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I love you.

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» Good evening. Please stand.
Hand over your heart. I pledge algiance

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all. Please remain standing and join
the board in a moment of silence as we

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honor our veterans, our first
responders, our active military, and of

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course this week and next week leading
up to the 25th anniversary of the events

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of September 11, 2001. Please keep all
of those souls that lost their lives on

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that day and all those that have gone
since then.

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Thank you.

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Good evening. I'll entertain a motion
for approval of bills and payroll.

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» Motion.
>> Motion by trustee Clark. Do I have a

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second?
>> Second.

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» Second by trustee Saloski. All in favor?
>> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Mr.

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Rivera.
>> Oh, okay. Before we get started with the

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work session, we are going to be in a
need of an executive session. Can I

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please get a motion to go into executive
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» Motion by Trusty Clark, second by Deputy
Mayor Soratori. All in favor?

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» I oppose. Motion carries. We'll be right
back.

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It always looks like

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my apologies. We went into executive
session to discuss a personnel matter

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and now we'll continue with our work
session which will then be immediately

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followed by a public meeting. So with
that um Mr. Rivera

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» good evening.
>> Good evening.

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» Good evening.
>> Resolve to approve the minutes of the

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meeting of the board of trustees of
August 5th, 2026.

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» Motion.
>> Motion by trustee Cassad. Do I have a

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second?
>> Second. Second by Trusty Clark. All in

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favor? I oppose. Motion carries.
>> Resolve to approve a request by the

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Minola School District for the use of
Wilson Park for a 7th grade picnic on

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Friday, June 11th, 2027 from 8:00 a.m.
to 2 p.m.

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» So, today was the first day of school
and they're already scheduling for the

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last day of school. Uh, entertain a
motion to approve.

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» Motion
>> motion by Trusty Salowski, second by

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Trusty Cassado. All in favor?
>> I. Any opposed? Motion carries.

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» And I have one personnel item. Motion to
approve a $2 an hour uh merit increase

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for Ariana Halpern in the village
justice court retroactive to June 1st.

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Uh we um inadvertently left Ariana off
of last month's uh list of merit raises.

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So we would like to um recognize that.
Now I'll entertain a motion.

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» Motion
>> motion by deputy mayor. Second by trusty

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Cassado. All in favor? Any opposed?
Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you Mr.

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Shone.

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» Good evening, Mayor. John G. How are
you?

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» Good evening.
>> Uh, I have one item resolved to approve

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a budget transfer in the Miniola Fire
Department of Fiscal year 2627.

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» Okay. Entertain a motion.
>> Motion.

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» Motion by Trusty Clark. Do I have a
second? Second by Trusty Cassado. All in

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favor? Any oppos? Motion carries.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you, Mr. Chicone. Uh, Mr. Columbo.

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» Uh, good evening.
>> Good evening.

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» Good evening.
>> Uh, request a resolution authorizing the

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installation of a handicap reserve
parking space in front of 101 Liberty

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Avenue.
>> Okay, we have the documentation for it.

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I'll entertain a motion.
>> Motion.

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» Motion by Deputy Mayor Story. Do I have
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» Second.
>> Second by Trusty Clark. All in favor? I.

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Any opposed? Motion carries.
>> Uh request a resolution authorizing the

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installation of a handicap reserve
parking space in front of 220 Lincoln

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Avenue.
>> Okay, we have that in our backup as

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well. I'll entertain a motion.
>> Motion.

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» Motion by Trusty Casado. Do I have a
second?

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» Second.
>> Second by Trusty Salas. All in favor?

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» Any opposed? Motion carries.
>> Uh request a resolution authorizing the

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engineering services for the well number
five electrical and mechanical upgrades.

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The engineers are DMBB engineers and
architects DPC. The cost of $31,000

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and the funding will be from a 2627
water fund budget andor the water fund

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unreserved balance.
>> And this is the well on the northeast

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corner of the building.
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» Yep. And send a motion.
>> Motion.

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» Motion by Trusty Clark. Do you have a
second?

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» Second.
>> Second by Deputy Mayor Story. All in

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favor?
>> Any opposed? Motion carries.

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uh request a resolution awarding a
public bid and contract for general

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construction for a POS treatment at well
6. The contract is Philip Ross

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Industries. the the amount of 3,272,350

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and the funding will be from the 2026
2027 water fund budget and or the water

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fund unreserved balance and or the
environmental facilities corporation

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grant and or the well number six project
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» Okay, so this is for the well on
Westbury Avenue by the pool. This is

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something that we approved a couple of
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stay ahead of it. Essentially, it's what
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at well one, and now it's well six's
turn. So, entertain a motion to approve.

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» Motion.
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trustee Casado. All in favor?
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» Uh request a resolution awarding a
public bid and contract for plumbing for

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the Pos treatment at Well 6. The
contractor's KG Electric motor and pump.

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The contract amount is for 2,728,000
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water fund budget and or the water fund
unreserved balance, the environmental

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facilities corporation grant or the well
six project bond financing.

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» Okay, so this is for the same well but
the electrical entertain entertain a

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motion.
>> Motion

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» motion by trusty Clark, second by
trustee casado. All in favor?

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» Any opposed? Motion carries. and uh
request a resolution awarding a public

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bid amount for the contract for
electrical for the POS treatment of well

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6. The contractor is Banner Electric
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and that will also be from the 2026 2027
water fund budget water fund on reserve

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balance environmental facilities
corporation grant and the well six

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project bond financing. Okay. So again,
these these three are all general

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construction, for plumbing, for
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about $7 million to come from these
various sources. Something that we had

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planned for already. This is we're at
the point of actually

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» entertain a motion.
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» motion by deputy mayor. Do I have a
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» Second.
>> Second by trusty Clark. All in favor?

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» I opposed. Motion car. And I have two
personnel items. Uh reserve to resolve

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to authorize the hiring of Roger Padina
as a laborer in the highway division of

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the Department of Public Works. The work
days and hours are Monday through Friday

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7:30 to 4 with the starting salary
according to the collective bargaining

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agreement.
>> A motion.

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» Motion.
>> Motion by Depatory. Second by Trusty

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Cassado. In favor,
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» Motion carries. And finally, uh, request
a resolution appointing existing

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employee Mike Scallero, employee of the
water and sewer division of the

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Department of Public Works to water
service supervisor. The recommended

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salary increase is $5 per hour.
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is going to essentially move into that
uh position. We're lucky to have him and

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uh hopefully he'll be here for a long
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future um as we
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the supervisor under the water
department. Uh super. It' be the second

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» second
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» Yeah. Correct.
>> A motion.

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» Motion.
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second?
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» Second by trustee Clark. All in favor?
>> I post. Motion carries.

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» That's it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Bl.

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» Okay, Mr. O'Keefe.

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Good evening everyone.
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» Uh so during the month of August, uh the
building department issued 76 permits

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and conducted 76 inspections.
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as many residents are aware, several
high-rise construction projects are

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currently in progress throughout the
village. The building department

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continues to monitor these projects,
ensure compliance with all codes and

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approved plans on file. If you have any
questions concerning or concerns

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regarding these projects, uh please do
not hesitate to contact my department.

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Um property maintenance inspections were
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commercial districts to ensure
compliance with code. As a result of

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these inspections, summones were issued
for properties with excessive weeds and

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for violations related to the improper
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Property owners are reminded that they
are responsible for maintaining their

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properties in accordance with village
code, including keeping weeds and

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overgrown vegetation under control. In
addition, residents and businesses own

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business business owners are encouraged
to familiarize themselves with the

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village's garbage collection schedule
and regulations to ensure refuse is

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placed out for collection only on the
designated days in a manner prescribed

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by the village.
Uh we encourage commercial property

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owners to maintain their properties in
accordance with village ordinance and to

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take the same pride in their properties
that are v that our residential property

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owners demonstrate throughout the
village. A clean and well-maintained

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community is a shared responsibility and
benefits all who live and work and visit

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the village. Um recently we've also had
a surge of non-compliant signage on

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commercial properties um throughout the
village. This has been addressed with

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all the property owners and tenants.
Please contact my department and we will

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explain the maximum sign dimensions and
locations. That's all I have.

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» Okay. Um, if you don't mind just staying
there for a second, Mr. O'Keefe, this

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has been a pet peeve of mine and you've
heard from me just about every day for

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the last couple of weeks. And I do want
to say this that I I just don't

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understand uh business owners or
building because sometimes you have a

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tenant and you have the building owner.
We obviously send the notice of

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violation in the summons to the building
owner, but it it it boggles my mind how

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you want to operate a business in this
village and you allow weeds to grow on

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the sidewalk or um in the joints of your
building with the sidewalk and then

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we'll have people right next door that
you could practically eat off their

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sidewalk and and they take pride in what
they do. So sometimes uh people need to

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be reminded. We had some very upset
business owners and and and property

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owners who called after they got a
summon. Um, and frankly, I couldn't

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understand why they were surprised. And
many of them don't live here, so they

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don't see it. But the property, but the
the business owners do see it and and it

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is a pet peeve and our expectations
should be high, including the county.

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So, we have county roads. We have a
bridge that goes over the railroad that

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is owned by the county. Miller Boulevard
and I had to we we tried the protocol.

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We went to the DPW. We went to the
legislature and eventually I had to call

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the deputy uh county executive to get
the weeds uh cut on the side of um

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Manila Boulevard over the Manila
Boulevard bridge, which if you've driven

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over there um prior to last week, you
had weeds that were definitely above 12

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in like 18 in high on either side. And
and that's not acceptable. It's not

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acceptable for us as a municipality.
It's not acceptable for the county and

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it's certainly not acceptable for uh
business owners or building owners. Um

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just today I sent uh Mr. O'Keefe two
more pictures as I was driving around.

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So when you do see something, don't
assume that we're ignoring it. Uh we do

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um there is due process. However, you
know, we give them a summon. They have a

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right to go to court and either pay it
or fight it or go to trial. Uh what we

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want is compliance. I don't want the,
you know, $100, $200 fine. What I'd like

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for them to do is to do what so many
businesses along Jericho Turnpike and

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along Manila Boulevard do on their own,
which is keep the front of their

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businesses clean, as they should. Um,
but sometimes the message only gets

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through when you um issue something. So,
how many how many how many 70

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>> 87 uh summones that we issued um just in

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the last two weeks. And again, it's not
because we want I'd want to issue none.

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I don't want to issue any summones for
things like that. We shouldn't have to

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because we're not talking about picking
on them for having, you know, a 2-in

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weed on their We're talking about the
things that we all see.

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» Yeah. Neglect.
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» And I mean, unfortunately, the common
issue is we hear from the property

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owners that, well, it's built into their
lease that they're responsible for

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taking care of whatever tenants, but
that's we don't enforce leases, right?

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We it falls on the property owner. So,
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the these cups and stuff that are in
front of my store, they're not from

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here. They blew down from down the
block, but now they're in front of your

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property. Pick it up. Clean up. We we do
our part. So, we expect that everyone

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does their part. And hopefully this will
get better as the year goes on. Same

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thing with the signs. I get it that it's
a tough economy for uh businesses to to

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compete in. Uh but that doesn't mean
that this is going to turn into the

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Vegas strip and you know, and it's just
a free-for-all with waving flags and

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signs hung up all over the place. It's a
safety issue for first responders, for

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police officers, for firefighters to not
to be able to see into businesses

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because the windows are covered. Uh so
again, we have a building department, we

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have a code. Um what businesses should
do is ask first before you go ahead and

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do something and then we have to be the
the bad guy. And as residents again if

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you see something don't assume that we
are not doing anything about it. Again

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call the building department call the
village and we'll tell you yes a notice

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of violation has been issued. then they
have a certain number of days to cure

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the issue and if they don't cure the
issue then we give them a summon and

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they have a court date and then they can
either pay the summons or they could

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come to court and fight it or they can
go to trial and unfortunately that takes

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time. Um but hopefully we know that
we're we're right and one way or another

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they're going to do it eventually.
Sooner rather than later would be

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better. Um, but and and we're talking
about big companies like CVS to mom and

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pop places. So, it's it runs the gamut
of people who for whatever reason, maybe

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they don't see what I see. They don't
see what you see when they walk in to

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their front door and you expect me to go
into your business. I mean, what does

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that say about you if you don't have the
pride to take care of of your property?

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So, um, been something that we've been
trying to hammer home. Yeah.

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» This these last couple
>> different tactics.

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» Yes. And we'll continue to do so.
Anything else, Mr.

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» That's it.
>> That's it. Thank you.

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» Um
>> Mr. Gibbons,

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» no report.
>> No report. Okay.

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» Thank you. We'll go right into our
public meeting and I do want to

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apologize for the delay. We're 20
minutes behind uh schedule, but I will

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call you up. Um Oh, actually, we'll do a
a report first or you know, we'll let

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them we'll let them speak and then we'll
we'll do a report. There's a lot going

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on in the village. Um, let's do that
first while we still have an audience

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because we may have an audience later.
I'll try to make it very quick. Um, so

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this Friday, uh, September 4th, we have
our, uh, last Sounds on Second, which,

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uh, is VHS, which is like an 80s9s cover
band on Second Street right in front of

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the St. James. At 6:30, we're going to
have a little uh celebration, if you

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will, uh that is being organized by the
chamber and by the historical society

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for the villages 120th birthday. Our
birthday is on September 20th, 1906 was

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when we were incorporated. So this year,
not only did we celebrate 250 years of

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the United States, we get to celebrate
120 years of the village. So we'll have

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a little ceremony. I think there'll be
some giveaways or some surprises. They

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told me they wouldn't tell me exactly
what. And then followed by uh Alfresco

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dining and music. I think the weather is
going to be great. So that is this

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Friday. Next Friday, which is of course
September 11th, we are going to have our

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annual remembrance ceremony at Memorial
Park. We hope that you can make it um

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new time uh because it is the first
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we're going to start at 6 pm. Uh keynote
speaker is former New York State Senator

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and current president of Adelfi
University, Michael Baloni, who was our

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state senator um back in uh 2001. So,
he'll be our keynote speaker. If you've

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gone to our member ceremony in the past,
it is uh a quick ceremony, but it is an

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important ceremony. It is poignant. our
first responders are there, our scouts

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are there, our elected officials and our
community is there, our veterans, etc.

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So, it's important that um we continue
to uh remember because we did promise to

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not forget. So, that is on uh September
11th and I'll pass it over to Deputy

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Mayor.
>> No report, Mayor. Um I hopely see

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everybody at the birthday celebration
and at the um at the concert and we'll

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celebrate the end of summer, beginning
of a new season. We have some fun stuff

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lined up for fall as well. Thank you.
>> Trusty Cassada,

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» just hope to see you on September the
11th. You have to be there.

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» Okay. Trusty Clark,
>> no report.

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» No report. Trusty Salowski,
>> uh, just that tomorrow there'll be a

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tree lighting in front of the fire
department headquarters for pediatric

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cancer at 6:30. I hope to see you there
and I hope to see everyone at the 911

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memorial.
>> Yes. And we've been doing that. So,

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you'll notice that the tree that usually
we light up for Christmas throughout the

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month of September, it will be lit in
gold, gold lighting. Um, and we've done

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this for probably five, six years at
least. Um, um, so tomorrow we'll have a

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brief ceremony. The 12th, since nobody
brought it up, the 12th of September,

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which is a Saturday, will be our last
concert in the park. It is Decadia. uh

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7:30 and it is the concert. Since we
don't do fireworks at Memorial Park

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anymore because of the turf field that
was installed at the middle school, uh

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we'll have a laser light show instead.
So, we've had an amazing um concert

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series in the park this year and um on
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» I have one more thing, too. Um there's
garbage collection will change this week

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because it is a holiday. So, please
check your schedules. If you're confused

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about it, please ask uh call Village
Hall for details. The days are going to

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change because of the holiday.
>> Okay. Thank you, Mrs. Stelato.

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» I feel like I'm a honorary board member.
I've been here so much.

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» Always welcome.
Um, I got your letter dated the 28th of

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September
>> and no, August.

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» I'm sorry, August. I'm getting ahead.
Um, and I think it crossed in the mail

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with a letter I got
>> I sent out. U So, I just want to do two

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things. I I wrote another letter in
response. I'm going to hand it out.

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But um
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Um
and then I wanted to ask for uh and when

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I'm done I'll ask what the construction
schedule is going to be for Wellington.

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But oh, you know what? I got to take one
of those back.

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» Here you go.

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So,

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so your letter described how engineers
from the design firm evaluated the tree

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in front of our house and concluded that
the tree must be removed as it's

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impacted the curb and gutter. By the
way, this isn't the only this isn't only

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about this one tree, but all the trees
will be impacted on Wellington. I have

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not seen the drawings, but I assume that
DMB designed a standard roadway

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crosssection that could be used
generically on any of our village

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streets. Applying this standard
crosssection to our block without regard

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to our old grow trees would certainly
result in their damage necessitating

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removal.
In the letter in in our letter of August

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24th, we questioned whether the MB scope
of work had provisions to give priority

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to preserving these older trees and for
them to design around them and their

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impacts to existing curbs and gutters.
Also, whether such provisions were

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carried forward into the construction
contract. This approach requires that

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the construction contractor exercises
extra care and should not hinder full

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depth roadway replacement.
It is up to the owner, the village, to

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write this guidance into both the design
and construction contracts. I also

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offered to review the design with the
village and DMB to see if there's

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anything in our experience that we could
offer.

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So we ask that the village consider the
above in lie of the standard cookie

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cutter one-sizefits-all approach.
If there's no change in the design, then

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the trees on our block are doomed.
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um so to answer your your first
question, well, let me back up. I we've

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talked about 357 Wellington and I had a
meeting with um another set of residents

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who live on a different street and when
I visited 357 Wellington I wish that I

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was what I saw were different and when I
visited the other street with the other

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um family that had made similar uh
requests I had also wished that the

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situation were different and their
situation is even worse than yours. But

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I think and I understand that
everybody's watching and it's easy to

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say cut the trees, don't cut the trees.
You know, why are we cutting down trees

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and cookie cutter and the cheapest way?
I can assure you of one thing. This is

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by far not the cheapest way. The
cheapest way is mill and pave and you'd

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get a pretty street for a year or two
and then we'd be back to square one. um

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in two or three years. So the beauty of
um Google Maps or Google Earth is you

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can look at a property, you can look at
a tree in some cases going back 20

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years. So you can look at the same place
what it looked like in 2007, 2013, 2019,

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2025, whatever the latest one is. And
I've done that with yours. I've visited

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right you see that the sidewalk is
lifted right significantly. And that's

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not going to stop. um that we we see
that we can't unsee it. That is a

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liability for us. That is a liability
for you because just as you're here

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fighting for your tree, which I have no
pro I wish I could save your tree. Do

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you think that I want or do you think
that we want or need? The easy thing

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would be to say yes, absolutely we'll
we'll save your trees. We also have a,

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as I explained to the to the other
family, we have a fiscal responsibility

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to use your tax dollars in the most
prudent way possible that will last the

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longest possible. The last time your
road was paved was 1982 or something

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like that. I I in the back, but it was a
long time ago. And we hope that it will

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be that long the next time that it has
to be paved. And if we start taking

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shortcuts, and that's where the cheap
part comes in. If we just do a mill and

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pave, if we don't, if we skip houses, if
we skip certain sections of gutter,

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certain sections of curb, if we bump out
here, bump out there, raise it up here,

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widen the road here, shorten the road
there, that is going to be a recipe for

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for disaster. So your tree based on
pictures that I saw on on uh Google

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Earth over the course of the last decade
or so clearly is continuing to take over

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the curve and it's continuing to do that
and there's nothing to believe that that

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wouldn't continue to happen. Right? So
we're going to invest millions of

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dollars to build a new road to now in a
year or two. And by the way, the the the

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changes are that quick because I've seen
pictures of sidewalks, the other person

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that I'm talking about, where the
sidewalk was raised and then you look at

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a picture three years later, clearly the
homeowner redid their sidewalk, cut the

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roots on their side, and the sidewalk is
lower and then fast forward to 2023, the

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the the sidewalk is back up again.
Right? So, it's a continuing cycle. Um,

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as far as the timeline, your part of the
job is the second phase. So, it wouldn't

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be uh cut this year. It would be
sometime next year. We're doing the

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western portion. So, that would be like
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Seville, Harding, Bower to Marcelis.
That's that would be this year. Next

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year would be Marcelus and Wellington.
Um, that's not to say that we're and and

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we were
supposed to have started already, right?

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We're supposed to have been underway.
And the only reason why we haven't

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started is because I've asked um DMB and
our uh DPW superintendent to hold off

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until we exhaust all possible um you
know alternatives that are feasible,

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that are responsible, that are
practical,

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and
that's All all I can say I I mean short

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of you know and I think in your last
letter you said 17 residents you and 17

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residents
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» 17 households so we're doing
hundreds of households in this section

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unless I had a hundred people here who
said hey I'd rather keep my tree than

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you pave my road we would pick up and go
to another part of the village because

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trust
There are a ton of people that would

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love to be in your situation and we
would love to do everybody's road. You

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and your neighbors um were fortunate
enough that this is your time to get a

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new road and you will get a tree. The
other idea of we just cut down trees.

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We're not tree friendly. So this year
alone, we'll plant close to 200 trees.

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Last year we planted over 100. Since
2021, we've planted well over 500 trees.

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That's over a 100 trees a year. More
trees than we've cut down. So every tree

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that is going to come down as part of
this job, it will re be replaced. Yes,

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it will not be replaced with a
60-year-old London plane aka Sycamore

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that probably shouldn't have been
planted on a three foot wide utility

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strip to begin with. So I I wish I trust
me I don't need the headache. We don't

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need the headache and we would love to
say yes, but it comes a time where we

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need to make difficult decisions and the
decision is safety and fiscal

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responsibility and knowing that these
trees are creating an unsafe situation

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on the sidewalks, on the curbs, on the
gutters. We can't in good conscience

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ignore that for aesthetics or for shade.
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You know that that is where we are at.
>> With all due respect,

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I've lived in that house for 40 years.
That sidewalk was lifted when I moved

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in. Hasn't moved much. As for the curb,
it has grown over the curb a bit,

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but it hasn't pushed the curb out much
more than when I moved in 40 years ago.

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» And what I'm Please let me finish. What
I've shown you and what I've proposed is

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that I do agree you can't push the curb
out into the street. You just can't do

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that. However, you can cut the sidewalk
around the roots of the tree that are

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there
as they do. And I've shown you in Forest

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Hills, Queens, even on First Street,
there's a tree where and even on

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Marcelus Road, there are several trees
where the sidewalk is cut around the

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tree. So that's And I'm not proposing
that we do a mill and pave that won't

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last for 30 years. What I'm saying is
there's got to be a design where you

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could re you could replace the full
depth of that roadway and work around

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the curbs that are pushed out and repair
the sidewalks that are lifted. That's

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what I'm saying.
So,

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» well, you know, and and I believe you
you you state that you're an engineer.

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I'm not an engineer, but our engineers
their professional advice to us taking

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into consideration what I just mentioned
about safety and and and liability and

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cost etc. is that the trees in order for
this to be safe to be prudent in terms

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of good use of our funds because this is
not cheap. This is we're not going to

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come back next year or two years or five
years from now uh to to fix it again. to

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do it once and to do it right. In their
professional opinion, they are saying,

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and by the way, the two trees in front
of you, well, in front of you and just

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north, they are not being removed,
right? Because they are not pushing out

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the sidewall. They're not pushing out
the curb. They're not pushing out the

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side pushing up the sidewalk. So,
they're staying. So, it's not like we're

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just going to raise every tree on every
block. Only the trees that have to come

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00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:07,520
down. Um, now you said about your your
um your curb and gutter not being pushed

411
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:10,960
out. I noticed when I visited there that
it looks like it was patched at some

412
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:16,320
point. It was because it's different
from the the remaining curb. It clearly

413
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:20,160
I don't know if we did that or if you
did that, but some somebody did that.

414
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:25,760
» I think it was there when I moved in.
>> Okay. So clearly there was at some point

415
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:31,680
that did come out and then it was it was
patched because clearly it's a different

416
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:38,640
shade of cement. Um but this this is
where we are. The the alternative is we

417
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:43,440
don't do the road.
So I'm I'm saying that there's a third

418
00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:48,640
alternative. You can do the road and you
can replace the full depth road with

419
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:55,119
extra care. And what I'm saying in this
letter is has D&B been in their trust me

420
00:36:52,640 --> 00:37:00,320
I've written dozens of consulting
engineers scopes of work for engineering

421
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:06,079
agreements did they have conditions and
precautions in their design to give some

422
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:10,400
priority to the trees so that they could
do their design around them

423
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:14,800
» okay and and let's say that I go back
and and they do that and they say okay

424
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:23,040
taking that into consideration two
things happen 30 of the 60 trees that we

425
00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:27,760
identified will be spared if we do this,
but it won't be Mrs. Stellato. Mr.

426
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:32,400
Stelato still doesn't meet the criteria.
Would you be okay with it then? Or does

427
00:37:29,839 --> 00:37:35,680
your or does your tree have to survive
at all costs? In other words, so let's

428
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:40,720
say that they come back, they say, "Hey,
after further review and if we do X, Y,

429
00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:43,440
and Z, as Mr. Stelato has indicated, you
know, we could save this tree, this

430
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:47,280
tree, and this tree, but we can't save
357.

431
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:51,440
This is just about 357.
>> As I've said, it's not just about the

432
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:55,280
tree in front of my house. It's about
all of the trees on our block. I'm not

433
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:58,400
just
I'm not just advocating for my

434
00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,440
particular tree. Although it would be
nice to keep it

435
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:06,240
» and I it would be nice for me to keep
it. We we we wouldn't be talking if if I

436
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:09,520
could just have come back and said, "Mr.
Salado, good news. We're going to keep

437
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:13,760
your tree and everybody's tree." That
that was that's the easiest thing for me

438
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:18,240
to say. Now, here's the second part of
that. DB comes back to us and says,

439
00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:22,079
"Okay, after f further consideration,
there is a way that we can do this,

440
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:27,920
this, this, and that, but instead of $2
million, it's going to be $4 million."

441
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:31,680
See, you know, we don't have $4 million
budgeted for it. We have $2 million.

442
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:35,839
Then I have to turn around and go to the
people on Bower and say, "Hey, can't do

443
00:38:33,839 --> 00:38:42,160
Bower. We can only do Wellington and
Marcelus because we ran out of money um

444
00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:46,640
to save X number of trees."
>> Let me just let me just say something.

445
00:38:43,839 --> 00:38:53,440
here. I have never seen the mayor work
so hard on such a project. He has given

446
00:38:50,079 --> 00:38:57,520
this particular tree so much attention
and trying to accommodate you and the

447
00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:00,800
neighbors. And I think he's done an
outstanding job to try and get there.

448
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:04,640
And it's it's at the point now where we
we have to pull the trigger one way or

449
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:09,040
the other. But rest assured, he has
worked extremely hard to meet all of

450
00:39:07,359 --> 00:39:12,800
your requests and to, you know,
accommodate you so that you'd be happy.

451
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:16,400
And sometimes it just doesn't break that
way. I appreciate that. I do.

452
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:22,800
» I do. I just
>> And I hope you understand that it's it's

453
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:31,680
not personal. I I went down last week
again to the So I've had two um sets of

454
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:36,240
people, residents, yourselves, and
another that met with me privately. I

455
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:39,520
met with them for an hour and a half.
And the same thing I told him, I said,

456
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:44,000
"If I can save it, we'll save it." And
then I went to visit the location the

457
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:47,599
next day with our DPW superintendent,
with our deputy superintendent, with our

458
00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:51,599
clerk. And we walked it and I was there
for half an hour, actually lightning and

459
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:55,200
thundering. And I looked at it and I
said, I mean, I'm no engineer, but

460
00:39:53,680 --> 00:40:01,599
there's no way that this can be saved.
This is this is and I think most lay

461
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:04,720
people, if you took what is it, the um
family feud, you know, they they they

462
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:09,119
interview 100 people and what do they
say? I think most of them would say, "Oh

463
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:15,440
yeah, this does not look safe." And just
because a homeowner says, "Well, I like

464
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:19,760
it. It's fine. It hasn't fallen ever,
right? Still standing." Um, that's, you

465
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:23,920
know, we don't cross our fingers and
hope. And about bumping out, because in

466
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:29,440
this case, they did bump out on their
own. They cut like a circular thing.

467
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:33,839
Then it becomes uh non-compliant to ADA.
Like in other words, the sidewalk went

468
00:40:31,359 --> 00:40:38,800
from being 36 inches wide to being 18
inches wide where a wheelchair can't get

469
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:44,320
down. So we we we also have to keep that
in mind. And believe it or not, as

470
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:48,480
passionate as you are about trees, we
have people in this village who are also

471
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:51,680
very passionate and and rightfully so,
just as you're rightfully so. And I'm

472
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:56,560
not taking any way. I'm pretty
passionate about, you know, the

473
00:40:53,839 --> 00:41:01,839
environment as well. Passionate about
raised sidewalks. I had residents who

474
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:05,359
have walked every mile of this village,
who have documented every place where

475
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:09,920
there's a race sidewalk, and then
they've sent me a letter like you did

476
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:14,720
with all the addresses, including yours.
Right now, we're on notice. Right? So,

477
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:20,079
they're And so, how do I please that
person? And how do I please you? How do

478
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:23,680
I please the person who says that they
have to walk in the street because they

479
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:28,880
can't walk in the sidewalk because the
sidewalks are raised? When the grandma

480
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:32,400
takes my son out for a stroll on the
stroller, they can't walk in the

481
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:36,720
sidewalk because the sidewalks are are
so lifted because of the trees. When are

482
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:40,240
you going to fix this? When are you
going to take care of this? And then we

483
00:41:38,319 --> 00:41:44,480
have people such as yourself who says,
"Well, you know, it's not a big deal.

484
00:41:42,319 --> 00:41:49,359
I'm willing to live with a with an
uprooted sidewalk to maintain the tree."

485
00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:54,000
And I get that argument. You live there,
right? You enjoy the benefits of it. But

486
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:57,359
we live in a community, in a society
where people that there has to be

487
00:41:55,520 --> 00:42:02,800
compromise. There has to be give and
take. We can't all get what we want all

488
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:08,960
the time.
That's and and I wish and and I wish

489
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:14,480
that I had a better answer. And it
doesn't end tonight. I'll go back to

490
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:18,079
DMB. I'll ask them again. And and I want
to hear it from them. I'll have them in

491
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:22,640
for a meeting and explain to me exactly
the process of how much do you cut the

492
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:26,560
roots? What happens if we don't cut the
roots? What happens if we cut the roots

493
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:31,440
on one side and not the other side? What
happens if this tree falls in a year?

494
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:36,560
Are you liable because you made us keep
it or are we liable because we knew that

495
00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:40,800
it had to come down and we didn't take
it down?

496
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:44,160
» You'd have to come up here.
>> Yeah. Well, this is on Oh, then Mrs.

497
00:42:43,119 --> 00:42:49,319
Salado can say
>> I just I don't think you understand.

498
00:42:57,119 --> 00:43:03,680
» Okay. So, I'm just going to repeat uh
Mrs. Odon said that I don't understand

499
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:07,520
the value of tree. I'm just repeating
because people can't hear you. So, Mrs.

500
00:43:05,839 --> 00:43:11,240
Odin is saying that I don't understand
the value of trees.

501
00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:18,040
» If we didn't understand and the value of
trees.

502
00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:21,880
» If we didn't understand,

503
00:43:26,319 --> 00:43:33,599
» I'm sorry. You need to cut. This is the
problem. This is a board meeting.

504
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:36,960
» That's why I'm repeating what she's
saying. That's that's I'm trying Miss

505
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:41,119
Odin. I'm not I'm gonna have a
conversation with you. I'm repeating so

506
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:45,520
that the people at home can hear the
question that you asked. So what Miss

507
00:43:43,119 --> 00:43:50,160
Odin said was that I don't understand
the value of trees, that trees are good

508
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:54,880
for the environment, that global warming
is real. Um, that's basically the gist

509
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:57,359
of your comments. So
>> more important

510
00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:02,960
» and trees are more important than
concrete. do not want to live anymore

511
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:10,200
because
people don't come here and speak up

512
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,200
online.

513
00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:22,119
» Okay. So, Miss

514
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,640
» Okay.

515
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,720
Okay. Miss Odin stated,

516
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:39,640
» "Okay." All right. Um,

517
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:49,800
they create

518
00:44:53,280 --> 00:45:01,040
» I there is nothing that you said that I
disagree with. There is nothing that you

519
00:44:58,319 --> 00:45:05,440
said that I disagree with. Tree. The
only thing I disagree with is the first

520
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:08,960
comment that you that you made which is
that I don't understand the importance

521
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:15,040
of trees. So I do understand the
importance of trees. I do understand the

522
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:20,400
importance of trees. I do believe that
climate change is real. I do believe

523
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:25,040
that we should have trees in our
community. I do not want to turn the

524
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:33,920
village of Minnola into a concrete
jungle. I live here too. I've been here

525
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:40,560
for 49 years and the insinuation that we
don't believe in trees, we don't u like

526
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:45,920
trees, I just said we are planting 200
trees this year.

527
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:52,720
» Well, you know, the tree in front of
your house at one point was not 35 ft

528
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:57,599
tall. At one point it was a sapling. and
and there's whe whether we cut it down

529
00:45:55,760 --> 00:46:01,680
or not, the tree is not going to last
forever. At some point there will be a

530
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:04,680
new tree there.
So

531
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:12,240
» or or I just and you said to the So
first of all, and I've said this a bunch

532
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:17,440
of times, if you want anything done,
come here, call me. I meet with people

533
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:24,480
all the time. As I did the other day,
from 4 o'clock to 5:44 p.m. I sat here

534
00:46:21,839 --> 00:46:32,079
with a couple discussing exactly your
issue. Where things don't get resolved

535
00:46:28,079 --> 00:46:36,319
is on on social media because that I
don't look at it. I don't read it. I

536
00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:41,359
don't entertain it. People that come
down here like you, I will listen to

537
00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:44,800
you. I will hear you out. I will try to
help you and we'll work together. I

538
00:46:43,599 --> 00:46:49,359
don't know how many of those people even
know where 357 Wellington is. How many

539
00:46:47,119 --> 00:46:52,319
of them have actually seen your tree?
How many have actually been down there?

540
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:56,400
How many of them understand the
engineering as Mr. Stallato does? Maybe

541
00:46:54,480 --> 00:47:01,280
they do, maybe they don't. I don't know.
But until they come here and they speak

542
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:10,160
to us, it doesn't matter. Anybody can
say anything at any time anywhere.

543
00:47:06,079 --> 00:47:14,720
But and and this is my point. 17. You
said 17 homes on Wellington have signed

544
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:19,760
a petition
>> on our block

545
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:19,760
» on on your block. Right.

546
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:25,319
So where

547
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:42,359
» I I'm going to tell you that complaining
online is, you know, that's not that's

548
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:42,359
not going to get my attention. people's

549
00:47:44,079 --> 00:47:51,520
matter.
>> It does matter because I'll tell you

550
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:56,800
that about two people.
>> So So when we have hearings, come to the

551
00:47:54,000 --> 00:48:01,359
hearing. Come to the hearing.
>> Right.

552
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:05,599
» That's that's a good question. That's a
good question. That's that's a question

553
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:10,800
that I that I don't have an answer to.
But you certainly you can't argue that

554
00:48:08,319 --> 00:48:15,680
we're not a welcoming board and we
publicize our meetings. We meet three

555
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:20,640
times uh uh a month. Our meetings are
online. They're on YouTube. You know,

556
00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:24,079
there's not much more we can do other
than go and grabbing people out of their

557
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:29,680
house and and making them come down
here. But just two years ago, this room

558
00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:33,920
was full of people from Wellington Road,
south of Jericho. And you know what?

559
00:48:31,599 --> 00:48:38,400
They were here to get for us to pave
their road. And guess what? Those 50

560
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:44,079
people got their way because they didn't
waste their time online. They came here.

561
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:48,880
So your voice does matter. Not online,
here. So if you had 50 people from

562
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:53,200
Wellington here today and said, you know
what, we don't want our road paved. We'd

563
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:56,200
rather keep our trees. We would say
absolutely.

564
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:05,520
» They were notified of that. Yes.
Everybody got a a letter that the trees

565
00:49:03,119 --> 00:49:10,400
are coming down
>> and and I and I hate I I I don't want to

566
00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:17,920
speculate,
but there may be people on your block in

567
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:23,839
that part of the village that don't feel
the same way as you do about or don't

568
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:28,599
feel as strongly as you do about trees.
That that's a possibility.

569
00:49:25,359 --> 00:49:28,599
» That's true.

570
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:44,599
Well, we usually don't cut them for that
reason, but okay.

571
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:54,760
» No, they're eating my tomatoes instead.

572
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:59,000
» Okay.

573
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:14,760
I won't repeat that.

574
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:21,760
» But but that's but that's the point.
>> But Miss Holden, that's that's the point

575
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:26,559
you're making. You're making my point
for me that one size doesn't fit all and

576
00:50:24,559 --> 00:50:32,119
I can't please everybody, you know. So
you have on the one hand we have people

577
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:32,119
calling here

578
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:43,559
» well like like I said I think we agree
we agree more than we disagree. I can

579
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:43,559
tell you that honestly I can tell you

580
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:51,839
» you know I'm so sorry. I'm sorry when
you I agree with so much of what you're

581
00:50:50,319 --> 00:50:55,440
saying. I really, really do. And I
really wish that we were going to be

582
00:50:52,880 --> 00:51:00,319
able to say we could keep your tree, but
when you say nothing's being done about

583
00:50:57,119 --> 00:51:06,400
it, the amount of energy and time that
our mayor has put into your tree and all

584
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:10,720
the trees, but your tree specifically,
he has had hours of phone calls with our

585
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:15,839
engineers. He has come to the site in
the rain looking at your tree. All we

586
00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:21,760
wanted to do was save your tree as well
as other trees. But there comes a time

587
00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:26,720
when we're unnoticed now. We now are
aware of all the possible safety issues

588
00:51:24,319 --> 00:51:32,319
that could happen if we start leaving
these trees. Trees falling down, curbs

589
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:37,040
rising, people tripping, people who are
ADA need ADA compliant sidewalks not

590
00:51:34,720 --> 00:51:41,760
having that. We are now on notice and we
have to be responsible with our

591
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:45,040
taxpayers money to do the right thing.
and I am so sorry that your tree is

592
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:49,760
getting affected by this, but
unfortunately this is the situation

593
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:54,240
we're at. So, it's either we do nothing
and now we're all unnoticed and

594
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:58,960
something bad happens or we do something
that's going to benefit our village in

595
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,960
the long run.

596
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:03,960
storm

597
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:08,800
soarely.
>> It's besides that. If some, you know,

598
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:13,280
the the sidewalks are lifting and
there's a wheelchair or a person trips

599
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:18,880
and falls, you're going to be sued as
well as us.

600
00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:22,079
» I respect your opinion. I respect your
opinion, but until we sit up here and

601
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:27,440
say your tree is saved, you're not going
to be happy. And I'm sorry for that.

602
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:31,200
We're trying as much as we can.
So, so listen,

603
00:52:28,319 --> 00:52:36,160
» look, I'm I'm going to call DMB again
and we're going to see if there's yet

604
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:41,280
anything else that we can do.
>> Well, I'm not saying that we do

605
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:47,200
something that's against ADA. What I am
saying is that you could

606
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:52,240
cut a swath around the tree and if
there's not enough sidewalk left, you

607
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:55,680
could cut into a lawn a little bit
>> to give you the proper width.

608
00:52:54,000 --> 00:53:00,000
» Yeah. I don't I don't think we're
allowed to do that because that mixes,

609
00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:03,920
you know, private property,
>> but my property line is

610
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:07,280
» up in the lawn. It's not even
>> Yeah. Um so

611
00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:12,880
» so the village the village property
extends into my lawn lawn,

612
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:17,280
» right? This is where we're at right now.
Um as I said, your tree is not coming

613
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:23,839
down this month, not next month, not
this year. Um at the very earliest it

614
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:29,119
would be March or April of next year.
Um, in the meantime,

615
00:53:26,319 --> 00:53:36,160
good news is you're phase two, so that
does give us some time to see if there

616
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:40,480
are other um alternatives or for you to
rally your troops and say skip

617
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:46,000
Wellington.
>> Yeah, I appreciate your effort and the

618
00:53:42,559 --> 00:53:49,920
time you put in. I do.
>> It's an important issue to us and I'm

619
00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:57,040
glad that you're addressing us too. And
then just a totally different subject.

620
00:53:54,000 --> 00:54:01,440
You mentioned the 911 ceremony. I want
to thank you for doing that. I worked in

621
00:53:58,559 --> 00:54:06,160
Tower One for most of my career. I
wasn't there that day, but

622
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:10,960
» And I and I read your your um your
letter mentioned that you were

623
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:12,559
responsible for planting trees, not in
the plaza, but

624
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:16,880
» on the street
>> on the street. And

625
00:54:14,240 --> 00:54:20,640
» so I I read the letters. I get lots of
communication. And this is to my point.

626
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:24,000
You know what I don't read? Comments on
Facebook. You know what I do read?

627
00:54:22,240 --> 00:54:29,839
People who take the time to do this
because these people deserve my time,

628
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:36,480
deserve our time, and deserve our um
interest. And and and and certainly um

629
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:41,040
so I I I do want to commend you for
coming here repeatedly and for doing

630
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:46,960
what others didn't do, won't do, don't
want to do, don't care to do. Uh and I

631
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:51,359
respect that. I respect that. Um and and
again, if I can find a solution, if I

632
00:54:49,599 --> 00:54:56,319
could have found a solution already, we
wouldn't be here. We'd be at your house,

633
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:59,839
you know, drinking champagne. Um and and
maybe that that will still happen.

634
00:54:57,599 --> 00:55:03,680
» I mean, I still offer if as if the
village desires, I could meet with DNB.

635
00:55:02,559 --> 00:55:10,880
I mean, it's up to you guys.
>> Well, I I think we I do appreciate that,

636
00:55:06,559 --> 00:55:15,760
but um I I will say this and not to to
question your your credentials.

637
00:55:12,720 --> 00:55:20,880
oftentimes I when I meet with people,
well, you know, I work in construction

638
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:26,160
or I or I my cousin owns a tree company
or you know, like everybody everyone's

639
00:55:22,559 --> 00:55:30,079
an expert. I'm not an expert. Um, you
know, I'm not an engineer as I've said

640
00:55:27,599 --> 00:55:35,119
multiple times. So, I do appreciate
that. I'll mention that to them, but

641
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:37,520
understand that that opens up a a whole
>> I understand

642
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:43,520
» can of of worms.
>> I understand. But I I do appreciate and

643
00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:51,359
I want to say that I I do appreciate the
way that you have uh presented yourself,

644
00:55:47,359 --> 00:55:55,119
your decorum, your I think we've had a a
respectful dialogue and that's the way

645
00:55:53,440 --> 00:56:00,640
it should be. I want to thank you for
that. I appreciate um that that has

646
00:55:58,559 --> 00:56:05,200
happened and I'm glad that you came down
and and this is what we have these

647
00:56:02,240 --> 00:56:06,240
meetings for. So to be continued.
>> Okay.

648
00:56:05,599 --> 00:56:10,319
» Okay.
>> Thank you.

649
00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:15,440
» Thank you. I just want to
>> I I can u I can

650
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:17,200
» I can understand your passion. I can I
can feel your passion.

651
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:23,880
» I respect your passion.
>> I can feel your passion and you

652
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:23,880
certainly um Miss Thai Matus.

653
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:31,839
» Yep. Come on up. Okay. Uh is Miss Is it
Mr. or Mrs.

654
00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:35,400
» Oh. Okay. So when she's done you you
come out. Okay.

655
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:42,640
» Hi
Hi, mayor of Pereira, everyone. Uh, my

656
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:48,319
name is Laura Rad. I'm uh um on Mamm
Road and I just wanted to know, you

657
00:56:44,559 --> 00:56:54,880
know, so living in Minnola for 49 years
for me it lately we've seen so many

658
00:56:51,520 --> 00:57:02,160
changes and of course as residents it's
it's been upsetting buildings, trees,

659
00:56:57,359 --> 00:57:06,000
concrete change. Um, could you explain
to us,

660
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:09,680
you know, it it seems like there's so
many trees that have been removed, but

661
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:15,119
maybe it's just my eyes or maybe it's
the section. Is there a certain rotation

662
00:57:11,839 --> 00:57:19,119
or or trees planted say every 20 or 30
years and then they all uh rip up

663
00:57:17,599 --> 00:57:22,799
concrete? Is there some type of rotation
that we we know about that at least we

664
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:27,359
have an understanding?
>> Good good question. Um, and you class of

665
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:30,319
90
>> 94.

666
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:35,920
» 94. Okay. So my first year teaching you
were senior. Okay. Um very good because

667
00:57:33,359 --> 00:57:43,040
I remember the name. Um
so for example last year we did

668
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:50,000
Wellington Road and Garfield south of um
Jericho Turnpike. So last year 25 this

669
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:53,200
year in November, December we will plant
because that's what you you plant the

670
00:57:51,359 --> 00:57:56,960
trees when they're dormant like leading
up into the winter so that when the

671
00:57:54,720 --> 00:58:03,119
spring comes they've kind of established
themselves and they should grow at that

672
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:08,079
point. So that's how we do it. So two
years ago we did Colonial down by

673
00:58:05,839 --> 00:58:13,760
Hampton Stadium and and um you know
those dead ends uh Hampton Street,

674
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:19,599
Plymouth, etc. And then we planted last
year the trees. So it's so that's one

675
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:24,319
year behind when we just cut trees
because they're diseased because you

676
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:29,359
know large branches came off or a
resident uh requested for a variety of

677
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:34,559
reasons bringing up the sidewalk in the
sewer lines etc which it does happen.

678
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:40,880
We'll cut down that tree. We'll let the
um the stump usually dry like for about

679
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:46,960
a year. come back, ground the the stump
down. If the um utilities are nowhere

680
00:58:45,119 --> 00:58:51,839
near there, we'll usually plant the tree
back relatively in the same spot. If

681
00:58:50,559 --> 00:58:56,640
some of these things grow into
utilities, whether it's, you know, gas

682
00:58:53,359 --> 00:59:05,440
or water or or sewer, we'll will move
the tree. Um so there isn't a um a a

683
00:59:02,559 --> 00:59:11,200
cycle per se of 20 or 30 years. We will
I will say this that 50 60 years ago the

684
00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:16,079
village planted trees that we grew up
with that probably should not have been

685
00:59:13,359 --> 00:59:22,640
planted oaks
u you know uh sycamores etc. um that

686
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:28,400
were way too big. So when those trees
get cut down obviously you lose a big

687
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:32,400
tree. We replace them with trees that
will never get that big. And how long do

688
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:38,359
you feel as though the trees that you're
planting now, what is their lifespan?

689
00:59:35,359 --> 00:59:38,359
» Plenty.

690
00:59:58,079 --> 01:00:04,240
few years ago
never

691
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:07,520
» and and we do have and I'm sorry I
should have asked Mr. plumber to come

692
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:12,720
up. But what he said is that trees that
we plant now grow to about 30 35 feet

693
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:16,799
and that we may take them down.
Sometimes there's diseases that go

694
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:22,480
around. You may have seen and we got
criticized. I remember um probably about

695
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:28,079
15 years ago where we trimmed back all
the trees on Manila Boulevard between

696
01:00:24,319 --> 01:00:31,520
Jericho and the station. And for like a
couple of months, it just looked like

697
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:33,920
these sticks sticking up. And people
thought that we were crazy. But that's

698
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:38,960
actually how you make the tree
healthier, right? Because it sprouts new

699
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:42,720
growth. Those of us that own fig trees,
that's kind of what you're supposed to

700
01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:47,920
do is you trim so that the tree doesn't
get big so that that the strength uh

701
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:53,359
kind of stays compact. Um so we do trim
trees to keep them healthier, to keep

702
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:58,160
them uh out of the wires, uh to keep
them uh from overgrowing. And sometimes

703
01:00:56,240 --> 01:01:01,599
you know trees for example if they
develop a branch like this I I don't

704
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:06,880
want to I don't know if is it the crotch
of the tree the crotch of the tree right

705
01:01:04,079 --> 01:01:10,799
so the crotch of the tree water gets
there sits there and it begins to rot

706
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:15,520
and then that's when a lot of times
you'll see trees in in not such big

707
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:21,599
storms they'll just snap like at that
point. Um, so we trim them to try to

708
01:01:18,319 --> 01:01:27,040
avoid that situation or if we see that a
tree is beginning to rot exactly that we

709
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:31,680
may take it down preemptively. So to
answer your question, we do have a

710
01:01:29,359 --> 01:01:37,680
system for replacing trees that we take
down um as part of a road reconstruction

711
01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:42,559
project, usually the following year. We
do have a a protocol for replacing trees

712
01:01:40,799 --> 01:01:46,640
that we take down when we just take down
a tree here and a tree there. usually

713
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:51,280
again the year after, but then things
come up, you know, we have storms and

714
01:01:49,119 --> 01:01:56,880
trees fall or or there may be an
emergency or maybe where somebody has to

715
01:01:54,000 --> 01:02:00,799
be to the to the top of the list. But
again,

716
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:05,680
if you go upstairs, we have for the last
40 or 50 years been designated Tree City

717
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:09,359
USA. In order to do that, we have to
plant a certain number of trees. We have

718
01:02:07,280 --> 01:02:14,160
to do a certain number of things and we
do them. This year, we're going to plant

719
01:02:11,359 --> 01:02:16,880
200 trees. 80 of them we're getting from
the town, so it's not costing us

720
01:02:15,599 --> 01:02:20,400
anything and they're going to plant
them. We're not going to plant them. Um,

721
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:25,440
but they're going to plant them in the
village. In Memorial Park, uh, we used

722
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:30,240
to have some beautiful large trees. Last
year, one of them was hit by lightning.

723
01:02:27,520 --> 01:02:35,040
I remember. Um, and we had to take it
down, but we replaced it. Did we replace

724
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:38,480
it with a 60oot tree? No, we didn't
replace it with a 60oot tree because,

725
01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:41,200
you know, you're
>> not doing that anymore. So,

726
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:45,119
» well, that that's that. Thank you for
the explanation because it clears things

727
01:02:42,559 --> 01:02:48,160
up. You know, I think people have this
idea, you know, you're walking down the

728
01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:52,319
street and saying, "Hey, that's a
smaller tree. That pavement's not, you

729
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:58,240
know, ripped up. This tree seemed
healthy." But I think maybe to explain

730
01:02:56,160 --> 01:03:00,799
what you just did, I know it cleared
some of the the concerns I had. And I'm

731
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:06,880
I'm
>> I can't tell you how many times and and

732
01:03:03,839 --> 01:03:14,240
usually Mr. Palumbo and Mr. Ina before
him was the the messenger where people

733
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:18,400
ask with with the same passion that we
just heard about saving trees. People

734
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:22,400
come to us with the same passion to take
down the trees from something as trivial

735
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:26,240
as I don't like the color of the leaves
falling on my car to a branch fell on it

736
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:31,599
once, whatever. And you know what we
tell them more often than not? No. We

737
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:35,039
say no. Is it disease? No. Is it
dangerous? No. Is it bumping out the

738
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:39,280
curb? No. Is it raising the sidewalk?
No. Is it in your water man? No. Is it

739
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:44,559
in your sewer main? No. Yeah, perfectly
healthy tree. Sorry. And then I get beat

740
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:49,440
up on social media for that. So, you
know, and then people,

741
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:54,400
oh, I've been on the tree list for two
years. So this year we used our uh

742
01:03:52,079 --> 01:04:00,319
concrete requirements contract to
actually put into a contract to have an

743
01:03:57,119 --> 01:04:03,280
outside tree cutting place because the
same people that cut down the trees are

744
01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:06,559
the same people who plow your snow, the
same people who fill your potholes, the

745
01:04:04,799 --> 01:04:10,319
same people who cut the grass at the
parks, the same people who get us ready

746
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:15,200
for street fairs and parades. So, you
know, everything happens, you know, the

747
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:20,319
pool season, the spring cleaning season,
the winter season, the leaf season. And

748
01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:26,640
these are the same 20 some odd guys who
do all of this. Uh, so what we did is we

749
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:32,000
put about $130,000,
>> a little bit more into catching up on

750
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:35,559
that tree list. We were about two or
three years behind.

751
01:04:36,079 --> 01:04:39,240
» Oh, that's

752
01:04:40,319 --> 01:04:47,440
spread out,
>> right? And so now what we hope is we

753
01:04:44,559 --> 01:04:52,000
caught up and now we'll just take down
those trees that are diseased, that are,

754
01:04:49,839 --> 01:04:57,680
you know, dangerous for whatever reason
they have to come down. So now we should

755
01:04:53,599 --> 01:05:03,520
be on a more, you know, even even pace,
but yet replacing every single tree that

756
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:07,760
we cut down. Uh, Miss Trusty Salowski
was just telling me uh that there were

757
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:13,200
people on Wellington who don't want a
tree put back. They beg us to not put a

758
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:16,880
tree back. Great. You cut this tree down
and we hated it. We don't want one. And

759
01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:19,839
you know what we tell them? Too bad.
You're getting one.

760
01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:22,079
So,
>> it's got to be a happy medium. So, thank

761
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:26,079
you.
>> Thank you for the explanation.

762
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:31,240
» Thank you, Mr. Matus.
>> Am I pronouncing that correctly? That's

763
01:05:27,599 --> 01:05:31,240
right. Yep. Thank you.

764
01:05:38,799 --> 01:05:43,760
Sorry to keep you waiting.
>> No, it's okay. Interesting.

765
01:05:42,799 --> 01:05:48,400
» I think so.
>> Yeah. Um,

766
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:52,720
uh, sorry. Good evening. My name's Ty.
I'm a minola resident, a neighbor of,

767
01:05:50,799 --> 01:05:56,160
uh, Mr. Card. So,
>> sorry about that.

768
01:05:53,599 --> 01:06:02,480
» No, he's he's great.
Um, I'm here because uh some people on

769
01:06:00,720 --> 01:06:07,119
my street, Argo Road, we've become
increasingly concerned about some

770
01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:13,440
dangerous driving on our street and some
surrounding streets uh multiple times a

771
01:06:09,119 --> 01:06:18,319
day and at night. We we see cars coming
down the block at high speeds. We've

772
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:24,880
hear tires screeching and uh drivers
regularly fail to stop at the stop sign.

773
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:30,400
Um and several of our neighbors have
noticed it and are as concern are as

774
01:06:27,359 --> 01:06:35,119
concerned as we are as well. Uh our
street connects with Hillside Avenue and

775
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:39,680
it's become apparent that drivers are
being routed through these residential

776
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:44,799
neighborhood streets as a shortcut
whether it be Google Maps or Apple Maps

777
01:06:41,599 --> 01:06:48,400
or ways you know but we have children uh
families walking kids on bikes and pets

778
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:53,839
on this block and we're getting worried
that you know a serious accident could

779
01:06:50,319 --> 01:06:58,880
happen. So, we were just going to ask if
the village could look into this and

780
01:06:55,359 --> 01:07:03,039
consider a traffic safety study or um
we're open to suggestions, but any kind

781
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:06,480
of appropriate traffic calming measures,
whether it be

782
01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:11,280
uh
>> you know the signs that show the speed

783
01:07:08,480 --> 01:07:13,359
or um some kind of enforcement or just
I'll look into it. I'm I'm open to

784
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:17,680
suggestions.
>> Okay. Um thank you. And this is also

785
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:22,240
personal to me because my brother and my
mother live on that block as well.

786
01:07:19,359 --> 01:07:24,480
» Okay. Um, so I am there a lot.
>> Yeah.

787
01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:27,440
» Um, I try not to go in front of Mr.
Casado's house. Um,

788
01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:31,599
» he's a great neighbor.
>> Yeah, absolutely. He cuts everybody's

789
01:07:29,039 --> 01:07:34,000
grass and you know, or used to used to
cut everybody's lawn.

790
01:07:32,799 --> 01:07:39,599
» I used to. Not anymore.
>> Not anymore. Um, now my brother does it.

791
01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:43,119
Um, but I have noticed that and I do
notice and you're absolutely right. It

792
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:48,960
is somewhat of a cutthrough. Often times
I also see people coming um out of

793
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:54,799
Watkins. Yep. you know, and just like
there's no stop sign there because it's

794
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:59,039
kind of makes a turn. Um, we did have um
a gentleman who was hit there while

795
01:07:56,720 --> 01:08:05,119
running, Mr. Coo, a couple about a year
ago. We have it on video um the driver,

796
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:09,680
» but a local person. So, a lot of times
the people that are speeding are your

797
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:14,720
neighbors. Yes. Okay. Uh I mean, not Mr.
Casado. I've seen him drive. You can

798
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:18,799
walk faster. Um but a lot of times it is
people, kids, etc. And in this case, it

799
01:08:16,799 --> 01:08:23,040
was someone there who was on their phone
and and hit this gentleman. I I actually

800
01:08:21,359 --> 01:08:28,319
saw the video and it was pretty scary.
Thankfully, he popped right up and he he

801
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:31,440
was fine. So, I am going to say that
>> two things we're going to do.

802
01:08:29,839 --> 01:08:35,600
» Number one, my first thing tomorrow
morning is we're going to call the

803
01:08:32,719 --> 01:08:38,960
police uh third precinct, have them put
a little bit more attention there

804
01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:43,759
because often times it's about
re-education and and people kind of,

805
01:08:42,400 --> 01:08:47,279
» okay, there's going to be a cop there.
So, that's number one. Number two, I'm

806
01:08:45,359 --> 01:08:51,120
going to ask Mr. Palumbo. We do have
those signs that we can take from one

807
01:08:49,359 --> 01:08:55,520
part of the village to the other that
say how fast uh people are going and

808
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:58,159
sometimes you need to be reminded.
Sometimes you're not even, you know,

809
01:08:56,880 --> 01:09:05,120
you're distracted. You're like, "Oh my
god, I'm going 38 miles an hour down the

810
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:10,880
street." So, we'll do that. Um, and then
beyond that, we we are looking at I've

811
01:09:08,319 --> 01:09:16,400
noticed in some in some areas where they
actually write the word stop on the

812
01:09:13,440 --> 01:09:22,880
pavement. before the stop sign.
>> Sometimes that's an additional, you

813
01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:27,199
know, reminder or things like rumble
strips, like when you approach a toll

814
01:09:24,799 --> 01:09:32,080
booth, you know, that kind of reminds
you to slow down. Um, so we're looking

815
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:36,319
at different traffic coming devices. I
know everyone would want a speed bump,

816
01:09:33,759 --> 01:09:42,880
but speed bumps bring up all other kinds
of issues and problems and and liability

817
01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:49,040
and and um it just not as practical,
especially on a street that short. But

818
01:09:46,159 --> 01:09:53,440
um absolutely um number one, we're going
to call the third precinct yes tomorrow

819
01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:57,920
and ask them to focus for the next
couple of weeks there. Maybe a little

820
01:09:55,679 --> 01:10:04,640
re-education. And number two, if we have
one of those um cameras, we will uh post

821
01:10:01,840 --> 01:10:08,320
one there. Um and again, hopefully, and
especially now because you do have a lot

822
01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:15,120
of kids on that block, school has
started, school bus stops, you know, I

823
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:18,719
see it. Um so it's certainly um it has
not gone unnoticed for sure.

824
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:22,400
» It's probably why I'm concerned. I have
a one-year-old at home now, so um I

825
01:10:21,440 --> 01:10:24,960
don't think I was thinking about it
before, but now he's starting to walk

826
01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:30,480
around. You start you start looking at
the world differently. happen one 100%

827
01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:33,920
and as you should. So, uh thank you for
bringing that to our attention and we'll

828
01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:35,600
uh we'll certainly try to do something
to mitigate it.

829
01:10:34,640 --> 01:10:41,159
» I appreciate you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.

830
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:41,159
» See you in the morning.

831
01:10:41,199 --> 01:10:45,880
» U Mrs. Patton.

832
01:10:54,320 --> 01:11:04,719
» Hello. Uh Terry Patton, 213 Roosevelt
Avenue. We have a situation on our block

833
01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:09,920
that is starting to get out of control.
I am zoned R3. So two family houses can

834
01:11:08,159 --> 01:11:14,880
be built.
There are now two houses that are up for

835
01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:22,000
being made two family homes that don't
have the 75 by 100 space. There is a

836
01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:25,719
loophole in the code that is now being
taken advantage of.

837
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:35,679
This is only my second time ever coming
to a meeting. The first time was to

838
01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:40,080
fight a two family house being built.
That was denied because it was on a 50

839
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:44,719
by 100 lot.
Our block is super busy.

840
01:11:42,239 --> 01:11:48,159
» Had to have been before 2008.
>> Nope. It was

841
01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:50,960
2023.
>> So not here though.

842
01:11:49,679 --> 01:11:54,640
» Not No Man.
>> No. No. No. But not at this board.

843
01:11:52,880 --> 01:12:00,000
» No. No, I was at the zoning board.
>> Oh, zoning board. Okay.

844
01:11:56,000 --> 01:12:05,679
» So, um, one of the houses already that's
on 58 by 100 has already been turned

845
01:12:02,719 --> 01:12:12,320
into a two family with no variances
required because of this loophole

846
01:12:08,239 --> 01:12:18,960
section B. Um, and the next house, which
is on 50 by 100, wants to be a two

847
01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:25,360
family house. and because of this code
that's in now um they are taking

848
01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:31,280
advantage of it. So basically I was told
any house within our block can become a

849
01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:34,800
two family house without going for a
variant. Obviously you'd have to go for

850
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:40,960
the construction
>> part. Um the very end of our block is

851
01:12:38,719 --> 01:12:46,239
commercially zoned so we have a lot of
traffic that comes from there.

852
01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:51,360
» I'm sorry Pat. Are you between um the
Roosevelt but between what? Jackson and

853
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:52,960
» Jackson and Lincoln. No, Jackson and
Clinton.

854
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:58,480
» Clinton. Okay.
>> Um basically all our houses are smaller

855
01:12:56,320 --> 01:13:04,480
regular houses. Now we have a little
McMansion and now they're creeping down

856
01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:10,880
this way. Um I figured this would be a
great place to come. How do we get this

857
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:16,560
clause taken out of a billing? What is
the procedure to get this clause

858
01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:21,199
removed? In fact, it you guys were all
sent you all you guys you were all sent

859
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:27,280
letters uh by my neighbor Barbara Bourne
that talked about the two houses

860
01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:34,239
» that were by the same owner. Pat Kesler
had both plots. So, it wasn't a

861
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:38,960
subdivided plot. and now they're one of
them is up for

862
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:42,960
um no construction's happened yet
because they haven't gone to the uh

863
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:47,199
zoning meetings in the last two months.
>> Okay.

864
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:52,320
» Uh this is so as you correctly stated,
we don't deal with with zoning. That's

865
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:57,840
the board of zoning and appeals. Um and
I presume that that's where they're

866
01:13:54,239 --> 01:14:02,080
going. Um so,
>> you know, and Mr. Mr. I figured with the

867
01:13:59,760 --> 01:14:07,040
lawyer here, he might be able to say,
"How do you go about getting this

868
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:11,920
loophole changed because it's going to
drastically change?"

869
01:14:09,280 --> 01:14:18,080
» But I would think I would think um so
what I've been told for for many years

870
01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:24,080
that it's nearly impossible to change
zoning. That's Mr. Gibbons will correct

871
01:14:20,560 --> 01:14:30,400
me if I'm if I'm wrong. Um, but even if
we could change that wouldn't

872
01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:33,199
necessarily affect these applicants,
these two applicants that you're talking

873
01:14:31,679 --> 01:14:37,120
about or is it two or is it one?
>> Well, it's one one hasn't done their one

874
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:41,760
hasn't touched the house yet.
>> Okay. So, I I would presume that they

875
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:43,440
would be like grandfathered in. So, your
house is a one family house,

876
01:14:43,120 --> 01:14:49,600
» correct?
>> On a 50 by 500 y. Um, I know the area

877
01:14:47,199 --> 01:14:53,280
and I know that it is R3 and I know that
there is a significant number of two

878
01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:57,199
family houses there. I don't know what
the percentage is, but I I do know that

879
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:59,360
there are two family houses. So, Mr.
Gibbons, do you do you have this thing?

880
01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:02,719
» I do.
>> Okay. So, what what So, you're asking

881
01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:07,679
how do we change this,
>> right? How do we how do we not have the

882
01:15:04,640 --> 01:15:11,120
loophole be taken advantage of where now
we're going to have two family homes on

883
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:17,120
50 by 100 lots,
>> right? I I think the genesis of that

884
01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:24,560
provision was 25 years ago or so when
they upzone the area to require a

885
01:15:21,679 --> 01:15:28,239
extended frontage.
People were up in arms saying, "Hey,

886
01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:34,000
listen. I have a property right now
where I can put a two family in this R

887
01:15:31,199 --> 01:15:40,000
zone." and they put this provision in
that if you were single and separate,

888
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:45,679
you know, oc October 1990, that you
don't lose that right to have a two

889
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:51,040
family in the R3.
>> No matter what size lot.

890
01:15:48,480 --> 01:15:54,960
» I I think it's I think it's 50, right?
>> Five 5,000

891
01:15:52,159 --> 01:15:59,600
» 5,000 square feet. 50 by 100 by 100.
>> Yeah.

892
01:15:55,440 --> 01:16:03,760
» Um so if I understand So I own a house
before 1990.

893
01:16:01,679 --> 01:16:11,440
That's 50 by 100. Mr. Casado next door
owns a house 50 by 100. It's in the R3.

894
01:16:08,080 --> 01:16:15,920
30 years later, the person can build a
two family on my law.

895
01:16:14,159 --> 01:16:19,679
» Yes. Subject to, you know,
>> but what if the property was bought

896
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:22,480
after 1990?
>> I'm sorry.

897
01:16:20,239 --> 01:16:26,800
» If the property was purchased after
1990,

898
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:31,360
» it doesn't apply. Correct. was under
different ownership from that of

899
01:16:28,560 --> 01:16:36,800
» if it was single and separate,
meaning it existed. It wasn't owned by

900
01:16:34,640 --> 01:16:40,400
the same individuals
that they have the right

901
01:16:38,960 --> 01:16:45,199
» but the new owners have the right.
>> The new owners have the right. Ownership

902
01:16:42,480 --> 01:16:47,520
ne ownership never matters in zoning.
You know, it always runs with the land,

903
01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:52,080
not the individual,
>> right?

904
01:16:49,040 --> 01:16:56,880
So if the person owned both lots
>> then they would merge

905
01:16:55,360 --> 01:16:58,480
and they would not be single and
separate.

906
01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:01,600
» Correct.
>> Did they have a merge

907
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:04,239
» houses next to each other?
>> Yes.

908
01:17:02,560 --> 01:17:08,239
» And did they have a merge?
>> It was the same homeowner.

909
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:12,239
» But do they have a merge?
>> And and that would I I would think that

910
01:17:10,400 --> 01:17:18,159
would be your subject at the zoning
hearing. Has that been scheduled?

911
01:17:14,159 --> 01:17:23,199
» Um yes. But what is scheduled is not
whether it can be a two family or not.

912
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:27,520
What's only on the zoning is to make it
they want to go bigger than what's

913
01:17:25,280 --> 01:17:34,000
allowed.
>> Right. So what we did what we did to to

914
01:17:29,520 --> 01:17:36,800
your point is here we did pass um first
floor area.

915
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:40,320
» Yes. That I understand. So they're going
they are going for

916
01:17:38,719 --> 01:17:44,880
» a variance to make it bigger than
allowed. That I understand.

917
01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:48,880
» But is it a two family today?
Okay. Well, that's the that's the

918
01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:52,880
argument I would pose then.
>> But are there two families on that block

919
01:17:51,199 --> 01:17:57,280
on 50 by 100?
>> No. Well, now there is on the 58 by 100

920
01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:58,800
» besides that one. There's no no other
one.

921
01:17:57,679 --> 01:18:04,880
» No.
>> You know that for sure.

922
01:18:02,400 --> 01:18:06,719
A and again I say this not having looked
at anything

923
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:11,760
» because I don't represent
>> I'm just asking for things to get more

924
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:16,960
looked into because if this has happened
with one house already is now 58 by 100

925
01:18:14,640 --> 01:18:20,320
is now a two family with no variances.
We were never notified. So there was a

926
01:18:18,960 --> 01:18:27,679
loophole there.
>> Now it's the next house. Same owners

927
01:18:24,480 --> 01:18:31,520
family owners bought this one. That
means every house on our block could

928
01:18:29,280 --> 01:18:38,000
become a two family. Where are we
putting all these cars? Where are if if

929
01:18:35,679 --> 01:18:43,600
our block would be out of control? It's
already so busy right now with the

930
01:18:40,960 --> 01:18:46,560
commercial that creeps up on our end.
>> So, um

931
01:18:45,360 --> 01:18:50,480
» that's why I'm asking for help. My
understanding my understanding and and

932
01:18:48,640 --> 01:18:58,400
I've never served on a board of zoning
and appeals is what I've been told and

933
01:18:54,080 --> 01:19:03,840
understood is that things have to be in
keeping with the character of the area.

934
01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:09,040
So in other words, let's say there are
13 houses on the block. If seven of them

935
01:19:06,239 --> 01:19:14,320
are two family, then that's relatively
keeping within like I've heard this a

936
01:19:10,960 --> 01:19:19,360
lot is when we subdivide when when
subdivisions have happened. So there was

937
01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:24,400
a 120 by 100 lot and some guy came in
and made 340s by 100, right? And people

938
01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:27,920
are like up in arms. And then you go to
find out that every other house on the

939
01:19:26,159 --> 01:19:35,120
block is 40 by 100.
>> No, we have a mix of 75 by 100 and 50 by

940
01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:41,840
100. The 75 by 100s are two families and
then the 50 by 100s are single families.

941
01:19:39,199 --> 01:19:45,440
» Right. I I mean I I I know the
neighborhood. I can't see

942
01:19:43,679 --> 01:19:51,600
» the houses, but
>> is there a a way

943
01:19:48,239 --> 01:19:53,840
that this code doesn't get taken
advantage of

944
01:19:52,320 --> 01:19:57,520
» from here on out?
>> Well, the one house hasn't hasn't been

945
01:19:55,679 --> 01:20:03,280
approved for their to made bigger. So, I
would love to see that stay a single

946
01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:07,120
family. Um, I just didn't know which
where to go.

947
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:09,520
» Mr. Gibbons, if we wanted to change 4B
here, would we do this or

948
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:15,679
» Yes,
>> we do it. Okay. But I would think and

949
01:20:12,159 --> 01:20:20,880
again I I'm not an attorney that because
they put in their application

950
01:20:18,159 --> 01:20:24,400
like we can't retroactively
>> No, I no I understand that

951
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:28,719
» what we can do is prevent
>> you know anyone else because so this

952
01:20:25,840 --> 01:20:34,159
this board addressed what we saw with
our eyes

953
01:20:30,640 --> 01:20:36,560
deputy mayor Sartorii speaking of Mr.
The house next door to him

954
01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:38,960
» is a castle
>> is tremendous.

955
01:20:37,679 --> 01:20:43,040
» It's a castle.
>> I don't like it either. We didn't like

956
01:20:40,640 --> 01:20:48,719
it. We didn't know it. We didn't see it.
That went to the BCA. But it was houses

957
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:54,880
like that that prompted us to put in
place the GFA the I understand which

958
01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:59,120
now. So I guess the question and again
all this has to be in BCA and I don't

959
01:20:57,120 --> 01:21:04,719
want to step on their toes. They're the
ones that that do this. Um, is is your

960
01:21:03,199 --> 01:21:08,159
issue
with the size or with the fact that it's

961
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:12,719
two family?
>> If if Minola says that you can build if

962
01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:17,520
you have 50 by 100 lot and you can build
up to 2500 square ft, great. Build that

963
01:21:15,520 --> 01:21:20,239
big. The house right now is 1,200 square
feet.

964
01:21:18,239 --> 01:21:22,560
» So, it's doubling in size. So, already
it's going to be made bigger. But that's

965
01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:23,920
the law,
>> right?

966
01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:26,800
» If they want the varian,
>> which by the way is much better than it

967
01:21:25,520 --> 01:21:31,679
was ago.
>> 100%. And if they want to make it

968
01:21:29,679 --> 01:21:35,280
bigger, which they do, they'll go in
front of the zoning board. They missed

969
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:39,440
out for the last two months. They
adjourned. Then the zoning board will

970
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:44,800
either approve it. I'll be there saying,
"I don't want it bigger than 2500 square

971
01:21:41,440 --> 01:21:50,800
foot." My issue is we don't need more
two family homes on small lots. If you

972
01:21:49,199 --> 01:21:54,080
think of parking,
>> you know, in front of your house, how

973
01:21:52,719 --> 01:22:00,400
many cars can you fit in front of your
house? Well, now you have tenants. Now

974
01:21:57,120 --> 01:22:04,320
you have another set of cars already.
The house next door that was approved

975
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:07,600
without a variance because of this
loophole.

976
01:22:06,080 --> 01:22:13,199
It's already built. There's nothing I
can do about that. I would love to see

977
01:22:10,159 --> 01:22:17,760
something happen with this little house
that it doesn't become a two family and

978
01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:25,120
I will be there at the meeting to
address how big it is. Um, but with this

979
01:22:22,480 --> 01:22:29,520
in the code, apparently there's this
loophole that people are going around

980
01:22:27,679 --> 01:22:33,840
the 75 by 100.
>> I'm sorry. What they're what the

981
01:22:31,280 --> 01:22:37,040
application is that on the 50 by 100. Is
it an application for just a larger home

982
01:22:35,760 --> 01:22:41,280
or for a two family?
>> Oh, no. It's already been told to me

983
01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:44,000
that it will be a two family home.
>> The application is for a two family.

984
01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:47,199
» Well,
>> so if we change this, that application

985
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:50,800
is already in as a two family. I don't
know how it would become a two family

986
01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:54,239
home when it's it was a single family
home. It's in Nassau County records as a

987
01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:57,120
single family home.
>> But in the two family zone,

988
01:22:55,840 --> 01:23:02,719
» but it's in the two family zone.
>> Right. So

989
01:22:58,800 --> 01:23:09,440
» that's where this wanted to um taint
anything. But I I think that

990
01:23:06,639 --> 01:23:13,360
the question becomes, well, I'm in the
two family zone. It's not like I'm

991
01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:17,600
trying to build a two family house
>> in the one family zone,

992
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:21,920
» right? I'm in the zone where this is
permitted. Um, and to your point, maybe

993
01:23:20,080 --> 01:23:27,280
we do need to take a look at this, but
you can't blame people for,

994
01:23:24,480 --> 01:23:33,520
» you know, using the the what's
permitted. I I don't know why in 1990

995
01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:39,760
the board decided to do this. I I don't
know what what the reasoning was. Uh,

996
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:44,400
and and I don't anticipate that all of a
sudden, you know, you you live there.

997
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:47,280
You're not turning your house into a two
family.

998
01:23:45,280 --> 01:23:48,800
» No, but who you know that's a that's a
great selling point,

999
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:52,320
» right?
>> I want to sell my house. Listen, you can

1000
01:23:50,639 --> 01:23:56,239
make it a two family,
>> right?

1001
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:58,159
» So, where where does it stop is my
question.

1002
01:23:56,639 --> 01:24:03,280
» Well, it stops when you don't live in a
two family zone,

1003
01:24:00,480 --> 01:24:08,560
» but when it's always been you needed 75
by 100 to build a two family home.

1004
01:24:06,480 --> 01:24:10,239
» I mean, I'm taking you at your word. I I
don't know.

1005
01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:15,920
» I mean, I've been there. I've been on my
block 32 years. So I, you know, I'd like

1006
01:24:12,719 --> 01:24:21,679
to study why they felt the need to put
this in in 1990 or whenever it was.

1007
01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:27,520
There had to have been a reason,
>> right? So I my request is to be able to

1008
01:24:24,480 --> 01:24:31,679
via a lawyer to look at that code a
little more carefully, especially with

1009
01:24:29,199 --> 01:24:36,080
the house that I'm talking about, um,
and see what can be done because

1010
01:24:33,920 --> 01:24:40,639
construction has not started on it. They
have not been approved for anything yet.

1011
01:24:38,719 --> 01:24:45,280
So, I'd rather see something happen
before any construction happens.

1012
01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:50,560
» I I do believe that we would have to
notice and have a hearing or No.

1013
01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:53,760
» Yes. It would be a local law to amend
the code section.

1014
01:24:52,080 --> 01:24:56,480
» Uh and you said when when is the
hearing?

1015
01:24:54,480 --> 01:25:02,239
» The end of September.
>> Yeah. So, I I don't think that this

1016
01:24:59,199 --> 01:25:05,920
board would be able to act
>> that quickly. There's a process. we have

1017
01:25:04,239 --> 01:25:09,520
to notice then we'd have to have a
hearing and then we have to you know

1018
01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:14,639
there's there's a pro what we could do
is look at this and if we decide that we

1019
01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:20,560
do want to uh close this loophole for
future development I mean I think you

1020
01:25:18,480 --> 01:25:25,040
know lose the battle to win the war kind
of mentality. Um and that's that's what

1021
01:25:22,880 --> 01:25:30,880
we did with the GFA like we couldn't go
back and tell Mr. Casado's neighbor Mr.

1022
01:25:27,840 --> 01:25:35,679
London's neighbor that, you know, hey,
you know, cut the uh top off your house

1023
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:41,199
when he had already started. What we did
and what we can do, and it's it's had

1024
01:25:39,120 --> 01:25:47,360
some unintended consequences because
there are not every person who wants to

1025
01:25:44,719 --> 01:25:50,800
expand their house is a developer who's
looking to flip it. You know, some

1026
01:25:48,880 --> 01:25:54,400
people actually live in it. They are
family. they they had a child, they had

1027
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:58,960
a second child, so they want to, you
know, blow out the the cape or whatever

1028
01:25:56,639 --> 01:26:04,639
it is. And we don't want to punish those
people, right? But we also at the same

1029
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:07,280
time want to kind of uh rein in uh the
people who are just in it

1030
01:26:06,320 --> 01:26:14,960
» to make money,
>> right? So, but but in this case,

1031
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:19,120
» you know what? I'll give them trees and
I'll take zoning. Okay. And and on the

1032
01:26:17,199 --> 01:26:22,320
tree note, I want to say um
>> there was somebody from your block here

1033
01:26:20,480 --> 01:26:25,600
talking about cutting down. They they
argued about cutting down a tree. Was it

1034
01:26:24,080 --> 01:26:26,320
your tree that was going into the sewer?
No.

1035
01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:29,679
» No.
>> No.

1036
01:26:27,040 --> 01:26:33,840
» We have little trees. Um that it is
important to take care of your sidewalks

1037
01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:37,840
as I'm a runner and I run on West Berry
Avenue and in March I fractured both my

1038
01:26:36,239 --> 01:26:42,400
arms from a lifted sidewalk.
>> You should run on Wellington.

1039
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:46,719
» It's not my loop, but um I appreciate
it. So, how um

1040
01:26:44,480 --> 01:26:48,639
» Oh, well, we're going to talk and I
mean, you just gave us this, so we're

1041
01:26:48,320 --> 01:26:52,239
going to look.
>> No, no, I didn't know if um

1042
01:26:50,800 --> 01:26:55,440
» it's our board.
>> Excellent. Yes. Thank you.

1043
01:26:54,239 --> 01:26:59,040
» Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. To change the
zoning is our board.

1044
01:26:57,120 --> 01:27:00,639
» But to address that particular
>> Oh, no. No. I'll be at the zoning

1045
01:27:00,080 --> 01:27:04,560
meeting.
>> That's not us. Thank you.

1046
01:27:02,560 --> 01:27:09,840
» Okay. Thank you, Miss Patton.
>> Anybody else wishes to speak? Okay. I'll

1047
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:13,120
entertain a motion to close uh the
public meeting.

1048
01:27:10,960 --> 01:27:17,199
» Motion. Motion by Deputy MR Choice,
seconded by Trusty Cassado in favor. I

1049
01:27:15,440 --> 01:27:22,880
opposed. Motion carries.
>> Friday sounds on second.

1050
01:27:20,480 --> 01:27:28,280
» Friday, September 11th, 6 o'clock at
Memorial Park. Hope to see you there.

1051
01:27:24,320 --> 01:27:28,280
Thank you. Have a great night, everyone.

1052
01:27:32,880 --> 01:27:36,440
» It didn't record.

1053
01:27:36,960 --> 01:27:41,360
» I know. suffer. Yeah.