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Thank you. Thank you. All right. All right. So we have two items on the open session agenda. This morning, the first of which we'll turn it over to Councilwoman Merrifield, matters surrounding presentation of Half Shells for Habitat, an oyster shell recovery program. Take it away. All right. Thank you. I'd just like to first state that with the help of Diane Tucci, I was at a garlic festival, I guess, about eight months ago or so, and she spoke to me about an organization, Half Shell for Habitat. She said that they're doing great things on Long Island and that I should meet Maureen Dunn from there. I'm C-Tuck and other entities. And I said, sure. We sat down and we spoke, and she discussed how in multiple towns all throughout Suffolk County, they have a program, Half Shell for Habitat, where they have volunteer organizations participate and collect used oyster shells from restaurants and basically bring them to a facility where they can sit out for about a year and cure and then have a meal. 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Yes, we have a great meeting already. Wonderful. Where would you? Come on forward, guys. Thanks for being here. I'm happy to have you. Thank you. Georgie, you're first. And just to mention also that I've also, the Climate Smart Committee that I'm a part of also has been spoken to about this, and they fully support it as well. I think it's a great opportunity. So George Bartnik is here from there as well. And just so the public is aware, the Oyster Shell Recovery folks have a presentation. They're going to present it now, but this has just been posted on the town website, I'm told. So this is available publicly for anybody that may want to copy. Great. All right. Thank you. Well, thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Maryfield. Thank you, Supervisor and board members, just for the invite to come here and talk about this. So I'm Maureen Dunn. I'm a water quality scientist at SeaTuck Environmental Association. SeaTuck's mission. is to conserve wildlife and the habitat that they depend on. And so back in 2018, we started this program, Half Shells for Habitat. And it's an oyster shell recycling program. So let me, I do have to give you a little bit of background on oysters, so bear with me. And I do want to mention that we're funded through Restore America's Estuaries. The. EPA and Long Island Sound Study and also the Pecan Agust Droid Program. And so, so I'm here to encourage the town to participate in oyster shell recycling and, and to just give you background information on what it is. So thanks for having me. So this is actually a picture that I took. It's, oftentimes you see this example of what oysters can do. And so this is two tanks. This was at a marina. And we put water that was, that was full of algae in it. And the one with oysters is obviously clear. And the one with no oysters still has a lot of, of algae in the water. So the purpose of this is just to show that oysters, having oysters in the water will, will clarify the water. And this helps with eelgrass growth and a lot of improving habitat and water quality. So. And so, so we did this ourselves. This was about three hours with about 12 oysters. And the, the common wisdom is that oysters can filter 50 gallons of water per day. And it's a little bit much more than they actually can, but it's close. So, so they really do help with water quality. So as a water quality scientist, I was looking for something that I could do to really improve water quality. And I realized this is probably the best, the best way. And I realized this is probably the best method. So just a little bit of oysters and oyster shells. So live oysters filter water, but, but what we're talking really about is oyster shells. And I have to give you this background, this biology background, just so you understand the benefits. So an oyster shell, I won't go into it too much. There's a flat side and a cup side. And the, the important part is that they're made from 95% calcium carbonate. It's really the carbonate part that's important. But. And. [transcription gap]

And. And. they work is you have a male and female oyster. They sit upright like this on a reef in nature and they put out sperm and eggs. If there's enough of them they find each other. They make these little swimming larvae that you see it along the top of the diagram and those larvae settle on something. They have to settle and that's how an oyster grows. It doesn't grow if it doesn't settle. If they settle on wood or some other any other compound. They don't do as well as if they settle on something that has a lot of calcium carbonate in the water. They have to make a shell really fast. It takes a lot of energy to make a shell but if they land on an old oyster shell. There's lots of the oyster shells dissolving and there's lots of calcium carbonate in the water. So they do really well. Oysters do really well when they land on other. oyster shells and that's why oysters make reefs clams don't make reefs and scallops don't make reefs but oysters make reefs so that's that's the idea that that I wanted to get across so there are many ecosystem benefits to having oysters in the water and you know they take up nutrients they clarify the water they reduce sediment they provide what we call a micro habitat for clams and crabs and small fish and they also help to mitigate coastal ocean acidification and this is a problem that we haven't really been dealing with yet but it is certainly people up in Maine are dealing with it and it's it's coming so so this is so having oyster shells just in the water dissolving with their calcium carbonate helps improve water quality as you know Long Island are successful in the water and they're doing a great job of doing that and so we're really in back in the 1800s were chock full of oysters they were mostly over fish but they were also oyster to oyster diseases that that caused part of the decline but oyster reefs have declined over 99% on Long Island I've only seen one actual oyster reef on Long Island in all the time that I've been doing this so and so the problem is we took when we harvested the oysters we took the shells and we put them in our in our trash and they're not there for those larvae to settle on and so so in order to bring oysters back you have to bring the shells back first so this is the ten reasons that we put together to recycle oyster shells and I have this little flyer here just for you guys to take a look at This is actually developed for another town, but we could do this for a riverhead town as well. But so as I said, they enhance water quality. They restore habitat. They reduce nitrogen pollution, which is a big issue in the sound in the bays. They reduce waste, landfill waste. They're used to stabilize shorelines as well, prevents erosion. As I said, they mitigate coastal acidification, provide habitat. They serve as a carbon sink, removing carbon from the atmosphere, and also collecting oyster shells because I'll tell you about it in a minute, but it's done through restaurant waste. And so the community can get involved. We give these little cards out to restaurants, and they can provide them to their patrons when they order, when they order. When they consume oysters. It also encourages tourism and is part of our cultural history. So how Half Shells for Habitat actually works. You can see up on the top right here, we rely on these three groups. One is a municipality. The other is an environmental nonprofit group and Half Shells for Habitat. And so these three groups, they work together to recycle oyster shells. And those shells then go to oyster reef restoration or shoreline stabilization projects. So the municipality here, I have another town logo on there, but the municipality here is obviously Riverhead Town, if you're interested in doing this. And we do have a nonprofit set up that's interested in doing this as well. And that's the Riverhead Town. And that's the Riverhead Rotary. Oops. So how does it actually work? Um, farmed oysters, farmed oysters, um, are sold in restaurants. These are not wild oysters. They're very different. Wild oysters form a reef. Farmed oysters are actually tricked. They think they're in a reef, but they're actually tricked to be a single, um, a single entity. It's, it's complicated, but they're, they're actually tricked with a little piece of shell that they're given when they're very small. Um, so anyway, so farmed oysters, um, are served. Those, the restaurants cooperate. We have 30, over 36 restaurants cooperating with Half Shells for Habitat. And, um, the restaurants separate the waste. And we have volunteers that pick up the, um, pick up the shells from the restaurant. At, for festivals, we, we put out, um, containers and buckets. We have one of our volunteers up here. Um. So. So. The next step is establishing a curing site. This is really where the town comes in. Um. And that is, this is, um, waste and it's part of waste management. And so, um, so the towns really have to be on board right now. We're working in Islip and Brookhaven, Hempstead, Huntington, North Hempstead, East Hampton, um, uh, I think that's it. Um. And so it's a Long Island-wide program. Um. The town would, would then just provide a spot to cure the shells. You can see in this pile behind our, um, this is a Brookhaven, uh, pile manager. Um. We, we create these very shallow piles. And what that does is the sun disinfects the oysters' shells. And that's to prevent oyster to oyster diseases. And so we don't want to be pulling up shells from one area and putting them in another area. And then transferring disease. So, so, um, the DEC requires us to do that for a year. And, um, once, and we keep track of that and the environmental group, um, that's managing that pile will keep track of when shells come in and go out. And HAPTELS, the HAPT has a lot of things to help with that process. The last step, this is the program management. This is where HAPT Shells for HubTech comes in. Um. We find funding for, from, uh, shell recycling programs. And we assist with that. With record keeping, with curing permits. Um. And also swapping shells between towns if that's agreeable with the towns and the environmental groups. Uh, we publish a yearly newsletter. Um. And, um, and it's really all branding and publicity. The restaurants like it. We give them a little, like, Zagat sticker. Um. Uh, but it's a HAPTELS for HubTech sticker. Uh. And so it's a unified, um, branding. So they, you know, it's well known what, what they're doing. Um. And the last step is back into the water. So HAPT Shells for HubTech does not actually create the reef. We give the shells, we donate the shells to reef programs. Um. You're probably aware of some of these. Uh, the Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program. Friends of Elkport Bay. Um. Uh, Cornell Cooperative Extension. The Riches Bay Project. Uh, the Huntington Northport. Hunorf. The Huntington Northport Oyster Reef. Uh. The Humpf Oyster Reef Project. Um. And others as well. Um. So I did want to make sure I pointed out that, um, shoreline stabilization, um, and creating living shorelines to prevent erosion is, is becoming quite an important aspect of these oyster reef programs. Um. And so, um, so they're used, um, and have been used in a number of places around Long Island to, um, just to prevent erosion. And they work very well. And as sea level rises, I think this is, this is becoming more and more of a benefit to, um, to having oyster shells. Right now, um, right now there is a, um, uh, there is not enough oyster shells for the

programs that are looking to create these stabilization and reef projects, habitat projects. So that's why we're looking to encourage. And I was, um, I was in the, um, the, um, the, um, the, um, the, um, the, um, the, um, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, EPA funding through the Long Island Sound Study to encourage towns on the North Shore to to begin recycling shells. It's still going to take a year before they're ready, but but we're gonna, we're in need of them right now. This is a map of coastal acidification that I wanted to mention. I already did and this is a problem that is on the horizon, but having oyster shells in the water can help. I just went through the ten reasons to recycle, but in case I skipped them. And so and yeah, this is my contact information and our volunteer coordinator. And I would, yeah, I'd like to encourage the town to participate in oyster shell recycling. And thank you for letting me talk here. I appreciate it very much. And I just want to let Diane speak to the Rotary Club, the volunteer organization that will help. Yeah, so actually first and foremost is kind of interesting how I met Maureen. I say my life goes in weird circles, but I met her at an event in Bayshore and we were talking and we had a good conversation. She's talking about all different towns. She's like, I'm really trying to get into the town of River Island. Before I even told her anything about what I did and I'm like, oh really? And I'm like so and Councilwoman Merrifield had been working on something to do with oyster shells and SPAT program. So as my roles came together, I was happy to bring it to her. And then as we started talking more in Huntington, the environmental group is the Huntington Rotary. So I'm on the Riverhead Rotary Board and we are going to, I'm going to chair the environmental group, which would be the Riverhead Rotary Board as a non-profit. And I've got a group of volunteers ready to go. So kind of no-brainer how this all came together. It's functioning very well in Huntington too. Yeah, and they've given us a lot of information. He's the gentleman from Huntington. He's the guy who's been working on the area of Huntington has come and spoken to my Rotary. They're a wealth of information. So as far as how this has all been managed and moved, there's plenty of examples to follow. So it's almost plug-and-play. And the town's been very receptive. And you have restaurants in the community that are very good to participate in this. Yeah, we're ready to go. Just have to move through the processes. And I know that you have a timeline for some funding that we can get. We have funding that expires on July 1st, so that we'd like to use for this. you've been speaking to the town attorney mr. Howard's so we're getting an agreement all prepared yeah so we they've identified a spot in the town of Riverhead where it's really pretty much ready to go and everybody on board is just if the town if the town board is willing to do it mm-hmm sounds like an excellent program I think it's phenomenal Maureen I I love this because I understand this anyway but have you gone to restaurant depot who so many restaurants go to to get there there food and stuff like that not that they're getting oysters there but to get them to be part of this program this way you'll hit a massive amount of restaurants not only at the restaurant depot here in Riverhead but also the one on I think it's Lakeville Avenue in Bohemia you know to put it on their radar because one of the great that I mean a side benefit to that them is that they're not paying when they throw them in the garbage they're paying for that weight right so I would just say that yeah you know make that suggestion and the other thing is that a little bit off but what causes ocean acidification so the coat there's two there's ocean acidification there's coastal ocean acidification and they kind of layer right on top of each other ocean acidification is from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased carbon anthropogenic increased man-made carbon dioxide in the air in the in the atmosphere that then dissolves in the ocean but coastally it's actually made worse by the fact that that bacteria in the in the bays when we put in too much nitrogen the algae bloom but then creates a lot of bacteria they consume oxygen just like we do that's why you have these low oxygen areas but they also put out carbon dioxide so they're adding carbon dioxide directly into the water and so when we have a lot of nitrogen in the coastal waters we also increase the amount of co2 and just like carbonated water is somewhat acidic so carbonated seawater is somewhat acidic too and as soon as you change the pH that carbonate all comes out of the ocean. of solution it's chemistry nobody likes comes down I really enjoy yeah so it's this it's a it's coastal areas are being hard they're hit by this acidification issue the New York State Task Force on ocean acidification came out with in 2024 came out with a with a study for New York State and one of the ways to help mitigate coastal acidification is oyster shell that way so much shells adding shells back to the water in general so yeah thank you I think it's important I just have a quick question you mentioned a pile manager so is that presumed to be a town function or is that one of the volunteers that comes and turns over the pile just soon as I think we would need to just loop in the folks in engineering oh they've been spoken to okay yeah if you want to mention who you've met with okay spoke with maybe you can just have them on a tour maybe you can just chat about that briefly Tim Dillingham it's true drew drew Dillingham and David and true yeah anyway yeah we spoke with them about who's gonna do it varies from town to town quite honestly in some places the environmental group manages that part of the pile the environmental group almost always manages the the dates and the intake and the record-keeping for the pile but often so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so group so so it can be either okay and we do have some funding to actually good to pay someone so presumably stay true and Dave have been positive on yes absolutely and did you take them not only did we go on a tour at the Young's Avenue facility and they wait with Maureen and we took a look and they she approved an area where they were already looking to put this just like as you see it on the ground with just a couple cinder blocks around it they have an area all set at young's at down sorry Young's Avenue but they also went on a tour the Brookhaven with the right that was where that picture was taken right they went there as well just to see how some in and the Brookhaven folks gave them a tour of how they do it and they're set up and everything which is really nice they're very happy about it I felt this is not an issue at all and the town attorney I know can't the microphone Eric do you have anything you want to add to the discussion just maybe just want to come up so the microphones pick you up yeah just that we did meet last week and my office is putting the other draft agreement that I can send around to everyone if you're amenable to it yes it's it's sad that there's only 30 restaurants involved that's why I recommend and even some of the larger purveyors you know get them involved like you know that are delivering to get the program really going because I you know no one thing on that and I was going to be the volunteers right so more the more people that participate then becomes the logistic of picking up the buckets and you know so I think we've got I think living in River head you know we're in the ideal location we're right on the river head you know and the people in rotary like so everyone that we've so into it's just nothing but positive so I think the more volunteers and I we were talking about maybe starting next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's next year's So I think the more volunteers and we were talking about maybe starting a little conservatively just get the program launched Yes, and get everybody involved with it And then you know we can you can expand it as much as there's room to put the oysters and as many volunteers as you Can get to the player about it. So there are other towns have rotaries, right? So they it's huntington rotary that manages the program in Huntington, but in other towns It's the science museum of Long Island. Okay, it's different whatever Environmental I just look at the Great South Bay and so it's a mud pit, you know And because of being over fish and human oysters and I know more and it's unbelievable Yeah, so I work with that house and at sea tuck. We're both what we are part of the half shells program But we're also the environmental we actually started it that way as we were the environmental group and then we're looking we kind of Expand it. Yeah, and we've met with the environmental advisory Council and nice met with the conservation So we spoke, you know the people in town but rotary being that nonprofit organization helps, you know us accept the funds and It's really Positioned to be able to manage that part and it's a natural fit with rotary Yeah, it's also about educating people it it's hard to educate people about things like water quality And so it does get someone, you know, you just go to a restaurant you eat oysters and you're connected to improving water quality So I think about it that's and you know, and yeah So That's really what I like about it the most is that it's an outreach at the same time that it's it's doing good So it's kind of a win-win win And one of the other things that struck me when you're talking it was about the amount of shells that are actually being imported to create these reefs and I heard about like the trucks on the road and like there's so many more environmental Much more environmental impact that it has but we're it's a natural resource. We're throwing it in the trash Just because we don't know better but we're throwing the Oyster shells in the trash and then our our oyster restoration programs habitat restoration programs around Long Island have to buy them from by Cured oyster shells from you know down south at some of the shucking houses and things but it's a very expensive And they're paying to ship them up here Okay, so so if we could you know collect them in the house a little a little more it would it would help, you know? out east here, there's a lot of the wineries vineyards that Have oysters as you know an appetizer on there on their menu So not only the restaurants, but some of our farms out here And we did talk about I mean Riverhead obviously is a very big town geographically We did talk about as we progress setting up like little maybe sub areas where you know Because if you're in waiting River versus James for you know, it's that's a wide area that you could set up like little areas mini collection points Upstations then to transport it too because again think about it, you know, you have to pick them up on a weekly basis So you're again limited to volunteers and manpower at that point. So if somebody wanted to volunteer, how do they get in touch with you? so They could just well. I have a volunteer coordinator who works with me And they could contact Connor don't see or myself and we're even councilwoman Merrifield, right? You can get the information to me And I think it's a great way to get in touch with people And you know we look for volunteers I Think at the same time No, I love I love that cuz I think about golf outings, you know have Yeah, they have rubbers catering Well, that's what she went and coincidentally the week that I met her just that weekend I had an event where I knew it was a private catered event We had 1600 oysters coming for our guests So I mean this and I could that's just one event on the east side of the island Yeah, think about that. And so again it was kind of yeah, that's right Thank you meant to be because whatever you say that, you know We ran a bunch of buckets out there and they brought some buckets out and we immediately saw oh and you have the bucket I do have a bucket. Do you want to show us the bucket? Sure? Well Bring the bucket my show and tell so this is this is just a demo of of the kinds of You know, you can get that on the way around. So if you've turned it from that camera, there you go Right That's given to restaurants this is what we leave at the restaurant Yeah, and sometimes you know some restaurants some some restaurants will take two or three buckets a week. That's kind of an average It's not a big list for the restaurants, but they're really doing the work because they're separating it but they get these buckets and We give them some guidance. We give them directions on what to do and how to do it and and then once a week We have a dedicated volunteer so there's like a relationship Between the restaurant and the volunteer we have a dedicated volunteer who picks up every week at that restaurant. That's really important It doesn't matter if the shells are broken, right? It doesn't really matter so she's still performing same task. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah so those shells actually go to the hatcheries, and they're soaked in the swimming larval oysters, and they land on them, and then we take them out and put them in the water. Now, we only have to do that up in New York and further north, but down south, like in the Chesapeake, where there are plenty of oysters already in the water spawning, all you have to do is put out the shell, and then the larval oysters will find them. But here, we have to do this extra step we call spat on shell, and then those are put out in the water. They can be put in closed water as well as open certified waters, because when the oysters make these reefs, it's kind of this gnarly mass, and they can't be poached, and they can't be taken easily. So the DEC allows restoration projects to use this spat on shell, and that's pretty much what the shells go for, is spat on shell. So it's kind of a particular way to get both the shells and the oysters back in the water. I should have probably mentioned that more. I don't believe you asked that question. Okay. Interesting. Does the board have any other questions or comments? Very interesting. George, if you just want to come forward, you have to just sit at the table so the microphone can catch you. Come forward, George. We're happy to have you. Just say what you're doing. You open your mouth. Yeah, well, you should know better. Come on up. First of all, we had a little discussion of where the shells could be possibly dropped in Riverhead, which would be a nice thing to create, like a reef somewhere here in town. And I don't want to speak for, I should maybe actually speak to Denise in private about this, but I should say that there's maybe getting involved with the, if there's a marine biology class at the high school, I think this would be a great practical kind of an experience to get them involved. So it's just an idea. Well, Rotary also has an interact club at the high school, too. So that's the younger Rotarians in training. And so it's a great way to, you know, when I saw that, that's what I really gravitated towards, is all the ways the community can get involved in this and our kids. And again, how important is it to us because we live on an island. Like it's really something we should pay attention to. So I guess we taught you well, don't you? Thank you, Mr. Bartnik, who was my science teacher. Mine also. Yes. It took me a long time to get used to saying George. I'm still not even sure I'm used to it. Okay. Anyway. And Riverhead Town has been so good with environmental projects like the Grangeable Ramp. And these are the River Herring Ramp. And just, you know, and the fish land. And the fish land. And the fish land. [transcription gap] And things like that. So I should commend you on that, too. And I'll share a link with you all later about Huntington's got Rotary. It's got a whole program in place. And really that's the model you look at. It's really, it's super cool. And many, many towns are doing it already. It's not like we're inventing something new here. Right. Exactly. Kind of an easy sell. It's all. It's win-win. Yeah. It's the crocodiles in the river, you know. No. We're glad about that. We're glad that's not. Or sea urchins. Yes. That's right. Okay. So I guess the board can look out for a proposed agreement from the town attorney's office as far as the next step. Yes. And we'll take it from there. Okay. Great. Sounds great. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you for coming in. Thank you. Appreciate all the good information and all the good work. I left a few of these here. This is for North Homestead. Okay. Thank you. I'm not sure what we're going to do with this. You can just leave that. The IT folks will take it. Okay. Do you have a question? Thumb drive in that? You need to. No. Okay. Actually, I don't. Yeah. Okay. Thanks. All right. Thank you.

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All right. So we'll move on to the second item on the agenda, which is an update on boards and committees. So it doesn't matter where we start. If any of the board members want to take the lead and just kind of offer an overview and an update on all the... All the good work they're doing with the various committees. Councilman Wosky? Okay. So beach committee. We are proud to announce that we will have the concession stand opening again this summer. I believe that that's going to begin Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day. And for beach passes, you have to have a beach pass to go to the beach. So if you are a resident of Riverhead, come here to Town Hall and get your beach pass. You can get it online. And there's also a drive-through. I don't recall exactly what the dates are, but go on to the website and you'll be able to find that information to do that. And also, the charter school is going to have two days in April that they're going to be doing a beach cleanup. They have done this for several years. And it's always a great event. And they do a lot down at Iron Pier Beach. So I want to thank them. Landmark preservation. We're still working on having Polish Town be put on the National Registry. And they're also discussing doing an independent hamlet study in Jamesport, Aqabog, and Sound Avenue. They're trying to get people to come together to, you know, have a beach pass. And we have discussion about how the area should look moving forward and trying to preserve the integrity of our farmland views and how the buildings should look. And I'm looking forward to that taking place and being able to present that probably a little bit down the road. But it's something. So East Creek Marina. We actually met last night. And the surveillance cameras are up and working. And there will be signs being put up to let everybody know that it is a surveillance area. And all the docks are filled up. So that's always a good thing. There is a waiting list. But it's great over there. And anti-litter. We have spring cleanup May 3rd here at Town Hall. 830, 9 o'clock. Come on down. And Rotary is also going to be hosting their annual Rotary Day of Service. Last year they did a cleanup down at the Peconic River. This year they are looking at a different area. And once I have more information on that, I will update everybody. And that's about all that I have for today. Okay. Sounds good. That was a good thought about the confirming the dates of the drive-through beach sticker pickup. We should make a note to get that information hammered out from the Recreation Department. And we'll make sure that we get that. That's posted on the website and social media online. So that folks can take advantage of that convenience. Good thought. All right. Councilman Kern? Can I help you? Sure. Many things. Okay. I'll start with the Ag Advisory Committee who made a presentation last week at a work session. And there's certain codes that they would like to see changed. They were working through that. Alternative Transportation. I want to thank the Rec Department and also, I forget who makes the signs, maybe Highway Department. They'll be posting new signs on the trail in Ep Cal, on the bike trail. It's Waddell. Oh, yeah. Waddell's making the signs. Oh, Waddell made the signs? Mm-hmm. Okay. Thank you. And they have expressed certain spots on the bike trail. I think that's the only thing that's missing. [transcription gap] Okay. So, the bike trail that need to be repaved. And we're addressing that. And let's see. I will go to... Where else am I on around here? Let's see. East End Arts. The one thing I'm going to say about East End Arts is they've been doing a phenomenal job at attracting some really good artists. A lot of them are showing museums around the country, if not around the world. And they're doing a phenomenal job. And I would encourage people to go to see their shows. It's very, very different than what it was years and years ago. And move to emerging technologies. Let's see what we're doing there. We're actually going to go on a field trip to some of the companies that are incubating in Stony Brook. And we're going to go with some people from planning as well as the people on the committee. And I think that's a great idea. I think that's a great idea. [transcription gap] and Kent Testa, our town engineer, and Dave Zabowski, and they managed to get a fish ladder fixed and cleaned out in Granville Park, which they did a phenomenal job. And let's see, what else are they, they're working on a bunch of stuff. That's one of them. Recreation advisory. So, we just had a meeting the other night, and I'm happy to say that the Wesley Dean Skate Park is now going to be moved to, not moved, but they're going to build a new park, this is the goal, on land that Suffolk County has given to the town legislator, Stark was here for the meeting, and now it's a matter of raising the funds and making it a really a world-class skate park. And I know... Well, they're going to, the park had two prior designations, so what they're working on is a full write-up, and then we, on behalf of the town board, I'm sure we'll have unanimous support, we'll then send a letter of request to the county asking to designate it, you know, as for use in development of the skate park. So, that'll be our next step. Yeah, and Catherine was, like, in total support, so it's really looking great. That's going to be an amazing addition to the town. I was so impressed with that presentation, I still can't forget it, I'm so, so happy that this is hopefully going forward, such a great thing for the town. If you don't mind, say, Bob, just with the skate park, they've expanded, like, that it's not just for skateboarding, it's BMX, it's going to be a walking trail to help benches, so even, you know, grandma, grandpa can take the kids down there and watch them skateboard while they're doing a walking trail sitting, might have some little exercise options, it's going to be a nice place to go and have lunch. Just to sit down and it'll be a beautiful park. So, it's going to be a place for everyone. Absolutely. And please, anybody jump in, because my committee is for everybody to, you know, learn about it and work with. I don't know, it doesn't bother me. TDR committee, we are working with planning. We've had one meeting, we need to have another meeting with planning and settle on some TDRs and how that's going to work. Wildlife management. I've worked with américans, so I've worked with américans, so I've worked with américans I've worked with américans so far. out hunting somewhere because I haven't met with them yet. So I'm going to leave it at that. But look, I love the committees that I'm on, and what can I tell you? Oh, I'll go back to these guys. One second. Where are these guys? The Environmental Committee, they're talking about, and I've spoken to Frank Mancini, our water district guru, about coming up with a riverhead presentation on, like, when you should water your lawn and stuff like that and just little tricks to be more efficient when you're using water. He did that last year. He can come back again. He did that with the whole thing with the sprinklers. Yeah, we're going to do one of those riverhead inaction things, you know, so that it can rotate. Mm-hmm. It went to the river. It went to the river. [transcription gap] And that's all I have. All right. Sounds great. Got some more? No, I'm just kidding. A couple things. One of the ones just to mention, on April 1st, we are going to have the Hispanic Development, Empowerment, and Education Committee. We'll be meeting here in this room right after the town board meeting. A couple things they have, and they're going to have a representation from the IT department. One of the things they're working on is the Newtown website that will be up. It's up and running in a couple months, making sure that it is translatable into Spanish. And I think that so Chip has a nice little presentation for them to show how they'll be able to switch over, and the website will be in Spanish. I think we also have guest Frank Mancini from the Water Authority will be here just to basically talk about backflow devices and so forth. And Frank is pretty much visiting every committee everywhere he can go just to help, you know, protect the water. You know, in our district towards any type of backflow devices, things like that, lead, you know, that they can replace certain devices that may contain lead, and it's free of charge to replace it. So he'll just walk through that. The Ambulance District, a lot of great work. So ARVAC, we have been developing plans. We are working continuously on the final construction plans. We did a nice presentation here. Things have been amended a little bit, the plans, so there's going to be an update to come before you. It's just basically as the plans get developed and the architect meets with different types of construction experts, you know, that we want to utilize every dollar. So it's kind of like one of those things where, you know, you don't buy a 10-foot long 2x4 and cut it down, you know, to 8 feet and use it as waste. You go the whole distance and you use the whole length of it. So they're just trying to find the best ways to maximize their space for tax-paid dollars. And also, you're going to have to, you know, you're going to be seeing some kickoffs of some fundraising efforts to raise money to reduce the tax implications by it. But it's a new facility for ARVAC that is desperately needed and is long overdue as we did in our presentation here. Business Advisory Committee, they did a nice presentation here on behalf of the committee regarding the pervious and impervious spaces. So they're kind of anxious to wait to hear back from the Planning Department to see comments on that, so to move a project like that forward to maybe do some additional changes. Fire District Council meeting and fire districts, they've elected a new president, so Tim Devaney now from the William River Fire Department is the new president of the Fire District Council. They're working on a couple of different programs. One of the things that was really great they spearheaded is we got a lot of letters from all the different fire departments and ambulance departments in the area. And we're pleased and certainly worked alongside Mike Zaleski from the highway superintendent. And we are pushed to state and we're going to be paving Route 25 a lot sooner. So they were putting us off to 2027, so it is supposed to take place this year. So that's good that that road will just be in a better shape sooner than later. And also have been pushing with the state with the widening of Edwards Avenue and Route 25 so that now finally emergency vehicles will be able to go through that on a much safer, much safer route. Thank you. [transcription gap] Thank you. [transcription gap] to transport. The police department many saw during the St. Patrick's Day parade we unveiled our motorcycle squad so we've got two motorcycles and we've got a third one on the way so they look sharp and great you'll see them around town on different events. Quality of Life has been looking at a few specific locations in the town that they've had like an abundance of police calls and responses that seem to tie up and continuously exhaust our volunteer ambulance efforts and police efforts so they've been working with the county to try to rectify some of those places. Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee we had our most recent meeting here this morning so we meet once a month we always encourage anybody from the town to come in with any concerns throughout the town from stop signs speeding safety issues things like that so we do a lot of great work. There Veterans Advisory Committee we're already in the early stages of planning for Memorial Day parade so we'll have our application in shortly. The great thing is the tree planting program so we've got now close to 40 trees so there's going to be a second planting that's coming in up at Veterans Memorial Park I think that like another 15 trees to plant and more that are coming in so a lot of people are saying it's on the way it's on the way so I think it's a great beautification way that the Veterans Advisory Committee because it's Veterans Memorial Park is as teamed up you know with the Recreation Advisory Committee in in the town of just beautifying our parks so that's a great project. Then the banners, the ROTC is once again agreed to clean all of our banners so we'll be bringing them over to the ROTC River head high school so they'll do nice cleaning so it's nice little community event so where they get community hours for ROTC. and those banners will be going up soon before Memorial Day. So even though it's still the last days of March, we're prepping up for the springtime. So a lot of good things happening. I'll leave it at that. First, regarding the anti-bias task force committee, we honored Catherine Stark this month in Women's History Month for being the first woman to be elected from the first legislative district to the county legislature. That was a nice honor. Also, the anti-bias task force met with Tia Fulford. She'd come in, and she met with members of the Riverhead Police Department and the Suffolk County Police Department Hate Crimes Unit and discussed with us her meetings with them. And also, the way this is left off is that there is going to be some sort of educational program that the Suffolk County Police Department Hate Crimes Unit, in conjunction with the Riverhead PD, is going to do an educational program to keep everybody aware of what, legally, constitutes a hate crime. And she had very nice things to say about the Riverhead Police Department when she was here at the meeting. So that's moving forward. And hopefully horrible things like that can stop. Happily, it was not anybody from Riverhead Town that was involved in any of that. Sad to say it happened at all, and it's horrible, but I'm happy to know it wasn't any Riverhead residents participating in that. CAP is moving forward. They're always doing events. They'll be doing their CAP March and Year of the Riverhead. They're also doing their Vape Scam. One of the things they're doing is looking into a donation from them for the lock bags for any adults that have medications that they want to make sure children don't get into, or adults that are now using cannabis. They want to make sure any type of edible that their children don't get access to it. So they have lock bags they want to donate to us. So we'll get a resolution set for that. Parking Committee is meeting today, going forward with the study. We're going to have a meeting with the city in terms of how to proceed so that we can get the data on the parking garage on First Street. And also met with the Chamber of Commerce. It was very nice, my first meeting this month. And I'm happy to say I'm going to the Cornell Cooperative tomorrow. They have a seafood festival, seafood summit. And some of the members of the Chamber are going to come over there and we're trying to get a seafood festival here in Riverhead and with maybe the help of the Chamber. So that's something very nice to look forward to. And they're very keen on coming on over and meeting everybody from Cornell Cooperative. And I'm very happy that George was here from the Climate Smart Committee. They're very eager to be involved in this as well, just helping the Rotary out with the habitat, half-shell habitat. And personnel, Councilwoman Waskie and I are always there, just like Councilman Currie. Thank you. Karen and I, it seems like every week, we're hiring different people. Everyone, please, apply. There's plenty of jobs in the Town of River head. Take the social... ...civil service test. Yes, yes. Also, the senior citizens' committee is going to meet again in May and we're hoping to elect a new chairperson. I've spoken to many people. I've asked that... ...there are two positions that we need to fill. Those are a veteran, a senior veteran, ...and also... also a bilingual senior we're looking to fill those two positions on the senior citizens committee and inclusion is meeting this month in April code revision Bob spoken about that and youth court I just want to mention that we're having the mock trial is going to be on April 1st at 6 p.m. so that should be a great experience for everyone as well and that's what I'm up to lately and busy the whole board has been busy all right thank you everybody for the updates I think it's always productive and helpful to give the public an idea of all the good work you guys have been doing on your various committees so I think now we'll move on to resolutions the next item on the agenda right but it has the packets right it's a big packet today okay we ready yep resolution number one water district capital project number eight two two two two printed places subdivision budget adoption resolution number two authorizes the removal of fixed assets asset singular resolution number three ratifies acceptance of donation of flagpole from East End Emerald Society beautiful new flagpole over at the George Young Community Center good job thank you B&G yeah okay resolution number four set salaries for 2025 seasonal recreation staff number five appoints returning seasonal employees to the recreation department number six changes the status of current employees to seasonal employees in the recreation department of course getting into busy season for the rec department number seven appoints traffic control specialists number eight ratifies the salary adjustment of part-time senior office assistant they'll just ask about that it's just it's going back to January 1st is that correct like a week so town attorney want to just clarify that that's my understanding but we'll just have him clarify it does go back to January 1st we were working on a potential potential title change for the employee it's Natalie Previtt in the code enforcement office we were looking to change her title and it didn't work with civil service so we're just now putting in the resolution to increase her salary as was budgeted for in 2024. it's already in the budget yes sir okay thanks okay resolution number nine ratifies promotion of employee to provisional title of senior wastewater treatment plant operator for and for the

a this is the first of two parts for that resolution number 10 terminates LOA and ratifies the reappointment of part-time police officers number 11 appoints an intern to the police department number 12 appoints an account clerk number 13 appoints an automotive equipment operator for a number 14 appoints a community development program analyst explain that position well it's been provisional so this becomes a permanent oh okay number 15 ratifies setting terms and conditions of employment for sewer district superintendent Tim Allen that's sort of part two of the draft Tim Allen took over as of Friday and he's a member of the community development committee and he's a member of the community development committee and he's a member of the community development committee and he's a member of the community development committee number 16 appoints Tracy Stark James as a member of the emerging technology committee number 17 appoints Grace Swift to the senior citizen advisory council she's too young to be on that she's a great addition I know youth committee we need to check her ID we're happy to have Grace on the team there that'll be a great addition number 18 appoints Salim Masood to the anti-bias task force number 19 ratifies the termination of inactive employees number 20 ratifies the resignation of a maintenance mechanic to number 21 approved special event chapter 255 application for Hallockville Museum farm fleece and fiber festival number 22 approved special event chapter 255 application for homilia DDS religious service number 23 authorized supervisor to execute early voting polling place agreement with Suffolk County Board of elections river head Town Hall number 24 authorized supervisor to execute an agreement with Goodman Mark's associates ink for two appraisal reports so she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear Number 25, ratifies authorization for supervisor to execute license agreement with Riverhead Industrial Development Agency. And we have Deputy Town Attorney Ann Marie Prudente here and I think she's just going to briefly run through this for us. So the town board will probably recall back in probably April and May, the IDA was looking for a place to establish a new office because the East Lawn building, which IDA was located, was being sold. The town considered and is giving it. And so the town has been making a license agreement to use the recreational building at Stotsky Park since most of the recreational staff moved to this building. Alex, you're killing me. You're killing me. So anyway, the town board should be, so we had negotiated a license agreement. For a period of time, the office of the town attorney did. We did some research with New York State Comptroller's Office and Attorney General's Office and NYSSHIP regarding certain aspects of the license agreement and things that the town could offer with respect to the idea. That said, believe it or not, I have all the correspondence to back it up, it took basically until about. Two weeks ago, 10 days ago to get all of those responses. Hence, the agreement is coming to you now, but rent that's owed from May till today will be required to be paid. Okay. Great. Thanks Ann Marie. Don't go far, I think we have you on deck for another one or two coming up. Resolution number 26. Authorize the Supervisory Board to approve the license agreement. Subject's abges. [transcription gap] This agreement essentially gets all of the special districts, the Suffolk County and the town paid and allows us to send an invoice to LIPA for the amount that we believe they should be paying. They'll review it. They'll pay what they think they should pay. And it's all subject to recalculation and credits upon the resolution of the litigation, which has been pending with the second department for probably close to three years at this point. Okay. All right. Thank you. Resolution number seven authorizes extension of agreement with Urban Design Associates. And we have members of CDA with us, I think, to just chat about this resolution. And. One other coming up. Yes. Good morning. Urban Design Associates has been doing design coordination for Town Square playground area and their contract expired in February. The budget's not changing. We're just extending it another year so that they can continue to finish out the work that they were hired to do in the first place. So no budget change. Just as long as it's built and done in a year. All right. Great. Thanks, Carissa. Number 28. Just a quick note. Resolution 28 approved staging license agreement with 203 East Main LLC in connection with Town Square Project inadvertently submitted in duplicate. So 28 and 31 in the packet today are the exact same resolution. So we'll just ask Deputy Town Attorney again, Prudente, to just quickly give us the highlight reel for this resolution. Number 28. So as the Town Board is well aware, the Heatherwood project is moving forward and will probably be breaking ground within a week to two weeks. In order to proceed, they require a construction staging area for material and equipment and a second staging area for construction employee parking. This agreement, this staging agreement. Uh. Captures both those areas includes fee provisions wherein the town boards also aware in order to build the lower town square, we have to change the elevation. So we're going to be accepting dirt from the Heatherwood project and will locate it just where the lower deck is going to go and eventually it'll be regraded. Uh. To the height required for flood mitigation. But it's all in here. So can you just go over, because this is marked that has no fiscal impact. So aren't they paying to rent this area? And I know that we're getting a discount on the soil, but what's the whole financial side of things? So two different staging areas. Each that one is the first staging areas behind. So that's the first staging area. The second staging area is the first staging area. The third staging area is the first staging area. The middle staging area is under construction. [transcription gap] and that's for two years at $150,000. The terms of the agreement provide that the town will credit them $35 per cubic yard of material that we accept. Potentially, we could accept all $300,000 in dirt. The town has the right under this agreement to test and reject any pile, and they must dispose at their cost and expense. Whatever volume that we did not receive, they'll have to pay us the outstanding balance. Thank you. Good. Before we move on, we should just thank and acknowledge Ann Marie and the whole town attorney's office for all the work that went into this agreement because it was an absolute monster of a task, and we thank them for all that good work. Thank you. Resolution number 29 authorizes the supervisor to execute an addendum to an agreement with LVF Landscape Architects. And again, we'll ask Carissa and team to come up. So LVF is the subcontractor for the town designing the town square and playground area. They are hiring PW Grocer underneath them to test any of the fill that we're receiving that Ann Marie just mentioned. And they're going to come up with a demo and removal plan. And it will be funded under one of our grants, the Jump Start grant. Okay. You're looking good at that mic. Thanks, Carissa. Number 30 authorizes supervisor to execute settlement agreement with New York State DEC and CMA Mines. Resolution number 31 we established is a duplicate. So we'll go on to number 32. Rejects bids. Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for rebid 203-213 East Main Street Sewer Design Contract S Sewers. And if the board has any questions on that, Ann Marie can offer more specific information on that as well.

Okay. Number 33 authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to consider a local law to amend Chapter 231 of the Riverhead Town Code titled Fire Prevention, Section 24 thereof. Titled Intervention. Rejects bids. Resolution number 34. Authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to consider a local law to amend Chapter 231 of the Riverhead Town Code entitled Fire Prevention, Section 25 thereof. Titled Outdoor Fires. Number 35. Authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to consider a local law to amend Chapter 231 of the Riverhead Town Code. Titled Fire Prevention. Article... I don't know... Flammable & Combustible Liquids. 14. 14. Thank you. Number 36. Authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to consider a local law to amend Chapter 231 of the River head Town Code titled Fire Prevention, Section 14 thereof. Titled Assistance to Authorized Agencies, Reimbursement of Expenses. Number 36. Authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to consider a local law to amend Chapter 231 of the River head Town Code titled Fire Prevention, Section 14 thereof. Number 37, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to consider a local law to mint Chapter 231 of the Riverhead Town Code titled Fire Prevention, Section 7, thereof titled Definitions. Number 38, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice setting a public hearing for the acquisition of SNR Bar 25 Corp., the leasehold interest in the Easterly Ground Floor Rental Unit for general municipal purposes located at 127 East Main Street, Riverhead, New York. Suffolk County Tax Map Number 600-129-1-14. Resolution Number 39, authorizes town clerk to publish and post public notice setting a public hearing for the condemnation of a parcel for general municipal purposes located at 111 East Main Street, Riverhead, New York. Suffolk County Tax Map Number 600-129-1-11.

Resolution Number 40, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to consider a local law to mint Chapter 231 of the Riverhead Town Code titled Fire Prevention, Section 7, thereof titled Definitions. Resolution Number 41, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice setting a public hearing for the condemnation of a parcel for general municipal purposes located at 121 East Main Street, Riverhead, New York. Suffolk County Tax Map Number 41, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice setting a public hearing for the condemnation of a parcel for general municipal purposes located at 121 East Main Street, Riverhead, New York. titled fire prevention section 66 thereof titled penalties for offenses

number 41 adopts local law to publish and post to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part three supplementary use regulations uh article 47 signs section 301-254h zoning use districts pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update

resolution 42 adopts local law to mend chapter 301 zoning and land development part three supplementary use regulations article 52 52 commercial solar energy production systems section 301-281 purpose permitted districts definitions pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update number 43 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part three supplementary use regulations article 51 wireless communication towers antennas and satellite earth stations section 301-274 permit required applicability pursuant to the recommendation of the 2024 comprehensive plan update number 44 adopts local law to amend town code article you can check that one 48 48. so so so so so so so so so so so so

301, zoning and land development, part two, districts, article 49? 61. 61, sorry. Really? I don't know. I don't know. Hit it. Fine Barons, overlay district, section 301-197A, 8A, clearing and open space standards pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update. Number 47, adopts local law to amend town code, article 45? 45? Site plan review. No, no, I'm sorry. That's 56. 46. 56. 56. Why don't we just use regular numbers? I ask this frequently. I don't know. This is like, we're not in road in time. We're not using chisels anymore. I don't understand. But anyway. Come on, folks. This is like seventh grade math. Come on. Let's get with it. Number 48. Common core. Grants special permit for the Riverhead Charter School portable trailer application 5117 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 600-20-4-3. And for that, we'll invite Greg Bergman up to just briefly overview this for the board. Morning, Greg. Maybe he can address 49, too. Did you bring your Roman numeral calculator? Yeah, my abacus. Thank God I left my home. All right. So I had met with the supervisor. I met with Superintendent Ray Ankrum last week regarding the charter school permit. We had a special permit hearing last year. I hadn't really heard much from him. So after the meeting, we wanted to move it forward. Went back and looked at the meeting. There were some concerns with the board that were incorporated into this resolution. All things considered, I mean, they're proposing three portable trailers that will be removed upon the cessation of their lease agreement, which I believe is up in about four years. So I have the conditions in the special permit. There will be no further expansion of the school use on the subject property beyond the existing school building and the three portable trailers, which are the subject of the immediate application. Prior to the issuance of building permits, the Riverhead Charter School shall post a decommissioning bond with the town board in an amount sufficient to facilitate the removal of the trailers from the site and remediate the site to previous existing conditions. And as requested by the board, I put a condition in that the Riverhead Charter School shall provide periodic updates to the town board at such times as requested by the town board as the status of the development of all trailers. The same should be clear under the same circumstances under which the school system under which the school system under which the school system under which the school system in town which I think sort of just sort of wrapped up everything that was board members concerns at that public hearing so just have to incorporate everything move this forward so these are no no you go first no I did it last time they still they were gonna be on is it fresh pond or factory I mean they are pursuing that they are that we don't have a formal site plan application submitted but I know they are there is a subdivision application pending before the planning board to subdivide off that RLC zone portion of that property so I mean it's likely again don't know how that time frames that they're gonna actually submit an application but there would likely be something coming in up on that property and these are going to be on concrete pads I believe they get put on like a crushed aggregate stone so it's not like a permanent concrete foundation they essentially put like a crushed stone blend down anchor the trailers down to that and then they can be removed and remediated pretty easily and they have the trailers were removed very shortly after the town board had initially made the comments that they were placed so the trailers are not there now they were removed at the board's request and all three are just used for children there will be two that will be school trailers and then one is going to be like a faculty administration will they still doesn't answer the fact that they know what the occupancy allowed was you know what they were committed and they just continue to go and do whatever they want. I don't think that we should just be filling a parking lot with trailers because they want to expand their services they had enough foresight to see as people were signing up and how they were going to carry up the move to the grades so I don't I don't support this I don't think that there should be trailers and so forth in the back and that we're just moving kids out I don't think it's it's it's not going to be a good idea.

proper way of doing it but that's just me I guess. Okay anybody else? All right thank you Greg. Can we get Ann Marie up for the last question? Appreciate it. For the Pays bills? All right last reso is Pays bills and that concludes the resolutions portion of the work session agenda so in a moment we'll ask for a first and a second to go into exact session to discuss the following legal matters surrounding the legal matters surrounding the legal matters surrounding the update on litigation with CMA Mines and DEC in the town of Riverhead that's with Town Attorney Howard. Also matters surrounding American Breeder Puppy Experience versus the Town of Riverhead also with Howard and matters surrounding potential Supreme Court action with Howard. And lastly contractual matters surrounding contractual agreement between the Town of Riverhead and the BIDMA that's with Councilwoman Woskie and Supervisor Hubbard if he's available to join us via telephone. And with that we'll ask for a first and a second to please close the work session and go into executive order. And with that we'll ask for a first and a second to please close the work session and go into executive order. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? That's it that concludes the work session. Thank you very much everybody have a good day.

Thank you.