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OKAY, SO THE FIRST THING, AS USUAL,[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH CONSERVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL GREENBURGH TOWN HALL LEE F. JACKSON MEETING ROOM Agenda THURSDAY, October 8, 2020 – 6:30 P.M. ]
WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PRIOR MEETING, AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE.UM, MIKE, I THINK YOU HAD PROBABLY, AS USUAL, MIKE, YOU USUALLY HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE US TO TWEAK, SO I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST.
UM, ARE, ARE YOU GOING BE, UM, DOING THESE, DONNA? UH, IVE, WILL YOU RECORD THESE, UH, THESE TWO COMMENTS? I, THE COMMENTS I HAD? AND CAN YOU FLIP UP ON THE SCREEN? CAN I, WHAT? CAN YOU, CAN YOU, CAN YOU SHARE YOUR SCREEN? NO.
I MEAN, BUT CAN YOU LOOK AT THE MINUTES THAT PETER DID? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THEY GO.
DO YOU HAVE PETER'S EMAIL? I'LL, I'LL LOOK FOR IT.
I, AND I'M GOING TO GET OFF THE VIDEO THING SO I CAN FIND AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE STUFF GOES.
IT WAS, IT WAS LIKE 10 DAYS AGO OR SO.
IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT, I'M PRETTY SURE I CAN, I I HAVE IT.
I HAVE IT, BUT I CAN'T SHARE MY SCREEN.
I'M, I'M ON MY, UM, I HAVE YOU ON MY IPAD, NOT MY COMPUTER.
CAN YOU SHARE THE SCREEN, TERRY? I THINK I CAN, HOLD ON.
WELL, NO, MINE SHARE SCREEN WAS ON THE BOTTOM, SO, OKAY.
LET ME, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE QUIET.
I'M ASSUMING WHEN THEY SAY THIS.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I WANNA GO TO SELECT A WINDOW.
YOU PUT YOUR BOAT UP, MARGARET? NOT YET.
YOU, YOU'RE GOING OUT, YOU'RE STILL GOING OUT? YEAH, WE'LL BE OUT THIS WEEKEND.
UH, PETER MINUTES CAN'T BE DISPLAYED RIGHT NOW.
UH, I, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THEY'RE DONNA.
UH, IN, UM, UM, WHEN THEY START DISCUSSING, UM, START DISCUSSING THE, UM, UM, AND ONGOING ITEMS, I GUESS THE LAST OF THE ONGOING ITEMS, UH, TB 1908.
YOU SEE THAT? MARGARET? I MEAN, DO YOU SEE THAT DONNA? I SEE TOWN BOARD TB 1908 FLOATING ZONE.
THEN NONE OF THAT A STUDY GROUP, WHICH INCLUDED C A C MEMBERS, TOWN STAFFING COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
SAY, WHICH INCLUDED PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, COMMA, C A C MEMBERS.
I THINK PETER SHOULD HAVE SAID, UH, UH, WHICH, WHICH INCLUDED, UH, I THINK IT SHOULD SAY PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, COMMA, C A C MEMBERS.
AND THEN THE ONLY ONE I HAVE DOWN IS THE FIRST BULLET POINT UNDER THAT STARTS OUT THE PROJECT BULK AND LOCATION.
IN THE THIRD SENTENCE, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TOWN BOARD, THE PROJECT WILL BE PERMITTED TO BE 55 FEET HIGH SLASH FOUR STORIES.
BECAUSE, AND AFTER THE WORD, BECAUSE I WOULD ADD ABOUT FIVE WORDS AFTERWARD BECAUSE, UH, IN THE OPINION OF THE TOWN BOARD AND THEN PICK UP, IT
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QUALIFIES.AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE OPINION OF THE C A C, BUT IT'S IN THE OPINION OF THE TOWN BOARD.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER I'VE LOST, I'VE LOST IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED.
UH, THERE, THERE'S A PARAGRAPH HERE.
IT'S COME UP AF THEN, THEN THIS, THE RESOLUTION.
THEN AFTER THE RESOLUTION, THERE'S A PARAGRAPH STARTS DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE RESOLUTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULD PUT A, UM, I WOULD DELETE THE WORDS DOWN TO A REQUEST SO THAT PARAGRAPH WOULD READ DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE RESOLUTION, A REQUEST WAS MADE THAT THE CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS WOULD DOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS TO KEEP THE CAC C TO KEEP THE FULL CAC C INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THE TIMES.
SO, SO DELETE THE PART WHERE IT WAS NOTED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ADHERE TO END.
SO JUST PICKS UP WHAT YEAH, DURING DISCUSSION, RESOLUTION OF THE QUESTION.
NOW I'M GONNA GO BACK ON THE SCREEN.
I GUESS, YEAH, BECAUSE WE HAD NOT BEEN ADHERED TO.
SOUNDS LIKE WE INTENTIONALLY LEFT YOU GUYS OUT AND THAT WASN'T WHAT HAPPENED.
SO NO, IT, IT, IT WAS JUST THE MINUTES AND, AND I HAVE A COPY SO I CAN, I HAVE HIS DRAFT MINUTES HE SENT I THINK, IN WORDS SO I CAN CHANGE THEM EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE.
SO YEAH, HE, HE SENT THEM IN WORD TERRY.
WELL, LIKE THEN YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM TO ME IS THE ONLY THING.
SA SAVES, SAVES A ROUND OF, UH,
SOME DAYS SOMEONE HAS TO TEACH ME HOW TO DO WORD.
OH, MIKE, WE GOTTA SIGN YOU UP FOR ONE OF THOSE ADULT ED COURSES.
YEAH, GEORGE, I TAKE THAT VOLUNTEERING.
THIS IS UPSETTING YOU EVEN MORE THAN WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AGGRESSIVE GROUNDHOGS,
MIKE SENT OUT A LIST OF, UM, WHAT'S, WE HAD ASKED AARON TO CONFIRM WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE LARGE AMOUNT.
UM, WE SHOULD GET AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO GET BETSY ON.
TERRY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, DO WE WANNA APPROVE THESE MINUTES TO WHAT MIKE JUST SAID? YES.
UM, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED.
MIKE THEN TOOK, TOOK WHAT WAS DONE BY A LARGEMONT AND LOOKED AT IT AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN, UM, OUR SITUATION.
AND I KNOW I SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM, UM, TO OPEN UP THE SPRING RANGE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN ONE MONTH.
'CAUSE I FIGURED, YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHARGED YOU FOR THE CLEANUP, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT MULTIPLE TIMES.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH SPRING CLEANUP IS SOMETIMES IN MARCH THE FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING.
SOMETIMES IN MARCH WE HAVE SNOW ON THE GROUND.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD WITH THE SPRING CLEANUP TO SAY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME.
BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S LANDSCAPE FOR COMES MORE THAN ONCE TO DO SPRING CLEANUP.
THEY, IT'S JUST WHEN DO THEY COME? AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S USUALLY ON MOST OF THEIR CONTRACTS, IT'S A SEPARATE CHARGE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA KEEP COMING.
SO YEAH, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME GUYS WHO ARE USING A BLOWER IN THAT PERIOD WHO SHOULDN'T.
BUT IT'S LIKE THE RISK I THINK YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO BE A LITTLE BIT REALISTIC ABOUT THE WEATHER RANGE WE HAVE IN THIS AREA AS TO WHEN SEASONS START OR END.
BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER THE NINETIES, WE HAD ONE MARCH WHEN I THINK THAT THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND TO LIKE THE 20TH OF MARCH.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN GOING INTO MAY TO DO SPRING CLEANUP THAT YEAR.
WELL, TERRY, I ACTUALLY, MY, UM, FATHER-IN-LAW'S BIRTHDAY IS IN MAY.
AND I SENT HIM A PICTURE THIS YEAR WHERE IT SNOWED THIS YEAR.
WHICH I HADN'T EVEN REMEMBERED.
I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO MY PICTURE.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, IT CAN GO VERY LATE.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, A HOOD THING TO, TO PUT INTO JUST ONE MONTH.
'CAUSE I DON'T CARE WHICH MONTH YOU PICK, YOU MIGHT PICK THE WRONG ONE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO FIT EVERYBODY IN.
AND I THINK DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE
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WANNA BE, UM, UNFAIR TO THE, TO THE LANDSCAPERS.I MEAN, THEY'RE IN BUSINESS, THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A SERVICE AND THEY NEED A, A PERIOD TO DO IT.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A REQUEST I HAD ASKED MIKE TO KIND OF ADD TO IT.
SO WHAT MIKE CAME UP WITH WAS WHAT WAS SENT OUT.
UM, AND I THINK WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AND KIND OF GO BACK TO THE SUPERVISOR BECAUSE THE SUPERVISOR IS ANXIOUS TO HAVE THIS COME UP AGAIN SINCE LARGEMONT HAS DONE IT.
AND MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE ANOTHER GO AND SEE IF WE CAN SORT OF BUILD SOME CONSENSUS ON THIS.
UM, WAIT, I I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, ARE WE PUSHING THIS TO THE TOWN BOARD OR HAVE THEY ACTUALLY ASKED US FOR THIS? THEY'VE ACTUALLY ASKED US.
I I DIDN'T SEE THAT ASK, SO, OKAY.
SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERBAL ONE TO MIKE, BUT I MEAN THAT'S FINE.
I, I JUST, YEAH, I MEAN, MARGARET TO HEAR WITH THIS
I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THEY ASKED.
THEY ASKED, AND WE'RE NOT PUSHING THIS AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET SMASHED DOWN OR NO, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THE LETTER.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW,
WE'RE TRYING TO EEK OUT A THIRD.
I I, I THINK WHAT WE REALIZE IS THAT, UM, FOR THE C A C, THE BIG ISSUES ENVIRONMENTALLY ARE THE POLLUTION, UH, THE THINGS THAT ARE BLOWN UP FROM THE GROUND AND THE DEGRADATION, ARTICULATE MATTER, PARTICULATE MATTER, AND THE DEGRADATION OF THE SOIL AND THE MICROORGANISMS ON THE SOIL.
BUT THE, THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOISE.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING, MAYBE IT'S TIME HAS COME, UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE NOISE.
I THINK ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN HOURS IS BASED ON THE RESEARCH PETER DID, WE DO NOT FEEL THAT, UM, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A GAS AND ELECTRIC BLOWER.
IT IS SO INSIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, FOSSIL FUEL USED TO POWER THE, THE DEVICE.
AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
IT'S THE, THE PARTICULATE, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SOIL.
AND THAT'S THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE POWER SOURCE OF THE BLOWER IS.
AND I THINK WE, WE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY PETER HAS PROVIDED US WITH THE RESEARCH TO MAKE THAT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I, I THINK IS THAT IF WE BAN ALL BLOWERS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD, IT MAKES ENFORCEMENT MUCH EASIER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A BLOWER.
YOU ONLY NEED A, THE ONLY ENFORCEMENT TOOL YOU NEED IS A CALENDAR.
AND THAT, THAT I THINK IS A BIG, UM, PLUS TO IT.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PAUL MENTIONED TO ME WAS HE THINKS THAT LARGEMONT, OR HE, I THINKS MAYBE TOO STRONG, HE HOPES THE LARGEMONT IS BROKEN THE EYES.
AND HE SENSES FROM THE INPUT THAT HE GETS FROM RESIDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DID KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT AND TALKED TO CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND ALL ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, WE KIND OF CONCLUDED IT WAS A 55, 45 SPLIT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, WHICH IS A CLOSE ROUGH 50 50.
HE THINKS IT'S MUCH MORE SOLID NOW IN FAVOR OF A LOWER LOSS, UM, UH, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE OF WORKING AT HOME AND HAVING FIRST TIME YEAH.
UM, OF ONE OF THE THREE FLU TO THE FACT EVERY DAY HEAR EVERY DAY.
UM, I AGREE THAT'S, HE, HE ASKED US TO, TO GO BACK INTO THE BLOW WARS, YOU KNOW, AND UH, AND TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
AND CARRIE, I THINK MADE VERY USEFUL, UH, UM, UH, ADDITIONS TO WHAT I CAME UP WITH ARE BEING MORE FLEXIBLE ABOUT SPRAYING AND FALL CLEANUP BECAUSE WE HAVE, IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO RESIDENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT, UH, THE THING CAN'T LET THE PERFECT, UH, BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD.
AND, UM, UM, THAT'S, AND I THINK CARRIE HAD ONE OTHER THING SHE WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT I DID.
I ADDED HER EXTENSION OF TIME.
I THINK THINK CARRIE HAD ONE OTHER THING SHE WANTED TO ADD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE EXEMPTIONS.
WE HAVE, IF SOMEONE HAS AN AUTHORIZED TREE CUTTING DOWN THAT HAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, KIND
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OF NON, I HAD ONE TODAY, IT WAS A BIG MESS.AND SO HAVING A BELOW FOR THAT PARKS AND UH, UM, UM, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DOESN'T REALLY VIOLATE THE PRINCIPLE OF, UH, ASKING CITIZENS TO DO WHAT THE TOWN DOESN'T BECAUSE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DOESN'T FRANCIS HATE THAT.
DOESN'T HE HATE THAT FRANCIS? HE HATES THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THREE VOTES, YOU KNOW, WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT THAT.
SO, BUT I THINK THAT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FAIRLY.
UH, I'LL TALK TO FRANCIS IF I HAVE TO, BUT I THINK THAT CAN BE FAIRLY DISTINGUISHED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NORMAL CITIZENS DON'T GET INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF, UH, PUBLIC WORK THAT'S INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UH, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NORMAL CITIZENS DON'T, THE REAL ISSUE IS GOING TO BE PARTS AND REC.
UM, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE REALITY OF INTERNAL POLITICS WITHIN THE TOWN ARE THAT, UH, JERRY IS A VERY, VERY HIGH QUALITY, UH, PUBLIC SERVANT AND VERY, VERY WELL RESPECTED AND RIGHTLY SO BY THE TOWN BOARD.
AND SECONDLY, PAUL TOLEY WERE DOWN $4 MILLION.
HE'S ASKED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO CUT THEIR BUDGETS BY 6%.
AND JERRY CAN'T KEEP THE PARKS THE WAY PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO CAN ROGER YOUR BIKE OVER A LEAF? LIKE, CAN YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE OVER LEAF? YOU CAN'T
BUT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ISSUE.
NOW, CARRIE HAD SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTED TO ADD THAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO ABOUT PARKS AND RECS, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST WHEN JERRY WAS KIND OF LIKE, IT WAS A, A GENERAL BIG TOWN BOARD MEETING, HE WAS DOING SOMETHING ELSE, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, I NEED MY BLOWER LOOK, LEAVE ME ALONE.
KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THERE REALLY HAS TO BE A DIALOGUE TO SAY, WHAT DO YOU NEED THE BLOWER FOR? BECAUSE WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC EXPLANATION AS TO, WE USE THE BLOWER BECAUSE WE HAVE STUFF IN THE STREET THAT PEOPLE COULD SKID ON.
SO WE HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP AND CLEAN IT UP QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE'S A DANGER.
AND I SAID TO MIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY ONE OFF KIND OF THING.
IT COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG, BUT I USE ANTHONY VETERAN PARK A LOT IN THE SUMMER.
EVEN THIS YEAR I WENT OVER TO SWIM.
SO, SO OVER THE, ANY GIVEN SUMMER, I AM AT ANTHONY VETERAN PARK, PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK WHEN THE WEATHER IS ANY KIND WHERE, WHERE YOU WOULD WANNA GET IN THE WATER.
TRY, BUT I, I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BLOWER BEING USED.
SO I, MY QUESTION BECOMES, IF WE HAD A REALLY IN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, IT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD YOU USE THE BLOWER FOR? AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN QUALIFY PAR PARKS AND RECS A LITTLE BIT.
I GOTTA SAY, I GOTTA SAY, SO MY PROPERTY BUTTS ON THE TOWN PROPERTY TOWN TREE FELL ON MY PROPERTY.
REMEMBER THIS? I WAS LIKE, OH, WELL YOUR, YOUR TREE FELL ON MY PROPERTY.
CAN'T YOU COME CLEAN IT UP? CAN'T YOU COME CLEAN IT UP? AND THEY WERE LIKE, NO, THIS IS CALLED A WINDFALL.
YOU KEEP THE WIND, YOU KEEP THE, YOU KEEP THE WOOD.
AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
THE TRUNK, THE TRUNK IS ON YOUR PROPERTY, THE TRUNK.
SO THEY CAME WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SAW AND THE WHOLE THING.
THEY CAME AND THEY HAD TO USE BLOWERS TO GET THE CHIPS OFF.
I MEAN, IT WASN'T, AND THERE WAS NO, NOBODY'S DANGER.
BUT I, I INSISTED THAT THEY GET THAT THING ALL.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE HARDEST PART.
THE TRUNK, RIGHT? WHO WAS, I HAD THE CROWN.
I HAD TO CLEAN UP THE CROWN, BUT THEY HAD THE, THE TRUNK AND THEY CLEANED IT UP.
WHO WAS IT? WAS IT PARKS AND REC OR PUBLIC WORKS? IT WAS, UM, WHAT'S HIS NAME? VINCE.
VICTOR STARTED SAYING, NO, NO, NO, IT'S YOUR TREE.
I WAS LIKE, NO, IT'S YOUR TREE.
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I WAS LIKE, SAVE ME A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT THEY DID HAVE TO COME WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE SAWS AND THE BLOWERS TO GET THE CHIPS OUT.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE PUT THE EXCEPTION IN FOUR TREES, BECAUSE IT, IT, THE FALLEN TREES.
EVEN YOU'RE TAKING DOWN A TREE, YOU, IT JUST MESSED UP MY, MESSED UP MY HOUSE.
IT'S SUCH A MESSY THING WHEN YOU TAKE DOWN A TREE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, OH MY GOD, GOD.
THAT'S WHY WE FELT EVERYWHERE FOR, UM, EVEN FOR PEOPLE.
UH, WE WERE GOING TO ADD THAT ONE TO WE ADD THAT IN.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD THAT, BUT MIKE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT WE FELT THAT WOULD BE A CASE.
ANY TREES, ANY TREES THEY HAVE TO TAKE DOWN WITH A SAW.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON THE LIST, BUT I KNOW MIKE AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND WELL, WHAT'S ON THE LIST IS, UH, AN AUTHORIZED, AN AUTHORIZED REMOVAL.
SO THAT YOU KNOW, IT, IT, NOW, NOW WE HAVE NOTHING.
I'M ON, UH, THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.
NOTHING'S AUTHORIZED NEXT YEAR.
LEMME, UH, AT THIS POINT, LET ME, UH, INTRO, UH, I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, LEMME ASK, UH, MRS. MCCORMICK IF SHE'D LIKE TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
UH, LEMME INTRODUCE TO THE GROUP.
MRS. MCCORMICK IS A, UH, ONE OF THE SENIOR DIRECTORS OF, UH, THE OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION.
AND IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN THE END OF, I THINK THE END OF 2016 OR THE BEGINNING OF 2017, UH, IT WAS A LETTER FROM THE OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION THAT STARTED THIS CURRENT ROUND OF, UM, STUDY AND INVESTIGATION ON, UH, A, A LOWER LAW FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF, UH, I'VE ASKED HER AND GOLIATH, SHE'S HERE TO, UH, IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND, UH, AND GIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION, UH, GIVE US, UH, THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, PLEASE COMMENT.
UM, AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR HEARING ME.
UM, LIKE MIKE SAID, MY NAME'S BETSY MCCORMACK AND I AM ONE OF THE DIRECTORS AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE, UM, OLD EDGEMONT ASSOCIATION.
AND, UM, MIKE IS A PART OF OUR ASSOCIATION.
SO HE KEEPS US POSTED ON THINGS LIKE THE BLOWER LAW.
UM, AND WE DISCUSSED IT AT LENGTH THIS PAST, UM, MONDAY NIGHT.
AND, UM, THE ASSOCIATION DOES FEEL STRONGLY THAT, UM, IN, IN ITS, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL BLOWER LAW.
UM, WE DID TAKE EXCEPTION WITH THE, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, SOME OF THE, THE CERTAIN, UM, EXCEPTIONS LIKE YOU ALL ARE DISCUSSING, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND REC AND, UM, BUT IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, THE DIS THE, THE OUR EXEM EXEMPTION OR OUR, UM, OUR FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, THOSE EXEMPTIONS WERE NOT SO STRONG THAT WOULD NOT BE IN SUPPORT OF THE LOBBY.
UM, BUT EVERYBODY DID AGREE THAT BECAUSE OF, UM, THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME, THAT THE NOISE HAS JUST BEEN, UM, INSURMOUNTABLE AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE WORKING FROM HOME.
THE KIDS ARE AT HOME, UM, WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING.
AND IT'S JUST AN, YOU KNOW, AN ANOTHER THING FOR US TO MANAGE, UM, WITH THINGS SO UNCERTAIN RIGHT NOW.
UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE LARGE BE SPRINKLING UP.
SORRY, BETSY, YOU'RE CUTTING OUT.
YOU HAD A QUESTION? WE WANNA HEAR YOU.
I HAD A QUESTION THAT THE LARCHMONT, UM, THE LARGE LARCHMONT LOSS SAID APRIL WAS THE MONTH FOR SPRING CLEANUP.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT.
WHERE WE LOST? WHERE WE LOST BETSY.
WHERE WE LOST YOU? I'M JUST MOVING AROUND.
MAYBE THIS, MAYBE MY STAIRWELL WILL BE BETTER.
THE, THE, UM, THE LARCHMONT LOSS SAID APRIL WAS THE MONTH FOR THEIR SPRING CLEANUP.
SO ARE WE JUST, ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT WE JUST
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SAY A MONTH IN THE SPRING, OR HOW IS THAT GONNA READ NOW SINCE YOU DIDN'T REALLY WANNA SPECIFY A MONTH AND THEN I GUESS THE, IN, UM, THE FALL, IT'S OCTOBER 15TH TO DECEMBER 15TH MAYBE IS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S INDICATED ON THE LARCHMONT LAW.UM, BUT SO I WAS CURIOUS IF WE WERE GONNA FOLLOW THEIR GUIDELINES OR HOW, HOW THAT WAS GONNA BE SPECIFIED.
UM, FOR GREENBERG, CARRIE, UM, WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH IS MARCH 1ST TO MAY 15TH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT BASICALLY WE JUST REALLY DON'T SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA GET REPEATED.
WE'LL HAVE THE OCCASIONAL PERSON WHO VIOLATES IT, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN IN THE FALL BEFORE WE HAD OCTOBER 15TH TO DECEMBER 15TH.
A LARCHMONT JUST HAD THE ONE MONTH IN THE SPRING AND I JUST FELT THAT THAT WAS, IT'S BASED ON, YOU KNOW RIGHT.
I THINK, UM, WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE, STEPHANIE WAS TRYING TO GET ON, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING SAYING THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE WAITING ROOM.
SO DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY, THAT'S, YEAH, NO, THAT WAS, I WAS, MY QUESTION WAS JUST ABOUT HOW YOU WERE GONNA INDICATE THE SPRING, UM, THE SPRING RESTRICTION, YOU KNOW, THE DATES.
I, I THINK THAT TERRY'S TRYING TO, TERRY'S TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, A, AN A A SPRING, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU GET, YOU KNOW? RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND, UH, LEAVE IT OPEN, BUT THEN SHUT IT DOWN FOR THE SUMMER.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT OUR GARDENERS COME ONCE IN THE SPRING, SO WHENEVER THAT IS, WHENEVER, RIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S USUALLY A SEPARATE BILL ITEM.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO FIT EVERYBODY IN AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A RAINY SPRING, THEY REALLY CAN'T WORK.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK WE WANNA PENALIZE THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME PENALIZE OURSELVES.
BUT THEY DO NEED TO USE THE BLOWERS TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW WITH THE LEAVES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'LL PICK UP THE LEAVES IN THE, IN THE FALL, SOMEHOW IN THE SPRING, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF LEAVES LEFT.
THERE'S A LOT OF BROKEN BRANCHES BY THE END, THE TIME THE WINTER IS OVER.
SO THEY DO NEED, YOU KNOW, TO USE IT.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S TOO MUCH OF AN ASK TO SAY NOT TO, IT'S JUST TOO MUCH OF A CHANGE IN THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS TODAY.
BETSY, LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
UM, PAUL'S BIGGEST CONCERN THAT HE EXPRESSED TO ME WAS, 'CAUSE I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON FOR PARKS AND REC.
I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTOOD THE REASON I AGREED WITH THE REASON FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC P P W.
BUT I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE.
WELL, I, I, I, I, THERE ARE TWO RATIONALES FOR PARKS AND REC.
UM, I, I, I UNDERSTOOD THE BUDGETARY RATIONALE, WHICH IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF JERRY HAS TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE, IT'S JUST A NON-STARTER.
WE WILL NEVER GET THREE VOTES.
UM, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE FACT PAUL SAID THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN EXPECTATION THE PARKS WILL LOOK A CERTAIN WAY.
AND I SAID, BUT THE PARKS PAUL
AND UH, HE SAID HE JUST THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE TOO MUCH PUBLIC CRITICISM OF, OF THE LAW IF THE PARKS WERE NOT PRISTINE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THAT, BETSY? WELL, I'M THINKING NOW ABOUT THE PARKS AND I LIVE NEAR THE CRANES POND PARK, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THE, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, STONE WALKWAY AROUND IT.
AND I IMAGINE THAT WOULD BE THE SAME ISSUE AS THE, UM, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS SAYING THAT IT'S COULD BE, YOU KNOW, HAZARDS SLIPPERY, BUT, AND THEN I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT LIKE, UM, WEB PARK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING BALL ON THAT PARK.
AND, AND, AND IF THEY'RE KICKING A BALL AROUND AND THEY'RE SLIPPING ON LEAVES, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT ASTROTURF, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE PRISTINE LOOK, BUT WET LEAVES ARE, CAN BE
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INTEREST FOR KIDS.UH, UM, HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SAFETY, WHICH IS WHY I THINK MAYBE WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT IS IT LANDSCAPING OR IS IT SOMETHING LIKE MAKING SOMETHING SAFE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, BETSY.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD DISTINCTION YOU'VE MADE.
UH, THAT WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN TERMS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, WHICH, WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED COMPLETELY.
I MEAN, I WASN'T EVEN THINKING OF IT AS A LANDSCAPING ISSUE.
AND NOW YOU'VE MADE ME THINK OF IT VERY DIFFERENTLY.
AND I, I DO BIKE AROUND AND YEAH.
UM, YOU DON'T WANNA GO ON A BIG SLCE WAY OF, OF, OF LEAVES.
I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN USED TO HAVE THE PICKUP AND THEN IT WAS IN THE STREET, THEN IT WENT ON YOUR CURB.
AND NOW THE GARDEN HAS TO, YOU KNOW, COLLECT IT AND TAKE IT AWAY BECAUSE THEY WOULD BLOW IN THE, THE STREET AND IT BECOMES A PROBLEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE SLIPPERY.
SO I THINK THAT'S A REAL DISTINCTION IN TERMS OF MAYBE EVEN WORKING.
I THINK THE PRISTINE LOOK AT THE PARKS, WELL THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, THE THINGS WHERE THE PARKS LOOK NICE IS WHERE THEY HAVE PLANTINGS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, BLOWS REALLY GET USED IN PLANTINGS.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THERE ARE PARKS OF THE PARKS THAT BE FOR, BUT LIKE WHEN YOU GO INTO ANTHONY VETERAN, THE ENTIRE WETLANDS IS FULL OF INVASIVE BIN.
SO
WELL, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE THE TWO RATIONALES THEN THAT WE COULD TALK TO FRANCIS ABOUT, UH, FOR EXEMPTING PARKS AND REC, WHICH IS, UH, SAFETY, WHICH IS SOMETHING CITIZENS NORMALLY DON'T HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
THAT'S, THAT'S SUCH A GREAT, THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT COMMENT.
AND I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE.
THAT WAY, EVEN THOUGH I GO OUT THERE, ALL I WAS THINKING OF WAS LANDSCAPING.
AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR LANDSCAPING WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S.
YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF WE'RE DOING THIS, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT PLACES THAT, UH, NOT JUST PRIVATE HOMES, BUT YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE NICELY LANDSCAPED PROPERTIES THAT WOULD, WAS SAYING TO THEM, NO, YOU CAN'T USE A BLOWER ANY LONGER ON YOUR PROPERTY.
SO, I MEAN, IT ISN'T JUST HOMEOWNERS THAT GET AFFECTED BY THIS.
THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD DISTINCTION.
I THINK DONNA, DONNA AND SHARON HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING.
I THINK YOU'RE COVERING THE MATTER VERY WELL.
DONNA, ANY COMMENTS? YOU'RE ON.
I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK EVERYONE'S CORRECT.
UM, I THINK THE SAFETY ISSUE IS A RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH IT AND THE BUDGETARY ISSUE WITH FOR G P W AND PARKS AND RECS.
I HAVE ONLY ONE MORE PICKY, PICKY.
I LOOK AT THE TIME, AND I KNOW MIKE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE NINE TO THREE BECAUSE IT CONCERNS FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
AND MY THOUGHT I HAD TWO THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UM, ONE IS I THINK WE'LL GET PUSHBACK FROM THE LANDSCAPERS, BUT ALSO, UM, THE TIMES THE KIDS COME HOME FROM SCHOOL VARIES.
SO THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S FOUR OR THREE, IT MAKES THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM COME HOME BEFORE THREE.
SOME OF THEM COME HOME AFTER FOUR.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE, BECAUSE YOU GET INTO WHICH SCHOOL THEY'RE GOING TO, WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, ARE THEY DOING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES? THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WALKERS.
WELL, LET, LET, LEMME ASK BETSY, MAYBE IF SHE CAN HELP US ON THIS, BETSY, RIGHT NOW WE SAY IF YOU USE THIS, IF YOU USE THESE THINGS FOR SPRING FALL CLEANUP IN THE TIMES WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GOTTA BE DONE MONDAY.
WHAT'D THEY SAY? MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY? I DON'T REMEMBER.
YOU SAID MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NINE TO THREE WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.
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THREE WAS THE RESEARCH MARGARET DID, REVEALED THAT CHILDREN ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS BECAUSE THEIR LUNGS, THEIR RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS ARE LESS ABLE TO, TO DEAL WITH THE POLLUTANTS.I MEAN THE, THE REAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM.
LARGER, THEY'RE LARGER, THE LUNGS ARE LARGER AND PROPORTION TO THEIR BODIES.
AH, AND, AND THE REAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM IS THIS THROWS UP NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FILTHY STUFF, BUT SOME OF THE STUFF'S EVEN POISONOUS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROTECT THE KIDS, CUTTING IT OFF AT THREE WAS THE EFFORT TO, UM, NOT HAVE IT WHEN KIDS ARE WALKING BACK FROM SCHOOL, UM, AND HAD NOT LETTING IT START TILL LATE.
NOT HAVING IT ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
BUT WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE? I MEAN, UH, YOU ARE HEAD OF THE PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THIS AND I THINK PROBABLY ANY OF US ARE RIGHT? WELL, UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, IN EDGEMONT, THE KIDS GO, UM, EITHER UH, EIGHT 30 TO 1115 OR 1230 TO THREE 15, YOU KNOW, AROUND THERE.
SO THERE'S A MORNING SESSION IN THE AFTERNOON SECTION.
SO KIDS AND MAT AND IN OUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, KIDS DO WALK.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF WALKERS.
UM, THEY'RE WALKING BACK AND FORTH ACTUALLY MORE, YOU KNOW, ALL DAY BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE A CLASS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT 12, AT 1230 AND THEIR LAST PERIOD'S FREE, THEY COULD BE COMING HOME AT TWO ANYTIME BETWEEN THAT TIME.
KIDS ARE WALKING CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
BUT, UM, BUT GENERALLY WHEN THIS ENDS, KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL FROM EIGHT 30 TO 3 0 2 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S A GOOD TIMEFRAME FOR SURE THAT YOU'RE USING.
I MEAN, THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS THAT ALL THE KIDS ARE WEARING MASKS NOW.
I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE TOXINS THAT ARE GETTING INTO THEIR LUNGS.
UM, BUT YEAH, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T SEE THE TIME BEING, UM, A GREAT ISSUE.
I WANTED TO ASK, SO ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF I HEARD SOMEBODY JUST MENTION SCHOOL, LIKE SCHOOL FIELDS, IS THAT A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CONVERSATION THEN? THE, THE, I DON'T THINK THAT TOWN, I DON'T THINK THE TOWN HAS ANY JURISDICTION ON THE SCHOOL FIELDS.
IF, IF WE HAVE A, IF WE HAVE A TOWN LAW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO ASK, UM, PARENTS IF THEY WANNA USE THIS AS A MODEL, MODIFY IT AND WHATEVER THEY WANNA MODIFY IT FOR THEIR SCHOOLS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THE TOWN HAS ANY AUTHORITY OF THE SCHOOLS.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT GOING TO TWO 30 INSTEAD OF THREE? I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET PUSHBACK FROM THE LANDSCAPE IS WE'RE GONNA GET PUSHBACK ON THE THREE.
REALLY THINK 2 33 IS GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
TWO 30 FOR ME MAKES ME FEEL SO MUCH SAFER FOR THOSE CHILDREN THAT GET OUT AT 3 0 5.
BUT THE THING IS, YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE WORKDAY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIT IN AS MANY PROPERTIES AS THEY CAN.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW MY GUYS, THEY PULL UP WITH THE TRUCK AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE BEFORE IT'S TIME TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS IT? NINE O'CLOCK, THEY CAN START IN THE MORNING.
I, AND THEY'LL BE HERE BEFORE AND THEY'LL JUST WAIT.
THEY KNOW THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'RE SITTING IN THE TRUCK WAITING TO GET STARTED.
I MEAN, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PROFITABILITY COMES FROM THE NU THE NUMBER OF OF HOUSES THEY CAN DO.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I JUST THINK THAT IF WE, WE'D BEEN LUCKY IF WE GET THE THREE, AND I THINK IF WE ASK FOR TWO 30, YOU START TO IMMEDIATELY HAVE SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE GONNA PUSH BACK ON.
UH, UH, UM, BETSY, THAT WHAT MARGARET'S COMMENT IS BASED ON HER RESEARCH WHERE SHE FOUND THAT THIS STUFF REMAINS SUSPENDED IN THE AIRS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
SO IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S NOT THE WHOLE THING, BUT I MEAN, SOME OF IT IS STILL SUSPENDED IN THE AIR FOR AN HOUR UP TO DISTANCES ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, 40, 45 FEET FROM THE SOURCE.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE MARGARET WAS SAYING WHAT SHE'S SAYING.
UM, NOW AS IT GETS COLDER, UM, YOU KNOW, INTO NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, THERE
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ARE LESS WALKERS.UM, AND THERE'S LESS STUFF IN THE AIR.
AND BY THEN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON IS MORE IMPORTANT.
IF YOU HAVE TO DO THREE O'CLOCK AND AGAIN, UM, THE KIDS, THE, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING OF JUST HOW THE KIDS WALK, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE WALKING ON SIDEWALKS IN THE STREETS.
LIKE IT'S IT, YOU KNOW, AND OUR YARDS ARE NOT SO BIG HERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I DON'T, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, SUCH A ISSUE TO HAVE.
MAYBE WE MAYBE COULD WE SAY TWO 30, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SPRING AND THREE O'CLOCK IN THE FALL? TOO COMPLICATED, MARGARET.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE LUCKY IF WE GET THE THREE, WE MAY HAVE TO YIELD ON THE THREE BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS IS FOR THE C A C MARGARET, OUR CONCERN IS PARTICULATES IN THE SOIL, IN THE CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE NOISE AND SAY THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER NOISY THINGS OUT THERE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THINGS THAT AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH TOO, TERRY.
I, I, AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I ALSO THINK WE DEAL WITH HOW CAN WE GET ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION AND I THINK THE WAY WE GET LEGISLATION IS WE DON'T PUT ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND CONTROVERSY.
AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE WE GET PUSHED BACK ON THE THREE, TO BE VERY HONEST.
THINK WE HAVE A MOMENT IN TIME.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THIS THROUGH.
AND WHAT THE GOOD THING IS FOR THE WORST PART OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF THE PARTICULATE STAYING IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
WE WILL NOT HAVE THE BLOWERS IN THE SUMMER.
UH, STEPHANIE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS? UM, I, BETSY, UH, STEPHANIE IS UH, IN EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD THANKS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, I WAS JUST ADD TO THE POINT OF, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND NOW LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, LIKE I KNOW, UM, KIDS WILL, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS TO GET TO SCHOOL IN EDGEMONT.
YOU EITHER DRIVE TO SCHOOL IF YOU HAVE YOUR LICENSE AND YOU HAVE A CAR.
UH, OR ACTUALLY THREE, YOU EITHER WALK IF YOU'RE CLOSE ENOUGH OR YOU, UM, TAKE A TAXI TO SCHOOL.
SO THOSE ARE YOUR THREE OPTIONS.
AND A LOT, I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS, UM, TEND TO WALK BACK AND FORTH, ESPECIALLY IF A FREE PERIOD OR SOMETHING.
I KNOW KIDS WHO LIVE CLOSE TO HOME WILL END UP, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE BACK TO BACK OR YOU HAVE A LUNCH IN A FREE, THEY'LL GO HOME FOR LUNCH AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK OR THEY'LL GO WITH GROUPS AND IT'S A WHOLE THING OF HOW MANY PEOPLE GO.
BUT BETWEEN THOSE TIMES, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I KNOW, I THINK BETWEEN AROUND NINE AND LIKE TWO 30, YOU HAVE NO ONE REALLY WALKING IN THE AREA UNLESS YOU'RE WALKING YOUR DOG.
OR, UM, YOU HAVE, UH, IF YOU'RE LIKE JUST WALKING AS A LOCAL RESIDENT, BUT ONCE THREE O'CLOCK HITS YOU HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS JUST GOING AND HEADING HOME.
AND I THINK THE TIME THAT IT ENDS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DONE WALKING HOME IS AROUND THREE 30.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE WHO USUALLY DO SPORTS AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, IF THERE ARE SPORTS, DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THAT, UH, THEY USUALLY GET EITHER GET PICKED UP BY A CAR OR PEOPLE GIVE THEM RIDES.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK HOME FROM SPORTS THAT I KNOW OF.
SO I GUESS WHAT WE NEED TO DO, TERRY, IS REALLY TRY TO FIGHT TO HOLD THE THREE.
UH, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN WIN THAT OR NOT, BUT WE TRY TO FIGHT IT.
I MEAN, I, WELL, WE CERTAINLY CAN TRY.
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING IS CAN WE, CAN WE START AT TWO 30 AND THEN GO TO THREE? THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
IT REALLY ISN'T REALLY, REALLY TER I JUST LIKE THESE KIDS.
I JUST THINK, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA GO IN WITH SOMETHING WHERE WE SAVE THE KIDS.
LIKE, CAN WE SAVE THE KIDS? LIKE, COME ON.
OR JUST LIKE, JUST GO TO THREE AND LET THE KIDS GO OUT AND THE STUFF BLOWN UP IN THEIR FACES.
I THINK THERE AREN'T, IT'S, IT'S, I I GUESS I, I OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO A VOTE ON.
I PERSONALLY THINK WE STAND A BETTER CHANCE GOING IN AT THREE AND TRYING TO HOLD IT AT THREE.
WHAT, WHAT DID LARGEMONT GET? WHAT DID LARGEMONT GET? WOULD THEY GET, UM, DO THEY HAVE TIME ON LARGEMONT, MIKE? I FORGET THEY DID, BUT I THINK IT WAS LONGER.
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YEAH, I DO TOO.I DON'T THINK THEY FOCUSED ON THE KIDS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE ONLY FOCUSING ON NOISE.
I HAD A CON CONVERSATION WITH THE, UM, CHAIR OF THE CAC C IN SCARSDALE AND SHE SAID, OH NO, I HAD MICHAEL, MICHAEL I USE AS AN ELECTRIC BLOWER IN THE SUMMER.
SO I DID EMAIL BACK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO OTHER ISSUES.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SOIL AND THE PARTICULATES BEING BLOWN UP.
BUT I MEAN, THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR OF THE C A C AND HER ONLY NOTE THOUGHT WAS THE NOISE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SO MUCH RESEARCH, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ON THIS, MARGARET.
AND WE, WE LOOK AT IT VERY DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FOR THREE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND, UM, OR THOSE KIDS GET OUT OF 3 0 2.
YOU'VE GOT, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW GREENBERG'S SCHEDULE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT LIKE, UM, I THINK GREEN HAS MUCH WORK DRIVING.
I DON'T MAKE IT OUT, BUT MOST KIDS IN GREENBERG ARE BUST AND OR DRIVEN.
AND I WAS GONNA SIMPLY BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOLS, VERY FEW OF THE SCHOOLS ARE AT AT A LOCATION THAT'S WALKABLE TOO.
AND I THINK FOR MOST OF THE KIDS WHO ARE BUSED, IT SEEMS NOWADAYS, LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID YOU HAD BUS STOPS AND KIDS WALKED FOR LIKE TWO OR THREE BLOCKS, WHO IT SEEMS NOWADAYS THEY'RE DROPPED OFF ALMOST AT THEIR HOUSE OR VERY CLOSE TO IT.
MY KIDS WERE UH, RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE DRIVEWAY.
AND YOU'RE LEY RIGHT IN EDGEMONT WE DON'T HAVE ANY NO BUSING IN EDGEMONT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, THIS IS ACTUALLY, THAT WAS BETSY'S POINT.
I FORGOT THAT THERE'S NO BUSING.
NOW THE CAC AND RIDE BIKES AND BIKES TOO.
THE, THE C A C DOESN'T GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS.
BUT THAT'S AN INTERESTING, SOMETHING I'VE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IS THAT IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN THREE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE ADVERSE TO THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY.
AND THERE CAN BE DISCUSSIONS HAD ABOUT, YOU GUYS REALLY WANNA DO THIS BECAUSE IF YOU GO PAST THREE, YOU'RE REALLY HURTING EDGEMONT.
WELL, CAN IT JUST BE MORE EDGE? I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S GONNA GET COMPLICATED, BUT IF IT'S, YOU CAN'T DESIGNATE CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE IF YOU COULD THEN THE, UM, THE LANDSCAPERS COULD JUST BE SURE THEY DID, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA EARLIER IN THE DAY AND THEN THEY COULD GO LATER IF YOU WANT TO FOUR O'CLOCK IN OTHER PARTS OF GREENBURG JUST SO THAT WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE THE KIDS ARE IN BUSES.
THE POLITICS OF THAT ARE OKAY.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT'S THE REALITY.
YOU KNOW, SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT TERESA IS SAYING IS THAT THREE O'CLOCK HAS THE BEST SHOT OF IT BEING ACCEPTED BY THE LISTEN.
IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH IS NOTHING.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY, I I COULD GO BACK FOURTH OR FIFTH TIME AROUND ON THIS.
IT PREDATES SAY MIKE JOINING THE C A C I MEAN THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
AND, AND WE'VE ALWAYS OPERATED ON THE THREE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WITH NOISE BEING THE ONE WE FELT WAS THE LEAST, LEAST PROBLEMATIC.
AND, AND WE'VE GOTTEN NO SORT OF BUY-IN ON, ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN NOISE.
AND WE'VE HAD SUCH RESISTANCE.
'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE, AS MIKE SAID, EVEN MORE RECENTLY, 50 45, I THINK YEARS AGO IT WAS PROBABLY LIKE 60 40.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING.
AND I WOULD HATE FOR A HALF HOUR TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION FOCUS ON THE HALF HOUR.
I MEAN, THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, THERE WAS A WHOLE FOCUSING ON BEING ABLE TO BLOW OUT THE LEAVES AND BACK OF YOUR AIR CONDITIONER.
GARDENING GLO AND YOU GO LIKE THIS AND YOU GET THE LEAVES OUT.
I MEAN, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, RIDICULOUS.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN A MEETING AND SAY THAT TO SOMEBODY.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH MY HEAD.
HE NEVER CONSIDERED JUST BREAKING THE LAW ONE DAY, ONE MINUTE, 10 MINUTES,
AND THEN WE WENT INTO THIS ABSURD, ABSURD, SHARON, WHAT?
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OH, SHARON'S ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BREAK THE LAW YOU RECORDED, RIGHT? I THINK WE'RE SHARONNO, YOU'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THIS ONE PARTICULAR SOME TWIGS UNDER IT, YOU KNOW, SO IN, IN, IN AN AREA ABOUT THREE FEET BY FOUR FEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND HE'S GONNA MAKE THE ENTIRE LAW ACCOMMODATE THAT AIR CONDITIONER
I, I JUST THINK THERE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING, AS MIKE SAID, THERE'S TWO VOTES AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY WORK TO GET THE THIRD.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING TWO O'CLOCK.
I MEAN, TWO O'CLOCK WOULD MAKE ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER FOR THE CHILDREN.
I JUST GOTTA SAY I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT, AND I, AND I DO THINK WE'RE GONNA GET, SEE WHAT WE DON'T WANNA GET INTO IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA DISCUSS GAS VERSUS VERSUS, UM, ELECTRIC.
AND I THINK WE'VE KILLED THAT ONE.
BUT IF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST BIG GO ROUND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE GUY FROM THE ELECTRIC BLOWER ASSOCIATION REMEMBER HIM.
YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING THEY COULD, YOUR FAMILY WAS IT THE ALL WENT OUT AND USED ELECTRIC BLOWERS TOGETHER.
SO
AND IT GIVES US THE WONDERFUL ASSET OF SAYING, LOOK, IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO ENFORCE BECAUSE ALL YOU NEED IS A CALENDAR.
UH, BETSY, THE, WHAT GRACE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT, UH, WE DID RESEARCH OVER 300 BLOWERS THAT ARE ON THE MARKET.
I THINK IT WAS 306 BLOWERS, ONLY FIVE BLOWERS THAT ARE ON THE MARKET.
UM, MEET THE TOWN'S, UM, NORWAY STANDARD.
THE PROBLEM WITH ENFORCING IT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER COME TO THE PROPERTY WITH A SOUND MEASURING DEVICE.
AND YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT'S SMART ENOUGH TO WALK AND CHEW GUM, AS SOON AS THE POLICE OFFICER SHOWS UP WITH THE SOUND MEASURING DEVICE, GET WHAT THEY GUESS WHAT THEY DO.
YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN'T ENFORCE IT, BUT THERE'S ONLY OUT OF 306 BLOWERS, THERE ARE ONLY FIVE THAT MEET MIKE.
THE OTHER REASON THAT WHOLE THING FAILED WAS THAT'S THE MAX.
RIGHT? THERE WAS NO MIN, THERE WAS ONLY THE MAX.
AND HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE AT THE MAX? YOU KNOW THAT WE HEARD THAT, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, ITS GONNA BE TOO, WE HEARD THAT BELONGINGS TOO.
LIKE HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE USED AT THE MAX? WE, WE ALL, WE ALL TAKE, WE ALL TAKE A DEVICE OUT AND DON'T USE IT THE WAY IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED TO BE USED.
MAX BECAUSE OF WHAT TERRY SAID.
YOU MAKE YOUR MONEY BY DOING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE TB.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING MORE ON THIS OR I'LL PUT SOME EDITS IN THIS AND SEND IT BACK OUT TO EVERYBODY.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME HERE AND HEARING ME.
DONNA, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING DONNA? YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, I WAS, WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD FIND ANYTHING ONLINE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD A TIME RESTRICTION.
SO I JUST GOOGLED ABOUT, UM, BLOWER LAWS AND I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A BLOWER LAW RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH THE SENATE.
OH, THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE OR THE IT'S, YES, IT'S IN NEW YORK STATE.
RIGHT NOW IT SAYS PAST SENATE PASSED ASSEMBLY.
SO THE NEXT STEP WILL BE DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR AND IT'S ONLY FOR GAS BLOWERS.
IT PROHIBITS THE USE OF GAS POWERED LEAF AND LAW BLOWERS BETWEEN MAY 1ST AND SEPTEMBER 30TH.
THAT'S VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE PROPOSED, EXCEPT WE PROPOSED IT'S ONLY GAS.
IT'S LIKE IT'S, EXCEPT THE DATES WERE LIKE CADENCE SAYS.
WELL, AND ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY'RE THE, I GUESS THE REASON THEY'RE SAYING ONLY GAS IS BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ON THEIR WEBSITE TALKS ABOUT EMISSIONS FROM GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS FINALLY.
UM, AND SO I THINK BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT GAS, THIS BILL IS ONLY TALKING ABOUT GAS, BUT IT'S GOT A LOT OF, IT'S INTERESTING, IT HAS THE, THE THREE THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED, EXHAUST EMISSIONS, NOISE AND PARTIC SLASH
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DUST FLOATING TO THE AIR, WHICH ELECTRIC DO TOO.BY THE WAY, THESE GUYS THAT LIKE TOOK MY TREE DOWN AND WAS CUTTING THIS STUFF UP, YOU COULD SMELL THE GASOLINE IN MY, MY REFRIGERATOR BY THE TIME IT WAS DONE, IT WAS DISGUSTING.
HAS BOTH THE DESCENDANTS AND THE, AND THE ASSEMBLY AND IT, UM, WILL BE AT SOME POINT DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THEN HE HAS 10 DAYS TO SIGN IT OR NOT.
UH, THAT'S WHAT, UM, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN, UM, UH, YOU WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE AND YOU CAN SEND AROUND? YEAH, I'LL DO IT RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE I CAN ASK, I CAN ASK HOW LOBBYIST, YOU KNOW, THE TOWN, A LOBBYIST UP IN ALBANY.
I CAN ASK LOBBYIST WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON? THEY SOMEHOW THINK IT'S NOT GONNA, THERE'S SO MANY AND THEY GET SO FAR, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I, I, I WONDER WHAT, WHAT? I WONDER WHAT THIS NICE GUY THAT SENT US THIS LETTER ABOUT HOW AWFUL WE WERE OPPOSING A BAN.
YOU KNOW, HE IS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GAS, UM,
THE GLASS MANUFACTURERS REMEMBER THAT, REMEMBER THAT LETTER? HE SENT US AN AWFUL OH GOD.
AND LIKE PAUL WAS LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THIS GUY? WHO YOU KIDDING ME? YEAH.
YOU SEE WHO HE WORKS FOR? PAUL
OBVIOUSLY HE GOT AHOLD OF THE PEOPLE IN ALBANY AND GOT HIS ELECTRIC BLOWERS, UH, EXEMPTED.
BUT HE WOULD, NO, HE WAS THE GAS.
UH, BETSY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING.
OKAY, WELL THE TIME IS GOING BY AND UM, I JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED PLASTIC BAGS ON THERE.
AND WHAT PROMPTED THAT IS, I THINK YOU SAW MIKE SENT OUT A THING THAT SCARSDALE WAS GOING TO NOW COLLECT PLASTIC BAGS, UM, AT, AT THE DUMP.
SO, UM, I EMAILED, I GOT AHOLD OF THE, UM, WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE CHAIR OF THE SCARSDALE C A C ABOUT THIS.
SO SCARSDALE WAS DOING IT BECAUSE THEY FELT SOME OF THE STORES WERE NO LONGER OFFERING THE ABILITY TO DROP OFF YOUR BAGS.
BECAUSE I HAD NOTICED THAT WHEN I WAS IN ACME WHEN I WAS IN STOP AND SHOP, THEY STILL HAD THE BINS TO PUT PLASTIC BAGS.
SO SHE WAS SAYING I GUESS, AND THEN ALSO IN SOME OF THEM YOU HAVE TO GO INSIDE THE BIG ROOM.
YOU KNOW, THE BOTTLE AREA IS WHERE THEY COLLECT THE BAGS.
I THINK LONG TERM IT MAY BE SOMETHING.
AND THEN, UM, SHE SAID THAT THEY ALSO WERE USING IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T JUST THESE SUPERMARKET BAGS, IT'S YOUR CEREAL BAG, IT'S YOUR BREAD BAG, IT'S THE NEWSPAPER DELIVERY BAG THAT THEY ALL CAN BE RECYCLED.
SO I SUSPECT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THE SUPERMARKETS DECIDE THEY DON'T WANNA DO IT ANYMORE.
BUT FOR NOW, UM, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THERE IS STILL ALTERNATIVES.
AND IF THE TOWN IS LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY, IT'S ONE MORE LESS THING THEY HAVE TO SET UP TO COLLECT.
FOR NOW, SCAR SEAL HAS ARRANGED TO SELL THEIR BAGS TO THIS PLACE, THIS COMPANY.
AND SHE ACTUALLY SENT ME THE EMAIL THAT I GUESS HAS BEEN COLLECTING THEM FROM THE SUPERMARKETS.
UM, SO IT IS SOMETHING WHERE THEY STILL IS A, UM, A CHAIN TO RECYCLE THEM.
BUT I DON'T, I PERSONALLY, I DON'T HOW OTHERS FEEL.
I MEAN, I WANNA HEAR FROM OTHERS.
I DON'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING RIGHT NOW FOR US TO ASK TO HAVE DONE.
UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE CAN GET FREE FROM A SUPERMARKET.
HOW DO OTHER PEOPLE FEEL? WELL, TARA, THE STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, I, THE THE PLASTIC, THE SOFT PLASTIC, WHICH IS LIKE THE ONLY THING IN MY GARBAGE AT THE END OF THE DAY, AREN'T THEY BURNING THAT TO CREATE STEAM THAT CREATES ELECTRICITY? YES.
BUT, BUT YOU CAN ALSO TAKE THAT TO THE SUPERMARKET.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU TAKE, DOES ANYONE HAVE TROUBLES TAKING IT TO THE SUPERMARKET? I I DON'T.
I I I PUT IT IN THE GARBAGE AND I PUT IT OUT.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT'S MY OTHER THING IN WESTCHESTER, SINCE WE BURN OUR GARBAGE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I DON'T, I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF FEELINGS I WOULD IF IT WERE GOING INTO A LANDFILL.
I THINK THEY CREATES STEAM AND THEY CREATE ELECTRICITY.
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YEAH.IT'S, AND IT'S LIKE THE ONLY THING LEFT I TAKE, I TAKE MY OTHER STUFF AND I BRING IT TO ANTHONY VETERAN AND I PUT MY PLASTIC, HARD PLASTIC PUT MY PAPER OUT.
ANYBODY ELSE? I WAS ALWAYS AMAZED THAT PEOPLE HAVE AS MUCH GARBAGE AS THEY DO
BUT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY MORE TRASH IN SOME HOUSEHOLDS THAN OTHERS.
I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT'S TRASH.
YOU HAVING TROUBLE DISPOSING OF YOUR PLASTIC BAGS.
IT'S NO PLASTIC RECYCLING THAT IT'S BUILDING UP.
BUT, BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE BAGS, DO YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE TAKING, FINDING SOMEPLACE TO PUT THE BAGS? THEY'RE IN MY CAR,
THAT'S ONE WAY OF GETTING THEM TO THE SUPERMARKET.
THAT'S WHY I LEAVE THE, UH, REUSABLE BAGS IN THE CAR.
'CAUSE I HAD TO THING ABOUT, AND I PROBABLY FORGET THEM.
SO, UH, SO MIKE, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE'RE GONNA LIKE, UNLESS YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, WE'RE JUST GONNA LET THIS WORK, WORK ITS WAY OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IF THE SUPERMARKET STOP DOING IT, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK INTO THE BLOW WARS.
WE DON'T WANT GO TO WARS AND ONE, AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THE, UM, TREE LAW AGENDA.
HOPEFULLY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
AND WE, UH, ARE GONNA UH, UH, GO INTO THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE OF INVASIVES.
AS STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE DID A WONDERFUL WRITE COLLECTION ON, UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DON'T KNOW, JUST OFFICIALLY TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, SUPPORTED THE EIGHT ACRE SPECIAL PERMIT APPROACH TO THE, UM, CONTINUING CARE FACILITIES.
SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE TOWN BOARD AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BECOME LORE.
AND IN TERMS OF, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL GAIN, THAT'S A BIG WIN.
I MEAN, AND FLOATING ZONES ARE KILLED.
THAT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE AND UH, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS NICE.
I THINK IT WAS A A REAL AND IT WAS A VERY CIVIL KIND OF, UM, WIN, WHICH IS UNUSUAL IN GREENBERG
WELL WHAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE? THAT WAS CIVIL
IT'S ONLY IF YOU LIVE IN GREENBURG, IT'S ONLY IF YOU LIVE IN GREENBURG.
DID YOU FIND THE PRESIDENTIAL EVENT? CIVIL
THERE BEEN, LET'S GET BACK FEW THERE.
THERE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN A FEW TOWN HALL MEETINGS WHERE THE PEOPLE ALMOST HAD PITCHBOOKS IN THEIR HANDS.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I I I LOVE YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, MARGARET, COMPARED TO WHAT I SAW LAST NIGHT.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY, MIKE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER THIS, BUT YOU GOT ME THROUGH, YOU GOT ME THROUGH.
GET ON THE, GET ON THE CAC C AND THEN YOU TOLD ME, YOU TOLD ME NOW YOU CAN WARM UP YOUR TORCH.
YOU WERE LIKE, DON'T LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
AND AFTER I GOT THROUGH, YOU'RE LIKE, NOW YOU CAN WARM UP.
AND MY, MY THOUGHT IS HOW DO WE GET TO EXTRACT OUT THE ONES THAT ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT, I GUESS THE VINES AND GET IT IN A FORMAT THAT THAT'S UM, USER AND KID FRIENDLY OR TEAM FRIENDLY.
I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO SEE, AND, AND THIS IS SORT OF MY WISHING A SOLUTION COMING FROM OTHER SOURCES, IS THAT SOMEHOW WE COULD GET LIKE THE TEENS AND PEOPLE REALLY AWARE OF THE VINES IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY LITERALLY ARE TAKING DOWN TREES AND TAKING DOWN SHRUBS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ARE ANNOYING BECAUSE THEY'RE IN YOUR FLOWER BEDS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO PULL
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OUT A WEEDED AND IT'S ANOTHER THING WHEN YOU GET A VINE THAT REALLY TAKES TAKES GETS IN BECAUSE THE ROOT SYSTEM ON THE VINE IS SO EXTENSIVE THAT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL OUT ONCE THEY GET IN.SO LEMME MAKE A STRUCTURAL, UH, UH, COMMENT.
FIRST OF ALL, STEPHANIE, THAT WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOB, UH, UH, JOB YOU DID.
IT IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY, YEAH.
I'M NOT EVEN DONE WITH IT YET.
'CAUSE THERE'S LIKE 50 OTHER KINDS
BUT HE, BUT STEPHANIE, HERE'S WHAT I WONDER IF YOU COULD DO MM-HMM.
UM, WHY THE HARM THAT IS DONE, WHAT AN INVASIVE IS.
THEY PROBABLY, I MEAN, IT HAS A NASTY SOUNDING WORD, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, IT, IT'S NOT ENTIRELY OBVIOUSLY THAN WHAT AN INVASIVE IS AND WHAT IS THE HARM CAUSED BY INVASIVE.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A ONE AND A HALF PAGER, YOU KNOW, LIKE A WRITEUP.
A 0.1 IS, UH, WHAT'S AN INVASIVE AND TWO, WHAT IS THE HARMS? WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE HARMS? NOT SINGULAR, THE HARMS, PLURAL, CAUSED BY INVASIVE.
AND THEN LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIST EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT JUST THE TOP FIVE, HALF A DOZEN, I MEAN THE TOP FIVE OR SIX.
AND THEN, THEN YOU GET PART THREE, WHICH IS WHAT'S TO BE DONE.
AND THEN THAT WHAT'S TO GET DONE IS YOU GET RID OF THE DAMN THINGS.
AND THEN THAT FEEDS INTO WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR AS THE EXHIBIT.
BUT, UM, UH, WHICH IS JUST MAGNIFICENT.
BUT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S MY STRUCTURAL THOUGHT BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS IN READING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID, WE, YEAH, WE READ.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE NEED IS WHAT IS IT, WHAT ARE THE HARMS CAUSED BY IT? UM, AND THEN WHAT TO DO, WHICH IS BASICALLY GET RID OF THE, DON'T LET, DON'T LET 'EM GET PLANTED.
AND IF THEY'RE THERE, GET RID OF THE DAMN THINGS.
NO, MY WHY DO WE, I BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING WHAT POWER THE TOWN WOULD HAVE TO GO ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND EITHER, UH, MANDATE THAT THE OWNER, UH, TAKE DOWN THE INVASIVES AND I WAS THINKING OF PARTICULAR VINES GOING INTO TREES OR TO DO IT THEMSELVES AND THEN CHARGE THE OWNER.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT POWER IN THIS TOWN.
WELL, WE, HERE'S WHAT WE COULD DO.
WE CAN CERTAINLY, AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
THEY ADOPTED A REGULATION ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO AND SAYING, YOU CAN'T, UH, PLANT INVASIVES IN THOSE, RIGHT.
UM, WE COULD ADOPT A LOCAL LAW PARALLELING THAT.
AND WE COULD SAY, IF YOU VIOLATE THE LAW, UM, AND YOU DON'T TAKE IT DOWN, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO IN AND TAKE 'EM DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LEGALLY POSSIBLE TO SAY ON A PRE-EXISTING LAW, REGARDLESS OF HOW IT GOT ON YOUR PLANT, ON YOUR, ON YOUR PROPERTY, WHETHER, I MEAN, ON A PRE-EXISTING INVASIVE BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE LAW, WHETHER YOU PLANTED IT OR WHETHER IT JUST CAME IN FROM ONE OF SEVERAL WAYS AN INVASIVE COULD COME IN, THAT THE TOWN COULD GO IN AND MAKE IT, TAKE IT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DO THAT OR NOT.
MY GUESS IS WE DO BECAUSE IT'S, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HARMS CAUSED BY IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S POLITICALLY POSSIBLE, BUT I DO, I DO THINK IT'S POLITICALLY POSSIBLE TO SAY YOU CAN'T PLANT IT.
AND IF YOU PLANT IT, YOU GOTTA GET RID OF IT.
IF YOU DON'T GET RID OF IT, WE'LL GET RID OF IT AS TO, AS TO A PREEXISTING INVASIVE, I THINK WE PROBABLY COULD GO IN BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A DANGER TO THE, UH, IT'S A 'CAUSE THE DANGER IT IS TO VEGETATION AND THE TOWN
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HAS A LEGITIMATE PUBLIC INTEREST PROTECTING VEGETATION.UH, I THINK WE COULD GO IN AND DO IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S POLITICALLY POSSIBLE.
SHARON, SHARON, SHARON, I WOULD SAY THIS IS, LIKE MIKE SAYS, THE THE, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T, UM, DON'T, DON'T DAMAGE THE GOOD FOR THE PERFECT.
I THINK THE THING WE NEED TO DO IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, WELL ONE OF THE THINGS IS THINGS IN WHAT WE WOULD WANT FROM THE TOWN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TOWN REALLY FOCUS ON MAYBE PUTTING STUFF OUT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CONSTANTLY, HE CONSTANTLY EMAILS THAT WE PICK THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES, WHICH ARE THE VINES.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHERS, SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE JUST ANNOYING WEEDS.
SO THEY'RE FOREIGN WEEDS VERSUS DOMESTIC WEEDS.
BUT THEY'RE WEEDS AND, AND THEY, THEY, THEY, SO YOU'RE PULLING THEM OUT OF THE FLOWER BEDS, BUT THEY'RE BASICALLY WEEDS.
SOME OF THE THINGS, THE OTHER THING TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF, BECAUSE THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ON THERE THAT HISTORICALLY WE USED FOR LANDSCAPING.
THE BOWERY IS ONE OF THEM IN THE FIFTIES THAT WAS BIG TO HAVE A BARBERY HEDGE AND THEY'RE STILL AROUND.
SO WHEN MIKE IS SAYING YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE, THESE AS THEIR HEDGES, WHEN THEY WERE PUT IN, IT WAS
BUT IT, IT'S HORRIBLE BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR HAS IT.
I GOT, IT'S HORRIBLE TO PULL OUT BECAUSE IT TOOK IT OUT.
IT, IT JUST, IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A, ASIDE FROM BEING INVASIVE AND COMING UP, IT ALSO IS IS FULL OF THORN.
SO TO PULL IT OUT IS A, A PROBLEM.
BUT I THINK MAYBE IF WE COULD FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT ARE MOST RECOGNIZABLE AND CAUSE THE MOST DAMAGE.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT GROW VERY LARGE.
AND I THINK THE VINES, 'CAUSE SOME OF THOSE QUOTE WEEDS GROW INTO BUSHES AND HAVE HUGE ROOT SYSTEMS VERSUS THE LITTLE SCRUBBY WEEDS ON THE GROUND.
BUT, UM, OR, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH THE TOWN TO STUFF THAT COME OUT.
AND THEN I THINK ORIGINALLY THERE HAD BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR HAVING SOME SORT OF DISTRIBUTION, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH FACEBOOK OR ONE OF THE MORE, UM, MORE OR A, A SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S USED BY YOUNG PEOPLE TO KEEP PUTTING OUT PICTURES THAT ARE JUST SIMPLE FLASH PICTURES.
YOU KNOW, PICTURES ARE WORTH MUCH MORE THAN WORDS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TREE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY OR SOMETHING YOU TAKE COVER WITH VINES.
THAT'S A GREAT PICTURE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THIS IS WHAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S SMALL.
PEOPLE KEEP PUTTING IN BAMBOO, WHICH IS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS OVER AT THE SCARSDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY JUST BEFORE THEY CLOSED DOWN.
AND IT WAS A GORGEOUS TREE, PLANTED THE MEDIAN, AN EVERGREEN.
AND I HAD TO WALK PAST IT CLOSELY TO GET ACROSS TO THE LIBRARY.
AND I SPOTTED AT LEAST FIVE INVASIVE VINES IN THAT TREE.
I WENT TO THE LIBRARIAN AND MENTIONED IT TO HER AND HER RESPONSE WAS, SHE WOULD TELL THE, UH, TOWN PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE SO THEY COULD COME IN AND CLEAN IT, BUT THEN THEY CLOSED DOWN THE LIBRARY AND DID THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
IT'S A PUBLIC TREE IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND IT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WORKING IN THERE.
THEY HAVE GARDENERS, QUOTE GARDENERS IN THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND NOBODY SAW IT, OR NOBODY DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
IT'S VERY EASY TO NEGLECT A PARTICULAR THING IN THAT NOTICE THAT I SPENT THIS AFTERNOON WITH MY SISTER, THE SCOTTSDALE WOMEN'S CLUB HAS A VERY BIG CLUMP OF REND FOR SOME REASON.
EITHER THE GARDENER OR THE MEMBERS WHO NORMALLY DO THE GAR DO ASSIST IN THE EXTRA GARDENING, HAVE NEGLECTED THIS THING.
WE WERE PULLING OUT THE WEEDS AND THE VINES WAS LITERALLY CRAWLING UNDER IT BECAUSE YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE TO GET THEM OUT, YOU HAVE TO CRAWL UNDER THE BUSH AND PULL THE STUFF OUT.
'CAUSE IT WAS MOST OF THE, IT WAS THE BINDS, THE ROOTS ARE SO DEEP THAT YOU HAVE TO DIG DOWN, LIKE ALMOST A FOOT TO GET THE ROOTS OUT.
AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE ROOT SYSTEM OUT AND ONCE POSSIBLE.
AND IT'S JUST SO EASY FOR THEM TO TAKE OVER WITHOUT YOU NOTICING IT.
PARTICULARLY IN THE TREES AND THE SHRUBS.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T START ON THE PERIPHERAL OF THE TREE OR THE SHRUB.
THEY GO UNDERNEATH AND THE INSIDE
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AND COME UP.BUT I THINK YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL, STEPHANIE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE, STEPHANIE, BY NEXT MEETING TO DO A PAGE AND A HALF OF, IF YOU WILL DO THE FIRST TWO PARTS, WHICH ARE, WHAT'S AN INVASIVE ONE SENTENCE? MM-HMM.
I'LL DO THE THIRD PART, WHICH IS WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? 'CAUSE THAT'S PART LEGAL.
AND THEN ATTACH, AND THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD WORK WITH KAREN AND, UM, UH, WHO'S A MASTER GARDENER AS TO WHICH OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES.
UH, YOU, YOU CAN GET SHARON'S EMAIL, WHICH ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES.
I, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED SHOULD BE ADDING ANYMORE BECAUSE I THINK YOU'LL LOSE THE TOWN BOARD, BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD.
YOU KNOW, EIGHT, I MEAN YOU'VE GOT SOME 20 THERE NOW.
I THINK YOU OUGHT TO PUT THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT ONES.
MIKE, I, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT SHE SHOULD ADD ALL, ALL OF THEM THAT SHE CAN IDENTIFY.
A REFERENCE, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE IN THE FRONT PAGE.
AND THEN, AND THEN AFTER THEY DIGEST THAT, MAYBE YOU PUT THE YEAH, I MEAN IT'S ONE THING TO SAY THERE ARE 40, JUST THE OTHER ONE OVER.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SAY OVERWHELMED TO START OUT WITH.
THESE ARE THE SIZE THAT YOU CAN RECOGNIZE.
AND THEN MAYBE ALSO SEE IF WE CAN GET A LOCAL PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE A VINE COVERED TREE.
BECAUSE THAT THEY'LL RECOGNIZE.
I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY POSSIBLE.
MAYBE WHAT MAYBE WHAT YOU DO IS YOU HAVE THIS PATIENT F COVERING THING AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO APPENDIXES.
APPENDIX A IS, YOU KNOW, THE MOST COMMON AROUND AND THE MOST COMMON AND MOST HARMFUL.
SO SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE HALF A DOZEN, YOU KNOW, VINES AND WHATEVER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LONGER, AND THEN THEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OTHER INVASIVES, UH, KILLER KILLER.
LIKE THEY LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD.
LIKE FIRST THEY LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS REALLY BAD.
AND THEN THEY LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO, MARGARET? I THINK, I THINK, I THINK YOU'D GO WITH THE KILLER.
WHAT IS IT? WHY IS IT BAD? HERE ARE THE BAD THINGS.
AND THEN YOU DO AN APPENDIX OF LIKE, HERE'S THE BAZILLION BAD THINGS.
AND THEY GET, YOU GET EVERYBODY DISTURBED.
SO, SO, SO IN, SO IN THE MEMO, THEM MEMO WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 0.1, UM, WHAT IS IT? POINT TWO, WHY ARE THEY BAD? POINT THREE, WHICH I'LL DO.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? POINT FOUR, HERE ARE THE FIVE OR SIX, THE, YOU KNOW, REALLY
THE ONE THING FROM EFFECT THAT WE SEE ALL AROUND HERE.
AND THEN, THEN YOU, THEN AN APPENDIX IS A, A LONG RUN SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY DONE A STEP.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE LIKE A BAZILLION OF 'EM.
JUST LIKE GIVE 'EM A LIST THAT JUST MAKES 'EM CHOKE.
WE DON'T KNOW THE WHICH ONES SHE HASN'T DONE YET.
AND THEN THE ONES THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE LOCALIZED TO GREENBURG ESPECIALLY.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE MORE UPSTATE, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE MORE A LITTLE LOCAL TO WESTCHESTER.
SHARON, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER TWO THINGS.
ONE IS THE ABSORPTION ABILITY OF WHO THIS IS FOR.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THEM TO READ ALL OF THE ENTIRE NO, NO, NO.
WE JUST WANNA, WE JUST WANNA SHOCK 'EM.
AND, AND, AND THE SECOND IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WHAT STEPHANIE HAS DONE IS WONDERFUL.
SHE'S, SHE PLAYS SPORTS, YOU KNOW.
OH, SPORTS GOT CANCELED THOUGH.
THE TIME THAT SHE'S GIVING US AND THE, THE ASSISTANCE SHE'S GIVING US IS INVALUABLE.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA.
I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT UP TO STEPHANIE ABOUT ANY THAT SHE THINKS SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
STEPHANIE? UH, ALL YOUR SPORTS GOT CANCELED? UH, WELL, FOOTBALL GOT CANCELED AND IT'S MOVED TO MARCH.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WRESTLING IT, BUT WE'RE ALL ASSUMING IT'S GONNA END UP GETTING, GONNA END UP BEING EITHER PUSHED BACK FURTHER OR GETTING
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CANCELED.BUT THEY HAVE SOME SPORTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THEY HAVE LIKE SOCCER FIELD HOCKEY AND TENNIS AND LIKE CROSS COUNTRY GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T THINK THAT WRESTLING IS GONNA HAPPEN FOR YOU.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ALL SAYING.
BUT YEAH, SEE HOW OUTCOME IS AT MY GRANDSON'S SCHOOL, THEY CANCELED WRESTLING.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY, HE HEAVY, HEAVY BREATHING AND TOUCH USED TO FACE WHAT YOU PLAYING FOOTBALL? WHAT, WHAT POSITION DO YOU PLAY IN FOOTBALL? OH, UH, I'M A RIGHT GUARD IN FOOTBALL AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE
A RIGHT GUARD AND, AND A DEFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE.
YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE THE FIFTH GRADE? UH, THIRD GRADE.
NEVER BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA SHOW ME YOURS.
SO WE REALLY HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF ITEMS. UM, I THINK MOST OF THE OTHER ITEMS, THERE ISN'T MUCH TO BE DISCUSSED.
O ONE OTHER THING, TERRY, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, YOU NEED TO SEND SOMETHING TO UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO, I GUESS PAUL, UM, AND COPY THE TOWN BOARD THAT SINCE IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE TREE LAW GET, UH, DEFERRING TO LEFT THE HOPE OPENING OF, UH, TOWN HALL.
BUT THAT WAS A HALF A YEAR AGO.
AND YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, WELL TOWN HALL'S STILL NOT OPENING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, UH, IS IS AARON COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE.
I SAID IS AARON COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? I THINK AARON SAID JANUARY 1ST.
I THINK AARON SAID JANUARY 1ST TOO.
WELL, AND SO, BY THE WAY, MY STUPID ARBORIST THAT HOW TO LIKE TAKE MY TREE DOWN, SHE THOUGHT I LIVED IN SCARSDALE SINCE SCARSDALE ISS MY PO SHE HAD SENT PHOTOGRAPHS.
SHE HAD TO LIKE SHOW HOW FAR IT WAS AWAY FROM THE WAR COURT.
SHE HAD TO DO LIKE A BAZILLION THINGS.
IT TOOK 15 DAYS FOR SCARSDALE TO SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, THIS TREE IS NOT IN SCARSDALE
THIS TREE COULD HAVE FALLEN ON MY CHILD.
I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE FIRST THING SHE WOULD'VE DONE, BECAUSE YOU'RE SO FAR OVER, I MEAN YOU NOWHERE NEAR SCARSDALE AND SCARSDALE ZIP CODE IS IN ABOUT FOUR MUNICIPALITIES.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN ELLE EAST.
IT'S, I TELL, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LIKE JUST ZIP CODE.
I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE A $20,000 BILL TAKING THE FREAKING TREE DOWN.
AND IT TOOK HER LIKE SHE FILED THE, AND THEN, THEN I WAS LIKE, HOW ABOUT CALL MY FRIEND AARON SCHMID? SHE LIKE, SHE CALLED AARON SCHMIDT AND HE IS LIKE, OH, YOU HAVE AN ACRE, JUST TAKE IT.
I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BUT DID, WHY DID SHE ASK YOU WHERE YOU WERE? I MEAN, I DON'T
SHE CAME, SHE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, MS. GRANOLA HEAD AND THE WHOLE THING
OH YOU CAN'T EVEN, I CAN'T EVEN GO THERE WITH THIS TREE THAT CAME DOWN WITH ALL THE BUZZ SAWS AND THE CHIPPER AND THE WHOLE THING.
I WOULD THINK, I WOULD THINK YOU'D HAVE A MAC WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES IF THIS WAS YOUR JAW.
BECAUSE THE ZIP CODE ME NOTHING IN WESTCHESTER.
BUT LISTEN TO ME IN SCARSDALE, IF YOU HAD THIS SICK TRAIT, YOU HAD TO FILL OUT A FORM, YOU HAD TO STAND IN LINE, YOU HAD TO TAKE PICTURES, YOU HAD TO DELIVER A MAP.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY PLANT ANYTHING, WHICH IS NO, NO, NO, NO.
THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I WAS PUTTING BACK.
I JUST GOTTA TAKE THIS DEAD THING OUT.
I'M GONNA PUT SOMETHING NICE BACK.
AND SO, UM, GREENBERG, THE NEXT R R TREE LAW IS WAY BETTER THAN SCARSDALE
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IS.NOW IF YOU HAVE A DEAD TREE THAT HAS TO COME DOWN, UH, TERRY.
WHAT, WHAT? JUST JUST ASK AARON.
WE DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING TO DARREN AND DOESN'T THINK IS RIGHT, BUT I HAVE A AARON.
C D N C SUPPORTS SOME NEW TREE ORDINANCE TAKING EFFECT.
SO, SO WE NEED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DO DO IT A ONE PAGER TO, UH, WAS WE SHOULD RUN BY AARON BEFORE WE, UH, SEND IT A ONE PAGER RUN BY AARON TO THE TOWN BOARD.
ON THE BLOWER NO, NO, NO ON THE TREE.
THAT THEY, THEY STARTED ON JANUARY ONE BECAUSE WASN'T THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON THE LAW? NO.
AFTER THE ONE TIME THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING IT OUT.
I MEAN IT WAS LIKE, OH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND IF WE DON'T LIKE IT, WE'LL JUST BACK OFF.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A SUNSET ION.
GOSH, IF WE HAD A SUNSET PROVISION, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
'CAUSE THEY TALKED ABOUT A YEAR AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
IT WASN'T IT LAND UP IN THE WAR.
WELL SUDDENLY START BEFORE MIKE.
ARE YOU SURE? MIKE? ARE YOU SURE? I'LL CHECK IT.
'CAUSE I'M JUST GONNA GO, I'M GONNA GO AND LIKE A FETAL POSITION AND CRY
I'LL CHECK BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, OH, WE'LL TRY IT FOR A YEAR.
NO, THAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT? WE'LL TRY IT FOR A YEAR.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE EVER GOT.
IF THEY DON'T LIKE, I DON'T, SO I DON'T THINK IT ACTUALLY WENT IN THE LAW.
MIKE
MIKE AARON JUST SAID IT'S NOT IN THERE.
IT'S NOT, I, I I DON'T REMEMBER IT EITHER.
I REMEMBER IT BEING DISCUSSED.
OKAY, SO I THINK WE HAVE NOTHING ON AMORE.
UH, WE, UH, UM, SAME THING AS, AS, AS DONNA WAS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE GAS BLOWER LOSS STATE LEVEL.
WE'VE BEEN PASSED, PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S NOT BEEN DELIVERED YET.
I'M GONNA SEND OUT A NEW CALENDAR OR I DID SEND OUT THE CALENDAR WITH THE DATES.
YOU'LL NOTICE IN NOVEMBER WE'RE MEETING ON THE 18TH AND WE'RE NOT MEETING IN OUR NORMAL ROOM.
BUT OF COURSE THEN AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T MET IN OUR NORMAL ROOM FOR OVER SIX MONTHS.
DID YOU, YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE NEW YORK, I'M SORRY, ONE OF THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATORS GOT COVID? NO.
AND SO THEY'RE CANCELING, THEY'RE CANCELING THE STATE OF WESTCHESTER ADDRESS BY THE TOWN, UM, I MEAN BY THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
SO I MEAN THAT'S JUST GOTTA BE, UH, A DISINCENTIVE FOR ANYONE TO LIKE OPEN UP TOWN HALL, YOU KNOW, HOLY IN ROCK.
ONE WHO YOU KNOW WELL HE, AARON JUST SAID THERE'S A TREE PLANTING EVENT AT THE NATURE CENTER ON THE 16TH.
YOU MEAN LIKE A SEMINAR OR PLANTING OUTSIDE? IT SOUNDS LIKE, LIKE THEY'RE GONNA PLANT A TREE AND YOU COULD GO WATCH IT MAYBE.
NO SUNSET DIVISION IN THE TREE ON IT'S F Y I TREE PLANTING EVENT AT THE GREENBERG NATURE CENTER TENDED TO BE SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER 16TH TO MEET THE TOWN'S TREE CITY U S A REQUIREMENTS.
SO I GUESS IT'S OUTSIDE AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WEAR MASKS AND DON'T GET TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
YEAH, SO SORRY, ALL MY MICRO, MY MICROPHONE'S NOT WORKING.
I WAS WONDERING WHY HE WAS, HE WAS ONLY SENDING CHAT MESSAGES.
HIS MICROPHONE'S NO, I CAN HEAR I WELL, WELL THAT'S, NO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS FROM AARON'S CHAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR TONIGHT? I THINK EVERYONE LOOKS TIRED.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A MEETING AND SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN.
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THIS IS SO, SO RIDICULOUS.I DON'T THINK U B S U B S IS NOT CALLING US BACK, MAN.
YOU KNOW, JP MORGAN U B S IS LIKE NEXT SUMMER.
UH, DID DID DID THEY ACTUALLY DO IT? DID.
I HEARD THEY DID IT AND THEN, AND THEN PEOPLE GOT SICK.
WHAT HAPPENED AT, AT, AT THEN? THEY HAD TO RE YEAH, THEY HAD TO SCALE BACK.
BUT UM, YEAH, UH, WE HAVE A BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE 20,000 PEOPLE HAVE TO GO UP IN THE ELEVATORS, ALL TAKE THE SUBWAYS IN AND U B S IS LIKE, STAND BACK.
SO, UM, THEY FIGURED OUT WE COULD WORK FROM OUR KITCHEN TABLES AND MAKE PLENTY OF CLIENT FEES, GIVING ADVICE.
AND IS IT WORKING? WELL,
AND, UH, AND, UM, WE'RE NOT, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A YEAR.
WELL, I, I, I'M NOT GOING INTO ANY BUILDINGS.
I, I GO INTO ONE OR TWO STORES AND THAT'S IT.
UH, IF IT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, I'M TOTALLY PARANOID.
I USED TO THINK LIKE THE WORST THING ABOUT MY LIFE WAS WEARING A SUIT AND THE COMMUTE.
AND NOW ALL I WANNA DO IS WEAR THE SUIT AND COMMUTE IT.
MIGUEL, ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM AARON.
THE CENTER EVENT WILL BE OUTDOORS WITH APPROPRIATE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO
I JUST, ANY, ANY KIND OF TURNING INTO THAT PLACE ON CENTRAL AVENUE IS TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUICK.
AND THEN COMING OUT, WELL, COMING OUT, I'M GOING NORTH SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER, BUT COMING IN IT'S ALWAYS A BUT.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT FOR TONIGHT OR IS THIS IT? I THINK LOVE YOU GUYS, MISS YOU.
THANK YOU STEPHANIE FOR A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK.