Sep 02, 2025 Board of Trustees Meeting

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD'VE LIKED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

UH, PATRICK, RANDOLPH, BELL, HASTINGS AND HUDSON.

UM, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION ON THIS IN A WAY IS, DID ANYBODY NOTICE, NOTICE, YOU KNOW, NOTIFY MR. SOFTY VENDOR THAT A LAW MAY BE AFFECTING HIS LIVELIHOOD? DID ANYBODY REACH OUT TO HIM? YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT LICENSES YOU HAVE? SURE.

THERE'S A CONTACT NUMBER.

SOME EMAIL SAY, HEY, THIS MAY HURT YOU.

YOU SHOULD COME DOWN.

LISTEN, TELL US SINCE YOU'RE THE ONE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS POTENTIAL LAW.

UH, AND IF NOT, I THINK THAT'S A BIG OVERSIGHT ON YOUR PART.

UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAD.

UM, I LIVE OVER THERE IN UNION TOWN.

I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THE ICE CREAM TRUCK'S NOT ALLOWED TO GO BETWEEN OR PARK BETWEEN RAVENSDALE AND GREEN.

UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE MOSTLY OUT DURING THE DAY, AND THAT'S WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE AT WORK.

AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, EXCUSE ME, THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET, THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY HE CAN'T PARK THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, AS YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT COMPETITION EARLIER, HE'S THE ONLY, UH, PERSON, THE ONLY BUSINESS THAT COMES TO THE VILLAGE AT LEAST, THAT SERVES SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM, WHICH I LOVE.

SO BY LISTENING TO THE COMPLAINTS OF THESE OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS, WHICH AS FAR AS I KNOW NO ONE ELSE IN HASTINGS SERVE SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM, THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY, YOU'RE HURTING THIS MAN'S BUSINESS AND PROPPING UP THEIRS BY GETTING RID WHAT SOME OF SOME PEOPLE'S FAVORITE ICE CREAM.

UM, AND SO I CAN'T SEE A LACK OF COMPETITION THERE.

UM, AND LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? OH, I DO SEE SOMETHING HERE.

WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE OLD LAW, IT'S, UH, ONE TIME IT SAYS, UH, LET'S SEE HERE.

UM, THERE WAS A LOCAL LAW THAT WAS REPEALED OR IT WAS REPEALED.

UH, THIS SECTION HERE, IT'S SECTION TWO 14 DASH 14 ORGANIZATIONS AND OCCUPATIONS EXEMPTED FOR THE VENDING, UH, LAW SECTION.

UM, SECTION B OF THIS 1, 2 14 14, UH, SAYS THAT REGARDING THE PURVEYORS OF ICE CREAM, NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND OTHER FOOD REFRESHMENTS WAS REPEALED IN SIX ON SIX 17, JUNE 17TH, 2008, UH, BY LOCAL LAW NUMBER 17 DASH 2008.

I THINK NIKKI, YOU WERE WORKING THEN.

WERE YOU ON THE BOARD BACK IN 2008? OKAY.

I WAS GONNA SAY MAYBE YOU REMEMBER WHY, PLEASE.

UH, CAN YOU CARRY ON SURE.

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WITH YOUR POINT? OKAY.

SO AT ONE TIME THEY WERE ACTUALLY A, AN EXEMPT BUSINESS FROM THIS VENDOR LAW.

MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD LOOK INTO WHY THEY WERE REMOVED.

UM, AND I JUST FEEL BAD FOR THE ICE CREAM GUY.

AND AS FAR AS THE NOISE GOES, I LOVE THE NIGHT, THE ICE CREAM SONG.

'CAUSE WHEN IT, YOU CAN HEAR IT COME DOWN THE STREET AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, GOTTA GET READY TO GO GET ICE CREAM.

AND AS LONG AS YOU HEAR THAT ICE CREAM TRUCKS, THAT MUSIC'S STILL GOING.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LITTLE TIME TO GET OUT THERE AND GET THE ICE CREAM.

AND IT BRINGS JOY TO ME.

AND I'M LIKE 50 NOW.

AND IT'S ALWAYS BROUGHT JOY TO ME MY ENTIRE LIFE.

AND I'M SURE THE KIDS LOVE HEARING THAT ICE CREAM TRUCK.

AND IT TAKES A FEW MINUTES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE KIDS TO CONVINCE THEIR PARENTS TO GO OUT AND BUY YOU ICE CREAM.

AND IF THAT NOISE GOES OFF, THEIR PARENTS ARE GONNA GO, OH NO, THE ICE CREAM TRUCK LEFT.

NO ICE CREAM FOR YOU.

SO I, I FEEL BAD FOR THE, THE BUSINESS, THE CUSTOMERS, AND ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE KIDS WHO MIGHT NOT GET THE ICE CREAM THAT THEY REALLY WANT THAT DAY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.

WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN? WE NEED A SECOND TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE ONE OTHER THING JUST TO ASK.

PLEASE.

CAN YOU SIT DOWN PLEASE? CAN YOU SIT DOWN PLEASE, MR. BELL? DO WE KNOW SIT DOWN ACTUALLY HAS AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OR NOT? MR. BELL HAS A SOFTY TRUCK.

MR. PLEASE, WILL YOU SIT DOWN.

LAW'S GONNA AUTOMATICALLY KILL HIS BUSINESS STRAIGHT OUT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANNA FIND OUT.

REACH OUT TO HIM, SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IT'S GONNA COST HIM TO UPDATE HIS MR. BELL, PLEASE SIT DOWN.

YES, THANK YOU.

THAT'S NOT A NEW PROVISION.

IT'S NOT A NEW PROVISION.

IT'S AN OLD PROVISION.

IS THERE A SECOND OR WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO HOLD THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN SECOND.

I I JUST HAVE A COMMENT ON IT.

I, I THINK I'D PREFER TO LEAVE IT OPEN.

I HAVE SOME MORE THOUGHTS BASED ON THE COMMENTS THIS EVENING ABOUT IT.

SO I I CAN VOTE AGAINST IT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU PREFER.

MAYOR, YOU CAN.

YOU'RE NOT VOTING ON THE LAW.

NO.

YOU'RE CLOSING, CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD STILL DISCUSS THE LAW AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE LAW.

IT'S, WE, WE THEN NOW HAVE A DISCUSSION UNDERSTOOD AFTER THAT.

SO THAT'S THE WAY THE PROCEDURE WORKS HERE.

SO, BECAUSE IF YOU MAKE CHANGES TO THE LAW, YOU HAVE TO RE-NOTICE IT ANYWAY AND DO A NEW PUBLIC HEARING ANYWAY.

OKAY? YEP.

UM, IS THERE EVERYONE IN FAVOR? AYE.

PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS 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.

MOVING ON TO THE SECOND

[V. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G OF 2025]

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING.

ESKER 4 27 WIL BURTON AVENUE.

UM, YEAH, I DO HAVE SOME ISSUES ABOUT ADUS IN GENERAL.

AND WHAT WE'RE SORT OF BEING SOLD IS WHAT I THINK IS KIND OF A BILL OF GOODS ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD ALLOW THIS AND, AND EMBRACE IT IN, IN THE OVERWHELMING WAY THAT WE HAVE.

AND THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS, COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE VILLAGE WEBSITE, UM, ADUS AND INCREASED SUPPLY OF UNITS ALSO MEANS LOWERING THE COST OF HOUSING, POTENTIALLY AT AFFORDABLE PRICE POINT, ALLOWING HOMEOWNERS TO MANAGE INCREASING HOUSING COSTS.

NONE OF THAT IS TRUE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION THESE DAYS, AND I'VE SPENT 45 YEARS DOING SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.

I THINK I'M A BIT OF AN EXPERT ON THIS.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY SPENDING CLOSE TO $200,000 TO DO AN INTERIOR RENOVATION TO CREATE AN A DU.

AND IF YOU WONDER WHY THE NUMBER SOUNDS THAT HIGH KITCHENS THESE DAYS, 60 TO $80,000.

AND THAT'S A SIMPLE ONE.

WE'RE TALKING SIMPLE BATHROOMS. 20 TO $30,000 IN YOUR LIVING SPACE.

YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR EGRESS INSULATION, LIGHTING, FINISHES, WINDOWS, AND SOUND CONTROL UTILITIES.

YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE YOUR ELECTRICAL.

AND GETTING, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO DO THIS HAVE EITHER 60 OR A HUNDRED AMP SERVICE.

YOU CAN HAVE TO BRING IN NEW SERVICE FROM THE STREET, INCREASE YOUR PANEL PROBABLY TO 200 AMPS, PLUMBING HOT WATER.

ALL OF THAT HAS TO PROBABLY BE INCREASED IN YOUR HOUSE TO ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER FAMILY LIVING THERE.

OR EVEN JUST A PE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOUR HVAC.

SO YOU'RE UPGRADING, YOU'RE CREATING BASICALLY A NEW SMALL BUILDING INSIDE YOUR HOUSE.

YOU NEED A SECOND MEANS

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OF EGRESS, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE ATTIC SPACE OR FROM A BASEMENT.

UM, IF IT'S FROM THE ATTIC SPACE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

YOU'RE GONNA BE INCREASING THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.

IF YOU'RE BUILDING A SEPARATE STRUCTURE, YOU'RE DEALING WITH POTENTIAL FLOODING FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.

AND YOU'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER RETENTION ON SITE.

THE FINANCIAL HELP THAT'S BEING AVAILABLE IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEASED, UH, ABLE TO ACTUALLY AFFORD TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION ON THESE UNITS.

THERE'LL BE INCREASED TAXES.

THERE'S A PAYBACK PERIOD.

AND THEN PLOTS WITH TWO LIVING UNITS ARE ACTUALLY LESS DESIRABLE FOR FUTURE SALE THAN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

UM, AND I DID THAT RESEARCH ONLINE.

THE RENTALS ARE GONNA BE AT MARKET RATE.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANNA RECOUP THEIR LOSSES.

I SEE NO ZONING INFO ON THE LAW THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DEAL WITH, WITH FLOOR AREA RATIO, YARD SETBACKS, HEIGHTS, OR DRIVEWAYS.

HISTORICALLY, THE ONLY WAY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS IS THROUGH ZONING REQUIREMENTS WITH SET-ASIDES.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE FULL INFORMATION IF WE'RE GONNA START LOOKING TO ASK PEOPLE TO START DOING THIS.

I AGREE, THERE'S PROBABLY A SHORTAGE OF UNITS IN THE VILLAGE, BUT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT CREATING AFFORDABLE UNITS.

SO WE NEED TO STOP PRESENTING IT THAT WAY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? DAVE SKOLNIK 47 HILLSIDE.

UH, I TRIED TO ADDRESS IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, I TRIED TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD, UH, ON THIS PLANNING BOARD, UH, DID NOT PERMIT ME TO SPEAK.

UH, LINDA WAS ON THAT PANEL AND LINDA ADVISED THEM THAT BASED ON OUR BYLAWS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO, UH, ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT IN THEIR, FOR THEIR DISCUSSION, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE FOR THEM BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD SOMETHING ACTUALLY OF VALUE, WHICH THEY WERE NOT GRASPING.

UH, I'M GONNA NOT GONNA REFER TO INDIVIDUALS BY NAME.

UH, THAT WOULD BE RUDE.

BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH, UH, WHAT SEEMED TO BE CONFUSED INFORMATION ON THE PART OF SOME OF THE, UH, UH, PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR ACTUAL ROLE IS IN, UM, ESTABLISHING CERTAIN, UH, UH, THE NATURE OF THE, OF THE, NOT JUST FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT JUST THAT THEY, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A ROLE THAT IS BASICALLY BEING ELIMINATED IN THIS, UH, PROCESS.

AND IT'S BEING ELIMINATED AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, UH, BY THE ELIMINATION OF THE ENTIRE, UH, SECTION D UH, OF THE, UH, CURRENT LAW.

SUBSECTION D IS HEREBY DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

WHAT'S, UM, WHAT'S IN THAT SECTION? AND I'D BE HAPPY IF YOU CORRECT ME.

I, LINDA HEARD ME MENTION THIS AT THE ZONING BOARD.

UH, AND I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY THE ESSENCE OF WHAT THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, HAS FUNCTIONED AS AND DOESN'T, THE NEW VERSION DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME LEVERAGE.

IT'S, UH, MUCH MORE SEPARATING, UH, OF ISSUES.

UM, IT SAYS, UH, SECTION KL, UH, PROPOSED APARTMENT SHALL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SINGLE FAMILY CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING BOARD SHALL CONSIDER THE EFFECT OF PROPOSED ACCESSORY APARTMENT ON TRAFFIC, NOISE, CONGESTION, APPEARANCE, AND ANY OTHER FACTOR THAT THE PLANNING BOARD DEEMS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBSECTION.

AND THEN SECTION TWO SAYS, IT IS THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY MAINTAIN THEIR SINGLE FAMILY CHARACTER.

UH, THAT AGAIN, IF YOU, IF, IF THAT EXISTS AS A DIRECT UH, MANDATE, UH, TO THE PLANNING BOARD IN THE NEW VERSION, I'D BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT.

AND THEN SEC NUMBER FOUR SAYS, THE PLANNING BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISION OF THIS SUBSECTION.

UH, WHAT YOU'RE BASICALLY DOING IS TAKING AWAY, UM, BOTH THE, THE SUBJECTIVITY, THE WAY, THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED IN DESCRIBING THIS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WAS USED IN THE PLANNING BOARD.

AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT YOU, BUT BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU KNOW ABOUT IT IS WHEN LINDA REPORTS TO YOU.

BUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT, UM, AND THE, UH, AS OF RIGHT THAT TERM WAS USED AND THAT SCARED SOMETHING SERIOUS IN ME BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THEORETICALLY YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? UH, BRIAN ALLEN.

AGAIN, UH, 4 87 WAR BURDEN.

I I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE PROPOSAL IN ADUS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT MUCH.

'CAUSE NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO BUILD.

ONE INCLUDES THE PLANNING BOARD WRITING RULES.

MM-HMM.

NO, THAT WASN'T ACCURATE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

OH, WAS SAYING SOMETHING ELSE? I MISUNDERSTOOD.

YEAH, VERY GOOD.

I'M SORRY.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? ? HI, I'M PATRICK SULLIVAN.

I LIVE AT 60 H HOLLYWOOD DRIVE.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY HERE.

UM, I, AND WE SUPPORT THE CHA CHANGES PROPOSED TO THE A DU OR ORDINANCE.

UM, AND THE MOST IPO IMPORTANT THING I BELIEVE IS THAT YOU ARE ESTABLISHING A CATEGORY OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE A AS OF RIGHT AND DON'T NEED TO GO BEFORE THE PLANT PLANNING BOARD.

AND IT, IT MAY BE A FAIRLY SMALL CATEGORY OF THOSE, UM, ADUS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY QUALIFY.

UM, BUT IN TALKING TO VILLAGE RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR DIFFICULT DIFFICULTIES IN PROVIDING ADUS ON THEIR PROPERTIES, THAT HAS BEEN A MA MAJOR SOURCE OF CONCERN.

JU JUST THE MERE FACT THAT WHAT HAS CLEAR STANDARDS AND CAN MEET THE CODE REQUIRE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARKING FOR SETBACKS.

IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, ET CETERA, NEVERTHELESS NEEDS TO GO BEFORE A BOARD OF THEIR NE NE NEIGHBORS.

SO TO, TO THE, TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN DO IT HERE AND YOU CAN FIND WAYS WHERE YOUR Z ZONING, OUR ZO ZZ ZONING CAN ELIMINATE SUBJECTIVE REVIEW AND HELP PE PEOPLE DO A THING WHICH IS ENCOURAGED BY OUR, BY OUR, OUR VILLAGE AND OTHERWISE MEETS THIS, THE OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS THAT SHOULD CERTAINLY BE CHA CHANGED.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? UM, WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM BOTH THE PLANNING AND THE ZONING BOARD, WHICH WERE NOT ENTIRELY ALIGNED WITH ONE ANOTHER.

UM, THE PLANNING BOARD SUPPORTS THE NOTION THAT, UM, THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN AS OF RIGHT ABILITY TO BUILD IN THE VERY FEW CASES THAT WE HAVE A DU.

SO I THINK WE HAVE 23 ADUS EVER IN THE HISTORY OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.

UM, AND THE ZONING BOARD IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND THE RIGHTS BASICALLY OF PEOPLE WHO OBJECT.

AND, UM, AND THE ARGUMENT THAT THEY ARE MAKING IS, IF THERE IS AN OBJECTION, THEN THERE SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW IN THOSE CASES.

AND IN THAT CASE, THERE NEED TO BE CRITERIA AGAINST WHICH THE OBJECTION IS ASSESSED.

SO I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NEW INFORMATION FROM THE TIME THAT WE, UM, WE ENDED, UH, THE, THE LAST SET OF DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, WE CAN, I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, I THINK WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THE ISSUE.

I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IS CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

BUT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THIS.

DOES IS IF AN A DU MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE LAW, MEANING IT HAS THE REQUIRED PARKING, IT UM, HAS THE REQUIRED SIZE 'CAUSE THERE'S MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SIZE, IT HAS, UM, THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, NO MORE THAN TWO.

IS THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE? IS THAT A FAIR REPRESENTATION? YEAH, I MEAN, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD HAVING BEEN AT BOTH MEETINGS, UM, AND WORKED WITH THE BOARDS ON THE MEMOS, UM, AND THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT I REPORT BACK.

THE MEMOS ARE ACTUALLY REVIEWED BY, BY THE BOARDS BEFORE THEY GET SENT TO YOU.

WHICH IS IN PART WHY YOU DIDN'T GET THEM UNTIL TODAY BECAUSE THE ZONING BOARD MEETING WAS JUST THURSDAY NIGHT.

UM, AND WE CIRCULATE THEM AND TAKE COMMENTS.

UM, THE PLANNING BOARD, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY BOARD THAT HAS DEALT WITH THE A DU APPLICATIONS OVER THE YEARS, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I'VE BEEN HERE 11 YEARS, UM, THEY'VE NEVER DENIED ONE.

UM, THEY WERE NOT CONFUSED.

THEY, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT WHAT THIS LAW

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UM, IF IT MEETS ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE LAW.

SETBACKS.

SORRY, ALSO SETBACKS.

AND SO IT'S, IT IS ZONING COMPLIANT.

IF IT'S NOT ZONING, IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE SETBACKS, THAT'S BEST TO GO TO THE ZONING BOARD.

RIGHT.

BUT, UM, IF IT IS FULLY COMPLIANT, THE PLANNING BOARD IS SAYING WE DON'T NEED TO SEE IT.

THE BUILDING INSPECTOR CAN DETERMINE IT'S FULLY COMPLIANT.

WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEING AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL IF IT REQUIRES ANY WAIVER.

IF IT DOESN'T HAVE, MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE THE, IF THE THINGS THEY SEE ALL THE TIME ARE PARKING WAIVERS AND SOMETIMES WAIVERS FOR THAT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SIZE, UM, THEY SAID OKAY, THOSE WILL STILL REVIEW.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP FROM ZONING FROM ZONING WAS, OKAY, BUT WHAT'S THEIR STANDARD FOR THAT REVIEW? MM-HMM .

UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS WERE IN THE PROVISIONS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT.

UM, SO, AND THE OTHER ISSUE, THE, THE PLANNING BOARD, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT EVEN ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS, NOTICE GETS GIVEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WE INCREASED THAT TO 300 FEET.

UM, AND IF SOMEONE OBJECTS, THEN THE BUILDING INSPECTOR HAS TO FORWARD IT TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

THE PLANNING BOARD WAS JUST WANTED THERE TO BE SOME STANDARD FOR THAT OBJECTION THAT THERE HAD TO BE SOME BASIS FOR THE OBJECTION.

NOT JUST I DON'T LIKE IT.

UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT GETS A LITTLE YEAH, THAT'S, THAT WAS JUST THEIR COMMENT.

THE ZONING BOARD, UM, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE STANDARDS BEING REMOVED.

UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WHAT THIS BOARD MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER IS WHICH APPLICATIONS GO TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND IF THEY DO HAVE TO GO TO THE PLANNING BOARD, DO YOU WANNA PUT SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS BACK IN, UM, FOR THE PLANNING BOARD TO LOOK AT? I WOULD SAY THOSE, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT SORT OF CAME OUT AND, AND YES, THE TWO BOARDS WERE NOT ALIGNED, , SHALL WE SAY.

UM, I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING 'CAUSE THEY'RE RAISING QUESTIONS WHICH REFLECT THEIR DIFFERENT PURVIEW, WHICH IS PERFECT.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES.

UM, AT THE NEXT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING IN BOARD DISCUSSION, IS THAT AGREEABLE FOR EVERYONE? SO IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO THE SECOND, SECOND.

AND AS I ALWAYS TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE MEMO, BUT IF YOU WANNA SEE THE FULL DISCUSSION, YOU CAN WATCH THOSE MEETINGS.

YEAH, IT'S AT THE END OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD MEETING.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW H OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95 ZONING TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD APPLICATION PROCEDURES.

UM,

[VI. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW H OF 2025]

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? THIS IS A, TO BE CLEAR FOR EVERYONE WHO'S NOT, YOU KNOW, DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC, IT'S ABOUT ALIGNING OUR LAWS WITH STATE LAWS.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF SYNC RELATED TO NOTIFICATION PROVISIONS, ET CETERA.

SO IT'S PRETTY ADMINISTRATIVE.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD ARE BOTH IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? MR. ALLEN? OKAY.

UM, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ASK JUST A QUESTION INFORMATION.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONE OF THE THINGS BEING ADDRESSED HERE IS THIS SO-CALLED DUAL NOTICE WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE ZONING BOARD, BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE OF BOTH MEETINGS IN THE, IN THE BEGINNING.

AND YOU CAN'T KNOW WHEN THE ZONING BOARD'S GONNA SAY WE'RE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING THAT.

BUT IT'S IN THE LAW THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE DUAL NOTICE.

SO IS THAT NOT BEING ADDRESSED? IS THAT NOT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M JUST ASKING.

IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING, IT'S ON THE LIST.

IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S QUIRKY.

IT'S IN THE VIEW PRESERVATION.

IT'S ONLY IN THE VIEW PRESERVATION SECTION.

WELL THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT .

WELL, BUT THE GUY HAS CARE DOING SO, SO THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS.

IT'S NOT PART OF THIS BECAUSE THIS, THIS WAS REALLY, OKAY, SO SO I'VE STILL GOT THAT IF THIS GOES THROUGH.

AND, AND THAT'S ALL I WANNA KNOW.

WE'RE, WE'RE AWARE OF THE ISSUE.

THIS DEALS MORE WITH THE PROCEDURES ABOUT APPLICATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS AND HOW THINGS GET BEFORE THE BOARDS.

I DEAL WITH THEM IN DOBBS FERRY AND IN IRVINGTON.

ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

JIM METZKER 4 27 WAR BURTON.

UM, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS.

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TARRYTOWN.

UM, I GENERALLY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE PUT IN, WHICH I'M GUESSING MOST OF YOU'RE SURPRISED TO HEAR.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT THEN GETS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD OR THE ZONING BOARD, UM, BEFORE A HEARING COMES UP SEEMS SOMEWHAT EXORBITANT TO ME.

NOW I'M NOT SITTING ON EITHER OF THOSE BOARDS AND I'M GUESSING THERE ARE MONTHS WHERE THEY ARE SWAMPED.

ARE THE MONTHS PROBABLY NOT QUITE AS BUSY, BUT AS AN ARCHITECT REPRESENTING CLIENTS, USUALLY ONCE WE GET A PROJECT STARTED, THE THOUGHT OF WAITING 60 DAYS OR 90 DAYS IS, IS THAT NOT WHAT IT'S, I I MAY BE READING IT WRONG LINDA.

I SEE THAT, THAT YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.

COULD YOU, COULD YOU CLARIFY THE, THE TIMEFRAME OF WHEN INFORMATION HAS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THEN WHEN RELATED TO THIS, THE PLANNING BOARD OR ZONING BOARD WOULD BE HEARING THAT APPLICATION? THE, THE, UM, DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION FOR THE PLANNING BOARD ARE ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE.

AND I THINK THE ZONING BOARD IS SIMILAR AND PART OF THAT IS ALSO FOR PURPOSES OF TIME FOR IT TO BE REVIEWED BY STAFF TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLETE APPLICATION AND THEN FOR THE NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED.

SO, AND THEN, AND THEN ASSUMING THAT YOU WOULD'VE TO COME BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD, TYPICALLY YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO THE, THE, UM, THE INITIAL SUBMISSION IS ONE MONTH, RIGHT? SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSIONS ARE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE MEETING.

HEARING IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON COMPLETE STREETS MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR RAVENSDALE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOVED? SECOND.

[VII. PUBLIC HEARING ON COMPLETE STREETS MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR RAVENSDALE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT]

THE PROJECT SEEKS TO INSTALL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RAVENSDALE ROAD FROM FARRAGUT AVENUE TO CLINTON AVENUE, AND THE INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE NINE A FROM RAVENSDALE ROAD BRIDGE TO HEATH PLACE.

THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF RAVENSDALE ROAD FROM THE RAVENSDALE ROAD BRIDGE TO FARGATE AVENUE.

SO JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE, UH, SUBMITTED A GRANT TO THE STATE, UM, TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS FOR EXACTLY THIS PROJECT.

AND WHAT THIS IS, IS, UM, A MATCHING GRANT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING FUNDS UNDER A COMPLETE STREETS RUBRIC.

AND SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR MATCHING FUNDS FOR THAT.

AND EVERY TIME WE DO THESE KINDS OF GRANT APPLICATIONS, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON THIS, UM, ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER WE'VE BEEN AWARDED THE GRANT FOR THE STATE, FOR THE STATE PART.

UM, BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE VERY NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MATCH BECAUSE THE OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES FOR THE VILLAGE ARE QUITE SUBSTANTIAL FOR THAT GRANT.

SO, UM, SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS JUST ABOUT THE MATCH PART, JUST TO BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S CLEAR.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS EVAN REED.

MY WIFE AND I LIVE AT ONE RAVENSDALE ROAD.

I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SPEAK JUST A LITTLE LOUDER? WE CAN'T HEAR BACK? SURE, SURE.

THANKS.

UH, MY NAME IS EVAN REED.

UM, MY WIFE AND I LIVE AT ONE RAVENSDALE ROAD ON THE CORNER AT FARGATE AVENUE.

I'M AN ARTIST AND MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHER.

MY WIFE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER.

WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A PERILOUS TIME.

ECONOMIC WELLBEING IS FRONT OF MIND FOR MANY AMERICANS.

HERE IN HASTINGS, WE FACE MAJOR AFFORDABILITY ISSUES.

THE TAX REASSESSMENT A FEW YEARS AGO DOUBLED OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO RISE SINCE THEN.

THIS WILL DRAG THE VALUE OF OUR HOUSE DOWN IF WE TRY TO SELL.

WE HEARD NUMEROUS STORIES AFTER THE REASSESSMENT OF LOWER INCOME FAMILIES FORCED OUT OF HASTINGS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE HIGHER TAXES.

TODAY WE FACE SIMILAR ECONOMIC STRESS IN OUR OWN HOUSEHOLD.

NOW THIS SIDEWALK PROJECT WILL EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM FOR US.

A PRIMARY REASON THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF OUR HOUSE MOVED WAS UNHAPPINESS WITH THE UNPLEASANT TRAFFIC ON RAVENSDALE.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE SPENT ALMOST 20 YEARS NURTURING

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THE GARDEN IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.

IT'S A SAVING GRACE OF OUR LOCATION ON A VERY BUSY CORNER.

IT PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT SCREEN TO PARTIALLY BLOCK THE NOISE AND DISTRACTION OF THE TRAFFIC.

THE TOWN'S PROPOSAL TO PUT A SIDEWALK IN WOULD DESTROY OUR GARDEN.

THERE ARE ONLY 13 FEET FROM THE STEPS OF OUR HOUSE TO THE STREET FROM A 15 FOOT LILAC WOULD NEED TO BE RIPPED OUT.

ANOTHER FEATURE OF OUR GARDEN IS THE MORE THAN 20 OLD GARDEN ROSES.

I HAVE PLANTED TWO CLASSES I TOOK AT THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ON ANTI, ON ANTIQUE ROSES STIRRED MY PASSION FOR THESE UNCOMMON VARIETIES AS MY WIFE AND I NEAR RETIREMENT.

THIS HIT TO THE VALUE OF OUR HOUSE WILL MAKE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT FOR US.

I HAVE, I AM UNAWARE OF ANY OUTREACH TO THE RESIDENTS OF RAVENSDALE ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A SURVEY OF RESIDENTS ASKING THEIR OPINION OF THIS PROJECT? YOU MIGHT FIND THAT RESIDENTS HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES.

WE WERE GIVEN NO NOTIFICATION ABOUT RECENT TOWN MEETINGS ON THE PROJECT.

MY WIFE LEARNED ABOUT THE PROJECT BECAUSE SHE HAPPENED TO SEE SOMEONE'S FACEBOOK POST.

WE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT TONIGHT'S MEETING BECAUSE I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO THE RIVER TOWNS DISPATCH AND SAW A LETTER TO THE EDITOR MENTIONING IT.

EVEN THOUGH WE CONTACTED THE TOWN AND SPOKE TO THE MAYOR AND VILLAGE MANAGER EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS, NO ONE THOUGHT TO INFORM US OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

PERHAPS THE BOARD, THE MAYOR AND THE VILLAGE MANAGER PREFER TO PUSH THIS PROCESS THROUGH WITHOUT THE INPUT OF RESIDENTS MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF A TRAFFIC STUDY OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW WAS DONE.

I BELIEVE CHANNELING PEDESTRIANS AND BIKE TRAFFIC UNDER RAVENSDALE FROM FARRAGUT MIGHT MAKE SAFETY WORSE.

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE SITUATION SHOULD COME STAND ON OUR CORNER AT 8:00 AM AND WATCH THE NOISY STREAM OF CARS AND LARGE TRUCKS.

CARS ROLL THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND HO HONK HOS VEHICLES BACK UP EIGHT OR MORE WAITING TO TURN FARGATE CARS BLAST STEREOS WITH WINDOWS ROLLED DOWN VEHICLES ROUTINELY SPEED DOWN FARGATE.

WE REGULARLY WITNESSED THE AFTERMATH OF ACCIDENTS IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A CAR RAN OFF FARGATE AND HIT OUR FENCE.

WE WERE NOT HOME AT THE TIME.

AND STRANGELY, WHEN I APPROACHED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASK FOR DETAILS, THEY REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY INFORMATION.

MR. REED, YOU'VE ACTUALLY GONE PAST YOUR LIMIT.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOMEONE ELSE TO FINISH READING YOUR LETTER, YOU ARE WELCOME TO REALLY CAN'T.

I WOULD REALLY PREFER A MINUTE AND A HALF.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, UH, MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT OTHER ISSUES, SO, SO COULD PERHAPS SOMEONE ELSE FINISH READING YOUR LETTER IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.

AND JUST CUT OFF ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE ISSUE.

THAT'S VERY, I'M INVITING SOMEONE ELSE TO READ YOUR LETTER FOR YOU.

THE END PART OF IT.

SOMEBODY CAN, I'LL READ THE LETTER SURE.

OR JUST START.

UH, RIGHT WHERE, WHERE WE WERE NOT HOME HERE.

CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YES.

MY NAME IS NATHAN BURKE.

I'M A RESIDENT OF FIVE THREE FENWICK ROAD, ALSO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF RAVENSDALE.

UM, TAKING UPWARD, THE GENTLEMAN LEFT OFF.

WE WERE NOT AT HOME AT THE TIME.

AND STRANGELY, WHEN I APPROACHED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASK FOR DETAILS, THEY REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO REPLY TO ME WITH ANY INFORMATION.

ENCOURAGING PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES TO ROUTE THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION WILL MAKE PEOPLE MORE VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS AT THE CORNER.

A SAFER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO ROUTE WALKERS AND BIKERS FROM FAIRGATE ONTO MERRILL STREET THAN ONTO ROSEDALE.

FROM THERE TO RAVENSDALE, MERRILL AND ROSEDALE ACQUIRED, OR SAFER AND RELATIVELY WHAT IF YOU SPEND TIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'LL SEE THAT PEOPLE CLOSE CHOOSE TO WALK IN ROSEDALE WHEN POSSIBLE, AS IS A SAFER AND MORE PLEASANT ROUTE.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO INVITE ONLY A TWO BLOCK ROUTE CHANGE AND WOULD ONLY MAKE FOR A SAFER AND SENSIBLE PLAN.

LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE IMPOSITION OF THIS PLAN ON OUR STREET SEEMS RATHER ARBITRARY THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK.

I TAKE A 45 MINUTE WALK AROUND TOWN FOR EXERCISE.

MUCH OF THE TOWN LACKS SIDEWALKS.

THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT ROUTES THROUGH TOWN THAT LACK SIDEWALKS.

MY POINT IS THAT ISN'T THAT ALL OF THESE STREETS SHOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS, BUT RATHER TO NOTE THE ARBITRARY CHOICE TO DO, TO DO THIS TO RAVENSDALE WHEN IT WILL HAVE CLEAR AND DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS RESIDENTS.

AND THERE IS NO ATTEMPT TO ASSESS RESIDENTS OPINIONS.

FAIRGATE WITH ITS UGLY PROLIFERATION OF POWER LINES AND SPADING CARS IS VERY UNATTRACTIVE.

UM, THE, THE, UH, THIS IS DETAILED.

LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST A COUPLE OF ALTERNATIVE IDEAS FOR THE TOWN'S ATTENTION AND FOCUS.

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THE POWER LINES PREVENT THE TREE COVER, UM, ABOUT POWER LINES, MORE ABOUT THE POWER LINES THAT THE BOARD REFUSES TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.

I SUGGEST THAT RATHER THAN SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, ONE SIDEWALK WOULD BE PREFERABLE.

THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF THE STREET ALREADY HAS SOME SIDEWALK.

I EMPLOY YOU HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH RESIDENTS AND FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, MY COMMENTS ARE VERY, VERY SIMPLE.

SURE.

UM, THERE ARE LOTS OF PARENTS WHO WERE YOUNGER.

I HAD TO P**S OFF MY WIFE TONIGHT TO COME HERE 'CAUSE SHE'S DOING BOTH OF THE KIDS RIGHT NOW.

UH, NOT ME.

SO IT'S A REALLY BAD TIME.

UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THIS, IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO COME HERE IF YOU HAVE YOUNG KIDS, YOU HAVE TO PUT TO BED EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.

UM, SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THE, THE VILLAGE OVERALL, BECAUSE OF RAVENSDALE PLUS FARGATE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CROSS COUNTY PARKWAY IN SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER, HAS A HUGE TRAFFIC CALMING NEED.

PEOPLE USE OUR VILLAGE AS A CUT THROUGH EFFECTIVELY.

SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN WHEN THEY WANT TO GO EAST, WEST OR WEST EAST FROM THE EXECUTIVE BULLET VAD PARTY, YONKERS OVER TO STEW LEONARDS AND POINTS EAST IN THE COUNTY.

ANYTHING AT ALL THAT YOU CAN DO TO JUST SLOW AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THIS VILLAGE IS GONNA BE A GODSEND.

UM, PUT A STOP SIGN.

MORE STOP SIGNS EVERYWHERE.

BRANFORD, RAVENSDALE.

WE NEED STOP SIGNS.

WE GOTTA SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.

THEY DON'T LIVE HERE.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN GOING EAST, WEST AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE, THE RAVENSDALE ROAD ISSUE SPECIFICALLY? UM, HI.

I AM HOLLY EURE, 93 FAIRMONT AVENUE.

FAIRMONT AVENUE.

AND HA AND KENT ARE CONTIGUOUS.

GO ON.

FAIRMONT TURNS INTO KENT.

SO I AM AT THAT KENT AND RAVENSDALE, UM, INTERSECTION FREQUENTLY.

AND IT IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT PLACE TO GET ONTO RAVENSDALE.

UM, THE CARS ARE ZIPPING UP THE HILL.

THEY REALLY COME UP THE HILL FAST AND IT'S AROUND A CURVE ALSO, SO IT'S HARD TO, IT'S HARD TO SEE THEM.

IT'S ALSO A BIG BUSH RIGHT ON THE RIGHT, ON THE, UM, WEST SIDE OF IT, AND HARD TO SEE AROUND THAT.

SO, UM, I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW MUCH HARDER IT'S GONNA BE WHEN BICYCLES ARE ALSO COMING UP AND DOWN RAVENSDALE.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN, UM, THE, THE BIKE RIDERS WHO WANNA GET TO THE BIKE PATH AND, UM, AND THE CAR DRIVERS.

BUT AS, AS I'M ONE OF THE LATTER, I FIND IT, UM, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA TO PUT IN THE BIKE LANES THERE.

UM, IN THE PAST, UH, MAYBE EVEN 20 YEARS AGO, I TRIED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A STOP SIGN INSTALLED, UM, FOR THE CARS COMING UP THE HILL.

AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP.

IT WOULD STILL BE, IT, IT'S STILL NOT GONNA HELP IT, IT WOULD JUST MAKE THE SITUATION EASIER IF THERE COULD BE A STOP SIGN THERE ON AT KENT.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ON RAVENSDALE ON COMING UP THAT HILL ON RAVENSDALE AT KENT, THOUGH.

YEAH, RIGHT AT STREET.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

I I I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT SPECIFIC INTERSECTION.

A, A HIGHLY TRAFFICKED PEDESTRIAN ROUTE FOR KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL, UH, FOR MY FAMILY GOING TO THE PLAYGROUND.

IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

AND CHILDREN CROSSED THERE, THERE ISN'T EVEN A CROSS, THERE ISN'T A CROSSWALK, SO.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? PLEASE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO THIS PROCESS, IF YOU'VE ARRIVED LATE, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SURE.

UH, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MATT CUMMINGS, UH, LIVE AT 33 FENWICK ROAD.

UM, WOULD JUST LIKE TO REITERATE, UH, WHAT NATE, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE, UH, HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SPEED, UH, ON RAVENSDALE.

UM, I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE FREQUENTLY CROSS RAVENSDALE AT BRANFORD, UH, AND KENT, UH, ONTO, UM, UH, THE EXTENSION OF CANON, ALSO ONTO ROSEDALE.

UM, IT IS HARROWING, UM, TO CROSS THE ROAD THERE.

UH, THERE, AS NATE MENTIONED, THERE IS A CONSTANT STREAM OF HEAVY TRAFFIC.

THERE IS NO SPEED CONTROL COMING FROM EAST TO WEST, UH, ON RAVENSDALE.

UM, NONE GIVEN THAT THERE'S NO STOP SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.

UH, AND THEN NO STOP SIGN UNTIL THEY GET TO FARGATE.

UH, SO CARS, TRUCKS ARE GOING VERY, VERY FAST.

UH, I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A TRUCK, UH, CROSSING KENT, I'M SORRY, CROSSING, UH, RAVENSDALE.

UH, AT ROSEDALE, UH, THERE IS THAT SMALL WATCH FOR PEDESTRIAN SIGN THAT I HAVE TO BE HONEST, NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, NO ONE PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO.

UM, IT'S REALLY HARROWING, ESPECIALLY THAT'S

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AND I THINK FOR OTHERS JUST WALKING INTO TOWN.

UM, AND SO I WOULD, UM, DID NOT COME HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE, THE KENT INTERSECTION, UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE AS WELL.

UH, AS WELL AS A, A A FOUR-WAY STOP AT BRANFORD, UM, UH, ROSEDALE AND, UH, AND RAVENSDALE, UM, FOR SAFETY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT.

SO JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, THIS IS ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PATHS ON RAVENSDALE.

WE ARE LISTENING TO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ON THAT ROAD.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE GRANT PROPOSAL FOR A MATCHING GRANT FOR SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES ON RAVENSDALE, PLEASE.

UH, DIANE ADLER TO SOUTHGATE AVENUE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS ON RAVENSDALE.

MOST OF OUR HOUSE FACES RAVENSDALE.

SO ONE QUICK, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

THE PART ABOUT SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

SO I TAKE IT, THAT WOULD BE ADDING A SIDEWALK WHERE IT DOESN'T EXIST FROM ROSEDALE TO FARGATE.

AND THEN IS IT WIDENING THE SIDEWALK WHERE, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT A DA COMPLIANT ELSEWHERE.

SO PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE ALREADY HAVE A SIDEWALK, THAT SIDEWALK WOULD BE WIDENED, CORRECT? I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT IT'S, THE IDEA IS TO MAKE A CONSISTENT SIDEWALK FROM THE RAVENSDALE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY UP TO FARGATE.

THAT'S THE PLAN AS PROPOSED CURRENTLY.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION BEFORE I SAY SOMETHING ELSE, UM, I ACTUALLY WAS PRETTY SURPRISED THAT TWO BIKE LANES CAN FIT.

I'M ASSUMING THOSE THAT WAS RESEARCHED OR WHATEVER, THAT'S THE CASE.

'CAUSE IT, RAVEN CELL IS WIDE, BUT I JUST HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING TWO BIKE LANES.

BUT, BUT I'M, BUT SO YEAH, OUR PLANNERS OR WHOMEVER SAID IT'S TWO BIKE LANES.

IT'S BEING PROPOSED BY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

ENGINEER.

SO HE'S ENGINEER LOOKED AT IT AND THEY YES.

THEY THEY CAN FIT IT.

UM, JUST SO EVERYBODY IS CLEAR, THE PLANS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONCEPTUAL FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT.

IT'S, IT, IT, THEY HA THIS, IT HAS NOT YET BEEN, YOU KNOW, DESIGNED MM-HMM .

SO BIKES ARE ALREADY FLYING DOWN RAVENSDALE.

SO, UM, I AM ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF AT LEAST ONE BIKE LANE, BUT I AM, WE ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, BIKING IS NICE, BUT BIKERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST TRAVELERS EITHER.

SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPEED OF ALL VEHICLES AND THAT INCLUDES BIKES.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT A CONVERSATION AROUND TRAFFIC CALMING AND SLOWING SPEED, UM, RAVENSDALE CAN BE SEPARATED OUT.

I DON'T WANNA START, IT'S ALREADY A LITTLE ROUGH WITH THE BIKERS.

THEY'RE ON THE SIDEWALKS.

THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE BECAUSE THERE IS NO BIKE LANE.

BUT FRANKLY, IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE BIKE LANES WITH BARRIERS, THEY MAY STILL NOT FEEL SAFE.

'CAUSE THE CARS ON RAVENSDALE GO TOO FAST.

AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ARGUING ABOUT THIS FOR 30 YEARS, LITERALLY.

UM, AND I JUST DON'T THINK I, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME MECHANISMS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.

SO WHAT I, I'VE SAID BEFORE, THERE'S ONLY ONE SPEEDS LIMIT SIGN WHEN YOU'RE HEADING WEST.

I MEAN, I JUST THINK WE'VE WAITED A LONG TIME AND I ACTUALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THESE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I DON'T SEE THEM AS SEPARATE.

AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

POINT WELL TAKEN.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? OH YES.

HI, MY NAME'S DEBORAH ST.

CLAIRE O WALKER AND A LONG TIME RESIDENT AT ONE RESIDENT OF ONE RAVENSDALE.

I WANNA START BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE HASTINGS.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US AND I'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S BEEN UP THERE, SO I'M DRAWING FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN OF THAT DRAWING WITH ALL THE LINES AND EVERYTHING.

UM, SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE TAKING STEPS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT.

AND ONE IS, UM, ONE, I, I BELIEVE IN SAFER STREETS AND BETTER PATHS FOR PEDESTRIANS IN A GREENER MORE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY.

SO JUST KNOW THAT'S AT MY HEART WHILE I'M SAYING ALL THIS, UM, RAVENSDALE HAS EVOLVED 'CAUSE IT USED TO BE JUST THIS LITTLE COUNTRY ROAD AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT PICTURE BY CROSS CROP SEA OF THE SLED GOING DOWN THE HILL.

SO IT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT KIND OF TIME WHEN OUR HOUSE WAS PUT THERE AT ONE RAVENSDALE.

OUR HOUSE USED TO BE A SCHOOL AND THEN THEY MOVED IT OVER TO THIS PART.

AND SO THE AREAS THAT OUR HOUSE IS ON WAS FOR WHEN IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME AND THERE WEREN'T TRUCKS COMING DOWN, DOWN FARRAGUT ALL THE TIME AND THE PEOPLE HAVE PUT A HEDGE UP AND, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE MOVED IN TO SEPARATE THAT KIND OF, UM, UH, NOISE

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AND THE HEDGE IS THE PART THAT IS DEFINITELY GONNA COME OUT.

HAVING DONE THE MEASUREMENTS FROM THAT PHOTO, THAT KIND OF ELECTRONIC PHOTO THING THAT WAS THERE.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENED IS WHAT YOU'VE MENTIONED AS WELL IS HAVING, I THINK IT'S LIKE SOME KIND OF UM, GPS KIND OF THING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WHERE TRUCKS NOW USE THAT AS THEIR LANE TO GO THROUGH.

THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TURNING ONTO FERRAT AND SO THEY HAVE TO BACK UP SOMETIMES.

I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I HEAR IT.

AND SO THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THEY WERE TURNING ONTO TO RAVENSDALE FROM FARGATE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY WOULD BANG UP OUR NEIGHBOR'S LAWN.

AND NOW IF THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN EVEN NARROWER WAY TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT FROM, WITH A BIKE LANE TAKING UP FOUR FEET OF THE, WHAT'S NOW THE 15 FOOT LANE? I'VE MEASURED THIS OUT.

UM, IT'S GONNA BE EVEN HARDER FOR THESE BIG TRUCKS.

MY ANSWER IS, NO TRUCKS, PLEASE TAKE THE TRUCKS AWAY.

TAKE THE, TAKE THE SPEED LIMIT NOT TO BE 45 MILES AN HOUR THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING OR FASTER.

UM, REALLY MAKE IT A DIFFERENCE THERE.

UM, I ALSO URGE YOU TO EXAMINE ACCIDENT DATA, UM, LOOKING AT THE, THE RADIUS ISSUES I MENTIONED, BUT ALSO BICYCLE TRAFFIC AND PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE.

BECAUSE I THINK YOUR DECISIONS HAVE TO BE BASED ON WHAT THE REALITY IS AND NOT JUST THE WISH OF THOSE OF US WHO LIKE TO WALK ON THE STREET.

UM, THE CURRENT PLAN CLARIFIED IN THAT PICTURE THAT I SAW WOULD EXTEND THE SIDEWALK SEVERAL FEET BEYOND THE EXISTING CURB.

SO FOUR FEET OR SO INTO OUR GARDEN.

UM, THE LEGAL PROPERTY LINE IS MY HUSBAND MENTIONED.

IT'S A LOT FURTHER IN BECAUSE OF THAT, THE HISTORY AND EVERYTHING.

UM, BUT THE HEDGES THAT WE HAVE, THERE ARE PRIVACY SCREENS, THEY'RE SOUND BUFFERS AND THEY ALSO, I'D BE BE FRANK, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY MY HUSBAND'S A PASSIONATE ROSEMAN, BUT IT'S ALSO GREAT FOR POLLINATION AND TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE INTO OUR TOWN BEING ENVIRONMENTAL.

THE MORE PLANTS WE HAVE, THE BETTER.

AND IT IS OUR LIFE AND OUR LIVELIHOOD IN MANY OF OUR HEARTS.

UM, SO LET'S EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES.

A MORE SENSITIVE COMMUNITY MINDED DESIGN COULD BE, UM, ONE BIKE LANE, ONE, UM, OR A BIKE LANE THAT GOES ANOTHER WAY OR ONE SIDEWALK.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO.

I'M MY HEART IS WITH YOU.

I LOVE LIVING IN HASTINGS.

I WANNA STAY HERE.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER US.

WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, FOLKS? HI BRIAN ALLEN AGAIN.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE NOTION THAT THE, THE BIKE PATHS AND THE TRAFFIC COMING ARE UNRELATED IS RIDICULOUS.

THE BIKE PATHS CAUSE THE TRAFFIC TO BE WORSE.

THAT'S PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.

CAN YOU SPEAK UP MR. ALLEN? I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

THE NOTION THAT THE BIKE LANES AND THE TRAFFIC COMING ARE UNRELATED IS RIDICULOUS.

OF COURSE THEY'RE RELATED.

THE BIKE LANES CAUSE WORSE TRAFFIC SCENARIOS.

EVERYONE IS SAYING, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PROPOSAL IS, IT IS IT CAUSES, IT ASKS FOR A REALIGNMENT OF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ROAD.

WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO? THE, THE, THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ON THE PORTAL.

SAY REALIGNMENT.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS STRAIGHTENING THE ROAD.

ONE OF THE SPOTS THERE IS THE CROP SEA PICTURE SPOT WHERE THE SLEIGH IS COMING TO THE TRAIN.

THAT'S THE SPOT THAT IS PART OF THE REALIGNMENT.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES ANYONE KNOW? CAN I SPEAK TO THIS? I CAN, YEAH.

I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW.

I'D LIKE HIM TO MAKE HIS COMMENT AND AND THEN YOU COULD COMMENT LATER BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE THE THREE MINUTES.

I HAVE OTHER THINGS TO SAY.

PLEASE.

IS ANYONE CONSIDERING THIS? THESE ARE THE STANDARDS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE WHEN YOU PUT IN BIKE LANES ACCORDING TO THE STATE, ACCORDING TO AASHTO, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW YORK STATE.

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS, WHICH AASHTO, WHICH PUTS OUT THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY GUIDELINES HAS RELEVANT FACTORS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU DO BIKE LANES.

THEY ARE TRAFFIC FACTORS, MOTOR VEHICLE VOLUME.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE VOLUME IS? NO.

NO, NO STUDIES AT ALL HAS BEEN DONE.

ASTO SAYS IF YOU HAVE 2000 CARS OR MORE, YOU NEED 14 FEET OF EACH WAY.

RAVENSDALE IS NOT 28 FEET WIDE.

ALSO, UH, MOTOR VEHICLE SPEEDS, WE KNOW THEY'RE TWO HIGH MOTOR VEHICLE MIX.

HOW MANY TRUCKS VERSUS CARS? THE AASHTO STANDARDS SAY IF YOU HAVE 5% OR MORE TRUCKS, YOU NEED MORE WIDTH THAN 14 FEET.

DO WE KNOW ANY OF THIS? ANY OF THIS CAN BE COMPLIED WITH? PLEASE CARRY ON.

BE NICE THREE MINUTES.

I THANK YOU.

I'LL, I'LL SPEAK ALSO SITE DISTANCE.

THE REASON YOU CAN'T HAVE A STOP SIGN AT KENT IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SIGHT, SIGHT DISTANCE GOING WEST.

YOU'LL HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU.

THAT'S WHY SIGHT DISTANCE IS BAD ALL OVER THIS ROAD.

IT'S WINDY, IT'S HILLY.

THAT ALSO INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF WIDTH YOU NEED FOR THE LANES ACCORDING TO THE ASTRO STANDARDS AND BICYCLE ACCIDENT HISTORY.

I'M GLAD THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.

MAN NAMED DAVID VIOR WAS KILLED ON HIS BICYCLE ON RAVENSDALE ROAD IN 2011.

HE WAS 63 YEARS OLD.

HE LIVED THERE A LONG TIME.

HE WAS NOT A KID.

THAT'S THE ACCIDENT HISTORY.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE FENCE AND THEY SAID ONE DEATH WAS TOO MANY.

WELL, WE HAVE ONE DEATH YEAR.

ARE WE REALLY GONNA PUT BIKES IN THERE?

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AND NEW YORK STATE DOESN'T HAVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.

NEED TO GET ALL THESE THINGS ON THE RECORD 'CAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE ABSENT COMPLETELY FROM ANY DISCUSSION OF ALL OF THIS.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? HI, JEREMY ROSENBERG, FIVE RAVENSDALE ROAD.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, I JUST WANNA GET BACK TO THE SIDEWALK.

I THINK EVERYONE'S REGISTERED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING.

I THINK MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS WHO WERE HERE TONIGHT ARE, ARE DEFINITELY MOST AFFECTED BY THE SIDEWALK FROM RA FROM FARGATE DOWN TO ROSEDALE.

WE'RE ON THE SIDE WHERE THE SIDEWALK'S GONNA GO.

THERE'S ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO'S NOT HERE, BUT THAT'S THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE.

THEY'RE HOUSE FACES ROSEDALE.

UM, BASICALLY I MET WITH UH, MS. MURPHY LAST WEEK AND SHE TOLD ME SHE WANTS TO SET UP A MEETING WITH US AND THE ENGINEER.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND I JUST WANT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST KEPT IN THE LOOP, UH, OF THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK AND, AND 'CAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT'S GONNA HIT ON.

WELL, AS I UNDERSTAND RIGHT OF WAY, THE TOWN HAS QUITE A LOT OF LEEWAY AND YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY OF GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, WE'RE ALWAYS AFRAID OF GOVERNMENT TAKING OUR PROPERTY, BUT IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY.

UM, BUT WE STILL, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN OUT OF, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER'S GOING ON.

AND JUST PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, AS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THE ENGINEER TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT, I MEAN, IT'S OUR HEDGES.

IT'S OUR FENCES, IT'S OUR PRIVACY AND WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE KIND OF DON'T KNOW YET.

AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S CONCEPTUAL.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE TOWN'S CONTENTION THAT, UH, THE TRAFFIC WILL BE SLOWED DOWN BY THIS.

BUT I AM NOT SURE BY THE BIKE LANES.

YOU, MARY, YOU SAID THAT, UH, YOU THOUGHT IT MIGHT SLOW IT DOWN.

YOU KNOW, I I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

OH, OKAY.

BUT I JUST, I, I KNOW THAT WHEN I SEE A BICYCLE I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN, IN, UM, NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE RIDE BIKES ON OUR EXTREMELY WINDY, NARROW ROADS.

AND THE DRIVERS ARE, ARE, ARE VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFUL OF MAKING SURE TO YEAH.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN 'CAUSE THEY GOT A BIKER GOING UP A HILL AND YOU CANNOT PASS.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, NO, AND OUR, OUR SECTION OF THE ROAD IS, IS PRETTY STRAIGHT SO WE DON'T HAVE THE WINDY ISSUE.

SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

I MEAN, THE WIDTH IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE TO US BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA LOSE WHAT WE USED TO THINK OF AS OUR PROPERTY.

RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT ROAD DIETS DO SLOW CAUSE DOWN.

UH, I SPOKE TO THE CHIEF POLICE TODAY AND HE WAS SAYING THAT THE ROAD DIET ON BROADWAY HAS REALLY, REALLY SLOWED TRAFFIC.

AND THE ROAD DIET ON WARBURTON HAS SLOWED TRAFFIC NOT AS MUCH AS EVERYONE WANTS.

SO IT'S NOT THAT IT CAN'T BE FURTHER SLOWED.

UM, UH, THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES THAT, UM, TRAFFIC ENGINEERS USE SOME WHICH PEOPLE LIKE IN THEORY.

AND THEN WHEN IT'S NEXT TO WHERE THEY LIVE, THEY DON'T LIKE IT.

LIKE SPEED HUMPS ARE AN EXAMPLE OR UM, UH, UH, VARIOUS KINDS OF THINGS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS GREAT IN THEORY AND THEN YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE GOING OVER THE HUMP EVERY THREE SECONDS AND IT, IT SORT OF MAKES PEOPLE GO OUT OF THEIR MIND.

SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS OF BASICALLY ANYTHING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC.

IT'S, IT, IT RAISES A LOT OF EMOTIONS IN PEOPLE.

AND WHAT I THINK THE VILLAGE MANAGER WAS SAYING EARLIER, WHICH I WOULD LIKE ALL OF YOU TO SORT OF TAKE TO HEART, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE SAFETY AND THE WALKABILITY OF THE VILLAGE THAT BENEFITS PEOPLE.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A SPECIFIC SET OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERNS.

WE KNOW WHAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE BECAUSE WE'VE MET WITH YOU AND WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS THOSE SOLUTIONS.

A LOT OF SAFETY FOR KIDS, FOR ADULTS.

UM, AND WE'VE, WE'VE SAID THAT DIRECTLY TO YOU AND WE MEANT IT WHEN WE SAID IT.

UM, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE US OR NOT, IT WAS TRUE.

WE DID ACTUALLY MEAN IT WHEN WE SAID IT.

UM, AND SO WE THINK THAT THERE ARE A RANGE OF WAYS THAT THESE ISSUES CAN BE SOLVED, UM, AND ADDRESSED THAT DON'T CREATE PROBLEMS. AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED ARE ACTUALLY ON VILLAGE PROPERTY THAT MAKES IT MORE COMPLEX, OBVIOUSLY, UM, IN, IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET IS AN AMAZING SET OF SIDEWALKS THAT, UH, CREATE

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HOPEFULLY WE FIND A WAY TO CREATE SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY ARE A VULNERABLE GROUP THAT ARE USING A VERY BUSY ROAD.

AND HOPEFULLY WE FIND A WAY TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND STOP THE VILLAGE BEING USED AS A A, THIS PARTICULAR ROUTE BEING USED AS A CUT THROUGH.

AND THAT'S A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO.

WE TRIED TO DO THAT WITH JANE STREET.

UM, WE FOUND SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WORKED AFTER LOTS AND LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UM, UH, UH, BUT STILL THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO USE THAT AS A CUT THROUGH.

SO, UM, QUESTION I JUST THOUGHT OF, IF THE NEXT GRANT DOESN'T COME THROUGH, ARE YOU STILL PROCEEDING ANYWAY? THAT WILL BE, I WILL BE ON HOLIDAY SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY.

THAT WILL BE A DECISION FOR THE GROUP THAT IS LEFT IN THE GOVERNING ROLE.

UM, BUT I, I DO SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE GRANT COMES THROUGH.

'CAUSE I REALLY DO THINK IT WILL HELP PEOPLE.

AND IN, AND ONE THING FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW IS THAT THESE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS ARE VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY FREQUENTLY GET ADJUSTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE SITUATION THAT RESIDENTS HAVE RAISED.

SO WE REALLY DO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

IT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, OUR ENGINEER, UM, LOOKS AT, AT THE PLANS THAT ARE DEVELOPED AND, UH, MAKES ADJUSTMENTS THAT, THAT TRY AND ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE.

SO WE LIVE WITH YOU.

WE ARE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.

WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO SPEAK AND PLEASE KEEP US IN THE LOOP.

OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

YOU, THE VILLAGE MANAGER IS A CONSTANT, SO YOU CAN REACH IT.

FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME, BUT SHE WILL, SHE WILL BE AROUND.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO THE ISSUE OF RAVENSDALE SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES, PLEASE? HELLO, MY NAME IS BARBARA KING.

I LIVE AT 93 KENT AVENUE.

UM, I GUESS THIS IS ADDRESSING THE PROJECT WITH, UM, INCORPORATING SAFETY WITH THE INTERSECTION AT RAVENSDALE AND ROSEDALE.

AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE, UM, SAFETY COUNCIL AND MEETINGS, AND WE WERE ADVISED TO ASK FOR FOUR WAYS STOP AT THAT INTERSECTION.

AND, UH, MAYOR, YOU HAD REACHED OUT TO, UM, MY NEIGHBOR, MATT AND ME , AND THANK YOU.

YOU, YOU RECOGNIZED AND SAID IT COULD, IT WOULD ALIGNS WITH THE PROJECT.

UM, AND WE, I GUESS I'M ADVOCATING FOR THESE STOP SIGNS TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AT THAT INTERSECTION.

UM, AND, UM, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY UPDATES OR IF YOU COULD, AGAIN, LIKE I THINK THE COMMUNICATION IS VERY VITAL BECAUSE, UM, AS YOU SEE IN OUR POCKET AND THAT CORNER OF HASTINGS, WE REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT GOES ON, UM, THAT A LOT OF CHILDREN USE THAT INTERSECTION, UH, PEOP DOG WALKERS, PEOPLE WALKING, AND IT, IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.

AND I DON'T THINK JUST BIG YELLOW SIGNS SHOWING PEOPLE ARE ENOUGH.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MORE FORCEFUL LIKE A STOP SIGN WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ADVISED AT.

UM, AND ONE ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I, WITH THE PLAN, UM, COULD THEY PUT A CURB IN DOWN BY KENT TO PUT A CROSSWALK IN OVER THERE? UM, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS WORK, IS THAT POSSIBLE TOO? AND I KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THIS FOUR-WAY STOP SIGN, I GUESS IF YOU'RE GOING, UH, WEST, IS IT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE INTERSECTION OR THE, THE HILL AND THE CURVE.

AND I, I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY WANNA REALIGN THAT CURVE.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT PLAN.

UM, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER DICEY CORNER.

IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE BIKE LANES.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE DOES.

AND THIS WILL BE A VERY GOOD, UH, CONTINUATION DOWN SOUTH, EVEN HOPEFULLY ONE DAY PASSED HEATH PLACE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FARRAGUT AVENUE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? YES.

HI, MARIA SILVER, 1 0 4 HEATH PLACE.

I AM HERE TO BE VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE PLAN TO PUT A SIDEWALK ON NINE A THAT WILL REALLY HELP THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, DONALD PARK, CLEARWOOD, EVEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE, UM, FARTHER EAST, UM, UP JACKSON AVENUE, UM, AND ALSO SOUTH ON NINE A ON SAWMILL RIVER ROAD.

WE HAVE AS MANY AS A HUNDRED STUDENTS LIVING IN DONALD PARK.

UM, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SIDEWALK THAT DOES ALREADY LEAD NORTH ON SAWMILL RIVER ROAD.

CONNECTS INTO THE SOUTH COUNTY TRAILWAY,

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UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE GRANT, UM, WILL NOT BE ANSWERED FOR SOME MONTHS, BUT I MEAN, THE PROCEDURES ARE MOVING FORWARD.

I HAVE HERE, AND I THINK I PASSED TO YOU NINE PAGES OF SIGNATURES OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE VERY HAPPY THAT THIS IS A PROPOSAL.

IT IS, UH, DOVETAILED OR, I DON'T KNOW, JUST KIND OF ONE OF A PIECE WITH THE RAVENSDALE PROPOSAL.

UM, I'M NOT HERE DIRECTLY TO COMMENT ON THAT, UM, BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTED, BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF AT LEAST AN IMPROVED SIDEWALK AND ONE BIKE LANE ON RAVENSDALE.

PLEASE, YOU STOP INTERRUPTING.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE ON THIS ISSUE.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? NO, GO AHEAD.

PLENTY.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JONAH LIEBER.

I LIVE AT, UH, THREE RAVENSDALE.

UM, I THINK THAT JUST STARTING OFF BROADLY, UM, THERE'S WHAT YOU DO AND THERE'S HOW YOU DO IT.

SO IF WE THINK ABOUT OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH IN NEW YORK CITY, UM, THEY SLAP DOWN BIKE LANES ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CROSS STREETS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN HURT BY THE BIKE LANES.

THERE'S ALSO SOME SAFETY, BUT THAT WAS, I SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER.

I'M SORRY.

I SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YOU CAN LIFT THE MIC.

I WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

OH, PLEASE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

SO THEY SLAPPED DOWN BIKE LANDS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

THEIR, THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS VERY POWERFUL, BOUGHT OUT THE OPPOSITION AND GOT IT DONE.

THAT'S WHAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.

AND HE GOT IT DONE IN OUR LITTLE VILLAGE, WE'RE GONNA SLAP DOWN BIKE LANDS AND SIDEWALKS.

THERE WASN'T, NOBODY TALKED TO US ON RAVENSDALE BEFORE PUTTING IN THIS GRANT.

I KNOW IT'S CONCEPTUAL, BUT NOBODY REALLY SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH US.

THAT DOESN'T FEEL VERY NEIGHBORLY.

I I DON'T KNOW IF ALL, ALL OF YOU LIVE IN HASTINGS, BUT THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T FEEL NEIGHBORLY AND THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF GOVERNMENT THAT I WANT TO HAVE.

UM, IS IT A GOOD WE HAVE CHILDREN? I CAN'T SAY IT'S A BAD IDEA, BUT CAN'T YOU START SMALL? HOW ABOUT STARTING WITH ONE BIKE LANE? LET'S SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

HOW ABOUT SOME KIND OF A STUDY TO SEE IF THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT YOU THINK IT'S GONNA SOLVE? DID YOU DO ANY RESEARCH AT ALL BEFORE TRYING TO START THIS? 'CAUSE IT REALLY IS LIKE OUR HEDGE IS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE ROAD.

SO WHEN YOU PUT THE SIDEWALK IN HERE, DO YOU KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GONNA WALK ON THE SIDEWALK? WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A HEDGE ANYMORE.

THAT MEANS THE CARS ARE GONNA BE GOING RIGHT PAST OUR FRONT DOOR, WHICH IS, ON THE ONE HAND, MAYBE IT'S GREAT FOR OUR KIDS TO HAVE A SIDEWALK, BUT NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE RIGHT OUT IN THE STREET.

AND I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY NICE TO SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THIS IS WHAT YOU'D WANT AT YOUR HOUSE.

UM, IS THAT HOW YOU'D LIKE, YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR HEADS TO JUST GET RUN OVER BECAUSE SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO PUT A SIDEWALK THERE? I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DELIVER WATER TO LIKE A CONFLICT ZONE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ADD ON A LITTLE SIDEWALK.

AND TO ME, IT'S NOT THE PUBLIC GOOD.

DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S WORTH THE, THE COST.

UM, AND IT ISN'T, CAN'T YOU JUST PLEASE LOOK AT SMALLER ALTERNATIVES BEFORE TRYING TO GO TO THIS KIND OF EXTREME MEASURE? AND I, AND I, AND I, AGAIN, LIKE, I HOPE TO MEET ALL OF YOU.

UM, AND I KNOW IT'S A HARD JOB THAT YOU HAVE.

I'VE STUDIED POLITICS MOST OF MY LIFE.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.

START SMALL, TRY THAT OUT FIRST AND SEE IF IT WORKS.

AND THAT'S, I KNOW BECAUSE I READ THAT THERE ARE ISSUES ABOUT, UM, UH, OBTAINING THESE GRANTS AND THE DEADLINE FOR ONE OF THEM.

WOULD THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING.

IT'S STILL DAVE SKOLNIK 47 HILLSIDE.

I HAD IMAGINED, GIVEN HOW MUCH I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, THAT I WOULD, UH, GO AND GO FIRST GIVEN WHAT I REALLY HAVE TO TELL YOU.

AND I THINK YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR A WHILE AND I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS AND I'VE BEGGED FOR CERTAIN, UH, EXPANDED INFORMATION.

UM, SOMEWHERE EARLIER IN THIS PROCESS, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TRYING TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

AND UNFORTUNATELY YOU DON'T, YOU DIDN'T AND YOU HAVEN'T.

THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO GRANTS ACTIVE IN THIS PROCESS IS CONFUSING ENOUGH.

THE PROCEDURES FOR THOSE TWO GRANTS SEEM TO BE DIFFERENT.

UM, I ASKED THE VILLAGE MANAGER, UM, TO TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY I WASN'T ABLE TO GET THE ACTUAL, UH, GRANT APPLICATION, UH, A COPY OF THE GRANT APPLICATION, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT.

THE WAY I WAS ABLE TO GET FOR ROSEDALE, AND I'M SORRY TO SAY, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR EXPLANATION FOR THAT, BUT WHAT I KNOW IS I DIDN'T, THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE BASICALLY HAVEN'T A CLUE AS TO WHAT THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY IS.

THE IDEA THAT YOU STILL PRESENT SOMETHING CONCEPTUAL AND GET EVERYBODY UP IN ARMS AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, UH, I THINK IS AN OUTREACH.

FURTHERMORE, I HAVE A QUESTION.

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EITHER IT'S THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY OR, UM, THE OTHER ONE, COMPLETE STREETS IS COMING UP SOON IN, UM, UH, SEPTEMBER, GRANTS DESIGN AND STUDY.

I WANNA KNOW IF YOU GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THESE GRANTS, THE, THE APPLICATION AND IF WE GET IT, WHAT'S OUR OBLIGATION? ONCE WE'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP, UH, WHERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE SAY, NOW WE CHANGED OUR MIND, WE REALIZE THIS IS NOT GONNA SUIT OUR PURPOSE.

OR ARE WE ALREADY COMMITTED, UM, IN A WAY THAT WE CAN'T, UH, WE CAN'T CHANGE IT BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU THIS ITEM.

RAVENSDALE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR YEARS AS AN ISSUE, AND THIS PROJECT DOESN'T DO A THING TO ADDRESS THE MAIN ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.

BECAUSE BACK WHEN IT WAS BEING TALKED ABOUT, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BICYCLE LANES.

AND I'LL REMIND YOU TOO, WHAT I TOLD YOU, THAT EVEN THOUGH THE LETTERS SAID THAT THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, YOU FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S A FULL FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE FROM, UH, ROSEDALE TO THE BRIDGE.

SO IT'S THERE.

IT NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED, BUT IT'S THERE.

AS FAR AS THE MEASUREMENTS, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO TELL US THAT THE ENGINEERS SAID IT'S OKAY.

THE ENGINEER WE HAD, WE USED TO HAVE ACTUAL MEETINGS, VILLAGE MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME AND DISCUSS AND HEAR, AND NOW WE JUST GET, WE JUST GET TOLD THAT THAT'S, UH, WHAT SOMEBODY SAID.

SO I THINK YOU SHOULD WITHDRAW THIS, UH, APPLICATION.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

NOT HERE'S A BUNCH OF SOLUTIONS.

TO REMIND EVERYONE, THIS IS A GRANT FOR DESIGN AND STUDY.

IT'S, THIS IS NOT AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.

THIS ONE FROM THE COUNTY IS DESIGN AND STUDY AND, AND CONSTRUCTION, AND ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTION.

THE OTHER PART OF IT IS FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? I'M STAN AVEDON.

I LIVE AT 21 RAVENSDALE WITH RESA GRANDA.

I'M A MINORITY HERE.

I RIDE A BIKE.

I RIDE A BIKE EVERY DAY ON RAVENSDALE.

AND I THINK THAT IT, WHAT THE TRUSTEES ARE DOING AND WHAT THE TOWN IS DOING IS GREAT.

WE NEED TO DO MORE EXPLORATION.

EXPLORATION.

AND STAN, IF YOU COULD UP WITH ADDRESS US, PLEASE COME UP WITH, COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WORKS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.

I'M IN FULL SUPPORT WITH YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU STAN.

MR. AVADON, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? HI, I AM BRIAN POCHE.

I LIVE AT TWO RAVENSDALE ROAD.

UM, I AM HERE BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED THAT I ALWAYS ASK IN THE PAST AND ASK ABOUT THE LAST BIKE LANE PLAN.

UM, AND I NEVER GOT AN ANSWER.

I HEAR A LOT ABOUT THIS SOLUTION OR THAT SOLUTION, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING SOLVED.

WALKABILITY.

IT LOOKS NICE.

GREAT.

I THINK SOMEONE ELSE HERE BROUGHT UP, WELL, MAYBE IT'S ABOUT ACCIDENTS AND WE GOT ONE FROM SIX 30 YEARS AGO.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I'M A PRODUCT MANAGER.

I WORK AT A SOFTWARE COMPANY AND I TELL MY, MY STAKEHOLDERS AND I LISTEN TO MY CUSTOMERS AND I TELL THEM, AND I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO TELL THEM THERE'S A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED.

AND I START WITH A BENCHMARK PROBLEM.

I DEFINE THE PROBLEM, I VALIDATE IT, AND I START THERE AND I LOOK FOR THE TARGET THAT SUCCESS WOULD INDICATE SUCCESS.

I ASKED THAT QUESTION FOR THE LAST BIKE LANE THING.

I ASKED, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM BEING SOLVED? WHAT IS THE BENCHMARK THAT YOU'RE STARTING WITH? IS IT YOU'VE GOT FIVE ACCIDENTS A YEAR AND YOU'RE AIMING FOR TWO? IS IT, YOU ASKED A SURVEY AND ENOUGH PEOPLE SAID, IF I RODE A BIKE, I'D DITCH MY CAR OR I WOULD BE ON THE ROAD 20% LESS.

AND DID YOU ACTUALLY SEE ANYTHING THAT INDICATED ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? SO I, I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT.

I MAYBE YOU ADDRESSED THAT THIS TIME.

UM, I THINK THE, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM IS I AM A CYCLIST.

I, I CYCLE 40, 50 MILES A WEEK.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT HERE IN, IN HASTINGS FOR LIKE 11 YEARS NOW.

I LIVE ON, ON RAVENSDALE AND FARGATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH SHARING THE ROAD.

I, I GUESS I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM, BUT I MEAN, I'M, ME, OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT, UM, I, I DON'T, I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

THIS JUST GOES BACK TO WHAT PROBLEM IS BEING SOLVED, RIGHT? LIKE, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

I'M ONE PERSON.

AGAIN, SURVEYS, WHERE ARE WE STARTING? WHAT ARE WE SOLVING?

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WE HEARD THAT IT'S NICER.

PEOPLE COMPLAIN.

SURE.

NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE PERFECT.

UM, SO I'M A CYCLIST AND I'M A PRODUCT MANAGER WHEN I'M NOT, IS I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN.

AND I GUESS I HEARD THAT, INCLUDING MY PROPERTY, THAT THERE'S THE TOWN OWNS SOME OF THAT.

I ACTUALLY KNEW THAT.

UM, BUT I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ADD BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS TO THAT ROAD THAT I LIVE ON WITHOUT ROBBING PEOPLE OF THEIR LAND AND SAYING, WELL, THE, WE OWNED IT, TOWN OWNS IT ANYWAY, AND THIS IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD.

UM, I, AND SO I, I GUESS I JUST DON'T GET IT.

AND I WANT TO ENSURE I, I THINK I GOT IT THE LAST TIME.

Y'ALL GOT A TON OF MONEY AND YOU GOT A GREEN THING, A GREEN TROPHY, AND I BENEFITED MY HOUSE, GOT A NEW SIDEWALK.

THERE'S LESS TRUCKS ROLLING INTO OUR HOUSE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA PROBABLY BENEFIT MY HOUSE TOO BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK'S NOT ON ME.

IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY CLEAR OUT A DITCH RIGHT NEAR MY HOUSE.

BUT I'M HERE FOR MY NEIGHBORS.

I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SPEND MONEY SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT DON'T EXIST.

THAT'S IT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UM, MY NAME IS SEAN BRUNEY.

I'M A RESIDENT OF, UM, NINE SEVEN HEATH PLACE.

AND SO THE GREENBERG SIDE OF HASTINGS, I GUESS I'M HERE AS A PARENT, UH, A CYCLIST, AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.

AND I, I THINK I, I, IF NOT FULLY, BUT PARTIALLY AGREE ALMOST EVERY COMMENT IN THE ROOM.

UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY IS THAT I HAVE TODAY, WE STARTED SCHOOL.

MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS 11 YEARS OLD IN THE SIXTH GRADE AND NOW IS NOT, UM, ENTITLED TO A BUS.

SO I'VE HAD A PIT IN MY STOMACH ALL SUMMER, UM, INCLUDING TODAY THAT SHE NOW HAS TO, SHE'S NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE BUS AND HAS TO NOW, UM, WALK TO SCHOOL.

IT'S, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF HER FRIENDS, UM, NEIGHBORS OF MINE AND INCREASING AMOUNTS OF STUDENTS NOW IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO NOW EITHER HAVE TO WALK, USE CYCLE, UM, BICYCLES, SCOOTERS, HOWEVER FORM OF, OF, UM, OF, UM, TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO SCHOOL.

AND IT, IT REALLY HAS BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE.

SO I THINK ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO STUDY THIS, UM, UH, LIKE MARIA HERE, I I SIGNED A PETITION.

SHE, SHE'S HANDED TO YOU, UM, ALONG WITH A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND I, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NINE A I THINK, UM, EVERY PART OF, OF THIS PROJECT SHOULD INCLUDE A, A HOLISTIC STUDY THAT INCLUDES TRAFFIC COMING.

UM, A LOOK AT WHAT, UM, THE TRAFFIC ON NINE A, WHICH IS A, A 40 BY AN HOUR ROAD, UM, WHICH I HAVE.

UM, I'M ALSO A CYCLIST, SO I RIDE THAT AREA.

I USE THE TRAILS A LOT.

I, I, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMFORTABLY TRAVEL INTO TOWN FROM OUR SECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I THINK IT, IT ALL CONCERNS ME.

SO I, I DO, I'M REALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE STUDY.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE HOLISTIC.

I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

UM, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, BE A, AN AVID PARTICIPANT OF, OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I NOW HAVE TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN WHO WILL HAVE TO FACE THE SAME ISSUE.

AND WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION.

WE ARE TWO WORKING PARENTS WHO ARE NOT HOME EVERY DAY TO, TO SUPPORT THE, THE FACILITATION OF THEIR TRAVEL.

AND IT, IT JUST REALLY CONCERNED ME.

SO ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO FACILITATE THIS AND EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, UM, REALLY IN FAVOR OF IT.

SO THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? I THINK WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING WE CAN HEAR.

I DUNNO IF THERE'S MORE TO HEAR.

IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.

ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO STAY, BUT REALLY DON'T FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO STAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.

UM, WE ARE MOVING

[VIII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

THIS IS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR AUGUST THE FIFTH OF 2025, AND THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR AUGUST 8TH, 2025.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, UH, REMOVALS, EDITS OF ANY KIND? NO.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

[IX. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]

GENERAL FUND AA $609,235 AND 1 CENTS, FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $3,250 AND 55 CENTS DRAPER FUND, EM $741 AND 67 CENTS POOL FUND, ER, $19,872 AND 11 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $22,318 AND 56 CENTS LIBRARY FUND,

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LL $22,688 AND 43 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND, TT $9,149 AND 88 CENTS.

PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $5,282 AND 27 CENTS PAYROLL FUND TT $3,563 AND 56 CENTS.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.

[X. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? GOOD EVENING, DAVE SKOLNIK 47 HILLSIDE.

UH, I'LL TRY TO, I THINK I HAVE THREE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO, UM, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION OR ASK A QUESTION.

UM, IN GENERAL, I'M HOPING THAT IF I CAN GET IT TOGETHER TO WRITE DOWN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I PRESENTED YOU THIS EVENING THAT THERE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SOME SORT OF ANSWER, UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH A LOT OF THE PROCESS OF THE, UM, UH, THE GRANTS.

SO I'M HOPING FOR THAT.

UM, I'M NOTICING BECAUSE, UH, IT COMES AFTER THE COMMENT, UH, VILLAGE MANAGERS REPORT NUMBER FOUR, SIDEWALK SAFETY AND STORM PREPAREDNESS REMINDERS.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BE SURPRISED.

UM, BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE ISSUE THAT I HAD BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION BEFORE, UM, ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE, UM, OBSTRUCTED SIDEWALKS IN, UH, SCHOOL AREA SPECIFICALLY.

UM, AND YOU HAD ULTIMATELY PUT FORTH SOME, UH, STATEMENT, UH, IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK SO WELL.

IT WORKED A LITTLE, BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE DEF DEFINITE, UH, BOTH VIEWING OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS AND ADDRESSING IT, UH, PARTICULARLY.

UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT, UH, THAT WILL COME.

BUT HERE'S THE DEAL.

UM, AT THE NINE, UH, THE, UH, AUGUST 5TH MEETING, UH, YOU PASSED, UH, ONE RESOLUTION TO DO THE, UM, FUND THE WORK FOR THE, UM, UH, JAMES HARMON.

AND, UH, I RAISED A POINT ABOUT HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMEHOW SOME WAY OF YOUR ADDRESSING THE SOUND.

AND APPARENTLY BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE VILLAGE MANAGER, UH, MISUNDERSTOOD OR CHOSE NOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS, UH, POINTING TO BECAUSE IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, UH, AND BEING OBSTRUCTED, UM, UH, BY THE, UH, AIR HANDLING SYSTEM THAT WASN'T, IT WASN'T THE ISSUE.

AND IT, I MEAN, IT MAY BE PART OF AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S NOT THE ISSUE.

AND WHAT YOU SAW HERE THIS EVENING IS BASICALLY THE ISSUE.

THE ISSUE IS MOST PEOPLE, UH, NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE TO SPEAK, BUT YOU, UH, ON THE PANEL DON'T REALLY SPEAK AND PROJECT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS BOARD, IT'S JUST ABOUT ANY BOARD MEETING THAT I GO TO AND IN ANY SPACE THAT I GO TO.

SO WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE, YOU HAVE A CHOICE.

AND THE MAYOR'S NOT GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS, BUT THE REST OF YOU WILL, BECAUSE I'M STILL GOING TO MEETINGS AND I'M GONNA BE DOING EXACTLY WHAT I DID THIS EVENING WHEN I CAN'T HEAR SOMEBODY SPEAKING.

IT GOT ME IN TROUBLE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO AT THE PLANNING BOARD BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

ALL SHE KNEW WAS THAT I WAS RA OUT OF ORDER.

BUT THAT'S, THAT CAN'T BE IT.

THAT CAN'T BE IT.

IF I'M TELLING YOU THAT I CAN'T HEAR AND YOU TELL ME EITHER THAT MAYBE I SHOULD GET MY EARS CHECKED OR GET HEADPHONES, UM, SOMETHING'S WRONG BECAUSE PEOPLE COME TO THESE MEETINGS, THEY, THEY LISTEN AT HOME, THEY WANT TO HEAR AT HOME, BUT THEY ALSO COME HERE AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR.

AND, AND WE WERE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEM.

I WOULDN'T HAVE JUST SPOKEN OUT IF IT WASN'T A REAL ISSUE.

SO THANK YOU.

HOPE YOU'LL, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? HI AGAIN.

I'M POLLY BIJOU, 93 FAIRMONT AVENUE.

UM, I'M A CO-CHAIR OF THE SENIOR COUNCIL, AND I'M GOING TO, UM, READ AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF A LETTER THAT I HAD WRITTEN YOU ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

UM, SO OF COURSE, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE, UM, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR SENIORS, UH, WHO SOMETIMES NEED ADDITIONAL TIME TO CROSS THE STREET AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUSTAIN SEVERE INJURIES, UM, THAN YOUNGER PEOPLE.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE ALL KNOW, AN OLDER WOMAN FROM HASTINGS WAS STRUCK BY AN AUTOMOBILE CROSSING MAIN STREET ON AUGUST 12TH.

SO THIS INCIDENT HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE ISSUE OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FOR SENIORS, BUT IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT HAS CONCERNED US FOR QUITE A WHILE AND THAT WE'VE STARTED TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON.

UM, THE SENIOR OUTREACH PROGRAM IS

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SITUATED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND HOSTS MANY EVENTS.

UM, THERE ARE EXERCISE CLASSES THAT MEET FOUR DAYS A WEEK, UH, ATTENDED BY 30 TO 40 ATTENDEES, UM, WORKSHOPS, GUEST SPEAKERS, HOLIDAY PARTIES.

SPECIAL EVENTS ATTRACT BETWEEN 60 AND 90 PEOPLE.

UM, WE'RE VERY ACTIVE, UH, GROUP, UH, FOR MANY PARTICIPANTS IT ENTAILS CROSSING MAIN STREET.

UM, CROSSING MAIN STREET NEAR THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS DIFFICULT.

UM, LIKE RAVENSDALE, THERE'S A BIG HILL WITH A CURVE, UM, EAST OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND IT MAKES IT HARD FOR DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS TO SEE EACH OTHER.

UH, THE DISTANCE FROM THE CROSSWALKS AT BROADWAY AND, UH, WAR BURTON IS CL IS ABOUT TWO TENTHS OF A MILE.

UM, AND THERE ARE NO LEGAL CROSS, UH, CROSS BLOCK CROSSINGS CROSSWALKS.

UM, THE GREEN LIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE IS CONFUSING AS IT DOES NOTHING TO INDICATE TO DRIVERS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE, UM, CROSSING.

IT'S A BUSY PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

UH, SO THE SENIOR COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT THE CROSSING AT MAIN STREET NEAR THE COMMUNITY CENTER BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA OF THE SAFETY COUNCIL FOR ITS APRIL SEVEN, 17TH AND MAY 15TH MEETING.

UM, THERE WERE MANY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS WERE SUGGESTED.

UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

I DID IN, IN THE LETTER.

UM, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR TO US THAT THERE WAS, UM, THAT THERE WAS THE EXPERTISE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD HELP, UM, CHOOSE AMONGST THESE SOLUTIONS IS AGAIN, IT'S A VERY, IT'S A COMPLICATED, UM, CROSSING.

UM, SO WE HAD THREE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FIRST THAT A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY BE MADE OF THE CROSSING AT MAIN STREET IN THE VICINITY OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, SECOND THAT OLDER RESIDENTS WHO OFTEN CROSS THE STREET THERAPY INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS AND PERHAPS HAVE A SURVEY THAT WILL, UM, HELP INFORM THE, UM, THE STUDY AND THAT ONCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE, THE VILLAGE MAKE THE CHANGES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO I KNOW WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE SAFETY COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, AND, UM, I TRUST THAT WE'LL COME TOGETHER AS A VILLAGE AND DEAL WITH THIS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY TOPIC? GOOD EVENING, ESKER 4 27 WARTON.

SO IF I SIT AND TALK LIKE THIS, I'M GUESSING NONE OF YOU CAN HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING UP THERE.

WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS ROOM WHEN YOU'RE SITTING IN THE ROOM.

AND I'D LIKE THIS BOARD TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

I WAS AT A PLANNING BOARD MEETING, THEIR LAST PLANNING BOARD MEETING, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SITTING AROUND IN THEIR LIVING ROOM AND INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THEIR MICROPHONES, THEY'RE CROSS TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND YOU CAN'T HEAR A THING THAT'S GOING ON.

THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THESE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ALL OF THE CONVERSATION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST POSSIBLY GETTING MICROPHONES THAT ARE LONGER THAN EIGHT INCHES SO THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING.

I'D LIKE YOU TO ADVISE PEOPLE AND OTHER BOARDS TO BE SPEAKING INTO THEIR MICROPHONES AND NOT SITTING BACK LIKE THIS AND TALKING AGAIN, SITTING BACK LIKE THIS AND TALKING TO THE OTHER PEOPLE.

IT'S DISRESPECTFUL.

WE HAVE SPEAKERS IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE PROBABLY 20 YEARS OLD.

WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT AND I REALLY HOPE THE BOARD WOULD TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.

UM, I HAVE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE I ASKED WHETHER IT WAS FOUR WEEKS OR 60 SOMETHING DAYS, UH, TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING BOARD.

AND RIGHT HERE IN SECTION 2 95 DASH 1 0 7 IN NOTIFICATION FOR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, IT SAYS WITHIN 62 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT BY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, THE COMPLETED APPLICATION, THE PLANNING BOARD SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IS IT FOUR WEEKS OR 62 DAYS? UH, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE THAT TO BE LOOKED AT AND, AND HAVE SOME RESOLUTION ON THAT.

I HAVE ONE OTHER THING THAT I JUST FOUND VERY DISTURBING IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS MEETING WITH TWO POLICE OFFICERS COVERING THE ROOM IN 22 YEARS, 23 YEARS OF COMING TO THESE MEETINGS.

I DON'T EVER REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FELT THAT THEY WERE HAVING SOME SORT OF ISSUE OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF.

BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, TO HAVE ARMED POLICE OFFICERS IN A PUBLIC MEETING THAT'S UNWARRANTED

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IS REALLY DISTURBING.

AND I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER VERY SERIOUSLY WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN, UNLESS THERE'S A REAL NEED.

IT SENDS A VERY, VERY BAD MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING THIS ON TV.

SO I, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU THINK VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? I, HI, MY NAME IS MARILYN MEESE.

UH, ANTHONY, CAN YOU TIP THE MICROPHONE? AH, GREAT.

UM, AND I LIVE AT 4 65 BROADWAY IN LA BARRANCA.

I'M ON THE SENIOR COUNCIL, BUT I'M ALSO A PEDESTRIAN ON MAIN STREET.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT POLLY SAID ABOUT THE NEED TO LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE OF THE SPEED OF THE CARS, BECAUSE OF THERE NOT BEING ANY OTHER, UH, SIGNS SAYING SLOW DOWN, WATCH OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS, ANY KIND OF THING OTHER THAN A LARGE STUDY THAT COULD HAPPEN SOONER TO PREVENT OR TO, TO ENSURE GREATER SAFETY THAN THERE IS RIGHT NOW WITH SOMETHING SMALL, WHETHER IT'S A STANCHION OF SOME KIND OR A SIGN OR, UM, ANY OTHER KIND OF, UH, MEASURE THAT COULD BE TAKEN NOW AS WE MOVE TOWARDS HAVING A STUDY, UH, OF THE WHOLE STREET SAFETY.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? MARIA SILVER OF 1 0 4 HEATH PLACE, UH, AS A, UM, MEMBER OF THE SENIOR, UH, COMMUNITY.

NOW, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE MAIN STREET, UH, SITUATION IS OF GREAT CONCERN.

THERE IS NO LEGAL CROSSWALK.

THE GREEN LIGHT IS MISLEADING.

UM, IT IS ALSO, UH, I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT IS INCONSISTENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FIREHOUSES THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE WITHOUT SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING ON WARBURTON.

UM, THERE'S NO SIGN THAT SAYS THIS IS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, OR THIS IS NOT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY THE GREEN LIGHT IS 99% OF THE TIME ON.

IT DOESN'T SAY PREPARE TO STOP.

THERE ARE NONE, NONE OF THE OTHER SIGNS THAT WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THAT IT IS A GREEN LIGHT FOLLOWED BY A YELLOW AND RED.

SO IT ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO THINK IT'S A GREEN LIGHT TO SPEED RIGHT THROUGH IT.

UM, ALSO I KNOW THAT THE, UM, VARIOUS SUBJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN, UM, YOU KNOW, NEED, NEED STUDIES.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT THIS CAN'T BE ALL JUST, UH, A GROUP OF OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO EXPERTISE.

BUT I ECHO WHAT MARILYN SAID, THE SOONER THE BETTER.

WITH ENGINEERING FIRMS. AND WE SELECTED OUT OF THAT GROUP, OUT OF, I THINK IT WAS SIX PROPOSALS THAT CAME.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? OKAY.

MOVING ON

[XI. RESOLUTIONS]

TO RESOLUTIONS.

THE FIRST ITEM IS 108 OF 25, UM, AWARD OF PROPOSAL.

GRAM PARK RESILIENCE PROJECT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD THE WORK FOR THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE CRAM PARK RESILIENCE PROJECT TO L IN ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF 491,500.

AND AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY.

UM, SO I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IN 2023, WE APPLIED FOR AND OBTAINED A GRANT FOR THE GRAM PARK RESILIENCE PROJECT TO HELP RE REVITALIZE THE SHORELINE, UM, AND IMPROVE AMENITIES.

UM, AND UH, IN DECEMBER WE ALSO RECEIVED $3 MILLION FROM BP BA ARCO FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND IN 20, UM, IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO SOLICIT AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO COMPLETE THE 30% DESIGN FROM THE 2019 GRANT, 2023 GRANT, I GUESS.

UM, SO WE'VE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS, THE VILLAGE BOARD, THE MANAGERS, THE STAFF HAVE CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS

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WAS IT SIX OR SEVEN? WE HAD EIGHT IN TOTAL.

WE INTERVIEWED SIX OF THE, UM, AND WE, UH, WE SELECTED LANGAN.

AND OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THE VILLAGE AND RESIDENTS WILL ENGAGE WITH LANGAN TO REFINE AND COMPLETE THE DESIGNS FROM THE GRANT, UM, AND ISSUE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND CONSTRUCT A MORE RESILIENT AND ENJOYABLE ECRI PARK, HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO, UM, YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH AND BE PART OF THAT SELECTION PROCESS.

SO THIS IS JUST FORMALIZING THAT, UM, UH, ARRANGEMENT.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND.

UM, 1 0 9 OF 2025.

UM, AND THAT IS, UH, AN AWARD OF PROPOSAL FOR STREET TREES AND PARK INVENTORY AND COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN.

RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD THE WORK FOR CONDUCTING AN INVENTORY OF STREET AND PARK TREES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN TO LBS ECOLOGICAL IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $21,525 AND AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY.

THIS IS A GRANT WE RECEIVED, UM, A WHILE AGO, AND WE'VE FINALLY GONE THROUGH THAT PRO.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? THINK IT'S FAIRLY SELF EXPLAN CREEK.

UM, YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE INVENTORIES THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THIS IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT.

THERE'S, UM, A NUMBER OF OUR, OUR SOME, SOME OF THEM ARE SMALLER, SMALLER PARKS THAT HAVEN'T YET BEEN INVENTORIED AND, UH, STREET TREES ARE ON THIS.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE, UH, ALL OF THE WORK BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE COST.

UH, SO THE, THE, THE, THE GRANT IS A FULL GRANT, BUT WE WANT TO EXPEND JUST THE, THE, THE MONEY OF THE GRANT.

SO, UM, THAT'S SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GET AS FAR AS WE CAN, RIGHT? SO IT MAY BE THAT IT REQUIRES MORE MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CORRECT.

UM, UH, INVENTORY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

UM, 110 OF 25 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GREEN RESILIENCY GRANT AGREEMENT, WHEREAS THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN AWARDED A $2,500,000 GREEN RESILIENCY GRANT BY THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION FOR THE FARGATE PARKWAY WET EXTENDED DETENTION POND PROJECT.

AND RESOLVE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON DOES HEREBY SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER CONTRACTS AND DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO BRING ABOUT THE PROJECT AND TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS MANY TIMES.

I THINK ALL OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

UM, AND 111 OF 25 RESOLUTION COMMITTING MATCH TO GREEN RESILIENCY GRANT, WHEREAS THE VILLAGE DESIRES TO ADVANCE THE FARGATE PARKWAY WET EXTENDED DETENTION POND PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED A $2.5 MILLION GRANT BY THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION GREEN RESILIENCY GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM LOCAL MATCH OF 10% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

AND WHEREAS THE PROJECT COST ESTIMATE IS $3,299,318, AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS IDENTIFIED 277,778 IN LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS AND 521,540 IN OVERMATCH TO BE FUNDED FROM THE CAPITAL FUND THROUGH THE BOND RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON JULY 15TH, 2025, RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS AND HUDSON DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE AND APPROPRIATE $277,778 IN REQUIRED MINIMUM LOCAL MATCH.

THE BOARD FURTHER AUTHORIZES 521,540 IN OVERMATCH IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

UM, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY, CAN YOU JUST REMIND EVERYONE WHAT OVERMATCH MEANS? UH, YES.

THE GRANT ITSELF HAD A, UM, UH, 10% MATCH.

UH, BUT THE ACTUAL PROJECT, UH, IS ESTIMATED AT $3.3 MILLION.

UH, WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WILL BE UNTIL WE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL PRO THE, THE, IT'S DESIGNED AND, AND BID.

BUT, UM, WE DID GET A GRANT FOR $2.5 MILLION

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FOR THIS PROJECT.

BUT THE OVERMATCH, IF YOU CAN SPECIFICALLY EXPLAIN WHAT AN OVERMATCH IS, IT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEYOND THE REQUIRED MATCH OF THE GRANT THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE JOB.

SO IT'S IN ADDITION TO THE GRANT, THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT? WELL, IT'S IN ADDITION TO, TO THE GRANT AND THE, AND THE MATCH AND THE REQUIRED MATCH IN ORDER TO MEET THE PROJECT.

UM, AMOUNT ESTIMATED COST.

IS THERE A MOTION? ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

112 OF 25 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RAVENSDALE COMPLETE STREETS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION, WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON HEREBY REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY COMPLETE STREETS MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE CERTIFIES THAT IT IS IDENTIFIED 1,156,894 OF MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AFFIRMING THE VILLAGE'S STRONG FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND VILLAGE TREASURER TO ACT ON ITS BEHALF IN SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING FOR 1,156,894 FOR THE RAVENSDALE COMPLETE STREETS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.

IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I AM PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT, AND, AND I KNOW THAT THE PHOTOS WERE JUST A, UM, WHAT WAS THE TERM? THE CONCEPTUAL CONCEPTUAL, YES.

UM, THAT UPON GETTING THE GRANT THAT WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.

IT'S A, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR PART OF THE MONEY IS THE DESIGN PART, WHICH ALWAYS INVOLVES COMMUNITY DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE SAY, THAT ALWAYS INVOLVES COMMUNITY.

BUT I THOUGHT, I MEAN, I I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THIS EARLIER AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS THE FLEX, THAT WE HAD THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT.

OF COURSE.

UM, AND AS, UM, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE FELLOW'S NAME WHO LIVES AT FIVE RAVENSDALE, BUT AS I HAD MENTIONED TO HIM, IT IS MY INTENTION TO MEET WITH THEM EVEN BEFORE WE KNOW THAT WE, WHETHER WE HAVE A GRANT OR, OR NOT, BECAUSE WE HAVE APPLIED FOR ONE GRANT ALREADY.

UH, WE DON'T, WE HAVE NOT HEARD YET WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WHETHER THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

AND THIS, THE, THE PROCESS THAT THE COUNTY REQUIRES WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, SPECIFICALLY A FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING LIKE WE HAD TONIGHT MM-HMM.

WITH REGARD TO, TO THEIR GRANT APPLICATION.

UM, SO, BUT, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, YES.

WE, WE HAVEN'T YET DESIGNED IT MM-HMM .

AND MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT WERE VERY VALID RIGHT.

INFORMATION.

BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT AS WELL.

INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL BE PART OF THAT DESIGN PROCESS, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

WE, WE GIVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, UH, IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATION IN ORDER TO MAKE FOR A GOOD GRANT APPLICATION, LIKE A SCOPE OF WHAT, WHAT WE, WHAT WE FUNDAMENTALLY REQUIRE, RIGHT? YES.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK THE COST IS GONNA BE IS, IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

BUT WE, WE, WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T YET DESIGNED THE PROJECT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IS FULL, WE FULLY INTEND TO MEET, PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE MOST, UH, MOST IMPACTED MM-HMM .

TO, TO DISCUSS HOW, HOW THAT CAN BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MANAGED AND, AND, AND MINIMIZED, I GUESS IS OKAY.

SOUNDS GOOD.

AND, AND I'M SURE THAT THE PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE IN THE RAVENSDALE, THE, UH, THE NINE A SECTION WOULD NOT MIND FOR THEIR SIDEWALK TO BE INCREASED.

SO THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO MANAGE THIS.

THERE'S A POCKET OF MONEY THAT YOU END UP GETTING FOR THE GRANT, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SORT OF CREATE A, A PLAN THAT FITS WITHIN THAT, THAT FOR SURE MATCHES WHAT PEOPLE WANT.

SO THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE ON IT IS JUST A TRIGGER FOR US IF WE DO GET IT, UM, TO CONTACT THE STATE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TO TRY TO DO A CROSSWALK FOR HEATH, UM, AT SAW MILL RIVER PARK.

I'M SORRY, TOM, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

SORRY.

UM, WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

WE WOULD'VE TO, I I'M JUST SAYING WE SHOULD TRIGGER VERY QUICKLY TO THE STATE TO INSTALL A CROSSWALK AT THE END OF THAT SIDEWALK TO HEATH.

SO WE THE, THAT WOULD BE CROSSING THERE AS WELL.

HAVING A SIDEWALK THAT GOES DOWN THAT FAR WILL HELP.

JUST FOR YOU TO BE AWARE, WE'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO ASK THE STATE FOR CROSSWALKS ALONG NINE A MULTIPLE TIMES.

WE'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO ASK THEM.

UH, SO I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.

AND I'M NOT HOLDING MY BREATH THAT THE STATE WILL RESPOND IN A WAY THAT'S, THAT'S POSITIVE.

I THINK

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BUT, UM, WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER PLACES WHERE BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE HAVE TURNED US DOWN WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED FOR, FOR CROSSWALKS THAT, THAT PEOPLE WANT.

SO I THINK MS. SILVER WILL HELP US WRITE A LETTER.

SHE'LL, SHE'LL, SHE'LL GET A THOUSAND SIGNATURES FROM EVERYONE WHO LIVES ANYWHERE EAST OF THE, UH, OF THE AREA.

UH, BUT IS, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

UM, 113 OF 25 IS A CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION WE DO EVERY YEAR.

IT HELPS US, UH, WITH THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES PROCESS.

I'M NOT GONNA READ IT OUT, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED, UM, IN THIS.

WE FIRST ADOPTED THIS IN 2019 AND I THINK IT'S FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

AND 2014 OF 25 CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY COORDINATORS, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR.

OUR COORDINATORS ARE OUR VILLAGE MANAGER AND OUR CLERK TREASURER, AND THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN SUPPORTING THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.

SO I WON'T READ IT.

UM, BUT IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.

UM, AND THEN 115 OF 25 DRIVE ELECTRIC MONTH 2025.

UM, THIS IS, UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE VARIOUS, WHEREAS IS, BUT UH, I'LL MAYBE READ THIS LAST ONE HERE.

WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 12TH TO OCTOBER 12TH, 2025 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF PLUGIN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND TO PROMOTE THEIR ADOPTION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I NICHOLAS C ARMCO, THE MAYOR OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER THE 12TH TO OCTOBER THE 12TH, 2025 AS DRIVER ELECTRIC MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF HAS HASTINGS ON HUDSON, AND CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS OF THE GREAT VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE AIMS AND GOALS OF THIS WORTHWHILE EFFORT.

UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T DONE IT EVERY YEAR, WE REALIZE, BUT WE'VE DONE IT QUITE A FEW YEARS IN THE PAST AND IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT.

AND OUR ELECTRIC, OUR EV UPTAKE IS ACTUALLY VERY HIGH COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORS.

WE HAVE 572 EVS REGISTERED IN THE VILLAGE AT THE MOMENT, WHICH IS A FAIRLY ASTRONOMICAL INCREASE.

IT'S BEEN THE LAST THREE YEARS WHERE THERE'S BEEN JUST A MASSIVE SPIKE IN PURCHASES OF EVS IN THE VILLAGE.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND? SECOND.

TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT.

UM, MOVING ON

[XII. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]

OH, NO, THAT ONE COMES, DOESN'T THAT COME THE DISCUSSION? I THINK IT HAS TO COME AFTER THE DISCUSSION.

BECAUSE THE, THOSE TWO PARKING LOTS REALLY COULD USE PAVING.

SO, UM, BUT I DO NEED TO FIND IT.

SO, UM, VILLAGE MANAGER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE PAVING AND CURVING UPDATE.

UH, CERTAINLY.

UM, SO, UH, I JUST, UH, TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, A PAVING OF FAIRMONT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, UM, ON OUR, UH, LIST THIS YEAR.

UH, FAR LANE WAS ALSO ON IT, BUT WE DIDN'T NEED TO DO IT BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THE STORM WATER WORK THERE, UH, FAR LANE WAS, UM, ALMOST ENTIRELY REPAVED IT IN THAT PRO, IN THAT PROCESS.

AND, AND THE ROAD IS IN, IS IN GOOD SHAPE SINCE THEY'VE DONE THE DRAINAGE WORK THERE.

UM, CURBING ON GOODWIN, THE CURBS HAVE ALL BEEN POURED AND THE CONTRACTOR IS, UH, NOW, UH, DOING RESTORATION, UH, ALONG THE CURB LINE AND, UM, UH, OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.

UH, PINE CREST SHOULD BE STARTING NEXT WEEK, UH, WITH CURBING.

UH, THERE IS A LITTLE, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, FUNDING LEFT.

UH, THE, THE BOARD HAD, UM, ALLOTTED, UH, $650,000 FOR PAVING AND, AND, AND CURBING MONEY.

AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT FUND, UH, IN ORDER TO KIND OF KEEP OUR SEQUENCE OF CURBING PAVING, CURBING PAVING NOT JUMP TOO FAR AHEAD, WE ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT THAT, UM, CONED AND, UH, AND VIOLA HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT WERE SLATED FOR PAVING OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.

AND THEY PAVED THEM SO THAT WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UH, PAVE BOLLINGER PLAZA PARKING LOT AND THE POST OFFICE PARKING LOT.

I GET A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WITH REGARD TO THOSE TWO PARKING LOTS, AND THAT WILL KEEP US, UH, ON SCHEDULE WITH REGARD TO OUR, OUR, OUR ROAD ASSESSMENT WORK.

BUT IT WILL ALSO, I THINK, BE VERY WELL RECEIVED, UH, BY THE COMMUNITY

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AND THAT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? I'M SURE THE MERCHANTS WILL ALSO APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A BIT OF OVERDUE IN SOME INSTANCES.

SO, UM, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT.

OKAY, TERRIFIC THEN.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE MTA SIDEWALK, I'M HOLDING MY BREATH.

UM, IT IS UNDERWAY.

IT'S PROGRESSING SLOWLY.

UH, I DO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

I WENT DOWN THERE TODAY.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY WORKING, SO I SENT THEM A NOTE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS EVERYBODY? AND THEY SAID THEY HAD BEEN THERE DOING SOME, UH, TRAFFIC MAINTENANCE, UM, WORK.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING, UH, WITH A, UH, AN ISSUE, UM, WITH THE MTA, UH, KIND OF A, A DIG, YOU KNOW, A, UH, ISSUE OF WHERE THEY'RE DIGGING AND THAT THEY EXPECT IT TO RESOLVE SHORTLY.

AND THEY DID TELL ME THAT THEY EXPECTED THE SIDEWALK TO BE IN BY THE 20TH OF THIS MONTH WHEN THEY WILL START WITH THE BIKE RACKS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN UNDERNEATH THE STAIRS.

SO, UM, I'M JUST, DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER IF YOU GO THERE ON THE 20TH AND THE SIDEWALK IS NOT YET COMPLETE.

BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD AND I'M, I'M, UM, I'M, YOU KNOW, KEEPING IT IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH, WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO TRY TO KEEP THEM MOVING ON THAT.

GREAT.

UM, THE NEXT THING THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU IS THAT WE DID GET A, A PROPOSAL FOR A MAIN STREET TRAFFIC STUDY, UM, FROM THAILAND, WHICH, UH, HAS BEEN, HAS ABSORBED.

UH, SAM SCHWARTZ, UH, WAS HAD, IS THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT WE HAVE USED FOR MANY PROJECTS IN THE VILLAGE, AND THEY WERE ABSORBED BY TY LYNN, WHICH IS ANOTHER LARGE, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND OTHER ENGINEERING, UH, FIRM.

AND THEY HAVE SENT US A PROPOSAL, WHICH HAS BEEN SHARED, UM, TO DO A STUDY TO ASSESS CURRENT CONDITIONS, IDENTIFY SAFETY CONCERNS FOR ALL ROAD USERS, AND RECOMMEND COST EFFECTIVE SHORT TERM AND LONG-TERM COUNTERMEASURES.

UH, THESE, YOU KNOW, TO IMPROVE ROADWAY SAFETY ALONG THE CORRIDOR, SUCH AS THEY'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THINGS LIKE TRAVEL LANES, UM, LANE LANE WIDTHS, UH, CROSSWALK SIGNAGE, UM, UH, STREET NARROWING EFFORTS, FLASHING LIGHTS.

AND THEY WILL ULTIMATELY, UH, PROVIDE US WITH A CONCEPTUAL PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM AND THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN THE LONG, IN THE LONG TERM AS WELL.

UH, THE COST IS $31,325 AND THEY'LL BE, UH, FOCUSING, UM, ON LIKE A HUNDRED FEET AROUND THREE PARTICULAR AREAS.

AND THOSE AREAS ARE THE FIR THE, UH, AROUND THE, UH, AREA OF THE JHCC.

I'M TRYING TO FIND IT.

UH, YEAH, HERE IT'S, UH, MAIN STREET AT THE FOOD TOWN SUPERMARKET ENTRANCE, UH, MAIN STREET, UH, NEAR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE JHCC AND MAIN STREET AT WHITMAN AND THE BOLLINGER PARKING LOT AREA.

SO NEAR FOODTOWN YOU SAID THAT? YEAH, I DID.

SO THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS AND EITHER, YOU KNOW, EITHER SIDES OF THOSE AREAS WHERE, WHERE THEIR, THEIR FOCUS WILL BE.

UM, SO, UM, I, I THINK WE DO HAVE A, A RESOLUTION IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER MOVING AHEAD WITH IT TONIGHT, OR IF THEY WANT MORE TIME TO, UH, CONTEMPLATE IT.

UM, WE, I THINK THE BOARD HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND, UM, I, IF EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT, UH, I WILL READ THE RESOLUTION.

IS THAT, IS EVERYONE OKAY? MAY, MAY I JUST ASK ONE QUESTION TO SAY, TYLER? OH, WHAT, SORRY, SORRY.

DOESN'T NEED TO SAY TY AND NOT SAM SCHWARTZ.

YEAH, I I MADE THAT MISTAKE.

YOU JUST HAVE TO CORRECT IT TO TY.

IT CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE CROSSING.

OH, OKAY.

SORRY.

I HADN'T REALIZED THAT UNTIL THIS MOMENT.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IS, UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SITTING AT, SITTING AT THOSE THREE SPOTS AND, BUT IS IT GOING TO, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO EVALUATE, UM, THE INTERSECTION AT MAIN STREET AND WAR BURTON? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CROSSWALKS THERE, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY NO LIKE CROSS SIGNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, LIKE WALK SIGNS.

UM, I CAN, I CAN HERE YEP.

I KNOW WHAT SHE MEANS.

YEAH, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN ASK, TELL 'EM WE WANT TO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING, I DON'T SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY.

YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT EITHER, SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHILE THEY'RE AT, UM, LANGE AND WHITMAN, WELL, WHITMAN'S A LITTLE FURTHER UP, BUT, UH, WHEN, WHEREVER THEY'RE YES.

ER THAT, THAT THEY COULD ALSO MAYBE JUST ASSESS, I MEAN, WE DO ALREADY HAVE THE CROSSWALKS, BUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE, I DO REMEMBER, UM, SOME OF THE MERCHANTS MENTIONING THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE CAN SOMETIMES EVEN THOUGH THERE'S CROSSWALKS THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIKE ACTUAL WALK LIGHTS THAT

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TILES, RESTORE IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S, IT, YOU, IF YOU GET UP CLOSE TO IT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT'S BEEN RE PROBABLY EVERY, EVERY INCH OF IT HAS, HAS HAD A REPAIR AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

SO YOU TO ASSESS THEM FOR SIGNAGE, INCLUDING, YEAH, I MEAN WE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, I BELIEVE THERE ARE ONE THREE CROSSWALKS MM-HMM .

AT THAT INTERSECTION.

SO, AND THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.

BUT, UM, I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE DO WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS, I THINK JUST TO, WE CAN ADD THAT.

SO IS EVERYONE IN AGREEMENT WITH DOING THIS? SO IT'S GONNA BE 116 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT FOR MAIN STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH TY, UH, FOR, IS IT THAILAND ENGINEERING OR JUST THAILAND? THAILAND, UH, FOR THE MAIN STREET SAFETY IMPROVEMENT STUDY IN THE AMOUNT OF 31,325.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

UM, MOVING ON TO SIDEWALK SAFETY.

UH, YES.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, EVERY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BACK TO SCHOOL AND, UH, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS INTERESTING GETTING, GETTING THROUGH THE, THE, THE MOUNT MOUNT HOPE, UM, FARGATE INTERSECTION THIS MORNING.

UM, BUT, BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, MR. SKOLNIK HAD MENTIONED IS THAT EVERYBODY DO, UH, KEEP THEIR SIDEWALKS CLEAR FROM ANY FOLIAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WHEN I GET, WHEN I AM, WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS ME ABOUT A SPECIFIC AREA WHERE THEY THINK THERE HAS, THERE IS A PROBLEM, I DO SEND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR OUT AND HE EVALUATES IT AND DECIDES WHETHER HE THINKS THERE'S A PROBLEM.

AND IF THERE IS, HE MAKES SURE THE HOMEOWNER ADDRESSES IT.

SO, UM, UH, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT, UH, IGNORING, BUT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT AGREE WITH EVERY ASSESSMENT THAT A RESIDENT MAY MAKE, BUT, BUT HE DOES GO OUT AND, AND CHECK AND CHECK ON IT.

UH, BUT YEAH, SO IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO KEEP OUR SIDEWALKS CLEAR, YOU KNOW, AS THE FALL COMES AND, AND LEAVES ARE FALLING, THE LEAVES NEED TO TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.

UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UH, JUST KIND OF, UM, MAKE A, A REQUEST OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS CERTAINLY, IT'S, IT'S A VOLUNTARY THING, BUT, UM, ONE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY LIVES ON THE STREETS AND WHEN THE LEAVES START TO FALL, THEY, THEY CAN COME DOWN HEAVILY AT PARTICULAR TIMES, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU SEE THAT A, UH, STORM DRAIN IS ALL BLOCKED UP WITH LEAVES.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST CLEAR IT OFF, UH, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE APPRECIATED.

WE WILL BE THIS FALL, UH, CLEANING OUT ALL THE CATCH BASINS AS WE, AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND, AND JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FALL, UH, WE DO HAVE A VERY NICE, UM, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IF YOU JUST GO ON THE WEBSITE AND SEARCH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UH, YOU'LL COME UP WITH, UM, A LIST OF, OF RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, A BAD STORM IS COMING OR EVEN A MILD STORM OR OTHER TYPES OF EMERGENCIES, UM, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN GET INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO CON ED, UH, FLOODING, ALL, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS.

SO I WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE WEBSITE AND THE EMERGENCY INFORMATION THERE.

BUT, UM, I REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING OUR SIDEWALKS CLEAR FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON THEM.

AND, UH, IF YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THE LEAVES DO, YOU KNOW, COVER OVER OR CATCH BASIN, IF YOU HAVE THE, THE ABILITY AND THE, AND THE INCLINATION, UH, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE, UH, ANY, ANY EFFORTS TO, TO CLEAR THE LEAVES OFF OF THOSE.

AND THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I DID HAVE ONE OTHER THING.

UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CLERK TREASURER, HAS BEEN LOOKING AT ANOTHER GRANT CALLED NEW YORK SWIMS. UH, THE GRANT IS DUE AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

OUR GRANT WRITER DOES NOT HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO, UH, PREPARE THE GRANT APPLICATION, ALTHOUGH SHE HAS, UH, PROMISED THAT SHE WOULD REVIEW IT IF IT WAS PREPARED IN-HOUSE.

AND OUR, UM, OUR CLERK TREASURER, UH, HAS, UM, VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN PREPARING, UH, THE GRANT APPLICATION.

WE WERE LOOKING AT RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHIKA POOL COMPLEX.

UM, A DECK REPLACEMENT FOR ALL THREE POOLS AS WELL AS OUTSIDE THE OFFICE AND THE SNACK AREA, A REPLACEMENT OF THE TILE BAND THAT'S AROUND THE MAIN POOL THAT EVERY YEAR REQUIRES A LOT OF, UM, LABOR TO RE REPLACE

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UM, WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE ALL THE LADDERS AND RAILINGS, UH, THE DIVING BLOCKS, THE LIFEGUARD STANDS WITH MAYBE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND, UM, UH, CONSTRUCT A SADDLE UNDER THE GUTTER TO ADDRESS A LEAK THAT, UM, THAT, UH, IS THERE.

STEVE ROOM KUNIS, WHO IS THE EN THE ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THE PUMP ROOM WHEN WE DID THAT HUGE RENOVATION IS AVAILABLE TO HELP US DO THE KIND OF TECHNICAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE GRANT APPLICATION.

UM, AS I SAID, IT'S DUE OCTOBER 30TH, I BELIEVE IT'S, IS IT A 90% GRANT WITH A 10%? 80 20.

80 20.

SO IT'S A 20%, UH, UM, MATCH WITH IT.

AN 80% GRANT.

WHAT'S THE AMOUNT WE, WE DON'T KNOW YET, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE NEED, UM, I SEE MR. REUS TO, BUT IT'S NOT A MAX.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN SUBMIT WHATEVER YOU WANT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE MAX IS $5 MILLION, BUT THIS WILL NOT BE THAT .

OKAY, GOOD.

SO WE WANTED TO, UM, IF THE, IF THE BOARD IS, IS ON BOARD WITH THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A, A RESOLUTION FOR YOU SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE AHEAD.

SEEMS SENSIBLE TO ME.

AGREEABLE TO EVERYBODY.

IS EVERYONE GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY.

TERRIFIC.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN, THOSE WERE THE MAIN THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT OR HAS A QUESTION.

I THINK I FEEL LIKE WE JUST REPAIRED THAT BAND ON THE POOL.

LIKE I WAS IN THE POOL LOOKING AT THAT BAND WITH SOMEBODY.

WE, WELL WE, WE, WE, WE'VE GOT THE, UM, THE GUTTERS GOT NEW, UH, TOPS ON THEM.

THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT LIKE DRAIN.

BUT THE, THE TILE IS KIND OF OUT FALLING OUTSIDE OF THAT.

IT'S, IT, EVERY YEAR WE SPEND DAYS, YOU KNOW, RESTORING IT, FILLING IT WITH PUTTY OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY FILL IT WITH.

UM, IT'S, THEY DON'T DO TILE LIKE THAT ANYMORE.

IT'S, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT USED ON, ON POOLS NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT POOL, OUR POOL IS, IS, IS BEEN, YOU KNOW, HAD GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD USE OVER MANY YEARS AND IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE, EXCEPT FOR IT NEEDS, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS A FACELIFT ON THE TILE.

UM, SO I THINK YOU HAVE THE GO AHEAD ON THAT.

VERY GOOD.

UH, MAYBE I SHOULD JUST ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, UH, TREASURER, CLERK TREASURER COSTANTINI, AS WELL AS, UH, THE PARK SUPERINTENDENT, UH, UH, HERON AND, AND, UM, AND, AND NICOLE HIGGINS, WHO IS, WHO IS ALSO, UH, OUR, OUR POOL DIRECTOR.

YOU'VE DONE, I THINK, UH, UH, YOU'VE DONE A FAIRLY GOOD JOB WITH GRANT, SO I'M, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC ON YOUR ABILITY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, SO WE HOPE SO.

TO BOARD DISCUSSIONS AND COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR TAKING THAT ON.

UM, SO MOVING ON

[XIII. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]

THE FIRST ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION OF UPDATES TO THE GREEN BUILDING CODE.

UM, AS EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER, WE ADOPTED THIS LAW LAST YEAR, BUT IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE LINKS EMBEDDED IN THE LAW THAT ARE BETTER TREATED ELSEWHERE.

SO IT'S LIST LINKS TO LISTS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND INVASIVE PLANTS.

AND SO THE GOAL IS TO READUP IT WITH THOSE REMOVED SO THAT IT'S A, IT'S A MORE APPROPRIATE, UM, RENDITION OF THE LAW.

AND IN THE PROCESS OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, I THINK SOMETHING CAME UP THAT TRUSTEE FLEISIG, UH, WANTED ADDRESS.

AND I JUST WONDER IF, UM, BOTH OF YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK AND IF YOU'VE WORKED THE ISSUES OUT, AND IF YOU CAN SHARE WHAT YOU RESOLVED WITH US.

IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME SOME MORE.

I MEAN, I, I'M GONNA LET THE ATTORNEY SPEAK IN DETAIL, BUT IN GENERAL, IT WAS SIMPLY THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE THE LIMIT.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE LIMITING, UM, THE ADDITIONAL 10 POINTS TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ONLY, AND WE WANT TO APPLY THAT TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 10 POINT REQUIREMENT FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS.

RIGHT.

UM, WHICH THERE WAS A DEFINED TERM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WAS ONLY APPLYING TO THOSE.

AND AS TRUSTEE FLEISIG POINTED OUT AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT SEEMED PROBLEMATIC.

SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS TO MODIFY, TAKE OUT THE DEFINITION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND MAKE IT JUST DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ANY DEVELOPMENT OF TWO OR MORE STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED ON THE SAME LOT ON ADJACENT, LOTS OWNED OR DEVELOPED BY THE SAME PERSON OR RELATED ENTITY, OR AS PART OF THE SAME DEVELOPMENT.

UM, WE CAN ADD IN THERE AND REQUIRING SITE PLAN APPROVAL, ALTHOUGH I THINK BY DEFINITION

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IT WOULD, BUT WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT.

UM, AND THEN IN THE CODE, WHEREVER IT REFERRED TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, TAKING OUT THE WORD RESIDENTIAL, SO IT'S THIS DEFINED TERM NOW NEEDS TO MEET THOSE 10 POINTS.

AND THOSE 10 POINTS ARE THE SITE IMPROVEMENT SECTION.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE ARE LOOKING AT WAS WE NEED TO CHECK THIS RIGHT NOW UNDER THE SITE IMPROVEMENT SECTION, YOU GET SIX POINTS FOR PREPARING A STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN.

I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ALREADY REQUIRED BY YOUR CODE TO DO THAT.

SO SO THAT'S LIKE A GIVEAWAY.

, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT GIVES THEM SIX OUT OF THE 10 FOR SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO DO ANYWAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE REQUIREMENT AND, AND SEE IF THEY REALLY WOULD ALL HAVE TO DO THAT OR PUT IN, UM, WE ARE NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THE CODE.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF SIX POINTS SHALL BE AWARDED FOR PROJECTS THAT DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SW AND THAT WAS TRUSTEE LASIK'S PUTTING IN THE, WE'RE NOT OTHERWISE REQUIRED, TURN IT TO THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DAMAGE .

THAT'S GOOD.

SO THAT'S SORT OF A SUMMARY.

AND WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL CHANGES, NOW WE THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED WHAT WAS SORT OF A GAP, UM, AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IS THAT CLEAR TO EVERYONE? I THINK THAT'S GREAT, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT EXTRA WORK ON THAT THAT'S, UH, COORDINATED.

WELL, THAT'S, UH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND TIME TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER.

UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION.

SO DOES THAT GO ON? WE'VE, SO THAT'S GONNA GO ON FOR A PUBLIC HEARING NEXT MEETING.

CAN I GO AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING, SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING? OKAY.

SO THE NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION OF UPDATED BIKING AND WALKING MASTER PLAN.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS.

UM, JUST CALLING OUT, ESPECIALLY ALAN GOS, WHO'S CHAIR OF THE SAFETY COUNCIL, TRUSTEE MERTON, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY AND CLERK TREASURER COSTANTINI.

YOUR COMMENTS WERE ALL VERY HELPFUL.

AND, UM, THIS UPDATED PLAN, UH, HAS HAS A, A KIND OF GOALS SECTION, WHICH IS RELATIVELY SIMILAR.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S A SECTION THAT DOCUMENTS, UM, UH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.

SO IT'S A QUITE USEFUL WAY OF TRACKING WHAT'S HAPPENED UP TILL THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND THAT IT INCLUDES, IT ALSO HAS, UM, UH, UH, AN ADDITIONAL SECTION WHICH IS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

SOME OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THINGS THAT RESIDENTS RAISE TODAY THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, TOPICS THAT HAVE COME UP IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS FROM EITHER THE SAFETY COUNCIL OR THE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP, OR INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD WITH EACH OF US OR THE VILLAGE MANAGER.

SO, SO IT'S A KIND OF TWO PART DOCUMENT AND, UM, IT'S QUITE USEFUL TO HAVE THIS KIND OF THING FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS, INCLUDING BEING ABLE TO, TO TELL OUR STORY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE WHEN WE ARE DOING GRANTS.

UM, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE SEES IN IT, UH, UH, I'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON FOR ADOPTION AT THE NEXT MEETING.

UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ANYONE HAS, UM, ANY COMMENTS, WE'VE SENT IT OUT TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS TO, TO GIVE COMMENTS.

UM, AND WE'VE INCORPORATED EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR.

SO ANYTHING ANYONE HAS TO SAY? NO, ANYONE ON THIS SIDE? GOOD.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL SCHEDULE THAT FOR ADOPTION AT THE NEXT MEETING.

UH, YOU KNOW, PENDING ANY COMMENTS THAT COME IN.

I THINK THERE WAS ONE COMMENT FROM THE VILLAGE MANAGER ABOUT THIS.

UH, I, I LOOKED, IT'S THERE.

IT'S THAT.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S GREAT.

AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION OF, UH, THE IMA, UM, INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH GREENBERG FOR THE CANNABIS SALES TAX REVENUE.

SO WE WERE APPROACHED BY TARRYTOWN, WHICH HAS A CANNABIS STORE THAT'S ALREADY OPENED TO DISCUSS THE REVENUE SHARING ELEMENT.

UM, AND I THINK YOU'LL ALL RECALL THAT UNLESS OTHERWISE NEGOTIATED THE LAW STATES THAT A VILLAGE WITHIN A TOWN MUST SHARE 50% OF THE REVENUE THAT IT'S ENTITLED TO WITH THE TOWN.

UM, AND SO EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN'T A CURRENT ISSUE FOR US, UM, WE DECIDED IT MADE SENSE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH GREENBERG WITH, SINCE TARRYTOWN WAS KIND OF LEADING THE WAY, WE JUMPED ON THE COATTAILS

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OF TARRYTOWN.

UM, AND JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO NEGOTIATE SOME KIND OF AN ARRANGEMENT THAT'S BETTER THAN 50% FOR THE VILLAGE BECAUSE THE LOCATION OF THE, OF THE, UM, OF, OF ANY POTENTIAL BUSINESS WOULD BE IN OUR VILLAGE.

AND THERE'D BE VERY LITTLE THAT GREENBERG WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH THIS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO NEGOTIATE A MORE BENEFICIAL, UH, ARRANGEMENT.

AND I, I THINK THAT YOU WILL BE CIRCULATING A IMA AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.

SO TERRY, WE WORKED WITH TERRY TOWN'S ATTORNEY, UM, AND MANAGER AND OUR MANAGER TO FINALIZE A DRAFT OF THE IMA.

GREENBERG HAD PROPOSED ONE THAT HAD SOME ODD LANGUAGE IN IT, SO WE WERE REVISED IT, IT WAS SENT BACK TO THE TOWN.

UM, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.

SO THE TAR TOWNS BOARD AUTHORIZED THEIR MANAGER TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN IT AND SUBMIT IT.

SO THEY ARE AWAITING WHEN IS IT GONNA BE PUT ON A TOWN BOARD AGENDA.

THE TOWN HAS AGREED TO THIS IN CONCEPT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINALIZING THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT.

SO I THINK WE, WE ARE GOING TO WAIT.

IT'S LESS URGENT FOR US.

'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS IN PLAY.

BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY GOOD TO HAVE, UM, AS ADVANTAGEOUS AND ARRANGEMENT AS TARRYTOWN HAS FOR OURSELVES, WHATEVER, IT WOULD BE HIGHLY UNUSUAL FOR GREENBERG TO AGREE TO A, YOU KNOW, A BETTER REVENUE SHARING ARRANGEMENT WITH US THAN IT DOES WITH TARRYTOWN.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE AT LEAST THE SAME.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'VE AGREED TO IT IN CONCEPT.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINALIZING THE DOCUMENT.

IT'S, I THINK, IN CONCEPT UNTIL THEY'VE SIGNED IT, THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED IT.

SO, BUT YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT.

SO THIS IS JUST TO HAVE YOU BE AWARE THAT THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND THEIR SHARE OF THE REVENUE.

THEY CAN BUILD US A SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NINE A FOR INSTANCE.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR LAW IS DRAFTED IN A WAY THAT, UM, MAKES IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THEY'LL EVER GET A CANNABIS BUSINESS IN THE TOWN IN GREENBERG.

JUST THE WAY THEY'VE DRAFTED IT, THEY, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, AN THAT SOUNDS ILLEGAL.

IT'S NOT ILLEGAL, IT'S LEGAL, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY, I'M NOT GONNA COMMENT ON THAT.

IT'S, UM, IT'S LEGAL TILL SOMEBODY CHALLENGES IT'S LEGAL POST SOMEONE CHALLENGE.

IN ANY CASE, THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF THIS.

THE POINT IS THAT IT, THEY ARE LEGALLY ENTITLED AT THE MOMENT TO 50% OF THE REVENUE UNLESS WE NEGOTIATE SOME OTHER KIND OF ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND WE'RE, WE'RE STAYING NARROWLY WITHIN OUR LANE ON THIS.

WORKING IN THAT AREA, AND A LOT OF SCHOOL PROJECTS, UM, UH, HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE DOING RESTORATION IN THE, UM, IN THE SORT OF QUASI WETLAND.

SO YOU CAN BE PREPARED FOR THAT TO COME YOUR WAY SOMETIME SOON.

UM, THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND PROJECTS ARE UNDERWAY.

UM, IT'S REALLY LOVELY.

THREE OF THEM ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO, ACTUALLY THREE OF THEM ARE PRETTY MUCH FINISHED.

UM, UH, AND THAT'S BOWIE MCNEIL.

AND MATILDA VHA DID A DOWNTOWN RE REVITALIZATION PROJECT WHERE THEY BUILT A REALLY GORGEOUS, UM, POLLINATOR GARDEN ON, UM, WARBURTON.

IT'S KIND OF NEXT TO EM OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.

IT'S REALLY ADDS A LOT OF BEAUTY AND, UM, UH, AND, AND SORT OF POLLINATOR, UM, UH, FRIENDLY AND ATTRACTIVE ELEMENTS TO THAT PART OF THE VILLAGE.

SO THAT'S ONE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DONE.

IT'S SUPPORTING BEES AND OTHER SPECIES.

AND THEN SOPHIA BALLARD HAS DONE A PROJECT IN ZIZI GARDEN WHERE, UM, SHE HAS BUILT ON THE WORK THAT SHE DID LAST YEAR.

AND IT'S, UH, AN EMPHASIS ON USING SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL LIKE REDWOOD OR CEDAR, CREATING RAISED GARDEN BEDS, PUTTING IN DOORS FOR PEOPLE.

UM, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY VERY GORGEOUS.

IT'S ECO, ECO-FRIENDLY, AND, UM, IT'S REALLY CREATED SORT OF MORE VIBRANCY IN THAT PARK.

AND THEN MARCUS GELMAN, WILL ANDRUS AND GA GABRIELLE NACHT HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CALL THE ECO SHED INITIATIVE, WHERE THEY HAVE PUT A COMMUNITY TOOL SHED IN THE BURKE NATURE PRESERVE AREA, SO THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S LOCKABLE AND IT'S SOMEWHERE WHERE ALL OF THE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, ORGANIZED.

UH, I THINK REALLY THE, THE POINT PERSON IS DON OWEN, WHO'S DONE A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESTORATION IN THAT AREA, BUT IT ENABLES HIM AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE

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IT'S CLOSEST TO THE WETLAND, A WETLAND THAT WE HAVE IN THE VILLAGE.

SO THEY'VE DONE THAT.

AND, UM, IT, UH, THE SHED PROVIDES ACCESS TO TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND, UM, UH, AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SHARED.

SO THERE'LL BE, IT'LL BE KIND OF LIKE A INFORMAL LENDING LIBRARY, IF YOU LIKE, OF TOOLS AND OTHER THINGS.

SO THOSE ARE REALLY LOVELY.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE KICKING IN IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.

UM, AND ONE OF THEM IS A PROJECT BY KAI GLIB, WHO'S ORGANIZING A COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AT SUGAR POND ON SEPTEMBER THE 27TH.

UM, HE IS INVITING ANY STUDENTS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE AND THEIR FAMILIES TO PLANT TREES AND LEARN ABOUT THE LOCAL SUGAR POND ECOSYSTEM.

UM, AND HE'S PROVIDING FREE FOOD , WHICH IS ALWAYS A, UH, UH, A GREAT THING.

SO WE'RE GONNA SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE THAT, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AT SUGAR POND.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER VERY COOL PROJECT, WHICH IS BEING ORGANIZED BY FRANNIE EZ.

AND WHAT SHE'S DOING IS SHE'S DOING A PROJECT CALLED RUN IT BACK, AND HER GOAL IS TO COLLECT AS MANY USED SNEAKERS AS POSSIBLE TO RECYCLE THEM FOR REUSE.

SO SHE'S TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF SNEAKERS IN LANDFILLS, AND SHE'S ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO RECYCLE RATHER THAN DISCARD THEIR OLD SNEAKERS.

AND ALL USED SNEAKERS WILL BE SENT TO GOT SNEAKERS.COM, WHICH IS A SNEAKER RECYCLING SERVICE THAT SELLS GENTLY USED AND USED SNEAKERS AND RECYCLES PART OF WELL WORN SNEAKERS, THEREBY BYPASSING LANDFILLS.

SO, UM, EVERYONE CAN CLEAN OUT THEIR CLOSETS, UH, THEY CAN DROP, UM, SNEAKERS AT, AT HER HOME.

AND, UH, WE'LL ALSO SEND THIS MESSAGE OUT.

SHE'LL BE COLLECTING THE SNEAKERS IN THE, IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.

I'VE MANAGED TO GET RID OF QUITE A FEW SETS OF SNEAKERS FROM MY SONS THAT HAVE BEEN LYING AROUND FOR AGES.

SO IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY BE, I THINK THERE ARE A FEW OTHER PROJECTS WHERE, UH, KIDS WOULD LIKE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, SO, WE'LL, WE'LL LET, WE'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THOSE AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS A, UH, JUST TO GIVE NOTICE TO EVERYONE THAT WE'LL BE HAVING A PUBLIC MEETING WITH BP ARCO FOR THE WATERFRONT SHORELINE ON OCTOBER THE 28TH.

UM, IT'S REALLY JUST TO ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, ON THAT DATE THERE WILL BE THIS PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE WATERFRONT SHORELINE.

UH, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT AS PART OF THE CONSENT DECREE, BP P RCO IS, IS OBLIGATED TO GIVE THE VILLAGE A CERTAIN PORTION OF LAND.

AND THAT, THAT WE'VE NEGOTIATED THAT THAT LAND BE CRAFTED AS A WATERFRONT PARK.

UM, AND, UH, IN ORDER FOR, SO THE REMEDIATION HAS BEEN CARRYING ON, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT THE REMEDIATION HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS.

PCBS HAVE BEEN PUMPED THROUGH WELLS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE ON THE SITE.

AND THE NEXT SORT OF PHASE IS TO REALLY DO WORK ON THE SITE AS A WHOLE.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE SHORELINE DECIDED.

SO THE 60% DRAWINGS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY THAT POINT.

SO WHAT THIS MEETING WILL DO IS PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE DESIGNS THAT THE CONSULTANT FOR BP HAS COME UP WITH, UM, FOR, FOR THAT SHORELINE EFFORT.

AND, UH, THE TRUSTEES HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND WE THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON AND INDICATE THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE THE BEST AND THINGS THAT THEY THINK CAN BE IMPROVED, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE DESIGNS.

SO I THINK THAT, JUST WANNA GIVE EVERYONE LOTS OF NOTICE THAT THAT MEETING'S COMING UP ON THE 28TH OF OCTOBER.

WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE IT IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, RESERVED IT.

SO WILL THE PIC THE DRAWINGS BE AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THAT? SO THE, OR WOULD THEY SHOW IT FRESH AT THAT ON THE 28TH? AND, UH, THEY ARE DOING THAT PRESENTING SO WE CAN ASK THEM MM-HMM .

UM, IT'S OFTEN GOOD TO HAVE A NARRATIVE THAT GOES WITH THE DRAWING SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT WORKS, BUT I THINK THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.

TO SEE HOW THEY WANT THAT TO, TO WORK OUT.

ANY COMMENTS THAT ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE? NO.

7:00 PM THE, I THINK NORMAL TIME.

TYPICAL TIME.

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IT'LL BE LIKE A, I THINK WE, UH, UH, I THINK WE'LL SET IT UP SO THAT ALL OF US CAN ATTEND.

SO IT'LL BE LIKE A PUBLIC MEETING.

WE'LL NOTICE IT, BUT JUST ON ANOTHER TUESDAY, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S A TUESDAY.

I THINK IT IS A TUESDAY, YES.

SO, SO WE ALL WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND IF WE ARE FREE ON THAT PARTICULAR TUESDAY.

UM, IT WON'T BE ONE WHERE ONLY TWO OF US CAN GO AND THE REST OF US CAN'T GO.

SO WE'LL SET IT UP IN THAT WAY.

UM, AND THAT'S IT.

UM, SO MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS.

THERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER.

THERE IS A BACK TO SCHOOL MOVIE NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER THE FOURTH AT THE JHCC.

AND THEN ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, DAVID SWEIG IS, UH, DOING ONE OF THE LOCAL LUMINA LUMINARIES SESSIONS AT THE, UM, LIBRARY.

AND THAT'S, THIS IS ON AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WHICH IS A BOOK THAT HE WROTE DURING THE COVID EPIDEMIC.

UM, AND, UH, THAT'S, I THINK IT'S 7:00 PM IS THAT RIGHT AT THE LIBRARY IN THE ORE ROOM? UM, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, THE FARMER'S MARKET WILL BE, UH, WILL BE RUNNING.

UM, AND THEN SAME DAY, UH, RIVER TOWN'S THRIFT WILL HAVE, I THINK IT'S USUALLY FROM 10 TO TWO OR THREE AT THE JHCC.

WE'LL BE BACK IN OPERATION, UM, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, THE RECORD RIOT WILL BE ON IN THE COMMUTER LOT.

AND SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A BLOOD DRIVE AT THE GREENBERG HEBREW CENTER, WHICH IS IN DOBBS FERRY.

THEY ASKED US, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S NOT IN THE VILLAGE, BECAUSE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF BLOOD AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO, UM, TO, TO CONTRIBUTE.

AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH, ED LESSING IS DOING HIS TWIST OF FATE OPENING RECEPTION FOR THE ARTWORK THAT'S UP IN VILLAGE HALL AT THE MOMENT.

UM, AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE IS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 13TH.

AND THEY SENT OUT A NOTICE TODAY SAYING THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO DONATE BOOKS IF YOU HAVE BOOKS.

UM, THESE ARE ALL USED BOOKS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

IT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE VERY LOVELY EVENTS THAT THAT, UH, HAPPENS IN THE, UM, IN THE VILLAGE.

AND THEN THE FARMER'S MARKET IS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 13TH.

AND THE LIBRARY WILL HAVE ITS ANNUAL BOOK SALE ON THE 14TH AS WELL AS THE 13TH.

AND IS THE HASTINGS F FLEE ON THE 14TH? I THINK THAT'S ON THE 14TH AS WELL.

IS IT, IT GOT CUT OFF.

UM, I THINK IT'S ONLY OH, IS THAT THEN THAT WOULD BE THE SAME DAY.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH IS THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE NINTH CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING AT 8:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.

OH, I, YES, THE SEPTEMBER FLEE IS THE 14TH.

14TH, EXACTLY.

SO THOSE ARE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT WE WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW.

UM, AND THEN, UH,

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING AT 7:30 PM IN THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 15TH, UH, THE HASTINGS VILLAGE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING AT 7:30 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.

AND IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY SHOW UP ON THIS LIST, BUT THERE IS AN EVENT THAT I KNOW LISA IS ORGANIZING, UM, IN COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, WHICH WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH.

BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN SENT TO THE COMMUNITY YET.

SO WE WILL SEND IT.

IT'S, IT, IT, IF IT, IF IT HASN'T BEEN SENT YET, IT WILL BE SENT MOMENTARILY.

PERFECT.

IT'S GONE TO FOR DISTRIBUTION TO JEN.

PERFECT.

MATTERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

SO IT DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THIS THING THAT GOT PRINTED.

UM, SO, UM, AND THEN JUST BEFORE FINISHING, JUST TO SAY THAT THE CONCERTS THIS SUMMER WERE REALLY LOVELY.

ALL THE DIFFERENT CONCERTS, THE, THE CONCERTS ORGANIZED BY OUR DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE, THE GRATEFUL TO BE A LIVE EVENT.

ALL THE JAZZ EVENTS, THEY WERE APPRECIATED BY LOTS OF PEOPLE.

I'VE RECEIVED LOTS OF VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS SAYING HOW MUCH PEOPLE ENJOYED THEM.

SO JUST A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE AND TO THE PARKS AND REC TEAM AND THE DPW AND THE POLICE AND EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN, IN ALL OF THOSE EVENTS.

UM, AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE MORE EXCITING EVENTS COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.

UM, SO NOW, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS

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NOT TO RETURN TO THIS MEETING.

IS THERE A MOTION MOVED? SECOND.