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Karen Tarapata: Good evening, this is the village of upper night Board of Trustees regular meeting of April 15 2021 7pm and we are just waiting for a few more.

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18456426153: People to join us.

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Karen Tarapata: And we will be starting the meeting.

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18456426153: I do see my classmate here now.

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Karen Tarapata: Hello Mike.

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Hello.

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18456426153: Oh.

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Karen Tarapata: just waiting for Canada.

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Karen Tarapata: Then we'll begin.

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Karen Tarapata: do have a quorum and we do have a lot of things down it out is.

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18456426153: officer.

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Davies here.

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Call-In User_1: Yes, I am.

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Call-In User_1: Right okay just checking see the.

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Karen Tarapata: wall is here.

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Karen Tarapata: Can is a banana see.

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Laurie Dodge: Sam.

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Karen Tarapata: Okay, well, we do have.

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Karen Tarapata: We have Michael s may lori dodge Jeff Epstein and myself Karen Tara pata so we do have a quorum can rough try i'm sure will join us soon, so we can begin the meeting with the a.

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Karen Tarapata: By accepting the Minutes regular minutes of the meeting of March 18 2021.

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Karen Tarapata: Have you read and review the Minutes.

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Laurie Dodge: yeah this is lori Karen there are there are no material changes, other than ken's name is spelled incorrectly several times there's an s i'm happy to give this to heather.

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Laurie Dodge: And then some other formatting changes like periods camp Rama spelled incorrectly some things like that, so I mean I don't know I don't like.

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18456426153: Everyone wants me to read through.

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18456426153: All about.

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michael esmay: Karen there was also.

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michael esmay: In two of them resolutions it's down that.

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michael esmay: And one of them myself and Ken.

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michael esmay: abstained, and the other one Jeff abstained, and I don't think that happened.

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Karen Tarapata: Welcome February 18 regular.

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minutes.

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michael esmay: i'm sorry.

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michael esmay: When you said, the agent.

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sylviajeff: More treaties.

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18456426153: march 18th.

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18456426153: yeah yeah.

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sylviajeff: You know it's funny you should mention that because I was wondering about myself and I went to go back to see the video of it, but I couldn't find the video online so i'm really not sure.

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Karen Tarapata: Oh i'm very we have moved the videos.

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Karen Tarapata: To be the agendas and minutes so.

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Karen Tarapata: If you go to the board of trustees there's a section that says agendas minutes and the videos are attached there because, having them on the front page of the.

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Karen Tarapata: website was getting so long.

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sylviajeff: You know.

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sylviajeff: Believe it or not, I don't think it's on there anyway.

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sylviajeff: Because I went through the whole thing, so we should double check that.

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They were.

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Karen Tarapata: Looking for them, which meeting.

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sylviajeff: This was march 18 OK.

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Karen Tarapata: I will, we will do that tomorrow heather and I will check that.

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18456426153: Tomorrow march eight kids will be on the minute won't be online, yet you mean February.

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Karen Tarapata: Oh, because it hasn't been in a.

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18456426153: Video.

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Karen Tarapata: we're talking about.

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sylviajeff: But.

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sylviajeff: I had a question and I think Mike may have also about the Minutes.

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sylviajeff: What a draft of the Minutes, you know, and I went.

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sylviajeff: I went to go online to see it.

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sylviajeff: wasn't available yet I guess so.

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Karen Tarapata: No perhaps if there's a question why don't we hold off on adopting us minutes we'll do it at our.

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18456426153: next meeting.

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Karen Tarapata: So let's hold you up for you.

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18456426153: Jeff talking i'm just trying to clarify, because the data is the teeth and both months are you talking about finding a video for the for the February 13 or the march 18th minutes.

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On march 18.

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Karen Tarapata: Okay, well, if you have a question about the Minutes, we can always delay adopting the minutes of the regular meeting of March 18.

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18456426153: My concern was only the.

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michael esmay: march 18 meeting.

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michael esmay: The other two, I have no problems with.

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Karen Tarapata: right but i'm saying yeah Hello can.

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Karen Tarapata: yeah.

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Kennon Rothchild: I have no idea what's going on.

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Kennon Rothchild: So.

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Kennon Rothchild: If we are actually talking about meeting minutes of.

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Kennon Rothchild: previous meetings.

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Kennon Rothchild: The very modest correction I would want the village court to look at is that my last name is misspelled in numerous places.

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Karen Tarapata: yeah I point that out yeah she so that's already been amended that that's a we apologize for that.

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Kennon Rothchild: I don't I don't care, except.

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Kennon Rothchild: Just for accuracy sake.

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18456426153: let's get the last thing.

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Karen Tarapata: You will miss spell my name all the time, but it's Nice.

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Kennon Rothchild: By the way, I want to, I want to find out is the crashing to remove the S, which is cracked or two.

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Karen Tarapata: We can only imagine the Minutes, we can amend your name.

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Kennon Rothchild: But I i'm not sure which.

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Kennon Rothchild: error they're thinking of that they should be adding the SN or taking it out.

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Karen Tarapata: we're going to.

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18456426153: Take the US out.

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Karen Tarapata: But I would say, for the minutes of March 18 because there was a question where it appears that.

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Karen Tarapata: Mike and Ken abstained from adopting the minutes of February 18 are you sure you Mike were you at the meeting in February.

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michael esmay: 18 three you say.

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i've been at all these meetings.

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Karen Tarapata: So let's wait and we'll check.

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Karen Tarapata: That will check the tape and will will will do that instead alright.

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Karen Tarapata: So, now that everyone's here i'm going to wait and have adopt another two local except the other minutes at the end of the meeting because right now I would like to get the police report and the treasurer's report before we have our first public hearings so officer Davies.

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Call-In User_1: Would you give us the police report, I would absolutely love to Niall savings from the cornerstone police department and I have a search and birth from a special operations he's with me also.

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Call-In User_1: So from the last meeting until today, there was a one car accident in the village, and that was on glenbrook and North Highland and that was a core versus a deer.

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Call-In User_1: Our officers continue to do area checks in various places in the village, including school checks they're required to do a school check every day, as well as doing a cultural and religious checks of the.

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Call-In User_1: Two synagogues in the village, I think that that would know stolen vehicles reported, there were two fraud or scan that occurred in the village.

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Call-In User_1: Both of them were the unemployment scams and basically somebody gets a letter in the mail telling them that somebody has filed for unemployment in their name we've been having a very large.

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Call-In User_1: problem with that, basically, that people have to report it to their personnel department and then report it to the State to put a stop, for that there's also in the town, this is not for it overnight, but in the town, we had a large number of.

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Call-In User_1: yeah.

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Karen Tarapata: Just one moment if you're not.

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Call-In User_1: sure.

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Call-In User_1: What everyone, please.

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Karen Tarapata: mute their.

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Karen Tarapata: microphones.

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Karen Tarapata: That is somebody.

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Jillana Sinnott: microphone Aaron you should be able to mute them if you grew up in the corner.

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Karen Tarapata: Of that call, I know I have a hard time going back and forth.

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Karen Tarapata: With themselves because i'm also running.

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Karen Tarapata: Thank you Jill okay go ahead, please.

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Call-In User_1: Sure, so I just want to make everybody aware that there was a number of scams that occurred in the town, but some of these included on.

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Call-In User_1: Online either using a Facebook or instagram telling people that they were eligible for payroll payroll grants.

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Call-In User_1: But in order to get the payroll grant they had to send a you know, sometimes up to $2,000 using gift cards so we just want to make sure that people are aware that.

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Call-In User_1: We also had a grandparent scam so basically somebody calls a grandparent saying that their grandchild that they're under arrest for some type of dwi that they're in jail and that they need bail money.

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Call-In User_1: This unfortunate person he he was or he sent $150,000 in gift cards to this person and even when.

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Call-In User_1: A detective from Connecticut tried to contact him just to tell them to stop doing it, he didn't believe in, we had we had to send somebody to his house.

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Call-In User_1: to convince him to stop sending the money and the call is great grandson was $150,000 was the worst also we've been having a problem with own are scams.

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Call-In User_1: Somebody calls and says that they're from, or that the person hasn't paid their bill, and in order to rectify the situation they have to go and get sometimes 500 sometimes $1,000 in gift cards and send it in to stop the owner from turning off the their power.

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Call-In User_1: I think anytime that.

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Karen Tarapata: Someone has asked to pay a bill with a gift card, they should know it's a fraud and calling the media.

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Call-In User_1: I agree, but you'd be amazed, how many times people just do it, and then they think that something's wrong and they call us.

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Call-In User_1: And the gift cards or not we you know once once you give them the not the numbers, they can they can cash it and you've lost that money.

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Call-In User_1: we've also in neighboring departments have had problems with fake utility workers come into the House and saying they're either from or or the water company they gain the person's trust.

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Call-In User_1: And usually it's two people one person distracts the homeowner and, while the other person goes and ransack the House looking for jewelry or money or something like that.

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Call-In User_1: isn't it.

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Karen Tarapata: That seems to have every.

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Call-In User_1: Yes, yep so we just want to make sure that you know the residents know about that, just to be careful and certainly you can.

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Call-In User_1: You can call us and we'll come down, and we can verify that the person is in fact from one of the utility companies, well, we wrote our officers wrote.

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Call-In User_1: A uniform traffic tickets over the since the last meeting, I think that there's more because I spoke to the.

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Call-In User_1: The records clerk who does the tickets and she's she's behind and inputting the tickets, also to parking tickets were written and a pretty good number of warnings were also issued by, thank God, there were no.

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Call-In User_1: robberies that occurred.

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Call-In User_1: You know I think I forgot to talk about the larcenies.

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Call-In User_1: We had a from a business on North Highland avenue somebody allegedly stole a license plate off of the one of the vehicles there.

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Call-In User_1: were no other steps from vehicles that occurred in the village, but we did have a number in the town where people were walking around at night looking for unmarked cars.

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Call-In User_1: And going into the car and you know, whatever they can steal from the from inside the car they do the cooking oil sets that i've spoken to you guys that has been still continuing.

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Call-In User_1: Most most to think I know stolen vehicles, as I said, no robberies in terms of the drug related issues countywide year to date there's been 112 overdoses.

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Call-In User_1: which resulted in nine people nine deaths and 93 people surviving in aquatics down we've had 36 overdoses year to date, resulting in five deaths.

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Call-In User_1: And 31 survived i've in the last couple weeks i've gone on on one where we had the narcan the.

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Call-In User_1: person three times we did it twice and then the paramedics had to do it, a third time and, basically, the reason is, is that there's fentanyl in the heroin so that's that's a pretty big pretty big issue.

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Call-In User_1: Also, I spoke to the Mayor a couple days ago about trucks, making the term from nine w on to old mountain road to go down to the village i've made the.

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Call-In User_1: Officers that patrol that area aware of it, and actually I have sergeant first you're sitting next to me he's just going to address in terms of manpower, a little bit.

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Call-In User_1: Good evening everybody thanks for having us like also data said he made me aware of the some of the concerns about potentially like local commercial vehicles coming through the village.

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Call-In User_1: I have made our traffic officers aware to maybe a little extra attention down there.

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Call-In User_1: The only concern that we have, without having done any enforcement is that if those trucks are making local deliveries to actually allow it to be there, so whether it's an industrial delivery or commercial delivery that would make them okay be there, correct.

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Karen Tarapata: The problem we have is.

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Karen Tarapata: With tractor trailers that are not making deliveries and they're coming down well mountain road.

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Karen Tarapata: Six is the lower particle not road between Midland and broadway and the road is not designed for a truck of that link.

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Karen Tarapata: We haven't we haven't posted both up at nine w and just below Midland local delivery only but though that is not the case, because the the people who make the local deliveries typically know and they come down Castle heights because it's a wider street it's really the truck drivers.

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Karen Tarapata: who are using Google maps.

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Karen Tarapata: Just the one that's made for passenger cars and we've tried reporting the fact that we are not truck to Google maps, but it has not seemed to make much of a difference.

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Call-In User_1: today.

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Laurie Dodge: This is lori dodge and I live on North broadway south of the point karen's talking about there were three trucks today and we've followed them periodically to see what their where they go.

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Laurie Dodge: And they.

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Laurie Dodge: go through nyack.

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Laurie Dodge: They go all the way to the end of broadway and not that very odd intersection of broadway and nine w past South nyack is where they reenter nine w and it seems to have something to do with the new bridge.

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Laurie Dodge: interchange I don't know exactly.

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Call-In User_1: What but.

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Laurie Dodge: they're they're not getting the message and it keeps it happens, it happens all times of the day and they're they're absolutely are not making local deliveries.

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Call-In User_1: Okay, absolutely.

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Call-In User_1: No problems alpha alpha shirt and i'll let our commercial vehicle officers know about that and having pay special attention to that location, thank you very much.

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Karen Tarapata: No problem.

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Call-In User_1: Did did you guys have any other concerns no.

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Karen Tarapata: No parking signs.

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Call-In User_1: alexa and locust we're.

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Call-In User_1: going to leave them where they are.

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Call-In User_1: For the next month right.

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Call-In User_1: Now, which.

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Karen Tarapata: side on Lucas next month we'll talk about that.

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sylviajeff: I believe that on what's out there on both sides of the street.

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Karen Tarapata: Yes, well, but on the lower part of the street, but.

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Karen Tarapata: i'm in on locust but just because they remained so long on the outside, I thought it was it was only fair to have them remain a little longer.

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sylviajeff: than.

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sylviajeff: The other side, but you know I think i'm going to mention something that.

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sylviajeff: is probably appropriate, even though it's not for our town, but I think it affects the people who live in our town.

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Call-In User_1: Any of us who.

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sylviajeff: Go to nyack to park for.

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sylviajeff: restaurants or events or anything like.

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sylviajeff: That may have.

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sylviajeff: The o'clock mobile APP because it's changed from the free bird atlas dispatch here to talk mobile park mobile had a breach of their security and a lot of.

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sylviajeff: passwords and things like that was stolen, so if anybody is using the park mobile APP they should probably change their password at minimum.

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Karen Tarapata: We were talking.

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Karen Tarapata: earlier.

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Karen Tarapata: Okay, so thank you so much.

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Karen Tarapata: that's good Jeff anything else officer, ladies.

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Karen Tarapata: All right, good went to a little bit delayed for treasurer's report and the.

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Karen Tarapata: public hearing the tentative budget but i'm over to rich and we will start and rich.

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Richard Fortunato: which you really have any everybody.

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Richard Fortunato: First, the treasurer's report, let me go through just a couple of things just to get in the Minutes, I need a resolution for a may 1 on payment.

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Richard Fortunato: it's for the public works building the dp w building it's the $1.3 million bond that we have made first we need to pay $65,000 in principle and $15,156 and 25 cents in interest.

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Karen Tarapata: Alright it's somebody emotion, to pay that make that bond payment.

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sylviajeff: That we make that bond payment.

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Karen Tarapata: And I get a second.

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Laurie Dodge: it's l'oreal second.

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Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

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Laurie Dodge: lori I.

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Kennon Rothchild: Can I.

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Karen Tarapata: All right, what else.

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Richard Fortunato: Yet Okay, a few housekeeping tips this month constitutional tax limit was filed and approved by the state and the village up or nine X property tax CAP calculation was filed and approved by the state.

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Richard Fortunato: Jeff was good enough to come in and sign all the vouchers in there nothing I mean Jeff unless you could add to it, nothing really notable up usual monthly suspects were in the vouchers.

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Richard Fortunato: i'm going through my list here okay anybody have any questions I sent the year to date financial statements, which was fine they look in line.

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Richard Fortunato: And everybody has my cell phone throughout.

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Richard Fortunato: The week, if you want to call me with any questions, but there was nothing in here that was memorable and everyone has a copy of it in their.

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Richard Fortunato: In their email.

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Richard Fortunato: Okay, last but not least, would be Karen do you want me to go through the budget highlights.

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Karen Tarapata: I think i'm learning to have have have a reason read the legal notice, first because.

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Karen Tarapata: It is a public hearing and then i'll have you give the High Level budget overview.

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Karen Tarapata: heather are you can you read the legal notice, where the notice of public hearing for the tentative budget or.

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Heather Candella: If you haven't available, I do not have it in front of me.

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Karen Tarapata: All right, legal number village of Upper and I notice a public hearing tentative budget 2021 2022.

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Karen Tarapata: A public hearing on the tentative budget, but the village upper nyack will be held on April 15 2021 at 7:15pm or as soon as practical via teleconference.

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Karen Tarapata: Due to the covert 19 pandemics, the village Board of Trustees will not be meeting in person.

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Karen Tarapata: In accordance with the applicable executive orders here in issued by the New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo suspending certain provisions of the New York state open meetings law.

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Karen Tarapata: The meeting will be held via teleconferencing and a transcript will be provided at a later date.

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Karen Tarapata: The public will have the opportunity to see, and here the meeting live and provide comments to access the meeting, please visit the villages website for ID number and password.

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Karen Tarapata: A meeting agenda will be posted in villages website comments and questions can also be provided via email before the meeting to karaoke brotherhood village clerk at village clerk at upper nyack.

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Karen Tarapata: New york.us a copy of the tentative budget will be available beginning march 26 2020 look at the office of the village.

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Karen Tarapata: Where maybe in pet inspected by any interested parties during business hours a copy will also be available on the village website www upper nyack new york.us dated march 10 2021 Harold cheap brother good village clerk.

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Karen Tarapata: All right, rich you want to give the High Level overview of the budget and then we'll open the public hearing.

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Richard Fortunato: i'm just gonna go through the highlights of the revenue and expense sides of the.

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Richard Fortunato: Budget.

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Richard Fortunato: we're going to collect $2,130,000 in real estate taxes okay that makes up roughly a 1.6% increase from the prior year.

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Richard Fortunato: Other notable highlights on the revenue side would be our film revenue.

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Richard Fortunato: down last year, a little bit, I think, because of Kobe but recently I expect this year's film revenue to pick up state aid we're going to.

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Richard Fortunato: we're going to get because I hope we're going to get but we're going to get to state grants to $75,000 state grants from the State of New York.

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Richard Fortunato: totaling $150,000 our chips money chips is for paving and road surfaces we're going to get up New York state for approximately $100,000 in chips money's in the budget.

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Richard Fortunato: Mortgage taxes, I do expect mortgage taxes to increase in the coming year because of the.

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Richard Fortunato: The boom and sales in rockland county so our mortgage tax allegation that we get from the State of New York, I think, will increase in the coming year.

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Richard Fortunato: I do think that the sales tax revenue, the village is going to receive from the State of New York will decrease a little bit So those are those are kind of a notable revenue items on the revenue side of the budget on the expense side of the budget.

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Richard Fortunato: A lot of improvements to village infrastructure.

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Richard Fortunato: For example, village preserve improvements we're going to try to do a stone parking lot and improve the preserve.

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Richard Fortunato: In some ways in village hall new computers and new technology in village Hall, the old stone meeting house new lighting new wi fi for potential or meetings in the old stone meeting house.

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Richard Fortunato: Major repairs, would be to pave one one paving road repair on Piper i'm going to call that the type of project.

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Richard Fortunato: there's a major sidewalk project that we're going to do on broadway and there are three here resurfacing projects that we are going to attempt to do all three in one year I think it's a pretty aggressive.

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Richard Fortunato: schedule there's a lot to do on this list, but you know we usually get them all done.

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Richard Fortunato: The usual things like the sewer bill from orange town is on here that's a major expense to the village $430,000 a year according contract major expense for the village is on here and.

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Richard Fortunato: we're going to spend $410,000 this year and principal and interest on our three village bombs So those are the notable highlights for the new budget.

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Karen Tarapata: Great alright with someone make a motion to open the public hearing.

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Laurie Dodge: it's lori i'll make a motion we open the public hearing.

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Karen Tarapata: And I get a second.

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Kennon Rothchild: This is caramel second.

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Karen Tarapata: All right, the public hearing is open Is there anyone who is on the call tonight to speak about the tentative budget.

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Karen Tarapata: We need a lot more light overhead me, I would ask if you're if you're not going to speak with you have your microphone muted.

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Karen Tarapata: If you wish to speak we'd love to hear from you, otherwise we will close the public hearing.

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Karen Tarapata: appears there's no one here.

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Richard Fortunato: Then summing it up, I think we do a lot with the with the budget here there's a lot in here and.

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Richard Fortunato: If anybody has any questions throughout the year they're more than happy to give the office a call and speak to me treasure rich Fortunato or any trustees as usual anytime you have a question, let me know, thank you.

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sylviajeff: Thank you, rich yep.

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Karen Tarapata: With someone make a mission to close the public hearing.

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Kennon Rothchild: I move we close the public hearing on the tentative budget.

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Karen Tarapata: Right.

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Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

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Kennon Rothchild: Can I.

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Karen Tarapata: Karen I.

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Karen Tarapata: Alright alright so with someone emotionally well someone just commented that was great quick but we've had extensive.

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Karen Tarapata: workshop meetings and discussions about the budget, this is really we.

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Karen Tarapata: spend our time looking into it, making sure that we have a balanced budget that we have contingency that we have to preserve.

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Karen Tarapata: The village is in probably some of the best condition of any village in the state financially and I think we're doing very well with someone make a motion to adopt the budget, the tentative budget for 2020 2022.

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sylviajeff: I will make them emotion, to adopt the tentative budget for.

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Karen Tarapata: All in favor say I.

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Laurie Dodge: Already I.

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Karen Tarapata: Know Aaron is great Thank you so much, look at this 729 we're going to make it in time for our next.

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Karen Tarapata: Until 730 to read them notice a public hearing.

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Heather Candella: I can Karen this is heather I can read this one I have thanks.

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Karen Tarapata: Oh, thank you.

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Karen Tarapata: So we'll wait another 10 or 15 seconds till we actually hit 730.

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Laurie Dodge: there's another question what's 1.6% mean to the average taxpayer.

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Laurie Dodge: retro you there.

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Richard Fortunato: that's a tough question, because in in the village of upper nyack there are roughly 750 taxpayers and they kind of run the gamut.

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Richard Fortunato: There is no average right there a taxpayers who.

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Richard Fortunato: A this and they're taxpayers who pay 10 times this so a 1.6% increase in your taxes.

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Richard Fortunato: For every thousand dollars would be you know $16 so if your taxes last year or $1,000 they're going to be $16 this year, I mean that's you know there's really that's a hard question, I mean if you go look at your last year's tax bill and multiply it by.

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Richard Fortunato: 1.016.

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Kennon Rothchild: that's the increase yeah I think I think rich though it's important to point out.

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Kennon Rothchild: If you just go see the same to.

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Kennon Rothchild: multiply it it's not.

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Karen Tarapata: Against if you're not speaking, but i'm just curious if if you're not speaking, I would ask.

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Kennon Rothchild: I think, so I think Richard support for the text person knows that in terms of their tax burden.

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Kennon Rothchild: 1.6 applies.

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Kennon Rothchild: Only to their upper nyack taxes so as an example, if your if your attack your total tax burden, over a year.

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Kennon Rothchild: it's $15,000 only approximately 10% of that it goes.

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Kennon Rothchild: So that'd be 1500, which means the 1.6 would be approximately $40 I guess in.

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Kennon Rothchild: don't don't sit there and took a look at your school taxes and say oh my God 1.6 of 20,000 is X that's not it at school taxes may go up but that's a different folk than ours.

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Richard Fortunato: yeah and exactly right the village taxes are a very small portion of your total its smallest of your total taxes.

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Karen Tarapata: And so, just as an aside the cost of paving.

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Karen Tarapata: Our roads and repairing our.

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Karen Tarapata: Roads has gone up significantly that's the downside of.

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Karen Tarapata: Damage now is that materials are more expensive.

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Karen Tarapata: And as far as I can tell roads and trash pickup are the two major services that we provide to our residents.

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Kennon Rothchild: I just wanna I just want to point out quickly Karen the prices are rising all over I totally unrelated to anything we're facing in our village.

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Kennon Rothchild: My business.

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19175660344: Which is property management.

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Kennon Rothchild: We faced a 54% increase in our insurance costs.

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Richard Fortunato: The inflation rate last year.

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Richard Fortunato: Was it was significantly higher than that it was.

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Karen Tarapata: You know, doing.

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Richard Fortunato: A 1.6 we're keeping up with.

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Richard Fortunato: Any we're not even keeping up with inflation so last year, a loaf of bread cost you, you know increase more.

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Karen Tarapata: Thank you for that clarification.

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Karen Tarapata: That was that was important.

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19175660344: To read the notice of public hearing.

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19175660344: Yes.

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19175660344: Please take notice.

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Heather Candella: That the board.

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Heather Candella: of trustees of the village of upper nyack will hold a public hearing on April 15 2021.

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19175660344: At 7:30pm.

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Heather Candella: Or, as soon practical.

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Heather Candella: To consider the adoption of a proposed law.

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Heather Candella: The noise law of the village of upper nyack regulating unnecessary noise within the village of upper nyack.

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Heather Candella: The full text of the proposed law local law.

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Heather Candella: is available on the site.

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19175660344: At https colon.

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Heather Candella: slash slash www dot upper nyack dash.

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Heather Candella: Due to the coven pandemic.

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Heather Candella: The village Board of Trustees will not be meeting in person, in accordance with the applicable executive orders here to issued by.

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Heather Candella: The New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo suspending certain provisions of the New York state open meetings law, the meeting will be held via video conferencing, and a transcript will be provided at a later date, the public will have the opportunity to see and hear live and provide.

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Heather Candella: to access the meeting, please.

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Heather Candella: visit the villages website for ID number and password.

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Heather Candella: A meeting agenda will be posted to the villages website.

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Heather Candella: comments and questions will also be.

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Heather Candella: provided via.

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Heather Candella: email before meeting to Carol G brotherhood village clerk at village clerk at upper nyack dash ny.us.

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Heather Candella: dated march 10 2021.

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Heather Candella: girl G brotherhood village.

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Karen Tarapata: All right.

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Karen Tarapata: Before I open the public hearing asked open public sharing.

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19175660344: I just want to introduce.

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19175660344: This local law.

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Karen Tarapata: And it's legislative intent.

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Karen Tarapata: The making and creating.

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Karen Tarapata: unreasonable.

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19175660344: Serving and obsessive noise.

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Karen Tarapata: Excuse me.

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Karen Tarapata: If you're not.

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Karen Tarapata: Eating for two pictures, could you mute the MIC.

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19175660344: We can hear each other, there we go.

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Karen Tarapata: Alright, the making and creating of unreasonably disturbing or excessive noise within the village of upper neck is a condition which has persisted.

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Karen Tarapata: And the leveling frequency of occurrences of such noises continues to increase.

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Karen Tarapata: These noise levels are a detriment to the public health comfort convenience safety and welfare of the citizens of the village.

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Karen Tarapata: It is the intent of this local law to balance the rights of residents and property owners to use their property in a reasonable manner.

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Karen Tarapata: With the rights of others in the village to be free of excessive continuous unnecessary or disturbing noise.

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Karen Tarapata: A little background I think they bring committee but we've been talking about a noise ordinance for as long as I have been on the board and over many years, we have met with representatives of noise monitoring companies, we have talked to.

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Karen Tarapata: The enforcement officials in various towns, including.

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Karen Tarapata: parks town and pure Mont we've really made an effort to understand this issue and to understand how we can address this issue in a way that is in keeping with the size and capabilities of our village.

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Karen Tarapata: Currently, the only reference to noise in our general ordinance is one small thing under disorderly conduct, I just want you to know where we're coming from.

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Karen Tarapata: Before we talk about where we're going to and that's ordinance 5.6 and it says item G operate any musical instrument or drunk.

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Karen Tarapata: or cause any noise, to be made within the village for advertising purposes or for the purpose of attracting attention to any exhibition performance show or other spectacle or operate any radio, TV phonograph or other sound producing device in such loud manner as to annoy any person.

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Karen Tarapata: Well, everything from a cat to.

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Karen Tarapata: earth mover to leaf blower too heavy equipment Those are all sound producing devices it's a company where we're coming from is virtually boundless.

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Karen Tarapata: So what we're trying to do is to propose a law that we believe is reasonable and enforceable, we were inspired by the village of dobbs ferry.

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Karen Tarapata: And their approach and I know that Diana greenwald of the breeding committee had any correspondence with.

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Karen Tarapata: The Mayor of dobbs ferry and we received those comments of how their law has been received, they do not use decibels primarily because they found that to be unenforceable.

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Karen Tarapata: And that was something that we were told by both parks town and pure mind that having decibel limits was verte was very, very difficult to enforce because of the complexity of the equipment and the level of training and redundancy of testing that has to be done.

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Karen Tarapata: That said, we are here tonight to listen to you to residents about this local law, I would say we have received many, many, many comments.

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Karen Tarapata: First, of which i'm just going to read the referrals from other from our referring agencies we got a referral from the Department of planning of rockland county.

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Karen Tarapata: On march 25.

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Karen Tarapata: And they said, since the local level have no adverse impacts on any countywide interests, this matter is remanded for local determination.

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Karen Tarapata: We also received a referral from the town of clark's town on march 15 2021.

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Karen Tarapata: it's at the planning board discussed you referenced matter at their march 3 2021 meeting.

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Karen Tarapata: After a brief discussion on the motion of cats second divided by tonto and caring five to zero with eyes of statement or dano and virtually no the planning board of the town of firestone deems the matter for local determination.

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Karen Tarapata: And finally, we received a referral from the village of nyack on February 22 2021.

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Karen Tarapata: And they said says, dear miss Brotherhood, thank you for your referral of this application to the village of nyack.

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Karen Tarapata: We understand that the village of upper neck Board of Trustees has set a public hearing on this legislation for April 15 2021.

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Karen Tarapata: The intent of the proposed noise legislation is to control access it continuous unnecessary or disturbing noise balanced against the rights of residents and property owners to use their property in a reasonable manner.

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Karen Tarapata: The new law specifies the types of unnecessary noise covered under legislation, the proposed law provides specified hours and defines the distance from the property lines that such sound can be audible.

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Karen Tarapata: For leaf blowers or other power tools or machinery, the legislation provide seasonal times when such equipment is allowed to be used.

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Karen Tarapata: The new law includes exceptions from the provisions of the Code upon review the village of upper night considers to be a matter of local determination, with no adverse impacts on the village of nyack it has no comments on the application.

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Karen Tarapata: All right, and with that.

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Karen Tarapata: I oh last thing I want to say is we are proposing and aggressive education campaign if this law if and when this law is adopted to Homeowners.

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Karen Tarapata: business owners all licensed contractors and landscapers all those licensed with the county of rockland.

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Karen Tarapata: And I was particularly send any materials relating to lawn care equipment to Steve bottle and the landscapers association, it was also suggested that these these items also be made bilingual.

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Karen Tarapata: And with that introduction, I would ask that someone make a motion to open the public hearing.

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On the goalies law.

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Laurie Dodge: it's lori i'll make the motion that we open the public hearing on the proposed noise law.

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sylviajeff: And it's Jeff i'll second that motion.

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sylviajeff: alright.

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Karen Tarapata: The public hearing is open, I just want to state before we let people start speaking, if you have sent your comments in.

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Karen Tarapata: And we have many, many, many comments that have already been submitted in writing, I would ask the not speak this evening.

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Karen Tarapata: We are going to publish all of the submitted comments on our website we're going to create and have a special area tomorrow for this noise law so that people can easily review all the comments and concerns of their neighbors.

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Karen Tarapata: With that said Is there anyone who has come to speak on this matter of this evening and would you please identify yourself before you speak been recognized Connie coker.

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Meave Tooher: Thank you very much.

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Connie Coker: My name is Connie coker I live at 106 locust my husband and I moved here last May, from South nyack and we're very grateful to be living in Upper nyack where you're considering.

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Connie Coker: This not noise ordinance, which we support, I am a retired midwife, and I was also a county legislature legislator from 2007 to 2011 where I was here of the Environmental Committee so i'm very much.

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Connie Coker: committed to the fact that these gas blowers emit such toxins into our air, not just in addition to the noise pollution.

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Connie Coker: I left the legislature to return to my work and women's health and I am in favor, as I said, of this proposed seasonal band, and on the use of gas powered leaf blowers, and thank you very much for your attention to this matter.

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Karen Tarapata: Thank you i'd like to recognize Diana greenwald.

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Diana B Greenwald: hi thanks Karen hi everyone if I haven't met you, I am the acting Chair of the green Committee and my husband Dave and I moved here that burned, I can summer of 2018.

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Diana B Greenwald: dave's originally from Michigan and i'm originally from the Boston area and and I have about just about three minutes of sort of contacts on this issue, and then I, and then I won't really speak.

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Diana B Greenwald: Any further but Dave and I moved here from Michigan and he had owned a home before, but I I had I had never owned a home, so it was really exciting moving up or nyack to buy our first home together.

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Diana B Greenwald: We spent about a year searching in areas that we're comfortable to Harlem I work at city college at cuny.

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Diana B Greenwald: And we were totally charmed by the NIH X and the the natural beauty of this area and the people and the small businesses and just everything that makes this Community special The one thing that we didn't really plan on when we moved here was the din.

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Diana B Greenwald: And I don't mean you know passing traffic kids playing and shouting you know the normal construction projects going on around a suburb I mean the near constant.

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Diana B Greenwald: drone that has been the backdrop to our lives, my husband's a musician he says it's a B flat the note.

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Diana B Greenwald: You know it's going basically constantly um you know when i'm working when i'm trying to do work in our own yard when i'm.

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Diana B Greenwald: Taking the dog for a walk when i'm on the phone with my mom and whatever it might be it's this one and in the background.

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Diana B Greenwald: So I in fall 2018 basically I wrote to Judy Ryan, who I think it's on the call here, who was the one of the co founders with Aaron Morgan of the green committee and I learned that there they had just assembled the committee at that time and.

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Diana B Greenwald: they've identified a number of issues that they wanted to focus on including tree planting water conservation and quality clean and renewable energy.

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Diana B Greenwald: Green landscaping and reduction of noise and air pollution from the blowers.

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Diana B Greenwald: So we began researching this issue and in the process we shared a lot of that information with the board and with the with the Mayor, we learned that the blowers gas blowers, in particular pollute our air.

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Diana B Greenwald: That the decibel level at which they operate is risky for hearing damage and hearing loss and that we were not alone in seeking some change so many communities all over the country have already regulated gas powered blowers.

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Diana B Greenwald: including many just over the river in westchester pelham rye dobbs ferry ardsley.

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Diana B Greenwald: Never mamaroneck I can never say Hastings bronxville larchmont new Rochelle scarsdale yonkers irvington Austin in Bedford just to name a few.

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Diana B Greenwald: And many of those regulations had been on the books, since 2008 so over 10 years ago at this point so in fall 2019 the next year.

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Diana B Greenwald: The Mayor and the board invited the green committee to provide an educational presentation to the board, which we did, and that was open for public comment and discussion.

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Diana B Greenwald: We also begin the process of kind of reaching out to area towns and villages that had passed, these regulations, so we spoke to people in maplewood New Jersey Hastings dobbs ferry etc, and we receive some important feedback and lessons learned from them.

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Diana B Greenwald: In mamaroneck a member of the sustainability collaborative there said, you know personally he expected a lot of pushback when they passed their law.

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Diana B Greenwald: But it didn't happen, he said there continue to be some disregard of the law, but the band had in general sharply reduced gas flow or usage during the summer months.

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Diana B Greenwald: And he said, you know some had to argue that landscapers not being able to use gas blowers that would increase prices.

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Diana B Greenwald: And he said that seems like a reasonable thing to suppose, but it hasn't really happened in his town, he said, overall, the their leaf blower regulation had been a success and generally had gained Community acceptance.

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Diana B Greenwald: In croton we heard that land a landscaper was actually on their conservation Council and was one of the quote forces behind the band.

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Diana B Greenwald: That landscaper was promoting a love them and leave them policy which is promoting alternative approaches like mulching in place and other techniques to avoid using gas blowers.

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Diana B Greenwald: And mayor terracotta and the board placed discussions of a possible leaf blower regulation on the agenda for the regular workshop meetings in January and April of 2020.

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Diana B Greenwald: I heard from at least two landscape business owners during those meetings, and I know that the mayor followed up with both of them.

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Diana B Greenwald: And I noticed as well during the lockdown some communities around us actually instituted temporary bands on gas power blowers during the pandemic up or nyack refrain from doing that and I think.

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Diana B Greenwald: Part of the reason for resisting that was to really get this Community input and make sure that we had some legislation that could really stick.

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Diana B Greenwald: And in July 2020 we held a virtual workshop with a selection of area mayor's who had mayors and Council members whose villages have.

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Diana B Greenwald: enacted these regulations, so we learned a lot of tips there keep the law, simple and easy to enforce.

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Diana B Greenwald: For example, you know don't impose separate regulations on commercial operators versus residents don't regulate decibel levels, as was just mentioned, you know don't regulate the number of blowers permitted her property etc keep it simple.

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Diana B Greenwald: don't make the law enforceable on the final operators so, namely like the employees of these landscaping companies you don't want them to be the ones held liable for.

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Diana B Greenwald: For fines and penalties and finally leave an option for quieter and cleaner alternatives such as battery operated or electric blowers.

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Diana B Greenwald: So I should say I am a political science professor and I certainly do not believe government can fix everything I really don't I no offense to the village board but.

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Diana B Greenwald: In general I don't think government is the solution to everything, but it can be good and really good at some things.

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Diana B Greenwald: And what it can be good at is tragedies of the commons where each individual is basically doing what's in their own best interest, but as a result we're slowly depleting the public good, and in this case I don't think any single household or company or industry or anyone deserves blame.

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Diana B Greenwald: But I think this is a tragedy of the commons and I think, in this case the commons is our air quality it's our land on our climate and it's our quality of life.

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Diana B Greenwald: And this law is basically needed to create incentives for individuals to change their behavior and protect all those resources.

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Diana B Greenwald: And then the last comment, I would just have is on the dog barking part the animal portion of the law so as a dog owner our dog, is it you know she has a set of pipes she can bark.

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Diana B Greenwald: We know that and we read the lawn at first, we were a little surprised at that portion.

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Diana B Greenwald: Regulating section three be regulating animals, but then we realized, you know 10 minutes of continuous barking that's a lot that's something that I would absolutely think of as a potential inconvenience to my neighbors and so i'm you know happy to comply with that.

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Diana B Greenwald: I would also worry about my dog if she was barking for more than 10 minutes outside, so it seems to seem very reasonable to me.

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Diana B Greenwald: that's that's all I got.

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Karen Tarapata: Thank you, Dan I recognize carolyn Cohen.

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Carolyn Cohen: I was just getting off mute hi this is carolyn Cohen, I live at one Perry lane, and we happen to live right next to the boatyard.

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Carolyn Cohen: So we are you know.

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Carolyn Cohen: in the throes of you know, the noise issues that are coming from the boatyard and it and I think the point that I want to make.

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Carolyn Cohen: Is you know you had factored in continuous noise is one of the big issues um.

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Carolyn Cohen: You know and and I have a dog as well, and I am happy to comply with a 10 minute dog barking because I can understand how that would be annoying but the boatyard.

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Carolyn Cohen: is at work all day long spraying and there you know, so if we're not going to measure decibel levels, it is continuous noise for hours and hours on end.

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Carolyn Cohen: And if I have to regulate my dog, and I have to regulate my blowers i'm all fine with that and i'm happy to be a good Community Member, but it seems unfair to me.

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Carolyn Cohen: That the boatyard has the flexibility to not only be very loud and their machinery very commercial you know we have these big massive boats that we are putting up with.

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Carolyn Cohen: But that the noise Monday through Saturday.

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Carolyn Cohen: From the time they start, so the time they finish is pretty continuous and if we're going to keep it simple and have one rule for everyone.

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Carolyn Cohen: You know i'm not quite sure how you approach that but I want to raise my hand and say that I believe that that is a substantial problem, and you know it's it's really, really, really loud and really, really constant.

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Karen Tarapata: Thank you, thank you.

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let's see if I.

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Karen Tarapata: may see Dave I believe you were the next one, to have your.

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Karen Tarapata: hand up.

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Meave Tooher: Thank you mayor and I really appreciate it, I made tour from tour and barone we represent goose town environmental advocates, they are a group of residents from your community.

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Meave Tooher: I we did submit written comments my did receive a note from you may are indicating that you were concerned that the board had not had an opportunity to review those.

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Meave Tooher: So i'm going to touch on them very briefly, I will try and keep my comments brief, I understand there's a lot of people who are interested.

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Meave Tooher: But even with the comments that i've listened to, thus far it's clear that noise is a Community concern and you read.

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Meave Tooher: The purpose of the noise ordinance and I think that that's that's really important in trying to find a solution to what can be, and is, in many instances, a problem.

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Meave Tooher: you've suggested the qualitative ordinance and, although you have received some support for that approach.

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Meave Tooher: i'm here this evening to say that I would like you to consider at least a more quantitative approach and there's a couple of reasons for that a qualitative ordnance really is questionable on enforcement there was vagaries to the.

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Meave Tooher: terms, and it may not result in any actual reduction in noise, especially we were just talking about the the concept of noise.

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Meave Tooher: Continuing for extended periods of time there's a three hour limit with a half hour break with some of the decibel levels that has been experienced as a consequence.

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Meave Tooher: Specifically, of the boatyard that could actually result in public health damage.

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Meave Tooher: The draft comprehensive plan that you're all working so hard on speaks to noise and mentions using performance standards well performance standards are a quantitative ordnance standard.

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Meave Tooher: And the benefits of using a quantitative wardman standard is that you can use scientific measures to determine what you want, for your community and what is injuring your Community it actually makes enforcement easier.

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Meave Tooher: it's less challengeable in court, because it can be uniformly enforced we've submitted the comments from expert Ted think of green plan limited.

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Meave Tooher: Ted works with a number of municipalities and he hardly recommends using a quantitative measure.

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Meave Tooher: The reason for that is exactly the things I just spoke to that you can have very specific standards that have to be enforced.

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Meave Tooher: I understand that there is training that's required to go into that and that there or there is a requirement for equipment, however, I would assert that one lawsuit would more than pay for the equipment and training.

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Meave Tooher: If you're going to have people challenging every time that there is enforcement you're going to have people challenging the noise and ordinance itself you're going to have challenges to.

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Meave Tooher: disparate enforcement, if you have set decibel levels set guidance, it makes it much easier.

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Meave Tooher: And decibel levels or something that have been examined by a number of entities, the Dec has a noise guides they recommend 65 decibels as your standard levels, the EPA.

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Meave Tooher: also has a model ordinance and they have definitive standards and reliable monitoring equipment as the baselines for an enforceable noise ordinance they also recommend a minimum or maximum of 55 decibels before enforcement begins.

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Meave Tooher: housing and urban development wreck recommend 60 decibels OSHA recommends 70 decibels.

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Meave Tooher: The federal highway authority from highway noise.

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Meave Tooher: sets the level at 70 decibels the World Health Organization, which has done the most recent studies on noise and the impacts on the Community indicates that.

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Meave Tooher: decibel levels is an acceptable level of noise for a Community and that once you go above 70 decibels you can cause hearing impairment.

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Meave Tooher: physiological impacts sleep deprivation it's it's really a pretty serious situation that noise pollution creates for your community.

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Meave Tooher: One of the points i'd like to make is that GA We contacted montrose environmental and they conducted a noise study in the homes around the shipyard.

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Meave Tooher: decibel levels around the shipyard reached levels of 107 and 108 decibels on a fairly regular basis.

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Meave Tooher: That is known to be dangerous levels for individuals humans to be exposed to, if you were working in that environment, you would have to have protective equipment.

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Meave Tooher: The concept of individuals in their home having to wear protective equipment to protect themselves from their neighbors noise is something that i'm certain you as a community don't want to have to enforce.

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Meave Tooher: there's there's so many issues as a result of noise pollution that I commend the board for going down this road, but the ordinance that's currently proposed creates a number of vagaries.

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Meave Tooher: If you look at heavy machinery is actually less regulated than outdoor power tools.

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Meave Tooher: I fully understand the annoyance and, in fact, the damage that can be caused by the decibel levels of things like leaf blowers, but as you heard at least one neighbor already comment.

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Meave Tooher: Three hours of 107 decibels is simply unlivable setting a standard of 100 feet from the property line doesn't take into account many of the the lots in your village.

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Meave Tooher: Some of the lots are quite small the homes are quite close to each other 100 feet from the property line can be very consequential.

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Meave Tooher: The other point that I would like to make is that the fines that are set forth.

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Meave Tooher: are inadequate, I understand, not wanting to impose heavy fines on you know residents who happen to have a lab party or have a dog was barking, but when you have businesses that are routinely.

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Meave Tooher: violating a noise ordinance and routinely impacting their neighbors these types of minimal fines have almost no impact.

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Meave Tooher: You cited to the Clarks town law, the Clarks town last starts with finds of 20 $500 and it goes as high as $15,000.

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Meave Tooher: for repeat offenders Those are the kinds of fines that one justify your enforcement costs and to act as a real detriment.

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Meave Tooher: So I would ask, as you go forward and you're listening to your comments to think about you know that the actual enforceability of the law.

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Meave Tooher: There may be some expense, but if you have defined standards and reliable monitoring equipment, you can effectively enforce this and protect your community from a very real public health threat.

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Meave Tooher: Thank you so much, I would ask that you all, take a chance take an opportunity to read ted's letter and the comments that we've provided on the wall, thank you.

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Karen Tarapata: Thank you me.

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Karen Tarapata: Who would like to speak next.

526
01:00:42.060 --> 01:00:44.220
Karen Tarapata: You can unmute yourself and.

527
01:00:45.960 --> 01:00:50.340
Karen Tarapata: I don't have any one's hand up, so I just need somebody to oh Smith is.

528
01:00:50.370 --> 01:00:51.570
put up your hand so see.

529
01:00:53.910 --> 01:00:54.180
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: Oh.

530
01:00:56.040 --> 01:01:00.840
Sue Smith: Thank you, can you hear me okay i'm zoom professional.

531
01:01:02.790 --> 01:01:04.800
Sue Smith: Can you hear me yes.

532
01:01:05.070 --> 01:01:16.860
Sue Smith: Okay um I was hoping the board could address um how how they envision enforcement on of the heavy machinery clause of the noise proposed noise otter ordinance.

533
01:01:17.460 --> 01:01:36.330
Sue Smith: With specifically with respect to three hours on 30 minutes off like How does that, how is that how's that enforceable, I guess, I don't see a code compliance officer or anyone hanging out, you know for for three and a half hours to make sure that it.

534
01:01:37.500 --> 01:01:38.940
Sue Smith: That it's in compliance.

535
01:01:42.330 --> 01:01:51.510
Karen Tarapata: I would say that's a very that's a great question if there was a complaint, yes, that person would have to stay there for three hours during that enforcement period.

536
01:01:52.200 --> 01:01:59.010
Sue Smith: That that person being a code compliance officer or police officer, or who would who would that person be I guess is my.

537
01:01:59.400 --> 01:02:01.440
Karen Tarapata: would be our code enforcement official.

538
01:02:02.370 --> 01:02:02.700
God.

539
01:02:04.290 --> 01:02:04.860
William?s iPhone: Really.

540
01:02:07.260 --> 01:02:11.640
Karen Tarapata: If you're not if you're not speaking, I ask that you keep your microphone muted.

541
01:02:13.050 --> 01:02:14.940
Karen Tarapata: All right, anything else you.

542
01:02:16.620 --> 01:02:30.030
Sue Smith: Only that that that doesn't seem terribly realistic but that's just that's my comment, and I also have the comment that I know you guys have put a lot of time and effort into this and we appreciate, you know you folks doing this.

543
01:02:32.400 --> 01:02:37.530
Karen Tarapata: Okay, more with this next person wanted to speak.

544
01:02:38.130 --> 01:02:46.470
mort: yeah guess what what I want to do is, I want to kind of put a human face on what and to a Brown and green plans a comprehensive report.

545
01:02:46.980 --> 01:02:55.710
mort: and describe our experiences a little bit, we cannot have our windows open in our House on a night we live so For those of you who don't know we live right next to the shipyard.

546
01:02:57.330 --> 01:03:05.820
mort: And we cannot have our windows open in our House and a nice spring and summer days, because the noise is too unbearable we cannot sit on our porch and have a cup of coffee.

547
01:03:06.420 --> 01:03:15.330
mort: We cannot have lunch on our patty because the noise is so irritating we cannot have guests over outside on a Saturday afternoon, we cannot enjoy being outside on a property.

548
01:03:16.080 --> 01:03:22.950
mort: Also i'm i'm gonna second kind of what Susan and in terms of enforcement, how do I file a complaint, if there is a violation of the law is currently written.

549
01:03:23.970 --> 01:03:29.100
mort: If there isn't an enforcement officer onsite for four hours to time the periods of noise and subsequent breaks.

550
01:03:29.490 --> 01:03:40.530
mort: It is just the word of a complaint against the word of the violator, it is an everybody's the villages let's use a shipyard ours in everybody's best interest at performance standards.

551
01:03:41.070 --> 01:03:52.890
mort: So that there's an objective standard to judge them though his by otherwise you know it's laws almost meaningless and on a deeper level, I want to speak of the physical and mental health issues, created by excessive noise.

552
01:03:53.940 --> 01:03:59.160
mort: My family suffered a grievous it is created for me serious issues with Depression and anxiety.

553
01:03:59.790 --> 01:04:07.200
mort: The noise from the north river shipyard has made my mental health issues, much more difficult to live with, with no safe haven in our in our home.

554
01:04:07.680 --> 01:04:14.910
mort: The ongoing excessive noise increased levels of anxiety stress and discomfort was taking a toll on my physical and mental health.

555
01:04:15.630 --> 01:04:23.850
mort: This is not just theoretical arguments, these are very real consequences for the health and well being of the bit Hatton landing community, thank you very much.

556
01:04:25.230 --> 01:04:25.740
Thank you.

557
01:04:26.880 --> 01:04:29.910
Karen Tarapata: All right, we have Carol listen.

558
01:04:30.360 --> 01:04:39.300
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: Yes, very good, thank you, good evening to everybody in the board, this is my husband Michael and I have live on school street and.

559
01:04:40.350 --> 01:04:53.790
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: We have been here for 18 years and I think is Diana express we love upper nyack for all the nature and being able to get out and walk, but I think we did start to notice that there is a lot of noise.

560
01:04:54.930 --> 01:05:07.170
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: And for us probably most impacted by people taking care of their yards and landscaping so we appreciate this effort, and this initiative by the board.

561
01:05:07.530 --> 01:05:17.640
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: To really spearhead this but I was also very interested in what made was saying about having quantitative kind of measurements to go by and.

562
01:05:18.870 --> 01:05:28.710
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: I think that seems like that would strengthen this ordinance and make it more impactful but I guess, my question is a process question if we.

563
01:05:29.820 --> 01:05:42.330
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: can read the notes and letters that people have submitted tomorrow is there still opportunity to contribute to that or how does this move forward after this hearing.

564
01:05:43.710 --> 01:05:48.270
Karen Tarapata: What I see is that we're going to keep the public hearing open until next month.

565
01:05:49.050 --> 01:06:01.410
Karen Tarapata: I don't see because we did receive so many comments today that the Board has not had a chance to review my originally I plan to read the comments until I realized I had over 30 pages today.

566
01:06:01.980 --> 01:06:16.200
Karen Tarapata: Oh really this morning and then received another 30 today that it makes much more sense to have them available for the public to review and for us to review your comments to perhaps propose a.

567
01:06:18.570 --> 01:06:32.670
Karen Tarapata: Changes if the board feels good and we're and really try and make this a law that is the middle way for all of us, because we are a small community, this is, this is a difficult task, you can see.

568
01:06:33.390 --> 01:06:44.160
Karen Tarapata: Why other communities haven't done anything, or they have them and they don't they only enforce them very infrequently we're really hoping to have something that we can use to build compliance.

569
01:06:45.690 --> 01:06:52.560
Karen Tarapata: But yes, they finally I I don't see how we could possibly close this public hearing tonight there's too many issues open.

570
01:06:53.730 --> 01:06:56.100
carol.lusignan@sesame.org: Okay, thank you, thank you Carol.

571
01:06:57.600 --> 01:07:01.020
Karen Tarapata: All right, Is there anyone else who would like to speak this evening.

572
01:07:05.640 --> 01:07:22.560
Karen Tarapata: All right, I think we're going to have a lot of people reviewing a lot of documents over the next month, and we will continue this public hearing at our main meeting, and please send your your any additional comments you have.

573
01:07:23.640 --> 01:07:25.260
Karen Tarapata: Particularly after reading each other.

574
01:07:26.970 --> 01:07:31.560
Karen Tarapata: messages to us, and I look forward to speaking with you all next month.

575
01:07:35.250 --> 01:07:37.560
Karen Tarapata: Noel Do I need to do anything else to.

576
01:07:37.620 --> 01:07:38.280
Karen Tarapata: Continue the.

577
01:07:38.610 --> 01:07:39.660
Karen Tarapata: Hearing yes.

578
01:07:40.170 --> 01:07:41.010
Jillana Sinnott: Formal motion.

579
01:07:41.610 --> 01:07:42.480
Noelle Wolfson: Here May meeting.

580
01:07:44.160 --> 01:07:50.430
Karen Tarapata: And I regard with with someone make a motion to adjourn this hearing until our main meeting.

581
01:07:52.560 --> 01:07:55.320
Kennon Rothchild: This is, can I move that we.

582
01:07:57.240 --> 01:08:02.820
Kennon Rothchild: adjourn tonight's session and continue the public hearing to our next regular meeting in May.

583
01:08:04.950 --> 01:08:05.790
Karen Tarapata: Can I get a second.

584
01:08:06.390 --> 01:08:07.530
michael esmay: Michael second.

585
01:08:09.570 --> 01:08:10.920
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

586
01:08:13.860 --> 01:08:15.780
sylviajeff: Aye Jeff I.

587
01:08:17.010 --> 01:08:18.030
Laurie Dodge: Like it I.

588
01:08:19.050 --> 01:08:21.240
Laurie Dodge: mean you've done a call for IE.

589
01:08:23.100 --> 01:08:26.970
Karen Tarapata: Here we probably should all right now.

590
01:08:28.950 --> 01:08:33.450
Karen Tarapata: Here we go when you just put this aside for now and.

591
01:08:33.870 --> 01:08:35.880
Kennon Rothchild: Great cutter can meet.

592
01:08:35.970 --> 01:08:36.990
alumni.

593
01:08:39.750 --> 01:08:41.730
Karen Tarapata: wow all right.

594
01:08:44.370 --> 01:08:51.390
Karen Tarapata: Are there were to read the public hearing moaning like well actually the for the continuation of the.

595
01:08:52.620 --> 01:08:55.140
Karen Tarapata: tree preservation law.

596
01:08:55.890 --> 01:08:56.430
sure.

597
01:08:58.050 --> 01:09:08.910
Heather Candella: Please take notice that the board of trustees of the village of upper nyack will hold a public hearing on April 15 2021 at 8pm or as soon practical.

598
01:09:09.270 --> 01:09:19.950
Heather Candella: As a continuation of the public hearing opened on January 21 2021 to consider the adoption of a proposed tree law, the tree preservation law.

599
01:09:20.340 --> 01:09:40.650
Heather Candella: into enacting regulations pertaining to the preservation and removal of trees within the village of upper not the full text of the proposed local law is available on the villages website https colon slash slash www.up or nine X dash and y.us.

600
01:09:41.760 --> 01:09:48.150
Heather Candella: Due to the coven 19 a pandemic, the village Board of Trustees will not be meeting in person.

601
01:09:49.050 --> 01:10:00.990
Heather Candella: In accordance with the applicable executive orders here to issued by the New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo suspending certain provisions of the New York state open meetings law.

602
01:10:01.830 --> 01:10:09.810
Heather Candella: The meeting will be held via video conferencing, and the transcript will be provided at a later date, the public will have the opportunity to see.

603
01:10:10.320 --> 01:10:19.020
Heather Candella: and hear the meeting live and provide comments to access the meeting, please visit the villages website for ID number and password.

604
01:10:19.710 --> 01:10:36.750
Heather Candella: And meeting agenda will be posted on the villages website comments and questions will also can also be provided via email before we before the meeting to Carol G brotherhood village clerk at village clerk at upper nyack dash and y.us dated march 10.

605
01:10:37.980 --> 01:10:39.990
Heather Candella: Carol G brotherhood village work.

606
01:10:41.910 --> 01:10:42.930
All right, thank you.

607
01:10:44.250 --> 01:10:44.850
Karen Tarapata: All right.

608
01:10:46.500 --> 01:10:51.960
Karen Tarapata: I have a statement here notes about the proposed tree preservation local law.

609
01:10:53.100 --> 01:10:59.700
Karen Tarapata: This is a proposed local lodge replace the existing tree maintenance and management regulations in the villages zoning law.

610
01:11:00.690 --> 01:11:10.200
Karen Tarapata: In January the board classify the proposed adoption of this local law as an unlisted action under secret, which is the state and value mental quality.

611
01:11:10.710 --> 01:11:17.580
Karen Tarapata: Review Act adopted a negative declaration of environmental significance and open the public hearing on the law.

612
01:11:18.480 --> 01:11:32.340
Karen Tarapata: written comments by the village forester was submitted for the January meeting and the law was revised in response to some of those comments additionally the building department has reviewed the proposed law and provided feedback.

613
01:11:33.420 --> 01:11:39.000
Karen Tarapata: By way of background the current law regulates the removal of significant trees in the village.

614
01:11:39.690 --> 01:11:47.910
Karen Tarapata: It defines a significant tree as any tree with a trunk diameter that equals or exceeds 16 inches at breast height.

615
01:11:48.300 --> 01:12:05.790
Karen Tarapata: General good health of such species as achieved a canopy spread the 40 or more feet in diameter upon maturity, depending upon the reason and scope of the tree removal tree removal permits are issued administratively by the building department or by the planning board.

616
01:12:06.930 --> 01:12:14.550
Karen Tarapata: The draft comprehensive plan recommends the village consider comprehensive legislation regarding the regulation of treating.

617
01:12:15.180 --> 01:12:26.730
Karen Tarapata: developing these regulations, following the continued review and adoption of the comprehensive plan and the zoning law changes that will be necessary to implement its terms will take time and careful analysis.

618
01:12:27.720 --> 01:12:35.640
Karen Tarapata: In the meantime, there are many mature and valuable trees that fall below the threshold of the current definition of significant tree.

619
01:12:36.240 --> 01:12:46.890
Karen Tarapata: That in many circumstances can be removed, for any reason, with no administrative review once removed these mature trees are not easily or quickly replaced.

620
01:12:47.610 --> 01:13:05.370
Karen Tarapata: The primary objective of the local law is to redefine what constitutes a significant tree to cast a broader net of trees, subject to review prior to their removal during the period before the more comprehensive tree regulations contemplated by the comprehensive plan can be developed.

621
01:13:06.420 --> 01:13:13.470
Karen Tarapata: As originally proposed, the local law expanded the types of trees, subject to review prior to the removal.

622
01:13:13.920 --> 01:13:22.620
Karen Tarapata: To include trees, with a diameter at breast height of 12 inches or greater generally or eight inches or greater on steep slopes.

623
01:13:23.310 --> 01:13:32.280
Karen Tarapata: Since the January draft, the definition of significant tree has been revised to also include as a significant tree any tree.

624
01:13:32.730 --> 01:13:42.240
Karen Tarapata: With a db H, which is the diameter at press tight with a db age of eight inches or greater that is located within 100 feet of the Hudson river.

625
01:13:42.840 --> 01:14:01.800
Karen Tarapata: or with a local state or federally designated wetland removal of trees in a significant standard trees, meaning five or more trees have the same or similar species that form the same drip line with a gbh of six inches or greater would also be subject to review before they can be removed.

626
01:14:03.000 --> 01:14:07.530
Karen Tarapata: Another substantive change the prior version of the local law reviewed in January.

627
01:14:08.160 --> 01:14:15.210
Karen Tarapata: Is that the number of trees that may be removed, with a permit from the building department in any two year period has been increased.

628
01:14:15.900 --> 01:14:33.120
Karen Tarapata: As originally drafted the law permitted the removal of two significant trees, with a db age of 16 inches or smaller whether or 16 inches or larger with a tree removal met certain requirements on any lot in a two year period.

629
01:14:35.220 --> 01:14:43.950
Karen Tarapata: As currently proposed, the number of trees that can be removed, with the building department or of it has been increased to allow within any two year period.

630
01:14:44.550 --> 01:14:54.330
Karen Tarapata: To significant tree or trees within a significant stand trees within certain size limitations if they're in a healthy condition and meet certain other requirements.

631
01:14:54.750 --> 01:15:08.370
Karen Tarapata: or of any size if they're determined to be dead or dying by the village forester and three additional significant tree or trees within a significant standard trees that are determined to be dead or dying by the village forester.

632
01:15:09.930 --> 01:15:18.030
Karen Tarapata: Such that in any two year period, as many as five significant trees can be removed from a lot without planning forward review.

633
01:15:19.110 --> 01:15:29.430
Karen Tarapata: I want to point out that, in the version of the last circulated to the board and posted on the website, in the section specifying which types of treatment Google permits may be issued by the building department.

634
01:15:29.940 --> 01:15:37.620
Karen Tarapata: and which must be reviewed by the planning board section 2.2 point 1.2 contains a typographical error.

635
01:15:38.340 --> 01:15:48.210
Karen Tarapata: It says that to significant tree or trees within the significant stand of trees within a db age of 13 inches or larger if they're in a healthy condition take.

636
01:15:49.110 --> 01:16:10.200
Karen Tarapata: A lot in any two year period, but it's meant to say 13 inches or smaller so removal of all healthy trees larger than 13 inches gbh would have to be removed reviewed by the planning for word, if this law is put to a vote tonight, I propose we incorporate that one correction.

637
01:16:11.370 --> 01:16:20.190
Karen Tarapata: In addition to these substantive changes the version reviewed in January, there have been some modifications to the procedural portions of the law.

638
01:16:21.210 --> 01:16:27.030
Karen Tarapata: Those changes were made in response to comments from the village forester and from the building department.

639
01:16:28.740 --> 01:16:36.150
Karen Tarapata: To as best as given the new substantive provisions align the language of the law, with the current processes of the building department.

640
01:16:36.990 --> 01:16:45.750
Karen Tarapata: The most significant procedural change from the January version of the law is it when a tree removal permit is within the planning boards jurisdiction.

641
01:16:46.290 --> 01:16:55.770
Karen Tarapata: The Board is permitted, but not required to hold a public hearing on the application, whereas in the January version of the law it public hearing was required.

642
01:16:56.370 --> 01:17:03.660
Karen Tarapata: The intent behind this change is to make the planning board review of both remove tree removal permit applications for streamlined.

643
01:17:04.650 --> 01:17:16.230
Karen Tarapata: With that general summary of the proposed law and how it differs from the one we discussed in January, I will open it up to comments or questions from board members and then the public.

644
01:17:19.380 --> 01:17:24.480
Karen Tarapata: All right, but any board members like to comment on this before we open this up.

645
01:17:25.170 --> 01:17:26.610
Karen Tarapata: To the public comment.

646
01:17:30.630 --> 01:17:30.840
Karen Tarapata: Right.

647
01:17:31.920 --> 01:17:33.210
Laurie Dodge: With someone right.

648
01:17:33.300 --> 01:17:51.750
Laurie Dodge: Okay laurie, the only thing I would like to say, or that I am going to say is that it, it seems to me and I read it i've read it, a couple of times, I still haven't absorbed it all, and maybe i'm just being dense but it's it seems very long and complicated and that's all I will.

649
01:17:52.890 --> 01:17:53.430
I will say.

650
01:17:55.560 --> 01:17:55.860
All right.

651
01:17:57.360 --> 01:18:02.220
Karen Tarapata: Oh alright, so I would like to open so i'm going to make a motion to open the public hearing.

652
01:18:04.230 --> 01:18:07.650
Laurie Dodge: i'll make a motion that we open the public hearing sorry.

653
01:18:09.300 --> 01:18:10.110
Karen Tarapata: Can I get a second.

654
01:18:12.660 --> 01:18:13.740
Kennon Rothchild: We both did so.

655
01:18:14.940 --> 01:18:15.360
William?s iPhone: Okay.

656
01:18:16.230 --> 01:18:18.390
Karen Tarapata: What makes a second maybe.

657
01:18:19.740 --> 01:18:20.910
sylviajeff: Perhaps can.

658
01:18:21.690 --> 01:18:22.440
Kennon Rothchild: just said, can.

659
01:18:25.260 --> 01:18:26.610
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

660
01:18:27.270 --> 01:18:27.990
Laurie Dodge: Aye laurie.

661
01:18:28.530 --> 01:18:29.130
Kennon Rothchild: I can.

662
01:18:29.550 --> 01:18:30.180
I just.

663
01:18:34.200 --> 01:18:42.900
Karen Tarapata: I can alright, the public hearing is open, I see that Joanna Scott, so not have has raised her hand to speak my head.

664
01:18:43.650 --> 01:18:53.340
Jillana Sinnott: Okay, two things one, I think, going from the measurement that we have now down to 12 or 13 inches whichever it is.

665
01:18:54.270 --> 01:19:03.690
Jillana Sinnott: i'm not really happy with it seems like a drastic change, but my one thing to the board as a planning board Secretary.

666
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Jillana Sinnott: Hopefully this before the law, gets passed, we can figure out everything and how this is going to work going to the planning board, because it seems like a lot of things.

667
01:19:15.030 --> 01:19:21.030
Jillana Sinnott: are going to be coming to the planning board and I don't want the same thing to happen that happened with the new air be law.

668
01:19:21.540 --> 01:19:28.680
Jillana Sinnott: That it went on it's going on for months and we still don't have anything resolved, it just puts a lot on the village.

669
01:19:29.250 --> 01:19:43.680
Jillana Sinnott: To the planning board to have to come up with and get all these extra permits and they're already booked solid, so I hope the board takes into consideration what this is going to do, and what the criteria is to go to the planning board.

670
01:19:47.010 --> 01:19:55.380
Karen Tarapata: My only response would be that this was developed with input from the planning board chairman, in addition to the village Forrester and building department.

671
01:19:55.860 --> 01:20:06.780
Karen Tarapata: But I do understand that the amount of work that the amount of applications, the numbers sheer number of applications that are coming to Orlando sports is increasing daily.

672
01:20:08.340 --> 01:20:12.060
Karen Tarapata: Is there anyone else who would like to speak on this issue tonight.

673
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from the public.

674
01:20:19.320 --> 01:20:20.610
Karen Tarapata: Is that Peggy is that you.

675
01:20:22.020 --> 01:20:23.190
Karen Tarapata: have to unmute yourself.

676
01:20:27.270 --> 01:20:29.640
Peggy Kurtz: oops sorry I forgot to put my.

677
01:20:31.680 --> 01:20:32.220
Peggy Kurtz: earphones.

678
01:20:36.630 --> 01:20:41.610
Peggy Kurtz: First, what I hope you got my comments the comments from marcy the anchor and I forwarded.

679
01:20:43.680 --> 01:20:46.860
Karen Tarapata: i'm going to read those people at once people on the call.

680
01:20:48.030 --> 01:20:52.740
Peggy Kurtz: Okay, so i'm kind of basing my comments on hers i'm hardly an expert on.

681
01:20:53.370 --> 01:21:02.370
Peggy Kurtz: On trees, I know that many, many people in the village feel very strongly about trees, as I do too it's just heartbreaking when we see trees cleared that.

682
01:21:02.940 --> 01:21:09.180
Peggy Kurtz: did not need to come down, we will not understand that if you're constructing a new house, there may be some trees that come down.

683
01:21:09.870 --> 01:21:17.760
Peggy Kurtz: But it just adds so much to the quality of life of everybody in the village to have those trees, as well as the environmental benefits that.

684
01:21:18.360 --> 01:21:27.450
Peggy Kurtz: I just you know, want to make sure that we are doing whatever we can to minimize taking down trees and to minimize also taking down.

685
01:21:28.050 --> 01:21:37.920
Peggy Kurtz: native trees mature trees and replacing them with some sort of clones that are kind of I don't know what to call them landscaping clones they're just really not.

686
01:21:38.490 --> 01:21:55.500
Peggy Kurtz: they're not the right thing for the environment for shade for resilience for wildlife so that's that's kind of really my thoughts, so I am in favor of reducing the gbh I think that I think that's a good thing.

687
01:21:56.610 --> 01:22:03.330
Peggy Kurtz: We need the younger generation of trees that are going to grow up into those beautiful mature trees that we all love so much.

688
01:22:05.370 --> 01:22:14.340
Peggy Kurtz: i'm not quite sure that I understand there's one page we're 16 inches is mentioned in section 2.1.

689
01:22:15.630 --> 01:22:24.210
Peggy Kurtz: To say it's 2.2 point 1.3 I don't really understand why it's his 16.

690
01:22:25.290 --> 01:22:35.100
Peggy Kurtz: inch gbh there so that's just kind of a question I also don't understand why increase the number of trees that can be removed if anything.

691
01:22:36.630 --> 01:22:48.480
Peggy Kurtz: I know many of us would like to see a decrease in the number of cheese that can be removed and then the final thing is just I know marcy had suggested.

692
01:22:49.020 --> 01:23:01.560
Peggy Kurtz: Having recommended list of trees, so that we can avoid having those kind of landscaping close i'm sorry I don't know what else to call them and have trees that are more resilient.

693
01:23:02.190 --> 01:23:09.150
Peggy Kurtz: We know that when the trees are not resilient there can be physical harm to property, unfortunately, even death.

694
01:23:10.680 --> 01:23:21.150
Peggy Kurtz: And, of course, the loss of trees and we know that the weather is likely, going to be more extreme we're going to see more of the extreme wind and flooding and all of that so.

695
01:23:22.440 --> 01:23:33.150
Peggy Kurtz: I would even like to suggest that maybe we could develop I know Ben called and has also put in work on developing list which may be using some of these lists of trees and.

696
01:23:34.110 --> 01:23:48.960
Peggy Kurtz: requiring that replacements be from you know give people a large list of possibilities, but you know just require that it P from from that list that could be developed.

697
01:23:50.580 --> 01:23:52.650
Peggy Kurtz: That goes from my comments yeah.

698
01:23:53.250 --> 01:24:02.010
Karen Tarapata: Thank you Peggy that's really a part of the landscaping plan of the site plan review and I think there is some discussion of.

699
01:24:03.690 --> 01:24:11.640
Karen Tarapata: Encouraging certain certain species, I think you may see that later as the zoning code update is presented.

700
01:24:12.150 --> 01:24:21.960
Peggy Kurtz: So, should that be part of should that you know encouragement or incentive or requirement should that be part of the law is what i'm asking.

701
01:24:22.650 --> 01:24:25.590
Karen Tarapata: This is not a lot about planting trees, I would say.

702
01:24:25.650 --> 01:24:28.740
Karen Tarapata: If it makes sense to put that language in the park that.

703
01:24:29.820 --> 01:24:34.740
Karen Tarapata: is involved in site plan Google and landscape plan of approval.

704
01:24:34.830 --> 01:24:36.330
Peggy Kurtz: OK OK, I defer to.

705
01:24:37.140 --> 01:24:37.320
Peggy Kurtz: know.

706
01:24:37.980 --> 01:24:40.170
Peggy Kurtz: yeah yeah yeah it's good.

707
01:24:40.230 --> 01:24:43.680
Karen Tarapata: it's good to know that it's good to hear your concerns.

708
01:24:44.040 --> 01:24:54.300
Peggy Kurtz: Okay, all right Thank you so much, and I just want to thank the board for all their work on this ordinance and the and the last one, the leaf blowers, I know how much hard work goes into it.

709
01:24:55.680 --> 01:24:56.100
Thank you.

710
01:24:57.180 --> 01:25:00.690
Karen Tarapata: Is there anyone else who would like to speak on this topic tonight.

711
01:25:02.250 --> 01:25:11.640
sylviajeff: Actually Karen I have a question I probably should know this, since i'm a trustee but uh your expertise and having gone through this.

712
01:25:12.750 --> 01:25:19.620
sylviajeff: may be better people to address it, because I don't know the answer and I was looking at some of the letters that were released today.

713
01:25:20.130 --> 01:25:36.690
sylviajeff: Is there any way it may already be in there, that if somebody has a problematic or a dangerous or a dead tree on their property that it could be fast tracked instead of potentially having to wait to be you know go through different meetings at different levels.

714
01:25:37.740 --> 01:25:52.200
Karen Tarapata: Fast emergency that's one reason why we have the village Forrester, there are provisions for anything that is a hazard that's not prevent it from from being addressed and well i'm correct on that.

715
01:25:52.740 --> 01:26:05.190
Noelle Wolfson: Sure, so if you were to look at Article three, there are exceptions to the permitting requirements for trees that represent an imminent peril and trees that are an emergency situation.

716
01:26:05.610 --> 01:26:12.060
Noelle Wolfson: which can be removed without a permit, there is a post removal permitting files that we have a record.

717
01:26:12.540 --> 01:26:24.780
Noelle Wolfson: To make sure you know that that the removals or bonafide and that there's that it's documented but there's nothing to prohibit you from removing those that have permit in those emergency situations, they are exempt from in set forth an article.

718
01:26:27.030 --> 01:26:35.220
sylviajeff: And you know well, I appreciate that, especially since one of the main main concerns came from somebody on my block, so I just wanted to have in my head.

719
01:26:36.540 --> 01:26:37.890
sylviajeff: How that can be dressed.

720
01:26:38.880 --> 01:26:40.200
Karen Tarapata: hey you have your hand up.

721
01:26:40.320 --> 01:26:47.070
Peggy Kurtz: yeah can you explain why is why increase the number of trees that can be removed in that two year period.

722
01:26:49.650 --> 01:26:53.070
Karen Tarapata: No, why would you like to help me help me explain the reasoning, why that.

723
01:26:53.550 --> 01:27:01.290
Noelle Wolfson: Sure, so the thought behind that was that the number of trees, is to healthy trees within the time within the size limit.

724
01:27:01.560 --> 01:27:10.080
Noelle Wolfson: And the increase comes in the number of dead or dying tree, so that it is easier to remove dead and dying trees, although when you're moving when you start to remove.

725
01:27:10.410 --> 01:27:14.520
Noelle Wolfson: Five, and you know six and upwards, you know, perhaps at that point in time.

726
01:27:15.060 --> 01:27:29.610
Noelle Wolfson: You want to consider a replanting plan, along with the removal of that scale, which is why more than five in a two year period would go to the planning board review, but why we up that number, because the the number should be a little bit larger for the dead and dying trees.

727
01:27:29.970 --> 01:27:30.960
Peggy Kurtz: That makes sense to me.

728
01:27:32.070 --> 01:27:32.910
Peggy Kurtz: That makes sense.

729
01:27:33.600 --> 01:27:53.280
Karen Tarapata: And the reason for sending it to the planning board is to establish a replanting program So if you let's say you do want to clear a part of your property for a pool or a big patio that would be part of your site plan and the replanting would be part of that whole site plan approval.

730
01:27:56.370 --> 01:28:00.390
Karen Tarapata: Okay, so Is there anyone else who would like to speak on this tonight.

731
01:28:02.850 --> 01:28:03.990
Karen Tarapata: All right, no else.

732
01:28:04.200 --> 01:28:05.850
William?s iPhone: We only have two letters, but.

733
01:28:06.330 --> 01:28:16.800
Karen Tarapata: One really quite extensive should I read the two letters that the trustees have in their possession you feel that that is important to do this evening.

734
01:28:17.250 --> 01:28:22.380
Noelle Wolfson: And I can do, you can put it to the board if they feel if they've read them and understand them, and they can be made a.

735
01:28:22.380 --> 01:28:26.190
Noelle Wolfson: Part of the record then it's not necessary to read the full text.

736
01:28:26.220 --> 01:28:36.450
Noelle Wolfson: Next summarize them or if you'd like to hear the full text you may but everybody has had a chance to read them and review them and understand them isn't necessary to read them inverted.

737
01:28:38.850 --> 01:28:49.020
Karen Tarapata: So what does the word thing, which is what do you want to hear me read the two tree, the two letters about the tree preservation law, or should we just enter them into the record.

738
01:28:49.470 --> 01:28:52.410
Laurie Dodge: Karen what was the second letter I only have the one letter.

739
01:28:52.410 --> 01:28:53.670
Karen Tarapata: From Peter bardot archie.

740
01:28:54.270 --> 01:28:56.100
Karen Tarapata: The other one is from marcy anchor.

741
01:28:56.730 --> 01:28:57.600
Laurie Dodge: Is I don't have that.

742
01:28:59.010 --> 01:29:03.030
Karen Tarapata: it's about the recommended trees for replanting.

743
01:29:03.810 --> 01:29:04.110
Okay.

744
01:29:06.630 --> 01:29:08.970
Karen Tarapata: i'm surprised you didn't have it it's in the packet.

745
01:29:10.410 --> 01:29:12.390
Karen Tarapata: it's right after Peters lab.

746
01:29:14.430 --> 01:29:19.680
Laurie Dodge: I didn't get that one I had it doesn't matter I mean I can I can look it up later.

747
01:29:21.600 --> 01:29:22.440
Karen Tarapata: What do you think.

748
01:29:22.980 --> 01:29:28.230
Peggy Kurtz: Karen I just want to suggest that if you want to read it, that you identify marcy with her credentials.

749
01:29:28.950 --> 01:29:29.640
Karen Tarapata: Yes, I would.

750
01:29:31.800 --> 01:29:33.480
Karen Tarapata: read the letter i'll read the entire letter.

751
01:29:33.600 --> 01:29:34.170
Peggy Kurtz: Okay, great.

752
01:29:35.670 --> 01:29:39.300
Laurie Dodge: I mean Peters letter is really his his letters really long.

753
01:29:39.330 --> 01:29:39.900
18456426153: I mean I.

754
01:29:40.020 --> 01:29:40.830
He makes.

755
01:29:42.510 --> 01:29:43.200
Karen Tarapata: Peter when I.

756
01:29:43.440 --> 01:29:45.900
18456426153: read that Peter contacted the village.

757
01:29:46.410 --> 01:29:48.810
Karen Tarapata: objecting to the administrative fee.

758
01:29:48.870 --> 01:29:49.980
For a teenager.

759
01:29:51.600 --> 01:29:54.090
Karen Tarapata: And that is his.

760
01:29:54.450 --> 01:29:55.110
18456426153: response.

761
01:29:56.070 --> 01:30:05.640
Karen Tarapata: I believe that that is his his biggest concern, but if you think that it is it wise, I will read the letters I will read the three pages.

762
01:30:08.250 --> 01:30:09.720
Karen Tarapata: I think perhaps as but.

763
01:30:10.770 --> 01:30:12.270
Laurie Dodge: I mean I don't know it's a very.

764
01:30:14.190 --> 01:30:14.520
Karen Tarapata: well.

765
01:30:14.850 --> 01:30:15.960
Karen Tarapata: Right now, and.

766
01:30:17.190 --> 01:30:25.470
Karen Tarapata: makes more sense for me to just read it, so let me just do it now, and we will have it on the record subject comments on proposed tree law.

767
01:30:26.700 --> 01:30:32.790
Karen Tarapata: mayor turn upon it, you know here are my thoughts comments on the proposed revisions to the tree.

768
01:30:36.930 --> 01:30:47.580
Karen Tarapata: One is very current problem and Upper neck with people indiscriminately chopping down trees I grew up there 28 years and never noticed a problem, but perhaps things that change.

769
01:30:48.150 --> 01:30:56.100
Karen Tarapata: Is this revised tree law, a solution looking for a problem to, in my opinion, the law is far too complicated and lengthy.

770
01:30:56.640 --> 01:31:06.360
Karen Tarapata: The property owners to read through 13 pages of complex legal language to understand what can and can't be done on their property in regard to trees.

771
01:31:07.050 --> 01:31:13.080
Karen Tarapata: Note that the distinct tree law is five pages long, what has changed to require so much more language.

772
01:31:13.770 --> 01:31:27.540
Karen Tarapata: it's great if a property resident property owner wants needs to remove a dead tree that poses a public threat the village should be encouraging this the law does anything but that charging $60 to get permission to.

773
01:31:27.540 --> 01:31:32.790
Karen Tarapata: Do this had prudently discouraged me and will presumably discourage others from doing the.

774
01:31:32.790 --> 01:31:39.750
Karen Tarapata: Things wouldn't it make more sense to waive the fee and the circumstances being that the tree removal is for the.

775
01:31:39.750 --> 01:31:44.040
Karen Tarapata: Public, you will recall that a tree killed someone on broadway.

776
01:31:44.520 --> 01:31:55.050
Karen Tarapata: The large room that recently fell off of my tree landed about three feet on the street, where cars are often part for walkers going to the book, which is a problem that does need a solution.

777
01:31:55.980 --> 01:32:07.560
Karen Tarapata: For with such complex regulations and processes, as well as the permit thing property owners will be more likely to ignore the law and simply have trees removed without getting a permit.

778
01:32:08.130 --> 01:32:18.090
Karen Tarapata: The tree on my property needs to be removed, it is dead it overhangs the House and large lambs have already fallen off of it, thankfully, no nobody was harmed.

779
01:32:18.720 --> 01:32:27.930
Karen Tarapata: There is no question needs to go, and I do not need a New York state certified arborist or the village forester to waste his her time coming to my property.

780
01:32:28.260 --> 01:32:30.390
18456426153: To confirm the blatantly obvious.

781
01:32:30.690 --> 01:32:31.650
Karen Tarapata: I am an adult.

782
01:32:31.680 --> 01:32:40.020
Karen Tarapata: And can make decisions on what's best for my property five has anyone looked at the population of treating Google permit requests.

783
01:32:40.410 --> 01:32:48.330
Karen Tarapata: What is the ratio of premise requested versus permits granted for removal of trees, I would be interested in knowing this information.

784
01:32:48.690 --> 01:32:53.760
Karen Tarapata: And I would hope the Board has the data available before adopting any revisions to the law.

785
01:32:54.690 --> 01:33:04.770
Karen Tarapata: Six, what is the villages liability if they reject the treatment of a request and that tree that falls and damages a property or worse names or kill someone.

786
01:33:05.280 --> 01:33:13.650
Karen Tarapata: Should you the village be in the business of deciding what trees can be removed and, if so, does that then shift liability to the village.

787
01:33:14.370 --> 01:33:29.790
Karen Tarapata: Seven, it is my understanding that one of the proposed revisions to the law is to make it more restricted the diameter of trees meeting permitting is proposed to be reduced, what is prompted this tightening of the restrictions see question number one.

788
01:33:31.200 --> 01:33:44.130
Karen Tarapata: Eight section 2.2 point one standards and criteria under what circumstances with the code enforcement official CEO not have jurisdiction over an application for a tree permit.

789
01:33:44.610 --> 01:33:49.470
Karen Tarapata: Would it be easier to say that all tree removals fall under the jurisdiction of the CEO.

790
01:33:49.950 --> 01:33:56.820
Karen Tarapata: What is the purpose of involving both the village forester and the CEO, particularly when dead dangerous trees are involved.

791
01:33:57.300 --> 01:34:03.720
Karen Tarapata: Does the CEO at any value when the village forest or I had already determined that the tree is dead and must be removed.

792
01:34:04.470 --> 01:34:10.560
Karen Tarapata: See number four in regards to requirement for village forest or arborist approve the dead tree removal.

793
01:34:11.430 --> 01:34:23.700
Karen Tarapata: Section 2.2 point 1.1 I have read this section multiple times and do not understand it, I suspect, most most others would struggle as well, is there a way to clarify or simplify.

794
01:34:24.420 --> 01:34:33.510
Karen Tarapata: Section 2.2 Point two planning board pb perhaps I am misunderstanding this section, but, as I understand it, as the last rent.

795
01:34:34.080 --> 01:34:42.000
Karen Tarapata: A property owner may need to appear before the planning board simply to remove dead trees, if there are multiple significant trees to be removed.

796
01:34:42.420 --> 01:34:52.650
Karen Tarapata: And or these trees are located within a significant stand of trees, as anyone consider the impact on property owners of forcing a tree permit applicant to go to the planning for it.

797
01:34:53.280 --> 01:34:58.170
Karen Tarapata: The applicant will have to wait until the next scheduled planning board meeting which could be up to a month away.

798
01:34:58.920 --> 01:35:04.320
Karen Tarapata: It can often be the case that houses purchase and the former owners did not maintain their property.

799
01:35:04.740 --> 01:35:11.490
Karen Tarapata: And, as a result, many dead or dangerous trees, need to be taken care of by the new owner, through no fault of their own.

800
01:35:12.210 --> 01:35:21.960
Karen Tarapata: They may need to wait over a month to get the necessary permit unless there is some way for tree permits to be issued by the planning board outside of the public meeting process.

801
01:35:22.470 --> 01:35:30.900
Karen Tarapata: At the heart of the matter is the question should the planning board be involved in this type of situation at all, is this the planning boards function and purview.

802
01:35:31.440 --> 01:35:40.650
Karen Tarapata: Perhaps if a developer is building a new House as part of the site plan approval some trees, need to be removed when the planning board would be involved as part of their normal function.

803
01:35:41.190 --> 01:35:50.220
Karen Tarapata: But, as I understand it, the planning board would need to get involved, even if the only request by the applicant is treating with them, this seems overly burdensome.

804
01:35:55.800 --> 01:36:01.590
Karen Tarapata: For the property owner, and I would ask you to perhaps reconsider this requirement.

805
01:36:04.230 --> 01:36:14.190
Karen Tarapata: If my understanding is correct, if my understanding is not correct, then perhaps the proposed law could be improved by clarifying the language so that is understandable to all.

806
01:36:15.480 --> 01:36:29.430
Karen Tarapata: Section 2.3 point one, why does a property owner need to provide a letter from a certified arborist isn't that why the village has a village Forrester, this is overly burdensome on the property owner, particularly what if the tree is dead.

807
01:36:30.930 --> 01:36:32.460
Karen Tarapata: saying what does filing in the.

808
01:36:33.480 --> 01:36:36.810
Karen Tarapata: What does filing in the office mean should this be more specific.

809
01:36:38.880 --> 01:36:47.700
Karen Tarapata: For tree removal of every 13 for tree removal that requires planning board review if my understanding of 2.2 Point two is correct.

810
01:36:48.150 --> 01:36:52.920
Karen Tarapata: An applicant will be required to provide a site plan prepared by a qualified professional.

811
01:36:53.700 --> 01:36:58.950
Karen Tarapata: This is overly burdensome and costly for property owners, if all they are requesting as treatment move on.

812
01:36:59.640 --> 01:37:15.390
Karen Tarapata: If it's part of a larger project than a site plan would be a requirement, but it should not be simply for tree removal, in my opinion 14 section 2.3 point one point to this will add up to 18 days to a tree removal process.

813
01:37:16.470 --> 01:37:23.760
Karen Tarapata: up to seven business days for inspection by the bonus Forrester, up to seven business days report from the village Forrester, plus weekends.

814
01:37:24.330 --> 01:37:30.360
Karen Tarapata: The totally laps time for a property owner to appear before the planning board could then be 48 days over so.

815
01:37:30.870 --> 01:37:35.280
Karen Tarapata: This seems excessive and could create an unnecessary hardship for property owners.

816
01:37:35.940 --> 01:37:45.270
Karen Tarapata: dangerous conditions could also be present, which I would hope the village would not want to perpetuate for that length of time, surely there's a way to streamline this process.

817
01:37:46.140 --> 01:37:54.870
Karen Tarapata: Section 2.3 Point two sorry this item 15 if a public hearing is required tree removal of this will then delay and remove will even longer.

818
01:37:55.290 --> 01:38:00.750
Karen Tarapata: Due to the need for a preliminary hearing it one meeting, then the opening of a public hearing at the subsequent meeting.

819
01:38:01.440 --> 01:38:12.660
Karen Tarapata: i'm assuming that upper next planning where procedures are the same as Terry towns which require a preliminary hearing to introduce the project that any public hearings would be held at subsequent meetings.

820
01:38:13.770 --> 01:38:21.390
Karen Tarapata: If this is the case tree removal would be with delayed another month section 2.3 point 2.1 point three.

821
01:38:22.020 --> 01:38:30.630
Karen Tarapata: mailings should not be a requirement for tree removal, in my opinion neighbors should have no say on whether trees can be removed on a property owners property.

822
01:38:31.080 --> 01:38:40.020
Karen Tarapata: Particularly if they present a hazard, this is dangerous precedent to allow setting up allowing public input on removing trees on someone else's property.

823
01:38:40.710 --> 01:38:49.290
Karen Tarapata: If it has to go before the planning Board, which I am strongly opposed to the decision should be made by planning board members with no input or influence from the public.

824
01:38:50.490 --> 01:39:01.440
Karen Tarapata: Section 2.3 point 4.1 point 130 days so Surely we can shorten this window maximum should be two weeks to allow for vacations.

825
01:39:02.280 --> 01:39:13.590
Karen Tarapata: 18 section 2.3 point 4.1 to 62 days for planning board approval, this means it could theoretically take over 300 days to get approval to remove trees.

826
01:39:13.980 --> 01:39:23.130
Karen Tarapata: I hope you recognize that this is unacceptable, particularly if the trees, present a hazard multiple severe weather events can occur within this time frame.

827
01:39:23.550 --> 01:39:30.630
Karen Tarapata: What happens if one of the trees proposed to be removed falls and names or kill someone with a property owner is waiting for approval.

828
01:39:31.140 --> 01:39:40.650
Karen Tarapata: Is there culpability on the villages part, could the village be sued number 19 section 2.3 point 4.1 point three.

829
01:39:41.310 --> 01:39:56.370
Karen Tarapata: What happens if the planning board goes to deny the tree removal and one of these trees falls and means or kill someone or causes property damage is the village libel, with the board of trustees and planning board member want this on their conscience.

830
01:39:57.510 --> 01:40:08.490
Karen Tarapata: Number 20 section 2.3 point 4.3 point one who is responsible for ensuring these conditions are being met, does the village have the resources for this.

831
01:40:09.030 --> 01:40:20.760
Karen Tarapata: And what is the estimated cost per year to achieve this well whoever is responsible for ensuring these conditions are met, be checking every tree removal site on everyday work is being performed.

832
01:40:21.480 --> 01:40:28.320
Karen Tarapata: How will this be documented, if not could this result in selective enforcement of accusations of bias.

833
01:40:29.610 --> 01:40:38.700
Karen Tarapata: 21 section 2.3 point 4.3 point two, this is an overreach of the part of the village law, many people like trees some do not.

834
01:40:39.060 --> 01:40:48.480
Karen Tarapata: A property owners should not be required to replace trees that have been removed, unless they want to you can encourage tree replacement but requiring, it is not right.

835
01:40:48.900 --> 01:41:01.140
Karen Tarapata: i'd like to understand what motivates a village, with more than enough trees to require this isn't legal to require a two to one replacement ratio, what will come in the next amendment to the tree law where will it end.

836
01:41:02.310 --> 01:41:09.060
Karen Tarapata: fundamental question is, why are we imposing additional burden of property owners, is there a problem and Upper nyack.

837
01:41:09.540 --> 01:41:19.620
Karen Tarapata: I live 28 years of my life there, and when I was not living there, I visited two or three times a week to me, there has never been a problem with indiscriminate trees.

838
01:41:20.280 --> 01:41:25.590
Karen Tarapata: If you can present evidence to the contrary, than perhaps my opinion on the proposed amendment will change.

839
01:41:25.920 --> 01:41:32.880
Karen Tarapata: But, as it stands, the tree law should remain as it is and no more time should be spent on trying to revise it or improve it.

840
01:41:33.510 --> 01:41:44.760
Karen Tarapata: The existing law is perfectly adequate and, in my view, has worked fine for many years, one that that I asked that you do make is to waive the fee removing dead or dangerous trees.

841
01:41:45.180 --> 01:41:52.920
Karen Tarapata: Property owners should be encouraged to do the responsible thing charging 50 or $60 does not promote this behavior.

842
01:41:53.430 --> 01:42:09.660
Karen Tarapata: I am disappointed that I will be unable to attend the public hearing due to a prior commitment, so I would appreciate a written response to the questions I had asked, as well as the villages position on the issues I highlighted respectfully Peter Bart elachi owner of 105 this drive.

843
01:42:11.610 --> 01:42:21.240
Karen Tarapata: I do have a response for this, but let me read the other letter first and then we can close the public hearing and I get my response.

844
01:42:22.050 --> 01:42:23.220
William?s iPhone: This is a letter.

845
01:42:24.720 --> 01:42:29.250
Karen Tarapata: All right, Dr Mayer and Tara pata and board members.

846
01:42:30.990 --> 01:42:37.110
Karen Tarapata: I want to thank this is from Peggy kurtz I want to thank you for your work to strengthen the tree ordinance and every night.

847
01:42:37.800 --> 01:42:46.650
Karen Tarapata: I was concerned about the size of the trees, which is stipulated in the proposed ordinance I reached out to marcy Decker sustainability coordinator in nyack.

848
01:42:47.190 --> 01:43:01.260
Karen Tarapata: For her input on the proposed tree ordinance marcy overseeing is nine X tree planting program she is a certified landscape designer with a master of landscape architecture Sunni college of environmental science and forestry.

849
01:43:02.190 --> 01:43:12.000
Karen Tarapata: largely suggest stipulating a smaller size, the stipulation in ordinance need to protect the smaller trees, which come the canopy of mature trees.

850
01:43:13.500 --> 01:43:21.690
Karen Tarapata: I, like her idea about a recommended or required list, we know that some species of trees have been particularly vulnerable to extreme storms.

851
01:43:22.200 --> 01:43:34.560
Karen Tarapata: More climate resilience trees will be less vulnerable and less likely to cause destruction in future storms, the list also puts the emphasis on native trees, which will provide habitat and food for wildlife.

852
01:43:35.670 --> 01:43:37.980
Karen Tarapata: Now this is mostly dangerous letter.

853
01:43:40.170 --> 01:43:48.060
Karen Tarapata: I looked at the tree ordinance I don't know how things actually are done an offer night but in nyack the tree replacement part is something we have struggled with.

854
01:43:48.690 --> 01:43:53.670
Karen Tarapata: I suspected following up on those replacements plantings may not always happen.

855
01:43:54.660 --> 01:44:03.330
Karen Tarapata: The planning board refers applications to our list of recommended species, which has a note that night always already has more maples than we are.

856
01:44:03.900 --> 01:44:18.600
Karen Tarapata: According to the 10 2030 rule, which is a guideline to reduce the risk of catastrophic tree loss due to pests, the rule suggests at urban tree population should include no more than 10% of any one species.

857
01:44:20.460 --> 01:44:29.190
Karen Tarapata: 20% of anyone genus and 30% any family, but I think it's really common for people to select maples anyway and not look at the list.

858
01:44:30.510 --> 01:44:40.890
Karen Tarapata: I know that beth colgan was developing a tree list for the village a couple of years ago i'm attaching a sheet with projections on tree vulnerability for tree species in our region.

859
01:44:41.700 --> 01:44:51.180
Karen Tarapata: Just for you to know nice ordinance used to define a significant tree as eight inches db ah, and that was changed when we did the COMP plan.

860
01:44:51.690 --> 01:45:02.250
Karen Tarapata: To 12 inches I see that yours is 16 inch a 12 inch streak and have a significant canopy and for certain trees, it takes quite a long time to reach that size.

861
01:45:03.690 --> 01:45:09.660
Karen Tarapata: Some codes have a special category of heritage tree, too, I hope this helps marcy Decker.

862
01:45:11.940 --> 01:45:17.700
Karen Tarapata: All right, Is there anyone else who would like to speak on the record on this matter at this time.

863
01:45:19.980 --> 01:45:23.820
Karen Tarapata: If not, I would ask someone to make a motion to close the public hearing.

864
01:45:26.100 --> 01:45:26.550
Judith Ryan: Karen.

865
01:45:27.240 --> 01:45:27.750
Karen Tarapata: Yes.

866
01:45:28.260 --> 01:45:29.430
Judith Ryan: I just have one comment.

867
01:45:30.930 --> 01:45:32.460
Judith Ryan: i'm sorry i'm Judy Ryan.

868
01:45:34.320 --> 01:45:42.000
Judith Ryan: My my thought was, and it may not be appropriate, is it is a long.

869
01:45:44.220 --> 01:45:51.090
Judith Ryan: It is a long law, it takes a long time to make your way through it, I don't I don't know if it's if it's possible to create.

870
01:45:51.630 --> 01:46:07.230
Judith Ryan: A shorter law with an addendum of the details, so that if I as a homeowner need to know the essentials or want to know the essentials that some of it can can be an addition.

871
01:46:08.160 --> 01:46:10.110
Judith Ryan: I don't know written like that.

872
01:46:11.520 --> 01:46:22.320
Karen Tarapata: I have an answer for you that I think also answers a great deal of webmaster Bart elachi was concerned about you need to look at Article three, the extensions.

873
01:46:22.830 --> 01:46:39.660
Karen Tarapata: The exemptions, make it very clear the circumstances under which you can remove trees, and I think perhaps because it's not that line I will read that, because this is the most critical part for the majority of Homeowners who are not.

874
01:46:40.830 --> 01:46:50.130
Karen Tarapata: planning a major landscaping change on their property Article three exemptions 3.1 exempt activities.

875
01:46:51.660 --> 01:47:02.220
Karen Tarapata: Notwithstanding the provisions of Section three article to above the following activities shall not require a tree removal permit prior to any tree removal.

876
01:47:03.270 --> 01:47:09.900
Karen Tarapata: 3.1 point one tree removal directed by municipal county state or federal authority pursuant to law.

877
01:47:10.650 --> 01:47:21.090
Karen Tarapata: 3.1 Point two risk reduction pruning maintenance pruning or vista pruning have a significant tree retreat and significant stand of trees.

878
01:47:21.600 --> 01:47:37.080
Karen Tarapata: In a manner that is not harmful to the health of the tree, however topping is not an exempt activity and topping have a significant or otherwise regulated tree should be evaluated as treating removal, pursuant to the terms and requirements of this local law.

879
01:47:38.850 --> 01:47:46.230
Karen Tarapata: 3.1 point three tree removal within the right of way by utility companies for maintenance of utility wires or pipelines.

880
01:47:47.340 --> 01:47:56.970
Karen Tarapata: 3.1 point four tree removal, where the trees to be removed causes a reasonably eminent parallel to the safety of life or property.

881
01:47:57.330 --> 01:48:03.510
Karen Tarapata: as determined by, it is a certified arborist provided that within 24 hours of such removal.

882
01:48:04.020 --> 01:48:12.540
Karen Tarapata: The party removing the tree thousand application for a tree removal permit pursuant to Section three Article 2.3 point 1.1.

883
01:48:13.230 --> 01:48:25.050
Karen Tarapata: Along with a written determination of an is a certified arborist confirming that the tree removal was reasonably necessary to avoid imminent parallel to the safety of life or property.

884
01:48:25.710 --> 01:48:31.920
Karen Tarapata: The village forester may inspect the law, upon which any tree was removed pursuant to this provision.

885
01:48:32.910 --> 01:48:42.630
Karen Tarapata: 3.1 Point five tree removal in an emergency situation, as defined in Section three article 1.1 point five of this local law.

886
01:48:43.140 --> 01:48:54.960
Karen Tarapata: Provided that within 48 hours of such emergency removable the party removing the tree falls an application for a tree removal permit pursuant to Section three Article 2.3 point 1.1.

887
01:48:55.440 --> 01:49:03.870
Karen Tarapata: Along with a written narrative and our photographs establishing that the tree removal on an emergency basis was reasonably necessary.

888
01:49:04.410 --> 01:49:15.060
Karen Tarapata: The village forester they inspect the lot upon which any tree was removed pursuant to this provision so whenever there is a hazard to life or property.

889
01:49:15.990 --> 01:49:27.150
Karen Tarapata: You can remove a dead or dying tree and your tree service would be able to verify that they did that work in a reasonably necessary and that was reasonably.

890
01:49:28.650 --> 01:49:50.100
Karen Tarapata: necessary to do at that time I think what we're trying to avoid is the clear cutting of trees in the village that ends up affecting the hydrology the drainage, it can have a significant effect on everyone down hill.

891
01:49:50.940 --> 01:49:51.690
Karen Tarapata: It isn't just.

892
01:49:51.840 --> 01:50:11.190
Karen Tarapata: I do, what I want on my property because we live in a bowl and everything moves from rich to river and so that is the reason why we have made additional provisions for steeply sloped areas that Jason to the Hudson river and why we really want to.

893
01:50:12.270 --> 01:50:15.120
Karen Tarapata: slow the removal of significant trees.

894
01:50:16.260 --> 01:50:29.520
Karen Tarapata: You know I I initially became involved in village government, because of the removal of the willows along North broadway and the significant drainage that occurred to everyone downhill from there after that.

895
01:50:30.540 --> 01:50:51.330
Karen Tarapata: So this is this law was when they talk about how this is onerous to the planning board, this was developed with extensive input of the planning board chairman and input from our village forester who, by, I must say, is excellent and very he is highly highly trained.

896
01:50:52.710 --> 01:50:54.090
Karen Tarapata: And our billing department.

897
01:50:56.040 --> 01:51:12.270
Karen Tarapata: So I feel that ball, this seems on the face of it to be a complicated law most tree removals are well within the exemptions or can be managed by the planning to buy the building department in a very reasonable period of time.

898
01:51:14.400 --> 01:51:15.780
Karen Tarapata: I hope that answers your question.

899
01:51:17.610 --> 01:51:19.140
Judith Ryan: Thanks Karen very much.

900
01:51:20.460 --> 01:51:20.850
Karen Tarapata: All right.

901
01:51:24.360 --> 01:51:28.320
Karen Tarapata: I would like to ask someone would like to move out and make a motion to.

902
01:51:28.320 --> 01:51:28.680
Karen Tarapata: Close.

903
01:51:28.710 --> 01:51:29.310
public hearing.

904
01:51:30.360 --> 01:51:33.300
18456426153: Karen this is Carol yes Karen.

905
01:51:34.590 --> 01:51:39.450
18456426153: I just needed to remind you that you have the referral from rockland county.

906
01:51:42.240 --> 01:51:42.990
18456426153: That before.

907
01:51:43.170 --> 01:51:44.370
Karen Tarapata: All right, thank you Carol.

908
01:51:44.790 --> 01:51:46.470
18456426153: I will be obese, I thought they were ready.

909
01:51:46.530 --> 01:51:48.240
Karen Tarapata: When we had the previous.

910
01:51:48.780 --> 01:51:53.490
18456426153: Healthcare it, they were, but you know they were about the noise loss of these are two for the tree la.

911
01:51:54.390 --> 01:51:55.260
Karen Tarapata: Oh yes, no, I thought.

912
01:51:55.320 --> 01:51:56.370
18456426153: that's what we have read them.

913
01:51:56.520 --> 01:51:58.470
Karen Tarapata: When we opened the initially opened this.

914
01:51:58.710 --> 01:52:01.470
18456426153: Before we continue no wait a minute.

915
01:52:02.550 --> 01:52:02.970
18456426153: hold on.

916
01:52:06.780 --> 01:52:07.620
Karen Tarapata: January, no.

917
01:52:10.290 --> 01:52:14.340
18456426153: No, they weren't ready yet okay that's fine Thank you my.

918
01:52:14.370 --> 01:52:17.610
18456426153: My arrow, thank you for catching that Carol that's important okay.

919
01:52:18.390 --> 01:52:23.100
Karen Tarapata: Before we close the public hearing, let me see the referrals from the town of flagstaff.

920
01:52:24.360 --> 01:52:37.830
Karen Tarapata: Data January 11 2021 village of upper neck of read tree preservation law, dear miss brotherhood the planning board discuss the above reference better at their January 620 21 meeting.

921
01:52:38.580 --> 01:52:52.710
Karen Tarapata: After a brief discussion on a motion of cats seconded by the action and carried six to zero, which is from time reaction or dano Alberta Lino the planning board of the town of yorktown means the matter for local determination.

922
01:52:53.880 --> 01:53:04.560
Karen Tarapata: Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the on this on the comprehensive plan sincerely Gilbert time Chairman likes town planning board.

923
01:53:05.880 --> 01:53:09.630
Karen Tarapata: The other letter is from rockland county department of planning.

924
01:53:11.430 --> 01:53:23.640
Karen Tarapata: It says reason for referral referral state roads state and county parks adjacent municipalities and the long path the county of wrath and department of planning has reviewed.

925
01:53:25.020 --> 01:53:33.870
Karen Tarapata: Acting under the terms of the above GMO powers of those bested by rockland charter one the Commissioner of planning here by approve.

926
01:53:34.560 --> 01:53:42.570
Karen Tarapata: We concur with the villages decision to provide regulations standards and a permit process for the removal of significant trees.

927
01:53:43.080 --> 01:53:55.260
Karen Tarapata: Since the proposed local law will have no adverse impacts on any county wide interests, this matter is remanded for local determination sign Douglas J shoots acting Commissioner planning.

928
01:53:58.320 --> 01:54:02.010
Karen Tarapata: And that I said that was data January 20 2021.

929
01:54:05.610 --> 01:54:08.700
Karen Tarapata: All right, with some make a motion to close the public Eric.

930
01:54:12.210 --> 01:54:14.700
sylviajeff: I will mix motion, though we close this public area.

931
01:54:16.650 --> 01:54:17.400
Thank you jack.

932
01:54:18.450 --> 01:54:19.410
Karen Tarapata: Can I get a second.

933
01:54:20.730 --> 01:54:22.590
Laurie Dodge: l'oreal second lori.

934
01:54:23.430 --> 01:54:24.540
Karen Tarapata: favorite say I.

935
01:54:25.740 --> 01:54:26.400
Kennon Rothchild: Can I.

936
01:54:28.890 --> 01:54:31.290
Laurie Dodge: Get fun lori I.

937
01:54:32.550 --> 01:54:32.820
michael esmay: Like.

938
01:54:34.140 --> 01:54:38.400
Karen Tarapata: Karen I public hearing is closed.

939
01:54:40.080 --> 01:54:40.650
Karen Tarapata: All right.

940
01:54:41.730 --> 01:54:47.190
Karen Tarapata: Is there any more discussion among members of the board on this local law.

941
01:54:48.120 --> 01:54:54.720
Kennon Rothchild: Right yeah Karen I, I have a few comments just because one is I would.

942
01:54:55.830 --> 01:55:02.280
Kennon Rothchild: join you in saying that the willows removed from North broadway but 15 years ago 20 years ago.

943
01:55:03.000 --> 01:55:03.600
Kennon Rothchild: Is a.

944
01:55:03.810 --> 01:55:16.800
Kennon Rothchild: is a major example is why laws of this nature are needed, you know they were they were removed seemingly arbitrarily at the whim of the property owner had a significant negative effect on.

945
01:55:17.580 --> 01:55:22.890
Kennon Rothchild: On a number of people's properties, as well as on the Community as a whole that's why we have these kinds of laws.

946
01:55:24.810 --> 01:55:36.870
Kennon Rothchild: i've had myself some experience with significant trees and my property, I have a quarter acre lot and I think when I purchased the property I had something in the range of under the current definitions.

947
01:55:37.920 --> 01:55:40.230
Kennon Rothchild: Eight or so significant trees.

948
01:55:41.430 --> 01:55:43.500
Kennon Rothchild: Within six to seven years.

949
01:55:44.820 --> 01:55:49.650
Kennon Rothchild: I was down to probably two and I will say that I didn't hmm.

950
01:55:50.760 --> 01:56:03.720
Kennon Rothchild: And I will say that I didn't have to put in a single permit for any of them because they came down quite naturally unfortunately and luckily, not in someone else's building, so you know I you know the.

951
01:56:05.160 --> 01:56:15.150
Kennon Rothchild: The notion that this is a law which burns people with trees that are you know and they came down or had to be taken down.

952
01:56:15.750 --> 01:56:24.900
Kennon Rothchild: Because they were dangerous and I didn't need a permit from there was actually one that I put in a permit for the removal client came in and said, you need to do that he said.

953
01:56:26.340 --> 01:56:33.150
Kennon Rothchild: This was a tree that didn't fall within the definitions of the current law, and I said Oh well, I was worried about that he said.

954
01:56:34.620 --> 01:56:46.740
Kennon Rothchild: I have to work in Upper nyack if I violate the law, I won't be able to work enough for night, so no responsible tree service will take down a tree, which violates the law.

955
01:56:47.370 --> 01:56:56.760
Kennon Rothchild: I doubt very much there's a single homeowner whose expressing concern about this tree law who's themselves planning and going out and trying to figure out which trees are taken down.

956
01:56:57.420 --> 01:57:08.130
Kennon Rothchild: Had grabbed their trusty chainsaw and starting to take it away that, in essence, virtually everyone who's concerned about the trees, particularly significant trees.

957
01:57:08.790 --> 01:57:18.570
Kennon Rothchild: should be smart enough to know that you leave it in the hands professional who will know whether it's a violation of the law or not, it will tell the homeowner you need a permit in order to do this.

958
01:57:19.500 --> 01:57:26.430
Kennon Rothchild: In most cases, and, as you say unhealthier dangerous trees there won't be a need for permit particularly dangerous seminar.

959
01:57:27.930 --> 01:57:35.490
Kennon Rothchild: And, in those cases where there's some dispute us whether it's dangerous and that's where it should go before the planning board that's exactly the idea.

960
01:57:36.240 --> 01:57:50.310
Kennon Rothchild: The law is focused towards sort of wanton whim like destruction of trees, which add to the character and nature and property values of everyone else, we are in a community in that respect.

961
01:57:51.900 --> 01:57:53.010
Kennon Rothchild: So I think you know.

962
01:57:54.030 --> 01:57:56.670
Kennon Rothchild: The concerns raised that i've heard so far.

963
01:57:57.690 --> 01:58:05.520
Kennon Rothchild: have no bearing on the in the laws it stands professionals will come in they'll advise a homeowner as to whether they need permits.

964
01:58:06.630 --> 01:58:10.140
Kennon Rothchild: So as to not violate the law and.

965
01:58:11.280 --> 01:58:15.270
Kennon Rothchild: The homeowner wants to willingly violate the law and the law is such that.

966
01:58:17.370 --> 01:58:21.150
Kennon Rothchild: We have it in place and it's enforceable So those are my comments.

967
01:58:22.020 --> 01:58:22.890
Karen Tarapata: Thank you and.

968
01:58:24.600 --> 01:58:30.960
Karen Tarapata: You know, is there any other members of the board that want to speak on this lot tonight.

969
01:58:33.060 --> 01:58:37.950
sylviajeff: i'll just mentioned that, as I mentioned it before that, generally speaking, I think.

970
01:58:39.630 --> 01:58:53.310
sylviajeff: If anybody is has concerns and started reading this law and is concerned, that they do not get it, because it's dense or it's legally so whatever the immediate reaction I would imagine would be to go to city.

971
01:58:54.030 --> 01:59:08.790
sylviajeff: Hall, and say here's my situation is, what do I do, and then it could be clarified rather readily so i'm not too concerned that it's going to cause a great deal of difficulty because I think that would be the automatic next step.

972
01:59:10.080 --> 01:59:12.240
Karen Tarapata: You know, it is possible, we could have.

973
01:59:13.620 --> 01:59:27.090
Karen Tarapata: put something put the exemptions, perhaps in the building department section of our website where we have the permit with a permit resides have a little preamble with permit.

974
01:59:28.020 --> 01:59:28.770
Karen Tarapata: I think that'd be.

975
01:59:29.430 --> 01:59:48.720
sylviajeff: that'd be a great idea, something that makes it more readily apparent that you probably do not fall into the category that yes, be concerned about, but if you're planning to do something that is multiple trees are healthy trees, you know anything else he's coming you know speak to us.

976
01:59:49.140 --> 02:00:02.160
Karen Tarapata: Right, but you do you I mean we do charge an administrative thing because we want to have an arborist look at a tree and before it's taken down and basically we are charging with the barbarous.

977
02:00:02.160 --> 02:00:02.970
19146596799: Charges us.

978
02:00:03.000 --> 02:00:14.670
Karen Tarapata: This is not a revenue generation, this is just that it's not a revenue loss in the past we weren't sure are we paying more than we were charging, so we tried to bring that into my.

979
02:00:16.920 --> 02:00:20.310
Karen Tarapata: Noel is there anything else I should cover before I.

980
02:00:22.560 --> 02:00:26.250
Karen Tarapata: asked the board to entertain a motion to it up this local law.

981
02:00:26.910 --> 02:00:36.570
Noelle Wolfson: I would just um you know, there was a typo in the one section, so any emotion, you know recommend kind of addressing that it read 30 inches are larger than.

982
02:00:38.040 --> 02:00:49.170
Noelle Wolfson: The log That means that means the gap, and it was meant to read 13 inches or smaller so any resolution, I would just incorporate making that modification correcting that typo alright.

983
02:00:52.380 --> 02:00:54.540
Karen Tarapata: Alright, if there isn't more.

984
02:00:56.160 --> 02:01:03.240
Karen Tarapata: Discussion, then I would ask someone to make a motion to adopt the local law.

985
02:01:04.380 --> 02:01:08.880
Karen Tarapata: With that type of a typographical error corrected.

986
02:01:13.410 --> 02:01:14.400
Karen Tarapata: And I get emotion.

987
02:01:15.660 --> 02:01:17.100
Kennon Rothchild: i'll move that we adopt.

988
02:01:18.570 --> 02:01:22.350
Kennon Rothchild: The local propose local law of for the trees.

989
02:01:23.400 --> 02:01:29.730
Kennon Rothchild: With the correction to the typographical error and whatever section that said.

990
02:01:30.990 --> 02:01:34.500
Karen Tarapata: That is a 2.2 point 1.2.

991
02:01:37.560 --> 02:01:38.790
Karen Tarapata: All right, can I get a second.

992
02:01:40.560 --> 02:01:41.160
michael esmay: Second.

993
02:01:44.490 --> 02:01:46.290
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

994
02:01:48.270 --> 02:01:48.540
Kennon Rothchild: Aye.

995
02:01:51.750 --> 02:01:52.170
sylviajeff: hi.

996
02:01:57.000 --> 02:02:00.870
Laurie Dodge: i'm going to abstain Karen so i'm not don't wait for me Mike i'm not saying.

997
02:02:02.580 --> 02:02:05.100
Karen Tarapata: that's fine and you can say no to I mean that's.

998
02:02:05.670 --> 02:02:09.570
Laurie Dodge: Okay i'm like wishy washy so i'm not a yes and i'm not a no.

999
02:02:09.600 --> 02:02:12.030
Laurie Dodge: So I feel like it's better for me just to.

1000
02:02:14.310 --> 02:02:15.900
Karen Tarapata: Abstaining is perfectly fine.

1001
02:02:16.710 --> 02:02:17.520
Karen Tarapata: Alright, and carry.

1002
02:02:17.580 --> 02:02:23.040
Karen Tarapata: This is so with the law passes, with a supermajority of four out of fun.

1003
02:02:24.900 --> 02:02:29.700
Karen Tarapata: Thank you all, thank you, Bob I was wondering is.

1004
02:02:31.080 --> 02:02:34.560
Karen Tarapata: Is our is Mike Graziano on the call tonight.

1005
02:02:37.080 --> 02:02:48.030
Karen Tarapata: we're going to have our board representative from FLEX down was going to join us at this point in the meeting I don't know if he probably gave up because everything's run so long.

1006
02:02:49.560 --> 02:02:51.030
Laurie Dodge: yeah I don't see him.

1007
02:02:51.990 --> 02:03:05.640
Karen Tarapata: Oh okay well, you probably came on 30 and probably gave up after a while, but he was going to join us and I guess just wanted to say hello, because the next item on our agenda is the.

1008
02:03:07.230 --> 02:03:14.040
Karen Tarapata: annexation of properties on North Highland avenue route nine w giving effect to.

1009
02:03:15.510 --> 02:03:25.500
Karen Tarapata: annexation now Noel Am I correct this local law is one of the few that does not require a public hearing.

1010
02:03:26.010 --> 02:03:35.430
Noelle Wolfson: that's right, so this law, most of the local laws that you adopt or under the municipal Home Rule law and it's procedures, but this local law is a local adopted under.

1011
02:03:35.760 --> 02:03:45.210
Noelle Wolfson: The general municipal municipal annexation law and, as you know, this has been a long process, you received a petition for annexation.

1012
02:03:45.600 --> 02:03:52.170
Noelle Wolfson: You perform secret you held a joint public hearing on the annexation with the town of clark's downtown board.

1013
02:03:53.070 --> 02:03:57.630
Noelle Wolfson: You had to make a determination of whether or not annexation was in the public interest.

1014
02:03:58.050 --> 02:04:08.970
Noelle Wolfson: which you did clark's town also made a similar determination of public interest, so the general municipal law provides that at the end of that long process where the public input was at the joint public hearing.

1015
02:04:09.480 --> 02:04:23.730
Noelle Wolfson: That you after both words find that annexation is in the public interest you forth with and without a public hearing adopted local law affecting annexation so that's what the local law before you tonight is a final step in.

1016
02:04:25.410 --> 02:04:37.590
Noelle Wolfson: In finishing the annexation after this is adopted and filed with the Department of State we work with rockland county planning to remap the municipal of Andrey and then were completed okay.

1017
02:04:38.730 --> 02:04:39.120
Karen Tarapata: Now.

1018
02:04:40.860 --> 02:04:53.460
Karen Tarapata: First i'd like I do want I do want to thank every all the help we had from people over at clark's town their planning department was helpful their legal department was helpful George home was helpful.

1019
02:04:54.120 --> 02:05:14.190
Karen Tarapata: Mike Michael Siano was helpful in reaching out to the property owners and this was a really I thought, well, it was lengthy, it was a really positive process, and I think it was actually good for our village working with the municipality in a way that perhaps we had not in the past.

1020
02:05:15.270 --> 02:05:16.020
Karen Tarapata: So it.

1021
02:05:17.130 --> 02:05:21.600
Karen Tarapata: Is there any discussion on the board about wrapping up this annexation process.

1022
02:05:21.720 --> 02:05:22.320
michael esmay: that's good.

1023
02:05:22.680 --> 02:05:23.070
yeah.

1024
02:05:24.480 --> 02:05:25.590
Karen Tarapata: To make a motion.

1025
02:05:27.750 --> 02:05:34.500
Karen Tarapata: To adopt this local law and accessing certain parcels of properties from the town of flagstaff and to the village.

1026
02:05:36.300 --> 02:05:39.780
michael esmay: This is Mike oh i'll make that motion, thank you.

1027
02:05:40.110 --> 02:05:41.280
Karen Tarapata: Can I get a second.

1028
02:05:41.730 --> 02:05:41.940
i'll.

1029
02:05:43.230 --> 02:05:43.890
Laurie Dodge: Go ahead Jeff.

1030
02:05:44.580 --> 02:05:46.260
sylviajeff: This is Jeff out second emotion.

1031
02:05:47.850 --> 02:05:48.780
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say.

1032
02:05:53.130 --> 02:05:53.760
sylviajeff: Aye Jeff.

1033
02:05:55.860 --> 02:05:56.640
Laurie Dodge: hi lori.

1034
02:05:57.510 --> 02:05:58.080
Kennon Rothchild: hi can.

1035
02:06:00.120 --> 02:06:00.810
michael esmay: I like.

1036
02:06:01.530 --> 02:06:10.830
Karen Tarapata: I Karen Oh, this is great i'm very excited to get this done to have this complete this is really.

1037
02:06:12.390 --> 02:06:22.290
Karen Tarapata: Quite Nice and the next step will be for us to form the property owners, when this is filed the Department of State once that comes back.

1038
02:06:23.160 --> 02:06:37.140
Karen Tarapata: That they can, if they so choose a remove property lines between their steeply slope and level properties and create one lot which may allow them to.

1039
02:06:38.190 --> 02:06:42.810
Karen Tarapata: do some development that will be beneficial for commercial district.

1040
02:06:44.640 --> 02:06:45.480
Karen Tarapata: fantastic.

1041
02:06:47.370 --> 02:06:48.750
Michael's iPhone: she's my grandma Seattle.

1042
02:06:49.350 --> 02:06:53.040
Karen Tarapata: Oh you're on Hello bikes you got to hear me saying nice things about you.

1043
02:06:53.640 --> 02:07:09.150
Michael's iPhone: Thank you, I just listening I just i'm glad that we got to meet we worked on us together and really worked out well and I would just want to say i'm glad I can help out if there's anything else in the future, you know how to reach me and the board just.

1044
02:07:10.260 --> 02:07:13.560
Michael's iPhone: You know i'm very accessible so just give me a shout if you need the ounce.

1045
02:07:14.700 --> 02:07:25.260
Karen Tarapata: Yes, you are Mike you've been very helpful throughout this and very supportive, because this was something that I was unfamiliar with and everyone in Clarks town was very helpful.

1046
02:07:26.340 --> 02:07:33.120
Michael's iPhone: yeah we have a we have a great team here, so when i'm when we are very happy to work with you guys, thank you ladies so.

1047
02:07:33.570 --> 02:07:37.410
Kennon Rothchild: yeah Michael can wrap up, thank you very much for your help on all this.

1048
02:07:37.440 --> 02:07:38.430
Michael's iPhone: it's great no problem.

1049
02:07:38.880 --> 02:07:39.930
Michael's iPhone: There was, it was a pleasure.

1050
02:07:40.980 --> 02:07:42.210
Michael's iPhone: So it's a team effort.

1051
02:07:44.010 --> 02:07:48.450
Karen Tarapata: It has been it's rare that we actually have something with our two groups that.

1052
02:07:49.650 --> 02:07:52.530
Karen Tarapata: benefits, you know could benefit everyone.

1053
02:07:54.570 --> 02:08:01.530
Michael's iPhone: Yes, well, I just wanted to say was it was great to work and wish you well with it, thank you have a.

1054
02:08:01.560 --> 02:08:03.570
Laurie Dodge: good night everybody thanks you too.

1055
02:08:06.840 --> 02:08:14.940
Karen Tarapata: All right next item is the bid TV oh 120 21 the paving programs.

1056
02:08:16.530 --> 02:08:18.000
Karen Tarapata: The bid opening review.

1057
02:08:19.740 --> 02:08:22.410
Karen Tarapata: let's go down to that.

1058
02:08:24.060 --> 02:08:25.650
Massive document here.

1059
02:08:26.790 --> 02:08:27.270
Karen Tarapata: All right.

1060
02:08:28.590 --> 02:08:33.180
Karen Tarapata: Kevin do you like to read up rather do you want to read the bid opening.

1061
02:08:34.470 --> 02:08:35.190
Karen Tarapata: document.

1062
02:08:35.730 --> 02:08:36.210
sure.

1063
02:08:39.300 --> 02:08:53.670
Heather Candella: bid opening bid number PV oh 120 21 2021 paving program pavement resurfacing April 13 2021 at 11am at the village of upper nyack nyack New York.

1064
02:08:54.210 --> 02:09:05.190
Heather Candella: Those present Carol G brotherhood village clerk heather candela clerk typist and Karen Harry Potter mayor others identified coville hacker.

1065
02:09:06.060 --> 02:09:15.150
Heather Candella: till con New York incorporated the notice to bitters published in the journal news was placed on New York state contract reporter.

1066
02:09:15.720 --> 02:09:41.160
Heather Candella: One sealed bid was received opened and read aloud as follows the bitters bitter was till con New York incorporated at nine and 10 road parsippany New Jersey 07054 and their bid was for 100 that $134,387 and 90 cents bidding was closed at.

1067
02:09:43.080 --> 02:09:46.440
Heather Candella: respectfully submitted Carol G brotherhood village clerk.

1068
02:09:48.840 --> 02:09:56.280
Karen Tarapata: Okay, well, this was this was disappointing because we have a grant for 75,000 and I was hoping, this was going to be under 100.

1069
02:09:57.750 --> 02:10:06.900
Karen Tarapata: I did I spoke to Denis lesson and also to the village treasure the village treasure tells me that we do have the money.

1070
02:10:07.410 --> 02:10:18.630
Karen Tarapata: To do this job, this is the paving of hyper and Palmer both roads are in very poor condition and she know, last year we did a major drainage project.

1071
02:10:19.290 --> 02:10:35.310
Karen Tarapata: up there, and that has had a significant benefit to the road in that now the road is dried out, but the problem was there was so much water crossing Palmer that that road is badly degraded and needs to be redone.

1072
02:10:36.480 --> 02:10:56.010
Karen Tarapata: I spoke to Denis he said he was looking at the unit costs for this did and thinking perhaps he could come back with a plan, where we have till con to Piper and navy corpsman do a resurfacing on hummer.

1073
02:10:58.110 --> 02:11:14.250
Karen Tarapata: I go back and forth across about that because it's we are doing other work with borman we're doing resurfacing three roads, so we would get a good price, but the fact is, these roads have been neglected for how long like 30 years.

1074
02:11:15.570 --> 02:11:16.170
michael esmay: Probably.

1075
02:11:17.730 --> 02:11:20.130
Karen Tarapata: You really need it really needs to be done.

1076
02:11:21.180 --> 02:11:37.080
Karen Tarapata: So my recommendation is because the village, the treasure believes that we do have the money to do this project that we're going to be receiving more money from the state and federal government.

1077
02:11:38.190 --> 02:11:41.250
Karen Tarapata: that it would be within our right to.

1078
02:11:42.810 --> 02:11:48.420
Karen Tarapata: transfer the necessary $60,000 extra from reserves.

1079
02:11:50.010 --> 02:11:57.030
Karen Tarapata: If needed to do this project, above and beyond the 75,000 Mike, what do you think you're the.

1080
02:11:58.380 --> 02:12:00.720
michael esmay: No more, I think we should, I think we should do it.

1081
02:12:03.720 --> 02:12:08.880
michael esmay: And you know russ didn't talk about the potential stimulus money coming through.

1082
02:12:10.050 --> 02:12:14.490
michael esmay: So, you know that that's out there and it's probably going to come through so.

1083
02:12:16.740 --> 02:12:30.810
Karen Tarapata: And George Coleman was talking that it could be in the neighborhood of $90,000 or so that would come through Clarks channel to offer nyack so wouldn't cover the different the money that we would spend here.

1084
02:12:32.640 --> 02:12:33.120
Karen Tarapata: So.

1085
02:12:34.290 --> 02:12:43.380
Karen Tarapata: My recommendation would be that we accept this bed, and we get those roads brought up to date we've done the drainage let's do the roads.

1086
02:12:44.580 --> 02:12:45.660
Laurie Dodge: I think we should do.

1087
02:12:47.580 --> 02:12:56.130
Karen Tarapata: All right, with somebody make a motion to accept the bit of telecom where the paving project well one of 2021.

1088
02:12:58.800 --> 02:13:07.800
Laurie Dodge: i'll make a motion that we accept till cons bid for paving project a one of 2021 for polymer and Piper.

1089
02:13:09.000 --> 02:13:13.260
Laurie Dodge: For 130 $4,387 and 90 cents.

1090
02:13:13.770 --> 02:13:15.210
Karen Tarapata: Oh God it just freaks me out.

1091
02:13:16.740 --> 02:13:32.670
Karen Tarapata: paving is so much and that's why we're all just before we finish this that's why we're doing the resurfacing on three other roads, so that we get another half dozen years because we don't want to be letting roads get degraded, where we have to do this extensive work can I get a second.

1092
02:13:35.400 --> 02:13:36.570
michael esmay: Wait a second.

1093
02:13:37.980 --> 02:13:39.450
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

1094
02:13:40.950 --> 02:13:42.720
sylviajeff: Aye lori hi Jeff.

1095
02:13:44.190 --> 02:13:44.850
michael esmay: hi Mike.

1096
02:13:45.450 --> 02:13:47.700
I can I Karen.

1097
02:13:50.340 --> 02:14:06.060
Karen Tarapata: Great next item on our agenda is the Ms for 2020 work, as I said before, this is a report, we do on our municipal stormwater program every year we do this report to the DC.

1098
02:14:06.900 --> 02:14:17.730
Karen Tarapata: This should have been completed, about this time last year, but because of the report was never done we did get it finished before our vc audit.

1099
02:14:18.180 --> 02:14:33.540
Karen Tarapata: But now we need to adopt it and the 2022 2021 report will be done in probably within three months, and so we'll be back on track, this is a bit of a little bit of a catch up.

1100
02:14:34.470 --> 02:14:46.050
Karen Tarapata: So I would ask that somebody make a motion to accept our annual Ms for actually it's the 19 2019 2020 Ms for report.

1101
02:14:49.710 --> 02:14:56.160
Kennon Rothchild: This is, can I move that we adopt the Ms for 2019 2020 storm water report.

1102
02:14:57.450 --> 02:14:58.800
Karen Tarapata: Thank you, can I get a second.

1103
02:15:00.630 --> 02:15:02.820
Laurie Dodge: i'll second it's lori Thank you.

1104
02:15:03.570 --> 02:15:04.890
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

1105
02:15:06.630 --> 02:15:07.470
Kennon Rothchild: Can hi.

1106
02:15:08.400 --> 02:15:09.240
Laurie Dodge: lori I.

1107
02:15:12.690 --> 02:15:20.100
sylviajeff: Have a quick question I could vote in this right, even though I wasn't brought up in the 29th and when this started was important.

1108
02:15:20.130 --> 02:15:30.900
Karen Tarapata: No, you just you're on the board you, you were you are reflects you know what I think that's good you I think you should probably abstaining because you were not on the board at the time when these actions were taken.

1109
02:15:31.320 --> 02:15:32.790
sylviajeff: And I will abstain Jeff.

1110
02:15:33.420 --> 02:15:34.620
michael esmay: that's fair like I.

1111
02:15:35.700 --> 02:15:38.400
Karen Tarapata: Aaron I alright we've adopted the.

1112
02:15:39.660 --> 02:15:45.270
Karen Tarapata: 2019 2020 and this form report with a supermajority of where trustees.

1113
02:15:46.890 --> 02:15:54.180
Karen Tarapata: All right, here we go now, we have some additional items to be discussed first thing we need to do this.

1114
02:15:56.790 --> 02:15:57.450
Karen doesn't.

1115
02:15:58.590 --> 02:16:00.270
Karen Tarapata: It doesn't matter it is going to.

1116
02:16:00.360 --> 02:16:02.130
18456426153: turn to go back to the minute.

1117
02:16:04.770 --> 02:16:08.520
Laurie Dodge: The minute is to God and me, have friends of river hook.

1118
02:16:09.780 --> 02:16:12.000
Karen Tarapata: Oh yeah just hold on pinterest.

1119
02:16:12.120 --> 02:16:14.340
Karen Tarapata: And another cup of tea, if you need one.

1120
02:16:15.390 --> 02:16:16.710
18456426153: short of here.

1121
02:16:18.210 --> 02:16:21.840
Karen Tarapata: All right, that's right, we had the minutes of the annual meeting April 5.

1122
02:16:23.220 --> 02:16:24.720
Karen Tarapata: All the way back up to the top.

1123
02:16:26.580 --> 02:16:31.410
michael esmay: Make emotion that we adopted minutes of our annual meeting like.

1124
02:16:32.670 --> 02:16:33.690
Laurie Dodge: i'll second lori.

1125
02:16:38.160 --> 02:16:38.820
Laurie Dodge: hi lori.

1126
02:16:41.700 --> 02:16:42.270
michael esmay: hi Mike.

1127
02:16:45.270 --> 02:16:50.640
Karen Tarapata: All right, and now we have the minutes of a special meeting of April 8 2021.

1128
02:16:53.460 --> 02:16:59.970
Kennon Rothchild: Again i'll just for the record i'll point out the erratic spelling of my last name.

1129
02:17:01.170 --> 02:17:08.040
Karen Tarapata: What you do you're like me, you have an unusual spelling of your name and so yes we'll have to do it will replace.

1130
02:17:09.630 --> 02:17:10.770
Karen Tarapata: It will happen to get.

1131
02:17:16.050 --> 02:17:17.340
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say I.

1132
02:17:19.170 --> 02:17:19.830
Kennon Rothchild: Can I.

1133
02:17:20.730 --> 02:17:21.180
sylviajeff: Can chef.

1134
02:17:22.650 --> 02:17:23.430
Laurie Dodge: Ari I.

1135
02:17:24.270 --> 02:17:24.990
michael esmay: Like I.

1136
02:17:26.010 --> 02:17:33.180
Karen Tarapata: An amen right, thank you for reminding me Carol This is why I have a really check everything off as we go along.

1137
02:17:34.260 --> 02:17:37.710
Karen Tarapata: As I can I start to get a little daffy after two hours.

1138
02:17:39.360 --> 02:17:49.320
Karen Tarapata: Alright, the next thing we need to do is to appoint the registrar and Deputy Registrar because their appointments are expiring at the end of this month.

1139
02:17:50.610 --> 02:17:52.680
Karen Tarapata: And so I would ask.

1140
02:17:53.940 --> 02:17:54.510
me.

1141
02:17:55.890 --> 02:18:05.880
Karen Tarapata: A point heather as heather candela as the village registrar and know Carol what would this be two motions or a single motion.

1142
02:18:08.760 --> 02:18:14.190
18456426153: I think you can do it as a single motion to say they're both both of their names.

1143
02:18:15.270 --> 02:18:16.650
18456426153: Alright appointing.

1144
02:18:16.680 --> 02:18:17.910
18456426153: heather candela as the.

1145
02:18:17.910 --> 02:18:28.470
Karen Tarapata: registrar a vital statistics and Donna Albert as the Deputy Registrar of vital statistics and that would be effective on may 1.

1146
02:18:32.070 --> 02:18:35.370
Karen Tarapata: Can I get so emotion, to make those appointments.

1147
02:18:36.720 --> 02:18:39.420
sylviajeff: Jeff I will move to make those appointments.

1148
02:18:47.100 --> 02:18:47.490
Laurie Dodge: or my.

1149
02:18:48.900 --> 02:18:52.080
Karen Tarapata: My my all my favorite say I.

1150
02:18:53.370 --> 02:18:54.000
michael esmay: My guy.

1151
02:18:56.520 --> 02:18:57.390
Laurie Dodge: lori I.

1152
02:18:57.810 --> 02:18:58.290
Kennon Rothchild: Can I.

1153
02:19:01.260 --> 02:19:09.060
Karen Tarapata: Alright, the next thing we have is should be pretty quick here, it is the design air actually we thought yeah we've got.

1154
02:19:10.410 --> 02:19:11.670
Karen Tarapata: A we have.

1155
02:19:13.020 --> 02:19:21.600
Karen Tarapata: An indoor if that we have a units in the document storage room the heating and cooling unit it's only four years old.

1156
02:19:22.080 --> 02:19:23.460
18456426153: And it isn't functioning.

1157
02:19:23.940 --> 02:19:28.740
Karen Tarapata: We have two choices we can repair it for $2,000 or replace it for.

1158
02:19:28.740 --> 02:19:29.850
18456426153: 2500.

1159
02:19:30.540 --> 02:19:32.070
Karen Tarapata: They said, the reason it needed.

1160
02:19:32.070 --> 02:19:32.820
Karen Tarapata: repair.

1161
02:19:33.120 --> 02:19:34.830
18456426153: was because it wasn't maintained.

1162
02:19:35.310 --> 02:19:35.730
Karen Tarapata: So the.

1163
02:19:35.790 --> 02:19:36.480
Karen Tarapata: Other part.

1164
02:19:36.510 --> 02:19:38.550
Karen Tarapata: Of the second part of this that.

1165
02:19:38.550 --> 02:19:40.080
Karen Tarapata: there's two things here, the second part of.

1166
02:19:40.080 --> 02:19:42.180
Karen Tarapata: This is a maintenance agreement.

1167
02:19:42.690 --> 02:19:43.350
Karen Tarapata: Because we've.

1168
02:19:43.380 --> 02:19:45.450
Karen Tarapata: Also, had Jill has.

1169
02:19:45.480 --> 02:19:46.710
Karen Tarapata: worked with these people.

1170
02:19:46.950 --> 02:19:47.880
18456426153: To do maintenance.

1171
02:19:47.910 --> 02:19:54.990
Karen Tarapata: create a maintenance agreement which is rather costly, but what it covers is rather fantastic because.

1172
02:19:55.470 --> 02:20:09.630
Karen Tarapata: It maintains the heating and cooling in the document storage room and village Hall, and they still meeting house at you know I mean it really covers things that now are costing us money because they were not maintained in.

1173
02:20:10.650 --> 02:20:12.150
Karen Tarapata: The stuff they found it.

1174
02:20:14.280 --> 02:20:20.700
Karen Tarapata: heating and cooling system and the old style meeting house was disgusting so we're going to try and.

1175
02:20:21.960 --> 02:20:23.460
Karen Tarapata: do better in the future.

1176
02:20:25.170 --> 02:20:31.170
Karen Tarapata: So when I would like someone to have, what do you think about either replacing or repairing.

1177
02:20:32.370 --> 02:20:34.890
Karen Tarapata: The equipment in the document storage room.

1178
02:20:39.810 --> 02:20:40.620
michael esmay: Any thoughts.

1179
02:20:40.710 --> 02:20:45.540
Kennon Rothchild: Well, it seems, no brainer for $500 more to replace.

1180
02:20:47.490 --> 02:20:50.340
michael esmay: yeah but if it's repaired, is it a new unit.

1181
02:20:51.630 --> 02:20:52.140
Karen Tarapata: No.

1182
02:20:53.520 --> 02:20:56.850
Karen Tarapata: it's not it says it's actually yeah.

1183
02:20:57.900 --> 02:20:59.070
Karen Tarapata: He says it's not.

1184
02:21:01.560 --> 02:21:02.100
Karen Tarapata: You know.

1185
02:21:02.790 --> 02:21:12.930
Karen Tarapata: They said they could do it, but they they said it was a very limited warranty warranty you get is not comparable to the warranty you get on the new one okay.

1186
02:21:14.220 --> 02:21:21.090
sylviajeff: Well, actually, I think the warranty look like it was the same one year on both it's just that if you get the new unit.

1187
02:21:22.110 --> 02:21:32.820
sylviajeff: you're not going to need it for a number years hopefully beyond that and if you just do the repair it's a crapshoot after that first year, which is why I would think it's worthwhile doing the.

1188
02:21:33.300 --> 02:21:40.620
Karen Tarapata: right thing you're absolutely correct, yes, it is the one year warranty but then we would have a maintenance agreement.

1189
02:21:41.010 --> 02:21:55.230
Karen Tarapata: To make sure that it stayed in good shape, but you're right Mike we, it is a question is that extra $500 the new unit, I think it is Joe let's put it this way Jill who is such a.

1190
02:21:57.030 --> 02:22:03.870
Karen Tarapata: She likes to really get the most value out of every deal she recommends we get the new unit.

1191
02:22:05.220 --> 02:22:10.200
Karen Tarapata: So I think somebody who is that parsimonious would be a good person to ask.

1192
02:22:11.370 --> 02:22:13.110
michael esmay: I will say this, I do have.

1193
02:22:13.410 --> 02:22:17.250
michael esmay: Respect for design air there okay good they're good outfit.

1194
02:22:19.710 --> 02:22:25.740
Laurie Dodge: yeah my mom's use them for years she likes them i've never used them myself, but she likes them.

1195
02:22:27.300 --> 02:22:36.570
Karen Tarapata: yeah so it's someone make a motion to accept the proposal of design air to replace the unit in this document storage.

1196
02:22:37.890 --> 02:22:39.870
michael esmay: Okay i'll make that motion like.

1197
02:22:42.270 --> 02:22:42.750
Okay.

1198
02:22:45.420 --> 02:22:47.040
Karen Tarapata: Great all in favor say Aye.

1199
02:22:50.730 --> 02:22:51.720
michael esmay: Three, at the same time.

1200
02:22:54.180 --> 02:22:54.930
sylviajeff: I Jeff.

1201
02:22:58.080 --> 02:23:00.930
Karen Tarapata: Unanimous that way for others purposes, it would.

1202
02:23:03.960 --> 02:23:05.490
Karen Tarapata: know the maintenance agreement.

1203
02:23:06.930 --> 02:23:19.800
Karen Tarapata: I once again Jill has wrangled this guy so that he's going to be managing the old stone church no garage.

1204
02:23:20.670 --> 02:23:31.590
Karen Tarapata: The records room and village Hall, it is expensive, it is 20 $500 a year to maintain all our systems.

1205
02:23:32.460 --> 02:23:50.070
Karen Tarapata: But we do pay several like a $400 a year to maintain our generator So if you consider the number of units it's really not it's 234567 different units it's not a outrageous amount of money.

1206
02:23:52.950 --> 02:23:56.010
sylviajeff: So I seem to have a fondness for the number.

1207
02:23:56.010 --> 02:24:07.890
Karen Tarapata: 2575 think it has to do with prevailing wage I think that's like they figure out how many hours that's always comes up to that.

1208
02:24:10.890 --> 02:24:23.520
Karen Tarapata: So should we do it let's see for what we'll try for a year, I mean that's and see if it really does improve the functioning of our units, and particularly in the old style meeting house.

1209
02:24:26.100 --> 02:24:30.270
sylviajeff: Well i'll tell you the truth, if it costs $400 for one unit, and we have seven.

1210
02:24:30.780 --> 02:24:31.560
sylviajeff: units.

1211
02:24:32.280 --> 02:24:37.980
sylviajeff: that's more than enough right there without anything else, for you know to that category, so I said.

1212
02:24:41.310 --> 02:24:47.820
Karen Tarapata: Okay, great and they give us a discount repairs diagnosing what has to be done so.

1213
02:24:49.530 --> 02:24:53.610
Karen Tarapata: Hopefully that'll never happen people never get anything done can I get a second.

1214
02:24:54.930 --> 02:24:56.850
Laurie Dodge: A second Thank you lori.

1215
02:24:57.570 --> 02:24:58.740
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

1216
02:25:01.050 --> 02:25:01.710
Laurie Dodge: Aye lori.

1217
02:25:03.450 --> 02:25:03.990
Kennon Rothchild: I can.

1218
02:25:05.040 --> 02:25:06.390
Karen Tarapata: I can right.

1219
02:25:07.800 --> 02:25:12.330
Karen Tarapata: Now we're down to things that didn't even make it on the list of extra things.

1220
02:25:15.120 --> 02:25:15.600
Karen Tarapata: One of them.

1221
02:25:15.660 --> 02:25:28.800
Karen Tarapata: Is that this booster for a one year loan or the Silk shirt river hook Peters Strasser you saw that we said lori said that around and when to turn this over to lori to look at the proposal.

1222
02:25:29.850 --> 02:25:38.130
Laurie Dodge: Well, I knew that this conversation would happen leaked in meeting that's why I tried to provide as much written information.

1223
02:25:39.360 --> 02:25:42.510
Laurie Dodge: For you know information clarification.

1224
02:25:44.100 --> 02:25:55.500
Laurie Dodge: So, I guess, have you guys had a chance to read it, and do you have any questions, I mean I could sort of go over it again, but i'm assuming it was a pretty short document, it was pretty straightforward it's you know.

1225
02:25:57.960 --> 02:26:02.190
Karen Tarapata: heather did not, I did not, I forgot to send this to her, I will send you.

1226
02:26:02.190 --> 02:26:03.210
Laurie Dodge: out Okay, or I.

1227
02:26:03.720 --> 02:26:05.220
Karen Tarapata: record tomorrow.

1228
02:26:05.370 --> 02:26:06.240
Karen Tarapata: i'm just opening on my.

1229
02:26:06.840 --> 02:26:08.040
Karen Tarapata: I should have done that but.

1230
02:26:08.280 --> 02:26:10.200
Laurie Dodge: So heather I didn't.

1231
02:26:11.340 --> 02:26:11.760
Karen Tarapata: suck.

1232
02:26:12.000 --> 02:26:12.600
Karen Tarapata: that's okay.

1233
02:26:12.660 --> 02:26:18.090
Karen Tarapata: But some yeah just summarize it briefly and then i'll send you the actual full document tomorrow heather.

1234
02:26:19.980 --> 02:26:24.480
Laurie Dodge: Essentially, what we're doing is asking the board to vote on.

1235
02:26:25.560 --> 02:26:35.850
Laurie Dodge: A piece of sculpture for river hook, which was recommended by friends of river hook, the sculpture, is by a local artist named Peter Strasser.

1236
02:26:36.270 --> 02:26:47.550
Laurie Dodge: And it's it would be on loan beginning next weekend because we're trying to get it done for the villages earth slash arbor Day celebration at river hook.

1237
02:26:49.230 --> 02:26:59.520
Laurie Dodge: And then we have a term document also heather which just sort of lays out what his responsibilities are, which is essentially he's responsible for getting the piece there and getting at home.

1238
02:27:00.060 --> 02:27:12.570
Laurie Dodge: And while it's there we sort of assume responsibility we have insurance costs and all of that's outlined in the terms document which will send so you can have that in front of you, but we're just asking the board.

1239
02:27:13.680 --> 02:27:23.520
Laurie Dodge: Because it's ultimately the board the villages decision, the village board's decision to say yay or nay on this piece, the only other thing I would like to add is that we've had.

1240
02:27:23.880 --> 02:27:32.490
Laurie Dodge: This is really to kick start the campaign and Peter was very generous to offer this piece obviously there's a benefit to him as long as this piece will be at river hook, but he's.

1241
02:27:33.990 --> 02:27:45.180
Laurie Dodge: In conversations with him he's really amenable to being available to any kind of programming that we want to do right now, what we have is experience river hook, but we could want him to do other things.

1242
02:27:45.510 --> 02:27:55.200
Laurie Dodge: We could, as we can bring people onto onto site, we can do things with the school, we can beam them out to the school, we can go to a studio and.

1243
02:27:56.250 --> 02:28:02.850
Laurie Dodge: So they've been very kind in the three artists Peter his wife cassie and mark added Barry also are really.

1244
02:28:03.570 --> 02:28:15.210
Laurie Dodge: very interested in helping us figure out what art looks like at river hook longer term because, as you guys may remember there's a clearing sort of across from Janet wharton died sold house.

1245
02:28:16.080 --> 02:28:30.150
Laurie Dodge: That is a that's been assigned, and the design vision as a space for public art and it can take on, you know the reality of it can take on many different meanings.

1246
02:28:30.570 --> 02:28:40.470
Laurie Dodge: As we take advantage of opportunities that are presented to us that align with what we see as our vision for for riverhead so we're super excited about it.

1247
02:28:41.040 --> 02:28:51.060
Karen Tarapata: yeah I would just interject that we get a piece of sculpture, for a year we sort of set the intention of having future exhibitions.

1248
02:28:51.990 --> 02:29:02.100
Karen Tarapata: Just for the cost of the rider on our insurance policy which is $20 a month or $21 a month, it was funny it took us so long to get.

1249
02:29:02.520 --> 02:29:06.630
Karen Tarapata: A response from our insurance company, and then they come back with this little tiny number.

1250
02:29:07.200 --> 02:29:25.380
Karen Tarapata: So I thought that it's a great public benefit at very little cost to the village, the friends of ever hook are covering the other costs, so I would like to ask that someone make a motion to accept this proposal from the friends i've ever hooked and.

1251
02:29:26.610 --> 02:29:31.860
Karen Tarapata: allow them to install the sculpture, for a year it's pretty agreement.

1252
02:29:33.630 --> 02:29:34.470
Laurie Dodge: Am I allowed to.

1253
02:29:34.590 --> 02:29:35.820
Laurie Dodge: Am I allowed to move.

1254
02:29:36.300 --> 02:29:37.260
Laurie Dodge: I still move.

1255
02:29:38.400 --> 02:29:38.910
Laurie Dodge: Sorry.

1256
02:29:39.720 --> 02:29:40.170
sylviajeff: Is there any.

1257
02:29:44.040 --> 02:29:45.780
Karen Tarapata: All right, all in favor say Aye.

1258
02:29:49.770 --> 02:29:50.520
Kennon Rothchild: I can.

1259
02:29:51.480 --> 02:29:54.180
Karen Tarapata: hs I Karen anatomy.

1260
02:29:55.500 --> 02:29:57.420
Karen Tarapata: that's great oh.

1261
02:29:57.510 --> 02:29:59.370
Karen Tarapata: Another wonderful thing, I went today.

1262
02:29:59.760 --> 02:30:03.720
Karen Tarapata: I went over to red hill nursery and I purchased.

1263
02:30:03.810 --> 02:30:24.300
Karen Tarapata: A green red oak trees, with the money that we got from jewel Community solar will are planting trees and we're going to put install them in on our day as part of our little event it's it's so it's at no cost to the village oak trees are specifically called.

1264
02:30:25.920 --> 02:30:41.520
Karen Tarapata: anchor trees, or you know they are, they are the trees that provide the most sustenance to the most number of animals and insects so planting those now in creating a small oak grove.

1265
02:30:42.330 --> 02:30:52.860
Karen Tarapata: is a wonderful wonderful way to show the village that we have a plan for river hook that will go on for centuries.

1266
02:30:53.610 --> 02:31:09.810
Karen Tarapata: This oaks you know are such wonderful trees, they last a very long time we're getting three because it's recommended now that you plant three of the species together they communicate, as you know, by the Michael brazell fungi with each other and three will be healthier.

1267
02:31:11.070 --> 02:31:27.960
Karen Tarapata: And it becomes an a great teaching tool they'll be visible from the ramble through from the driveway as you ramble through the property and if I think it'll be a good way to begin to solicit donations to put more trees on the property.

1268
02:31:29.880 --> 02:31:37.320
Karen Tarapata: just wanted to share that i'm very excited about that was fun, it was hard to find out, I guess nurseries are not really carrying them anymore.

1269
02:31:38.340 --> 02:31:46.260
Karen Tarapata: Because they don't move as fast as maples but it doesn't matter, this is, as you heard from marcy bankers letter we don't need more maples yeah.

1270
02:31:46.560 --> 02:31:47.760
Laurie Dodge: We have a lot of maples.

1271
02:31:48.450 --> 02:31:54.300
Karen Tarapata: it's very exciting and they're beautiful beautiful trees, the yard man help me pick them out so.

1272
02:31:55.920 --> 02:31:56.760
Laurie Dodge: exciting.

1273
02:31:58.350 --> 02:32:00.420
Laurie Dodge: To me guys all know, but they all know of.

1274
02:32:00.420 --> 02:32:04.230
Laurie Dodge: The event next week right everyone's been reading everyone got the.

1275
02:32:04.410 --> 02:32:11.010
Karen Tarapata: might have actually no we just our next next Saturday the 24th is our Bergen.

1276
02:32:12.060 --> 02:32:21.780
Karen Tarapata: And so we sort of created an arbor day event, you know we did one two years ago at the old style meeting house hopefully we'll have better weather was.

1277
02:32:21.840 --> 02:32:22.770
Karen Tarapata: bitterly cold.

1278
02:32:23.010 --> 02:32:35.010
Karen Tarapata: yeah terrible we're hoping for better weather we've got a local poet who is going to read her poem that was suggested by Rosemary Feral from the.

1279
02:32:36.780 --> 02:32:41.280
Karen Tarapata: library she they're doing a poetry walk so the poetry head and a home has been.

1280
02:32:42.750 --> 02:32:50.790
Karen Tarapata: printed on a card and i've installed it in the notice board on river hook down at the north broadway entrance which is going to come.

1281
02:32:51.270 --> 02:33:06.300
Karen Tarapata: i'll thank Joel Community solar for the money for the trees we'll talk a little bit about recycling composting This is all there's a little enlightened self interest here too, because this is where our next Ms for report.

1282
02:33:07.650 --> 02:33:15.690
Karen Tarapata: This event gives us credits towards our next report, like the one we just adopted or accepted today.

1283
02:33:16.980 --> 02:33:32.970
Karen Tarapata: will be able to hand out information about stormwater management about doing proper construction and so fencing it gives us a chance to get people on the property and fulfill our requirements of public education on stormwater in green initiatives.

1284
02:33:33.210 --> 02:33:40.830
Laurie Dodge: And it'll be we're going to have bees there's a beekeeper we're gonna have bees and we have a worm then and worm composting.

1285
02:33:41.910 --> 02:33:42.330
sylviajeff: worry.

1286
02:33:44.640 --> 02:33:47.070
Laurie Dodge: you'll have to show up to learn more about it Jeff I.

1287
02:33:47.070 --> 02:33:48.870
Laurie Dodge: can provide a lot of.

1288
02:33:49.740 --> 02:33:52.350
Laurie Dodge: Information about that one at this point.

1289
02:33:53.580 --> 02:33:54.030
Karen Tarapata: meeting at.

1290
02:33:54.060 --> 02:34:05.370
Karen Tarapata: 10 o'clock by the herring House and by 11 we figure that will be done with 11 will actually plant, the tree and then we'll spend some time.

1291
02:34:05.940 --> 02:34:17.280
Karen Tarapata: Put getting the hillside in front of the House, ready to put down the next set of charts there are some of this raking to do and some thistles to pop out of the ground and if will and.

1292
02:34:17.310 --> 02:34:18.060
Karen Tarapata: Also, oh.

1293
02:34:18.210 --> 02:34:20.130
Karen Tarapata: I had the dp w dump a load.

1294
02:34:20.160 --> 02:34:25.590
Karen Tarapata: Of topsoil by the herring house we're going to plant some grass by the front door.

1295
02:34:29.910 --> 02:34:31.770
Karen Tarapata: So maybe tomorrow i'll be able to actually.

1296
02:34:33.720 --> 02:34:35.550
Karen Tarapata: E blast a poster or some.

1297
02:34:35.550 --> 02:34:36.180
Karen Tarapata: information.

1298
02:34:36.210 --> 02:34:37.050
out to people.

1299
02:34:38.130 --> 02:34:39.120
18456426153: I just been putting this.

1300
02:34:39.150 --> 02:34:39.990
thing together.

1301
02:34:41.130 --> 02:34:46.200
Karen Tarapata: It just it just sort of came together at the last day but we're gonna have fun.

1302
02:34:48.390 --> 02:34:50.730
Karen Tarapata: One other thing one last thing.

1303
02:34:51.810 --> 02:34:52.500
Karen Tarapata: Actually, to.

1304
02:34:54.030 --> 02:35:02.580
Karen Tarapata: The old stone meeting house stephanie staring who did the concert there has a student who wants to do her recital, this is a student at the.

1305
02:35:03.360 --> 02:35:13.110
Karen Tarapata: masters school over in dobbs ferry and it would just be a few people and they would like to do it at the old style meeting house, because he poohsticks are so good.

1306
02:35:14.250 --> 02:35:35.070
Karen Tarapata: But I wanted to just clear it with members of the board, because we will have we've not had that open to the public, and I think we can do it easily with social distancing, but I wanted to ask the board if they were comfortable and allowing a small socially distanced.

1307
02:35:36.090 --> 02:35:39.030
Karen Tarapata: indoor performance on June 5.

1308
02:35:40.620 --> 02:35:52.170
Karen Tarapata: I can bring over the air cleaner, we can have we haven't we do have air, you know purifiers you can run an air purifier because the only person will be on mass will be the flute player.

1309
02:35:53.250 --> 02:36:04.500
Karen Tarapata: And we can separate the chairs, but it's really and it would not be any even 50% of the capacity allowed by law, but I do want to clear it with you, first, I told stephanie I get back to her.

1310
02:36:06.330 --> 02:36:06.900
discussion.

1311
02:36:10.530 --> 02:36:12.960
Laurie Dodge: I mean I wouldn't go to it but.

1312
02:36:14.940 --> 02:36:20.040
Laurie Dodge: i'm not ready to do that, but not that I was invited i'm not not saying that.

1313
02:36:21.240 --> 02:36:23.970
Kennon Rothchild: If the door open and windows open open them.

1314
02:36:26.040 --> 02:36:33.690
Karen Tarapata: We can have you know yeah that's what I was thinking, the door open and it really would be a few students and kids parents.

1315
02:36:35.460 --> 02:36:38.850
Karen Tarapata: So I just wanted to let you know that that was.

1316
02:36:39.300 --> 02:36:47.880
Laurie Dodge: I mean we're allowed to do that right, I mean restaurants are opening at this point with with more than 50% water they had 75% or.

1317
02:36:48.960 --> 02:36:50.730
Laurie Dodge: What are legally allowed to do it.

1318
02:36:51.300 --> 02:37:09.840
Karen Tarapata: Yes, we are so I just wanted to the opening movie theaters so I thought, if we had a very limited number of people, I mean if you want it, if you want to set a number, but I thought, if less than 50% of the capacity that's allowed each family group six more than six feet apart.

1319
02:37:10.950 --> 02:37:12.690
That we could allow her to do it.

1320
02:37:14.820 --> 02:37:15.930
sylviajeff: If there's no.

1321
02:37:17.400 --> 02:37:19.890
sylviajeff: When on the hook for any problems that you know.

1322
02:37:21.150 --> 02:37:26.790
sylviajeff: Somebody getting sick or something everybody has to make a decision about the stuff so i'm a paper that.

1323
02:37:27.450 --> 02:37:36.930
Karen Tarapata: Okay, good it's not something we need a resolution on, I just want to because we didn't officially close the also meeting House we don't have to officially open it.

1324
02:37:38.700 --> 02:37:39.870
Laurie Dodge: yeah i'm okay with it.

1325
02:37:40.740 --> 02:37:41.160
michael esmay: I think.

1326
02:37:42.930 --> 02:37:57.300
Karen Tarapata: Maybe I can always have them sign a waiver, but I think that would create more problems than just having them by family group and having a you know, a contact Tracy i'll make sure that we have everybody's name ahead of time.

1327
02:37:58.680 --> 02:38:01.800
Laurie Dodge: that's a good idea yeah, just in case.

1328
02:38:01.950 --> 02:38:04.320
Karen Tarapata: they're working I guess list here we go.

1329
02:38:04.350 --> 02:38:07.110
sylviajeff: due diligence yeah guest list.

1330
02:38:07.650 --> 02:38:11.550
Karen Tarapata: she'll do that I know she knows that she was already telling me she goes exactly will be there.

1331
02:38:12.930 --> 02:38:26.970
Karen Tarapata: The last thing is here's a question, there is a wedding at 530 North broadway know well, what is it is that there is that correct yeah it is what is the address Carol is at 530 North broadway.

1332
02:38:28.200 --> 02:38:30.150
18456426153: you're presented by.

1333
02:38:32.490 --> 02:38:33.690
Karen Tarapata: On Saturday.

1334
02:38:35.730 --> 02:38:52.110
Karen Tarapata: June 26 you're having a wedding and they wanted a parking permit for North broadway for 20 cars, now that from 430 until 10pm on June 26.

1335
02:38:52.950 --> 02:38:53.820
Laurie Dodge: Did they are there.

1336
02:38:54.420 --> 02:39:05.430
Karen Tarapata: yeah they live there and they have a driveway but they they're projecting overflow 20 cars Now this is closer to wind down in the park, because my first book problem was.

1337
02:39:05.910 --> 02:39:06.840
18456426153: If people park on.

1338
02:39:06.870 --> 02:39:07.980
Karen Tarapata: North broadway anyone.

1339
02:39:07.980 --> 02:39:09.750
18456426153: who's walking down to the hooks going to just.

1340
02:39:09.840 --> 02:39:17.310
Karen Tarapata: hop on, but if they're over backed by winding down, do you think it would be permissible for us to give them a.

1341
02:39:18.990 --> 02:39:21.480
Karen Tarapata: five and a half hour permit for parking.

1342
02:39:23.220 --> 02:39:25.680
Laurie Dodge: i'd say yes, I mean for me it's just.

1343
02:39:25.710 --> 02:39:27.900
Laurie Dodge: You know people have events and.

1344
02:39:29.220 --> 02:39:33.780
Laurie Dodge: I mean they're doing the right thing by asking us and we allowed for that right didn't we.

1345
02:39:33.960 --> 02:39:35.130
sylviajeff: yeah I agree.

1346
02:39:36.630 --> 02:39:49.590
Laurie Dodge: yeah I think we should do it, why we wouldn't want to, and I think your points well taken it's not like it's not like it's near the hook and people can mistake those cars for being people who are at the hook it's far enough away.

1347
02:39:50.400 --> 02:40:00.480
Karen Tarapata: yeah because, otherwise, and they will have a valet Park, so there will be somebody there managing and correctly positioning the car it isn't just a free for all.

1348
02:40:00.600 --> 02:40:05.310
Laurie Dodge: yeah it's not a random pass on the sidewalk driving over stones.

1349
02:40:06.450 --> 02:40:11.550
Karen Tarapata: Exactly you know what maybe we asked them to notice send a notice to the neighbors.

1350
02:40:12.810 --> 02:40:26.010
Laurie Dodge: It could, and they could also make little like we used to do for river hook, which is just you know, like on official river hook business, so that people noticed oh yeah Okay, there are cars parked here they're not random people just.

1351
02:40:26.760 --> 02:40:27.930
Laurie Dodge: Here we go messing up the.

1352
02:40:27.930 --> 02:40:28.440
grass.

1353
02:40:29.580 --> 02:40:32.490
Karen Tarapata: And notice to the neighbors I think that's.

1354
02:40:32.640 --> 02:40:33.180
18456426153: A nice.

1355
02:40:35.220 --> 02:40:38.040
Kennon Rothchild: thing the willows removed from that property, so they have room to.

1356
02:40:41.520 --> 02:40:45.180
Karen Tarapata: God yeah because you know they can't they can't really part of.

1357
02:40:47.430 --> 02:40:51.750
Karen Tarapata: What they can there right there's the drainage ditches there okay i'm just trying to make sure they're not.

1358
02:40:52.260 --> 02:41:00.930
Laurie Dodge: We don't want anybody else's it is just what just 530 after look I don't yeah I don't pay attention to the numbers oh look next time I walk.

1359
02:41:02.190 --> 02:41:06.210
Karen Tarapata: Well that's The last thing I have a so we can give them their pro.

1360
02:41:06.210 --> 02:41:07.290
18456426153: But I don't think we need to.

1361
02:41:07.290 --> 02:41:08.520
Karen Tarapata: vote on it, do we Carol.

1362
02:41:10.170 --> 02:41:10.680
18456426153: um.

1363
02:41:11.820 --> 02:41:15.960
18456426153: I think you should just take something that you're in agreement with it so.

1364
02:41:16.620 --> 02:41:19.020
18456426153: All right, I don't know if you have to make I don't think you really have to.

1365
02:41:19.800 --> 02:41:20.790
make a motion.

1366
02:41:22.590 --> 02:41:27.390
18456426153: granted permission there we go the board grant granted permission.

1367
02:41:28.140 --> 02:41:35.880
Karen Tarapata: To 530 North broadway for and the date and the time and the cars with the provisions of.

1368
02:41:36.900 --> 02:41:44.280
Karen Tarapata: Putting a note of putting something on the dashboard as a car and some and sending a notice to the neighbors who would be affected.

1369
02:41:46.350 --> 02:41:46.620
Laurie Dodge: All right.

1370
02:41:48.780 --> 02:41:50.040
Karen Tarapata: that's all i've got.

1371
02:41:51.030 --> 02:41:51.630
Laurie Dodge: where's the.

1372
02:41:51.720 --> 02:41:55.800
Laurie Dodge: where's the beer and peanuts that we always talk about chase.

1373
02:41:56.040 --> 02:41:56.730
Karen Tarapata: No more.

1374
02:42:00.630 --> 02:42:01.110
Karen Tarapata: peanuts.

1375
02:42:01.140 --> 02:42:02.040
Karen Tarapata: You want now.

1376
02:42:03.030 --> 02:42:06.510
18456426153: I need everybody to listen for just a second and tell me if you can hear this.

1377
02:42:11.700 --> 02:42:12.120
18456426153: yeah.

1378
02:42:12.780 --> 02:42:14.220
Laurie Dodge: God it was a pop.

1379
02:42:14.250 --> 02:42:15.150
Laurie Dodge: of some sort I.

1380
02:42:17.250 --> 02:42:19.620
Karen Tarapata: want to know why, because this is carol's.

1381
02:42:19.740 --> 02:42:21.480
Karen Tarapata: Last regular.

1382
02:42:21.720 --> 02:42:22.230
Meeting.

1383
02:42:24.390 --> 02:42:25.560
Laurie Dodge: No wonder she's so.

1384
02:42:25.560 --> 02:42:26.760
sylviajeff: Happy you.

1385
02:42:28.710 --> 02:42:30.060
18456426153: Know hip hip hooray.

1386
02:42:30.180 --> 02:42:32.130
18456426153: hip hip hooray.

1387
02:42:32.610 --> 02:42:35.160
Karen Tarapata: Carol, thank you for you know you know how.

1388
02:42:35.640 --> 02:42:44.970
18456426153: yep yep I just decided I would I know this is on the record and everything but I said, I would just i'm here by myself i'm drinking a little toast to myself.

1389
02:42:45.600 --> 02:42:50.460
18456426153: And we made it this far 30 years so Thank you everyone.

1390
02:42:50.790 --> 02:42:51.630
18456426153: will miss you.

1391
02:42:52.170 --> 02:42:53.070
Kennon Rothchild: miss you yeah.

1392
02:42:53.220 --> 02:42:53.940
Kennon Rothchild: Thanks so much.

1393
02:42:53.970 --> 02:42:54.750
sylviajeff: So much.

1394
02:42:54.930 --> 02:42:56.490
sylviajeff: Thank you Tara has been a pleasure.

1395
02:42:58.260 --> 02:42:59.610
18456426153: Number on block island.

1396
02:42:59.640 --> 02:43:02.970
18456426153: i'm gonna call okay good.

1397
02:43:04.110 --> 02:43:05.430
Karen Tarapata: She doesn't have to pick up.

1398
02:43:07.170 --> 02:43:08.010
Laurie Dodge: email to.

1399
02:43:10.920 --> 02:43:13.710
Karen Tarapata: so little lion around the village sell.

1400
02:43:15.630 --> 02:43:17.100
Karen Tarapata: All right, with someone make a motion.

1401
02:43:17.370 --> 02:43:18.540
To close, the meeting.

1402
02:43:20.670 --> 02:43:26.730
Laurie Dodge: i'll make the motion that we close the meeting at 944 on April 15.

1403
02:43:28.230 --> 02:43:28.770
Karen Tarapata: Maybe we'll.

1404
02:43:28.830 --> 02:43:30.270
Karen Tarapata: never get one this long.

1405
02:43:30.270 --> 02:43:30.570
again.

1406
02:43:32.370 --> 02:43:34.080
sylviajeff: I will gladly second.

1407
02:43:35.400 --> 02:43:36.840
Karen Tarapata: All in favor say Aye.

1408
02:43:37.110 --> 02:43:37.650
Aye.

1409
02:43:39.570 --> 02:43:40.380
Laurie Dodge: Aye laurie.

1410
02:43:41.250 --> 02:43:41.850
Kennon Rothchild: I can.

1411
02:43:42.180 --> 02:43:42.990
sylviajeff: I Jeff.

1412
02:43:43.620 --> 02:43:44.610
18456426153: I Karen.

1413
02:43:45.210 --> 02:43:45.630
Karen Tarapata: jell.

1414
02:43:46.200 --> 02:43:47.940
Laurie Dodge: O night everybody.

1415
02:43:48.030 --> 02:43:49.260
Kennon Rothchild: And everybody goodnight.

1416
02:43:50.040 --> 02:43:51.330
Kennon Rothchild: goodnight Carol Thank you.

1417
02:43:53.280 --> 02:43:53.850
18456426153: Dear.

1418
02:43:54.330 --> 02:43:54.780
Karen Tarapata: Thank you.

1419
02:43:55.980 --> 02:43:57.210
Heather Candella: Thank you goodnight.

1420
02:43:57.690 --> 02:43:58.620
goodnight.