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HAVE OUR LIAISON REPORTS. AND, UM, THE FIRST PERSON IS ELLEN HENDRICKS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO MENTION? WELL, I DO. UM, TERRENCE, ARE YOU ABLE TO GET THE. YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU GIVE? AH, HERE IT IS. SO, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN TO THE NATURE CENTER, IT'S WELL WORTH RETURNING TO THE NATURE CENTER. FOR THOSE OF US. OF US WHO HAVE NOT. WE NOW HAVE A NEW WELCOME CENTER. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT IS IN THE PROCESS OF. IT WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION. UM, AND IT'S NOW COMPLETE.

OFF TO SOUTH. AFTER ALL, THE TOWN.

CAN YOU LOWER THE SOUND, TERRENCE? TO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE NATURE CENTER, IT'S A LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SUBURBAN TOWN. AND IT'S GOT WONDERFUL CLASSES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. IT HAS CAMPS DURING THE SUMMER AND PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN. UM, THERE IS A LITTLE MINI ZOO. UM, THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE. BUT NOW THERE'S A WELCOME CENTER THAT CAN ORIENT YOU TO GET THERE.

UH, THERE'S A GREAT PLAYGROUND. IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO WANDER AROUND. SEE THE BUTTERFLY. UM, GARDEN IN THE SPRING. DO COME VISIT US, PLEASE. GREAT. UH, COUNCILWOMAN HAGER.

HI. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF REPORT ABOUT THE TDI CC COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, THIS IS COMING BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT JUST READ SOME RECENT THINGS. THEY JUST CONCLUDED A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMP SEASON. I THINK THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, A A RECORD NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE ATTEND AND HAD A GREAT TIME. IT WAS HOT. UH, THERE WERE. AIR QUALITY ISSUES TO DEAL WITH. SO IT WAS CHALLENGING. BUT I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMISSIONER, TERRENCE JACKSON AND DAVE REGINA AND THE REST OF THE STAFF FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK, HARD WORK THEY DO. UM, A NEW PARKING LOT WITH A WATER

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REMOVAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED. UM, THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON THEIR PARKING LOT LIGHTS, THOUGH. UH, THE ELEVATOR THAT HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR A LONG TIME BECAME OPERATIONAL ON JUNE 4TH. UM, THERE'S A NEW FOR. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEIR BUSES AND THE SENIORS BUSES FOR A LONG TIME. THE NEW 40 PASSENGER TOUR BUS WITH A LIFT GATE. UM, AND THEY'RE WORKING ACTUALLY ON ANOTHER FOR 2027 FOR JUST FOR STUDENTS. UM, A MULTI NO, A SCHOOL BUS, DESIGNATED SCHOOL BUS TO TAKE CHILDREN SAFELY TO AND FROM ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, UM, DROPPING OFF, UH, RIGHT AT THEIR HOMES. AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO REPLACE THE, UH, SAUNAS IN THE, UM, THE CHANGING ROOMS. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT GRANTS TO DO UPGRADES IN THE BATHROOMS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND THAT'S PART OF GOVERNOR HOCKEY. UH, NEW INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY CENTERS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. WE'LL SEE HOW FAR WE GET WITH THAT. SO.

COUNCILWOMAN. UH, I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE, APPARENTLY. AND BESIDES, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, COUNCIL AND GINA JACKSON WAS A MAJOR PART OF IT, AND I'LL JUST DEFER IT TILL THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.

OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION, UM, TWO THINGS ON I STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. UH, FUTURE LEADERS OF GREENBERG INITIATIVE EVERY MONTH. UM, WE MENTOR, UH, UH, RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO GO INTO PUBLIC SERVICE BY HIGHLIGHTING, UM, DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF GETTING INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S, UM, LEARNING HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR CHANCE OF BEING LISTENED TO BY PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT, UH, MEDIA RELATIONS. UH, BEING APPOINTED TO COMMITTEES RUNNING FOR OFFICE. UM, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S THIS IS A NONPARTISAN EFFORT OPEN TO DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, CONSERVATIVES, UM, PROGRESSIVES. ANYBODY COULD PARTICIPATE. OUR NEXT SESSION IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, THIS COMING MONDAY. UM, SEPTEMBER 14TH. AND THE SPEAKER IS BURIED. SEMAN, UH, WHO IS THE EDITOR OF THE HUDSON INDEPENDENT AND, UH, HE HAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE CAREER BECAUSE HE WAS TIME MAGAZINE. UM, UM, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. UM, SO HE'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHAT PEOPLE, IF THEY WANT TO GO INTO PUBLIC SERVICE, HOW YOU COULD GET YOUR MESSAGE. UH, KNOWN BY BY RESIDENTS. ANOTHER NEW INITIATIVE THAT I'M STARTING. UM, IS A JOB CLUB. UH, IN RECENT MONTHS, I FOUND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COLLEGE, RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE GRADUATED IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE. BRILLIANT. UH, YOU KNOW, FANTASTIC GRADES.

THEY JUST CAN'T GET JOBS. UM, SO I'M SETTING UP A JOB CLUB.

AND WHILE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO MEET ONCE A MONTH. UM, AND, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DIFFERENT SPEAKERS AND GIVE PEOPLE TIPS ON HOW TO ENHANCE THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING, UH, YOU KNOW, JOBS. THE PARTICIPANTS COULD COMMISERATE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE MISERY LIKES COMPANY. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, TO MY SURPRISE, UM, REACHED OUT TO ME IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND HELP FELLOW RESIDENTS GET JOBS. SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY START THE FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING WITHIN THE NEXT, LIKE TWO WEEKS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S A RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE OR NOT, A RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE, BUT WHO'S OUT OF WORK AND WHO YOU THINK COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD LET LET US KNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO DO IS, UM, HELP PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO ACCESS A CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL COME UP TO ME AND SAY, I'D LIKE A JOB. BUT THE THING IS, IN GOVERNMENT, YOU CAN'T GIVE JOBS OUT UNLESS SOMEBODY, UM, PASS THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS. AND, YOU KNOW, IN MANY CASES. SO I'D LIKE TO GO OVER AND HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, ONE ASPECT WOULD BE LEARNING HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR CHANCES OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM. SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO INITIATIVES. UM, IT SEEMS LIKE LAST WEEK I WAS AT THE SPROUTS, UH, OPENING. THEY OPENED ON CENTRAL AVENUE, AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE A HALF HOUR LINE. I GOT THERE LIKE 630. UM, IT OPENED AT SEVEN, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE WAITING ONLINE AT

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530 IN THE MORNING. UM, AND THE LINE WAS GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE THE SHOPPING MALL. UM, BUT IT'S A REALLY POPULAR NEW MARKET, UH, THAT YOU SHOULD VISIT. AND WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE SUPERMARKET IN EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, THE KEY FOOD SUPERMARKET, THAT'S A CHAIN OF KEY FOODS. UM, THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN, UH, THE MARKET ON EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, WHICH I THINK IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, EXCITING. SO I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, THRILLED WITH WITH THAT GOOD NEWS. AND EVERY TIME I'M DRIVING ON CENTRAL AVENUE, I'M SAYING SEEMS LIKE THERE'S, IN MY OPINION, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S FEWER AND FEWER VACANCIES. AND WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD NEW BUSINESSES, UH, REPLACING THE VACANT STOREFRONTS. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND, UM, DOES THE TOWN

[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ]

CLERK HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YES.

GOOD EVENING. UH, COUNCILMAN. UH, COUNCILWOMAN HABER, IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION TD WEEK BECAUSE, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON WAS ABSOLUTELY FLABBERGASTED WHEN I CALLED IN, WISHED HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY BECAUSE HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT I REMEMBERED SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. UH, SO WE WANT TO WISH COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SING IT BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY WILL LEAVE, RIGHT? NO. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SPECIAL MENTION OF, UH, CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND THE LEGACY OF CLAUDINE MOORE. UM, IS MISS MOORE'S FAMILY IN THE AUDIENCE? NO. THAT'S OKAY. SO, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO, UM, JUST MAKE NOTE THAT WE ARE. THEY ARE CELEBRATING. UM, FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE UNION BAPTIST CHURCH MEMBER 104TH BIRTHDAY OF CLAUDINE MOORE. UH, SHE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN WHOSE LIFE HAS DEFINED FAITH, PERSEVERANCE, HARD WORK, SERVICE AND LOVE. AND AS WE ARE CELEBRATING HER 104 REMARKABLE YEARS, UH, WE NOT ONLY HONOR, UM, CLAUDINE MOORE, BUT WE ALSO THE COUNTLESS LIVES THAT SHE HAS TOUCHED THROUGH HER LOVE, GENEROSITY, SERVICE, WISDOM, AND UNWAVERING FAITH. AGAIN, HAPPY 104TH BIRTHDAY TO. 404.

WELL, THEY SAY THE FIRST 104 OF.

THE HARDEST. CLAUDINE MOORE AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF THAT. UM, ALSO ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE WILL BE HAVING THE NINE AT 930 AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK OUTSIDE OF THE GERARD J. BYRNE CENTER. UM, WE WILL HAVE AT 11 OLYMPIC LANE, ARDSLEY, NEW YORK. WE WILL NOW, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE ANNUAL NINE OVER 11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER WILL BE NONE OTHER THAN THE HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN GEORGE LATIMER.

ALSO STAYING WITH THE VETERANS AND OF SERVICE, WE HAVE OUR VETERANS RECOGNITION BARBECUE. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH.

THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD, RAIN OR SHINE, FROM 430 TO 730. AND ALL VETERANS, UH, SURVIVORS OF VETERANS, THE SPOUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ALL INVITED. UH, FREE OF CHARGE. UH, YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO CALL CHRIS TO GET KRISTA MADSEN IN SUPERVISOR FATHER'S OFFICE. AND THAT NUMBER IS (914) 989-1540. AND RSVP. THAT'S THE ONLY REQUIREMENT, BUT OTHERWISE IT IS A FREE EVENT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE DOG DAYS THIS SUMMER COMING UP. AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME. UM, IT'S NOT THE 13TH. IT IS THE 20TH. AND THAT IS, UM, ONLY GOING TO BE $10. THE FIRST SESSION IS AT 10 A.M. TO 12 P.M., AND THE SECOND SESSION IS FROM 1230 TO 230. AND AGAIN, IF YOU CAN CONTACT ANDREA AT (914) 989-1822. UM, AND JUST GET MORE INFORMATION AND RSVP IF YOU WILL BE BRINGING YOUR DOG. AND THEN OF COURSE AT THE TOP I HAVE DO YOU HAVE YOUR LICENSE? SO THAT'S. JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT ALL DOGS SHOULD HAVE LICENSES. AND YOU CAN GET THAT FROM MY OFFICE. UH, THE NAACP HAS THEIR ANNUAL THEIR MONTHLY MEETING, AND IT WILL BE THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH, AND THAT'S HELD AT 7:00. AND IT WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY.

UM, AGAIN, IF YOU NEED INFORMATION, JUST EMAIL WHITE PLAINS. UH, NAACP, UH, WHITE PLAINS, GREENBERG, G.B., NAACP AT GMAIL.COM. AND YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE LINK. UM, ALSO, WE ARE UM, UH, ALSO, UH, SHARING THE FAIRVIEW, GREENBERG, KIWANIS.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. THEIR MEETINGS ARE HELD EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7 P.M.. AND THAT'S ALSO AT THE EL DORADO DINER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS

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FOR THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. UH, THERE'S ALSO A REPAIR CAFE SPONSORED BY THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP ON, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S SEPTEMBER 19TH. UM, AND, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, UH, FREE REPAIRS. UH, WE THERE'S ALL THESE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DONATING THEIR TIME, AND, UM, WE'VE DONE IT FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS. JOHANN SNAGS OF THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP. UM, JUDITH PEEBLES, UH, INVOLVED IN, IN THE FAIRVIEW EMPOWERMENT GROUP. AND, UM, YOU MAY WANT TO, UM, PUT THAT ON YOUR, YOUR CALENDAR. SO NEXT, UM, WE HAVE,

[ TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT LIGHTNING ROUND (for anyone who can’t stay for the regular Public Comment session)]

UM, THE TWO MINUTE LIGHTNING ROUND. SO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, AND YOU WANT TO LEAVE EARLY. UH, YOU COULD SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES. UM, AND, UM, AND OR IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK LONGER. UH, THAT'S AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN YOU HAVE FIVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTES. SO YOUR OPTION 1 OR 1 OR THE OTHER AND THE POLICY OF THE TOWN BOARD, UM, IS THAT, UH, WE WON'T WE WON'T INTERRUPT OR ANSWER, UM, ANYBODY'S COMMENTS UNTIL AFTER EVERYBODY FINISHES SPEAKING DURING THE ROUND. SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT AN ISSUE OR A VOTE, THERE WON'T BE ANY ANSWERS UNTIL EVERYBODY SPOKE. SPEAKS DURING THE TWO MINUTE LIGHTNING. UH, YOU KNOW, ROUND. SO, UM, NOW WE'LL START HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK. UH.

THE LIST, CAROL CORBETT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAROL TORBERT, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE GRANADA CONDOMINIUM. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FLOODINGS AT OUR CONDOMINIUM, AND WE ARE CONSIDERED A NO FLOOD ZONE. WHAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO HAVE OUR NO FLOOD ZONE CHANGE TO A FLOOD ZONE IN ORDER FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE THAT ARE HAVE BEEN FLOODED TO APPLY FOR FLOOD INSURANCE.. THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAVE IS WE'VE CONTACTED CON EDISON OVER A YEAR AND A HALF TO REPAIR THE OUTSIDE LIGHTING IN THE GRANADA CONDOMINIUM.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT, NEXT. FOR THE TWO MINUTES WE HAVE, UM, LAURIE BUFFALO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAURIE BUFFALO. UH, I WAS ASKED BY A FEW RESIDENTS TO FIND OUT WHEN THE NEXT, UH, PROPERTY TAX AUCTION WOULD BE TAKING PLACE.

IF THE TOWN COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND WHERE RESIDENTS COULD LOCATE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. WHILE I WAS ON THE GREENBURG WEBSITE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, I STUDIED THE AUDIT REPORT AND THE, UM, CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, AND I NOTED THAT THE TOWN HAD HIRED, UH.

ABSOLUTE. AUCTIONS AND DESCRIBED THE PROCESS OF HOLDING THREE AUCTIONS COVERING 2013 TO 2017 LIENS, AND THAT THE TOWN ATTORNEY, I BELIEVE, WROTE THAT WITHIN THREE YEARS WE SHOULD BE CAUGHT UP WITH CURRENT LIENS.

UM, AT A JULY WORKING MEETING, THE TOWN EXPLAINED THAT THE UM, LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TOWN IS TO PAY THE SCHOOL AND FIRE DISTRICT TAXES ON THOSE PROPERTIES, WHICH MEANS THAT TAXPAYERS ARE, UH, BASICALLY PAYING THAT DEBT. THE AUDIT ALSO CALLED THIS A DOUBLING EFFECT THAT THE TOWN IS NOT COLLECTING TAXES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY TAKING ON THE COST TO PAY THOSE SCHOOL AND FIRE DISTRICT TAXES FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. MEANWHILE, THE OUTSTANDING UNCOLLECTED TAXES HAS GROWN SINCE THAT AUDIT REPORT FROM 29 MILLION TO $34 MILLION. WE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER THREE YEARS OF THIS GROWING DEBT. I HAVE A TWO PART PLAN THAT'S SIMPLE. RETURN GREENBERG TO BECOME A NON MUNICIPAL REASSESSMENT.

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MUNICIPALITY LIKE 19 OF THE 25 OTHER WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES. AND PART TWO FREE UP THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE FROM THE WORKLOAD OF ANNUAL REASSESSMENTS AND RESULTING GRIEVANCES AND CROSS-TRAINED STAFF TO HELP WITH THE LIEN SEARCHES, THE PAYBACK PLANS AND THE AUCTIONS. THANK YOU.

NEXT, FOR THE TWO MINUTES WE HAVE ERICA BAKSHI.

HI, MY NAME IS ERICA. SO REGARDING THE QUESTION OF WHY THE TOWN SPENT OVER 2 MILLION ON TEMPORARY REPAIRS, WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS FORWARD. THE NEED FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT TO ENABLE THE TOWN TO LEARN FROM PREVIOUS PRACTICES AND PUT APPROPRIATE CONTROLS IN PLACE TO RESPOND TO DEFINED EMERGENCIES, WHILE REMAINING A GOOD STEWARD OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE TOWN SHOULD CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE HUNDRED EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE SEWER BREAK AND SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT WENT WRONG. WHY DID THE TOWN SPEND OVER $2 MILLION UNNECESSARILY WITH TEMPORARY REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT NEEDED? WE NEED THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN LEARNS FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND WON'T REPEAT MISTAKES. THE PUBLIC DESERVES ANSWERS, AND ALSO FROM SOME OF THE PREVIOUS TOWN BOARD SESSIONS AND MEETINGS. I WANT TO REQUEST THE TOWN BOARD TO KINDLY KEEP YOUR DIFFERENCES BEHIND THE CLOSED DOOR, AND FULLY COOPERATE ON A PUBLIC FORUM. PEOPLE ARE SICK, TIRED AND DISGUSTED ABOUT THE LACK OF DISCIPLINE FROM THE TOWN BOARD TOWARDS THE TOWN SUPERVISOR, MR. PAUL FEINER.

RESPECT DOESN'T COME FOR FREE. IT NEEDS TO BE EARNED WITH DILIGENCE, DEDICATION AND DISCIPLINE. TAXPAYERS DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL AFFAIRS. THEY CARE ABOUT THE OUTCOME. PRODUCTION PACKAGES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A SOLUTION. AND I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW YOU WILL MAINTAIN THIS SO THAT YOU KNOW THE PRODUCTIVITY OF GREENBERG WILL INCREASE.

GREENBERG WILL BECOME EVEN MORE GREENER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT FOR THE TWO MINUTES IS MANNY OASES. NOPE. YOU ARE RIGHT BELOW HIM.

HI. MY NAME IS MANNY RSS.

UM, SOMETIMES. I WONDER. WHY CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY COMES TO THIS MEETINGS AND AND ADDRESS THE TOWN BOARD ON ISSUES. UH, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE LISTENING IS NOT THERE. AND MOST OF THE TIME, MOST OF THE TIME, THE LISTENING IS NOT THERE. UM, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THIS ISSUE OF NO BID CONTRACTS, UH, NO BID CONTRACTS IN ASSIGNING A DESIGNATION OF AN EMERGENCY TO START JOBS AND DO REPAIRS AROUND THE TOWN WITHOUT THE BIDS THAT ARE NECESSARY. BIDS ARE NECESSARY FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. NOT ONLY DOES IT SAVE MONEY FOR THE TOWN, ALSO IT PROVIDES FOR A FORUM TO ACTUALLY FLUSH OUT AND MAKE SURE. MAKE SURE THAT THE JOBS ARE DONE RIGHT BY THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR. NO BID CONTRACTS IN ASSIGNING A EMERGENCY DESIGNATION DOESN'T WORK. I ALSO I HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE. I WANT TO TELL YOU, I EXPECT YOU GUYS TO BE HERE ON YOUR IN YOUR SEAT AT 730. OKAY. EXPECT YOU TO BE THERE AND READY TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS I DON'T I DON'T APPRECIATE WHEN TOWN BOARD MEMBERS GO OUT OF THE ROOM AND HAVE SIDEBARS OUTSIDE THE THE MEETING, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE MEETING AND I SAW MULTIPLE BOARD MEMBERS OUT THERE, NUMBER THREE BE HAVING A MEETING OUTSIDE. IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING A MEETING OUTSIDE. I ALSO HEARD RUMORS THAT YOU GUYS MEET OUTSIDE THE FORUM OF OF OF A WORK SESSION IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. THAT HAS TO STOP.

THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. IF I THESE TWO THINGS HAVE BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR A WHILE. SO HERE I AM, AIRING THEM AND

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MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THAT HAS TO STOP SIDE BOARD SIDE MEETINGS OUTSIDE THE FORUM OF THE TOWN MEETING. THANK YOU. NEXT.

MISTER HUGH SCHWARTZ. THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

YOU'RE GETTING A THREE MINUTE REPRIEVE TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S A PATRIOTS GAME ON. I'D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST HALF OF IT. UM, I HAVE TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT VERY BRIEFLY. THE FIRST ONE IS A FOIA THAT I HAVE SUBMITTED, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE DID REGARDING AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING ON AUGUST 4TH. UH, THAT HAS NOT BEEN RESPONDED TO EXCEPT FOR A DELAY, AGAIN, TO A PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST.

UM, FRANKLY, THAT VIDEO THAT DOES EXIST. I KNOW IT EXISTS.

UM, IF THIS WERE HANDLED RIGHT, IT SHOULDN'T BE PUBLIC. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MORE APPROPRIATE WAY TO HANDLE THIS, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A PERSONNEL ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED AND NOT EMBARRASS THE BOARD MEMBER WHO, UH, IS INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION. BUT I, I HAD NO CHOICE WHEN THIS BOARD WAS COMPLETELY SILENT AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THIS. WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP. BUT TO FILE A FOIA. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT VIDEO SOONER THAN LATER. I HOPE.

UNEDITED. I HOPE. UM, AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THEN IT'S GOING TO GO PUBLIC RATHER THAN THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED INTERNALLY. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE POINT THAT YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT YOUR PERSONAL PROCESSES, BECAUSE WHAT WAS DONE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, FLIES IN THE FACE OF ANY HR GROUP I HAVE EVER KNOWN. UH, THE SECOND POINT IS ABOUT, UH, NO BID CONTRACTS. IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK TONIGHT. HOW MANY OF THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE AWARDED TONIGHT ARE BEING NOT BEING AWARDED TO THE LOWEST BIDDER, BUT TO THE LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER OR HOWEVER YOU QUALIFY THAT. AGAIN, I THINK THIS PROCESS HAS TO BE LOOKED AT VERY SERIOUSLY. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ON THE RFP. I THINK THEY SHOULD ALL BE PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S UP FOR BID AND TO SEE HOW THIS IS DOING.

THE EXCEPTION SHOULD BE FROM LOWEST BIDDER, IT SHOULD BE THE LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER INSTEAD. IT'S THE RULE IN THIS TOWN. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S FIVE OUT OF SEVEN. UM, DUONG KUMAR, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK NOW OR AND OR DURING THE HEARING? AT THE. AT THE HEARING OR NOW OR BOTH? AT THE END. OH, OKAY.

THE END OF WHAT? THE END OF THE TWO MINUTE ROUND OR THE END.

OF THE HEARING? OKAY. THANK YOU. JUDITH BEVILLE, FORMER GREENBURG TOWN CLERK. YEAH. SHE'S GETTING BETTER. UM, THE.

APPROPRIATE WAY OF INTRODUCING ME AND ANY FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE UNITED STATES IS HONORABLE JUDITH ABRAVANEL, FORMER GREENBURG TOWN CLERK. UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THREE POINTS THIS EVENING AS WE BEGIN THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE TOWN. IT IS HOPED THAT THIS BOARD WILL PLEDGE AND COMMIT ITSELF TO A MEETINGS YEAR OF CIVILITY, RESPECT, KINDNESS, CONSIDERATION, EQUITY AND EQUALITY, HONESTY AND INTEGRITY. MY SECOND POINT, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED BY A NEWS COMMENTATOR TODAY ON MSN, NOW, UH, THAT THE ISSUE OF CORRUPTION WILL BE A MAJOR CONCERN TO VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION YEAR.

CORRUPTION IS NOT ALWAYS A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. HOWEVER, CORRUPTION OF A PROCESS CAN BECOME PERVASIVE IF ALLOWED TO RUN AMUCK, CIRCUMVENTING THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR DUBIOUS REASONS. IN THIS TOWN IS AN EXAMPLE OF CORRUPTING THE LEGAL PROCESS. THERE IS A LEGAL PROCESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING GIVEN, GIVING UNREASONABLE EXTENSIONS ON FOIL REQUESTS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CORRUPTING THE LEGAL PROCESS, ELIMINATING AND COMBINING THE LEADERSHIP OF MAJOR DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN IS UNPRECEDENTED IN A TOWN THIS SIZE. TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS CORRUPTS THE PROCESS OF ENSURING EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP, QUALITY

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SERVICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. THIRDLY, TAXPAYERS OF THIS TOWN DESERVE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE WAY OF AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW REGARDING THE HARTSDALE SEWER PROJECT.

THANK YOU, TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FEINER FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND FOR FOR BEING THE EXAMPLE OF INTEGRITY, OF HONESTY, OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY, CONSISTENCY, RESPECTABILITY. AND CHRISTINA DICARLO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA DICARLO AND I AM IN EAST IRVINGTON. RESIDENT AND A MEMBER OF THE EAST IRVINGTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT IT TOOK TO GET THE SIDEWALK ON THAXTER ROAD APPROVED. WE WILL BE ABLE TO WALK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFELY. I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IMPROVEMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, I KNOW THAT THE TOWN BOARD DISCUSSED RE-EXAMINING THE CURRENT POLICY WITH REGARD TO SNOW REMOVAL.

TAXED ERODE IS A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA AND DEFINITELY QUALIFIES, AS IT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THOSE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THIS BUSY AND DANGEROUS ROAD. IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO ASSUME THE LIABILITY AND SNOW MAINTENANCE.

SO ANYTHING THE TOWN BOARD COULD DO TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS ON TAX TO ROAD WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE ALWAYS BUDGETARY CONCERNS, BUT WITH TAXER BEING SUCH A BUSY THOROUGHFARE WITH LIMITED SIGHT LINES HELPING CLEAR SIDEWALKS ALONG THE STREET WHERE LARGE SUVS AND LARGE TRUCKS AND JUST THE EVERYDAY CAR DRIVES SO FAST, THIS WOULD BE MONEY WELL SPENT. ALSO, THE IDEA OF A SIDEWALK DISTRICT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP A FEW TIMES. PLEASE CONSIDER EXPLORING THIS IDEA FURTHER. COULD THIS BE EXPLORED FURTHER BY THE TOWN BOARD? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SAQIB BHATTI. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CHAKRABARTI AND I LIVE AT 116 EDEN CODE IN WILLMAR, WHITE PLAINS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE TOWN BOARD TO REJECT THE PROPOSED BEETLE KNOLLS EXPANSION AT FIVE FIVE GRASSLAND ROADS IN ITS CURRENT FORM. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE SENIOR HOUSING, AND I RESPECT.

THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, SIR. YOUR COMMENTS, IF YOU WANT THEM AS PART OF THE RECORD, CAN WE STOP THE CLOCK WHILE I JUST EXPLAIN THIS BRIEFLY? YOU REALLY WANT. THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY ISSUE. IF YOU'D LIKE YOUR COMMENTS TO BE PART OF THE RECORD FOR BETHEL, THAT'S YET TO COME. STILL, THAT WILL BE IN A LITTLE WHILE. COME BACK UP.

AGAIN AND YOU'LL. AND THAT'S A FIVE MINUTE ROUND FOR EVERYBODY. MY BAD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. THE NEXT FOUR.

TWO MINUTES.. THIS IS THE WRAP.

OKAY. UH, MR. JEREMY HOPWOOD. CAN I WATCH THIS? OH. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING. UH, JEREMY HOPWOOD, I LIVE AT 145 JAMES STREET IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON. AND, UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, VETERANS ISSUES. UH, TOWN BOARD AND SUPERVISOR FEINER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, WE ALL TALK ABOUT WANTING TO SUPPORT, UH, VETERANS, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WOULD AGREE THAT THAT'S THAT'S A VITAL ISSUE. BUT I WANT TO BRING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY BACK UP THAT SUPPORT WITH SPECIFIC LEGISLATION. AND THAT IS IN THE FORM OF THE NEW YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW. 458 DASH A11, WHICH ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES SUCH AS THE TOWN OF GREENBERG TO PROVIDE A FULL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ON THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF QUALIFYING VETERANS, WHOM THE US DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HAS DETERMINED TO BE PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED AS A RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE. SO THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF VETERANS, NOT JUST VETERANS, WHO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF DISABILITY, BUT TOTAL AND PERMANENT, SPECIFIC TO THEIR MILITARY SERVICE. SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, WOUNDED IN COMBAT AND MANAGED TO SURVIVE. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY OF THOSE VETERANS WOULD

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QUALIFY HERE IN THE TOWN. UH, BUT I CAN TELL YOU NATIONALLY, THEY DEFINITELY DO EXIST. THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS ELDERLY.

THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS ON A FIXED INCOME. SO IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ONE OF THESE PEOPLE, UH, IT WOULD BE AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS. AND I'LL JUST CALL OUT THAT LAST WEEK, I DID SEND THE, UH, THE BOARD SOME INFORMATION ON THAT. SO I'M JUST HERE TONIGHT TO AGAIN HIGHLIGHT IT, UH, HOPEFULLY CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION, UH, WITH THE VETERANS COMMITTEE, THE GREENBERG VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL. BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE ALL OF YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PONDER THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD FOR VETERANS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THE NEXT ON THE, UM. SHERRY, I'M SO SORRY. DID YOU WANT 2 MINUTES OR 5 MINUTES? MISS, YOU. SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

HEARINGS? OKAY. COPY. NO PROBLEM. UM, AND THE SAME FOR HECTOR AS WELL. THE NOLES. OKAY. GOT IT. UH, OJ, I'M SO SORRY. MY BULKY. MY APOLOGIES. HI. MY NAME IS OJ. I'M NOT COMING UP HERE WITH A SPEECH, BUT I DO NEED REALLY FIVE MINUTES. BUT I'M GOING TO DO TWO MINUTES. I HAVE TO GO.

REALLY? UM, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT ON MAY 16TH AT GREENBERG POLICE. I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME. MY VOICE IS LOUD ENOUGH, RIGHT? THERE'S A THERE WAS A INCIDENT. I'M TELLING EVERYONE HERE, INCLUDING YOU GUYS. UH, GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, I DO, I AM A PROUD FATHER.

ONE. I HAVE A DAUGHTER, I DO, I AM IN A HIGH, UH, CONFLICT, HIGH VOLATILE CUSTODY BATTLE. BUT I DO MY EXCHANGES AT GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GREENBERG SINCE 94. I'M FROM THE CITY. I AM OF NIGERIAN HERITAGE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. I COME TO GREENBERG EVERY SATURDAY TO GET MY DAUGHTER, AND, UM, IT HAS BEEN GOING WELL UNTIL MAY 16TH, WHERE I WAS MET BY TWO INDIVIDUALS I NEVER SEEN BEFORE, AND THEY ATTACKED ME IN GREENBERG, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, HONESTLY, IF YOU GUYS ARE NEW TO AMERICA, I AM AFRICAN AMERICAN. SO OF COURSE I'M GOING TO BE ARRESTED. I WAS ARRESTED, UM, EVEN THOUGH ON CAMERA I WAS ATTACKED IN THE POLICE STATION. DUE TO THAT, IT CAUSED A LOT OF EMOTIONAL DAMAGE, A LOT OF FINANCIAL DAMAGE. THEY TOOK MY DAUGHTER ALL THIS SITUATION HAPPENED. THE JUDGE APOLOGIZED, DISMISSED THE CHARGES THAT WERE BROUGHT AGAINST ME. BUT BRINGING THE ATTENTION TO THE POLICE, THE SAME POLICE THAT MADE THE MISTAKE, THEY'RE THEY'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, KICKING ROCKS. MR. FARNER, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH. ARE YOU HEARING ME? BECAUSE I DID TRY TO GET TO YOU TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. THEY EVEN TOLD ME TO GET YOU. I KNOW YOU HAD A LONG DAY, SO I HAVE. I, UM, I DO WANT TO GO HOME TO MY DAUGHTER, BUT I CAN'T. WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE POLICE OFFICERS FABRICATING REPORTS. I LOVE THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO I'M NOT AN ENEMY OF THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT THEY MADE GRAVE MISTAKES IN THIS SITUATION. THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. I UNDERSTAND I'M A SINGLE PERSON, SO NOTHING'S HAPPENING. I'VE CONTACTED SO MANY AGENCIES AND AND THEY HAVE GOOD AND BAD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT GREENBERG, BUT THEY'RE WONDERING WHY IS NOTHING HAPPENING EVEN IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY? D.A., I JUST NEED TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I MEAN, SOME ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. IT'S BEEN AFFECTING ME VERY MUCH SO. AND AFFECTING MY FAMILY. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO KEEP GOING, BUT I NEED THIS, UH, REALLY ADDRESS IT.

THERE IS A VIDEO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. WELL, I'LL CONNECT WITH YOU. YOU SAID I'LL CONNECT WITH. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. MR. WALTER. SIMON.

YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WALTER SIMON. UH. SUPERVISOR PAUL FEINER, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD AT THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, I REQUESTED THE RELEASE OF A VIDEO RECORDING REGARDING THE ALTERCATION BETWEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER AND A TOWN EMPLOYEE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. I REITERATE, REITERATE MY REQUEST AT THE TOWN COUNCIL. UH, THE TOWN'S CAMERA FOOTAGE BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF SEVERAL WEEKS AND A SUBMISSION OF A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST. THE FOOTAGE REMAINS UNRELEASED. THE REQUEST REQUIRES NO COMPLEX

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REDACTION, BUT SIMPLY A VOTE BY THE TOWN BOARD TO RELEASE THE UNEDITED FOOTAGE. WILL THE TOWN BOARD VOTE ON THIS MATTER THIS EVENING? AND IF NOT, WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE DELAY? CONTINUE. DELAYS ONLY HEIGHTENED PUBLIC CONCERNS REGARDING A COVER UP. WE CAN REMEMBER WATERGATE. IT WAS THE COVER UP THAT LED TO NIXON'S DEMISE. THANK YOU.

DAVID SLOAN. GOOD EVENING.

FIRSTLY, I WANT TO AGREE AND DISAGREE WITH THAT PREVIOUS SPEAKER, ERICA, UH, IF YOU TREAT THE TOWN SUPERVISOR WITH SUCH DISRESPECT IN PUBLIC, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW YOU TREAT THEM IN PRIVATE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK ATTITUDES NEED TO CHANGE. I'M REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN BOARD PROVIDE WHAT THEY CONSIDER REPAIR EMERGENCIES. THE TOWN SHOULD MAINTAIN A LIST OF QUALIFIED, APPROVED CONTRACTORS. SO WHEN A SPECIFIC EMERGENCY HAPPENS, WE CAN QUICKLY GET PRICE QUOTES TO REMEDIATE THE EMERGENCY. IF WE HAD THIS LIST, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR SUCH AN EMERGENCY, SUCH AS 140 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE. FINALLY, AND THIS IS TOTALLY NEW, I WOULD LIKE THE TOWN BOARD TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AS WELL AS APARTMENT BUILDINGS, NOT TO HAVE THEIR SECURITY LIGHTS ON 24 OVER SEVEN. THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE IF THERE'S AN ALLEYWAY THAT'S DARK, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. BUT YOU LOOK IN CENTRAL AVENUE AND SO MANY OF THE PROPERTIES HAVE THEIR LIGHTS ON AT NOON, AND I PERSONALLY HAVE CONTACTED TWO OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEAF EARS. UH, IT WOULD SAVE THEM MONEY, BUT IT'S JUST A RIDICULOUS WASTE OF ENERGY. AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT THE TOWN COUNCIL CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU.

DELIA. TROY. GOOD EVENING.

HOPE EVERYONE'S WELL TODAY. UH OH, MY GOD, I'M SORRY. I JUST GOT A CALL. UH, FORGIVE ME.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO CALL AGAIN. I HAVE TO DECLINE. SO I HAVE A TWO PART QUESTION. I, WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE TOWN IF TRANSPARENCY, THE TOWN BOARD, IF TRANSPARENCY WAS AN ISSUE SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE IN REGARDS TO 100 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, I FEEL LIKE THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD CONDUCT AND PUBLICLY RELEASE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE SEWER BREAK, INCLUDING A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF WHY MORE THAN 2 MILLION WAS SPENT ON TEMPORARY REPAIRS. THE PUBLIC DESERVES ANSWERS AND THE TOWN MUST LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE TO AVOID REPEATING COSTLY MISTAKES.

SECONDLY, TRANSPARENCY IS IMPERATIVE. THE TOWN SHOULD PROVIDE WEEKLY PUBLIC REPORTS ON EVERY EMERGENCY CONTRACT PROJECT, INCLUDING COSTS, SCOPE OF WORK AND A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT'S NOT MUCH TO ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY. THAT'S THE BASICS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC. WE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU WORK FOR US. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. ANDREA. SEE READ. IT. SO I HAVE TO PULL THIS DOWN. GOOD EVENING. SUPERVISOR. FINE. OUR TOWN COUNCIL, UH, TOWN CLERK, DOCTOR NERO. UM. AND TOWN ATTORNEY DINGELL. UM, MY NAME IS ANDREA REED. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE FAIRVIEW AREA AND THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE FAIRVIEW AREA. DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADERS. A FEW WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY, IN AUGUST, UM, THE FAIRVIEW AREA DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT LEADERS ASKED FOR THE SCAFFOLD IN FRONT OF THE MANHATTAN AVENUE MURAL TO BE TAKEN DOWN. AND I WAS INFORMED THAT A DECISION WAS MADE TO TAKE IT DOWN. SO I WANT TO SAY

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THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, HOWEVER, AS OF LATE, SINCE WE HAVE LAST SPOKEN, THE SCAFFOLD IS STILL UP. UM, PEOPLE ARE STILL GATHERING. IT IS STILL DARK OVER THERE.

GARBAGE IS STILL ACCUMULATING UNDERNEATH THE SCAFFOLD. UH, THE DANGER OF PEOPLE GETTING HURT IS STILL THERE. SO I AM HERE TO INQUIRE CONCERNING THE TIMELINE OF WHEN EXACTLY THE SCAFFOLD IS COMING DOWN. AND CAN IT BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? UH, TOMORROW WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IT'S, UM. IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG SINCE IT'S BEEN, UH, UP. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE.

HAVE, UH, CHRIS LINDER ONLINE. LOOK, YOU.

YES. YES, CHRIS. THANK YOU.

CHRIS. THAT'S CHRISTOPHER LYNN. IT'S CHRISTOPHER LYNN. MY NAME IS. EXCUSE ME. WE WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO CORRECT THIS NAME. IT'S CHRISTOPHER LEE. LET'S JUST START THE CLOCK OVER TO. SURE.

NO PROBLEM. CHRISTOPHER LYNN, ACCORDING TO.

ZOOM. NO PROBLEM. I KNOW, CHRISTOPHER LYNN, BUT YOU SEE WHAT THAT SAYS, RIGHT? OH.

OKAY. SO IS THERE A CHRISTOPHER LYNN ALSO ON YOUR LIST? NO.

HELLO, CHRISTOPHER. THIS IS THE ONE SPEAKER I WILL NOW BE A GOOD TIME TO PROCEED. YES.

NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. GOOD.

SORRY, CHRIS. FOR TWO MINUTES. RIGHT. IT'S FOR TWO MINUTES. YES. OKAY.

OKAY. SO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF URGENT, SERIOUS, GRAVE CONCERNS TO ADDRESS. AND SO MY GOAL HERE IS. TO MAKE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU. I JUST HAVE SOME REALLY QUICK. I HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO AND A REQUEST TO MAKE. SO AS AN UPDATE, I'VE BEEN WORKING TO REVISE LEGISLATION. I CREATED A PERMIT APPLICATION, WHICH I'VE SUBMITTED, AND I'M ALSO MET WITH THE PARKS BOARD, AND I'M ABOUT TO MEET WITH THE POLICE COMMUNITY BOARD IN ORDER TO DISCUSS MY DRONE LOG, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AT THE WORKING SESSION LAST MONTH. NOW. SO MY ONLY REQUEST HERE IS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A SOLID POINT OF CONTACT. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A TON OF ISSUES THAT MANY RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP TODAY, BUT MY GOAL IS JUST TO MAKE YOUR JOBS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. AND I THINK THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM EFFICIENTLY, THEN THIS WILL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADDRESS VERY QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU. I WILL BE IN TOUCH. I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR PRESENCES AND THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR TOWN. I KNOW THAT THE THE RESIDENTS ARE GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHRIS. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE TWO MINUTE. SPEAKERS.

[ DECISION To consider an application by Guy Kohn and Debra Kohn to extend the F.A. # 17 Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh (SEE TB 1) To consider an application by Kindred Maison, LLC, to extend the F.A. # 8 Sewer District in the Town of Greenburgh (SEE TB 2) To consider a Local Law, entitled “Battery Energy Storage System PILOT Program (SEE TB 3) To consider a local law amending Chapter 325 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it related to bamboo (SEE TB 4) To consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the Chauncey Fire Protection District for the year 2026, for an amount not to exceed $12,294 (SEE TB 5) To consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the South Ardsley Fire Protection District for the year 2026, for an amount not to exceed $392,866 (SEE TB 6)]

UH, WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL LIKE TO RESPOND? UH, ELLEN, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND? UM.

DON'T START WITH. ME, PLEASE.

CAN I JUST POINT OUT ONE QUICK THING JUST ABOUT THE SCAFFOLDING. UH, WHERE'S ANDREA? I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WENT, BUT, UM, THAT THAT THAT IS IN THE WORKS I'M DISCUSSING WITH DPW. WE DID WANT TO PUT UP SIGNS FIRST TO REMIND PEOPLE CAUTION TO STAY OFF THE ROCKS IN THAT AREA, WHICH CAN BE A DANGEROUS AREA. ONCE THE SCAFFOLDING IS REMOVED. SO IT IS IN THE WORKS, AND WE'LL TRY TO EXPEDITE THE REMOVAL. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, AND I DID TAKE NOTES FOR SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HERE TODAY, AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP THROUGH EMAIL.

UM, I SEE SOMEONE RAISING THEIR HANDS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE TIME FOR THAT. YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR EITHER 2 MINUTE OR 5 MINUTE. UM, CAN'T HAVE IT BACK AND FORTH WITH EVERYONE.

OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN HABER, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? UM, YES. I WANTED TO RESPOND.

I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME. AND THE CORNER. MR. SLOAN, NICE TO SEE YOU. UM, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING A LIST FOR OF EMERGENCY VENDORS FOR. WE HAVE THAT LIST, AND THAT IS WHAT IS BID. EMERGENCIES THEMSELVES.

YES. AND THAT ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING. THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, WHERE WHEN THERE ARE EMERGENCY CONTRACTS THAT HAVE BEEN FULFILLED AND WHAT THE DETAILS OF THOSE ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST MECHANISM FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW.

COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN. I WILL BE DISCUSSING I HAVE A LIST AS WELL, AND I'LL BE DISCUSSING IT WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY. OKAY. UH, ELLEN, DO YOU WANT TO SAY. THAT, UM, WELL, I, I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE ONE MORE TIME THAT THE CONTRACT WAS BID, AND IT'S JUST BECOME JUST LIKE KLEENEX FOR TISSUES. IT'S BECOME THE THE TERM THAT PEOPLE USE. IT WAS BID. THERE WAS EMERGENCY. THAT'S IT WAS EXPLAINED IN A SIX PAGE MEMO

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THAT UH OR RESOLUTION THAT THAT UM, THE ATTORNEY READ TO EVERYBODY. BUT IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT RESOLUTION, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE READ IT. IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE. UM, THAT IS NUMBER ONE THING. NUMBER TWO.

THANK YOU, MR. HOPWOOD, FOR YOUR YOUR CONCERN FOR VETERANS.

UM, I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. IF YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY THE PERCENTAGE I CAN'T REMEMBER IN YOUR EMAIL WHETHER YOU REFERENCED IT OR NOT OF ROUGHLY HOW MANY PEOPLE IN OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS. THAT MIGHT BE IT WOULD IF WE HAD SOME KIND OF FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM, SO IF YOU WOULD GET BACK TO ME ON THAT, THAT I'D APPRECIATE HER BACK TO US ON THAT. UM, AND, UM, I THINK AND I'M SORRY FOR THE, THE FLOODING AT GRANADA. I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT. SEE, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, AND THAT I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND MY RESPONSE IS, IN TERMS OF THE FLOODING, IF WE'RE NOT A CRESCENT, UM, AND THE KIND THAT ISSUES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED, I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AND MAYBE YOU COULD JUST EMAIL ME AGAIN ON THAT AND I'LL WORK ON THAT. UM, UH, TOMORROW, UM, RELATING TO, UM, UH, ERICA'S, UM, COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW, UH, OF EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.

WHAT HAPPENED, UH, WITH THE THE THE BREAK AND WHY WE SPENT $2 MILLION UNNECESSARILY, UM, ON THAT. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY NOT FROM THE TOWN TAKE A, DO AN ANALYSIS, FIND OUT WHAT WE DID WRONG AND WHAT WE COULD DO. BETTER. UM, IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THIS WAS AN EXPENSIVE MISTAKE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING $2 MILLION WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE TO IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AND SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN. SO I HOPE THAT THE TOWN BOARD WOULD PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT WENT WRONG. AND, UM, AND HAVE SOMEBODY INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW HOW WE HANDLED IT. UH, REGARDING, UM, TO WALTER SIMON AND, UH, YOU SCHWARTZ'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE INCIDENT, UM, INVOLVING A TOWN BOARD MEMBER, UM, AND, UM, AND THE COMPTROLLER, UM, DURING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. UM, THE TOWN BOARD DISCUSSED THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION YESTERDAY, AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE VIDEO WILL BE RELEASED AND THE DOCUMENTS, UM, THE WRITTEN DOCUMENTS, UH, WILL ALSO, YOU KNOW, BE RELEASED. IS THAT CORRECT UNDERSTANDING? JOHN? WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SUPERVISOR, WHAT WILL BE RELEASED IS EVERYTHING THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED VIA FOIL.

AND I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THE CAMERAS. YES, WILL BE RELEASED.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO CORRESPONDENCE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING. THROUGH AND YOU KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE RELEASED. I BELIEVE THE 20 DAYS ENDS, MAYBE NEXT WEEK. I DON'T HAVE THE DATE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE POINTS I THINK JUDITH MENTIONED IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, ALWAYS WAIT TILL THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE WE RELEASE FOIL REQUESTS. AND I FEEL, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND OPEN GOVERNMENT, UM, IF WE HAVE A VIDEO WHERE, IF WE HAVE DOCUMENTS AND WE CAN RELEASE IT IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE, UH, SO THAT'S ANOTHER ANOTHER POINT I WANTED TO MENTION IN TERMS OF THE EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS, UM, I'VE SUGGESTED AT THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, IS THAT, UH, STARTING WITH OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, AT EVERY BOARD MEETING, THERE SHOULD BE. THIS IS THE AGENDA OF THE BOARD MEETING. AND WE ALWAYS LIST, UH, BIDS THAT WE APPROVE. BUT I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE, IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, ANOTHER, UM, COMMENT. UM, EMERGENCY, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED OUT, UM, BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY THESE CONTRACTS ARE NOT BID ARE NOT REBID. SO THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY AND WHAT WE'VE CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY.

IF THERE WAS A SEWER MAIN BREAK, UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN EMERGENCY. UM, IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY DRAINAGE PROBLEM,

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THAT'S AN EMERGENCY. AND YOU WANT THAT DONE IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A SIDEWALK THAT IS GOING TO BE REPAIRED, THAT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY. UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE COULD BID THAT, WE COULD BID THAT OUT. SO I'D JUST LIKE A ITEMIZED LIST AT EVERY MEETING. UM, OF WHAT IS BID IT OUT AND WHAT IS NOT FITTED OUT. REBID IT OUT. UM, BECAUSE THEN THE PUBLIC COULD DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE FOLLOWING THE THE LAWS OR WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAWS. AND I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT COULD ULTIMATELY SAVE THE TAXPAYERS A LOT OF MONEY. UM, I FORMED THE PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE. UH, UM, UH, YOU, SCHWARZ. WALTER.

SIMON, UH, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MEMBERS OF OF THAT. AND WE'RE MEETING NEXT MONDAY, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOPIC THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED RELATING TO THE EAST IRVINGTON, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS. I FEEL VERY, VERY STRONGLY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS OF EAST IRVINGTON DID NOT THERE'S RESIDENTS WHO LOVED THE SIDEWALK AND THEY WANTED THE SIDEWALK. THERE'S RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON TAX THE ROAD. REALLY DIDN'T WANT THE SIDEWALK. AND I DON'T FEEL I FEEL THAT, UH, THOSE RESIDENTS DID THE COMMUNITY A FAVOR BY DROPPING THEIR OPPOSITION AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WILL AGREE TO HAVE A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T THRILLED, BUT THEY DIDN'T GO TO COURT. THEY DIDN'T REALLY FIGHT IT. SO I THINK THE TOWN SHOULD ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CLEARING, UM, UH, THE SNOW. I ALSO FEEL ON HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROADS. I FEEL IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE ON TAX THE ROAD, IF IT WOULD SNOW. UM, AND PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY, UH, WALKING, SHOVELING FROM THE STREET. THERE COULD BE ANOTHER ACCIDENT. SO I AM GOING TO, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TOWN BOARD, INCLUDE IN THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD, UM, FUNDING FOR UM, SNOW REMOVAL, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ON HEAVILY TRAFFICKED ROADS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, UM, SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS IN FAIRVIEW, FOR EXAMPLE, YESTERDAY IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT JUNIPER HILL, HILLSIDE AVENUE, THOSE ARE VERY HEAVILY TRAFFICKED, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS. AND THAT SHOULD ALSO BE ASSUMED BY THE TOWN. ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I MADE, WHICH I THINK MAKES SENSE, IS TO SAVE COSTS. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A HEAVY SNOWSTORM AND OUR DPW CREWS CAN'T IMMEDIATELY RESPOND AND CLEAR THE SNOW, WE COULD CLOSE THE SIDEWALK FOR A DAY OR TWO UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET AROUND TO IT, IT COULD BE TWO DAYS, THREE DAYS. UH, USE EXISTING STAFF. WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY EXTRA OVERTIME ON IT ON THAT. AND IT WON'T COST ANYTHING ELSE. AND IT WILL MAKE IT'S A WIN WIN. UH, YOU KNOW, SITUATION. UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE DRONE LAW, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY AMAZING THAT WE HAVE SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG, ON STUDENT, UM, WHO IS DEVOTING HIS TIME, UM, DRAFTING LEGISLATION. UH, DRONES HAS BECOME IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR ALL OVER. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH HIM, UM, AND SEE IF WE COULD ADOPT A MODEL LAW THAT COULD BE REPLICATED BY OTHER, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES. AND AGAIN, THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAD AN ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, UM, HE DID REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, BUT I CAN'T TELL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CAN OR, YOU KNOW, OR OR CAN'T DO BECAUSE I CAN'T POLITICIZE THE, UH, POLICING, UH, BY. BUT WHAT I DO, ANYTIME SOMEBODY HAS A COMPLAINT LIKE HIS IS I'LL REFER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I'LL ASK THE CHIEF TO, UM, INTERNALLY. UH. UH, YOU KNOW, REVIEW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INCIDENT, AND THEN REPORT.

REPORT, YOU KNOW, BACK, YOU KNOW, BACK TO ME. BUT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO, UM, TELL THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IMPROPER OR NOT IMPROPER. UH, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE EXPERIENCE IN THAT THAN ME. SO THAT'S BASICALLY MY COMMENTS. EXCUSE ME. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT. UM, NOT ONLY AM I THE REGISTRAR FOR VITAL STATISTICS, I AM ALSO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS ACCESS OFFICER. I DID NOT TAKE THE TOWN CLERK CLASS WHEN I WAS ELECTED. I TOOK THE CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CLASS ON FOILS.

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IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PROPER PROCEDURE FOR FOILS, PLEASE GO ON THE TOWN WEBSITE. I HAVE EVERYTHING DETAILED. I HAVE A VIDEO OF EVERYTHING AS FAR AS PROCESS, LEGAL AND WHAT IS ALLOWED AND NOT ALLOWED. THE TOWN ATTORNEY STATED THAT REGARDING THE VIDEO, THERE IS ALSO CORRESPONDENCE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT REQUEST. THE LAW REQUIRES FIVE DAYS. I RE RESPOND TO EVERYONE. THERE IS NOT ONE PERSON WHO CANNOT SAY I HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THEIR REQUEST IN FIVE DAYS. NO ONE IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, THERE IS NOTHING THAT THAT HAS EVER BEEN APPEALED IN ONE AND ONLY UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION HAS EVERY APPEAL FAILED. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION AND COVER UP, I KIND OF TAKE THAT PERSONAL BECAUSE I'M THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR RELEASING THIS INFORMATION. NO ONE ELSE, WHEN IT COMES TO APPEALS, THAT IS THE TOWN BOARD AND THE TOWN ATTORNEY. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO INFORMATION, I HAVE GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT HAS, UM, AFFORDED BY THE LAW. AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LAW, PLEASE GO ON TO THE WEBSITE UNDER THE TOWN CLERK AND YOU WILL FIND EVERY INSTRUCTION, EVERY APPEAL, EVERY TIME THAT IT'S ALLOWED. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO THAT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, CLAIMING THAT I'M NOT I'M WITHHOLDING. I DO NOT EVER. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. I'M IT'S NOT WORTH IT. IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. AND THAT'S THAT PERIOD. SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE NEXT. OKAY.

NEXT. WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[ To consider a local law creating Chapter 239 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it relates to property maintenance]

UM, UH, FIRST ONE TO CONSIDER A LOCAL LAW CREATING CHAPTER 239 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT RELATES TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE.

THAT. THAT'S BEING HELD OVER. THAT'S BEING HELD OVER. OKAY.

[ To consider a Zoning Map amendment petition and amended site plan application by Bethel Communities Management (“Bethel”) as it relates to a proposed expansion of an existing Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) located at 55 Grasslands Road, PO Valhalla [TB 25-05] ]

UH, NEXT TO CONSIDER A ZONING MAP, AMENDMENT PETITION AND AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION BY BETHEL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT. BETHEL AS IT RELATES TO A PROPOSED EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY LOCATED AT 55 GRASSLANDS ROAD IN VALHALLA. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE OPEN THE HEARING. SECOND.

SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.

GOOD EVENING, SUPERVISOR FEINER. MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, GARRETT DUQUESNE, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION.

THIS LOCAL LAW IS ESSENTIALLY THREE PARTS. THE FIRST LOCAL LAW PROPOSED TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG FROM AN EXISTING DESIGNATION OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, OR PUD PUD, TO AN AR 31 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT DESIGNATION. REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

AS A REMINDER, THE CURRENT PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED ON THE SITE AND ENVISIONED A PUD PROJECT THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED. DECADES AGO, AND PER THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE ZONING MAP SHOULD HAVE REVERTED BACK TO THE UNDERLYING PRIOR ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICTS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY SPLIT ZONED BETWEEN THE R 20 AND R 40 DISTRICTS. I NOTED THIS AT THE LAST HEARING THAT THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDED POSITIVELY IN FAVOR OF A UNIFORM ZONING DESIGNATION TO AR 30, AS OPPOSED TO SPLITTING THE PROPERTY INTO TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH IS WHAT IS PROPOSED REGARDLESS OF THE CCRC EXPANSION PROJECT OUTCOME. THE PROPOSED REZONING TO AN AR 30 DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDED FOR SIMILAR REASONS. THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AT 61 GRASSLANDS ROAD, THE GROVE, IS PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO R 30, WHICH IS PART OF THE CHAPTER 285 PROCESS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THE TOWN BOARD MAKE ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

DISTRICT USE CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE FUTURE. LAND USE MAP AND RELATED AREAS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I ALSO VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS AND WILL BE RECOMMENDING SUCH AS PART AS PART OF AN EVENTUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UPDATE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ALSO RELATED TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION RELATED TO THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE KNOLLS AND EXISTING COMMUNITY CONTINUING CARE, RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, OR CCRC, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 41,240 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT ADDITION FOR A TOTAL OF 149,941FT OF ADDITIONAL GROSS AREA OF ADDITIONAL GROSS FLOOR AREA, AND THAT'S FURTHER BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS 121,754FT OF 74 INDEPENDENT SENIOR HOUSING UNITS, 19,698FT OF STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE, 4118FT .

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AUDITORIUM 1757 SQUARE FOOT DINING AREA. AND LASTLY, A 2614 SQUARE FOOT CONNECTOR SPACE. THE EXISTING CCRC INCLUDES INDEPENDENT SENIOR UNITS, ASSISTED LIVING BEDS AND SKILLED NURSING BEDS. THE HEARINGS, ALSO RELATED TO THE SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATION AMENDING THE CURRENT CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF PROCESS FOLLOWING THE PRIOR JUNE 10TH PUBLIC HEARING, UPDATED SITE PLANS AND APPLICATIONS WERE SENT BY TOWN STAFF TO VARIOUS TOWN DEPARTMENTS. THE PLANS WERE ALSO REFERRED TO REGIONAL AGENCIES SUCH AS THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT. THOSE REVIEW REQUESTS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ALSO CLARIFIED THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE. AS I JUST DESCRIBED, THE RESPONSES WERE AS FOLLOWS FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE UPDATED PLANS AND SQUARE FOOTAGE CLARIFICATION. I HAVE UPDATED THE NUMBERS ON OUR REFERRALS DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY BOARD. THE TOWN ENGINEER PROVIDED FINAL SIGN OFF ON THE PROJECT. AS I NOTED, PRIOR ENGINEERING STAFF ROUTINELY INDICATE THAT FINDING LOCATIONS FOR ON SITE STORAGE TO HOLD STORMWATER BACK IS OFTEN ADVISABLE IN AREAS WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN THIS INSTANCE, THE APPLICANT IS OVERSIZED. IT'S A STORM, A PROPOSED STORMWATER BASIN TO A 100 YEAR FLOOD. DESIGN. THEY'VE ALSO INCORPORATED PERVIOUS PARKING SPACES, INCORPORATE STRUCTURED PARKING, WHICH IS A DESIGN FEATURE THAT IS MUCH COSTLIER THAN SURFACE PARKING. HOWEVER, EXTREMELY EFFICIENT FROM A STORMWATER PERSPECTIVE, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED AND ANALYZED WATER PRESSURE IN A PACKAGE THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE TOWN WATER AND SEWER. SEWER AND SUPERINTENDENT. THAT INFORMATION WAS REVIEWED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DEEMED TO BE SUFFICIENT AND ADDRESSED ANY OF THEIR CONCERNS. THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DISTRICT HAS NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO THE PROJECT, AND IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE LOOP ROAD CONFIGURATION. SINCE THE LAST HEARING, PLANNING DEPARTMENT COMMENTS FOCUSED ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IF YOU COULD PLEASE ENLARGE THE AREA, FOCUS ON THAT GRAPHIC. AND SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COMMENTS LARGELY ECHOED COUNTY PLANNING BOARD COMMENTS. SO ON THE SCREEN IS A SPECIFIC REQUEST. IS THE SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR A SIDEWALK CONNECTING FROM GRASSLANDS ROAD INTERNAL TO THE SITE? ADDITIONALLY, A REQUEST WAS MADE FOR A SIDEWALK OF JUST OVER 900 LINEAR FEET ALONG THE SITE'S FRONTAGE WITH GRASSLANDS ROAD, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE GREEN AND EXTENDING A BIT TO NEARBY CONNECTIONS. STEVENS LANE AND THE NEARBY WCC EASTERNMOST DRIVEWAY. I NOTE THAT SIMILAR SIDEWALK REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE TOWN BOARD AND PLANNING BOARD, ULTIMATELY INTEGRATED INTO SIMILAR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE BRIGHT VIEW ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ALONG BENEDICT AVENUE IN THE TARRYTOWN PORTION OF THE TOWN. THE CHELSEA AT GREENBERG ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ALONG DOBBS FERRY ROAD IN THE HARTSDALE WHITE PLAINS PORTION OF THE TOWN, AND THE BRIGHT VIEW CONTINUUM OF CARE FACILITY ALONG DOBBS FERRY ROAD IN THE WHITE PLAINS PORTION OF THE TOWN. THESE ADDITIONS OF SIDEWALKS IN THESE INSTANCES SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. THE APPLICANT WILL SPEAK TO THE PEDESTRIAN. THIS PEDESTRIAN RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. I TOUCHED ON THE PLANNING BOARD SITE PLAN RECOMMENDATION PRIOR AT THE PRIOR HEARING, BUT WANT TO REVISIT SEVERAL OF THE PLANNING BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE PROJECT IF APPROVED BY THE TOWN BOARD. A COMMITMENT TO A 14.4 ACRE CONSERVATION EASEMENT COMMITMENT TO NEW YORK STATE PARKS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO RESPONSIBLE DEMOLITION, UP SIZING OF LANDSCAPING AT TIME OF PLANTING TO THE LARGEST SIZE. PRACTICAL WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASING SURVIVAL RATES IN THE USE OF PERVIOUS SURFACES FOR 30 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES TOWARD THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE. TODAY, THE HISTORIC AND LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD, THE CHAIRPERSON, SUBMITTED A LETTER WHICH I'VE BEEN ASKED TO RECITE. SUPERVISOR FEINER AND TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE HISTORIC AND LANDMARK PRESERVATION BOARD HAS BEEN DISCUSSING THE BETHEL LOWELL'S PLANS AT MANY, MANY MEETINGS. THE HISTORIC BOARD CONTINUES TO FEEL THAT INCORPORATION OF THE EXISTING PORTION OF THE HOUSE INTO THE NEW BUILDING WOULD DO A GREAT DEAL TO SOFTEN THE LOOK OF THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUILDING, INCORPORATING THE ORIGINAL HOUSE INTO THE NEW BUILDING WILL ALSO BRING CURB APPEAL AND SHOWCASE THE UPGRADED WORK OF ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. IF BETHEL KNOLLS WILL NOT HONOR THE HAL PBS'S REQUEST TO PRESERVE BY INCORPORATION A PIECE OF GREENBERG'S HISTORY, THEN. THEN THE HISTORIC BOARD REQUESTS THAT ALL CONDITIONS OF DECONSTRUCTION, THE METICULOUS TAKING A PART OF HISTORIC ITEMS

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IN EVERY ROOM, REUSE, SALE OR STORAGE, AS OUTLINED IN A LETTER DATED DECEMBER 24TH, 2025 FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICES OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. B FOLLOWED THE TOWN HIRES HIRES A FULL TIME MONITOR WHILE THE DECONSTRUCTION OCCURS, PAID FOR BY THE APPLICANT, AND THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE PLANNING BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.

IF ULTIMATELY DEMOLITION IS A PART OF THE PROJECT. SO I NOTE THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM KIMBERLY HORN ON THE TRAFFIC REVIEW IS PRESENT THIS EVENING AND CAN MAKE SOME REMARKS IF THEY'RE STILL HERE, OR I THINK IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, THEY MAY SPEAK AFTER THE APPLICANT. SO IS JOHN CANNING STILL HERE? HE IS. CORRECT. YES, I AM OKAY. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A REVIEW OF THE.

TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. UH, WE HAD NUMEROUS COMMENTS AND THEY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. WE REVIEWED ALL OF THE MATERIALS, AND THEY HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE. UH, OVERALL, THE PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT ON AREA TRAFFIC, OPERATING CONDITIONS, ADDING 25 OR FEWER TRIPS AT ANY OTHER LOCATION OTHER THAN THE SITE DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF LESS THAN 3%. IN OUR OPINION, THE ONLY OUTSTANDING ISSUE IS WHAT IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, ARE REQUIRED AT THE SITE DRIVEWAY. BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE DATA, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICANT DISCUSS THE NEED FOR A WESTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE ON GRASSLANDS ROAD AT THE SITE DRIVEWAY WITH THE NEW YORK STATE D.O.T., WHO APPROVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADWAY AT THAT LOCATION. ALSO, THAT A DYNAMIC SPEED FEEDBACK SIGN BE INSTALLED ON WESTBOUND GRASSLANDS ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 150FT EAST OF STEVENS DRIVE OR STEVENS LANE. THAT WILL HELP BOTH TRAFFIC ON THIS DRIVEWAY AS WELL AS TRAFFIC ON STEVENS LANE AND FURTHER, IF THE LEFT TURN LANE IS NOT INSTALLED, THAT CONDITIONS BE MONITORED FOR THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF OPERATION. TO CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO ISSUES AT THE SIDE. DRIVEWAY. AND, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY MY REPORT TO YOU. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

BUT IF THERE IS. SO.

THEN WE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE OPERATOR BE REQUIRED TO RETURN BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, TO DISCUSS WHAT MEASURES, IF ANY, COULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. SO THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, DAVID COOPER, WILL NOW PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL UPDATE TO THE TOWN BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GARRETT. EXCUSE ME, MR. SUPERVISOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS.

DAVID COOPER, PARTNER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF ZAHRAN AND STEINMETZ, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND PETITIONER BEFORE YOU, BETHEL HOMES INC.. WITH ME TONIGHT IS ANASTASIOS MARKOPOLOS, THE CEO. OOPS. THE CEO OF AT BETHEL, AS WELL AS J.

MICHAEL. OR WHO'S THE PROJECT? I OH, I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU AFTERWARDS. OKAY. UM, PATRICK NIXDORF, OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT IS ON IS ONLINE. HE'S IN IN, UH, UM, I BELIEVE HERE.

MASSACHUSETTS. THERE HE IS. UH, AS WELL AS, UH, COLETTE DELAURO SITTING OVER THERE, THE FROM LANGAN ENGINEERING, THE PROJECT ENGINEER, AND MY COLLEAGUE VINCENT PEDEN IS WITH US AS WELL. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT FOR THE CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL ADDRESS THE TWO COMMENTS FROM GARRETT AND FROM JOHN CANNING IN A MOMENT. I JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT OF WHY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT. UM, YOU ARE NOT ONLY, UH, REVIEWING THE THE PROPOSED REZONING, BUT YOU'RE SERVING AS THE SECRET LEAD AGENCY FOR THE SECRET REVIEW OF THE REZONING, THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION, THE SPECIAL PERMIT, AND ALL OF THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE PROJECT. UM, THE THRESHOLD DETERMINATION IS THE SECRET DETERMINATION. AND THEN A VOTE ON THE ZONING. ONCE ALL OF THAT WOULD OCCUR, WE WOULD THEN COME BACK TO YOU FOR THE SITE PLAN REVIEW. SO SO SITE PLAN IS YET TO FOLLOW. ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THE THE ITEMS AND THERE IS A FULL BLOWN SITE PLAN BEFORE YOU UM, HAVE ALREADY BEEN VETTED, UH, WITH THAT.

SAME WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU AFTER ABOUT 16 MONTHS OF REVIEW, WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION IN MAY OF 2025.

UH, WE HAVE HAD REFERRALS TO THE PLANNING BOARD, TO YOUR CONSERVATION BOARD, TO YOUR HISTORIC BOARD. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED IN JUNE AS REMAINED OPEN. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE STAFF REVIEWS, CONSULTANTS, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, ETC.. WE'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO MONTHS OR SO, UH, CLOSING OUT MOST OF THE THE LAST COUPLE OF COMMENTS. HAVE YOU, AS YOU'VE HEARD, ENGINEERING HAS SIGNED OFF ON THE STORMWATER PLANS AND ALL OF THE ENGINEERING, FIRE AND SAFETY HAS AS WELL. UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDEWALK AND

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TRAFFIC, WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND. UM, BUT WHAT WE ARE ASKING YOUR BOARD TONIGHT, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AFTER THE PUBLIC IS HEARD, UM, THAT YOUR BOARD DO DIRECT STAFF OR DOES DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE RESOLUTIONS FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING WITH RESPECT TO SEEKER AND THE REZONING? UM, UH, WHAT I WOULD ALSO ADD IS YOU'VE SEEN I THINK YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE, UH, CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE KNOLLS HAVE COME TONIGHT. I BELIEVE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS PROJECT. YOU'VE HEARD NOT ONLY IS IT'S A 71 ADDITIONAL IO UNITS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF AMENITIES FOR THE EXISTING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS HOPEFULLY THE NEW COMMUNITY. UM, TO REALLY LIVEN UP A LOT OF, OF THIS, OF THIS SITE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, A COUPLE OF ADDITIONS SINCE WE LAST MET WITH YOU. UM, WITH RESPECT TO SIDEWALKS, UH, BETHEL WILL INCORPORATE THE SIDEWALK ALONG THE DRIVEWAYS AND THE INTERNAL SIDEWALK THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE EXISTING BUS STOP ON ON GRASSLANDS AVENUE. UM, I'M SAYING WE WILL, BECAUSE IN THAT CASE, WE DON'T NEED DOT APPROVAL TO DO THAT.

AND SO THEREFORE, SO LONG AS DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW, THE ENGINEERING STILL PROVES OUT, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PROJECT. UM, WE ALSO NOTICE IS ALSO LOOKING INTO AND WILLING TO EXTEND THE SIDEWALK BOTH TO CONNECT FROM STEVENS LANE TO THE BUS, THE BUS STOP, AS WELL AS FROM LEWIS LANE. IT'S NOT THE NOT NOT THE ALL THE WAY TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

WESTCHESTER, WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUT THE BUT THAT SIDE OF THE STREET BETWEEN THAT, UH, TO THE BUS STOP, UM, BOTH OF THOSE SIDEWALKS WILL REQUIRE DDOT APPROVAL BECAUSE THAT'S DDOT RIGHT OF WAY. SO SO OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT TO GOT TO MEET WITH THEM. THAT WOULD OCCUR DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. AND WE WOULD GET THE YAY OR NAY BEFORE THE FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL. UM, DOVETAILED ON THAT IS, UH, JOHN CANNING'S COMMENT ABOUT THE LEFT TURN LANE. SAME THING. WE WOULD BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE DOT'S STREET, SO WE NEED TO SPEAK WITH THEM AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD. THEY WOULD. IT'S AS THEY SAY, WOULD WARRANT IT. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN OF COURSE, AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN, THAT LEFT TURN LANE WOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. UM, BUT FROM A SECRET PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT. YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD YOUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT SAY THAT THE THE PROJECT ITSELF IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. AND SO YOU DO HAVE ENOUGH BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, A SUBMIT TO MOVE THIS TO A DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE WITH RESPECT TO SEEGER. UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN BEFORE.

YOU FOR WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY IS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, BUT HE ALSO SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THIS TURN LANE WAS WAS IMPORTANT. AND SO IT DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH SEEGER. WELL, THE THE TURN LANE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT ADDING TO THOSE CONDITIONS. SO THE SUGGESTION WAS, WOULD THE WOULD THE APPLICANT, UH, LOOK INTO MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA TO HELP THE, THE GENERAL EXISTING CONDITIONS, NOT SOMETHING THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD ADD TO. AND SO FROM A SECRET PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN ANY IMPACT THAT COULD BE QUANTIFIED EMPIRICALLY AS SIGNIFICANT, I BELIEVE JOHN CANNING STARTED HIS COMMENTS TONIGHT BY SAYING THERE ARE NO SUCH IMPACTS WITH RESPECT TO THIS, TO THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC GENERATION IS SO LOW. THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA, JOHN IS SUGGESTING SPEAKING TO THE DOT ABOUT A LEFT TURN LANE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS. SO, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU FOR FOR A WHILE. YOU'VE SEEN THE SITE PLAN. YOU'VE SEEN THE PLAN. I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE. I BELIEVE, OR IS ALREADY, UM, FAMILIAR WITH IT. AND SO WE CAN WE CERTAINLY CAN, CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR OPEN UP THE FLOOR AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU TO, DISCUSS.

NO QUESTIONS. WE CAN CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER.

OKAY. FIRST. FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE.

IS IRIS MESSENGER. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL IT AS WELL FOR OUR STENOGRAPHER. SO WE HAVE A COMPLETE RECORD, AND THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE FIVE MINUTE ROUND. AND IF THE TOWN BOARD IS LOOKING TO CLOSE TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE OR NOT.

THERE WOULD BE A SECOND FIVE MINUTE ROUND AS WELL. THANK YOU. OH, AND JUST CLARIFICATION. UH, WHEN THEY'RE PRESENTING BEFORE THE SPEAKERS, UH, THERE'S NOT A FIVE MINUTE TIMER, THE FIVE MINUTE TIMER FOR THE, UH, SPEAKERS. NOT NOT FOR THE NOT FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS IRIS SCHLESINGER. THAT'S A SINGER. I'M SORRY. COULD YOU PULL THE

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MICROPHONE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT? THANK YOU.

OKAY. UH, SCHLESINGER AND I WAS ELECTED TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD AT BALLYMORE ABOUT A WEEK AGO. AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF THE NOLES. WE'LL HAVE ON US. WELL, THE KNOLLS PROPERTY BACKS UP ONTO HILLSIDE AVENUE. LAST YEAR, TWO HUGE TREES FELL DOWN ONTO HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHICH IS IN NEW YORK STATE ROAD. YET OUR TOWN TAXES PAID TO HAVE THE WORKMEN SAW THE LARGE TREES AND HOLD THEM AWAY. HILLSIDE AVENUE IS A MAJOR AMBULANCE ROUTE GOING TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER. YET THE ROAD WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF THOSE TREES. WHEN THE LEAVES ARE GOING BY NOVEMBER, YOU'LL SEE THAT MOST OF THE TREES ARE ON A ON A LARGE SLOPE. AND THEN WHEN IT RAINS, THE WATER WASHES AWAY THE SOIL AND EXPOSES THE ROOTS. AND THEN THE TREES ARE NO LONGER ANCHORED TO THE GROUND. YOU'LL ALSO SEE BROKEN, CRUSHED, AND RUSTY FENCES FROM THE TREES THAT HAVE FALLEN OVER THE YEARS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THAT WHEN YOU COME OUT OF ALIGNMENT, YOU CAN EITHER MAKE A RIGHT OR LEFT AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY YOU GO WHEN A TREE COMES DOWN, IT'S GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY. WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR, AND THE TOWN SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. THE SLOPE THAT THESE TREES ARE ON ALSO CREATES AN ISSUE WITH FLOODING AFFECTING HOMES. JUST THIS SUMMER, HILLSIDE AVENUE COLLAPSED IN THE REGION OF VALOIS IN THE ROAD REGION OF VIRGINIA ROAD, AND THE STREET WAS CLOSED FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 DAYS. AND WHILE IT WAS BEING REPAIRED LAST SPRING OR SPRING BEFORE, THERE WAS A WATERFALL THAT LOOKED ABOUT AS FORCEFUL AS THE ONE ON THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY IN SCARSDALE, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE VERY SMALL AREA, HAD A VERY SMALL WALL BUILT SUPPOSEDLY TO MITIGATE THE FLOODING, BUT THIS IS ONLY LESS THAN 5% OF THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF LAND THAT IS AFFECTED. THE KNOLLS IS PROPOSING TO BUILD 74 SENIOR INDEPENDENT LIVING APARTMENTS.

SINCE A PERSON NEEDS A CAR TO GET ANYWHERE FROM THERE, THIS WILL PUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 74 AND 148 CARS ON THE ROAD. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY DID THAT TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT. YOU KNOW, DURING COVID OR AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING, BUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE. UM, WE HAVE TRAFFIC FROM WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL TRAFFIC 19 BROADHURST AVENUE, TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC FROM ALL THE CEMETERIES. AND THESE ARE SINGLE LANE ROADS IN EACH DIRECTION. WHEN YOU ADD A FUNERAL INTO THE MIX AT THE CEMETERIES ON GRAND HEARST AVENUE, IT CAN EASILY TAKE HALF AN HOUR TO GET FROM VIRGINIA ROAD TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER, AS IT IS NOW WHEN CLASSES END AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IT'S VERY HARD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM VIRGINIA ROAD OR LEACH AND DRIVE ONTO HILLSIDE AVENUE, AND WE CERTAINLY NEED TO DO BETTER FOR THE AMBULANCES GOING TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER.

OKAY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE KNOLLS HAS HAD 32 VIOLATIONS IN JULY. HOW CAN THEY BE ALLOWED TO BUILD WHEN THEY CLEARLY DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR CURRENT ISSUES REQUIRING THE ISSUANCE OF VIOLATIONS? ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE TAX EXEMPT FROM TOWN, COUNTY AND SCHOOL TAXES. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE NOT EXEMPT FROM PAYING TAXES FOR FIRE SERVICES, YET THEY'VE BEEN IN ARREARS FOR AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS, ONCE AGAIN PROVING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS SINCE THEY DON'T PAY TAXES. WHAT ARE THEY CONTRIBUTING TO? GREENBERG? AS I SEE IT, NOTHING OTHER THAN PROBLEMS BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION IS EVEN CONSIDERED CONSIDERED. THEY SHOULD FIX THE ISSUES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST AND PAY THEIR FIRE TAXES. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CAN I, JOE, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY COULD RESPOND TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TREE CONCERNS? YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE. THAT WAS A BIG SURE. IT'S A IT'S A POLICY DECISION.

IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT RIGHT AWAY OR TAKE QUESTIONS FROM ALL SPEAKERS. SO THEN WE COULD DO IT. YEAH. UM, THE TWO CONCERNS I HAVE ARE THE TREES, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE OF TREES COMING DOWN. AND, UH, AND POTENTIALLY CLOSING, UH, SAFETY ISSUES OF PROPERTY LOSS ISSUES TO, TO NEARBY RESIDENTS. SECOND IS, UM, IF YOU COULD ALSO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD. THAT DRAINAGE SITUATION THEY BUILT HASN'T HELPED. AT ALL.

I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT GOING GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, HOW THE DRAINAGE IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED.

OKAY. YEAH. ARE THEY GETTING RID OF THAT SLOPE WITH THE TREES? NO, THAT'S WHAT OKAY.

UH, CAN, UM, CAN YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN UP? IS IT POSSIBLE? SO LET ME JUST I JUST THINK YOU GOT TO GET CLARITY HERE. THE

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PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS HILL. THE HILL THAT THAT I BELIEVE THEY WERE JUST REFERRING TO IS THE HILL ON HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHICH IS OWNED BY SEVERAL, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS. YES. THERE WAS A SLIVER THAT IS THAT IS THE KNOLLS. AND THAT'S WHERE THAT NEW WALL WENT. UH, THERE'S ALSO VARIOUS OTHER OWNERS ALONG ALONG THAT LINE. HOWEVER, THE DRAINAGE FROM THIS PROJECT IS, IS NOT GOING TOWARDS HILLSIDE AT ALL. IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL. IT CAN'T GET UP AND OVER THE HILL. IT'S GOING DOWN ONTO, UH, YOU'RE THERE. HOLD ON.

I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST SHOWING THIS THIS HILLSIDE.

OKAY. YEAH, RIGHT. I BELIEVE I BELIEVE WHAT WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO. NO. ACCORDING.

SORRY, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T HAVE A BACK AND FORTH THIS TIME. YOU HAD YOUR FIVE MINUTES. UM. YEAH.

YOU KNOW, BUT WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T DO THAT.

YEAH. THE STENOGRAPHERS PURPOSES.

LET'S LET'S LET THE APPLICANT ANSWER, PLEASE.

EXCUSE ME. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S NOT A FAIR COMMENT. LET'S LET'S JUST LOOK LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THIS IS THE SITE, OKAY? THE THE SITE THAT IS THAT THAT IS BARRED RIGHT NOW IS WHERE THE WHERE THE PROJECT IS HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHERE THE SLOPE THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE, RIGHT. THAT THE, THE DRAINAGE. AND CAN YOU PULL UP THE SITE PLAN, PLEASE. THE DRAINAGE FROM THE EXPANSION IS ALL BEING DIRECTED INTO THE AS YOUR AS YOUR ENGINEER SAID, THE OVERSIZED INFILTRATION BASIN ON WHAT'S GRASSLANDS ROAD BECAUSE IT'S WHERE WHERE HILLSIDE MAKES THE TURN AND THEN IT TURNS INTO GRASSLAND. THE WATER IS GOING AWAY FROM THAT CONDO. IT CAN'T GET THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER THERE'S A HILL.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT HILL IS THE 14.4 ACRE CONSERVATION AREA. NOTHING IS BEING BUILT UP THERE. SO WITH RESPECT TO STORMWATER AND THIS PROJECT, THERE'S NO IMPACT ON THAT SIDE.

THE WATER IS GOING TO BE TREATED, COLLECTED AND DIRECTED THE OTHER WAY. UM, IF YOU IF THE BOARD WILL REMEMBER, YOU ASKED US TO EXPAND THE SIZE OF THE PIPES AT THE SITE. WE DO SEE REQUIRES A TEN YEAR. WE HAD PROPOSED 25 YEAR. THIS BOARD ASKED US TO EXPAND THOSE PIPES TO 100 YEARS. THAT'S WELL AND ABOVE ANY, ANY STANDARD. SO THE THE THE WATER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS PROJECT WITH RESPECT TO THIS BEFORE THIS BOARD NOT GOING, NOT GOING THAT WAY WITH RESPECT TO THE TREES AND THE COMMENT ABOUT THE FLOODING ON HILLSIDE AVENUE.

YES, THAT THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, NOT ANYTHING AT AT THE KNOLLS SITE. HOWEVER, THE TOWN CAME OUT AND ISSUED VIOLATIONS TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THAT AREA AND THE NOLES TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT THAT WALL UP AT THE TOWN ENGINEER'S REQUEST, SO THAT THAT SIDE, WHATEVER'S GOING ON WITH THE DRAINAGE ON THAT SIDE WOULD PROTECT WOULD PROTECT THE WALL, THE TREES THAT, THAT THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PERSON IS SAYING THAT THERE ARE TREES THERE. YEAH. THERE ARE A LOT OF TREES ALONG THAT, THAT LINE. I DON'T KNOW WHOSE PROPERTY THAT'S ON A LOT OF THE TREES THAT CAME DOWN WERE ON DOT PROPERTY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S WHY THE DOT SPENT ITS MONEY TO CLEAN IT UP. IT DIDN'T SPEND TOWN MONEY, BUT IT SPENT DOT MONEY. ALL THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL. AND SO WHAT WE ASK IS THAT THE BOARD FOCUS ON ON THE PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT. THAT, JUST FOR CLARITY. SO THE ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WAS THAT IT TOOK SO LONG TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS FROM THE TREES. SO THAT WAS THE DOT'S RESPONSIBILITY.

AND THE DOT'S FAILURE, NOT YOURS, NOT THE TOWN'S CORRECT.

JAY. MICHAEL. NO.

DAVID, ARE YOU SEEKING SOMEONE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR COUNCILWOMAN HENDRICKS? OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN.

I SAID THAT YOU SAID COUNCIL. NO, NO, NO, I SAID.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE DOT DID REMOVE THOSE TREES. NOT NOT THE NOISE. RIGHT. SO.

BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S LEFT OUT THERE, THAT IT WAS EITHER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OR THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY. AND IT WAS NEITHER. RIGHT. AND THAT WAS. MY POINT. AND THEN THE DOT AND THE TOWN REQUIRED US TO, TO PUT UP THE WALL SO THAT WHATEVER'S GOING ON WITH THE WATER THERE DOESN'T, DOESN'T AFFECT THE ROAD AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHY THEY SPENT THE MONEY TO DO THAT.

THERE ARE OTHER THE WATER'S COMING FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR HERE ANYWAY. I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO SIDETRACK US BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT PART OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD. UH, BUT IN MANY WAYS, THE

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COMMENT IS YOU'RE NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE ALLEGATION IS. AND IF YOU HAVE A 300 ACRE PROPERTY AND YOU'RE ONLY DOING SOMETHING IN ONE CORNER OF IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE IGNORE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE OTHER 299 ACRES. SO ALL I'M ASKING IS WHAT PART OF THAT HILL WHERE IT DID SHUT DOWN? TERRIBLY INCONVENIENT. SHUT DOWN THE ROAD FOR MORE THAN A WEEK, INCLUDING AT NIGHT, AND THE POLICE LIGHTS WERE ON JUST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DIDN'T KILL THEMSELVES AND FIND OUT THE ROAD IS CLOSED. UH, WHAT PART OF THAT IS YOURS? I DON'T HAVE A GOOD HANDLE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY A SLIVER, AND THERE'S A LOT OF. SO I JUST DON'T HAVE A GOOD HANDLE. YEAH, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO TO THE TO THE, UM, WE OWN THE BOTTOM OF THE, OF THAT HILL. IF YOU IF YOU SEE THAT, SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND YOU GOT TO KEEP ON GOING DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS CLOSER TO WHERE IT SAYS 100, THERE. UH, THERE ARE OTHER THERE ARE OTHER STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FEATURES THAT ARE NOT ON OUR PROPERTY THAT ARE DISCHARGING THAT WAY TOWARDS HILLSIDE AVENUE. UM, AND SO IT STARTS ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY. IT ENDS UP ON OURS. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BUILD A WALL, BECAUSE WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH WITH WATER. NOT ON OUR PROPERTY. UM, BUT COUNCILMAN SHEEN, THE I DON'T WANT I DON'T WANT THE BOARD TO HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE JUST SAYING NOT OUR PROBLEM. THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON ON THEIR PROPERTY TO TO FIX WHAT THEY COULD. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THEIR WATER. UM, WITH RESPECT TO THEIR WATER ON THE PROJECT, THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL BECAUSE THE INFILTRATION BASIN THAT THEY'VE DESIGNED IS DESIGNED TO TO CAPTURE, WHAT IS IT, 9.9.1 INCHES OF WATER IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD? THE STORMS THAT WE'VE SEEN, EVEN THE MOST EXTREME STORMS. YOU CAN LOOK THIS UP ON, ON NOAA DATA IS SOMEWHERE AROUND, UH, 3 OR 4IN. YEAH, THREE AND A HALF, FOUR INCHES. AND SO THAT POND IS, WELL, OVERSIZED. IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. I SAW THAT.

CAN I JUST POINT OUT WE'RE NOT ENTERTAINING RAISED HANDS RIGHT NOW. HOWEVER THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND EITHER TONIGHT OR AT AN ADJOURNED HEARING LATER ON. SO YOU WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR MORE COMMENTS. I JUST SEE SOME HANDS BEING RAISED IN THE AUDIENCE. OKAY, SURE. YEAH.

NEXT ON OUR HEARING LIST WE HAVE.

SARAH ROSEN. AND YOU COULD PULL THAT MIC DOWN AS WELL TO IF THAT WOULD BE. EXPANDABLE. YEP.

THAT OKAY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR FEINER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS SARAH ROSEN AND I'M A RESIDENT AT THE KNOLLS AT 55 GRASSLANDS ROAD HERE IN GREENBURG. I'M HERE ALONG WITH ABOUT 20 OF MY FELLOW RESIDENTS, TO ASK THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE APPLICATION OF BETHEL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT TO BUILD AN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT KNOLLS FACILITY. THE RESIDENTS OF THE KNOLLS AND ITS PREDECESSOR, BETHEL. EXCUSE ME, I JUMPED. AHEAD.

UH, THE RESIDENTS OF THE KNOLLS AND ITS PREDECESSOR, WESTCHESTER MEADOWS, HAVE BEEN PROUD MEMBERS OF THE GREENBERG COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. WE HAVE SHOPPED IN LOCAL STORES, ATTENDED LOCAL HOUSES OF WORSHIP, AND VOTED IN LOCAL ELECTIONS. WE EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMMING AT THE MANHATTAN AVENUE SENIOR CENTER TODAY, HOWEVER, THE KNOLLS IS FACING FUTURE FINANCIAL NEEDS THAT REQUIRE EXPANSION. I THINK THAT THEY CALL THAT SOMETHING LIKE ECONOMIES OF SCALE, AND I'M HERE TO PLEAD THE CASE FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU. AND RATHER THAN REPEAT WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE, I AM HERE TO ADDRESS THE MAJOR CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THOSE WHO OPPOSE GRANTING OUR APPROVAL.

FIRST, THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ABOUT A LARGE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ON THAT SUBJECT. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE KNOLLS, A COMMUNITY OF SENIORS, AREN'T CLOGGING THE ROADWAYS. THE PERCENT OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CARS IS SMALL, AND OF THOSE, MOST DON'T DRIVE MORE THAN A COUPLE TIMES A MONTH. WHY? BECAUSE FOR MANY TRIPS LIKE SHOPPING, THE MOVIES, CULTURAL EVENTS, RELIGIOUS SERVICES, VISITING THE LIBRARY, THE KNOLLS PROVIDES BUSING FOR MANY PEOPLE AT ONE TIME, A COMPLAINT HAS ALSO BEEN RAISED ABOUT

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INCREASED NOISE AND LIGHTS LATE AT NIGHT. REALLY? SENIOR CITIZENS BETWEEN 75 AND 100. AND YES, WE HAVE SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO ARE ACTIVE AT THAT LATER AGE ARE NOT KNOWN FOR STAYING UP PAST 9 OR 10:00, AND RAUCOUS PARTIES ARE DEFINITELY A PART OF OUR PAST, NOT OUR PRESENT. ALSO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONTINUING COMPLAINT ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE OLD HOUSE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND IS BEING SCHEDULED TO BE REMOVED BEFORE THE BUILDING STARTS. LIKEWISE, THE COMPLAINT ABOUT SCREENING IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH ATTENTION TO MORE AND LARGER TREES. AS FOR THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT WATER RUNOFF AND SETBACKS, I'LL LEAVE THOSE TO THE PROFESSIONALS. BUT AS A HAPPILY AGING IN PLACE, 89 YEAR OLD SENIOR, I CAN VOUCH FOR THE FACT THAT MY FAMILY AT THE KNOLLS AND THOSE WHO, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WILL JOIN US ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOOD GREENBERG NEIGHBORS, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

ARE ALL 20 GOING TO SPEAK? COULD I ASK THOSE WHO SUPPORT THOSE OF YOU FROM THE KNOLLS WHO SUPPORT THAT JUST TO RAISE YOUR HAND SO THAT WE CAN GET A NUMBER? ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A LOT, BUT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.

SHE WASN'T EXAGGERATING. I'M SURE IT'S ABOUT 21. OR ABOUT. 2020 ADULTS. THAT'S RIGHT. OH, YEAH. THEY'RE ALL IN. UH, ERICA.

BAKSHI. HI. MY NAME IS ERICA BAKSHI. SO LET'S DEFINE WHAT IS CALLED DEMOCRACY. DEMOCRACY IS OF THE PEOPLE. BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE BENEFITING. ONE SECTION OF PEOPLE AND CREATING CONSTANT DISADVANTAGE FOR THE OTHER SECTION OF PEOPLE IS NOT CALLED DEMOCRACY. HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS ERICA BAKSHI. BEING A VALLEY RESIDENT FOR 26 YEARS NOW, LET ME SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM VALLEY, MA ON HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHICH IS SEEKING AN EXPANSION NOW DUE TO THE SLOPE OF THE PROPERTY, VALLEY MA COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET WILL SEE MORE LANDSLIDES, FLOODING AND TREES COMING DOWN IN VALLEY MA'S DIRECTION. DESPITE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE BY THE OWNERS TO IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE AND MINIMIZE THE SAFETY ISSUES. OUR SAFETY, PROPERTY VALUES AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS CAN BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THESE ISSUES. THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION CAN MAKE A BAD SITUATION EVEN WORSE.

BEYOND THIS, THERE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO THE ADDED TRAFFIC AT THE ALREADY OVERBURDENED INTERSECTION AT VIRGINIA ROAD AND HILLSIDE, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING INTERSECTIONS. WE PAY A HUGE AMOUNT OF TAXES AND WE DON'T DESERVE THIS PROBLEM, WHICH WILL DIRECTLY HIT OUR PREMISE AND AREA. REGARDING THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, HILLSIDE AVENUE EXPERIENCES A FAIR VOLUME OF TRAFFIC EACH DAY. WE KEEP HEARING LOTS OF VEHICLES PASSING, EVEN AT LATE NIGHT, AND SOMETIMES THE HONKS OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE SUPER LOUD, ESPECIALLY DURING THE QUIETNESS OF THE NIGHT OR VERY EARLY MORNING. HILLSIDE AVENUE HAS A PARTICULAR CAPACITY AND IS QUITE NARROW. ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC WILL NOT ONLY BE CONCERNING, BUT ALSO CAN RESULT INTO UNWANTED ACCIDENTS. BETHEL HAS PROPOSED TO BUILD A POND TO CATCH THE EXCESS RAINWATER. IT IS DESIGNED FOR CATCHING NINE INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD. HOWEVER, OUR CONCERN IS FOR FLASH FLOOD.

FLASH FLOOD READ MY LIPS. FLASH FLOOD SITUATIONS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON THESE DAYS AND IN THE FUTURE.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAUSE FLASH FLOODS DUMP MORE THAN 3 TO 4IN OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR, AND LAST ONLY FOR ONE HOUR OR TWO.

BETHEL ENGINEERS MUST SHOW THAT THEIR POND WILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT HIGH RATE OF RAINFALL. OTHERWISE THE EXCESS WATER WILL FLOW DOWN. GRASSLANDS ROAD AND HILLSIDE AVENUE AND WORSEN THE FLASH FLOODS THAT OUR PROPERTIES ARE FACING IN INCREASING FREQUENCY THESE DAYS. WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS AND ITS SEVERE IMPACT.

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MAJOR CONCERN NOW. GLOBAL WARMING CAN HARDLY BE CONTROLLED. GLOBAL WARMING INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD AND SEVERITY OF FLASH FLOODS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF WARMER ATMOSPHERE HOLDS MORE MOISTURE, LEADING TO HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND MORE EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS. THIS DIRECTLY RAISES THE RISK OF SUDDEN, INTENSE FLOODING. I HAVE TWO SUMP PUMPS IN MY BASEMENT, WHICH GETS FLOODED WHEN THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WITH HIGH VOLUME AND INTENSITY. WE HAD A BAD ONE IN THIS JULY, WHICH CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGES AT PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES AND ON HILLSIDE AVENUE, WHICH EVEN FACED A LANDSLIDE ALREADY. IT'S THIS TOWN HAS EXISTING, UNSOLVED AND PENDING ISSUES, SO I HAVE TWO SUMP PUMPS. DO YOU WANT ME TO BUY THE THIRD SUMP PUMP? IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT MY BASEMENT DOESN'T FLOOD ALREADY, THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF TAX BURDEN AND WE CANNOT REALLY INCREASE THE TAX BURDEN.

THE PROPERTY TAXES, THE SCHOOL TAXES, AND THEN THE RESALE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY GETS DECREASED BECAUSE OF THE FLASH FLOODING. A PERSON WHO IS FROM NOT FROM GREENBURG IS IN GREENBURG AND WANTS TO BUY A PROPERTY AND KNOWS ABOUT THIS FLASH FLOODING. AND ABOUT TWO SOME PUMPS. DO YOU THINK THAT THE PERSON WILL BE WILLING TO BUY THE PROPERTY? SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WHICH IS PROBABLY FACILITATING A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT IT IS NOT BY THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE. AND HENCEFORTH, IN MY UNDERSTANDING, IT IS NOT DEMOCRACY.

LEAH CHAPPELL. HI, MY NAME IS LEAH SABO. IT'S BUILT LIKE H SAPO. MHM. UM. AND I AM ON THE BOARD AT UM, 75 759 HILLSIDE AVENUE. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE STORMWATER AND FLOODING. UM, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN SPOKEN OF TONIGHT, BUT I AND OF COURSE IT WOULD BE A CONCERN BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE HARD WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING PROBLEM. IF IT GETS WORSE, WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING PROBLEM. SO IT WOULD BE MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

UM, SO SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE ANALYSIS, HAS IT BEEN DONE BY THE TOWN? UM, LIKE INDEPENDENT FROM WHAT THEIR, THE PROJECT IS SPEAKING ABOUT? I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. UM, BECAUSE, UM, SORRY. YEAH. YEAH. SO HAS A STORMWATER ANALYSIS BEEN FORMED THAT LOOKS NOT ONLY AT THE DAMAGE THAT'S ON THE KNOWLES PROPERTY. I KNOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, BUT HAS A STUDY ACTUALLY BEEN DONE THAT IT WILL NOT BE AFFECTING THE DOWNHILL FROM THE SITE? UM, DOES THE ANALYSIS COMPARE EXISTING CONDITIONS WITH THE PROPOSED DURING THOSE THE MAJOR STORMS THAT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT? UM, THAT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY INCREASING AND, UM, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS SURFACE HAS THERE BEEN CREATED? LIKE SPECIFIC MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT, I KNOW PERVIOUS, UH, SURFACES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT LIKE, WHAT ARE THE SPECIFICS ON THIS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE, UM, TOLD TO US? UM, WHAT? DETENTION, RETENTION, DRAINAGE OF THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WHEN IT GETS PEAK RUNOFF, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO INCREASE. AND, UM, YEAH, THAT THAT QUESTION ABOUT HAS THERE BEEN AN INDEPENDENT TOWN ENGINEER, UH, ANALYSIS BEEN DONE? UH, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UM, IT WOULD BE MUCH HARDER TO CORRECT A DRAINAGE PROBLEM AFTERWARD. UH, SO, YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE PROJECT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. IT'S JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN CLEARLY ADDRESSED BEFORE IT GOES FORWARD. UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU COULD SPECIFICALLY ANSWER.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THE APPLICANT CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AT A LATER TIME. YEAH. AND AND I GUESS ALSO LIKE, HAS THE TOWN DONE AN AN ANALYSIS INDEPENDENT OF THAT? IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO.

MANY, MANY TIMES PROJECTS CAN IMPROVE A CONDITION. WOULD YOU

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BE SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT MAKING IT WORSE? WILL IT MAKE IT BETTER? UH, WELL, LET ME JUST STEP BACK AND SAY, BECAUSE I THINK THE INITIAL QUESTION IS, HAS THERE BEEN AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW FROM THE TOWN ENGINEER? EMPHATICALLY, YES. REMEMBER, THIS HAS BEEN ABOUT A 16 MONTH REVIEW PERIOD. YOUR TOWN ENGINEER, SEVERAL TOWN ENGINEERS, ETC.. SORRY, SEVERAL ENGINEERS IN YOUR TOWN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAVE REVIEWED THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, HAVE GIVEN US COMMENTS, HAVE ASKED US TO ENLARGE IT, AND THEN YOU'VE ASKED US TO ENLARGE IT. UH, BOTH PIPES AND THE ACTUAL DRAINAGE BASIN. SO THAT DOCUMENT, THAT DESIGN HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY VETTED, PROBABLY MORE THAN MOST, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN WESTCHESTER AND HAS BEEN DETERMINED INDEPENDENTLY THAT IT NOT IT WILL NOT CREATE NEW RUNOFF. AND IN FACT, I BELIEVE I LET THE LET THE ENGINEER ACTUALLY.

SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE. YES. WELL, WE'LL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF THAT IS CURRENTLY COMING FROM THE THE SITE ONTO, UH, ONTO GREEN GRASSLANDS AVENUE BECAUSE IT'S GOING THAT WAY. LET ME JUST BACK UP AGAIN AND SAY WHAT WE DID WAS FIRST IDENTIFY THE WATERSHED IN THIS AREA. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN RAIN COMES, WHERE DOES IT GO? CERTAIN SECTORS IN ON THE SITE, RAIN WILL DROP IN ONE AREA AND IT WILL FLOW OFF ONE WAY. BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY. IT'LL IT'LL DROP IN ANOTHER AREA AND FLOW OFF ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY. SO THE ENGINEERS MAPPED ALL THAT OUT. YOUR ENGINEERS OBVIOUSLY VETTED THAT AND CONFIRMED IT, WHICH SHOWS CURRENTLY THE WATER THAT'S DROPPING ONTO THE SITE FROM THE PROJECT AND ALL THE THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IS BEING DIRECTED DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS GRASSLANDS AVENUE, NOT HILLSIDE, NOT CAN'T GO UP AND THEN OVER, BUT DOWN TO TO GRASSLANDS. CURRENTLY THAT'S NOT BEING CAPTURED. ALL THAT WATER IS JUST GOING GOING THROUGH. NOW IT'S ALL GOING TO BE CAPTURED, TREATED AND DIRECTED INTO THE POND. AND SO THAT WAY, MOST OF THAT WATERSHED THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT'S CURRENTLY JUST DRAINING, DRAINING OUT WILL BE CAPTURED. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING THERE'S A REDUCTION. WHEN I SAY WE'RE SAYING, I'M SAYING OUR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND YOUR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.

AS WELL, YOU KNOW. I'M SORT OF WONDERING, UM, UM, BECAUSE THE FLOODING DEFINITELY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE AREA IS MAYBE THE TOWN BOARD, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE NEXT WEEK, UM, OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.

JUST FOCUSING, UH, ON, YOU KNOW, FLOODING SO WE COULD HAVE A BETTER. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS FLOODING IN MANHATTAN BROOK AND ON IN THE FULTON PARK SECTION OF TOWN AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. AND I FEEL THAT, UH, THIS IS SORT OF AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO NOW GIVE ATTENTION TO FLOODING IN THIS SECTION. AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, DO LIKE A REAL COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS. WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, A PLAN, A STEP BY STEP YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ON OUR RADAR.. COMING BACK, COMING BACK TO THIS, THE PROJECT AT HAND, IF I MAY, UM, YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT ALL THE DRAINAGE ON YOUR PROJECT, THE PROJECT THAT IS BEING DONE, NOT NECESSARILY THE PROPERTY, BUT JUST SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT, IS BEING DIRECTED TO. NO. IT WOULD, HOWEVER, THERE IS ADDITIONAL PROPERTY THAT IS PART OF THAT THAT MAYBE IS OVER THE HILL AND THAT IS PERHAPS THAT IT WOULD. IT SOUNDS TO ME, CREATING FLOODING ISSUES, A CONTRIBUTING TO THE FLOODING ISSUES ON HILLSIDE, WHICH IS WHAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND WHILE YOU'VE MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT THIS PROJECT DOES DIRECT THE THE WATER FROM THIS PROJECT AREA DOWN TO DOWN TO KNOLLWOOD, THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT YOUR PROJECT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WATER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE ONLY THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD TO THAT IS IT'S NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S NOT OUR PROJECT, IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY. THE WATER, THE THE THERE IS A THERE'S A CATCH BASIN THERE BECAUSE YOU COULD YOU COULD SEE IT ON GOOGLE EARTH. I'M NOT. GONNA PUT IT.

UP RIGHT. NOT ON OUR PROPERTY. AND IT IS DISCHARGING AND IT EVENTUALLY GOES DOWN THAT HILL. BUT BUT THAT'S NOT ONE. IT'S NOT ONLY NOT OUR PROJECT, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT OUR IT'S NOT OUR WATER. OKAY. AND SO.

I THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAID THAT, THAT THAT PIECE OF THE PROPERTY

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WHERE THE PROJECT IS I AND I'M PERHAPS MISUNDERSTOOD. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY IS NOT PART OF WHAT IS OVER ON THE OTHER. SIDE, RIGHT? RIGHT. THERE'S A CATCH BASIN ON THAT SIDE CATCHING WATER FROM OTHER, OTHER, OTHER PROPERTIES. I'M NOT HERE TO TO SAY WHERE WHO IT'S. BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT THE KNOLLS. OKAY. THEN IT IS THEN BEING DISCHARGED DOWN THAT HILL. AND BECAUSE KNOWLES OWNS THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL, IT DOES THEN FALL ONTO THE KNOWLES PROPERTY. THAT PROPERTY IS ALL OPEN AREA. IT'S ALL TREES AND UNDEVELOPED. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CONSERVATION AREA.

UM, THE IN FACT, THE ONLY IMPROVEMENT THAT'S ON IN THAT AREA IS THE WALL THAT THE TOWN ASKED US TO PUT UP AND THE DOT SO THAT AS THE WATER COMES BACK ONTO OUR PROPERTY, IT'S CAPTURED. IT DOESN'T GO BACK ONTO THE ROAD, BUT THE WATER, THE SOURCE OF THAT, OF THAT FLOODING IS NOT KNOWLES WATER.

BUT BEFORE YOU SAID EARLIER THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. UH, NO NO, NO, NO, I, WE KNOW WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT IF YOU LOOK IN, I THINK THE TOWN ENGINEER'S OFFICE CAN CAN OPINE ON IT. I DON'T WANT. TO OPINE.

ON IT. BECAUSE I JUST WANT CLARITY HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WHERE THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AND IF THE CLARITY IS THAT IT ISN'T. NO, IT PROPERTY, IT ISN'T BETHEL PROPERTY, THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR. IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S COMING FROM THAT PROPERTY. AND AS I SAID, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER IT. THAT'S NOT YOUR SPECIALTY. BUT THE, THE THE WATER THAT'S, THAT'S FLOWING ONTO NO ONE THAT, THAT THAT YOU'RE HEARING COMPLAINTS ABOUT IS WATER THAT'S COLLECTED ON ANOTHER PROPERTY. OKAY.

AND THEN DISCHARGE OUT OF PIPES THAT ARE NOT ON OUR PROPERTY.

OKAY. THEN FLOWS AND AT SOME POINT CROSSES THE PROPERTY LINE ONTO OUR UNDEVELOPED AREA. THAT'S ALONG KNOLLWOOD AVENUE AND NORWOOD ROAD.

EXCUSE ME. NO. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY THE TOWN, WHEN IT ISSUED VIOLATIONS FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE, ISSUED VIOLATIONS TO THE KNOLLS. IT ISSUED VIOLATIONS TO VARIOUS OTHER PARTIES THAT ALSO ARE IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S. BECAUSE THE WATER IS FLOWING ELSEWHERE. YEAH. OKAY. UM. THE ISSUE IS WE'RE WE'RE BEFORE YOU ON A PROJECT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHY. PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD.

HEY, WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE THERE.

I UNDERSTOOD. THE NOSES, DONE WHAT THEY CAN ON THAT SIDE, BUT THAT'S. I JUST DON'T WANT TO, UH, DISTRACT FROM THE PROJECT ITSELF BECAUSE THAT THIS IS NOT. I DON'T EITHER, BUT I ALSO WE ALSO HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT. AND THAT CLARITY WAS IMPORTANT. THAT CLARITY WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME AND IMPORTANT FOR THEM. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH.

I'M SORRY. YES.

ONCE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM, YOU YIELD THE REST OF YOUR TIME.

YEAH, YEAH. BUT AGAIN, THERE MAY BE A FIVE MINUTE ROUND LATER TONIGHT. AND IF NOT TONIGHT, THEN TO THE ADJOURNED MEETING. OKAY.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DEWAN KUMAR. DIWAN.

GOT HERE. OKAY.

UM. UH, WILLIAM PARK.

YES. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PROPOSALS FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF THE KNOWLES. MY NAME IS WILLIAM HUPPERT. MY WIFE MOLLY AND I HAVE BEEN LIVING AT THE KNOWLES FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, AND COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED WITH OUR DECISION TO BECOME RESIDENTS. WE WERE BOTH RAISED IN WESTCHESTER, MAY IN PEEKSKILL, MOLLY AND CHAPPAQUA, AND WE SPENT MOST OF OUR LIVES TOGETHER RAISING THREE DAUGHTERS IN OSSINING. WE HAVE BOTH BEEN RETIRED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. MOLLY, FROM BEING A NURSE PRACTITIONER AT PACE UNIVERSITY, AND ME FROM 43 YEARS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENT MOSTLY IN CHAPPAQUA, WHERE I WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF THEIR WEST ORCHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND AFTER I RETIRED, I WAS PRINCIPAL OF HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN HASTINGS ON THE HUDSON FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. WE BOTH KNEW BEFORE MOVING TO THE KNOLLS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LOVELY APARTMENT, AND THERE WOULD BE ANY NUMBER OF AMENITIES, AS WELL AS A STAFF TO HELP SUPPORT US AS WE AGE. WHAT SURPRISED ME, IN

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FACT, SURPRISED US, I THINK SOMEWHAT, AND HAS MADE US DELIGHTED TO BE RESIDENTS OF OLALLA IS THE AMAZING, CARING, VIBRANT AND LOVING PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING AT THE KNOLLS EVERY DAY IS A BUSY, INTERESTING AND FUN DAY AS RESIDENTS AND STAFF WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE MOST OF ALL OUR INTERACTIONS. THE PROPOSED EXPANSION, WHICH MAY AT TIMES BE INCONVENIENT AND NOISY FOR US, WILL CERTAINLY ENHANCE THE CAMPUS IN MANY WAYS AND SHOULD GUARANTEE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE KNOLLS AND ITS UNIQUE POPULATION OF RESIDENTS AND WORKERS ALIKE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE BRANDING IS IMPORTANT. YOUR POST OFFICE ADDRESS MAY BE VALHALLA, BUT YOU ARE GREENBURG RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE TODAY. MR. ROBERTS, I WANT TO SAY NOT ON TOPIC. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL AND YOU HAD A FANTASTIC REPUTATION IN HASTINGS. IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO THANK.

YOU. ROBERT ROUHANI.

GOOD EVENING. UH, FIRST NAME ROBERT. LAST NAME RONNIE.

THAT'S SPELLED RH, AND THAT'S IN NOVEMBER. I, I RESIDE AT 154 REUNION ROAD IN BELMAR. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PEOPLE. SITTING BEFORE US TONIGHT SWORE A FIDUCIARY DUTY, A SACRED OBLIGATION TO UPHOLD THE RULES, REGULATIONS AND LAWS THAT GOVERN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.

THEY SWORE TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS WHO PUT THEM IN THAT SEAT. AND YET, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THIS MASSIVE PROJECT PUSHED BY THE KNOLLS, OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVEN'T JUST FALLEN SHORT. THEY HAVE FAILED US, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. WHY ARE WE EVEN STANDING HERE TONIGHT? WHY DID I SIT IN THAT CHAIR FOR 2.5 HOURS? THE KNOLLS HAS 22 ACTIVE VIOLATIONS ON THE RECORD, 22 INCLUDING FAILING, FAILING TO PAY THE FIRE DISTRICT TAX FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS. I FOUND IT ODD THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD NO COMMENTS FOR THEM. THE LEAST THEY CAN DO IS ASK FOR THEIR MONEY. AND LET'S BE CLEAR, THAT IS THE ONLY TAX OBLIGATION. THIS SO-CALLED TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HAS. THEY COULDN'T EVEN MANAGE THAT. HERE'S THE TRUTH NOBODY ON THIS BOARD WANTS TO SAY OUT LOUD, THIS PROJECT SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN ANYWHERE NEAR THE APPROVALS. IT'S ALREADY RECEIVED. GREENBERG'S OWN REGULATIONS ARE NOT VAGUE ON THIS POINT. ALL VIOLATIONS MUST BE RESOLVED BEFORE A PROJECT CAN ADVANCE. PERIOD. WE SHOULD NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW. WHAT PRECEDENT ARE YOU SETTING? SO SOMEBODY EXPLAINED TO ME, HOW DID THE NOLES FILE AN AFFIDAVIT SWEARING THEY HAD NO ACTIVE VIOLATIONS. WAS THAT A LIE? WAS IT NEGLIGENCE? EITHER WAY? WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY? AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BOARD BECAUSE YOU CHANGE THE ZONING RULES ON THE FLY FOR THEM. WOULD I GET THE SAME TREATMENT WITH ANYONE SITTING IN THIS ROOM? GET THAT TREATMENT.

ZONING RULES EXIST SO THAT THE PROJECTS HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE LAW, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. BUT HERE THE LAW IS BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO ANSWER TO THE NOLES. MAYBE IT'S THE VOTES THAT ONE OF THE ELDERLY HERE IN THE ROOM, RESIDENTS OF THE NOLES, INDICATED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING TAXES.

PROJECTS ARE SUPPOSED TO CONFORM TO ZONING INSTEAD.

ZONING IS BEING TWISTED TO CONFORM TO THIS PROJECT. THAT IS NOT GOVERNMENT. THAT IS FAVORITISM. AND ASK YOURSELF, CAN WE EVEN TRUST WHAT THE NOLES TELLS US? BECAUSE EVERYTHING THEY SAY RUNS DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY CONTRARY TO WHAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE. HAVE THEY MAINTAINED THEIR OWN PROPERTY? NO. HAVE THEY MAINTAINED THE DETENTION POND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT GRASSLANDS FROM FLOODING? NO.

HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS GO UP THERE TOMORROW MORNING AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DETENTION POND? IT LOOKS LIKE A SWAMP. THEY HAVE ALREADY SHOWN US THROUGH THE YEARS OF NEGLECT, EXACTLY WHAT THEY THINK OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS. AND NOW? NOW THEY WANT TO ADD MORE STRUCTURES, MORE PAVEMENT, MORE RUNOFF POURING STRAIGHT DOWN ONTO OUR STREETS AND INTO OUR HOMES.

MORE RISK TO OUR SAFETY. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, I'M TALKING.

SHE ASKED ME A QUESTION. I HAVE.

SOME DECENT BIRD. I HAVE. SOME DECENT. HAVE DECENCY.

YOU HAVE NO DECENCY. YOU'RE TALKING. WHEN I'M TALKING, YOU CAN ASK YOU. AFTERWARDS ABOUT YOUR STATEMENT. AND I. MORE RECENTLY.

SHE CAN ASK YOU AFTER I'M DONE. PLEASE BE.

PLEASE. OR I'M BEING POLITE TO YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RUDE. YOU'RE TALKING WHILE I'M

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TALKING. MORE RISK TO OUR SAFETY. MORE RISK TO OUR PROPERTY, MORE RISK TO OUR LIVES. SO I'M ASKING EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT. DO NOT SIT QUIETLY AND LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. CALL THIS BOARD, EMAIL THIS BOARD. SHOW UP AT EVERY SINGLE HEARING ON THIS PROJECT FROM NOW UNTIL IT STOPPED. THE MAN AT THE 22 VIOLATIONS BE RESOLVED IN FULL BEFORE ONE OR MORE VOTE IS TAKEN. DEMAND TO KNOW WHO REVIEWED THAT AFFIDAVIT AND WHY THEY DIDN'T CATCH IT. THE MAN, THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING OF EVERY ZONING EXCEPTION GRANTED TO THE NOLES AND WHY THIS IS OUR TOWN.

THESE ARE OUR STREETS AND OUR HOMES. OUR CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL ON ROADS THAT ARE GOING TO BE UNDER WATER THE NEXT TIME IT RAINS HARD. IF THIS BOARD WILL NOT STAND UP FOR US, THEN WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR OURSELVES. TONIGHT AND AT EVERY MEETING AFTER THIS ONE UNTIL THEY LISTEN. BECAUSE THE ACCOUNTABILITY WE'RE ASKING FOR ISN'T GOING TO COME LOOKING FOR US. WE HAVE TO DEMAND IT RIGHT NOW.

ZARA. HERCULES. MY NAME.

IS ZARA. HERCULES.

ZARA. HERCULES. OKAY.

I AM A SHAREHOLDER AT 759. YOU CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE.

JUST A LITTLE. HOW ABOUT HERE? THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY. I'M A SHAREHOLDER AT 759 HILLSIDE AVENUE OWNERS INC. OUR RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IS AFFECTED BY SERIOUS, RECURRING FLOODING ON HILLSIDE AVENUE. LAWRENCE DRIVE AND VIRGINIA ROAD. THESE STREETS ALREADY FLOOD. I UNDERSTAND THAT BETHEL'S ENGINEERS HAVE ANALYZED FOUR STORMWATER DESIGN POINTS AND REPORT THAT POST DEVELOPMENT, PEAK DISCHARGE WILL BE LOWER THAN THE EXISTING DISCHARGE. AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT HERE TO DISPUTE THEIR CALCULATIONS. MY CONCERN IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STORMWATER AFTER IT LEAVES BETHEL PROPERTY, AND I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE SHORT DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL EVENTS THAT PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN OUR AREA, NOT SIMPLY THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ACCUMULATED OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD. I HAVE THREE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWN ENGINEER OR BETHEL'S ENGINEER.

WHERE POSSIBLE, I'M REQUESTING JUST A YES OR NO ANSWER. SO THE QUESTION IS, HAS THE TOWN DETERMINED WHERE THE STORMWATER LEAVING BETHEL'S DESIGN POINTS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ULTIMATELY GOES? DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ANSWER? THE ENGINEER. YOU CAN YOU CAN USE THE USER TIME. AND THEN AGAIN OKAY.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASSUME THAT IT'S A NO ANSWER TO MY YES NO QUESTIONS. UM THANK YOU. SO WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE ULTIMATELY DISCHARGES. AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO ANSWER THEN I'M REQUESTING THAT THE DOWNSTREAM DRAINAGE PATH FROM THOSE FOUR DESIGN POINTS BE IDENTIFIED BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. MY SECOND QUESTION IS, DOES ANY OF THE STORMWATER ULTIMATELY ENTER OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, WATERCOURSE OR WATERSHEDS AFFECTING HILLSIDE AVENUE, LAWRENCE DRIVE, OR VIRGINIA ROAD? IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN HAS THE TOWN ENGINEER ACTUALLY TRACED THE DOWNSTREAM DRAINAGE PATH SUFFICIENTLY TO ESTABLISH THAT THERE IS NO CONNECTION? AND IF IT'S ALSO NO OR DON'T KNOW, THEN I'M ASKING. I'M REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN ESTABLISH THAT DRAINAGE PATH BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE IS, HAS THE TOWN ACTUALLY ANALYZED THE CAPACITY OF THE DOWNSTREAM DRAINAGE SYSTEM, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION SPECIFICALLY THE FLOOD, THE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING ON HILLSIDE AVENUE, LAWRENCE DRIVE AND VIRGINIA ROAD, PARTICULARLY DURING SHORT DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD EVENTS. RATHER THAN RELYING ONLY ON THE 24 HOUR RAIN TOTALS. AND IF THAT IS ALSO NO BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT, I'M REQUESTING THAT THE TOWN REQUIRE THAT DOWNSTREAM ANALYSIS, INCLUDING SHORT DURATION, HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL CONDITIONS AND THE EXISTING FLOODING ON HILLSIDE AVENUE, LAWRENCE DRIVE IN VIRGINIA ROAD, SPECIFICALLY, I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE FINAL APPROVAL. MY

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CONCERN IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONTROLLING STORMWATER ON THE BETHEL PROPERTY AND DETERMINING THE CAPACITY OF THE ALREADY FLOODING DOWNSTREAM RECEIVING SYSTEM. AND THAT WOULD BE MY FINAL STATEMENT FOR.

NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

UM, SO I DON'T WANT TO KEEP ON REPEATING THE SAME ANSWER OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO LET ME JUST ANSWER.

THE BUT YOU CAN. OKAY. WELL LET ME, LET ME, LET ME START THEN WITH THE NEW QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WATER. IT IT'S AN INFILTRATION BASIN.

INFILTRATION BASIN, WHICH MEANS THAT THE WATER STAYS IN THE BASIN AND THEN PERCOLATES INTO THE GROUND SO IT DOESN'T LEAVE THE SITE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE DECK REQUIRES. YOU CANNOT JUST LET YOUR WATER LEAVE THE SITE ANYMORE. UH, SO THE THE WATER DOESN'T MAKE IT INTO WHATEVER DOWNSTREAM SYSTEM THAT'S BEING REFERRED TO. UM, THAT WOULD BE TOPOGRAPHICALLY DOWN THE HILL. IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MAKE IT TO HILLSIDE AVENUE AGAIN, BECAUSE THE TOPOGRAPHY ON THE PROPERTY WOULDN'T. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR WATER. THAT'S THAT'S DOWN ONE SIDE OF THE HILL TO MAKE IT UP ONTO ANOTHER HILL, GO ALL THE WAY DOWN SO THAT THAT JUST PHYSICALLY COULDN'T HAPPEN, EVEN IF WE WERE JUST DECIDED TO JUST DISCHARGE THE WATER UP THE HILL, DC WOULD NEVER ALLOW US TO DO THAT. INSTEAD, WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS IS FIRST, WE PROPOSED A TEN YEAR DESIGN THAT THAT THE DECK WOULD REQUIRE YOUR ENGINEERS, YOUR INDEPENDENT ENGINEERS VETTED THAT AND SAID, NO, 25 YEARS. WE THEN WERE BEFORE YOU AND AS WELL AS THE PLANNING BOARD DISCUSSING DRAINAGE MANY, MANY NIGHTS, MANY NIGHTS, IT'S ALL ON VIDEO. EVERYBODY CAN WATCH IT. WHO WEREN'T AT THOSE MEETINGS. UH, AND ULTIMATELY, THE REQUEST WAS TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM TO 100 YEARS UNDER YOUR STORM, NOT JUST THE BASIN. THE BASIN WAS ALWAYS SIZED FOR 9.9.1 INCHES OF RAIN, BUT THE PIPES. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE DRAINS ALL ALONG THE ROADS AND ALL THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT CAPTURES THE RAIN. EVEN IN THE, UH, FLASH FLOODING EVENT.

RIGHT. THAT, THAT THAT THAT THAT DOWNPOUR GOES INTO THOSE DRAINS BECAUSE YOU'VE ASKED US TO SIZE THE PIPES AT A HUNDRED YEAR STORM RATE, IT MEANS THAT THOSE PIPES CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT RUSH OF WATER, ANY RUSH OF WATER WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST TEN, 15, 20 YEARS. IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SIZE LARGER THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING. IT WOULD THEN TAKE ALL THAT WATER AND PUT IT INTO THE BASIN, CATCH IT IN THE BASIN, PERCOLATE INTO THE GROUND. SO THEREFORE THERE IS NO OFFSITE FLOODING. I'M SURE MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STAND UP TONIGHT AND SAY, WHERE'S THE WATER GOING? THERE'S GOING TO BE FLOODING. I'LL CONTINUE TO SAY IT, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I SAY. YOUR ENGINEERS HAVE VETTED WHAT OUR ENGINEERS HAVE DONE AND AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN HAVE SAID THIS SYSTEM IS APPROPRIATE. THE SYSTEM HAS ADDRESSED ALL THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST 16 MONTHS.

CAN I JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE ENGINEERS? BECAUSE THE TOWN ENGINEER, UH, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY RESIGNED, DO WE HAVE, UM, DO WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT LIKE, ENGINEERING FIRM THAT COULD BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS REVIEW PROCESS, UH, COULD WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S INDEPENDENT IS NOT TIED TO THE TOWN, NOT TIED TO THE APPLICANT WHO COULD REVIEW, UM, OUR FLOOD MITIGATION INITIATIVES AND THEN, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE US, LIKE, AN INDEPENDENT, UM, YOU KNOW, REPORT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY GREAT OR IT'S NOT GREAT OR. I IS FOR THIS PROJECT, I BELIEVE FOR THIS PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH A TOWN ENGINEER MAY NOT WORK HERE ANYMORE, THAT HIS STATEMENT IS STILL VALID.

FOR NOW. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT I'M SORRY.

MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS.

BUT PRESUMABLY OUR TOWN ENGINEER IS GOING TO LOOK AT THINGS IN THE MOST CAREFUL WAY TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF OUR TOWN. I THINK WE NEED TO TRUST IN THAT. UM, AND THEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR. BUT, YOU KNOW WHY, PEOPLE THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE DON'T GENERALLY LIKE TRUST GOVERNMENT. SO THE THING IS, YOU KNOW. SO THE THING I'M SAYING, SO. WELL, I'M ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT I SORT OF FEEL I SORT OF FEEL THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE HAD HAD EXPERIENCED FLOODING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, SO THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE THERE'S BEEN OTHER PROJECTS AND IN THE PAST WHEN THERE'S BEEN OTHER PROJECTS PROPOSED, WE'VE SAID, OH, I'M SURE THAT ENGINEER TOWN ENGINEERS HAVE SAID, OH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SO BAD. AND IT IS, IT HASN'T BEEN THAT AS GREAT AS PEOPLE THOUGHT. SO I'M THINKING, UH, SO WE COULD CONVINCE THE COMMUNITY BEFORE WE APPROVE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE BASICALLY, UM, THAT WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS

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ABOUT ADDRESSING THE FLOODING. WHY DON'T.

WE PUTTING. IN A HUNDRED YEAR DRAINS? BUT. SERIOUSLY, IT IS SERIOUSLY ADDRESSING THE FLOODING. I MEAN, THAT IS AN.

UNUSUAL STEP, RIGHT? BUT I'M JUST SAYING, OH, HOLD.

ON, HOLD ON. LET ME SAY ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER, UH, WHO BASICALLY COULD REVIEW, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING, THE FOCUSING ON THE FLOODING AND THEN TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THEY FEEL THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WILL HELP AND HOW MUCH IT WILL HELP. AND WHAT ELSE THE TOWN COULD DO. UM, BESIDES THE APPLICANT, BESIDES THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS FLOODING. UM, SO WE COULD TURN THIS INTO A WIN WIN SITUATION. WE. I WANT TO MAKE THIS A WIN FOR PEOPLE.

EXCUSE ME. CAN I ASK.

YOU A QUESTION? HOW DO YOU DEFINE INDEPENDENT? BECAUSE I. BUT LET ME LET ME FINISH THE THOUGHT. THE THE.

EXCUSE ME. OKAY. PLEASE. YOU HAVE TIME TO SIGN UP. YOU COULD SPEAK, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

UM. PRESUMABLY, UM, THE THE ENGINEER WORKING FOR FOR BETHEL KNOWLES IS INDEPENDENT AND IS HIRED. IS HE ON STAFF? IS THE ENGINEER ON STAFF FOR THE. NO.

I WANT TO DEFINE WHAT HE WHAT HE MEANS BY INDEPENDENT. I'M ASSUMING ANYONE YOU HIRE IS INDEPENDENT. WHAT MAKES THIS ENGINEER NOT INDEPENDENT WHEN THEY'VE BEEN THERE AND OUTSIDE CONSULTANT HIRED. SO HOW DO YOU DEFINE.

INDEPENDENT? UH. WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST WAS OTHER APPLICATIONS OVER THE YEARS IS WHEN THERE'S BEEN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AN APPLICATION.

I'VE SAID, LET'S HAVE THE COMMUNITY, UM, WORK WITH THE TOWN AND IDENTIFYING AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER THAT THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRUST WHO. AND THEN BASICALLY AND WE'VE DONE THIS OVER. I'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. AND THEN BASICALLY THEY WOULD HELP US SELECT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO WE THINK WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN THAT INDEPENDENT FIRM COULD LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICATION COULD LOOK AT THE PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S AND THEN COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS FLOODING IN THE AREA. SO IF THE APPLICATION IS GOING TO GO FORWARD AND WE COULD SAY TO RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS OUR PLAN TO SOLVE ALL THE FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE HAVING.

THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NEVER GOING. TO HAPPEN.

WELL. LET'S NOT GIVE FALSE HOPE.

NO, LET ME SAY I'M I'M MORE OF AN OPTIMIST THAN YOU. OR IF WE COULD SAY IT'S. THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP US, SANDY, FROM CLOSING YOUR BASEMENT, OR.

WE CAN MAKE IT VERY BETTER. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO JUST LIKE WE. WE'RE DOING THIS ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, IN FULTON PARK.

THEY'VE THE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS HAS DONE HAS WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF, UM, FLOOD MITIGATION IN MANHATTAN BROOK AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF FLOODING IN THAT IN THAT AREA.

SO NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER AREA THAT'S FLOODED THIS AREA. SO WE'VE WE'RE FOCUSING ON FULTON PARK. NOW LET'S SHOW THE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITY AS WELL. WE CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ALL AT ONCE, BUT WE COULD START PRIOR.

WE COULD SAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE NOW OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS FLOODING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW PEOPLE WHO ARE OBJECTING TO THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, BIG ISSUE IS THE FLOODING. SO IF WE COULD SOLVE THE FLOODING PROBLEM THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE OBJECTING TO, YOU KNOW, THIS APPLICATION. UH.

SO, GARRETT. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING.

TO SAY? YEAH. JUST REAL QUICK. I MEAN, THAT'S DIFFERENT. YOUR SUGGESTION KIND OF EVOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE IDEA. IF THE TOWN WANTS TO INDEPENDENTLY STUDY REGIONAL FLOODING IN THE AREA INDEPENDENT OF THIS PROJECT, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DECISION THE TOWN BOARD CAN LOOK INTO AND DECIDE IF IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESOURCES IT WANTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO DO SUCH A STUDY. AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL, UM, NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT COMPETENT ENGINEERS WITH THE RIGHT CREDENTIALS. DITTO THAT. FROM THE TOWN SIDE, THE PROJECT WAS COMPREHENSIVELY REVIEWED, SO THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION FOR DOING OVER AND ABOVE THAT WITH AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. HOWEVER, IF THE TOWN BOARD WANTS TO DO THAT, I WOULD SAY PROCEED AS IF THE THE EXISTING STORMWATER AND ITS REVIEW IS VALID SEPARATE

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FROM THAT OF THE TOWN BOARD ON TOWN DOLLAR WANTS TO FINANCE AN INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT COMES UP THAT SAYS THERE WAS SOME FLAW IN THEIR PROPOSAL OR WHAT WAS REVIEWED. THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK FOR SEEKER AT. THERE WAS SUCH A FLAW FOUND. BUT I, I THINK THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL ESCROW FOR THEM FOR THE TOWN TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT. I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE TOTALLY BORNE BY THE TOWN'S COST. THE ONLY CONCERN THAT THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS I SORT OF FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED FLOODING, THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE FLOODING. AND I FEEL THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WHO HAS PROPERTY, THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE US TAKE AN ACTION STEP WITHOUT LIKESSURANCES THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS GOING TO BE BETTER. SO I'M SAYING IF WE BASICALLY, UM, COULD HIRE AND MAYBE THE TOWN BOARD SHOULD HIRE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD SAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE FLOODING OUR ATTENTION AND, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, WE WANT TO DIRECT THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS TO GIVE FLOODING IN THIS AREA. THE MITIGATION HIGH PRIORITY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE IT THE SAME ATTENTION WE'VE BEEN GIVING FULTON PARK. THEN I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. YEAH.

I THINK. WE NEED TO.

GIVE ATTENTION TO FULTON PARK BECAUSE COUNCILWOMAN JACKSON TOOK ON FLOODING AND FULTON PARK, WE DIDN'T HIRE AN OUTSIDE ENGINEER TO DO THAT. FRANK MORABITO WORKED WITH, AND WE WORKED. WITH FRANK MORABITO.

AND WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY.

BUT THIS IS HOW THESE MEETINGS DISSOLVE INTO CHAOS.

IT IS NOT OKAY. WHY DON'T.

WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC? WHY DON'T WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC? WE CAN THEN LOOK TO SEE WHAT ISSUES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. I SERIOUSLY OBJECT TO YOU REPEATEDLY UNDERMINING OUR TOWN STAFF BY SAYING WE NEED TO GET A GOOD PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. WE HAVE GOOD PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ON STAFF. MOST OF THE STAFF HAS RESIGNED AND THERE'S NOBODY IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT..

CAN WE, CAN WE NOT HAVE ANY WORK SESSION? CAN WE CAN WE MOVE ON, PLEASE? TIME TO MOVE ON. LET'S MOVE ON.

WELL, IT'S TRUE. YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT. LET'S MOVE ON. BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE SITTING HERE.

YEAH. AND WE HAVE. THEM LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF CONCLUSION. AND I THINK THAT THE 20 PLUS RESIDENTS.

PLUS TWO BIT PAID. KNOW ARE AND EVERYONE ELSE TO HAVE HAVE, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT.

HECTOR. YOU. JUJUY. I'M SO SORRY. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR. NAME.

EUGENE. EUGENE. THANK YOU.

JACK. UH.

EVENING. HECTOR. EUGENE. ACTUALLY, BEFORE I GO TO MY PREPARED RESPONSES, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND, UH, RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE NICE PEOPLE HERE AND THEIR DESIRE FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN BEFORE. YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIMES. AND I'M THE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR, MY WIFE AND I, TO THE PROJECT, AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES, UH, BECAUSE WE WANT THIS PROJECT TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

UH, YOU KNOW, THE NICE PEOPLE BEHIND ME MAY NOT, MAY NOT KNOW THAT ALL THE LAWS, SUCH AS A MAXIMUM OF TWO AND A HALF STORIES, BUT THE NOLES WANTS TO PUT A FIVE STORY BEHEMOTH BEHIND MY, YOU KNOW, HOUSE. THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT, UM, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE LAW OF 75 FOOT OFFSETS TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS IN THE TOWN. BUT THE NOLES WANTS TO VARIANCE IT DOWN TO 24FT. THEY WANT TO PUT A RETAINING WALL 24FT FROM MY PROPERTY. UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN PUSHING AGAINST THESE ITEMS, AND THEN NOLES NOW WANTS TO CHANGE THE LAWS. IT'S IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF THIS AND IT'S, IT'S IT'S BEEN EXHAUSTING AND YOU KNOW, BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN. UH, SO NOW THE PREPARED ITEMS THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON, UH, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU NICE PEOPLE. I WANT TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE PROPOSED ACCESS WAY, UH, BEHIND MY HOME. AND IN FACT, THAT ITS IMPACTS STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY STUDIED. BUT FIRST, I EVEN HAVE A POINT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND THE JULY 23RD REVISION REVIEW. GRASSLANDS IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERSTATED IN THE ANALYSIS. WE POINTED THIS OUT. THE ANALYSIS USES AN IT TRIP GENERATION RATE FOR CONVALESCENT HOMES. THE BRIGHT VIEW GRASSLANDS IS 170 UNITS. SENIOR LIVING COMPLEX, INCLUDING 89 INDEPENDENT LIVING UNITS. BUT THE APPLICANT'S TEAM IS AWARE OF THIS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENTED THE RIGHT VIEW AS WELL. DURING ITS APPROVALS. UH, THE TRAFFIC CONTRIBUTED TO THE

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RIGHT THROUGH GRASSLANDS MUST BE REVISED AND ACCOUNTED FOR.

AND JUST THE 89 INDEPENDENT LIVING UNITS ALONE FOR NET FACILITY WILL GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC THAN THE NOLS EXPANSION. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LEFT OUT OF THE STUDY, UH, MY PRIMARY CONCERN TONIGHT IS ALSO THE ACCESS WAY BEHIND MY HOME.

AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE ROAD RUNS A PERIMETER OF THE ENTIRE COMPLEX AND IS APPROXIMATELY 24FT FROM MY PROPERTY, LOCATED ON AN ELEVATED RETAINING WALL. IT'S NOT JUST A DRIVEWAY SERVING 1 OR 2 HOMES, IT WOULD BE AN ACCESS WAY TO CIRCULATION ROAD, SERVING MORE THAN 200 UNITS WITH VEHICLES OF ALL KIND TRAVELING BEHIND MY HOME THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT, NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS AS AS WAS MENTIONED, BUT DELIVERY TRUCKS AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF VEHICLES BEHIND MY HOUSE, UH, DIRECTLY BEHIND MY PROPERTY AND THE NEIGHBORS PROPERTIES, UH, THE ROAD HAS SHARP CURVES, STEEP GRADE CHANGES, AND AN ELEVATED CONDITION. THOSE ARE THE EXACTLY THE TYPES OF CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE INCREASED VEHICLE NOISE FROM ACCELERATION, BRAKING, ENGINE LOAD AND TIRE NOISE. I'VE RAISED THIS ISSUE PREVIOUSLY. SO IS MY WIFE USING THE APPLICANT'S OWN TRAFFIC STUDY? I DISCUSSED THE AMOUNT OF NIGHTTIME TRAFFIC EXPECTED TO USE A ROADWAY, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THE REPEATED NOISE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORING HOMES AT LEVELS THAT OF EACH, POTENTIALLY TO EXCEED THE GREENBERG'S NOISE ORDINANCE MULTIPLE TIMES EACH DAY. AND YET IT HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED. UM. IN FACT, COMMISSIONER SHEEHAN'S POINT, IT'S PART OF SECRE, UH, NOISE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT. IT'S ALL AND IT'S JUST BEEN IGNORED.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. THE ROADWAY NOISE STUDY WAS PREPARED FOR THE ACCESS ROAD AT THE GREENFIELD METROPOLIS SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT. BUT LEFT OUT OF THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHY. HERE WE HAVE THIS ROADWAY WITH MORE CHALLENGING TOPOGRAPHY AND SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER TRAFFIC AND GREATER RISK PROFILE NEIGHBORS. YET NO ANALYSIS BEFORE APPROVING THIS LAYOUT, THE TOWN SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS WILL ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE AND ACTUALLY THEIR OWN RESIDENTS AND THE NEIGHBORS. AND I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON IT. THERE IS NO, UH. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE FINAL MINUTE. WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD, THIS ACCESS WAY REQUIRED A SETBACK VARIANCE BECAUSE IT WAS PROPOSED APPROXIMATELY 25FT IN A PROPERTY LINE. WHILE THE SETBACK WAS 75FT. THAT MEANT THAT THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION THAT THE ZONING BOARD WOULD SEPARATELY EVALUATE WHETHER LOCATING THIS ROAD SO CLOSE TO NEIGHBORING HOMES WAS APPROPRIATE. NOW, THAT VARIANCE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE LATEST, LATEST VARIANCE DETERMINATION. BUT THE PHYSICAL IMPACT HAS NOT BEEN ELIMINATED. THE ROAD IS STILL THERE. IT IS STILL 24FT FROM MY PROPERTY. IT'S STILL ELEVATED AND WILL STILL CARRY A TRAFFIC AT AROUND 200 FOR 200 UNIT PLUS COMPLEX. UH, AND IT'LL STILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THE HOMES BESIDE IT. AND NO ONE HAS REALLY CONSIDERED THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORS FOR ANY OF THIS.

REMOVING THE VARIANCE DOES NOT REMOVE THE IMPACT. THIS MAKES IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO EVALUATE THESE IMPACTS BEFORE APPROVING THE PROJECT. I'M ASKING FOR SOMETHING VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD REQUIRE PROFESSIONAL NOISE STUDY OF THIS ACCESS WAY. EVALUATE THE IMPACT AT THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THIS WAS DONE FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE METROPOLIS AND IT SHOULD BE DONE HERE. UH. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

AND AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

AS A. FELLOW PUBLIC SERVANT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SHERRY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. SHERRY, THREE STEVENS LANE. THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT, I HAVE INCREASINGLY FELT LIKE I HAVE HAD TO BECOME THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THIS APPLICATION. AGAIN AND AGAIN, I HAVE HAD TO IDENTIFY INFORMATION PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT MADE THIS PROJECT APPEAR SMALLER OR LESS IMPACTFUL THAN IT REALLY IS. IT WAS REPEATEDLY DESCRIBED AS A TWO AND A HALF AND THREE AND A HALF STORY PROJECT. WHEN IT IS ONE CONNECTED BUILDING, REACHING FIVE STORIES AND THOSE SUPPOSED HALF STORIES THEY TALKED ABOUT NEVER MET THE DEFINITION ANYWAY. NOT EVEN CLOSE. THE PUBLIC WAS TOLD, WAS INITIALLY TOLD, AND NOTICED THAT THIS WAS A 41,240 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION, WHEN THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE FOOTPRINT ONLY, AND IT HAD TO BE NOTICED. THEY RELIED ON A LOWER DECORATIVE EAVE TO CALCULATE HEIGHT AND BRIGHT VIEW GRASSLANDS WAS LEFT OUT OF

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THE INITIAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ALTOGETHER. UNTIL WE COMPLAINED. THE PATTERN IS THE SAME SMALLER, SHORTER, LESS IMPACTFUL, AND THE PLANNING BOARD MADE ITS RECOMMENDATION WHILE RELYING ON INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT THAT WE NOW KNOW WAS MATERIALLY INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE. AND THE FORMAL RECOMMENDATION GIVEN TO YOU CONTAINS THAT FALSE INFORMATION. I HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED, WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO DISCOVER ABOUT THIS PROJECT? WELL, HERE IS TONIGHT'S WHOPPER. THE TOWN HAS A VERY SPECIFIC ZONING REQUIREMENT INTENDED TO PREVENT NRC'S ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, NURSING HOMES, AND OTHER SENIOR FACILITIES FROM BEING CLUSTERED TOGETHER. IT IS ITEM 11 OF THE ARC ZONING REQUIREMENTS. THE REQUIRED SEPARATION IS 4000FT. THE KNOLLS ALREADY EXISTED WHEN THIS REQUIREMENT WAS ADOPTED, SO IT IS LEGALLY NONCONFORMING.

BUT NOW THEY ARE ASKING THE TOWN FOR PERMISSION FOR A MAJOR, MAJOR EXPANSION. AND THEY REQUIRE A NEW SPECIAL PERMIT. THROUGHOUT THIS APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN REQUIRED TO RESPOND IN WRITING TO EACH OF THE CCRC ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND REPEATEDLY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS SAY. TO THIS POINT SPECIFICALLY MEETS REQUIREMENTS. IT'S ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE THE SITE PLANS IN THEIR FORMAL NOVEMBER 3RD RESPONSE TO THE PLANNING BOARD, WHEN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING ITEM 11 AND THE 4000 FOOT SEPARATION REQUIREMENT, THEY WROTE. THE PROJECT MEETS THIS REQUIREMENT AS THE PROJECT IS MORE THAN 4000FT AWAY FROM THE GROVE, BUT THEY ARE NOT 4000FT FROM THE GROVE. THEY ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT. AND HERE IS WHERE THIS BECOMES ESPECIALLY TROUBLING WHEN ADJACENCY TO THE GROWTH BENEFITS THE APPLICATION THEY RELY UPON THAT ADJACENCY TO SUPPORT A FALSE INTERPRETATION OF THE ZONING CODE THAT EFFECTIVELY DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF UNITS THEY CAN CLAIM THEY ARE ENTITLED TO. BUT WHEN THAT EXACT SAME ADJACENCY CREATES A PROBLEM UNDER THE TOWN'S 4000 FOOT ANTI CLUSTERING REQUIREMENT, SUDDENLY THEY CLAIM THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENT AND HOPE NO ONE WILL NOTICE. THEY CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. THE GROVE CANNOT BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO HELP THEM DOUBLE THEIR DENSITY, BUT SOMEHOW FAR ENOUGH AWAY. WHEN THE ZONING CODE REQUIRES 4000FT OF SEPARATION. AND THIS ISSUE GOES BEYOND ZONING, WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER BRIGHT VIEW GRASSLANDS, SECRE IMPACTS DO NOT STOP AT THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY. BRIGHT VIEW IS A 170 UNIT SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT IMMEDIATELY NEARBY. ALSO WITHIN 4000FT, AND THE TOWN ITSELF HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED THROUGH THIS VERY ZONING REQUIREMENT THAT CLUSTERING SENIOR FACILITIES CREATES A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT. THAT WAS THE VERY REASON FOR CREATING THIS REQUIREMENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO WHY HAS THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF THESE FACILITIES NOT BEEN EXAMINED? WHY HAVE I HAD TO REPEATEDLY IDENTIFY ALL THESE ISSUES MYSELF? AND WHY HAS THE TOWN NOT HELD THE APPLICANT ACCOUNTABLE FOR MATERIALLY INACCURATE AND MISLEADING SUBMISSIONS? AT WHAT POINT DOES THE TOWN STOP ACCEPTING THE WORDS MEETS REQUIREMENTS, AND ACTUALLY VERIFY THAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET? AND AFTER EVERYTHING WE HAVE UNCOVERED, I THINK THIS BOARD NEEDS TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.

WHAT ELSE WILL WE DISCOVER ABOUT THE KNOLLS PROJECT? UNTIL THE TOWN CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS BOARD CAN RESPONSIBLY APPROVE THIS EXPANSION. THANK YOU. BEFORE I TURN.

TO THE, UM, CAN. YOU HOLD.

TRANSCRIPTION, PLEASE? THANK YOU. UH, BEFORE WE GO TO ERIC LINDSAY, UM, WHO IS ONLINE. OH. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANTED TO CALL MR., UM, DEWAN KUMAR ONE MORE TIME IN CASE I MISSED HIM.

OKAY. NO PROBLEM. UM, NEXT ON THE LIST TO SPEAK AT THE HEARING IS ERIC LINDSAY. TRANSCRIPTION.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE BACK. ON.

HOW DO YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY.

GOOD. ERIC.

ERIC LINDSLEY, LYNN SLE UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU HAVE A VERY HARD DECISION TO MAKE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S THE TRUTH. THERE'S NOT TRUTH. AND THEN THERE'S THERE'S, YOU KNOW, HIS SIDE, THE NORTH SIDE. YOU'RE GETTING ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STORIES. THE YOUNG LADY JUST ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES THE WATER GO? AND THE, UH, THE STRIPEY TIE GUY GOT UP, UH, AND HE SAID THAT THE WATER'S NOT GOING TO TOUCH HILLSIDE. EXCUSE ME. COULD I JUST SUGGEST YOU COULD EXCUSE ME? COULD YOU JUST SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT? WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER WHO'S TAKING DOWN WHAT YOU'RE WRITING, SO JUST AS BEST YOU CAN. SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.. WITH THE FIVE MINUTES I GET IT.

I GOT FIVE HOURS. I UNDERSTAND, BUT.

OKAY, I I'M SORRY. AS BEST YOU CAN.

YES, SIR. OKAY, SO, UM, THE QUESTION WAS JUST RAISED.

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WHERE THE WATER MAINS. AND, UH, YOU JUST HEARD THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO GO DOWN, UH, HILLSIDE AVENUE ON JUNE 10TH OF 2026. LEE LEFTWICH, REPRESENTATIVE OF BETH, SAID THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE AREA IS SUCH THAT THE OVERFLOW WOULD FLOW DOWN GRASSLANDS ROAD, AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS ON STEVENS LANE, SO RIGHT HERE, WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF TESTIMONY IN FRONT OF THE TOWN BOARD, WE'VE HEARD TWO STORIES. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PATTERN GOING ON HERE WITH THESE FOLKS.

THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. UM, I HAD PREPARED REMARKS, BUT I JUST GOT INTO DALLAS AND I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, SO I'M JUST GOING ON WHAT WAS JUST, UH, SAID, I APOLOGIZE. THAT WATER'S NOT STAYING IN A BASIN THAT'S COMING RIGHT DOWN GRASSLANDS ROAD. AND WE. SINCE I WAS BEFORE YOU THE LAST TIME WE'VE HAD ANOTHER FLOOD, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BECAUSE I GAVE YOU GUYS PICTURES OF THE, UH, OF THE SITUATION WITH THE ROCKS. AND YOU SENT, UH, A CREW THERE, A CREW TO LAWRENCE DRIVE. UH, THE NEXT DAY, THE AMOUNT OF ROCKS THAT THEY TOOK OUT OF THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM WAS BEYOND COMICAL. AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CLEAR. THAT WAS AFTER AFTER ALREADY BEING, UM, CLEARED. AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE FLOODING AT THE END OF THE PIPE, YOU'VE GOT MAYBE 30% CLEARANCE AND A TEN FOOT, UH, INCLINE IN THE SCHOOL. THE WHOLE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM IS BANANAS. IT YOU DON'T NEED AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. THE DAY THAT YOUR CREW WAS THERE, I TALKED TO THE STAFF. THESE ARE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK IN THESE PIPES EVERY DAY. HE SAID, AND I QUOTE, IT'S BAD. IT'S REALLY BAD. THERE'S YOUR INDEPENDENT, UH, INDEPENDENT, UM, STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, SAYING IT'S BAD. HE WORKS IN THE PIPES EVERY DAY. UH, I APOLOGIZE, I WISH I HAD MY REMARKS. UM, YOU KNOW, I SUPERVISOR JUST SAID THAT THE PEOPLE TRUST THE GOVERNMENT. I DON'T TRUST THE FOLKS TO SIT BEHIND THE MICROPHONE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER OUT OF THAT, EITHER ON PAPER OR AT THE MICROPHONE. AND, UM, AND THESE WERE NOT SUPERSTORM SANDY STORMS. THESE WERE NOT 100 YEAR STORMS. THERE'S A PROBLEM. IT IS A BAD PROBLEM. AND THIS PROJECT CANNOT HAPPEN. UH.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE FLOODING. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE TRAFFIC, THE EXHAUST, THE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. UM. UH.

I DON'T WORRY. I DON'T SEE THIS HEARING CLOSING TONIGHT. AND SO YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY NEXT TIME, AND YOU CAN GET YOUR NOTES. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PASS THE REST OF MY TIME JUST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE, UH, WHAT I HAVE, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE AS IT IS. AND THERE'S, THERE'S JUST GO TAKE A LOOK. LOOK AT THE PICTURES THAT I GAVE YOU THE LAST. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU KNOW, BY SENDING YOU THE CREW, YOU CORROBORATED WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING. IT'S A IT'S A DISASTER.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW? AND THE STATE IS NOT HELPING. I MEAN, THIS WAS ALSO BOTH THIS SUMMER AND LAST SUMMER BECAUSE OF RAIN, BECAUSE OF THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, THE THE ROUTE FROM OUR AREA TO THE REGENTS LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER WAS CLOSED. GRASSLANDS WAS CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE STORM WATER. THE ROAD COLLAPSED. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO PASS. UH, THANK YOU GUYS. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR FOR YOU TO MAKE A INTELLIGENT DECISION WHEN YOU'RE BEING LIED TO AND MISLED THE WAY YOU ARE. OF COURSE. NO MORE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE HEARING. OH, YEAH.

HE WAS. HE THE ONE? YES. TWO MINUTES. AND HE WAS.

SUPPOSED TO GO. YES. HE HE ASKED TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST A LONG TIME AGO. YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME.

SIR? YEAH, HE WAS THE ONE.

OH YES, I YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT I WAS CALLING THE PA. I'M SORRY.

I WAS CALLING THE WRONG GENTLEMAN. MY APOLOGIES. PLEASE COME TO THE MIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I ALSO LISTED MY NAME, HELEN FLAHERTY. WE ADDED IT AND YOU SAID YES.

IT WAS ON THE RIGHT LIST. JUST ABOUT OUR LIST.

IS THERE ALSO A POTENTIAL SPEAKER ON THIS SIDE AS WELL OR. NO.

OH, I APOLOGIZE. UM, YOU WERE TOO. YEAH. NO. YOU HAD. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING FOR THE FIVE MINUTES. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING FOR THE HEARING. THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO BE ON THE LIST? NO. OKAY, OKAY.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, UH, APOLOGIES FOR FOR THE EARLIER, UM, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, SO NOT. I'M AT THE.

JUST SPELL YOUR NAME, PLEASE, FOR JUST.

ABOUT MY NAME. FIRST NAME IS JACOB SIERRA HOTEL. ALPHA KILO.

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ALPHA INDIA. BRAVO. MY LAST NAME IS BHARTI BRAVO. HOTEL ALPHA TANGO. TANGO INDIA. UM. AND I LIVE AT 116 EDEN COURT IN WILLMAR, WHITE PLAINS. I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE TOWN BOARD TO REJECT THE PROPOSAL OF BETHEL KNOLLS EXPANSION AT FIVE FIVE GRASSLAND LOADS IN. IN ITS CURRENT FORM. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE TO THE ASSISTED LIVING, WHAT IT DOES, WHAT GOOD IT DOES. WHAT I'M OPPOSED TO IS THE EXPANSION, THE DEVELOPMENT, AND WHAT LIES AHEAD. I HEARD SOMEBODY SAYING ABOUT SANDY, BUT THAT WAS GOD'S THING. THIS IS GOING TO BE ON YOUR RECORD IF YOU SANCTION THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAN MADE, UM, HOPEFULLY NOT CATASTROPHE. UM, WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR, UM, INDIVIDUALS HERE WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WHAT CONCERNS LIES AHEAD. WHAT I HAVE INTERESTINGLY NOTICED I DIDN'T COME PREPARED FOR THIS, BUT WHAT I HAVE INTERESTINGLY NOTICED IS THE LACK OF TRUST. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU GUYS NEED TO BRING BACK. IF YOU IF YOU SIT BEHIND THAT RESPONSIBLE CHAIR, YOU NEED TO GET THAT BACK. I DON'T SEE IT. I SEE IT IN A WAY HOW INDEPENDENT HAS BEEN QUESTIONED WHERE I VERY MUCH WELCOME THE IDEA OF BEING IN BRINGING IN AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT OR ENGINEER OR SUPPORT. I WOULD RATHER ALSO GO TOWARDS HAVING AN INDEPENDENT BOARD OF ENGINEERS, NOT JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL SAYING, YES, I LIKE IT. GREAT. GO AHEAD. NO, THERE HAS TO BE AT LEAST THREE. THERE HAS TO BE THAT DEMOCRATICALLY VETTED PROCESS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO GO. YEAH, I CHECKED THAT BOX. GO AHEAD, DO IT. I ALSO WOULD WANT TO MENTION ANYBODY WHO HAS DRIVEN FROM LEGION DRIVE. SORRY, MY MY MISTAKE IF I'M SAYING THAT WRONG. BUT FROM LEGION DRIVE ON TO THE GRASSLAND ROAD IN THE RUSH HOURS, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HAD TO HAVE A BREAK BECAUSE THERE WAS A CAR OR A TRUCK OR A VEHICLE FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD COMING REALLY VERY FAST OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOUR TRAFFIC ADT HAS RISEN. PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. DON'T IGNORE IT. IT WILL COME. THERE HAS BEEN A MENTION ABOUT THE THE THE THE STORAGE FOR THE EXCESS WATER. WELL, YES, BUT WE HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT STORMWATER AS WE HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT HOW THE FLASH FLOODS HAVE CAUSED AND AND WHAT LIES AHEAD, AT LEAST IN, IN WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE EXPERTS ON, ON, ON THE WEATHER CHANNELS. SO DON'T IGNORE THAT.

THERE HAS TO BE A STUDY AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME FROM MY POCKET BECAUSE SOMEBODY WANTS TO DEVELOP A LAND THERE. AND WHAT, WHAT 22 VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN ALREADY THERE AND HAS NOT RESPECTED THAT? HOW CAN I TRUST THAT? AGAIN, UNDERSCORE THE WORD TRUST. I WOULD WANT TO QUESTION ABOUT THE ENGINEER CURRENTLY YOU HAVE ON THE TEAM. HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE VETTED AND HAVE HAVE ASKED OR HAVE FAVORED OR HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE RECORD SO THAT WE CAN REST ASSURED AND WE CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT EASILY, THAT YES, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A STORM. AND THEN MY BASEMENT OR SOMEBODY WILL WILL BE HARMED WITH THAT. I ALSO WOULD WANT TO MENTION. ONCE A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE, IF EVER APPROVED, CANNOT UNDO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, COME ACROSS AND COME ACROSS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WILL BE AFFECTED BECAUSE OF THIS. SO THERE HAS TO BE. DUE DILIGENCE.

I REPEAT THE WORD DILIGENCE, NOT JUST TECH BOX EXERCISE FOR THIS. I WOULD AGAIN URGE THE BOARD MEMBERS. TO DO THE RIGHT THING. WITH INFORMED ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS AND FACTS, AND THEN DO THAT. WHAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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HELEN FLAHERTY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU. HELEN ATLAN.

FLAHERTY. FL.

A. T. OKAY.

I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO NEED THE WHOLE.

FIVE MINUTES. MICROPHONE.

THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW. A LITTLE CLOSER.

I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS. I'M SO SORRY.

JUST MOVE A LITTLE. JUST CLOSER. I'M MOVING CLOSER TO YOU. SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS HELEN FLAHERTY. I LIVE AT SEVEN STEVENS LANE. I AM A DIRECT NEIGHBOR TO THE KNOLLS. MY ENTIRE BACK PROPERTY LINE RUNS ALONG THE WALL. THE THE KNOLLS? UM. IT'S DIVIDED. IF YOU LOOKED AT THE PLANS BY A STONE WALL. UM, SO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT REALLY IMPACTS MY NEIGHBORS DOESN'T IMPACT ME AS MUCH AS BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK. BUT THE THE NEW ROADWAY WILL BE DIRECTLY BEHIND MY PROPERTY AND DIRECTLY, LIKE 50FT BEHIND THE WALL. RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT THAT PROPERTY IS UP HERE, AND I'M DOWN HERE. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. FLOODWATER AND THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF JUST THAT BIG STORM THAT COULD COME DOWN, BECAUSE THAT WATER IS GOING TO FLOW DIRECTLY INTO THE BACK OF MY HOME. IF IT DOESN'T FLOW DOWN THIS WAY, IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY FLOW THIS WAY. UM, AND I THINK SOMEONE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER. RIGHT. HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT HOUSE? I'VE LIVED THERE FOR, WHAT, 31 YEARS NOW? THAT HOUSE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 31 YEARS. MAY NOT HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN OWNED BY THE KNOLLS, BUT IT HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR 31 YEARS. THE ROOF IS COLLAPSING. AND GUESS WHO WENT BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK? THE LITTLEST PEOPLE ON MY ON OUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LITTLE FIVE YEAR OLDS WITH THEIR NEW BACKPACKS WENT WALKING TO THE CORNER WAITING FOR THE LITTLE YELLOW SCHOOL BUS IN FRONT OF A ABANDONED HOUSE THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD PEOPLE JUST SLEEPING IN IT LATELY. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SCARY TO THINK THAT WE HAVE BEEN IGNORED FOR THIS LONG. UM, AND MY LAST COMMENT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS ON THE PLANS, AND I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT THERE IS WHAT'S CALLED AN AQUIFER. IS THAT CORRECT? AQI IFER YES, THAT RUNS AND I DO HAVE IT ON MY PLANS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 31 YEARS.

THAT RUNS UNDERNEATH THE GROUND, BEHIND THE WALL, ACROSS. MY DRIVE.

IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK INTO THE MIC, PLEASE, BECAUSE THEN THE. AUDIENCE WON'T HEAR.

IT RUNS BEHIND THE WALL. I SEE THE WATER TODAY.

DO YOU WANT TO PICK UP THE MICROPHONE? IF YOU WANT TO FACE. THE MENACE.

I'M NOT GOOD. AT THIS.

PLEASE, PLEASE ADDRESS THE BOARD.

OKAY. I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. SO TODAY THERE IS AN AQUIFER THAT EXISTS ON THE KNOLLS PROPERTY RIGHT BEHIND THE WALL. IN FACT, WHEN THERE IS A RAINSTORM, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DRAMATIC. I COULD SEE AND I COULD SHOW THEM IF THEY WANTED TO SEE THE WATER COMES UP, THE GROUND RUNS DOWN THE GRASS ON MY DRIVEWAY, RIGHT INTO THE SEWER. ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS IF THE WATER DOESN'T RUN DOWN THIS WAY, LIKE I'M BEING TOLD IT'S GOING TO, IF IT STOPS HERE, IS THAT WATER GOING TO START TO RUN DOWN STEVENS LANE? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BECAUSE I'M BEING HONEST, I'M NOT THE ENGINEER AND I WOULDN'T KNOW. AND I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE PLANS, NOR DO I KNOW IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE PLANS. BUT I DO HAVE MY SURVEY FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, 1990. UM, THAT DOES SHOW THAT. AND IT ACTUALLY USES THE TERM THAT THERE WAS A BROOK THERE AT ONE POINT. SO IF THAT WATER DOESN'T MAKE IT TO THAT BASIN, WHERE IS IT GOING TO END UP IN THE RESIDENTS HOMES IN MY BACKYARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. HAL SALMONS.

NO, NOT IN THE SEWER. IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO SPEAK ON THIS HEARING. HOWEVER, THERE IS A COMMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AND GET INTO THE RECORD. I DON'T HAVE ANY SKIN IN THIS BATTLE. I'M NOT FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT.

BUT WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. IS COUNCIL'S REFERENCE. TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS EMPLOYED BY THE TOWN. I THINK THE TRUE FACTS OF WHAT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TODAY IS IN GREENBERG SHOULD BE RELEASED AS PART OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE NO SENIOR ENGINEERS IN THE DEPARTMENT AS OF THIS MINUTE, UNLESS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT ENGINEER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS RECENTLY PASSED HIS EXAMS AND IS NOW GRADUATED TO BECOME A SENIOR ENGINEER. I HAVE MY OWN PROBLEMS WITH THE

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BUREAU OF ENGINEERING AS THE TOWN BOARD KNOWS, AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITIES TO REPORT.

THEREFORE, I APPLAUD MR. FINE'S APPROACH THAT WE SHOULD GO OUT AND SEEK NEW ENGINEERS, INDEPENDENT. YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HIRES YOU DOES NOT MAKE YOU INDEPENDENT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HIRE YOU. SO I THINK WE DO NEED THREE ENGINEERS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO ADD INFORMATION TO THIS HEARING, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE SOURCES THEY'VE GOTTEN FROM I DON'T HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE AND NEITHER SHOULD THE PUBLIC. NO MORE SPEAKERS ON THE HEARING.

WELL. STRIPY GUY, STRIPY TIE GUY IS BACK. UM.

SO I JUST LOOK, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OF, UM, WORDS THAT WERE USED, BUT I REALLY WANT TO JUST FOCUS THIS BACK ON WHAT THE STANDARD HERE IS. AND THIS THIS IS DEMOCRACY AT ITS PUREST. NO QUESTION. ANYBODY CAN COME UP TO IT, TO A MICROPHONE AND SAY ANYTHING. HOWEVER, THE LAND USE PROCESS UNDER NEW YORK STATE AND UNDER NEW YORK TOWN LAW AND UNDER NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS CASES FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SUPREME COURT IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, HAVE HELD THAT WHAT GUIDES LAND USE DECISION MAKING, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS BOARD NEEDS TO DO, IS OBJECTIVE, FACTUAL BASES, EMPIRICAL DATA, EXPERT OPINION, AND OTHER VERIFIABLE FACTS. NOT A SINGLE ENGINEER HAS STOOD UP TONIGHT WITH A LICENSE AND PUT THEIR LICENSE ON THE LINE, BECAUSE WHENEVER AN ENGINEER STANDS UP AND SAYS SOMETHING, WHETHER THEY'RE HIRED BY THE KNOLLS, WHETHER THEY'RE HIRED BY THE TOWN, OR WHETHER THEY'RE HIRED BY ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO COULD HAVE HIRED AN ENGINEER OR ANYBODY ELSE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LICENSE ON THE LINE. IF THEY WERE TO, THERE WERE MULTIPLE ACCUSATIONS SAYING THAT YOUR OWN ENGINEERS WERE LYING, THAT OUR ENGINEER IS LYING TO YOU.

AND THAT LINE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE LICENSES WOULD BE IN PERIL. SO AT THE END, THE AS AS JUST A MATTER OF PROFESSIONALISM FOR THIS BOARD TO SAY, WELL, WE DON'T TRUST AND I'M COUNTING AS WE'RE SITTING HERE, THERE ARE FOUR ENGINEERS AT LANGAN ENGINEERING THAT HAVE VETTED THIS, THIS, THIS PLAN BEFORE IT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU AND THEN GONE BACK AND FORTH AT EACH TIME LAYING AN ENGINEERING SUBMITS A PLAN AND SUBMITS A COMMENT RESPONSE FOR ENGINEERS WITH WITH LICENSES VETTED AND THEN AND THEN SEND IT TO YOU. THIS TOWN HAS HAD TWO, NOT ONE, TWO ENGINEERS. LOOK AT THIS AGAIN WITH THEIR LICENSES ON THE LINE, THEY MAY NOT BE WORKING FOR YOU ANYMORE, BUT IF THEY WERE TO MISREPRESENT OR IF THEY WERE TO QUOTE, LIE TO YOU TWO WEEKS AGO BECAUSE THAT'S THE LAST TIME. THAT'S THE LATEST ENGINEERING MEMO WE GOT. THAT SAID, EVERYTHING IS IS IS PROPER OR TEN MONTHS AGO, 16 MONTHS AGO, IF THEY WERE TO DO THAT IN THEIR CURRENT JOB, WHEREVER THEY ARE, THEY WOULD BE IN PERIL. SOERE AND SAY, AND DON'T THINK THE BOARD IS SAYING THAT, BUT FOR.

THE BOARD, BOARD, I. JUST WANTED TO CORRECT. CAN YOU.

YOU'RE RIGHT. RIGHT. YEAH. FOR, FOR.

FOR FOR A FOR FOR THE PUBLIC TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT THIS BOARD SHOULDN'T LISTEN TO ANY OF THOSE LICENSED ENGINEERS AND WE SHOULD GET SOMEBODY ELSE JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY'RE HEARING. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT HAS BEEN VETTED AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAS BEEN SHOWN BY ALL OF THESE PLANS IS WHEREAS CURRENT STANDARDS, WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY AT THE SITE IS GOING TO BE CAPTURED. TWO ACRES OF WATERSHED IS GOING TO BE CAPTURED AND ELIMINATED BY BY VIRTUE OF THIS PROJECT. IF THE BOARD WERE TO SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO GO FORWARD, THEN ALL OF THE THE, THE FLOODING THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS PROJECT, FROM A FLOODING PERSPECTIVE, FROM A STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, IS GOING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION, NOT HARM IT. SIX ENGINEERS TO DATE HAVE AFFIRMED THAT. SO I SAY ALL THAT, AND I'M STANDING ON MY SOAPBOX A BIT. I'M SORRY, AT 1030, ALTHOUGH I THINK THE NEXT MEN'S SINGLES MATCH IS ABOUT TO START ANYWAY, SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. BUT, UM, I SAY ALL THAT BECAUSE I HEARD THE COMMENTS ABOUT, LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. IF THE BOARD IS SAYING WE GOT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO VET THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ISSUE, I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THAT THERE'S NO BASIS IN THE RECORD, THE SCIENCE, THE EMPIRICAL DATA, THE OBJECTIVE, FACTUAL, FACTUAL BASIS THAT A COURT IS GOING TO SAY YOU MUST YOU MUST DECIDE UPON FOR YOU TO SAY, WE NEED TO TO CONTINUE TO HEAR

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MORE COMMENT ABOUT THIS, LOOK AT THE MEMOS IN YOUR RECORD.

LOOK AT WHAT YOUR ENGINEERS HAVE ALREADY SAID. ASK, ASK GARRETT, ASK ANYBODY ELSE. LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY VETTED.

IF, AFTER ALL THAT, THERE'S A LEGITIMATE PROFESSIONAL QUESTION AS TO, OH, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS. THAT'S ONE THING. AND GIVE IT TO US. WE'LL ANSWER IT. BUT FOR, FOR FOR THE FOR US TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER NIGHT OF PEOPLE SAYING THINGS WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIVE, FACTUAL BASIS TO SUPPORT IT. IT'S UNFAIR TO THE APPLICANT. IT'S UNFAIR TO THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COME OUT TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD THING FOR THEIR COMMUNITY AND YOUR COMMUNITY. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AM TASKED WITH THE THE THANKLESS TASK OF ASKING THE BOARD TO PLEASE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BASED ON THE RECORD AND DIRECT STAFF TO TO TO PREPARE RESOLUTIONS BASED ON BASED ON WHAT ALL OF THE DATA THAT'S ALREADY BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU.

AND YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT YOUR JOB. BUT I BELIEVE FROM WHAT'S BEFORE US AND WHAT WE'RE ASKED TO DO TONIGHT, THERE ARE ENOUGH QUESTIONS WERE RAISED, NOT JUST FLOODING, BUT ENOUGH QUESTIONS WERE RAISED. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT TALKING TO STAFF, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO.

DO. AND WHAT I ASK THAT, THAT, THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS. OKAY.

WHEN I ASK THEM THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WHEN THE NEXT TIME WE'RE BEFORE YOU, WHICH WAS HOPEFULLY IN. TWO WEEKS, IN.

TWO WEEKS. SO THAT THAT THE THE YOUR WHATEVER CONCERNS THERE ARE HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. UM BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN, IT'S NOT AS IF WE SPENT THE LAST 16 MONTHS NOT LOOKING AT STORMWATER. UM, AND SO AND I KNOW, I KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SAYING TO ME YOU HAVEN'T. BUT IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO STAFF, THAT'S FINE. BUT WE ASK AGAIN THAT IF WE HAVE ANOTHER LATE NIGHT OF PEOPLE SAYING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHOUT ANY, ANY SUBSTANCE, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANCE TO, TO SUPPORT IT, WHEN I SAY THAT, I MEAN EMPIRICAL DATA, EXPERT OPINION AND SCIENCE, THE CYCLE HAS GOT TO END AT.

SOME POINT. YEAH. AND I ALSO JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A TOWN ENGINEER HERE AT A PUBLIC. HEARING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS THAT RESIDENTS MIGHT HAVE STILL, UM, I YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEONE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I KNOW THAT. THE INTERNAL VETTING HAS BEEN DONE. WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY HAVE NEW QUESTIONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF HOW YOU WANT TO DO THE PROCESS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE FEEL WE DO WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE. AND I THINK IF WE HAD THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF PRESENCE HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE EXCELLENT JOB THAT OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER HAS DONE AND EXPLAINING EVERYTHING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST ALSO THINK THAT, UM, AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION, WE SHOULD ASK, UH, YOU KNOW, FRANK MORABITO, THE COMMISSIONER, UH, TO SPEAK AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A PLAN OF ACTION TO ADDRESS FLOODING OVER AND ABOVE WHAT YOUR WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS SORT OF AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, NOT ONLY TO ADDRESS FLOODING, DOING THE MINIMUM TO ADDRESS FLOODING, BUT TO SEE IF WE COULD REALLY GIVE THE FLOODING ISSUES THE SAME PRIORITY THAT WE GAVE TO FULTON PARK. AND NOW WE'RE ALSO DOING THE SAME THING IN EAST IRVINGTON. UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ANYONE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT GREENBURG PUBLIC WORKS DID IN FULTON PARK, UM, TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING, IT'S IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE FLOOD MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY GOT RID OF, UM, ALL THIS DEBRIS, OBSTRUCTIONS, UH, THE RIVER, THE WATER IS FLOWING. UM, WE GOT A THANK YOU LETTER FROM TOM BACH, WHO BASICALLY FOR, FOR YEARS HAS BEEN SAYING TOWN WASN'T LISTENING. AND HE SAID, NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I FEEL THAT WE'RE BEING HEARD. SO I FEEL THAT THE NEIGHBORS HERE, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW HERE HAVE SAID FLOODING IS A PROBLEM. SO, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD LISTEN AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO DIRECT PUBLIC WORKS TO GIVE THE FLOODING ISSUES THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. ATTENTION. IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS GOING TO HELP, THAT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT. BUT THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO ON TOP OF YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. BECAUSE I WHAT I FOUND FROM THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL OVER MY TEN YEAR SUPERVISOR IS WHEN WE'VE WORKED WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE, UM, THE PROCESS

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AND THEY FEEL THEY'RE REALLY BEING LISTENED, THEN EVERYBODY'S THEN EVERYBODY, INSTEAD OF SAYING, OH, WE'RE AGAINST EVERYTHING. WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIGHT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING TOGETHER, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, TURN SOMETHING INTO LIKE A WIN. YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW WHEN. BUT WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO TRUST, UM, TRUST US AND TO TRUST THAT WE REALLY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE FLOODING. SO MY PROPOSAL IS THAT WE SHOULD ASK THE COMMISSIONER TO COME NEXT WEEK AT THE WORK SESSION AND TO, UH, YOU COULD DISCUSS IF HE NEEDS TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEER. IT COULD BE SEPARATE FROM THIS. WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO THAT. I JUST REALLY WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO. SO, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, PEOPLE WILL SAY, GREAT, WE DON'T HAVE A FLOODING PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE. IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEM. THAT'S THE.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN'T WE CAN'T SAY NO BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAID FOR YEARS, FOR YEARS, EVERYBODY SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EVER DO ANYTHING ON FULTON PARK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DENT. AND THE COMMISSIONER. NO, NO, BUT THE COMMISSIONER, THE COMMISSIONER. NO, BECAUSE WE GAVE IT PRIORITY.

AND IT WILL. BE GINA JACKSON.

SORRY, SORRY. WE ALL NEED TO SPEAK AT ONCE FOR. THIS.

GINA JACKSON GAVE IT PRIORITY. AND WORKING WITH FRANK MORABITO AND THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THE COUNTY WAS THERE AS WELL.

THAT'S GREAT. AND MY LIAISON REPORT WAS GOING TO SHOW WHAT THE BLOCKAGE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE. AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST BUILT THE BRIDGE. THERE'S NO BLOCKAGE WHATSOEVER.

THAT'S FANTASTIC. I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL GINA JACKSON WAS HERE. YOU KEEP MENTIONING THIS. THAT WAS ALL DONE WITHOUT HIRING IT OUTSIDE ENGINEER. IT WAS ALL DONE WITH THE COUNTY. THEY'RE PRESENT AND WITH THEIR EMERGENCY EXCAVATOR WITH GINA JACKSON. I WAS THERE MOSTLY TAKING PICTURES OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON. AND WE'LL SHOW THAT AT THE NEXT HEARING. WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT IT CAN BE. BUT THERE'S SOME FLOODING WE JUST CAN'T SOLVE IF THE WATER IS COMING DOWN FROM MOUNT PLEASANT, THERE'S NOTHING THE TOWN BOARD CAN DO IT. THE GREENBERG TOWN BOARD CAN DO ABOUT THAT. SO. BUT LET'S TAKE TWO WEEKS. LET'S LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES. YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING DOWN STATE ROADS, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT A STATE ROAD.

SO. RIGHT. AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DON'T.

WANT TO GIVE FALSE EXPECTATIONS. IT'S EASY TO SIT UP HERE AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S HONEST, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHICH WE YOU SHOULD YOU SHOULD HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE TO DO. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE JUST CAN'T. IF THE FLOODING IS COMING FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY. THAT DON'T POINT.

HERE. I'M NOT. YEAH.

NO. MY HAND IS OKAY. HE'S POINTING AT ME. IF IT'S COMING. IF IT'S IF IT'S COMING FROM A PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT YOURS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY. YOU FIX THAT. OTHER PRIVATE PROPERTIES PROBLEM THAT'S CAUSING YOUR FLOODING. AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE IS NOT RETAINING THEIR WATER. SO BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH SPEAKING.

I'M GOING. TO GIVE I NEED TWO WEEKS.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU I'M GOING TO GIVE IN. I'M OKAY.

I'M MY FRIEND. THAT I HEAR.

UNCLE, OH UNCLE. UNCLE SUBJECTS TOO.

BUT AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. WHAT WAS.

WHAT WAS DONE? UM. KENSICO. WAS GREAT, BUT IT HAD. IT WASN'T ENGINEERING. IT WAS.

CLEARING DEBRIS AND MAKING REPAIRS. IT WAS ENGINEERING OF A SOURCE. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPLES AND ORANGES, SO THIS IS TOTALLY. WELL, WE CAN BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DID FOR THOSE RESIDENTS. I THINK WHAT IS GOING ON HERE AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN ENGINEERING FEAT. AND AS AS FRANCES HAD NO ONE BUT NO ONE IS PROMISING SOLVING FLOODING. BECAUSE WE CAN'T.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T PREDICT WHAT MOTHER.

NATURE IS. GOING TO TOSS AT US AT THE NEXT TIME. AND IF WE'RE GETTING SO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR, THE GROUND JUST IS NOT GOING TO ABSORB IT. SO THERE'S SO MUCH WE CAN DO. BUT A HUNDRED YEAR PIPE, RIGHT? WHEN A 1010 YEAR PIPE WAS UM, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS DIAMETER, CORRECT? CORRECT.

AS WELL AS ENGINEERING. UM, AND THAT MEANS A 100 YEAR PIPE CAN ACCOMMODATE SO MUCH MORE WATER. SO THEY ARE TAKING I'M. NOT SAYING THIS IS THE BE ALL AND END ALL AND THE END OF THE STORY, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE THERE ARE THAT THE ENGINEERING IS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION FAR IN EXCESS OF WHAT WAS REQUIRED. YEAH.

AT LEAST IN THAT CASE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS,

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LOOK, WE WE'RE UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS WANT TO WANT TO SPEAK WITH FRANK MARINO AND YOUR PROFESSIONALS AGAIN ABOUT THE DESIGN ON THE PROJECT, AND THAT WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I'D SAY TWO THINGS I YOU NEED TO ASK YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CONSULTANTS. THE FIRST THING, MR. FINER, YOU WOULD SAID THIS IS THE MINIMUM AND WE COULD DO MORE. ASK YOUR PROFESSIONAL IF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE, QUOTE, THE MINIMUM THAT'S PERMITTED BASED ON DC STANDARDS OR WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER IN OTHER PROJECTS BEFORE.

YOU. WELL, I WOULD. LET, LET LET ME SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER PROJECT THAT WE ASKED FOR MORE THAN 100, AND THERE'S VERY FEW, IF ANY OTHER THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR 100, BUT THAT MAY BE BECAUSE YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW WITH THESE TREMENDOUS STORMS AND VERY FEW HOURS. SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR 100. WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS HAVE ASKED THEM FIRST IF WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING IS THE MINIMUM.

SECOND, ARE THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE TOWN WITH 100 YEARS STORM PIPES? NOT JUST NOT THE, THE, THE, THE DRAINAGE BASIN, UH, IS IS DESIGNED ABOVE THE 100 YEAR STORM. IT'S A IT'S ABOVE THE STANDARDS. AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. ASK ASK YOUR PROFESSIONALS.

RIGHT. BUT BUT THE THE THE PROPOSITION THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS, IS THE BARE MINIMUM AND THERE'S MORE TO GO.

REMEMBER WHERE WE STARTED. WE STARTED AT TEN, TEN YEARS AND WE GOT TO 100 BECAUSE THIS BOARD HAS ALREADY PUSHED US.

THIS IS YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE NEW PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, BUT YOU'VE PUSHED US ABOVE AND WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STANDARD. SO WE'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. WE JUST ASK IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE. IT'S GOT TO BE ABOUT THE PROJECT. IT CAN'T BE ABOUT OTHER AREAS NEAR THE PROJECT, OR EVEN NOT EVEN NEAR THE PROJECT THAT MAY BE SUFFERING FROM FROM DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT WE CANNOT SOLVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY.

YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE PUTTING IN A ROADWAY, AND ONE OF THE LAST SPEAKERS WE HAD WAS TALKING ABOUT AN AQUIFER, AS WELL AS CONCERNED ABOUT DRAINAGE FROM THAT ROAD THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN. SO THAT IS THE PROJECT. BUT THAT'S BEEN ANSWERED. LOOK, LOOK, SPEAK, SPEAK TO SPEAK TO YOUR CONSULTANTS ABOUT THAT.

SPEAK TO YOUR CONSULTANT ABOUT THAT. THE WATER THAT DROPS ON TO THAT ROAD. WHERE DOES IT GO? BUT YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, IN EUROPE, JOE, SO THE SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU WANT TO DO TO MITIGATE FLOODING, WHICH IS GOOD. BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS ON TOP OF THAT THAT THE TOWN MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO. THAT ALSO WOULD BE GOOD. AND I SORT OF FEEL JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE'VE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN ADDRESSING FLOODING. I THINK WE SHOULD INVITE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIS ENGINEERING TEAM, OR ANY CONSULTANT THAT HE WANTS TO BASICALLY GIVE US, LIKE A STRATEGY, A PLAN OF ACTION AS TO WHAT WE COULD DO GOING FORWARD THAT COULD GREATLY REDUCE, UM, YOU KNOW, FLOODING.

THE NEXT TIME THERE'S A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, STORM. NOW, AS YOU KNOW, YOU SAID, FRANCIS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE OF ELIMINATE FLOODING PROBLEMS IF THERE'S A HURRICANE OR LIKE A GIGANTIC STORM. BUT WE IF WE TAKE SOME ACTION STEPS NOW AND WE REALLY GIVE A PRIORITY, TELL THE COMMISSIONER THAT WE WANT HIM TO IDENTIFY THIS AREA AS A PRIORITY, THEN I FEEL WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A SHORT TERM, WE COULD REALLY MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE, AND THEN WE COULD SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO LISTEN. AND I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SECRET LAWS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FORWARD, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO ON TOP OF THAT. THAT'S SUPERVISOR.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S CONTRADICTING.

GOOD. SO WE. SHOULD MEET NEXT WEEK AND HAVE THE QUESTION. CAN I FINISH? I WE AGREE THAT WE NEED TO TO COME UP WITH MITIGATION PROCESS. I DON'T THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH IT IN TWO WEEKS, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY START THE CONVERSATION. SO NO ONE'S IN DISAGREEMENT HERE AND I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON.

OKAY. YES.

POINT OF. ORDER.

PLEASE. UNLESS YOU WANT TO CLARIFY ANYTHING ELSE.

I THINK WE'VE DONE. A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO. ADJOURN FOR TWO WEEKS? POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE. SURE.

POINT OF ORDER. SURE. UH, SECOND, THE MOTION TO OPEN THE MEETING. WHAT WAS IT. WAS MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD.

WE NEED A MOTION TO. YOU WERE DOING.

TO ADJOURN THE HEARING FOR TWO WEEKS. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? SECOND, A, IT'S FOR PURPOSES. UH, OKAY, SO WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY IN TWO WEEKS. THE MEETING IS STILL CONTINUING FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO STAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, AND THEN RESOLUTIONS BE READ. YOU'RE DONE.

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GET OUT WHEN YOU. CAN.

THAT WAS ONE. HERE.

NO NO NO NO. NO NO.

THAT'S IT. THE OTHER ONE. WAS HELD OVER.

YOU COULD SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES. UM, DID YOU SPEAK IN THE BEGINNING? WE ASKED THAT. EVERYBODY PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM. IF YOU'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION, PLEASE HAVE IT IN AUDITORIUM OR OUTSIDE.

THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME? IN THE LOBBY OR OUTSIDE? THANK YOU.

DID YOU SPEAK FOR YOUR TWO? NO, I ALREADY HAVE. YOU ADDED.

RIGHT? I HAVE YOU ADDED. OKAY.

SHE'S SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT NOT TO DO.

THE TWO MINUTES. OKAY.

SCHLESINGER. CORRECT.

MISS SCHLESINGER OKAY. LET'S SEE EACH FIRST ONE.

IS RIGHT THERE. YOU WERE THE FIRST TO SIGN UP.

GOT IT. UH, DID YOU SPEAK AT THE HEARING OR. OKAY. GOTCHA.

ROBERT. UH, YEAH.

I'M A LITTLE. OFF KILTER. ARE YOU THE FIRST SPEAKER? NO. NO, NO.

OKAY, UH, THE FIRST. CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE. COULD EVERYONE TAKE A SEAT? WHO'S REMAINING? WHY DON'T WE JUST LET HER BE? HE'S BEEN WAITING.

FOR ME. OKAY. VERY, VERY. ALL RIGHT.

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MR. CHESTER EDWARDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

SHARE THIS WITH THE. YES.

YEP. ARE THERE TWO SHEETS OF PAPER? THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS. OKAY.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE TWO AND PASS IT.

THANK YOU. THANKS. I KNOW.

THAT FOR. NO. WE HAVE A QUORUM SO YOU CAN PROCEED. OKAY. UH. GOOD EVENING. UM, SUPERINTENDENT, SUPERVISOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHESTER EDWARDS. I'M A NAVY VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN, PRESIDENT OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, CHAPTER 49, WHICH IS A COUNTY AND A MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THIS BOARD TO ADOPT NEW YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW. YOU DIDN'T DO THAT. IS IT RED OR GREEN? IT'S GOOD. YEAH. YOU JUST KNOW IT'S GREEN. OH, I.

CAN HEAR MYSELF. OKAY.

YEAH. LET'S RESTART THE CLOCK. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. SHOULD WE START OVER? RESTART THE CLOCK.

OKAY. I GUESS PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE COULDN'T HEAR.

OKAY. MY NAME IS CHESTER EDWARDS. COMMON SPELLING. UH, I'M A NAVY COMBAT VETERAN FROM VIETNAM, PRESIDENT OF VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, CHAPTER 49, AND A MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY VETERANS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND SEVERAL OTHER VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THIS BOARD TO ADOPT NEW YORK STATE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, SECTION 458, A SUBDIVISION 11, WHICH PROVIDES A FULL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED VETERANS. THIS LAW WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REVISED AS PART OF THE 2627 NEW YORK STATE BUDGET, WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE MAY 28TH, 2026. THE CURRENT LAW IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM EARLIER VERSIONS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IS NOW A LOCAL OPTION. NEW YORK STATE HAS AUTHORIZED THE EXEMPTION, BUT EACH TOWN, CITY, VILLAGE, COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO ADOPT IT FOR THE TAXES IT IMPOSES. THE EXEMPTION APPLIES TO THE PRIMARY RESIDENT RESIDENCE OF A QUALIFIED VETERAN, WHOM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONSIDERS PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED AS A RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THOSE WORDS PERMANENT AND TOTAL. AS A RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE. THIS IS NOT A BENEFIT FOR EVERY VETERAN WITH A DISABILITY RATING. IT IS INTENDED FOR A LIMITED GROUP OF VETERANS WITH VERY SERIOUS SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED PERMANENT AND TOTAL ELIGIBILITY MUST BE SUPPORTED BY AN OFFICIAL VA DOCUMENT STATING PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY. THERE'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT. THE EXEMPTION IS NOT AUTOMATIC.

EACH TAXING JURISDICTION MUST ACT SEPARATELY. IF A COUNTY ADOPTS THE EXEMPTION, THAT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATE MUNICIPAL OR SCHOOL TAXES. IF A MUNICIPALITY ADOPTS IT, THAT DOES NOT ELIMINATE SCHOOL OR TAX OR COUNTY TAXES. FOR AN

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ELIGIBLE VETERAN TO RECEIVE THE FULL BENEFIT ACROSS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TAX BILL, EACH TAXING JURISDICTION THAT IMPOSES TAXES ON THAT PROPERTY MUST ADOPT THE EXEMPTION FOR ITS OWN TAXES.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS BOARD TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING OUR PTL 458 A11 FOR THE TAXES UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION. THESE MEN AND WOMEN SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND RETURNED HOME WITH DISABILITIES. DID DO NOT END WHEN THEIR MILITARY SERVICE ENDED. FOR THEM, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT SERVICE MAY CONTINUE EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. SOME OF THESE DISABILITIES ARE VISIBLE, OTHERS ARE NOT. BUT THE VETERANS WHO QUALIFY FOR THIS EXEMPTION HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY THE VA TO MEET THE PERMANENT AND TOTAL STANDARD REQUIRED BY THIS LAW. AS THESE VETERANS GROW OLDER, THE COST OF REMAINING IN THEIR HOMES CAN BECOME AN INCREASING BURDEN. PROPERTY TAX RELIEF CANNOT RESTORE THEIR HEALTH OR UNDO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THEIR SERVICE, BUT IT CAN REMOVE ONE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BURDEN AND PROVIDE GREATER SECURITY IN THE HOME. THEY WORKED SO HARD TO OWN. NEW YORK STATE HAS GIVEN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE THIS RELIEF. THE DECISION NOW RESTS WITH EACH LOCAL TAXING JURISDICTION. I HAVE PROVIDED THE BOARD WITH INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT LAW AND ITS REQUIREMENTS, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THE NECESSARY LOCAL LAW, A RESOLUTION. BE PREPARED, AND THAT THE ADOPTION OF PL FOR 58-811 BE PLACED BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS IS A PARTIAL WAY TO RECOGNIZE A SMALL GROUP OF VETERANS WHO CONTINUE TO LIVE EVERY DAY WITH THE PERMANENT CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE. NEW YORK STATE HAS PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER ADOPTING IT. I HEARD AN EARLIER QUESTION AS A QUANTIFY THE DOLLARS AND SUCH. NOT QUANTIFYING THE DOLLARS.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY SORT OF DATABASE THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME SENSE OF HOW MANY VETERANS ARE. AND YES, AND INDIRECTLY THEN THAT QUANTIFIES THE DOLLARS, AND THAT HELPS US DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS IT COULD. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO DATABASE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE. UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS TO LOOK AT THOSE VETERANS WHO ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING A TAX REDUCTION ON YOUR CURRENT ROLES. UH, THESE ARE THE SAME VETERANS WHO ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THIS 100%. GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR DOCUMENTATION THEY PROVIDED. IF IT SAYS PERMANENT IN TOTAL, THEY WILL GAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY RECEIVING AND THE 100% OF THEIR CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES. UH, THERE AGAIN, THERE IS NO REAL DATABASE OF VETERANS. I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS CAN EVEN GIVE ME A LIST OF WHO THE VETERANS ARE IN JUST THIS TOWN. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT. I DON'T THINK IT EXISTS.

FOR OTHER REASONS. YEAH. THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS THAT THIS DOES NOT IMPACT THE TOWN FINANCIALLY IN ANY WAY, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF TAX REDUCTION THAT A SINGLE VETERAN GETS IS THEN SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE TAXPAYERS.

UM, WE'VE DONE STUDIES. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, A TAXPAYER COULD RECEIVE 4 OR $5000 IN TAX REBATE. UH, THE TOWN WILL RECEIVE WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, A SMALL BILL OF 3 OR $400.

MAYBE. I HAVE TO KEEP YOU TO FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU. WE WILL LOOK. INTO THAT. IT'S MY FAULT. BUT, YEAH. IF I CAN OFFER ANY FURTHER ANSWER QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HERE FOR A WHILE.

THANK YOU. IS THIS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE BOTTOM? YES, MA'AM. SHERRY.

HOW'S IT GOING? GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO I'M GETTING QUITE USED TO THIS, AND I JUST WANTED TO DO A FEW FOLLOW UP COMMENTS. WHY? IT'S FRESH IN MY MIND. IN YOUR MIND? UH, ON THE TOPIC OF THE KNOLLS. SO, UM, SO THERE WAS BROUGHT UP THAT, UM, THEY DON'T OWN THE LAND, THAT WE'RE ALL THESE TREES ARE THEY OWN THAT WHOLE BOTTOM PORTION. YOU SAW IT CLEAR AS DAY. THEY MAY NOT BE DOING THE PROJECT ON THAT BOTTOM PORTION, BUT THEY OWN THAT LAND. AND I WILL SAY I HANDED YOU A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, UM, A PACKET WITH ALL OF THEIR VIOLATIONS. THAT WAS A REPORT PULLED IN JULY. AND ON THAT, OUR VIOLATIONS FOR DOWNED TREES AND CAUSING LANDSLIDES AND THINGS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY THAT IT'S NOT THEIR LAND, IT'S CAUSED FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. AND ALSO, UM, THE STORM, THE STORMWATER. SO.

AND THIS GOES BACK TO AND I'VE SUBMITTED THIS INFORMATION AS WELL IN ONE OF MY MANY SPEECHES TO YOU ON THE TOP OF THEIR PROPERTY, IN THE BACK OF THEIR EXISTING COMPLEX, I'M TALKING LIKE 20 OR 30FT FROM IT ON THEIR LAND SPECIFICALLY. SO THEY HAVE A COMPLEX TODAY. THEY HAVE TO HAVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. I'VE COMPLAINED ABOUT ALL OF THEIR MAINTENANCE.

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THEY HAVE A STORMWATER POND, AND I'VE PROVIDED YOU PICTURES BEFORE. AERIAL PICTURES FROM GOOGLE EARTH. THEY DON'T MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY. YOU THINK THEY MAINTAIN THAT? NO.

AND I SPECIFICALLY CAME TO THIS BOARD AND I ASKED FOR YOU TO HAVE MAINTENANCE. CHECK IT OUT. WHEN I WAS MAKING ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT SNOW AND THE ROADWAY AND THIS AND THAT. SO I THINK THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED THERE. ALSO, ON STORMWATER, NOT EVERYTHING GOES INTO THE POND. AND I TALKED BEFORE AND I EVEN WROTE LETTERS ABOUT THE WATER THAT GOES OFF TO THE SIDE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S ALL DIRECTED AT ME AND MY NEIGHBORS AND THAT CERTAINLY.

AND I WATCH IT EVERY DAY, DRIBBLE OFF, YOU KNOW, GO OFF MY, MY PROPERTY ONTO GRASSLANDS ROAD. SO I KNOW IT'S A SMALLER PORTION. AND I ALSO BROUGHT UP THAT THERE ARE STORMWATER FEATURES THAT WERE SPECIFIED FOR WESTCHESTER MEADOWS, ROCK LINE, STILLING POND, AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT. AND I WROTE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. I HOPE THEY'RE ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I MEANT THEM TO BE ON THE RECORD. AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A BIG PACKET FROM ME, ABOUT 200 PAGES FOR EVERY SPEECH I'VE EVER MADE TO YOU. AND I'LL PUT A BIG RED BOW ON IT, AND YOU CAN. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE RECORD. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO WHY THAT'S FRESH IN YOUR MIND. UM, AND FINALLY, ON STORMWATER, NO MATTER HOW GOOD AND PERFECT A STORMWATER PLAN IS, IF IT'S NOT MAINTAINED, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. AND THAT IS A BIG CONCERN OF ALL THE PEOPLE HERE. UM, I MEAN, LOOK AT THEIR RECORD. I JUST HANDED YOU VIOLATIONS OF 20, YOU KNOW, 22 PERFECT STORM WATER SYSTEM IS NOT GOING TO WORK. THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO PEOPLE. THIS IS WHY THEY'RE SCARED. UM, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY? OH, UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME COMMENTS FROM ROBERT. UM, THERE IS A LAW 239 UM, THAT SAYS THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH OPEN VIOLATIONS, AND THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN AFFIDAVIT WHEN THEY APPLY. I'VE LOOKED OVER THE TOWN WEBSITE THIS WAY TO SUNDAY. THERE'S NOT AN AFFIDAVIT, AND THEY'RE DAMN WELL SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE THEY HAVE OPEN VIOLATIONS. ACCORDING TO THE TOWN'S OWN RECORD. SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, NEVER MIND THE HEARING, THE APPLICATION SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED, THAT THE HEARINGS SHOULDN'T BE CONTINUING ON THIS MATTER. SO THIS IS WHAT MAKES PEOPLE UPSET. IT FEELS LIKE SELECTIVE. AND THAT WAS A LAW THAT WAS PASSED IN JANUARY 2025. AND THEN THIS APPLICATION CAME ALONG IN APRIL 2025. SO IT WAS A VERY FRESH LAW THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED. UM, AND IT WASN'T. WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY? UM, NO AFFIDAVIT. 239 UM, AND THEN PEOPLE MENTIONED, UM, THEY ALSO IT KIND OF UPSETS PEOPLE THAT THE ONLY TAX THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PAY IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TAX. THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM ANY EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I CHECKED RIGHT OFF THE TOWN'S WEBSITE. THEY'RE FIVE MONTHS BEHIND ON THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. ARE THEY HOLDING THAT HOSTAGE FOR THIS PROJECT? YOU KNOW, THEY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE WITH A ROOM FULL OF SUITS AND LAWYERS AND CONSULTANTS PAY YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TAX, SO THEY USE IT MORE THAN ANYBODY.

UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE THE RESIDENTS OF THE KNOWLES. UM, I UNDERSTAND THEM COMING HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS PERSPECTIVE. UM, AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

UM, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN ONLINE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, LORRAINE CANTOR.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. NO ONE'S THERE. OH, THERE SHE IS. THERE SHE GOES. THERE SHE GOES.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN ENTERTAINING, TO SAY THE LEAST. PAST MY BEDTIME. MY HEART BREAKS. UM, WITH THIS WHOLE THING, I JUST WANT TO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WEST HARTSDALE, BUT I JUST. I JUST CAN'T LIKE THE WORD GRAVITY.

GRAVITY IS REAL. AND CLAIRVOYANT. NO ONE'S CLAIRVOYANT. THAT COULD PREDICT WHEN HURRICANES HAPPEN. I WANT TO THANK, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEHAN FOR BRINGING UP AS WELL AS MR. FEINER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WHAT HAPPENED? UM, WITH THE FULTON PARK. BECAUSE THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A VERY SERIOUS STRUGGLE. MANY RESIDENTS WENT THROUGH FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT GOT RESOLVED, AND AND IT WORKED OUT WONDERFULLY.

AND TO HEAR THE TOWN WROTE A LETTER IS A WONDERFUL THING.

BUT WHAT THESE THESE RESIDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS

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PRETTY SCARY STUFF, BECAUSE TO ME IT'S BAIT AND SWITCH. AND MY QUESTION IS, HOW AM I A RESIDENT SINCE 1993, BENEFITING FROM ALL THESE PLACES, EXPANDING ALL OF THESE SENIOR RESIDENTS, ALL OF THESE ASSISTED LIVING PLACES, YOU KNOW, UM, SUPPOSEDLY GENERATING TAX REVENUE WHEN IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE HAVE TO CALL IN THE STAFF TO FIX A MESS THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. OKAY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT. IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THINGS WORKED OUT IN FULTON PARK. BUT THIS IS THIS IS ANOTHER BEAST.

AND I THINK THE NUMBER 22 IS WHAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. SO NOW, UM, I SIGNED UP FOR THE SNOW REMOVAL ISSUE. I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING.

I HAD A HOUSE FULL OF COMPANY, AND WORD TRAVELS VERY FAST. UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE CONTACTED ME TO SAY THAT THE TOWN IS GOING TO GIVE THE, UH, TOWN ORDINANCE IF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST HARTSDALE DO NOT REMOVE THE SNOW, THE TOWN WILL REMOVE THE SNOW, AND THEN THE RESIDENTS WILL GET A BILL. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE THE WEST HARTSDALE IS CLEANED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

SO LET'S SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PLOW TRUCK COMES BY AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, THEN THEY COME BY AT 6 A.M., THEN WE GET OUT, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE SNOW THROWER SHOVEL OR WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE DIGGING THROUGH OUR DRIVEWAY TO GET TO THE SIDEWALK. THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT THE SNOW. OKAY? THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT THE SNOW. YOU CAN'T VOTE IN THE STREET. IT'S UP AGAINST A RETAINING WALL. IT IS A LOSE LOSE SITUATION. THIS IS NOT THE BEST WAY TO BE FAIR TO RESIDENTS. OKAY? WE ARE PAYING OVER 7% MORE TAXES THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY'RE OBLIVIOUS AND WE HAVE A TOWN THAT'S TRYING. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TRYING, BUT TO PUNISH RESIDENTS FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME, I DON'T WANT A SIDEWALK. I'VE SEEN TOO MANY PEOPLE HURT. I'VE SEEN ACCIDENTS. EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN LIVE ON WEST HARTSDALE. THEY WANTED THE SIDEWALKS. THEY THINK HARTSDALE SHOULD BE WALKABLE. IT'S ALSO DEADLY. OKAY, UH, WHEN SIDEWALKS ARE MAINTAINED, LET'S JUST SAY THAT ICE FORMS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A MELT, AND THEN YOU HAVE A FREEZE AND ICE FORMS. SO NOW ALL OF THE LIABILITY FALLS ON THE RESIDENTS. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, UNLESS YOU SENT A LETTER OUT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS A CLUE. SO THAT'S THAT, AND I, I REALLY, SERIOUSLY FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE THOUGHT THOROUGHLY. UM, REVIEWED. UH, ALL ASPECTS CONSIDERED. I SENT A DETAILED LETTER, UM, TO TO THE BOARD EXPLAINING THIS. UM, THE DAY AFTER THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING, AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T FEEL THAT AS A RESIDENT, I DESERVE TO BE PENALIZED BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I'M GETTING A 24 HOUR WINDOW TO REMOVE SNOW, WE CAN REMOVE THE SNOW. AND THEN THE PLOW COMES BY AND IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. SO, UM, IT WAS IT WAS WORTH IT STAYING UP FOR THIS, BECAUSE I'M JUST WATCHING SO MUCH PASSION ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE TOWN RESIDENTS. AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU, UM, IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY A VERY IMPORTANT SITUATION TO TAKE CARE OF THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE PAY THESE TAXES AND WE REALLY EXPECT OUR INVESTMENTS TO BE PROTECTED. UM, I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A WONDERFUL NIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND, FRANCIS, I LOVE YOU, SENT TO YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO, LORRAINE, I WAS AT THE COUNCIL CIVIC ASSOCIATION'S MEETING, AND WHAT YOU GOT WAS SOMETHING TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. THAT WAS THAT SOMEBODY WAS PUTTING THAT FORWARD, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE GROUP THAT WAS ADVOCATING THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO GO TO SLEEP ON THAT THOUGHT.

YEAH. GOOD NIGHT.

HAL SAMS. THANK YOU. NATALIE, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE. AND DESPITE PREVIOUSLY WHAT I'VE

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ASKED FOR, I'D LIKE YOU TO HOLD THIS. TWO RESOLUTIONS OVER UNTIL WE CAN HAVE A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION ON THIS.

WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU NOW IS FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING PUT ON BEFORE YOU AS A TOWN BOARD, AT MY REQUEST, AT THE TIME, IN TO IN 2024. AND THEY HAD A SLIDE SHOW. THIS IS A SLIDE FROM THAT SHOW. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THEIR VERSION OF HOW THEY SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY BY COMING IN FOR LESS MONEY THAN WAS ORIGINALLY BID. I DEFY ANY OF YOU TO SHOW WHERE THEY GOT $19,116.43 FROM USING THEIR NUMBERS. IN FACT, IF YOU SEE UNDER THE CHART THE BALANCE, THE TOPIC IS THE WORK, THE BALANCE. WHAT I'VE WRITTEN IN IN MY INK HAND IS THE ORIGINAL BID PRICE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINES WITH THE BLACK DOTS AGAINST YOU, SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, TOPSOIL, LAWNS, THEY'VE SAVED TAXPAYERS $8,690. WOW. THAT'S TERRIFIC. EXCEPT WHAT WAS BID WAS $2,170. THEY DID THAT TWICE MORE IN THIS LIST. THEY DIDN'T SAVE YOU ANYTHING. MY POINT OF THIS IS I DON'T TRUST THEM. AND YOU SHOULDN'T TRUST THEM EITHER, BECAUSE WE'RE. THEY'RE LEADING YOU. TODAY IS FURTHER DOWN THE HILL, WHICH WHERE THE WATER COLLECTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS IS CREIGHTON MANNING, THE FAVORITE. NOW IS RENEGOTIATED.

THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT TO LOWER THAN WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY BID, BUT THEY'VE BROUGHT IN ANOTHER FIRM TO DO PART OF THE WORK.

WHAT'S REMAINING WITH THE CREIGHTON MANNING BID IS THEY WANT TO STILL MAINTAIN A YEARS TIME TO DO IT. THE CONTRACT IS OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2027 FOR DOING LESS WORK. THEY EVEN NEED THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS THEY DID BEFORE. THIS IS A DELIBERATE INTENT TO STALL THIS PROJECT FROM EVER GOING FORWARD IN ANY REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE TOWN DEALS WITH CONTRACTS. MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THIS, MR. DANKO. FOR EXAMPLE, SPORT, TIME, ENTERTAINMENT. WHAT ARE WE NOW? 4 OR 5 YEARS LATER? HAS THE TOWN RECEIVED A DIME OF REVENUE FROM THEM? THAT'S THE CONTRACT THAT YOU LED THESE PEOPLE INTO SIGNING. SO NOW YOU HAVE TWO CONTRACTS BEFORE YOU, BOTH OF WHICH ARE EQUALLY DEADLY AND NEED FURTHER EXPLANATION BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THEM. BECAUSE I'M SURE IF YOU VOTE TO PASS THEM TONIGHT, THEY'LL START WORK THE NEXT DAY JUST TO SEE THAT IT CAN'T BE VOIDED. THERE ARE GREAT PROBLEMS WITH THIS. I CAN'T EVEN READ ONLINE THE THE SECOND CONTRACT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH LIGHT GRAY. IT'S NOT EVEN READABLE. MAYBE ACCORDING TO FRANCIS, GINA SHOULD BE DOING THIS INSTEAD OF THE ENGINEERS. BUT THE REALITY IS THESE ARE TERRIBLE CONTRACTS. IF ANYONE HAS EVEN BOTHERED TO LOOK AT THEM. SO EVEN OPPOSITE OF WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE AHEAD SO THAT IT COULD BE COMPLETED IN 2026, I'M URGING YOU TO HOLD THESE OVER UNTIL YOU CAN HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THEM, AND WE NEED IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY, WHICH I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO. YOU COULD HAVE SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETINGS ATTACHED TO THESE WORK SESSIONS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH OF THE TOWN BOARD TO MEET. I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU HAVE REALLY LOOKED INTO THESE CONTRACTS, AND I THINK YOU NEED TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE DEADLY. AND THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, FRANCIS, THIS IDEA THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DEFEND TOWN STAFF IS NOT ALWAYS JUSTIFIED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PERFECT GODS. EVERYONE WHO GETS WORKS FOR THE TOWN, THEY MAKE MISTAKES WILLFULLY AND WILLFULLY, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN LIFE. AND THEY DESERVE TO BE CRITICIZED WHEN THEY'RE DOING THINGS WRONG. IRIS SCHLESINGER.

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THANK YOU. UM, ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN REPRESENTING BETHEL DID NOT MAKE IT ACCURATE. UM, THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY ALONG HILLSIDE AVENUE DOES BELONG TO THEM. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S GIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE IT CLEARLY GOES ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE ENTRANCE OF AYLMER, WHICH IS OVER 50% OF AYLMER. THERE'S A SMALL PART BEHIND IT THAT BELONGS TO BOCES, AND THEN IT'S WCC THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN TO GRANADA, AND THEY'RE FLOODING IT. GRANADA MAY BE PART OF THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT COMING FROM THE WCC PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT'S ALL THOSE SAME HORRIBLE TREES ON A HILL THAT HAS NO DRAINAGE. UH, THE NEXT THING IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING HE SHOULD KNOW. THE GIS MAP, IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT BUILDING ON IT. BUT DON'T YOU THINK THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY WANT TO EXPAND? I DO. I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO A JOB AND IGNORE THE REST OF THE STUFF. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME IS, UM, THEY USED THE WOMEN SAID TODAY THAT THEY USE THE LIBRARY, THEY USE THEODORE YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER, AND, UM, VALMONT, WE PAY TONS OF PROPERTY TAXES, AND OUR ROADS AREN'T EVEN PLOWED.

SO I DON'T EQUATE. HOW IS THAT FAIR? UM. LIKE OUR KIDS GO TO, UM, VALHALLA SCHOOLS, BUT WE CAN'T USE THE MOUNT PLEASANT CAMP SO THAT THEY CAN BE WITH THEIR FRIENDS. SO IF THEY'RE NOT PAYING TAXES, WHY AREN'T THEY USING OUR FACILITIES? DO THEY GET TO VOTE IN TOWN TO. YEAH.

SO HOW DO THEY VOTE FOR THINGS YOU KNOW, THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT OUR TAX DOLLARS? I MEAN, I JUST DON'T GET IT. IT'S INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITY THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR APARTMENTS. THE PEOPLE THAT OWN CARS, THAT GO SHOPPING. YES.

MAYBE THEY SPEND SOME MONEY IN TOWN ANYWAY, UM, IT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND LOOK AT THE GIS MAP. IT'S ON THE TOWN OF GREENSBURG WEBSITE, AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT BELONGS TO THEM.

SO IF WE CAN'T TRUST THAT HE KNOWS WHAT THE PROPERTY HE'S VOTING FOR, HOW CAN WE TRUST ANYTHING HE SAYS? OH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROBERT. RONNIE.

WOW. WE'RE APPROACHING MIDNIGHT, AND WE HAVE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS STILL WORKING. I GUESS, UH, YOU GUYS ARE DEFYING THE STEREOTYPE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING UP ON US. UM, YOU MAY MISUSE $2 MILLION, BUT AT LEAST YOU'RE WORKING, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM. I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A SEWER ISSUE OR WHATEVER THE CASE WAS, BUT.

UH, MENTIONED A FEW THINGS. UH, YOU KNOW, I FIND IT COMICAL.

THAT THE, UH, REPRESENTATION, A STRIPY TIE GUY, WAS LECTURING US ON PROFESSIONALISM WHEN, UH, HE SO CONVENIENTLY, UH, DISREGARDED, UH, DIDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMMENT I MADE ABOUT THE 22 VIOLATIONS. YOU WOULD.

THINK SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE BUSINESS OF DUE DILIGENCE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT BEFORE HE STEPPED TO THIS PODIUM TONIGHT.

UM. SO AGAIN, WE'RE.

LOOKING AT THIS HOLISTICALLY, RIGHT? WE UNDERSTAND. THAT THERE'S A LOT OF RUNOFF COMING DOWN THE HILLSIDE, UH, WHICH IS NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY.

AND, YOU KNOW, PAUL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THAT. SEPARATE TO THE, UM, UH, NOEL'S PROPERTY, RIGHT? UM, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY AND WE SEE THE TRACK RECORD OF THIS FACILITY, AND WE SEE OTHER EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS, WE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR CREDIBILITY OR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE HIRED TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR WELL-BEING. OKAY. AND ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR HERE, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE THE LAW WITH RESPECT TO OPEN VIOLATIONS, THESE ARE ACTIVE VIOLATIONS IS FOR THE NOLES TO BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD AS ME, AS THE LITTLE GUY. RIGHT.

WE'RE VERY MUCH A PROCEDURAL, KIND OF ORIENTED AS A SOCIETY.

AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE EVEN AT THIS POINT, WHILE THEY STILL HAVE OPEN VIOLATIONS, IT'S JUST EGREGIOUS. IT'S MORE THAN AN OVERSIGHT. IT'S, UH, IT'S NEGLIGIBLE. RIGHT. AND THERE SHOULD BE, UM, THERE SHOULD BE REPERCUSSIONS TO THAT. OKAY. I.

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MEAN, WHEN WHEN WE DO THINGS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. AND THAT'S NOT BEING DONE HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND NO ONE'S PERFECT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I FOR ONE, YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW ME, BUT, LIKE, I LIKE TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. AND I'M ASKED TO BE DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY FROM, YOU KNOW, SOCIETY, FROM THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, PASSING FBI POLYGRAPH IN 2021, SECURE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE WAS EXTENDED. AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO QUANTICO. DECIDED AGAINST IT. I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY PARENTS COUNTRY AND MY OWN TERMS. IRAN WANTS THIS GOVERNMENT'S GONE. HOPEFULLY. UM, AND I HAD A SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET TO THAT POINT BY DOING THINGS CROOKED. AND THE KNOLLS AND THEIR REPRESENTATION, THEY'RE DOING THINGS CROOKED. AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY? YOU TALK ABOUT THE 110FT DIAMETER, 100FT DIAMETER, 100 YEAR WATER PIPE. DID THEY WANT SHOW WHERE THAT DETENTION POND IS IN THEIR GRAPHICS? SO THERE'S ONE EXISTING ON PROPERTY NOW WHICH IS NEGLECTED, HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED, AND LOOKS LIKE A SWAMP. DID THEY SHOW WHERE THE NEW ONE'S GOING TO GO IN RELATION TO THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND? I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO BE SOUTH OF THE CIRCLE OR DRIVEWAY, BECAUSE HOW COULD THEY PUT IT NORTH RIGHT WHERE IT HAS TO BE PUMPED BACK UP? DID THEY SHOW THAT IN THEIR GRAPHIC WHERE IT IS? WHY HAVEN'T THEY? WHAT ARE THEY HIDING? LOOK AT THE. DETENTION POND THEY PUT BY FUEL CALL.

HAVE YOU BEEN THERE WHEN IT RAINS? YEAH, IT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. BUT WHAT'S THE DIAMETER IS WHAT IS THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THAT DETENTION POND? ALBEIT IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER. SO YOU WOULD THINK THERE'S MORE WATER COMING TO THE ONE THAT THEY'RE BUILDING ON, ON THE PROPERTY OF THE NOLES. HAS THOSE TWO BEEN COMPARED. SO THERE'S JUST TOO MANY QUESTIONS HERE. THERE'S TOO MANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. AND UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE THAT THIS BOARD CAN, UM, BE A BIT MORE OBJECTIVE AND GET THE RIGHT ANSWERS AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THINGS ARE DONE THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A BIG PROJECT. AND FOR HIM TO SPIN IT, THE REPRESENTATION, THE TIE GUY AND SAY THAT, OH, THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP, UH, THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE RUNOFF. NO. WHEN YOU INTRODUCE PAVEMENT. OKAY, UH, TO ANY EXISTING, UH, NATURAL HABITAT ENVIRONMENT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HELP THE RUNOFF. AND IF YOU ARE, THEN SHOW ME WHERE THE DETENTION POND IS GOING TO BE. AND LET'S, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. BUT I JUST FIND IT SO ODD THAT THEY HAVEN'T BROUGHT THAT UP. ARREST. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MOVE THE.

AGENDA. NO FURTHER. SPEAKERS.

OKAY, NOW WE'LL START THE MEETING NOW. UM. RESOLUTION TB

[ TB 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh approving the Petition of Guy and Debra Kohn extending the F.A. 17 Sewer District to property located on Blueberry Lane, Parcel ID 7.440-252-4, in the Town of Greenburgh after Public Hearing]

ONE RESOLUTION. TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN. UH, TOWN OF GREENSBURG APPROVING THE PETITION OF GUY AND DEBRA COHN EXTENDING THE FA17 SEWER DISTRICT TO PROPERTY LOCATED ON BLUEBERRY LANE. UH, I'D LIKE TO AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND ON FAVOR I TB TWO RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN

[ TB 2 - 09/09/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh approving the Petition of Kindred Maison, LLC extending the F.A. #8 Sewer District to property located at 1440 Saw Mill River Road, Parcel ID 8.100-53-35, in the Town of Greenburgh after a Public Hearing]

BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG APPROVING PETITION OF KENDRICK MASON EXTENDING THE F A SEWER DISTRICT TO PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1440 SAWMILL RIVER ROAD. UH, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. HIGH RESOLUTION TB THREE

[ TB 3 - 09/09/2026 Resolution adopting a local law amending Chapter 440, "Taxation," of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh with the addition of a new Article XIX entitled "Battery Energy Storage Systems PILOT Law"]

RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW, ENDING CHAPTER 440 TAXATION OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG WITH THE OF NEW UH ARTICLE ENTITLED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND ONE FAVOR A TV FOR RESOLUTION,

[ TB 4 - 09/09/2026 Resolution adopting a local law amending Chapter 325, entitled "Bamboo' in the Code of the Town of Greenburgh]

ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW. AMENDING CHAPTER 325 ENTITLED BAMBOO AND THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND.

[ TB 5 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 with the Village of Ardsley for fire protection services to the Chauncey fire protection district, at a cost not to exceed $12,294 (held over to Town Board Meeting of September 23, 2026)]

[ TB 6 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into a one year contract commencing January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 with the Village of Ardsley for fire protection services to the South Ardsley fire protection district, at a cost not to exceed $392,866 (held over to Town Board Meeting of September 23, 2026)]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UM, NEXT IS BEING HELD OVER. TB FIVE AND

[ TB 7 - 09/09/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh designating Town Clerk Lisa Maria Nero as the town’s delegate to the NYS Association of Towns ]

SIX IS HELD OVER TV7. UM RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG DESIGNATING TOWN CLERK LISA MARIE NIRO AS THE TOWN'S DELEGATE TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

AS AMENDED, AS AMENDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. YOU HAVE TO GIVE HER A A SECOND. OKAY. UM, 81, UM, RESOLUTION

[ AT 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution approving the continued retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of James H. Irish and Andrea E. Glanz individually & as trustees of the Irish Glanz Family Trust v. Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000, $75,000 in total]

APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW FIRM OF MORRIS, DUFFY, ALONSO, FEELEY AND PETROV TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IN THE MATTER OF JAMES IRISH AND ANDREA GLANCE. UH, TOTAL AMOUNT IS 75,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. NO, IT'S AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.

NOT TO EXCEED $25,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

[ AT 2 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing the continued retention of Kenneth E. Pitcoff, Esq., and the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh and Town of Greenburgh police department in the matter of Leonard Mack v. The Town of Greenburgh, et al., for an additional amount not to exceed $25,000, $150,000 in total]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. 82. UH, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTINUED RETENTION OF KENNETH PETKOV AND THE LAW FIRM OF MORRIS, DUFFY, ALONSO, FEELEY AND PETROV TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

[ AT 3 - 09/09/2026 Resolution approving the continued retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Anderson Zanetti v. Town of Greenburgh for an amount not to exceed $25,000, $50,000 in total]

UM, 83 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONTINUED RETENTION OF THE LAW

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FIRM OF MORRIS, DUFFY, ALONSO, BAILEY AND PETKOV TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG IN THE MATTER OF ANDERSON ZANETTI VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBERG, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000 50,000 TOTAL. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR I 84

[ AT 4 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 145/25C, by Brian Felix, for an amount not to exceed $4,725]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED CLAIM. UM, BY BRIAN FELIX FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,725. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR I 85

[ AT 5 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Ardsley Associates, LLC for property located at 875A Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,773±; the County’s share is $35,075±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $4,836±; the Ardsley Union Free School District’s share is $198,092±. Refunds from all sources total $241,775±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SETTLEMENT. PETITIONER ARDSLEY ASSOCIATES UM REFUNDS FROM UH THE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TO 41775. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR I 86 RESOLUTION

[ AT 6 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Palisade Boat Club for property located at 3 Warburton Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $927±; the County’s share is $6,026±; the N. Yonkers Sewer District’s share is $1,140±; the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District’s share is $42,975±. Refunds from all sources total $51,067±]

AUTHORIZING TAX FORGERY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER PALISADE. BOAT CLUB REFUNDS UM FROM ALL SOURCES. TOTAL $51,067. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR. A PETITIONER

[ AT 7- 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Tappan Courts Apts Corp. for property located at 251-253 South Broadway. The Town’s share of the refund is $423±; the County’s share is $2,345±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $552±; the Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns’ share is $17,780±. Refunds from all sources total $21,100±]

AUTHORIZING 87 PETITIONER, UM, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER TO OPEN COURT APARTMENT CORP. FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 251253 SOUTH BROADWAY. UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES, $21,100. I'D LIKE TO

[ AT 8 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Cornelia B. Bagarotti Revocable Trust for property located at 0 Sheldon Ave. The Town’s share of the refund is $933±; the County’s share is $1,080±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $252±; the Irvington Union Free School District’s share is $8,412±; the Glenville Fire District’s share is $580, the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $27±. Refunds from all sources total $11,284±]

MOVE THAT SECOND ONE IN FAVOR? I, UM, 88 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX OR SETTLEMENT OF THE PETITIONER. CORNELIA.

UM. UH, BAG ROAD REVOCABLE TRUST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT ZERO SHELDON AVENUE. REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 11,000 TO 84. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND. I'M IN FAVOR OF 1809

[ AT 9 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner DP 35 LLC for property located at 444 Saw Mill River Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $65,335±; the County’s share is $30,921±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $7,049±; the Pocantico Central School District’s share is $102,064±; the N. Elmsford Fire District’s share is $6,442±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $2,166±. Refunds from all sources total $213,978±]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX SURCHARGE SETTLEMENT, PETITIONER DEED PAY 35 LLC FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 444 SAWMILL RIVER ROAD. UH, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES. TOTAL 213,978. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 8010 RESOLUTION

[ AT 10 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner County Homes LLC for properties located at 81 Highland Avenue and Ichabod Lane. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,304±; the County’s share is $7,737±; the Saw Mill Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,729±; the Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns’ share is $57,791±. Refunds from all sources total $68,561±]

AUTHORIZING TAX. SETTLEMENT OF THE PETITIONER. COUNTY HOMES FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 81 HIGHLAND AVENUE AND ICHABOD LANE. TOTAL AMOUNT 68,561. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL

[ AT 11 - 09/09/2026 Resolution approving the retention of the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff to represent the Town of Greenburgh, in the matter of Onyebuchi Jeff Mbabuike v. Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]

IN FAVOR? AYE, 8011 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RETENTION OF THE LAW FIRM OF MORRIS, DUFFY, ALONSO, BAILEY AND PEIKOFF TO REPRESENT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG. UM, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 25,000. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

SECOND. I'M IN FAVOR. AYE. UM. UH, CL

[ CL 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolu0tion scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30 PM, Wednesday, September 23, 2026, to consider an amended site plan application of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Regeneron”) for property located at 555 Saw Mill River Road (P.O. Tarrytown) [TB 26-03]]

ONE RESOLUTION SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 7:30 P.M., SEPTEMBER 23RD TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF REGENERON. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

[ CD 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh approving a pole attachment agreement with Verizon New York Inc. (Licensor) to facilitate the placement of banners on several utility poles in the Town of Greenburgh, commemorating and celebrating past Greenburgh residents, at no cost to the Town]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ICD1 RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG APPROVING A POLE ATTACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH VERIZON NEW YORK TO FACILITATE THE PLACEMENT OF BANNERS ON SEVERAL UTILITY POLES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG COMMEMORATING AND CELEBRATING PAST GREENBERG RESIDENTS AT NO COST TO THE TOWN. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT

[ CO 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing Fiscal Year 2026 budget transfers ]

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. I HAD HELD OVER CO ONE, SO I'M VOTING NO. SO THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO VOTE? MOVE THAT.

I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION. WHO'S THE WHO WAS THE PRIOR DEPUTY? UH, IT WOULD BE GINA, BUT IT WOULD BE BEFORE GINA. HELEN. ELLEN. I'M SORRY. OH, I.

YOU READ. IT. C 01909 2026 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET TRANSFERS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND.

[ CO 2 - 09/09/2026 Resolution approving a budget amendment to the Town Outside fund estimated revenue Donation-Misc. and appropriation Program Activity-Jazz Festival for a donation of $4,000 received from The Kiwanis Club of Hartsdale specifically to be used for the Jazz Concert]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

UM, CO2 RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN.

OUTSIDE FUND. ESTIMATED REVENUE. DONATIONS.

MISCELLANEOUS AND APPROPRIATION. PROGRAM ACTIVITY. JAZZ FESTIVAL FOR A DONATION OF 4000 RECEIVED FROM THE KIWANIS CLUB OF HARTSDALE. UH, SPECIFICALLY TO BE USED FOR THE JAZZ CONCERT.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR.

I'M NOT RUNNING. FOR THIS. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT WHEN IT WAS. UH.

WHEN WE VOTED FOR IT LAST. TIME.

SO KNOW. YES. CORRECT. OKAY, SO, UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. WE VOTED. OKAY. UH, UH, PH ONE RESOLUTION

[ PH 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution accepting a grant in the amount of $5,000 from George and Rachel Gumina, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, designated for sponsorship of the Town of Greenburgh's Student Summer Internship Program ]

ACCEPTING A GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF 5000 FROM GEORGE AND RACHEL GEMINA. UH, ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS DESIGNATED FOR SPONSORSHIP OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG'S STUDENT SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

IS THIS AN AMOUNT IN ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED ORIGINALLY IN OUR. 2020? YES. IT'S ADDITIONAL. CORRECT? YEAH. UM, SECOND. THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR? I.

[ PH 2 - 09/09/2026 Resolution acknowledging the Philanthropy Department release of $5000 in funds to the 2026 Greenburgh Summer Internship Program at Greenburgh Town Hall in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for the benefit of the students in the Greenburgh Summer Internship Program in the Town of Greenburgh ]

UH, PH TWO UM, RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING PHILANTHROPY

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DEPARTMENT RELEASE OF $5,000 IN FUNDS TO THE 2026 GREENBERG SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT GREENBERG TOWN HALL, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5000 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS IN THE GREENBERG SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

[ PO 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing the Town Supervisor to enter into an Agreement with the County of Westchester in regard to prisoner transport]

SECOND ONE IN FAVOR. I.

PAY ONE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE TOWN SUPERVISOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER IN REGARD TO PRISON TRANSPORT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND IN FAVOR? AYE. PO

[ PO 2 - 09/09/2026 Resolution adopting the recommendation of the Greenburgh Police Department to repeal the school speed zone designation and remove the associated signage from both Lawton Avenue and Wilson Street amending chapter 460 of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh ]

TWO RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REPEAL THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE FROM BOTH LAWTON AND WILSON, AMENDING CHAPTER 460 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND, MY FAVOR. UM, RESOLUTION PROMOTING POLICE OFFICER PAUL.

[ PO 3 - 09/09/2026 Resolution promoting Police Officer Paul Kandilou to Detective]

I DIDN'T SAY THAT. HE OH THREE RESOLUTION PROMOTING POLICE OFFICER PAUL CANTILLO TO DETECTIVE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? UH, ONE RESOLUTION OF

[ PW 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the execution modification of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant agreement related to the Babbitt Court flood mitigation project to extend the period of performance]

THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AUTHORIZING EXECUTION, MODIFICATION OF FEMA, HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. UH, TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE

[ PW 2 - 09/09/2026 Resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Greenburgh authorizing the execution of a modification of a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant agreement related to the Hartsdale Brook (Bronx River Tributary) flood mitigation project to extend the period of performance]

THAT SECOND MEL IN FAVOR? I TO RESOLUTION OF TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A MODIFICATION OF A FEMA HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT AGREEMENT RELATED TO HARTSDALE BROOK UM, UH, TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

[ PW 3 - 09/09/2026 Resolution awarding a Professional Service Agreement in connection with the North Washington Avenue sidewalk connection to Badey & Watson Surveying & Engineering, D.P.C., as the lowest responsible proposer, for an amount not to exceed $9,450]

[ PW 4 - 09/09/2026 Resolution awarding a Professional Services Agreement for the North Washington Avenue sidewalk connection to Creighton Manning Engineering & Surveying, PLLC as the best qualified and most responsible proposer for an amount not to exceed $64,600]

I. UM, I'M NOT READY TO VOTE ON P.W. THREE, SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, I'D RATHER HAVE THAT. WE MAKE IT. HOLD IT OVER.

WE DID HOLD IT OVER ALREADY. WE COULD. WE COULD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO DO IT. OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

WE HOLD IT OVER. OKAY.

WE'RE HOLDING OVER P.W. THREE AND P.W..

OKAY, WE SHOULD HAVE A VOTE, THOUGH. WE SHOULD HAVE A SECOND AND A VOTE. OKAY. WELL, IN FAVOR.

I MEAN, A SECOND. NO, NO, NO.

SECOND, A SECOND. HOLDING OVER P.W. THREE AND P.W. FOR CORRECT. YES. THAT'S THE VOTE. YES. OKAY. SO YOU MAKE THE MOTION. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION START AGAIN? I MAKE THE MOTION TO HOLD OVER P.W. THREE AND P.W. FOR. NO. SECOND.

[ PW 5 - 09/09/2026 Resolution awarding a Professional Services Agreement for the replacement of the HVAC system at the Greenburgh Public Library to H2M Architects, Engineers, Geology, Land Surveying and Landscape Architecture DPC as the best qualified and most responsible proposer, for an amount not to exceed $107,247]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

P.W. FIVE RESOLUTION. UH, AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC SYSTEM AT THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY TO H2M ARCHITECTS. ENGINEERS. GEOLOGY, LAND SURVEYING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AS THE BEST QUALIFIED AND MOST RESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 107 TO 47. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR?

[ PW 6 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing execution of a Professional Services Agreement for the design and construction of the Knollwood Pumping Station with Arcadis of New York, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $2,691,150]

AYE. P.W. SIX. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORWOOD PUMPING STATION WITH ARCADIS OF NEW YORK, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 2,000,006 91150. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND ONE IN FAVOR. P.W. SEVEN RESOLUTION

[ PW 7 - 09/09/2026 Resolution awarding a Professional Service Agreement for the Replacement of the Roof System at the Greenburgh Public Library to William F. Collins, AIA Architect, LLP as the best qualified and most responsible proposer, for an amount not to exceed $90,562.50]

AWARDING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF SYSTEM AT THE GREENBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY TO WILLIAM COLLINS, UM, AS THE BEST QUALIFIED AND MOST RESPONSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 90,000 562, 50. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE IN FAVOR. I, UM, TX1

[ TX 1 - 09/09/2026 Resolution authorizing the cancellation of 2026 penalties on certain properties whose timely payments were fraudulently cashed by an entity other than the Town]

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CANCELLATION OF 2026 PENALTIES ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES TIMELY PAYMENTS WERE FRAUDULENTLY CASHED BY AN ENTITY OTHER THAN THE TOWN. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT. SECOND ONE IN FAVOR I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE. WE ADJOURN. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THANK YOU. RECORDING. STOP

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

UPCOMING TOWN BOARD MEETINGS: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, 7:30 PM Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, 7:30 PM Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, 7:30 PM

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

TOWN CLERK COMMENTS AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

TOWN BOARD – 914-989-1540

ATTORNEY – 914-989-1615

CLERK – 914-989-1502

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – 914-989-1538

COMPTROLLER – 914-989-1603

PHILANTHROPY – 914-989-1515

POLICE – 914-989-1740

PUBLIC WORKS - 914-989-1575

TAX - 914-989-1550

Sep 09, 2026 Town Board - Regular