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WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, JULY 15TH, 2025.[I. CALL TO ORDER]
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS APPOINTMENTS.
[IV. APPOINTMENTS]
FOR CHRISTINA LINO TO SERVE ON THE ETHICS BOARD.WE ARE GRATEFUL IN ADVANCE FOR HER SERVICE.
WE HOPE THAT THE ETHICS BOARD NEVER HAS TO MEET, BUT NONETHELESS, WE ARE VERY DELIGHTED THAT SHE HAS AGREED TO PLAY THAT IMPORTANT ROLE.
UM, MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THIS IS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR JUNE 17TH, 2025,
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
AND THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR JULY 1ST, 2025.[*A portion of this meeting is without audio/ video* ]
SO MOVED.THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND, AA $464,037
[VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
AND 11 CENTS, FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $5,146 AND 62 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $30,013 AND 5 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $48,706 AND 47 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $48,100 AND 30 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND, TT $4,748 AND 62 CENTS.PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $282 AND 69 CENTS PAYROLL FUND TT $3,598 AND 56 CENTS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? YOU GOT
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
MINE.I JUST, I JUST, UM, UH, PLEASE COME TO THE, AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MARGARET CARROLL FROM DAVID LANE.
I WANTED TO, BY TONIGHT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE CONCESSIONS AND COMPROMISE THAT YOU'VE REACHED ON THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS FOR, FOR ELECTRICAL.
I APPRECIATE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE DEVELOPER WITH THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK YOU DID A FINE JOB AND I CAME DOWN TO WATCH YOU OFFICIALLY PASS IT
AH, THAT'S VERY KIND OF YOU TO, UH, TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.
AND, UH, I THINK WE MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE SOMEONE ELSE ARRIVING WHO HAS ARRIVED AT THE EXACT MOMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? CAN I TAKE A MINUTE? 30 SECONDS.
GOOD EVENING, DAVID SKOLNIK 47 HILLSIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, USUALLY I WOULD BE, UH, MY USUAL SELF FLAGELLATING FOR NOT HAVING, UM, COME UP WITH A, AN OUTLINE AND A LIST OF THINGS I WAS GONNA SAY.
BUT, UH, I'M LETTING MYSELF OFF THE HOOK FOR THIS MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY, GIVEN THE DENSITY OF THIS AGENDA AND HOW MANY THINGS I ACTUALLY HAVE ISSUES WITH, THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO USE THREE MINUTES EFFECTIVELY.
SO, UM, I'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY.
I'M NOT GONNA DO THE USUAL OF HOLDING UP THIS AND THEN ONE OR THE OTHER.
BUT I THINK THE THING THAT, UH, STRUCK ME, BECAUSE IT WAS A FACEBOOK POST A LITTLE EARLIER THIS EVENING THAT, UH, ADDRESSED, UH, THE AGENDA IN PART AND SPECIFICALLY ON A COUP TWO OCCASIONS MENTIONED, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE DIRECTED AT BASICALLY AT MR. SOFTY.
AND I THINK MY BASIC QUESTION IS LOOKING AT ALL THOSE RESOLUTIONS, UM, AND EVEN THINGS THAT MIGHT BE NOT ON THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.
UM, IS THERE ANY SPACE, ASSUMING
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YOU APPROVE ALL OF THESE, IS THERE ANY SPACE SUBSEQUENT TO YOUR APPROVAL THAT THESE ITEMS, UH, COULD BE ACTUALLY PUT BEFORE THE BOARD AND FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION? BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE OF WHAT THE EXACT, UM, UH, RULES ARE, BUT IT SEEMS JUST ON THE FACE OF IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF VERY ACTIVE RESOLUTIONS BEING, UM, PASSED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY.UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHETHER ONCE YOU GO THROUGH AND APPROVE THESE, WHETHER WE PUT THESE ASIDE AND WE AS PUBLIC AND HAVE NO FURTHER INPUT ON THEM, BUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, MR. SOFTY.
UM, THAT'S, UM, THAT WOULD BE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO MR. SHA, THE RESOLUTION ABOUT, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.
THERE'S, UM, UH, 2 17, 7 A, UH, SEVEN, AND THEN, UM, UH, I THINK THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE THAT ADDRESSES NOISE, UM, THAT WOULD, AND BECAUSE, UH, I WAS UNPREPARED AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, UM, I COULDN'T REALLY, UM, ADDRESS IT EFFECTIVELY, BUT SINCE THIS BASICALLY, I HAVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS IS COMING FROM ME, THIS WHOLE ISSUE, UH, WAS PRECIPITATED BY MY FREQUENTLY CALLING, UH, THE POLICE BECAUSE WHAT I SAW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE SCHOOL WHEN THE TRUCK CAME AND EITHER PARKED IN WAYS THAT, UM, LEFT THE MOTOR RUNNING AND THE FUMES, AND ALSO EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, CREATED A SERIES OF SAFETY HAZARDS, UM, IT BOTHERS ME THAT YOUR APPROACH TO THIS, I'M GONNA FINISH THIS SENTENCE, THAT YOUR APPROACH TO THIS IS TO COME UP WITH YET MORE REGULATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ENFORCEABLE, BUT THAT REQUIRE THE POLICE OR SOME PERSON TO TAKE INITIATIVE AND AT THE SAME TIME, NOT LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE CASE OF THIS PROVISION FOR THE TRUCK, AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT MIGHT END UP BEING, UH, RECONSIDERED SO THAT IT COULD WORK SAFELY.
AND EFFECTIVELY SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WHATEVER IS WRITTEN HERE IS BECOMES THE NEW LAW, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOOK TO SEE YOU ADDRESS IN SOME WAY.
I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AT THAT POINT IN THE AGENDA, BUT THANK YOU.
AND THERE'S NO ONE ELSE HERE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE ITEMS BEFORE US.
AND SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTIONS.
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS]
AND THE FIRST RESOLUTION RELATES TO THE CONTINUING EDUCATION POLICY THAT IS 81 OF 25 ADOPTION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION POLICY.RESOLVE THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON CONTINUING EDUCATION POLICY AS ATTACHED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR, UM, IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE OFFER OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, AND HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS.
BUT VILLAGE MANAGER MERCY MURPHY, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT? SURE.
WE WERE, UH, REALLY CODIFYING SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS CODIFIED FOR THE, UH, REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES FOR THE NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.
OR NOT CODIFYING, BUT MAKING IT A FORMAL, UM, UH, POLICY.
AND THE POLICY IS BASICALLY TO ADVANCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT'S AN AMOUNT THAT'S, UH, AVAILABLE OF $5,000 ANNUALLY.
IT IS PRORATED AMONGST ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN HAVING IT.
IT'S NOT CUMULATIVE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
IT WOULD, AS I SAID, JUST BE DISTRIBUTED PROPORTIONALLY.
UH, IT CAN COVER REGISTRATION FEES, TUITION EXAMINATION CO, UH, CO COSTS FOR CREDITS, UH, OR A CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN AN ACCREDITED SCHOOL, UM, IN COURSES THAT HAVE A DIRECT RELATE OR INDIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND I, I MAKE THAT AN EVALUATION WHEN THEY PRESENT IT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE, WE BELIEVE IN, UH, CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORT IT.
SO IT'S COMPLETELY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
82 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH MALCOLM D MCDOUGALL, THE THIRD STUDIO'S, LLC FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ARTWORK IN DRAPER PARK.
RESOLVE THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MALCOLM D MCDOUGALL II STUDIO'S, LLC, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE SCULPTOR
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SCULPTURE RUM, RUM AT A LIGHTS, RUM LIGHTS.I'M NOT SURE HOW HE PRONOUNCES IT IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF DRAPER PARK.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD SOME, UH, CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT THIS FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER CHILDREN WOULD CLIMB ON THE SCULPTURE, BUT APPARENTLY THE SCULPTURE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN TO CLIMB ON IT.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT THAT CONCERN IS, UM, AND ACTUALLY IT'S VERY INTERESTING SCULPTURE.
I THINK IT WILL ATTRACT SMALL PEOPLE,
SO I THINK ART IS ALWAYS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
UM, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE ARTIST SAYS.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE ARTIST SAYS.
SO, UH, SO THIS IS REALLY JUST, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY IN A PERFECT PARK.
IT'S A, IT'S GOT IN A VERY LARGE SPACE, SO, UM, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S IN A LITTLE KIND OF CORNER OF THE PARK YEAH.
AND KIND OF A LITTLE SETASIDE AREA.
SO I, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA INTERFERE WITH THE OTHER USES, UM, THAT, THAT DRAPER PARK IS USED FOR.
AND I DID SPEAK WITH THE ARTIST AGAIN TODAY, AND HE'S NOT CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, CHILDREN PLAYING ON IT.
AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE CLEANING UP AFTER THEIR DOGS IN ANY EVENT.
SO WE'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT IT A BUNCH OF TIMES.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE?
83 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE.
LETTER OF COMMITMENT FOR MS FOUR MAPPING GRANT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF COMMITMENT TO THE VILLAGE OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, TO JOIN THE SLEEPY HOLLOW MAPPING CONSORTIUM IN APPLYING FOR A GRANT APPLICATION UNDER THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, NON NON-AGRICULTURAL, NON-POINT SOURCE PLANNING.
AND MS FOUR MAPPING GRANT, NPG PROGRAM, NPG, IS MUCH EASIER THAN THE ACTUAL NAME.
UM, BUT VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? THIS IS AN INVITATION BY ONE OF US SISTER COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT'S SORT OF COME UP RECENTLY.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE DEC REVISED THE MS FOUR PERMIT, UH, REQUIREMENTS LAST ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND, UH, ONE OF THOSE IS, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL MAPPING.
WE HAVE DONE OUR, THE FIRST, UH, SET OF MAPPING THAT WE DID IN CONNECTION WITH THE, OUR MS FOUR REQUIREMENTS, UH, PROBABLY 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO NOW.
UH, WE DID DO IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR OTHER, UH, MUNICIPALITIES SIMILAR TO THIS.
AND, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO, FIRST, IT'S NOT GONNA COST US ANY MONEY, IT'S GONNA COST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BY STAFF, PROBABLY MOSTLY, UM, UH, OUR, OUR CLERK TREASURER, COSTANTINI, AND MYSELF, UH, AND A LITTLE BIT FROM THE BUILDING, UH, INSPECTOR PERHAPS.
AND, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL, IT'LL ENHANCE THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON, UH, UNDER OUR RISK GRANT FOR THE ZR UH, WATERSHED AREA.
UH, SO, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, MAKES SENSE.
IT'S, IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR US AND IT'S ALSO A GREAT TOOL AND IT'S BEING PAID FOR BY A GRANT, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRIOR ITEM 82, UM, TWO FIVE, THAT THERE'S NO COST TO THE VILLAGE FOR THAT INSTALLATION.
I THINK THAT'S CLEAR IN THE CORRESPONDENCE TO US, BUT MIGHT NOT BE CLEAR TO, TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOTED.
84, UH, OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH HASTINGS ON HUDSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH REGARD TO THE SKATE PARK.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH REGARD TO THE DONATION OF LAND FOR THE SKATE PARK, SUBJECT TO VILLAGE ATTORNEY APPROVAL.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UH, THANKS TO OUR ATTORNEY AND VILLAGE MANAGER FOR GETTING ASKED TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN, UH, UM, NAIL THIS DOWN
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING, I THINK IT'S FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
I THINK EVERYONE'S SEEN THE AGREEMENT.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR, UNLESS I MISREAD IT, THAT THE SCHOOL STILL NEEDS TO VOTE ON IT NEXT YEAR.
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UH, NO, IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL, BUT THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO VOTE ON IT NEXT MAY.IT'S, WE'RE MAKING A GRANT APPLICATION AND THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE GRANT APPLICATION.
AND, UM, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL FOR ALSO EXPEDITING THEIR REVIEW OF THIS AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH, UH, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
THEY WORKED, UH, VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE EXPEDITIOUSLY SO THAT WE HAVE IT FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION.
AND, UM, IT IS, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE, THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT THE SCHOOL HAS, UH, INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD DONATE TO THE, THE VILLAGE FOR, FOR THE SKATE PARK.
SO WE, WE DID HAVE A, A TIMING ISSUE BECAUSE WE NEEDED THIS EXECUTED FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MET LAST NIGHT.
SO, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
85 OF 25 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SKATE PARK GRANT APPLICATION, WHEREAS THE VILLAGE DESIRES TO ADVANCE THE SKATE PARK PROJECT BY SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND GRANT THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS DESIGNATED 150,000 IN THE ASSIGNED PARKS CAPITAL FUND BALANCE TOWARDS THE LOCAL MATCH, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE GRANT APPLICATION AND COMMIT $150,000 LOCAL MATCH FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WILL SUPPORT THE GRANT APPLICATION.
SO I THINK IT'S SHOULD NOT BE NEWS TO ANYONE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED TO DO.
UM, BUT THAT HAVING THIS WILL, UM, RADICALLY ENHANCE THE, THE GRANT PROPOSAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND IF WE YEAH.
IF WE DON'T GET THIS GRANT, IS THIS COMMITMENT, DOES IT REMAIN A COMMITMENT FOR FUTURE GRANTS? OR IS THIS COMMITMENT OF 150,000? IT'S FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT APPLICATION? WELL, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER GRANT THAT COMES UNDER THAT, I GUESS IT COULD BE USED FOR THAT, BUT IT'S PRETTY PRECISE, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT COULD BE USED IN ANOTHER CONTEXT.
BUT WE DID MAKE THE COMMITMENT IN CAPITAL PLAN.
YEAH, WE COMMITTED THE 150,000 IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
SO WHETHER IT'S FOR THIS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE PLAN, LIKE A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
86 OF 25 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RAVENSDALE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION, WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON HEREBY REQUESTS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED 1 MILLION $156,895 OF MATCHING FUNDS FROM GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE AND VILLAGE TREASURER TO ACT ON ITS BEHALF IN SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION FOR $1,156,894 TO BE USED FOR THE RAVENSDALE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
AND I THINK YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF THIS PROJECT.
IT'S ABOUT IMPROVING, RADICALLY IMPROVING THE SIDEWALK THAT RUNS DOWN RAVENSDALE LINKING ROSEDALE TO THE, UM, TO THE RAVENSDALE BRIDGE AND ACTUALLY EXTENDING DOWN FURTHER, UH, ALONG NINE A, UM, WELL, AND LINKING FARGATE AND LINK.
BIKE, BIKE PATH TWO AND BIKE PARK AS WELL.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S IN OUR BIKE, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE, UM, MASTER PLAN.
IT'S IN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, INCLUDING THE SAFETY COUNCIL.
SO I THINK THIS IS WELL SUPPORTED AND WE RECEIVED MANY, MANY VERY ENTHUSIASTIC LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
I SHOULD SAY WE ALSO DID FOR THE SKATE PARK PROJECT, YOU COULD ADD THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, INTO THE SKATE PARK SECTION.
I'M SORRY THAT I'M ADDING BITS AND PIECES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S VERY POPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S ONE LETTER I THINK WAS SIGNED BY 15 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UM, UH, IN, IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT, UH, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT MATCH AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TO THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A COMPLETE STREETS GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, I'M LOOKING AT WITH FIONA, OUR, OUR GRANT WRITER.
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UM, UH, SHE FEELS THAT, UH, IT'S A GOOD CANDIDATE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO FOR THIS PROJECT.SO WE'LL BE LOOKING, IT WOULD, IT COULD PROVIDE POTENTIALLY MATCHING FUNDS.
SO JUST SO SO YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT THE, THE NUMBERS ARE JUST OFF BY $1? MM-HMM
CAN YOU JUST MATCH? ONE IS THE APPLICATION AMOUNT, ONE IS THE MATCH AND THE OTHER IS THE MATCH.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS CORRECT.
THEY PROBABLY JUST DIDN'T WANNA PUT THE 50 CENTS
THEY NORMALLY DO THAT, BUT THAT'S TRUE.
SO, UM, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO, UM, AND TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TRUSTEE FLEISIG.
I KNOW YOU WERE VERY INVOLVED IN ADVOCATING FOR THIS PRO PROJECT FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
SO SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU AS WELL FOR THIS.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
87 OF 25 NEGATIVE DECLARATION FARGATE PARKWAY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT RESOLVED THAT PURSUANT TO PART 6 1 7 OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CONSERVATION LAW.
THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS UNDERTAKING A COORDINATED REVIEW FOR THIS UNLISTED ACTION AND CIRCULATED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO ACT AS LEAD AGENCY AND 30 DAYS HAVE PASSED WITH NO OBJECTION.
AND THEREFORE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS CONFIRMED AS THE LEAD AGENCY AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS LEAD AGENCY HEREBY ADOPTS THE EAF PART TWO AND PART THREE ATTACHED AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS LEAD AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED UNLISTED ACTION WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REASONS ENUMERATED IN THE ATTACHED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FORM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
IT'S A, IT'S A REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF PROJECTS OF THIS TYPE, AND I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD? I THINK IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
UM, ANY, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
88 OF 25 ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAW E OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 2 1 7 DASH SEVEN A PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PERMITTING NOISES OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO UPDATE HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION.
RESOLVED THAT THE MERRIEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ADOPT PROPOSED LOCAL LAW E OF 2025.
SECTION 2 1 7 DASH SEVEN A PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PERMITTED NOISES OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AS FOLLOWS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TO HEAR THIS.
UM, AND WE HAVE, UM, ADJUSTED THE HOURS, UH, SO THAT IT NOW, UH, UM, RUNS FROM 7:30 AM TO 6:30 PM PREVAILING TIME, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND 7:00 AM TO 5:00 PM PREVAIL.
NINE 9:00 AM SORRY, 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THAT'S WHAT JET LAG DOES TO YOU.
NO SOUND FROM CONSTRUCTION WORK SHALL BE PERMITTED ON SUNDAY OR ON THE FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS, NEW YEAR'S DAY, PRESIDENT'S DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY, AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE PERFORMANCE OF NECESSARY EMERGENCY REPAIRS OR HOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE OWNER.
THE NEXT SECTION IS THE SEVERABILITY SECTION.
AND THEN, UM, THE, THE LAST SECTION IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE, EFFECTIVE DATE.
UM, AND THIS 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 LAW.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK EVERYONE, UM, THE, THE RESIDENTS OF DAVID LANE.
PLEASE TAKE OUR THANKS BACK TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR CONCERN FOR RAISING THIS ISSUE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, THANKS TO OUR SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES FOR SHARING THEIR LAWS WITH US SO THAT WE COULD ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THEM, UM, TO OUR TRUSTEES FOR THEIR, UM, VIGILANCE ON THIS.
AND, UH, PARTICULARLY THINKING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF NECESSARY, UM, REPAIRS AND HOME CONSTRUCTION BY HOMEOWNERS SO THAT THIS LAW DOESN'T HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM WORKING ON THEIR HOMES.
SO THANK YOU TRUSTEE FLEISIG FOR THAT.
UM, AND I THINK IT WILL REALLY IMPROVE THINGS FOR AND PROTECT YOU GUYS.
SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? I HAVE ONE COMMENT, MAYOR.
UM, I JUST WANNA BRING UP THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S EMAIL THAT HE SENT US ON AFTER THE LAST MEETING ON JUNE 18TH, WHERE HE WAS ASKING
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IF WE WOULD RECONSIDER THE HOURS.UM, SO WE ARE PROPOSING SEVEN 30 TO SIX 30 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
HE'S RECOMMENDING SEVEN 30 TO SEVEN 30.
AND I, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THEN SATURDAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROPOSING NINE TO FIVE AND HE'S PROPOSING EIGHT TO SIX.
SO I, I DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT OUR SISTER VILLAGES AGAIN.
UH, AND I TALKED TO A FEW CONTRACTORS ABOUT THIS.
NOW, MOST CONTRACTORS, CONTRACTORS DO START EARLY.
MOST OF THEM FELT THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY TO EXTEND IT LATER THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND SEVEN 30 ACTUALLY SOUNDED REASONABLE TO THEM AS A START TIME.
THE ONLY PUSHBACK I GOT WAS THE NINE O'CLOCK START ON SATURDAY.
UM, SO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS ASKING FOR EIGHT.
IRVINGTON IS NINE ALSO, BUT DOBBS FERRY ACTUALLY STARTS AT SEVEN 30.
SO I'M, I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS UP TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD RECONSIDER THE START TIME ON SATURDAY FOR EIGHT.
I, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO PUSH THE, THE LATE HOURS LATER ONLY BECAUSE MOST CONTRACTORS START EARLY AND THEY'RE DONE BY THREE 30 OR FOUR.
BUT I DEFER TO THE, TO THE, TO THE ENTIRE BOARD ON THIS ONE, HONESTLY.
AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ALWAYS TRY IT.
AND THEN, AND THEN, YEAH, I THINK WE CAN.
BUT SO WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE THINK? I'M, I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN AND IF THAT'S CREATING UNDUE HARDSHIP, WE CAN ALSO CHANGE IT.
BUT, UH, WE CAN GO TRUSTEE FLEISIG ROUTE, WHICH IS TO, TO MAKE A CHANGE NOW.
I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD, I, I WOULD, UM, LOBBY FOR THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ON THIS ONE.
HE'S WORRIED THAT ONCE IT'S CHANGED, IT'LL TAKE TWO DECADES TO CHANGE IT AGAIN.
BUT I THINK, I MEAN, I THINK THE REASON FOR IT BEING 9:00 AM ON A SATURDAY IS THAT PEOPLE WANNA SLEEP IN ON A SATURDAY, IT'S THEIR WEEKEND AND IT'S THEIR TIME.
YOU KNOW, I WAKE UP VERY EARLY SO IT WOULDN'T AFFECT ME, BUT MY HUSBAND IS A PERSON WHO DOESN'T WAKE UP EARLY, SO HE'S, HE'S OF THE GROUP OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHO FITS INTO WHICH CATEGORY EARLY RISES OR LATE RISES.
BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S THE THOUGHT ON THE 9:00 AM ON THIS.
AND REMIND ME AGAIN WHAT OUR LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS FOR THAT.
I THINK THIS MATCHES OUR LEAF BLOWER, OR AT LEAST THIS IS AT THE TIME THAT WE DRAFTED IT, IT MATCHES OUR LEAF BLOWERS, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AT THE MOMENT.
SO LOOK IT UP TO, I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED IT UP BEFORE I ASKED THE QUESTION.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THIS MATCHES THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOT CHANGED SINCE WE DRAFTED IT, BUT I DIDN'T BRING THOSE NOTES WITH ME.
LEAF BLOWERS ARE NINE TO FIVE.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT ON SATURDAYS.
SO ANY THOUGHTS FROM ANYONE ELSE? I PREFER TO KEEP IT AS WE HAVE IT WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TRYING TO MAKE A NOTE OF, OF REACHING OUT TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR IN SOME PERIOD OF TIME AND CHECKING IN WITH HIM AND SEEING IF HE FEELS, YOU KNOW, IF HE'S COMING ACROSS ISSUES SO THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO COME TO US, BUT MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO HIM IN SOME, I DON'T THINK HE'S SHY.
BUT I MEAN, AT THE SAME TIME HAVE ANY ISSUES.
WELL, AT THE SAME TIME, I MEAN, IT CAN GO BOTH WAYS, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SHYNESS ISSUE THERE.
I THINK TRUSTEE MER HAS A NICE IDEA.
I THINK THAT IF WE, IF AT LEAST WE COULD AGREE ON A DATE THAT WE'RE GONNA CHECK IN WITH HIM.
I THINK IT WOULD BE SAFE TO SAY JUST ONE YEAR WE FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND SEE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HE'S GOTTEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.
THEN WE RECONSIDER AND REVISIT.
AND I THINK PROBABLY YOU COULD TAKE THAT TO DAVID LANE THAT IF THIS IS APPRECIATED, THAT WE COULD ALSO GET LOVE LETTERS ON THIS
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? NO, JUST THAT I, I I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT AS IT'S WRITTEN.
I THINK THAT THAT 11 HOURS IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR CONTRACTORS TO DO THEIR WORK ON WEEKEND.
I WAS READING THAT AS A, AS IT'S NINE HOURS.
I THINK THE ONLY AND THE EIGHT HOURS ON, ON THE WEEKEND, I THINK THAT'S ALSO FINE.
STARTING AT NINE I THINK WILL BE REASONABLE AND I JUST, I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT.
LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING, I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT.
AND TRUSTEE DRAKE? YEAH, I JUST, DID YOU SAY THAT? YEP.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? I JUST WANTED TO ASK, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE WE, ONCE WE PASS THIS, THAT IT GETS, THAT THE VILLAGE, UH, FINDS OUT ABOUT IT? SO THAT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S ONGOING PROJECTS OR, YOU KNOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN, IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, IT TAKES EFFECT WHEN, UM,
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IT'S BEEN FILED.SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN IT'S BEEN FILED.
AND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR I'M SURE WILL TELL PEOPLE IT WILL GO INTO THE CODE AND IT SHOULD GO UP ON THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S SITE, BUT WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE IT IN A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR RIGHT.
ANTHONY GETS THE, THE CLERK GETS THE LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE WHEN THE LOCAL LAWS ARE FILED SO THAT WE KNOW THE EFFECTIVE DATE SO HE CAN, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION.
I ALSO CHECK MORE FREQUENTLY TO SEE IF IT'S POSTED FIRST
THEY'LL POST IT ONLINE BEFORE THEY SEND US A LETTER SO I CAN PUT IT IN A MAYOR'S MESSAGE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW TO LOOK FOR IT AND THEN HE CAN SEND A NOTE OUT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEING ADOPTED.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
89 OF 25 SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW F OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 1 4 PEDALING, VENDING AND SOLICITING SECTION 2 1 4.
UH, 2 1 4 DASH EIGHT PROHIBITIONS TO PROHIBIT VEHICLES FROM STANDING ON CERTAIN VILLAGE ROADS.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST THE FIFTH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW F OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER TWO 14 PEDDLING VENDING AND SOLICITING SECTION 2 1 4 DASH EIGHT PROHIBITIONS TO PROHIBIT VEHICLES FROM STANDING ON CERTAIN VILLAGE ROADS.
SO THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT MR. SKOLNIK WAS RAISING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT IS COMING BEFORE THE LAW IS AT A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL, UM, WILL SERVE THAT PURPOSE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AS WE'RE SETTING IT UP, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE MOMENT FOR THE BOARD TO RAISE ANY ISSUES THAT IT HAS.
I SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT, UM, WHILE I THINK HIS CONCERNS WERE, UM, CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED, THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS RAISED BY BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN COMPETITION WITH THAT, UH, PARTICULAR BUSINESS, VEHICLE BASED BUSINESS.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE ENDED UP TALKING TO SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, I THINK SPECIFICALLY TARRYTOWN, WAS IT TARRYTOWN? UH, THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT WE RECEIVED THEIR, THEIR, UM, LAWS FROM TARRYTOWN, I THINK ELMSFORD AND DOBBS MAYBE, YEAH, TWO OR THREE.
SO AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE COORDINATED WITH SYSTEM MUNICIPALITIES TO SEE HOW THEY HANDLE IT AND HOW THEY PROTECT LOCAL BUSINESSES WHILE ALSO ALLOWING BUSINESSES THAT ARE VEHICLE BASED TO, TO DO THEIR BUSINESS IN, IN THE VILLAGE.
SO ARE IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME UP IN RELATION TO THE WAY THE LAW IS DRAFTED FOR ANY OF YOU RIGHT NOW? OR DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER IT? PERHAPS? I JUST WANNA, BECAUSE WE, WE DID HAVE SOME, QUITE, QUITE A DISCUSSION ON THIS AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO IN ADDITION, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS WHEN TRUSTEE ALLGOOD WAS MAYOR
SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO ADDING, UM, THE NEW SUBSECTION J THAT LISTS THOSE SPECIFIC STREETS THAT WE DISCUSSED WHERE THEY CAN'T STAND, WE ALSO ADDED PLAY AMPLIFIED MUSIC INTO, UM, SUBSECTION B.
AND WE ADDED AT THE END OF SUBSECTION C THAT AFTER 10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE MUST BE MOVED A MINIMUM OF 200 FEET.
SO THAT'S THE SECTION THAT SAYS THEY CAN ONLY STAND IN ONE PLACE FOR 10 MINUTES.
SO, UM, AND SOMEBODY SAID THEN WHAT DO THEY DO? MOVE FIVE FEET.
SO
THAT'S LIKE ONE SHORT CITY BLOCK IN NEW YORK CITY, BUT IT'S MAKING THEM MOVE.
IT'S, AND REMEMBER AGAIN, THEY CAN'T STAND AT ALL IN THE, IN, IN THE DOWNTOWN, IN THE DOWNTOWN, IN THE OTHER BUSINESS AREAS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO STAND ANYWHERE.
I THOUGHT THE NON, THE NO IDLING LAW MEANS THEY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE RUNNING THEIR MOTOR FOR MORE THAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER IT'S 30 SECONDS OR A MINUTE.
SO I WOULD, THEY COULD TECHNICALLY TURN OFF.
I MEAN, THEY COULD TURN IT OFF.
YEAH, BUT SO IS THAT STANDING OR PARKING ONCE IT'S, THEY COULD BE ELECTRIC AND THE ANTI IDLING LAW FOR LIKE REFRIGERATION UNITS.
AND AND ALSO IT COULD BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, WASN'T TO STRICTLY PROHIBIT THE MUSIC.
IT WAS ONCE THEY WERE STOPPED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO STOP PLAYING THE MUSIC WHILE THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S A RITE OF PASSAGE GROWING UP IN A VILLAGE LIKE THIS, UH, THAT YOU HEAR THE ICE CREAM TRUCK COMING AND YOU RUN TO WHEREVER THE SOUND IS COMING FROM.
BUT I THINK WE HAD SAID ONCE THEY'RE STOPPED, 'CAUSE THAT BECOMES AN ANNOYANCE TO THE NEIGHBORS FOR 10 MINUTES OF REPETITIVE
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MUSIC PLAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.I MEAN, SO THE REST OF THAT SENTENCE WAS ALREADY AS IT IS, WHAT WE ADDED WAS PLAY AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
WE CAN ADD PLAY AMPLIFIED MUSIC WHEN STAND STOPPED OR STANDING.
AND THEN I THINK I JUST WANT TO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FERGET AVENUE FROM RAVENSDALE TO GREEN STREET.
UM, BUT THAT'S, SO IT'S NOT ADDRESSING THE AREA AROUND THE SCHOOL.
SO I WAS GONNA ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ABOUT MOUNT HOPE THE SCHOOL IS ALREADY PROHIBITED, UH, DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
THAT'S ALREADY IN THE CODE WHERE? OH, IS IT NOT, BUT JUST NOT ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CHANGING IT.
OH, THESE ARE ONLY THE CHANGES.
SO IT'S IN THIS, IT'S ALL THREE TO TWO.
AND THE LOUDNESS OF THE HORN OR AMPLIFIED MUSIC IS COVERED ELSEWHERE IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE NOISE SECTION.
OBJECT TO THE STAND TO THE, TO THE DECIBEL HERE.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE, UM, SELL ANY CONFECTIONARY ICE CREAM OR OTHER EDIBLES WITHIN 250 FEET OF ANY SCHOOL, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM AND 4:00 PM ON SCHOOL DAYS IS ALREADY THERE.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER, IT'S AGAIN AN H AND YEAH, SO I SAID, AND THEN IT'S REPEATED PERMIT OR SUFFER ANY VEHICLE TO STAND OR REMAIN WITHIN 500 FEET OF ANY GROUNDS OCCUPIED BY A SCHOOL DURING SCHOOL HOURS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION D, ABOVE WHICH IS THE OTHER ONE I JUST READ.
UM, OR WITHIN 100 FEET OF ANY STREET INTERSECTION.
UM, I WASN'T PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, BUT DID YOU TALK ABOUT PENALTIES? WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR FOR NOT DOING THIS? UM, ISN'T PENALTY? THERE IS A SECTION.
SO YEAH, BUT CAN WE JUST SEE WHAT IT IS? BECAUSE IF THE PANEL, IT'S $200.
ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISIONING, HER UNDER UPON CONVICTION BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF, OF NOT MORE THAN $200.
AND EACH DAY ON WHICH SUCH VIOLATION CONTINUES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE PENALTIES.
WE CAN ALSO REVOKE THE LICENSE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS REVOKE THE LICENSE IS ALSO A DISORDERLY CODE.
YOU CAN REVOKE THE LICENSE FOR ANY ACTION THAT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGER PENALTY TO THEM.
I MEAN, IF THEY KEEP DOING IT DAY AFTER DAY, THAT ADDS UP TO MONEY AS WELL.
SO OTHER THAN ADDING WHEN STOPPED OR STANDING, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT WE WANT TO THIS BEFORE IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UM, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL WHEN IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S, AND MAYBE YOU WERE GONNA DO THIS, UM, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD, BUT LIKE HAVE THE, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THE RED LINE, LIKE, JUST SO, BECAUSE I DON'T, OR JUST AT LEAST HAVE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY IN EXISTENCE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN THE LAW WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY CREATED THIS BEEN ONE.
WE CAN DO IT AS A, AS A RED LINE.
IT'S, SOME OF US WEREN'T BORN THEN, RIGHT? SO, UM, WELL, SOME OF OUR WIVES, SO HUSBANDS WEREN'T BORN
JUST SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ARE WE READY TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO IF YOU COULD MAKE THOSE REVISIONS AND PROVIDE A RED LINE VERSION SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE CHANGES.
UM, ONLY THE ONE REVISION, RIGHT? RIGHT.
BUT YOU'RE, AND YOU'LL ALSO JUST RED LINE, PUT THE WHOLE CONTEXT AROUND THE, LIKE YOU'LL PUBLISH, YOU'LL PRINT.
YOU USUALLY ONLY INCLUDE THE SECTIONS THAT YOU'RE CHANGING.
WELL I'M, I WAS ONLY, I THINK JUST ON THE INTERNET THERE SHOULD BE A LINK TO THE ENTIRE LAW SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CLICKING ON IT CAN LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT GOES INTO THE AGENDA, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHEN PEOPLE WANNA COME AND COMMENT ON IT, THEY SHOULD READ IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WHOLE LAW.
ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE THINGS WE'RE NOT CHANGING, LIKE PENALTIES AND THE SCHOOL, WHICH, 'CAUSE I THINK THE WHOLE SCHOOL THING IS REALLY MOSTLY WHY THIS CAME ABOUT.
I, I KNOW THERE WAS A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT I THINK THE LINK WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO TO WHAT I WAS SAYING.
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WHEN PEOPLE ARE REFERRING TO IT THAT THEY DO KNOW IT ACTUALLY WAS IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1970 AND IT'S JUST NOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST MAKING, TWEAKING IT UPDATE CHANGES, THERE'S UPDATES TO IT.I THINK THERE'S A WAY OF SHARING THAT INFORMATION MM-HMM
WITH PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
I MEAN I REALLY THINK THE IMPETUS WAS FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND IT WAS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY PERHAPS, I THINK IT'S ABOUT A, A PARTICULAR VENDOR DOING ITS BUSINESS.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN THE VILLAGE ABOUT MUSIC AT THE LAST MEETING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL COMPLAINT THAT CAME ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL PROVISIONS ALREADY IN THE CODE.
BUT THEN THERE WAS THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUSINESSES AND THAT'S WHERE THE MANAGER INVESTIGATED AND FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES PROHIBITED IN THEIR DOWNTOWNS.
IT WAS, IT CAME UP IN OUR LAST VILLAGE COMMITTEE'S MEETING.
SO, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? CAN WE SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC MEETING? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
90 OF 25 AWARD, A BID CLEANING OF VARIOUS VILLAGE BUILDINGS.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE CLEANING OF VARIOUS VILLAGE BUIL BUILDINGS TO CROWN UNITED SERVICES LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,996 FOR YEAR ONE, 42,500 FOR YEAR TWO AND 45,000 FOR YEAR THREE TO BE AGREED UPON AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETIONS OF YEAR ONE AND TWO AND AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY.
CAN I JUST CHECK WHETHER IT'S SUPPOSED TO READ THAT THE AMOUNT OF 39,000 FOR YEAR ONE? DO THEY GUARANTEE TWO YEARS? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE? OR IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT AFTER YEAR ONE? THERE'S ALSO A REVIEW AFTER.
WELL, I MEAN THERE'S A CONSTANT REVIEW THAT WE DO, BUT IT WAS, I WAS WRITING IT SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK FOR YEAR THREE.
I MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE LANGUAGE QUITE RIGHT.
YEAR ONE AND TWO ARE IN THE CONTRACT.
YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO ARE, AND YEAR THREE IS OPTIONAL AT OUR DISCRETION.
SO I, THE IDEA WAS THAT YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE ITS SIDE IF THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND BUILDING INSPECTOR AND AGREED THAT IT MADE THAT IT'S STILL WORKING.
MAYBE IT SHOULD SAY INSTEAD OF, AND WITH AN OPTION FOR OKAY.
DOES THAT, IS THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE? UM, UH, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS THIS ANY MORE DETAIL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? NO, NO.
I THINK IT'S FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS 91 OU IS 91 OF 25 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 310,460 IN BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF, OR RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, CURBS, OR GUTTERS ON ROSEDALE AVENUE OR OTHER VILLAGE ROADS IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE.
UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY EPIC.
UH, BUT IT'S REQUIRED
SO THIS FIRST ONE IS FOR, FOR ROSEDALE.
AND THIS ONE COMES IN CONJUNCTION.
IT'S, IT'S A MATCH FOR THE GRANT.
SO IS ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? THE GRANT, THE GRANT IS FOR, UM, ONE 1,552 $1,552,300.
SO THREE, THE THREE, UH, 10 THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN IS, IS OUR, IS OURS OUR, OUR CONTRIBUTION.
AND WHAT WE HAD SAID IS THAT THOSE SIDE, THOSE GOT THOSE, UM, CURBS WOULD BE REPLACED.
THAT WAS PART OF, I THINK, AND THAT WAS PART OF, I THINK WHAT WAS PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE ABOUT THAT PROJECT TO PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THAT AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION IS SO MOVED.
UM, 92 OF 25 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $650,180 OF BONDS FOR THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON WESTCHESTER.
DID, DID ANTHONY DUMP ON THE BOND RESOLUTION? DO WE HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL? OH, WE DO.
OKAY, SO CAN YOU DO THAT BACK TO THE TOP? OKAY.
92 OF 25 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 650,180 IN BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF INGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION OF SANITATION
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TRACKS IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE.SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
WE'VE ALL AGREED TO IT AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE BOND, UH, RESOLUTION IN PLACE BEFORE THE SANITATION TRUCKS ARRIVE.
I THINK IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
UM, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE.
93 OF 25 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 800,000 IN BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY FOR A PORTION OF THE THREE, 3,300,000 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A WET EXTENDED DETENTION POND ON VILLAGE OWNED OPEN SPACE ADJACENT TO FARGATE PARKWAY AND, BUT YEARS BROOK AND OTHER DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S OUR MATCH, I'M ASSUMING FOR CORRECT? YES.
THE, FOR THE GRANT THAT WE, UH, UH, HAVE BEEN AWARDED IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S FAIRLY EXPLANATORY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE, UM, IN ORDER FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO UPDATE ON VILLAGE HALL IMPROVEMENTS,
[IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
UM, MANAGERS REPORT.UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT, UM, UH, WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE, UM, METHOD IN WHICH WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH REGARD TO THE VILLAGE HALL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE ADOPTED THE, UM, A RESOLUTION OF AN EMERGENCY AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
UH, HE'S CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EXPOSING THE BRICK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE PARAPET ON THE ROOF.
UH, SO WE CAN, UH, AND I'M REMOVING THE STUCCO SO WE CAN MAKE, UH, AN EVALUATION OF THE CONDITION OF THAT BRICK.
AND, UM, UH, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD AND I SPOKE WITH THE CARRIERS ON MONDAY AND FELT THAT WE HAD A POSITIVE CONVERSATION.
THEY ARE, UH, I THINK, UM, MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRO, THE, THE, THE PROJECT THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE AS MUCH RELOCATION AND MOVEMENT OF, OF THEIR EQUIPMENT, UH, AS AT, UM, AS HAD BEEN DEVELOPING, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN OUR PREVIOUS ITERATIONS.
AND SO I AM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY AND WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU POSTED.
WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE AT THE END OF, OR MID, MID NEXT WEEK AFTER ALL OF THE BRICK IS EXPOSED AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND THE CONTRACT TO EVALUATE THE, THE ACTUAL CONDITION.
UH, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE FLEISIG BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN THE BANE OF HIS EXISTENCE, THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S LASTED AN INORDINATELY LONG AMOUNT OF TIME.
LIKE WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE DONE YEARS AGO.
SO THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH THIS ONE, UM, AND HELPING TO COME UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION AND TO YOU OF COURSE, UM, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY, AND I THINK OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS.
EVERYONE HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BASICALLY VERY INVOLVED.
UM, YOU KNOW, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD, UH, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.
AND UM, UH, YES, TRUSTEE FLAIG I THINK WAS VERY, UH, HELPFUL IN OUR MOST RECENT CONVERSATION WITH OUR ARCHITECT AS WELL.
AND, UM, SO, UH, YEAH, I I I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT IT'S GONNA RIGHT.
I THINK HE HELPED TO TRANSLATE ARCHITECT EASE INTO ENGLISH FOR THE REST OF US.
HE WAS VERY HELPFUL AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND GOOD, THANK YOU.
VILLAGE MANAGER ACTUALLY, WAS THERE, UM, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF TORRENTIAL STORMS? UM, NO.
AND I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTUALLY, UH, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S, HE'S MAKING, HE'S MADE SOME TEMPORARY FIXES, UH, AND HE'S ALSO, UM, COVERING ANY WORK AREAS THAT ARE EXPOSED.
HE KIND OF, HE, HE, HE DID SOME TEMPORARY CAULKING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GO GO THE MILES, BUT IT AT LEAST HAS, UH, STOPPED THE FLOOD.
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YOU.AND THEN THE NECK, YOUR NEXT ITEM IS THE BROADWAY TAP PROJECT.
I HAD A MEETING WITH UH, DOT LAST WEEK AND THEY HAVE SENT ALL OF THEIR COMMENTS TO OUR, OUR, UM, OUR, UH, CREIGHTON MANNING OUR ENGINEERS, UH, ON THE DRAFT DESIGN REPORT, UH, THINGS INCLUDING THE SMART GROWTH SCREENING TOOL, CURBS, BUS STOP PLANNING, UH, UH, COMPLETENESS OF THE DOCUMENT, UH, COMPLETE STREETS, UM, ROUTE NINE, YOU KNOW, THE ROUTE NINE COMPLETE STREETS DOCUMENT AS WELL.
AND, UH, OUR, OUR, UM, OUR, OUR ENGINEERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RESPONDING TO THOSE COMMENTS.
THEY SHOULD GET THEM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE ANTICIPATE HAVING BIG BID DOCUMENTS READY IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND BIDDING IT OUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, EARLY IN THE, IN THE NEW YEAR FOR GREAT.
THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US? UM, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING.
I THINK WE CAN GO ONTO BOARD DISCUSSION.
[X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT LAW.UM, I MISSED THE LAST SECTION, SO MAYBE THE LAST MEETING.
SO, UH, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD, IF YOU CAN SORT OF SUMMARIZE WHERE, WHERE THE BOARD CAME OUT ON THAT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF IT WAS AT THE LAST MEETING OR THE ONE BEFORE.
WE HAD KIND OF A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, UM, GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CHANGES.
I THINK WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION TWICE NOW.
UM, AND THEN WHAT I DID AFTER THAT IS TURN IT INTO AN ACTUAL LOCAL LAW, WENT THROUGH THE CODE TO FIND ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS REFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE CODE.
SO IF THINGS NEEDED TO BE PULLED OUT AND CHANGED, SO AGAIN, WE START WITH AMENDING THE DEFINITION, UM, CHANGING IT FROM ACCESSORY APARTMENT TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
UM, WE MAKE IT AN ACCESSORY USE IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE BORDER SECTION BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CROSS REFERENCE IN THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT WHOLE PORTION IS THERE.
UM, YOU MEAN BORDERS AND RUMORS? YEAH.
UM, AND AGAIN, MADE THAT JUST AN ACCESSORY USE.
THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE DISTRICTS.
SO WE'VE MADE ADUS AND ACCESSORY USE AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE, UM, R 20, I THINK YOU SPECIFIED THE R 10.
THE, EACH OF THE SECTIONS IS CHANGED.
UM, BUT YOU SPECIFIED, WHICH WE ASKED YOU TO DO.
YOU SPECIFIED, UH, THE AREAS WHERE IT'S ALLOWABLE.
WHERE WHERE IS THAT? I'M SORRY.
THAT'S IN THE SECTION FIVE FEE FIVE B.
PERMITTED AS A, AS A ON ANY LOT CONTAINING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS A PRINCIPAL USE IN THE R 20, R 10, R 7 5, 2, R TWO, R 3.5, 2.5 MRM, 1.5 MRO, AND MRC.
SO THOSE ARE ALL WHERE IT'S ALLOWED THE DISTRICT WHERE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE ALLOWED.
SO THAT'S WHY IT MADE SENSE TO ALLOW ADUS IN ALL OF THOSE.
UM, AND THAT'S A VERY ELEGANT WAY OF HANDLING IT.
I MEAN, I THINK WE WERE GONNA THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CC DISTRICT OR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT? NO.
I THINK WE WERE GOING TO NOT LIST THEM BECAUSE THE CODE IS GOING TO BE REVISED AT SOME POINT SOMEDAY, BUT THAT MAY TAKE SOME TIME.
SO I, I MEAN I THINK WE DECIDED TO LIST THEM.
WE, WE CAN CHANGE IT IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE IT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO PLEASE CAN WE BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE INCONSISTENCIES.
HOW DO YOU BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT THAT? MEANING LET'S BE, IT'S GONNA BE SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE IT ON THEIR TICKLER SYSTEM BECAUSE THE BOARD MIGHT NOT REMEMBER.
WELL THAT IT JUST DID THIS THE SAME WAY THAT WHEN I DID THIS, I KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE ZONING CODE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED AT THE TIME THAT WE CHANGE.
LIKE WE MAY NOT HAVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKING ALL THE MRS AND SORT OF COMBINING THEM.
WHEN WE DO THAT, I WOULD GO THROUGH AND SEE EVERYWHERE THEY'RE REFERENCED AND WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES.
I KNOW KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING SO IT DOESN'T NEED A TICKLER.
THAT'S SORT OF MY JOB IN, IN CODE DRAFTING
SO WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS IN THE PAST WHERE THAT'S HAPPENED AND IT GOT DANGLING LEFT THAT WE TOOK THAT THING HOUR WHERE YOU COULD LIKE TIE UP A HORSE.
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DIFFERENT.THAT WAS JUST LEAVING A WHOLE SECTION IN, BUT OKAY, GOOD.
SO YOUR, AND THEN WE PULLED IT ALL OUT OF THE, WHERE IT WAS IN THE R 20 THAT IT WAS HARDER TO FIND AND WE MADE IT ALL THE A DU PROVISIONS, A SEPARATE PROVISION UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS.
UM, THE SUBSTANCE OF THAT IS EVERYTHING WE DISCUSSED.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST BUNCH ARE SORT OF CLEANUP WHERE THERE WERE OTHER REFERENCES THAT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED.
SO, UM, I GUESS I JUST CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE ISSUE OF NOTICE.
SO LIKE I AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, I WENT BACK AS YOU REMINDED ME AT THAT MEETING WHEN WE HAD THAT LONG TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY ALLOWED AS OF RIGHT.
WELL IT'S NOT ALLOWED AS OF RIGHT.
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO, TO, TO, TO, TO PUT, TO MAKE AN ACCESSORY APARTMENT IN AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS LONG AS IT IS COMPLYING WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS.
THE THING IS THAT ACCEPTED IN R 10, UM, AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, UM, HAS TO BE, CAN BE WITHIN EIGHT FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE R 10 AND R 20.
WELL R 10 IS 15 FEET FOR LIKE TOOL SHEDS AND POOL HOUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE CLEANED THAT UP, BUT IT'S FINE.
UM, I THINK THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS, AND I'M FINE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IDEA OF THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR DOES WELL THAT THEY ISSUE A POSTCARD TO PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH IS IN C3.
BUT I GUESS I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS.
ONE IS IN DOBBS FERRY, I THINK THAT THE, THE CIRCLE AROUND THE PROPERTY IS MUCH BIGGER.
'CAUSE 100 FEET IS BASICALLY YOUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, UM, IN AN R 20, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE OTHER IS I THINK 20 DAYS NOTICE IS NOT REALLY ENOUGH.
'CAUSE IT'S POTENTIALLY, IT COULD HAPPEN BEFORE THERE'S EVEN A PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING I WOULD PERSONALLY RECOMMEND, BUT I COULD EASILY SEE THIS BOARD SAYING NO, IS THAT I THINK THAT IF SOMEBODY'S ASKING FOR IT, IT SHOULD STILL BE NOTICED IN THE PLANNING BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT PART OF THE PLANNING BOARD HEARING.
'CAUSE THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION.
SO JUST ONE THING ABOUT YOUR COMMENT ABOUT 20 DAYS, THERE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE A PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
THAT DOESN'T MATTER IF SOMEONE OBJECTS WITHIN THAT 20 DAYS, IT GETS PUT ON WHENEVER THE NEXT AGENDA IS.
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE BARELY LOOK AT THEIR MAIL FOR 20 DAYS.
SO I THINK IT'S A LITTLE SHORT WOULD BE, WOULD BE MY COMMENT.
WHAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR 20 DAYS? IS THAT TAKEN FROM ANOTHER CODE OR WHAT WAS YOUR REASONING FOR IT MIGHT 20.
IT MIGHT BE WHAT WE ALREADY HAD IN ON THE RENEWAL.
UM, I MEAN LIKE, I KNOW WE SHOULDN'T ALWAYS COMPARE OURSELVES TO OUR SISTER MUNICIPALITIES, BUT IN DOBBS FERRY, IF YOU EVEN WANT TO CHANGE THE SIDING ON YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY PEOPLE WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO YOU ARE ASKING FOR IN THAT SECTION FOR IT TO BE MORE THAN 100 FEET? YEAH.
TO BE HOW MANY FEET ARE YOU ASKING FOR? LIKE JUST SO IT INVOLVES MORE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THAT SOMEONE IS POTENTIALLY GONNA BE LIVING EIGHT FEET FROM YOUR HOUSE, BUT IT'S ALSO THAT YOU'RE ADDING MORE CARS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I DO THINK THAT IT'S LIKE, SO LIKE HOW MANY FEET THEN? 500.
WELL OUR PLANNING BOARD NOTICE REQUIREMENTS ARE ONLY 300, 300 FEET I THINK.
SO YOU'RE MAKING IT MORE THAN, WELL I JUST MADE IT UP.
SO I THINK WE, I THINK IF THE PLANNING BOARD REQUIREMENTS ARE 300, THEN WE CAN MAKE IT 300.
IT SHOULDN'T BE LESS THAN THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO I THINK 300 IS FAIR AND THE 20 DAYS, HOLD ON ON THE 300.
SO WE HAVE THE SAME THING ON RENEWALS, WHICH YOU CHANGED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO YOU CHANGED THE RENEWAL PROCEDURE TO A SIMILAR THING.
AND WHEN YOU DID THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, YOU DID A HUNDRED FEET.
SO DO YOU ALSO WANT 300 ON RENEWALS? YES.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS WAS SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE WAS ALSO TO REDUCE COST.
BUT I THINK, I THINK THE POINT THAT I THINK THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THERE'S NO ONE WITHIN 300 FEET, SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANYONE.
AND THERE ARE OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU'VE GOT SIX OR SEVEN HOMES WITHIN 300 FEET.
YOU COULD HAVE MORE, A LOT MORE THAN SIX OR SEVEN WITHIN 300, 300 FEET IS, IS TOTALLY REASONABLE.
I THINK I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE 20 DAYS? DID YOU ESTABLISH WHERE THAT CAME FROM? THE, THIS, I DON'T REMEMBER.
IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE BRIEF TO ME.
I THINK POINT ABOUT A MEETING NOT OCCURRING.
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I DO, I THINK THERE'S TWO SEPARATE POINTS.ONE IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE GIVING AUTHORITY TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE IT EASIER.
IN WHICH CASE THE 20 DAYS MAYBE DOESN'T MATTER, BUT IF IT'S RELATED TO THE PLANNING BOARD, THEN THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING A MEETING IS SIGNIFICANT.
SO I THINK IF IT RIGHT, IT DOESN'T RELATE TO THE PLANNING BOARD AT ALL BECAUSE IF HE GETS NO NOTICES WITHIN 20 DAYS, HE CAN GO AHEAD AND ISSUE IT.
IF HE GETS A NOTICE OF OBJECTION, IT THEN GOES ON THE NEXT PLANNING BOARD AGENDA.
WHENEVER IT IS, IT RELATES TO THE PLANNING BOARD IN THE SENSE OF THERE BEING ANOTHER TRIGGER FOR NOTIFICATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE USE THE PLANNING BOARD.
IF WE MADE A REGULATION THAT THE PLANNING BOARD HAS TO JUST ANA, LIKE THEY JUST MAKE A LIST OF NEW PROPERTIES WHERE ADUS ARE BEING PROPOSED.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ON THE AGENDA, IT JUST HAS TO BE PART OF THEIR, BUT WHY WOULD, THAT SEEMS WEIRD.
LIKE THAT SEEMS LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW.
I CAN'T THINK OF WHY PEOPLE THINK PEOPLE DO THAT.
I THINK, YEAH, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, 20 DAYS IS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEKS AF FROM THE DATE, FROM THE NOTICE.
THAT'S, I THINK THAT THAT'S TOO, TO SHOW UP.
NO, I THINK IT'S PLENTY OF TIME.
THREE WEEKS FROM THE DAY THAT YOU GET THE NOTICE.
I DON'T, THAT'S PLENTY OF TIME.
I MEAN, MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT SORT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS OR NOTIFICATIONS VIA THAT IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF A PLANNING BOARD MEETING IS CANCELED OR SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE, ARE WE RELYING ON THAT VERSUS I THINK WE'RE MIXING SOMETHING UP.
'CAUSE LIKE WHAT IF YOU'RE ON VACATION AND YOU DON'T GET YOUR MAIL FOR THREE WEEKS? SO YOU'VE COME BACK AND YOU'VE JUST, YOU'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS THING IS NOW GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH AND YOU'VE HAD NO, NO ABILITY TO, TO SEE IT.
EXCEPT FOR THIS, THE TYPICAL ANCIENT MUNICIPAL MECHANISM OF US MAIL.
LIKE WHY ISN'T THERE SOME, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE PLANNING BOARD, BUT WHY ISN'T THERE SOME MECHANISM WHERE THERE IS A NOTICE THAT GOES OUT ON THE INTERNET AND THE, THE THING THAT I THOUGHT OF THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE SAYING TO PUT IT ON THE PLANNING BOARD AGENDAS THAT GO OUT? YEAH.
JUST TO, SO WHAT IF THE TIMING, THAT COULD BE WORSE TIMING BECAUSE IF THE PLANNING BOARD AGENDA AND EVEN LIKE NOTICES OF THINGS THAT ARE ON A PLANNING BOARD AGENDA ARE ONLY 10 DAYS NOTICE AND THE AGENDAS GO OUT THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO YOU COULD EASILY MISS THAT ALSO.
UM, AND ALSO THIS IS PRIOR TO THE ZONING, PRIOR TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
THIS IS AT THE STAGE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO THE BUILDING DE DEPARTMENT TO THE PLANNING INSPECTOR.
THIS IS BOARD, THIS IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO AVOID THE PLA THIS PROVISION HERE IS UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT TRYING TO AVOID THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO IT'S, I UNDERSTAND A CONFUSING, I'M LOOKING FORGET THE PLANNING BOARD.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
I'M LOOKING FOR AN ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION METHODOLOGY.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE WAY YOU RECEIVE YOUR TAXES.
YOU GET A, YOU GET A MESSAGE THAT YOU TAXES YOU NOT RECENTLY.
WELL, IT DOESN'T SAY HOW, HOW THE PERSON HAS TO, IT ALSO THE LAW PROVIDES THAT I HAVE TO MAIL IT
IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY LESS THAN 20 DAYS.
THIS COULD BE A PHONE CALL THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN HERE.
SOMEBODY THAT'S WHO RECEIVES A NOTICE COULD CALL THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT I THINK THE POINT THAT MORGAN'S MAKING IS I'M SAYING YOU COULD NOT RECEIVE, LIKE I, FOR EXAMPLE, COULD.
I'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR LONGER THAN 20 DAYS.
SO MY NEIGHBORS MIGHT KNOW AND PLAN TO SEND THEM.
WELL I GUESS WITH THE SAME THING COULD HAPPEN ON A PLANNING BOARD APPLICATION WHERE THE NOTICE ONLY GOES OUT 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
YOU COULD EASILY MISS MISS THAT WITH CHANGING IT TO 30 DAYS.
I AM ABOUT TO GO AWAY FOR THREE WEEKS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CHECK OUR MAIL.
SO I MEAN, 30 DAYS IS A MONTH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD KEEP OUR CITIZENS WITHIN THE VILLAGE FOR 30 DAYS.
IF YOU'D LIKE SPEND THREE DAYS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GO TO DISNEY WITH YOUR OWN KIDS.
LET'S MAKE IT 30 DAYS, SHALL WE? TRUSTEE LESI, DO YOU WANT TO, UM, SPECIFY HOW THE OBJECTION SHOULD BE MADE, WHETHER BY PHONE OR EMAIL OR IT, IT'S NOT THE OBJECTION, IT'S THE RECEIVING OF THE NOTICE.
BUT THE OBJECTION IS IMPORTANT TOO.
'CAUSE SOMEBODY COULD COME IN AND SAY, WELL, I TOLD THE BUILDING INSPECTOR THAT I DIDN'T WANT THIS.
YEAH, THAT'S BE IN WRITING OR BY EMAIL.
THEN IT BECOMES A HE SAID, SHE SAID, AND AND, AND IT'S ALSO, THIS SAYS WITHIN 20 DAYS OF THE NOTICE.
SO THAT TO ME MEANS THE DATE OF THE NOTE.
IF THE NOTE NOTICE IS DATED THE FIRST THEN THE 20 DAYS OR THE 30.
WELL, I THINK IF IT WAS 30, IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE AS OF THE DATE OF, OF THE, OF THE POSTMARK.
DOES IT GO BY IN THE MAIL? IS IT LIKE A REGISTERED LETTER OR IS IT NO, IT'S REGULAR MAIL.
WE, WE HAVE THE, THE PROBLEM AND,
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AND THE VILLAGE HAS SWITCHED THIS IN PRACTICE IS WHEN YOU USE REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, NOBODY EVER GETS IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO EITHER BE HOME OR GO TO THE POST OFFICE AND PICK IT UP.SO REGULAR MAIL IS ACTUALLY BETTER, IS BETTER IN THAT SENSE.
YOU'RE MORE, AND THE WAY THE MAIL IS RIGHT NOW, I HATE TO SAY IT, THAT REGULAR MAIL USED TO HAVE A PRESUMPTION OF DELIVERY.
UM, WE MAKE APPLICANTS PROVIDE WHAT'S CALLED A CERTIFICATE OF MAILING, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE LETTERS TO THE POST OFFICE.
MAIL THEM AT THE POST OFFICE AND THE POST OFFICE STAMPS A SHEET FOR THEM WITH THE LIST OF ADDRESSES THAT CERTIFIES THAT THEY WERE MAILED.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, UM, CERTIFICATE OF MAILING.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE SAID IN HERE? OR IS THAT OBVIOUS? IT SAYS, IT SAYS NEED NOT BE BY CERTIFIED MAIL.
NOT BY CERTIFIED MAIL, BUT SAYS BY REGULAR MAIL WITH PROOF OF MAILING, PROOF OF MAIL PROVIDED WE COULD MAKE IT SAY CERTIFICATE OF MAILING, I THINK.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S QUITE A PRECISE THING.
SO WE'RE CHANGING 300 FEET BY REGULAR MAIL WITH CERTIFICATE OF MAILING PROVIDED 30 DAYS.
AND WE'RE SAYING THAT, UM, AND WE'RE ALL OBJECTIONS MUST BE IN WRITING OR BY EMAIL TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE, OF THE DATE OF MY NOTICE.
DATE OF CERTIFICATION OR DATE OF MAILING.
IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE DATE THAT IT WAS MAILED, IS THAT GOOD FOR EVERYONE? AND WE'RE CHANGING THIS 300 HERE? YEAH, I'M MAKING BASICALLY THE SAME CHANGES HERE.
IS THAT GOOD FOR EVERYONE? SO DO WE FEEL GOOD ENOUGH ABOUT THIS THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEXT MEETING? OR DO WE WANT TO WAIT? HOW DOES EVERYONE FEEL THIS? I WOULD WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
JUST 'CAUSE AUGUST IS YOUR PUBLIC HEARING WOULD HAVE TO BE IN SEPTEMBER ANYWAY, SO IT WOULD BE FOR SEPTEMBER.
THE SEC SECOND WOULD BE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT WE HAVE SCHEDULE, IT HAS TO BE REFERRED OUT TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO YOU CAN EITHER SCHEDULE IT TONIGHT OR YOU COULD SCHEDULE IT ON AUGUST 5TH.
EITHER WAY IT'S, THE TIMING'S GONNA BE THE SAME.
IT'S JUST, UM, IT COULD GET TO THE ZONING BOARD.
WHY DON'T WE, AND POTENTIALLY THE PLANNING BOARD IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, BUT THEY ALSO ME IN AUGUST.
WHY AUGUST, SEPTEMBER? WHY DON'T WE SCHEDULE IT FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND AND OBVIOUSLY REFER IT TO THEM IN THE MEANTIME.
SO THAT GIVES THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO LOOK AT IT.
DOES THAT SEEM GOOD TO EVERYONE? SO THAT RESOLUTION WILL BE, AND THAT GIVES BOTH BOARDS TWO MEETINGS IF THEY WANT TO DISCUSS IT MORE SAID MEET MM-HMM
THEY MEET 90, OH, THAT WAS THE RIGHT.
SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95, ZONING TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ACCESSORY APARTMENTS AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS RESOLVED AT THE MARON BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AND REFER SAME TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD, UM, AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOR REFERRAL FOR COMMENT.
RESOLVED AT THE MARON BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95, ZONING TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ACCESSORY APARTMENTS AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AND REFER TO THE ZBA, THE PLANNING BOARD AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
AND, UM, THIS IS KIND OF TIDYING UP PROCESS RELATED ISSUES.
I, AS A RESULT OF ALL OF YOUR RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING RECENTLY.
SO IT'S ONLY THAT WE, WE'VE, UM, WITH, UM, PAT CLEARY AND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR AND, AND DOUG HANH.
UM, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS ON SORT OF THE PLANNING AND, AND THE PLANNING BOARD CHAIR HAS ALSO, WE'VE DISCUSSED THESE WITH HER AS WELL.
JUST SOME PROCEDURES ON HOW APPLICATIONS GET SUBMITTED, WHO THEY GO TO, HOW THEY GET SUBMITTED, HOW THEY GET REVIEWED, HOW THE AGENDA GETS DEVELOPED.
WE, WE'VE SORT OF BEEN WORKING ON, AND YOU'LL SEE IT ALL CHANGE ON THE WEBSITE MOMENTARILY.
UM, NEW APPLICATION FORMS, A NEW INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES, UM, SETTING FORTH ALL THOSE
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PROCEDURES.AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT YOUR CODE LISTED A LOT OF PROCEDURES THAT EITHER WEREN'T THE WAY IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE OR DIDN'T MATCH WHAT WE WANTED, HOW WE'RE CHANGING IT NOW.
SO THAT'S HOW THIS LAW CAME ABOUT, UM, TO SORT OF MATCH UP WITH THE PROCEDURES.
UM, AND TO KIND OF CLARIFY SOME THINGS ON SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ALL PROCEDURAL.
THERE'S REALLY NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES HERE.
WE ARE REQUIRING PRE-SUBMISSION CONFERENCES.
UM, WE'RE MAKING VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ON, ON WHAT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED.
UM, WE FIXED THE COPIES TO FOUR HARD COPIES AND FLASH DRIVE, UM, FROM 10, WELL, IT USED TO JUST SAY 10 PAPER COPIES AND NOTHING ABOUT AN ELECTRONIC.
UM, IT'S BEEN THE PROCEDURE TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC, BUT UM, CERTAINLY DON'T NEED PEOPLE PROVIDING 10 PAPER COPIES OF EVERYTHING.
UM, AND WE'VE DONE THIS, IT'S FOR SUBDIVISION, IT'S FOR SITE PLAN.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO UPDATED THE NOTICE PROVISIONS.
ONE THING THAT I HAD FOUND WAS THAT THERE WERE SIX DIFFERENT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN THE ZONING BOARD, SUBDIVISION SITE PLANS, STEEP SLOPES.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW IS, UM, KIND OF MADE EVERYBODY FOLLOWING MADE, MADE THE ZONING OR THE, THE NOTICE PROVISIONS THE SAME, UM, FOR ALL OF THEM.
UM, IT'S, SOME OF THEM STILL SAID CERTIFIED MAIL
UM, SO WE CHANGED THEM ALL TO CERTIFICATE OF MAILING.
UM, SO WE JUST KIND OF STANDARDIZED, UM, ALL OF THAT.
WE ALSO HAD TO FIX A PROBLEM WITH THE VIEW PRESERVATION, WHICH SAID THAT IT ALWAYS HAD TO BE A JOINT NOTICE FOR THE PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD MEETINGS, WHICH DOESN'T WORK.
THAT'S SORT OF THE LAST SECTION THERE.
UM, SAY NOTICE OF EACH MEETING.
UM, SO A LOT OF IT IS PROCEDURAL.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO, UM, IS PUT IT ON, ON THE FIFTH AGAIN TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER AND REFER IT TO THE BOARDS FOR THEIR REVIEW.
BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL TIME IN THE MEANTIME TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE TAKE THAT STEP.
WELL, WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE IS FOR THE PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT BEFORE WE EVEN DO THAT.
SO, SO YOU WANTED TO GO TO THEM TWICE.
SO I SORT OF WANT IT TO GO TO THEM TWICE.
I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FEEL AS IF THEY'RE PART OF THE CREATION OF THIS BECAUSE IT RELATES TO PROCEDURES.
UH, SO GOVERNING THEM, AND I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING TWICE, BUT THIS IS A RESPECTFUL, THEY SHOULD COME BACK TO US WITH RECOMMENDATION.
SO JUST, JUST TWO THINGS ON THAT POINT AND I'M FINE WITH THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, THE PLANNING BOARD CHAIR HAS BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND HONESTLY, SHE'S THRILLED THAT WE'RE FIXING SOME OF THESE THINGS.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE ZONING BOARD, THE ONLY CHANGE WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING RIGHT NOW IN THE ZONING BOARD SECTION IS ON THE NOTICE SITE.
I WOULD STILL LIKE YOU TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE BOARD FEELS IN AGREEMENT AGREEMENT.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SCHEDULE AT ALL.
I THINK IT COULD, YEAH, IT COULD END UP BEING THE SAME TIMING ON IT, BUT I, I JUST THINK THEY MAY SEE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING.
UH, WE ARE, WE ARE NOT RUNNING THOSE MEETINGS.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO, UM, TO MAKE COMMENTS ON IT.
ANYONE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, JUST ONE QUESTION.
IT'S JUST A CURIOSITY QUESTION.
UH, WHY, WHAT IS, WHY 62 DAYS THAT'S IN HERE? LIKE THREE TIMES? SO 62 DAYS IS ACTUALLY, COMES OUT OF THE STATE ENABLING STATUTES, UHHUH, AND IT'S TO COVER TWO MEETINGS NO MATTER HOW LONG YOUR MONTH IS.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY FUNNY BECAUSE I THINK OF IT AS RECENTLY, BUT I THINK IT WAS IN 1990 OR 91, ALL THE ENABLING STATUTES WERE CHANGED TO, UM, MODIFY 60 DAYS TO 62
THEY WERE HAVING THINGS GET CAUGHT WHERE TWO MEETINGS WERE COMING UP WRONG.
WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT FOR SUBDIVISIONS, HAVEN'T WE ALREADY? THAT WAS A SEPARATE, NOW YOU, WHAT YOU ELIMINATED WAS THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS, THE LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS.
SO I THINK, ARE WE CLEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT ON THIS? SO Y'ALL TAKE IT TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
YEAH, BUT YOU SHOULD ALL ALSO READ IT AND WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY ALL READ
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IT AS WELL, HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, BUT IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S SORT OF MAKING THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND CLEARER, SO THAT'S GOOD.SO THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION OF PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY IMPACTS TO WAGNER PARK FROM ROUTE NINE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT.
WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DOT ABOUT THE, UH, USE OF WANER PARK.
UM, AND I THINK BASICALLY OUR RESPONSE IS, WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO FIX IT AND MAKE IT GO BACK TO EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, WORK DONE ON WAGNER PARK BY REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS.
IT'S QUITE GORGEOUS AND THEY'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN.
THERE'S A NEW BOULDER THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED THAT KIND OF COMMEMORATES THE TIME.
SO I, I THINK WE FEEL AS IF NOT MUCH IS GONNA HAPPEN WITH IT.
BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I TOOK A PRETTY HARD LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING TODAY IN TERMS OF THEIR PERMANENT EASEMENT.
AND IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY A SLIVER ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROAD.
I TOOK A WALK OVER THERE AS WELL.
AND THE, THE, THE BOULDER THAT THEY'RE INSTALLING IS BEHIND THE SIDEWALK.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TOUCHING ANYTHING FROM THE SIDEWALK BACK.
SO, UM, THERE WON'T BE, UH, ANY, UH, AND THE AREA OF THE TEMPORARY EASEMENT ALSO IS, IS ALL IN FRONT OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO EITHER THE BOULDER AND, OR, OR, AND ANY OF THE, AND NO TREES, NO BOULDERS, NOTHING IN THE PARK IS GOING TO BE DISTURBED.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TREE WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET OF THE SIDEWALK.
BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE, IN, IN, I'M CALLING IT IN, IN THE INSIDE OF THE SORT OF TRIANGLE OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S REALLY, IT'S, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCE.
IT WON'T, IT WON'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE PARK.
SO IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? I THINK YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE DOCUMENT.
UM, JUST BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO RESPOND TO DOT.
SO VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY, WILL YOU TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY? YES.
I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ADDRESSED TO ME, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND TAKING ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RESPONDING SURE.
SAYING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AND WE'RE IN AGREEMENT, PROVIDED THEY, THEY LEAVE NO TRACE BASICALLY.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON SOLARIZED CAMPAIGN.
SO WE'VE ANNOUNCED THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES.
WE'VE PROMOTED IT, UM, ON, UH, THROUGH EMAILS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE PROMOTED IT AT SPRING THING.
UH, THIS IS WHERE RESIDENTS CAN TAKE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF THEIR HOMES DONE FOR SOLAR.
UM, EXCITING NEWS, 30 RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY, IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY BEEN GOING I THINK FOR A MONTH, BUT 30 RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR AN ASSESSMENT, AND FOUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO INSTALLERS.
SO, UM, SO THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG NICELY, BUT JUST WE'LL SEND OUT PERIODIC REMINDERS FOR PEOPLE.
WE'LL CONTINUE THIS CAMPAIGN FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO REALLY HAVE YOUR HOME ASSESSED.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THAT OUR, OUR, UM, ELECTRICITY BILLS ARE DRAMATICALLY LOWER THAN THOSE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AS A RESULT OF HAVING SOLAR INSTALLED.
SO THERE ARE REAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO HAVING DONE THIS.
AND THE TAX INCENTIVES FOR RIGHT NOW ARE STILL IN PLACE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY THAT TYPICALLY WESTCHESTER COUNTY, UM, REMOVES THE FEES FOR THE BEELINE BUSES IN THE SUMMER.
AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT THIS YEAR.
SO YOU SHOULD BE, IF YOU ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING PLANS, YOU KNOW, TO TRAVEL BY BUS EXPECTING IT TO BE FREE, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING THIS SUMMER.
SO JUST FOR EVERYONE TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, THE, IT'S ONLY EIGHT 20, SO THE SUNSET CONCERT WITH JIG JAM, WHO ARE A REALLY AMAZING IRISH BAND IS STILL GOING ON.
WE COULD ALL LEAVE FROM HERE AND RUSH DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT AND CATCH THEM.
UH, THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING.
AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT THERE IS A SESSION THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS LEARNING ABOUT PREPPING FOR EMERGENCIES FOR ANYONE WHO SHOWS UP.
THEY GET A FREE EMERGENCY KIT AND THERE IS STILL ROOM APPARENTLY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK IN.
IF YOU WALK IN, YOU MIGHT NOT GET A BAG.
SO DEFINITELY TRY AND REGISTER IF YOU CAN.
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UH, THAT'S TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.AND THEN, UM, ON THURSDAY, JULY 17TH IS SENIOR.
THURSDAY, UH, THAT'S THE DAY WHEN BUSINESSES IN THE VILLAGE GIVE SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO SENIORS.
UM, ON THURSDAY, JULY 17TH IS TIE DYE WITH MADDIE.
UM, ON SOME OF THESE, I NEED TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE.
WHAT I HAVE PRINTED HERE DOESN'T SAY THAT.
UM, OH, IT'S, I FEEL THAT THAT'S AT THE LIBRARY.
THE TIE DI WITH MADDIE, BUT MAYBE IT'S AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
DOES ANYONE KNOW? IT'S AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, UH, THE FARMER'S MARKET IS IN ITS USUAL SPOT ON THE 19TH, UM, WITH THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UM, HASTINGS ON JAZZ IS ON SUNDAY, JULY, UH, 20TH.
UM, AT THE VFW, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE USUAL SPOT WHERE HASTINGS ON JAZZ IS.
UM, THEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 22ND IS A TREAT, SENIOR TRIP TO BALI BEACH HOUSE.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, STARTING AT, WHICH IS IN RYE.
AND THAT STARTS AT 11:00 AM IN THE MORNING.
UM, ON THE 22ND OF JULY IS OUR THIRD SUNSET CONCERT SERIES, AND THAT'S WITH THE STEEL WHEELS.
AND THAT IS FROM SEVEN TO NINE.
UM, ON SATURDAY 26TH, AGAIN IS THE FARMER'S MARKET.
ON SUNDAY, JULY 27TH, AGAIN, IS HASTINGS ON JAZZ.
ON MONDAY, JULY 28TH IS THE SENIOR TRIP TO THE GLASS HOUSE, WHICH IS, UM, THAT'S GONNA START AT 9:30 AM AND THE GLASS HOUSE IS IN NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT, WHICH, UH, IT'S DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT PHILIP JOHNSON AS HIS OWN RESIDENCE.
AND IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING, UH, PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THAT THING, NOT LOOKING AT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR.
UM, AND ON TUESDAY 29TH, I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IT TO, TO EVERYONE.
UM, I, TUESDAY 29TH, GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE.
CONCERT WILL ALSO BE AT THE WATERFRONT, AND THAT'S SUPER FUN.
AND, UM, EVERYONE, UH, I THINK REALLY ENJOYS THAT CONCERT.
SO THOSE ARE THE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
UM, HAVE WE FORGOTTEN ANY? PROBABLY ONE OR TWO, MAYBE.
UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS THURSDAY, JULY 17TH, PLANNING BOARD, REGULAR MEETING,
[XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, MEETING ROOM.HASTINGS VILLAGE ARTS COMMITTEE MEETING 7:30 PM VILLAGE HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE MEETING 6:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM, THURSDAY, JULY 24TH.
ZONING, BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETING, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
SENIOR COUNCIL MEETING, 3:15 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? CAN I JUST ADD THAT ACTUALLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IS MEETING THIS THURSDAY, JULY 17TH AT 7:00 PM OKAY.
IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, JCC? YES.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE MISSING? UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.