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OKAY.[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH PLANNING BOARD AGENDA WEDNESDAY, November 4, 2020 – 5:00 P.M. Meetings of the Planning Board will be adjourned at 8:00 p.m. ]
AND WELCOME TO NOVEMBER 4TH, UH, 2020.UH, I'M GOING TO MAKE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE AGENDA.
IT CALLS FOR US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THEN I HAVE A ROLL CALL.
BUT IF WE DO IT THAT WAY, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A RECORD OF WHO WENT INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I ASKED DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, UM, UH, TO CALL THE ROLE, AND THEN AFTERWARDS WE COULD GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT BOARD MEMBER COR DESAI IS NOT PRESENT THIS EVENING.
IF THERE'S NO WAY YET TO TURN OFF THE, THE VIDEO WHEN WE ARE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE GO OVER THE MINUTES.
IN THE MEANTIME, IF, UH, IF STAFF CAN MAKE, UH, EFFORTS TO CONTACT GEORGE, SO WE COULD TAKE THE SESSION, UH, UH, OFFER LIVE SESSION DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO LET'S PROCEED, UH, WITH THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 21ST.
UH, UH, I HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES.
UH, DO ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? I HAD NO COMMENTS, NO COMMENT, NO COMMENTS.
UH, THEN I ENTERTAIN A MOMENT.
UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 21ST, 2020 AS WRITTEN.
THAT'S BY ALL IN FAVOR, A AYE, AYE.
UH, UH, WALTER, YOU JUST GOT MUTED.
UM, SO, SO I'M GONNA PROCEED, UH, WITH THE FIRST
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, I THINK, UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO ANY APPLICATIONS, WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE WOULD HAVE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH GEORGE SO HE COULD TAKE US OFF LIVE WHEN WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, THE FIRST, UH, DRAFT APPROVAL IS, UH, CASE PP 1905 L L C, SUBDIVISION OF SEVEN WAREHOUSE LANE.
UH, YOU HAVE THE DRAFT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, IS ANY COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT APPROVAL? THIS WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING, UH, THIS, UH, UH, DRAFT OF APPROVAL? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE PB 1905.
UH, UH, SUBDIVISION CHAIRPERSON.
SIMON, JUST, UH, I'M SORRY IF THE, AND I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE DECISION IN FRONT OF ME, SO FORGIVE ME IF IT DOESN'T READ THIS WAY, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE TWO VOTES.
ONE, AND THE FIRST WOULD BE TO, UH, CONSIDER WAIVING PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FINAL SUBDIVISION.
AND THEN THE SECOND DEPUTY TO CONSIDER THE FINAL SUBDIVISION.
YOU, YOU, AND THIS, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE JUMBLING YOUR LAST COMMENT WAS NOT CLEAR.
YOU SAID THE FIRST FLOOR, I'M SORRY.
AM I CLEAR? NOW? IS, UH, IS, UM, YES.
SO FIRST WOULD BE TO WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FINAL SUBDIVISION APPLICATION, AND THE SECOND WOULD BE TO CONSIDER A DECISION ON THE FINAL SUBDIVISION APPLICATION.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
UH, I, I MOVE WE WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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WHO, WHO MIGHT, UH, UH, NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS, RIGHT.SO THAT WE WILL WA THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, AND, UH, THE NEXT VOTE WE HAVE TO TAKE IS THE APPROVAL OF THE FI OF THE FINAL SUBDIVISION.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, COULD WE HAVE A PROPOSAL? UH, ALL MOVED? THAT'S BY, UH, MICHAEL GOLDEN.
UH, DISSENT, HAVING HAD NO DISSENT, THEN, UH, UM, UH, WE WILL NOT HAVE A PUBLIC, UH, WE WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE, UH, FINAL SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE NEXT APPLICATION IS, UH, IS THE PB 19 12 5 70 SAXTON ROAD.
UH, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL.
UH, SO ONLY ONE VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION, UH, SUBDIVISION APPROVAL.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PRE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION THAT'S FROM TOM.
UH, I'M ON THE PHONE WITH, UH, MR. MALONE.
NOW WE CAN GET INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AS SOON AS WE TAKE THE VOTE ON FIVE 70 FACTS THE ROAD, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY, GEORGE, THIS VOTE, WE'LL DO IT.
IT, IT HAS BEEN, UH, UH, A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE PRELIMINARY? AYE.
UH, UH, UH, OPPOSITION TO THIS THEN? UH, THE, THE LE THE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, UH, IS APPROVED.
UH, NOW WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO BEFORE THAT, UH, WE, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF A STATEMENT AND WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
SO, UH, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS, I NOTED THAT, UH, IN, UH, MR. STEINMAN'S OCTOBER 23RD LETTER TO THIS BOARD RELATING TO THE SITE APPLICATION FOR 1880 SAW MILL RIVER ROAD.
HE STATES, SPECIFICALLY FEDERAL AND STATE LAW PROVIDE FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR RELIGIOUS LAND USES IN THE APPLICATION OF LOCAL ZONING LAWS AND REQUIRES THEIR ACCOMMODATION WHERE POSSIBLE.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE THIS BOARD HAS HAD A CASE INVOLVING A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW MEMBERS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, UH, AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, UH, TO HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON NEW YORK LAW AND THE FEDERAL RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PRISONS ACT OF 2000 RUPPA TO UPDATE ON THE, UH, UPDATE EVERYONE ON THE LAW AND BRING THE NEW MEMBERS UP TO SPEED.
SO, IN THAT REGARD, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A MOTION FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO OBTAIN LEGAL ADVICE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO, MOVED BY MONA, WE HAVE A SECOND.
THEY HAVEN'T HEARD NO PROPOSAL.
WE'LL, NOW, NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO AARON WILL PUT EVERYONE IN THE WAITING ROOM WITH RESPECT TO READY REONE.
UH, UM, THANK THE PUBLIC, UH, FOR, UH, WAITING UNTIL WE FINISHED OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AS OUR ATTORNEY DAVID, UH, FREE INDICATED BEFORE WE WENT INTO PUBLIC SESSION.
UH, THE, THE PURPOSE FOR THAT IS TO GIVE THE BOARD A, UH, MAKE SURE THE BOARD FULLY UNDERSTAND, UH, THE EFFECTS OF THE RUPPA LAW AND TO, TO ASSURE THOSE MEMBERS WHO MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH DID THAT LAW THAT THEY GET AN UPDATE.
SO, AS A BOARD, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW ALL APPROPRIATE, UH, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE, UH, THAT SESSION.
WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO RESUME, UH, THE WORK SESSION, AND THE NEXT CASE IS PB 1625, UH, THE FEDERAL BOROUGH SUBDIVISION.
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UM, THIS WAS A, UH, QUITE, UH, A COMPLICATED, UH, UH, DRAFT IS, UH, IT COVERS, UH, ABOUT 11 PAGES, UH, OF VARIOUS, UH, CONDITIONS THAT IS CONTAINED IN, UH, THIS PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION, UH, PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLANNING BOARD, STEEP SLOPE PERMIT, AND A WETLANDS WATERCOURSE PERMIT, UH, ALL ARE INCLUDED IN THIS DRAFT.UM, DOCUMENT, UH, THIS WAS PART OF YOUR, UH, PACKET.
UH, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, THIS, UH, DRAFT APPROVAL.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOY? OKAY.
NOW THIS IS A, UH, A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION.
SO, HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE, THIS IS PRELIMINARY.
SO IT'S ONLY ONE VOTE ON THIS.
THIS IS ALL PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION.
SO WE HAVE THE VOTE ON THE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPLICATION.
THERE ARE ALSO, UH, A STEEP SLOPE PERMIT AND A WETLAND WATERCOURSE PERMIT.
SO I WOULD, UM, ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER VOTING ON THOSE AS WELL THIS EVENING.
BUT IF WE ARE PROVEN, IF IT IS A CHOICE OF THE PLANNING BOARD TO APPROVE THE PRE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THESE, BUT WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
THAT'S THE, THE COURSE OF ACTION WE TAKE, UM, SO THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL VOTES FOR THE THREE DIFFERENT APPROVALS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE IT LAID OUT IN THE DRAFT DECISION.
SO THE, THE, THE, THE FIRST ONE, LET'S TAKE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE STEEP SLOPE PERMIT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, UH, APPROVE A, UH, STEEP SLOPE PERMIT ON THIS APPLICATION? PB 1625? PARDON ME SECOND.
AND, AND, AND, UM, YOU ALRIGHT? YEP.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THE WETLAND WATER COST PERMIT.
MONA, DO WE HAVE A QUESTION? SECOND? TOM WAS SECOND.
ALL THOSE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE WET APPRO, UH, THE WETLAND WATER COST PERMIT? AYE.
SO NOW IS THE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION ITSELF, DO WE HAVE A, A, UH, A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION? SO MOVED.
THAT'S PALM AND STU, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE.
FROM THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT WERE OPENED THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO GET, UM, ANSWERS ON.
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THERE WAS A LETTER BY, UH, MRS. WE, REGARDING THE TRAFFIC CON, UH, THE TRAFFIC.
UH, AND, UH, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ONE OF SAFETY BECAUSE THERE IS A, UM, UH, A FACILITY, UH, I DON'T KNOW, SOME 600 FEET OR SO AWAY THAT HAVE, UH, UH, UM, UH, BOTTLED GAS.
AND THE QUESTION WAS, UH, DOES THAT CREATE A HAZARD? I, I THINK WELL, UH, UH, SO WE NEED TO, SO AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
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THIS PROJECT? THE EAGLE ENERGY STORAGE TB 2009, WHICH IS OUR PLANNING BOARD 2018? YES.UH, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, LENO RETA HERE, UH, I ALSO HAVE MY TEAM HERE, UH, FROM STRATUS SOLAR, AND ALSO FROM, UM, INSIGHT ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE JOHN ROMEO, UH, FROM FARINO AND ASSOCIATES.
WE HAVE VINCE TARANTINO AND JAMES ROBINSON FROM, UH, STRATA.
AGAIN, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. CHAIR, MY NAME IS LENO SHERETTA.
I'M THE ATTORNEY WITH MALANO CON AND FRANK ON BEHALF OF STRATA.
UH, AS YOU SAID, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE WERE LAST BEFORE YOUR BOARD BACK ON OCTOBER 21ST, UH, FOR OUR PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT AND INSTALL A 20 MEGAWATT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM ON A PIECE OF NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, UH, LOCATED IN THEIR PARKING LOT.
UH, SINCE THAT, THAT BOARD MEETING, WE ALSO HAD A SITE VISIT, UH, BACK ON OCTOBER 27TH WITH SOME PLAN OFFICIALS AND, AND ALSO OFFICIALS IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH WENT WELL TO DISCUSS THE, THE, THE LOCATION, THE PROJECT.
UM, AS YOU ALL AWARE, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT ON A REFERRAL FROM THE TOWN BOARD ON THE SITE PLAN.
AND SINCE THAT LAST MEETING, WE DID SUBMIT TO YOU, UH, MR. CHAIR SOME OF OUR RESPONSES TO SOME OF THE OPEN ITEMS. UH, AND SOME OF THOSE SPECIFICALLY WERE, UH, FIRE SAFETY, WHICH WE PROVIDED SOME INFO, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO THIS EVENING.
ALSO, ROUTING OPTIONS WE, WE TALKED ABOUT REGARDING UNDERGROUND VERSUS OVERHEAD.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT.
ALSO, THE OTHER COMMENT WERE, UM, BUFFERING WITH RESPECT TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE.
WE'LL ADDRESS THAT, UM, FENCING, I KNOW, UM, I THINK IT WAS MEMBER GOLDEN HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE FENCE, SO WE, WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
AND THERE'S A QUESTION ON NOISE.
SO THOSE ARE, ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL HOPEFULLY TOUCH ON TONIGHT.
AND ALSO, MRS. WEEMS, UH, CORRESPONDENCE, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH.
BUT I BELIEVE WE, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ADDRESSED EVERYTHING THIS EVENING.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO, UH, MR. ROMEO, MR. JOHN ROMEO FROM OUR ENGINEERING FIRM, INSIGHT NORTHEAST.
SO, JOHN, THANK YOU, LENO, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND THANK YOU PUBLIC WHO ARE WATCHING.
UM, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST IS THE ABILITY TO SHARE MY SCREEN SO WE CAN GO THROUGH A SIMILAR PRESENTATION.
UM, JUST, UH, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL GET STARTED.
AARON, COULD YOU, UH, YOU'RE ALL SET.
UH, CAN EVERYBODY SEE MY SCREEN? YES.
UM, THIS IS A SIMILAR PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA SKIP THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES, WHICH, UH, ARE THE SAME AS, UH, WE HAD LAST TIME.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, OUR PROJECT TEAM AINO INTRODUCED US, UH, SINCE THE LAST, UH, MEETING THAT WE WERE AT AGAIN, WE, WE WENT THROUGH AND SUBMITTED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO FIRE SAFETY.
WE DID HAVE A SITE MEETING THAT INCLUDED BOTH THE TOWN AND THE VILLAGE, AND INCLUDED THE, UH, FIRE CHIEF FROM THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD WHO WOULD BE RESPONDING.
HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR US, UM, AND WE TRIED OUR BEST TO ANSWER HIS CONCERNS, AND WE SUBMITTED THE SAME DOCUMENTS THAT WE SUBMITTED TO YOU ALL TO HIM.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, PROVIDED A, UH, MUCH MORE TECHNICAL DOCUMENT THAT'S THE TESLA SAFETY DATA SHEET THAT WAS PROVIDED, GOES THROUGH TYPE OF, UH, UH, TESTING THAT THEY'VE DONE AND EVERYTHING, BASICALLY TO SHOW THAT IT'S SAFE.
UM, AS PART OF THAT REVIEW, THE FIRE CHIEF HAD REQUESTED A HYDRANT ON SITE, AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THAT.
I WILL GO THROUGH THAT SHORTLY.
UH, WITH REGARDS TO ACOUSTICS, WE'RE SHOWING THAT THE SYSTEM IS ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PRODUCES UP TO 75 DECIBELS AT A NOISE OF ONE METER.
BUT THE NEAREST BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE THE, THE GOLF COURSE, WOULD BE 33 DECIBELS.
UH, TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, 75 DECIBELS IS ROUGHLY THE SOUND OF A VACUUM CLEANER.
IF YOU WERE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, 33 DECIBELS OR 40 DECIBELS IS THE SOUND OF A WHISPER FROM A FEW FEET AWAY.
SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY AUDIBLE NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, PROJECT AREA, CERTAINLY NOT TO ANYWHERE TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AREA AT ALL.
OUTSIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY, WE HAVE ADDED SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT TREE PLANTINGS TO THE SITE, TO THE NOR NORTH PART OF IT.
WE HAVE ALSO TIGHTENED UP THE GROUPING OF THE ARBOR BITTY PLANTINGS IN THE, THE FRONT.
UH, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL MANOR, AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, AND WE, UH, ADDED A SECURITY SYSTEM AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, DURING THE SITE VISIT, WE DISCUSSED SOME POTENTIAL INTERCONNECTION OPTION ROUTES, SLIGHT CHANGES FROM THE, THE LAST MEETING.
UH, THOSE WERE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD, WHO ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT WE TRIED TO KEEP EVERYTHING ABOVE GROUND WHERE WE COULD TO MINIMIZE DISTURBANCE.
AND THEY WERE ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THE GOLF COURSE, WHO DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY HOOK UP TO THEIR EXISTING POLES OR SUPPLEMENT THEIR EXISTING POLES.
AND I HAVE SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH I'LL BE GOING THROUGH WITH EVERYBODY THIS EVENING, TO BASICALLY SHOW EVERYBODY THIS POTENTIAL CORRIDOR ROUTE.
ALL RIGHT, SO AGAIN, OUR PRELIMINARY ROUTE.
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THE DOCUMENT, UM, BASICALLY SHOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING AND EVERYTHING.BUT I WILL GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.
OPTION A IS THE ENTIRE BELOW GROUND ROUTE WHERE WE WOULD CONNECT IN TO THE SUBSTATION IN ELMSFORD, THE CONED SUBSTATION CROSS BELOW GROUND I 2 87, AND CONTINUE BELOW GROUND UP UNTIL OUR PROJECT SITE.
THE SECOND OPTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTS AT THE SAME LOCATION AND CONTINUES BELOW GROUND 2 87.
SO NO MATTER WHAT, WHEN WE'RE CROSSING 2 87, WE ARE BELOW GROUND.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL OPTIONS TO, TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND THE EXISTING POLES AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ON SITE, UH, JUST TO REDUCE, UH, IMPACTS.
AND THAT WOULD INVOLVE GOING UP TO A TELEPHONE POLE AND RUNNING BEHIND THE EXISTING DRIVING RANGE.
AND THEN EITHER TRANSITIONING BACK BELOW GROUND OR CONNECTING TO THE, AGAIN, TO THE EXISTING, UM, OVERHEAD LINES THAT ARE HERE.
THE OVERHEAD POLES, THOSE MAY HAVE TO BE SUPPLEMENTED BASED ON THE CAPACITY, THE SIZE, BUT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT 35, 40 FEET.
OKAY, HERE IS THE UPDATED SITE PLAN.
AS YOU'LL NOTICE, WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW PLANTINGS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING, RATHER THAN ALONG THE FRONT WHERE WE ARE HEIGHT LIMITED.
WE ARE NOT HEIGHT LIMITED HERE, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, TO PLANT SOME WHITE SPRUCE, SOME RED MAPLE AMERICAN TULIPS, UH, IN THIS AREA.
JUST AS A, A GENERAL, UH, YOU KNOW, PLANTING SCHEDULE TO REPLACE SOME OF THE TREES THAT WE ARE TAKING DOWN.
IN TOTAL, WE HAVE 46 PLANTINGS, INCLUDING THE, THE TREES AND THE ARBOR BIDES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE.
THAT INCLUDES 16 TREES AND 34 ARBOR BUDDIES.
AS NOTED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WE ARE REMOVING 48 TREES FROM THIS AREA THAT OUR SIX INCHES ARE LARGER.
NOW, THIS IS A, AGAIN, A PICTURE OF THE PROJECT SITE.
AS YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE WILL HAVE THOSE TREES PLANTED IN.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE THE EXISTING TELEPHONE POLE AND THE EXISTING, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED ON THE TIME OF THE PHOTO THIS WAS TAKEN, THERE'S SOME DEBRIS, UH, TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND THERE'S A MINI EX OR, UH, AN EXCAVATOR TRACTOR THERE.
WHAT WE'D BE DOING IS REMOVING ALL OF THAT DEBRIS IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS LOCATED ROUGHLY WHERE THESE TREES ARE.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PULLING THE SITE ENTRANCE BACK SLIGHTLY.
THIS IS SOMETHING I DIDN'T DISCUSS AT THE LAST MEETING.
WE'RE TRYING TO PULL THIS BACK SLIGHTLY TO TRY TO REDUCE OUR IMPACTS TO THIS WETLAND BUFFER.
UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S HATCHED IN, IN THIS, THIS PATTERN HERE ARE EXISTING IMPACTS TO THE, THE WETLAND BUFFER AREA THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING AND REDUCING AS PART OF THIS.
SO THESE TREE PLANTINGS WILL ACTUALLY ALL BE LOCATED WITHIN THAT WETLAND BUFFER, WHICH WE THINK WILL HAVE A, A VERY POSITIVE IMPACT ON, UH, THAT, THAT BUFFER.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO AGAIN POINT OUT IS THAT WE DO HAVE THE, UH, DRAINAGE SWALE THAT WE ARE LOCATING, AND WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'VE REMOVED THE TREES FROM THAT DIRECT AREA, UM, WE WILL BE DIRECTING THAT SWALE TOWARDS THAT WETLAND AREA, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP THAT WETLAND AREA.
AND THAT'S JUST ALL THE RUNOFF COMING DOWN THE SLOPE THAT WE'LL BE SLOWING IT DOWN, REDUCING, UH, THE EROSIVE VELOCITIES.
AND WE'LL BE INCLUDING A, UM, WE'LL BE INCLUDING A, UH, CHECK DAM IN THAT AREA TO FURTHER SLOW THAT WATER DOWN.
OKAY, THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF OUR OVERALL SITE ROUTE.
AS I NOTED, WE DO HAVE THE TWO OPTIONS SHOWN.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS IS FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE THE, THIS IS A, UH, YOU KNOW, A UTILITY PROJECT.
WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO MINIMIZE OUR DISTURBANCE, BOTH THE SOILS AND VISUAL ASPECTS EVERYWHERE.
AND PART OF DOING THAT IS UTILIZING THE EXISTING POLES THAT, UH, THAT EXIST EVERYWHERE.
THIS PREFERRED ROUTE OVER HERE IS REALLY PREFERRED FOR SEVERAL REASONS, AS I DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THERE ARE EXISTING TREES HERE, AND I HAVE PHOTOS OF THESE THAT WILL SHOW TO LOCATE THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL LINES HERE.
THE GOLF COURSE HAS PROHIBITED US FROM INSTALLING THEM TO THE NORTH OF THESE TREES IN THEIR, IN THEIR ACTUAL GOLF COURSE.
THEY DON'T WANT US TEARING UP THE NICE GREENS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND.
UH, SO THE AREA IN BETWEEN THE TREES AND THE EXISTING DRIVING RANGE IS FEASIBLE, UH, BUT IT MAY HAVE, UH, IMPACTS ON THESE EXISTING TREES.
UH, THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER SUPPORTS NEXT TO THEM.
SO WHEN WE'RE EXCAVATING TWO SEPARATE AND THEY HAVE TO BE SEPARATED BY 20 FEET, WHEN WE'RE EXCAVATING THESE, UH, ELECTRICAL LINES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA BE IMPACTING BOTH THE SUPPORTS.
UH, AND WE, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE, THE TREES.
SO THAT IS THE ROUTE SHOWING THE ELECTRICAL, UH, ROUTE OPTIONS.
THE ONE CHANGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, WHICH WE DISCUSSED IN THE FIELD WITH THE TOWN PERSONNEL, WOULD BE COMING ACROSS THE EXISTING PARKING LOT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE A NEW POLE HERE TO CONNECT THEM TO THE EXISTING POLE.
SO THIS WOULD BE DIFFERENT HERE, UH, JUST COMING ACROSS
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THE EXISTING PARKING LOT RATHER THAN TRENCHING THROUGH THAT.ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THIS IS THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO CROSS THIS, THESE UNDERGROUND STORM PIPES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VILLAGE HAD A LOT OF CONCERN IF WE WERE GONNA BE DAMAGING THEM OR, UH, TOUCHING THEM.
SO WE WERE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE LOOKING TO DIRECTIONALLY DRILL UNDERNEATH THIS AREA, SO THAT WAY WE DO NOT DISTURB IT.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THIS CONNECTION IS A BLIND CONNECTION IN THIS STORM LINE.
THERE'S NO MANHOLE UP TOP, SO WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE EXACT DEPTH ON THAT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD TEST FIT IT, UH, WHICH WOULD CAUSE FURTHER DISTURBANCE, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DIRECTIONALLY DRILL EACH ONE OF THESE LINES THERE.
SO THE PREFERRED ROUTE THAT THE GOLF COURSE WOULD LIKE US TO PURSUE IS, AGAIN, THIS OVERHEAD OPTION HERE AS WE GO ALONG.
THIS IS A GENERAL PHOTO SHOWING THE DRIVING RANGE.
AS YOU'LL NOTICE, THE AREA TO THE RIGHT IN THIS PHOTO IS THAT AREA THAT WE WOULD INSTALL A BELOW GROUND UTILITY OPTION.
AND THEN THE AREA TO THE LEFT BEHIND THE DRIVING RANGE IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE TELEPHONE POLES.
I THINK THAT THIS PICTURE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ON SITE, REALLY HELPS BRING SOME INSIGHT INTO THE CONDITIONS IN THE FIELD.
THIS DRIVING, THESE DRIVING RANGE POLES ARE TALLER THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND IT WITH OUR ELECTRICAL POLES.
AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE OUT, LIKE, UH, ANY TREES OR IF ANY TREES, THEY'D BE RELATIVELY MINOR.
JUST SOME, SOME TRIMMING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO TO INSTALL THIS.
HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWING THE AREA IN BETWEEN.
AS YOU'LL NOTICE, THE TREES, THE AREA BETWEEN THE TREES AND THE GOLF COURSE FENCING, WE DO HAVE A, A GOOD SIZE SWAMP THERE.
THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE'S GUIDE WIRES THAT WE NEED TO ROUTE AROUND, UM, OR SUPPORT THE POLES IN SOME OTHER OTHER WAY.
AND SINCE THESE TREES ARE FULLY MATURE TREES, THEIR ROOT STRUCTURE EXTENDS OUT AS FAR AS THE CANOPY DOES.
SO TO INSTALL THESE LINES, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT DAMAGING A, A GOOD PORTION OF THE ROOT STRUCTURE, WHICH COULD CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THOSE TREES.
AND WE, WE WANT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWING THE DRIVING RANGE.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL FROM THE, THE SAME SIDE SHOWING DOWN THE DRIVING RANGE.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE DRIVING RANGE IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE OUR POLES FROM THIS PHOTO ONLY.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'D BE TAKING OUT A, UH, SOME OF THIS UNDERBRUSH HERE, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE, THE OTHER PHOTOS, YOU'LL SHOW THAT IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DECEIVING WITH HOW STEEP THIS, UH, SLOPE DROPS OFF.
AND WHERE THE OTHER UTILITY POLES THAT ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS ARE, THIS IS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE DRIVING RANGE.
AGAIN, LOOKING DOWN, THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT.
UH, WE'VE WALKED, I MYSELF HAVE WALKED, UH, THIS WHOLE AREA BEHIND THIS, AS YOU'LL NOTICE WHERE ALL THE TREES ARE, THEY'RE PULLED BACK FAR ENOUGH, AND WE WOULD NOT NEED TO CUT DOWN ANY OF THESE SMALLER TREES AND CERTAINLY NOT THE LARGER TREES.
ALL WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS LIKELY TRIM SOME OF THE SMALLER BRANCHES IN THERE JUST TO GET WORK IN CRUISING TO INSTALL TELEPHONE POLES.
SIMILAR TO HOW, YOU KNOW, CON EDISON DOES EVERYWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY'RE JUST TRIMMING TREES AROUND THE ELECTRICAL LINES THEMSELVES.
AND HERE YOU'LL SEE, AGAIN, AS I WAS MENTIONING FURTHER DOWN THE SLOPE, THERE IS THE, UH, DRIVING RANGE POLE, RIGHT? AND SO WE IMMEDIATELY WOULD COME DOWN WITH A POLE OVER THIS VEGETATION, AND THIS IS ALL ON THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY.
WE WOULD COME DOWN HERE AND THE NEXT PHOTO, WHICH IS WHY I SAID IT'S DECEIVING.
THERE'S AN EXISTING POLE RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN THESE TWO PHOTOS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T TAKE A PHOTO SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
WE'RE USING OUR OLD PHOTOS FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE WOULD BE TRYING TO CONNECT INTO THIS POLE, OR EITHER REPLACING OR SUPPLEMENTING THIS POLE TO, TO HANDLE THAT.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A REALLY VIABLE OPTION FOR THE OVER, UH, OVERHEAD ROUTING, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE LOWER THAN THE DRIVING RANGE, UH, POLES THAT ARE THERE ALONG THE, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE DRIVING RANGE.
AND WE CONNECT INTO THE, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, JUST MOVING BACK ONTO THIS, WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS SUPPLEMENTAL TREES IN THE FRONT, THE SUPPLEMENTAL ARBOR, BIDES, AND SUPPLEMENTAL TREES TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE.
NOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE FENCE, UH, WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE GOLF COURSE EXPLICITLY.
WE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TO GET THAT IN WRITING.
UH, BUT DURING THE SITE WALKTHROUGH, WE, WE WENT THROUGH SPECIFICALLY WITH WHAT THE GOLF COURSE WANTED TO SEE.
UH, WE DID SHOW SOME, SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
UH, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE, THE SELECTED FENCE THAT WAS CHOSEN, WHICH IS THE CHAIN LINK WITH TOP TO BARBED WIRE WITH THE EARTH TONE STYLE VINYL SLATS.
CERTAINLY WE'D BE WILLING TO, TO TRY TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
UM, BUT THE GOLF COURSE IS VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
AND SINCE IT'S NOT VISIBLE ANYWHERE ELSE ELSE, WE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD STICK WITH THAT FOR THIS PRESENTATION, UM, AND SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAD TO SAY.
AND THEN THE, AGAIN, CABINET ENCLOSURE EXAMPLE, AND ALL THE SAFETY FEATURES THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE, UH, TESLA THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE TESLA, UH, SAFETY DATA SHEET.
WE TRIED TO ANSWER EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS, I DON'T WANT
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TO GO THROUGH THIS UNLESS, UH, SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE BOARD, UH, JUST TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET.BUT AGAIN, WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE FIRE SAFETY, THE ACOUSTICS, THE ADDITIONAL TREES, AND I TRIED TO DESCRIBE AS BEST AS WE COULD, THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE INTERCONNECTION LINE OPTIONS.
FINALLY, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER TO, UH, GARRETT, TO CAIN, TO THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ITEMIZING EVERYTHING THAT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED.
AND AGAIN, THE, THE TWO ROUTING OPTIONS, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW IS MY FINAL POINT.
BEFORE I TURN THIS BACK OVER, UM, TO JAMES ROBINSON TO SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE.
WE HAVE MET WITH THE TOWN OR THE VILLAGE RATHER.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE VILLAGE AND THE VILLAGE FIRE CHIEF WITH REGARDS TO THE SITE PLAN AND THE HYDRANT LOCATION.
WE HAVE LOCATED THE HYDRANT AROUND HERE.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY LOCATION THAT WE DISCUSSED ON SITE.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING INTO SEVERAL POTENTIAL OPTIONS TO CONNECT THIS.
WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE TOWN.
WE, WE JUST GOT SOME AS-BUILT INFORMATION.
WE JUST GOT SOME PRESSURE DATA, UM, OR SOME FLOW DATA ON THE WATER LINE THAT'S LOCATED RIGHT ALONG NORWOOD ROAD.
SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE WOULD, THAT WOULD HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT TO BRING A, A LINE IN TO CONNECT INTO THIS HYDRANT FROM SOMEWHERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY FLUSHED OUT YET, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH IT AND WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THE VILLAGE CHIEF IS, IS CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
UH, ONE MORE FINAL POINT WITH REGARDS TO, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAD BROUGHT UP A MS. WEEMS, UH, EMAIL.
UM, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN EMAIL BACK FROM THE TOWN TODAY.
UH, MATT BRITTON HAD, UH, SENT THIS, UH, RESPONSE FROM THE VILLAGE FIRE CHIEF, WHO NOTED THAT HE HAD NO CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO THE FIRE SAFETY TO, FROM OUR SITE TO THE AIR GAS FACILITY.
THAT AIR GAS FACILITY IS OVER 700 FEET AWAY.
UM, AND HE DID NOT VIEW THAT AS BEING A SAFETY MATTER IN THE SLIGHTEST.
UM, AND, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO JAMES ROBINSON TO SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY.
BEFORE MR. ROBINSON, SORRY, CAN YOU JUST TELL US, UH, UH, SINCE YOU'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT LETTER ABOUT THE CHIEF, UH, YOU DID MEET WITH THE, WITH MEMBERS OF THE, UH, FIRE DISTRICT ON SITE.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT DAY THAT WAS? SURE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS OCTOBER 20 I, UM, OCTOBER 27TH.
AND, AND THE CHIEF WAS THERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IT WAS A SINGLE MEETING WITH, WE HAD A SINGLE MEETING WITH, UH, ALL PARTIES WHEN THE, THE TOWN AND THE VILLAGE MEMBERS ALL CAME OUT.
THE FIRE CHIEF WAS ALSO THERE AND THEY WALKED THE SITE WITH THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S JUST WHY THAT IN THE RECORD.
BOTH THE, BOTH THE TOWN DAVID AND THE VILLAGE, UH, CHIEFS.
UH, ONE OTHER POINT IN MRS. WING'S LETTER WAS THE ONE OF TRAFFIC, UH, YOU DID SEND IN SOME TRAFFIC DATA.
UH, COULD YOU JUST, UH, WALK US THROUGH THAT? SURE.
WITH, WITH THAT MR. CHAIR, I WILL, UH, DEFER TO, UH, STEVE MAFIA FROM, UH, FARINO AND ASSOCIATES, WHO SHOULD BE ON AS WELL.
AND, UM, WE, UH, EVALUATED, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, IMPACTS.
UM, I'D EMPHASIZE FIRST OF ALL THAT THE PROJECT, ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, IS IN UNMANNED FACILITY.
UH, THERE WILL BE NO TRAFFIC ON A DAILY BASIS, NO REGULAR TRAFFIC.
UH, THERE WILL BE SOME VI, UH, VISITS TO THE SITE, UH, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, ONCE EVERY OTHER MONTH, JUST TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF THE BATTERIES AND THE CABINETS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ON SITE, UH, AND TO PERFORM ANY REPAIRS, UH, IF NECESSARY.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, NO TRAFFIC WILL BE GENERATED BY THE FACILITY, UM, AT ANY TIME DURING THE DAY, UM, UH, FOR, FOR A MONTH OR SO AT A TIME.
UH, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS, UM, OUTSIDE THE GOLF COURSE, DURING CONSTRUCTION.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO GET, UH, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND, UH, AND VEHICLES INTO AND OUT OF THE SITE, UH, WHILE THE PROJECT IS BEING BUILT.
UM, IN OUR, UH, F E A F ADDENDUM, UH, ADDENDUM E UH, WE HIGHLIGHT THE, UM, UH, THE FOUR DIFFERENT PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH INCLUDE PREPARATION OF THE SITE, UH, IN ORDER TO LEVEL THE AREA, UH, AND, UH, PREPARE THE, UH, UH, THE SURFACE OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE OLD TENNIS COURT, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, BATTERY PADS.
UH, THEN THERE WOULD BE THE DELIVERY OF THE BATTERIES AND THE CABINETS THAT THEY GO IN.
UM, AND, UH, PHASE THREE WOULD BE INTERCONNECTION OF THE SITE, UH, TO THE ELMSFORD SUBSTATION, UH, AND THE FOURTH PHASE, WHICH COMES LATER ON, UH, IN YEARS.
UH, UH, BEYOND THAT, UH, AUGMENTATION, UH, THAT WOULD BE REPLACEMENTS OF BATTERIES, UH, UH, IF, IF NECESSARY,
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UH, DURING CONSTRUCTION, UH, WORKERS' VEHICLES AND ESPECIALLY TRUCKS WILL BE BROUGHT INTO AND OUT OF THE SITE ON THE, UH, NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION.ESSENTIALLY, UH, FROM THE SOUTH, UH, FROM THE AREAS OFF OF, UH, UH, 2 87, UH, AND, UH, ROUTE ONE 19.
UH, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE, UH, TO THE INTERCHANGE, INTERCHANGE FOUR, UH, AT 2 87.
SO, UH, OUR TRUCKS, UH, UH, AND AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, UH, HAVE EASY ACCESS, UH, TO THE SITE WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE THROUGH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, OR MUCH AT ALL ON NORWOOD ROAD, UH, NORTH OF THE SITE TO BE IN AND OUT OF THE SITE PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THE DURATION OF TIME THAT THE TRUCKS AND WORKER VEHICLES SPEND, UH, ON THE ADJACENT STREET SYSTEM, UH, WE ESTIMATE THAT, UH, THERE'D BE NO MORE THAN 10 OR 10 OR SO, UH, WORKERS, UH, IN A CREW, UH, PER DAY OVER THE COURSE OF VARIOUS PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION.
UH, AND, UM, UH, UH, ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE EXPECT A DURATION TO BE, UH, ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 MONTHS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE, UH, THE SITE, UH, PREPARED, UH, DOING THE UNDERGROUND OR OVERHEAD, UH, CABLE WORK, UH, AND THE, UH, CROSSING OF 2 87.
AND, AND AGAIN, ONCE IT'S DONE, I EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT AFTER CONSTRUCTION, UH, IT'S AN UNMANNED FACILITY, NO TRAFFIC IS GENERATED, UH, EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONAL, UH, TRIPS BY TECHNICIANS TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF THE, UH, THE SYSTEMS. UH, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR TRAFFIC.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S, UH, UH, ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, UH, TRAFFIC DURING CONSTRUCTION.
I WOULD NOTE THAT ON NORWOOD ROAD, THERE'S A PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC IN TWO, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF ALMOST, UH, UH, UH, A, UH, A THOUSAND VEHICLES, UH, DURING PEAK HOURS, ALMOST, UH, 10,000 VEHICLES PER DAY, UH, ON NORWOOD ROAD, UH, ADDING, AGAIN, 10 TO 10 TO 12 VEHICLE TRIPS.
AND THEY'RE ALSO NOT DURING THE PEAK HOURS, THEY'D BE OFF PEAK TIMES.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT, UH, AFFECTING THE, UM, THE, THE MOST, UH, HEAVILY TRAVELED, UH, TIME PERIODS, UH, ON NORWOOD ROAD OR AT ANY OF THE INTERSECTIONS, UH, ALONG THE ROUTE.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I THINK I'VE ANSWERED, UH, WHAT THE CONCERNS WERE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC WAS CONCERNED.
UM, AND, BUT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
IF THERE ARE NONE, I JUST HAVE ONE FOR, UH, UH, MR. MAFIAA.
UH, DO YOU ENVISION ANY STREET OPENINGS ON NORWOOD ROAD ITSELF? WE DO NOT.
WELL, THE WORK WILL BE WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE UNDER 2 87, AND AT THE, UM, UH, CONEDISON SUBSTATION, WHICH HAS ACCESS TO, UH, ROUTE ONE 19.
THE, THE ONLY POSSIBLE, UH, CONNECTION TO, YOU KNOW, A ROAD AS MR. ROMEO INDICATED WAS, UM, WOULD BE THE TIE, TIE OFF FROM THE WATER MAIN OFF OF, UH, THE WATER LINE OFF OF NORWOOD ROAD DOWN INTO THE SITE.
UH, BUT THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED AND, UH, IT WILL BE COORDINATED IN FULL.
WELL, I, I, I HAVE A QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
AND ONE, ONE IS SPECIFIC TO THE TRAFFIC.
NOW, WILL THE TRUCKS BE COMING INTO THE REGULAR ENTRANCE OF THE GOLF CLUB AND THEN GOING, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CIRCLING AROUND TO THE SITE? OR WILL THEY BE ENTERING FROM THE GATE THAT'S ON NO WOOD ROAD? WHY ASK THE QUESTION THAT GRANTED THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF TRUCKS COMING IN, HOWEVER, IF, UH, DURING THE MORNING, I MEAN, THE MOST CONSTRUCTION SITES CLOSE DOWN AT THREE OR FOUR O'CLOCK, DEPENDING UPON WHERE THEY START AT SEVEN OR EIGHT.
BUT IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU HAVE TRUCKS, UH, UH, TRAFFIC COMING DOWN NORWOOD AVENUE, AND IF A TRUCK IS COMING, UH, NORTH ON, UM, NORWOOD AND HAVE TO MAKE A LEFT INTO THE FACILITY, THAT COULD CAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF DESTRUCT, UH, DESTRUCTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, INTENT OF HAVING A FLAGMAN THERE TO,
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TO GET THAT TRUCK OFF THE ROAD INTO YOUR SITE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE? IT IS ONLY BECOME AN ISSUE DURING THAT FIRST FIVE MONTHS WHERE YOU HAVE THESE CEMENT MIXES AND WHATNOT.SO BRINGING IN THE CEMENT TO LAY THE FOUNDATION, AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT NO.
NOW WE'RE, HOW THE AXIS, I'M SORRY.
THE ACCESS WOULD BE THE, UM, THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE GOLF COURSE FROM NORWOOD ROAD, UH, THE OPEN ACCESS, THE TRUCKS WOULD, AND THEN TRAVEL DOWN THE, UH, THE ROUTE TO THE SITE THAT IS USED TO GET IT TO THE PARKING LOT, BASICALLY, UH, TO THE GOLF COURSE OR THE, OR THE CLUBHOUSE, UH, PARKING LOT.
MOST TRUCKS WOULD BE ARRIVING AT A, MOST TRUCKS WOULD ARRIVE AT OFF PEAK TIMES.
UH, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THEMSELVES WOULD PROBABLY ARRIVE BEFORE THE MORNING RUSH HOUR.
UM, UH, TRUCK ACTIVITY AGAIN, WOULD BE SCHEDULED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BE OFF PEAK SO THAT IT'S, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET OUR TRUCKS IN AND OUT OF THE SITE WHILE THE, THE, UH, TRAFFIC ON NORWOOD ROAD IS AT ITS, UH, PEAK LEVEL IN THE MORNING.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED CORRECTLY IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, OUR TRAFFIC, BOTH TRUCKS AND, UH, WORKERS WILL BE GONE FROM THE SITE AS THEY WOULD, UH, FINISH THEIR CONSTRUCTION WORK, UH, PROBABLY BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
UH, PEAK HOURS USUALLY RUN E EVENING, PEAK HOURS USUALLY RUN FROM FOUR 30 TO 6, 6 30 OR SO.
WE WOULD ONLY EXPECT TO USE, UH, FLAGMAN, UH, IF THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TRUCKS AT ONCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE BRINGING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE TRUCKS AT ONCE WITH, UH, UH, MATERIAL FOR THE SITE, UH, UH, FILL MATERIAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, IF THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, SOMEONE WOULD PROBABLY, UH, UH, A CONTRACTOR WOULD'VE A FLAG FLAGMAN TO, UH, HOLD UP ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO LET THEM GET OFF THE ROAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THAT OFTEN DURING THE SITE.
IF ALL, UH, MOST OF THE TIME THERE'LL BE A SINGLE TRUCK COMING AND GROWING.
UM, AND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ACCESS ROAD, UH, AND SIDE ALONG NORWOOD ROAD, YOU KNOW, UH, THOSE, THOSE VEHICLES WOULD'VE TO EITHER WAIT, UH, TO MAKE A LEFT THROUGH ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, TURN RIGHT IN.
IF THERE'S NO OPPOSING TRAFFIC, THEY'LL TURN RIGHT IN, UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DELAYS, UH, OR BACKUPS BEHIND THEM.
UH, AND THE SAME WITH EXITING THE SITE, UH, THAT THERE SHOULD BE, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THOSE TURNS DURING, DURING THE DAY WHEN TRAFFIC, UH, UH, TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON MILLWOOD ROAD ARE A LOT LOWER, UH, THAN THEY ARE DURING THE PEAK HOURS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, IN, AT THAT LOCATION, UH, TO ENTER ON FROM NORWOOD ONTO NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION.
I DRIVE THAT EVERY MORNING AND AFTERNOON, AND THERE ARE TWO LANES IN THE NORTHERLY DIRECTION.
UM, SO IF A PASSENGER OR OTHER VEHICLE HAD TO GO AROUND A TRUCK WAITING TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN, THERE SEEMS TO BE AMPLE ROOM IN THAT CASE FOR A CAR THAT WANTED TO CONTINUE GOING NORTHBOUND CHAIRPERSON.
SIMON, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, MR. GOLDEN HAS A COMMENT AND OR QUESTION, AND SO DOES MS. YEAH, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS SO THEY COULD, UH, THEY COULD ASK QUESTIONS.
SO I HAVE A, UH, AND SOMEONE ELSE, I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT AND A QUESTION.
UM, LOOK, I RAISED THE ISSUE OF OFFENSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE FENCE IS OKAY WITH THE GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, ENTITY THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY LOOKING AT IT, UH, THEN I COULDN'T CARE LESS.
UM, BUT SECOND, REGARDING THE SOUND, I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT AT ONE METER, THE, UH, SOUND IS 75
THIS IS A CONSTANT NOISE, RIGHT? 24 7 75 DECAL IS A ONE METER? I BELIEVE SO, YES.
YEAH, IT, IT, IT WON'T BE 24 7.
IT, IT WILL BE, UH, QUIETER THAN THAT WHEN THE SYSTEM IS NOT ACTIVELY CHARGING OR DISCHARGING.
UM, SO YOU CAN MAYBE SAY EIGHT HOURS A DAY, ROUGHLY OF THAT LEVEL OF NOISE.
BUT MY, MY QUESTION IS THIS, IS THERE ANOTHER SIMILAR FACILITY MAKING 75 DECIBELS MORE OR LESS ANYWHERE IN WESTCHESTER THAT WE CAN LISTEN TO?
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I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT A VACUUM CLEANER SOUNDS LIKE.BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT A VACUUM CLEANER SOUNDS LIKE 200 FEET AWAY.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANOTHER FACILITY WE CAN LISTEN TO AND SEE? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, LET LET AARON KNOW.
HE'LL SEND US AN EMAIL AND, UH, WE CAN GO OUT AND VISIT IT.
I JUST, I JUST CAN'T, I GUESS THE WORD IS CO CONCEPTUALIZE, UM, WHAT THIS NOISE WOULD SOUND LIKE.
I BELIEVE HAVING BEEN ON SITE TO SIMILAR FACILITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY THE CONED SUBSTATION IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH MIGHT BE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
AND, UH, WE JUST HAVE TO GET SPECS.
UM, AARON, UH, QUESTION FOR YOU.
DO, DO YOU ALL HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A DECIBEL METER AS PART OF THE, IN YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT? UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ON, ON HAND? I CAN CHECK WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
I'M NOT 100% SURE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT MIGHT AS WELL.
SO I CAN FOLLOW UP, UH, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SENDING ME AN EMAIL YEP.
AND THEN I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TOMORROW.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE MIGHT WANT TO TRY TO COORDINATE WITH THEM TO, TO, TO VISIT THE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO, TO VISIT THE, UH, CONED SUBSTATION.
MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM THIS, MAYBE JAMES, YOU CAN AS WELL.
MOST OF THE ELECTRICAL NOISE IS MORE OF A, UH, A HUM.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE A, A VACUUM WHERE IT'S A, A LITTLE BIT, UH, OBNOXIOUS IN THAT, IN THAT SENSE.
IT'S A, IT'S A CONSTANT NOISE, BUT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S ON, WHEN IT'S CHARGING OR DISCHARGING.
BUT, UH, IT'S NOT THE TO THE SAME LEVEL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO FANS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU HEAR.
IT'S MORE OF JUST THE ELECTRICAL NOISE.
UM, YOU, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SO, SO WE, WE HAVE, UM, MONER FIRST MS. F*G, FOLLOWED BY MR. SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY MR. HEAD.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE LAYING THE CABLE OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA REFER TO THIS AS UNDER ROUTE 2 87, IS THE DIGGING FOR THAT GOING TO BE DONE, UM, DURING THE EVENINGS OR DURING THE DAYTIME? AND IT WILL BE, WILL IT BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE TRAFFIC ON 2 87? I CAN'T SPEAK TOWARDS THE EXACT TIMEFRAME, BUT I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE DURING DAYTIME HOURS.
AND IT WOULD NOT BE DISRUPTIVE AT ALL.
THE THROUGH A, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM WILL LET US IN, UH, DISRUPT TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR.
EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE THROUGH DIRECTIONAL DRILLING OR BORING, UH, UNDERNEATH THAT, THAT CORRIDOR, UH, AT A VERY SIGNIFICANT COST.
SO WE, WE, YOU KNOW, HAD TALKED WITH THEM, UH, MANY TIMES WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF COORDINATING THAT, UH, WITH ALL PARTIES, BUT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DONE IN A WAY.
SO WE ARE NOT IMPACTING TRAFFIC AT ALL.
THAT WAS QUESTION NUMBER ONE,
UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE OVERHEAD WIRES IN WESTCHESTER.
UH, WE FIND WITH STORMS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WIRES ARE COMING DOWN.
SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING UP MORE WIRES OVERHEAD.
UM, WE JUST HAD A BIG WINDSTORM, AND AGAIN, SECTIONS OF GREENBERG WERE WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE WIRES CAME DOWN AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE WE'RE PUTTING WIRES OVERHEAD, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM UNDERGROUND.
HOW ARE WE DOING THAT
UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UH, MANY FRIENDS WHO ACTUALLY WORK FOR NATIONAL GRID UP UP HERE, UM, ESSENTIALLY WIRES ARE TYPICALLY COMING DOWN IN, IN NEW YORK DUE TO BRANCHES, UH, AND LACK OF MAINTENANCE THROUGH OTHER TREES AND JUST BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TREES SPLITTING AND FALLING ON IT ON.
SO THE AREA THAT WE'D BE LOOKING TO PUT THESE OVER OVERHEAD LINES, UH, THAT'S WHY I PULLED THE, THE SLIDE UP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THIS.
THE, THE TREES, THE LARGER TREES ARE ACTUALLY SET BACK.
THERE'S NO WAY FOR BRANCHES TO, TO, TO FALL ON WHERE THE ELECTRICAL LINES ARE.
UM, THE ELECTRICAL LINES WOULD PROBABLY BE RUN ALONG WHERE MY CURSOR IS, WHICH IS AROUND WHERE THAT, THAT TENSION LINE IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TALLER, UH, IN THAT AREA.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE ABOVE THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER TREES BEHIND IT.
BUT CERTAINLY THERE'D BE NO WAY FOR, FOR, UM, BRANCHES TO FALL ON IT FOR EVERY OTHER AREA, YOU KNOW, HERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN DOWN THE, THE REST OF THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR, THERE'S NO TREES OR WE WOULD BE ATTACHING TWO EXISTING, UM, TELEPHONE POLES DIRECTLY.
UM, AND IF YOU NOTICE, IF WE JUMP UP, THIS IS WHY I LOVE GOOGLE MAPS.
IF WE JUMP UP NORWOOD ROAD EXTENSION, YOU'LL NOTICE HERE, HERE'S ANOTHER POLE THAT WE WOULD CONNECT DIRECTLY INTO.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, RUN NEW, NEW, UH, WIRES UP.
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NOT BE IMPACTING, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'D BE ANY IMPACTS TO TREES THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE TREES WOULD IMPACT THE, THE ELECTRICAL LINES IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.THE ONLY AREA THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOME BRANCH TRIMMING ONLY WOULD BE DOWN AT THE NO NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB ENTRANCE ITSELF.
UM, AND THIS IS AT A REQUEST TO THEM TO TRY TO LOCATE IT OVERHEAD IN THIS AREA.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IF THEY OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, THEY MIGHT WANT US TO, TO PUT IT UNDERGROUND ALONG THAT ROADWAY CORRIDOR THERE.
BUT CERTAINLY WHEN THEY BROUGHT UP TO US, UH, JUST AT THIS LAST MEETING THAT THEY WOULD PREFER IT OVERHEAD IN THAT AREA, THAT'S WHEN WE EXPANDED OUR OVERHEAD OPTION TOWARDS THAT, THAT OTHER CORRIDOR SECTION.
UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY FROM BOTH THE VILLAGE AND THE COUNTRY CLUB SAYING THAT THEY PREFERRED IT OVERHEAD IN THAT AREA, UTILIZING THE EXISTING POLES AND TRYING TO PREVENT ANY, ANY DISTURBANCE TO THOSE UNDERGROUND PIPES IN THE DRIVEWAY AREA.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES AND NO.
WHO'S GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING, UM, THE VIABILITY OF THESE POLES AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, CLEARANCE FROM TREES AND THAT THE POLES THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, STAY IN GOOD CONDITION BECAUSE THIS IS CONSTANTLY AN ISSUE HERE IN WESTCHESTER.
JAMES, UH, I'M GONNA DEFER THIS TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.
I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EAGLE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, BECAUSE THEY WOULD OWN THE EASEMENT THAT ALL THOSE POLES AND THE LINES ARE ON, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE ALONG THAT, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR MAINTENANCE ALONG THE, ANY ABOVEGROUND WIRES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE ACTUALLY BUILT.
AND, UH, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT THE BATTERY STAYED UP.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INVESTING MONEY IN BUILDING THE EQUIPMENT, AND IF IT'S NOT ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE GRID, IT'S NOT, UH,
I'M, AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE UP
OH, ONE MORE POINT ABOUT THAT.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE TOUTED AS PART OF THE BENEFITS TO THIS, UH, THIS BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, UH, IS ABLE TO POWER 5,000 HOMES.
UM, SO IN THE EVENT OF A POWER OUTAGE ELSEWHERE, AND THIS IS ABLE TO PROVIDE POWER, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE AT LEAST LOCALLY, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, BACK OF POWER.
AS LONG AS THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER CON ED'S LINES HAVE BROKEN ISN'T, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CUTTING OFF THE POWER TO TO HEAR.
I HAVE, UH, TWO, TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, GOING BACK TO THE ISSUE OF THE SOUND, UM, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T DO SOME KIND OF BAFFLING ON THE INSIDE OF THE FENCE TO, TO, TO, UH, CONTAIN THE SOUND WITHIN, IN THE, WITHIN THAT AREA? SO THE, THAT'S A, A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, BAFFLING, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO.
SO THESE ITEMS WOULD BE DIRECTLY, YOU KNOW, ONE METER IS ALL ENCLOSED WITHIN THE FENCE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 13 FEET UNTIL WE'VE GOT TO THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT.
AND THEN THE, THE FENCE IS ANOTHER FOOT AND A HALF OUTSIDE THAT, UH, IN THIS AREA.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FENCE ITSELF IS GONNA ACTUALLY ATTENUATE THE SOUND SLIGHTLY.
AND THAT'S ALSO WHY WE WERE PROPOSING SOME DENSE VEGETATION AND WE'VE GOT THE TREES.
ALL OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE, UH, STUDIES FOR GUN CLUBS AND WE TYPICALLY ARE REQUIRED TO TEST IN THE ABSOLUTE WORST CONDITIONS, UH, WHICH IS IN THE WINTER, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOUND CARRIES THE FARTHEST.
AND IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT EVERGREEN TREES LIKE WE'RE PLANTING AND SLOPES, WHICH WE'RE BEHIND ATTENUATE SLOPES LIKE NOTHING ELSE.
UM, WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME SORT OF BAFFLING OPTIONS, I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS TREE BUFFER THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN, AND THE NATURAL LOCATION OF THIS BEING DOWN SLOPE IS GONNA PREVENT ANY SOUND AS MINIMAL AS IT IS, UH, FROM LEAVING THE, THE SITE.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS THIS FACILITY REGULATED BY, BY SOME GOVERNMENT AGENCY, NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE, I THINK IS THE NUMBER ONE.
UH, JAMES, AGAIN, I'D LIKE YOU TO WEIGH IN ON, ON THIS WITH REGARDS TO THE ELECTRICAL PIECES, RIGHT? I, I BELIEVE THAT THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE IS THE MAJOR STANDARD THAT WE WOULD BE FOLLOWING.
THERE'S ALSO STANDARDS THAT CON EDISON, UH, PUTS IN PLACE FOR US, UM, THAT, THAT WILL NEED TO BE FOLLOWING.
AND THAT'S PART OF OUR INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE.
UTILITIES I THINK ARE REGULATED BY CERTAIN AGENCIES, FEDERAL AND, AND STATE AGENT.
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DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE ALSO SUBJECT TO THOSE SAME, UH, REGULATORY AGENCIES.WELL, TO THE EXTENT, TO THE EXTENT, LIKE AS, AS JAMES MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE CON ED REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES BECAUSE WE ARE CONNECTING TO THEM AND, AND ALSO NATURAL ELECTRIC.
SO THOSE ARE REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY.
UH, AND AGAIN, IF, IF, IF CONNET IS SUBJECT TO IT WITH REGULATIONS, WE ALSO AS PROVIDING THAT, THAT ENERGY SOURCE WOULD ALSO BE SUBJECT TO THOSE MANDATES.
SO YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERED A UTIL PART OF A UTILITY NETWORK THEN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REGULATED, WE'RE NOT A REGULATED UTILITY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY RATE PAYER MONEY AT RISK.
THE MONEY THAT'S BEING THAT'S GOING INTO THIS PROJECT IS MONEY THAT IS COMING FROM OUR COMPANY AND OUR INVESTORS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, CON EDISON NEEDS TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY WISELY BECAUSE IT'S ULTIMATELY ALL OF OUR NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE SPENDING, YEAH, NO, I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT FROM SAFETY POINTS OF VIEW AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IF THERE'S SOME REGULATORY THINGS.
'CAUSE YOU ARE PROVIDING POWER MM-HMM.
TO HOMES, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, I MEAN AT AND T T OR, OR SPRINT ISN'T TO UTILITY TECHNICALLY, BUT IT REALLY IS.
IT'S PRIVATE COMPANY, BUT CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME THE PHONE COMPANY WAS CONSIDERED A UTILITY.
MOST OF YOU, SOME OF YOU PEOPLE WOULDN'T REMEMBER THAT.
THAT WAS, THOSE WERE MY TWO QUESTIONS.
WALTER FAMOUS CASE ON THAT POINT.
I BELIEVE MR. HAY HAD A COMMENT.
I HAD JUST, UH, ONE QUESTION IN THE PLANS THAT, UH, WE WERE PROVIDED WITH SHEET C 100 SHOWS A SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA SUBJECT INUNDATION BY THE 1% ANNUAL CHANCE OF FLOOD, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND I SEE IT'S JUST LAPPING INTO THE EXISTING PARKING LOT.
AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THE BATTERIES LOOK LIKE THEY ARE LOCATED ON THE GROUND, NOT RAISED UP.
SO I WANTED TO ASK, WELL, 'CAUSE I'M GUESSING YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO GET WET, YOU KNOW, UM, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE, THE FLOOD RISK IN THAT SITE? NOPE.
UH, WE HAD OBVIOUSLY PREPARED FOR THIS.
SO THE FLOOD, UH, CHANCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE, THE 1%, YOU KNOW, THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM IS 270 FEET.
OKAY? NOW, THAT BLUE AREA WE DIRECTLY SKETCHED IN FROM FEMA MAPS, THAT'S WHERE IT SHOWS.
AND ESSENTIALLY YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS IS OUR STREAM, THIS IS OUR PIPE.
IT'S FLOODING THAT GENERAL PARKING LOT AREA DURING THAT, UH, THAT STORM AND THEN COMING DOWN THE SITE.
NOW, IF YOU'LL NOTICE BACK AT 1 32, WHICH IS OUR OVERALL SHEET, OUR ELEVATION ON THE SITE IS ACTUALLY 2 72.
UM, SO WE'RE MORE THAN TWO FEET ABOVE IT AT THE LOWEST POINT ON OUR PROJECT SITE.
AND THE BATTERIES THEMSELVES ARE GONNA BE 2 73 PLUS.
SO WE'RE OVER THREE FEET ABOVE THAT FLOOD ELEVATION.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE, YOU KNOW, AS ENGINEERS DISCUSS HEAVILY WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, STRATA, UH, THE STRATA TEAM BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT BATTERIES UNDERWATER, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A HAZARD.
SO WE'RE MORE THAN THREE FEET ABOVE, AND THAT'S TO THE, THE BASE OF THE BATTERIES AND EVERYTHING IS LOCATED ABOVE THAT.
SO REALISTICALLY, YOU'VE GOT THREE PLUS FEET OF SEPARATION TO THAT STORM EVENT.
AND THE FACT THAT THIS PARKING LOT VERY LARGE AND FLOWS DOWNHILL, I NEVER EVER SEE WATER GETTING UP ONTO THIS SITE.
YOU KNOW, THE 500 YEAR PLUS IS STILL BELOW THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, I, I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE MR. HAYES COMMENT.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TOWN ENGINEER IS REVIEWING WHETHER OR NOT A FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT, WITH WHICH IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE TOWN ENGINEER.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF IT.
WHO'S MUTING? ME? UH, TOM, YOU HAD A QUESTION? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
UH, UH, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN TERMS OF THE NOISE.
I I, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DECIBEL RATINGS AND THE DISTANCE, UH, I DON'T THINK NOISE IS AN ISSUE.
IF YOU WALK BY, UH, SOME CAR EDISON'S, UH, UH, TRANSFORMER FACILITIES, YOU GET RIGHT UP ON IT.
YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE HUM IF YOU RIGHT, IF YOU ARE WALKING RIGHT ALONG THE, THE FENCE LINE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU, YOU STEP A FEW FEET AWAY, YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
UH, AND UH, UH, AND, AND FROM THE DECIBEL READINGS THAT WERE INDICATED THAT IT IS THE SAME THING.
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WALK, UH, UH, UH, A FEW FEET AWAY, 10 FEET OR WHAT YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR ANYTHING.SO, UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH THOSE DECIBEL RE UH, READINGS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, QUITE ACCEPTABLE.
I AGREE ALSO BECAUSE THERE ARE NO HOMES RIGHT THERE.
YOU'VE GOT THE HILL AND THE TREES AROUND THE BACK, AND THEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTRANCE TO THE CLUB.
BUT ALL THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
I, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO IT'S GONNA BOTHER.
NO, I, THE ROAD TRAFFIC WILL BE HIGHER THAN THE SOUND COMING FROM THAT FACILITY.
BUT ANYWAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD MEMBERS? OKAY, SO THERE'S TWO THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.
WE HAVE TO, UH, GIVE STAFF SOME INDICATION OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK THAT THE, UH, UH, THE DRAFT APPROVAL SHOULD, UH, HAVE IN IT.
SO WE NEED TO DO THAT AND THEN SEPARATE APART FOR WHATEVER APPROVAL, UH, WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION WE GIVE TO THE TOWN BOARD ON THIS PARTIC PARTICULAR APPLICATION, I, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SUPPLEMENTARY COMMENT FROM THE BOARD IN TERMS OF THE CODE ITSELF.
BECAUSE THE WAY THE CODE IS WRITTEN NOW, IT, IT, IT, WELL, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS OVER BROUGHT THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, IT FITS INTO THE SITE AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, UH, UH, HO UH, HOMES OR, OR A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE AWAY.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE CURRENT CODE, IN MY OPINION, WORKS.
HOWEVER, IF WE ARE THINKING, UH, ABOUT A POLE, UH, SOLAR PANELS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PARTICULAR CODE ADDRESSED THAT.
IF THE TOWN WAS LOOKING AT WINDMILLS, I DON'T THINK THE CURRENT CODE ADDRESSED THAT.
SO LET I, BUT I WANT TO SEPARATE THE TWO THINGS.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT STAFF HAS SUFFICIENT, IF THEY ARE NO OUTSTANDING CONCERNS, UH, THAT OR CONCERNS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE STAFF SOME FEEDBACK IN WHAT ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A DRAFT PROPOSAL.
AND THEN LET'S SETTLE ON THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART WOULD BE A SECOND RECOMMENDATION ABOUT THE CODE ITSELF.
WELL, WALTER, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
DID WE, DID WE GET AN OPINION FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR REGARDING THIS PROJECT AND THE USE OF THAT SPECIAL PERMIT? AARON, I KNOW YOU WERE PURSUING THAT.
I WILL CHECK IN BACK WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER DUANE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DID GET A VERBAL FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR THAT IT DOES MEET UH, THE SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA.
UM, AND DOES FALL UNDER THE SPECIAL PERMIT, I SHOULD SAY.
SO THE NUMBER ONE, THEN I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDRESSED IN WHATEVER DRAFT RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND I, I, AND WE'LL GO AROUND THE WHOLE BOARD, THAT SOME OF THE KEY THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A DRAFT RECOMMENDATION.
UH, UH, UM, WE GOT THE UP UPDATED LANDSCAPE, WHICH WAS FINE.
THE, THE ISSUE IS, UH, UM, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THE LINE SHOULD BE ABOVE GROUND OR BELOW GROUND.
I MEAN, THERE WAS VERY, UH, UH, VALID QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I HAD SOME, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE LINES ARE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF ELMSFORD AND ELMSFORD.
APPARENTLY THE, THE TOWN, THE VILLAGE IS, IS, IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN OUR RECORDS THAT INDICATE THAT, UH, THE, THE NORWOOD COUNTRY CLUB IS, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN OUR RECORDS THAT STATES THAT.
SO OUR AUTHORITY IS REALLY FOR THE UNIT ITSELF THAT IS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
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RECOMMEND OTHER, WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S THOSE LINES, UH, UH, UH, BURIED OR ABOVE GROUND.UH, I THINK THE ISSUE OF TRAFFIC HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
THE ISSUE OF NOISE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
THE ISSUE OF SAFETY HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
THE ISSUE OF, UH, UH, THE WETLANDS.
IN FACT, WE INCREASING, UH, UM, THE, THE WETLAND BUFFER.
SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS THAT I THINK SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.
AND I LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE BOARD.
DO YOU HAVE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE SHOULD TELL STAFF TO INCORPORATE INTO A DRAFT RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN? ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THAT? NO.
THEN I WOULD SAY BASED UPON THAT, YOU, THE STAFF HAS SUFFICIENT, UH, UH, UH, INPUT FOR THE PLANNING BOARD, SO WE COULD HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION.
SO NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN THE DISCUSSION INTO THE SECOND RE THESE WILL BE TWO SEPARATE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE BATTERY STORAGE, AND THEN THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS ABOUT THE CODE.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO START OFF THE DISCUSSION.
FIRST OF ALL, I, I THINK THAT, THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE ALREADY OR SHOULD HAVE IN WRITING AS PART OF THE RECORD, A WRITTEN, UH, DECISION FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, THAT, THAT IT FITS THE CODE AS WRITTEN.
UM, THE CODE ITSELF AS WRITTEN SPECIAL PERMIT DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.
I DON'T BELIEVE, I DON'T THINK IT'S, YES, IT'S NOT SPECIFIC.
IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED FROM THE SPECIAL PERMIT LAW AS IT'S WRITTEN.
UH, HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO NOT SPECIFICALLY APPROVED.
AND I DON'T THINK AT THE TIME THAT WAS WRITTEN, AND GOD KNOWS HOW LONG AGO THAT WAS.
PEOPLE WERE THINKING OF TESLA BATTERIES, PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW WHO, YOU KNOW, NEVER SAW, SAW AN ELECTRIC CAR IN THEIR LIFE AND CLEARLY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER POTENTIAL, UH, ENERGY GENERATING FACILITIES, AS WALTER SAID, LIKE A WIT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WIND FARM OR, UH, SOLAR PANELS.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE WERE ANTICIPATED WHEN THIS WAS DONE.
I, AGAIN, NOT ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU GUYS, FIRST OF ALL, I THOUGHT VERY PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION FROM YOU GUYS SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED, VERY DETAILED, VERY RESPONSIVE, AND THAT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.
HOWEVER, IF THIS PROJECT WEREN'T ON A GOLF COURSE, BUT JUST IN AN R STUCK IN AN R 40 ZONE, OKAY, ON, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOUR OR FIVE ACRES OF LAND, I PROBAB THIS WOULD NOT BE SO AN SUCH AN EASY RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO GO TO.
SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS PROJECT.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IF, IF INDEED THE BUILDING INSPECTOR BELIEVES IT IS COVERED UNDER THAT LAW, I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HIS DECISION.
IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE THAT DECISION, THEY CAN GO TO THE ZONING BOARD AND APPEAL HIS DECISION, UM, ON THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE, THIS LAW HAS TO BE REVISITED, UM, TO TAKE IN ACCOUNT THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES, THE SPECIAL PERMIT, THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES, AS WELL AS SOLAR PANELS AND WIND.
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE WE'D NEED TO RECOMMEND BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD.
UM, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENT IN THIS REGARD FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? UM, I THINK, I THINK IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A NEW TYPE OF, UH, FACILITY FOR US TO SEE.
I KNOW THAT THEY ARE PROLIFERATING AND IT'S KIND OF POTENTIALLY THE WAVE OF THE, THE FUTURE AND SOMETHING VERY NECESSARY.
BUT, UH, I THINK WE DO NEED TO INCLUDE OTHER, UM, POWER GENERATION OPTIONS.
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSED CORRECTLY IN THE CODE.
SO I, I THINK YOU AS A GOOD POINT.
ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT, SO, SO WE'LL HAVE THE STAFF DO, UH, TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
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ONE SPECIFIC TO THE APPLICATION.UH, AND WE WILL FIND OUT AND GET THAT CLARIFICATION FROM THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT THIS, UH, QUALIFIES, UH, BUILDING INSPECTOR TO QUALIFY AS A SPECIAL PERMIT.
AND WE WRITE THAT UP AS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION.
AND THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WILL BE, UH, REQUESTING THE TOWN TO TAKE A REVIEW THE CODE.
AND, AND SO IT INCLUDES, UH, NOT ONLY BATTERIES, BUT OTHER SOURCES OF, UH, POWER GENERATION, UH, SOLAR FARMS AND WINDMILLS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIC RE UH, SPECIFICATION FOR.
IF WE ARE GOING TO GET, IF WE ARE GOING TO PERMIT THOSE USES IN THE TOWN, WE SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR ALL THREE CATEGORIES.
SO BASED UPON THAT, EXCUSE ME, WALTER, GO.
IT'S NOT ONLY HAVING A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE THREE CATEGORIES RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION FOR A TRULY, WHAT IS A FACILITY.
THE CURRENT PERMIT, SPECIAL PERMIT LAW AS WRITTEN DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH, UM, CRITERIA IN IT TO MAKE THAT DECISION IN AN AREA THAT ISN'T AS ADVANTAGEOUS AS THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS IN.
SO, SO I THINK THE WHOLE THING NEEDS TO BE, BE REWRITTEN AGAIN, NOT TO HOLD THIS PROJECT UP 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT AFFECTS THIS PROJECT.
BUT GOING FORWARD, I THINK WE NEED TO, TO LOOK AT MINIMUM LOT, MINIMUM LOT SIZE EVEN FOR THIS KIND OF PROJECT.
HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH BUFFER WOULD WE WANT AROUND IT, OR WHAT KIND OF BUFFER? NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER SPECIAL PERMIT CRITERIA WE HAVE IN THIS TOWN.
RATHER THAN YOU CAN STICK IT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN R 40, R 40, YOU KNOW, TEAR DOWN A HOUSE AND PUT, PUT IN A BATTERY FARM IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF, IF THE, IF INDEED WE CAN USE A SPECIAL PERMIT, UH, LAW THE WAY IT IS, WE CAN DO THAT.
YEAH, I, I'M NOT DISAGREEING TO IT.
UH, THE, WHAT, THE WAY I SAID IT, IT WAS THAT EACH CATEGORY SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN CRITERIA.
I WASN'T SPECIFYING WHAT THAT CRITERIA IS.
BUT THE POINT OUT THAT EACH ONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN CRITERIA.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD MEAN IF, UH, UM, UH, UH, BATTERY FACILITIES NEED TO HAVE ITS OWN CLEAR FACILITY, SOLAR PANELS AND WINDMILL, EACH OF THEM HAVE TO HAVE.
SO I DON'T DISAGREE WHAT YOU SAID, I'M SAYING I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE CODE THAT WILL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS EACH OF THOSE THREE CATEGORIES.
MI MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, IF I JUST CAN ASK A QUICK QUESTION, IF THAT'S OKAY? SURE.
JUST, UH, AND I HEAR THESE ARE ALL GREAT POINTS WITH RESPECT TO THE LOCAL LAW REGARDING THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
JUST, JUST TAKING IT BACK TO, TO OUR FACILITY.
'CAUSE I, I KNOW THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS HERE WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE DOWN BOARD.
SO IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AGAIN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA GET IT CONFUSED WITH THE, THE GOOD POINTS THAT YOU ALL ARE RAISING WITH RESPECT TO SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS OF, OF THE SPECIAL PERMIT LAW, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, 'CAUSE WE ARE LOOKING TO GET ON FOR THE, UH, TOWN BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD ON THIS.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD LOVE IF WE CAN, UH, AT LEAST GET SOME TYPE OF VOTE ON A, ON A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION REFERRAL BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD.
'CAUSE AGAIN, ONLY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE PLAN, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT THE TOWN BOARD RESOLUTION THAT SENT US TO YOUR BOARD ON THE REFERRAL, IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THE, THE, THE SITE PLAN, UH, THAT WE WERE PROPOSING.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT, UH, AT LEAST A VOTE TONIGHT OR, OR SOMETHING TO GET US ONTO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK.
WELL, UH, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO GET A DRAFT.
WE JUST AT THE BOARD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, AT THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN.
SO FOR US, JUST TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT CLEARLY GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, EARLIER DURING THE, THE MEETING, I WENT THROUGH THREE DRAFT, UH, DECISIONS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MAKE OH, NO, I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I GUESS MAYBE I SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
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A A, A WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU.I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT CONCEPTS SO THAT I CAN GET TO THE TOWN BOARD NEXT WEEK.
'CAUSE I THINK WE ARE SCHEDULED AND, AND MR. SCH SMITH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG FOR A PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK ON THIS APPLICATION, IS AARON ON AARON? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
NO, I'M SAYING WHAT I, I UNDERSTAND THE CHAIRMAN'S POSITION ABOUT HAVING A WRITTEN DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST GETTING A, WE ALL, WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT, THERE HAS ALL BEEN AN AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS A POSITIVE PROJECT.
SO I JUST WANTED THAT ON THE RECORD, UNDERSTANDING IF YOU, YOU CAN VOTE NOW, BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY HAVE A WRITTEN RESOLUTION FORMALIZED SO THAT WE CAN GO TO THE TOWN BOARD.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE TIME HERE BECAUSE WE ARE SCHEDULED, I BELIEVE AARON, FOR THE TOWN BOARD NEXT WEEK ON THIS PROJECT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE, THAT THE PLANNING BOARD AT LEAST HAS THERE, THERE, THE ONLY THING I CAN, THERE'S AN OPTION, THE ONLY THAT I WANTED TO OFFER TO THE BOARD, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO THE BOARD.
I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF HAS THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO DRAFT UP THE RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK THE BOARD LAID THAT OUT VERY WELL, RIGHT? FOR STAFF TO PREPARE IT.
UH, AND OPTION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, AND WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, IS, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD IS IN, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENT ON THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION TO GO, YOU COULD TAKE A VOTE, STAFF COULD DRAFT THE RECOMMENDATION, EMAIL IT OUT TO THE BOARD TO REVIEW PRIOR TO TRANSMITTAL TO THE TOWN BOARD, SEE IF THERE WERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS.
BUT I LEAVE THAT COMPLETELY UP TO THE BOARD.
I JUST, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE THAT TO THE BOARD.
DAVID, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
UH, THAT IS, THAT IS AN OPTION.
AND GENERALLY WE, I MEAN GENERALLY WE DON'T, UH, DO THAT.
UM, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN DONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO HAVE, UM, THE TOWN BOARD HAVE THEIR PUBLIC, UH, HEARING OPEN IT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, WHICH IS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT, THE, UH, PLANNING BOARD WILL HAVE ISSUED ITS OPINION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TOWN BOARD IS PLANNING TO HAVE A A ONE HEARING, BUT STILL, UH, THEY, THEIR RECORD, THIS WOULD STILL GO INTO THEIR RECORD PRIOR TO THEM ISSUING ANY DECISION.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY UP TO THE, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AS TO HOW THEY WISH TO PROCEED.
YEAH, I I I THINK THAT I, I THINK THIS YOUR SEC, THE SECOND OPTION IS THE CORRECT OPTION.
IT'S, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DO.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VERY LITTLE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT AND THE, AND THE TOWN BOARD MEETING, THEY'RE NOT, EVEN IF THEY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN PROBABLY FOR TWO WEEKS.
SO IT'LL BE THE WEEK AFTER WE CAN APPROVE THE, THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION.
THERE'S NO REASON, UH, MR. RETA TO NOT GO, GO, UH, FORWARD WITH YOUR PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK THAT I CAN SEE.
SO IT DOESN'T SLOW ANYTHING DOWN AS LONG AS I COULD REPRE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE THE REPRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH YOU ALL AND THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH.
YOU KNOW THAT ELISE, WE BELIEVE WE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, WHAT THE, WHAT YOU COULD, WHAT YOU COULD, WELL, THAT WOULD BE YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE, BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AS SAYING THAT WE APPROVE IT.
NOW WHAT YOU, YOU HAVE THE OPTION IS, UH, WHEN IS THE TIME BOARD MEETING? NOVEMBER 10TH? NO, NOVEMBER 10TH, NEXT TUESDAY.
UM, YES, BECAUSE I'D SEE IF THE OTHER THING YOU, IF THE MINUTES WERE CO COMPLETED, YOU COULD JUST REFER TO THE MINUTES FROM, FROM, AND THEN THE, THE PLAN, UH, THE TOWN BOARD COULD SURMISE FROM THE MINUTES WHETHER OR NOT, WELL, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
THEY'RE NOT GO, THEY'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION.
BUT I'M SAYING IT, IT, IT, IT, IT, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A DECISION, RIGHT.
UH, UNTIL THEY GET, UH, THE TIMING OF OUR DECISION WILL BE BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD MAKES A DECISION, RIGHT? SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE NOT PLACED AT A DISADVANTAGE, OKAY? THE TOWN BOARD IS NOT GONNA MAKE A DECISION BEFORE THEY HEAR FROM US.
AND THE TIMING WILL PERMIT THAT.
UH, YOU COULD GO TO THE TOWN BOARD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY ON YOUR OWN, IF YOU FELT THAT IT WAS A POSITIVE MEETING, THEN YOU COULD STATE, STATE THAT.
BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND.
AND, AND, AND TRUST ME, I'M NOT, I'M NOT LOOKING TO TAKE ANYTHING OUTTA CONTEXT OR SAY WAS APPROVED THAT THAT WASN'T AT ALL.
I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO LEAST REPRESENT THAT WE'VE BEEN BEFORE, UH, YOUR BOARD.
WE BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S BEEN A POSITIVE AND GOOD DIALOGUE.
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UH, THAT'S ALL I WOULD BASICALLY STATE TO THE TOWN BOARD IN ANTICIPATION OFAND THAT'S FINE AND THAT'S ACCURATE AND THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE AND IT WILL NOT DELAY THE PROCESS AT ALL.
IT WOULD ALSO BE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT OUR BOARD DID NOT RAISE ANY SERIOUS OBJECTIONS, RIGHT? THE WAY IT WORKS.
OKAY, WITH THAT SAID, THEN, UH, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL BE ABLE, WE'LL BE IN A POSITION TO, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD, UH, THE TWO AND, AND THE STAFF FEELS COMFORTABLE, THEY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DRAW UP A DRAFT, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, THEN, UH, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL BE ABLE TO ISSUE, UH, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWN BOARD AND THAT MEETING'S IN TWO WEEKS.
IT'S, UH, WHAT'S THAT? THE EIGHT 18TH, I BELIEVE.
OKAY, THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, IS PB 2019, UH, DURING ROAD.
DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR, UH, THAT APPLICATION? YES, YOU DO.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DAVID STEINMAN FROM THE LAW FIRM OF ZA AND STEINMAN'S HERE REPRESENTING THE DEJA TEMPLE WITH ME THIS EVENING.
UH, MY CLIENT, I'M GETTING SOME REVERB HERE, NOT SURE WHY.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY? UM, UH, MR. OM DIMAN, UH, MR. DEVON SHARMA, OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT, TOM ABMA, AND MY COLLEAGUE MAX MAHALICK.
UM, BRIEFLY, UM, SO ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, UM, SOMETIME LAST YEAR, DEVON SHARMA AND MAY, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW DEVON.
DEVON IS THE FORMER BUILDING INSPECTOR FROM THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS.
UH, DEVON HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AND TO MAX ABOUT, UM, ASSISTING HIM, UH, AND A GROUP OF, UH, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ABOUT DOING AN, UH, INDIAN, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT.
AND WE ASSISTED DEVON, UM, AND THAT GROUP AND, AND WERE, WERE SUCCESSFUL IN, IN PLACING THAT, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER.
DEVON AND OMM THEN CAME BACK TO MAX AND TO ME, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT, UH, WITH, WITH INTEREST ABOUT HAVING THIS HINDU TEMPLE, THE DESHA TEMPLE LOCATED ON SAWMILL RIVER ROAD.
UH, THE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF YOU, YOU, TONIGHT YOU GET TO MEET MY, MY COLLEAGUE AND MY ASSOCIATE MAX MAHALICK.
AND THE BETTER NEWS IS MAX, IN ADDITION TO BEING A LAWYER, MAX IS ALSO A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER.
UH, UH, KIND OF NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE ON OUR TEAM IN OUR OFFICE WHO NOT ONLY PRACTICES LAW, BUT IS A, UH, A SKILLED PLANNER, UH, AND HAS WONDERFUL INSIGHT INTO THE PROJECTS THAT HE'S WORKING ON.
SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO MAX TO INTRODUCE THE APPLICATION AND WHY WE'RE HERE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH AARON AND GARRETT AND STAFF.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH HOW WE'VE BEEN RECEIVED.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROCESSING THE DHA TEMPLE APPLICATION AS A DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH YOUR BOARD.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MAX.
GOOD EVENING CHAIRPERSON SIMON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.
UH, ANY TIME THAT THE SHARE CONNECTION IS LOST, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL REACTIVATE IT.
UM, SO THE DEJA TEMPLE, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A ACTIVE TEMPLE IN SLEEPY HOLLOW, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A PROPERTY OF THEIR OWN.
THEY ARE A CONTRACT FUNDEE FOR 1880 SAVILLE RIVER ROAD.
UH, THE USE A PLACE OF WORSHIP IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE R 20 DISTRICT.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE BEFORE THE BOARD FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW.
UM, I'M JUST GOING TO TURN TO SOME PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY AS IS.
AS YOU WILL SEE, THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT IS IN A STATE OF SIGNIFICANT DISREPAIR.
UM, SO CLEARLY THERE IS SOME WORK TO BE DONE ON THIS SITE.
NOW JUST TURNING TO THE SITE PLAN SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF THEM.
AS YOU'LL SEE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A FORMAL PARKING AREA ESTABLISHED.
THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 1,154 SQUARE FEET TO THE EXISTING PARKING AREA AT A 1.3% INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
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WE'LL PROVIDE FOR NINE OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.IN THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF THE BUILDING, 36 PERSONS IS HIT, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT TO OCCUR.
UH, HOWEVER, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING PROVIDED ON THE SITE.
A LIFT WILL BE PROVIDED, UH, TO ENHANCE EXCEL BOOK ACCESSIBILITY AT THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO ZOOM IN HERE.
UM, IN ADDITION, THE STAIRS WILL BE REPAIRED AND THE SEPTIC SYSTEM OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE INSPECTED FOR PROPER FUNCTIONALITY AND TANDEM WITH ALL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS.
SO JUST TURNING TO THE ELEVATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD, AS YOU'LL SEE, WE ARE PLANNING FOR WHAT I THINK ARE SOME REALLY TASTEFUL IMPROVEMENTS.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S GOING TO BE A STEEPLE ADDED.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE STAIRS WILL BE REPAIRED, THERE'LL BE BALLARD PLACED ALONG THE STAIRS.
THIS IS JUST A REALLY TASTEFUL DESIGN THAT WE THINK IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SETTING AND THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, AND THEN IF WE TURN TO OUR MORE SPECIFIC SITE DIAGRAMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD AND SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS, LET ME JUST SCROLL DOWN HERE.
SO, ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA OCCUR ON THE SITE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING TO ENHANCE SAFETY.
NOW THE LIGHTING WILL BE DESIGNED TO AIM DOWNWARDS TO MINIMIZE ANY IMPACT ON SURROUNDING RESIDENCES.
THERE WILL BE SHRUBBERY ADDED BALLARDS WITHIN THE PARKING LOT, UH, FOR A STYLISTIC IMPROVEMENT.
AND ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE NINE STORM STORMWATER RECHARGE BASINS INSERTED INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO IMPROVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
UM, AS DAVID MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE Z D A CURRENTLY FOR A FRONT YARD VARIANCE.
A LITTLE BIT OF A FUNNY HISTORY HERE.
UM, OUR BUILDING SET BACK 115 FEET FROM SAWMILL RIVER ROAD.
UH, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT A PLACE OF WORSHIP BE SET BACK A HUNDRED FEET FROM ANY ROAD OR LOT LINE.
THE D O T CAME IN AND TOOK COURSE THERE RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THE SAWMILL RIVER ROAD.
SO EVEN THOUGH OUR BUILDING IS SET BACK 115 FEET FROM SAWMILL, WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 38.6, 36.8 FEET SET BACK FROM THAT FRONT YARD LOT LINE.
SO WE ARE BEFORE THE Z B A FOR A 63.2% VARIANCE REQUEST.
WE PRESENTED TO THE Z B A LAST MONTH.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'RE GOING BACK THIS MONTH FOR HOPEFUL APPROVAL.
UM, AND THERE WAS ONE EMAIL RECEIVED IN THE Z B A RECORD IN SUPPORT FROM A, UH, FROM A NEIGHBOR THAT I INCLUDED WITH THE SUBMISSION TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY THERE.
UH, AND AS PART OF THAT REVIEW, WE DID RECEIVE STEEP SLOPE CLEARANCE AND WETLANDS CLEARANCE APPROVAL FROM TOWN STAFF.
MAX, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE RIGHT.
WAS THAT A TAKING BY THE, UM, BY THE STATE? HAD THAT BEEN PART OF THIS PREVIOUSLY? DO YOU KNOW? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
SO THERE'S BEEN SOME HISTORY IN OUR SURVEY OR DID SEE SOME INDICATIONS THAT A TAKING MAY HAVE TAKEN AT ONE POINT.
THERE'S NOTHING IN WRITING TO FIRMLY DETERMINED IF INDEED THAT WAS A TAKING.
SO THE HISTORY IS A LITTLE VAGUE THERE, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THAT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE DOT'S MANAGEMENT AND JURISDICTION.
JUST ADDING ONE THING FOR DAVID'S BENEFIT AND FOR THE BOARD, WE ARE UNAWARE OF FOLKS OF ANY NEED FOR D O T TO DO ANY FURTHER ROAD WIDENING OR EXPANSION IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SO AS MAX HAS IDENTIFIED, IT IS A UNIQUE CONDITION BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE ONLY SET 38 SOME ODD FEET BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
BUT THIS PROPERTY, AS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, SAW, IS QUITE A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FROM THE TRAVEL WAY AND THERE'S NO EXPECTATION OF A MODIFICATION.
MAX, IF YOU'D ALSO HIT, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF US, THE TREE ISSUE THAT, UH, WE KNOW WAS RAISED BY AARON AND THE BOARD.
SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A SITE VISIT BY TOWN STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I BELIEVE THIS MORNING.
AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WERE SOME DEAD AND DYING TREES ON THE SITE THAT MIGHT PRESENT A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOWN DOES HAVE AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS FOR TREE MANAGEMENT, AND SO WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATION AND REQUEST TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE HAZARDOUS TREES REMOVED.
I DO NOTE THAT THERE IS AN EXPEDITED PROCESS WITHIN THE CODE FOR THE REMOVAL SPECIFICALLY OF HAZARDOUS TREES.
SO IF THAT OPPORTUNITY IS PROVIDED TO US, WE ARE HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PERTINENT APPLICATION.
UM, BUT WE ARE ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SITE IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN JUST GONNA ROUND OFF HERE WITH A COUPLE OTHER NOTES, UM, THAT I HAVE.
OBVIOUSLY THIS, THIS IS A PRETTY LOW IMPACT USE.
IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A, A VERY SIGNIFICANT TURNOUT.
UM, WE ARE SET BACK MORE THAN 118 FEET FROM
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THE NEAREST HOME, MINIMIZING ANY IMPACT.UH, TYPICALLY THE DJA TEMPLE HAS EVENTS ON TUESDAY, EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS DURING THE DAY TIMES, AND THEY EXPECT THEIR CURRENT HOURS TO BE MAINTAINED.
UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED USES IN NATURE WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE PLACES OF WORSHIP WITHIN 2,800 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY TEMPLE, ST.
AND THE FIRST COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ACCESS WILL BE OFF OF THE SAW MILL MINIMIZING ANY TRAFFIC IMPACT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND THERE ARE NO OTHER STRUCTURES PROPOSED FOR THE LOTS.
AND THEN JUST WANTED THE ROUND OFF.
UM, I REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR HAVING US ON AN AGENDA TONIGHT FOR A WORK SESSION.
WE ARE A BIT UNDER TIME PRESSURE HERE 'CAUSE THERE IS A CLOSING PLAN FOR MID-DECEMBER.
UM, SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, AS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION EARLIER, JUST RESPECTFULLY NOTING THE FLEXIBILITY FOR RELIGIOUS LAND USES UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO THE APPLICATION TO ZONING CODES.
MAX, ONE LAST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD BEFORE WE, UH, TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LIMITED PARKING AREA.
CAN EITHER YOU OR OM EXPLAIN FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, OBVIOUSLY WITH A, UM, A HINDU TEMPLE AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE SPOUSES OF WORSHIP, WHY ARE WE COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH, UM, PARKING AND CIRCULATION FOR A HOUSE OF WORSHIP OF THIS SIZE? CAN CAN, CAN EITHER YOU OR OMAN OR, OR TOM AVAL, CAN SOMEONE ADDRESS THAT? GREAT.
AND THEN OM AND TOM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STEP IN IF YOU HAVE ANY SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SO CURRENTLY, AS IT IS DESIGNED, THE PRAYER HALL WILL, UH, HAVE A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 24 PERSONS.
UM, AND THERE IS A PARKING REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE CODE FOR ONE SPACE FOR FOUR ATTENDEES TO A PLACE OF WORSHIP.
UM, AND WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE NINE SPACES, WHICH GOES ABOVE THAT REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT EXTRA WIGGLE ROOM.
BUT ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS TYPICALLY WITH THE OPERATION OF A, OF A REALLY CLOSELY KNIT COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, MANY PERSONS ARE RIDE SHARING.
IT'S, IT'S FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER IN THE CAR.
IT'S NEIGHBORS COMING TOGETHER IN THEIR CAR.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A WESTCHESTER BLINE BUS STOP, UH, LOCATED JUST IN FRONT OF OUR, UH, D O T RIGHT OF WAY ABOUT ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET DOWN FROM THE ENTRANCE TO OUR PROPERTY.
WE HAVEN'T INTEGRATED THAT INTO THE APPLICATION PER SE, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT EXTRA PARKING, BUT WE JUST, I JUST DO WANNA NOTE THAT TONIGHT.
UM, BUT WE DO EXPECT, AS IT CURRENTLY DOES AT THE SLEEPY HOLLOW PROPERTY, THAT THE TEMPLE WILL BE UTILIZING RIDESHARE TO HELP MINIMIZE THAT PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
AND OH, AND TOM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT QUESTION, FEEL FREE TO, UH, CHIME IN.
UM, AND OTHERWISE OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS TOM AVI LAMA, I'M ARCHITECT FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, YEAH, SO, UH, IN IN ESSENCE THE, UH, THE THE NINE PARKING SPACES THAT WE PROPOSED, THE, UH, THEY, THEY REQUIRE THE EXPANSION OF THE, UH, EXISTING PARKING AREA, WHICH ALREADY HOUSED ABOUT, UH, UH, UH, NINE OR 10 PARKING SPACES, UH, EVIDENCE OF THE GOOGLE MAP PICTURES THAT WE HAVE.
UH, AND, UH, SO IN THE, UH, THERE'S NO INCREASE IN IN VEHICLE TRAFFIC, UH, UH, UH, AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING.
UH, AND AS MAX HAS ALLUDED TO THAT, UH, THE REQUIREMENT BY PER CODE, PER PER ZONING CODE IS TO HAVE, UH, ONE PARKING SPACE PER FOR, UH, UH, FOR OCCUPANTS.
AND WE HAVE, UH, BY THE TIME WE ADDED THE NUMBER OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE IN THE PRAYER HALL, IN THE DINING AREA AND THE MEETING AREA AND THE, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR FOR THE PRIEST, UM, WE ADD, WE ADD UP TO 36, UH, OCCUPANTS, WHICH WOULD, UH, RESULT IN FOUR IN NINE PARKING SPACE PLUS A HANDICAPPED SPACE.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDING FOR LIGHTING, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, MAX CAN GO TO THE DETAILED SITE PLAN, UM, UH, WITH, UH, A MOMENT.
UH, AND, AND OUR EXPANSION, THE EXPANSION OF THE, OF THE PARKING AREA, UH, UH, DOESN'T, UH, UH, INVADE ANY STEEP SLOPES.
IT'S A, IT'S A VERY SLIGHT SLOPE THAT WE'RE
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GOING INTO EVIDENCE OF THE PICTURES WE ARE PROVIDING YOU.UM, UH, AND ALSO WE ARE PROVIDING FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING STEPS, UH, INCLUDING SOME RAILINGS, UM, UH, ALONG THE AREAS THAT ARE ELEVATED, UH, AND, UH, AND LIFT FOR HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, SO THE, THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE TOTALLY ACCESSIBLE, UM, AND, UH, PROVIDING FOR LIGHTING, UH, ON, ON THE, IN THE PARKING LOT WITH DOWNWARD LIGHTING, SO THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND, UH, UH, AS FAR AS THE UTILITIES, WE HAVE EXISTING GAS, WATER, THE ELECTRIC COMING IN FROM SAWMILL ONTO THE PROPERTY LINE, UM, TO THE, UH, TO THE SOUTH, UH, OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WE'RE GONNA BE REVISING.
AND, UM, UH, AND, AND, UH, SO YEAH, AND AS FAR AS THE STORM WATER PROVIDING FOR THE, FOR ENOUGH, UH, STORMWATER STORAGE, UH, UH, UH, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PROP, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PARKING AREA ALREADY EXISTS, UH, MAINLY WITH ONLY, UH, UH, ABOUT A THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT OF EXPANSION.
UM, SO WE, WE TOOK CARE OF THAT PORTION OF IT AS YOU, AS YOU SEE HERE ON THE DRAWINGS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, IT'S AS MAX HAS HAS ALLUDED TO, IT'S A, IT'S A, IN A VERY DILAPIDATED CONDITION, BUT WE CAN SAVE, UH, THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE IS SOUND, AND, UH, WHAT WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS, UH, OPEN UP THE, UH, THE, THE SPACE A LITTLE BIT JUST TO ALLOW FOR A LARGER PRAYER HALL BY KEEPING THE, UH, A FIREPLACE, UH, FOR MEETING ROOM AND ALLOWING FOR, UH, KITCHEN AND DINING AREA, UM, UH, AND, UH, AND HAVING AN APARTMENT FOR THE PRIEST TO GO UP, UH, ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
UM, THE BASEMENT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR STORAGE AND, UH, MECHANICAL.
UM, AND, UH, AND WE ARE ADDING SOME AESTHETIC, AESTHETICALLY PLEASANT FEATURES TO CONVEY, UH, UH, THE, THE IMAGE OF A HINDU TEMPLE.
UH, SO, UH, AND, AND THEN THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, WHICH IS A TWO AND A HALF STORY STRUCTURE, IS NOT BEING RAISED, STAY AT THE SAME LOW LEVEL THAT, THAT, THAT IT IS WITH, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT WE'RE ADDING, UH, A FRONT TOWER, UH, AT THE PORTICO, UM, FOR THE STATIC VALUE.
AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ALL, AS A DEVELOPMENT TEAM SAID, AND, AND SOMEWHAT BOASTED ABOUT IS THAT WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT OUR CLIENT CHOSE NOT TO RAISE THE BUILDING, AND WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE CALLING THIS WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN ADAPTIVE REUSE AND REPURPOSING OF THIS, UH, OF THIS PROPERTY IN THIS BUILDING.
SO WE ARE, UH, WE ARE QUITE PLEASED WITH THE USE, UH, AND, AND WITH, WITH TOM'S DESIGN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENTERTAINING ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
UM, UH, MY FIRST COMMENT IS THAT I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, RECOGNIZED, UH, THOSE, UH, DEAD TREES AND THE POTENTIAL HAZARD TO, UH, MEMBERS OF, UH, OF THAT, UH, CONGREGATION.
SO I'M PLEASED THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, THAT, THAT HE WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
UH, I AL THE OTHER QUESTION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LIGHTING.
COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL? UH, COULD YOU GO THROUGH YOUR LIGHTING PLAN FOR THAT FACILITY? THOSE, THOSE ARE THE, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.
TOM, IS THAT YOU OR MAX? UH, YEAH, MAX, IF YOU CAN GO DOWN LOWER, UNLESS I CAN SHARE, SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO HERE ARE THE LIGHTING DIAGRAMS. TOM, IF YOU JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE YEAH.
SO THE PROPOSED LIGHT POST WILL BE 12 FEET IN HEIGHT.
AND AS YOU SEE, UH, THE, THE, THE FIXTURES THEMSELVES, THERE'RE DOWNWARD, UH, PROJECTING DOWNWARD SO THAT, NOT, NOT TO AFFECT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT JUST PROVIDE ENOUGH LIGHTING, UH, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, IN THE VICINITY OF THE PARKING AREA.
WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THREE LIGHT POLES, WHICH ARE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THE, OF THE PARKING AREA.
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AND, UH, UH, AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.MR. CHAIRMAN, DOES THAT AN ANSWER THE QUESTION? YOU WERE, YOU WERE DRIVING AT? YEAH.
SO, SO THOSE LIGHT POLES WILL BE AROUND THE PARKING AREA, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND THOSE ARE THE NEW TYPE OF, UH, OF LIGHT THAT, THAT, UH, I GUESS THE, OUR CODES REQUIRE THAT NOW, BUT THE NEW TYPE OF LIGHT L E D LIGHTS, THAT, THAT DIRECTED DOWNWARD AND WITH A VERY SMALL SPREAD MM-HMM.
IN ORDER TO, UH, MINIMIZE ANY IMPACT ON SURROUNDING RESIDENCES AND OTHER SIMILAR
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION IS ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THIS APPLICATION? WELL, WHILE WE'RE ON LIGHTING, I, I JUST, I, I NOTED, I SEE ON THE PLAN THAT, UM, THIS CALL FOR SOME BOLLARD LIGHTS, UH, OFF THE EDGE OF THE PARKING AREAS, ARE YOU ABLE TO, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE MAYBE THREE OR FOUR OF THEM YES.
TWO ON EACH END OF THE PARKING STALLS? YEAH, WE, WE, UH, WE PROVIDE FOR, UH, SEVERAL BALLARD LIGHTING WITHIN THE, THE SHRUBBERIES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
THE, THE COMMON BOXWOOD, UH, SHRUBS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR A NICE, PLEASANT, UH, LOOK, UH, UH, UH, IN THE AREA JUST TO SPREAD OUT THE LIGHTING.
AND IT'LL BE NON, NON-INVASIVE ALSO.
COULD YOU POINT OUT ON THE DIAGRAM WHERE THOSE POLES ARE LOCATED? YES.
SO RIGHT HERE YOU'LL SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, A LABEL HERE WITH THIS, UM, WE HAVE A BAR HERE WITH A DIAGRAM MM-HMM.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE.
AND THEN THESE POLES ARE ALSO LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
AND THEN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE BOLLARDS RUNNING ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PARKING LOT.
FOR EXAMPLE, HERE'S A LABEL OF ONE, AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN GRAY IN THE BLACK CIRCLE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PARKING.
AND THOSE AGAIN, WILL BE PROVIDED TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND, UM, VISIBILITY.
TOM, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RECORD, CAN YOU, CAN EITHER ONE OF YOU IDENTIFY JUST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LIGHT POLES AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BOLLARD? SO THE BOARD IS CLEAR ON THAT? GREAT.
ACTUALLY, I, I WANNA RECTIFY WHAT I SAID EARLIER.
I SAID THREE, BUT THERE'LL BE FOUR OF THEM.
ONE IN THE CORNER, ONE ANOTHER CORNER WHEN FACING THE LIGHT, AND THEN IN THE, IN THE, UH, AND ON THE UPPER PART OF THE PARKING LOT AS YOU SEE THE PLAN.
UM, SO THEREFORE, AND WE ARE PROPOSING SO FAR FOUR BOTTLED LIGHTS, UM, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN, JUST TO DEMISE.
IT'LL BE FOR THE, OF THE POOL AND THEN FOR THE BAR LIGHTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY BOARD MEMBERS? SO REGARDING THIS, UH, UM, APPLICATION, I AM NOT A BOARD MEMBER, BUT IF WHEN THE BOARD IS FINISHED, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND A, UM, REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTION ME AS WELL.
AND THEN AARON, UH, THE QUESTION I HAVE, UH, FOR MAX OR OR, OR DAVID IS I, I DID SEE IN THE APPLICATION THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VARIANCES ON THIS, UM, SITE.
AND I'M CURIOUS, UM, ACTUALLY, WHEN WAS THIS LAST USED AS A RESIDENCE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE HISTORY? SO WE JUST HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT HAS BEEN ON THE SITE.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN A VARIETY OF VARIANCE APPLICATIONS, UH, CONSIDERED AT SOME POINT.
FOR EXAMPLE, INCLUDING, I BELIEVE IT WAS A NURSERY SCHOOL AT ONE POINT.
UM, HOWEVER, THOSE USES HAVE TERMINATED A LONG GO.
IT WAS RECENTLY USED AS A RESIDENCE, UH, BUT THEN THERE WAS A FORECLOSURE SALE, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR SOME YEARS.
WE CAN GET THOSE EXACT DATES AND OF THE, EACH OF THOSE USES IN WRITING TO YOU TO HAVE THAT FOR YOUR RECORDS.
UM, BUT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME.
THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY GOOD TO HAVE IN THE RECORD.
AND THE REQUEST THAT I HAVE IS THAT WHEN YOU, UH, GO TO PUBLIC HEARING AND PRESENT THIS, WHILE THE BOARD IS, UH, VER WELL VERSED ON
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RUPPA, I DO THINK IT MAKES SENSE, UH, THAT WHEN YOU PRESENT, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC MAY NOT BE, THAT YOU GIVE A BRIEF SORT OF OVERVIEW OF, UH, RUPPA, YOU KNOW, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS, UH, PUT IN, UH, MR. SIMON'S LETTER, UH, OF OCTOBER 23RD, JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.AND, AND, AND I JUST WANT THE BOARD JUST TO BE AWARE, WE IDENTIFIED THAT LETTER SIMPLY 'CAUSE WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RECORD TO MAKE SURE WE ALL KNOW IT'S A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL QUITE FAMILIAR, UM, WITH THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ON THIS TOPIC.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY FEEL THAT THERE'S ANY SUPER URGENCY TO INVOKE ANYTHING STRENUOUSLY HERE.
'CAUSE THIS IS A NICE APPLICATION.
IT'S PERMITTED ON THE SITE, AND AS MAX ALREADY INDICATED, THERE ARE OTHER RELIGIOUS USERS IN THE AREA.
UM, BUT BECAUSE AS A FIRM, AS I THINK DAVID KNOWS, WE, WE HAVE HANDLED A LOT OF RELIGIOUS APPLICATIONS, WE ALWAYS FEEL OBLIGATED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMIND, UM, BOARDS O OF RUPPA AND APPLICABLE STATE LAW.
DAVID, WE WILL DO THAT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO JUST A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN OUR COMMENTS.
UM, FIRST BEING, UH, UM, YOU NOTE ON THE PLAN THAT THE EXISTING MAIN STAIR STAIRWELL AND STEPS ARE TO BE REPLACED.
MY QUESTION WAS ON THE, I GUESS THE WEST SIDE OR THE SAWMILL RIVER ROAD SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THERE'S AN EXISTING WOOD WALK AND STEPS, UM, THAT I HAD OBSERVED TODAY, YOU KNOW, WEREN'T IN THE GREATEST CONDITION.
UM, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THOSE WERE ALSO CONSIDERED FOR REPLACEMENT OR, OR REHABILITATION.
AND ALSO FURTHER ALONG, UM, ORCHARDS THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE'S A, A SET OF, UH, FLAGSTONE STEPS THAT GO DOWN.
THEY DIDN'T LOOK TO BE IN, IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, TOOK SOMEONE DOWN TOWARDS THE BUS STOP ALONG, SAW MILL RIVER ROAD OR NOT IF, IF SOMEONE COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESS THE SITE FROM THAT DIRECTION OR NOT.
UH, THEY, WHEN I WALKED DOWN THERE, JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE WAS, IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE THEY JUST DEAD ENDED, UH, RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE AND KIND OF INTO A WOODED SLOPED AREA.
SO IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST A QUESTION.
AND THEN, UH, TWO OTHER THINGS.
ONE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE MAIN STAIR, DID YOU FEEL LIKE THE LIGHTING YOU'RE PROPOSING, UH, IS GONNA BE SUFFICIENT TO LIGHT THAT STAIRWELL? UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE JUST, UM, TURNED BACK THE CLOCKS AND IT'S GETTING DARKER EARLIER.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION ON THAT.
AND LASTLY, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, YOUR DETAIL AS WELL AS, UM, THE PLAN SHOWING WHERE THE HANDICAP CAP SPACE IS, UM, THAT'S THE OLD, UM, EMBLEM FOR, UH, A D A.
SO WE WOULD JUST WANT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST A COMMENT THAT THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE UPDATED TO REFLECT A NEW STANDARD EMBLEM FOR A D A.
UM, IF YOU WEREN'T ALREADY AWARE OF THAT WILL.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO ANY RESPONSE AS TO THE, THE WOOD WALK AND STAIR OR, OR THE MAIN STAIR AND THE LIGHTING? YEAH, MAX, YOU'RE MUTED.
SOMETHING YOU WANNA GET BACK TO US ON MAX? YOU'RE STILL MUTED.
SO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME COMMENTARY, THANK YOU DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR PROVIDING THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE WOOD WALK AND STEPS, YES, UH, I DID OBSERVE THOSE, UH, MY ON SITE VISIT TODAY, UM, IN BIT OF A STATED DISREPAIR.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE REPAIRED SO THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND, UH, DO NOT PROVIDE A HAZARD OR A THREAT.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE FLAGSTONE STEPS THAT GO TOWARDS THE D O T RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THE, THE, THOSE STEPS ARE A PRODUCT, WE BELIEVE A LEGACY OF PAST USES AND PAST PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY PLANS TO UTILIZE THEM.
UM, YOU MIGHT SEE ON THE SURVEY THAT THERE, UM, WERE SOME UTILITY ITEMS INCLUDING A GAS METER ALONG THAT D O T RIGHT OF WAY, WE BELIEVE THAT'S WHY THOSE STEPS DO LEAD DOWN THERE, BUT WE DON'T INTEND THOSE TO, UH,
'CAUSE AS YOU GO INTO THAT AREA, YOU DO HAVE SOME STEEP SLOPES, UH, ONCE YOU ARE INTO
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THAT D O T RIGHT OF AWAY, UM, THE LIGHTING ON THE STAIRS, WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SUFFICIENT AND THAT THERE IS, UM, LIGHTING PROVIDED, UH, THAT MAINTAINS SAFETY AND VISIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE SITE.UM, AND WE'LL HAVE A SUBSTATIVE RESPONSE TO THAT AND WE'LL DEFINITELY UPDATE THE HANDICAP, UH, SYMBOL, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE A D A SYMBOL FOR THE PARKING PLAN.
AND IF, IF, IF THAT COULD BE DONE IN TIME OF, UH, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO THE, NOT ONLY TO THE BOARD, BUT TO THE PUBLIC ALSO, IF YOU COULD HAVE THAT, THAT UPDATED LIGHTING SYSTEM, UH, UH, LIGHTING ANALYSIS AND TO INDICATE THAT THOSE STEPS WOULD BE REVEALED.
YES, CHAIRPERSON, WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE THOSE, UH, AND READY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GUIDANCE.
IF THE, UM, UH, NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO PUT THIS ON FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 18TH, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A, A REALLY LARGE PROJECT TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, ON THE, THE VOTE, A GOOD PART OF THE BOARD TIME FOR THAT.
AND WE HAVE TWO OTHER THINGS ON PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 18TH.
UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT ON PUBLIC HEARING FOR DECEMBER THE SECOND.
HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH YOUR SCHEDULE? UM, SO WE HAVE A DEADLINE FOR A CLOSING IN MID-DECEMBER, DECEMBER 18.
AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLOSING IS THAT ONE HAS RECEIVED THEIR ZONING BOARD AND PLANNING BOARD APPROVALS, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THE CLOSING TO OCCUR.
SO I I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR MEETING ON THE 18TH IT'S PACKED, UM, UM, POSSIBLY WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 18TH, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND IS REQUESTED.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE, I ALTERNATIVELY, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD PRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE.
UM, ALTERNATIVELY THOUGH, IT, IT MAY NOT BE YOUR CUSTOM PRACTICE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN HAVE A RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL READY FOR THAT NIGHT.
AND, AND OUR CLIENTS UNDERSTANDS THAT IF ISSUES ARISE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT PRECLUDE A VOTE, WE GET IT.
AND OBVIOUSLY IN LIGHT OF YOUR BOARD'S COMMENTS TONIGHT, WE THINK THAT AT THAT DECEMBER MEETING, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE WELL POSITIONED FOR AN APPROVAL AFTER THE MANDATORY HEARING TAKES PLACE.
SO AS AN ALTERNATIVE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU ENTERTAIN HAVING STAFF PREPARE A RESOLUTION SO THAT WE COULD CONDUCT AND CL CLOSE AT THAT FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER AND POSSIBLY PROCEED TO A VOTE IF THAT IS A BETTER WAY TO FACILITATE AN ECONOMIC USE, UM, RATHER THAN THE THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING.
WALTER, I HAVE A SUGGEST I HAVE A SUGGESTION.
WHAT I WOULD DO, WE DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GONNA TURN OUT OUT, THIS PUBLIC HEARING COULD TAKE FIVE MINUTES.
IT COULD TAKE AN HOUR DEPENDING ON, ON THE PUBLIC.
UM, WHAT I WOULD DO IS JUST ALLOCATE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME.
I'D RECOMMEND ON THE 18TH, LET'S SAY 15 MINUTES TO THIS, THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS IF THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, WE WOULD JUST HOLD IT OVER FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN IS WE COULD CLOSE THE HEARING THAT NIGHT, GET THE RECOMMENDATION DONE TO, TO MEET THE TIME SCHEDULE THAT THESE GUYS NEED.
I I THINK IT'S WITH THE TIME TO DO THAT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION, MR. SCHWARTZ.
UM, AND THE CHAIRPERSON AND I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR ITEMS ON FOR THAT AGENDA.
AGENDA AND THERE BEING A, A TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
YOUR SUGGESTION IS IN LINE WITH THAT.
SO, UH, AM I CORRECT? UH, CORRECT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE THE APPLICANT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE APPLICANT AND, AND MR. SIMON'S AWARE THAT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET THIS DONE, BUT WE ARE UNDER TIME PRESSURE AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE WILL NOT GET IT DONE,
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EVERYTHING DONE ON 18.I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT.
OKAY, WALTER, WE APPRECIATE IT, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET IT DONE, BUT MM-HMM.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'LL BE TIGHT, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST CHAIRPERSON.
I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT.
SO ANY FOLLOW UP SUBMISSION, WE DO REQUEST, UM, ONE WEEK FROM, UH, TODAY, SO CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON, WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSED THE 11TH, SO I'LL ACCEPT, UM, UP UNTIL THE MORNING OF THURSDAY THE 12TH, UH, FOR YOUR FOLLOW-UP SUBMISSION, UH, IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS RAISED, UH, THIS EVENING.
SO WE HAVE THAT IN ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THEY ALSO NEED TO GET A SIGNED UP FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SO STAFF WILL, STAFF WILL PREPARE THAT AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC NOTICE.
AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH, UH, TOMORROW ABOUT THAT.
WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE 18TH AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TONIGHT.
UH, UH, TWO ITEMS THAT, UH, THAT WERE COMING UP ON THE NOVEMBER, UH, AGENDA, WHICH I JUST WANT TO DO SOME PREPARATORY WORK ON THAT WITH THE BOARD.
UH, THE, UH, THE ONE IS THE, THE ELMWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, UH, WHICH WILL BE, UH, D UH, LOOKING AT THE D E I S AND WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING AT FIVE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THE PLAN.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO USE THE NOVEMBER 18TH MEETING AS BASICALLY, UH, INFORMATIONAL GATHERING, EDUCATIONAL MEETING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD SO WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE D E I S, UH, AND WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE BENEFITS AND THE, THE CHALLENGES OR THE DOWNSIDES OF EACH ONE OF THOSE FIVE PLANS.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, RATHER THAN CHALLENGING ANY PARTICULAR PLAN AT THAT NIGHT, IS TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION, UH, OUT OF THE PRESENTATION BY THE BOARD.
UH, THAT'S WHY I, THIS INFORMATION WAS SENT AHEAD OF TIME AND I'M NOT PUTTING ON THE AGENDA UNTIL THE 18TH TO GIVE THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH IT.
AND THEN AT THE 18TH DO MORE LISTENING SO WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED BETWEEN THE 18TH AND THE FOLLOW-UP MEETING, WHICH I THINK IS DECEMBER THE SECOND.
UH, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ASKED, UH, UH, SHOOTER OFF THE GAR OR TO, UM, DAVID OF, UH, UH, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU WANT, UH, THE APPLICATION THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE.
THEN ON DECEMBER THE SECOND, WELL, I'M GONNA PROVIDE, UH, I I I I, I CHECKED OUT AN HOUR FOR THE D E S PRESENTATION AND, UH, THE PRESENTATION OF THE, THE PLAN.
I'M PUTTING A WHOLE HOUR ASIDE FOR THE 18TH SO WE CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEN ON DECEMBER THE SECOND, THEN THAT WILL OPEN A, A, UH, ALLOCATE ANOTHER HOUR FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
BUT BY THEN YOU WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHAT'S IN THE D E I S, YOU WOULD'VE UNDER, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THE PROS AND THE CONS OF THE FIVE EXAMPLES.
YOU WOULD'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS BETWEEN THE MEETING AND THEREFORE, WHEN COME DOWN TO DECEMBER 2ND, I THINK WE AS A BOARD WILL BE IN A STRONG POSITION TO ASK THE REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
SO THAT IS MY PLAN FOR HOW I WANT TO TREAT THE ELWOOD.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TAKE TIME TO COME ASK YOU TO COMMENT ON THAT PROPOSED DRAFT FOR THE SENIOR HOUSING.
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I INDICATED THAT OUR MEETING ON THE 18TH WILL BE FULL.UH, UM, BUT THAT'S THE PROCEDURE I WANT TO FOLLOW ON THE ELMWOOD IS ANY COMMENTS OR GET GOOD BAD IDEA OR YOU LIKE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY? I'M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS.
I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT, AND WE CAN SPEAK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE.
IT'S JUST ABOUT SETTING THE AGENDA ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD WANT TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THOSE TWO DISCUSSIONS OR AFTER.
UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
YEAH, SO I'M YOU AND I'LL DISCUSS, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROCEDURE THAT ON THE 18TH IT'S REALLY, I HAVE NO COMMENT.
I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE INFORMATION, JUST NOT CHALLENGING ANYTHING, JUST INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND YOU, WE ARE VERY CLEAR ON.
AND THEN AT THE DECEMBER 1ST MEETING, I'M GONNA ALLOW A WHOLE HOUR FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO ANYONE HAVE COMMENT, ANY COMMENT ON THAT SCHEDULE? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING IN ADDITION TO NOT CHALLENGING, YOU DON'T WANT US REALLY ASKING QUESTIONS ON THE 18 WELL, CLARIFICATION QUESTION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
IF THEY SAY SOMETHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE NOT CLEAR ABOUT IT, ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
BUT NOT TO CHALLENGE ANYTHING YET.
JUST BECAUSE I WANT THE BOARD MEMBERS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, SCENARIOS, YOU KNOW, AND THE PRESENTATION, PRESENTATION, THE D E I S FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THERE, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO SAYING, I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU PUT IN THERE.
SAY, FULLY UNDERSTAND DECEMBER 2ND.
YOU COULD HAVE ASKED ANY QUESTION YOU WANT, BUT I THINK YOU, I THINK ALL OF US WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO ASK GOOD QUESTIONS WHEN WE UNDERSTAND, FULLY UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
SO THAT'S WHY I, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
'CAUSE I THINK IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND IF WE START INTERRUPTING AND BRINGING UP OTHER THINGS ALONG THE WAY, WE WON'T GET A, A CLEAR PICTURE OF IT.
SO I, I AGREE THAT LET'S LET THEM GO THROUGH IT ALL, UM, WITHOUT RAISING NEW THINGS, UH, FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
YEAH, BUT INFORMATION BE FAIR.
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, THAT'S ONE THING YOU SAY, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FINE, BUT NOT TO CHALLENGE ANYTHING, ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
IF NOT, THEN THAT'S HOW I, I WILL PROCEED, UH, ON THE NOVEMBER 18TH.
SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOU, WE WE'RE FINISHING 35 MINUTES EARLY
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NO SOUP IS PROBABLY FROZEN BY NOW.