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UM, WELCOME. 
          EVERYONE COULD 
          [I.ROLL CALL]
PLEASE QUIET DOWN. 
          WELCOME TO THE HASTINGS PLANNING BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 18TH, 2026. 
          UM, WE'LL GET STARTED IN A MINUTE. 
          AT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO ASK MARY ELLEN, IF YOU COULD DO ROLL CALL FOR US, PLEASE. 
          CHAIR CHAIRPERSON. 
          EVA ALLGOOD. 
          HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBER RICHARD BASS IS ABSENT. 
          BOARD MEMBER DANIEL BERKOVITZ. 
          HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBER ANJALI CHEN. 
          HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBER DAVID GUNTON IS ABSENT. 
          BOARD MEMBER LISA BECK. 
          KIM IS ABSENT. 
          BOARD MEMBER PATRICK DIGGINS. 
          HERE. 
          PLANNING CONSULTANT. 
          PATRICK CLEARY. 
          HERE. 
          VILLAGE ATTORNEY LINDA WHITEHEAD. 
          HERE BUILDING INSPECTOR CHARLES MOZZI HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT IS THE 
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          [II.APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          WE HAVE ONE SET OF OLD MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER, 2025, WHICH I DO NOT BELIEVE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE ENOUGH, UM, BOARD NUMBERS TO APPROVE TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY 21ST, OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WE CAN APPROVE. 
          I BELIEVE ALL FOUR OF US WERE AT THAT MEETING, SO NO, THERE'S NO VOLUME TO RAISE. 
          TRY TO SPEAK UP. 
          YOU MAY HAVE TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
           OR, OR YOU COULD ALL BE VERY QUIET. 
          . 
          OKAY, SO WE ARE, UM, APPROVING AND IT IS LOUD SO PEOPLE ARE GONNA REALLY HAVE TO QUIET DOWN. 
          UM, SO WE, DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR REVISIONS TO THE MAY, UH, MINUTES FROM FELLOW ? NO, NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE 
          [IV.  NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS]
TWO NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          UM, THE FIRST IS THE SUBDIVISION APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OF TWO FULTON STREET LLC FOR THE RE-APPROVAL OF TWO LOT DIVISION SUBDIVISION ON THEIR PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO FULTON STREET AS PER SECTION 2 95 DASH ONE 20 OF THE VILLAGE CODE SAID PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE R DASH 7.5 ZONING DISTRICT AND IS KNOWN AS SBL 4.1 POINT DASH 40 DASH 1 46 AND 16 AND 17 ON THE VILLAGE TAX. 
          SO JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, WE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THIS TWO LOT SUBDIVISION AND UNFORTUNATELY THE APP, THE APPROVAL EXPIRED BECAUSE NOW WE ALSO HAVE WORKING, SORRY, IS THERE AN, IS THE ISSUE RESOLVED? YEAH, HE JUST HAD TO PULL THE MICS UP. 
          OKAY. 
          HE WAS GETTING STARTED. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO WE, AS I WAS SAYING, WE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THIS TWO LOT SUBDIVISION AND UNFORTUNATELY THE APPROVAL HAS EXPIRED. 
          SO THE APPLICANT HAS COME BACK TO REQUEST A RE-APPROVAL AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT, UM, TO STEP UP AND PRESENT. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIR, THE APPLICANT'S NOT HERE. 
          HE ASKED ME IF HIS OR OH YOU ARE? OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU COME ON UP . 
          I DIDN'T SEE THEM SITTING BACK THERE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          PLEASE COME ON UP. 
          WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD A COME, BUT SOUNDS LIKE ANYWAYS WE SHOULD SPEAK . 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING. 
          JOSEPH CROCKWELL. 
          I'M THE ARCHITECT FOR THE APPLICANT. 
          UH, PLEASE BE QUIET IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          GO AHEAD SIR. 
          AS THE PUBLIC NOTICE ALREADY SAID, THIS IS A RE RE-APPROVAL OF A PRIOR APPROVED, UH, TWO LOT SUBDIVISION. 
          UM, THE BASIC INFORMATION IS, I CAN HOLD IT. 
          UH, IT'S THE PROPERTY'S ON THE CORNER OF FULTON AND PINE. 
          THERE'S AN EXISTING HOUSE. 
          WE'RE SUBDIVIDING IT, UM, INTO TWO LOTS. 
          ONE IS 76 11, UH, THE OTHER IS THE NEW LOT IS 83 39. 
          UM, WE, UM, WENT THROUGH ALL THE ENGINEERING THE LAST TIME. 
          I BELIEVE HAN HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. 
          UM, IN FACT I HAVE THE SIGNED PLAT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WHAT TOOK SO LONG FOR US TO GET BACK HERE BETWEEN THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE HAVE A COMPUTER. 
          IF YOU WANT ANY MORE INFORMATION WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE IT, BUT WE REVIEWED IT PREVIOUSLY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PATRICK, DO YOU 
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HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, SAME EXACT PLAN. 
          YOU SPENT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THIS APPLICATION, SO IT'S THE SAME PLAN, NO CHANGE, NO MODIFICATIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          AND ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? NO, NO, NOT EITHER. 
          SO, UM, IS ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROJECT? OKAY. 
          UM, SO AS WE MENTIONED, THERE'S A MEMO FROM THE ENGINEER INDICATING HE HAS NO, AS OUR VILLAGE ENGINEER HAS NO COMMENTS ON THIS AND NO ISSUE WITH GRANTING THE APPROVAL. 
          SO, UM, OUR PRIOR NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER CCRA IS STILL IN EFFECT AND WE DO DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING MORE. 
          SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GRANT, FINAL SUBDIVISION APPROVAL FOR THE TWO LOTS SUBDIVISION AT TWO FULTON STREET, SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONDITIONS IN THE PRIOR APPROVAL. 
          SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO SECONDS IT SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CHARLES, CAN I LEAVE THE PLA WITH YOU? YEAH, SURE HAS. 
          I'M, I'M SORRY. 
          IT OKAY. 
          LOOK AT IT BEFORE EAGLE SIGNS UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, AND I AM GONNA ASK PEOPLE ONCE AGAIN TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR VOICES DOWN OR, UH, EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR AND WHENEVER THERE'S CHATTER IN THE AUDIENCE, IT JUST MAKES IT HARD FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR. 
          SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS A NEW PUBLIC HEARING FOR VIEW PRESERVATION ADVISORY AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL AT 16 VILLARD AVENUE. 
          THAT INCLUDES, UM, FOLKS UP HERE AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE I'M HEARING CHATTER UP HERE. 
          16 VILLARD AVENUE LLC CONTRACT VANEE FOR VIEW PRESERVATION RECOMMENDATION UNDER SECTION 2 95 DASH 82. 
          AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL UNDER SECTION 2 95 1 0 4 TO CONSTRUCT A THREE STORY 60 UNIT ACTIVE ADULT 55 PLUS RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED CLUBHOUSE BUILDING WITH SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE PARKING LOCATED AT 16 VILLARD AVENUE. 
          SAID PROPERTY IS IN THE MR DASH 1.5 ZONING DISTRICT AND IS KNOWN AS SBL 4.4 DASH 44 DASH THREE ON THE VILLAGE TAX MAPS. 
          AND I'M GONNA FIRST, UM, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, I'M GONNA SAY, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE THIS EVENING. 
          UM, I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU HERE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. 
          AND THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AFTER THE APPLICANT'S, UM, PRESENTATION AND OUR BOARD DISCUSSION, AS WELL AS, UM, INFORMATION WE'RE GONNA GET FROM OUR, UM, EXPERTS THAT WE, WE RELY ON FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND PLEASE BE ADVISED THIS IS A NEW PROJECT, UM, THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO US FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          SO WE AS A PLANNING BOARD WILL ASK QUESTIONS AND WE'LL PROVIDE SOME PRELIMINARY, UM, FEEDBACK FOR THE APPLICANT. 
          THAT'S OUR PROCESS. 
          WE ALWAYS DO THAT, UM, ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, SO JUST KNOW THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME PROVIDING COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM OUR VILLAGE PLANNER, PATRICK CLEARY, WHO'S TO MY LEFT HERE, UM, WHO'S REVIEWED THE PLANS AND THE DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO DATE. 
          UM, THE PROJECT WILL COME BEFORE US AGAIN. 
          UM, AND SO THE APPLICANT CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS TO THE COMMENTS OF, OF OUR VILLAGE ENGINEER DOUG HAHN, WHO'S PROVIDED A DETAILED MEMO. 
          SO I WANTED EVERYONE TO GET THAT BACKGROUND TO UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT THE PLAN. 
          GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CORY SALAMON FROM Z AND STEINITZ HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. 
          UH, HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING ARE ANUP MISRA AND JOHN BURLEY, THE PROJECT APPLICANTS SAL COCO, OUR PROJECT ARCHITECT RICH WILLIAMS, OUR PROJECT ENGINEER, UH, PAUL VERNON AND JOHN CANNING, OUR PROJECT PLANNER AND TRAFFIC CONSULTANT RESPECTIVELY. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO MAKE OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION TO YOU. 
          I'M GONNA BE BRIEF, JUST GIVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, TURN IT OVER TO MY TEAM TO GET INTO MORE DETAIL. 
          UM, SO AS YOU NOTED, THE PROJECT'S AT 16 BELLARD AVENUE. 
          IT'S APPROXIMATELY A TWO ACRE SITE, UH, LOCATED IN THE MR 1.5 DISTRICT. 
          IT'S UNIQUE SHAPED LOT. 
          IT'S ESSENTIALLY, UH, L ON ITS SIDE. 
          REALLY LONG. 
          UM, SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BY THE ST. 
          MATTHEWS SCHOOL. 
          IT'S GOT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 15,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BEEN VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING, APPROXIMATELY 66,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, ACTIVE ADULT 55 AND OVER FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          UH, 60 UNITS, 15% WILL BE AFFORDABLE. 
          UH, 87 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES. 
          WE HAVE AN SEPARATE AMENITY BUILDING. 
          THAT AMENITY BUILDING WILL GO IN ROUGHLY THE SAME LOCATION AS WHERE THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS NOW. 
          AND THE PROPOSED APARTMENT BUILDING WILL GO ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE, UH, PROPERTY, MORE INTO THE SITE TOWARDS THE, UM, I GUESS IT'S THIS OUT THERE, BUT, UM, 
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WE'LL HAVE A, A CLUBHOUSE, BOCCE BALL, BOCCE, PICKLEBALL COURTS. 
          UM, AS YOU WILL SEE WHEN OUR ARCHITECT PRESENTS VIEW PRESERVATION WAS SOMETHING WE TOOK IN, INTO ACCOUNT RIGHT FROM THE VERY OUTSET OF TRYING TO PROTECT THAT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE WITH HIS RENDERINGS WHAT HE'S DONE. 
          UH, IN ADDITION WITH OUR SUBMISSION, WE PROVIDED YOU WITH A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY IN WATER ENGINEERING REPORT, WASTEWATER ENGINEERING REPORT, STORM WATER REPORT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE WORKING TO PROVIDE YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PROJECT TEAM. 
          UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS ON. 
          ARE THERE MEMBERS CAN HEAR HMM. 
          THE MICROPHONE SO THEY CAN HEAR. 
          YEAH, I THINK THERE'S, THERE SEEM TO BE AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO ARE, UM, INDICATING THEY CAN'T HEAR. 
          SO JUST WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP AND SPEAK, PLEASE JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RESPECTED MEMBERS OFF THE BOARD. 
          BY 2030, THE BABY BOOMER POPULATION WOULD BE CLOSE TO 21% OF THE US POPULATION IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 
          THE STORY'S NOT THAT DIFFERENT. 
          THE 65 PLUS AGE GROUP IS PROJECTED TO GROW BY 30% BY 2030. 
          ABOUT A THIRD OF THIS POPULATION STILL WORKS. 
          ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL SURVEY, 70% WISH TO DOWNSIZE AND MANY OF THEM DO NOT WISH TO PURCHASE NEW HOMES OR CONDOS. 
          AT LEAST NOT IMMEDIATELY. 
          THEY'RE DONE WITH THE YARD WORK, MAINTENANCE, PAYING TAXES, HOA FEES AFTER DOWNSIZING. 
          MANY OF THESE FOLKS PREFER TO REMAIN IN THE AREA BECAUSE THEIR KIDS AND THEIR GRANDKIDS ARE STILL HERE. 
          MOST ALSO PREFER TO LIVE AMONGST THEIR PEER GROUPS AND ALSO BE ACTIVE AND BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS ANOOP MISRA AND I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF LOWER WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 
          I LIVE IN BRONXVILLE AS THE DEVELOPMENTAL LEADER AND ADVISOR. 
          I REPRESENT VESSEL SENIOR LIVING, WHICH IS FOUNDED BY DR. 
          JOHN BURLEY. 
          VESSEL SENIOR LIVING IS THE CONTRACT EE FOR 16 VARD AVENUE, WHICH AS COREY EXPLAINED, HAS AN EXISTING DISUSED SCHOOL BUILDING, HAS BEEN DISUSED FOR A LONG TIME. 
          THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. 
          MATTHEW IS THE CURRENT OWNER AND THE SELLER. 
          I WISH TO TAKE THE NEXT FEW MINUTES OF THE BOARD'S TIME AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW BEFORE HANDING THE PODIUM OVER TO DR. 
          BURLEY. 
          A TEAM WILL THEN PRESENT, AS COREY EXPLAINED THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED 60 UNIT ACTIVE ADULT LIFESTYLE FOCUSED RENTAL APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          OUR DEVELOPMENT WILL ATTRACT LOCAL AREA BABY BOOMERS RESIDENTS WHO ARE TYPICALLY IN THE LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY SEVENTIES. 
          THE AVERAGE AGE HAPPENS TO BE THE EARLY SEVENTIES. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOCUSED ON ENHANCED LIFESTYLE PROGRAMMING WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY MEALS. 
          SO THIS IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT LIVING DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO RETAIL, TO RESTAURANTS, TO GROCERY STORE, LIBRARY, VILLAGE HALL, TRAIN STATION, AND OTHER PUBLIC AMENITIES AND PARKS. 
          OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE VILLAGE. 
          ACTIVE ADULT COMMUNITIES HAVE LOWER DEMANDS ON THE POLICE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. 
          LOWER PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC IMPACTS LOWER WATER AND SEWER DEMANDS PER PERSON. 
          OUR PROJECT WILL GENERATE PROPERTY TAXES WITH NO IMPACT ON THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          IT'LL CREATE NEW DIRECT AND INDIRECT JOBS, BOTH TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT ACTIVE. 
          ADULT RESIDENTS FREQUENTLY UTILIZE LOCAL AREA PER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE MORE DISPOSABLE INCOME TO SPEND ON LOCAL RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, AND ENTERTAINMENT, KEEPING THEM VIABLE. 
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WE HAVE ASSEMBLED A HIGHLY CREDIBLE AND EXPERIENCED NEW YORK BASED DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE PRESENT IN THE ROOM. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW TO INTRODUCE DR. 
          BURLEY AND HAVE SPEAK A FEW WORDS. 
          THANK YOU, ANNU. 
          THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO, TO, UM, MEET WITH US AND HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE TO PROPOSE TO YOU. 
          UH, AS, AS A NEW HAD MENTIONED, UM, I'M A PHYSICIAN BY TRAINING. 
          I'M NOT A DEVELOPER BY TRAINING. 
          I, UM, WAS I TRAINED IN ON, ON THE EAST COAST IN, IN, IN BALTIMORE AND, AND, AND GREW UP IN MARYLAND FOR MOST OF MY EARLY LIFE BEFORE, UM, EVENTUALLY MOVING OUT TO CALIFORNIA WHERE MY MY, WHERE MY WIFE WAS FROM. 
          SO FOR HER, IT WAS ABOUT COMING HOME, UM, WHICH I THINK IS A, IS IS A SALIENT POINT FOR CONSIDERING A PROJECT LIKE THIS. 
          THE REASON WHY I AM INTERESTED IN, UH, SENIOR LIVING IN SPECIFICALLY, IS BECAUSE MY PARENTS, WHO, WHO, WHO ACTUALLY WERE BORN IN FLORAL PARK, LONG ISLAND, GREW UP THERE, WENT TO COLLEGE IN, IN NEW YORK, UM, BOTH AT SYRACUSE AND, AND, AND SUNY GENESO. 
          UM, THEY, THEY ENDED UP RELOCATING TO MARYLAND AFTER, AFTER UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL SO THAT MY FATHER COULD CONTINUE WITH WESTINGHOUSE, WHERE HE WORKED AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. 
          AND MY MOTHER COULD, COULD WORK AS A, AS A SCHOOL TEACHER. 
          THEY RAISED ME THERE. 
          THEY WENT THROUGH LIFE AND THEY GOT OLDER. 
          AND DURING THAT PROCESS, EVENTUALLY MY MOTHER GOT SICK. 
          WHEN SHE DID, THEY STARTED LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAD RAISED ME AS A CHILD AND WHERE THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHURCH, WHERE THEY HAD NEIGHBORS WHO HAD KNOWN THEM FOR DECADES. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THERE WAS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TRANSITION FROM THEIR HOME TO A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD GET PROPER CARE AND WHERE THEY COULD AGE GRACEFULLY. 
          MY MOTHER ENDED UP PASSING FROM PARKINSON'S DISEASE OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT A DECADE. 
          MY FATHER WAS LEFT IN A, WAS LEFT IN A HOME. 
          HIS KIDS WERE GONE, HIS WIFE WAS GONE. 
          AND WE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION AS A FAMILY WHETHER IT WAS SAFE FOR HIM TO STILL BE THERE. 
          AS HE CONTINUED TO AGE. 
          ULTIMATELY, HE, HE RELOCATED TO NORTH CAROLINA TO LIVE CLOSE TO MY SISTER, WHICH IS WHERE HE IS NOW. 
          HE DID TRANSITION INTO A MEMORY CARE UNIT AND IS, IS LIVING HAPPILY THERE. 
          BUT IN LOOKING AROUND WITH THEM AT PLACES WHERE THEY COULD TRANSITION THAT WERE CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY GREW UP, I WAS PERSONALLY STRUCK BY THE, BY THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DO SO. 
          AND THE MORE I LOOKED AT PLACES, THE FURTHER WE GOT FROM, FROM, FROM THE TOWN WHERE THEY GREW UP, THE MORE I REALIZED HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO HAVE PLACES WHERE WE CAN TRANSITION AS WE GROW OLDER. 
          WHAT WORKED FOR US IN OUR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES AND FORTIES DOESN'T WORK FOR US AS WE GET INTO OUR SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES. 
          BUT WE WANNA STAY IN THE PLACE THAT FEELS THE MOST LIKE HOME. 
          AND SO, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM A LOT OF REALLY SHARP PEOPLE WHO WILL TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS TELL YOU ABOUT THE WHY. 
          AND FOR ME, THAT'S MY WHY. 
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UM, THIS IS NOT AS, I THINK I'VE ALREADY HOPEFULLY MADE CLEAR THIS IS NOT MY, MY, MY MY AREA OF TRAINING OR EXPERTISE SO MUCH AS THIS IS A PERSONAL PROJECT THAT I'VE DECIDED TO CONTINUE AND, AND, AND, AND DEVELOP IN THE ABSENCE OF MY MOTHER. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AND THAT'S WHY I'M WORKING WITH A NEW AND THE OTHER EXPERTS THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM TODAY. 
          I HOPE THAT HASTINGS ON HUDSON IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAKE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION TO A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE THEIR AGE, WHERE THEY HAVE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, WHERE THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND LEARN, AND THEY'RE NOT FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, TO SELL THEIR HOMES AND MOVE TO OTHER PLACES. 
          I HOPE THAT HASTINGS ON HUDSON OFFERS THEM THAT, THAT SENSE OF DIGNITY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M SAL COCO WITH BHC ARCHITECTS. 
          I'M GONNA BEGIN BY SHARING SEVERAL VISUAL STUDIES TO ILLUSTRATE THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY AND HOW IT FITS INTO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THIS FIRST IMAGE SHOWS THE CENTRAL COURTYARD SPACE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND THE CLUBHOUSE. 
          THE INTENT IS TO CREATE AN ACTIVE SOCIAL GATHERING AREA FOR RESIDENTS PRESERVING VIEWS OF THE HUDSON RIVER. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ARCHITECTURE IS RESIDENTIAL IN CHARACTER. 
          THERE ARE PITCHED ROOFS, B AND BATTEN SIDING, STONE DETAILING, LANDSCAPED OUTDOOR SPACES RATHER THAN AN INSTITUTIONAL APPEARANCE. 
          WE'RE REPLACING THAT CHURCH, THAT SCHOOL BUILDING WITH A, WITH A, A BUILDING THAT HAS MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. 
          UH, THIS SECOND VIEW IS WHAT IS THE CLUBHOUSE, WHICH WILL BE ON THE CORNER OF A LARGE A A KEY DESIGN OBJECTIVE WAS TO SCALE A BUILDING APPROPRIATELY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN CREATING A LARGE AMENITY STRUCTURE. 
          WE DESIGNED THIS CLUBHOUSE TO RESEMBLE A SUBSTANTIAL RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER FOUND THROUGHOUT HASTINGS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY. 
          UM, THIS IS AN, A PHOTO MONTAGE LAID OVER AN ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH. 
          UM, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC VIEWS. 
          IT'S THE CORNER AND THE ENTRANCE. 
          IT DEMONSTRATES HOW THE CLUBHOUSE ANCHORS THE CORNER, FITS INTO THE LANDSCAPE. 
          EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING, EXISTING MATURE TREES, SITES, NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY, INTEGRATE THE BUILDING INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING. 
          UH, THIS IS DOWN ON WHITMAN. 
          LOOKING UP AT THE CLUBHOUSE. 
          UH, IT SHOWS HOW IT RELATES TO THE NEIGHBORING HOMES. 
          UH, THE DESIGN INCORPORATES RESIDENTIAL FORMS, ROOF LINES AND MATERIALS SO THAT THE BUILDING READS AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL VIEWS. 
          OUR GOAL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS HAS BEEN TO PRESERVE AS MUCH EXISTING VEGETATION AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE SOFTEN VIEWS OF THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LANDSCAPING, THE MASSING IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER COMPONENTS WHILE ACCOMMODATING 60 APARTMENT HOMES. 
          THE BUILDING IS CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO AVOID A MONOLITHIC APPEARANCE. 
          CHANGES IN MATERIALS, FACADE ARTICULATION, BUILDING PROPORTIONS, HELP BREAK DOWN THE OVERALL MASS AND CREATE A RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. 
          UH, THE ARRIVAL EXPERIENCE ON THE RIGHT HIGHLIGHTS, UH, YOUR ENTRANCE OF, UH, OF FOR THE UNITS. 
          THE THREE STORY, UH, BUILDING AMENITIES ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT AN ACTIVE 55 PLUS LIFESTYLE, UH, PICKLEBALL, BOCCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION, WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ELEVATIONS SHOWING THE BUILDING FROM FRONT AND BACK IN A SECTION. 
          UM, WE'RE CREATING A HIGH QUALITY 55 AND OLDER ACTIVE ETAL COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE DESIGNING BUILDINGS THAT REFLECT THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AND INTEGRATING THE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE TOPOGRAPHY, THE LANDSCAPING AND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT. 
          UH, THERE ARE THREE VARIANCES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE, WHICH IS BASED ON HOW THE, THE ROAD COMES IN FROM VILLARD AND EXITS ON WHITMAN. 
          THAT, THAT ONE WAY ACCESS IS PART OF THE REASON THAT DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE IS LOOKING FOR A VARIANCE, UH, WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC COMES IN AND EXITS OFF OF WHITMAN. 
          UH, THERE'S A RETAINING WALL VARIANCE ON THE HEIGHT OF THE RETAINING WALL. 
          AND PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS 'CAUSE WE'VE SUNK THE BUILDING INTO THE LANDSCAPE TO PRESERVE VIEWS. 
          SO SOME OF THE RETAINING WALLS END UP BEING SLIGHTLY HIGHER. 
          AND THE THIRD IS, UH, THE DENSITY. 
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UH, IF YOU CALCULATE THE DENSITY, WE'RE AT LIKE 59.8 DWELLING UNITS ALLOWED. 
          WE'RE PROPOSING 60 UNITS. 
          UH, IT'S, IT PROVIDES A COMPLETE AND FUNCTIONAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND, UH, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF 18. 
          ONE BED, 42 2 BED, MANY OF WHICH INCLUDE DENS FLEX, PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY FOR HOME OFFICES THROUGHOUT, UH, UH, FOR HOBBIES, VISITING FAMILY MEMBERS OR CAREGIVER ACCO ACCOMMODATIONS. 
          UH, THAT'S THE THIRD FLOOR. 
          THERE'S AN ARTS AND CRAFT SPACE. 
          UH, SOME MORE OF THE AMENITY SPACE INCLUDES A LOUNGE FITNESS AREA, UH, A A LARGE KITCHENETTE GATHERING SPACE DECKS TO APPRECIATE THE VIEW. 
          UH, THE PARKING IS CAREFULLY PLANNED TO MEET THE NA NEEDS OF ACTIVE ADULT RESIDENTS. 
          67 GARAGE SPACES, 20 SURFACE SPACES, UM, TAKEN ALTOGETHER. 
          WE, WE BELIEVE THESE, THOSE MODEST VARIANCES ENABLE A BETTER OVERALL PROJECT AND MAKE IT MORE SENSITIVE TO THE SITE'S TOPOGRAPHY. 
          THEY MAKE A SAFER CIRCULATION AND THEY ENABLE US TO PROVIDE THE, THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THERE'S ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS AND, UH, DETAILS WITHIN THE SET. 
          UH, WE'VE EXPLORED, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE SITE, ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE PRESERVATION OF, UH, TREES, UH, AS MUCH AS WE COULD, AND SENSITIVE LANDSCAPING SCREENING ON ALL SIDES. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE FAR RIGHT IS THE, UH, THE BOCCE COURT AND A PICKLEBALL COURT, UM, COMMUNITY GARDEN AND MANY OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS, UH, TO MAKE THIS A A GREAT LIVE AND PLAY COMMUNITY IN, IN HASTINGS. 
          SO, GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS RICH WILLIAMS. I AM WITH INSIGHT ENGINEERING AND WE'RE THE SITE CIVIL ENGINEERS. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TAKE A COUPLE WE CAN'T HEAR. 
          I'LL SPEAK, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT TAKING COMMENTS, YELLED OUT FROM THE AUDIENCE, BUT THAT, THAT, EXCUSE ME, WE'RE NOT TAKING COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. 
          PLEASE JUST SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME. 
          SO I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE SITE LAYS OUT AND THEN I'M ALSO GONNA SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT, UH, AN ISSUE THAT WE HEARD, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT, AND THAT'S STORM WATER. 
          AND I WILL DESCRIBE TO YOU WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE STARTED DOING OUR INVESTIGATIONS, HOW THE SITE'S FUNCTIONING NOW, AND HOW THROUGH THIS PROJECT, WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE WE CAN SOLVE SOME OF THE EXISTING PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS MAY BE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. 
          SO THIS IS A PLAN VIEW OR BIRD'S EYE LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN ON TOP OF THE PROPERTY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A COUPLE SECONDS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE ARCHITECTURE AND WHAT SAL JUST WALKED YOU THROUGH, LAYS OUT ON THE PROPERTY. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE A ONE-WAY DRIVEWAY THAT COMES IN OFF OF VARD, WHICH IS UP IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER AS YOU LOOK AT THE PAGE AND A DRIVEWAY THAT RUNS ALONG THE TOP OF THE PAGE. 
          AGAIN, ONE WAY WE HAVE SPENT TIME TALKING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALREADY ABOUT ACCESS AND CIRCULATION. 
          WE'VE REVIEWED THIS PLAN WITH 'EM. 
          WE THOUGHT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING TO VET EARLY IN THE PROCESS. 
          UM, WE'VE TAKEN COMMENTS FROM THEM, WE'VE INCORPORATED IT, AND I THINK AS WE CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE WITH THEM, UH, WE'RE GONNA FIND THAT, THAT THIS PLAN GENERALLY WORKS FOR THEIR NEEDS. 
          UM, THE ONE-WAY DRIVEWAY DESCENDS, SO IT STARTS AT VILLARD WHERE WE'RE THE HIGHEST PART OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEN WE FLATTEN ALONG, FLATTEN OUT ALONG THE FACE OF THE BUILDING AND ABOUT HERE WE CONTINUE TO DESCEND DOWN THAT DRIVEWAY GOES DOWN TO ALLOW US TO COME AROUND INTO THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT'S HOW WE ACCESS ALL THE PARKING SPACES UNDERNEATH. 
          IN ADDITION, WE CONTINUE TO DESCEND BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO MEET THE ELEVATION OF CHRISTIE TERRACE, WHICH RUNS UP AND DOWN ON THE PAGE HERE. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE CLUBHOUSE AREA THAT WAS VERY STRATEGICALLY LAID OUT. 
          UM, BASICALLY WHERE THE SCHOOL IS TO HELP MAINTAIN STREETSCAPE ALONG BELLARD AND ALSO WHITMAN. 
          YOU CAN SEE WE'RE MAINTAINING THE GREEN SPACE THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS THERE. 
          WE DIDN'T PUSH FARTHER TOWARDS WHITMAN. 
          UM, AND WE SET THE BUILDING FARTHER INTO THE SITE WHERE WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWERING THE GRADES, AS SAL MENTIONED, TO KEEP THE HEIGHTS DOWN. 
          RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GONNA START WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, PLAN FOR A MINUTE AND TALK ABOUT STORMWATER AND WHAT WE FOUND. 
          BUT BEFORE YOU MOVE ON FROM THAT SURE. 
          CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? YEAH. 
          UM, CAN YOU, YOU, YOU DESCRIBED, UM, ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND, UM, EXITING OFF CHRISTIE AND, UM, DISCUSSIONS 
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WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT ACCESS FROM CHRISTIE. 
          I THAT'S WHAT WAS IN THE PLANS. 
          CAN YOU ALSO SPEAK TO THE ACCESS FOR THE, UM, REFUSE TRUCKS? YES. 
          UM, THE TURNING MANEUVERING DOES WORK FOR THE REFUSE TRUCKS. 
          THEY CAN FOLLOW THE SAME, UH, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM CHRISTIE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO STATE THAT. 
          YES. 
          SO THEY WOULD NEED TO COME UP CHRISTIE YES. 
          AND GET IN THE SAME WAY AS THE FIRE TRUCKS AND MAKE SEVERAL POINT TURNS TO GET OUT. 
          CORRECT. 
          THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH IF IT'S OFF HOURS. 
          UM, ALSO ONE OF THE DETAILS THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE FINISHED, 'CAUSE THIS COMES A LITTLE BIT FARTHER DOWN ON THE PROCESS, THE TRASH TRUCK MAY NOT GO THROUGH CHRISTIE. 
          IT MAY COME THROUGH THE SITE. 
          IT'LL DEPEND IF IT'S A FRONT LOADED OR A REAL LOADED TRUCK, WHICH WILL DEPEND ON THE DUMPSTER CONFIGURATION. 
          AND AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T PICKED DUMPSTERS YET AT THIS, THIS STAGE. 
          THIS IS OUR FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          BUT IF IT'S A REAR LOADED, IT WOULDN'T COME UP CHRISTIE. 
          IT WOULD ACTUALLY COME IN THROUGH VILLARD BACK UP TO THE DUMPSTER AND THEN PULL STRAIGHT OUT THROUGH CHRISTIE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THERE'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT AS A PLANNING BOARD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO LAY IT OUT FOR US WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY PROPOSING. 
          'CAUSE IN THE PLANS IT SHOWED TRUCKS COMING IN FROM CHRISTIE AND MAKING SEVERAL TURNS TO GET OUT. 
          THAT WAS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? NO, NO. 
          IT ALSO SHOWED THE REFUSE TRUCKS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO POINT IT OUT. 
          BUT WE WILL, WE ARE GONNA EXPLORE THAT AS WE GET. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          STORMWATER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. 
          UM, THE HATCHED AREA HERE IS THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING AND THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY TODAY. 
          THE BACK EDGE OF PAVEMENT COMES ALL THE WAY TO THIS PART OF THE PROPERTY. 
          THERE IS A LOOP DRIVEWAY THAT COMES DOWN THROUGH HERE. 
          YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NON PAVED AREA HERE AND A LITTLE BIT OF FORESTED AREA ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF OUR SITE, OR GENERALLY BEHIND THE BUILDING, THERE IS AN EXISTING STORM WATER SYSTEM THAT DOES COLLECT STORM WATER AND BRINGS IT DOWN THROUGH TO WHITMAN STREET WHERE IT TIES INTO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM ALL UNDERGROUND WITH PIPING. 
          THERE IS ALSO AN INLET TOWARDS THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. 
          I'M, I'M HEARING, UM, WHISPERING IN THE AUDIENCE, IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE NOT SPEAK WHILE THE PRESENTATION IS GOING ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE IS ALSO AN INLET TOWARDS THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE ACTUALLY FOUND BURIED. 
          UM, SO IT'S CURRENTLY NOT FUNCTIONING. 
          UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT ULTIMATELY TIES BACK INTO THE WHITMAN SYSTEM BASED ON ALL THE OLD MAPPING WE FOUND AND JUST WHERE WE KIND OF POKED AND SAW WHERE DIRECTIONS COULD GO. 
          IF THAT'S NOT ACTIVELY TAKING THE WATER AND, AND TAKING IT BACK. 
          THERE WOULD BE WATER COMING OFF OUR SITE FROM BASICALLY THIS LINE OVER THAT WOULD SHEET FLOW ONTO THE NEIGHBOR'S PAGE BOTTOM OR TO OUR WEST. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO BY CONSTRUCTING THE SITE IS WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO INTERCEPT THAT WATER. 
          SO ONCE WE CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING, WHICH SITS ON THE LOWER PORTION OF OUR SITE OR THE WESTERN PORTION OF OUR SITE, THAT ROOF IS GONNA CAPTURE THE WATER AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT IN TWO DIRECTIONS. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA BASICALLY MAINTAIN THE SAME DROUGHT DRAINAGE BOUNDARIES THAT EXIST. 
          'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA PUSH MORE WATER ONE WAY THAN IT CURRENTLY GOES, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT IT THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES. 
          ONE, TO TREAT THE QUALITY, WHICH THAT'S A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT AND WE HAVE TO DO, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ONE THAT ADDRESSES THE QUANTITY OF THE WATER. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO UNDERGROUND DETENTION SYSTEMS ON OUR PROPERTY, ONE ABOVE OUR BUILDING AND ONE ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE PROPERTY HERE UNDER THE DRIVEWAY. 
          OKAY, YOU WANNA ASK THEM? OKAY. 
          SO WHAT THE PLAN IS WHERE THAT WATER CURRENTLY SHEETS SHEET FLOWS OFF AGAIN ON THIS WHOLE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          THERE'S NO ACTIVE COLLECTION SYSTEM. 
          SO ALL OF THAT PAVEMENT DOES JUST SHEET FLOW DOWN. 
          IT FLOWS IN TWO DIRECTIONS TOWARDS THE HOUSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON WHITMAN STREET AND ALSO TOWARDS CHRISTIE TERRACE. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PICK THAT WATER OFF, PUT IT UNDERGROUND, HOLD IT BACK, AND THEN MORE SLOWLY RELEASE IT INTO THE DOWNSTREAM COLLECTION SYSTEMS. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I'LL JUST ADDRESS RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE STILL DETERMINING THE OUTFALL LOCATION ON CHRISTIE. 
          UM, WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME PLANS TO COME BACK FROM THE TOWN THAT ARE CURRENTLY GETTING SCANNED OR FROM THE VILLAGE. 
          ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL, WE WILL FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE AND HOW WE'RE GONNA TIE THE PIPING IN. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BY PICKING THAT WATER OFF, IT'LL STOP SHEEP FLOWING ONTO THE NEIGHBORS AND THAT SHOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THEIR CONDITION. 
          IT'LL ALSO IMPROVE THE CONDITION ON WHITMAN STREET ITSELF BECAUSE THE WATER THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORS CONTINUES TO FLOW DOWN ONTO WHITMAN 
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STREET WHERE THERE'S A VERY LIMITED COLLECTION SYSTEM. 
          UM, I FOCUSED ON OUR SITE, BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE SOME RUNOFF THAT WE BELIEVE COMES FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO PAGE UP. 
          UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE COLLECTED AND ACCOUNTED FOR AS WELL IN OUR MODELING. 
          SO ALL OF THAT WATER CURRENTLY COMES DOWN ONTO WHITMAN STREET ULTIMATELY. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA PUT AGAIN, A BIG PICC LINE IN FRONT OF IT, GRAB IT, DETAIN IT, AND THEN SLOWLY RELEASE IT. 
          SO FOR YOUR MODELING, WHAT UH, SIZE STORM DID YOU ASSUME FOR, FOR COLLECTION, WE GO UP TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM CURRENT, OR 50 YEARS OR SO. 
          WHEN WE MODEL STORM WATER, IT'S BASED ON, UH, DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS WHICH HAVE TO DO WITH PROBABILITY OR RECURRENCE INTERVALS. 
          SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE 10 YEAR DESIGN STORM, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN IT HAPPENS ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS, IT MEANS IT HAS A 10% CHANCE OF OCCURRING IN ANY YEAR. 
          UH, WE'LL LOOK AT THE 10, WE'LL ALSO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE A HUNDRED. 
          SO THIS SYSTEM IS GONNA BE DESIGNED FOR THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM, WHICH HAS A 1% CHANCE OF OCCURRING IN A GIVEN YEAR. 
          NOW WHAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT IS WHERE DO WE GET THE RAINFALL DATA THAT WE MODEL? I THINK SAID INTERJECT. 
          I THINK THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER YOU'RE TAKING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO ACCOUNT AND THE YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          YEAH, I I I KNOW WHAT A HUNDRED YEAR STORM IS. 
          CLIMATE PROJECTIONS EXACTLY INDICATE THAT A HUNDRED YEAR STORMS WILL BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL IN 2050. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I'M GOING. 
          SO WHERE WE GET, WHERE WE GET THE NUMBERS THAT WE MODEL FROM THE ORIGINAL MODELING NUMBERS THAT WE WERE USING 10 YEARS AGO, WERE BASED ON RAINFALL DATA UP TO 1963. 
          THERE ARE NEW MODEL, THERE'S, THERE'S ACTUALLY NEW INFORMATION AVAILABLE WHERE THE RAINFALL MODELS ARE UPDATED EVERY YEAR. 
          SO WE GET TO SEE ACTUALLY LIVE THE CHANGING CLIMATE CONDITIONS, HOW THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORM WENT FROM SEVEN AND A HALF INCHES UP TO NINE AND A HALF INCHES. 
          UM, NEW YORK STATE DOES REQUIRE US NOW AS PART OF THE NEW CHANGES TO THE GENERAL PERMIT AND ACTUALLY AS PART OF THE NEW CHANGES TO THE EAF, UM, TO TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE INTO ACCOUNT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE JOHN CANNING, TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC. 
          GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          UH, MY NAME IS JOHN CANNING. 
          I WORK FOR KIMLEY HORN. 
          I'M A PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ENGINEER. 
          UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          THIS IS AN INTERESTING AND EXCITING PROJECT AS EVIDENCED BY EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. 
          I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT TRAFFIC. 
          UH, IT, IT'S AN INTERESTING PROJECT FROM A TRAFFIC PERSPECTIVE. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE SITE WAS DEVELOPED WITH A SCHOOL AT ONE STAGE AND IT SUPPORTED, UH, AND OPERATED AS A SCHOOL. 
          IT'S NOT A SCHOOL NOW, IT NEVER WILL BE A SCHOOL AGAIN, BUT IT WORKED WHEN IT WAS A SCHOOL BACK WHEN HASTINGS WAS THRIVING 20, 25 YEARS AGO. 
          AS A, AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY, I OFTEN TELL PEOPLE THAT THE ONLY THING THAT GENERATES LESS TRAFFIC THAN AN AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY IS A SELF STORAGE FACILITY. 
          SENIORS JUST DON'T GENERATE AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS FAMILIES WHO'VE GOT KIDS TO BRING PLACES AND HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT CERTAIN TIMES AND WHATNOT. 
          SURE, OLDER PEOPLE STILL WORK, BUT LESS OF THEM DO. 
          THEY HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO WE PERFORMED A DETAILED TRAFFIC STUDY AND IT INDICATES THAT IN THE PEAK HOUR, THIS 60 UNIT FACILITY WILL GENERATE JUST 20 ADDITIONAL TRIPS ON THE ROADWAYS IN THE VILLAGE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE GOT THE DIVIDE AND CONQUER GOING ON. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING TRAFFIC IN FROM VILLARD AND PUTTING IT OUT TO CHRISTIE. 
          SO AT MOST WE'RE ADDING 10 TRIPS TO VILLARD AND 10 TRIPS TO CHRISTIE AND WHITHAM AND WHITMAN. 
          UH, OUR TRAFFIC STUDY INDICATES THAT DURING THE PEAK HOUR DELAYS, WE STUDY THE INTERSECTIONS OF WHITMAN AT, UH, MAIN STREET VILLARD AT WHITMAN, UH, VILLARD AT BROADWAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE VILLARD AT WARBURG AND DELAYS WILL INCREASE BY 1.1 SECONDS OR LESS BECAUSE OF THESE ADDITIONAL TRIPS. 
          SO THERE'S LOTS OF ISSUES TO TALK ABOUT ON THIS PROJECT, BUT PERSONALLY I THINK TRAFFIC IS NOT ONE OF THEM. 
          UM, BUT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT TRAFFIC. 
          WELL, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TAKE THAT OR I CAN WAIT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, YEAH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COVER THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AND, UM, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS IT, SO DANIEL, IS THIS SOMETHING A CLARIFYING QUESTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S SORT OF SPECIFIC, WHICH IS JUST WHEN YOU SAY THAT, THAT THE PROJECT WILL GENERATE 20 ADDITIONAL TRIPS AN HOUR, UH, IS THAT 20 CAR TRIPS? LIKE, IS THERE A MODE SPLIT ANALYSIS EMBEDDED IN THERE THAT'S 20 CAR TRIPS? THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF PEDESTRIAN TRIPS PER HOUR, MOSTLY INTO THE VILLAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, 
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WELL WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION AMONGST OURSELVES WITH OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, I'D LIKE OUR VILLAGE PLANNER, UM, PATRICK CLEARY TO LAY OUT THE MAIN POINTS IN A, A DETAILED MEMO HE PROVIDED US WHERE HE, HE STUDIED THE PLANS AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED, AND THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM HIM. 
          SURE. 
          MADAM CHAIRMAN, UH, THERE'S A LOT HERE. 
          I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. 
          UM, SO BIG PICTURE, UM, IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT, THIS USE IS A PERMISSIBLE AS OF RIGHT USE. 
          UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE LAND USE PROVISIONS. 
          THE PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY A, A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          SO THE ABILITY TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THIS HERE IS NOT THE QUESTION. 
          THE QUESTION IS THE ABILITY OF THIS SITE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          SO THE CHALLENGE LONG SKINNY SITE. 
          SO FUNDAMENTALLY THE FIRST ISSUE IS THE, THE SITE'S BEEN DEVELOPED, THE BUILDING'S BEEN ORIENTED BASED UPON RELIANCE ON THE EXISTING CURB CUT ON VILLARD. 
          BY VIRTUE OF THAT, THE BUILDING'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE, IS THAT THE BEST PLACE FOR THE CURB CUT? IS THAT THE BEST PLACE FOR THE BUILDING? ONE OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROJECT IS VIEW PRESERVATION. 
          SO IF THE CURB CUT WERE SHIFTED AND THE BUILDING WERE PUSHED TO THE OTHER SIDE, IS THAT BETTER? SIMPLY A QUESTION. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY'RE USING, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO BENEFIT FROM USING THE EXISTING CURB CUT. 
          NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION TO THE SITE. 
          SO THE ARCHITECT MENTIONED A NUMBER OF VARIANCES. 
          THERE ARE MANY MORE VARIANCES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF UNUSUAL ZONING PROVISIONS BASED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LENGTH OF THE LOT. 
          WHEN THE LENGTH, THE LENGTH GETS LONGER, THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS GET DEEPER. 
          SO IT WOULD REQUIRE SIDE YARD SETBACKS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE, THE, THE VARIANCES THAT THE ARCHITECT HAD MENTIONED, PATRICK, DOES IT COMPLY FLY WITH THE, THE SETBACKS SIDE YARD SETBACKS? IT DOES NOT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          EVEN WITHOUT THAT PROVISION. 
          RIGHT? YEAH, I, WITHOUT THAT PROVISION, UH, THE ONE SIDE WOULD, THE OTHER WOULDN'T. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE DEGREE? SO FOR THE, IN THE SIDE YARDS, PATRICK? YEAH. 
          SO THE MODIFICATION IS, UH, 15 FEET FOR ONE SIDE, 30 FEET FOR TWO. 
          THEY HAVE 10 AND A HALF AND THEY HAVE 26. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THIS, THE BUILDING THAT YOU HEARD DESCRIBED IS THE ACCESSORY BUILDING IS IS AN ACCESSORY BUILDING. 
          IT MUST COMPLY WITH THE ACCESSORY BUILDING PROVISIONS. 
          SO THE HEIGHT OF THAT BUILDING EXCEEDS THE HEIGHT OF, OF AN ACCESSORY BUILDING QUITE A BIT. 
          CAN, QUITE A BIT. 
          CAN YOU PROVIDE THE NUMBERS FROM THAT? I THINK IT'S, IT'S 15 FEET FOR AN ACCESSORY BUILDING, IT'S 15 FEET AND THIS IS 26 OR SOME ODD FEET. 
          AGAIN, THE ACCESSORY BUILDING PROVISIONS AREN'T INTENDED FOR THIS HEIGHT OF AN ACCESSORY BUILDING. 
          I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT, FOR THIS FIRST MEETING, I WANT US TO TALK IN NUMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEGREE OF VARIANCE REQUESTED AND BE VERY SPECIFIC. 
          AND BEAR IN MIND, ALL OF THESE RELATE TO VIEW PRESERVATION ISSUES. 
          YES, CORRECT. 
          UM, SITE AXES IS, IS A CRITICAL ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THIS. 
          SO AGAIN, WE WOULD WANNA SEE, UM, JOHNS SITE DISTANCE ANALYSIS COMING IN AND COMING OUT AGAIN. 
          IS THAT THE RIGHT SPOT? THE LAR DRIVEWAYS EXCEEDS OUR, UM, DRIVEWAY WITH REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE ANOTHER VARIANCE. 
          IT ALSO APPEARS AS THOUGH THE EDGE OF THAT DRIVEWAY EXTENDS ONTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. 
          SO CAN YOU CLARIFY AND VERIFY THAT ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT REQUIRES IMPROVEMENTS INTO CHRISTI? SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ZONING PROVISIONS THAT RELATE TO DRIVEWAY ORIENTATION, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO DRIVEWAYS ARE SUPPOSED TO HIT THE ROADS AT 90 DEGREES. 
          THIS HITS AT A 45 DEGREE. 
          THAT'S A NON-COMPLIANT CONDITION. 
          IT ALSO REQUIRES IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY, LIKE A RETAINING WALL. 
          WE WOULD NORMALLY NOT WANNA MAINTAIN YOUR RETAINING WALL AND OUR RIGHT OF WAY. 
          SO HOW THAT GETS DONE IN THE FUTURE IS SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU. 
          UM, THERE'S A BUNCH HERE. 
          BEAR . 
          I'M TRYING TO BE QUICK. 
          UM, SO JOHN MENTIONED THAT THERE IS THIS, IN THEIR OPINION, A REDUCTION IN TRIP GENERATION, SIGNIFICANT PROJECT, CRITICAL LOCATION. 
          YOUR BOARD NEEDS TO DETERMINE IF WE WANNA BRING IN A THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO REVIEW MR. CANNINGS SOLUTIONS. 
          WITH RESPECT TO THIS DECISION, YOU NEED TO MAKE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER OFF STREET PARKING IS, IS AN ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THIS. 
          SO PARKING GARAGE BELOW THE BUILDING AND SOME OFF STREET, UM, SOME ONSITE PARKING, UM, 97 SPACES REQUIRED 87 PROVIDED. 
          SO THEY NEED A PARKING VARIANCE FOR RESPECT TO THIS. 
          THE PARKING SPACES IN THE GARAGE SCALE OFF UNDERSIZED, AND THAT MAY BE A SCALING ERROR. 
          UM, BUT OUR PARKING SPACES HAVE TO BE NINE FEET WIDE. 
          THEY'RE EIGHT AND A HALF IN THE BUILDING. 
          THAT WOULD BE A VARIANCE. 
          UM, I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO BENEFIT THE SURFACE PARKING BY USING GRAVEL PARKING IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, WHICH MAY BENEFIT THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          HOWEVER, IN IN HIGHLY UTILIZED PARKING SPACES, GRAVEL CAN BE A CHALLENGE. 
          AND I NOTICED ONE OF THE HANDICAPPED SPACES IS GRAVEL. 
          THAT SHOULD BE A PAVED SPOT FOR A HANDICAPPED SPACE. 
          SO THE PARKING CONFIGURATION NEEDS SOME CLARIFICATION AS WELL. 
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UM, CLARIFI MINOR ISSUES ARE, ARE YOU PUTTING EV CHARGING STATIONS IN THE GARAGE? WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT FROM A, UH, SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. 
          WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR SNOW STORAGE AND YOU'VE SHOWN IT ON THE PLAN IN THE PICKLEBALL BALL COURT, BUT IT'S BEHIND A, A WALL OR A FENCE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PLOW PUTS THE, THE SNOW OVER THE FENCE INTO THE PICKLEBALL COURT. 
          SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          MINOR ISSUE. 
          UM, UH, YOU SHOW A BIKE RACK, BUT IN BIKE STORAGE AND E-BIKE STORAGE, IS THAT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE BUILDING? I DON'T KNOW IF I NOTICED THAT IN THE PLANS. 
          SOMETHING WE WANT TO FACILITATE TO ACCOMMODATE MOBILITY IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO LANDSCAPING AND PERCENTAGES OF PARKING AREAS THAT NEED TO BE LANDSCAPED. 
          SO THOSE PERCENTAGES NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO DO LANDSCAPING ON THIS SITE, BUT WE HAVE CODE REQUIREMENTS. 
          YOU HAVE TO HIT THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU DON'T POTENTIALLY VARIANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          A LOT OF THE, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING WASN'T NATIVE SPECIES, SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HIT A 70% OF NATIVE SPECIES FOR LANDSCAPING IF YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          UM, SITE LIGHTING DETAILS, WE NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. 
          STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE RETAINING WALLS EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR RETAINING WALL. 
          THAT'S A VARIANCE. 
          UM, I NOTE AGAIN, MINOR ISSUES. 
          YOU'VE GOT ESTIMATES OF OF, OF, UM, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY AND THE SANITARY SEWAGE NUMBER IS HIGHER THAN THAT. 
          NORMALLY IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          YOU CONSUME SOME OF THAT WATER. 
          SO CLARIFY THOSE NUMBERS. 
          IT WASN'T OFF BY MUCH, BUT IT JUST RAISED A QUESTION ABOUT HOW YOU'RE CALCULATING THAT. 
          UM, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT ELECTRIC GAS, THE OTHER UTILITIES. 
          AND THE LAST SET OF COMMENTS REALLY RELATE TO VIEW PRESERVATION. 
          SO I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS NOT YET GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF PROVIDING YOU A LOT OF DETAIL WITH VIEW PRESERVATION. 
          WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, MADAM CHAIRMAN, AS YOU KNOW, IS, IS REQUIRED MOCKUPS ON THE SITE TO PROVIDE SOME REALLY TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF WHAT THE IMPACT MIGHT BE. 
          SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT DOING. 
          FINAL POINT WITH RESPECT TO THIS IS AN UNUSUAL NEW TOPIC THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY, WHICH RELATES TO SEEKER. 
          SO NEW REQUIREMENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW LAW, WHICH PROVIDES EXEMPTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE GOVERNOR'S LET THEM BUILD, UM, INITIATIVE. 
          AND IT WOULD, UM, AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT LAW EXEMPT THIS PROJECT FROM SEEKER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. 
          SO THAT REMOVES YOUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES POTENTIALLY A ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UNLESS YOU CAN DEAL WITH THAT THROUGH YOUR SITE PLAN AUTHORITY AND SO FORTH. 
          AND WE HAVE SITE PLAN AS A LAW. 
          YOU ABSOLUTELY DO CONSIDERATIONS WITH SITE PLAN. 
          SO, SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED THE DOCUMENTATION AS IF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STILL RE WAS REQUIRED. 
          SO THEY'VE SUBMITTED THE DOCUMENTATION, BUT THAT'S A CHANGE NOT ONLY FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. 
          WE HAVE LOST A TOOL, UM, AND WE NEED TO RECOVER THAT TOOL IN OTHER WAYS. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          JUST, UM, BEFORE WE HAVE OUR BOARD DISCUSSION, UM, JUST TO GO BACK TO VARIANCES, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE, NOT JUST BASED ON WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED, BUT JUST GOING BACK TO THE OTHER VARIANCES THAT THEY HAD MENTIONED. 
          CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE VARIANCE THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT, HOW IT COMPARES TO ALLOWABLE OR MAXIMUM ALLOW? UH, SO THEY'RE NOT THAT FAR OFF ON DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE. 
          IT'S 35%. 
          THEY'RE AT 31%. 
          UM, UH, I'M SORRY, 50%. 
          THEY'RE AT 62.2%. 
          I'M SORRY, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 
          50 50. 
          WE ALSO, THAT IS ALLOWABLE. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THEY'RE AT 62.2%. 
          THEY'RE ALREADY OVER WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEN WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING GOES TO GOES TO 62.2 62. 
          SO 12, 12% MORE THAN ALLOWED. 
          AND WE HAVE AN FAR REQUIREMENT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE NUMBERS FOR. 
          SO YOU'VE GOTTA GIVE US GROSS FLOOR AREA DOC NUMBERS SO WE COULD DOCUMENT COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLOOR AREA RATIO. 
          JUST TO SORT OF SUMMARIZE, IF ALL OF THOSE CONDITIONS CAN'T BE MODIFIED, UM, I COUNT 11 VARIANCE. 
          IT'S NOT THREE VARIANCES. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO I, I'M GOING TO LET MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. 
          BUT I WILL SAY THAT, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PROJECT THAT MUCH BETTER COMPLIES WITH OUR EXISTING ZONING BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INTENSITY OF THE USE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. 
          UM, THOSE, THAT THOSE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING ARE THE RESULT OF WANTING TO PUT THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THEY'RE PROPOSING. 
          SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT OFF THE BAT AND I THINK, UM, THERE ARE WAYS TO DEVELOP THIS SITE, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK FOR ALL OF THOSE VARIANCES. 
          SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY OPENING STATEMENT. 
          UM, I'M JUST GONNA OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK. 
          SORRY, . 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED, I HAVE A CLARIFYING, UH, CLARIFICATION. 
          YOU MENTIONED, SO THERE'S A VIEW PRESERVATION ISSUE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A CURRENT HEIGHT RESTRICTION. 
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THE ACCESSORY DWELLING EXCEEDS THE CURRENT HEIGHT RESTRICTION BY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DOES, DOES THAT NOT EXCEED THE CURRENT HEIGHT RESTRIC? IT DOES NOT. 
          IT COMPLIES. 
          SO THEY WERE SENSITIVE TO THAT FROM THE OUTSET. 
          THE BUILDING IS A FLAT ROOF BUILDING. 
          IT'S NOT CLEAR IF MECHANICAL STUFF'S GOING ON THE ROOF. 
          SO THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE CLARIFIED, BUT THEY, I THINK THEY WERE AWARE OF THAT BEING A CONSIDERATE A CONCERN TO US. 
          SO FLAT ROOF CONFORMING HEIGHT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, DOES THE APPLICANT KNOW HOW MUCH TALLER IS THE PROPOSED BUILDING THAN THE EXISTING SCHOOL THAT'S THERE? DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE? OKAY. 
          THEY CAN COME BACK NEXT TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT COVERAGE, UM, ZONING REQUIREMENT AND THE, THE VARIANCE. 
          UM, AM I CORRECT IN THINKING THAT PA ANY PAVED SURFACE CONTRIBUTES TO DEVELOPED AREA? IT DOES. 
          SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT SITE CONDITION IS IN TERMS OF COVERAGE? I, I THINK RICH MENTIONED TO YOU THAT UM, IT'S A LOT OF IT'S COVERED. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS OFF HAND. 
          IT'S OVER 50%, BUT IT'S YEAH, FOR SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S NON-CONFORMING TODAY. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S, IT'S BY A FEW PERCENTAGE FROM WHAT I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PLANS, BUT RIGHT. 
          NOT NEARLY 60. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          I I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I IDEALLY, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO CONFORM WITH MORE OF THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT, IT DOES SEEM LIKE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE A VARIANCE ARE RELATIVELY BENIGN. 
          RIGHT. 
          LIKE FOR, AND, AND YOU KNOW, POINT OF FACT, RIGHT? ONE THAT WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER, UH, IS THE, UH, THE HEIGHT FOR THE ACCESSORY UNIT, WHICH I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME, I MEAN, I WAS SORT OF SURPRISED TO SEE THAT, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT NORMALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN ACCESSORY UNIT IN A TOWN LIKE CASINGS OR A VILLAGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A GARAGE A SHED OR SHED. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEREAS, I MEAN, PRACTICALLY THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN ADDITIONAL PRIMARY STRUCTURE IN THIS CASE. 
          AND I THINK ALSO, AND JUST TO POINT OUT, IF, IF IT WERE CONNECTED TO THE MAIN BUILDING, IT WOULD NOT BE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. 
          IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE COMPLIANT IF THEY WERE TO DO THAT, BUT IT CAN'T BE CONNECTED. 
          'CAUSE THEN THE MAIN BUILDING WOULD EXCEED THE HEIGHT. 
          IT WOULD FURTHER, IT WOULD FURTHER EXCEED THOSE VARIANCES. 
          RIGHT. 
          I, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING ACCESSORY DRILLING UNIT LOOK LIKE A HOUSE SO THAT IT ALIGNS BETTER WITH THE STREET BELOW IT. 
          BUT I, UH, I HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD OH, ACTUALLY IS THE QUESTION IS, THIS IS NOT IN FRONT OF THE, THE CONDOMINIUM BUILDING. 
          THIS WOULD BE ACROSS FROM, I DON'T THINK IT INTERFACE WITH ANYONE. 
          DOESN'T INTERVIEW, DOESN'T INTERVIEW WITH ANYBODY'S VIEW ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S, POCKET PARK IS THERE, CORRECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, UM, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS. 
          AND PATRICK, THANK YOU FOR OUTLINING ALL OF THESE ISSUES. 
          SO, WELL, CLEARLY YOU GOT, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          SO I'M ALSO CON I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENTRANCE ONTO CHRISTY. 
          UH, IT'S DOWNHILL AND IT'S 45 INSTEAD OF 90. 
          I, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT TO, YOU KNOW, I, I I GUESS I WORRY ABOUT DRIVERS COMING DOWN AND GOING HITTING CHRISTIE AT 45 DEGREES. 
          I THINK THERE'S A STRUCTURE IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THAT. 
          I, I, YEAH, I MEAN I, I GUESS I WOULD BE A LITTLE, WHAT, WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE SITE BOUNDARY ON, ON THAT SIDE THAT WOULD PREVENT CARS FROM JUMPING THE CURVE ONTO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. 
          IS THE EGRESS ONTO CHRISTIE OR THE, MAYBE, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTAND IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT. 
          YEAH, SURE. 
          UH, JOHN CANNING AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. 
          SO FOR STARTERS, PART OF THE REASON THAT IT'S AT 45 DEGREES IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO COME DOWN LESS STEEP 'CAUSE WE HAVE MORE LEVERAGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IF IT CAME DOWN AT 90 DEGREES, NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE STEEPER, IT'D BE GOING STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE BUILDING. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IT'S LESS STEEP AT THE BOTTOM. 
          NORMALLY YOU, YOU LIKE TO HAVE A 90 DEGREE INTERSECTION BECAUSE YOU WANNA LOOK THIS WAY AND YOU WANNA LOOK THIS WAY. 
          AND IF I'M POINTING AT 45 DEGREES AND I'M LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER, IT'S VERY HARD TO DO. 
          BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE'S NOBODY TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER. 
          SO THE 45 DEGREES DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WALL AND THE GATE OR WHATEVER'S AT THAT LOCATION. 
          THERE'S NO CARS. 
          SO IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          BUT IN MY OPINION, THE 45 DEGREES ACTUALLY HELPS HERE. 
          IT MAY BE A VARIANCE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'D BE HAPPY TO GO TO THE BOARD AND EXPLAIN WHY IT'S NOT RELEVANT IN THIS CASE. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND SORRY TO REPEAT, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY CLEAR IN THE PLANS, AND I'M SURE YOU SAID IT EARLIER, BUT IS IT ACCESS OR EGRESS OFF OF CHRISTIE? IT'S EGRESS FROM THE SITE ONTO CHRISTIE ONTO WHITMAN. 
          SO ACCESS ONTO VILLARD OR FROM VILLARD? ENTRANCE FROM VILLARD, YES. 
          BUT IT'S AT, BUT IT'S ENTRANCE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT, OH, CHRISTIE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO CHRISTIE IS THE ENTRANCE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          IS THAT, AS YOU GET THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT WAS IN THE PLAN. 
          IT'D BE ENTERING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. 
          THEY CAN GO ON EITHER SIDE SIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. 
          THE PLAN SHOWED, YEAH, FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS FROM CHRISTIE AS WELL AS THE REFUSE TRUSTEE. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA 
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COME IN WHEREVER THEY, WELL THEY'RE GONNA, WHERE THEY WERE THEY . 
          YEAH. 
          MAYBE SHIFTING MOMENTARILY TO DISCUSSION, I THINK 20 TRIPS AT, AT PEAK HOUR ONTO CHRISTIE IS A NON-NEGLIGIBLE NUMBER. 
          RIGHT. 
          THESE ARE PRETTY SMALL STREET. 
          THAT'S A SMALL STREET. 
          WHICH IS NOT TO SAY, I MEAN THAT MAY BE THE ONLY SOLUTION, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE STUDIED MORE CLOSELY. 
          UM, BECAUSE I MEAN I I DO THINK THAT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC ONTO THAT STREET. 
          UH, AT A PEAK HOUR. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IF THEY WERE EXITING, I IRONICALLY IF THEY WERE EXITING, I MEAN I THINK THE VILLARD TURN IS HARDER, BUT IF THEY WERE EXITING ONTO BROADWAY, THAT FEELS LESS INVASIVE. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE BASED ON THE SHAPE OF THE STREET. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE PROPERTY THAT THAT'S BROADWAY. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          THAT'S THE POINT. 
          NO, I MEAN THE TURN TO VALARD AND THEN OUT ONTO BROADWAY. 
          OH RIGHT. 
          IF THEY WERE GOING THE, INSTEAD OF GOING OH, I SEE. 
          YEAH. 
          ON VIA VILLARD AND OFF VIA UH, CHRISTIE. 
          INSTEAD THEY WERE GOING, IF THEY AVOIDED THE LOWER STREET RIGHT, THEN THEY WOULD GO ONTO BROADWAY, WHICH IS THE STATE HIGHWAY AND IT'S TWO, YOU KNOW, FOUR LANES AND ZERO. 
          YEAH. 
          SO JUST, JUST TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. 
          SO IT'S 20 TRIPS TOTAL AND TRIPS COME IN AND OUT. 
          IT'S A MAXIMUM OF 10 ENTERING AND 10 EXITING. 
          SO 10 COMING IN FROM VILLARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S IN THE EVENING MOSTLY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN IT'S 10 EXITING TO CHRISTIE IN THE MORNING. 
          SO THAT'S ONE, UH, VEHICLE EVERY SIX MINUTES. 
          SO IF I WAS TO LEAVE NOW AND WE WERE ALL TO SET OUR WATCHES FOR SIX MINUTES, EVERYBODY WOULD BE PRETTY ANTSY BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE. 
          , IT'S NOT A LOT OF CARS. 
          YEAH. 
          ALSO, WHEN YOU HIT CHRISTIE, SOME OF THEM WILL GO LEFT TO GO DOWN TO WHITMAN OR GO DOWN WHITMAN TO MAIN STREET 'CAUSE THEY WANNA GO TO THE STATION OR DOWN WAR BURTON, WHATEVER MM-HMM . 
          OR THEY WANT TO GO OVER TO UM, ROUTE NINE AND GO DOWN TOWARDS THE PARKWAY. 
          BUT SOME OF THEM WILL ALSO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. 
          YEAH. 
          GO UP THE LARD AND GO OUT AT THE SIGNAL TO GO NORTH ON BROADWAY. 
          SO THAT 10 SPLITS TO SIX AND FOUR. 
          SO IT'S EVEN FEWER. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO OBJECT IF YOU HIRE A THIRD PARTY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S 10 OR 12 CARS. 
          BUT IN ALL HONESTY, THERE ARE BIGGER FISH TO FRY HERE. 
          YEAH. 
          , . 
          UM, WELL I, I THINK, I THINK IF, IF BOARD MEMBERS FEEL THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, THEN WE SHOULD ASK FOR THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN, WE CAN WAIT. 
          IT'S A BIG FISH FRY . 
          UM, WE CAN, WE CAN ALSO WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING. 
          'CAUSE WE ARE ONLY JUST FOUR MEMBERS TONIGHT AND WE TYPICALLY HAVE SEVEN. 
          SO WE, UH, AND I WOULD ALSO OFFER MADAM CHAIRMAN, IF, IF THE APPLICANT HAS HEARD CONCERNS AND CHOOSES TO MODIFY THE PLAN IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THAT MAY SATISFY SOME OF THE CONCERNS YOU'RE EXPRESSING TONIGHT WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S NOT OUR LAST CHANCE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, HEAR YOUR CONCERN. 
          OH YEAH, YEAH. 
          I, YEAH, NO, I MEAN,  YOUR RESPONSES HAVE BEEN, HAS BEEN LARGELY HELPFUL. 
          UH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT . 
          UM, I'VE ALSO HAD MY REPORTS REVIEWED BY A THIRD PARTY, SO I UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, I, YEAH, I MEAN I GUESS LARGER, MY LARGEST CONCERN IS, UH, WHILE CERTAINLY THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING COMPLIES WITH THE EXISTING HEIGHT, THE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MOCKUPS OF WHAT THE VIEW WILL LOOK LIKE AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO MAKE REALLY SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS BUILDING OTHER THAN THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY MADE. 
          WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PHYSICAL MOCKUP, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, VISUALIZATIONS WOULD'VE HELPED TODAY TO GIVE US A BETTER SENSE AS WELL. 
          YEAH, I I, I AGREE. 
          I I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T, WE TYPICALLY WITH, WITH A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES, UM, VIEW PRESERVATION ADVISORY FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, WE TYPICALLY GET, UM, SOME VISUALS THAT SHOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS AROUND THE PROJECT, UM, WITH SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AND, UM, SOME, SOME INDICATION ON THE PLANS OF WHERE THE SIGHT LINES WILL BE. 
          SO THAT, UM, I THINK THAT AT THE MINIMUM, AT, AT SOME POINT WE'LL DEFINITELY WANNA MOCK UP, BUT EVEN AT A MINIMUM, JUST THAT, UM, YEAH, THAT THOSE VIEW PRESERVATION STUDY PHOTOS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FURTHER DETAIL ON ON THE PLANS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S A GOOD, GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO START THINKING ABOUT A MOCKUP AND GIVE US A REAL VIEW PRESERVATION STUDY. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          INSTEAD OF JUST A PHOTO SHOW. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, WE COULD, WE COULD ASK FOR THE MOCKUP FOR SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 
          I JUST, IT MAY, THERE MAY BE CHANGES THAT, YEAH. 
          UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING, RIGHT. 
          SO I, I WANNA BE, YOU KNOW, MINDFUL OF WHAT'S MOST USEFUL AND, UM, USES RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY. 
          I DON'T, IN MY OPINION, WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS PLAN. 
          SO TO ASK THEM TO DO A MOCKUP AFTER THE FIRST MEETING SEEMS A BIT PREMATURE. 
          UM, 'CAUSE AND I'LL SEGUE INTO 
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MY MAJOR COMMENT, WHICH IS, I'M SURPRISED THAT THE BUILDING IS JUST SO MASSIVELY LONG AND UNINTERRUPTED AND WE ARE NOT SEEING ENOUGH OF THE, UM, NOT JUST VIEW PRESERVATION ISSUE, BUT JUST HOW THAT IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST AND THE WEST. 
          UM, IT IS, AGAIN, TO MY POINT ABOUT, I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I AM EXCITED ABOUT HOUSING HERE. 
          I'M EXCITED ABOUT HOUSING THAT MEETS A NEED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF, WHICH IS HOUSING FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          UM, SO THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, I THINK THE APPLICANT IS, IS PUTTING A LOT ON THIS SITE AND IT IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOMES NEARBY, UM, MULTIFAMILY UP ABOVE. 
          I, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK MORE CLOSELY ABOUT THE VARIANCES. 
          UM, IT, FIRST OF ALL, THE MASSING OF THE PROJECT, NOT IT, IT COMPLIES FROM A HIGH PERSPECTIVE AND IT'S ALLOWED TO BE THREE STORIES. 
          UM, BUT IT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR US TO HAVE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TOWN A BUILDING THAT LONG AND UNINTERRUPTED AND THAT MASSIVE. 
          AND, UM, WE COULD, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PUT BACK UP THE RENDERING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A VIEW OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE NEIGHBORS, BUT JUST A VIEW OF WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE, UM, IN ITS ENTIRETY, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE. 
          I THINK THAT IS PROBLEMATIC, UM, FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE. 
          UH, THERE YOU GO. 
          SO THAT'S, UM, GO BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UH, AND THERE, IN MY VIEW, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH DONE, EVEN WITH THE MASSING OF THE PROJECT TO INTERRUPT THAT LONG, MASSIVE FACADE. 
          I THINK THERE'S VERY LITTLE DONE THERE. 
          UM, I, AGAIN, TO MY POINT, I THINK IF YOU PUT LESS, YOU KNOW, FEWER UNITS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BROKE IT UP IN SOME WAY, IT WOULDN'T, UM, BE SUCH AN UNINTERRUPTED MASS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT ANYWHERE ELSE. 
          SO I'M GONNA LOOK AT CHARACTER. 
          I THINK HAVING HOUSING HERE IS COMPLETELY IN CHARACTER WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S COMPLIES WITH OUR, UM, IT'S IN KEEPING WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          SO ALL IT CHECKS ALL THOSE BOXES, BUT I THINK THE SOLUTION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE NEEDS SOME WORK. 
          YEAH. 
          SPECIFICALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NOTED THAT HASTINGS HAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF CITIZENS OVER 65 THAN ANY OF THE OTHER RIVER TOWNS, AND THERE IS A LACK OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. 
          SO, SO I, UH, SHARE, UH, THE CHAIR'S, CHAIR'S PERSPECTIVE ON, I, I WELCOME HOUSING HERE AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A VACANT SCHOOL BUILDING TRANSITION TO HOUSING FOR, UM, FOR CITIZENS. 
          AND, UH, NINE UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ALSO, UM, SOMETHING THIS VILLAGE VERY MUCH NEEDS BECAUSE HOME PRICES ARE, ARE ONLY GOING UP AND THE VILLAGE IS GROWING AND DECREASINGLY AFFORDABLE. 
          SO YEAH, I MOSTLY ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS. 
          I MEAN, I THINK WE, WE NEED MORE HOUSING, WE NEED MORE VITALITY IN THE DOWNTOWN. 
          WE NEED MORE FOOT TRAFFIC. 
          SO I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT COULD BE EXCELLENT. 
          UM, I'M PERSONALLY NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE ZONING OR THE VARIANCES. 
          I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES IN THE VILLAGE PROBABLY WOULD NOT CONFORM WITH ZONING TODAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, THE ZONING RESOLUTION PROBABLY DOESN'T CONTEMPLATE THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAPPENED HERE. 
          AND IN FACT, I THINK PROBABLY MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HERE MIGHT LIVE IN A BUILDING THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT CONFORM WITH ZONING TODAY. 
          BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THIS IS A PRETTY UNIQUELY MONOLITHIC BUILDING. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE, THE ARCHITECT GENTLEMAN I THINK ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE TRIED TO DO WITH ARTICULATION, BUT I THINK EVEN JUST LOOKING AT THIS RENDERING, RIGHT, WE CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO, UH, APARTMENT HOUSES BEHIND IT, UM, WITH A GAP, YOU KNOW, FOR LIGHT AND AIR AND A VIEW CORRIDOR IN THE MIDDLE. 
          AND THEN LIKE THIS NEW BUILDING JUST CONTINUES KIND OF A PACE RIGHT ACROSS IT. 
          AND SO, UH, I AM INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT WHETHER YOU STUDIED MAYBE HAVING TWO BUILDINGS, UH, ON THE SITE IN ADDITION TO THE ACCESSORY BUILDING. 
          UM, AND I THINK TO, TO MR. CLEAR'S POINT EARLIER, I'D ALSO BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT WHETHER YOU STUDIED POTENTIALLY LOCATING THE BUILDING DIFFERENTLY ON THE SITE, UH, AND EXPERIMENTING, LIKE WAS THE, THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING ON THE SITE DRIVEN IN FACT BY THE EXISTING CURB CUT ON VILLARD, OR ARE THERE OTHER COMPELLING REASONS TO HAVE IT WHERE IT IS? YEAH, THE CURB CUT ON VELAR, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ACCESS OFF OF BROADWAY. 
          IF IT WAS, SAY, FLIPPED, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE NO ACCESS FROM BROADWAY. 
          SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ACCESS THAT OFF OF BROADWAY. 
          YES. 
          THE, THE, THE ONE WAY DOESN'T START TILL AFTER THE DRIVEWAY. 
          OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY DROVE THEM TO KEEP IT ON THE EAST SIDE, HAVE PAST PEOPLE DOING THAT AND THOUGHT WHAT A CRIMINAL  THAT ACTUALLY HELPS. 
          THANK 
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YOU. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          YES, DANIEL, I, I AGREE. 
          I THINK I'M, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I'LL JUST TO, TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, UM, THE ISSUE OF THE, OR WHETHER THE ZONING, REQUESTED ZONING VARIANCES ARE AN ISSUE. 
          I JUST THINK, UM, WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF THE IMPACT OF THE REQUEST TO BE CLOSER TO THE NEIGHBORS THAN IS ALLOWED. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT IS IT, IT IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          I THINK IT'S ONE THING IF YOU HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE THAT'S CLOSE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, THAT GOES UP TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOT HAVE IT BE AT LEAST SET BACK WITHIN THE REQUIRED AMOUNT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER, WHETHER THAT'S, UM, REASONABLE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE, THERE MUST BE OTHER ALTERNATIVES. 
          UH, THIS IS, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. 
          THERE ARE WAYS TO DESIGN THIS WHERE YOU DON'T, AT LEAST YOU DON'T SET THE BUILDING A LARGE BUILDING LIKE THIS, SO CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORS. 
          UM, AND, AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK IN THE NEXT SET OF PLANS THAT ALL THE HOUSES ALONG WHITMAN ARE INDICATED. 
          FOR SOME REASON, THE LAST FEW BEFORE CHRISTIE, AT LEAST TWO OR THREE ARE NOT ON THERE. 
          UM, MAYBE BECAUSE THERE WAS A, LIKE AN ADDRESS BLOCK OR SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE EVERY SINGLE HOUSE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE ONES CLOSE TO CHRISTIE ARE GONNA BE THE MOST IMPACTED. 
          SO, UM, AND THEY'RE, SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE ALL THAT DETAIL. 
          AND, AND CAN YOU ADD THE DIMENSIONS FROM THE HOUSE TO THE PROPERTY LINES AS WELL? ALSO, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION MENTIONED YOU HAD AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT. 
          CAN YOU PROVIDE, UH, THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE REPORTS? I ASSUME THERE'S AT LEAST A PHASE ONE. 
          IS THERE A PHASE TWO AS WELL? YEAH, I'M VERY ON BRAND . 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING INTO. 
          START BEGINNING I MISERABLE AGAIN. 
          UH, YES, WE HAVE, UH, PHASE ONE AND A PHASE TWO. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY THERE USED TO BE A CONVENT ON THIS SITE THAT WAS DEMOLISHED. 
          YEAH. 
          AND APPARENTLY, UH, GPR STUDIES SHOWED A TANK MM-HMM . 
          WHERE HE FOUND OUT IT WAS EMPTY. 
          IT WASN'T LEGALLY REMOVED, BUT WE, WE REMOVE IT LEGALLY. 
          PHASE ONE CAME OUT CLEAN, PHASE TWO CAME OUT CLEAN THE BUILDING, THE SCHOOL, EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING HAS SOME ASBESTOS, WHICH WE'LL REMOVE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I WOULD APPRECIATE TO REVIEW THEM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THAT WOULD BE NICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS WE WANNA MAKE AT THIS STAGE OR QUESTIONS? UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WE ARE GONNA TAKE, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          I JUST WANNA MENTION AGAIN, UM, THAT WE DID RECEIVE A MEMO FROM OUR VILLAGE ENGINEER, UM, WITH COMMENTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE APPLICANT IN THEIR NEXT SUBMISSION. 
          UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, UNLESS THE APPLICANTS HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE REQUIRING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REVIEWING, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UM, I SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS A VERY LARGE CROWD THIS EVENING. 
          UM, YOU'RE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I INVITE YOU TO SPEAK, UM, OUT OF RESPECT FOR EVERYONE WHO'S HERE. 
          I'M GONNA ASK PEOPLE TO, UM, LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND SO THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK. 
          AND ALSO, I'M GONNA ASK THAT IF YOU ARE COMING AFTER SOMEBODY ELSE, OR SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE SIMILAR COMMENTS TO WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY, I ASK YOU TO SIMPLY AMPLIFY WHAT THEY SAY. 
          SAY WHATEVER A PERSON YOU KNOW, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH. 
          PLEASE DON'T GO OVER ALL THE SAME POINTS BECAUSE WE WILL BE HERE TILL MIDNIGHT AND I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. 
          WE'RE HERE TO HEAR FROM YOU, THE PROJECT APPLICANTS NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MANAGE, MANAGE THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF YOU, AND I'M ASSUMING MANY, MANY IN THIS ROOM WANNA SPEAK. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, AND OUR PROCESS IS YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE, UM, YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND WE ALSO NEED YOU TO SIGN IN BECAUSE, UM, WE PUT THIS INTO THE RECORD. 
          WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO TRANSCRIBES ALL THE MEETINGS. 
          SO WE NEED TO HAVE A RECORDS. 
          OFTEN WE CANNOT, UM, DECIPHER THE PERSON'S NAME AND ADDRESS JUST FROM THE RECORDING. 
          SO WE NEED YOU TO WRITE IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER. 
          SO THAT'S OUR PROCESS. 
          AND WITH THAT, I HAPPILY INVITE THE FIRST PERSON WHO'D LIKE TO JUST STEP UP. 
          I'M NOT GONNA, I STEP UP. 
          UH, AND, UH, UM, UH, THE APPLICANT, IF YOU COULD REMOVE YOUR, UH, LAPTOP SO THEY CAN, IF SOMEBODY WOULD YEAH, MAYBE THAT ONE. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          LET HER GO FIRST. 
          LIKE A SLEEPY GUY. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING HER GO FIRST. 
          YES. 
          WE'LL DO THIS LIKE THE AIRLINES, PEOPLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN CAN GO FIRST. 
          , OH, POOR GUY. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          RENDERING. 
          IT'S FINE. 
          YOU CAN, BUT IT'S FINE. 
          WE'RE, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          HI. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK YOU VERY 
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MUCH FOR THE THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION UP HERE. 
          YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD'VE HAD. 
          MY NAME IS MAUREEN BURKE. 
          I LIVE AT 18 VILLARD AVENUE. 
          UM, SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT THE VIEW FROM THE POCKET PARK, I'M THE HOUSE RIGHT BEHIND THE POCKET PARK, SO I'M GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE VIEW, THE HEIGHT, THE VARIANCE, THE NUMBER OF VARIANCES THAT YOU DISCUSSED, BUT THEN ALSO JUST THE IDEA OF THE, UM, DRIVING, I KNOW IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY THE WRONG WAY, BUT GOING THE WRONG WAY ON VILLARD AND INTO THAT DRIVEWAY. 
          UM, JUST FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, UM, THOUGHTFUL ABOUT LIKE WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE AND THE KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. 
          THIS, THE TRAFFIC, UM, COULD PUT A REAL STRAIN. 
          SO THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DID DIE LITTLE GUY, . 
          THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          DAUGHTER. 
          EVA, YOU WANT TO ASK THE SECOND PERSON TO COME UP AND THEN THEY CAN SIGN SO WE DON'T WASTE. 
          OH, GOOD IDEA. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GETTING A HELPFUL SUGGESTION HERE. 
          I'M GONNA ASK THAT WHEN YOU'RE THE NEXT ONE UP. 
          IF YOU'RE LIKE LINED UP TO BE THE NEXT ONE, GO AHEAD AND SIGN IN TO THE SHEET WHILE THE OTHER PERSON IS SPEAKING. 
          THAT'LL SAVE US A LOT OF TIME. 
          THE NEXT PERSON UP, SEE ME UP HERE IN THE FRONT? YEAH. 
          JUST COME ON UP AND YEAH. 
          AND THEN WE KNOW YOU'RE NEXT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO. 
          THANK YOU FOR OPENING UP TO OUR CONVERSATION. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME IS JANE SEARL. 
          I LIVE AT 5 65 BROADWAY HASTINGS TERRACE CONDOMINIUM IN APARTMENT TWO B12 YEARS AGO. 
          WHEN I SAW PICTURES OF IT ONLINE, I DO, IT WAS THE ONE I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO GO SEE IT. 
          AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE VIEW. 
          I WAS THE FIRST, OR ONE OF THE FIRST TO PAY MARKET VALUE FOR THE APARTMENT. 
          AND I WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE VIEW. 
          THE APPRAISAL ACTUALLY CAME IN MUCH LOWER THAN THE ASKING PRICE THAT I HAD AGREED TO. 
          BUT I STAYED COMMITTED TO THAT ASKING PRICE BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS A FAIR VALUE FOR THE APARTMENT BECAUSE OF THE VIEW. 
          THE LOWER APPRAISAL REQUIRED ME TO PAY A 32% DOWN PAYMENT INSTEAD OF 20%. 
          AND THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. 
          BUT I GOT THE MO THE MONEY TOGETHER, AND I DID IT. 
          NOW, 12 YEARS LATER AS WE SPEAK, I AM DOING A VERY EXPENSIVE RENOVATION ON THE APARTMENT IN ORDER, JUST AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, IN ORDER TO MAKE IT AS LY SEAMLESSLY POSSIBLE TO AGE IN PLACE. 
          MY PLAN IS TO LIVE IN THIS APARTMENT UNTIL I DIE. 
          AND FROM THE RENDERING, WE SAW A LOT OF PICTURES, BUT THE LAST ONE THAT WAS UP THERE VERY CLEARLY SHOWED I'M ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THAT MY VIEW WOULD BE COMPLETELY OBLITERATED BY THIS BUILDING. 
          ONLY FLOORS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX IN THAT RENDERING HAVE ANY KIND OF VIEW OVER THIS NEW BUILDING. 
          SO I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR ALL THE, YOU KNOW, REFERENCES TO THE VIEW PRESERVATION LAW. 
          THERE IS ONE, AND IT'S FOR A REALLY GOOD REASON HERE IN HASTINGS. 
          I'M ALSO ALL IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING BEING BUILT ON THAT SITE OF HOUSING, BE IT AFFORDABLE OR SENIOR HOUSING. 
          THIS IS JUST WAY OVER THE TOP FOR THAT PARCEL OF LAND AND FOR THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS, HUGE EFFECTS IT WILL HAVE ON THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ASK YOU NOT TO, I'M GONNA ASK PLEASE FOR, FOR ORDER. 
          PLEASE DO NOT CLAP AFTER PEOPLE SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT PERSON. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS, UH, DENNIS KY. 
          I'M A RESIDENT AT, UH, HASTINGS TERRA AT 5 5 5 APARTMENT FOUR E. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR, UM, SHARING THE, THE, THE PLANS WITH, WITH, UH, THE RESIDENTS. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED IN HASTINGS FOR 12 YEARS NOW. 
          UM, LIKE, LIKE, UH, THE PREVIOUS RESIDENTS SAID, UH, ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS COMING HERE WAS, WAS THE VIEW. 
          AND I JUST TO REITERATE AND ADD TO, UM, I DON'T WANNA RE REPEAT, BUT THE VIEW WOULD BE IMPACTFUL FOR ME. 
          I MEAN, I USE IT TO, TO UNWIND. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S 
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PART OF, I FEEL LIKE, OF THIS COMMUNITY AND OF, OF THE COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS TERRACE AS WELL. 
          WE ALL TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME AND WHY WE MOVED THERE AND WHY WE LOVE IT. 
          UM, I HAD SOME CONCERNS, UM, INITIALLY OF FROM THE VISUAL RENDERING THAT THEY PROPOSED OF THE TOPOLOGY OF THE TWO BUILDINGS BETWEEN 5, 5 5 AND 5 6 5, WHETHER WHERE THE HEIGHT OF THAT MAIN BUILDING IS GONNA LEAD TO, TO THIRD FLOOR. 
          I KNOW 5, 5, 5 SITS A BIT LOWER, AND THAT CAN IMPACT THE VIEWS OF PEOPLE ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AS WELL, I FEEL. 
          UM, SO I FEEL THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED MORE AND BROUGHT TO, UH, THE RESIDENTS AND, UH, ADDITIONAL CONCERNS THAT OF THE VARIANCES AS WELL. 
          AND ALSO, I'VE, WHEN THEY DO EXCAVATION, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE BLASTING BEDROCK AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IF THAT WILL IMPACT THE FOUNDATIONS OF 5, 5, 5 AND 5, 6, 5, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IF THEY HAVE TO DIG DEEP TO GET INTO TO FOR THIS LOT, IT SEEMS LIKE, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER IN THAT RESPECT, BUT I WOULD ASK THE, THE PLANNING BOARD TO INVESTIGATE THAT MORE AND AS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR OUR BUILDING. 
          UM, AND ANOTHER ISSUE TO BRING UP IS I WORK FROM HOME AND MY WIFE WORKS FROM HOME A LOT. 
          AND THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE WITH THE NOISE, THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE, AND A LOT OF FOLKS IN THAT, THAT BUILDING DO WORK FROM HOME. 
          SO IT'S A NEW ERA OF, OF PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME NOW. 
          AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH I'M, I'M FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A WAY FORWARD TO HAVE, UM, A RESIDENCE FOR SENIORS. 
          IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT AT THIS SCALE, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT DOES NOT FIT. 
          LIKE I'M, I'M LOOKING, I, I WALK THAT SITE EVERY DAY WITH MY DOG AND I SEE WHAT THE, THE PROPOSAL IS. 
          IT JUST SEEMS TOO LARGE FOR, FOR THAT SITE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF THERE WERE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, AS A SMALLER SCALING DOWN, BUT AT THIS SITE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND I, UH, THANKS FOR THE TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MARK SAM. 
          I CAN DO THIS IN TWO MINUTES. 
          IF I READ . 
          DID YOU, DID YOU SIGN ON? I DID SIGN IN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MARK SAMATH. 
          I LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF 5 55 BROADWAY. 
          AND MY WIFE AND I ALSO OWN AN APARTMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF 5 65 BROADWAY, WHERE OUR ADULT CHILDREN LIVE. 
          AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR THREE REASONS. 
          FIRST, MUCH OF THE REASON WE MOVED TO HASTINGS TERRACE WAS THE VIEW. 
          MY WIFE AND I HAVE TWO CHAIRS FACING OUR LIVING ROOM WINDOW OVERLOOKING THE HUDSON AS ACTIVE SENIORS, TWO OF MANY AT HASTINGS TERRACE. 
          THIS VIEW IS SOMETHING WE CHERISH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LEAVES ARE OFF THE TREES IN THE DARKER DAYS OF WINTER. 
          A SECOND REASON WE MOVED TO HASTINGS TERRACE WAS FOR THE QUIET. 
          I'M RETIRED, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE. 
          I WORK FROM HOME NOW RESEARCHING AND WRITING, AND I COULD AND WOULD ACCEPT OF COURSE, UH, FOR SOME TIME THE SOUND OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT. 
          WHAT I CAN'T IMAGINE ENDURING IS ENDLESS JACKHAMMERING. 
          AND THEN PICKLEBALL , IT'S, IT, IT PICKLEBALL GETS A LAUGH, BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S LIVED NEAR IT, WHICH, AND BY THE WAY, UNLIKE BOCCE BALL, UH, A PICKLEBALL COURT IS FOR SOME REASON NOT LABELED ON THE APPLICANT'S DRAWINGS, NOT THE DRAWINGS THAT WE REVIEWED. 
          I CAN GIVE, UH, UH, THE REVISION REVISED DRAWINGS, THEY'RE NOT ON THEM. 
          I CAN GIVE YOU EACH, EACH CITATION YONKERS CUT JACKHAMMERING HOURS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE RESIDENTS FOUND THE DIN SIMPLY INTOLERABLE. 
          THIRD AND LAST, THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT ON BEDROCK CONSTRUCTION RELATED VIBRATIONS FROM JACKHAMMERING HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DAMAGE NEARBY STRUCTURES. 
          AND I REFER YOU TO CONSTRUCTION VIBRATION BY SLR AND EXPLORING VIBRATION DAMAGE BY OCI PRE-CONSTRUCTION SURVEYS OF ALL THE SITES NEARBY STRUCTURES, NOT JUST HAS TERRA, BUT ALL THE STRUCTURES. 
          AND THE MONITORING OF VIBRATIONS BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT SHOULD BE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. 
          I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK BEFORE ANY PLAN IS APPROVED IN CLOSING. 
          I'M NOT AGAINST RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M REALLY NOT. 
          BUT HASTINGS RENTAL PRICES HAVE SURGED SINCE THIS PROJECT WAS FIRST CONCEIVED. 
          SUGGESTING THE FOOTPRINT CAN BE SCALED BACK DRAMATICALLY FROM WHAT I ASSUME TO BE A MAXIMALIST VARIANCE, REQUIRING 
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OPENING GAMBIT TO A REASONABLE STEEP SLOPE, APPROPRIATE PROJECT, WHICH DOES NOT DISTURB NEARBY STRUCTURES AND DOES NOT OBSTRUCT VIEWS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY. 
          LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          OH, COUPLE PEOPLE ARE GETTING UP. 
          . 
          SHE'S UP NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UM, MY NAME IS MIRIAM BOIN. 
          I LIVE AT 5 5 5 BROADWAY, AND I'M ON THE SIXTH FLOOR. 
          SO I HAVE A GOOD VIEW AND I STILL, STILL WILL HAVE A GOOD VIEW, VIEW PROBABLY, BUT I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF EVERYBODY ELSE WHO LIVES LOWER DOWN. 
          AND I AM IN FAVOR OF AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING UNIT BEING BUILT FOR SENIORS ON THIS ABANDONED SITE. 
          UM, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M HOPING IT WILL BE OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN SO THAT PEOPLE WITH VARIOUS PHYSICAL, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, INFIRMITIES CAN, CAN, UH, LIVE COMFORTABLY THERE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 
          I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEMOLITION. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE ASBESTOS, WHICH I STRONGLY SUSPECT IS AT ST. 
          MATTHEWS SCHOOL, CONSIDERING WHEN IT WAS ERECTED. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DUST AND DIRT WILL BE THROWN UP WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE BLASTING INTO THE BEDROCK. 
          I THINK A PICKLE BOARD COURT SHOULD BE PLACED SOMEPLACE FAR AWAY FROM WHERE ANYBODY LIVES. 
          IF YOU WANNA PLAY PICKLE BOARD, A PICKLEBALL GO WHERE THE NOISE WON'T DISTURB PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, VERY DISTURBING. 
          AND I WOULD, I THINK IT'S A, THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY MASSIVE AND DENSE, AND I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE EITHER BY CUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR MAYBE ELIMINATING THE CLUBHOUSE OR, YOU KNOW, FIX IN SOME WAY, BREAKING IT UP, IT WILL BE, IT, IT JUST, IT'S SUCH A HUGE THING SITTING IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING. 
          SO I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          SORRY, I THINK I MISSED. 
          YEAH, YOU ARE. 
          UM, HI. 
          I AM LEO BOWRY. 
          UM, I LIVE IN HASTINGS TERRACE. 
          I'M AT 5 55 BROADWAY, FOUR I, AND I'M ALSO REPRESENTING MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO MOVED IN PRIOR TO US. 
          AND THEY, THEY LIVE ACTUALLY BELOW DENNIS AND HIS WIFE. 
          UM, I, IT'S THREE E THEY'RE NOT HERE. 
          I, FUNNY ENOUGH, THEY HAD TO MOVE TO BALTIMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE, UH, JOHN'S MOTHER IS AGING IN PLACE, AND THEY, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF HER. 
          THAT WAS THEIR ONLY OPTION. 
          SO I, I FEEL FOR ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, ALL I WANNA SAY IS LIKE THE TRAFFIC, THE, THE INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC STUDY, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT, I DON'T GET TO WORK FROM HOME AND I WORK IN NORTH WHITE PLAINS, AND I JUST THINK OF THE TRAFFIC. 
          I HAVE TO GO DOWN FARRAT AND DURING SCHOOL, LIKE THE FIVE QUA, I, I'M JOKING, BUT IT'S LIKE DURING SCHOOL TIME, IT'S THE FIVE CORNERS OF BELL, LIKE, JUST TO GET THROUGH THAT LITTLE INTERSECTION, WHAT'S THIS GONNA DO TO THAT? AND MY NEIGHBORS, THEY PURCHASED THEIR PLACE BECAUSE OF THE VIEW AND THE RENDERINGS. 
          THE WHOLE THIRD FLOOR IS CUT OFF FOR VIEWS. 
          SO I DON'T, AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST INTERJECTING THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR THEM TOO. 
          SO THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, I'M FRANK OSWALD. 
          I LIVE AT 45 MAIN STREET, WHICH, UM, ABUT CHRISTIE TERRACE. 
          I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN HASTINGS FOR 15 YEARS, AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT HERE. 
          AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT 45 MAIN STREET IS NOT THE MOST BELOVED BUILDING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY OF THE REASONS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS EVENING. 
          UM, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE PROJECT TO BRING MORE AFFORDABLE AND, UM, HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M 69. 
          UM, MY MOTHER, UM, WHO PASSED AWAY, UM, WAS, NEEDED THIS KIND OF HOUSING. 
          MY MOTHER-IN-LAW IS NOW IN THIS SORT OF HOUSING. 
          MY BROTHER JUST PASSED AWAY IN MILWAUKEE SEEKING THIS KIND OF HOUSING. 
          SO I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE OPENING COMMENTS. 
          I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GO TO CHRISTIE TERRACE, WHICH IS SORT OF A MISNOMER BECAUSE IT'S A RETAINING WALL IN OUR BUILDING. 
          AND FROM OUR BUILDING, WE ALSO HAVE AN EXIT FROM OUR PARKING GARAGE. 
          I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          AND AS YOU THINK OF YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES, GO TO CHRISTIE TERRACE, LOOK AT HOW THAT EXIT WOULD WORK, 
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AND THINK ABOUT THE DANGER OF NOT CARS COMING IN AND OUT, AMAZON TRUCKS, FOOD DELIVERY TRUCKS, GARBAGE TRUCKS. 
          THESE THINGS ARE INCREASING MORE AND MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OLDER PEOPLE, DEPEND ON THESE SORTS OF DELIVERIES. 
          I'M NOT ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 45, BUT THERE'S NO SPACE ON CHRISTIE TERRACE. 
          IT'S NOT, I KNOW IT'S A ROAD, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO US, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY TIGHT. 
          AND COMING OUT OF OUR BUILDING WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COMING OUT WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 
          PLEASE KEEP SAFETY AMONG YOUR TOP THREE CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS KATHY MURPHY, AND I LIVE IN 5 6 5 BROADWAY. 
          SO LIVING THERE, I ALWAYS ASSUME THAT THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE DEVELOPED. 
          UM, I CERTAINLY CAN APPRECIATE THAT HASTINGS WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO GET SOME TAX REVENUE FOR A CHANGE FROM IT, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS AN ENTIRE RETIREMENT VILLAGE. 
          AND WHILE I'M AT AN AGE TO APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS PUTTING AN ENTIRE VILLAGE IN OUR SMALL VILLAGE, THE SCOPE OF THIS, THE NUMBER OF VARIANCES THAT IT REQUIRES, I THINK SHOULD JUST BE A RED FLAG. 
          IF YOU'RE UP TO 10, 11, 12 VARIANCES, THEN THERE'S SOMETHING SAYING IT'S NOT MEETING THE COMPLEXION OF THE, OF THE, OF THE VILLAGE. 
          I THINK THE SCOPE IS, IS ENORMOUS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT SOMETHING ELSE COULD BE DEVELOPED THERE, BUT I THINK IF THIS DOES GET DEVELOPED, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HASTINGS BEFORE THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HASTINGS AFTER. 
          AND THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HI, MY NAME IS DANIEL FANNING, 45 MAIN STREET, APARTMENT THREE F. 
          UM, SO I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TALK ABOUT WHAT OZO SPOKE ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, CHRISTIE TERRACE. 
          UM, AND THE EXIT FROM MR. JOHN CANNING SPOKE ABOUT AT 45 DEGREES, I WANT YOU, A LOT OF SERVICE TRUCKS WOULD COME DOWN THERE AND AT PEAK TIMES BE MORE THAN 12 AN HOUR, AND THEY, WHATEVER. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH SERVICE TRUCKS, AMAZON TRUCKS, USPS, IT'S A VERY NARROW AREA THERE. 
          THERE'S NOT MUCH SPACE THERE. 
          AND, AND, AND IMAGINE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE. 
          CAN YOU, YOU JUST ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO US? OKAY. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          THE DISTANCE FROM, FROM WHERE THEY ENTER INTO CHRISTIE TERRACE AND THE EXIT FROM THE PARKING OR PARKING LOT? NOT, NOT VERY, UH, NOT VERY LONG. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE DEFINITELY IS A SAFETY ISSUE THERE. 
          SECONDLY, ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA? THE, THE BETWEEN CHRISTIE TERRACE AND MAIN STREET IS, IS, IS CHAOTIC. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IT'S TWO-WAY TRAFFIC. 
          YOU'RE PARKING ON ONE SIDE IN THE WINTER. 
          IT'S, IT'S A DISASTER. 
          IT, IT, THERE'S NO GRIP THERE. 
          YOU HAVE TO GO AROUND HAVING ALL THESE EXTRA VEHICLES AND SERVICE VEHICLES THERE. 
          IT IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. 
          AND, AND THERE'S, AT THE EXIT FROM CHRISTIE, FROM WHITMAN TO MAIN STREET THERE, LOT PEDESTRIANS RUNNING OVER AND BACK IN THE MORNING. 
          YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL AND THERE'S NO GOOD LINE OF SIGHT WHEN YOU EXIT ONTO MAIN STREET TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. 
          SO DEFINITELY GO BE A SAFETY ISSUE HERE. 
          I SUGGEST TO ANYBODY HERE MAYBE TO TRY DRIVING DOWN WHITMAN BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND YOU'LL SEE FOR YOURSELVES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, MY NAME'S ASHLEY SPINNEY. 
          I LIVE AT 5 5 5 BROADWAY, APARTMENT FOUR A. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ALL OF THIS OUT. 
          UM, I AM HERE TO ECHO MOST OF MY FELLOW CONSTITUENTS AT THE HASTINGS TERRACE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, MOSTLY VIEW PRESERVATION, CONSTRUCTION CONCERNS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, I WANTED TO CALL OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE PARTICULARLY, UM, WORTH, WORTH MENTIONING, UM, IN OUR BUILDING, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE BARRIER WHERE THERE'S A FENCE WHERE THE ROAD IS PROPOSED TO GO IN. 
          ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, ON THE BROADWAY SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE A SMALL DOG PARK THAT WE PUT IN. 
          AND, UM, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, I DON'T THINK HASTINGS HAS ANY PUBLIC DOG PARKS. 
          AND MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WELCOME OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ORDER TO COME AND JUST SOCIALIZE. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT FENCE IS GONNA BE RIPPED OUT OR SOMEBODY MENTIONED MAYBE HAVING THE ACCESS GO DIRECTLY ONTO BROADWAY, WHICH I THINK MIGHT GO OVER THAT CORNER. 
          I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THE PROPERTY LINES ARE, BUT REMOVING THAT WOULD MEAN THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MY COMMUNITY WHO CAN'T TAKE THEIR DOGS ON LONG WALKS AROUND WOULD LOSE SOME OUTDOOR SPACE WITH THEIR PETS. 
          UM, I WAS ALSO, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM THE HEIGHT AND THE NOISE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY SPECIFICATIONS AROUND HVAC UNITS, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS MOUNTED ON THE ROOF, THE PEOPLE OF HASTINGS TERRACE AND MAYBE EVEN WHITMAN, WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE NOISE AND 
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PERPETUITY OF ALL OF THOSE HVAC UNITS. 
          CURRENTLY. 
          IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN HEAR OFTEN, WHICH IS LIKE MUSIC DOWN IN TOWN AT BREAD AND BRINE. 
          AND IF ALL OF THOSE UNITS ARE THERE MAKING NOISE IN THE SUMMER, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOSE A LOT OF THAT PART OF THE CHARM OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE TRAFFIC, WHICH I THINK YOU'RE ALL TAKING VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT I THOUGHT THE, THE CHARACTERIZATION AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE ASSESSMENT THAT THEY DID WAS RATHER GLIB, BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, , AND THE TRAFFIC IS SUBSTANTIAL. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S SMALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND SCHOOL BUSES ON BROADWAY AND WHITMAN IS, IS TIGHT. 
          I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO STAY ON THE SIDEWALKS WHEN IT'S RUSH HOUR, AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BIG BURDEN. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THE AMBITION OF THIS PROJECT, WHILE ADMIRABLE SHOWS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INABILITY TO CONSIDER HOW TO COHABITATE WITH THE NEIGHBORS BY SHEER NATURE OF THE VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, I THINK THEY'RE COMING IN AS DEVELOPERS MIGHT BE KIND OF GREEDY. 
          BUT, UM, I HOPE YOU'LL STILL CONSIDER ALL OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, UH, MY NAME IS TOM DUFFY. 
          I'M A MEMBER OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE HERE IN HASTINGS. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE HERE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. 
          UH, SEVERAL OF THE FRIENDS THAT I'VE MADE RAISING MY KIDS, UH, GREW UP IN HASTINGS AND HAVE RETURNED HERE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES TOO. 
          UH, THESE FRIENDS WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THEIR OWN PARENTS TRANSFERRED THEIR HOUSES TO THEM SO THAT THEY COULD DO WHAT THEY DID FOR THEIR KIDS, UH, WITH THEIR GRANDKIDS. 
          UM, AND THESE NEW LIMITED GRANDPARENTS NOW AND FORMER LONGTIME, UH, HASTINGS RESIDENTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND SUITABLE HOUSING FOR THEMSELVES IN HASTINGS. 
          UH, SO SOME OF THEM HAVE ENDED UP IN YONKERS AND BRIARCLIFF. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF, UM, PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN LOWER WESTCHESTER TO TRY TO STAY CLOSE. 
          UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENABLE SOME MULTI, MULTI-GENERATIONAL HASTINGS FAMILIES TO RESIDE WITHIN THE VILLAGE TOGETHER. 
          UM, I IMAGINE THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILAR STORIES, PEOPLE THAT I HAVEN'T MET, UM, LOOKING TO PROVIDE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, UH, AND INCREASINGLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO FIND, UH, HOUSING IN THIS REGION FOR PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. 
          UH, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED MORE OPTIONS LIKE THIS PROJECT AVAILABLE FOR THAT STUFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, I'M SORRY. 
          SHE'S BEING THE FIRST. 
          YEP. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS POLLY BEJO. 
          I RE, I LIVE AT 93 FAIRMONT AVENUE. 
          UM, IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, OF THE BIG HILL. 
          UM, IN THE CENTER OF HASTINGS. 
          THERE ARE 23 STEPS FROM THE SIDEWALK TO MY FRONT DOOR. 
          UM, I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR COUNCIL HERE. 
          AND SO I'M SPEAK, I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE SENIOR COUNCIL BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET YET TO DISCUSS IT. 
          BUT, UM, AS A SENIOR AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN ADVOCATING FOR SENIORS, UM, I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO, LIKE MYSELF, WHO WANNA STAY, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 42 YEARS, UM, IS, IS CRITICAL. 
          UM, AND THE, THIS I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT AGAIN, THE, THE CONCEPT OF THIS, OF THIS, OF HAVING SENIOR HOUSING. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT, ABOUT HAVING IT SO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN IS YOU CAN WALK. 
          YOU CAN WALK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE. 
          UM, I HAVE A, I REALLY CAN UNDERSTAND LOSING THE, THE, WHAT AN ISSUE IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING NEARBY. 
          UM, AND I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME KIND OF ACCOMMODATION. 
          EVERYBODY, IT SEEMS IS TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST DOWNSIZING IT, MAYBE MAKING IT, UM, IN A WAY THAT COULD MAKE THIS, IT COULD BE A REAL ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE WE ADVOCATE FOR. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS VERY MUCH. 
          I'M TIM SERINO. 
          I LIVE AT 45 MAIN STREET. 
          UM, BEEN A HASTINGS RESIDENT FOR 10 YEARS. 
          LOTS OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HERE. 
          WE LOVE THE TOWN. 
          OUR SON'S GONE, HAS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL RECENTLY. 
          UM, I WANTED, UH, AND COULD, INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, I WOULD ADD, UM, ECHO FRANK'S COMMENTS ABOUT SAFETY. 
          I THINK CHRISTIE TERRACE, YOU HAVE TO REALLY SEE IT TO UNDERSTAND IT. 
          WE'VE SEEN IT , JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DO OUR HOMEWORK, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THEN, THEN TWO OTHER THINGS. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A VIEW PRESERVATION ISSUE FROM 45 
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MAIN STREET. 
          THERE ARE 10 UNITS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF IT RIGHT NOW. 
          WE LOOK AT THE WOODED AREA THAT'S AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LOT. 
          UM, IF THERE ARE TREES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN, WE'RE, OUR VIEW IS GOING TO GO FROM LIKE VERY QUIET WOODED AREA TO PICKLEBALL COURTS AND A HUGE APARTMENT BUILDING. 
          SO THE VIEW WILL BE AN ISSUE YOU ASKED ABOUT, UM, SEEING DIFFERENT VANTAGES, THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A FACTOR. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN AS WELL. 
          IF YOU'RE IN THAT WOODED AREA, IT'S HIGH. 
          THERE'S THIS FLIGHT OF STAIRS THAT GOES UP AND SO IT'S, UM, EVEN WITH THE SECOND STORY WINDOWS OF ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND YOU HAVE, THEY'RE BIG WINDOWS AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW RIGHT INTO THE BEDROOM WINDOWS. 
          SO, UM, 45 MAIN STREET, THERE ARE FAMILIES ALONG THAT EDGE, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN. 
          UH, SO THERE'S A BIG PRIVACY ISSUE THAT WILL COME OF IT. 
          UH, SO HOPEFULLY THOSE CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SON . 
          YES, HIGH GRADUATIONS TODAY. 
          HELLO, DAN SPECTOR. 
          I AM ONE OF THE OWNERS OF 5 79 BROADWAY, WHICH IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF VARD FROM THE NEW PROJECT. 
          I'VE BEEN IN HASTINGS FOR OVER 40 YEARS, SEEN A LOT OF PROJECTS COME AND GO. 
          AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF ANYTHING THAT CAN BE POSITIVE FOR HASTINGS. 
          UH, I ALSO OWN A BUSINESS IN TOWN. 
          I RUN A BUSINESS. 
          WE NEED MORE FOOT TRAFFIC IN TOWN. 
          THIS CAN ADD TO THAT, BUT I THINK THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY ARE, AND IF WE CAN GET ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, IF THAT CAN ALL BE IRONED OUT, I THINK THIS COULD BE A POSITIVE PROJECT FOR THE CULTURE OF HASTINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, I AM EMILY RAY, LIVE AT 52 BACON HILL ROAD IN PLEASANTVILLE. 
          WE ARE AN OWNER OF A UNIT IN 5 5 5 IN HASTINGS TERRACE ON THE THIRD FLOOR. 
          WE LIVE THERE FOR 14 YEARS. 
          WE BOUGHT IT FOR THE VIEW. 
          WE LOVE IT FOR THE VIEW. 
          OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY HAS ALREADY SAID THAT WE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRICED OUT OF HASTINGS WHEN WE OUTGREW THE ONE BEDROOM CONDO. 
          SO WE VERY MUCH DO WANT AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE. 
          THE SCOPE IS TOO BIG. 
          UM, TO ECHO WHAT ALMOST EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT OF HVAC ON THE ROOF. 
          THAT IT'S NOT JUST HOW TALL THE ROOF IS, IT'S THE VIEW IS GONNA GO UP EVEN HIGHER. 
          AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE, THE SEWAGE AND WATER RETENTION. 
          I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION YOU DID. 
          WHAT MODELS WE'RE USING AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE A HUNDRED YEAR STORMS? UM, AND IT ALSO SEEMS IT RELIES A LOT ON ADVANCED FILTERING AND HEAVY SYSTEMS THAT HAVE A BIG MAINTENANCE FOOTPRINT. 
          IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME LIKE WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS GONNA BE TO REPAIR IT, WHEN THAT GOES DOWN AND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE IF SUDDENLY IT'S NOT WORKING. 
          'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF FLOODING IN THAT AREA AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN. 
          UM, SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE MORE OF IT IF THAT GOES DOWN. 
          AND WHAT IS THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT? THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          HI, MY NAME IS STEVE DOWNS. 
          I'M AT 45 MAIN, UM, ONE OF THE UNITS IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO JUST RAISE, UH, TWO MORE CONCERNS THAT HAVE, UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE RAISED, UH, IN LOOKING AT THE PLANS, IT LOOKS AS IF IN A DESIRE TO HAVE THE, UH, MORE OBNOXIOUS FEATURES OF THE BUILDING AS FAR AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE AS POSSIBLE, THEY MOVE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE REFUSE COLLECTION AREA TO THE FAR, WHAT IS THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THEY'RE UNDER OUR WINDOWS. 
          SO IT WOULD BE NICE, OUR OWN DUMPSTERS ARE GONNA BE A PROBLEM IF THIS IS DEVELOPED BECAUSE OUR OWN DUMPSTERS ARE THERE ON CHRISTIE TERRACE, RIGHT WHERE THE DRIVEWAY'S GONNA COME. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT THOSE. 
          WE HAVE OUR OWN DUMPSTERS TO WORRY ABOUT WITHOUT BEING CONCERNED IF, IF, UM, ASK THE BOARD, ASK THEM TO MODIFY, TO PUT THE REFUSE COLLECTION FURTHER AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS. 
          UM, AND ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF TRAFFIC THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, THAT THAT AREA OF CHRISTY TERRACE, THAT WHICH DUMPS ONTO UM, UH, WHITMAN. 
          THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS THERE EITHER. 
          SO THE CONCERN ABOUT PEDESTRIANS HAVING TO, UH, CONSIDER THEY'RE OBVIOUS PEDESTRIANS GONNA HAVE TO, TO MER TO MESH WITH, UM, HEIGHTENED TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THERE, OFF OF CHRIS TERRA. 
          SO I PRESUME THAT'S GONNA BE A COST FOR THE, UH, THE VILLAGE TO ADD SIDEWALKS ALONG THERE IN SOME WAY. 
          THANKS. 
          IS ANYONE ELSE THE LAST, OKAY, ANYONE ELSE? OH, SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT ANOTHER TAKER. 
          . 
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I HAD THAT DISNEY WORLD T-SHIRT WHEN I WAS A KID. 
          . 
          IT'S A TSHIRT. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          JOHN ROSEN, OWNER 5 5 5 APARTMENT THREE DI THINK I'M GONNA ECHO AGAIN THE CONCERN FOR THE VIEW. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE ANY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD WISHING TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, ENTER MY UNIT SHOULD THEY SO CHOOSE. 
          UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, POINT OUT AS YOU, AS YOU DID, UH, THAT A LOT OF THE HOUSES ARE MISSING FROM THE PLAN, BUT OUR BUILDING 5, 5, 5 AND 5, 6 5, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TOP VIEW THAT SHOWED THE RELATIVE POSITION OF OUR BUILDING, UH, TO, UH, TO THE, THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEREFORE THERE IS AN, WE'RE UNABLE TO ASSESS PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE IMPACT ON THE VIEW WILL BE. 
          UH, THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS I SERVED AS A, UH, BOARD ON THE BOARD OF THE DIRECTOR, UH, OF THE HEAD OF THE CONDOMINIUM. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, OF, UH, OF THE CONDO, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME OVER 20 ALREADY HAVE SIGNED UP TO, UH, TO GIVE ACCESS TO THEIR UNIT SHOULD YOU NEED IT TO, UH, EVALUATE YOU IN BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, MY NAME IS KEVIN MCNAMARA. 
          I LIVE AT 5 65 BROADWAY, APARTMENT ONE C. 
          UM, A LOT OF GOOD ISSUES WERE TOUCHED ON HERE. 
          OF COURSE, OUR VIEWS BEING DISRUPTED THE SIZE OF THIS PROJECT, UH, THE LENGTH OF THIS BUILDING AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON US. 
          I CAME HERE 12 YEARS AGO WITH THE INTENTIONS OF RETIRING HERE IN HASTINGS, MY APARTMENT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE SELLING POINTS WAS THE VIEW, UH, THE PALISADES, THE HUDSON RIVER, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SAYS, WOULD A PROJECT THIS LARGE? I WOULD DISPUTE THE TRAFFIC THAT IT'S GONNA CREATE. 
          UM, AS A RESIDENT OF HASTINGS OR ANYONE IN IN THE AREA WOULD KNOW THAT, UH, AMAZON, UBER EATS, UH, INSTACART, UPS, THEY'RE IN AND OUT ALL DAY LONG. 
          AND I WOULD DISPUTE, WE HAVE SENIORS IN OUR BUILDING THAT ARE MORE ACTIVE THAN 20 YEAR OLDS AND THEY'RE IN AND OUT ALL DAY LONG. 
          SO I WOULD DISPUTE THAT AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, IT'S GONNA IMPACT OUR LIVES. 
          I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO CREATE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WILL HAVE NINE UNITS THERE AND, UM, CREATE RENTALS FOR 55 AND ABOVE, BUT IT'S AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER SENIORS AS WELL IN THE BUILDINGS BEHIND. 
          SO THIS IS IT FOR ME. 
          MY LIFE SAVINGS IS IN THIS INVESTMENT AND I'M GOING TO LOSE EQUITY OVER THIS, UH, PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO IF WE CAN MINIMIZE THE SIZE OF THIS PROJECT, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO CREATE HOUSING OR TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS SENIORS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO? UH, I'M PHYLLIS MUL FIVE F HOLD MIC DOWN. 
          PHYLLIS MULLA. 
          FIVE F FIVE F 5 6 5 BROADWAY. 
          UH, I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. 
          IS THERE ANY ELEVATORS IN THE APARTMENT? YES, THERE ARE ELEVATORS, YES. 
          UH, I FEEL AS MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE. 
          UH, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EXCESS THERE. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE IT PULLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT MORE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK ALSO, AS SOMEBODY SAID, IT'LL BE A COMMUNITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY THERE WITH SO MUCH, UM, A SPECIAL HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BE PART OF THE, UH, THE REST OF US. 
          AND I, I'D LIKE TO ALSO SAY ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS FELT IN HASTING IS THAT IF A RIVERVIEW WAS PRESERVED, WE WERE GUARANTEED ALMOST, AND NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT ALMOST THAT ONCE YOU HAD A RIVER VIEW, NOBODY COULD BUILD HIGHER THAN YOU OR TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, 
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THIS IS JUST RENDERINGS. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE PROOF OF HOW MUCH OF THE, UM, RIVER IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO KNOW HOW HIGH, MUCH HIGHER THAN THE, UH, SCHOOL THIS BUILDING WILL BE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARIA AKAI. 
          I LIVE IN 5 6 5, UM, RIGHT HERE IN BROADWAY. 
          UM, THE REASON WHY I BOUGHT THIS UNIT HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE CONDO. 
          AND WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, I SEE A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE HERE AND I'M GOING TO SEE, I WANNA GIVE YOU QUITE A, QUITE EXCITED TO SEE THIS IS WHAT I SEE WHEN I WAKE UP MORNING. 
          YOU HAVE TO STAY AT THE MICROPHONE. 
          YEAH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAY. 
          NO, YOU DON'T SEE IT THOUGH. 
          THEY DON'T SEE IT. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          WE, YOU DON'T SEE IT. 
          I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I SEE THE CHURCH IN THE CROSS RIGHT THERE. 
          THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT IT FOR, I LIVE IN TWO E AND I WAS PROMISED TO HAVE THAT THE REST OF MY LIFE. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE YOU GUYS WANNA BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S GINORMOUS IN HASTINGS. 
          IT'S A VERY SMALL TOWN. 
          IT'S A VERY SMALL TOWN. 
          SMALL AND, AND THE STREETS ARE NOT EVEN WORK WALKABLE. 
          IT'S ALL BUMPS AND CRACKS EVERYWHERE. 
          THE SHEETS ARE NARROW WHEN IT, WHEN THE SNOW, YOU CAN'T EVEN GO BY WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S UH, UM, UM, FIRE TRUCKS. 
          IT'S A A THOUSAND AND ONCE A WEEK FIRE CHICKS GET STUCK IN BROADWAY AND THE SHEET GOING DOWN IN BROADWAY MANY, MANY TIMES. 
          SOMETHING HAPPENS THERE WITH, WITH A, WITH THE, UM, WITH THE TRUCKS THERE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE, SORRY, WITH THE FIRE TRUCKS ALWAYS COMING IN, RIGHT THAT CORNER ALL THE TIME. 
          ONCE A WEEK, TWICE A WEEK, THERE'S TWO, THREE TRUCKS, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          STUCK RIGHT IN THERE. 
          THEY CANNOT MOVE. 
          CHILDREN ARE PLAYING ALWAYS IN THE STREET WITH THEIR BICYCLES, WITH THEIR BASEBALLS, WITH THEIR FATHERS AND MOTHERS. 
          ALL, ALL DAY LONG. 
          THE KIDS ARE ON THE STREET, OKAY? AND THESE, THESE FOLKS HERE BOUGHT A REASON WHY THEY BOUGHT THAT BUILDING. 
          THOSE, THOSE BUILDINGS, IT'S FOR THE VIEW AND THAT THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S TOO BIG OF A, OF A PROJECT TO DOING THIS. 
          HASTING, HASTING IS TOO SMALL FOR THAT BIG, BIG UNIT. 
          THAT'S A LOT TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH YEAH. 
          AND THE, UM, YOU'LL BLOW THE LEAVES. 
          IT'S GONNA BE TREMENDOUS. 
          A LOT OF NOISE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? OH, HI. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS LISA MIA. 
          I AM AN OWNER AND RESIDENT AT 5 5 5 BROADWAY 1D. 
          SO I'M LOIS ON THE TOTEM POLE HERE. 
          I'M ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN OUR BUILDING. 
          DON'T WORRY, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THIS. 
          IT'S JUST ECHOING WHAT EVERYONE'S BEEN SAYING. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA HAVE IT HERE TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISS MY MAIN POINTS. 
          DEFINITELY 100% IS THE VIEW I BOUGHT MY CONDO FOR THAT VIEW AND I CHERISH THAT VIEW WHEN I GET IT SEASONALLY. 
          AND I GET BEAUTIFUL PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE ORANGE GLOWING ROCK. 
          I'M, I'M JUST HOPING FOR SOME ROCK VIEWS, NOT EVEN THE WATER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THE RENDERINGS THAT I'M SEEING NOW, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA GET THE TIP OF THE ROCK, RIGHT? SO ALSO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE RENDERINGS AND THEM BEING ACCURATE IN THE HEIGHT DEPICTION OF WHERE HASTINGS TAR IS SITTING. 
          SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH LIKE WHEN YOU SAID THERE WEREN'T THE VIEWPOINT RENDERINGS IN THE APPLICATION, SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE APPLICANT COULD DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT. 
          UM, FROM WHERE WE ARE SITTING AND LOOKING OUT AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE NOW MISSING OUT ON, UM, DEFINITELY THE NOISE LEVEL WITH THE, UM, ALL THE RECREATION OUTSIDE DOG BARKING, THE PICKLEBALL, THE CHANTING, UM, BUT THEN THE DRIVEWAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL THAT WILL BE COM GOING STRAIGHT ACROSS FROM WHERE MY BEDROOM WINDOWS IS, EXCUSE ME. 
          SO THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL LIGHT COMING THROUGH, COULD IMPACT SLEEP, MENTAL HEALTH, ET CETERA. 
          ADDITIONAL NOISE COMING THROUGH. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN AS WELL. 
          OF COURSE TRAFFIC, I GO TO WORK, I DRIVE THROUGH THAT SCHOOL, UH, CROSSING WAY ALL THE TIME. 
          SO I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE IMPACTING MY, UM, COMMUTE AS WELL. 
          UM, SIZE AND SCOPE OVERALL, I FEEL LIKE IT'S MASSIVE. 
          UM, IT'D BE GREAT IF THE APPLICANT COULD DOWNSIZE IN ANY WAY, UM, JUST SO WE CAN PRESERVE THAT VIEW THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          UM, ALSO, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS A THING, BUT SHADOWING IMPACTS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A THING YOU CAN STUDY, HOW, LIKE THAT BUILDING, HOW LIGHTING WILL IMPACT SEASONALLY THROUGH THE YEAR, HOURS OF THE DAY IMPACT HOW IT'S GONNA HIT OUR PROPERTY. 
          UM, THE VIEW FROM OUR COURTYARD IS GONNA BE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AS WELL, SO IT'S NOT EVEN FROM MY UNIT, JUST OUR COMMUNAL AREA WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS VIEW. 
          UM, CONSTRUCTION. 
          IT SAYS APPRO, NO ONE'S BROUGHT THIS UP YET TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT IT SAYS ON THE APPLICATION 
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APPROXIMATELY 14 MONTHS, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE THAT IS NOT FEASIBLE WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK. 
          UM, SO ALL THAT NOISE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME. 
          YOUNG FAMILIES, PEOPLE THAT ARE RETIRED THAT ARE AT HOME MOST OF THE TIME THAT'S GONNA AFFECT THEIR LIFE, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND JUST OVERALL, YOU KNOW, NOISE, VIBRATION, DUST, THE IMPACT OF THE BUILDING LIKE ALL MY RESIDENTS HAVE SAID. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IT, BUT JUST I HOPE YOU CAN REALLY MAYBE ASK THE APPLICANT TO REALLY DOWNSIZE AND RE-LOOK AT THE OVERALL SCOPE OF IT ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS HI MALIKI AND I AM AN OWNER IN, UM, 5 6 5 BROADWAY APARTMENT ONE B, SO RIGHT NEXT TO HER. 
          AND, UM, I, UM, ALSO, I'M A TEACHER IN THE BRONX AND MY PARTNER IS ALSO A TEACHER IN HARLEM. 
          WE HAVE INVESTED OUR LIFE SAVINGS IN THIS APARTMENT AND I AM VERY SCARED AND AFRAID. 
          I HAVE TWO CHILDREN HERE. 
          I CAN BARELY AFFORD IT HERE WITH MY PARTNER. 
          WE ARE VERY TO THE BRINK AND, UM, I, I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. 
          I HAVE AN OLDER MOTHER WHO LIVES IN THE BRONX AND I DO, UH, FEEL THAT WE MUST HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS. 
          IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THING. 
          I'M, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN HASTINGS FOR THIS TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BE, BE THERE. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF US PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VOICING WHAT IS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AS WELL. 
          BUT, UM, THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID KATZENBERG AND I LIVE IN 5 65 APARTMENT TWO F, SECOND FLOOR, TOTAL OBLITERATION, UH, OF MY VIEW, WHICH IS TREASURED. 
          I'M RETIRED. 
          I'M THERE A LOT. 
          I LIVE ON THE TERRACE. 
          I LIVE IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH THE BIG PICTURE WINDOW WITH PARTIAL, BUT VERY PLEASANT VIEWS OF THE PALISADES AND THE RIVER AND ST. 
          MATTHEWS SCHOOL. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR ABOUT, UH, 23 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE BUILDING. 
          AND WHEN IT STARTED, IT WAS A PRETTY NEGLECTED RENTAL. 
          NOW IT'S A VERY WELL MANAGED CONDO. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE MENTIONED THE VIEW, I THINK IT'S THE MOST, THE MOST CONCERN, UH, THE MOST CONCERNING ISSUE. 
          BUT NOBODY HAS MENTIONED ONE THING FOR AT LEAST THE APARTMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE WE ARE THE ONES THAT FACE WEST, UH, THE LIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT A VERY LIGHT SITUATION DURING MOST OF THE DAY, BUT STARTING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AROUND FOUR OR FIVE, SIX, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, THE SUN COMES AROUND AND LIGHTS THE APARTMENTS BEAUTIFULLY. 
          IF WE PRESERVE THAT, AND THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN. 
          THE LIGHT WILL BE IN THE DARK, UH, IF THIS PLANE PROCEEDS THE WAY IT LOOKS, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO PREVENT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOBODY ELSE? OH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE SIGNATURES AT THIS POINT AHEAD. 
          IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP AND SIGN IN SO WE CAN KEEP IT MOVING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, JANA HANSON. 
          I AM IN 5 5, 5 APARTMENT FIVE C. 
          MY PARENTS MOVED TO HASTINGS IN 1955. 
          UM, THEY BOUGHT OUR HOUSE AT 32 SOUTH DRIVE FOR $23,000. 
          THEY, UH, WERE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD GROWN UP HERE. 
          HER FAMILY MOVED TO HASTINGS IN 1915. 
          MY BEDROOM WAS THE ONLY BEDROOM IN OUR HOUSE THAT HAD A VIEW OF THE PALISADES IN THE WINTER TIME, AND I CHERISHED IT WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL. 
          UM, I WENT ON TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER ON WALL STREET, AND I HAD A LOVELY LIFE AND 
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HOME IN BEDFORD, NEW YORK WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO KIDS. 
          MY HUSBAND ABANDONED US AND SO I HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RAISING OUR TWO KIDS ON MY OWN. 
          AND OVER TIME, BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY PARENT ON DECK, I JUST KEPT RIGHT ON DOWNSIZING. 
          AND IT WAS A THRILL TO THINK THAT AFTER A LIFE THAT ANYBODY WOULD DESCRIBE AS SUCCESSFUL, THAT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND AN APARTMENT AT THE HASTINGS TERRACES. 
          MY PARENTS SOLD THEIR HOUSE IN 1979 FOR $80,000. 
          THERE IS VERY LITTLE, I DON'T THINK I'VE ENJOYED MUCH EQUITY GROWTH IN MY APARTMENT SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 2019, BUT THE EQUITY AND THE WEALTH THAT I HAVE AMASSED IN MY APARTMENT IS THE VIEW THAT I JUST SIMPLY CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT. 
          AND I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO SAY ONE LAST QUICK THING, WHICH IS HASTINGS, HAVING GROWN UP HERE, HASTINGS IS, IS A PLACE THAT IS SO CARING ABOUT EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE. 
          THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT MAKES HASTINGS SUCH A UNIQUE PART OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 
          AND CERTAINLY, UM, AS ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST RIVER TOWNS, THE PEOPLE IN 5 65 AND 5 55 BROADWAY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER, CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE ALL SHARE SOMETHING IN COMMON, WHICH IS OUR LOVE FOR WHAT WE GET TO SEE AND THE LIFE WE GET TO LIVE HERE. 
          AND NONE OF US, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US ALL SPEAK THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S THE BEST RIVERTOWN. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, AGAIN, I'M GONNA ASK IF ANYONE ELSE IS THINKING ABOUT SPEAKING. 
          PLEASE COME UP, SIGN UP, SIGN IN AFTER THIS, UH, WOMAN SIGNS IN SO THAT WE CAN KEEP IT MOVING. 
          WE ARE, UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA CUT ANYONE OFF, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IF PEOPLE WOULD KEEP IT MOVING, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, WELL, THE INFORMATION THAT WE DID GET FROM THE PEOPLE WHO WANT THIS TO HAPPEN, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 
          JUST SAY YOUR NAME. 
          OH, PAM ON, AND I'M AT 5 55. 
          I WAS ON CROSSBAR. 
          I'VE BEEN BACK IN HASTINGS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 
          RAISED MY SON HERE, AND I MOVED INTO 5 55 AFTER SELLING THE HOUSE THAT IS MY 55 PLUS SPACE. 
          AND I LIVED IN TWO APARTMENTS. 
          I BOUGHT A BIGGER ONE IN CASE A FAMILY MEMBER HAD TO MOVE IN BY THE, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COVID. 
          SO I, I HAVE INVESTED A LOT AND IN HASTINGS, AND WE'VE BEEN A PART OF MANY OF THE, WE WERE A PART OF MANY OF THE THINGS HERE THROUGH THE YEARS. 
          UM, AND OUR CONCERN IS THE STABILITY OF THE BUILDING. 
          I'M, I DON'T WANNA REITERATE WHAT I'VE ALREADY KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID, AND I KNOW ABOUT, BUT THE ONE THING I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IS HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE ATMOSPHERE. 
          AND IF THERE'S BEEN ANY MODELING ON ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. 
          AND THAT WOULD MEAN HAVING THEM AN ENGINEER COME IN, ATMOSPHERIC ENGINEER, COME IN AND MODEL IT NOW BEFORE, AND THEY MODEL IT. 
          THEY DON'T, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY STAY HERE, BUT THEY LOOK AT IT OUT IN FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT IT'S GONNA BRING IN WITH ALL OF THE OTHER FACTORS. 
          OKAY? BUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          UM, THE AIR HERE IS GREAT. 
          I'M NOT MOVING BACK TO THE CITY , WHICH I, WHERE I DID LIVE FOR A WHILE. 
          UM, I WAS BORN AND BRED IN WESTCHESTER. 
          AND, UH, I EXPECT TO STAY HERE AND I EXPECT TO STAY AT 5 55, BUT WITH LOSS OF VALUE OF MY INVESTMENT, 
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UM, THERE WILL BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S VERY SERIOUS. 
          I AM RETIRED NOW, SO I'M VERY LIMITED. 
          AND IF IT REDUCES THE VALUE OF MY HOME, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR ME? WHERE WILL I GO IF THE AIR, YOU KNOW, DURING CONSTRUCTION, THERE'LL BE PARTICLES IN THE AIR FROM MOST LIKELY TOXINS. 
          IT'S AN OLD BUILDING AND WE KNOW THAT. 
          SO THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT THING IN, THAT PART IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ENGINEERING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M ANABEL SCHNEIDER. 
          UH, 5 6 5 3 B. 
          UM, UM, I DO NOT OWN MY APARTMENT. 
          I LIVED IN IT FOR 26 YEARS. 
          UM, MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE. 
          WE WEREN'T MARRIED AT THE TIME, BUT WE MOVED FROM, I MOVED FROM THE CITY. 
          HE MOVED FROM FURTHER UP STATE. 
          AND, UM, AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, WE WALKED INTO THAT APARTMENT AND SAW THE VIEW AND KNEW THAT'S WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY SELFISH THING FOR ME TO SAY. 
          I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, BUT I AM YOUR, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS FOR OVER 55. 
          I'M CONSIDERABLY OVER 55. 
          UM, AND THIS IS MY LITTLE FACILITY AND I, UH, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN CONCERNED WITH, THE NOISE, THE, THE AIR, UM, THE, THE, THE LOSS OF THAT LOVELY VIEW, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN, UM, MY ANCHOR OVER A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN MY LIFE. 
          SO, UM, UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID. 
          UM, UH, UM, I'M SURE NO ONE SAYS IT LIGHTLY. 
          AND, UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AGAIN. 
          THANKS. 
          YES, THERE WILL BE. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, MY NAME IS STEVE MARK REER, 5 6 5 BROADWAY, APARTMENT 2D. 
          REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID FROM THE COMMUNITY OF HASTINGS CONDO TERRACE. 
          I JUST WANT TO ADD, EMPHASIZING WHAT EVERYBODY SAID WAS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE POSSIBLE DEBRIS, THE SAFETY, AND THE LOSS OF VIEW AND FINANCIAL IMPACT. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A LOT OF MY FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GREATLY AFFECTED BY THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, THE PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS ABOUT, I, I THINK I READ 60 RESIDENTS. 
          I WONDER ABOUT THE RATIO OF THAT, THAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE BEING IMPACTED TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT SEEMS TO BE A VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT FOR SENIOR LIVING. 
          AND I, I SUPPORT THAT. 
          AND HOW MANY OF US ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AND LOSE OUR VALUE AND OUR VIEW AND POSSIBLE SAFETY BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT'S BEING ADDED FOR JUST 60 PEOPLE. 
          I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS, UH, YOUR TAKING INTO ALL ACCOUNT, ALL OUR CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, I AM DIANE DAN. 
          5 6 5 BROADWAY, THREE E. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS RIGHT, UH, TO DO THIS, BUT HOW DOES THE VIEW PRESERVATION LAW WORK? YES, I ACTUALLY AM GOING TO HAVE OUR, UM, VILLAGE ATTORNEY GO OVER THAT AFTER EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN. 
          UH, SHE'S GONNA, SHE'S GONNA . 
          I'M ALREADY, BECAUSE THERE, LOOK, I DON'T WANNA MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE IT ISN'T OUR VIEW. 
          PRESERVATION DOES NOT SAY THAT YOU CANNOT DEVELOP IN ANY WAY TO IMPACT VIEWS. 
          IT'S, AND I'M GONNA LET HER, ACTUALLY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LOOK UP I IT UP. 
          I'M GONNA PULL IT UP. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IN ALL, IN ALL FAIRNESS, EVERYONE IS SPEAKING. 
          I NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, ESPECIALLY WITHIN WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED. 
          YOU CAN'T TELL, UH, A PROPERTY OWNER, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THAT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE OF YOUR PRESERVATION. 
          BUT I'M GONNA LET HER HANDLE THAT AFTER EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN, JUST SO IT'S CLEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. 
          WE DEFINITELY CONSIDER VIEW PRESERVATION, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT AFFECTS ANY VIEW CANNOT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE VIEW. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I JUST, UM, I LIVED AT 400 WAR BURTON, WHICH TOOK MANY, MANY YEARS TO GET DEVELOPED. 
          AND WE HAD EIGHT FOOT CEILINGS. 
          I WAS TOLD BECAUSE OF THE VIEW PRESERVATION, WE COULDN'T GO TO NINE BECAUSE IT WOULD IMPACT 
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THE PEOPLE UP THE HILL. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT WHERE THE DEVELOPER MODIFIED WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING WITHOUT LOSING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP THAT THIRD FLOOR THERE. 
          UM, IT WAS MODIFIED TO PRESERVE VIEWS FROM THE AQUEDUCT PUBLIC VIEWS OF THE PALISADES IN THE RIVER SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE ACTUALLY WHERE, WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS, WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN MY OPINION, WHICH IS THAT IT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT, BUT IT DID NOT MEAN THAT THEY COULDN'T BUILD A THIRD STORY. 
          IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT THEY COULDN'T DEVELOP AT ALL. 
          UM, BUT IT WASN'T, IT WAS TO BE CONSIDERED AND ACCOMMODATED TO THE PROJECT, HAD TO MAKE A COMPROMISE. 
          BUT IT DIDN'T MEAN THAT THE DEVELOPMENT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN MY VIEW. 
          I'M JUST SHARING MY VIEW OF WHAT THAT, THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, YEAH. 
          INTERESTED TO HEAR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYONE ELSE WOULD, UM, WANNA SPEAK AND THERE WILL BE, JUST TO ANSWER, IF SOMEBODY ASKS THE QUESTION, THIS IS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. 
          EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE COME BACK TO REVIEW THE PROJECT AND GET MORE INPUT FROM THE APPLICANT, MORE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE REQUESTED, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND AFTER OUR CONVERSATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. 
          SO THIS ISN'T YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY. 
          DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY CHANCE. 
          UM, AND THIS WILL BE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS 'CAUSE THERE ARE MANY THINGS FOR US TO CONSIDER. 
          BUT WITH THAT, LINDA, TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR FOLKS, IT'S MY THING TO READ. 
          NO, I CAN'T . 
          YEAH, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT SAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          SUBJECT TO SOME INTERPRETATION. 
          SO, UM, THE VIEW PRESERVATION PROVISIONS OF THE CODE STATE THAT, UM, EVERY, UH, APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO ERECT, UM, OR ALTERATION OF A BUILDING IN THE VIEW PRESERVATION DISTRICT SHALL BE REFU TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ITS REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE BEST SIGHTING DIMENSIONS AND CONFIGURATION OF PRINCIPLE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. 
          SO AS TO CAUSE THE LEAST POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION OF THE VIEW OF THE HUDSON RIVER AND THE PALISADES FOR ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND ADJACENT PUBLIC PROPERTY AND RIGHTS OF WAY. 
          THE PLANNING BOARD THEN ISSUES A REPORT TO THE ZONING BOARD, UM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE ZONING BOARD THAT THEN MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON VIEW PRESERVATION APPLYING THE SAME STANDARD. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO THE STANDARD IS REALLY THE LEAST POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION, WHICH IS, I DIDN'T WRITE IT. 
          IT'S, IT EXISTED BEFORE I WAS, HERE'S EQUATION . 
          IT'S NOT AN EASY ONE, BUT IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND IT'S NOT NO OBSTRUCTION, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          IT'S A BALANCING. 
          YEAH. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO,  WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR, FOR COMING AND HEARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT SPEAKING UP. 
          WE TAKE ALL OF THIS IN CONSIDERATION, AS YOU COULD HEAR FROM OUR DISCUSSION. 
          A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE RAISED ARE THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB AS, UM, VOLUNTEER PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS, UM, WHO ARE REVIEWING SITE PLAN AND MAKING AN ADVISORY RECOMMENDATION AROUND VIEW PRESERVATION. 
          UM, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF, UM, ONE THING, UH, THAT CAME UP A FEW TIMES WAS, UH, THE OFFER FOR US TO GO TO PEOPLE'S APARTMENTS AND SEE THE VIEW. 
          UM, WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OFFER WHEN IT COMES TIME, WHEN WE, WHEN WE FEEL IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO CREATE A MOCKUP OF WHEREVER THIS PROJECT LANDS. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE THIS MANY TIMES ON OTHER PROJECTS IN THE VIEW PRESERVATION DISTRICT WHERE THE APPLICANT, UM, CREATES SOME KIND OF WAY OF SHOWING US WHERE THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING IS AND HOW BIG THE BUILDING IS, WHERE IT ENDS, STARTS, AND ENDS. 
          AND WE THEN VIEW IT FROM CRITICAL LIKE VIEWS THAT CAN HELP US, UM, AND ALSO HELPS THE NEIGHBORS SEE HOW POTENTIALLY THEIR, UM, VIEWS WILL BE AFFECTED. 
          SO WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'LL, UM, CERTAINLY INVITE PEOPLE TO OFFER UP, UM, THEIR SPACES WHEN THE TIME COMES TO TAKE A LOOK. 
          'CAUSE WE, WE ALWAYS DO THAT. 
          AND, AND WE ALSO, MANY OF US HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT CHRISTIE TERRACE, WE KNOW, UM, WHITMAN STREET. 
          BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASK THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON EXACTLY HOW THE, UM, THE EGRESS OUT OF THE PROPERTY IS BEING PROPOSED, UM, AND HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK WITH CHRISTIE TERRACE. 
          SO LOTS MORE TO COME, BUT THANK YOU. 
          AND TO THE APPLICANTS. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSES, TO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, TO WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT UP. 
          AND ALSO, UM, OUR ENGINEER HAN ENGINEERING MEMO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND SIT IN THE BUILDING. 
          PUT THAT REAR DOOR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE ALSO, WE ARE NOT ENDING WITH OUR MEETING, SO PLEASE DON'T START THE CONVERSATION IN THE ROOM. 
          WE WE'RE ALMOST DONE , UM, QUIETLY, 
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EVERYONE. 
          YEAH, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL IN SESSION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MATTERS TONIGHT. 
          . 
          AND OUR NEXT MEETING 
          [VI.ANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT]
IS ON JULY 16TH, 2026. 
          UM, I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN, BUT WE HAVE A, AN ACTING CHAIR ALREADY LINED UP, SO, UM, HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE. 
          SEE YOU IN AUGUST. 
          WAIT, DO I, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. 
          WHO SECONDS IT SECOND. 
          IT SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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