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EVERYONE[I. CALL TO ORDER]
TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2025 TO 2026.BUDGET AND REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2025.
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, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD HERE.
[IV. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2025-2026 BUDGET]
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2025 TO 2026 BUDGET.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS TOPIC? GOOD EVENING, DAVE SKOLNIK, 47 HILLSIDE.
UH, I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE IN THE WAY OF PROCESS QUESTIONS THAN, UH, DETAILS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, IF ANYONE KNOWS WHY IN THIS CASE THE BUDGET WAS STAPLED ON THE RIGHT INSTEAD OF THE LEFT, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN MORE COMMON? UM, I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK THAT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY HARDER TO READ THAT WAY, UH, IF YOU'RE RIGHT-HANDED.
OTHERWISE, UH, I WAS WONDERING WHERE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT DONE THAT WAY, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.
UM, BUT MORE TO THE POINT, I'M WONDERING WHERE IN THE BUDGET I MIGHT FIND ANY FUNDS DIRECTED TOWARDS, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE SITUATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE AREA OF THE HVAC AND THE SOUND, UH, RECORDING.
UM, AND EVEN MORE TO THE POINT, UM, WHAT WENT WRONG WITH YOUR RECORDING OF THE THREE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD? BECAUSE THEY ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE FOR ANY, ANYONE WHO WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF HOW MANY OF YOU LISTENED OR TRIED TO LISTEN, UM, APART FROM THE DELAY IN POSTING, BUT EVEN THE THIRD ONE, THE SOUND QUALITY WAS JUST, I, WHAT CAN I SAY IT? I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT I WOULD'VE WANTED TO HEAR.
SO SOMEWHERE IN THIS PROCESS, BEYOND THE USUAL, JUST ACCEPTING MY COMMENT, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME EVIDENCE IN HERE THAT THERE'S, UM, A GENUINE, UH, INTENT TO FIX THAT.
BECAUSE APART FROM ANYTHING ELSE AS FAR AS QUALITY OF LIFE, AS FAR AS SENSE OF PLACE AS, AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TALKS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE CITIZENS THAT ACTUALLY CAN, IF THEY CHOOSE TO, UH, IF THEY WANT TO PAY ATTENTION, IT'S, THEY DON'T NEED THAT KIND OF, UH, COMPROMISE IN IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A REASON AND THERE HAS TO BE A WAY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO GIVE IT ATTENTION.
AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE ON, ON THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, SINCE THERE IS NO ONE ELSE HERE, UH, THAT ITEM IS NORMALLY COVERED IN THE IT BUDGET.
WHICH, UH, IS, DO YOU KNOW WHICH LINES THOSE ARE? UM, WELL, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, HVAC IN THE, UM, JHCC, EXCUSE ALL OF MY ACRONYMS, UH, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET WITH REGARD TO THAT TO, UH, HELP ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS WITH REGARD TO THIS.
THE, UM, LOUD SOUND THAT YOU GET FROM THE, UM, THE, THE AIR FILTERS WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE ON AND, AND, AND WE'RE HAVING A MEETING, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, UM, WORK SESSIONS.
I, I, I, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, BUT I'LL LOOK INTO IT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE LIBRARY'S RECORDING SYSTEM.
UH, AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT IMPROVING THAT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS ANY EVENT THAT HAPPENS IN THAT ROOM THAT HAS TO BE RECORDED.
COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE THREE SESSIONS AT SOME POINT? NO, WE CAN'T.
THANK YOU THOUGH FOR INVITING US TO DO THAT.
UM, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? NO.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.BUDGET WORK SESSION, MARCH 6TH, 2025.
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BUDGET WORK SESSION, MARCH 11TH, 2025, AND BUDGET WORK SESSION MARCH 13TH, 2025.ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CHANGES OF ANY KIND? IS THERE A MOTION? SO SECOND.
[VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
TO APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND, AA $440,008 AND 63 CENTS, FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $858 AND 52 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $15,582 AND 42 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $30,578 AND 3 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $21,003 AND 34 CENTS.PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $5,228 AND 90 CENTS.
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
PUBLIC.S IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? UM, DO I NEED TO RE-IDENTIFY? IT TAKES AWAY MY MINUTES.
UM, I AM, I KNOW I'M FORGETTING A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE UPCOMING, UH, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 1ST ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
AND, UM, I, AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT IS, WELL, YOU CAN TELL ME WHETHER THAT'S THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PLAN.
UM, IT DOESN'T SAY WHEN THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE VOTING ON IT.
UM, BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU, OF COURSE, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP, BUT THAT YOU ACTUALLY ALLOW SOMETHING MORE THAN, UH, THREE MINUTES GIVEN, UH, THAT IT'S A TWO YEAR DOCUMENT AND THAT THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IN THERE THAT REMAINS UN UNCOVERED.
SO I'M, I WOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST.
UM, OTHERWISE YOU'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, PLANNING BOARD'S RESPONSE, UM, AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
AND I'LL SAY THAT EVEN AS I WATCHED IT, I, I WASN'T THERE, I WAS AT THE, UM, UH, PARKS AND REC, UM, LISTENING TO THEM TALK ABOUT THE, UM, SKATE PARK.
BUT, UM, I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAME UP EVEN IN THE, UH, PLANNING BOARD'S RESPONSE THAT REPRESENT, THAT REFLECTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, CONFUSION AS TO THE, UM, THE ROLE OF THE COMP PLAN.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY WERE, HAD DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO TALK PRIOR TO SOME NEXT DEADLINE, WHICH I ASSUME WOULD BE EITHER A VOTE, IF NOT THE ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, SO I WOULD, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL PERHAPS TO THEM IF IT WAS CLEAR WHAT THE REMAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EITHER PUBLIC OR THEY AS A, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A BODY, UH, TO WEIGH IN ON, UM, ON THE PLAN.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT I HAD ASKED, BY THE WAY, I APPRECIATE, UH, AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT A PAPER DRAFT OF THIS, IT MAKES A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE BEING ABLE TO VIEW THIS PLAN, UH, ON IN HARD COPY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD BEEN REQUESTED OF, UH, VILLAGE CLERK WAS SOME, UH, AND I THINK I SENT YOU COPIES EARLY ON IN MY COMMUNICATION ABOUT EVIDENCE OF WHERE, UM, THE CHANGES IN COMMENT HAD BEEN MADE FROM THE DRAFT THAT YOU RECEIVED TO GET SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE ACTUAL INPUT OF THE BOARD HAD BEEN.
UM, SO FAR AS I'M FAR AS HE'S BEEN ABLE TO TELL ME THERE IS NO SUCH TRAIL OF THE INPUT THAT THIS BOARD AND CLEARLY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO, I'M, AGAIN ASKING, UH, IF THERE IS SOME WAY, UH, OF REFERENCING THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD ACTUALLY INPUT INTO THE PLAN, IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEE.
WELL, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE COMP PLAN, UH, LATER IN THE AGENDA, SO MAYBE WE CAN TAKE OUT THOSE TOPICS AT THAT POINT.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? NO.
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS ]
ON TO RESOLUTIONS 20 OF 25, SCHEDULING[00:10:01]
PUBLIC HEARING ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE RESOLVED 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 THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.I THINK THIS IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND ADDRESS US VERBALLY.
THEY CAN OF COURSE STILL SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS UP UNTIL THAT PART, THAT TIME.
I'M UNAWARE OF ANY THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN RECENT MONTHS.
HAS ANYONE RECEIVED ANY? SO ANYWAY, OTHER THAN FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO, BUT THAT THERE ARE TWO MECHANISMS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN, CAN SEND COMMENTS IF THEY WISH TO SEND COMMENTS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
21 OF 25 NEGATIVE DECLARATION PLLA OF 2025 ZONING AMENDMENT TO VILLAGE PARKS PARCELS RESOLVED AT PURSUANT TO PART 6 1 7 OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS LEAD AGENCY HEREBY ADOPTS THE EAF PART TWO ATTACHED AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS LEAD AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED UNLISTED ACTIONS WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REASONS ENUMERATED IN THE ATTACHED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FORM.
YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO READ THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO ANYTIME WE CHANGE ZONING IN THIS KIND OF WAY.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
22 OF 25 ADOPTION OF 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.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAREN BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ADOPT PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.
A OF 2025 AMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO REZONE CERTAIN PARCELS OF DEDICATED PARKLAND TO THE PR ZONING DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS.
I WOULD RATHER NOT READ THEM ALL.
DO I HAVE TO READ THEM ALL? NO.
UM, UH, THE LAST SECTION IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE LOCAL LAW SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING IN THE OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK STATE SECRETARY OF STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 27 OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE ACT, THE HOME RULE LAW.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WANTED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME.
IT, IT SOLIDIFIES WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, WHICH IS DEDICATE THIS LAND AS PARKLAND AND IT WILL MEAN THAT IT WILL SHOW UP AS PARKLAND IN THE GIS OF THE COUNTY AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS A GIS AND YOUR ZONING MAP.
UM, AND UH, THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS GOING, UM, ALL THE WAY BACK.
I THINK IT WAS PATRICK, UM, WHO, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN HELPING US DO THIS AND YOU WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL, TRUSTEE FLEISIG.
SO THANKS TO YOU AND TO PATRICK, UM, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK ON THIS.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UH, 23 OF 25 ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAW B OF 2025.
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING HASTINGS ON HUDSON VILLAGE CODE TO UPDATE CHAPTER 1 0 6.
AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO READ IT,
UM, UH, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH, SO, UM, I THINK EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THAT IT STANDS.
ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? UM, AND THANKS AGAIN TO TRUSTEES FLEISIG AND, UM, ALL GOOD.
OUR LOCAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILDING GURUS FOR ALL OF THEIR THOUGHT.
AND TO JIM METZKER, WHO, WHO THOUGHTFULLY CAME AND PASSED ON SOME COMMENTS EARLIER ON.
SO IS THERE, UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE.
24 OF 25 ADOPTION OF 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 PROHIBITIONS.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ADOPT PROPOSED LOCAL LAW C OF 2025, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 82 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC HAS AN EXTRA LITTLE E
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IN IT.UM, ARTICLE NINE, PARKING, STANDING AND STOPPING OF THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON VILLAGE CODE TO AMEND, SORRY TO AMEND ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING PROHIBITIONS AS FOLLOWS.
IF YOU COULD MAKE THOSE TWO SMALL CHANGES.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN RED LINED SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES.
AND THIS REFLECTS CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD AS WELL AS INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL IN CREATING A SYSTEM THAT WAS FELT FAIRER TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA, BUT ALSO ALLOWED THE DPW TO DO THE NEEDED WORK OF CLEANING, UM, THE STREET, PARTICULARLY WAR BURTON.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, 25 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO SOLICIT PROPOSAL FOR MCCN PARK RESTORATION PROJECT RESOLVED AT THE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR THE CRAM PARK RESTORATION PROJECT.
UH, IS THIS FOR THE 500,000 OR FOR THE IT'S FOR THE WHOLE THING, YES.
SO I THINK EVERYONE WILL RECALL WE WERE GIVEN A GRANT OF 500,000 AND THEN WE WERE GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION FROM, UH, BP ARCO TO FACILITATE AKRAM PARK.
AND WE ARE THRILLED AND EXCITED.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? UM, NO, JUST THAT I THINK IT'S A FABULOUS PROJECT FOR THE VILLAGE AND VERY EXCITED TO GET STARTED WITH IT.
ALL IN FAVOR? A, A AND I DO WANNA THANK TRUSTEE FLEISIG AGAIN 'CAUSE HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THAT ALONG WITH ME.
26 OF 25 OPPOSING PROJECT MAPLE, THE GON QUIN FRACKED GAS PIPELINE EXPANSION VIA COMPRESSOR STATIONS AND NEW OR PREVIOUSLY STOPPED FOSSIL FUEL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION PIPELINE.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, RELATIVELY LONG RESOLUTION, WHICH IS, UH, UM, RELATING TO, UH, A PROPOSED PIPELINE, UM, EXPANSION OF A PIPELINE.
AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE DAN SCAMMER DAM, UH, RESOLUTION THAT WE ADOPTED A FEW YEARS AGO.
UH, PEAK GILL, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE MUNICIPALITY, HAS ALREADY ADOPTED, UM, A SIMILAR RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED IF WE WOULD BE, IF WE WOULD, WILL BE WILLING TO DO THIS.
AND, UH, THE ONLY CHANGE FROM THE VERSION YOU SAW EARLIER IS TO ADD IN THE CONSTITUTION PIPELINE SO THAT WE DON'T END UP DOING TWO OF THESE RESOLUTIONS.
THEY'RE IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO, UH, AND WHEN WE FINISHED, WHEN WE'VE ADOPTED IT, WE'LL SEND IT TO ALL OF THE, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE GROUPS THAT ARE, UM, MOVING THIS, THIS FORWARD.
UM, IS THERE A, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
THE, THE OTHER I SHOULD ADD, PEEKSKILL IS THE FIRST, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ALONG THE RIVER THAT ARE ADOPTING SIMILAR VERSIONS OF THE, THE RESOLUTION, INCLUDING ASING AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHER RIVER TOWNS.
SO WE WILL BE, UM, IN WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ON THAT.
UM, SHALL WE MOVE ON TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT? ARE WE DOING THIS? NO, THERE'S ONE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT LATER.
LET'S DO THAT AFTER WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
'CAUSE WE REALIZED, WE REALIZED WE NEED TO, WE'RE GONNA ADD IT IN OKAY.
WHEN WE DO THE, THE DISCUSSION, IF THAT'S OKAY.
[IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
VILLAGE MANAGER.UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THE ROSEDALE TAP GRANT, WHICH WE RECEIVED, UM, APPROXIMATELY WHAT, SIX MONTHS OR OR LONGER AGO.
WE'VE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE PROJECT.
AND THE WAY THE TAP GRANT WORKS IS YOU, UM, DO IT IN TRANCHES AND THEY FIRST, UH, WILL ALLOCATE OUR FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN OF THE SIDEWALK.
THIS IS TO FILL IN THE KIND OF, UH, BLANK SPACES ON ROSEDALE.
UH, ALSO DO SOME CURBING AND SOME OTHER DRAINAGE WORK AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
AND AS WE DID WITH THE BROADWAY SIDEWALK PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO USE THE LIST OF, UM, SELECTED, UH, ENGINEERING FIRMS THAT, UH, THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE FOR THIS REGION.
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TO THOSE.AND THEY THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, SEND US A PROPOSAL FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A SMALL COMMITTEE OF, UH, PE OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE, OF, IN THE VILLAGE, NOT, NOT RESIDENTS, BUT PERHAPS A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS, AND ALSO A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS.
AND WE GO, UH, WE DO AN EVALUATION BASED ON CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT THE STATE, UM, WANTS US TO LOOK AT.
EVERYBODY KIND OF FILLS OUT A SCORE SHEET, IF YOU WILL.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE, UH, CHOOSE A ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO THE DESIGN WORK.
AND, UH, FROM FROM THAT, UM, WE, AND THEN WE NEGOTI NEGOTIATE A PRICE WITH THEM.
AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY, ALL OF THEM ARE VERY SAVVY TO HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.
AND THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARAMETERS OF, OF THEIR PRICING AND WHAT THEIR, WHERE THEIR PRICING NEEDS TO BE.
SO THIS IS SIMPLY THE, UM, INITIATION OF THAT PROCESS.
AND I'LL BE, UH, REACHING OUT TO, UM, A COUPLE OF YOU TO SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN SERVING, UH, ON THE, UH, SCORECARD COMMITTEE REVIEW.
UM, THE NEXT THING THAT I WANTED TO CHAT, WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NOPE, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
UM, THE NEXT THING THAT I WANTED TO JUST, UH, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION WAS, UM, PREVIOUSLY I HAD ADVISED YOU THAT, UH, AS A SUB-RECIPIENT OF THE AMERICAN FORESTS, UM, UH, NOT-FOR-PROFIT FOR OUR USDA GRANT FOR, UH, THE VARIOUS PROJECTS.
AND I INITIALLY WE HAD APPLIED FOR PAUL PULVER WOODS, HILLSIDE WOODS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, PARKS.
UM, WE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN FROZEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH REGARD TO THAT GRANT, BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TOLD THAT WE ARE NO LONGER FROZEN WITH REGARD TO THAT GRANT.
AND YOU'LL ALSO RECALL THAT BACK AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED TO AMERICAN FORESTS, WE ALSO HAD TO RE-DRAFT OUR SCOPE BECAUSE WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO FALL WITHIN A, UM, AN AREA THAT SERVED, UH, EITHER UNDERPRIVILEGED OR UNDERREPRESENTED PEOPLE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO FALL WITHIN THE 80TH PERCENTILE FOR DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER EXPOSURE, WHICH QUALIFIED US UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX OF THE EPA CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE SCREENING TOOL.
UM, AND THANKS VERY MUCH TO OUR, OUR GRANT CONSULTANT WHO ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO FIND THIS LITTLE SPOT FOR US.
AND IF THERE'S ONE CENSUS BLOCK IN OUR VILLAGE THAT, UH, THAT FITS INTO THAT CATEGORY, IT'S IN THE, UM, SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE VILLAGE.
IT'S PROBABLY RELATED TO SOME EXTENT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS BEING RIGHT THERE.
UH, SO IT, IT CO IT DOESN'T GO GO INTO PARKS LIKE UNIONTOWN AND, AND HILLSIDE WOODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT DOES COVER, UH, RALEIGHS BRIDGE TRAIL, QUARRY PARK, UH, SOME OF DRAPER PARK AND AREA.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT SOME OF THOSE UNNAMED KIND OF AREAS DOWN IN THE, IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE VILLAGE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE ARE NOW ENTITLED TO SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
BUT THEY HAVE CAUTIONS THAT RISK REMAINS.
AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PRESERVATION OF THE FUND LONG TERM.
UH, THEY'VE, UH, THIS IS COMING FROM AMERICAN FOREST.
THEY'VE, UH, EXPRESSED TO US THAT UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WERE THE GRANT TO BE, UM, TERMINATED, THAT WE WOULD HAVE 120 DAY WIND DOWN PERIOD.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW IF NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WILL NECESSARILY APPLY.
UH, BUT UM, SINCE WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW, I THOUGHT PERHAPS THE, THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE TO START ON THE QUARRY PARK KNOLL, THE WOODED KNOLL.
IT'S A FAIRLY DISCREET AREA AND WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF MANAGE THAT PRETTY WELL WHILE WE SEE HOW THE REST OF THIS SHAKES OUT.
AND SO, UM, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO, UH, SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED OR NOT PROCEED WITH REGARD TO THIS GRANT, GIVEN THE, THE, UM, THE SITUATION THAT, THAT EXISTS HERE IN, I THINK WITH QUARRY PARK, WE CAN, WE CAN QUICKLY DEVELOP A, YOU KNOW, A PLAN FOR THAT.
IT IS JUST FOR THE, THE WOODED KNOLL AREA.
'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY A FORESTRY, UM, UH, GRANT THAT IS ENCOURAGING THE, UM, UH, THE PLANTING OF, OF NEW,
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UH, TREES, BUT ALSO THE, UH, CARE AND TREATMENT OF, OF EXISTING FORESTS TO, TO HELP MAKE IT HEALTHY.IS IS THAT THE, THE FOREST ON TOP OF THE ROCK OUT CROPPING OR IS IT ON THE MOUND IN THE CENTER? NO, IT'S ON THE, ON THE, ON THE ROCK OUT CROPPING.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS TO SORT OF FILL IN THAT AREA? WE CAN FILL IN, WE CAN REMOVE INVASIVES, WE CAN IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE, BASICALLY RESTORE THE AREA TO BE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT, UM, UH, MORE, UM, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE TREES AND, AND TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE INVASIVES TREES THAT ARE THERE AND REPLACE THEM WITH, WITH NATIVE SPECIES.
WHAT WAS THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT AGAIN? THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT WAS 400.
BUT, BUT, BUT NO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 200066%.
BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THIS PORTION BEING ONLY PART OF THE PROJECT.
SO I'M, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO USE AND PROBABLY AND DON'T NEED TO USE THAT FULL AMOUNT FOR QUARRY PARK, BUT WE ALSO DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT WE'LL BE REIMBURSED.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHY THIS AT THIS POINT APPROACH A LITTLE, WE'LL BE REIMBURSED AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, VERY CLOSELY.
AND I THINK WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BRING AN ARBORIST IN, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, OR FOREST OR SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP US TO DESIGN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT AND THAT WE DO HAVE AN ARBORIST IN OUR, IN OUR GRANT, AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT, I THEN WE'LL LOOK TO, UM, TO, UH, DO THE WORK IN TRANCHES SO THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL BILL, WE WILL SEND IN FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE GRANT, WE'LL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT IN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND, AND, AND THAT WE WON'T BE COM.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DUG UP A HUGE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND NOW WE HAVE TO EITHER LOOK AT A GREAT BIG HOLE IN THE GROUND FOR NEXT, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS OR, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP IT, WE'LL DO IT IN SEGMENTS SO THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A SENSIBLE, I THINK IT'S A OF ACTION, GREAT WAY OF DOING IT.
AND, UH, AND THAT AREA NEEDS ATTENTION.
I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE PARK AREAS NEED ATTENTION.
RALLIES, BRIDGE AREA NEEDS ATTENTION.
THE GRAHAM PARK, WHICH IS ABOVE IT, NEEDS ATTENTION AND DRAPER PARK AS WELL.
SO ALL OF THOSE AREAS MAKE SENSE TO ME.
IS EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT? YES.
AND WITH THIS APPROACH MM-HMM
AND JUST, JUST AS A, ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO RALLIES, BRIDGE TRAIL, THE COUNTY IS DOING A SEWER, UM, REMEDIATION JOB IN THAT AREA.
SO IT'S EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE TO HOLD OFF ON THAT PROJECT WHILE UNTIL WE FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNTY'S GONNA BE DOING AND HOW, HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE APPROACHING IT.
AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO ACT, ACTUALLY CAPITALIZE ON SOME OF WHAT THEY DO IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT IS HOW WE'LL PROCEED WITH THAT.
UM, THEN THE NEXT ISSUE IS THE CAPITAL PLAN.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, UH, THIS IS FOR YOU.
UH, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, UM, LEMME JUST OPEN MY NOTES HERE IF I COULD.
DID YOU, I HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE UP TO DATE.
DID YOU SEND US MATERIAL? UM, I, WELL, I IT WAS IN THE BACK OF YOUR BUDGET BOOK.
EVERY I, THE CAPITAL PLAN WAS, DID NOBODY REALIZE THAT? I DON'T THINK I REALIZE I DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME UNLESS IT'S HERE.
UM, IF YOU'RE WANT TO RUN SOME COPIES, IF WE'RE NOT READY TO DISCUSS IT, THEN YOU KNOW, WE COULD, I MEAN, I CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT A ACTUAL DOCUMENT.
DON'T YOU FEEL, DO YOU WANNA DO THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING? THAT'S FINE.
SHOULD WE YOU MIND DOING THAT? NOPE.
WE WERE NOT CONCENTRATING PROPERLY.
SO WHERE IS IT EXACTLY IN THE BOOK? IT'S IN THE, THE LAST TAB, THE LAB, THE TAB, UH, LABELED, UM, CAPITAL PROJECT AT THE ETSY END.
I LOOKED AT IT, I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE I NEEDED TO BRING IT TONIGHT.
I MEAN, I HAVE AN OLD ONE, SO, UM, WELL, I'LL SEND, I'LL RESEND IT TO EVERYBODY SO THAT YOU HAVE IT BOTH ELECTRONICALLY AND ALSO IN YOUR BOOK.
AND YOU CAN TAKE IT OUTTA YOUR BOOK IF YOU WISH.
AND, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY FOR THE SPREADSHEETS, I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING AT IT ONLINE BECAUSE THE PRINT ON THESE SPREADSHEETS IS PRETTY, IS PRETTY TINY.
AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING IF THERE'S ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
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ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE MEANTIME.UH, BUT WE, WE CAN JUST PUT IT OVER, YOU KNOW, THE TILL THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT GONNA MESS YOU UP IN TERMS OF NO, IT'S NOTHING.
WE'VE, IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.
SO WE ALREADY APPROVED THE, THE, UM, CONSOLE FOR, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND I ALSO, WE HAVE THE LAST FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WHICH ALSO I'M, WE, I'M TREATING THAT AS APPROVED.
BUT I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS DONE.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET MOVING ON SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PROJECTS.
I THINK EVERYONE WOULD, LIKE, SOME OF THE STAFF ARE ANXIOUS TO DO THAT.
BUT I MEAN, WE HAVE A CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN.
SO THE STAFF SHOULD BE COVERED FROM NOW THROUGH JUNE? YES.
ARE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WANNA BUY BIG TRUCKS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT A COUPLE OF BIG TRUCKS.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE THING IN THIS YEAR THAT, THAT WAS NOT, UH, WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED, BUT I, I DON'T THE, YOU YOU DID, UM, YOU DID THE CONSOLE SYSTEM.
SO THAT IS NOT, UH, WAS NOT A CRITICAL, CRITICAL PATH.
SO I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE FINE.
SO WE'LL DO IT NEXT TIME AND EVERYONE WILL COME PROPERLY PREPARED THIS REMOVED NOW.
UM, WELL, IT'S NOT REMOVED BECAUSE IT'S, WE'RE WE'RE BUYING IT IN 20, IN 26.
I MEAN, I LEAVE THINGS IN, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND TOO, I WILL LEAVE THINGS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN IF THEY'RE IN PROGRESS, BUT THEY'RE NOT FINISHED YET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AND IT JUST, I THINK HELPS YOU TO KIND OF SEE, I I INCLUDED EVEN, EVEN 24, 25 IN THE SPREADSHEET, JUST SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, BUT THEY'RE THERE JUST, JUST TO HELP YOU KIND OF DIGEST THE BIG PICTURE.
UM, ANY OTHER UPDATES YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US? UM, NOTHING UNLESS THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING.
[X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
TO BOARD DISCUSSION.UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS THAT WESTCHESTER POWER WOULD LIKE TO RENEW ITS CONTRACT.
THE CONTRACT EXPIRES, UM, IN NOVEMBER, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP THAT, UH, THAT SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER, WHICH IS WESTCHESTER POWER, WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE NEXT CONTRACT RENEWAL SOON.
AND THEY, THE REASON IS THEY'D LIKE TO LOCK IN THE RATES BECAUSE THEY SEE THE RATES GOING UP, WHICH I THINK WE'VE ALL SEEN EVIDENCE OF.
UM, AND THEY'VE SENT THE TEXT OF THE NEW LANGUAGE, WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED.
THERE'S A MOU AND THEN THERE'S THE ESA TEMPLATE.
UM, THERE REALLY ISN'T VERY MUCH THAT'S CHANGED EXCEPT THE DATES PRETTY MUCH.
UM, SO I WANTED TO FLAG THAT WE SHOULD, UM, IF EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT, WE SHOULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO ADOPT AT THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE IT FORWARD.
UM, UH, AND I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT, UM, FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE WESTCHESTER POWER LATE RATES WERE LOWER THAN CON EDISON'S RATES.
SO PEOPLE WHO DID NOT OPT OUT WILL BE PAYING A LOWER RATE FOR ELECTRICITY WITH WESTCHESTER POWER.
SO FOR A WHILE IT'S ALL TIED TO THE MARKET.
AND SO FOR A WHILE, THE RATE THAT HAD BEEN LOCKED IN WAS SERVING IN EFFECT AS A CAP, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY CON EDISON'S RATES NOW RISEN ABOVE THE RATE THAT WE LOCKED IN.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS, AND HOPEFULLY THAT LASTS THROUGH THE END OF THIS CONTRACT IN NOVEMBER.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK OVERALL, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE FULL CONTRACT, WE ARE, WE ARE SLIGHTLY AHEAD OR EVEN THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE IT WAS, UM, NOT SO GREAT
SO, UH, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS AND WE'LL PUT IT ON FOR ADOPTION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND IT IS THE, IT'S A NICE SEGUE TO THE NEXT ISSUE, WHICH IS THE CONNER EDISON CASE RATE, UM, RATE CASE.
AND I THINK YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT ON JANUARY 31ST OF THIS YEAR, CON EDISON FILED A PETITION WITH THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO INCREASE RATES AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
AND ELECTRIC RATES WOULD RISE BY 18%.
UM, RESIDENTIAL DELIVERY CHARGES BY 25.1%, AND NATURAL GAS DELIVERY RATES WOULD BE HIKED BY
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19.1%.AND THAT COMES ON THE HEELS OF, UM, OF A 20% INCREASE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY VERY, VERY SEVERE.
UM, CON EDISON SERVES NEW YORK CITY AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND NEW YORK CITY HAS BEEN WELL REPRESENTED DURING THESE PROCEEDINGS IN THE PAST, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S THERE NEGOTIATING FOR THEM.
AND IN THE LAST CONED RATE CASE, NO REPRESENTATIVE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY OR ANY ONE OF ITS MU MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATED IN THE RAPE CASE DISCUSSIONS.
SO THERE WAS NO ONE REALLY TO ADVOCATE FOR US.
AND NEW YORK CITY WAS ABLE TO SORT OF FOB OFF, IF YOU LIKE, UM, ALL OF THE INCREASES ON WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
THAT'S A RATHER, UM, INFORMAL WAY OF FRAMING IT.
BUT THE, THE POINT WAS THERE WAS NO ADVOCATE FOR, FOR WESTCHESTER RESIDENTS.
AND, UM, THERE'S REALLY NO ONE THEREFORE, TO PROTECT US AGAINST AN UNFAIR PRICE INCREASE.
UM, SO THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION AND ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN WESTCHESTER MEMBERS, I'M ACTUALLY ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS THIS TIME AROUND SEEK REPRESENTATION THROUGH AN ATTORNEY WHO'S A SPECIALIST IN THIS AREA IN UTILITY LAW.
AND LINDA AND I HAVE DISCUSSED IT, IT'S REALLY A SPECIALIZED AREA OF LAW.
AND WHAT WE'VE ALL AGREED IS TO CHIP IN $5,000 EACH TO ADD UP TO THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND THAT IT WILL COST TO HIRE THIS ATTORNEY.
AND, UM, ALL, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE WHO, WHO ARE CON EDISON CUSTOMERS.
THERE ARE A FEW WESTCHESTER, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NICE.
EGG CUSTOMERS HAVE DECIDED THAT THIS IS IN OUR INTEREST AND IT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT.
UM, AND SO FAR, ODDLY, TAR TOWN AND IRVINGTON HAVE ADOPTED, UH, A RESOLUTION, AND ELMSFORD AND DOBBS ARE POISED TO DO SO.
UM, WE, MARY BETH PREPARED A RESOLUTION FOR US TO ADOPT.
AND I'M SORRY IT DIDN'T GET INTO THE MATERIAL WE SENT YOU OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT IF, IF YOU ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT, I'D LIKE TO READ THE TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION AND HAVE US ADOPTED.
NOW IT'S OUT OF ORDER WITH THE OTHER ONES, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO DO THAT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, IS EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT ON US CHIPPING IN, I THINK IT'S 5,000 WELL SPENT FOR, FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND ACTUALLY FOR US AS A MUNICIPALITY, WE HAVE TO PAY THAT TOO.
AND IT'S ON, JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, DIFFERENTIATING IT FROM THE CA, THIS IS ON DELIVERY CHARGES.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY BUILDING OUT, IT'S, IT'S THE ALLEGED COST OF BUILDING OUT THE ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE GAS INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GAS, WHICH SHOULD ARGUABLY BE PHASED OUT.
AND YOU KNOW, THE CEO OF CON EDISON MAKES AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO BE SUPPORTING THAT.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION 27 OF 25 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE HIRING OF JOEL R DICTA OF TER LAW LLC AS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT PARTICIPATING WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES IN CON EDISON'S ELECTRIC AND GAS RATE CASE BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
WHEREAS ON JANUARY 31ST, 2025, CON EDISON FILED A PETITION WITH THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO INCREASE ELECTRIC AND GAS RATES AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
AND WHEREAS UNDER THIS PETITION, ELECTRIC RATES WOULD RISE BY 18% WITH RESIDENTIAL DELIVERY CHARGES INCREASING BY 25.1%.
AND NATURAL GAS DELIVERY RATES RISING BY 19.1%.
AND WHEREAS THIS CON EDISON RATE HIKE PROPOSAL COMES AFTER AN INCREASED INCREASE OF 20% IN RATES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, AND ANY FURTHER SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WOULD HAVE NEGATIVE FINANCIAL IMPACTS ON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WITHIN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING CON EDISON'S PETITION FOR AN ELECTRIC AND GAS RATE INCREASE, AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO BE REPRESENTED IN THIS MATTER TO ENSURE THE CONCERNS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ITS RESIDENTS ARE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED.
WHEREAS JOEL, OUR DICTA OF DICTA LAW LLC, HAS THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES IN THIS CASE, AND HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL DATED FEBRUARY 13TH, 2025 TO REPRESENT PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES INTERVENING IN THE RATE CASE, CONDUCTING DISCOVERY, RETAINING EXPERT WITNESSES, PREPARING BRIEFS, AND ATTENDING ALL HEARINGS, AND ANY SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS AT A TOTAL COST THAT SHALL NOT EXCEED $100,000, WHICH WOULD BE SPLIT EQUALLY AMONG ALL OF THE PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES
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THAT ACCEPT HIS REPRESENTATION IN THIS RATE CASE.AND WHEREAS SUCH REPRESENTATION WILL ONLY PROCEED IF AT LEAST 20 MUNICIPALITIES AGREE TO BE REPRESENTED BY JOEL R DICTOR OF DICTOR LAW LLC.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, UM, AS FOLLOWS, BE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AS FOLLOWS.
ONE, THE MUNICIPALITY HEREBY AUTHORIZES THE HIRING OF JOEL R DICTOR OF DICTOR LAW.
LLC IS SPECIAL COUNSEL TO REPRESENT PARTICIPATING WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES IN CON EDISON'S ELECTRIC AND GAS RATE CASE BEFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO THE MUNICIPALITY'S SHARE OF THE LEGAL FEE SHALL BE DETERMINED BASED ON AN EQUAL DIVISION AMONG ALL PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES WITH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF EACH OF SUCH REPRESENTATION, NOT EXCEEDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO IF 20 MUNICIPALITIES SIGN UP, THAT'S 5,000 EACH AND IT LOOKS LIKE MORE THAN 20 ARE GONNA SIGN UP.
SO THE AMOUNT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE LOWER THAN THAT.
THIS AUTHORIZATION SHALL ONLY TAKE EFFECT IF AT LEAST 20 MUNICIPALITIES AGREE TO BE REPRESENTED BY JOEL R DICTOR OF TER LAW IN THIS MANNER.
FOUR, THE VILLAGE MANAGER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS AND MAKE PAYMENTS IN FURTHER FURTHERANCE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, THAT THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK SHALL COORDINATE THE PAYMENT TO JOEL, OUR DICTA OF DICTA LAW LLC, ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES FOR REPRESENTATION IN THIS CON EDISON ELECTRIC AND GAS RATE CASE.
SO BROOK HAS ITS OWN UTILITY, WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE PARTICULARLY WELL CLUED IN TO, DID I SAY UTILITY? MM-HMM
ANOTHER WORD WAS IN MY HEAD,
UM, SO THEY'RE PARTICULARLY WELL POSITIONED TO BE THE ONE THAT'S COORDINATING THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? CAN YOU, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE THEIR OWN UTILITY? THEY, THEY HAVE, THEY MANAGE THEIR OWN SEWERS.
UTILITY, UTILITY UTILITY, BUT NOT THEIR OWN GAS AND ELECTRIC UTILITY.
I I DIDN'T MEAN TO I THINK IT WAS, I THINK IT SUE, BUT I THINK IRVINGTON DOES TOO, DOESN'T IT? YES, IT DOES.
THERE ARE A FEW THAT I THINK BRADBERRY WAS A VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, HE'S, HE'S CHALLENGED, UM, SOME RAPE PIECES BEFORE.
HE'S, BUT HE'S USED THIS CHAT.
SO IT'S NOT THAT HE'S DONE IT ON HIS OWN.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
I THINK THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY WORTH DOING.
AND, UM, THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, UH, WILL, WILL, UM, GET THEIR RESOLUTIONS IN SOON.
AND I ALSO HEARD THAT GREENBERG IS GONNA ADOPT IT NEXT WEEK, SO I THINK THERE'LL BE MORE THAN 20 AT THE END OF THE DAY.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE PLANNING BOARD'S COMMENTS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
SO LINDA, I KNOW YOU ATTENDED THE LAST PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
WOULD YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR EVERYONE? AND, AND THE PLANNING BOARD HAS PREPARED A MEMO, UM, TO YOU SUMMARIZING THEIR COMMENTS.
UM, ALSO SUGGEST IF YOU WANT SORT OF SOME MORE LIGHT BEHIND THE COMMENTS, UM, YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO, UM, AND THE MEMO GIVES YOU THE TIME AT WHICH THE DISCUSSION STARTS.
SO YOU CAN IGNORE THE FIRST HOUR OF THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, UM,
ONE WAS JUST TO UPDATE THE TIMELINE AT THE BEGINNING.
IT SORT OF ENDS IN 2024, INDICATES THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS GONNA END IN 2024.
UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE THEME OF AFFORDABILITY AND CONCERNS.
IT'S, IT'S REFERENCED IN THE PLAN IN RELATION TO SENIORS AND AFFORDABILITY FOR SENIORS, BUT IT'S REALLY AFFORDABILITY FOR EVERYONE, INCLUDING PEOPLE LOOKING TO MOVE TO THE VILLAGE.
UM, AND THAT THAT AFFORDABILITY ISSUE IMPACTS THE CHARACTER OF THE VILLAGE AND THAT THE BURDEN OF HIGH TAXES, ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOL TAXES, SINCE IT'S JUST A LARGE PORTION OF THE TAXES RELATES TO AFFORDABILITY.
UM, IN THE HISTORY SECTION, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT IN ADDITION TO TALKING ABOUT THE PLACES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE, UM, THE CLARKS, MAYBE THE DRAPER.
UM, AND THE, AND I NOTICED THIS TOO, THE HISTORY DISCUSSION ENDS KIND OF ABRUPTLY, UM, AFTER WORLD WAR II AND IT DOESN'T GO INTO A LOT AFTER THAT.
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UM, IT TALKS ABOUT AT THAT POINT HASTINGS BECAME A COMMUTER COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD FELT THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY CHANGING A LITTLE BIT NOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC WITH PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME.UM, SO MAYBE JUST EXPAND ON THE HISTORY A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THEY, UM, WANTED TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, FOUR AND, AND THIS IS SORT OF HIT ON IT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, BUT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE PLAN RECOMMEND FURTHER STUDY ON DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, UM, AS A BIGGER ITEM GOING FORWARD, UM, RELATING TO BOTH PLACEMAKING AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.
SO IT REALLY TIES THOSE TWO CHAPTERS TOGETHER, SOMETHING THAT RELATES TO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM, STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC SPACES, INCLUDING THE VFW PLAZA, WHICH IS MENTIONED IN THE PLACEMAKING CHAPTER.
UM, MAYBE SOME OTHER DOWNTOWN SPACES AND ECKRIN PARK.
AND I KNOW THAT WITH THIS GRANT, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK DONE IN ECKRIN PARK, UM, OR WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THAT THIS STUDY WOULD LOOK AT SORT OF WHAT TYPES OF USES THE VILLAGE WOULD BE WORKING TO ATTRACT, HOW TO EXPAND THE MARKET, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LARGE POPULATION IN NORTH YONKERS THAT DOES A LOT OF THEIR SHOPPING IN HASTINGS.
UM, AND THAT ARTICULATING THE NEED FOR SUCH A STUDY IN THE PLAN COULD HELP WITH, UM, BEING ABLE TO OBTAIN GRANTS FOR SUCH A STUDY GOING FORWARD.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS JUST A COMMENT THAT THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY STUDY OF CHANGES TO ZONING FOR THE DOWNTOWN INCLUDE, UM, THE FOOD TOWN AND CITIBANK PROPERTIES AND EXPANDING POTENTIAL USES ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THAT LIKE FOOD TOWN HAS ITS OWN ZONING DISTRICT THAT REALLY ONLY ALLOWS FOOD DOWN
AND, AND I, I KNOW THE TRUSTEE
SO, UM, UM, THEY FELT THAT IN THE DISCUSSION OF ELECTRIC OWL STUDIOS, IT SHOULD SAY THAT THEY'VE GRANTED SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
UM, SO AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ARE SIMPLY UPDATES.
UM, THEY FELT THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, THE IDEA THAT HASTINGS IS A VILLAGE WITH A CULTURE OF RESIDENTS SUPPORTING AND HELPING EACH OTHER THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS.
UM, ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT BEING THE LIST THAT'S KEPT, WHICH IS USED TO CHECK ON SENIORS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO BE MENTIONED.
I, I THINK A LOT OF, IN GENERAL, A LOT OF THESE TOPICS ARE HIT ON.
I THINK THEY JUST FELT THESE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS.
AND BY THE WAY, UM, JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE, THERE ARE NOW THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE COMP PLAN COMMITTEE WHO ARE ON THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO THEY WERE PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF THESE COMMENTS WERE COMING FROM SOME OF THE OTHERS.
AND, AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WERE RAISED WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE COMMITTEE SAID, WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE DID THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT, IT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION.
UM, THE DISCUSSION OF THE BURKE ESTATE, UM, WHICH MENTIONS THE, UM, PROPOSALS TO CONSTRUCT A SKATE PARK, THEY THOUGHT THAT GOING ALONG WITH THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO MENTION THAT THERE'S DISCUSSIONS OF TURF FIELDS BEING CONSIDERED.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S SORT OF A TIMING THING THAT DIDN'T HA EXIST BEFORE THE COMP PLAN WAS DRAFTED.
AND, UM, NOT SURE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH IT NOW.
UM, AND THEN, UM, JUST COMMENTS ABOUT COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL BETWEEN VILLAGE OFFICIALS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS, UM, TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AND THE, INCLUDING THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE.
UM, RECOGNIZING THE VILLAGE HAS NO OFFICIAL JURISDICTION OVER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS SORT OF MENTIONED BRIEFLY IN ONE LOCATION, BUT TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL USES FOR THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT, THERE'S TALK ABOUT, UM, PLACEMAKING FOR THE COMMUTER LOT, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY THERE'S MORE TO BE LOOKED AT THERE.
UM, MORE DISCUSSION ON, ON YOUTH INVOLVEMENT AND PLACEMAKING RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO YOUTH ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHY THE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS WAS DELETED FROM THE LIST OF PRIOR PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND INITIATIVES IN THE CURRENT DRAFT.
UM, AND THE MAYOR IS JUST INDIAN.
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SHE HAS IS THIS HALF PAGE.SO, I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK MOST OF THESE THINGS CAN BE INCORPORATED FAIRLY EASILY.
I I DON'T THINK THEY'RE CONTROVERSIAL.
I THINK THEY ADD COLOR AND THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO INCORPORATE THEM.
I DO DO DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THEM.
THERE'S ONE THAT I DISAGREE WITH.
I DON'T DISAGREE, BUT I MEAN, THERE WAS A SORT OF FUNDAMENTAL, UM, PHILOSOPHICAL, THERE'S TWO FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENT PHIL PHILOSOPHIES ABOUT BUILDING A COMP PLAN.
AND YOU COULD HEAR I, I DID LISTEN TO THE, TO THE MEETING MM-HMM
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS VERY MUCH A SUMMARY
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DESIRE FOR US TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN, IN THESE, IN THESE COMMENTS.
AND, AND I KNOW THAT MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO WANTED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND THERE WERE MANY MUCH MORE SPECIFIC IDEAS PROPOSED DURING THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE, WE HAD TO BALANCE THAT WITH NOT SHACKLING FUTURE BOARDS EXACTLY.
FROM BEING, YOU KNOW, SAYING, OH, I WANT TO LIKE LOOK AT PLACEMAKING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DIDN'T LIST THIS PARTICULAR AREA, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE CAN'T TOUCH IT.
AND, AND HONESTLY, FOR THAT REASON, WE REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS, IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO, TO TO, TO SINGLE OUT A PARTICULAR PLACE LIKE THE VFW PLAZA.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT IN, IN THE COMP PLAN THAT TALKS ABOUT PLACEMAKING, BUT ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT ABOUT SOFT SITE STUDY.
SO THAT IS A SORT OF UMBRELLA STUDY FOR LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS PATCHWORK OF DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICTS.
YOU KNOW, COULD WE, COULD WE, UM, LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE UPSIDES ARE? FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT.
IN THE CC DISTRICT, THERE'S ONLY TWO STORY BUILDINGS WHEN RIGHT NOW WE ALLOW THREE STORIES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THERE.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE, WELL, WHY, WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT ADDING A STORY? BECAUSE IT PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FINANCIALLY.
SO THEN THE QUESTION IS, ALRIGHT, WELL WHAT ABOUT FOOD TOWN? COULD WE ADD MORE AIR RIGHTS TO THAT? COULD WE START TO DO SOMETHING WHERE WE ACTUALLY TRADE AIR RIGHTS DIFF BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN OUR ZONING AT ALL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CONTEMPLATED IN NEW YORK.
SO I THINK THE THINKING WAS WE WANTED TO KEEP IT AS GENERAL AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW FUTURE BOARDS TO ACT MM-HMM
BUT SO THAT CAME UP IN THE DISCUSSION.
AND I DID SEE THAT PATRICK MENTIONED, YEAH, SO WE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT WAS RAISED AND, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT NOT GETTING TOO SPECIFIC.
SO I, I THINK THERE WAS SOME EFFORT TO, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH SPECIFICS IN THIS MEMO.
I WAS GONNA SAY THIS AS, AS WERE MENTIONED, WOULD, WOULD MAKE IT EVEN LESS SPECIFIC THAN YOUR, BECAUSE WE BACKED, WELL WE EXPLAINED TO THEM WHEN A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC THINGS, VERY SPECIFIC THINGS WERE BROUGHT UP IN DISCUSSION.
UM, PATRICK RAISED AND I EXPLAINED THAT THE IDEA IS NOT TO BE TOO SPECIFIC.
BUT I THINK THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY, WHICH IS PUT MORE OF THE HUMANS IN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM READING THIS MEMO.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LISTING THE PEOPLE IS ALWAYS VERY TRICKY.
WHICH PEOPLE DO YOU LIST? YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN AGREE THAT WE'LL INCLUDE THE CLARKS AND DRAPER AND MAYBE THE SEVEN NOBEL LAUREATES, BUT YOU KNOW, IT STARTS TO GET VERY TRICKY.
OH, WE'RE DRAWING THE LINE THERE.
DO WE INCLUDE WHO DO WE, WHO DO WE NOT INCLUDE? BUT I THINK THE IDEA OF THE IDEA OF, OF THAT, THOSE KINDS OF IDEAS I THINK CAN GET INTO THE PLAN WITHOUT IT GETTING TOO SPECIFIC.
SO I ARE WE ALL AGREED, WE DON'T WANNA GET TOO SPECIFIC.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE ALL AGREED ON? WELL, I GUESS WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH ALL THEIR POINTS? UH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE FACT THAT THERE'S A TURF FIELD CON DISCUSSION OCCURRING.
I, IT SEEMS, I STRONGLY FEEL WE SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING THE TRASH IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BECAUSE YOU DO REFERENCE THE SKATE PARK.
BUT IT'S THE SKATE PARK IS A VILLAGE PROJECT.
IT'S SPONSORED BY THE VILLAGE.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I DON'T FEEL NECESSARY TO HAVE THAT.
'CAUSE THAT COULD BE GONE BY THE TIME WE FINISH THIS TOTALLY TOO.
WE COULD TALKING ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING, THE, THE SKATEBOARD IS THE HIGHEST ITEM ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES BY PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
IT'S ENTIRELY WITHIN THE VILLAGE PURVIEW.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING DONE BY AN ENTITY THAT'S NOT THE VILLAGE.
CAN I, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION HOW, AND IT DOES NOT SAY IN THAT PARAGRAPH WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE SKATE PARK BEING CONSIDERED, IT DOES NOT SAY IT'S A VILLAGE PROJECT.
SO IT ACTUALLY READS AS A, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE TAKE THAT SENTENCE AND AND REFERENCE THAT THE SKATE PARK IS A VILLAGE PROJECT.
AND I THINK ALSO IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, A WIDE PERCEPTION BOTH IN THAT, IN THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, AND I'VE HEARD IT ELSEWHERE, THAT THERE'S, UM, THAT THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO, THE VILLAGE GOVERNMENT AND THE SCHOOL GOVERNMENT IS, IS, UM, IS VERY POOR.
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UM,SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SAYING, ACTUALLY THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, COLLABORATING BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE, I MEAN LISTEN, WE, IT COULD ALWAYS MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
IT COULD ALWAYS BE BETTER, IT COULD ALWAYS BE BETTER.
ALL COMMUNICATION CAN BE BETTER.
IT COULD, BUT I THINK WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS NOT FOR US TO COMMUNICATE.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR US TO SCOLD THE SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO, WHICH IS NOT, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN COMMUNICATE.
WE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS VERY EFFECTIVELY.
WE DON'T INTERFERE WITH THE SCHOOL ON SCHOOL RELATED ISSUES.
AND WE EXPECT THEM NOT TO INTERFERE WITH US ON VILLAGE RELATED ISSUES.
I ALL I'M HEARING THOUGH, AND I I DO THINK THIS IS, I THINK THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN, TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS.
AND, UM, BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MIS MISPERCEPTION THAT THE SCHOOL WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MCCOREY WAS INVOLVED, DID MEET WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, DID, DID, UH, WAS INTERVIEWED.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S CLEARLY A LOT MORE COMMUNICATION GOING ON.
I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST HEARING THAT WE ALSO, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE IF THE IDEA IS THE OTHER WAY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THEY, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AWARE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY ARE AWARE, THEY'RE TOLD ON A MONTHLY BASIS WHERE WE STAND IN IT AND MC PARTICIPATED IN IT AND HE PARTICIPATED IN IT.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE, I THINK THERE'S A CRITIQUE THERE.
THEY, THAT ISN'T RELATED TO COMMUNICATION.
IT'S RELATED TO PEOPLE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH ONE ENTITY OR THE OTHER AND WANTING THE GROUP TO INTERVENE VIS-A-VIS THE OTHER.
WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT, WHICH IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.
PERHAPS TODAY THOUGH, YOU COULD ALSO READ THIS SENTENCE SAYING THAT THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THE COMMUNICATION OR THE AGREEMENT OR THE, UM, PARTICIPATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE COMP PLAN.
WE LIST THE, DO WE LIST THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT WERE CONDUCTED, BUT THE BOARD WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
ONLY MCCARTEY, UH, IT WASN'T THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO THIS IS JUST THE SUPERINTENDENT.
BUT I, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN THE APPENDIX.
I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO ALL THE STAKEHOLDER.
THERE IS, THERE'S A LIST AND THEN THERE'S SUMMARIES IN THE RIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I KNOW THAT NO SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES WERE THERE.
SO ANYWAY, SO TO THAT POINT, I THINK THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MAYBE THAT PORTION OF THIS, OF THIS PARAGRAPH COULD BE, UM, WOULD NOT BE SO CONTROVERSIAL TO, TO REFERENCE THAT THE BOARDS HAVE AGREEMENT OR PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, CREATION OF THE COMP PLAN.
I MEAN, WE CAN ADD THINGS THAT ADD COLOR, BUT THERE ARE, BUT I DON'T WANNA INCLUDE THINGS THAT JUST AREN'T CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT THERE ISN'T COMMUNICATION, LIKE THAT'S JUST WRONG.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FALLACIOUS AND IT'S NOT USEFUL TO PUT THAT IN.
IT JUST CREATES, UH, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SAY THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION, JUST IT'S SAYING THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REFERENCE TO THAT COMMUNICATION.
THERE SHOULD BE WHAT A REFERENCE TO THE COMMUNICATION TO THERE BE IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO.
TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ARE WE ALL AGREED NOT TO MENTION THE TEAR FIELDS? YEAH.
THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO CHECK IN ON IS THAT THIS, THIS, THIS ISSUE ABOUT THE, THE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP WAS SUNSET IN 2019 AND MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED DESPITE WHAT WAS SAID IN THAT MEETING.
AND SOME OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY NOT AGREED TO BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEY DIDN'T AGREE TO ADOPT EVERY SINGLE RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE VERY EXPENSIVE AND SOME OF THEM HADN'T BEEN VETTED BY AN ENGINEER OR BY OUR LOCAL, UM, INTERNAL SAFETY TEAM, INCLUDING THE POLICE.
SO THEY MAY NEVER BE IMPLEMENTED ON THAT LIST.
BUT, BUT, BUT LET ME FINISH, PLEASE.
LET FINISH, THAT SHOULD STILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
IN MY VIEW, THE CONNECTIVITY, MOBILITY AND ACCESS CHAPTER, AND IN PARTICULAR, C TWO DEVELOP A COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN WILL INCORPORATE AND SUPERSEDE THAT LIST.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE IF IT'S NOT GONNA SUPERSEDE THAT LIST.
SO TO ME, WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE IS THAT WHEN THAT LIST IS CREATED, IT GETS THE INPUT, YOU KNOW, FROM SIX YEARS AGO FROM THAT GROUP AS WELL AS, AS OTHER GROUPS, WE MAY NEVER IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING ON THEIR LIST.
I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
I IT'S THERE, IT'S IN THE PLAN.
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IT SAYS C TWO IS DEVELOP A COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN.IT SAYS THAT, LIKE WHAT IS THAT GONNA BE? IF NOT, IF NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THEIR LIST AND OTHER THINGS, NOT JUST THEIR LIST.
AND INCORPORATE WHAT MAKES SENSE IN THE CONTEXT OF ENGINEERING AND IN, IN THE CONTEXT OF A COST STUDY OF THE CURRENT MOMENT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST A LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT, THINGS THAT, THAT ARE JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, RAVENSDALE TRAFFIC BRIDGE, IT'S DONE.
THIS IS ALL THAT'S ON THEIR PAGE.
WELL, THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE I FOUND THE OTHER LIST SEPARATELY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIST OF SIDEWALKS.
AND THE CROSSWALKS, BUT THE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS, SOME OF THOSE CAN'T BE DONE THERE.
THEY'RE BEING ASKED FOR ON ROADS THAT ARE, THAT'S FINE.
BUT MY POINT IS, THEY, IF THEIR LIST CAN'T BE DONE, BUT WHAT ARE WE INCLUDING IT FOR WHEN THE, SO YOU'RE NOT INCLUDING THE ACTUAL LIST, YOU'RE INCLUDING A REFERENCE TO IT IN THE LIST OF PRIOR DOCUMENTS.
BUT THEN AS A PRIOR DOCUMENT, IT SHOULD STILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND IT'S, THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THE OTHER ONE SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE WEBSITE.
WELL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT THERE
I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT THE HANGUP IS ON IT, BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP IS MENTIONED.
WE'VE DONE MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS.
THERE'S A, THERE'S, THERE'S A PARTICULAR PERSON WHO KEEPS INSISTING WE HAVEN'T DONE IT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY JUST, WELL, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT IRRITATING
DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING ON THE LIST? NO.
SOME THINGS, SOME THINGS WILL NEVER BE DONE, BUT SOME THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED SATISFACTORILY.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, RAVENSDALE ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE.
MOUNT, NO, THE BRIDGE IS DONE.
OR, OR THE, THE, THE INTERSECTION OF MOUNT HOPE AND ROSEDALE LIKE THAT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
THAT IS, AND THAT'S ON THEIR LIST.
THAT'S PART OF, THAT'S, AND, AND IT'S PART OF WHAT WE GOTTA GRANT FOR TO DEAL WITH.
WE GOT FIRST SIDEWALK THE CORNER YES.
BUT NOT CORRECT, WHICH IS ON THEIR LIST, BUT THAT'S NOT, YES.
SO ALL I'M SAYING IS, I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A PETTINESS ABOUT THIS THAT IS NO, I JUST THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT GETS ON THE WEBSITE.
IT'S REFERENCED IN THE COMP PLAN.
I I, I THINK THAT THERE IS AN ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION THAT IS GONNA DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY ASKED FOR IN THE COMP PLAN.
SO I'M FINDING IT A BIT SORT OF, I THINK WHOEVER PUTS THAT LIST TOGETHER SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUPS LIST.
AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT THAT IS RELEVANT AND OTHER THINGS.
AND DUMP THINGS FROM THE LIST THAT ARE NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, THERE'S A, I DON'T KNOW, I, I FIND I'M, I'M, YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PART OF THE COMP PLAN.
I'M DEPENDING YOUR COMP PLAN
ALL THREE OF YOU WERE ON THE COMPLA.
AND I'M DEFENDING THAT LANGUAGE.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THEY HAD IT IN THERE, THE REP THE THE COMMITTEE HAD IT ON THE LIST.
I MEAN, BUT I THINK THAT THE, UM, I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER IS IN THIS CURRENT PLAN, IT TAKES FROM THE PREVIOUS PLAN, BUT WE REINCORPORATED LIKE WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR, FOR NOW, THIS ISN'T EVEN A PLAN.
IT'S LIKE A LIST THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER AND PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD.
IF YOU GUYS WANNA HAVE THAT AS AN ANNEX, YOU CAN, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S, I REALLY THINK IT'S, I THINK IT SHOULD EITHER BE AN APPENDIX OR IT SHOULD BE BACK ON THE VILLAGE WEBSITE AND, AND THEY CAN REFERENCE IT.
IT WASN'T EVEN AN APPENDIX, IT WAS IN A LIST OF PRIOR PLANNING DOCUMENTS LISTED.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A PLANNING DOCUMENT.
IT'S JUST A LIST OF PROPOSALS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S A LIST OF, IT'S THE PRODUCT OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE VILLAGE AND IT'S, IT'S STILL HAS SOME VALIDITY.
WELL, IT'S NOT, THEN IT SHOULD BE IN A PLANNING DOCUMENT.
WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON THE WEBSITE.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND WE CAN LOOK, SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET WHATEVER.
I'LL SEND IT TO YOU WAS ULTIMATELY, YEAH.
IN ANY CASE, THAT ONE I FIND I'VE MADE A NOTE.
THERE WERE ALSO OTHER THINGS IN THAT LIST THAT WEREN'T PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
THEY WERE REPORTS WRITTEN FOR THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES GROUP.
IT'S LIKE, NO, THOSE AREN'T PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
PLANNING DOCUMENTS ARE PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR.
WE CAN, WE CAN HAVE A LINK TO PLANNING DOCUMENT INITIATIVES.
WE CAN HAVE A LINK TO SOMETHING ELSE WHICH SAYS, AND YOU CAN FIND THIS DOCUMENT HERE, BUT I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEING LISTED AS A PLANNING DOCUMENT.
IT WASN'T CREATED IN THAT KIND OF WAY.
IT'S LITERALLY THREE PIECES OF PAPER.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER IN A
SO ANYWAY, I THINK WE FOUNDED A DAYTON THAT WE CAN WORK WITH HERE.
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WE HAVE, LET'S SEE HOW IT MANIFESTS ITSELF.BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THINGS, I MEAN, I THINK THE SPIRIT OF THE OTHER THINGS WE CAN GET IN, UM, I'M NOT SURE THE YOUTH INVOLVEMENT THERE IS YOUTH INVOLVEMENT THAT'S MENTIONED IN THE PLAN.
I THINK IF THERE'S A, A DESIRE FOR, I, IT, IT'S JUST UNCLEAR TO ME WHERE THIS WOULD GO.
SEEING THIS YEAR, WE CAN LOOK, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD SEVEN PEOPLE GIVING COMMENTS HERE, FOUR OF WHOM HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PLAN BEFORE.
AND, AND I MEAN, I, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT GOT BROUGHT UP THAT I KIND OF POINTED THEM TO WHERE IT IS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE, UM, OF, OR MAYBE WE CAN ADD A SENTENCE SOMEWHERE.
ONE OF THE PUBLIC SESSIONS, WE HAD A LOT OF KIDS AT IT.
THE, I THINK THE FIRST PUBLIC SESSION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAD A LARGE ATTENDANCE OF, UH, YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THERE.
SO I THINK THEY WERE THERE REST TOM
YES, SOME WERE MY KIDS, BUT, UH,
BUT I THINK THE POINT, DID YOU GET YOUR KIDS THERE? LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT'S THE ASK HERE? IT'S JUST TO PUT LIKE A SENTENCE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, OKAY.
WE CAN ADD SOME MORE SENTENCES.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE SENTENCES, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
SO I DO LIKE THE SPECIFICITY FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH ON THE ZER COMMUNITY, ZZA COMMUTER LOT BEING SPECIFIC AND NOT GENERAL ABOUT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT ALL LOTS, BUT BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL USES THERE.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I, I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE THE WAY IT'S WORDED HERE.
THAT, THAT IS, TO ME, THAT'S LIKE THE DPW THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC.
AND THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG ISSUE AT SOME POINT.
SO SPEC SPECIFICITY IS NECESSARY IN MY VIEW.
SO I THINK THAT THIS FITS INTO THAT SAME CATEGORY.
WHETHER IT CREATES A NEW, A NEW RECOMMENDATION OR WHETHER IT CAN BE SUBSUMED IN SOMETHING ELSE, I THINK IS A, IS A DIFFERENT MATTER.
NONE OF THESE REALLY CREATE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS TO ME.
I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT ADDING LANGUAGE IN SECTION ONLY PROBABLY THE, UM, DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION STUDY.
AND THAT ONE ACTUALLY I THINK IS VERY STRATEGIC, THAT IDEA.
AND IF WE WERE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT LIKE NEW YORK FORWARD, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE, UH, A RECOMMENDATION THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THAT IN THERE, TO BE ABLE TO HOOK BACK INTO YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF INCLUDING PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT POTENTIALLY HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL, THAT ONE'S GONNA, BUT IT'S AS A, AGAIN, AS A SENTENCE, AS A PARAGRAPH, GOOD
BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GET TO IMPLEMENTING IT, THAT'S GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF, UM, TENSION, PERHAPS FRICTION OR, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S AN IMPLEMENTATION PIECE TO IT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE, WE NAME IT'S DESCRIPTIVE.
I THINK WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY WANT MORE DESCRIPTION IN THE PLAN ABOUT THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE PLACES AND THE STUFF.
THEN HE, THE HISTORY OF HASTINGS ISN'T JUST THE PHYSICAL PLACES, IT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, MAYBE IT COULD JUST SAY SOME NOTABLE RESIDENTS ARE YEAH.
AND THEN, OR INCLUDING NOT, OR YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO NAME NAMES.
YOU CAN JUST, UM, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY INVOLVED IN CIVIL RIGHTS.
I MEAN, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS, CHAMPIONS,
I THINK ALSO SOME, PERHAPS SOMETIMES JUST NAMING, UM, IDENTIFYING WHO THE PLACES ARE NAMED AFTER.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE VILLAGE, THE DRAPER PARK AND PARKS ARE NAMED THE PEOPLE.
PARKS AND REC DID DO A PROJECT ON THAT ACTUALLY FOR THE NAMED PARKS.
SO YOU COULD PULL THAT FROM THEM.
REFERENCE THAT VAL HARMON ACTUALLY WORKED ON IT.
AND THERE'S A MAP IN THE JHCC THAT HAS THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE WANT TO ANYONE? ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTS TO, I MEAN, THE FIRST ONE IS JUST OBVIOUSLY YES, THE TIMELINE SHOULD BE YEAH.
UM, I DON'T SEE WHY THERE'S ANY REASON NOT TO INCLUDE THE PLANNING BOARD INVOLVEMENT IN ELECTRICAL.
THAT'S LIKE FOUR OR FIVE WORDS.
AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF, UM, REFERENCING.
I, I THINK, I THINK THEY MAY BE MISSING SOME OF THE HELPING.
MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A REPAIR CAFE IS OR A TILL.
BUT THOSE ARE HELPING ACTIVITIES.
SO WE CAN ADD THE, THE, THE, THE, ARE YOU OKAY.
LIST FOR SENIORS, BUT THE REPAIR CAFE AND THE TILLY SHED ARE VERY GOOD EXAMPLES OF HELPING OF KIND OF LIKE THAT SPIRIT OF HELPING AND CARING.
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YEAH.I'M SURE A LOT OF WANTS RELATE, RELATE TO SUSTAINABILITY ACTUALLY.
IF YOU WANT ANYBODY WANTS TO GIVE LIKE OTHERS THAT COULD BE MENTIONED.
DID YOU WRITE THOSE DOWN? REPAIR CAFE.
I'M TRYING TO FIND WHERE IT'S
LINDA WOULD FISH FALL INTO THAT.
THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF, AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF COURSE.
BUT THE, I THINK THEY REALLY WANT THE IDEA OF RESIDENTS HELPING ONE ANOTHER, SUPPORTING RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS WHERE I LIVE, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHERE ALL OF YOU LIVE, BUT WE HAVE A, A MICRO KIND OF COMMUNITY LIST, WHICH WE ACTIVATE WHEN THERE ARE STORMS. MM-HMM
SO IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CALL IT.
IT'S LIKE THERE'S SOMEBODY ON DORCHESTER WHO MAINTAINS IT AND IF A TREE'S DOWN, EVERYONE HAS EVERYONE'S CELL PHONE NUMBER AND THEY MOBILIZE IT AND THEY HAVE, THE OTHER THING THAT THEY, THAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE A, UM, LIKE A STREET, UM, KIND OF PARTY.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
IT'S LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND A NEIGHBORHOOD EMAIL LIST TO KIND OF CHECK ON ONE ANOTHER DURING STORMS. YOU KNOW, HAS YOUR ELECTRICITY GONE ON NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, COMMUNICATION AND EVENTS.
BUT I THINK THEY ACTUALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE.
AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE WHO WERE QUITE ELDERLY AND IT MEANT THAT THEY WERE CHECKED ON BECAUSE OF THOSE GROUPS.
UM, DID YOU GET THE THING ABOUT MENTIONING THAT THE SKATE PARK IS A VILLAGE PROJECT? I'M THE ONE WHO SAID IT.
I THINK WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE THINGS.
SO I CAN WORK WITH, UM, THE CONSULTANTS AND, AND TRY TO GET THESE THINGS, UM, INTEGRATED INTO THE PLAN AND, UH, SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
SO BEFORE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MAYBE ON THE SKATE PARK IN COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION.
I'M GONNA SAY IT WAS, IT WAS A JOINT, IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT MEAN SO MUCH EFFORT, COOPERATION.
I MEAN, THERE WAS LITERALLY, PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA.
WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL COLLABORATING ON THAT OR TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS OUR POLICE HAVE THE PAL PROGRAM.
OUR POLICE ARE IN THE SCHOOLS EVERY DAY AND HAVE A RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED WITH YOUTH.
YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A LOT OF COOPERATION THAT'S HAPPENING THAT I THINK PEOPLE YEAH.
THE NEXT, ARE WE DONE ON THAT? ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTS TO ADD? IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE THOUGHTS OR EXAMPLES, PLEASE JUST SEND THEM TO LINDA.
AND THEN THE ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WILL BE SENDING YOU THE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
SO WHERE WE STAND ON THAT PROGRAM FOR YOUR REVIEW, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADOPT IT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST YEAR IS PREPARING TO RESUBMIT, UM, WITH ALL THE NEW ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING COMPLETED.
THERE WAS A, A NEW SET OF ACTIONS THAT WERE RELEASED IN DECEMBER.
SO THERE ARE SOME, SOME OF THOSE ARE THINGS WE ACTUALLY HAD ALREADY DONE.
SO WE'VE REACTED AS FAR AS WE CAN GO.
AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE ISN'T A GOLD LEVEL YET, BUT WE ARE SUPER WELL POSITIONED.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE THERE.
AND, UM, WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR? I THINK, I THINK THEY, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A STUDY DONE ON WHAT SHOULD COUNT FOR GOLD AND HOW THE GOLD, HOW THE POINTS WOULD BE ALLOCATED.
AND I THINK THINK IT'S A STAFFING, PARTLY A STAFFING ISSUE, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'RE DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY PITCH IT.
WE'RE WE'RE, WE ARE AT 448 POINTS, AND THE NEXT HIGHEST MUNICIPALITY IS I THINK AT 367 POINTS.
SO WE'RE FAR AHEAD OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY, BUT TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THAT LEVEL OF, OF, UM, SORT OF DESCRIPTIONS, IT'S LIKE EACH ONE HAS TO BE EACH POINT, EACH ACTION HAS TO BE EVALUATED.
IT ACTUALLY TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
SO I, I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HOLDING THEM UP, REALLY.
AND THERE, THERE'S ALSO A, A LITTLE BIT OF UNCERTAINTY AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THE CLEANER ENERGY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, WHICH WE ALSO WE'RE SECOND HIGHEST VERY
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UPSETTING.CROTON IS AHEAD OF US, BUT BRIAN HEALY COMES FROM HASTINGS, SO WE CAN COUNT THAT AS HASTINGS TOO.
UM, THAT PROGRAM GOT PAUSED IN NOVEMBER, SO IT JUST GOT STOPPED AND, UH, NO ONE COULD, COULD APPLY FOR ANY MORE POINTS.
THAT WAS THE PROGRAM THAT GAVE US DIRECT GRANTS FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POINTS.
SO THERE'S DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER THAT PROGRAM'S GONNA FOLD INTO THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
UM, THOSE OF US WHO KNOW THE PROGRAMS WELL, HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE, UH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD THAT THEY'RE SEPARATE AND THAT THERE'S A SEPARATE WAY OF, OF, UM, OF BEING ABLE TO SORT OF ADVANCE IN THESE AREAS.
I, MY GUESS IS THAT WE'LL HEAR ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BY, UM, BY JUNE ON WHETHER THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE GONNA BE MERGED OR NOT.
UM, AS SOON AS I KNOW, I'LL LET YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING UNDER CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES UP TILL NOW.
SO ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS? UM, IN TERMS OF UPCOMING EVENTS, UM, THERE'S ONE THING THAT I, THERE WAS, THERE ARE TWO UPCOMING EVENTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON, SO I'M JUST GONNA OPEN THESE UP HERE.
UM, SO THE FIRST, UH, IS SENIOR MINDFULNESS, WHICH IS ON MARCH 18TH AT 12:30 PM IS THAT TODAY? MM-HMM
UM, SENIOR THURSDAY IS ON MARCH 20TH AT 12:30 PM AND THAT'S THE SENIOR DISCOUNTS THAT WE GET.
TECH HELP IS AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S A PROGRAM GEARED AT SENIORS, BUT I GUESS ANYONE CAN GET IT.
UH, THAT'S ON MARCH 21ST AT 3:30 PM TO 4:45 PM UM, THE RIVER TOWNS, UM, THE RIVER TOWNS REPAIR CAFE IS ON MARCH 22ND FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER.
UM, THE SENIOR LUNCH AND LEARN ON SAFE PAIN MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES IS MARCH 25TH.
UH, UM, AT 12:00 PM THERE'S GONNA BE A LOCAL LUMINARIES TALK AT THE LIBRARY ON MARCH THE 27TH AT 7:00 PM AND THAT'S ON, UH, NEW YORK GREEN ROOFS WITH AMY FOLDER.
UM, SHE'S A CO-FOUNDER OF NEW YORK GREEN ROOFS, AND SHE HAS, UH, DONE REALLY AMAZING WORK, UH, WITH PROJECTS THAT RANGE FROM THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY MUSEUM TO CHEMP KAPO.
SO SHE PUT THE GREEN ROOF ON TOP OF CHEMP KAPO, WHICH IS REALLY LOVELY.
AND SO SHE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN THE LOGISTICS AND FASCINATING PROCESS, AND THERE'LL BE A SHORT FILM.
AND, UM, SHE WILL TALK ABOUT EFFICIENCY OF SUSTAINABLE ROOFING.
SO, UM, IT'S AN ANCIENT PRACTICE THAT EVERYONE CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN ON THE 28TH, KIDS NIGHT OUT AT 6:00 PM UM, AND ON THE 29TH, THE MOBILE SHREDDER IS COMING TO THE VILLAGE AT 10:00 AM UM, AND IN THE CHIMP POOL PARKING LOT, IT SEEMS LIKE.
AT THE, IS IT THAT, THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
UM, AND THEN THE SIXTH ANNUAL BIO BLITZ AND A FREE NATURE WALK IN HILLSIDE WOODS WILL HAPPEN ON MARCH 30TH AT 11:00 AM AND ALSO GIL VILLE WILL BE, UH, TALKING ABOUT JOHN SINGER, SERGEANT HIS LIFE, HIS ART, AND HIS MUSE AT 2:00 PM ON MARCH 30TH IN THE LIBRARY.
AND HE WILL DISCUSS SERGEANT'S CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS MODEL, ROSINA FERRARA.
AND THE STORY LEADS FROM CAPRI IN 1878 TO PARIS, LONDON, AND BOSTON FINALLY TO ARRIVE HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
SO THAT ONE SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING.
SO, UH, WITH THAT IS, OH, I GUESS I'LL READ
[XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS.THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, SAFETY COUNCIL, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM.
MONDAY, MARCH 24TH, SENIOR COUNCIL, 3:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, UH, AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
AND TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.