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WELCOME TARA, OUR TOWN BOARD WORK SESSION, AND WE'LL FOLLOW WITH THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.TODAY IS, UM, NOVEMBER 10TH AND IT'S 6:08 PM AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, A DISCUSSION OF THE, UH, SNOW ORDINANCE.
UM, ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, I SENT, UM, E UH, E ALERT TO, UH, RESIDENTS ASKING FOR THEIR THOUGHTS.
UM, IT WASN'T ALWAYS, UH, SNOW IN THE WINTER ANYMORE.
UM, AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS OVER THE YEARS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT, UH, THE INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, LONG, UM, YOU KNOW, DRIVEWAYS.
THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE CARS.
AND PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY DOESN'T THE TOWN GET RID OF THE SNOW ORDINANCE AND JUST LET CARS, UM, MAKE SURE THAT CARS GET OFF THE, THE ROAD, UM, WHEN THERE'S ANTICIPATED SNOW? SNOW? SO I SENT OUT AN EMAIL.
I GOT MANY, MANY RESPONSES, WHICH I POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, TODAY SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE SNOW ORDINANCE.
UM, UH, THEY FEEL IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFER, UH, THAT IT'S EASIER FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO, UH, CLEAR THE SNOW WHEN THERE'S NO CARS ON THE ROAD.
OTHER PEOPLE FEEL IT'S A GREAT INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE CAR AND YOU JUST CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PARK THEIR CAR DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
UM, SO, UM, I SPOKE TO, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF AND, UM, CHIEF MCINERNEY.
MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US WHAT YOUR SUGGESTION IS.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
SO I AM JUST NAVIGATING THROUGH A DOCUMENT THAT I HAVE HERE, BUT I DISCUSSED IT WITH, UM, WITH MY TEAM AND ON THE, UH, CALL HERE WE HAVE SERGEANT NICK REON, COMMANDING OFFICER OF OUR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY UNIT.
AND WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO HAVING THE TOWN WIDE SNOW ORDINANCES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS, BUT WE ARE AMENABLE TO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE EXEMPTIONS TO THE OVERNIGHT SNOW PARKING.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR, FOR GOOD CAUSE IF, IF A RESIDENT COULD SHOW A HARDSHIP, UH, ONE OF MANY ISSUES, UH, THAT WOULD BE SPELLED OUT IN AN APPLICATION.
UH, SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES WOULD BE MULTIPLE CARS AT A RESIDENCE.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY OR PARKING AREA.
UM, THERE'S A PHYSICAL HANDICAP OR SOME RESIDENT POSSESSES A HANDICAP PARKING PERMIT THAT'S AUTHORIZED BY LAW DISPLAYS, UH, THE LICENSE PLATES OF A CAR THAT HAS HANDICAP REGISTRATION ON IT.
AND THE HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL IS PREVENTED FROM WALKING A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE FROM THEIR RESIDENT TO ANY DESIGNATED OFF STREET PARKING.
UM, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER EXAMPLES, BUT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE IT WOULD BE MORE THE EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE WE'VE HEARD OVER THE YEARS THAT THERE ARE MORE AND MORE INSTANCES OF MULTIPLE, UH, VEHICLES IN, IN OUR FAMILIES IN, IN THE TOWN, WHETHER IT'S COLLEGE STUDENTS OR, OR, OR OTHERWISE, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK THE CARS OFF STREET.
SO WE THINK THAT THIS KIND OF PERMIT PARKING OR, UM, HARDSHIP EXEMPTION WHERE WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO, WE THINK THAT THIS COULD BE, UM, A FEASIBLE OPTION AND, UH, YOU WOULD, UH, TAKE EMAILS AND PHONE NUMBERS AND, UM, AND IF THERE'S AN ANTICIPATED SNOW, UH, YOU WOULD THEN ALERT THE, UM, THE VEHICLE OWNER THAT THEY HAVE TO MOVE THE CAR AND THEY WOULD AGREE THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE, UM, TOWED IF THEY DON'T REMOVE IT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THIS EXEMPTION THAT THEY WOULD AGREE TO SIGN UP TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY'LL AGREE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND OUR, UH, WEBPAGES AND THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A, A SNOW INCIDENT THAT THEY WILL BE MINDFUL OF IT AND THAT THEY'LL MOVE THEIR CARS.
DO WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING, SAY, LET'S SAY YOU GIVE OUT 200, UH, EXEMPTIONS THAT WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, DO A ROBO CALL TO SAY BOATS 200 PEOPLE ANYTIME THERE'S AN ANTICIPATED SNOW STORM ON EACH TAR DE AVENUE.
WE USE THE DIGITAL SIGN BOARDS, BUT THIS WOULD BE TOWN WIDE.
SO THERE COULD BE ONE PERSON HERE, ONE PERSON, YOU KNOW, THERE.
I MEAN, IS THAT POSSIBLE? YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IN THE BEGINNING IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING, BUT ONCE PEOPLE ARE IN THE HABIT OF MONITORING IT AND THEY'RE GETTING, GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS, I THINK THE ROBOCALLS WOULD GET OLD.
I DON'T AND, AND UNNECESSARY, RIGHT.
BUT WE HAVE A HOTLINE THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL INTO.
YEAH, WE HAVE THAT SNOW EMERGENCY HOTLINE AT FOR EAST HEART STILL NOW, AND
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WE PUT IT AT, WE CAN PUT IT AS A CRAWL ON THE WEBSITE.SO THEY COULD ALWAYS CHECK THE, THAT IT'LL GET PEOPLE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE TOO, IF COULD CHECK THE WEBSITE EACH EVENING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, IT'S IN EFFECT OR NOT.
AND PEOPLE PE I'M SORRY, BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THOUGH, THAT IF THEY PARK ON THE STREET AND THERE'S A SNOW STORM AND THE D P W VEHICLES PLOW INTO THAT VEHICLE THAT'S PARKED IN THE STREET, THE TOWN WILL NOT COMPENSATE THE OWNER OF THAT CAR FOR DAMAGE.
UM, I LEARNED, I LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY WHEN I WAS JUST, I, I REMEMBERED VIVIDLY.
I WAS FIRST ELECTED AS A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER AND THERE WAS A CASE THAT CAME BEFORE THE TOWN BOARD AND THERE WAS A CAR COMING ON BRYAN STREET IN POET'S CORNER AND, UH, I MEAN A A D P W PLOW ON, UH, COMING FROM A BRYAN STREET ON AT THE POET'S CORNER AND PLOWED INTO A VEHICLE THAT WAS GOING STRAIGHT ALONG ON SEACO ROAD, DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG OTHER THAN TRAVELING IN A SNOWSTORM, GOING STRAIGHT.
AND THE PLOW T-BONED THE CAR AND TOTALED IT.
AND I THOUGHT, OF COURSE THE TOWN WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE A WHOLE FOR THAT BECAUSE THE TOWN PLOW WENT INTO THE VEHICLE.
AND, UM, THE REGULATIONS ARE CLEAR THAT THAT IS, WE, WE CANNOT COMPENSATE SOMEBODY IF THE LIGHTS ARE ON, ON THE VEHICLE DOING THE PLOWING.
SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GET YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.
NO ONE'S GONNA INTENTIONALLY GO INTO YOUR CAR, BUT THEY'RE DEALING WITH ICE, THEY'RE DEALING WITH SNOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY, UM, POSSIBLE LIKE IN THAT SITUATION WHERE THE PLOW SLIPPED AND SLID ON ICE THAT THE, THAT, UH, THE CARS COULD GET DAMAGED.
THE BEST THING IS TO GET THE CARS OFF THE ROAD.
AND SECONDLY, YOU NEED TO FIND A PLACE TO GET THEM OFF THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND BUY MORE CARS NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE PERMITS BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS A SNOW, YOU HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU DECIDE TO KEEP A CAR ON THE ROAD DURING THE, DURING THE WINTER WHEN THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF SNOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, UM, I I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT THAT YOU MADE.
UM, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, WONDERING IF IN THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE FORM, THE APPLICATION FORM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD SPECI YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD PUT LIKE A, A PARAGRAPH OR A SENTENCE, YOU KNOW, JUST STATING THAT THE TOWN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CAR DAMAGE IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY LEAVE THE CAR ON THE ROAD.
'CAUSE I, I THINK THAT WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS, WE DON'T WANT THOUSANDS OF CARS ON THE ROAD.
THIS IS A, AN EXCEPTION, A PERMIT PROCESS FOR EXCEPTIONS WHERE POLICE WILL, UM, MAKE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUDGMENTS, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE GIVING STICKERS UNDER YOUR PROPOSAL, PUTTING STICKERS ON THE, ON THE CAR.
IS THAT, IS THAT HOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO? YEAH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND WE WOULD ALSO, WE WOULD ALSO TRACK CARS.
WE WOULD EXPECT EVERYBODY TO MOVE THEIR CARS.
AND I, I, SERGEANT REX AND I ARE TALKING HOW WE WOULD RENEW THIS, WHETHER IT WOULD BE ANNUAL OR EVERY TWO YEARS.
BUT IF WE DO HAVE CARS THAT DON'T COMPLY AND ARE RECEIVING TICKETS IN VIOLATION OF IT, THEN THOSE WOULD NOT BE RENEWED.
WOULD YOU BE ASKING PEOPLE TO GIVE A PERMIT FEE FOR THIS? I, I THINK IT'D BE A NOMINAL FEE I WOULD TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT.
AND, AND WHEN WOULD YOU, UH, BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL THAT THE TOWN BOARD WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE ON? I'D SAY BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FINE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD ALSO DO IS WE SHOULD, UM, MAYBE AFTER THE FIRST SNOWSTORM, UH, YOU COULD GIVE THE BOARD A, A REPORT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION AND A GOOD COMPROMISE.
UM, BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE COULD ALWAYS, UM, AFTER THE FIRST SNOWSTORM, WE COULD ALWAYS DISCONTINUE IT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD TRY IT.
AND HOPEFULLY IF EVERYBODY COOPERATES AND IT WORKS, THEN IT'LL BE A BIG SUCCESS AND IT WILL BE A, A RELIEF TO, UH, TO RESIDENTS.
CAN I JUST MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? SO IF, IF IT IS GONNA SNOW, THEY STILL HAVE TO MOVE THEIR CARS, RIGHT? CHIEF? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S, THIS IS BASICALLY LIKE A DAY LIKE TODAY.
IT DOESN'T MAKE, IF TODAY WAS DECEMBER 2ND, IT DOESN'T MAKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA SNOW TOMORROW.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE PROPOSAL TO US, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, NEXT WEEK, UM, UH, SERGEANT TTT, YOU, UM,
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YOU, UM, WE'RE GONNA ORDER SOME SIGNS, I GUESS ABOUT THE, THE SNOW REMOVAL, YOU KNOW, PO YOU KNOW, POLICY, WHICH WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WE, WHICH WE PUT UP.UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? UM, YOU WOULD JUST USE THE SAME SIGNS AND SNOW ORDINANCE IS AN EFFECT, OR WOULD THE SIGNS INDICATE THAT EXCEPTIONS COULD BE MADE IF PEOPLE APPLY FOR A PERMIT? YOU'D HAVE TO GET NEW SIGNS, BUT THE, WE WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO USE THE, THE SAME ONES WE HAVE BEEN USING THE OLD ONES.
AND THEN WE COULD ALWAYS YEAH.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE IS GROWING AND THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEING SHARED ONLINE AND OUR WEBSITE, I THINK THAT'S THE BEST OUTLET FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE INFORMATION.
AND WE, EACH YEAR, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, WHAT WE DO IS ONCE THE SNOW ORDINANCE IS IN EFFECT AND WE FIND VEHICLES THAT ARE IN VIOLATION BEFORE WE START AN ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN, WE DO A WARNING CAMPAIGN AND WE PRINT UP LITTLE WARNINGS.
SO BEFORE WE PRINT OUT THE SAME WARNINGS WE'VE BEEN USING IN YEARS PAST, WE'LL UPDATE IT WITH NEW INFORMATION.
SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPROMISE AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE, UH, SUCCESSFUL.
I KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY RELIEVED BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE LEGITIMATE HARDSHIPS.
H HOW DOES THIS NOT FALL UNDER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'VE BEEN ASKED FOR, UH, YEARS, UH, DEER, THE TRAIN STATION, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE ONLY RESIDENT PERMIT PARKING, AND THE STATE HAS ALWAYS SAID YOU CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS THERE'S A, A CO A VALID CAUSE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC STREETS ARE OPEN TO EVERYBODY.
UH, HOW IS IT THAT WE CAN DO PERMITS PARKING FOR THIS, BUT WE CAN'T DO PERMIT PARKING NEAR TRAIN STATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THAT? WELL, I THINK WE ALLOW PARKING ON THE STREETS YEAR ROUND.
SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING, IT'S A MODIFICATION OF OUR SNOW, UM, UH, WINTER PARKING ORDINANCE.
YOU KNOW, VEHICLES ARE GENERALLY ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE STREETS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR IN GREENBURG.
AND THAT'S UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE THE VILLAGE OF R RIDE WHITE PLAINS, THERE'S NO PARKING YEAR ROUND.
SO, SO I DON'T SEE, THIS IS NOT FOR JUST RESIDENT ONLY PARKING DURING, YOU KNOW, A GIVEN TIME THAT THIS WOULD, THIS IS A MODIFICATION OF OUR SNOW ORDINANCE, BUT A NON-RESIDENT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET A PARKING PERMIT TO PARK WHEN IT SNOWS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, I ASSUME? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE'LL PUT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA, I GUESS FOR NEXT TUESDAY.
WOULD WE HAVE TO, UM, SINCE YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 1ST, WHICH IS COMING UP, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY? AND THIS WAY IF YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION AND THE BOARD BASICALLY IS SUPPORTIVE NOW, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, VOTE ON A NEXT WEEK, WHICH WOULD GIVE US, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE, TWO WEEKS TO PREPARE FOR THE PREPARE PEOPLE FOR DECEMBER 1ST? THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? UH, WHY DON'T WE DISCUSS THAT? BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE COULD ALWAYS AGREE IN PRINCIPLE AND OKAY.
AND GET EVERYTHING MOVING TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, SPEC THE SPECIAL MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
GUMS UP, GUMS UP THE PROCESS, BUT WE, IF WE, IF WE ENDORSE IT IN PRINCIPLE, THAT'S THAT, THAT'S FINE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS, ANOTHER THING THAT WE SHOULD, I'M SORRY THAT WE COULD JUST TWEAK IT.
SORRY, WHAT? ALRIGHT, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE SHOULD MENTION IS, UH, AN ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE CARS OFF THE STREET DURING THE WINTERTIME IS IT CUTS DOWN ON LARCENIES, UH, A MAJOR, MAJOR PART, I THOUGHT BURGLARIES, BUT THE CHIEF, UH, SAID LARCENIES, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE TO BE OFF, IF YOU HAVE TO BE OFF THE STREET, IF YOU HAVE NO PLACE, IF YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO, TO PARK, UM, IN THE WINTERTIME, IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO THEN GO AND RIFLE THROUGH CARS THAT MAY BE UNLOCKED IN DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PARK INTO SOMEBODY'S IN SOMEBODY'S, UH, DRIVEWAY IN ORDER NOT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF AS THE POLICE ARE PATROLLING AND THEY SEE A CAR THAT'S NOW PARKED IN THE STREET.
AND SO BY HAVING CARS, AT LEAST WITH STICKERS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT CAR HAS A STICKER.
THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO CHECK TO SEE, OH, THAT CAR DOESN'T HAVE A STICKER.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER OWNS THAT CAR IS UP TO NO GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO IT WOULD ADDRESS THE SAME PURPOSE.
SO THERE ARE ADVANTAGES TO HAVING CARS OFF THE STREET.
THEY ALSO HAD COMPLAINTS THAT THERE ARE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND THEY SEEM TO PARK AND NEVER MOVE, AND THEY'RE NOT FROM THE AREA.
AND, UH, THIS, THIS WOULD ALSO ADDRESS THAT KIND OF A PROBLEM.
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VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN PARKED ON THE TOWN STREETS.UM, WE HAVE THIS A LOT IN DOBBS FERRY ROAD AND, AND CERTAIN STREETS THAT BORDERED THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS CITY, WHITE PLAINS HAD THE RESTRICTION YEAR ROUND WHERE YOU CAN'T PARK IN THE STREET.
SO THEY PARK IN GREENBURG AND THEN THEY GET A RIDE BACK HOME TO WHITE PLAINS.
THAT'S THE FAIRGROUNDS IS THE WORST VIOLATOR FOR THAT.
WE WENT THROUGH ONE DAY AND I THINK IT WAS 70% OF THE VEHICLES WERE REGISTERED OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION.
SO, UM, THE MAYOR OF LEY HAD ANOTHER MEETING TONIGHT, SO I ASKED IF SHE COULD, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK'S, UM, UNIT MEETING AND I SAID WE SHOULD COULD, WE COULD PUT HER IN FIRST.
UM, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE FOR, UH, TODAY'S AGENDA? DO YOU HAVE THIS, UH, CLIFF? CLIFF ABRAMS IS NOW, OH, I'M SORRY.
HI, EVERYBODY DOING THIS EVENING.
UM, UM, TERRENCE JACKSON CALLED ME LAST WEEK AND SAID THAT HE TALKED TO JARED AND THAT JARED CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT MAYBE DAMER COULD BE UNDER MANHATTAN AVENUE UNDERPASS, AND THAT HE, UM, SAW SOMEWHERE ELSE AND HE CHECKED ON IT.
AND, UM, I'D BE OPEN TO THAT SUGGESTION.
JARED, DO YOU WANT TALK? UH, YEAH, SURE.
I WILL SHOW A VISUAL, UH, WHICH I THINK WILL, UH, HELP US OUT QUITE A BIT.
I TALKED TO BISHOP EARLIER TOO.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT I'VE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS AN UNDERPASS UNDERNEATH, UH, MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF NEW ROCHELLE.
AND THIS AREA IS THE JURISDICTION OF NEW YORK STATE D O T.
AND, UH, I, I WILL NOTE THAT IT'S, IF YOU GO OUT TO THIS VERY LOCATION TODAY, THERE'S A DIFFERENT MURAL.
BUT I THINK, UM, I, I WAS LIMITED BY WHAT GOOGLE STREET VIEW HAD.
UM, BUT THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT, UH, D O T HAS PERMITTED IN THE PAST.
AND IT IS PAINTING DIRECT ON THE CONCRETE, UH, UNDERNEATH THIS OVERPASS.
AND, UM, ONE CONCEPT THAT, UH, CLIFTON HAS DISCUSSED WITH US IS THE POTENTIAL TO DO A, UH, NICE BLACK LIVES MATTER BASED MURAL, UH, ON THE UNDERPASS, UH, ON MANHATTAN AVENUE.
SO I REACHED OUT TO D O T AND, UM, WITH THIS CONCEPT, AND I DID GET A VERBAL TODAY THAT THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
UM, THERE WOULD BE A, UH, HIGHWAY WORK PERMIT PROCESS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY FEE THERE, UH, THAT I'VE FILLED THESE TYPE OF APPLICATIONS OUT BEFORE.
UM, SO, UM, I THINK WE, WE, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK HERE IN GREENBURG.
I'M GONNA SCROLL DOWN AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF HOPEFULLY THIS LOADS, UM, OKAY.
I'VE SCROLLED DOWN TO NOW THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, OF COURSE.
AND, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A POTENTIAL LOCATION, UH, UNDERNEATH I 87 I 2 87, I SHOULD SAY.
AND, UM, I, I, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT NEW YORK STATE D O T WILL PERMIT THE TOWN TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HONOR BLACK LIVES MATTER WITH, WITH, WITH A PAINTED MURAL THERE.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S THE UPDATE THAT I HAVE.
I THINK THIS IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA THAT I THINK THIS, UH, IT WILL BE A REAL, A REAL ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT, UH, IT WILL MAKE THE UNDERPASS OF THE BRIDGE NO MORE ATTRACTIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, TERRIFIC.
UH, WOULD THE STUDENTS BE, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD REACH OUT TO THE GREENBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEIR ART DEPARTMENT, HAVE THEM INVOLVED AND, UM, HUMMING UP WITH, UM, WITH CONCEPTS OF SUCH A LARGE, UH, AREA, WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVEN REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE HALEY, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE, UM, KIDS FROM, UH, LEE JACKSON AND HIGHVIEW AND THEY, I MEAN, YOU HAVE REALLY TWO SIDES.
UH, SO WE COULD GET A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED AND WORKING WITH THE CHURCHES AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE COULD GIVE PEOPLE LIKE SECTIONS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY, UH, HI VIEW, YOU HAVE THIS PART OF THE BRIDGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BAILEY, YOU HAVE THAT PART OF THE BRIDGE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY
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HAVE YOUTH PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOVE IT.AND YOU COULD EVEN MAY HAVE A CON THEY COULD HAVE A COMPETITION IF THEY WANTED IT.
UM, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE DONE REAL NICE, THOUGH.
WE WANT SOME ARTISTS TO BE INVOLVED.
THEY, THIS COULD HELP PAINT IN.
ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS VISUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH THE STATE.
AND FOR INSTANCE, WE WOULD TRIM UP THAT, THAT TREE OR REMOVE THAT TREE OFF OF THERE AND PERHAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DO SOMETHING WITH MULCH AND BUSHES IN THE SMALL GRASS AREA THERE SO THAT THE LEAD UPS MORE INVITING.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING RALLIES ALL OVER THE RIVER TOWNS AND UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG AND MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED ARE ARTISTS.
AND I'M SORT OF WONDERING IF, UH, WE WOULD WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY THAT'S PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF THESE BLACK LIVES MATTERS, UH, UM, PROTEST, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ARTISTS TO, UM, UH, HELP OVERSEE THIS.
YOU KNOW, EVEN SARAH BRACY WHITE, THE HEAD OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, SHE WOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE REALLY, YOU KNOW, REALLY GREAT.
SO IT REALLY BECOMES A QUALITY, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECT.
AND WE ALSO DON'T WANT IT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT IT TO, UM, NOT DETERIORATE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT SAY, THE NINE 11 WALL IN THE BACK, THE ROTARY CLUB, YOU KNOW, THEY PAINTED AT PEOPLE PAINTING AND STARTING TO FADE AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD COME UP WITH A PLAN.
SO WE MAINTAINED THE, THE MURALS AND THE ARTWORK, BUT I'M ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S UNDER THE BRIDGE OR BE PROTECTED BY THE RAIN.
PAUL? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ALSO THAT, UM, IN INVITING SARAH BRACY WHITE TO BE A PART OF THIS, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
I MEAN, SHE'S RIGHT THERE AT TOWN HALL AND PART OF THE, THE, UH, TEAM THERE.
BUT ALSO I'D REACH OUT TO JANET LANGHAM ARTS WESTCHESTER BECAUSE, UM, THANKS.
UH, SHE HAS, UH, A LOT OF, OF EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE WITH REGARDS TO THE KIND OF MATERIALS TO USE THAT WOULD BE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ENDURE THE TEMPERATURE, THE CEMENT WALL.
UM, UH, I JUST THINK THAT SHE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT PERSON FOR US TO ALSO REACH OUT TO.
UM, AS I, AS YOU, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
I MENTIONED THAT IF YOU, UH, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UH, D O T AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND, AND SINCE THAT'S COVERED, UH, I'M 100%, UH, WITH, UH, DOING A MURAL UNDER THE BRIDGE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, LET'S NOT FORGET THE IDEA OF PUTTING SIGNS ON THE ENTRANCES TO GREENBURG.
I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A TOWN WIDE PROJECT, NOT JUST A FAIR FAIRVIEW, UH, PROJECT OR MANHATTAN AVENUE PROJECT.
I THINK THE WHOLE TOWN REALLY SHOULD BE UPLIFTING, UH, THE EQUALITY AND, UH, AND THE, UH, ECONOMICS AND, AND THE VALUE OF EVERY PERSON IN TOWN, ESPECIALLY, UH, BLACKS THAT HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED AND, AND, UH, NOT REAP THE BENEFITS OF OTHERS AS WELL AS OTHERS HAVE.
SO I, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THE, UH, SEE THE, UH, SIGNS PUT ON THE ENTRANCES TO TOWN, INTO TOWN.
SO IT WOULD BE A, A TOWN WIDE EXPRESSION AND NOT JUST A MANHATTAN AVENUE EXPRESSION.
BISHOP, THE, THE, THE SIGN DEPARTMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING ON SOME MOCKUPS FOR SIGNS THAT WE CAN PUT ON, UH, EACH OF THE WELCOME TO GREENBERG SIGNS AS YOU ENTER THE TOWN.
UM, RICH FA AND THE GUYS AT THE SIGN SHOP ARE WORKING ON THAT FOR US.
THEY'RE GONNA GET US SOME MOCKUPS AND WE'LL SHARE THEM AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
WELL, IN THAT, IN THAT MOCKUP, UH, I THINK IT, IT SHOULD, UH, YOU COULD AND MAYBE SHOULD, UH, INVOLVE SOME OF THE IDEAS OF WHAT THE SIGN LOOKED LIKE FROM, FROM, UH, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS UP THROUGH TOWN.
AND IT DON'T REALLY HAVE TO BE BLACK RESIDENCY, BUT I THINK BLACK, BLACK RESIDENTIAL, IT SHOULD BE THOUGH PART OF IT.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE STRONGLY INVOLVED.
UH, UH, BUT, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY NEED TO BE LIFTING UP THE IDEA THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND OUT OF THAT, OUT OF THAT MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD ALL THESE NURSES MATTER, POLICE MATTER, AND, AND WE ARE NOT, AND, AND THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T MATTER, BUT IT'S BEEN TOO LONG THAT BLACK LIVES DID NOT MATTER.
SO, SO WE, WE NEED TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH THIS IDEOLOGY.
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THAT IS GREAT.SO PAUL, ARE Y'ALL MAKING LIKE A MOTION OR SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, OR, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT THE, THIS ON THE, YOU KNOW, IF BOARD BASICALLY GOES ALONG WITH IT, WE CAN MAKE A MOTION, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT AT A REG.
DO THIS AT A REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND PREPARE A, A FORMAL RESOLUTION, SAY AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND THEN, AND THEN WE COULD YES, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
MAYBE YOU COULD, UH, HELP COME UP WITH SOME CONCEPTS, BECAUSE WE COULD SPEAK TO SARAH BRALEY WHITE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT.
UM, IF YOU WANT, I COULD REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT BE WILLING TO EVEN GET INVOLVED AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS A REAL COMMUNITY EFFORT.
NOT ONLY PEOPLE IN FAIRVIEW, BUT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE REALLY SPECIAL.
YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DON'T WE, I THINK THAT SARAH DOES, I THINK SARAH DOES HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS WITH A LOT OF ARTISTS AROUND, SO SHE, SHE'S REALLY GOOD RESOURCE AS WELL FOR OTHER, SOME OF THE OTHER ARTISTS.
YEAH, I WAS JUST SORT OF THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HASTINGS FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S HAS TONS OF ARTISTS AND SO MANY OF THEM PARTICIPATE IN THE BLACK LIVES MATTER, YOU KNOW, RALLIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE NATIONAL REPUTATIONS AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND JUST KEEP PITCHING IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD HAVE A REAL, LIKE, FIRST RATE, UM, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVE AND, YOU KNOW, AND HAVE IT READY FOR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL COULD BE TO HAVE LIKE THIS DONE BY SAY THE JUNETEENTH OH, THAT LONG.
NO, I'M SAYING, WELL, YOU CAN'T PAINT IT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING PAINTED IN, UH, IN THE WINTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THIS IS GONNA TAKE A LOOK.
I'M THINKING HAVE EVERYTHING DONE.
MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF WE START IN THE SPRING, BUT IF WE HAVE ALL THE DESIGNS AND THEN WE HAVE THIS, THIS IS GONNA TAKE, YOU KNOW, DAYS TO, UH, TO DO IT.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE DID IT.
THEY DID IT IN ONE DAY AND THEY DID LIKE TWO SIDES OF THE STREETS.
WELL, I'M, I'M JUST THROWING OUT.
BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT, THAT IT DON'T TAKE REALLY THAT LONG TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND DEFINITELY WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU ASKING TO BE INVOLVED WITH.
WELL, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
SO WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, UM, PETE PETER IS HERE.
IS HE HERE WITH THE PURCHASED ORDERS? NO.
PAUL, BEFORE, BEFORE GOING TO AGENDA REVIEW, UM, I, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT, UM, WHAT, WHEN YOU SAY TO CLIFF, WE'LL PUT THIS ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
WHAT IS COMING ON THE NEXT MEETING? A, A RESOLUTION.
UH, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, UH, THE TOWN TO APPLY FOR THIS SPECIAL PERMIT, UH, OKAY.
SO, SO SHOULD CLIFF HAVE, UH, BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WITH REGARDS TO THE WORDING OF THAT RESOLUTION? YEAH.
OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE COULD WORK, UH, WITH TIM AND GARRETT ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE, UH, THE, THE RESOLUTION OF THE WORDING.
OH, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, WORKING WITH TIM AND GARY.
ALSO, THE, UH, THE COMMITTEE THAT, UH, KEN HAD COULD GET TOGETHER, WHICH INCLUDES CLIFF AND INCLUDES, UH, THE BISHOP AND REVEREND, UM, TO, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ONE PART OF THE BIGGER, BIGGER PICTURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
DID EVERYBODY GET THE MEMO I SENT EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THAT? YES, I DID.
I JUST, UH, PULLED PETE ON, UM, HIS PHONE.
HE'S HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE GETTING ONTO THE INTERNET.
HE SAID HE SHOULD BE ON IN AROUND FIVE MINUTES.
ALSO, JUST THINKING, ALSO JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT PAUL.
UM, AND WE, WE, UH, WE COULD, IF WE DO THIS RIGHT AND DO THE TIMING RIGHT, WE COULD HAVE LIKE A UNVEILING AND, AND HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO TAKE PICTURES
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IN FRONT OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER, UH, MIRROR MILL, UH, AND MAKE IT A CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW, JUST, YEAH.SO LET, SO LET'S THINK ABOUT ALL OF THAT AND, AND I GUESS THE COMMITTEE, UH, THAT KEN HAS AS CHAIRING COULD, UH, KIND OF COORDINATE THAT AND PUT IT TOGETHER, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE A TOWN-WIDE CELEBRATION AND, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S SO MUCH SPACE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR CHURCH COULD BE INVOLVED.
UNION BAPTIST COULD HAVE A SECTION.
WE COULD HAVE, I MEAN, AND YOU MAY WANNA, UH, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, AMONG YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL HAVE SOME PROGRAM, MAYBE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE, IF WE ASSIGN DIFFERENT AREAS TO LIKE DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS, THEN THEY COULD MAKE THIS A, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE YEAR LONG ACTIVITIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD JUST BE REALLY NICE AND THEN EVERYBODY COULD COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER.
TAKE, TAKE CLIFF'S PICTURE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR.
SO, SO I BE, I BYPASSED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
IS, DO YOU HAVE MARTIN'S, UH, EMAIL? UH, I SENT HIM THE LINK.
NOW I ALSO RECEIVED YOUTUBE LINKS.
IS THAT FOR THIS OR IS IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE? NO, THAT WAS, UM, UH, THE HYVEE SCHOOL.
THEY DID A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ON, UM, ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
IT'S A ONE AND A HALF MINUTE, UH, PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, UM, UM, THE PRINCIPAL OF HIREVUE SAID THAT THE STUDENTS WERE, UM, POSSIBLY INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM, UH, FROM THEM YET.
SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GONNA BE THIS WEEK OR, UM, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
LET ME HAVE, HAVE DECISIONS ON THE ONE, THE, UH, THREE LOCAL LAWS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE DRAG RACING.
UM, I'LL TELL YOU IN ADVANCE THAT I DON'T SUPPORT VOTING ON THESE AS WORDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THEM AS A BOARD, UH, SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND IT'S UP ON A, ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE, UH, FOR SOME REASON, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS? WELL, THE, IF YOU HAVE A DEFINITION, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SAME DEFINITION FOR THAT SAME, FOR THAT SAME TERM IN ALL THREE RESOLUTIONS.
AND ONE, IT'S A STANDALONE RESOLUTION.
ANOTHER ONE, IT'S BURIED WITH A DIFFERENT WORDING AND ANOTHER RESOLUTION.
IT, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS FAR AS I CAN, I CAN TELL I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CODE.
IT HAS THE TOWN ATTORNEY DECIDING WHO WOULD GET CHARGED, UH, WITH WHAT, AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE, UM, LENIENCY.
THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS.
AND IT ALSO, UH, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME THAT, UH, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING, AND I'VE ASKED FOR IT SEVERAL TIMES THAT, UH, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S ALL ABOUT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE DRAG RACING ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
CENTRAL AVENUE IS STATE ROAD DOESN'T APPEAR TO ME THAT THIS IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT, BECAUSE THIS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE EITHER.
THIS ONLY APPLIES IF GREENBURG POLICE OFFICERS WRITE THE TICKET AND THEN THIS LOCAL LAW WOULD TAKE EFFECT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WRITTEN, SO THAT IT'S ONLY UNDER, IT'S UNDERSTOOD, IT'S GOING TO BE ON TOWN ROADS AS OPPOSED TO STATE ROADS, WHICH MEANS IT WOULDN'T ADDRESS CENTRAL AVENUE.
BUT THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE TIME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS SO WE, WE CAN ADDRESS IT.
WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND MOST OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE IDEA OF FORFEITURE WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL WORDING OF THE LOCAL LAWS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN AND WE NEED TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT.
SO, SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO, UH, UH, PUT THIS ON FOR THE NEXT, DO YOU THINK BY THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE READY? WE COULD DO THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT BY IT BEING PUT ON THAT YOU BASICALLY JUST WANTED AN UP OR DOWN VOTE, BUT WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF YOU, UH, IF YOU WANNA, UH, TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME AND MAKE IT BETTER, UH, I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE DRAG RACING IS A PROBLEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS? I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE IF WE COULD PUT THIS ON NEXT TUESDAY FOR A DISCUSSION FIRST, AND THEN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING WEEK'S AGENDA.
SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
IT MAKES MORE SENSE TOO, PAUL.
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HAVE A LAW THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY DO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S SO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAG RACING AND SPEEDING, UH, FOR THE TOWN BOARD TO SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONTROVERSY SHOULDN'T BE WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE A LAW OR NOT.
IT SHOULD BE HAVING A GOOD LAW.
AND IF WE, AND WE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THE BEST LAW POSSIBLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE IN THE PAST, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPROVED THE WORDING OF LAWS.
SO JOHN WILL PUT THIS ON FOR THE WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ENERGY STORAGE IS POSTPONED TO NEXT WEEK, UH, TWO WEEKS BY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OVER.
UH, THEN WE HAVE A TAXER, A PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM, ANOTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM.
UH, I BELIEVE BOTH OF THESE ARE RELATED TO THE TOWN HITTING A UTILITY POLE AND THE POLE CAME DOWN AND DAMAGED THE VEHICLE.
WE HAVE THE WEST COP NOW THAT THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, WE HAVE THE LOCAL LAW, UH, BASED ON HAVING AN ENACTMENT DATE ON TREES, THE TREE LAW.
UH, ROBERTA, ARE YOU ON, I, I RECEIVED SOMETHING THIS AFTERNOON THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS, ARE WE PULLING THIS RESOLUTION? WHAT WAS THAT? ARE WE PULLING IT? I GOT AN EMAIL STATING THAT THE EMAIL, UH, ON, ON THIS RESOLUTION WAS BEING WITHDRAWN.
WELL, COULD YOU FIGURE IT OUT BETWEEN THAT? COULD YOU FIGURE IT OUT BETWEEN NOW AND SEVEN 30? I GOTTA MAKE YOU LOUDER.
I RECEIVED SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, UH, BUDGET TRANSFER RESOLUTION BEING WITHDRAWN, FRANCIS.
THERE WAS, UM, YESTERDAY I SPOKE TO, UM, SHERRY, SHE HAD TO CHANGE THE BACKUP TRANSFERS.
THE, UM, SHE, WE TOOK OFF THE ONE THAT WAS THERE AND SHE, I DUNNO, SHE ADDED SOMETHING AND WE PUT THE NEW ONE ON THERE.
OH, SO THE ONE THAT, SO SHE WAS ABLE TO UPDATE IT? YES.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE ONE THAT ENDS WITH TO COVER LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR LABOR COUNSEL IN TOWN.
UH, PHILANTHROPY, UM, DEALING WITH A GRANT AGREEMENT AND NOT AN INSUBSTANTIAL ONE.
THE, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND CROSSWALK AT FORT HILL ROAD AND LEY ROAD.
AND IT'S ENDING ON A NICE NOTE OF HAVING A DONATION.
ARE WE GONNA DO ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW OR, OR ARE WE, WE HAVE PETE ON THE LINE, RIGHT? YEAH, WE STILL HAVE TO DO PETE, LET ME CANCEL THAT.
HI THERE, PETE, YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
DO, DO WE KNOW IF MARTIN WITH THE, UH, COVID INFORMATION IS PROVIDING HIS OWN MATERIAL? I BELIEVE HE IS.
I'M, I'LL TRY TO UNMUTE HIM, BUT HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN REQUISITIONS THAT ARE, UH, WAY OVER THE $2,000 MARK.
UH, I SENT A COPY TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. FINER AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.
UH, MR. REINER IS PART OF THE BOARD, AND, UH, YOU SENT IT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS AND, AND MR. FARER.
YEAH, BUT HE'S PART OF THE BOARD.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, FROM THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, AND IT'S FOR $8,359.
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IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, I TALKED TO RICH FOND, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE GENERATORS.UH, THEY'RE, THEY WANT NINE FOUR SLASH ZERO TYPE 100 FOOT CABLES, UH, IN DIFFERENT COLORS NATURALLY.
UM, TWO RED, TWO BLACK, TWO BLUE, TWO WHITE, ONE GREEN.
UH, THEY ALSO WANT THE SAME TYPE OF CABLE, BUT ONLY IN 50 FOOT.
UH, TOTAL AMOUNT, AGAIN IS $8,379.
AND THE VENDOR IS KAUFMAN ELECTRICAL RICH.
YOU WANNA GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, SO THIS IS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE, UH, HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE GENERATOR OVER THERE AS, UH, YOU'RE AWARE, WE GOT TWO, UH, TEMPORARY GENERATORS, AND THIS IS TO BASICALLY HARDWIRE THE COURT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE COULD WHEEL ONE OF OUR GENERATORS UP.
AND RATHER THAN WASTE TIME RUNNING CABLES, JUST HOOK THE GENERATOR UP AND, AND GET 'EM BACK ONLINE.
UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT'S AWARE OF IT.
WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR VENDOR OR OUR ELECTRICIAN READY TO HOOK IT UP.
THIS IS ONLY PART, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, PAUL.
NO, I JUST SAID WE'VE USED THE GENERATORS, UH, DURING THE LIST, THE LIST STORM, I THINK.
SO THIS IS SOLELY FOR BASICALLY PARTS, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT INSTALLATION.
AND, AND DID WE TRY TO GET THREE BIDS, OR IS THERE YEAH, MIKE, HOW DID WE, MIKE MIKE'S GOT THE, THE NUMBERS.
WAS THIS THE LOWEST BIDDER? YOU KNOW? YES.
HAVE WE WORKED WITH THIS BIDDER BEFORE IN THE PAST? WE HAVE REGULAR VENDORS THEY REACH OUT TO, TO GET NUMBERS FROM.
NO, BUT THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR WE'RE USING, HAVE WE REACHED, HAVE WE WORKED WITH THEM IN THE PAST? I BELIEVE WE HAVE, YES.
IS THAT, IS EVERYBODY AGREEABLE WITH THE FIRST ONE? YES.
THE NEXT ONE, UH, IT'S PUT IN BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
IT'S FOR TWO EXTREME CORD GRINDERS WITH A FIVE FOOT PUMP CONNECTOR PINS.
UH, THE VENDOR IS COMING TO WAGNER FOR A TOTAL OF $5,784.
RICH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT IT? YEAH.
THIS IS, AGAIN, FOR THE BORDER DEPARTMENT.
OF COURSE, THE BORDER DEPARTMENT ALWAYS GETS THE THREE BIDS.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, SORRY, I'M WALKING INTO THE DARK.
THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, I THINK ALSO ALONG WHAT YOU HAVE PETE FOR, FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS, THEY NEED TO DO THEIR, THEIR WORK.
THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FOR EMERGENCY WORK.
WHAT ARE THEY GRINDING? THEY'RE GRINDER PUMPS.
SO IT'S, IT COULD BE USED FOR SEWAGE WATER.
THIS IS NOT THE, UH, THE GRINDER PUMPS THAT YOU USE FOR THE, UH, ENVIRONMENT ONE.
SO THIS ISN'T FOR DAILY, YOU KNOW, REGULAR HOUSES, EVERY QUESTION.
THIS A REPLACEMENT, I BELIEVE SO, YES.
AND THE VENDORS, UH, CUMMINGS WAGNER, WHICH WE'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE.
I, I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS, IS IF IT'S A REPLACEMENT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE PREVIOUS ONES? UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CONTROL, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE.
I DON'T HAVE ISSUE WITH GONNA SAY THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE NEED.
IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE OVER THE THRESHOLD.
WELL, THAT MAY BE, BUT
YOU DON'T WANT WATER IS ESSENTIAL.
YOU DON'T WANT THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO STOP WORKING, THAT'S FOR SURE.
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THE THIRD, UH, ACQUISITION, UH, IS A, IT'S FROM, AGAIN, THE WATER DEPARTMENT.UH, IT'S FOR A TO 48 INCH MOWER WITH UH, WHEELS.
UH, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S $5,126.
UH, I TALKED TO, UH, ANDREW AND ASKED HIM IF THIS 48 INCH MOWER WAS DEFINITELY NEEDED BEING THAT WE'RE NOT IN THE, ON CUTTING SEASON.
AND, UH, HIS ANSWER TO ME WAS, THEY HAVE CHECKED AROUND AND, UH, TELECO, WHO IS THE VENDOR, IS THE CHEAPEST, AND THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST A THREE TO FOUR MONTH WAIT.
IT, THIS IS GONNA BE $2,000 TO FIX THIS UNIT.
AND 'CAUSE OF ITS AGE AND CONDITION, THEY OBVIOUSLY WENT AROUND TO SHOP FOR A NEW ONE.
AND THE REALITY IS, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, IF WE ORDER THIS NOW, WE'LL MOST LIKELY GET IT FOR THE SPRING.
SO, SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE OLD ONE? IT BECOMES GARBAGE.
I MEAN, THEY'LL TRY TO SAVE SOME PARTS MOST LIKELY, BUT I, I BELIEVE IT'S A TOTAL LOSS.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL SCRAP SOME PARTS OF IT.
THEY JUST, AGAIN, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, MAKING SURE WE TAKE CARE OF, YOU KNOW, INVENTORY CONTROL, THAT KIND OF THING.
I, I DID SEND, AND I KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS SAW ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE, UH, HOW WE HANDLES REPAIRS AND, UH, AUTO BODY WORK DOWN AT THE, THE E R B, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS ATTACHED TO THAT, OUR ASSET WORKS PROGRAM, WHICH REALLY SHOWS YOU HOW WE TRACK PARTS AND LABOR.
UH, IT'S, AND ROBERTA STAYS ON TOP OF US, BUT BELIEVE ME, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO KEEP ANY OF THESE OLD EQUIPMENTS FOUR PARTS? DID SOMEONE ASK THAT QUESTION? YEAH, SOMETIMES WE DO THE MECHANICS LOOK AT IT AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING WORTH KEEPING THEY DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR INVENTORY AGAIN DOWN AT THE GARAGE, AND THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT DO THE ASSET WORKS, UH, UPDATES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US.
THEY'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT YOU KEEP PARTS FOR TOO LONG.
UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD, BECAUSE WE HAVE OLDER VEHICLES AND, AND SOME OLDER MACHINES, WE DO HAVE A, A, A REAL EXCESS OF PARTS.
UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE DO INVENTORY EACH YEAR AND VALUES ON IT.
AND IF YOU'VE HAD A PART FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT HAVE SOME VALUE TO IT, IT DIMINISH.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TRACK.
BUT WE DO, BUT OUR WORK ARE SO, OUR WORKERS ARE SO GOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE VERY RES, RELUCTANT TO THROW THINGS OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN GO TO AN OLDER PARK, GET A RESISTOR OUT OF IT, THAT'S HARD TO FIND, AND THEN USE IT AND MAKE SOMETHING CURRENTLY WORK.
I MEAN, WE HAVE VERY TALENTED PEOPLE ON STAFF, AND IT'S NOT SIMPLY, OH, IT'S BROKEN, LET'S GET ANOTHER ONE.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT MADE INTO TRY AND KEEP THESE THINGS WORKING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
AND IT'S ONLY WHEN IT BECOMES HOPELESS.
WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON THE AGENDA.
TRACY BAKER IN OUR OFFICE AND, AND WHAT COUNCIL MCSHANE'S REFERRING TO, WE HAVE THE, THESE, UH, TIME STAMP CLOCKS.
AND TRACY CAME UP TO ME, SHE SAYS, THIS THING'S $900, IT'S $900.
SO SHE CALLED UP MIKE RICO, RICHIE CROM HOME FROM THE, UH, FROM THE RADIO SHOP, TOOK TWO TRANSISTORS OUT OF THE GARBAGE, AND I'LL SEND A PICTURE TOMORROW ON IT.
AND HE, HE FIXED IT FOR NOTHING OTHER THAN SOME, SOME TIME.
SO HE SAVED THE TOWN $900 ON A VERY EXPENSIVE.
YEAH, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT ON A LOT OF PROJECTS.
AND YOU GOTTA ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE GARBAGE TRUCK, RICH.
AND YOU GOT, WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS JUST TRULY AN ARTIST BY TRADE.
DO YOU TURN THINGS AROUND? SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD THAT YOU REALLY SHOWED THAT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD SHOW THAT AT THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, DO YOU HAVE, UH, THOSE PICTURES? MAYBE WE COULD JUST SHOW THAT, UH, TONIGHT AT THE MEETING.
I DON'T HAVE THEM ON MY PHONE.
IT'LL STILL, IT'LL STILL BE, IT'LL STILL BE A, YOU KNOW, NICE TO SHOW AT THE NEXT MEETING.
MAYBE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
RIGHT? WELL, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE PEOPLE DO, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, DO AWAY WITH YOUR REPAIR SHOP, WE COULD SHOW THOSE TWO PICTURES WHO SAYS, DO AWAY WITH THE REPAIR
I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD SAY THAT THAT COMES UP EVERY YEAR.
NO, THEY ONLY KNEW WHAT ALL EVERYONE DOES, SO, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
THEY, THEY, THEY SHOULD VISIT, AND IF THEY GO TO A REPAIR, A REGULAR REPAIR SHOP, UH, AND THEY SEE HOW MUCH IT COSTS FOR A LITTLE DENT IN A CAR,
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UM, THEY'LL REALIZE THAT WE'RE GETTING VALUE FOR OUR DOLLAR.WELL, WE'RE REALLY GONNA START HIGHLIGHTING THE, THE POSITIVE WORK THAT THE D P W DOES ON A DAILY BASIS.
YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT, YOU SEE STADIUM ROADS BEEN CLOSED FOR SOME TIME.
IT REALLY TOOK SOME TIME TO GET THE WATER SHUT DOWN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FINISHING UP THE INTERCONNECTION.
BUT INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE WORK THAT'S GETTING DONE IN TOWN.
REALLY TREMENDOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION OF THESE TWO PUMP STATIONS WHEN IT'S DONE, WILL ENABLE US TO NOW UPGRADE OR COMPLETELY REHAB OR REBUILD THE EXISTING PUMP STATION FROM THE FIFTIES.
THAT, THAT IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN DEAL WITH NOT HAVING ELECTRICITY, UH, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DEALING WITH NOT HAVING WATER.
AND SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE US HAVE A REDUNDANCY OF PROVIDING WATER TO THE RESIDENTS.
MAY NOT HAVE THE FULL PRESSURE, BUT YOU WOULD STILL HAVE WATER, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
AND I JUST WANNA ALSO MENTION YESTERDAY, UH, RICH, UH, MET WITH THE MAYOR OF, UH, WITH A VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR.
AND, UM, LEY, WE HAD, UM, A CONCERN, UH, THE VILLAGE OF LEY WAS GONNA, UH, CHARGE A SEWER RENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, UM, UH, TO RESIDENTS OF UNINCORPORATED GREENBURG.
THEY WERE ABOUT 70, I THINK ABOUT 79 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, RESIDENTS WHO WERE BEING IMPACTED.
AND THEY WERE UPSET BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING A SECOND, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER SEWER BILL.
AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS UNFAIR.
I SPOKE TO, UH, UH, THE VILLAGE, UH, MANAGER WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE MAYOR, AND THEY WORKED IT OUT.
SO, UH, I, UH, SPOKE WITH THE MAYOR AND, UH, THAT FEE HAS BEEN, UH, UH, THAT RENTAL FEE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
AND, UH, RESIDENTS OF GREENBURG WHO, UH, PAID, UH, WILL GET A REFUND.
HE'S ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CIVIL ENGINEERS.
HE'S TREMENDOUS, VERY, VERY TALENTED.
THAT'S, AND ALSO, THE POLICE CHIEF THREATENED TO SURROUND THE VILLAGE.
SO I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S NOT A GOOD JOKE.
THE CHIEF LIVES IN THE VILLAGE.
SOME PEOPLE UNDER, SOME PEOPLE UNDERSTAND MY HUMOR, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T.
WE HAVE THE 48 INCH, UH, MOWER, WHICH I GUESS WE'RE OKAY WITH.
WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YES, PETE? YES.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, IT'S FROM JAR GREENBURG PD.
IT'S A CLEAN STATE, A CLEAN SLATE, UV SANITIZER.
THE VENDOR IS CLEAN SLATE TECHNOLOGIES, UH, SOLE SUPPLIER OF THIS PARTICULAR UNIT.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A, I TALKED TO JAR.
IT'S A HANDHELD SANITIZER THAT THEY NEED FOR SANITIZING, I GUESS THE AMBULANCES.
WE PROBABLY DO THE POLICE CARS.
UM, DEFINITELY DO THE, UH, INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
UH, NEXT ONE, UH, FROM GEN GREENBURG PD VENDOR IS NEW ENGLAND SPORTSWEAR, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE 26 BLAUER XP T VESTS AND 23 TAX SQUAD RAID JACKETS FOR SOME TOTAL OF $4,325.
UH, I TALKED TO CAPTAIN VALENTINE AND HE SAID THAT THEY DEFINITELY NEED THESE.
UH, THE OTHER ONES ARE BEING WORN OUT AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE.
SEEMS, SEEMS QUITE FRANKLY, IT SEEMS LOW.
BUT IF THAT WAS THIS, UH, DID THIS GO OUT TO BID? DID WE GET THREE BIDS ON THIS? UH, WE HAVE THREE PRICES.
NEW ENGLAND SPORTSWEAR, UH, CAME IN THE LOWEST.
AND, UH, WE'VE BUILT WITH NEW ENGLAND SPORTSWEAR IN THE PAST.
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OKAY.NEXT ONE IS THE REPAIR OF OUR DRONE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DRONE.
UH, IT'S A REPAIR OF THE U S A DRONE PATRIOT 200.
IT WAS DAMAGED ON AN EMERGENCY CALL IN DOBBS FERRY.
UH, I CHECKED AGAIN WITH CAPTAIN VALENTINE AND ASKED HIM, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO WITH THE PRICE? WHATEVER, UH, THE VENDOR THAT WE'RE U HE WANTS TO USE AND IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS GOING TO DO THE JOB IS DRONE NERDS INCORPORATED.
A NEW ONE IS WELL OVER $8,000.
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN READING MY MIND 'CAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.
UH, I, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON HOW OLD THIS IS? MM-HMM.
UM, I WOULD SAY MAYBE TWO, THREE YEARS IF THAT.
UM, AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? EXCUSE ME.
AND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT? UH, IT WAS DAMAGED ON AN EMERGENCY CALL IN DO FERRY.
UH, THEY, UH, HAD ONE COMPANY, THEY CALLED ONE COMPANY, AND THEY COMPLETELY REFUSED TO HANDLE IT.
SECOND COMPANY WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT NOT FOR THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SENT DOWN.
I BELIEVE HE SAID FLORIDA, UH, DRONE NERDS INCORPORATED, UH, SAID THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT, UH, THEY SENT IT TO THEM.
THEY CAME BACK WITH THE, UH, QUOTE OF $4,287 AND THEY WOULD, SAID THEY WOULDN'T REPAIR IT.
SO ADDED A THREE AND THEY REPAIR IT TO, I'M SORRY, GINA, SO, I'M SORRY.
ONLY ONE, NO TWO COULD REPAIR IT.
ONE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT.
AND FOR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS? YES.
THE ONE THAT, UH, CAPTAIN VALENTINE TALKED TO IS DRONE MERGE.
THEY SENT IT OUT TO THEM AND THEY SAID THEY CAN REPAIR IT.
UH, IT'S $4,287 VERSUS A NEW ONE, WHICH IS WELL OVER 8,000.
AND DO WE KNOW WHAT THE WARRANTY IS? YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASSUME.
UH, I COULD CHECK WITH CAPTAIN VALENTINE, UH, SEE WHAT THE, THE WARRANTY WOULD BE ON IT.
WHY DON'T WE, UH, THEN, UH, UH, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE CAPTAIN VALENTINE, UM, UH, SPEAK TO THE TOWN BOARD NEXT WEEK DURING OUR WORK SESSION.
I'LL, I WILL TELL HIM THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, DRONES, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY KEEPS CHANGING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T LAST THAT LONG.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOOK UP THESE APPLE PHONES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TWO YEARS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUNK TWO, SIX MONTHS.
TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING SO FAST THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE HOW RIGHT.
HOW FAST THESE THINGS GET OUTDATED.
UH, THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, FROM D P W.
IT'S FOR A SIX INCH, 20 FOOT AND AN EIGHT INCH, 20 FOOT DRAIN PIPES.
UH, IT'S A NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT.
THE VENDOR HAS EXPANDED SUPPLY AND IT'S FOR $5,130.
YOU SAID YOU'RE PIGGYBACK OFF A CONTRACT? UH, IT, WE CAN GET IT OFF, UH, THE NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT PRICES.
YOU WANT BACKGROUND ON IT? YES, OF COURSE.
SO, UM, TOLAND ROAD AREA, THERE IS A VERY HIGH WATER TABLE.
UM, WE'VE HAD A RESIDENT WITH A FEW RESIDENTS, BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR WITH BACKUPS WHERE THEY HAVE SOME PUMPS CONSTANTLY RUNNING, UM, THE AREA'S ON SEPTIC.
SO A HIGH WATER TABLE'S NOW IMPACTING THEIR SEPTICS.
SO THERE WAS A LINE, UH, THAT WAS COMING OUT OF THIS RESIDENT'S HOUSE.
THERE'S ANOTHER, IT HOOKS INTO ONE OF OUR LINES THAT NOW HAS FAILED.
SO WE ARE RUNNING, UH, A NEW SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN PICK UP A FEW OF THESE HOUSES.
THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DEWATER THEIR FRONT AREAS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WINTER, OBVIOUSLY ICE, THE WATER DOESN'T STOP AND WE ICE UP AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES.
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL FIX THAT.
SO IS THIS PIPE GOING TO BE INSTALLED IN, IN THE, IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? NO, NO, WE DON'T DO WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT'S BEING DONE IN-HOUSE BY OUR EXCELLENT STAFF DOWN AT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
AND WHAT'S THE COST SAVINGS ON THAT AS FAR AS YOU SENDING IT OUT TO
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A VENDOR TO DO? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, VENDORS ARE ONLY THERE TO MAKE MONEY.SO, UH, THIS WOULD BE UPWARDS.
I PROBABLY HAVE, IF IT, IF IT TAKES US, WE'VE DONE SOME EXPLORATORY WORK, THEN THE PIPE WORK.
AND BY THE WAY, A LOT OF THE MATERIAL, AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT THIS SHORTLY, UH, TOPS SOIL WE'RE MAKING IN HOUSE, A LOT OF GRAVEL WE'RE MAKING IN HOUSE NOW FROM, FROM, UH, RECYCLED PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, I GOTTA THINK IT WOULD BE PROBABLY BE UPWARDS OF 15,000, BUT I'LL ALSO, UH, GET YOU THAT NUMBER ONCE WE'RE, UH, ONCE WE'RE DONE THE COMPARISON.
SO WHAT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE, RICH, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN COSTS AS IF YOU WAS TO GO OUT TO A VENDOR AS OPPOSED TO US DOING IT IN-HOUSE.
SO WE CAN SHOW ABSOLUTELY HOW WE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE SAVING MONEY FOR RESIDENTS.
SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME, JUST MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE THAT.
BUT DID WE GET THREE PRICES ON THIS? UH, RICH DID WE GET THE THREE PRICES? WE PRICE IT OUT EACH YEAR.
UH, ACTUALLY YOU DON'T NEED IT.
YOU HAVE THE NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT PRICING.
OH, THAT'S NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT.
SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HURT TO DO THE THREE CONTRACTS ANYWAY, BECAUSE NEW YORK STATE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE LOWEST, IT JUST MEANS IT'S A, OUR GENERAL FORM PAYMENT'S BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.
IF HE SEES SOMETHING'S A LITTLE OUTTA OF SORTS.
I JUST WANNA SAY JUST, JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, ANY TOWN TAXPAYERS ARE, UH, LISTENING THAT I AM TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THE NEXT ITEM.
THERE ARE ENVELOPES TO SEND OUT THE TAX.
HOW COULD YOU TURN THAT DOWN? THE NEXT ITEM, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT ITEM IS FROM THE TAX DEPARTMENT.
IT'S FOR NUMBER, NUMBER NINE AND NUMBER 10.
VENDOR IS ROCKET ENVELOPES THAT WE DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME.
UH, IT'S IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,724.
AND WHAT WILL THOSE ENVELOPES BE USED FOR? UH, OH, COME ON FRANCIS
SO ARE WE, ARE WE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR ARE WE GONNA JUST TAKE A BREAK AND GO RIGHT TO THE BOARD MEETING? WELL, I THINK THERE ARE, UH, TWO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO IT AFTER THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
LET'S, LET'S DO IT NOW BEFORE, YEAH, LET'S DO IT NOW.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD
COULD YOU CALL ME ON CELL? THANK YOU.
SEE EVERYONE IN A COUPLE MINUTES.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE, THERE'S ANOTHER LINK FOR THE SEVEN 30 MEETING.
IS THERE AN OFFICIAL CLOSE TO THIS MEETING? WELL, WE WE'RE THE NEXT MOTION TO GO INTO SESSIONS.
PAUL, ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? YES.
OKAY, WHO SECONDED? I'LL SECOND IT.
FOR WHAT, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE GOING? I'M NOT SURE.
2, 2, 2 PERSONNEL, UH, TOPICS INVOLVING TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, INVOLVING INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE.
DID YOU SAY SOMETHING TIM, THAT WE MISSED? WHO DO WE NEED FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? ROBERTA ROMANO AND EDIE ROBERTI.