[0:15] Welcome everyone to the first regular board meeting in the Army Municipal Center.

[0:22] Let the register show that we are joined tonight by a number of friends standing in the terries called on a few.

[0:30] We have our safe center in the town of Hernandez.

[0:32] We

[0:38] have a county-like city that's great to meet.

[0:44] We also have a number of former trustees and mayors.

[0:49] I'll start with Mayor Mike Bowley and back.

[0:57] Trustee, former trustees, we've got zero Greco,

[1:01] and he's been talking to

[1:06] you.

[1:07] Mayor Eurora, mayors, mayors, mayors.

[1:14] We also have with us council member Eurora Curtain.

[1:23] And then on the zoo screen, I see we have Dan and Glock on our town and see the advisor.

[1:35] It's not every day that you get to capital and it doesn't have any calls.

[1:39] Because what I do start, I'd like to say a few words and recognition of tonight's proceedings.

[1:48] Actually, before I begin, I'm also also saying we also have the lead developer Patrick Lamon.

[1:58] In 1902, President Deodore Roosevelt spoke to local residents in Nashville, Mark Carolina.

[2:05] And he emphasized that, quote, we get in a habit speaking of the government, as if there

[2:11] was something apart from us.

[2:14] But the government is us.

[2:16] We are the government, you and I.

[2:20] And the government is going to do well, or it will accordingly, as we even get sanity

[2:24] with this solution.

[2:28] and found a sense, make up our mind

[2:31] is that the affairs of the government shall be made in this.

[2:34] He spoke those words in response to the growing

[2:37] cynicism that was taking hold throughout the country

[2:40] of the turn of the 20th century,

[2:42] time it was not all that to someone like me at home.

[2:45] He believed the antidote that cynicism was reminding us

[2:49] that in America our future will never be determined

[2:53] or in his case one president, our future will be in turn to buy us as what makes America

[3:00] democracy and American democracy. That is the same idea of America democracy that made this

[3:09] municipal center and tonight's board meeting possible. Over the last seven years this project

[3:14] is coming together thanks to the hard work done by two players, 13 trustees, three different

[3:21] of those administrators, two police chiefs, two fire chiefs, two building inspectors, two

[3:27] DPW-1, one village attorney working with us of other attorneys, one client working with

[3:33] a host of other providers, dozens of resident volunteers on the architectural review board

[3:38] for planning boards, seemingly advised report from Arts Council, a team of engineers

[3:43] or professional architects, hundreds of local residents weighing them through out to share

[3:47] what they wanted and what they didn't want.

[3:50] In public sessions, in emails, text messages, phone calls,

[3:55] friendly signs, the grocery store, and even the lead developer

[3:59] himself is a local resident who didn't want to miss the opportunity

[4:02] to build a landmark in this also during his own town.

[4:06] We'll be used by mutual companies for generations.

[4:09] We did this, us, you and I.

[4:15] We're gathered tonight in the almost exact geographic center of the village, almost perfectly

[4:23] broadcasting between our borders and our themselves, and eager to see between our borders

[4:28] east and west.

[4:29] For the first time in our village's history, the board will do its work in a building that

[4:34] is truly accessible to everyone in every sense of that history's right on the hall.

[4:41] This meeting hall was designed to be traditional and enough to hopefully encourage respectful behavior

[4:46] but modern and not to be comfortable.

[4:49] You are just neighbors meeting with neighbors and so on.

[4:52] And the goal is to use this space in lots of different ways.

[4:56] Tables stored in that closet can come out and we will use it as a classroom.

[5:01] It's equipped with wireless microphones system programmable lights, high-end speakers and the ceiling,

[5:08] screens and monitors that will soon be available, so that everyone can see.

[5:14] Even this day is, was custom designed and custom built with wheels underneath it.

[5:19] Can't see so that it can be removed from one of those things on it.

[5:24] And most notably, these large windows in the back were chosen,

[5:28] so that from the outside this room would appear in the architects words like a lantern in the night.

[5:35] not just to invoke admiration, but to invite participation, engage, welcoming all those who

[5:45] pass by. In the last week, three different organizations have asked me if and when they'll

[5:52] be able to start using this space, and I got a point to be dead. One looking to do an annual

[5:58] community events in fundraiser, another hoping to hold monthly business meetings, another

[6:02] once used the room number Saturday morning as a teaching English to me when we arrived

[6:06] out there in Americans. We did not pay for this building, which is great. But we are here tonight

[6:15] because of us in a building crafted by us or us. It is humbling to imagine how it might be used

[6:24] in the coming decades. In a building is likely to last well into the 22nd century.

[6:31] The decisions our future neighbors will make here, the challenges,

[6:35] health-based, here, and our humans, they'll have the speeches that will make here.

[6:43] Sometimes they're in passionate, sometimes celebratory and joyous.

[6:48] Sometimes they'll be tired and frustrated.

[6:50] Jumping on those responsibilities, trying to clear their minds,

[6:53] even over some work of the evening.

[6:56] And sometimes, like tonight, you'll be full of pride and accomplishment.

[6:59] know that they've done their very best for a community come up. Whatever they face as the

[7:07] years passed by, being all of our neighbors, those present and those have to align, have a home

[7:13] here, we're together, we're going short that our community does well or ill,

[7:20] accordingly as we get sanity, which resolution we've brought share in some common sense,

[7:26] make a compromise that we have cares about community shall be met.

[7:31] It is January 14, 2025, just after evening. We are meeting the first time in our new village hall, located in the 200th Avenue.

[7:41] It's respect for our history and unwavering commitment to our future and the heart for gratitude and pride.

[7:48] I hear by a call to order this regular meeting to the village, calling for the presents.

[8:11] Please rise and join me in sending a call to the presents.

[8:16] Twenty-five years later, you can hack the United States of America.

[8:22] And two other problems with which stands,

[8:24] violation, on your own universal liberty and justice.

[8:36] Do a great role in then.

[8:39] I want to turn it over as to board just to speak to this moment or the recent.

[8:47] Deputy Mayor of Asterander.

[8:49] I'm here.

[8:51] Trust me, how?

[8:53] Thank you.

[8:54] Trustee Ma'am?

[8:55] Yes.

[8:56] Trustee Salman?

[8:58] Trustee Otami.

[8:59] And Trustee O'Dari.

[9:01] Send their regards.

[9:03] Administrator Skelson?

[9:04] Yes.

[9:05] I am also here.

[9:07] Through the back.

[9:08] I'll turn it over to you in a minute.

[9:10] Thank you, Chairman.

[9:12] If you don't indulge, we have to take a minute just to think of everyone who, the mayor, mentioned, but also, especially in the mayor himself.

[9:21] on more than one occasion as projects, as you can imagine, really die.

[9:26] But it was a time to time again, because kept us head on others.

[9:31] Lost there.

[9:32] But because of this vision and leadership, we're here tonight.

[9:37] Thank you.

[9:39] And Bob, we're taking you moment here.

[9:41] It's a boss and reflect a little bit of energy.

[9:44] But work is far from gone.

[9:45] blood litigation efforts from an e-broadcast, certain areas that are downtown still need

[9:51] our attention.

[9:52] When you must continue to improve our roads, traffic signals, other basic infrastructure,

[9:57] it's not exciting but it's all essential projects that impact our daily lives.

[10:01] The decisions we make here will seem quite delicious when you're seeing homes, and I want to

[10:05] thank everyone who's going to part of this trend.

[10:08] Your hard work for the day patient and patient has made tonight possible, so let's celebrate

[10:13] and look ahead with turning, and together we'll continue to move on.

[10:19] Thank

[10:30] you.

[10:31] Thank you, everyone.

[10:33] That's the hell.

[10:35] You know, things after your fight, you know, days,

[10:39] I don't know how to be part of this race.

[10:42] I am due to the war, but my family is not due to Islam.

[10:46] I'm third generation.

[10:47] And this is all I'm saying is good.

[10:49] In this minutes, we'll go there.

[10:50] we don't just have a part of a part of the department

[10:53] and office part of municipal services.

[10:56] This is our advantage, you know,

[10:58] what the fellow folks, people come together

[11:00] and build a leading space.

[11:03] And I can honestly say that I've been grateful

[11:04] for the local reform.

[11:06] We have never supported the board that has served before,

[11:09] that, you know, for this at this point.

[11:11] And I know, I want to say personally,

[11:13] to the press and our relationship administrator.

[11:15] I mean, this man is a judge who are most

[11:20] I just want to say, I just want to ask those guys at this point, and of course, you

[11:26] have a space to use in the

[11:37] program.

[11:37] Welcome everybody to the Indian Business Center, and just to echo from everybody else's

[11:42] size, really.

[11:43] And I'll be here as soon as I'm in the school.

[11:45] And as I work out, I see many of the other trustees that I've served with in the last

[11:50] 20, something years.

[11:52] And it just strikes me and it's the continual assertive that is inspired by people here and it will continue for the self-suffer in our community.

[12:03] And hopefully this new, new, new, new, new, new, new set of world-spirers are just going to be and represent the amazing work that this board, the prior board and simple and our new ministry that we desire to do, think without him, this will not happen

[12:25] to be your point.

[12:31] She is always really important to everybody in this room, wherever they serve our lives.

[12:41] I would like,

[12:48] you know,

[12:58] to bring and disagree on stuff.

[13:00] It's always important to people.

[13:09] The biggest thing for me about look at this room, this was centered,

[13:12] is that it's just another piece of quilt that is count.

[13:18] And we are standing on shoulders of everybody here,

[13:24] she that's been for us and what is she that will come. And this bill will be

[13:31] a good one for us and we're going to say right now, it's just another milestone

[13:36] on the bottom that's going to be from a role in the digital electronics.

[13:40] I don't appreciate it's moving across.

[13:49] This is not scripted.

[13:52] Mayor Holby is to say, you know, we don't, we don't rehearsals think of a plan.

[13:58] And I am going to put a few people on this spot just to see if they're going to say anything.

[14:03] You're welcome.

[14:08] Where does he go?

[14:10] Come up right here.

[14:20] Thank you.

[14:21] May I roll?

[14:22] Thank you all for having me.

[14:25] My welcome.

[14:26] You're welcome.

[14:28] It's great.

[14:29] It's great.

[14:30] It's great.

[14:31] It's great.

[14:33] So let's see.

[14:36] I did prepare some remarks with tonight, which is unusual.

[14:41] I think chance for the invitation, it's an honor to be here.

[14:45] I want to say thank you to Chris.

[14:49] This inspired when I was on the board years ago,

[14:53] and without your efforts and chances that,

[14:55] in the last few years, this thing wouldn't be here.

[14:59] I'm going to get into the history.

[15:00] Well, those of you that don't know me, you're probably going to need to get water or coffee at some point. I could be a lot. This is really a big, big moment in the village of Pellon, in the town of Pellon, in the parliament or the addition of this municipal center is a wonderful addition and not only to this village, but to the entire community.

[15:25] a chance pointed out that it's sort of equidistant from the borders, but this is really

[15:32] this downtown area, it's really integral to the entire parliament community.

[15:37] And when you read the history, I brought a book tonight, those of you who don't know this, Chris

[15:42] has taught these upstairs, think I donated the box of books.

[15:46] He's selling them.

[15:49] He doesn't, he doesn't keep the money at all all the time.

[15:52] The money goes to the Thomas Stanley and Trifon.

[15:56] Mr. Fenlon used to be a neighbor of mine.

[15:59] Mr. Fenlon grew up here and lived down the block with her.

[16:03] And then lived on, even though Corley is a memory.

[16:09] And Mr. Fenlon, when he passed, the village was recipient

[16:13] of some trust on it.

[16:15] I think it was a trust.

[16:16] And every year, when there's a plant in your citrus,

[16:19] some money's come from the Tom's family and Trifon.

[16:22] Well, this book was written by Tom, because Joe Dernon, the mayor of

[16:29] 40 years, 19 years, said to Tom one day, you need to write a book about the Doge

[16:34] Pillow. I commend this to you, which really not about the Doge

[16:37] Pillow. He says that, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it, everything.

[16:43] He covers village issues and the reason I brought it tonight is I want you all to know

[16:48] what's still here before the Doge Hall. The believe it or not,

[16:52] Right next door was the straitly brewing company of family and town in the straitly.

[17:03] He's living in a house.

[17:06] He's going to sleep because he knows I could go for an hour.

[17:11] On the corner here was the straitly brewing company.

[17:14] And they actually brewed spirits here in the village of thought and told him was known

[17:19] for that, by the way, at the turn of the century.

[17:22] and the Strayley family had one of the most successful brewing companies,

[17:26] one of the right out there with the fireblocks for many years.

[17:29] Eventually moved his house around the corner on the 6th Avenue,

[17:34] and we were not when we were in around the time that the village fireblocks

[17:39] that we were getting the reason for letting you all know this was built across the street.

[17:45] That's approximately 100 years ago.

[17:47] My map could be quite a year.

[17:50] And the reason they moved is this was becoming a more vibrant downtown, and they figured

[17:57] let's move our house and the brewing company in the basement around 1,200 to 670.

[18:03] Further evidence of that is this ad.

[18:06] Strayly bodily works.

[18:08] We can get the address and our recryst and have me through the wretter.

[18:11] The show that these breweries existed in the village of Poland.

[18:14] But in any event, when we built the original firehouse across the street, after the turn of the century of the turn of the 1900s, there was really no strip here.

[18:27] And believe it or not, in my mind when I was a town councilman before I served on the village board, I moved here, I loved town, I know we recently moved to what I miss it, but we really need to revitalize the downtown for many years.

[18:41] And people talking to Sarah Greco and others will know that when I first looked here, I served on the town board and said,

[18:49] how are we going to do that for what we're going to do?

[18:51] And it came apparent to those of us that got involved with government, that some of you said,

[18:56] that there was not enough connectivity,

[19:00] that this sort of whole would bring to a community.

[19:02] What do I mean by that?

[19:03] The police departments down there.

[19:06] The village hall was over there. The fire department was there.

[19:08] We have two villages. That's not gonna do that, this country.

[19:13] But I've gotten a lot of enemies.

[19:16] My possessions on that.

[19:17] But we needed something.

[19:20] And it was only logical to come up with a metastasis.

[19:25] The police department was standing in terms of interest.

[19:28] The village hall.

[19:30] First, I don't want to ask you thoughts on it.

[19:32] But the fire department was literally falling apart.

[19:36] So when I was the mayor

[19:37] And one of my trust in desire here, I had this crazy idea.

[19:43] The idea was, let's try to get rid of some municipal land

[19:48] and get a developer, Patrick Bankley came along,

[19:52] to help us help with the community, build a municipal center.

[19:56] For this place, this town is very thick of last or another hundred years.

[20:00] And I was told the one other thing is, let's be looked on this.

[20:06] And Zaire was probably in some of these meetings.

[20:09] I think you and the only person on the board then, you guys can't do this.

[20:13] You're crazy.

[20:15] You're going to create more traffic than ever.

[20:18] There's not enough parking, there's anybody ever heard that one before.

[20:22] And nothing ever gets done in the park.

[20:25] I was told all those things, and nevertheless, I was born one at an

[20:28] initial in RFB. I brought the resolutions tonight. They're here somewhere in

[20:33] February of 18, I think. It went out. He's on Valentine's Day. And we solicited

[20:40] this for someone to basically take the old villitol. You guys still on it?

[20:48] The parking garage is another thing. We encapsulate it a lot of things in it.

[20:52] And we said in a change, you're going to have to build a village wall.

[20:56] Again, when that got out in the public, everyone thought we were nuts, because public

[21:00] remembers people were saying, this is never worth building a new home entry school.

[21:06] You're going to create traffic for years to come.

[21:09] And all we kept saying is, but down the road, 20 years from now, it's going to be much better.

[21:15] People never thought it was going to happen.

[21:17] It's a loan to hold the RFP went out and we literally got 10 responses, but they're like two weeks.

[21:23] And I couldn't believe it. Now I said, holy cow, I really got myself the trouble now.

[21:28] Now I have to do this.

[21:30] So I decided then that I would only run for mayor one more turn.

[21:34] And I knew it would never be done, so I turned it over to someone who is competent or changed.

[21:39] And when the RFP proposals came in, some of the developers, frankly, were not serious.

[21:44] I didn't want to get involved in a community like this because they really knew.

[21:48] In fact, I was some critics of this, then it was very difficult to get things done at home.

[21:54] So we had four serious bidders. We sat from endless meetings. I was checking my head, yes.

[22:01] They went on and on forever, and people like James joined the board. We talked to God on the board.

[22:08] over the mid-year. Joe Morty was on the board, hadn't came in full with old Rick.

[22:16] Our real spirit coming in, Chris Riem, under your ranking, Rick Deer, who I appointed.

[22:23] And of course, those who I ran with, the first time, Tim Cassidy, Joseph Merchett, is Susan Beauty.

[22:28] We're all on the board in and around this time.

[22:31] The RFP proposals announced as they said the bidders came back and they came up with proposals that effectively were not going to work.

[22:41] One guy wanted to build 250 units. One guy wanted to give us a municipal center that would have been if this is 20,000 plus square feet. They wanted to give us like 10,000 plus money.

[22:54] So, we fought through that process, unfortunately, we had an ill-faking misguided young man

[23:04] in Patrick Gourma.

[23:07] Well, that's finally misguided.

[23:09] I was put it back there.

[23:11] And Patrick, I must say, I don't remember if you remember the first time we spoke about this,

[23:17] I asked you if you were crazy, but you told me you're vision of what you wanted to do

[23:21] how you're going to get partners and know all this, you didn't have old people that you

[23:25] not have. Some other people. And I kind of looked at you being ever the optimist.

[23:30] I said, sure, go for it. You come in a bit, and you're a little late.

[23:35] Oh, you, you provide, you don't pay that immediately.

[23:40] So I remember that. So Patrick was a little late when he came in with a very serious proposal.

[23:45] And we were in the process and talking to two other developers who need not be in the

[23:50] fourth-point-point-point, it's went away, I guess. And Patrick had a vision for that project that's

[23:59] going up right now and this that is different than what's here today but that would work for our

[24:04] community because you knew the community. So eventually Patrick got chosen and without his vision

[24:11] which became less misguided as at one of them and without chances work in Christmas what we wouldn't

[24:19] hear from that. So to everyone who's been involved, I must say to you that this is a tremendous

[24:26] account. I mean it's, I don't even know what I said. When I first moved in there was a bank here,

[24:33] it was still open. I don't have any of you remember that, but there was a bank. And the bank was open

[24:40] and then it changed hands, went out of business, eventually. And then it was nothing for a while and it's

[24:47] But to have this tonight and for, let's call it 150 years, is a tremendous accomplishment for this community and for everything this community stands for, which is community.

[25:00] This is going to be a meeting place as chance pointed out. I mean, look at this, look at the window.

[25:06] If you think about the other village hall that we met in three years and you just turn around and look, people can drive up and actually say, that's where I go to the meeting.

[25:15] When you served in the old village hall, people would get lost and coin in the next day.

[25:20] They said, I couldn't find village hall.

[25:23] All right, I went to the town leading.

[25:24] I went to the senior citizens meeting.

[25:26] They couldn't find it.

[25:28] So this is a tremendous accomplishment for all of those.

[25:30] I want to thank the people of Pelham, first of all.

[25:34] For supporting this and I'm sure a chance you put up with lots and lots of complaints

[25:39] I've accepted and your shoes.

[25:41] I commend you for doing it.

[25:42] It was an honor to serve, and I hope you all together made a difference for years to come.

[25:48] So thank you, it's good to see you all.

[25:57] But in one other question, I would love to mention, I had to mention.

[26:01] The only person who thought I wasn't crazy was in the net board.

[26:05] She's talking about this, right?

[26:06] Yes, yes.

[26:07] So in the net, it told our board, as I said, you guys are not crazy.

[26:13] These things have been done around the community, but she did say,

[26:15] it's going to cost a lot of money. Thank you, Patron. Thank you, Patron.

[26:21] Thank you, Patron. Thank you all. It's good to see you.

[26:33] Patron, do you want to see us?

[26:35] Yeah, I'll see you. I'll see you.

[26:37] I'll see you, Patron.

[26:49] So yeah, we won't be quite as long as the mayor.

[26:52] So I did prepare some remarks, some will start with these, but then add them.

[26:57] So as so, my name is Patrick Normoile and I live at 12 young Avenue with my life, Julie and three

[27:03] sons, Connor, here in a coal.

[27:06] I stay in here tonight in this beautiful meeting room and this beautiful new municipal center

[27:10] first and foremost is a proud resident of the village of Pele.

[27:15] Julie and I chose to tell them as our home way back in 2005 and I cannot tell you how many great

[27:20] memories we have of our wonderful home time.

[27:23] Like all of you, we love Palo Diori.

[27:27] So, I want to first thank the mayor, Deputy Mayor Tarpeter, the Board of Trustees, as well as Mayor Volpi, Deputy Mayor Pete Petaki, and all the past trustees for your vision, your leadership, and your tireless work over the past few years to make this new minister pull center reality.

[27:44] As the mayor was saying before, in two many small towns and villages, other mayors and other

[27:51] board boards are afraid to undertake something this ambitious and great.

[27:56] So I want to thank you again for not being afraid to take bold action because now, the residents

[28:01] of Pellum both hurt and future ones will be able to benefit from the great work and great

[28:06] project you create.

[28:08] And secondly, I'm here tonight as a very proud member of the Development Team.

[28:12] I'm also here with Joe Riggs of the Hudson Companies.

[28:21] And they are both the indicated Joe and his team were not around at the beginning,

[28:26] then something called COVID happened, and we were very, very fortunate.

[28:31] One of my partners, Mark Reed, was a partner with the Hudson Companies on many, many projects

[28:37] before that, so we were very fortunate at such a great partner in the Hudson Companies

[28:42] come joining us. And now I think Joe will attest that B2 love

[28:46] Spellum this like we do. So yeah, thank you, Joe, and I'll have to thank you for helping

[28:51] us. So again, I'm here as part of this development team and very happy that we were able to

[28:59] create a wonderful project like this. For very early on, I was of course hoping that this project

[29:05] would help revitalize this part of the downtown and that the new municipal center would be a major

[29:10] improvement over what existed before, but I was also hoping that we would be able to create

[29:15] choose stunning landmarks in our downtown buildings that we all can be proud. So I hope to

[29:21] note that you all share my pride and our pride in what we have been able to create together.

[29:27] Again, I cannot give enough credit to the bear and the board as well as Chris,

[29:33] your tireless work, your commitment, your dedication over these many years is really exemplary

[29:40] and it's not present in most communities.

[29:42] So I know as a village of Palo resident,

[29:44] we're lucky to have such great leadership

[29:47] from the folks who served on the boards before

[29:50] and to the current board.

[29:51] So again, as a village of Palo resident,

[29:54] I cannot be like this was and it's a dream project for me.

[29:58] So for me to be here tonight is really...

[30:00] I want to thank everybody, thank everybody in the room for this special moment.

[30:05] Thank you.

[30:23] First, I want to congratulate Pamela and Chris.

[30:31] You two were and are just the most incredible leaders.

[30:38] And it's, you know, I don't want to get too emotional, but my kids can't get attached

[30:42] at every time we drive by.

[30:45] I get a little too excited.

[30:47] It's like, oh, did you see they put something else up in something else?

[30:51] And so when I got the text from chance to come tonight, I knew I couldn't miss it.

[30:57] I just know that the hours and hours and days of work that went into this project,

[31:04] And the chances is just unfailing confidence that it was going to come together.

[31:11] I think we were in this location at the beginning of COVID.

[31:17] Like the very beginning of COVID.

[31:19] It was March 12th.

[31:23] Yeah.

[31:25] And we were listening to, I'm no bit.

[31:28] Sir, I don't know if you're interested.

[31:31] You were presenting.

[31:31] And yes, so it was the old beans you had in the evening here, um, and then I think I got

[31:38] COVID-19 five years in it, but um, how far we've come. And um, I just want to just say

[31:49] congratulations. This is really a key, it's such a gorgeous room, and I can't wait to come back

[31:55] before I will bring my kids and I'm so proud and I'm so proud. I keep looking at YouTube

[32:05] but I feel like you two are like the power couple here, so you really, you really just made

[32:13] this work and it was such a pleasure being on the board with you and it really was seeing this

[32:19] has made my year. So, congratulations.

[32:29] And I want to give an opportunity to our state center to finish moving

[32:45] forward.

[32:48] This is really tremendous moment and I am so amazed to see the progress.

[32:54] And to know what it takes to identify money because you said that this was, you know,

[33:05] But I'm such a cute little to identify the money.

[33:10] Like sitting in a project, getting moving to see walls come up and see bricks laid to feed these doors open.

[33:16] It really is such a tremendous feat that I haven't seen in your investment.

[33:21] But it really is amazing.

[33:25] So to the board to everyone involved, amazing, amazing work and congratulations.

[33:29] This really is another great step in Pelham's amazing history.

[33:33] I was so interested to hear that, when I first started serving here,

[33:38] to Pelham was the first town in Westchester County, right?

[33:42] First town?

[33:43] First town?

[33:45] So you're still creating first because this is a state of the art facility that has everything you need in one.

[33:52] It can welcome every type of want me, desire, concern,

[33:55] and it really is just an amazing new chapter for this town.

[33:59] and for Westchester County so congratulations everyone this is really something you should be so proud

[34:04] and a great sample in the history book so let's do more of it.

[34:15] Coming up that is very fun. So this is really special for graduations I started with Mayor Boby

[34:21] was in and then you came in this is very exciting because I remember the bank I remember coming to

[34:27] eating here and I'm like this is like state of the art.

[34:32] So I have to congratulate you on your hard work

[34:35] and this is absolutely amazing.

[34:37] I mean, I'm so proud to be a part of your community

[34:42] by representing you

[34:43] and this is a very beautiful feeling.

[34:45] I love the idea of the smooths

[34:48] and just from doing work at my house.

[34:51] I'm glad you're crazy.

[34:53] So to have to work through this and do all this work

[34:56] and it's so gorgeous, and it was a great concept

[34:59] to put everything together like this.

[35:01] You know, a center, a place with a whole community

[35:03] to be, it's very exciting to me.

[35:05] So congratulations on your hard work, everyone.

[35:09] And thank you so much for being wonderful, wonderful people.

[35:12] Thank you.

[35:24] There's no one else who I know wants to speak.

[35:27] But anybody else, oh, I'm so sorry.

[35:34] He's a piece.

[35:34] Are you going to walk?

[35:36] Mr. Pete and talk.

[35:37] He was born in the on the on the on the on.

[35:42] Yeah, his microphone is everywhere.

[35:43] I like to be real careful.

[35:47] Just to.

[35:49] What may have all been reminded me of what's I era and chance.

[35:52] And I went through he would thought it's about 15 minutes.

[35:55] And then he would have trust you a point to say speed them up because you got a lot to do.

[36:00] I'm all in my family, right?

[36:02] Anyway, you know, I'm living in this village around 40 some of my years.

[36:07] It's been three projects that I'm proud that we got done.

[36:11] I'm told mental school, I'm just in school, and this project.

[36:16] And every one of them came in a practice.

[36:18] There was always somebody opposed to the project.

[36:21] My favorite one, but this one was talking to me a mother about somebody complaining

[36:28] that the tower, I guess, whatever it is on the top, was going to block the sun. And I say,

[36:34] this way, this is the sun set in the north. What the hell is this person talking about?

[36:40] But anyway, congratulations to Mike and his board who started the BDFC

[36:48] to Patrick and the board now for working this out. I remember being in one of the

[36:53] community in the beginning for a short period of time to look at the end of my last term and we have a very

[36:59] testing meeting which you may board up or earlier. And I remember at the end of the meeting saying,

[37:06] hey guys, this is in us against you, we have to be a partnership with this is never going to work.

[37:12] And I guess it was us against them and you came back to the partnership and obviously I've done this

[37:18] We'll try it out now, let's expect that, you guys that are great.

[37:31] All right, I see one of my trustees, you know, President.

[37:37] I've got a number of real with a follow-up on the whole thing, but that's a mistake.

[37:43] But congratulations to you, Mr. Boyz. And what I want to say is, there's so many changes in the pattern.

[37:51] All of a sudden, she's green trucks run around town and say, tell them on the side.

[37:55] That was a huge change, thanks Chris, and you will shepherd that through that was a new thing.

[38:03] As this was going on, so it had so much on your plate in the last couple of years,

[38:08] so I had to walk you in just amazing amount of work and you've got to go and pull that out

[38:14] and pull it off, and that it just came out fantastic.

[38:18] And people cannot say, I don't know, me was going on if you guys are hot in here.

[38:26] Yes, right.

[38:27] Well, let me run down the street and look into the window.

[38:30] The residents are like a great job.

[38:42] All right, everyone.

[38:47] We're going to move on to the rest of the business.

[38:51] Why don't we go ahead and move on to trust me reports?

[38:59] So, let it be a little bit old.

[39:02] Sure, we can pause for a moment if anybody would like to see it down.

[39:05] That's what I'm talking about.

[39:07] No, no, no.

[39:08] It's like he's a little bit.

[39:09] I don't know.

[39:11] I don't even get my people's feet.

[39:12] And you want to stay.

[39:19] I'm sorry, but some of you know that's fine.

[39:21] You want me to create another one.

[39:22] Because I'm sorry.

[39:24] I'm sorry, but some of you know that's fine.

[39:25] You want me to do it?

[39:26] Yeah, I want to do it.

[39:28] I want to do it.

[39:29] I want to do it.

[39:30] I want to do it.

[40:55] Because I want to know who's going to take care of my rent that you're not going to pay.

[41:02] What's that?

[41:04] The rent you're not going to pay.

[41:07] How do I replace your rent?

[43:20] Before I sign off, I just want to say congratulations to the boy to chance to

[43:25] Congratulations.

[43:27] It's beautiful.

[43:29] Good night.

[43:38] I'm sorry.

[43:39] I'm sorry.

[43:40] It's nice to hear today.

[43:41] To a lot of us.

[43:43] Just be.

[43:52] I'm reporting.

[43:56] Just be.

[43:59] Just be.

[44:00] I have the year.

[44:02] We celebrate.

[44:03] From the five to five.

[44:05] It's.

[44:05] In seven to one hundred calls.

[44:07] We're almost a thousand calls.

[44:08] And it's 20.

[44:09] Twenty.

[44:10] Twenty.

[44:10] And we're.

[44:11] We respond to.

[44:12] I'm sure there's a structural fire in the center.

[44:16] I'm sure you'll enjoy this also.

[44:17] We won't show you how to matter.

[44:21] And on four occasions, how to have a new case.

[44:25] On December 17th, the fire fire was written in New Zealand,

[44:30] and they were very happy.

[44:35] Also, fire fire in the tunnel.

[44:38] We had a career fire happening on January 24th,

[44:45] And also, by our panel, we know that the South Korean Union is a professional territory,

[44:50] that's the first January.

[44:52] And this is a great pleasure to be here.

[45:00] Thank you. Thank you, Trustee Salman.

[45:03] Now, these were quite a set two, should we go ahead and have a year and see if we're going to get a better version of this group.

[45:13] Thank you.

[45:15] Thank you. So this is Elsa from the House.

[45:18] Thank you.

[45:19] Thank you.

[45:20] Thank you.

[45:22] Thank you.

[45:25] Good.

[45:25] Nothing else.

[45:28] All right.

[45:29] Administrators report.

[45:31] Thank you, Mayor.

[45:32] Just two quick items.

[45:34] San Tachis scheduled for Monday.

[45:40] As well as, we'll just ask him for announcements and communications with the current

[45:46] entrance.

[45:47] We need about another week to wrap that up before we go to the VA.

[45:51] Why?

[45:52] And then directs us and security.

[45:53] we just asked everybody call them or call them

[45:58] or call them or call them or call them.

[46:02] Just reach out to us before we come.

[46:10] The mayor's report happening to you, everyone.

[46:12] It's been a month since last week, man.

[46:15] So there's actually quite a bit to share.

[46:18] First, as I'm sure, well, I don't have any executive George Wattler.

[46:22] Now, how is George Wattler?

[46:25] As a gender second, when he was assigned from accounting

[46:29] prior to taking these uppots in Washington. In his place, former deputy county executive Ken

[46:36] Jenkins has been appointed to serve for e-mote to 90 days in Georgia's place, as I think

[46:43] currently executive, and during that time, they scheduled an election to be held to determine who

[46:50] will serve the remainder of Georgia's term, which runs through the end of this year, so as

[46:56] There's also general election later this year for the next double-executive.

[47:01] So it's going to be more than that goal, there's a lot happening.

[47:07] Ken James is likely to be on the valve for both races.

[47:10] He will definitely be on the valve at February 11.

[47:14] I do not know if and one has raised their hand to contest him at least for this

[47:21] for a special election, either way, please be sure to go and vote on Tuesday and Wednesday.

[47:27] So that we resolve this with the time of government to be in the end.

[47:32] Second, trust me, how a DPW foreign Bobby, just you know, and I met with Jim Walker,

[47:40] President Chamber of Commerce to discuss the date grants.

[47:44] We are earned, we earned with that on the application ability to tell him he was awarded the grant

[47:51] which comes with $250,000 from the county and it's $20,000 that's when we go

[47:57] it's for anything we do. We have a number of things that we are looking to do. Some are

[48:03] smaller-take items, we're maybe purchasing new decorative things. For example, we just and we just

[48:21] But there are some larger projects as well.

[48:25] One is we're going to have a conversation probably not the next meeting,

[48:31] but following one about our partners.

[48:33] Our previous one needs to be a case.

[48:35] They are outdated technologies,

[48:37] but I have to decide to be one of the smart leaders that we want.

[48:41] Ancestations and just the apples and

[48:51] But that will be a big project, additional main learning project is we're going to

[48:56] use for rent that we're going to invite our local businesses to apply for grants or

[49:03] some upgrades and chambers going to work with us to manage the selection process as

[49:10] people applying, you know, working with details on how we can reimburse folks and get approved

[49:20] or ran and then they do work.

[49:25] So we're working out a lot of logistics there, but I will

[49:29] send you into what's where the first impressions go a long way. I think it's going to be a bit too.

[49:37] A

[49:42] couple of things to say, 9 on and WMLN.

[49:48] So, the New York Commons mayors, I served on the finance policy

[49:52] that they had never year in advance in state budget process.

[49:56] As we go together, I just like the program,

[49:58] BTO and Microsoft policy changes, you'd like to see.

[50:01] You'd like to see, you'd like to have programs,

[50:03] now they're working on my council.

[50:05] I'm sorry for the public to see,

[50:08] it's 9 on NYCLN.org.

[50:10] board, that's kind of how these are the program for trustees.

[50:21] I'm going to give you a second to report for me joining other officials from New York

[50:26] State's and villages in Albany to both lobby for these changes and also to share practices

[50:32] with one another. And actually this year that we're going to cover their trustee amount

[50:38] and trustee solvent are joining you as well. Hopefully you'll all be joining me in the whole

[50:46] a long side that, just in the longing world,

[50:52] I'm also

[50:52] in the executive committee for the Westchester Municipal

[50:55] Official Association, and we also have a legislative

[50:58] agenda. There's quite a bit of overlaps, but I did want

[51:02] to highlight three items.

[51:17] And actually, if anybody

[51:18] here would like one as well, you will come up to grab one,

[51:22] but I will highlight a couple of things.

[51:30] Really, I want to focus on housing, so you'll remember two years ago, the governor began

[51:36] at a push to increase housing production throughout New York State, and while the intent

[51:41] was great, the execution was not something any of us could support what it required,

[51:47] but it was like, Palons built something like 5,000 units in our village under the threat of

[51:54] losing our control of zoning, all right.

[51:58] So thanks largely to the work done by Mayors

[52:00] and supervisors here in Westchester,

[52:02] through WMOA housing community,

[52:04] we were able to convince the governor to adopt

[52:06] in a sense, in space approach.

[52:09] I'm happy to say we have a particularly good reputation

[52:12] at that table due to all the work we've done

[52:15] in the last several years to build your housing.

[52:17] What came from that was the program,

[52:20] which was, you know, this is how it is for a housing

[52:23] with extra consideration of state grants, our certification of paperwork is in now.

[52:30] And we're not sure what is coming our way in this year's state budget, but instead of waiting to see what happens, we're trying to take a more proactive approach this year on the things we think will help address the housing crisis here in the United States, or at least will help something.

[52:49] First, we would like to see better incentives to improve housing communities programs,

[52:54] specifically, we would like to see financial rewards for core infrastructure.

[52:58] Given outright timiness, how are we supposed to think better approach targets like me?

[53:04] Second, we think it's important to streamline the secret process.

[53:09] If those who don't know whether that's the same environment or quality review act process,

[53:13] that is a very, very cumbersome process is important.

[53:17] that the word be done, if it's often times, it gets used as a way to say no to projects

[53:24] rather than a way to do a good thing, assessment of what is what it has to be.

[53:29] So we're pushing on that.

[53:31] And then the final item on housing here in the bus jester.

[53:36] We would like to see you the way that portable housing is incentivized.

[53:41] Right now, the moment tax credits were divided by state portable housing,

[53:45] are given to the developers who build units that are affordable for people

[53:49] and they do not choose 60% of the area in the unit.

[53:53] At a local level, we set that number where we can speed up for the developers,

[53:58] you get the best tax incentives thing that they get that threshold.

[54:02] So if they build 10 units, some can be 40% of the area in the unit,

[54:06] some can be 80% of the average of this hand that has to be 60% of the area in the unit.

[54:12] That number sets both the price of the unit and the eligibility for those wanting to live in the unit.

[54:21] So, if you make more than $9.04, there are some money time to come and spend some time.

[54:27] First, having a number that low means that very few middle income owners are able to qualify.

[54:35] So if you have a family of three,

[54:37] there's two working parents working in a local restaurant

[54:41] for grocery store or as a teacher or a firefighter of a car,

[54:45] there's a pretty high likelihood that you won't call a car

[54:48] for a lot of the housing that is being built as a portable housing.

[54:53] And let's be honest, local workers have passed a few months.

[54:59] So there is a fear of building housing coming on in the market,

[55:01] and the region is either so expensive

[55:05] that you have to be very well-being to get into it,

[55:08] or the eligibility required in the system's ear,

[55:13] that most of the middle class is less down.

[55:17] The second issue is that even those who do qualify,

[55:23] may be so close to the edge of eligibility,

[55:26] that there are only one promotion of periods

[55:28] away from losing our home, no longer eligible for the party.

[55:31] do that creates sort of a so these choice for that family to the

[55:36] pursuit of advancement, even if it means they're now pushed into a housing market with

[55:41] too few options for male income families or should they see where they are.

[55:46] Our own is that they'll raise the number to 75% of key area median income and

[55:52] additionally we hope there can be more thorough conversations about how to

[56:01] for a very long time I think housing policy

[56:04] has been grounded in this assumption

[56:08] that people who are low income earners will always be low

[56:12] income earners and people who are high income earners

[56:15] will always be high income earners.

[56:17] It's really not a great way to grab the house to the house.

[56:23] So that is, well, sorry, finally,

[56:28] I want to just say, briefly, that our high school

[56:31] and everyone will have the help of trying to find

[56:34] and survive what it is.

[56:36] We want to kind of fire down here on the bat.

[56:40] A few years ago, six families were displaced,

[56:43] and made sure that they have that they needed.

[56:45] This sink closed, made money, medical care,

[56:48] took the tremendous amount of continuous effort

[56:50] by dozens of people and local nonprofits.

[56:54] we help when it tends to bounce forward in this place.

[56:59] And the bias continues to go.

[57:01] So let's all hope that the green side down soon.

[57:05] And very well.

[57:09] With that, I will open it up for any performance

[57:16] from public.

[57:17] We're about to speak.

[57:19] I want to go to state name and address the record.

[57:22] What?

[57:23] Thank you, Marin.

[57:26] I just wanted to say that in my experience meetings like this tend to be well attended, primarily when people want to say no or complain about something and I think it's really important that for me anywhere I wanted to come and say thank you and we have a lot of people who aren't complaining about anything right now that needs to be said out loud too.

[57:53] And also just thank you. I loved what you said at the beginning of this meeting,

[57:58] Mayor Mullen, about how this is us. You are just us. In these

[58:07] deservedly cynical times, so many times. I hear people say them about politicians. And you

[58:15] are just neighbors doing this for nothing, but the kindness and generosity of your heart and the

[58:21] to realize how important it is, and you give me enough for the world. Thank you.

[58:28] Thank you so much.

[58:37] Any other comments from you?

[58:43] Right. Moving on to now on our turn now.

[58:46] I have number eight residents and all of us in Pino City,

[58:49] and Michelle from Kennedy Express.

[58:51] Please also, as the nation means,

[58:53] thank you.

[58:54] As soon as we get to the stage,

[58:55] I don't want to ask for a lot of questions.

[58:56] the 702-C. Mr. Scoutser, do you want to briefly explain what this says?

[59:03] I'm short. Thank you, Mayor. So as I have a line to get my memo to the board. There's

[59:09] any general minutes and a lot of the labs and the SCAL, we can hire these officers.

[59:20] That

[59:20] and the shirt I

[59:27] don't think or shall.

[59:35] And this is all about how you're going to arrive.

[59:38] I think I'll count.

[59:43] So in this case, it is that some of 13,100,300 songs.

[59:48] And I have a motion.

[59:50] So, say, in

[59:54] my mind is the second.

[59:58] That you have heard of it?

[1:00:00] I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really waiting.

[1:00:19] couple of items of other businessmen that we are going to bring up on the floor.

[1:00:25] Why don't you go first?

[1:00:26] First of all.

[1:00:29] Earlier, I used to make this last week, I saw a column with the impact of the telephone.

[1:00:37] We were meeting in the middle of a summary.

[1:00:45] We went through some of the construction patterns that have been considered by the school district,

[1:00:54] which the bus park could result in the significant falling.

[1:00:58] on the school district and given that the body of the school district, the body that

[1:01:04] we will be serving more blood mitigation bodies that the towel leaves for the

[1:01:10] body, the ambulance, and the touch body for the mother. I think you, and I suggest

[1:01:19] you heard that you know, which is important to understand the touch of the mat to

[1:01:26] questions. Thank you. I have Dr. Shantin, Dr. Shantin, which was me and as well as mayor of

[1:01:35] the east. So we haven't held down in time.

[1:01:40] I was in just a group of, Dr. Shantin,

[1:01:49] because that's...

[1:02:06] I already mentioned a couple of these items. Chris will

[1:02:10] circle out on that individually,

[1:02:18] but part of the year discussion is soon.

[1:02:22] So you're taking on that?

[1:02:25] I was having a relationship with him.

[1:02:28] Right now, I have so many different things.

[1:02:32] I have a feeling we're all going to have

[1:02:34] as someone on the bottom of the day.

[1:02:36] I'm going to ask one of these two life years

[1:02:39] from the work of the person that we could.

[1:02:43] We could say from, it's not ours.

[1:02:47] We can still take them from North and move them down here.

[1:02:51] But what we don't want to go get my new ones.

[1:02:55] And there was one function of those years that no longer works is nearly,

[1:03:05] it's a longer

[1:03:06] conversation.

[1:03:07] But we have time, but not that,

[1:03:14] and then the other thing, Chris and Mike have just asked another

[1:03:23] request him is today, asking him, in March, they could do a one-man musical in the space.

[1:03:30] These requests are going to be kind of very fast. I think that is wonderful. And I know there

[1:03:39] we can't realize that. But you can also see

[1:03:46] whether that is, who is available to you,

[1:03:50] the process of studying space, is there a meaning

[1:03:54] the highly-handle of somebody must use the space of the weekends,

[1:03:59] you know, those kinds of questions, you know, policy requirements,

[1:04:02] also a way to

[1:04:06] study. It's that.

[1:04:18] And I, and I apologize to you,

[1:04:21] actually, but you know, I'm just calling it out because

[1:04:53] I

[1:04:57] don't think we should be using it until we have another house in some sort of way.

[1:05:05] I don't think we should be using it until we have another house in some sort of way.

[1:05:06] And you don't want to start using it, and then, let's go over it, but I think,

[1:05:17] yes, they're going to be called me naturally here.

[1:05:20] I give out these smile, right there.

[1:05:29] Other business.

[1:05:31] Okay, I'll try to become stable.

[1:05:34] Any questions are given to get those questions answered.

[1:05:38] Don't go on the question I have against

[1:05:41] you.

[1:05:41] So Council Pable, 941,300 days, 633 cents in general fund, capital projects fund, 380, 780,000, 1450,

[1:05:53] plus new GCC, 7309, 988 cents per grand total, 1,300,000,000 to a million, and

[1:06:03] a second,

[1:06:12] we'll remember.

[1:06:12] I,

[1:06:17] I, I, I also have

[1:06:23] a number of that and I'll provide a few minutes. Please, I give our thanks to

[1:06:30] every on and on for all of the work on this. We've got minutes.

[1:06:35] Are any of these, I'm going to say, can we all go to all these?

[1:06:45] Let's do another one,

[1:06:46] It's one batch, and we'll do several ones in the middle of that.

[1:06:50] December of the year.

[1:06:55] No, it's a pattern.

[1:07:02] I don't know what's happening.

[1:07:04] I don't know.

[1:07:06] Technically,

[1:07:09] I don't know.

[1:07:10] Let's do the spring, the minutes for the number 18,

[1:07:14] the number 26, and I have the motion.

[1:07:17] So, second, second.

[1:07:20] That we may target here.

[1:07:21] I just know,

[1:07:26] just know, and, just be so, I, I was.

[1:07:40] I have a motion. So, setting.

[1:07:45] If you may have heard of it, aye,

[1:07:49] aye, no, aye, aye, aye, aye.

[1:07:51] Is this a song? Aye. Aye, no, aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.

[1:07:56] Please, Executive Sessions tonight.

[1:08:02] We're so excited to meet you.

[1:08:04] We're so excited to meet you. We're more confident and much there.

[1:08:05] So the Executive Sessions is very thankful to not have to take this.

[1:08:10] You know, I want to talk about some beauty in your case.

[1:08:16] Okay, I have a bunch of them too close, it's first meeting, so all

[1:08:26] of us in favour of

[1:08:29] That's five zero.

[1:08:31] We'll see you January 20.

[1:08:33] Thanks for your time.

[1:08:35] Thank you.

Mayor and Village Board of Trustees Regular Meeting

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