVISOR'S QUESTION ON THE TRAFFIC THROUGH ARLEY. SO, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE WORK SESSION, UH, WE DID AT THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING IN JUNE, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH TOWN, UH, THE TOWN BOARD AFTER THE MEETING, WE DID HAVE A, A DISCUSSION, UH, OUTSIDE THE ROOM WITH ONE OF THE VILLAGE, UH, LARGELY BOARD MEMBERS. I COULDN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, I'M [02:20:01] SORRY. UH, BUT WE DID DISCUSS, UH, THE ASPECTS OF TRAFFIC THROUGH HIS, UH, THROUGH HIS VILLAGE. AND HE WAS CONCERNED THROUGH THAT AREA. HE WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRUCKS. UH, WE TOLD HIM HOW THE TRUCKS WOULD BE GOING AND ARRIVING THERE, AND HE WAS SATISFIED. UH, AFTER OUR DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING, HE HAD PROBABLY, UH, THREE, FOUR QUESTIONS BASICALLY, BUT HE WAS SATISFIED BASED ON THE DISCUSSION. BLESS, BLESS YOU. BLESS YOU. UM, YEAH, I AM, I WORRY ABOUT THAT. I WORRY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ON SAWMILL RIVER ROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE, IT IS USED FOR A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC, A LOT OF TRANSIT. UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE HOURS, WHICH SHOULD MITIGATE THAT A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, I'M NOT OUT ON, ON THE ROADWAY AT BETWEEN 7:00 PM AND 7:00 AM SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER TRAFFIC THERE IS THERE. UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED FOR THE ROADWAY TOO, AND THE IMPACTS ON THE ROADWAY BECAUSE DRIVING ALONG THAT WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, IT DEGRADES THE ROADWAY. UM, NOW THAT'S NOT A, A, AN EXPENSE FOR THE TOWN BECAUSE IT'S A STATE ROADWAY, BUT IT'S NOT GREAT FOR THE CARS HAVE TO DRIVE AND DRIVE ON IT EITHER. UH, I DON'T HAVE THE VOLUMES SPECIFICALLY, AND I BELIEVE JOHN CAN ADDRESS THIS MORE, EVEN IF I DON'T ADDRESS IT ENOUGH, IS, UM, I BELIEVE THE HOURS OF THE 7:00 PM AND THE 7:00 AM WERE ALLOTTED JUST BECAUSE THE VOLUMES ARE GONNA BE LESSER DURING THOSE TIMES OF YOUR CONCERNS, OBVIOUSLY. SO YEAH, THAT'S, AND IN THIS AREA THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY A RESIDENTIAL AREA DIRECTLY AROUND OUR FRONTAGE OVER THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL AREA BASIN, THAT AREA, WELL, IT'S NOT A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING, ALTHOUGH THERE IS, UM, THERE ARE SOME RESIDENCES THERE. UM, BUT IT, IT'S REALLY THE QUALITY OF THE ROADWAY AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO TRANSIT ON THAT ROADWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE A TRAFFIC CONSULTANT ON THE LINE IF, UH, IF HE WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN. GREAT. MR. CANNING, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, UH, ALL, ALL INTERESTING COMMENTS. UM, THE TURNING RESTRICTIONS IN THE, UH, TRACTOR TRAILER RESTRICTIONS, WHEREAS MR. PETRO INDICATED SELECTED, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE HOURS WHEN TRAFFIC FALLS OFF, UH, CONSIDERABLY. UM, THERE'S MUCH LESS TRAFFIC IN THE AREA IN GENERAL. UM, THE PROPOSED PERMISSION OF TRACTOR TRAILERS FROM 7:00 PM TO 7:00 AM WAS ONLY CONSIDERED, UM, PERMISSIBLE WHEN THE APPLICANT INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE A REGULAR THING. IT'S JUST THEY MIGHT NEED TO HAVE A TRACTOR TRAILER THERE OCCASIONALLY. AND SO, UH, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IF IT WAS ONLY AN OCCASIONAL USE, IT WOULDN'T BE THAT DETRIMENTAL, UH, AS LONG AS WE KEPT IT TO THE OFF HOURS. UH, MR. DUTTA HAS INDICATED THAT THE BOARD WILL STILL RETAIN THE ABILITY TO ELIMINATE THAT SHOULD IT BE MORE THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED. UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING, UH, SIDEWALK, NEW SIDEWALK ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF ITS PROPERTY AND SIGNAGE, UH, TO ALERT, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS ALIKE OF ACTIVITY AT THE DRIVEWAYS. THE TRUCKS WILL NOT BE HEADED TOWARD THE CROSS COUNTY TRAIL TO BE HEADED TOWARDS ROUTE NINE. A, UH, ROUTE NINE A IS A STATE HIGHWAY AND IT HAS A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC ON IT. SO, UM, THAT'S NOT, IT'S, IT IS NEVER GREAT TO HAVE MORE TRUCKS, BUT AT LEAST THAT'S THE RIGHT KIND OF ROAD FOR THEM TO BE ON. SO, UM, THIS APPLICANT HAS, UH, A PROPERTY AND THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. THEY'VE PREPARED A DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY. THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE GENERATED IS NOT SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO OTHER POTENTIAL USES OR INDEED OTHER USES IN THE AREA. AND BASED ON THE MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THE CONTROLS THAT MR. DECANE HAS MENTIONED, THAT, THAT THIS APPLICATION IS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL. BUT THAT'S YOUR DECISION. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, I UNDERSTAND PUTTING IN PLACE, UH, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO ANOTHER, UH, OWNER, UM, AND THAT THE, UH, WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO THEN ASSESS THE INTENSITY OF THE NEW PROJECT, BUT WOULD THAT STILL HOLD FOR THE HOURS FOR THE 5:00 AM TO 3:00 PM HOW COULD WE HOLD, UH, ANOTHER OWNER, [02:25:01] UH, TO THAT SAME TIMEFRAME? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE INTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION? YES, THAT THE MM-HMM . CLIENT MENTIONED? YEAH, WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS MENTIONED AS FAR AS ONE OF THE, THE ASPECTS OF CONDITIONS THAT GARRETT HAD MENTIONED. NO, I KNOW SOMETHING AS PART OF THE APPLICATION I'M SUGGESTING. HOW WOULD THAT, HOW WOULD THAT, UM, COME INTO PLAY? WELL, BASICALLY IT WOULD JUST BE ON WHATEVER THAT OTHER POTENTIAL TENANT MIGHT BE. MM-HMM . USING IT FOR, AND WITH YOUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT REVIEW AND AS WELL AS GARRETT, UH, YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD CONSIDER WHATEVER THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH IT WOULD BE UNIQUE. SO, YEAH. OKAY. SO DOES THE PUBLIC WANT TO SPEAK? I HAVEN'T HAD ANY, ANYONE SIGN UP, BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IS THERE ANYBODY ON ZOOM THEN? I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WAY. YOU ADJOURN THE HEARING TO AUGUST 12TH. OKAY. IF I COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD RECOMMEND ADJOURNING TO SEPTEMBER 9TH, UM, TO GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW FROM THE TOWN ENGINEER, UM, AND NOT AUGUST 12TH. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO DO YOU WANNA AMEND TO, UH, SEPTEMBER? WHAT, WHAT HE HAD ASKED FOR THOUGH IS THAT THE SEPTEMBER, THE AUGUST 12TH MEETING TO HAVE A NECK DECK, I'M NOT INCLINED TO VOTE ON A NECK DECK UNTIL I HAVE ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND ADJOURNING TO, HMM, WELL, YOU COULD ADJOURN TO AUGUST 12TH, UM, AND I COULD PREPARE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND ENSURE THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE, IF YOU HAVE THE CONFIDENCE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UH, AT THAT MEETING, UM, MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FORUM OR, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD ADJOURN TO THE NINTH, BRING THEM INTO WORK SESSION. UM, AND I STILL, I, I DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PREPARE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION. UM, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO, UH, THE ZONING BOARD, UM, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UM, SO KEEPING THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN DOES MAKE SENSE. I THINK YOU'RE BETTER OFF DOING IT SEPTEMBER, UM, 12TH BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE HELD IN THE SUMMER. YOU KNOW, YOU, WE SHOULD TRY LIMITING PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, IN THE SUMMER. YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER TO DO IT IN THE FALL WHEN PEOPLE ARE BACK FROM VACATION. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF ON THAT AUGUST MEETING. RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I JUST SORT OF FEEL THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, PROJECT AND THERE MAY BE, UH, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA WHO WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE, AND THERE'S A BETTER CHANCE THAT THEY'LL PARTICIPATE WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN MORE PEOPLE ARE BACK IN THE AREA. SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE ADJOURN TO SEPTEMBER 12TH, NINTH, NINE, SEPTEMBER 9TH. I'M SORRY. AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE, THAT WAS ON THE 12TH NECK DECK WOULD NOT HAPPEN THEIR TIME, ACCORDING TO THEIR TIME THAT YOU, YOU HAD SAID THAT THERE'S A LOT ON FOR AUGUST, UM, 12TH. RIGHT. VERY STORAGE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE, WE JUST ADJOURNED A BUNCH TO AUGUST 12TH. RIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THIS TO AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 9TH TO SEPTEMBER 9TH. THE, THE, THE CURRENT MOTION IS FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH. OKAY. SO WE JUST WOULD NEED A SECOND. SECOND. I'LL DO SECOND. OKAY. I MEAN, THERE'S NO MENTION OF AN EGG DECK HERE. IT'S JUST, UH, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE OPTIONAL. I'LL, I'LL START TO PREPARE IT AND IF YOU HAVE A LEVEL OF COMFORT, YOU HAVE THE, THE DISCRETION TO EXERCISE THAT ON AUGUST 12TH, AND IF YOU DON'T, UM, WE'LL DO IT ANOTHER TIME. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. SO NOW WE GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, I MEAN, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. UM, ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK AND YOU'LL CALL THEM IN ORDER? YES. OUR FIRST FIVE MINUTE SPEAKER WILL BE JOHN COONEY JR. MR. POLL. TERRY, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? JUST THAT THIS IS A FIVE MINUTE ROUND AND IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SPOKEN DURING THE TWO MINUTE ROUND, AND THERE ARE CLOCKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROOM, AND THEY'LL BEGIN. IT'LL BEGIN WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, AND THERE'S NO STENOGRAPHER, OF COURSE, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SUPERVISOR FINER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. MY NAME IS JOHN COONEY JR. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF WESTCHESTER AND THE HUDSON VALLEY INC. AND I'M ALSO, UH, A, A RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN. UH, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL OF WESTCHESTER IN THE HUDSON VALLEY RESPECTFULLY SUBMITS THIS FORMAL OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TB FIVE PRESENTLY SCHEDULED FOR THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE TOWN BOARD'S JULY 22ND MEETING. AS DESCRIBED IN THE TOWNS OF AGENDA, TB FIVE WOULD AUTHORIZE UP TO $5.165 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER REPAIR AT 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE UNDER THE TOWN'S EXISTING 2025 [02:30:01] EMERGENCY ON-CALL, SEWER, WATER, AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR AND RESTORATION CONTRACT. THE CIC REQUESTED THE TOWN BOARD ADJOURN, WITHDRAW, OR TABLE T FIVE UNTIL THE TOWN PUBLICLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PROPOSED 5.165 MILLION PERMANENT REPAIR EITHER FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE TERM PRICING STRUCTURE, AND REASONABLY ANTICIPATED MAGNITUDE OF A VALIDLY COMPLETED COMPETED CONTRACT TWO QUALIFIES FOR THE NARROWLY CONSTRUED EMERGENCY EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW 1 0 3. THE PRESENTLY AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORD DOES NOT ESTABLISH EITHER PROPOSITION. CIC DOES NOT OPPOSE THE IMMEDIATE PERFORMANCE OF WORK GENERALLY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN SEWER SERVICE, OPERATE AND PROTECT THE BYPASS SYSTEM, PREVENT SEWAGE RELEASE, OR ADDRESS AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. THOSE MEASURES SHOULD CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. CI'S OBJECTION CONCERNS THE TOWN'S PROPOSED COMMITMENT OF MORE THAN 5 MILLION FOR A DEFINED ENGINEERED AND APPARENTLY SIX MONTH PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WITHOUT FIRST ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENTS OF NEW YORK'S COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT LAWS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I SAT AND LISTENED TO THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND, UM, IT APPEARS THAT I'VE WALKED INTO AND STEPPED ON A HORNET'S NEST AND WAS NOT MY INTENT TO DO SO. UH, I AM HERE, UH, DEFENDING WHAT IS THE CREDO OF MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE BIDDING. AND I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS, THERE WAS ONE SOLUTION THAT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE, 25 TO $29 MILLION THAT REALLY WASN'T GONNA FLY, AND ACTUALLY BUILDING IT MAY NOT HAVE CREATED THE SOLUTION. WELL, WHAT I'VE HEARD SINCE THEN IS THERE IS A SOLUTION THAT SAVES A LOT OF MONEY SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT PROPOSAL, BUT WHAT I'VE ALSO HEARD IS THAT THERE ARE IS AN ENGINEERED DESIGNED SOLUTION THAT ARRIVES AT THAT $5.165 MILLION ESTIMATE. WELL, TO ME, THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE TOWN, AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF, UM, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, WHICH I HAVE GREAT SYMPATHY FOR, IS TO PROMPTLY AND QUICKLY RESPONSIBLY BID THIS PROJECT AT THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WAS, CAME UP WITH THE $5.165 MILLION ESTIMATE COMPETITIVELY AS QUICKLY AND AS RESPONSIBLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR ALL INVOLVED. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT IT WAS NOT MY INTENT. THIS IS, I AM SEVEN YEARS AT THIS POSITION. IT IS MY FIRST TIME THAT I'VE HAD A STANDUP AND URGE A TOWN OR COUNTY OR A MUNICIPALITY REGARDING OUR CONCERN THAT THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING LAWS HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWED. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I REGULARLY STAND UP AND DO, AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CHOOSE TO POLITICIZE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JANET LYNN. HUGH. OH, I'M SORRY. YEP. HUGH SHORTZ. HUGH, DID YOU SPEAK DURING THE TWO MINUTE ROUND? OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE HE QUIET. I IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. I, YEAH. READING THAT RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, I KNOW JOE, THAT TOOK A LOT OUT. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT. PUBLIC HEARING. YOU SPOKE DURING PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH, I SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BATTERY STORAGE. I HAVE TO START BY SAYING I'M APPALLED AT THE DISRESPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T, UH, SAY ANYTHING TO CRITICIZE YOU. THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO DID ELLEN, BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE JUST QUOTED WHAT THEY BELIEVED THE LAW WAS AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS RIGHT. AND FOR YOU TO SIT UP THERE AND YOU TOO, JOY IS CONDESCENDING AND SAY THAT THEY ATTACKED YOU REALLY IS DISAPPOINTING. YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. YOU CAN MAKE FACES JOY, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF DISRESPECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. NOBODY DID THAT. THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HARTSDALE. I UNDERSTAND THEIR DESIRE TO GET THIS DONE. I REALLY DO, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT DONE. THIS IS ONLY ABOUT ONE THING. IT'S ABOUT THE LAW, THE LAW, NOTHING ELSE. UM, I WANT TO CORRECT SOME KIND OF INTERESTING FACTS. UM, IT DIDN'T INSTANTLY BECAME AN AHA [02:35:01] IN MAY OF 2026 THAT THERE WAS AN HD, UH, CAMERA AVAILABLE. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE? OVER TWO YEARS? MAY OF 2024. UM, INTERESTING FACT THAT SOMEBODY JUST OCCURRED TO ME, UH, WITH SOME HELP ACTUALLY OCCURRED TO ME. THIS BREAK HAPPENED IN MAY OF 2024. THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT WAS NOT SIGNED TILL 2025 AFTER COMPETITIVE BID. WHY WAS THAT COMPETITIVE BID? WHY WASN'T THAT AN EMERGENCY? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE INCONSISTENT IN YOUR APPLICATION OF THE WORD EMERGENCY. THIRD, UM, THE EXTENSION OF THIS, THIS IS NOT THE SAME CONTRACT. AND JOE, I I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR READING THE WHOLE THING. ACTUALLY, IT ACTUALLY WAS HELPFUL. I I LONG BUT HELPFUL. AND YOU TALK ABOUT, WELL, IT'S AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT, BUT IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT. WELL, WHICH IS IT? IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? IT ISN'T. AND BY THE WAY, YOU'VE NEVER EVER DECLARED AN EMERGENCY HERE. SO THERE ISN'T ONE BY LAW, BY LAW, UM, YOU'VE TAKEN A CONTRACT. I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS. SOMEONE DO THIS, THEY SHOULD DO IT TO ME. YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A CONTRACT FOR 2.2 MILLION AND THEN JUST EXTEND IT WITHOUT ANY COMPETITIVE BID TO 4 MILLION. EXTEND IT AGAIN TO NINE KNOWING, OH, AND ADD A YEAR INTO IT TOO. THIS IS A SEPARATE CONTRACT. IT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT. ONE OTHER, TWO OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, FRANK SOMEHOW DISCOVERED THIS, THANK GOD IN MAY OF 2026. I, I WAS IN THE PROCUREMENT MEETINGS WHERE WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE TOWN ENGINEER, BY THE WAY. AND THE OTHER SOLUTION, IRRESPECTIVE IT WOULD COST THE SAME, WAS JUST HORRIBLE AND, AND DANGEROUS FOR A HUNDRED A HARTSDALE AVENUE. WHY DID IT TAKE TILL NOW TO APPROVE THIS AS IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY? THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE OUTRAGED TO THE PEOPLE IN ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, NOT, NOT THE REST OF US. WHY DID IT TAKE THAT LONG? YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS AT A WORK SESSION TWO WEEKS AGO. WHY DID IT TAKE, IF IT WAS AN EMERGENCY, WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL AN EMERGENCY TOWN BOARD MEETING TO APPROVE IT RATHER THAN WAITING TILL TONIGHT TO APPROVE IT? YOUR OWN ACTIONS PROVE IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY. AND UH, THE GENTLEMAN WHO JUST SPOKE FROM THE CIC, UM, UH, HIS SUGGESTION WAS GREAT. 'CAUSE IT ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. YOU HAVE AN ENGINEERING REPORT, YOU HAVE A SCOPE OF THE PROJECT. NOW WHY, WHEN YOU GOT THAT SCOPE IN MAY, 2026, DIDN'T YOU COMPETITIVELY BID IT THEN WE'D BE, WE'D BE AWARDING A CONTRACT ON THE COMPETITIVE BID TONIGHT. THIS ISN'T ABOUT MURANO. THEY MAY BE THE BE THE BEST SOLUTION TO THIS. IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T COMPETITIVELY BID THIS PROJECT. YOU NEED TO SHOW THE PEOPLE WHO DID A LOT OF RESEARCH OUT THERE TONIGHT, WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT, AND IT'S FANTASTIC. YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD BE CELEBRATING NOT NOT CRITICIZING PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CAME OUT IN THE SUMMER NIGHT TO BE HERE AND COMMENT ON THAT. INSTEAD, YOU CRITICIZE THEM, CELEBRATE THEM, LISTEN TO THEM. YOU SAID WE SHOULD HAVE AN OPEN MIND. YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE AN OPEN MIND TOO. YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE AN OPEN MIND. THIS ISN'T ABOUT, I'M NOT TRYING TO, I'M NO CONSPIRACY TO THEORIES HERE. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE DRIVING A NEW MERCEDES AS A RESULT OF THIS CONTRACT. I DON'T. I I DON'T. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT THE LAW BLACK AND WHITE SAYS. AND THIS IS A GROSS VIOLATION OF THE LAW. LAW AND YOUR INCONSISTENT APPLICATION OF THE LAW THAT I JUST POINTED OUT IS ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE TO FOLLOW IN ARTICLE 78. AND THIS WILL END UP IN LITIGATION IS WHAT I BELIEVE. IF YOU DON'T COMPETITIVELY BID IT, AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT QUICKLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JANET LYNN. MY NAME IS JANET LYNN. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS T FIVE AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE LAW, WHICH IS THAT APPLIES, WHICH IS GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW 1 0 3, AND HOW THE UN CONTROVERTED FACTS FIT WITHIN THAT LAW. AND I WANNA SAY IN THAT LONG RESOLUTION THAT YOU READ SO ELOQUENTLY, JOE TB, UH, GGML 1 0 3 WAS NOT MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THAT RESOLUTION. OKAY? SO WHAT YOU'RE [02:40:01] PROPOSING TO DO IS ENGAGE MURANO BROTHERS FOR A PROJECT OF OVER $5 MILLION THAT SHOULD TAKE SIX MONTHS. AND WE ALL KNOW PROJECTS TAKE LONGER THAN THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA BE, WHICH THE TOWN BOARD PROPOSES TO, TO ENGAGE THE MURANO BROTHERS IN A PROCEDURE THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW 1 0 3. THAT IS, THERE'S NO COMPETITIVE BIDDING GIVEN TO THE CONTRACT GIVEN WITH THIS FIVE PLUS MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. NOW, YOU SAID THERE WAS COMPETITIVE BIDDING. YEAH, THERE WAS COMPETITIVE BIDDING MORE THAN A YEAR AGO ON AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT. AND NOW AND THAT CON CONTRACT MURANO BROTHERS HAD THAT CONTRACT EXTENDED IN MAY. APPARENTLY, AGAIN, WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING. GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW 1 0 3 IS VERY CLEAR AS TO WHEN THERE MUST BE COMPETITIVE BIDDING WHEN CHOOSING A CONTRACTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND THE NARROW EXCEPTIONS TO GENERAL MUNICIPAL 1 0 3 ARE EQUALLY CLEAR. THIS PROJECT FALLS RARELY WITHIN THE SECTION AND IS CLEARLY NOT WITHIN ONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WOULD EXCUSE THE FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE LAW. AND BY THE WAY, TOWN LAW 1 22 SAYS THE TOWN MUST COMPLY WITH GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW 1 0 3. SO 1 0 3 APPLIES TO ALL CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVING EXPENDITURES ABOVE 35,000. AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE DEFINED AS CONSTRUCTION OR APPEAL PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEY SHALL BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AFTER ADVERTISING FOR SEALED BIDS. THERE'S A NARROW EXCEPTION FOR PUBLIC EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. PUBLIC EMERGENCY IS ONE THAT AROSE OUT OF AN ACCIDENT OR OTHER UNFORESEEN OCCURRENCE OR CONDITION. THIS WAS NOT AN UNFORESEEN OCCURRENCE OR CONDITION OR AN ACCIDENT, AND IT MUST BE ONE THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ACTION AND THAT CANNOT AWAIT COMPETITIVE BIDDING. OKAY, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING A CON THAT'S CALLED PIGGYBACKING. PIGGYBACKING IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT. ANY PUBLIC CONTRACT AWARDED IN VIOLATION OF THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT IS ILLEGAL AND VOID BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FACTS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A SITUATION THAT FALLS WITHIN THE NARROW EMERGENCY EXCEPTION. THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT OR UNFORESEEN OCCURRENCE OR CONDITION. THIS CONDITION HAS APPARENTLY BEEN EXISTING FOR TWO YEARS. WHEN THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY AND A TEMPORARY JOB WAS TAKEN, THEN IT CANNOT USE AN EMERGENCY OF TWO YEARS AGO AND A COMPETITIVE BID OF A YEAR AGO TO EXCUSE A COMPETITIVE BID. NOW, INDEED, THE EXTENT OF THE WORK AND, AND, AND SIX MONTHS AND THE SIZE FIVE PLUS MILLION UNDERSCORES THAT THIS IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY SITUATION IN REQUIRING A, AN A QUICK FIX. IN FACT, LISTENING TO OTHER PEOPLE TONIGHT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE ARE EMERGENCIES THAT YOU'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE WOMAN WITH THE SINKHOLE, THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN LIVING FOR FIVE YEARS WITH FLOODING. AND WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING WAS EVEN BEFORE THE VOTE THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN TONIGHT, MURANO BEGAN DOING PREPARATORY WORK AND FRANK BARBIDO STATED ON THE TOWN BOARD SITE THAT MURANO BROTHERS WON THE BID WHEN THERE WAS NO BID. THE TOWN COUNCIL AND IS SIDESTEPPING THE LAW USING A TWO YEAR EMERGENCY. AND IT DOES THAT AT ITS PERIL. UM, THE CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL HAS SAID THAT THEY'RE RESERVING THEIR RIGHTS, THE, INCLUDING POSSIBLY JUDICIAL RELIEF. YOU ARE RISKING LITIGATION BY DOING THIS BY VIOLATING THE LAW. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE DEMETRIUS THORN. ACTUALLY, I HAVE BRIEFINGS FOR ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. OH, WOW. THANK YOU. [02:45:03] THANK YOU. OH, THANKS. OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS DIMITRIUS THORNTON. I, I'LL JUST SAY MY ADDRESS. I LIVE AT 2 2 3 IN DECO , UH, UH, IN ELMSFORD NEW YORK. AND THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR, UH, THE PAST THREE YEARS. BUT BEFORE I KIND OF GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS, HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN GIVEN ANY KIND OF UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT MY HOME SITE? THE BOARD, THE ATTORNEY ENEMY? ANYBODY? OKAY, GREAT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE YOUR BRIEFING . UH, SO I PREPARED A BRIEFING PACKAGE FOR EACH OF YOU. UH, IT CONTINUES THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL. THE APPROVED SITE PLANS, A CHRONOLOGICAL, UH, TIMELINE OF FACTUAL EVENTS, UH, KEY MILESTONES AND PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, DOCUMENT THE PROPERTY'S CURRENT CONDITION. SO RATHER THAN WALK THROUGH EVERY DETAIL THIS EVENING, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU KNOW, THAT BE A PART OF THE RECORD AND YOU ALL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO AGAIN, I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE IN JUST THREE YEARS SINCE PURCHASING MY HOME, IT WAS A BRAND NEW HOME, A BRAND NEW ENGINEER SITE. UH, I AM EXPERIENCING SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD. SO, UM, THE TOWN APPROVED INTEGRATED STEEP SLOPE SITE HAS MATERIALLY CHANGED IN THREE YEARS TIME. UH, THE TOWN IS NOW THE ONLY ENTITY I BELIEVE, WITH THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL PATH FORWARD, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO TO LOCK ARMS WITH YOU TO SEE ABOUT WHAT IS THE SOLUTION MOVING FORWARD. UH, THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF MY FAMILY JUST WANTING TO CHANGE THE BACKYARD DESIGN. THIS IS NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PLACE FOR OUR KIDS TO PLAY OR A BARBECUE. THIS IS NOT AESTHETICS. UH, THIS IS NOW FOR US A MATTER OF LIFE, DEATH, OR EVEN SAFETY. I'M HERE BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS ON THIS TOWN APPROVED STEEP SLOPE SITE HAVE PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE THE TOWN FORESTRY OFFICER HAS NOW DETERMINED THAT THE REMAINING REAR SLOPE TREES ARE HAZARDOUS AND HAS ADVISED THAT AT LEAST ONE SHOULD BE REMOVED BEFORE AUGUST. ONCE THAT WORK BEGINS, THE CONDITION OF THE SITE WILL INEVITABLY CHANGE. THAT IS WHY A FEDERAL WAS IMPORTANT TO COME TO YOU TODAY. WHILE THE CONDITIONS, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS CAN STILL BE EVALUATED, UH, TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHEN THIS PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED, THE PLANNING BOARD DID NOT SIMPLY APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOUSE. IT APPROVED AN INTEGRATED STEEP SLOPE SITE UNDER PLANNING CODE CASE PB ONE EIGHT DASH 20. THAT APPROVAL RELIED UPON AN ENGINEERED FUEL SLOPE, LIMITED DISTURBANCE WITHIN THE STEEP SLOPE AREA, EROSION AND STABILIZATION MEASURES, AND THE IN INTENTIONAL RETENTION OF MATURE REAR SLOPE TREES. NO RETAINING WALL AT MY HOUSE. IT IS A SLOPE AND TREES. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE APPROVED SITE INCORPORATED APPROXIMATELY 1,105 CUBIC YARDS OF IMPORTED FIELD, ABOUT 110 DUMP TRUNKS, DUMP TRUCK LOADS OF EARTH. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PERSPECTIVE OF THAT, THIS WAS NOT A SMALL LANDSCAPING PROJECT, IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT ENGINEERED SITE. AGAIN, TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, 1,105 CUBIC YARDS IS ENOUGH DIRT TO COVER A STANDARD AMERICAN FOOTBALL FIELD IN ROUGHLY SIX INCHES OF SOIL THAT'S IN MY BACKYARD. RIGHT NOW, SINCE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY, APPROXIMATELY NINE TREES HAVE ALREADY REQUIRED REMOVAL BECAUSE THEY ARE DEAD OR HAZARDOUS. TODAY, THE REMAINING MATURE REAR SLOPE TREES THAT WERE INTENTIONALLY PRESERVED AS PART OF THE APPROVED SITE HAVE ALSO NOW BEEN DETERMINED BY THE TOWN FORESTRY OFFICER TO BE HAZARDOUS. EVERY SINGLE TREE IN THE BACKYARD THAT WAS USED TO RETAIN HAS NOW BEEN DEEMED HAZARDOUS AND MUST BE EXCAVATED. AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE DOCUMENTED SOIL CHANGES, LOCALIZED EROSION, AND CONTINUING PHYSICAL CHANGES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REAR SLOPE. THE SUPPORTING DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BRIEFING PACKAGE BEFORE YOU. I RECOGNIZE THAT DURING THE PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSIONS, THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A FUTURE HOMEOWNER RETURNING IF THEY WISH TO REDESIGN THE PROPERTY OR CREATE A MORE USABLE BACKGROUND BACKYARD. RESPECTFULLY. THAT IS NOT WHY I'M HERE. I'M NOT ASKING TO REDESIGN THE SITE, I'M ASKING FOR A DIFFERENT BACKYARD. [02:50:02] I'M NOT ASKING FOR A DIFFERENT BACKYARD. I DO NOT WANT TO DISTURB THE SLOPE. I'M HERE BECAUSE THE APPROVED SITE HAS MATERIALLY CHANGED. AND SO I HAVE FIVE ASKS IN 10 SECONDS. . UH, FIRST I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE, UH, TOWN COORDINATING INTER DEPARTMENTAL SITE VISIT. SECONDLY, I WANT THE TOWN TO COMPARE THE PROPERTY'S CURRENT CONDITION WITH WHAT WAS PROPOSED. UH, I, WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE 'EM, WE HAVE THE FIVE. CAN I GIVE YOU MY CARD SO THEN WE COULD FOLLOW UP? YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, VERY IMPRESSIVE PACKET BY THE WAY. OH, THANKS . AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD WHO WERE ON THE BOARD WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2018, SO OH WOW. OKAY. MAYBE YOU WANT HAVE A CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL APPRECIATE. SO WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM TO WORK. THANK YOU ALL. BYE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SHERRY UJI MORE HAND OUT. YOU. THANK YOU. SLIDES WILL BE PROJECTED. THANK YOU. THE SAME. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, I I'M SHERRY YUJI. YOU MAY BE SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME ABOUT THE KNOWLES EXPANSION. BELIEVE ME, I AM TIRED OF HAVING TO COME HERE. I KNOW TONIGHT IS NOT THE CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT IT IS ADJOURNED TO AUGUST 12TH, BUT AS THE APPLICANT ROUTINELY RECEIVES 30 OR 40 MINUTES TO PRESENT WHILE AFFECTED RESIDENTS RECEIVE FIVE MINUTE FRAGMENTS, I AM HERE AGAIN ADDRESSING ONE PIECE AT A TIME AND HOPING YOU WILL LISTEN AND ACT. THE PATTERN IS UNMISTAKABLE. THE APPLICANT HAS REPEATEDLY MADE MISLEADING STATEMENTS THAT PORTRAY THIS PROJECT AS SMALLER, SHORTER, AND LESS INTRUSIVE THAN IT REALLY IS. THIS FIRST SLIDE SUMMARIZES SEVERAL EXAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED THUS FAR. A 41,240 SQUARE FOOT EDITION WHEN THAT WAS REALLY JUST THE FOOTPRINT ADVERTISED. ITS TWO BUILDINGS OF TWO AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF STORIES EACH WHEN THE, WHEN THE STRUCTURE WAS CONNECTED ON THREE FLOORS, AND IT'S NOW RECOGNIZED AS ONE FIVE STORY BUILDING. FULL RESIDENTIAL FLOORS WERE CALLED HALF STORIES. A MINOR STAIRWELL EVE WAS USED TO MINIMIZE THE HEIGHT CALCULATIONS. THEY REPEATEDLY CLAIMED, UH, MADE CLAIMS OF NO DENSITY VARIANCE DESPITE A SUBSTANTIAL FLOOR AREA RATIO VARIANCE CLAIMING THAT BRIGHTVIEW ASSISTED LIVING WAS INCLUDED IN A TRAFFIC STUDY WHEN CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT EVEN STARTED. THESE ARE NOT HARMLESS WORDING DIFFERENCES. THEY MATERIALLY UNDERSTATE THE PROJECT. THIS UNMISTAKABLE PATTERN SHOULD CAUSE THE TOWN TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY EVERY REPRESENTATION THE APPLICANT MAKES TONIGHT. I WILL SHOW HOW THE SAME PATTERN EXTENDS TO HOW IT HAS REPRESENTED VISUAL IMPACTS TO MY PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE. AFTER I BEGAN PUBLICLY OBJECTING, THE APPLICANT MOVED PART OF THE BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET AND ADDED TREES TO THE REVISED RENDERING. THEY MADE A NEW RENDERING UP ABOVE, BUT COMPARE THESE TWO IMAGES IN THE TOP ONE, ALTHOUGH IT ONLY MOVED 12 FEET BACK, IT APPEARS TO MYSTERIOUSLY HAVE GONE WAY, WAY BACK IN DISTANCE. THAT IS CLEARLY MISLEADING. BOTH RENDERINGS ALSO SHORE MATURE TREES, SCREENING MUCH OF THE BUILDING AND ITS SECOND FLOOR BALCONIES. DURING PLANNING BOARD REVIEW, THE APPLICANT'S ARCHITECT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE DEPICTED LANDSCAPING REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TO 10 YEARS OF GROWTH OR MORE. THE PHOTOGRAPH BESIDE THE RENDERINGS SHOWS ME AT FIVE THREE NEXT TO A LARGE NEWLY PLANTED TREE THAT IS MUCH CLOSER TO WHAT I CAN HOPE FOR IN THE FIRST MANY, MANY YEARS. AND IT, AND EVEN THAT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PROVIDE MUCH SCREENING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW LOOK AT THE BALCONIES I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THERE. THESE ARE NUMEROUS ELEVATED OUTDOOR LIVING AREAS FACING OUR PROPERTY ACROSS SEVERAL FLOORS. THE RENDERING USES MATURE TREES AND FULL FOLIAGE TO HIDE THEIR NUMBER AND LOCATION. WHAT WILL WE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE? ROWS OF OCCUPIED BALCONIES ELEVATED ABOVE OUR DOWNHILL HOME PATIO AND BACKYARD WITH DIRECT SIGHT LINES AND LITTLE MEANINGFUL SCREENING. [02:55:01] THIS IS NOT MERELY OPTIMISTIC LANDSCAPING. IT IS A MISLEADING DEPICTION OF THE PROJECT'S. VISUAL AND PRIVACY IMPACTS THE TOWN SHOULD REQUIRE SIMULATION SHOWING REALISTIC OPENING DAY PLANTINGS AND LEAF OFF CONDITIONS. NEXT SLIDE POINT. NEXT POINT. CLAIMING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE LARGE DISTANCES. THE APPLICANT REPEATEDLY SAYS THE BUILDING SECTIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY 190 AND 250 FEET FROM OUR HOUSE, AS THOUGH THOSE NUMBERS PROVE THE IMPACT TO BE INSIGNIFICANT. IT IS NOT. THOSE DISTANCES ARE MEASURED TO THE WALLS OF OUR HOUSE, NOT TO OUR PATIO WHERE OUR FAMILY SPENDS TIME. OUR PATIO IS APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 FEET CLOSER. THE NUMBERS ALSO IGNORE ELEVATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OH, BETH, KEEP UH, KEEP IT BACK ONE PLEASE. THIS AERIAL SHOWS ELEVATED HOUSES NEAR RIGHT AT TOWN HALL, APPROXIMATELY 225 TO 275 FEET AWAY FARTHER THAN THE PROPOSED KNOLLS BUILDING WOULD BE FROM US. THOSE HOUSES ARE MUCH SMALLER AND DO NOT HAVE ROWS OF BALCONIES YET THEY ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE. THE NEXT TIME YOU LEAVE TOWN HALL, LOOK AT THEM. IMAGINE SITTING OUTSIDE WITH LITTLE SCREENING. NOW IMAGINE THOSE HOUSES MUCH TALLER WITH ROWS OF OCCUPIED BALCONIES LOOKING DOWN ON YOU. WOULD YOU FEEL OVERLOOKED? WOULD YOU FEEL YOUR PRIVACY HAD BEEN INVADED? OF COURSE YOU WOULD. THE APPLICANT WANTS YOU TO HEAR NUMBERS AND THINK THEY ARE LARGE. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN IMPACT. 250 TO 300 FEET ELEVATED WITH BALCONIES IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. MY HUSBAND WILL NOW SHOW YOU THE APPLICANT'S SELECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS LEFT OUT. THANK YOU. HEY, IT'S ME AGAIN. . AS SHERRY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE GET THESE FIVE MINUTE SNIPPETS. THE APPLICANT GETS HOURS IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS ALL WE CAN DO. OKAY, WAIT AROUND AND DO THESE FIVE MINUTES. GOOD EVENING. MY WIFE HAS SHOWN HOW THE APPLICANT'S STATEMENTS, RENDERINGS, AND DISTANCE CLAIMS MISREPRESENT THE IMPACT ON OUR HOME. I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS THE APPLICANT PRESENTED AND WHAT THEY EMITTED. NEXT SLIDE. AT THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING, THE APPLICANT SHOWED THIS WINTER PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR HOUSE FROM ITS PROPERTY. THE MESSAGE WAS OBVIOUS. THERE IS ALREADY LITTLE SCREENING, SO WHY ARE THEY COMPLAINING? BUT THERE IS NO INDEPENDENT LIVING APARTMENT BUILDING AT THAT LOCATION TODAY. WHAT IS THERE? THAT LOCATION IS A HISTORIC HOUSE WHICH YOU KNOW ABOUT, AND AN ADULT DAYCARE PROGRAM OPERATING MONDAY TO FRIDAY DURING BUSINESS HOURS. THAT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE 24 HOUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH APARTMENTS, NIGHTTIME, ACTIV, AND BALCONIES. THE PHOTOGRAPH DOES NOT PROVE THERE WILL BE NO NEW IMPACT. IT PROVES THERE IS ALREADY A DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT. NOW IMAGINE STANDING WHERE THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, NOT AT GROUND LEVEL, BUT 40 FEET IN THE AIR ON AN OCCUPIED BALCONY LOOKING TOWARD ME . OUR HOUSE PATIO, BACKYARD HEIGHT CHANGES EVERYTHING. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE VIEW FROM OUR PATIO TODAY, ANGLED IN THE DIRECTION THEY DID NOT SHOW THERE IS STRONG MATURE SCREENING BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THE NOSE. THE PLAN BESIDES IT SHOWS THE PLAN TO REMOVE ALL THE TREES. THIS IS WHERE THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THE TALLER BUILDING SECTION. SO THE APPLICANT SHOWED THAT, UH, THE ONE SECTION WHERE SCREENING IS LIMITED BUT DID NOT FAIRLY SHOW THE HEAVILY SCREENED AREA WHERE THE TREES WOULD BE REMOVED IN THE TALLER SECTION CONSTRUCTED. THAT IS ANOTHER SELECTIVE AND MISLEADING PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE. THIS BROADER WINTER VIEW SHOWS PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING NOSE FACILITY THROUGH THE LEAFLESS TREES. WE ARE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE EXISTING CONDITION. THE PROPOSAL WOULD BRING ONE FIVE STORY BUILDING NUMEROUS BALCONIES AND AN ELEVATED ROADWAY SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET CLOSER WHILE REMOVING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE VE VEGETATION BETWEEN US. THE APPLICANT THEN USES MISLEADING RENDERING, SELECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ABSTRACT DISTANCE NUMBERS TO MAKE THAT APPEAR ACCEPTABLE. IT IS NOT. WHY IS THE TOWN NOT ACTED? THE PLANNING BOARD MADE ITS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON MATERIALS DESCRIBING TWO BUILDINGS, A TWO AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF STORIES. THE PROJECT HAS NOW RECOGNIZED AS A ONE, AS ONE FIVE STORY CONNECTED STRUCTURE. WHY HAS IT NOT BEEN RETURNED TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATION? BASED ON THE CORRECT INFORMATION OUR ATTORNEY WROTE TO THE TOWN DISPUTING THE UNIT COUNT AND IDENTIFYING MISSING VARIANCES, WE RECEIVED NO SUBSTANTIVE SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE. INSTEAD, WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THE TOWN IS PROPOSING CCRC ZONING AMENDMENTS INVOLVING UNIT INTENSITY, HEIGHT STORIES, ROADWAY SETBACKS, AND RETAINING WALLS. [03:00:01] THE SAME ISSUES OUR ATTORNEY RAISED TO CURE THE KNOLLS APPLICATION OF THE ZONING PROBLEMS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. PLEASE PUT YOURSELF IN OUR POSITION. THE APPLICANT'S STATEMENTS ARE THE APPLICANT'S RESPONS, UH, RESPONSIBILITY. CHANGING THE ZONING CODE IS A TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND ONE BASIC QUESTION REMAINS, WHY HAS THIS BOARD NOT AT LEAST TOLD THE APPLICANT TO ELIMINATE BALCONIES FACING ADJOURN, UH, ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES? WE UNDERSTAND THAT WAS REQUIRED AT THE METROPOLIS PROJECT. WE HAVE WALKED THAT PROJECT AND THERE ARE NO BALCONIES FACING NEIGHBORING HOMES EVEN THOUGH THE HOMES ARE UPHILL, NOT DOWNHILL. IN FACT, YOU POINTED OUT THAT MEMBERS OF THE UH, PLANNING BOARD HERE TONIGHT THAT WERE PART OF THAT AND THEY RECOMMENDED NO BALCONIES AND YET BALCONIES LOOKING AT ME. I DON'T GET IT. BUT ANYWAY, THE BURDEN SHOULD BE ON THE APPLICANT TO REDESIGN THIS DISCRETIONARY PROJECT AND PROVIDE TRUTHFUL AND ACCURATE MATERIALS. THE BURDEN SHOULD NOT BE ON US TO SURRENDER OUR PRIVACY OR UNCOVER EVERY MISLEADING STATEMENT OURSELVES. PLEASE SEND THE APPLICATION BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD, REQUIRE ACCURATE RENDERINGS AND ELIMINATE ALL RESIDENTIAL FACING BALCONIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, MARK MILLER. IS IT SAME? IS IT THE SAME? YEAH. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. UH, I AM MARK MILLER REPRESENTING THE RESIDENCE OF OLD FARM LANE. UH, WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. A LITTLE CHANGE OF PLACE. IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING FOR EVERYONE, I'M SURE. UM, FIRST OFF, UH, UNFORTUNATELY I WILL CALL A COUPLE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OUT. UH, ON THE 10TH OF JULY, I HAD SENT AN EMAIL WITH AN ATTACHMENT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD TOWN ATTORNEY CLERK'S OFFICE, VARIOUS OTHER ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES REQUESTING AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT AS A COURTESY. UM, TO DATE, I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT INDEPENDENTLY FROM YOU, MS. HABER, UH, FROM MS. JACKSON WHO HAS STEPPED OUT OR FROM YOU, MR. SHI, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. AND I DID, UH, RE-EMAIL THAT REQUEST TO YOU TODAY IF YOU WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED OUR PETITIONS AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU'LL REVIEW THEM. UH, RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT. UM, ONTO MORE POSITIVE NOTES. UH, REGARDING TONIGHT'S, UH, PD SIX, UH, REVISION OF NO PARKING ON OLD FARM LANE, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UH, SERGEANT FONTAN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AGAIN AND EXTENDING THE NO PARKING AS WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, TO A MUCH LONGER SPACE ON THE EAST SIDE OF OLD FARM LANE. WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL PASS THAT BY ACCLIMATION TONIGHT. UH, AND IT WILL GET US THAT MUCH CLOSER TO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE IN TERMS OF RETAINING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, MOVING ON TO CD ONE AND CD TWO. UH, THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ODELL HOUSE, UM, THE SHORT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT BEFORE YOU COME TO A FINAL DECISION. UM, ON PAGE TWO, SECTION FIVE, QUESTION IS, IS THE PROPOSED ACTION A, A PERMITTED USE UNDER THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND B, CONSISTENT WITH THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? UH, ON THE FORM THAT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, THOSE ARE CHECKED BOTH NO AND YES. I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE IT IS. CAN IT BE BOTH? SO THAT REQUIRES A GOOD SOLID LOOK. UM, SAME PAGE. ITEM EIGHT. UH, ARE ANY PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS OR BICYCLE ROUTES AVAILABLE ON OR NEAR THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED ACTION? THE BOX CHECKED IS YES. THERE'S NOT A SIDEWALK WITHIN HALF A MILE. THERE'S NOT A BIKE PATH OR A BIKE LANE TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE ON RIDGE ROAD OR ON OLD FARM LANE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS A YES. THIS MIGHT REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL REVIEW BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING IT. UH, ON CD ONE. JUMPING TO PAGE SEVEN, UH, WE APPRECIATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DETERMINATION THAT THE CONTRACTOR VEHICLES SHOULD BE LIMITED IN WHERE THEY CAN PARK. UH, HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT [03:05:01] THAT, UH, BASED ON TOWN CODE, UH, TWO 50 DASH 12, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH STREET DESIGN IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, IT DOES STATE THAT THERE SHOULD BE IN ON A DEAD END STREET, WHICH OURS IS ONLY ONE WAY IN OR OUT. AND IT'S A TWO LANE STREET, A MINIMUM TRAFFIC LANE WIDTH FOR TWO WAYS OF 26 FEET. THAT'S THE MINIMUM TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC DESIGN IN THE TOWN CODE. UH, AND I MEASURED THAT STREET AT THE A DA BREAK, WHICH IS 50 FEET FROM THE CORNER TODAY, IT'S 27 FEET WIDE. ADDITIONALLY, IN THAT SAME TOWN CODE DESIGNATION, IT DOES SAY THAT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ON STREET PARKING, PUBLIC PARKING ON THE STREET, ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET, THAT PUBLIC PARKING IS GOING TO BE ALLOWED. AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN FEET OF WIDTH SHOULD BE BUILT IN IF WE'RE GONNA ALLOW PUBLIC PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF OLD FARM LANE, IT NEEDS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 33 FEET WIDE, 26 FOR TRAFFIC LANES AND SEVEN FOR A PARKING LANE. WE'RE SIX FEET SHORT RIGHT NOW OF THAT WIDTH ON OLD FARM LANE. UM, MOVING ONTO PAGE EIGHT. AND THERE'S A, CAN SAY, A MENTION IN CD ONE THAT THERE MAY WELL BE A PARKING LOT INSTALLED. UH, THERE'S NOT ROOM TO PUT A DR. A DRIVEWAY INTO THE LOT ON THE OLD FARM LANE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GIVEN ONLY A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE CORNER TO THE FIRST PROPERTY LINE. THANK YOU, YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND WE HAVE THAT MEMO THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND OKAY. GET BACK TO YOU ON ALL THE POINTS. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER. I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH EACH OR ONE OF YOU AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE LORRAINE CANTO, NOT YOUR JUST LEFT. OH, I SEE. PICKING IT UP. DID YOU KNOW HE WAS WAITING FOR RESPONSES? GOOD EVENING TOWN BOARD, UM, AND SUPERVISOR FINER. THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME UP. I WAS FALLING ASLEEP. IT'S A LONG NIGHT. UH, I AM I AM HERE TODAY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. UM, THE ONE THING I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE HAVE FLOODING ISSUES, WE HAVE FLOODING ISSUES, AND THE WHOLE BETHEL THING BLOWS MY BRAIN BECAUSE THE FLOODING SHOULD BE A CONCERN BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN TREES THAT ABSORB WATER AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. AND WHEN THE ORGANIZATION FIRST SAID THE 100 YEAR PLAN, I'M LIKE, WHAT DO THEY KNOW? THEY JUST SWOOP IN. THEY PRESENT THEIR FANCY POWERPOINTS AND THEN THE RESIDENTS AS USUAL ARE STUCK HOLDING THE BAG. WELL, WE HAD TREMENDOUS STORMS YESTERDAY AND I SPENT SOME OF MY MORNING HELPING A FRIEND WHO HAD THREE FEET OF WATER IN HIS BASEMENT. AND THEN I HIKED UP A STEEP SLOPE AND TOOK A TON OF PICTURES OF THE TOWN EQUIPMENT THAT COULD NOT MITIGATE, REMOVE WATER BECAUSE IT WAS CLOGGED WITH BOTTLES, BALLS, BRANCHES, AND DEBRIS. SO IT WAS AN EPIC FAILURE FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN FULTON PARK. I DON'T LIVE THERE. I LIVE IN HARTSDALE. UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I JUST FEEL IT'S ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC THAT PEOPLE GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT OR THEY WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND, AND THEY HAVE A CATASTROPHE. AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MENTION 100 EAST HARSDALE. I FEEL THAT IN 2024 THEY HAD THE CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN UTILIZED. THINK OF ALL THE MONEY WE ARE TALKING. IT WAS 160 TO 180,000 A MONTH TO MITIGATE THE WASTE. NO ONE DESERVES TO LIVE LIKE THAT. AND THOSE OF YOU TALKING, COULD YOU GIMME SOME RESPECT PLEASE? THANK YOU. NOW I KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FEEL. THE IDEA IS THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE ALSO LOTS OF SOLUTIONS. AND I SAID THIS THE LAST TIME WHEN I STOOD UP HERE. ALL OF, YOU'RE VERY CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS AND HELPING OUT WITH THEM. BUT THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE A VERY LONG TIME THAT ARE DEALING WITH DISASTROUS SITUATIONS THAT REALLY NEED TO BE DEALT WITH, THAT REALLY NEED TO BE DEALT WITH THE WHOLE FLOODING THING. UM, IT CAN'T BE IGNORED. YOU CAN'T PUT A BANDAID ON IT. IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE HELPED. AND I PRAY THAT 100 EAST HARTSDALE, THEY GET, THEY GET THEIR SOLUTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 'CAUSE I WOULD NEVER WANT ANYONE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. SO AS, AS I SAID, I CAME UP HERE BECAUSE [03:10:01] I WANTED TO MENTION THE DISASTER THAT BE, YOU KNOW, BE FELL UPON THE FULTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A REALITY AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT, AT THE MESS THAT EXISTS BEHIND THOSE PROPERTIES BECAUSE IT IS, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BAD. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ZOOM, STEVEN GUZMAN, WHO'S ONE. HEY, HE'S UP. GIMME ONE SECOND. SURE. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. UH, GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FINER AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD. UH, MY NAME IS STEVEN GUZMAN. I'M A RESIDENT OF 100 EAST DALE. I'M NOT HERE TONIGHT AS AN ENGINEER OR A POLITICIAN. I'M HERE AS SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED IN, LIVED WITH IT. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SEWER FAILURE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. FOR OVER TWO YEARS, MY NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE ENDURED HOME FAILURES. THE SMELL OF SEWAGE, THE CONSTANT NOISE OF GENERATORS, TEMPORARY PIPING, UNCERTAINTY AND DELAY AFTER DELAY. THIS ISN'T AN INCONVENIENCE ANYMORE, IT'S BECOME A DAILY REALITY. I LIVE ON A SEVENTH FLOOR. I CAN SMELL SEWAGE IN THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF MY APARTMENT. I CAN SIT ON MY BALCONY AND HEAR GENERATORS RUNNING. THAT'S NOT HOW ANYONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE. FORTUNATELY, THE PARKING LOT HAS NOT FLOODED AND THAT MITCHELL DISRUPTED THE TEMPORARY BYPASS SYSTEM. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR LUCK RUNS OUT? WHAT HAPPENS IF THE GARAGE FLOODS? WHAT HAPPENS IF THE TEMPORARY SYSTEM FAILS? ARE WE JUST GONNA CONTINUE HOPING NOTHING GOES WRONG WHILE THIS PROJECT IS DELAYED? AGAIN, SUPERVISOR FINER. I RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH YOUR POSITION THAT ANOTHER COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS SHOULD COME BEFORE FINALLY MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. IF COMPETITIVE BIDDING WAS APPROPRIATE PATH, WHY WASN'T IT COMPLETED SOMETIME DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS? WHY IS IT BEING RAISED NOW AFTER RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY SACRIFICED SO MUCH? EVERY ADDITIONAL DELAY HAS HUMAN COSTS. IT IS EASY TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT IN TERMS OF CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT AND PROCESS. BUT FOR US, THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE. WE DON'T GET TO LEAVE THE PROBLEM AT THE END OF THE WORKDAY. WE WAKE UP TO IT, WE COME HOME TO IT. WE LIVE IT. I ASK EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. IMAGINE SMELLING SEWAGE IN YOUR BUILDING. IMAGINE HEARING GENERATORS OUTSIDE YOUR HOME EVERY DAY. IMAGINE LIVING FOR FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS WITH TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND NOT KNOWING WHEN THIS FINALLY WILL END. WOULD YOU ACCEPT ANOTHER DELAY? I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME URGENCY YOU WOULD EXPECT IF THIS WAS HAPPENING OUTSIDE YOUR FRONT DOOR. THE RESIDENTS OF 100 DALE HAVE BEEN PATIENT. WE'VE WAITED THROUGH MISSED TIMELINES AND CHANGING PLANS. THAT PATIENT PATIENCE HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. WE NEED ACTION. WE NEED ACTION. WE NOT ANOTHER PROCESS THAT COULD EXTEND THIS ORDEAL COULD EVEN LONGER. PLEASE PUT THE RESIDENTS FIRST. FIND THE FASTEST LAWFUL WAY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. AND FINALLY GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE RELIEF. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS TO RECEIVE. FINALLY, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY AND THE EMERGENCY HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. OKAY. MOVE THE AGENDA. OKAY, NEXT, UH, WE'LL MOVE THE AGENDA, START THE BOARD, UM, APPOINTMENT OF AMY RADDA TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TERM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC COMMENT? I DON'T. OKAY. JUST DID IT EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2000. I'M SORRY, SUPERVISOR. WE WERE GONNA SEE IF ANYONE HAS COMMENTS. OKAY. NOBODY SAID THEY HAD ANY OKAY. I I, NO, I'M SORRY BUT HE, HE'S LEFT. I JUST WANTED TO MARK, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, UM, WHEN I DID WRITE TO YOU, I WAS WRITING ON BEHALF OF THE REST OF THE BOARD AND AS I SAID, WE WOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER, UM, AND COME UP WITH SOME RESPONSES TO YOU. THANK YOU. [03:15:01] OKAY. UM, APPOINTMENT OF AMY BRADHAM TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST, 2002 27. WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UM, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN ON TWO TV ONE BECAUSE I FEEL THIS HAS TOO MUCH, UH, OUTSIDE COUNSEL CLAUSE. SO, UM, MAKE THE MOTION TB ONE SEVEN TB ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT TOY, A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS TOWN MATTERS CONCERNING PERSONNEL RELATED ISSUES FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF 50,400,000 IN TOTAL. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SINCE 2024. I'M SORRY, SINCE 2024. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE AND STAINS? ANY EPSTEIN? YOU GOT THAT, UH, TB TWO RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF CLOSING OK NER FOR THE REVIEW AND VALUATION OF PETITION FILED FOR THE PURPOSE OF VILLAGE AND CORPORATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS 500,000 IN TOTAL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AND THAT IS OUTSIDE. COUNSEL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, TB THREE. RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AUTHORIZING A MODERATOR. I'D LIKE TO, UM, UM, UH, PUT THAT TB TB THREE RESOLUTION OF TOWN BOARD ARE HOLDING. SORRY TO CUT IN. ARE YOU HOLDING THAT OVER? OH, I THOUGHT WE PUT, DID WE DO THIS ALREADY? HOLDING IT OVER? THIS IS A HOLD ALREADY. THIS IS, NO IT'S NOT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S ON TB. IS THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T POSTED TV TB FOUR RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR SENDING TB FOUR. UM, AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED RELEASE OF EASEMENT AGREEMENT ON TERMINATION OF EASEMENT AND A NEW DRAINAGE EASEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, ZACH REKY LIVING TRUST BY RICHARD AND BARBER, ZACH REKY AS TRUSTEES AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RELATED TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 65 MARION AVENUE. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, I'M GONNA BE VOTING NO ON TB FIVE AND, UM, ANYBODY WANNA MAKE THE MOTION RESOLUTION? YOU'RE THE DEPUTY, RIGHT? YES. RESOLUTION REJECTING THE PREVIOUS EVALUATOR, ALTERNATIVE PERMANENT SEWER BYPASS PROPOSAL ESTIMATED TO COST BETWEEN 24 AND 2020 $9 MILLION AND AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER REPAIR AT A HUNDRED EAST HARSDALE AVENUE UNDER THE EXISTING 2025 EMERGENCY AND ONCALL SEWER, WATER AND STREET EXCAVATION REPAIR RESTORATION CONTRACT AT NO COST TO, OH, AT A CALL, EXCUSE ME, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 5,001,660, I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT. FIVE, 5 BILLION WHAT? 165,165,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UH, NO, AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT I, I'M VOTING NO NOT BECAUSE NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE, UM, THE WORK DONE, BUT BECAUSE I THINK, UH, THIS IS AGAINST NEW YORK STATE LAW. UH, AND I'M VOTING YES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S AN IMMINENT PUBLIC, UH, THREAT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF 100 EAST DALE AVENUE. WE HAVE ANYONE DISCUSSED AT ALL THAT IT'S NOT ONLY THE GENTLEMAN WHO, WHO'S SMELLING IT ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR IN THE CORRIDOR DOOR. THERE ARE BABIES IN THIS BUILDING. AND WHAT A WAY FOR A BABY TO GROW UP AND THERE'S ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, RESPIRATORY ISSUES SMELLING SEWAGE ALL DAY LONG. I BELIEVE THERE'S AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANY FURTHER DELAY SHOULD HAPPEN. AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, IT'S STILL TO BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE COUNTY TRUNK LINE IS LEAKING AND IF THAT WATER CAN UNDERMINE THE, THE PROPERTY EVEN LONGER. SO THERE IS SOME IMMINENT CONCERN AND DANGER POTENTIALLY THERE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO REITERATE MY REQUEST THAT THE TOWN, UH, CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND ALSO ASKED THE TOWN ATTORNEY TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE HIRED WHO MIGHT HAVE GIVEN US WRONG ADVICE BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, GOT WRONG INFORMATION. UM, WE COULD HAVE, UM, DONE THIS MUCH QUICKER AND IF THE TOWN'S AT FAULT THEN WE SHOULD ADMIT IT AND UM, AND IF THE CONSULTANTS ARE AT FAULT, THEN WE SHOULD, UH, FILE LEGAL ACTION, UM, AND RECOUP SOME OF THE, UH, THE COSTS THAT WE HAD. UM, AND THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE WHICH WE SHOULD ACTUALLY [03:20:01] CON, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT. YES, BUT IT'S NOT RELATED TO THIS, CORRECT? WELL, IT IS RELATED BECAUSE, UM, OKAY. TV SIX, V SIX RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 11TH. WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, TOWN'S, UM, UH, RULES OF ORDER, I WOULD, UM, UH, HOLD THAT OVER TWO. UH, OKAY. AT, UH, ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF KENNETH PITCOCK AND LAW OFFICE OF MA MORRIS, UH, DUFFY, UH, OSO DALEY AND PITT CUFF TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD MACK AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000 125,000, UH, TOTAL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. RESO, UH, A T TWO RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF WILSON, UM, EL ELSE SIR. UM, EDELMAN AND DICKER TO REPRESENT THE TOWN AND REQUEST OF GREENBURG POLICE PERSONNEL IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN STEIN, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 50,000, 1,050,000. UM, IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN T IN TOTAL. UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVE, YOU KNOW, MOVE THAT A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND THAT'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL. UM, THREE. THREE. THERE ARE LOT OF OUTSIDE COUNSELS THAT YOU'VE APPROVED. UH, RESOLUTION, UM, AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER 180 HARTSDALE OWNERS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 180 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 97 7 7 2 I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. A T FOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER 40 SEATER STREET FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 40 SEATER STREET. A REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 6,001 70. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A AYE. A T FIVE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER WFHA WESTCHESTER RESTORATION LP FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO MAIN STREET REFUNDS FROM BOTH SOURCES TOTAL 59,585. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. A SIX RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SEARCH ARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HELENE NORTH FOR, UH, PROPERTY LOCATED AT 22 HART STERN CIRCLE, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 96,402. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. A T SEVEN RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER 1 10, 1 50 DRAPE OWNERS CORP. REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES. TOTAL 34 5 2 5. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. C ONE, UM, BEFORE YOU I JUST HAVE A POINT OF, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD THAT I DID NOT VOTE, I RECUSED MYSELF FROM VOTING ON 87 SINCE I RESIDE IN THE VILLAGE OF DOBBS BURY. OKAY. SERIOUSLY, THAT C ONE RESOLUTION, WE KNOW A LOT OF THINGS IN THE UNDER CORPORATE AREA. WE RESIDED IN THE UNDER CORPORATE AREA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO RECUSE YOURSELF. I ASKED THE TOWN ATTORNEY, HE SAID I SHOULD RECUSE. I THOUGHT YOU LIVE IN THE BUILDING. WHAT? I THOUGHT YOU LIVE IN THE BUILDING. YOU DID LIVE IN THE BUILDING. I DON'T LIVE IN THE BUILDING, CORRECT. UM, WELL, WHAT YEARS OR AT ISSUE? UM, I THINK IT'S BETTER TO JUST RECUSE AT THIS POINT WITH CURRENT OUTSTANDING ISSUES. BUT NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE PANEL. NO, THE, THE, SORRY, THE, THE BUILDING. ALRIGHT. YOUR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING. UH, DORIS DRIVE ON SUNDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER 27TH FROM 2 45 TO SIX 30 AT THE REQUEST OF THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE OLD EDGEMONT NEIGHBORHOOD TO HOLD THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, RESOLUTION C TWO RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING OF AMHERST PLACE FROM HARVARD DRIVE TO THE ISLAND INTO SECTION BETWEEN YALE ROAD AND AMHERST PLACE, UM, ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. I SEE ALL THREE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSING WOOD AVENUE FROM OAK STREET TO FOREST BOULEVARD FOR ON AUGUST 23RD FROM 2:00 PM TO 6:00 PM FOR THE RESIDENCE OF WOODY AVENUE TO HOLD THE BLOCK PARTY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, RELU, UH, A C FOUR, UM, UH, RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12TH, UM, TO CONSIDER AT SEVEN 30 TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW CREATING CHAPTER 2 39 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC, UH, CL FIVE RESOLUTION, SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEDNESDAY, UM, AUGUST 12TH AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW, UM, AMENDING CHAPTER 3 25 OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO BIMBO. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. UM, CL SIX RESOLUTION SCHEDULING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12TH, UM, AT 7:30 PM TO CONSIDER TWO AGREEMENTS [03:25:01] BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND THE VILLAGE OF LEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS OF THE TRUANCY AND SOUTH LEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS. RESPECTFULLY FOR, UM, THE YEAR, UH, 2026, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, UH, CD ONE RESOLUTION ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECK FOR THIS SEEKER DETERMINATION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH RESPECT TO, UM, PROJECT INVOLVING SITE IMPROVEMENTS AT ODELL HOUSE ROSHAMBO HEADQUARTERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THAT TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG APPROVES EXEMPTIONS FROM THE CODE OF, UH, THE TOWN OF GREENBURG RELATED TO SITE IMPROVEMENTS AT ODELL HOUSE CEBO. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. CD THREE RESOLUTION, AWARDING AND AMENDED SOLAR INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION CONTRACT TO RIVERTOWN SOLAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PLAN SOLAR ARRAYS AT THE TOWN HALL AND 32 30 32 MANHATTAN AVENUE TOWN OWN SITES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS AS AMENDED AS AMENDED. AMENDED. WE'RE GONNA PUT IN, UH, T-T-Y-C-C AND THE LOWEST AND THE LOWEST BOND. WELL, LOWEST BRONZE AND T-D-Y-C-C WELL, IN FAVOR. AND THAT'S 30 AND 32 THAT'S BEING REFERENCED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. CD4 RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF A 2026 GRANT APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT FUND INDEPENDENT TREE INVENTORY RELATED ASSESSMENT SERVICES IN THE FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND A CONNECTION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION URBAN AND COMMUNITY FOREST PROGRAM. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. CD, UH, FIVE RESOLUTION APPROVING AND UPDATED SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH RIDGEWOOD, UM, UM, WITH OWNERS ENGINEERING DESIGN AND RELATED CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR A NEW PARK EXPANSION DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE ASSESSING EASTBROOK PARK AND ACCEPTING FUNDS FOR PARK DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND ON FAVOR. AYE. UM, A CD SIX RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF A 2026 GRANT APPLICATION RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EAST BROOK PARK EXPANSION AND CONNECTION WITH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION STARK PRESERVATION. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. CD SEVEN RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ACCEPTING NEW YORK STATE HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND HOUSING TRUST FUND CORP. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GROW PRO HOUSING COMMUNITIES GRANT RELATED TO THE FOUR CORNERS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A RELATED AGREEMENT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE JOE, AT THE WORK SESSION, WHICH ONE DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT? I BELIEVE IT WAS CD SEVEN SO THAT WE NEED TO VOTE AS AMENDED. WHAT WAS THE YES, WHAT WAS THE, TO INCLUDE NOTICES TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS TO INCLUDE ANY AMENDMENTS WOULD BE DONE VIA DUALLY ADOPTED SUBSEQUENT TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION. IT'S, IT'S STANDARD LANGUAGE WE'RE REQUIRING IN ALL CONTRACTS NOW, SO, SO WE NEED TO REVOTE, COULD YOU REVOTE CT SEVEN AS AMENDED? BOTH. I, I I MOVE THAT AS AMENDED. SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. CO, UM, ONE, UH, AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2 0 2 6. BUDGET TRANSFERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ISN'T THAT AYE. DONE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. CO2 RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2026 STEP SERVICE FUND, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 180 9 1 3 6, AND 85 CENTS FOR BOND AND ISSUANCE COSTS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. RESOLUTION, UH, CO THREE RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2026, CAPITAL FUND, BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND AMOUNT OF 40,000 FOR LIBRARY ROOF, UH, REPLACEMENT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. DID WE WANNA DO THAT AS AMENDED OR NOT? YEAH. AS AMENDED. AS AMENDED. WELL, ALL IN FAVOR. SECOND. A AYE LB, UH, ONE RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED AT 300 TERRYTOWN ROAD AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, LB UH, TWO, TWO, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION OF A STATE AID FOR LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION 2026 GRANT APPLICATION TO THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY AND DORMITORY AUTHORITY WITH THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT FUNDING AT THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATED AT 300 TERRA TOWN ROAD. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. PH ONE RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A 40 PASSENGER BUS, HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE BUS FOR THE SENIORS AND YOUTH OF THE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER TO, UH, SOURCE WHILE PROVIDING, UM, COMPETITIVELY BID SOLUTIONS FOR A TOTAL BID BASE BID AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 3 88 3 24. [03:30:01] I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. PO ONE RESOLUTION RESCINDING PO. UH, FOUR AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE PO FOUR JUNE 22ND, 24. 2026. I'M AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE AN UPDATED AGREEMENT WITH MOTOROLA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RADIO AND RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE AT NO ADDITIONAL QUEST TO THE TOWN DUE TO THE REVISION. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FEBRUARY RELU, UH, PO O2 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GRANT PERMISSION TO ALLOW ACCESSING USE OF SOFTWARE AGREEMENT AND SYSTEMS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CENTRAL SQUARE TECHNOLOGIES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT I, I I HAVE CAN I, I HAVE A CONCERN, UM, BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM RIGHT? WE SHOULD THE CONSTITUENTS, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT PO ONE. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO. P TWO PO THREE AND PO FOUR. YEAH. OKAY. JUST TO CHECK, JUST TO CHECK IT OUT. SO WE'RE GONNA HOLD IT UP OVER THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, ALL THREE, RIGHT? OH YEAH. OKAY. SO WELL CERTAINLY PO SO PO FIVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND GALLERIA HOLDING COMPANY FOR THE USE OF A HUNDRED MAIN STREET. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND FAVOR, UH, PO SIX RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SORRY. AYE. PO SIX RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO AMEND THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON OLD FARM LANE AMENDING CHAPTER FOUR 60 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT. WELL, NO, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE CAME UP HERE. HE WAS, I THINK HE SAID HE APPRECIATED THIS APPRECIATED RESOLUTION, BUT HE HAD OTHER CONCERNS THAT STILL NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. ALL ADDRESSED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH, I DID SPEAK TO HIM BEFORE THE MEETING. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. WHO SECONDED? SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UH, PO SEVEN RESOLUTION PROMOTING DETECTIVE BRIAN DOTY TO SERGEANT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. RESOLUTION, UH, PW ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO EXECUTE, UM, LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND THE OWNER OF 79 TAXI ROAD, IRVINGTON FOR VIBRATION MONITORING AND CONDITION, UH, ASSESSMENT INSPECTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIDEWALK PROJECT LOCATED AT TAXI ROAD. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PW TWO RESOLUTION ENDORSING SUBMISSION OF THE UM, 2026 WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. UM, GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF VACUUM TRUCK FOR STORMWATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. UH, PW THREE RESOLUTION AWARDING BID FOR TRAFFIC MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS FOR 2026. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR. AYE. AYE. PW FOUR HOLDING OVER. HOLDING OVER. YOU'RE HOLDING IT OVER. HOLDING OVER. OKAY. UH, PW FIVE, UH, RESOLUTION AWARDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR VIBRATION MONITORING AND CONDITION ASSESSMENTS, INSPECTIONS AND CON CON CONNECTION WITH THE SIDEWALK PROJECT LOCATED AT TEXAS ROAD TO HARTFORD. UH, STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 4 6 2 5. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. AYE. PW SIX RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO GO TO BID FOR EXCAVATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF WATER, UM, SERVICE LINES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. PW SEVEN RESOLUTION OF AUTHORIZING TOWN OF GREENBURG TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SAMSARA INCORPORATED FOR FLEET VEHICLE DASH CAMERAS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. AYE. UH, RE TW EIGHT RESOLUTION AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT TO THE NORTH, UH, WASHINGTON, UM, AVENUE SIDEWALK CONNECTION, CREIGHTON MANNING ENGINEERING AND SERVING AND MOST RESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED 90,940. I'D LIKE TO 92,000 WE PULLED, THAT WAS PULLED BY THE COMMISSIONER. OKAY. UM, UH, PW UM, UM, WELL AT THIS POINT IT'S HELD OVER, UM, UH, RESOLUTION RES SENDING RESOLUTION PW ONE, UM, AND AUTHORIZING STATE CERTIFICATION TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TOWN ROADS ON THE STATE LOCAL HIGHWAY INVENTORY. THAT'S, THAT'S HELD OVER TOO. WHAT? THAT'S HELD OVER. OH, THAT'S BEING HELD OVER TOO. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, PW 10 RESOLUTION AWARDING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE KNOLLWOOD PUMPING STATION TO ARC AS THE BEST QUALIFIED AND MOST RESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2 MILLION OF 506 3000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. AYE. P 11 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO PUBLISH, UM, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM MUNICIPAL VEHICLE LEASING SERVICES. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND THE FINAL RESOLUTION IS, UH, AUTHORIZING A TAX, UH, BREAK TO ANYBODY WHO STAYS TILL THE [03:35:01] 1130 . AND JUST, JUST, JUST BEFORE, GO AHEAD. JUST BEFORE WE ADJOURN, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THIS EARLIER AND I'M DOING THAT 1123 AT NIGHT, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT WE'LL BE HAVING, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR JAZZ CONCERT SERIES UP AT, UH, YOSEMITE PARK. I KNOW LAST WEEK, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE FIRES IN CANADA, WE HAD TO, UH, POSTPONE OUR ARTISTS FOR, UH, LAST WEEK. BUT I HOPE EVERYONE COMES OUT. UM, IT'S GONNA BE A CONTRIBUTE TO A TRIBUTE TO THE SIXTIES AND THE SEVENTIES OF SOULFUL MUSIC. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SPENCER WAS GREAT. UH, ONE EXTRA WEEK OF, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, YES, IT'S GONNA BE DONE TO AUGUST 6TH. IT'S A POSTPONE. IT'S NOT A CANCELLATION OF THE, YESTERDAY THAT WAS THE POST. DID I SAY CANCELLATION? NO. OH, POSTWOMAN TWO. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, THIS AGENDA HAS 50 RESOLUTIONS ON IT. IT IS HISTORIC. WE'VE NEVER HAD 50 RESOLUTIONS ON ONE AGENDA BEFORE. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER WE'VE EVER HAD. THE ONLY WAY WE PULLED IT OFF IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE RESOLUTIONS IN A FORM THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY VOTE ON TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK OUR, UH, THE TOWN COUNCIL'S, UM, SECRETARY A WHAT'S THAT? A MY SECRETARY ADMIN. A. A OKAY. A A HOLLY RO. UH, 11 AND A HALF HOURS ON SATURDAY. ON SATURDAY. NOT A NORMAL WORKDAY. UH, SPENT WITH ME ON ZOOM, UH, TO PULL OUT 42 OF THESE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TOWN ATTORNEY, UM, UH, THE DEPUTY FIRST DEPUTY TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, AMANDA MAGANA. UM, GARRETT DUQUE. UM, YOU KNOW, AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, GIVING HIM A CALL TO SEE IF WE CAN RESOLVE ISSUES SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THIS IN A FORM. AND, UH, FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF. . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU WANNA MAKE THE MOTION, MAKE THE MOTION FULL. MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO ADJOURN. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. IN FAVOR. AYE. GOODNIGHT EVERYONE. SO I AM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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