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WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS, A, B, AND C OF 2025, AND REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH, 2025.UH, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PRESENT, TRUSTEE DRAKE IS ABSENT.
VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY HERE AND VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD IS CURRENTLY ABSENT.
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WE WILL, UH, NOW ADJOURN FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS BOARDS AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND WE WILL EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESUME THE OPEN MEETING BY PROBABLY SOONER THAN SEVEN 15, BUT LET'S SAY SEVEN 15.UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
[IV. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW A OF 2025]
WE WILL MOVE NOW ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW A OF 2025.
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO REZONE CERTAIN PARCELS OF DEDICATED PARKLAND TO THE PR ZONING DISTRICT.
SO AS YOU WILL ALL RECALL, IN 2021 AND IN 2023, WE DEDICATED, I THINK IT ADDED UP TO 89% OF OPEN SPACE AS PARK LAND.
THAT IS WHAT PRESERVES IT IN PERPETUITY.
AND NOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE MATCHING THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS, WHICH ARE KIND OF RANDOM ON THOSE PIECES OF LAND SO THAT IT'S CLEAR WHAT THEY ARE FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS.
AND, UM, THEY'RE ALL LISTED, UH, IN THE REDS IN THE, IN THE LAW.
AND, UM, OUR CLERK PROVIDED A VERY LOVELY MAP THAT EXPLAINS WHERE ALL, WHERE ALL OF THOSE PIECES ARE.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, COME AND ADDRESS THE MIC WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
GOOD EVENING, ESKER 4 27 WAR BURTON AVENUE.
UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE UPDATING THE ZONING CODE TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN CONFORMANCE WITH WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE MD ZONING THAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE TO PR.
IS THAT STRICTLY FOR THE AREA OF THAT SITE THAT IS DEDICATED PARKLAND AND NOT THE AREA, THE BUILD BUILDING ON? IT'S ABSOLUTELY ONLY DEDICATED PARKLAND.
AND THEN THIS MAY HAVE BEEN REZONED AT SOME POINT.
UM, RIVERVIEW PARK, WHICH IS ON WAR FOR THOSE DUNNO, ON RIVERVIEW, ON UH, WARBURTON AVENUE, UM, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE SKATEBOARD PARK.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL PARK ACROSS THE STREET ON WILBURTON AVENUE FROM ANTOINETTE'S.
AND I SEE THAT, THAT IT'S NOT LISTED IN THIS LIST.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS A PR, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED AS, AS DEDICATED PARKLAND.
YEAH, THEY'RE ZONES PARK ALREADY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THIS ISSUE? UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.
OH, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT WE DID RECEIVE A NOTE FROM THE COUNTY REGARDING THE PR DISTRICT ZONING MAP AND THE, UM, THE COUNTY WAS SUPPORTIVE AND WOULD JUST LIKE US TO NOTIFY THEM WHEN WE'VE FINALLY ADOPTED THE LAW SO THAT THAT IS PART OF LOCAL LAW.
[V. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW B OF 2025]
ON TO PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW B OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON VILLAGE CODE TO UPDATE CHAPTER 1 0 6 BUILDINGS UNSAFE.WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, UM, AND UH, OUR ATTORNEY HAS BEEN, UH, HELPING US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SECTION OF THE CODE MATCHES NEW YORK STATES.
UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF USEFUL, UM,
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COMMENTS BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ALSO BY OUR TRUSTEES WHO ARE ARCHITECTS.NO, WE JUST TOOK OUT ONE SECTION.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THIS ITEM? NO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
[VI. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW C OF 2025]
HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW C OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 82 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC ARTICLE NINE, PARKING, STANDING AND STOPPING OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO AMEND ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING PRO PROHIBITIONS.AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GAVE US VERY USEFUL FEEDBACK AND UH, I THINK THE TEAM ADJUSTED, UM, THEIR, UM, THEIR THEIR KIND OF PROPOSALS SO THAT NOW, UH, IT MEETS THE PARKING NEEDS AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR REVISING WHAT HAD BEEN DONE EARLIER.
UM, THINGS ARE SORT OF BACK TO NORMAL IN ON WAR BURTON AVENUE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT THAT ARE AGAINST OFTEN THE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THEM TO MOVE THEIR CAR TWICE EVERY WEEK.
UM, I WAS AGAINST IT WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT WAS INCONVENIENT, BUT I FOUND OUT WHEN YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS, IS DENSE AS OUR IS ON WAR BURTON AVENUE, BEING FORCED TO MOVE YOUR CAR TWICE A WEEK ACTUALLY IS A BENEFIT.
AND THAT IT GIVES EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A FAIR SHOT AT GETTING A PARKING SPOT CLOSER TO THEIR HOME, UM, WHEN THEY NEED IT TWICE A WEEK.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.
UM, AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN I WAS WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE.
UM, CARRYING GROCERIES, DOING THINGS LIKE THAT BECOME MORE ONEROUS THE FARTHER AWAY YOU HAVE TO PARK.
SO THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SHOT AT GETTING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHERE I LIVE IS GREAT.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS EVERY TIME WE LOOK AT PARKING, IT SEEMS IN A LOT OF THE AREAS WE ARE RESTRICTING THE PARKING AND WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH ZONING, NOT REQUIRING OFF STREET PARKING FOR NEW STRUCTURES OR CHANGING THE TIME LIMITS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I BELIEVE A LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO THE BOARD ABOUT NO PARKING IN SOME OF THE PUBLIC PARKING LOTS IN THE VILLAGE OVERNIGHT.
THAT ALL OF THE LOTS YOU CAN PARK THERE.
I BELIEVE IT'S MONDAY AND THURSDAY, WHAT WHATEVER THE DAYS ARE, WE SHOULD BE ALTERNATING THOSE THINGS.
I BELIEVE SO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA HAVE A SHOT AT PUTTING THEIR CAR SOMEWHERE THAT IS NOT IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS SOMEWHAT WALKABLE TO WHERE THEY LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY.
ALTERNATE SIDE IS ALWAYS DONE ON ALTERNATE SIDE MONDAY, WE MONDAY, THURSDAY OR TUESDAY, FRIDAY.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT INCORPORATING THAT IN THE VILLAGE SO PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE FROM ZZA TO BOLLINGER, IT STILL GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE TO MOVE YOUR CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
SO I, THE REALITY IS PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE HAVE CARS AND AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO THINK IT'S A FULL WALKABLE COMMUNITY, YOU GO TO THE SUPERMARKET, YOU GET A COUPLE OF BAGS OF GROCERIES, YOU'RE NOT GONNA CARRY THOSE HOME.
IF YOU GO ANY PLACE FARTHER, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO DOBBS OR IRVINGTON TO GO EAT, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A PLACE TO PARK WHEN YOU COME HOME.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO OWN BUILDINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT ARE TRYING TO RENT OUT.
AND IT'S BETTER FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO VISIT THE VILLAGE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SPOTS AVAILABLE TO USE THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THINGS UP IN THE VILLAGE AND LOOK AT HOW TO MAKE THE PARKING MORE, UH, DEMOCRATIC.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? DANIELLE GOODMAN.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FOR EMBRACING THOSE COMMENTS AND TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND MAKE THE UPDATED TEXT.
I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, UM, IN THE MORE DENSELY UH, POPULATED AREAS OF THE VILLAGE.
THE OTHER THING WE HAVE WITH PARKING IS THE NEED TO SERVICE OUR BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE ELECTRICIANS, WE HAVE PLUMBERS, AND THEY CAN'T WAIT THE THREE HOURS.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THEM AS YOU GET THEM AND YOUR HOUSE WILL GET BLACKLISTED.
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THEY JUST DON'T WANNA COME AND DO THE WORK IF THEY HAVE TO HASSLE WITH THE PARKING.SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT WITH THE DOWNTOWN AND THE OTHER AREAS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE ONE HOUR TIME LIMIT ON WAR BURTON AND I QUESTION WHETHER WE'RE HAMPERING RESIDENTS WITH THE TWO HOUR AND THE THREE HOUR LIMITS.
ALTHOUGH I KNOW THE THREE HOUR LIMITS YOU PUT AT THE EDGE OF THE MOST SOUTHERN PART OF THE VILLAGE WHERE THERE AREN'T BUILDINGS.
UM, AND DOWN THERE IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ISSUE.
BUT THAT'S A PROPERTY THAT'S HOPEFULLY GONNA GET, UM, YOU KNOW, RE REDEVELOPED.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT PARK THERE ON END AND I THINK IT'S PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF US AND PARKING AND LEAVING THEIR VEHICLES INSTEAD OF BUYING SPACE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLES.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO JIM'S POINT ON THE PARKING LOTS.
I HOPE WE CAN, IF NOT NOW IN THE FUTURE, DO SOMETHING CREATIVE FOR PARKING DOWNTOWN.
WHETHER YOU DECK LOTS, GET MONEY, HAVE A LAND BANK, BUY PARKING LAND FOR PARKING, WHICH I KNOW IS A WASTE, BUT IT IS A NECESSARY EVIL TO CREATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
PEOPLE WON'T COME IF THEY CAN'T PARK, UNFORTUNATELY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
UM, WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT WHICH IS, UH, NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE ARE GONNA ADD IT IN.
UM, AND THAT IS BETH FRIS WHO IS GOING TO JOIN THE SENIOR COUNCIL AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT SHE IS TAKING ON THAT ROLE.
I KNOW, UH, SHE HAS, SHE'S A HUMAN DYNAMO AND UH, SHE WILL ADD LOTS OF VITALITY IN LIFE TO THE ALREADY AMAZING TEAM.
[VII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025.ANY ADDITIONS? SUBTRACTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[VIII. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
TO APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND AA $150,674 AND 74 CENTS.FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $6,841 AND 14 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $286 AND 86 CENTS CAPITAL FUND HH $178,985 AND 7 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $2,802 AND 79 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND TT $1,699 AND 15 CENTS.
PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $1,644 AND 44 CENTS PAYROLL FUND TT $3,532 AND 94 CENTS.
[IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Part 1 of 2)]
COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY OTHER TOPIC? PLEASE.
ONE IS CROSSWALKS ON WARBURTON AVENUE WHERE WE LAST LEFT THIS ISSUE.
UM, THE COUNTY, IT WAS IN THE COUNTY'S, UH, COURT.
THEY WERE GOING TO DO WHATEVER THEY HAD TO DO FROM THERE.
END THE VILLAGE AGREED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CROSSWALKS AND IT WAS JUST A, A QUESTION OF GETTING COUNTY APPROVAL.
I BELIEVE THEIR PLANNING AND TRAFFIC PEOPLE APPROVED.
THERE WAS AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNED BY THE COUNTY AND IT WAS ON THE DESK OF THEN EXECUTOR, EXECUTIVE LATIMER, WHO WENT OFF TO SERVE US IN CONGRESS.
AND THE LAST WORD WE HAD WAS BEFORE EXECUTOR EXECUTIVE LATIMER
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LEFT.SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT US CITIZENS TO LOOK INTO IT AGAIN, OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A CONNECTION WITH EXECUTIVE JENKINS.
THAT IS A TOPIC THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR ME AND WE ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON AND WE HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE SOMETHING EXCITING.
BUT I AM NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT AT THIS POINT ON YOUR FIRST TOPIC.
ALRIGHT, MY SECOND TOPIC IS ELECTRIC ELECTRIFICATION OF HOUSES.
I'M RENOVATING A THREE FAMILY HOUSE.
I TRIED TO GET RID OF MY GAS SERVICE, NOT ALL OF IT.
I WAS KEEPING MY BOILER AND MY TWO, MY THREE HOT WATER HEATERS 'CAUSE THEY WERE RELATIVELY NEW, WAS TRYING TO NOT COOK WITH GAS.
I GET VARYING OPINIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH SERVICE I NEED TO THE BUILDING.
IF I HAVE TO KICK UP TO A FOUR 40 SERVICE, THEN I'M COMMERCIAL, I HAVE TO PUT A SUB TRANSFORMER, HIGHER ENGINEERS, ET CETERA.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THAT.
DO YOU EVER KIND OF ROUND TABLE OR DO A CASE STUDY OF HOW ARE WE DOING? HOW IS THE AVERAGE MRS AND MR. HOMEOWNER MANAGING ALL OF THIS? THEN THERE COMES THE ISSUE OF TRYING TO UPDATE OUR HVAC SYSTEMS, WHICH WE DID.
AND IN WAR ON WARBURTON, WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT SETBACKS TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE UNITS TO BE ON THE SIDES OF OUR BUILDINGS.
SO THERE ARE SOME YARDS, MINE BEING ONE OF 'EM, WHERE WE HAVE TO PUT THE STUFF ON OUR PATIOS.
THERE'S ONE HOUSE THAT HAS FIVE COMPRESSORS IN THEIR YARD RING AROUND THE PATIO AND IT'S TAKING AWAY RECREATIONAL SPACE.
SO EITHER GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, PERHAPS PLEASE AND LET US HANG THESE UNITS OFF OUR HOUSES OR COME SEE US JUST TO SEE IN FEEDBACK, HOW'S IT GOING? 'CAUSE WE ARE HAVING TO GIVE UP RECREATIONAL SPACE, WHICH IS NOT PARTICULARLY PALATABLE.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY, MOVING ON
[X. RESOLUTIONS]
TO RESOLUTIONS.UH, THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS 14 OF 25.
SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED 2025 TO 26 VILLAGE BUDGET.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED 2025 TO 2026 VILLAGE BUDGET.
I THINK THAT SELF-EXPLANATORY.
SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW D OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95, ZONING OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO ELIMINATE THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS OF CONDITIONAL APPROVALS OF FINAL SUBDIVISION PLATS.
RESOLVE THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2025 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW D OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95, ZONING OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO ELIMINATE THE ELIMINATE LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS, UM, OF CONDITIONAL APPROVALS OF FINAL SUBDIVISION PLATS.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES REFER THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR ADVISORY REPORT.
THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING.
AGAIN, IT'S TO GET OUR CODE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CODE OF NEW YORK.
UM, SO IT'S A PROFORMA, UH, TYPE OF RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED AND COMPLIANT.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? NO, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO, UM, THE ENABLING STATUTE WAS REVISED TO ELIMINATE THE LIMITATION, UM, ON THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS FOR FINAL SUBDIVISION PLATS.
OUR CODE WAS NOT REVISED TO MATCH THAT.
SO OUR CODE STILL HAS A LIMITATION TO, UM,
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GOOD FOR 180 DAYS AND TWO 90 DAY EXTENSIONS.I CAN TELL YOU, JUST WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RIGHT NOW, GETTING SOME THINGS THROUGH THAT FAST IS PROBLEMATIC.
SO, UM, I I IT'S, I RECOMMENDED THIS CHANGE JUST TO MATCH UP WITH HOW THE, UM, NEW YORK STATE VILLAGE LAW HAS BEEN AMENDED.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT IS FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
THIS IS JUST SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, 16 OF 25, AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH A BEV INTEGRATIONS, LLC FOR PROPERTY FILE DATA TRANSFER.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH A BEV INTEGRATIONS LLC FOR THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY FILE DATA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7,700 VILLAGE MANAGER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR EVERYONE WHO'S LISTENING? SURE.
THIS IS IN CONNECTION WITH OUR UPGRADE TO THE, UM, SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, THE, UH, THE TRANSFER OF OUR EXISTS, OF OUR EXISTING DATA, WHICH, UM, EXISTS WITH ANOTHER SOFTWARE PROVIDER, UH, HAS BEEN COMPLICATED.
AND, UM, THIS, UH, IS A PROCESS THAT WILL TRANSFER ALL OF THAT TO LASER FE FE SO THAT IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN A, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A MANAGEABLE AND FINDABLE WAY.
IS THERE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIME TIMING.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA START IT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AWAY.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE? UM, THE PROCESS IS SLIGHTLY CUMBERSOME IN THE WAY IT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT I'M IMAGINING A COUPLE OF WEEKS, MOST LIKELY RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUGGLING BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS, CLOUD PERMIT AND, UM, EPROPERTY PORTAL.
SO THE DEPARTMENT'S MAKING IT WORK.
IT'S JUST GETTING EVERYTHING IN ONE SPOT AND I THINK THAT'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND NOTHING IS DOWN DURING THAT TIME PERIOD? NO, NOTHING AND NOTHING WILL BE DOWN.
THERE'S GONNA BE NO INTERRUPTION TO ANY BUILDING DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
17 OF 25 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF A FUNDING APPLICATION FOR HILLSIDE WOODS REFORESTATION, WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF PACINGS ON HUDSON IS APPLYING TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FOR A GRANT UNDER THE 2024 COMMUNITY REFORESTATION GRANT PROGRAM TO ADVANCE THE RESTORATION OF HEALTHY FORESTED AREAS IN HILLSIDE WOODS.
AND WHEREAS THE COST OF THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED NOT TO EXCEED $400,000 AND THE GRANT PROGRAM REQUIRES NO LOCAL MATCH, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MERRIEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY DOES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT NOT TO EXCEED 400,000 UNDER THE COMMUNITY REFORESTATION GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE HILLSIDE WOODS REFORESTATION PROJECT.
I THINK AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE'VE BEEN, UH, DISCUSSING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO GRANTS BECAUSE OF ACTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND SO ONE OF OUR FOREST GRANTS WE THINK WILL BE AFFECTED AND IS UNLIKELY TO COME THROUGH THIS, HOWEVER, WILL BE A WAY OF, UM, SUBSTITUTING FOR AT LEAST SOME OF WHAT WAS PLANNED UNDER THAT GRANT.
SO I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT, UH, UM, INITIATIVE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD SPECIFICALLY ABOUT IT? UM, ONLY THAT, UM, OUR, OUR GRANT CONSULTANT, UH, HAS SPOKEN TO DEC ABOUT THE PROJECT AND, UH, IT SEEMS PRETTY WELL SUITED TO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR LARGE TRACKS OF PROPERTY AND, UM, SO WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HILLSIDE WOODS IS, IS A GOOD FIT FOR THE PROJECT AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE APPLICATION AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, UH, MATCH, WHICH IS ALSO WHAT WE, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[XI. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT, CRAM PARK RESTORATION.UH, YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH A DRAFT,
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UM, RFP FOR THE ECKRIN PARK, UH, RESTORATION WORK.YOU MAY RECALL THAT ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, UM, OUR, UH, ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, UH, WE GOT, GOT A GRANT FROM THE DEC TO DO AN EVALUATION OF ECKRIN PARK AND, UM, AND COME UP WITH A KIND OF 30% PLAN OF HOW TO MAKE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, NOT ONLY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK, BUT, BUT REALLY TO KEEP THE PARK FROM CONTINUING TO FALL INTO THE RIVER.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF STABILIZATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, IN, IN MANY, IN MANY AREAS.
AND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT IT AND, AND, UH, TOOK IN COMMENTS AND, AND NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, AMASSED ALL OF THE FUNDING TO DO THE PROJECT, UH, THIS, THIS, THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, RFP IS TO, UM, GET A ENGINEER, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, UM, ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, SPECIALIST WHO CAN HELP US BRING THE DESIGN TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND ALSO PREPARE BID DOCUMENTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HAVE THE WORK DONE IN THE PARK.
UM, SO IT'S A REALLY AN, I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT FOR THE VILLAGE AND THE PARK IS A SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PRO PROVIDING IT WITH IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND ALSO, UM, STABILIZATION, UH, IS JUST GONNA, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, A KAYAK LAUNCH AND, UM, THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN DRAFTED IS TO EXTEND IT ACROSS THE FRONT OF CANAL COVE TO FIX THE, UH, THE WALK THERE AND, AND ALL.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT FOR THE VILLAGE.
AND, AND, UH, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE DOCUMENT IS DRAFTED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL AS INPUT FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT OR WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, SEE SOMETHING ELSE DONE, UM, JUST, JUST I'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THIS WON'T GO OUT FOR, I, I'LL PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA WITH YOUR PERMISSION TO, UM, AUTHORIZE TO, YOU KNOW, TO GO OUT FOR RFP.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ABOUT IT THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE, JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO UPDATE US ON? UM, YES, I DID HAVE A FEW OTHER THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, AS YOU, YOU, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAVE A FOOD SCRAP GRANT, UH, THAT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO WITH OTHER VILLAGES TO EVALUATE OUR, OUR FOOD SCRAP PROGRAM.
BUT I WAS JUST RECENTLY ALSO TOLD THAT THE COUNTY IS LOOKING AT, UH, WASTE IN GENERAL AND HOW TO REDUCE WASTE, AND THEY'RE DOING A, ANOTHER STUDY WITH ANOTHER COMPANY.
BUT, UM, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THE THINGS THAT WE GET OUT OF BOTH OF THESE, UH, STUDIES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH SOME BETTER IDEAS FOR FOOD SCRAPS AND, AND WASTE IN, IN GENERAL.
UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE RECENTLY, UH, JUST LAST WEEK ACTUALLY ADVISED BY THE COUNTY THAT THEY ARE DOING ANOTHER ROUND OF THESE CDBG CV GRANTS, AND THAT IS THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED TO PUT THE WIFI INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DOWNTOWN.
IT'S A NO MATCH GRANT, AND IT HAS TO BE RELATED IN SOME WAY TO COVID.
THERE HAS TO BE A, A, A COVID CONNECTION TO IT AND PUTTING WIFI IN, IN THE DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE, THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS, UM, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR WIFI AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT GRANT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THAT WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BUT THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, INTERESTED.
THEY HAVE SOME EXTRA FUNDING AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT FUNDING, UM, ALLOCATED QUICKLY.
UH, AND SO, UM, UH, PUT MY, UH, ANTHONY AND I PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER ON THIS AND HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
AND, AND THE TWO THAT WE CAME UP WITH ARE, UH, THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT REVITALIZATION FOR ENHANCED PARKING AND EVENT SPACE.
AND, UM, THESE ARE NO, NO MATCH GRANTS ALSO.
AND THE SECOND IS A, UH, A GRANT FOR FULTON PARK, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LIBRARY AREA OF FULTON PARK TO, UM, ENHANCE THAT OUTDOOR SPACE, PROVIDE ACCESS, WIFI, THAT PATH THAT GOES UP TO THE LIBRARY, WOULD BE A, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN REALLY BE USED TO ACCESS THAT AREA AND, AND IMPROVE IT.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SUBMIT.
WE'RE ON A VERY SHORT LEASH WITH THIS GRANT.
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ABOUT IT LAST WEEK.SO, UH, SO, UM, BUT WE, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AN INCREDIBLY INTENSE PRO, UM, EFFORT TO DRAFT THE GRANT APPLICATION.
UH, ANTHONY ACTUALLY PROVIDED ME WITH A DRAFT, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND REVIEWED A BIT.
UM, SO WE'RE PRETTY, WE'VE, WE'VE MOVED IT ALONG ALREADY AND WE JUST WANNA, UH, YOU KNOW, SHARE IT WITH YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU'LL, YOU'RE, YOU'LL SUPPORT THE, UH, THE SUBMISSION OF IT.
AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT MAKES IT EASIER.
I LOVE, I LOVE THE IDEA OF IMPROVING FULTON PARK.
I'M SORT OF CURIOUS WHAT, WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR ZINZER PARKING LOT, UH, NEW PAVEMENT, PRI YOU KNOW, UH, PARKING SPACES, UM, THAT WOULD BE LINED AND IDENTIFIED.
MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES, UH, IF WE NOT BY MAKING THEM SMALLER THOUGH.
NO, NOT BY MAKING THOSE SMALLER.
JUST BY, BY LAYING IT OUT IN A, IN A BETTER WAY.
UM, THERE'S, UH, THE FARMER'S MARKET HAS BEEN ASKING FOR ELECTRICITY THAT DOWN THERE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO USE, UH, GENERATORS ANYMORE.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE PROJECT.
WE'LL PUT WIFI DOWN THERE, BIKE, YOU KNOW, BETTER, BETTER BIKE PARKING, PARKING THAN WE HAVE NOW.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE, THIS, WE WE'RE LIMITED IN WHAT AREA OF THE VILLAGE WE CAN APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS FOR.
AND SO THIS WILL ALSO PROVIDE PARKING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA AT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WAS, WAS JUST RAISED BEFORE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF IT ALSO.
SO, UH, I MEAN, WE, WE'VE REALLY SKETCHED OUT A VERY
UM, SO ANY, ANY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE NOT, UH, STUCK IN ANY PARTICULAR, UM, HOLE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU HAVE OTHER IDEAS, BRING 'EM ON SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONDAY.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST GO AHEAD WITH THOSE IDEAS, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL, I MEAN, I THINK ALL THE PARKING LOTS ARE, ARE ONES THAT COULD HAVE ATTENTION, BUT THOSE ONES SEEM VERY SENSIBLE TO ME.
SO JUST FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO, UM, THOSE WERE THE PRIMARY THINGS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? NO.
[XII. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS (Part 1 of 2)]
DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS.THE FIRST ITEM IS THE REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM, WHICH, UM, OUR ATTORNEY HAS HERE.
UM, I THINK YOU PROVIDED SOME COMMENTS.
SO THE, THE COMP PLAN CONSULTANTS, UM, PREPARE THE DRAFT OF THE PART ONE AND THEN ALSO PART TWO AND THREE.
SO INITIALLY YOU NEED TO, UM, HAVE THE PART ONE, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN THE ACTION IS THE ADOPTION OF A PLAN.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS FOR THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT DON'T APPLY BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROJECT, THERE'S NO CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, UM, BY DEC AND THEIR REGULATIONS AS A TYPE ONE ACTION, UM, UNDER CCRA.
SO, UM, THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH A DRAFT OF THE FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM WHEN THE ACTION IS JUST THE ADOPTION OF A PLAN.
MOST OF IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE FILLED OUT FOR THAT REASON, THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY.
I HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY MINOR, UM, COMMENTS ON IT.
UM, BUT IT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU NEED TO START THIS PROCESS.
UM, MAYOR, YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT ONE OF MY COMMENTS WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T LIST ALL THE PARKS.
SO I GAVE THEM A LENGTHIER LIST OF PARKS AND SAID THEY COULD ALSO SAY AN ADDITIONAL PARK PLAN DEDICATED BY THE VILLAGE.
UM, SO THAT WAS SORT OF ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I GAVE THEM.
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO PROVIDED, UM, AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE YOUR DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE UNDER SHEER UNTIL YOU HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, BUT THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS AND, AND HAVE THEM TO REVIEW.
UM, THE PART TWO FOR SOMETHING LIKE A PLAN IS REALLY EVEN LESS INFORMATIVE BECAUSE THE PART TWO FOCUSES ON THE IMPACTS THAT RESULT, LIKE PRIMARILY FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
SO EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH JUST GETS MARKED.
IT'S JUST NOT RELEVANT THAT THERE'S NO IMPACT.
UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, ONE QUESTION.
THE PROPOSED ACTION MAY INVOLVE CONSTRUCTION ON OUR PHYSICAL ALTERATION OF THE LAND SURFACE OF THE PROPOSED SITE.
THERE'S NO PROPOSED SITE, THERE'S NO CONSTRUCTION, SO IT'S JUST NO.
UM, AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO PROVIDED A NARRATIVE THAT I'M STILL KIND OF PLAYING WITH A LITTLE BIT.
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BUT AGAIN, UM, YOU WON'T NEED THAT UNTIL AFTER, UM, YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR SECRET DETERMINATION AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.SO WE'RE NICELY TEED UP IN ADVANCE OF, UM, SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND WE'RE AIMING FOR, IS IT APRIL 1ST FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? MM-HMM
I'M LOOKING AT OUR CLERK WHO'S NOT NOTICING THAT I'M ASKING HIM A QUESTION.
DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE LOOKING THE ATTORNEY.
I'VE ASKING HIM A QUESTION IN A VERY ABSTRACT KIND OF WAY.
SO THIS WILL BE TEED UP BY THEN FOR THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ABOUT THAT PROCESS? I KNOW THAT THE COMP PLAN HAS BEEN REFERRED OUT TO THE COUNTY TO PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING, AND IT'S ON THE VILLAGE WEBSITE.
SO OF COURSE, ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS, NOW'S THE TIME TO REVIEW AND MAKE COMMENTS.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S A VERY, I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S A VERY SOLID DOCUMENT, AND IT HAS, UM, IT HAS REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL HELP TO GUIDE THE, THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.
THE NEXT ITEM UPDATE ON PRO HOUSING COMMUNITIES RESOLUTION AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LAW.
THIS IS REALLY JUST A HEADS UP TO ALL OF YOU THAT AS SOON AS WE ADOPT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
SO I THINK, UH, THOSE OF YOU, I KNOW TRUSTEE FLEISIG AND DRAKE, UH, AND ACTUALLY I THINK TRUSTEE OOD AS WELL, WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED THESE ITEMS MULTIPLE TIMES.
THIS MIGHT BE NEWER FOR YOU, TRUSTEE MERTON, BUT, UM, UH, I FORWARDED ALL OF THE INFORMATION, UH, AND IT'S REFERENCED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE VILLAGE IS BEING REQUESTED TO DO.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF NOTIFYING YOU THAT THIS IS GONNA COME UP FAIRLY SOON.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES.
I AM AFRAID THAT I LITERALLY FLEW IN FOUR HOURS AGO, AND THIS WILL HAVE TO BE PUNTED TO A FUTURE MEETING BECAUSE I HAD, UH, I JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO PUNT THAT I'M AFRAID.
[IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Part 2 of 2)]
I KNOW WE HAVE TWO, THIS IS NOT NORMALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO, BUT WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WERE YOU HOPING TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT? SO I THINK WE'LL MAKE AN EXCEPTION JUST BECAUSE YOU MISSED PUBLIC COMMENT BY THREE MINUTES, I THINK.SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, UM, IF YOU'D SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, PLEASE COME TO THE MIC AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR CONCERN IS.
THANK, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, SANDEEP RA, AND I'M A, UH, A VILLAGE OF HASTINGS RESIDENT AT 3 38 MOUNT TO BOULEVARD.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? I'M SUSIE WAL RA.
UM, WE'VE LIVED AT 3 38 MOUNT HOPE BOULEVARD SINCE 1995.
I'VE LIVED IN HASTINGS SINCE 1973.
UM, AND THIS IS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK WHEN WE MISSED THE, UH, MOMENT.
SO WE, UH, WE HAD JUST STOPPED BY, UH, BECAUSE, UH, UH, WE HAD NOTICED THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE VILLAGE IS CONSIDERING IS ABOUT UNSAFE BUILDINGS AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS IN THE VILLAGE.
UM, WE JUST WANTED TO ALSO REPORT A STATEMENT THAT ON MARCH 3RD, 2024, THAT IS EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, UH, WE WERE RUDELY, UH, WOKEN UP WITH A LOUD CRASH BEHIND OUR HOUSE.
UH, OUR HOUSE IS RIGHT BEHIND, UH, ON
UM, I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE MAYOR.
WE HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO THE MAYOR.
UH, THE, THE MAYOR, UH, UH, FORWARDED THAT TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER.
UM, AND I GUESS THERE WAS SOME INVESTIGATION OR SOME VISUAL INSPECTION DONE.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT CONTACTED AFTER THAT OTHER THAN GETTING AN EMAIL FROM THE VILLAGE MANAGER SAYING THAT THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WE GOTTA CLEAN IT UP.
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THE CONDITIONS, I MEAN, IF YOU GO THERE, I HAVE SOME PICTURES ARE PRETTY UNSAFE.AND THAT SIDEWALK IS USED BY A LOT OF VILLAGE RESIDENTS.
AND WHAT, UH, REALLY UPSET ME BEING A LONG-TERM VILLAGE RESIDENT, THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE COURTESY TO COME KNOCK ON MY DOOR OR EVEN PUT A CAUTION SIGN OR PUT SOME SORT OF A BARRICADE SO THAT NO ONE ELSE WOULD GET HURT, BECAUSE THE DROP IS ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THERE.
THE FOUNDATION OF THAT WALL IS THE RETAINING WALL FOR MOUNT HO BOULEVARD.
MOUNT HO BOULEVARD GETS A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF STUFF.
UH, THE CONDITIONS THERE HAVE BEEN CHRONIC.
I CAN GO BACK AS EARLY AS THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS WHEN I WAS PART OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION SERVING THE VILLAGE.
WE HAD MADE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET, THE MINIMUM YOU COULD DO IS ADD THREE TO FOUR MORE CATCH BASINS.
THERE IS A PIPE THERE, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, SO I, I HAVE MY NOTES FROM, AND I, I DID SERVE WITH SAMANTHA AT, IN THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION, AND, AND THAT WAS MY EXPERTISE THAT WAS THERE.
SO FOLLOWING THAT AND NOT HEARING ANYTHING BACK FROM THE VILLAGE, UH, WE, UH, WE DID FILE A NOTICE OF CLAIM.
UH, AND I THINK, UH, THE NOTICE OF CLAIM WAS RESPONDED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO BY SAYING THAT THE VILLAGE BEARS NO LIABILITY, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, SIX MONTHS AFTER THE INCIDENT.
FOR SOME REASON, THE AS ASSISTANT BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS THERE BECAUSE WE, WE, WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE GET TOGETHER AND WE HAD PUT AN OUTDOOR TENT.
SO HE WAS DOING THAT INSPECTION.
UH, AND SO WHEN HE CAME AND I SHOWED HIM SOME OF THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS, AND I WAS AGAIN, PAUL, THAT HE WAS NOT EVEN AWARE THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED SIX MONTHS AGO.
UM, SO THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE VERY CHRONIC IF YOU GO THERE TODAY, UH, SINCE NOW THE STORE IS MELTED.
AND AGAIN, THIS JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN IN ONE SEASON.
NOT ONLY WHERE THE WALL IS COLLAPSED, THAT THERE OTHER AREAS WHERE THE, LIKE SUZY'S ANKLE DEEP GULLIES BECAUSE THE WATER JUMPS OFF THE ROAD, GETS ONTO THE, UH, UH, ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND THEN SEEPS THROUGH THIS RETAINING WALL.
THE RETAINING WALL IS AN ATED RIP WRAP WALL.
SO IT WASHES OUT ALL THE FINES, MAKING IT UNSTABLE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE COLLAPSE, UM, HAVING NOT HEARD BY FROM THE VILLAGE, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SITE HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED, CLEANED AT ALL.
I HAVEN'T TOUCHED IT BECAUSE EVERY CONTRACTOR THAT I'VE ASKED TO COME AND LOOK, AND THERE'VE BEEN NUMEROUS, THEY HAVE ALL SAID THAT WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING TILL THE VILLAGE RETAINS THE, THE, THE, UH, UH, MOUNT O BOULEVARD.
I MEAN, THE FOUNDATION LITERALLY HOLDS THAT WALL, THE, THE ROAD UP.
UH, SO IT IS A, A VERY, UH, BIG SAFETY ISSUE.
AND, UM, ALSO
YEARS AGO, WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WITH THAT WALL COLLAPSED.
AND I THINK AT THAT TIME, THE VILLAGE HAD PUT IN A WOODEN BARRICADE, BUT MOST OF THE DEBRIS WAS STILL ON OUR PROPERTY.
SO WHEN I WAS CLEANING THAT, GETTING THAT AREA OF MY PROPERTY CLEANED UP, I DID WORK WITH THE THEN VILLAGE MANAGER, FROBEL, AND I THINK IN THE MID TWO THOUSANDS, THEY REPAIRED THAT ABOUT 20, 25 FEET LENGTH OF WAR.
SO THE, UH, WALL, SO THERE IS PRECEDENCE THAT THE OWNERSHIP IS WITH THE VILLAGE.
UH, BUT, UH, UM, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT, UH, THERE IS ACTUALLY A THREE MINUTE OKAY LIMIT.
SO I WOULD JUST, BUT I THINK THAT, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, MAKES SENSE FOR YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER ABOUT.
IT'S NOT REALLY A BOARD DECISION.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT IF YOU CAN, UH, HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH HER, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO CLOSE THE MEETING, SO IF YOU WANNA STAY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE ISSUE UP.
[XII. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS (Part 2 of 2)]
IS UPCOMING EVENTS.THERE IS AN IRISH SINGALONG WITH SHEILA
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NUNAN ON MARCH 4TH AT 12:30 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.UM, THERE IS TECH HELP, UH, AVAILABLE AT THE HASTINGS LIBRARY ON MARCH 9TH, UM, FROM THREE 30 TO 4:45 PM THE SENIOR ST.
PATRICK'S DAY LUNCHEON FEATURING SOUNDS FAMILIAR, WILL BE ON MARCH 13TH AT 12:30 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SENIOR MINDFULNESS DROP-IN SESSIONS ARE FROM 1230 TO ONE 30 ON MARCH 18TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SENIOR THURSDAY IS ON MARCH 20TH FOR THIS MONTH FROM 1230 TO 3:00 PM AND THAT IS A DAY WHEN SENIORS CAN GET DISCOUNTS ON, UH, WITH CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTS TO ADD TO THE AGENDA, UM, THEN, UH,
[XIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH IS A BUDGET WORK SESSION AT 5:00 PM IN THE OR ROOM.
TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH IS A WORK SESSION AT 5:00 PM IN THE OR ROOM.
THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING IS AT 8:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH.
THERE IS A BUDGET WORK SESSION AT 5:00 PM IN THE ORE ROOM.
UH, ALSO ON THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING AT 7:30 PM IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH, PLANNING BOARD REGULAR MEETING AT 7:30 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL.
MEETING ROOM MONDAY, MARCH 17TH, UH, VILLAGE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING AT 7:30 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.