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[transcription gap] every single case where you put this overlay district there may be a community center but the project will have amenities for its residents including gym laundry meeting space childcare possibly 20% of the property has to be open and vegetated with passive recreational playgrounds fitness trails picnic areas off street parking is required utilities are all underground and we worked in a provision where the architecture would be a traditional North Fork style architecture so that the buildings would look like they fit in and are attractive and that's the quick and dirty overview so we wanted to make this presentation and hope that you and Greg was kind enough to actually do that the draft all the track changes all the fact changes you can see what we change I just wish we wouldn't have the track changes like the week before so that because I did have some questions and I don't want to belabor this you know with my question but my only question about this is we're all in favor of like maybe like some tiny home communities and stuff like that where there's more opportunity for people to buy smaller places and get equity this so this code doesn't really fit that I understand where this does fit so I would ask that we you know continue on with this and look at some places and lower the acreage and also lower and look at other locations and lower the linear square feet you know because there are some smaller rectangular lots that may not fit and you don't need to have you know 800 feet off of the road I think this is good I think it's a long time coming and I know that councilman Rothwell myself must have went to the Baptist Church what two and a half years ago. I think this is good. I think it's a long time coming and I know that Councilman Rothwell and myself must have went to the Baptist Church. What two and a half years ago. Yeah. So this is taking a long time. Yeah. But do you understand where I'm going so we could work on code that would look to get affordable housing you know it doesn't have requirements of recreation and all these other requirements but just places where people can afford to live. Mm-hmm. I agree with Bob on that I often think about you know the single mom that just has you know a child and you know wants the opportunity to own as a as opposed to renting and I think that somehow we need to find a balance with that. Yeah. I think our comp plan addresses that a little bit and you know we reduce the minimum well it's recommended that we reduce the minimum size from 1200 which was 1200 square feet. Yeah. Initially so that's gonna go away. We need to go down like something like 600 you have nurses you have school teachers you have people you have young people that you know could afford something that's you know quarter of a million to three million. Yeah. Yeah. To three hundred thousand dollars. Mm-hmm. At that building footprint. Yeah. And we need to provide that opportunity. We're gonna have that opportunity on the 246 Griffin Avenue project that we're working on with the county and GDB so that will be exactly that condominium project with small units and you know between you know in a real range where young people could buy something and get their foot in the door. Right. Yeah. I get the condo but I'm also looking at like the development that was built on East Main you know the small houses across from Columbia Care. Yeah. What is it? The green. On Segal? Is that what it is? I don't know the name of the road. Yeah. Anyway so that people have you know have a little bit of land too. Yeah. I mean that's a subdivision those we looked at that those are about quarter acre lots so those aren't you know the problem when you get into when you get into a condo is you know you're not gonna have a lot of space. Yeah. [transcription gap] Yeah. [transcription gap] on-site sewage treatment, development of a condominium map. If you're just looking for ownership and you just come in and someone wants to develop a subdivision with smaller lots, you run into problems with the health department sanitary. You can't. Once you get out of the... You can't. Well, again, I don't want to... That's a conversation. Yeah, we're kind of going off topic. So then all we are is a whole different... I do want to, just for the board... Great discussion. Yeah. Just so you can sort of consider some numbers. And I mean, we'll be real, we'll use the First Baptist Church property. One of the biggest selling points on this is the use of TDRs and the incorporation of TDRs into the... You know, arriving at the density. So based on the Baptist Church's property size, they have about... The as-of-right development density is one dwelling unit per 40,000 square feet. So they're at about 14 units as-of-right. So if they were coming in for a development that was, let's just say, 80 units. The number of TDRs to get to 80 would be 66 TDRs. The way the code's written for homeownership units, which the code requires 10% of those units to be homeownership units, the number of TDRs required is reduced by two. So by that math, it would require 50 TDRs, 30% of which would come from the county. So that's at about 15. So I mean, if the First Baptist Church project were to come in at about 80 units, we would see 35. So that would be 35 TDRs redeemed. Local TDRs, meaning land that's out there that is unpreserved right now, go through the process. So that would result in 35 acres of preservation. I did just want to clarify. So the... Just solving the two major issues of the town of Riverhead, which is affordable housing and protecting our agricultural heritage environment together. So that's a great program. And I do just want to... One point of clarification. So the community benefit district is not specific to... The R-A-40 or the APZ zoning district. The requirements are minimum 10 acres, 800 linear feet of frontage on a state or county arterial highway. So it would open a couple of other parcels for potential development. They could use on-site sewage treatment plant. But again, this could prove to be a valid tool and really get some significant TDRs, which we haven't seen in a number of years. You know, TDRs have come in in drips and drabs. I worked on a subdivision that required seven TDRs. Heather Ed's like... One here, one there, but nothing significant. So, you know, the purpose of shifting that density from, you know, the APZ zoning district or, you know, the R-A-80 or wherever there's, you know, viable agricultural soils, that's really the purpose of it. You're going to increase density elsewhere while preserving land in the main farm development. I always ask the same questions when we discuss affordable housing. So you know what I'm going to ask is basically how do we make this selection for these affordable housing? How do we make sure that we're not just guided towards Riverhead, current Riverhead residents, the second generation, the third generation that wants to stay in Riverhead and live in Riverhead, that these units are not just picked up by people living in Huntington and Melville coming out? Like how do we make sure that it's to continue to keep generations here in Riverhead? The current, you know, fair housing laws will preclude us from limiting it to certain groups for, you know, residency requirements. But I think, you know, it's a local project. It'll be advertised. And, you know, there's, I think, you know, more than likely there's going to be plenty of Riverhead residents who are aiming for this. So we'll do the very best we can, obviously, to make sure that the local community is aware of the opportunity and get them to, whether it's done by a lottery or whatever it's done by, that that's, you know, very clearly locally announced. And then. There are some things I think we can do potentially. But, you know, those would be a TBD as we move forward. That's why I like the, I like the First Baptist Church project only because it basically, it's being advertised on the local basis. In other words, in terms of the membership of the church and the people that live within the area become aware of the project before maybe somebody else does a West and says, I want to be part of that. And we hope that way the application process is, is that it would be, you know, they, that local individuals could put in their applications first and apply before it reaches out and just spreads out around Suffolk County. There's no doubt that that's a very important. And I think one of the really bigger impediments to getting affordable housing is the fact that you cannot target your residents or first responders or, you know, although there may be, you know, you may have to have a lot of people that are in the community. Although there may be some wiggle room there. You know, I think people would be a lot more amenable to saying, hey, wow, this is a place where, you know, our family can continue to live in the community that they were raised in. I think a lot more people, there's, there's debate on that at the higher level, whether that's true or not. And in my opinion, I think it is true. I think people would be less objecting to it if it was, you know, locally focused. In the past, we have had lottery housing. Many, many more. Three full head residents. [transcription gap] residents that apply the better chance they have of being selected in a lottery. I like that it's not just we're talking just young families we're talking about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. That's an important component. We're talking about seniors, these are all encompassed in this as well. I'm gonna take Bob's two and a half years ago that he met with the Coverdales and I'm gonna go back nine years when I first met with them and I know this project had legs at least a decade before that. So this is really important that this is coming now finally to light and we're going to be able to do something to allow that possibly that project and or other projects to come in and do exactly what we're talking about providing housing for our local people. And I know when talking to the Coverdales that was always that was always their basis behind us. You know they weren't looking to bring people in from out of town so much they're looking to provide for their own community and this does that and I think we're going to be able Thank you. to master it so it will you know be advertised locally first and first come first serve type of thing and I'm sure we can accomplish getting some of our majority of our own people in this in this opportunity. I love the idea. Do you tell people to start going to church? Yeah. I love the fact of the homeownership part of this. I know we've been working hard to try to get developers to buy into that. I do appreciate David Gallo who with this project is working with us to do that and I know the push is for more of that to come down the road because it is important to have equity in your housing. Young people getting out of school they maybe start out making a decent salary but often they're also paying college loans back and college loans can be a mortgage payment at times depending upon the profession and how much school you went and how much you had to borrow so I think this is a great idea. I'm glad we're finally getting to this point and I you know I'm happy to be here. I hope the public is encouraged by this also as much as I am. Yeah it's a good balanced approach to it and that's partly why it took so long. So Dawn you have the in essence of a subject in mind which for a single person is what? So a single person is median family income I think this is for four 165. Oh that's a four. So ! For a one person? About a hundred and five. Yeah a hundred and five. Okay the reason why I asked that and I'm you know setting it up so the public knows the actual AMI in Riverhead is about seventy five thousand. Yes. And that's important to note. You know, if tenants do it in Nassau and Suffolk that includes the It's too broad of a brush they use to come up with these numbers. It really should be updated on a more local and we've complained about this in the past. Yeah. Because it's very unfair to a town like Riverhead. But it also just shows you the gap between where we are and where you know the general region is at. Right. And how much and I think you know let's be honest we house a lot of the workforce for the North and South Fork. Exactly. But it's important for our community to have people who can invest and live and take pride in the community. So renting is great. Exactly. But it's important for our community to have people who can invest and live and take pride in the community. So renting is great. and that's a great important thing that we have but also owning and there's there's such a gap between you know what you can afford to get into a regular single-family house is a minimum even in riverhead of a half a million dollars and that's just outside the reach of most young people who are burdened with those debts and things that they need so we have been mindful of that and in spite of a lot of public opposition I think to you know affordable housing and that's why I think it's important to just talk about those numbers and get people to understand what that really means it's not it's you know it's it's it's regular people with a job who are who are trying to get by and not have to drive 40 miles to work every day deal with child care issues related to that and all the things you know just be part of a community be able to take your child to the Little League to be able to watch the after-school sports to be able to do the things that you're able to use the local library all of those things that become harder when you live further away from where you work it's part of obtaining the American dream great we will move this forward for a resolution on the 15th and I'll be the public hearing and then the public and I'll take it from a publishing post good and so in the if the board's good with the current draft we'll send it over to the Planning Commission get their comments on it thank you so much excellent thank you sorry it took so long decade okay next up for our second item we have rib head volunteer ambulance Corps and matters surrounding an update to proposed plans for a new building a new ambulance born come on up Jim and indeed I say it's more than a barn as it is it's a new building and it's a new building and it's a new building and it's a new head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head all the things that are a necessity, you know, for the ambulance to properly function over there and what's needed in terms of bays and offices, training centers, storage of equipment and so forth. One of the things that has been a continuous concern as we're getting ready to develop and eventually, you know, shortly hopefully to break ground is that the time in which the ambulance service would be out of that building. And so what we've been, the plan is that, and Highway Superintendent Mike Zaleski has been very, very gracious to allow us to use a portion of the property behind the highway building itself, but unfortunately the ambulance, they're going to be in trailers at that time. So we wanted to try to cut down the time in which the building is actually constructed. And so Andy Mitchell has been very instrumental in giving us guidance on how they do things at the hospital because at the same point when they added on to it. They had to close down certain areas and they didn't want to close them down for a long period of time. So he had suggested perhaps doing something more of a modular style where the building itself could be constructed off-site and then it would be less downtime. So once that building is nearing its completion of construction, that's when you would actually then see something on the local basis where the current ambulance building would be taken down, the site plan quickly readjusted, new slabs put in place. So that's what we're doing. So we're trying to make sure that a modular type style building arrives on-site and to be ready and constructed. It just keeps them out of the trailers for a much shorter period of time. And especially going into winter months, we're concerned about the simplest things of medications and so forth in ambulances and everything having to be properly stored and keeping at appropriate temperatures and the equipment and so forth. And so there's a lot of concerns. And so we want to minimize that downtime. We also looked at the overall cost of things, right? And when we're looking at cost of square footage, some of the things that was mentioned to us was, well, I'll just make it simple. I've used the same thing where, you know, you don't buy a 10-foot beam and then cut it down to 9 foot. If you bought 10 foot, then you use all of 10 foot and you get the most cost out of your money instead of, you know, discarding waste. And modulus help us do that. So we've made some preliminary changes. I'll let the ambulance. [transcription gap] Company and building crew talk about some of them. But so you're going to see a little bit of a different building. This is a very unique piece of property. Then anybody that's walked up there, it's triangular shape. Causes great restrictions on where we go and how we develop it. So we're trying to get the most out of everything. So I'll leave our architect. And you guys who want to talk. Whoever wants to speak a little bit. But first we kind of talked through some of those changes. But because we did publicize and we put out some plans, we want to keep the public engaged. We want them. We want to see the development of the changes. I think we're pretty much where we're going to be. And we're ready to go out for an RFP on this project. And so we really want to give everybody a full understanding of what the building is actually going to look like. So if you want, Chip, can you go over right to the facades perhaps. We'll start there with the front facade of the building. I think that's where the public's going to see mostly of change in the early part of the designs. Perfect. Okay. So from the previous plan where it was a two-story building on a slab, we've now changed it where we have the ambulance bay, which had been modified to not only accommodate an immediate need but also was enlarged slightly to make it simpler to build but also where there's more room for future needs for the ambulance. Then for the building itself. We've added a third story. And once again, it's also not only to solve an immediate need but we're thinking, you know, what we did previously was immediate. There wasn't much room for future. So we've modified the building plans to be able to accommodate for future needs as well. We've also incorporated a full basement in this plan now where, you know, things can be stored, you know, and then potentially if needed, we have extra space to fit it. And then we've added a third story. And once again, it's also not only to solve an immediate need but we're thinking, you know, what we did previously was immediate. There wasn't much room for future. We've also incorporated a full basement in this plan now where, you know, things can be stored, you know, and then potentially if needed, we have extra space to fit it. [transcription gap] facility was able, the way we designed it with the third floor, created better recreation spaces or gym spaces that are needed and also training rooms which was a necessity so we were able to make those rooms larger to accommodate a current need as well as a future need itself. Additionally the building was also modified to accommodate the modular structure so it could be done in a speedy timeline. So that's basically a little bit about the changes that we proposed on the building itself and you guys have anything to add to that? Just to clarify, we did have a second story over all the bays so there was a second story over all those bays. But what we did learn was that the ceiling height was a little bit lower than the original building. So that was a little bit of a change. The ceiling height in the bays was too low. Our ambulances are all one size but neighboring departments have bigger ambulances on truck chassis and for the future needs having a lot of the hotels that there may be a need for us at some point to have some sort of rehab unit so we could have 15, 16 patients at a time when we're evacuating some of the hotels for different situations. Looking at it, and speaking with Ken, he was very instrumental in helping us figure that stuff out. Is that the best and cheapest way to do it? Yeah. But the best thing to do is to just go three stories. So it's really the same. But there's space above the bays? That's going to be full ceiling. Okay. I pull you up there. Originally it was a mess. It's more of a Morton style building to the left of there. So besides the basement that we did add for mechanical and classrooms and stuff like that, the building's not much more square footage besides the basement than what we had because we had that second floor. So I just don't want everybody to say that. So you made up for the lost space going up there? the lost space going up going up instead i think it looks nice too actually very smartly building into the future because you don't want to you know i'm telling us again next year well you could be doing this in five years or ten years you know you don't know the population growth and then you what do you got the design doesn't incorporate that we will be going uh to connect to the sewer so the sewer does go down route 58 um so they'll bay over to the far left will be like a wash bay that could capture anything and so any type of oils and things like that which could be potentially treated so it protects groundwater as well by doing a separate wash phase more importantly though um it's going to protect the life of the equipment so in the winter time we've got to get you know dead winter we've got to get the salt off the trucks and things like that and protect so we get a longer life out of it and that way would probably be the decontamination bay or what you would refer to as a decontamination thing yep so that's more of a two or a long-term necessity protecting the the life span of the lake and so forth that they purchase overall and just having proper training spaces you know we absolutely need more emts we need more paramedics within the town of riverhead so we need a place where we can train them and locally and um i myself i'll i'll talk extremely highly of the program in which did but being able to be on hand and physically having ambulance like we did the training here in town hall but being able to physically work on the ambulance and bringing equipment down physically working with the equipment is much different than simply a slideshow so being able to have the training in the ambulance facility is immense different than than somebody taking it into just a classroom setting to physically be able to walk down work with equipment and so forth so they need that training and with the training if we're doing it at our headquarters we're more likely to retain members as well or and gain new members so we want the public to see so a little bit of changes we have um our program in terms of we we've uh seeking sponsors and donations for this facility so we have had a few individuals that have already committed to the project so we're trying to do everything we can to be cost effective um with taxpayer funding and so by utilizing private donations so that process has begun so anybody that's interested could certainly reach out to our vec and have discussions but we've put up many different methods in which way you're going to be able to contribute to our back um to also uh from perhaps having names on ambulance to rooms named after them in in the facility itself everything that we can to keep taxpayer money down but the majority of this funding will ultimately will be seeking the board's approval to bond it with the idea that our back is becoming self-funding in terms of meaning the work in which they're doing by billing for ambulance runs and so forth they'll be able to pay off the bond so it's not necessarily going to be that coming out of the taxpayers you know all residents on the individual basis it's going to be worked off by the actual work that they do on a regular basis through insurance providers and so forth for the patients in which they're transported do we have an approximate price tag that's the goal of today so we don't as we sit right now but the goal of today was to put this before ask any questions because now it is time to go out for an rfp or rfq to put the building out there so we can then determine the actual dollar amount that's going to be necessity okay so but the only way to really do that was to have a final plan but before we went into that next step we wanted the board to be able to kind of look at the plans ask any questions so that people wouldn't say well how did you get from here you know from point a to point b so so that's the that's that's what we want to do immediately is to go out and be able to put a resolution out okay so on the back side you have two drive-throughs right nice so this is really helpful by putting a lot of people may look at the plan and go i'm a little confused because there's not a parking lot or anything in the back but by putting those large bays it gives opens up number one for general activities they have gathering space behind it but it also helps with um emission standards within the building itself so the back doors can open up just to kind of clear the air out um many times they when they're having different calls going out it also does allow them to store trailers and so forth equipment behind the building if necessary so as president garrett had stated before you know when you have like these decon units these other large size trailers and so forth they can be protected they can be put through the bay behind the building so they're more in a secure area and then when necessary you can simply open up that garage and pull them straight through so it's a way to utilize that back space as well i like the idea that you're going for the future as we just sat and talked about the overlay district 80 units in one particular overlay district or another one that may come in there's going to be that many more residents that you have to take care of so i like the idea of building for the future i will also say that they have drastically seen just this year alone the alarm response is continuing to rise and we have other large projects and when we even talk about community development housing and we talk about hotel complexes the necessity and the need for what arvac does and the amount of the additional equipment that is eventually going to be needed for the future and additional staffing is going to continue and this this is a a dire need at this point to increase this facility to maintain that so we're potentially looking at maybe 6 000 polls this year on track for that we had a uh an 800 call month which is double what we've ever had before yeah so one month yeah kind of slowed down this the following month but it's we're just getting into summer now so we're starting to get to get to the next level so this is not your grandfather's ambulance warren it is not i still have it changed and we need to catch up i still keep calling her barring though got to build a new barn we're just trying to keep it simple or you know it was cost in mind with it you know we're not trying to uh we know we have a lot of elderly community in riverhead and you know just hearing uh what you guys were talking about before with the the building and the housing and the housing and the housing and the housing and the the building and the housing and the housing and the housing and the housing and the medium income and stuff we were we're all aware of that you know a lot of our members probably fall into that range so we really are not trying to have a debt service where the taxpayers are coming out of their own pocket i mean you know we are hoping that we'll bond the whole thing right away just wait to just get going on it and we're not worried about it but like uh councilman rotherford said uh we believe that our you know as long as the price comes in where we think it's going to we're hoping to cover the the debt service totally so i think with donations and the billing of the we should be able to cover the debt service. That's good news. That's really good news. Or a very large portion of it. Yeah. In addition, I mean, Riverhead is growing with activities and different events that are taking place. And so people will be familiar with seeing AARP Act on events like Alive in 25, private events, up at Epcalfe or the drag racing, all things. So lots of people, when all these events come to town, it's put right on their lap of like, okay, in order to have this, we need AARP Act on standby and so forth. And so they do charge when it goes into private businesses that are doing stuff. So it's also another way to generate revenue, but it's also taxing on the staff itself, trying to keep up with that. You know, they need. Well, gentlemen, thank you very much. Anybody have any questions? No, I think this is great. I do too, I like it a lot. I do like this system so much. [transcription gap] as what was really necessity to them. Also the proximity to the town garage when our vehicles break. In an emergency, it's right there. We don't have to worry about how we're gonna get it over there. Mike over at the town garage fixes our stuff immediately and gets it back to us. So the location is really probably one of the best spots we could find in the town. Easy to fuel as well. Yes, fuel and... When it's easy to fuel, everybody fuels. Right. Yeah, and the biggest... Who left the ambulance on the E-A-Gas? I mean, the biggest thing too is that everybody knows where the ambulance is going right now. If you moved it, in the case of emergency, someone could go to the wrong location for an emergency. So I think keeping it where it is and being centrally located, it was a positive. Absolutely. And I think it fits the area. With the Agway building crossing, we try to make it blend in and fit in. So it's not, you're driving down the street and like, whoa, what's this? It's not... So as one point just to address, we are briefly just going over the standard typical height because it's a three story building, but because it's a government building complex, so we probably will need a small variance

on the height restrict itself just to get... So it's like we're up at like 45 feet. I think it's basically at 35 is the normal, I think. So there's gonna be... We are gonna need a variance, but being... Do we know the people that make that happen? Yeah, I think so. So I'm just pointing that out now in case anybody had any issues, but it's right off of, again, right off of Route 58, very close to all the other commercial buildings, but it's a necessity in terms of what's happening there. And I think that height also helps with radio communication, having the antennas in the... I think we were looking to put the antennas in the house. Kukula. Yeah, the Kukula. Yeah, so that was the other idea is just that instead of having anything, we're trying to make it a classy looking building. So inside the Kukula is where we can place the radios. So it just makes it look more, kind of gives a little touch of that agricultural style here in Rip Head. Which window is the one that's gonna leak like you have now? None. None. That's all I'm gonna do. All right, good. Excellent, thank you folks. Thanks for coming in. Thank you all very much for coming out. Are you all ready? And we'll do a follow up meeting with the town hall. Yeah. And we'll do a follow up meeting with the town hall. And the attorney's office as well is to help develop and write out requests for bids, okay? Fantastic, thank you so much. Thank you, Todd, thank you all. Thank you, appreciate it.

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All right, next up we have a Rip Ahead in Action series. This is featuring Councilman Kern on his debut Riverhead in Action video. Oh, is it? Yeah, I guess it is. Yeah. So we will run that in just a second. Autographs after. Autographs after. Hollywood's calling for Kern. I doubt it, I'm in disguise. Yeah, you are. I have to. I'm incognito in this one. Look like you just got off your motorcycle. I'm in disguise. [transcription gap] Hey, this is Tim Hubbard, supervisor of the great town of Riverhead. And you're watching Riverhead in Action. A media campaign designed to highlight the incredible work of the 350 plus employees that comprise Riverhead's 26 departments and sub-departments, town events, projects, job openings, local businesses, and other town happenings. I hope you find this informative and enjoyable. And thank you for watching Riverhead in Action. Hi, I'm Councilman Bob Curran. I'm here at Island with Ryan and Kyle. And they're going to give us a tour of the facility. And how long have you guys been here? So we've been in this facility since 2000 as a company. It seems like every time I come down here, I need a tour from Ryan and myself because we've inevitably picked up a new lease on a building, optimized the factory, changed operations between the assembly shops. But what we're doing out of here is a prefabricated building envelope system, which we're sourcing, product sourcing, and then we're going to be able to get the new building out of the facility. And we're going to be able to get the new building out of the facility. [transcription gap]

So there's going to be a lot of contracts and goods and materials for domestically, for the most part. Right. How many people work here? We currently have in this facility around 350 people. Just over there. That's great. And a lot of those people are from Ribbit? Yes. That's really great. What are we looking at here? In 2000, Island purchased the five buildings that we're standing in now, and then purpose-built Factory 707, which you'll see here on this map. Ryan will give us a tour through that later where we are assembling our large-format mega-panel and curtain wall building enclosure systems. Those are then fed with material out of one of these shops, previously an airplane hangar, serves now as our CNC milling centers. So right here is where we run all of our extrusion fabrication for our curtain wall. Right inside this building we have 10 machines. We run somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 to 4,000 parts per week. We run three shifts. Each one has its own unique capabilities. Right now we're doing a transition for the job, so we're doing maintenance, prepping the machines, making sure they're running because our next big job is going to take us probably somewhere around like six months or so. And that's all pre-programming coming directly from our 3D models to Ryan's team here that is going to mill and kit parts that we'll see on the assembly line later. Wow. So and you have three shifts? Yeah, we run three shifts here. So you're basically running 24-7? 24-7, five days a week right now. Wow. So what's going on in this building? So we're here in our folding center and Ryan will take care of the assembly. So we're here in our folding center and Ryan will take care of the assembly. So we're here in our folding center and Ryan will take care of the assembly. So we're here in our folding center and Ryan will take care of the assembly. So we're here in our full head by machine what we're running out of this factory. Okay great. I'll take you a little bit through the tour. We'll start with the True Punch machine. That is a punch machine that punches all of our caps, any of our unique pans. We had a job at NEU that had this nice perforated with dimples on it so that machine did all that work there. We move on to the small acupress, the two Schroders and our large 20-foot acupress. Those are all folding and bending machines so those give us all the capabilities to run our front pans, our back pans, all of our bent shapes, everything that we do here. It all starts with the lasers. Tension level sheets of aluminum, they're stocked here so we see the raw substrate at a project length. These are then loaded onto the laser. The laser has been programmed based on our 3D models of the building itself to then cut out pre-laser or drill holes, pre-laser out tabs that were going to be fed right into the bending machines we just saw into the folding centers where they're then kitted up and sent right to the factory. Okay Ryan, what do we have here? So this is where we do all the small milled parts for all your hooks, your anchors, your brackets, anything that goes inside the curtain wall panel. We do small parts for the field angles, drilling holes, but these are the more sophisticated machines that we have here. This is an intricate part for one of the panels they designed and I mill it out of a solid block. You'll do your basic stuff like this as well. So this is your slider. So they drill the hole, they wrap the holes here, this gets bolted to the curtain wall, and this gets your hook, and then this sets the height of the panel. Right in front of us here is the result of all the work you saw previously in the 400 milling centers. These are wrapped, kitted parts set on the cradles per panel. You'll see some of the hook and bracket components that have already been installed and sealed. I just had this in my hand. Just had that, right? So that's the slider that Ryan was talking about that moves up and down to level and plumb the panel point. These are your frame components. You'll see a blue protective Nitto wrap that'll protect that finish through the on-site installation. Also what you'll see are kits of back pans. That is our air and water seal on each unit as well as painted aluminum cladding front pans and the glass. The IGU units that are brought in in crates. Decrated. Put onto an A-frame. And then you'll see here. About to be lifted with suction cups by one of the overhead cranes. So all of these parts will either meet on the station base assembly line or run down a linear rolling assembly line. So the purpose of this? We call it the carousel. We're able to spin this entire thing around 360 degrees. That's great. So it allows us to reuse this structure over and over again. The horizontals, you'll see the through bolt holes running all the way up. That allows us to set the primary horizontals at any level. So any panel that we need to build for a job for visual approval of the materials before we buy them can be mocked up here. If it's sunny on one side and dark on the other, everyone goes to lunch. The team rotates this. We come back out from lunch, and you can see the panel in your orientation that it may be in the job site. And it's allowed us to, again, recycle, reuse, eliminate waste. That's really smart. Very interesting. I see these over here. That's interesting as well. What do you see are past visual mock-ups? On the right is a bus. Brick product. Brick project. Punched windows. Brick rain screen cladding. In the center were actually the panels Ryan was talking about earlier. It's a stainless steel with an embossed dimpling pattern that we use to punch to fabricate each of those units. And on the left is for a tower in Manhattan, the largest single set glass panels in New York City. Ryan, I want to thank you. Oh, of course. Kyle, I want to thank you for the tour and being part of Riverhead in Action. And I think this is just amazing that you're in our community and I think people need to see what's here. Well, thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you for the tour. Thank you. [transcription gap] Good job. Very good. Good job. I think maybe we'll get a step closer. This is Ken Howard, the supervisor. Great guys. They look like giants. They look massive. I know. I see that. You know what's lacking from that is just photographs instead of being on the table of seeing skyscrapers that they do. Right. That they put together. I mean, that's what they do. Yeah. And it's impressive that it is. Those are high tech jobs and those are exactly what we're looking for in Riverhead in that area. Yeah. Yeah. And to do the programming on the equipment and machines, it's not just an assembly worker. It's the programming involved in design of it. Yeah. Yeah, they have the program. We didn't go to the offices where they do the programming, but they're programming constantly, all those machines. Excellent. Unbelievable. Great job again, Debbie, Justin. Yes. Nice job. Thank you. We appreciate it. I loved that. That was a great segment. Did you have your hard hat on, Debbie? I sure did. That one. I had to. Yeah. Okay. Just before we do resolutions, I just, I meant to mention this earlier. Just thoughts and prayers for the people in Texas and Kerrville. The floods took so many young children's lives and families and adults. And I was actually in Kerrville about four years ago. It is an absolutely gorgeous area. And, you know, the Guadalupe River that overflowed its banks and did all the damage is normally a very beautiful, pristine, clear river. And you look at the stuff on the news and the shots of everything, it's incredible what happened down there. And I just can't imagine that happening to a community. And, you know, we offer our thoughts and prayers for everybody involved down here. So. And, Deb, would you mind doing the resolutions? Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Good morning. If everybody has their rezzas, we'll get right started, get started. Resolution number one, capital project number 72509, resurfacing of the pickleball courts at Veterans Memorial Park. This is much needed. We've heard from the community that these courts get used a lot, a lot. And unfortunately, they're only about three years old. And. And I know we're looking into whether they were warrantied. They're outside the warranty. We know that. But we're going to reach out to the company anyway and see if we can, you know, get a little assistance from them on that. But we'll get those up and running in no time. And we don't have to worry about anybody busting an ankle on a crack in the surface. That's right. Resolution number two, budget adoption, CP72510, federal HUD home funds. Number three, ratifies the acceptance of a credit card. The acceptance of a cargo truck for use by the police department. Number four, appoints a part-time court officer. Good. Number five, appoints a part-time court officer. Yeah, the chief told us he's hiring two more part-time court officers to help out in justice court. They have a busy schedule. They have a lot of people in and out of there. And with the current situation, until we get the old town hall completely refurbished for them to use, they need the extra, extra staff for that. Number six, appoints a call-in chaperone to the recreation department. Number seven, ratifies the appointment of a seasonal recreation aide to the recreation department. Number eight, promotes an employee to a maintenance mechanic four. Number nine, ratifies the reclassification of a maintenance mechanic two to a maintenance mechanic three. Number ten, ratifies the resignation of a call-in food service worker. Good. Number 11, authorizes the submission of a youth mentoring grant. Number 12, authorizes funding application to New York State for consolidated funding application CFA 2025 Riverfront Amphitheater. We have Dawn Thomas here. I think she's just going to run through that with you. Dawn, do you want to just give them the overview we spoke about earlier?

This is additional funding that's available through New York State that can be used for the amphitheater. Specifically, it's through DEC and Historic Preservation, New York State Parks. Because the project doubles as flood mitigation, we are eligible, and it actually is a really nice fit. I spoke to DEC about it. They're encouraging us to apply. So hopefully we get some good results. We're applying for 1.3, which would be basically the balance, a little bit short of the balance needed to finish the project. So we'll see what happens, but we're working hard on the application right now. The fact that they're asking us to apply is a good sign. Well, yeah, I mean, not asking, but just suggesting that it's a good fit. So that's what we like to hear. Good. Okay, Resolution Number 13, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application. For the Inglesia Interpentecostal Familia de Diaz Prayer Walk. Number 14, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for the Darkside Productions, Darkside Haunted House. This is when you know summer's over. Yep. Yeah. We're approving stuff for Halloween already. Number 15, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for Wading River Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival. Number 16, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for the Darkside Haunted House. Number 16, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for the Wading River Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival. Number 17, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for Foodie Fest Productions Annual Summer Foodie Fest at Tanger Outlets August 30th and 31st, 2025. Number 17, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for Hallockville Museum Farm Country Fair. Number 18, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for Riverhead Police Department National Night Out Barbecue. This is something new they're doing, correct? They're actually having a barbecue down at the town hall. Yeah. [transcription gap] Yeah. You know, we'll confirm with the chief, but I think, unless Debbie knows more about it, but I think they're going to consolidate the locations into one. Is that right? Oh, okay. Instead of spreading them out around town. Right, otherwise they were all around town and it was hard to get around to all of them. Right, and I think they're trying to make it a little easier for people to be able to get to it. Great idea. That way it's at one location. Yep, great idea.

Resolution number 19, approve special event chapter 255 application for the Riverhead Railroad Museum, Riverhead Railroad Festival 2025. Number 20, schedules a public hearing regarding the unsafe structure located at 4017th Street, Wading River, New York, Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-52-2-23.1, pursuant to Chapter 219, Article 4 of the Riverhead Town Code. Number 21, adopts a local law amending Chapter 105 of the Riverhead Town Code entitled Boards, Commissions, and Councils, Article 18, Traffic Violations Bureau, Liability for Failure to the Law, and the Law of the City. Number 22, authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for fertilizer and lawn chemicals. Number 23, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for police uniform items. Number 24, rejects bids for annual procurement contract and authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for re-bid for annual procurement contract. Number 25, awards bid for street lighting. Number 26, authorizes the town of Riverhead superintendent of sewer wastewater to make application to State of Pennsylvania Regulatory Authority for sludge cake disposal. Number 27, extends agreement for Young's Avenue landfill maintenance and monitoring. Number 28, authorizes supervisor to execute professional services agreement with H2M Architects and Engineers. Number 29, américans head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head any little kinks that we're coming across. So we just ask for everybody to be a little patient. We're going to do the same thing, of course, for the town board meeting coming up on Tuesday. It'll be the first time we're going to use this program for the town board meeting. So hopefully all goes well. We think it will. Everybody's working hard and working together to try to make it seamless, both for staff and for the public, but we just ask for everybody's patience. Thank you. Excellent. Very good. All right. We are about to go into executive session to discuss items under personnel. We'll be matters surrounding a leave of absence for an employee with Triplen Tio. We have legal matters, matters surrounding code enforcement investigation with Howard, Pilo, Downs, and Buckner. And we have contractual matters surrounding a contractual agreement with the Town of Riverhead and Peconic Hockey Foundation with Howard, DiPola, Coyne, and Testa. We have matters surrounding the sale of real estate. We have a sale of real property with Kern and Hurley. And we have matters surrounding the sale of real property with Kern. Can I have a motion to close open session and go into executive session? So moved. Seconded. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Okay. Open session is closed. We're going to head into executive session. Thank you for joining in with us today. And everybody have a great week. And we'll see you next week. Have a good weekend. Thank you.