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WELCOME[I. CALL TO ORDER]
EVERYONE TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW D OF 2025, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL THE FIRST, 2025.PLEASE STAND 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.
HERE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
UH, MOVING, JUST TURNING OFF EVERYONE'S PHONES.
[IV. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW D OF 2025]
UM, MOVING ON TO THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS A 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.UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING RELATING TO PROPOSED LOCAL LAW D ON, UH, ELIMINATING THE LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FOR FINAL SUBDIVISION PLATS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT? NO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
[V. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED COMPREHESIVE PLAN]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, PLEASE.
DANIELLE GOODMAN, 4 4 5 WAR BURTON.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS WORK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I HAVE, UM, TWO POINTS I WANNA MAKE.
ONE IS REGARDING FISCAL IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENTLY OVER THE YEARS, I'VE URGED THIS VILLAGE TO VIEW DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE, THE LENS OF FISCAL IMPACT.
MEANING IF YOU'RE GONNA ADD X NUMBER OF UNITS OF HOUSING, WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DPW, THE ROADS, YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA SAY IS, IS NOT ANYTHING THAT'S NEW IN THE 30 YEARS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN VILLAGE AFFAIRS AND I'M ASKING THE VILLAGE BOARD TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE TEXT.
THERE'S ONE PARAGRAPH OR PART OF A PARAGRAPH WHERE WE DEAL WITH THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE OWL, ELECTRIC OWL STUDIOS WHEREIN IT'S BRINGING IN OVER $3 MILLION OF, OF TAXES.
THAT'S THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT I LIKE.
I'M NOT ANTI-DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'M URGING YOU TO TRY TO CALCULATE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IN THIS DOCUMENT.
YOU TALK ABOUT INFILL REDEVELOPMENT REZONING TO INCREASE NUMBERS OF MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
I'M NOT AGAINST THEM, BUT I'M SAYING IF THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S GONNA GUIDE US FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE.
HOW IS INFILLED DEFINED? HOW LARGE CAN THE VILLAGE POPULATION GROW WITHOUT ADVERSELY IMPACTING THE SERVICES OR THE ALREADY HIGH PROPERTY TAX BURDEN OF THE EXISTING POPULATION? AND THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UM, TAX GIVEN TO SMART GROWTH.
AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, IN MY EXPERIENCE, SMART GROWTH IS GROWTH THAT A COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD.
SO WHAT ABOUT YOUR PARKS? WHAT ABOUT YOUR REC FACILITIES? WHAT ABOUT THE WEAR AND TEAR? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON A PLAN OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WE CAN'T REALLY REPLACE ANYTHING.
AND IF YOU BRING IN MORE PEOPLE, THEN YOU GOTTA BE DEAD CERTAIN THAT YOU CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT.
I'M NOT AGAINST BRINGING IN MORE
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RESIDENTS.YOU NEED OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAY AND LIVE HERE.
UM, THE PRO HOUSING COMMUNITY PROGRAM, THAT'S MY SECOND POINT.
THAT THAT, UM, INCLUSION AS A RECOMMENDATION OF AGE ONE AT PAGE 56 NEEDS TO BE DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY.
THE COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDING TO YOU TO ADOPT GOVERNOR OL'S ILL-CONCEIVED SOLUTION FOR THE STATE'S HOUSING PROBLEMS. WHY SHE'S NOT FUNDING IT.
SHE'S NOT GIVING YOU MONEY FOR SCHOOLS, SEWERS, ROADS.
SO PLEASE DELETE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THAT.
AND THE COMMITTEE DOESN'T SPEAK TO ME FOR ME ON THAT POINT.
I'M TELLING YOU, IF I COME TO THE MEETING THAT YOU WILL SOMEDAY HAVE ABOUT THE PRO HOUSING PAC, I'M HOPING I'M NOT GONNA HEAR THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IT.
AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THIS VILLAGE WHO WORKED WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER VILLAGES UP COUNTY ACROSS THE RIVER TO OPPOSE GOVERNOR HO'S PLAN.
DOESN'T BELONG IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YEAH.
UM, I'M GLAD DANIELLE WENT FIRST BECAUSE SHE WAS ARTICULATE IN A WAY THAT, AS YOU KNOW, I USUALLY AM NOT AND I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN.
BUT THAT'S, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE, EXCEPT, UH, I'M A LITTLE BIT, AS YOU KNOW, ALWAYS FOCUSED ON PROCESS AND IT DISTURBS ME THAT SOMETHING THAT IS AS SIGNIFICANT AS WHAT SHE WAS, UH, POINTING OUT IS SOMEWHERE IN THE REALM OF THE END OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO IT, FRANKLY, IT BOTHERS ME THAT THERE ARE ALMOST NOBODY, NO ONE'S HERE FOR THIS.
IT BOTHERS ME THAT IF THIS IS IN FACT AS SIGNIFICANT A DOCUMENT FOR OUR FUTURE, AS HAS BEEN INTIMATED, THAT SOMEHOW THERE WASN'T OUTREACH.
THERE WAS THIS TIME I DIDN'T GO ON FACEBOOK AND SAY, AND REMIND PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT NOBODY ELSE DID EITHER.
SO THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO YOU ABOUT THE FACT THAT NO ONE, NO ONE'S HERE EITHER, NO ONE CARES, OR NO ONE UNDERSTANDS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DOCUMENT.
AND FRANKLY, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
AFTER TWO YEARS OF GOING TO VIRTUALLY EVERY ONE OF THE MEETINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE, I WANNA MAKE SURE I APPRECIATE THE BEING GIVEN A HARD COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE COULD INTERFACE WITH THIS, UH, ON THE COMPUTER.
UH, THAT SAID, IT'S ALSO IMPOSSIBLE AS I EXPRESSED TO THE, UH, VILLAGE CLERK TO KNOW WHERE THE CHANGES WERE MADE AND BY WHOM BETWEEN THE TIME IT GOT TO YOU FROM THE COMMITTEE AND WHERE ANY, EVEN TRYING TO FIND WHAT ANY TWEAKING WOULD BE.
UM, I NEED TO FEEL WITHOUT GOING INTO THE D THAT THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ARE WHAT, UH, DANIELLE MENTIONED ABOUT SMART GROWTH FOR SURE.
AND THE WAY AND THE LANGUAGE, BASICALLY.
I THINK THERE'S SIGNIFICANCE IN THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING USED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BEING MADE CLEAR.
AND AS SHE SAID, SOMETIME GOING FORWARD, I IMAGINE AND FORESEE THIS BEING REFERENCED AND BROUGHT UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE VILLAGE, UM, AGREED TO.
SO, UH, I REALLY WOULD HOPE THAT THERE'S EVEN NOW SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, PROCESS OF INPUT AND CLARIFICATION.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, YOU NEED TO IMAGINE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF US ARE KIND OF DUMB AND NEED TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS GONNA MEAN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? I AM KATHY SULLIVAN.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? GOOD.
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I'D HEAR, JUST TO KIND OF BRING A REMINDER FROM THE PAST, I WAS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE.I WAS CHAIRPERSON ACTUALLY FOR THAT DURING THAT COMMITTEE.
AND I'VE GONE JUST A HANDFUL OF MEETINGS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME UP WITH BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF CYCLICAL COMMUNITIES CHANGE EVERY 20 YEARS TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT I FIND IN THIS DOCUMENT IS INTERESTING THINGS.
THE EMPHASIS ON SMART, SMART GROWTH IS HARD TO FOLLOW THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.
AND I HAD MADE THAT COMMENT AT ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
UM, THE CROSS REFERENCES DON'T HELP.
UM, YOU GO TO HOUSING AND THERE'S VARIOUS PARTS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO LOOK AT, AND WHICH IS SORT OF, TO DAVID'S POINT, IT'S HARD TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS DOCUMENT WITHOUT HAVING A HARD COPY IN YOUR HANDS.
UM, THE THINGS THAT I FELT WERE LOST FROM THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS AN EMPHASIS ON THE, UH, PRACTICALITY OF, OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
UM, I KNOW I STARTED LOOKING AT THE WATERFRONT COMPONENT AND IT HAD A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW, WHAT THE VILLAGE COULD DO, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT ACTUALLY CAN HAPPEN.
KIND OF WHAT, WHAT'S THE REAL PATH THAT THE VILLAGE COULD HAVE TO INFLUENCE THAT? AND THAT MAY BE ZONING ONLY.
THAT'S SORT OF HOW, UM, I'VE HEARD IT DISCUSSED.
BUT, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, WE ALSO WERE EMPHASIZED AND WE HAD INFORMATION, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FROM OUR CONSULTANTS WAS HOW, HOW, HOW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IT SHOULD BE, HAVE A NEUTRAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
WE SHOULDN'T BE SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT SHOULD MINUS OUT FOR US AND IF, HOPEFULLY IF IT WAS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, MAYBE EVEN BE A PLUS ON THE BALANCE SHEET FOR US.
AND THERE WASN'T REALLY A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THAT SHOULD BE A GOAL, AS WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE BEING, UM, PROPOSED.
THE LAST THING, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY IS I WAS HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WATERFRONT SECTION, NOT BECAUSE OF THE PARTICULARS, BUT WHERE THE BASE, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS REALLY GONNA IMPACT THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT.
THERE WAS A NOD TO THE CONSENT DECREE, WHICH WAS MANY YEARS AGO AND MAY NOT HAVE, AND THERE WASN'T THE INFORMATION OR THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THEN WITH THE KIND OF SEVERE CLIMATE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE HAVING.
AND I THINK THAT SECTION SHOULD BE LOOKED AT WITH GUIDELINES BY SOME OF THE STATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TELLING, GIVE GUIDELINES ON WHAT THE STATE AT LEAST CAN DO IN A AREA LIKE OURS ON A WATERFRONT THAT'S GONNA POTENTIALLY HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE AND MAYBE NOT JUST POTENTIALLY WE COULD SAY IS GOING TO HAVE SEA LEVEL RISE.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE ENOUGH TIME'S GONE BY SINCE WE PUT THAT PLAN TOGETHER WHENEVER IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO, WHATEVER, THAT TO REALLY COME TO A MORE STRONG CONCLUSION THAT AS A COMMUNITY THAT'S VERY SUPPORTIVE, SUSTAINABILITY, BEEN OUT THERE IN FRONT OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE MAKE THAT WATERFRONT SUSTAINABLE WHEN AND IF IT GETS DEVELOPED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? HI, EVA ALLGOOD, UH, 1 57 ROSEDALE.
AND, UM, I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD.
I'M NOT HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE PLANNING BOARD.
THE PLANNING BOARD DID SUBMIT A, UH, MEMO SUMMARIZING OUR ROBUST CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, REITERATE, UH, A POINT THAT I HAD IN READING THE DOCUMENT.
UM, I FELT STRONGLY THAT THE DOCUMENT REALLY NEEDS TO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S A HUGE AFFORDABILITY COST OF LIVING ISSUE IN THIS VILLAGE THAT IS PUSHING OUT PEOPLE, UM, WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST, I THINK IT COMES UP IN THE HOUSING SECTION, BUT I THINK JUST FRAMING IT THAT WAY IS NOT ADEQUATE.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THE BOARD TO, THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT AS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND, UM, USE IT AS A FRAMEWORK ACROSS A LOT OF THE ISSUES IN THE PLAN.
SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY MY MAIN POINT.
UH, THE OTHER THINGS ARE IN THE, IN THE MEMO, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? UH, SINCE NO ONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE, I SHOULD MENTION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SOME, UM, WRITTEN COMMENTS.
SO THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY FOR ITS COMMENTS.
UM, THE COUNTY COMMENTS I THINK ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO ADDRESS.
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MOSTLY THEY LIKED THE DOCUMENT AND THEY WANTED, UM, TWO TOOLS, OR ONE PLAN, AND ONE TOOL THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED TO BE REFERENCED, WHICH I THINK IS EASY TO ADD IN.THEY MENTION THE FACT THAT NEW YORK STATE HAS ADOPTED A WETLANDS REGULATION, SO THAT SHOULD BE IN, AND THAT ALSO ACTUALLY GOT RAISED BY THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT RATHER THAN THE NEED TO CREATE OUR OWN WETLANDS LEGISLATION, WHICH HAS BEEN SORT OF THROWN AROUND AT VARIOUS POINTS.
BUT THOSE ARE THE MAIN, I THINK, SUBSTANTIVE THINGS THAT I'M SEEING IN THE COUNTY DOCUMENT THAT SHOULD, THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE ADDED.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE SAW IN THAT DOCUMENT? NO.
DID YOU SEE ANYTHING, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD, IN ADDITION? UM, WE HAD SOME VERY THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS FROM THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
UM, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT, UM, IN THE HISTORIC BUILDING SECTION, THERE'S A SPECIFIC MENTION OF THE LIP S**T STUDIO, WHICH THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN GIVEN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, I THINK, QUITE STRATEGIC.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE IT IN THE CON IN THE, UH, IN THE, UM, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF FUNDRAISING ATTEMPTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S WORTH, I THINK, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF WETLANDS WAS RAISED.
UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE A SOLUTION TO DEAL WITH THAT.
THERE WAS A, THERE WERE SOME VERY HELPFUL EDITORIAL COMMENTS, UH, SPELLING MISTAKES, ET CETERA THAT WERE USEFUL.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO, AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY TOUT IT AS A THING THAT WE DO, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COOPERATION THAT HAPPENS WITH THE OTHER RIVER TOWNS, VILLAGES AND ACTUALLY ACROSS WESTCHESTER THROUGH, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RATE CASE LATER ON, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF COOPERATIVE, UM, ACTIVITY.
SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO ADD THAT.
THERE IS SOME MENTION OF IT, BUT, UM, MAYBE WE CAN INCLUDE MORE ON THAT.
AND THERE WAS A COMMENT FROM SOMEBODY ON THE ZONING BOARD.
THE ZONING BOARD DIDN'T REALLY HAVE VERY MANY COMMENTS.
I THINK THEY QUITE LIKED THE DOCUMENT, BUT THERE WAS ONE COMMENT ABOUT, UM, BRINGING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A RIVERTOWN.
SO THIS NOTION OF WHAT'S SPECIAL AND UNIQUE ABOUT THE RIVERTOWN.
SO MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO INCORPORATE THAT IDEA.
UM, AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THE, THE FISCAL IMPACT QUESTION, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS, HAS TO BE DONE WITH EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
IT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S NOT THE ROLE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, PERHAPS YOU CAN ADD COLOR TO THAT.
SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, ANYTIME WHEN YOU AS A BOARD, IF YOU ADOPT ANY AMENDMENTS TO ZONING AND YOU HAVE TO, UM, UNDER THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS OF THAT AMENDMENT, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT.
HOW MANY UNITS COULD THIS POSSIBLY PERMIT? HOW WILL THAT IMPACT ON VILLAGE SERVICES SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.
SO IN CONNECTION WITH A ZONING AMENDMENT, THIS BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING BOARD LOOKS AT, YOU KNOW, NOT ON SOMETHING THAT'S ONE OR TWO UNITS, BUT ON ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.
THE PLANNING BOARD, AND THEY'VE DONE IT RECENTLY WITH, YOU KNOW, 10 OR 15 UNITS, THEY WILL ASK FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN ANALYSIS, UM, AND SOME OF THAT FISCAL IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO IT'S, IT'S MORE APPROPRIATELY DONE ON A PROJECT BASIS.
OR ON A, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ZONING AMENDMENT.
I THINK, I THINK WE CAN ADD SOMEWHERE MAYBE THAT, OF COURSE, THE EXPECTATION OF A FISCAL ANALYSIS IS, YOU KNOW, EXPECTED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
MAYBE THAT LANGUAGE CAN GO IN SO THAT IT'S STATED, BUT WE CAN'T DO THE FISCAL ANALYSIS IN THE PLAN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THE PRO-HOUSING COMMENT BECAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A BIT OF CONFUSION BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR'S ORIGINAL PRO.
SHE ACTUALLY CALLED IT THE HOUSING COMPACT.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE WORD PRO IN IT, AND I WAS VERY ACTIVE IN PUSHING BACK ON THAT HOUSING COMPACT.
THE PRO-HOUSING COMMUNITY'S RESOLUTION IS QUITE DIFFERENT, AND IN MY VIEW, ACTUALLY QUITE PROGRESSIVE.
AND I THINK IN THE VIEW OF THE BOARD, IT IT, IT INCLUDES THE KINDS OF PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID WE CARE ABOUT IN THIS VILLAGE.
SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION
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ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS.BUT I FEEL, AS YOU RIGHTLY POINT OUT, IT'S A DECISION OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
I THINK WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO WERE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE HAVE TRUSTEE ALLGOOD AND MYSELF.
AND I THINK ACTUALLY ALL OF US ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PRO-HOUSING COMMUNITY.
NOW I'M MIXING IT UP WITH CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES, PRO-HOUSING RESOLUTION, NOT IN FAVOR OF THE HOUSING COMPACT, WHICH WAS A DIFFERENT THING AND HAS NOW BEEN, UH, PUT TO BED.
I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE, THOUGH, TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR THAT THE PRO HOUSING COMPACT WAS, HAD VERY SPECIFIC ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THE VILLAGE REQUIREMENTS.
PRO HOUSING COMPACT OR THE HOUSING COMPACT? THE HOUSING COMPACT.
WHAT WAS BUILT INTO HERB TWO BUDGET EXACTLY.
JUST ONE OTHER THING TO CLARIFY IS THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO IT BEING A, UM, RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO THIS DOCUMENT AT THIS POINT IS NO LONGER THE COMMITTEE'S DOCUMENT.
IT'S THIS BOARD'S DOCUMENT AND THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN THE DOCUMENT THAT CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO IT.
IT'S NOT THAT THE COMMITTEE IS TELLING YOU YOU SHOULD DO THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD HAS SUPPORTED BEING IN THERE.
WE RECEIVED A FEW OTHER COMMENTS THAT, UM, WERE CONCERNS RELATED TO ZONING, WHICH THIS DOCUMENT DOESN'T DO.
THIS DOCUMENT TALKS ABOUT STUDIES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE 17 OR 18, HOWEVER MANY IT IS, ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE VILLAGE, UH, AT SOME LATER POINT.
SO FOR ME, I, I'M NOT SEEING THE RELEVANCE OF THOSE COMMENTS TO THIS DOCUMENT, BUT MAYBE OTHERS HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THE DOCUMENT IS JUST MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AS A COMMUNITY AT THE ZONING THAT WE HAVE AND CONSIDER AS A COMMUNITY WHETHER IT CAN BE IMPROVED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S MAKING ANY VERY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES RIGHT AT THIS POINT.
BUT IT IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE SHOULD STUDY IT BECAUSE MANY OF THE PRESSURES THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IN THE, IN THE, IN SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE EMAILS ARE VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF JUST DIAGNOSING OR LIST DIAGNOSING OR LISTING SOME OF THE AILMENTS THAT THE VILLAGE IS FEELING.
AND, AND DANIELLE GOODMAN ALSO MENTIONED A LIST OF THEM THIS EVENING, AND I, MY TAKE ON IT IS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO FURTHER ANALYSIS TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY MAKING SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO SOLVE THOSE CONCERNS.
AND, AND THEN I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT MADE BY KATHY SULLIVAN REGARDING, UM, REGARDING INCLUDING MORE SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS IN THE WATERFRONT SECTION.
I'VE READ THAT SECTION SO MANY TIMES AND I, I THINK IT'S THERE, BUT I TAKE YOUR POINT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF, UM, OF SEA LEVEL RISE.
AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE, AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS AN LWRP BEING CREATED, WHICH ADDRESSES, YOU KNOW, EXPLICITLY HAS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
SO THAT COULD BE THE REASON WHY THERE'S AN ABSENCE, BUT LET'S DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT ISSUE.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THAT.
I MEAN, I MEAN, EVEN THE DEC GIVES GUIDANCE ON SEA LEVEL RISE, AND IF YOU READ IT, IT SAYS IT COULD BE SIX INCHES OR IT COULD BE SIX FEET.
YEAH, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED IT THROUGHOUT SEVERAL MEETINGS ALSO, ESPECIALLY THE CONCERN THAT THE LACK OF, UH, TALK FROM MTA ON IT.
WE, UH, WE CONTINUED TO PUSH AND PUSH AND THEN, AND JUST UNTIL RECENTLY THEY STARTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE IT, ACKNOWLEDGE IT ON THEIR END AS WELL, WHICH IS COMFORTING FINALLY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SILENT ON IT AS WELL.
BUT THERE WAS OVER SEVERAL MEETINGS WE DISCUSSED THAT MAJOR CONCERN, UH, OF HAVING TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO, UM, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD FLAG OR THAT I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T NOTED.
I, I WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, OUR ATTORNEY DID INCORPORATE LANGUAGE INTO VARIOUS PAGES OF THE DOCUMENT TO ADDRESS PLANNING BOARD CONCERNS.
UM, SO I HOPE YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT AND TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND TO EVA ALLERGAN'S POINT ABOUT THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY, THAT'S SOMETHING I ALSO FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT.
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IT'S THERE.SO IT COULD BE THAT THERE'S A PERCEPTION ISSUE IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S THERE OR NOT.
AND I THINK PARTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT NEEDS TO BE IN OTHER SEC SECTIONS.
CERTAINLY IN IN THE INTRODUCTORY FRAMEWORK SECTION, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THERE.
SOME OF THE PLACES IT MIGHT NOT MAKE AS MUCH SENSE TO INCLUDE IT, BUT, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
SO THAT WAS IN THE PLANNING BOARD'S COMMENTS AS WELL.
AND IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID, UM, THAT THAT WAS IN SORT OF, AND THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO SORT OF COMMENTED ON, ON MY REVISIONS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO IS THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT OR, OR MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES.
SO I CAN DO THE SAME THING AGAIN, TRY TO MARK UP PAGES AND CIRCULATE IT TO THE BOARD AGAIN SO THAT THE BOARD CAN SAY, NO, WE ALSO WANNA DO THIS OR, YOU KNOW, AGAINST.
AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT ALL TOGETHER, UM, AND THEN SEND IT BACK TO THE CONSULTANTS TO MAKE, UM, MAKE ALL THE REVISIONS.
AND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE PROCESS WISE, I ACTUALLY CURIOUS IS TO, IN A WAY IT'S TO DAVID SKOLNIK POINT ABOUT, UM, PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE AN ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THAT, AFTER THOSE REVISIONS? OR THAT IS FOR BOARD DISCUSSION? IT'S UP TO US.
OR COULD WE LEAVE THIS ONE OPEN? WE CAN STILL, WE COULD LEAVE THIS OPEN FOR ANOTHER MEETING IF WE WANT TO.
BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT IT'S EITHER PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED OR THEY A HUNDRED PERCENT APPROVE OR THEY ALREADY SENT THEIR LETTERS IN, OR IT WASN'T, UM, BROADCAST IN ENOUGH PLACES, CHANNELS, OR, UM, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE'S ATTENTION TO COME TO THIS MEETING.
I THINK ALSO THERE'S A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THERE ARE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED AT THE SAME TIME AS HOURS.
AND SO THAT I THINK IS A, SOMETIMES, AT LEAST FOR THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE CASE TONIGHT, BUT THAT HAS BEEN A CONFLICT.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, OUR MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED.
YOU KNOW, THE, OUR MEETINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO THIRD I, YOU KNOW, SORRY, FIRST AND THIRD.
YEAH, FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.
SO THAT'S, UH, DUNNO WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
UM, THERE, I MEAN, I, I JUST, UM, ADD TO THAT.
THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTARY DURING THE PROCESS THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS ENGAGED IN.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF WELL ATTENDED, UH, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON EVENTS.
AND THE SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT GOT OVER A THOUSAND RESPONSES.
YOU KNOW, UH, A LOT, YOU KNOW, FOR VILLAGE OF THIS SIZE.
AND OF COURSE THE MEETINGS WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE MONTHLY MEETINGS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION, BUT WE CAN, IF YOU LIKE, LEAVE IT OPEN.
DOES EVERYONE WANT TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR ANOTHER MONTH? UM, ANOTHER WEEK? ANOTHER, YEAH, I, I MEAN TO, UM, TO VILLAGE MANAGER'S POINT, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, PROVIDING INPUT THROUGH OUR WHOLE PROCESS, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
UM, BUT I ALSO THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHER, YOU KNOW, ISSUES OF PEOPLE NOT BEING, NOT, UH, HAVING COMMENTED ON THE FINAL COPY, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE LEAVING IT OPEN AND GIVING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE FURTHER FEEDBACK.
WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? WHY DON'T WE, UM, GET THE COMMENTS IN BY THE NEXT MEETING AND, UM, GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT DURING THAT MEETING IF THEY WANT TO.
BUT THEN KIND OF CLOSE THE MEETING IN THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY.
CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING IN THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY.
SO WE'LL HAVE IT OPEN FOR ONE MORE MEETING.
AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, SOME OF THE, YOU HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BEFORE THEN WE HAVE ONE OTHER MEETING MID-APRIL.
BUT THEN THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR I GUESS WE COULD IT OPEN FOR TWO MEETING.
IF YOU CLOSED IT AT THE 15TH, THEN IT WOULD BE CLOSED.
IF YOU CLOSED IT ON THE FIRST THING YOU'D HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING TWO MORE TIMES IS WHAT RIGHT.
THAT THEY'LL DETERMINE HOW MANY, HOW MANY MORE WEEKS DO YOU THINK PEOPLE NEED? I THINK IT'S JUST ONE MORE MEETING.
CLOSE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN ADOPT IT AT, AT THE MEETING IN MAY? I THINK SO.
'CAUSE GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME IT'S GOING TO TAKE, I JUST, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE CHANGES INCORPORATED BEFORE THAT.
I THINK THE, BUT I THINK PART OF WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WHAT THE DOCUMENT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE COMMENTS INCORPORATED.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING, I THINK.
SO I'M JUST NOT SURE IF THAT CAN ALL BE DONE IN TWO WEEKS.
WELL, YOU DON'T NEED TO ALSO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY.
WE CAN TRY TO GET IT DONE AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE BEFORE THE 15TH.
AND IF IT IS AND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THAT PEOPLE
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HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU CLOSE IT THAT NIGHT.IF NOT, YOU KEEP IT OPEN FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
AND CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO INCORPORATE WHAT THE BOARD HAS, UH, INDICATED TONIGHT.
SO WHY DON'T WE DO THAT AND THEN ASK MJ TO UPDATE IT INTO THE DOCUMENT YES.
SO THAT YOU HAVE IT IN, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO OUR EFFORT TO, OR LINDA'S EFFORT, REALLY.
UM, SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE IT RIGHT IN THE DOCUMENT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TIME BETWEEN THAT MEETING AND THE MAY MEETING MM-HMM
UH, TO, FOR PEOPLE TO SEE HOW THAT LOOKS.
I THINK YOU'RE AGREEING WITH ME.
SO FOR YOU GUYS, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE FOR THE NEXT DOCUMENT, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THE DOCUMENT IN TYPED, YOU KNOW, TYPED INTO THE, IF WE CAN GET IT DONE WITH THE CHANGES YEAH, YEAH.
WE'LL, WE'LL TRY IN TRACK CHANGES.
I JUST, I SEE MY NOTE RIGHT HERE SAYS HAVE CHANGES RED LINE.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL ASK THEM AS WE AS, AS WE GIVE THEM THESE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I THINK IT'S HARD FOR WE WILL ASK THEM DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME, THEY MUST, THEY, BECAUSE WHENEVER WE GET THE FORMATTING WORD, IT'S A FORMATTING THING WITH ALL THE PHOTOS AND EVERYTHING.
BUT ANYWAY, WE CAN CERTAINLY, WE WILL ASK THEM SOME, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME WAY THAT THEY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ACCENTUATE OR HIGHLIGHT THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO ARE WE GOOD ON THAT, EVERYONE? SO WE'LL LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
SO PLEASE STAY ENGAGED, ALL OF YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS TO BE ENGAGED AS WELL.
AND I MOTION SECOND? YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO, TO CONTINUE THE HEARING.
A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE HEARING.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.THIS IS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR MARCH 18TH, 2025.
ANY ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTIONS, ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
APPROVAL OF WARRANT GENERAL FUND AA $62,904 AND 43 CENTS CAPITAL FUND HH $4,642 AND 75 CENTS LIBRARY FUND LL $2,459 AND 40 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND TT $546 AND 33 CENTS.PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $3,354 AND 32 CENTS.
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY TOPIC? GO AHEAD.
UM, JUST WANTED TO ADVISE THE BOARD.
SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS.
WE HAD ANOTHER PRETTY BAD ACCIDENT ON WAR BURTON.
UM, SO, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO'S BEEN OUR LIAISON TO THE COUNTY SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY AND THEY SAID THERE WERE SOME OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNTY HAD FOR YOU ALL.
THE COUNTY WASN'T SPECIFIC WITH WHAT THAT MEANT.
WE ARE GONNA LEARN ON THURSDAY.
OKAY? APPARENTLY THEY ARE MEETING WITH US ON THURSDAY BECAUSE WE CONTACTED THEM AFTER THAT IN ADDITION TO THOUSANDS OF OTHER ATTEMPTS AT CONTACTING THEM.
SO, AND, AND THEN, UH, THIS TIME, THIS PARTICULAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ANTOINETTE'S ON THE POPULAR NOW PIZZA NIGHT.
AND IT INVOLVED SOMEONE WHO WAS PARKING THE BUS, COUNTY BUS CAME UP BEHIND THE CAR THAT WAS TRYING TO PARK AND HALTED, AND THE CAR BEHIND THE BUS DECIDED TO CROSS THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE PERSON WHO PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE WAS MAKING A U-TURN.
SO, AND THAT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON EXPERIENCE ON WARBURG.
AND SO THIS IS NOT SO MUCH THE CROSSWALKS, BUT IF THE SIGNS WERE UP, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT DOES CALL INTO QUESTION OUR ONGOING NEED FOR POLICING, NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE POLICE, THEY'RE THERE, BUT I THINK WE NEED THEM MORE BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS TRAFFIC CALMING LIKE PATROLS.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF AREA TO COVER, BUT IT'S, IT'S
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PRETTY BAD.AND FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS TO PARK ON WAR BURTON, I'M FOREVER HONKED, YOU KNOW, BLOWN PAST WHATEVER.
AND SOMETIMES SOME OF US HAVE TO OFFLOAD GROCERIES QUICKLY TO THE CURB.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE WALKING A MILE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO DOUBLE PARK AND THERE'S JUST AN INTOLERANCE.
THE COUNTY BUSES ARE ALWAYS GOOD.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR TIME IT COULD HAVE WRITTEN REALLY BAD.
SO ANY ATTENTION HELP YOU CAN GIVE US, WE APPRECIATE IT.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? UH, HI AGAIN.
DAVE SKOLNIK, 47 HILLSIDE, UH, 47 HILLSIDE.
I'M GONNA TRY TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT I NEVER CAN DO, WHICH IS GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF THINGS.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR ITEMS THAT I'M GOING TO REFER BACK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT I'M GONNA QUICKLY MENTION, UH, AND HOPE I CAN HEAR BACK FROM SOMEONE WITH REGARD TO THE LETTER I SENT EARLIER TODAY.
UH, THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO THE POLICE CHIEF, BUT I CC'D THE BOARD AND, UH, A FEW OTHERS ABOUT, UM, UH, MR. SOFTY AROUND THE, UH, SCHOOL.
AND I WOULD LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT INVOLVES, UH, LEGAL, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON THERE.
UM, OTHER WARBURTON, YOU ALREADY TOUCHED WAR BURTON CROSSWALKS.
I ALSO HAPPEN TO SPEAK TO, UM, DAVID, I MEMOIR'S, UM, OFFICE TODAY.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT SOMETHING CAN COME OF THAT, UM, ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
ONE DETAIL, UM, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO ACTUALLY HAVE PAGE NUMBERS ON THE APPENDIX.
YOU DO HAVE IT IN THE, UH, DOCUMENT ITSELF, BUT IF YOU'LL NOTE, TRYING TO FIND ANYTHING IN THE APPENDIX IS AN ABSURD AND FRUITLESS EFFORT BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS, THE DOC HAS THE PAGE NUMBERS FOR THE PARTICULAR DOCUMENT.
SO IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH MJ, I'M SURE THEY, THEY HAVE A WAY OF FIXING THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WERE, UH, RESPONDING TO DANIELLE ABOUT PRO HOUSING, I REALLY AM EMPHASIZING THAT YOU NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS, GIVEN THAT WHILE I WAS LISTENING, I WENT AND LOOKED AT PAGE, UM, 56 OF SECTION FIVE OF THE HOUSING SECTION OF THE PLAN.
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT PARTICULARLY GIVES ME CONFIDENCE ON, ON AT LEAST A COUPLE OF READING THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF ROOM FOR PUSHING FORWARD WITH, UM, EFFORTS THAT AREN'T QUITE WHAT, UH, VILLAGE OR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE IN MIND.
SO ALL I'M SAYING AT THIS POINT WITHOUT DETAIL IS IT NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT MORE.
UM, THIS IS THE OTHER THING YOU WERE CLEARLY, AND THIS CAME UP BEFORE BECAUSE I HAD ASKED THE VILLAGE CLERK ABOUT, AS SOME DOCUMENT THAT SHOWED WHERE YOU HAD DONE PREVIOUS CHANGES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN EACH CASE THE, THE COMMITTEE HAD THEIR DRAFT.
THERE'S NO WAY WITHOUT REREADING, UH, THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT TO KNOW WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, THIS TIME ROUND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND, UM, LEGAL, UH, LINDA ALSO SAID ABOUT MAKING CHANGES AND REVISIONS AND MARKING IT UP.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE, I DON'T WANNA SAY INCUMBENT, BUT IT WOULD BE CERTAINLY HELPFUL IF, UH, THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE OBVIOUS ENOUGH SO THAT ANYONE ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED CAN ALSO, THEIR ATTENTION CAN BE BROUGHT TO THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WHY EVALUATE WHAT THE CHANGES THAT YOU THOUGHT WERE NECESSARY TO MAKE, IF THERE'S A REASON, A LEGAL REASON WHY THAT CAN'T BE DONE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S NOT A LEGAL REASON.
WE SAID WE WERE GONNA NO, NO, NO.
YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DISTRIBUTE IT AMONGST YOURSELVES.
WE ACTUALLY SAID WE WERE GONNA DO A RED LINE VERSION OF IT.
SO WE'RE, I THINK GONNA DO THE DISTRIBUTE AMONGST OURSELVES IS TO GET THE COMMENTS STRAIGHT BEFORE WE SEND THEM TO MJ FOR THEM TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE DOCUMENT.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, I, I KNOW IT, RIGHT, BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN A RED LINE? WHAT DOES IT LINE? I'M GONNA ASK MJ TO PROVIDE A DOCUMENT THAT MARKS UP THE CHANGES SO THAT YOU, EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WAS CHANGED.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES FOR THEM IN TERMS OF THE SOFTWARE THEY USE BEFORE AS THEY MAKE THE CHANGES AS OPPOSED TO AFTER THE FACT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, THEY, THEY'VE HAD PROBLEMS DOING THAT.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REDLINE IT.
THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THEM.
IT'S GOTTA BE SOME WAY THEY CAN DO IT'LL.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, UNLESS I GET YET ANOTHER HARD COPY, HOW WOULD I, IF I'M INTERESTED, HOW WOULD I FIND THOSE CHANGES? IS, IS THERE A LISTING? WHY DON'T WE
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SEE IF IT CAN BE DONE IN THE WAY THAT WE THINK YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE DONE? AND IF IT ISN'T, WE WILL ADDRESS THE ISSUE SPECIFICALLY WITH YOU.WHAT ABOUT HER? SHE HASN'T ASKED FOR THAT SPECIFIC ATTENTION.
WELL, SO IF SHE DOES, SHE CAN GET IT AS WELL.
I'M JUST SUGGESTING THERE'S NO REASON THERE, THERE AREN'T, THERE'S A REASON THE SOFTWARE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.
HAVE AN INDEX, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE CHANGES, THEN YOU HAVE, OKAY, AND THIS PAGE, THIS WAS CHANGED OR, OR AT LEAST CITE THE PAGES WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE THAT GETS, IT COULD BE ALL THROUGH.
IN ANY CASE, WE'VE HEARD YOUR, YOUR REQUEST AND WE WILL ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS YOUR REQUEST.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? KATHY SULLIVAN 17 WILSON PLACE? I HADN'T, UH, KNOWN I'D HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, BUT I, I'VE BEEN LIKE MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS BEEN WATCHING THE SCHOOL BOARD PUT TOGETHER THEIR BUDGET AND BOND AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION, THERE'S A CHANGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO CENTRALIZE THE ENTRANCES TO THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE HIGH SCHOOL INTO ONE POINT.
SO KIDS WILL BE COMING AND GOING FROM A SINGLE ENTRANCE.
AND I WONDERED IF THE SCHOOL BOARD HAD IN THEIR SECRET PROCESS REACHED OUT TO THE VILLAGE TO SEE IF THERE WOULD BE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL CHANGE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AROUND THE SCHOOL.
I'M UNAWARE OF THEM HAVING REACHED OUT TO US.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? OKAY, MOVING
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS]
ON TO RESOLUTIONS.UH, THERE ARE MANY RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT, BUT I AM NOT GONNA READ THEM ALL.
WE WILL SUMMARIZE SOME OF THEM.
UM, 28 OF 25 ADOPTION OF BUDGET AND TAX RATE FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026 RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE 2025 TO 2026 PHILLIP BUDGET AS FOLLOWS, APPROPRIATIONS GENERAL FUND $19,319,312 LIBRARY FUND, $1,212,553 POOL FUND, $542,954 AND DRAPER FUND, $29,498 89, SORRY, 89.
THAT'S A DYSLEXIA MOMENT, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF $21,000,104 AND $104,308.
AND IN TERMS OF REVENUE PROPERTY TAX, $13,307,608.
IT'S REALLY DYSLEXIA, ISN'T IT? UM, UH, STATE AID $759,629 SALES TAX, $2,250,000.
OTHER $4,786,999 FOR A TOTAL OF 21 MILLION $104,308.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AT 5.3 3 4 9 2 3 PER THOUSAND.
29 OF 25 TAX WARRANT, UH, FOR 2025 TO 2026 RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE TAX WARRANT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, YOU MEAN? YEAH.
THIS IS NOT AN UNLISTED, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO THE YES.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
30 OF 25 APPROVAL OF NON-UNION SALARIES RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ESTABLISH THE FOLLOWING SALARIES FOR THE FOLLOWING NON-UNION PERSONNEL EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST, 2025.
CHIEF OF POLICE $188,833 VILLAGE CLERK TREASURER, $97,375 VILLAGE MANAGER'S ASSISTANT $56,375 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, $144,753
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BUILDING INSPECTOR 150,285 TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, DEPUTY TREASURER, $89,093.SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, $107,794 DIRECTS REVIEW SERVICES, $86,352.
COURT CLERK, $71,124 CABLE TV DIRECTOR, $52,905.
DEPUTY VILLAGE CLERK, $57,784.
ASSISTANT BUILDING INSPECTOR, $78,797.
SENIOR OFFICE ASSISTANT BI $69,075.
RECREATION ASSISTANT LO $65,031.
RECREATION ASSISTANT JS $48,748 SIX $46.
RECREATION LEADER, $50,000 STAFF, ASSISTANT ADMIN AND FINANCE.
ACCOUNTANT, $71,750 YOUTH ADVOCATE, $63,258 PART-TIME PERSONNEL FIRE INSPECTOR, $28,661.
VILLAGE HALL CLEANER IS $23 PER HOUR.
SANITATION WORKER FOR LITTER IS $17 AND 50 CENTS PER HOUR.
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE $22 AND 50 CENTS PER HOUR.
PARKING METER REPAIR IS $23 AND 82 CENTS HOUR.
RECREATION BUS DRIVER IS $24 AN HOUR.
OFFICE ASSISTANT IS $25 AN HOUR.
ASSISTANT COURT CLERK IS $22 AND 50 CENTS AN HOUR.
RECREATION ATTENDANT IS $16 AND 50 CENTS TO $18 AN HOUR.
PARKS DPW LABORER PART-TIME IS $16 AND 50 CENTS TO $19 AN HOUR.
SEASONAL IS $16 AND 50 CENTS TO $18 AN HOUR.
JUNIOR YOUTH AID IS $16 AND 50 CENTS AN HOUR.
THE CHAUFFEUR IS $25 AN HOUR AND THE CROSSING GUARD IS $30 AN HOUR.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A CHAUFFEUR.
IS THERE A MOTION?
31 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE, USE AND DISSEMINATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND HASTINGS AND HUDSON VILLAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE A USE AND DISSEMINATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON VILLAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ACCESS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA AS ATTACHED.
IS THERE MORE OF AN EXPLANATION THAT WE NEED THAN WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED? UM, NO.
IT'S OUR FINGER PRINTING CONTRACTS, I THINK.
IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S ALL MOVED.
32 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR USE OF THE METROPOLITAN REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM.
RESOLVED THAT THE MARIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR USE OF THE METROPOLITAN REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM AS ATTACHED.
AGAIN, THAT'S FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN? UM, JUST THAT IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE OUR POLICE, UM, IN THEIR ABILITIES TOO WHEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH OTHER, UH, AGENCIES TO COORDINATE ON THE RADIO.
33 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR USE OF THE MOBILE RADIO PROGRAM.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR USE OF THE MOBILE RADIO PROGRAM AS ATTACHED.
AGAIN, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN? JUST THAT THE COUNTY'S GONNA GIVE US THE RADIOS FOR FREE
34 OF OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM.
RESOLVED THAT THE VILLAGE BOARD OF
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TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS AND HUDSON DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE 2025 MOU WITH SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER INC.AND THE ASSOCIATED 2025 ESA SUBJECT TO RECEIVING A COMPLIANT OFFER AS DEFINED IN THE MOU AS REQUIRED TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE CCA PROGRAM.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THIS SETS US UP SO THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE THE DEAL, UH, AT A TIME THAT IS HOPEFULLY CONDUCIVE TO LOWER RATES.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, 35 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR 2025.
CURB INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT.
RESOLVE THAT THE MARIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR THE INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT OF CURBING AS ATTACHED.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? UM, NO.
THIS IS SORT WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR FOR, WITH, WITH THE OTHER VILLAGES? YEP.
SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF RESOLUTIONS, CAN WE, CAN I JUST READ OUT THE TITLE AND EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO READ THEM? I DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY READ OUT ALL THE DETAILS.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE, LINDA? MM-HMM
SO 36 OF 25 SUPPORT FOR THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE TO PASS A STRONG PACKAGING REDUCTION IN RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT.
SENATE BILL 1464, ASSEMBLY BILL 1749.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
IS THERE A ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
SECOND IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR.
37 OF 25 IS SUPPORT FOR THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS THE CLEAN DELIVERIES ACT.
SENATE BILL 1180 ASSEMBLY BILL 35 75.
AGAIN, YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
38 OF 25 ADOPTION OF CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2024 RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY'S ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR CL CALENDAR YEAR 2024 AS ATTACHED.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
ALSO, THANKS TO THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION, THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE, THE VILLAGE MANAGER, UM, FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, I THINK IT'S, UH, A NICE RECORD OF WHAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR, UM, AND FACTUAL.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'S CLEAR FOR EVERYONE.
UM, 39 OF 25 EARTH DAY PROCLAMATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND THE PROCLAMATION IS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2025, WHICH IS EARTH DAY.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
FORTI OF 25 IS THE ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN, UH, A ABODE FOUNDATION MEMBER OR A TREE CITY.
WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY FOR 40 YEARS, WHICH IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
UM, AND AOR DAY IS APRIL 25TH.
IT'S FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH THIS YEAR.
AND I BELIEVE TWO TREES ARE GONNA BE PLANTED IN ZZA PARK AS A IN CELEBRATION OF THIS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
AND THEN 41 OF 25 PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL AS NATIVE PLANT MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING EVERY YEAR.
IT'S SOMETHING, UM, QUITE LOVELY, UH, THAT WE GET TO DO.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
ON TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT.THE FIRST ITEM IS THE 2024 ANNUAL MS FOUR REPORT.
SO, UM, YOU MAY NOTICE THE REPORT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE A NEW MS FOUR REGULATIONS THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE WITH THIS YEAR.
UM, STILL HAVE THE SIX MINIMUM MEASURES THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD BEFORE, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF STEPS AND THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, UH, NEW PLAN THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO IMPLEMENT BEFORE.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES BEING MAPPING REALLY OF OUR STORM WATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, PIPE SIZES AND, UH, ALL OF THOSE DETAILS WHICH WERE,
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WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY, UH, OF OUR OWN VOLITION ARE DOING.SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO COMPLIANCE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO REALLY, UM, GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR CLERK TREASURER ANTHONY CONSTANTINE, WHO HAS, UM, BEEN, UH, THE MOVING FORCE BEHIND GETTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANTHONY FOR THAT.
UH, OF COURSE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR, UH, BUILDING INSPECTOR AND ALSO OUR DPW SUPERINTENDENT, UM, BUT WE DO, WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK CUT OUT FOR US OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND, UM, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY ALSO WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO ACCOMPLISH THE, UM, THE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT THE MS FOUR, UH, REGULATIONS, UH, REQUIRE.
UM, ALL OF OUR OWN, UM, EXCUSE ME, UM, PROPERTIES WILL ALSO HAVE TO HAVE, UM, STORMWATER PREVENTION, POLLUTION PREVENTION PLANS OF THEIR OWN.
SO, UH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WILL, WILL THE SCHOOL ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SAME MEASURES? THEY ARE, ARE NOT, I, I SCHOOLS ARE MS FOURS? YES, THEY ARE.
THEY WILL, THEY WILL, THEY ARE MS FOURS AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, UH, THAT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT AND ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL POST IT ON THE WEBSITE AND EVERYTHING, WHICH WE DO EVERY YEAR.
DO, DO WE, CAN WE REQUEST THE SCHOOL'S MS FOUR PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN COORDINATION WITH OURS? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS TO BE IN COORDINATION WITH OURS, BUT I'M SURE THAT IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE REQUESTED, BUT THEIR WATER IS LEAVING THEIR PROPERTY AND ENTERING VILLAGE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY REQUEST, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
THEIR, THEIR RAMS FOUR PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? UH, KEEP US APPRISED OF WHETHER THIS ENDS UP BEING MORE OF A BURDEN.
OH, THIS YEAR I THINK IT, I THINK IT PROBABLY WILL BE, BUT, UM, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO SORT OF LET THE STATE KNOW WHEN IT, IT, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GOOD.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S DOING SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD LET THE STATE KNOW WHEN THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS CREATE A BURDEN, AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AS THEY SAY.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH WE ARE ALL PREPARED FOR THIS TIME.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, INTRODUCE IT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE CAN, UM, TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, THE PLAN BASICALLY IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITIES AND PURCHASING OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, UH, FROM 2025 TO 2030.
UH, AS YOU GET FURTHER OUT IN THE PLAN, UM, OBVIOUSLY THINGS CAN, ARE MORE LIKELY TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE THAN THINGS THAT ARE IN NEARER TERM IN THE PLAN.
UH, IT DRAWS ON FUNDS FROM ASSIGNED CAPITAL ASSIGNED PARKS, CAPITAL FUND, UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE GRANTS, AND FINANCING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UH, VILLAGE'S DEBT POLICY.
UH, IT RECOMMENDS THAT THE BOARD TRANSFER FUNDS FROM UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO ASSIGNED CAPITAL AND AMOUNT OF $900,000 AND ASSIGNED PARKS CAPITAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $325,000.
AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, WHICH MAY POTENTIALLY GENERATE RECREATION FEES IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE, UM, AS, AS THOSE PLANS DO COME TO FRUITION AND WE RECEIVE THOSE FEES.
UH, WE'RE NOT, UM, AS WE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS, AS THE YEARS GO BY AND WE, WHEN, AND WE LOOK AT, UH, THE CAPITAL PLAN AS WE'LL DO ANNUALLY, UM, WE WILL STILL, EVEN WITH THOSE TRANSFERS TO ASSIGNED CAPITAL, HAVE A, UH, HEALTHY FUND BALANCE, UM, AND, UH, WILL BE WELL WITHIN OUR, UH, POLICY WITH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, FUND BALANCE ISSUES.
DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE THIS IS? THREE 20%.
IT'S 20% AND OUR POLICY SAYS 10%, I THINK AT MINIMUM.
UM, SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REMIND EVERYBODY THAT PRIOR TO FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, CAPITAL EXPENSES ARE BEING FUNDED WITH ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE TO THE EXTENT NOT COVERED BY OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.
UH, WE HAD, UM, UH, BACK IN 21, 22, WE HAD BONDED, UH,
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AND WE HAD BONDED AT A TIME WHEN RATES WERE EXTREMELY LOW AND WE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BOND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL WE, UNTIL AN, UH, OTHER OF OUR EXISTING BONDS WERE PAID DOWN.UH, THAT WILL BEGIN TO HAPPEN, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR COMING AND IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, SO MY RECOMMENDATION IN MANY INSTANCES IS THAT WE DO BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE FOR SOME OF THE CAPITAL EXPENSES AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE MARKETS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE IN A LOT OF, UH, UNCERTAINTY.
IF I HEAR THE WORD UNCERTAINTY ONE MORE TIME ON, ON THE NEWS, I THINK I'M GONNA, WELL, I WON'T SAY WHAT I'M GONNA DO
UM, BUT, UM, WE'LL WE, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO TRANSITION INTO LONG TERM DEBT.
UM, THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL CLAN PLAN ACTUALLY INCLUDES 31,000 MILLION AND 30, SORRY, 31 MILLION AND CHANGE IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, OF VARYING OF VARYING TYPES, UM, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE SIDEWALKS AND STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS, UH, CHARGING STATIONS, UM, THE LIBRARY, LIBRARY, SOLAR ON THE ROOF.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS.
I'VE INCLUDED THINGS THAT ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.
MOST OF THESE GRANTS ARE ALSO, UM, REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE MONEY IN OUR POCKET TO PAY IT BEFORE THEY PAY US BACK.
UH, AND ALSO, UM, UH, SOMETIMES THERE ARE MANY TIMES THERE ARE MATCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO GRANTS.
SO WE HAVE TO FUND THAT, UH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR OWN DOLLARS OF COURSE.
UM, A LOT OF WORK IN THIS BUILDING.
ROOF, ROOF REPLACEMENT AND, UH, WINDOW RESTORATION BEING TWO OF THE, UM, PROMINENT ONES.
UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT CERTAIN SAFETY AND SECURITY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VERY NEAR TERM.
UM, IT RECOMMENDS US THINGS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING CARS, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION UPGRADES, SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, PARKS AND RECREATION INCLUDE THINGS LIKE REC, UH, ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE JHCC EQUIPMENT AND OTHER, UH, RECREATIONAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS OR NEW, EVEN NEW, NEW NEW TYPES OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS FOCUSED, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON PAVING AND CURBING, UM, AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT.
WE, UH, ALREADY AUTHORIZED THE BOARD ALREADY AUTHORIZED THE SANITATION VEHICLES AND IN THE, IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, YOU'LL FIND A FRONT LOADER, UM, SOME, UH, ROOF RESTORATION OF THE DPW GARAGE.
THE POTENTIAL FOR A NEW SALT SHED IS, UM, IS IN THE, IS IN THE PLAN AS WELL.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS NEED FOR CHIEF'S VEHICLES AN AMBULANCE, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY FUNDED.
UM, MAYOR ARMACOST WAS ABLE TO SECURE A GRANT FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR US FROM, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, SENATOR COUSINS AND, UH, ALSO A, UH, FIRE TRUCK PUMPER TRUCK, AND THEN THE LIBRARY.
WE ACTUALLY, BUT I DIDN'T SECURE A GRANT FOR A PUMPER TRUCK.
I'M SORRY THAT, THAT THE FIRE, THE PUMPER TRUCK IS ALSO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE, IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE DID A COMPLETE THE EXTERIOR RESTORATIONS AND IN, JUST IN THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND, UM, UH, THERE ARE SOME PLANS FOR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS IN FUTURE YEARS.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A GENERAL, UM, EXPLANATION OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE HERE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS, UH, ANY OF THE DETAILS.
IF I CAN READ THESE TINY LITTLE PRINTED DOCUMENTS HERE, WHICH ARE, MIGHT BE EASIER TO LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.
BUT, UM, I MEAN, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE OR COMMENTS? NO, THIS IS GREAT.
FOR ME, FOR ME IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
I THINK IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO NOTE THAT THE AMOUNT AFTER MAKING THOSE TRANSFERS, THE AMOUNT THAT'S LEFT IS 3.7 MM-HMM
AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE, UM, MATCHES ARE ASSUMED SO THAT EVERYONE IS CLUED IN.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE, UM, WE GONNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE MATCHES AND IT'S ALSO THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, PAY UP FRONT BEFORE WE GET REIMBURSED.
WE ALMOST HAD A, UH, CELEBRATION TODAY WHEN WE GOT REIMBURSED FOR THE, UM, COMP PLAN.
SO THERE'S A CASH FLOW ISSUE THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FRONT LOAD, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO FRONT LOAD SOME OF THE PAYMENTS BEFORE WE GET REIMBURSED.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL PLAN, UM, HAS TO BE
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REPRESENTED EACH YEAR BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS SHIFT.SO THERE ARE GRANTS THAT GET DENIED.
SO MONEY WE'VE HELD ASIDE FOR A MATCH, UM, ALTHOUGH THAT ACTUALLY HASN'T HAPPENED THAT MUCH
THAT IT MIGHT BE GOING FORWARD.
BUT, UM, SO THE MONEY'S FUNGIBLE.
IT SOMETIMES HAS TO SHIFT FROM ONE PROJECT TO ANOTHER.
AND SO WE NEED TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE CAPITAL PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE FUNDING IS, UH, THERE FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE SAY WE WANNA DO.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS IT CLEAR HOW IT WORKS TO EVERYONE? YEAH.
UM, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, RAISE WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, WELL, WITH THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC REALLY.
AND, UM, I THINK, MAYOR, YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED IT BEFORE TOO.
WE DID GET A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE TODAY.
I, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
SO, SO YOU DON'T, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END.
'CAUSE I, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I WANNA, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT NOW? UM, IT'S WHATEVER YOU PREFER.
SO WHY DON'T WE TALK ABOUT IT NOW AND, UM, REALLY JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE, THE CON EDISON RATE CASE IS MOVING FORWARD.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR LETTER AND I'LL EXPLAIN THE KIND OF BACK CONTEXT OF WHERE EVERYONE IS.
UM, I WOULD JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE, AS I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW, OF $1.6 BILLION, WHICH IS AN 18% INCREASE IN BASE DELIVERY REVENUES FOR ELECTRICITY.
AND IN NATURAL GAS DELIVERY REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY 440 MILLION REVENUE INCREASE, WHICH IS A 25.1% INCREASE IN BASE DELIVERY REVENUES.
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE PSC ON APRIL 8TH AND APRIL 9TH.
THEY'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SERIES OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC STATEMENT HEARINGS.
YOU CAN EITHER PHONE IN OR, UH, YOU KNOW, GO IN ON YOUR COMPUTER ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, THEY, THERE'S GONNA BE TWO SESSIONS.
WE'LL, WE'LL SEND THIS OUT IN A, IN AN EMAIL TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ON APRIL 8TH.
EIGHTH OR APRIL 9TH AT ONE O'CLOCK AND 5:30 PM YOU HAVE TO REGISTER.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK EITHER ELECTRONICALLY, IF YOU WANNA DO IT BY PHONE, THERE'S A WAY OF OF SIGNING UP BY PHONE AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE HEARINGS WITHOUT MAKING A STATEMENT BY JUST BY CALLING A PARTICULAR NUMBER.
UM, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS, BUT THOSE WON'T BE, UM, UH, WORD FOR WORD TRANSLATED TO, TO THE COMMISSION.
THEY'LL BE SUMMARIZED, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION.
AND YOU CAN INTERNET OR REGULAR MAIL, UH, COMMENTS IN.
UM, AND, UH, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PHONE NUMBERS, UM, AND, AND PASSWORDS AND THINGS FOR GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
SO WE'LL SEND, WE'LL SEND SOME, I'M, I'M, WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, TRY TO CONSOLIDATE THIS A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE IT'S FOUR PAGES LONG SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE WAYS THAT THEY, THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE OP THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE WAYS THAT THEY CAN GET TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR'S GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT THE, THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS IN, IN THE COUNTY ARE DOING AS WELL.
SO I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A VERY NICE SEGUE.
UM, IT, IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR THE PSC TO HEAR FROM INDIVIDUALS.
AT THE SAME TIME, UM, ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES IN WESTCHESTER WHO HAVE SIGNED ON, WILL BE REPRESENTED BY JOEL DICTOR, WHO IS A ATTORNEY WHO IS A SPECIALIST IN UTILITIES LAW.
AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE.
WE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION THAT SAID WE WOULD, UM, CHIP IN UP TO $5,000 TO COVER THE LEGAL FEES.
AND I'M DELIGHTED TO REPORT THAT 29 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY APPROVED RESOLUTIONS TO JOIN THE CONSORTIUM.
UM, AND AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN MUNICIPALITIES SAID THEY'RE GONNA BE APPROVING, UM, RESOLUTIONS AT THEIR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
SO IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S 36 ALTOGETHER.
UM, AND THAT WOULD REDUCE THE COST FROM $5,000 EACH TO $2,778, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, SOME OTHERS MAY JOIN LATER.
UH, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, UH, IT WILL BE LESS THAN WE THOUGHT, AND WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATION BY SOMEONE WHO IS AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD.
AND, UH, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, I, I'LL BE THE POINT PERSON
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FOR THIS, FOR THE MUNICIPALITY, AND HE'S GONNA, THE OTHER MAYORS AND SUPERVISORS ARE GONNA BE IN THE SAME POSITION, AND HE'S GONNA REPORT TO US ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU.SO, UM, UH, HE'S GOING TO THIS WEEK, UM, HE'S GOING TO BE FILING WITH THE PSC TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL REPRESENTED BY HIM.
AND LATER IF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES JOIN, HE WILL, UM, HE WILL INCLUDE THEM AT THE POINT THAT THEY JOIN.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE FIGHTING ON OUR BEHALF.
I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME INCREASE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE THE KIND OF INCREASE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WE HEARD ORIGINALLY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND WE WILL GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO EVERYONE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? UM, JUST, I WOULD JUST ADD, UH, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE MAYOR'S, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT WHY WE NEED, WHY WE SHOULD HIRE THIS ATTORNEY IS THAT, UM, WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE BY CONED, THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE INPUT INTO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND RATES.
UM, PART OF WHAT HAPPENS IS WHO'S PAYING WHAT PART OF THE RATES.
IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, OKAY, EVERYONE'S GONNA PAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE WHAT, WHATEVER, WHAT IT WAS, $1.6 BILLION AND WE'RE GONNA SPREAD IT EVENLY OVER ALL THE KILOWATTS OUT THERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY DIFF, THERE ARE DIFFERENT RATES SET FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND CATEGORIES.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY AT THE TABLE WHO'S, UH, REPRESENTING YOUR CONSTITUENCY.
AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S AN ENTIRE COUNTY, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A MILLION PEOPLE, SO WE ACTUALLY MATTER, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
AND UP UNTIL NOW, WESTCHESTER HAS NEVER BEEN REPRESENTED IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT NEW YORK CITY MAKES A POINT OF HAVING, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, NEGOTIATING IN, IN ITS INTEREST.
SO I THINK THIS GIVES US A MORE SUBSTANTIVE MO MORE ROBUST SEAT, MORE COMFY SEAT AT THE TABLE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
[X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
UM, SHORT BOARD DISCUSSION, UH, HOPEFULLY, UM, THE FIRST THING IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE GREEN BUILDING CODE ACTUALLY GOT APPROVED.THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HAD TO WRITE TO THE PSC TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEY WERE IMPROVING DS DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
THAT'S DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO, UM, TO APPROVE, TO SEE WHETHER IT WAS GONNA BE APPROVED SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT.
AND THE, THE LETTERS THAT WE GOT BACK WERE WORDED IN SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE WAY.
WE COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS A YES OR A NO, BUT WE EVENTUALLY GOT A STRAIGHT YES, WE WERE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT.
SO, UM, THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR US.
THANKS TO TRUSTEE ALLGOOD, UH, TRUSTEE FLEISIG TO OUR BUILDING, INSPECTOR ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY TO OUR CONSULTANTS, NEWPORT VENTURES.
UM, EVERYONE DID A GREAT JOB, AND IT'S, UM, IT'S A REALLY CUTTING EDGE GREEN BUILDING CODE.
I THINK WE ALL FELT THAT OUR ORIGINAL BUILDING CODE IS CUTTING EDGE.
UM, BUT THIS ONE IS EVEN MORE CUTTING EDGE, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
UM, THEN TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT GRID REWARDS FOR 2025 IS KICKING IN NOW.
SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR GRID REWARDS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CHECK WITHIN THE LAST MONTH FOR WHATEVER AMOUNT IT WAS.
UM, UH, IF YOU ACTUALLY, UM, REDUCED YOUR ENERGY USAGE ON THE DAYS THAT YOU GOT PINGED LAST YEAR, UM, UH, AND IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP ALREADY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING, YOU'LL JUST CONTINUE TO BE ENROLLED THIS YEAR.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, DO EITHER BECAUSE YOU, YOU, UH, BELIEVE IN THE, UM, ISSUE OF NOT USING PIKA PLANTS, UM, FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, OR YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, GET A LITTLE BIT OF CASH AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO TAKE YOUR SPOUSE OUT TO DINNER OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO YOU CARE ABOUT, UM, NOW'S THE TIME TO SIGN UP.
SO, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, IF YOU HAVEN'T, IF YOU, IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, NOW'S THE TIME TO SIGN UP.
AND THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE END OF APRIL, THE LESS PERCENTAGE YOU GET BACK.
SO IF YOU SIGN UP NOW, YOU GET A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IF YOU SIGN UP CLOSE TO THE END OF APRIL, YOU'LL GET A SMALLER PERCENTAGE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS JUST A REMINDER.
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A FEW WEEKS AGO I ANNOUNCED THAT HASTINGS WAS ACCEPTED INTO BLOOMBERG'S YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND.THIS TIME WE'VE BEEN AWARDED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO ALL ELIGIBLE YOUTH ARE ENCOURAGED TO, UM, APPLY AND TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU HAVE TO BE 15 TO 24 YEARS OLD.
UM, AND, UM, THE AMOUNT YOU CAN REQUEST ARE A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO $5,000.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LET, WE'RE NOT GONNA ACCEPT ANY, UM, UH, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT ARE UNDER A THOUSAND.
WE ACTUALLY DID LAST TIME, OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WOULD CLUSTER THE, THE, THE SMALLER AMOUNTS TO TURN IT INTO AN AMOUNT, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING INDIVIDUAL, UM, INDIVIDUAL, UH, AWARDS, WHICH ACTUALLY CREATED QUITE A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK ON OUR SIDE.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE, AT THE VERY LEAST, A THOUSAND AND UP TO 5,000.
UM, KID WHO WON LAST YEAR CAN APPLY AGAIN, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PROJECT SO THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE PROJECT THAT THEY'RE DOING IF IT FEELS DIFFERENT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU BUILT A GREENHOUSE AND YOU WANNA PUT SOLAR ON THE ROOF, THAT COUNTS AS A SEPARATE PROJECT.
BUT BUILDING ANOTHER GREENHOUSE SOMEWHERE ELSE IS THE SAME PROJECT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND WHAT ELSE THE SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE IN BY APRIL THE 11TH.
WE MAY EXTEND IT, BUT, UH, WE HOPE TO ANNOUNCE ON APRIL 22ND, WHICH IS EARTH DAY.
SO WE WANNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO THE, TO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
UM, AND ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO ANNOUNCE? UM, SO UPCOMING EVENTS ON FRIDAY, APRIL THE FOURTH, THERE'S TECH HELP AT THE LIBRARY ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH, THERE'S THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, ALSO THE RIVER TOWNS THRIFT ALSO EDWARD BEAR MILLER IS DOING ICONS, RECONSTRUCTING, HE'S GOING TO GIVE, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY HARD TO TELL WHAT HE'S DOING.
UM, ICONS, RECONSTRUCTED AND REPAINTED.
UM, I GUESS THAT'S AN EXHIBIT AND A TALK, UH, ON SATURDAY THE FIFTH FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, AND THEN ON SUNDAY THE SIXTH, THERE WILL BE A CELEBRATION OF THE TILLY GARAGE, WHICH IS TURNING THREE.
UM, UH, AND IT WILL BE HOPEFULLY WARM ENOUGH SO THAT THE GAR GARAGE CAN BE OPEN.
UM, ON SUNDAY, THE APRIL, APRIL 6TH, THERE WILL BE A, UM, A PRESENTATION BY CYNTHIA PAN, THE AUTHOR OF EXIT STRATEGIES, LIVING LESSONS FROM DYING PEOPLE.
THAT'S FROM TWO TO THREE 30 AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND THAT'S PROMOTED BY OUR, UH, SENIOR ADVOCATE.
UM, THE LIBRARY WILL BE PRESENTING STAN MACK, UM, WHO, UH, OFFERS TIME TRAVEL TO THE REAL NEW YORK CITY.
THAT WAS 1790, NOT 17, 19 74 TO 95 19 TIME TRAVEL, 1974, VERY SERIOUS.
1974 TO TO 75, HE WILL BE, UM, HE'LL BE DESCRIBING COMIC STRIPS FROM HIS NEW COLLECTION, AND THAT'S SUNDAY, APRIL 6TH AT 2:00 PM IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THERE'LL BE MORE TECH HELP ON SUNDAY, APRIL 6TH AT THE LIBRARY.
THERE WILL BE ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH LITTLE SAGE'S CHILDREN'S COOKING CLASSES.
THERE'LL BE A SENIOR TRIP TO THE EMPIRE CITY CASINO ON APRIL THE NINTH.
ALSO ON APRIL THE NINTH HASTINGS WAY COALITION WILL BE HOSTING AN EVENT ON, UM, THAT'S FROM SEVEN TO 8:30 PM UH, ON A WEDNESDAY, UM, ON, UM, UH, EMPOWERING FAMILIES, UM, CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE.
UM, AND THEN THE, THERE WILL BE A FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE ON, OH, I FORGOT APRIL THE 10TH IS HASTINGS SENIOR THURSDAY.
AGAIN, SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR SENIORS.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH IS FRIDAY NIGHT.
LIVE WORDS ON HUDSON WITH LOTS OF LOCAL AUTHORS.
UH, I THINK SOME, UM, PROMOTION OF THAT HAS ALREADY GONE OUT.
THE CLEANUP WEEKEND THIS YEAR WILL BE APRIL 12TH TO APRIL 13TH.
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EXTRAVAGANZA WILL BE APRIL 12TH.THE HASTINGS FLEA WILL BE APRIL 13TH.
AND APRIL 15TH WILL BE THE SENIOR MINDFULNESS DROP IN.
AND ON APRIL THE 17TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY, WILL BE THE SENIOR TRIP TO ARTHUR AVENUE.
AND THEN ON APRIL 19TH WILL BE THE HASTINGS FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF STUFF
SO THERE ARE EVEN A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THIS INCREDIBLE LIST.
SO I GUESS WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER A LOT IN APRIL.
UM, BUT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO'S ORGANIZED ALL OF THOSE EVENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM, OUR DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE, AND A LOT OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN, IN VARIOUS THINGS.
[XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.MONDAY, APRIL 7TH, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
CONFERENCE ROOM, TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH, CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING, 8:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM, THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
MEETING, 7:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING, 7:30 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
PLANNING BOARD, REGULAR MEETING, 7:30 PM VILLAGE HALL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
IS THERE A MOTION? DO WE NEED EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ANYTHING? NO, I DON'T.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVE SECOND.