[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW I OF 2025 AND REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, 2025.PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
TRUSTEE DRAKE, PRESENT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD.
HERE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
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WE WILL NOW, UH, UH, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, APPOINTMENTS.AND WE WILL EXIT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESUME THE OPEN MEETING, HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES, MAYBE LESS.
SO, UH, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[IV. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW I OF 2025]
ON TO THE FIRST ITEM, PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW I OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 60 OF THE GREEN BUILDING CODE, UH, AMENDING DEFINITIONS.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? OKAY, UH, HAVE A QUESTION IF IT'S TO THIS ISSUE.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, DAVE SKOLNIK 47 HILLSIDE.
UM, IT ACTUALLY IS SOMEWHAT TO THE ISSUE, ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY TANGENTIAL.
UM, THE MAIN REASON YOU'RE HAVING TO DO THIS NOW, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, IS THAT, THAT YOU HAD TO REDO THE LINKS AND DISABLE LINKS THAT HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED IN WHAT'S POLICY.
UH, THAT'S WHY THE, THE COVER, THE COPY IS CROSSED OUT.
SO MY CONCERN, AND I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO IT DEEPLY, BUT I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING IT UP REGULARLY, IS THE WHOLE NATURE OF OUR DOCUMENTATION AND THE LINKS, ACTIVE LINKS, NON-ACTIVE LINKS, AND HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS BECOME TO, UH, UM, GATHER AND, AND REALLY, UH, ACCESS A LOT OF THE INFORMATION, THE, THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU PRODUCE.
AND AFTER TWO YEARS, MOST OF THE DOCUMENTATION IS ALREADY LOST.
IT'S A BIG TOPIC AND IT JUST, HAVING THIS AS THE ISSUE KIND OF FLAGGED IT FOR ME AND I'M THEREFORE INTRODUCING IT TO YOU.
I THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REGARD TO OUR DOCUMENTATION AND I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER LOOKING INTO THAT MORE FULLY AT SOME POINT.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO E CODE AND WITHIN THE CODE, WHICH IS PUBLISHED PUBLICLY, IT IS NOT, UH, APPROPRIATE TO HAVE LINKS WHICH COULD CHANGE OVER TIME INSIDE THE CODE.
SO IT'S NOT TO DO WITH OUR DOCUMENTATION, IT'S TO DO WITH E CODE, WHICH IS WHERE OUR CODE RESIDES.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND WE WILL TAKE IT TO HEART.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
[V. APPOINTMENTS]
IS APPOINTMENT.WE HAVE TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS, MIKE SOLOMON, WHO HAS AGREED TO JOIN THE ZBA ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AS THE ALTERNATE.
AND DAN BERKOVITZ, WHO IS JOINING THE PLANNING BOARD AS A MEMBER, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR SERVICE.
UM, AND WE THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY WILL DO ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE.
[VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025.ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[VII. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND AA $167,345 AND 50 CENTS FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $1,800 POOL FUND, ER $23,881 AND 88 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $811,954 AND 34 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LLL $5,363 AND 35 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND TT $2,704 AND 57 CENTS.[00:05:01]
$3,585 AND 93 CENTS PAYROLL FUND TT $3,563 AND 56 CENTS.[VIII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ARE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SINCE SOME OF YOU ARE NEW TO OUR MEETINGS, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? I SUPPOSE THERE'S A TIMER ANYWHERE.
I LIVE AT 35 FLORAL DRIVE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A WORSENING SAFETY ISSUE WITHIN THE VILLAGE.
AND THAT'S THE ISSUE OF A PROLIFERATING NUMBER OF BLIND CORNERS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE.
A SMALL AND HIGHLY INCOMPLETE SURVEY.
UH, IF YOU'RE ON WASHINGTON AT THE STOP SIGN AT BROADWAY AND WANNA MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, YOU CANNOT SEE THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE FOLIAGE, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THE CORNER THERE WITHOUT BLOCKING THE BIKE LANE OR MOVING PARTWAY OUT INTO THE, I CAN TALK OVER THAT.
UM, IF YOU'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF FLOWER AT THE STOP SIGN ALSO ON BROADWAY AND YOU MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, THERE ARE NOW BUSHES THAT HAVE GROWN UP, THAT HAVE PREVENT YOU FROM SEEING THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC COMING THAT WAY.
UH, AND FINALLY, IF YOU ARE STOPPED AT THE UPHILL ON VILLARD RIGHT AT BROADWAY, UH, YOU CANNOT SEE THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING.
NOW, I KNOW YOU WILL SAY, BUT THERE'S A STOPLIGHT THERE.
I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THAT MAY BE THE MOST BLOWN THROUGH STOPLIGHT IN THE VILLAGE.
UH, I KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE HORRIFIC ACCIDENT THAT'S HAPPENED THERE, AND I WOULD SPEAK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOW THAT IS TAKEN MORE AS A SUBJECTION THAN AS A STOPLIGHT.
NOW, WHERE I LIVE UP THE TOP OF A LARGE HILL, WE HAVE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS, SO ALL PEDESTRIANS ARE WALKING IN THE STREET.
UH, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SENIORS WHO ARE NOW WALKING DAILY IN THE STREET.
MANY OF THEM ARE WALKING DOGS.
THEY MAY NOT BE PAYING FULL ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC THAT'S SURROUND THEM.
WE HAVE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE WALKING TO AND FROM BUS STOPS ON, UH, SCENIC DRIVE.
AND, UH, FINALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC UP THERE NOW IS IN FACT DELIVERY VEHICLES WHO DON'T KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL.
AND THEY'RE ON TIGHT TIME SCHEDULES, AND THEY DRIVE DIFFERENTLY FROM THE WAY THE RESIDENTS DO UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AT THE CORNER OF FLORAL DRIVE AND FOREST AVENUE, THE FOLIAGE NOT ONLY IS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CORNER, BUT ON FOREST DRIVE, IT'S ACTUALLY OVER THE CURB AND PARTWAY OUT INTO THE STREET AT THE STOP SIGN, AT THE BOTTOM OF SCENIC DRIVE, UH, THE FOLIAGE IS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CORNER AND MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE, UH, TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING UPHILL ON FERNDALE.
UH, NOW ALL OF THESE CORNERS ARE IN OBVIOUS VIOLATION OF THE VILLAGE ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A SETBACK FOR FOLIAGE, FENCES, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT OBSTRUCTS A DRIVER'S ABILITY TO SEE THE TRAFFIC.
AND AT THE MOMENT, THE CURRENT ENFORCEMENT POLICY SEEMS TO BE ONE OF TWO METHODS.
EITHER A NEIGHBOR GOES AND TALKS TO ANOTHER NEIGHBOR, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE WELL RECEIVED, OR IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, A NEIGHBOR HAS TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOR.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THAT'S USUALLY NOT WELL RECEIVED AT ALL, CAN LEAD TO A RELATIONSHIP THAT BREAKS DOWN INTO ENMITY.
UM, IS THAT MY TIME? THAT IS TIME.
AND ACTUALLY, THE VILLAGE MANAGER, I THINK, IS ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, UH, IN AND OR HER COMMENTS JUST IN A GENERAL, GENERAL WAY, BUT I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN THE INTERSECTIONS THAT YOU'VE NOTED AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GET THEM ADDRESSED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? UH, HELLO JOSH CHAR.
I'M A FOUNDER OF THE HIGHLINE.
WE'RE AT 45 MAIN STREET, UH, OPENING TO BE OPEN SOON.
UM, I, UH, GREW UP IN EDGEMONT, WENT TO GREENVILLE ELEMENTARY, EDGEMONT HIGH SCHOOL, AND, UH, BEEN IN WESTCHESTER FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT I HAVE RELOCATED TO BROOKLYN.
I WILL BE COMMUTING UP, UH, TO THE HIGHLINE DAILY.
UH, I WANT TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OPENING A CANNABIS
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DISPENSARY REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL CHANGE.AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WANNA ASSURE EVERYONE THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO BEING A SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, POSITIVE PRESENCE.
IN HASTINGS THE HIGHLINE, UH, WE ARE ABOUT PROTECTING YOUNG PEOPLE TOP PRIORITY.
NO ONE UNDER 21 WILL EVER BE ALLOWED INSIDE PREMISES EVER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STRICT ID CHECK BY A DEDICATED SECURITY MAN AT THE DOOR.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CLEAR SECURITY PROTOCOLS TO MAKE SURE THIS RULE IS NEVER BENT.
WE KNOW THAT YOUTH SAFETY IS A HEART OF THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN, AND WE WANNA MEET THAT WITH REAL ACTION, NOT JUST WORDS.
BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR MEANS MORE THAN COMPLIANCE.
IT MEANS LISTENING, ENGAGING, AND BEING APPROACHABLE AND TRANSPARENT.
AND TODAY I WANTED TO, TO ACT THAT AND INVITE ALL OF THE BOARD TRUSTEE MEMBERS TO HAVE MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE, WHICH THE MAYOR HAS, UH, AND COME BY FOR A VISIT AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH OUR SECURITY MEASURES AND SHOW YOU THAT WE'RE TAKING, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO CALL ME JUST TO TALK ABOUT IT, TALK ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, MAKING SURE YOU AND THE COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY.
AND, AND WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO VISIT OUR STORE, THEN GO OUT, HAVE A COFFEE, GO BUY SOME ART, AND WE CAN ALL BE A COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? I AM LAUREN BERMAN.
ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, I SENT A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND TO THE MAYOR, OBJECTING TO THE CANNABIS DISPENSARY LICENSE AT 45 MAIN STREET.
I URGED YOU TO CONTINUE TO ACT ON THE TWO FORMAL OBJECTIONS SUBMITTED BY THE VILLAGE MANAGER IN 2023 TO THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT.
SPECIFICALLY BY FILING A ARTICLE 78 APPEAL.
I SHARED A DEEPLY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, YET RECEIVED NO REPLY, NOT EVEN AN EMAIL OR A PHONE CALL.
IN CONTRAST, WHEN I SHARED A SIMILAR LETTER WITH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY RESPONDED PROMPTLY.
I RECEIVED CALLS FROM THE OFFICES OF ANDREA STEWART COUSINS AND MARY JANESKY, AND EMAILS FROM KEN JENKINS AND DAVID IMMA MORRIS'S TEAMS. IT IS UP TO YOU IF YOUR LEGACY IS SILENCE.
IT IS UP TO YOU TO, TO CONSIDER OR TO DISREGARD YEARS OF RESIDENT CONCERN, INCLUDING FROM PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, ADOLESCENT PHYSICIANS, AND ADDICTION SPECIALISTS.
YOU FAILED TO ALLOW A PUBLIC VOTE, YOU FAILED TO ACT ON ZONING, WHICH NOW LEAVES OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF CANNABIS DISPENSARY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM HASTINGS YOUTH ADVOCATE OFFICE AND DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
MAIN STREET IS THE MOST TRAFFICKED CORRIDOR OF CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL EVERY DAY.
I AM URGING YOU TO FILE AN ARTICLE 78 APPEAL WITH NEW YORK STATE.
AS OF SIX 30 TODAY, OVER 140 RESIDENTS HAVE SIGNED A PETITION URGING THE VILLAGE TO APPEAL THIS LICENSE.
YOU WILL HAVE IT IN YOUR INBOX.
WE DE WE DESERVE YOUR ACTION TO APPEAL.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? HELLO, MY NAME IS JEREMY ARNON.
I'VE LIVED IN HASTINGS FOR 20 YEARS, UH, 33 DONALD.
UH, AND I'VE SPOKEN OUT IN THE PAST ABOUT MY DISPLEASURE WITH THE PROCESS THE VILLAGE TOOK IN VOTING YES TO POT STORES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE THAT THIS BOARD WILL DO ANYTHING TO RIGHT THE WRONG OF A HORRENDOUS MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE IN ALLOWING A COMPANY TO GET A LICENSE FOR A POT STORE WITHOUT KNOWING ANY OF THE DETAILS OF THE LAW.
AT THE TIME OF THE VOTE, FOUR YEARS AGO, NIKKI MORGAN AND GEORGIA CLAIMED A MORAL VICTORY FOR RIGHTING THE WRONGS OF THE PAST RACIAL INJUSTICE BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT, BOUGHT INTO THE STATE'S FALSE PROMISE THAT MOST BUSINESSES GAINING LICENSES WOULD BE MINORITY OWNED.
WE NOW HAVE A POT SHOP WHERE STONERS WILL COME TO THE MIDDLE OF OUR TOWN TO BUY THEIR, TO BUY THEIR POT.
AND FROM WHAT I READ IN THE RIVER TOWNS DISPATCHED, IT'S OWNED BY A WHITE LAWYER FROM CHAPPAQUA AND TWO WHITE GUYS WHO GREW UP MONT.
THE LAST I LOOKED, WHITE LAWYERS FROM CHAPPAQUA DID NOT FACE INJUSTICE FROM THE MARIJUANA LAWS OF THE PAST.
I'M NOT HERE TO ASK THIS BOARD TO REVOKE THE LICENSE.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO, BUT I DOUBT WHETHER THE BOARD NOW EVEN HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
INSTEAD, I'M HERE TO SEND A MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE OWNERS OF THE STORE.
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WE ARE NOT WELCOMING YOU INTO THIS VILLAGE.YOU'LL NOT BE MET WITH OPEN ARMS. YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO THINK THIS THIS LOCATION WAS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A HORRENDOUS IDEA.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE CHILDREN GO AFTER SCHOOL HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2007 AND SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT PREVENTING YOUTH ACCESS TO POT, AS THE OWNER MENTIONED IN HIS RIVER TOWNS DISPATCH INTERVIEW.
THIS IS ABOUT PREVENTING THE NORMALIZATION OF POT BY CHILDREN, BY WALKING PAST THIS LOCATION ON A DAILY BASIS TO GO TO THIS PIZZA SHOP, TO GO TO DANCE CLASS, TO GO PLAY VIDEO GAMES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT IS WHAT THESE OWNERS DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I AM ORGANIZING A GROUP THAT WILL BE OVER 100 PEOPLE AND WE WILL, WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE LAW, MAKE IT AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR ANY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS TO SHOP AT THEIR STORE.
OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THIS BUSINESS DOES NOT SUCCEED.
OUR GOAL IS THAT THE OWNERS LOSE THEIR INVESTMENT AND THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE NOT SELLING OUR SOULS OR OUR CHILDREN'S INNOCENCE FOR DRUG MONEY NOW CALLED TAX DOLLARS.
THE OWNERS OF THE STORE MADE A TREMENDOUS MISTAKE IN CHOOSING THIS LOCATION TO THE OWNERS.
I SAY SAVE YOURSELF THE PAIN IN FUTURE LOSS.
DO THE RIGHT THING AND BACK OUT.
WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE AND WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY BECAUSE THIS IS OUR HOME.
THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN AND THIS IS OUR DOWNTOWN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? GOOD EVENING.
UH, NICHOLAS BAKER, 71 MOUNT HOPE BOULEVARD.
UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ECHO A FEW OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT WERE SPOKEN, UH, BEFORE ME.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL VOTE TO ALLOW, UH, TO NOT OPT OUT OF THE DISPENSARIES, AT LEAST HERE WE HAVE A PUBLIC ABILITY TO SPEAK AND HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD.
THIS WAS NOT A DEMOCRATIC DECISION IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
SO I'M GLAD WE FINALLY HAVE A VOICE AGAIN TO EXPRESS OUR DISPLEASURE WITH THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE.
UH, SIMILARLY, I THINK IT'S, UM, ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE THAT THIS VILLAGE LISTENED TO, I THINK, WHAT IS THE PROMINENT VIEW HERE, AND, UH, FILE AN APPEAL AS, UH, MRS. BERMAN HAS ENCOURAGED AND APPARENTLY BEEN IGNORED.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUST, AGAIN, VOICE A, UM, OBJECTION TO HAVING THIS DISPENSARY IN OUR TOWN.
I THINK IT NORMALIZES A DRUG THAT FOR PARTICULARLY YOUNG BOYS HAS SHOWN MORE AND MORE ABSOLUTELY DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO HAVE A DISPENSARY RIGHT ACROSS FROM OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? TALK ABOUT THIS? OKAY, KEEP GOING.
UH, BRIAN STREET, 19 FRASER PLACE.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THE PROS AND CONS OF DISPENSARY.
UH, WHAT I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT IS SEATTLE, UH, THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA.
AND SEATTLE BEING THE MOST PROMINENT CITY IN THAT STATE.
UH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ACTUALLY VISITING A FRIEND THERE WHO IS A ENGINEERED, UH, PUBLIC PLANNER, UH, WAS ACTUALLY DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE CAREFUL ANALYSIS AND ZONING THAT WENT INTO THE DISPENSARY LOCATIONS AROUND SEATTLE.
UM, THEY CAME UP WITH A FEW THINGS THAT WERE, THAT THAT TOOK PRIORITY OVER A LICENSED APPEAL, A LICENSE THAT WOULD GO OUT TO, UH, LEGALIZE AND DISPENSER THIS AND THAT.
AND THESE WERE BASICALLY THEIR THINGS.
THEY SAID, UH, THEY IDENTIFIED THESE GROUPS THAT, THAT WERE MORE IMPORTANT.
JUST AGAIN, THESE GROUPS THAT WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE RIGHT TO, UH, DISPENSE AND SELL MARIJUANA.
THESE GROUPS INCLUDED SCHOOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, RECREATION CENTERS AND FACILITIES, CHILDCARE CENTERS, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC TRANSIT CENTERS AND LIBRARIES.
FURTHER TO THAT, THEY DESIGNATED A THOUSAND FEET, BASICALLY THREE AND A THIRD FOOTBALL FIELDS.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF JUST A CIRCLE AROUND LOCATION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THIS BOARD AT THIS POINT.
HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON, I GUESS IT'S ARTICLE SEVEN, FILE AN APPEAL.
I THINK THAT IT'S IN THE INTEREST OF THIS VILLAGE TO DEFEND THE, AND HONOR THE RIGHTS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH I FEEL AND AGREE HAVE A PRIORITY OVER THE SIMPLE COMMERCIALIZATION OF MARIJUANA.
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WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? GOOD EVENING.I'M JUSTIN O'BRIEN, 60 PRINCE STREET.
UH, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD TO FILE AN ARTICLE 78 APPEAL IN OPPOSITION, UH, TO THE OPENING OF A DISPENSARY ON MAIN STREET.
UH, KIDS ARE DOING CANNABIS IN THIS TOWN.
THEY'RE STARTING EARLY AND TO THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A MORE CONVENIENT SOURCE OF IT, UH, WITH A DISPENSARY IN TOWN IS KIDDING OURSELVES.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF PEOPLE ARE CARTED AT THE DOOR.
THESE KIDS HAVE OLDER SIBLINGS.
PARENTS GO IN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THEIR HOMES, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE ACCESS TO CANNABIS.
I THINK IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE VILLAGE SIGNIFICANTLY IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
AND THOSE NEGATIVE WAYS ARE GONNA IMPACT ALL OF US IN, UH, HOME ASSESSMENT VALUES AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE POLICING.
I I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HAS THE BUDGET FOR POLICING CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THIS APPROVAL? BECAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE, UM, MORE INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, OVERSIGHT IN POLICING IS GONNA BE REQUIRED.
UH, I WOULD SAY THAT PERHAPS THESE NEGATIVE THINGS OUTWEIGH ANY SORT OF, UH, BENEFITS THAT, THAT WE THINK WE MAY DERIVE FROM THIS.
I ALSO THINK IT'S KIND OF IRONIC THAT THE SCHOOL BOND JUST PASSED RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, REFLECTING THE PRIMARY GOAL, UH, VALUES OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TOWN TO BECOME A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS AREA TO COME TO OUR SCHOOLS AND LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I DON'T SEE HOW HAVING A DISPENSARY IN A HIGH PROFILE PART OF TOWN IS GONNA ENTICE OTHERS TO COME TO THIS TOWN FOR SCHOOLING IN PARTICULAR.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I URGE YOU TO PLEASE, UH, FILE THE ARTICLE 78 APPEAL IN OPPOSITION TO THIS DISPENSARY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD? UH, YEAH.
AND I WANNA SECOND WHAT SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS SPEAKERS SAID ABOUT, UM, APPEALING THIS CANNABIS DISPENSARY LICENSE.
UM, I MEAN, YES, THE, THE SHOP WOULD BE ACROSS FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT WOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM, KIDS WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO PASS IT ON THEIR WAY FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE LIBRARY TO MK DANCE TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SMALL TOWN.
THIS ISN'T ONE OF THESE BIG CITIES THAT, THAT HAS OPENED THIS.
AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO AVOID, YOU KNOW, IT HAS AN OUTSIZED PRESENCE IN A PLACE LIKE HASTINGS.
UM, BUT ALSO I WANT US TO REMEMBER, AND THIS POINT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP IN OUR DISCUSSION OF ABOUT WHETHER TO OPT OUT.
UH, MANY OF, MANY OF US PATTED OURSELVES IN THE BACK BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMEHOW SUPPOSED TO BE A PROGRESSIVE MOVE.
WHEREAS WE INVITED, YOU GUYS MIGHT REMEMBER THIS DURING ONE OF THE ZOOM SESSIONS, 'CAUSE THIS WAS ALL DONE ONLY ON ZOOM.
WE INVITED A STATE LEGISLATOR TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SHE URGED US TO, UM, TO OPT OUT ON THE BASIS OF THE WHOLE ISSUE HAVING TO DO WITH, UM, THIS LAW IS SUPPOSED TO HELP COMMUNITIES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY CRIMINALIZATION.
AND SHE SAID, THERE IS, AS OF YET NO WAY TO ENFORCE THAT.
RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE JUST, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF WHITE ENTREPRENEURS ARE GONNA GET ALL THE CONTRACTS AND OPEN ALL THE STORES AND THE BENEFITS ARE NOT GONNA GO TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY CRIMINALIZATION.
BUT WE IGNORED THAT AND WE SAID, YAY.
NO, WE WERE URGED TO, UH, DEFER THIS OPTION BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MECHANISM YET.
AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME PROOF, AS JEREMY JUST POINTED OUT, UM, THAT THIS IS JUST GONNA GO BACK TO ENRICHING WHITE ENTREPRENEURS BECAUSE THAT MECHANISM HAS NOT BEEN PUT INTO PLACE YET.
UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GREAT IF THIS WAS OPENING IN YONKERS, UM, TO A DISADVANTAGED FAMILY THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE MONEY OFF IT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO I URGE YOU TO APPEAL MOSTLY BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE WALKING BY.
BUT US LET, LET'S REMIND OURSELVES ABOUT THE SUPPOSED RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE THAT WE WERE, UM, MEANT TO CONSIDER.
I THINK YOU WERE REFERRING TO JEN METZKER AND THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT WHAT SHE SAID BECAUSE SHE WAS ON THE CANNABIS BOARD.
SO IT WOULD SHOCK ME IF SHE SAID THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I TAKE THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING IRRESPECTIVE OF WHO IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE OTHER PERSON THAT WE INVITED, UM, WHO TALKED ABOUT THE EFFECT ON, ON MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO ONE OF THE SESSIONS.
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ANYWAY, IT WASN'T A STATE LEGISLATOR, BUT THANK YOU.I THINK IT WAS THE OTHER GUEST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, PLEASE? FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MOST OF YOU ARE SITTING HERE.
WERE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL DECISION, UM, BUT YOU NOW HAVE AN OPTION TO DO IT.
MY NAME IS BOB MCKINNON FROM 45 MAIN STREET.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, WHEN WE FIRST CAME HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WHEN THE LICENSE WAS FIRST GRANTED, WE ASKED WHETHER YOU HAD CONSIDERED ARTICLE SE UH, 78.
I'M ASKING YOU NOW BEFORE I ADDRESS THE REST OF MY COMMENTS, WHETHER YOU HAVE IN FACT DISCUSSED IT.
HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION? PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT AT THE VERY END.
I THINK, I THINK I THINK WE DESERVE TO KNOW NOW.
AND THE REASON WHY IS I ACTUALLY SEE A RESOLUTION HERE ON REVENUE SHARING FROM CANNABIS, WHICH MAKES ME THINK THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED NOT TO.
ALRIGHT, THEN I, I WANNA KNOW, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS WHEN YOU DO WHAT YOUR PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD, IF IT'S AN OPEN AND HONEST DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, MR. MCKINNON, IT'S A MATTER OF LITIGATION.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, UH, HAS TO BE HELD IN CAMERA.
SO I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I STILL HAVE THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU CAN HAVE, I APOLOGIZE, YOUR THREE MINUTES STARTING NOW.
ALRIGHT, SO I WANNA MAKE THE POINT THAT WHEN I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU HAD A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAD 40 LETTERS THAT WERE WRITTEN TO YOU ON TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES.
YOU CITED THEM AS THE REASON WHY YOU WERE ACTING.
IN ONE CASE YOU HAD 40 LETTERS THAT YOU WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PROTECT YOUTH WHO WERE L-G-B-T-Q AND YOU WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SPACE IN TERMS OF A, UH, A RAINBOW CROSSING.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THERE'S 40 SIGNS, OR SORRY, FOUR LITTER LETTERS YOU RECEIVED THAT WERE RELATED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS WEREN'T IMPACTED BY LOUD FOOD VENDORS.
NO, I THINK YOU MEAN GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS? NO, I DON'T.
I MEAN, ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN HAVE VENDORS OUTSIDE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
YOU DISCUSSED WHETHER IT WAS GONNA BE ON, WE DIDN'T GET 40 LETTERS ABOUT THAT.
I ASSUME YOU'RE PAUSING AGAIN, BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND CHECK.
WE HAVE 130 PETITIONS, SIGNED PETITIONS.
WE HAVE MORE LETTERS THAN THAT.
I WANNA CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS NOT ONLY ACROSS NEAR, SORT OF LIKE WHERE KIDS HANG OUT, IT'S A SCHOOL BUS STOP.
NOW WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DEBATE WHETHER THE DECISION THAT YOU MADE BACK IN THE DAY WAS WRONG.
AND IF, AND I, AT SOME POINT, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS BECAUSE EVERY CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITH INDIVIDUALS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION IN ALL DEFERENCE TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
IT IS NOT IN ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
IT'S NOT WHAT THE GOVERNOR ENVISIONED.
IT'S NOT WHAT ANYONE ENVISIONED.
AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN THAT THE STATE WOULD NEVER OVERRULE A MIN A MUNICIPALITY AND THEIR DESIRE NOT TO DO IT.
YET HERE WE ARE AND WE FIND OUT IN THIS SESSION THAT FOR SOME REASON THE MAYOR HAS THE PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER OF THE OWNER BECAUSE HE GAVE IT TO ME YESTERDAY ON A CALL WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND IS THAT, I I'M NOT SURE HOW APPROPRIATE IT IS WHEN IT HAS, YOU HAVE A MATTER IN TERMS OF WHETHER YOU WILL OR WILL NOT OBJECT TO AN ARTICLE TO TAKE A PERSONAL CELL PHONE FROM SOMEONE.
UH, HAVE YOU STOPPED THEM? PLEASE CARRY ON WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO URGE BOTH THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED THE FIRST TIME TO CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE AND THE PERSON, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HERE ACTUALLY LISTEN TO WHAT THE TOWN IS SAYING.
YOU HAVE IT WITHIN YOUR WHEREWITHAL TO OBJECT, NOT ONLY FOR THE REASON WE MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO PARKING THERE, THERE'S NO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GOOD REASON WHY A BUSINESS WITH THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC SHOULD BE THERE.
THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING RELATED TO SAFETY AND OTHER PRECAUTIONS THAT MAKE IT AN UNSUITABLE CONDITION AND POSITION.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE WRONG ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
WE SHOULDN'T BE HERE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I TRUST AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND IF YOU DON'T, WE WILL BE HERE EACH WEEK ASKING FOR AN APOLOGY, ADMITTING THAT YOU ARE WRONG.
AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU ANYONE WHO IS HERE THAT VOTED FOR THIS WILL NOT BE IN PUBLIC OFFICE AGAIN.
'CAUSE WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE RUNS AGAINST YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? GOOD EVENING, DAVE SKOLNIK 47 HILLSIDE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'LL BE, UH, GLAD THAT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE DISPENSARY, ALTHOUGH I, I AM HAPPY THAT EVERYONE ELSE DID BECAUSE I FIND MYSELF IN PRETTY CONSISTENT AGREEMENT.
NO, I'M HERE, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE BICYCLE, UH, AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN, WHICH, UH, I WAS APPRECIATIVE THAT YOU DELAYED
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THIS, UH, FROM THE LAST MEETING.UH, BUT BASICALLY I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO DEFER IT BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME READING IT.
I'M READING THE OLD ONE AND I'M READING THE NEW ONE.
AND I FIND IT, UH, THE WHOLE PROCESS EXTREMELY DISTURBING.
AND THE WAY IT'S BEEN PRESENTED IS TO MY MIND, THE WAY MOST OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, STRESSING A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF REVISION IN THIS.
AND I DARE SAY I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I WOULD WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SPENT THE TIME AND READ THE 18 PAGES UNDERLINING THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.
THINGS THAT BASICALLY, UH, STARTING WITH 2013, WHICH I ALSO BROUGHT WITH ME A VERY INTERESTING MINUTES BACK IN 2013, WE STILL HAD WRITTEN MINUTES AND I WISH WE STILL DID.
BUT THIS 2000 NOVEMBER 19TH, 2013 WAS, UH, THE DAY THAT, UM, ANDY RASKIN ACTUALLY PRESENTED THE, UM, THE, UM, COMPLETE STREETS PLAN TO YOU.
I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND I'LL POINT OUT IN CASE I RUN OUT OF TIME, THAT MR. RASKIN HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT PRESENCE IN ALL OF THESE PROJECTS FROM THEN UNTIL NOW.
IT INCLUDES HIS LETTER REGARDING RAVENSDALE, UH, AND HIS ACTUAL PRESENCE WITH, UH, WITH ONE OF THE, UM, COMPANIES THAT IS PROVIDING THE SERVICE FOR, UH, NEW YORK STATE FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR THE NEW, THE ROUTE NINE PROJECT.
SO THE FACT IS, THERE'S A LOT IN THERE THAT OVER TIME IF YOU DON'T READ IT, YOU THINK YOU JUST KEEP GOING.
THEY, YOU, YOU ASSUME IT WAS APPROVED BY PEOPLE WHO READ IT AND UNDERSTOOD IT.
BUT I'M SUGGESTING THAT MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T SPENT THE TIME, I DUNNO WHY YOU WOULD, IT WASN'T EVEN GONNA COME UP AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
UM, SO I MAY, IF, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, I WOULD LOVE, THIS IS THE ONLY ITEM ON THE, UH, UH, RESOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY, UH, ISN'T, UH, CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY APPROVED THIS TIME.
SO IF IT DOES, UH, GET APPROVED, I'M TELLING YOU THAT I'M GONNA, IN THE SAME WAY AFTER EVERYONE ELSE COMES BACK AT ADDITIONAL MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT CANNABIS, I'M GONNA COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS DOCUMENT AND WHY IT HAS TO BE INSERTED NOW, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ROUTE NINE AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RAVENSDALE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? HI THERE.
DEBORAH SINCLAIR ONE RAVENSDALE.
I DIDN'T, I SAW THIS ON THE LIST, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION WAS.
AND IF THERE'S A DECISION MADE, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I DO WANNA PUT FORTH THAT IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME THAT, THAT WE WOULD BE IN CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
AND I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF THE TRUSTEES ASKING FOR A MEETING WITH ME AND SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS AND I WROTE BACK SAYING, LET ME KNOW WHAT'S CONVENIENT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK.
SO I'M HAVING SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
'CAUSE I'M NOT IN THE CONVERSATION.
I KNOW WHEN I DID MEET WITH THE MAYOR AND THE VILLAGE MANAGER IN A MEETING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THERE BEING SIDEWALK ON THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET OF RAVENSDALE YOU'RE TALKING THAT.
AND, UM, MY NEIGHBOR SAID, OH, DEBRA, YOU SHOULD GO GET PETITIONS FROM EVERYBODY ON RAVENSDALE AND YOU SHOULD DO THIS AND YOU SHOULD DO THAT.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT I CAN DO AND, UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ANYTHING THAT COMMUNICATION WE CAN HAVE TO MAKE THINGS WORK.
I DON'T SEE IT AS THE END OF THE WORLD TO HAVE A BIKE PATH.
I DON'T SEE IT AS THE END OF THE WORLD TO HAVE A SIDEWALK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION SO THAT I CAN FEEL LIKE I DO BELONG IN HASTINGS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? HI, I'M NANCY DODSON.
COULD YOU REPEAT IT? IS THE MICROPHONE? SURE.
MY NAME'S NANCY DODSON AND I LIVE AT 69 LINCOLN AVENUE.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO IMPLORE THE TRUSTEES TO DO ANYTHING LEFT IN THEIR POWER TO STOP THE CANNABIS STORE FROM MOVING INTO MAIN STREET.
UM, FROM THE MOMENT THE SPECTER OF CANNABIS BECAME APPARENT IN THIS TOWN, LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE, I WAS HORRIFIED.
MY JOB AS AN ADOLESCENT MEDICINE DOCTOR PUTS ME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE TEENS OF HASTINGS.
AND I TRIED TO TELL EVERYONE THEN, JUST LIKE I'M TELLING YOU NOW, THAT TEENS IN THIS TOWN HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH CANNABIS ABUSE AND ADDICTION ABOVE AND BEYOND EVEN THE SURROUNDING RIVER TOWNS.
SO IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO WEAVE CANNABIS FURTHER INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR TOWN AND NORMALIZE IT.
WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT TURNED OUT, BUT HERE WE ARE FACING THE POSSIBILITY OF A CANNABIS STORE AT THE TOP OF MAIN STREET OFFENSIVELY NEXT TO
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A CHILDREN'S DANCE STUDIO ACROSS FROM A COMMUNITY CENTER AND UNDERNEATH AN APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE A LOT OF FAMILIES LIVE.THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE FEARED WOULD COME TO PASS.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THE PEDIATRIC COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HORRIFIED BY THE WELCOMING ATTITUDE.
COMMUNITIES HAVE SHOWN TO THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY, AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE SORT OF SHOUTING INTO THE WIND.
UM, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO LEARN THE LESSONS OF BIG TOBACCO ALL OVER AGAIN.
UM, DURING MEDICAL SCHOOL, I, I GOT AN MPHA MASTER PUBLIC HEALTH AND I STUDIED THE CLEAR ASSOCIATION BETWEEN HOW MUCH TOBACCO IS ADVERTISED IN A COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH TEENS USE IT.
AND REMEMBER, TOBACCO IS NOT LEGAL FOR TEENS TO USE, JUST LIKE CANNABIS IS NOT LEGAL.
BUT SOMEHOW IT GETS USED MORE IN AREAS WHERE IT'S HIGHLY ADVERTISED.
AND WE KNOW THAT CANNABIS, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG PEOPLE, LEADS TO TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION, ADDICTION, AMOTIVATIONAL SYNDROME, WHERE THEIR LIVES JUST GO OFF TRACK AND THEY LOSE ALL DRIVE AND IT UNMASKS PSYCHOSIS IN VULNERABLE TEENS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT MORE TO SAY EXCEPT THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP HAVE LEFT THIS TOWN WORSE THAN THEY FOUND IT AND THE VOTERS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
I WOULD NOW ENCOURAGE THE TRUSTEES TO RECONSIDER THIS CARTE BLANCHE TO THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY.
AND PERHAPS BY STOPPING THIS STORE, WE CAN SEND A MESSAGE THAT HASTINGS IS NOT WILLING TO BECOME THE CANNABIS RIVERTOWN.
MY HOPE IS THAT ALL FUTURE DECISIONS BY THE NEXT LEADERSHIP ARE MADE WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE TOWN AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH IN MIND.
FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS SILVIA LES AND I LIVE AT NINE HARVARD LANE.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IS THAT IN APRIL OF 2024, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM THE WAY AND THEY DID A VERY INTERESTING COMPARISON OF HOW STUDENTS PERCEIVE RISK AS IT PERTAINS TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
AND WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME AS I HEARD THAT PRESENTATION WAS ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING, WHICH WAS THAT 29% OF THE STUDENTS PERCEIVED THAT MARIJUANA WAS HARMFUL TO THEM WHILE 92% OF THEM PERCEIVED THAT CIGARETTES WERE HARMFUL TO THEIR HEALTH.
A QUESTION WAS THEN POSED TO THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STUDENT BODY WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ASKING WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY OF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT MARIJUANA IS HARMFUL TO YOU? AND YET THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A VERY PRONOUNCED CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO CIGARETTES.
AND THE ANSWER THAT WAS GIVEN WAS THAT, WELL, PEOPLE SAY THAT CIGARETTES ARE BAD FOR US, BUT EVERYBODY SMOKES POT.
I THINK THAT THE DECISIONS THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MAKE TRICKLE DOWN TO OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER OR NOT WE SAY IT'S STRAIGHT TO THEM IN THEIR FACE, WHAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE ON BEHALF OF US ARE REALLY AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN AND NOT IN A WAY THAT IS TO THEIR BENEFIT.
I WOULD REALLY STRONGLY URGE THIS COMMUNITY TO KEEP ITS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, I'M SAYING TO BE ALARMIST AT ALL, BUT RATHER THAT REFLECTS THE PRESENTATION, WHICH I WOULD HAPPILY SHARE WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE TRUSTEES HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD?
[IX. RESOLUTIONS]
ON TO RESOLUTIONS.THE FIRST RESOLUTION, OH, I SHOULD JUST ADD THAT, UH, I THINK THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED BY ONE OF THE, THE PEOPLE HERE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE BY EMAIL AND WE HAVE REFERRED THE ISSUE TO OUR ATTORNEY.
SO, UH, SO THAT'S WHERE THINGS STAND.
UM, MOVING ONTO RESOLUTIONS, UH, 1 71 27 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE INTO MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR CANNABIS SALES REVENUE SHARING.
UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE OF TARRYTOWN TO COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBERG ON A COST SHARING AGREEMENT AS PRESCRIBED BY THE LAW.
HASTINGS AND TARRYTOWN ARE THE TWO MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN GREENBERG THAT, UH, UH, DID NOT OPT OUT.
UM, AND THE LAW MAIN MANDATES A 50 50 SPLIT IN CABIN CANNABIS REVENUE UNLESS, UH, THE WISE AGREED ON.
SO WE THINK WE'VE NEGOTIATED A TWO THIRD, ONE THIRD AGREEMENT WHERE TWO THIRD WOULD, TWO THIRDS OF THE REVENUE WOULD COME TO THE VILLAGE AND ONE THIRD WOULD GO TO, UM, TO, UH, GREENBERG.
SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT FOR THIS.
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IS THERE A, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER THERE'S A DISPENSARY OR NOT, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COST SHARING, UH, ARRANGEMENTS IN THE VILLAGE.IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ASK JUST AS A QUESTION? JUST I, IF I WERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I WOULD HAVE HAVE THIS QUESTION.
SO, UM, THAT IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW THAT WE HAVE THIS IS THAT, UM, IF WE DON'T MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH GREENBERG, IT'S A 50 50 SPLIT.
SO IF WE DO MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH GREENBERG, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN AGREE TO WHATEVER WE'RE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO MUNICIPALITIES.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE NEGOTIATED A TWO THIRD, ONE THIRD AGREEMENT, WHICH IS TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE VILLAGE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE, WE DON'T WANT THE TAX OFF.
UH, UM, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
1 28 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE DONALD PARK FIRE DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.
RESOLVED THAT THE VILLAGE OF BOARD OF HASTE OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBERG TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 IN THE AMOUNT OF 344,937 PAYABLE BY THE TOWN TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
SO I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THESE ARE ANNUAL AGREEMENTS.
WE SIGN, THEY'RE RETROACTIVE BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE SERVICE THAT'S ACTUALLY PROVIDED.
AND THIS IS, UM, A, IT'S, IT'S A PRO FORMA AGREEMENT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS 1 29 OF 25 DECLARATION OF EXCESS VEHICLES AND AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF THE SAME.
WHEREAS ONE VEHICLE ASSIGNED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TWO VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ARE NO LONGER SERVICEABLE AND, OR HAVE BEEN REPLACED.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECLARE THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES AS EXCESS AND AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE AUCTIONS AND REALTY INC.
THAT'S A 2019 CHEVROLET TAHOE, A 2000 MAC DM, 6 88 SA 2002 MAC CV 7 1 3.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? I THINK YOU PROVIDED A MEMO THAT OUTLINES ALL OF THE DETAILS FOR EVERYONE.
ONLY THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GREEN FLEET POLICY, UH, AND, UM, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL BE ABLE TO REUSE THE VEHICLES, WHICH KEEPS THEM OUTTA THE WASTE STREAM AS WELL.
SO, UH, POSITIVE FOR US AND POSITIVE FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
ONE 30 OF 25 SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW F REVISED OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 1 4 PEDDLING VENDING AND SOLICITING.
SECTION TWO 14 DASH EIGHT PROHIBITIONS TO PRO PROHIBIT VEHICLE VEHICLES FROM STANDING ON CERTAIN VILLAGE ROADS.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 2025 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW F REVISED OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER TWO 14 PEDDLING VENDING SOLICITING SECTION TWO 14 DASH EIGHT PROHIBITIONS TO PROHIBIT VEHICLES FROM STANDING ON CERTAIN VILLAGE ROADS.
YOU'LL RECALL WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT SOME LENGTH AND, UM, AT THE PRIOR PUBLIC HEARING, WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH THE LIST OF LOCATIONS WHERE VENDING WAS GONNA BE PROHIBITED.
AND AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE MODIFIED THE LAW TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER OF STREETS.
SO THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT SCHEDULING A NEW PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REVISED LAW.
UH, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
1 31 OF 25 SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G REVISED OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95 ZONING TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ACCESSORY APARTMENT AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE FOURTH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G REVISED OF 2025,
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A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95 ZONING TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ACCESSORY APARTMENTS AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES FURTHER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW TO THE PLANNING BOARD, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, AND WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR YORK FOR ADVISORY, UH, FOR AN ADVISORY REPORT.
SO, UM, I THINK AGAIN, WE DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH.
UM, UH, WE HEARD INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, THE INTENTION, UH, IS ON THE ONE HAND TO MAKE THE PROCESS LESS CUMBERSOME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS DON'T WAKE UP TO FIND A NEW STRUCTURE NEXT DOOR TO THEIR HOUSE WITHOUT HAVING BEEN ADEQUATELY NOTIFIED.
AND AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING, WE HEARD FROM SOME RESIDENTS AND TRUSTEES WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH THE IMPACT OF THESE NEW STRUCTURES.
AND AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE ASKED OUR ATTORNEY TO MODIFY THE LAW TO ADDRESS THIS.
SO IS THERE, UM, WHICH I THINK I BELIEVE YOU HAVE DONE AND THAT EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? THIS IS, UM, ABOUT SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THIS NEW ITERATION OF THE LAW.
UM, AND THE NEXT ITEM IS 1 32 OF 25.
SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW J OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
REGARDING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS.
RESOLVE THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 21ST, 2025 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW J OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON REGARDING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS.
UM, AGAIN, UH, THIS ITEM CAME UP, UH, AT THE REQUEST OF VARIOUS RESIDENTS AND AT THE LAST MEETING WE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, SINCE OUR MEETING, DOBBS FERRY HAS ADOPTED A BAN EFFECTIVE JANUARY 20, JANUARY 1ST, 2026, OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE FOR THIS TO GO IN INTO PLACE IN JANUARY 1ST, 2027.
SO BEFORE WE SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO HARMONIZE OUR LAW WITH THAT OF DOBBS FERRY.
SO BEFORE WE SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS EVERYONE STILL COMFORTABLE WITH A JANUARY 1ST, 2027 START DATE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT TO JANUARY? UM, FIRST 2026, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO 26.
I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT WITH 2027.
YOU'D LIKE TO KEEP IT 27? I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT 2027.
I I WOULD PREFER TO MOVE IT TO 2026, BUT I FEEL THAT WE HAVE ALREADY MADE THIS OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY ONLY GONNA IMPACT US FOR THREE EXTRA MONTHS.
I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT TO JANUARY 1ST, 2026, BUT I THINK WE MADE THIS OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY AND I I AM COMFORTABLE LEAVING IT FOR JANUARY 1ST, 2027.
YEAH, I, MY PREFERENCE IS TO LEAVE IT FOR JANUARY 1ST, 2027.
I'M SYMPATHETIC WITH THE IDEA OF HARMONIZING AND WE WILL BE HARMONIZED IN JANUARY 1ST, 2027.
SO I KNOW THIS WILL DISAPPOINT SOME PEOPLE, BUT, UH, MY PREFERENCE IS TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS AND PUT IT ON FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH THAT DATE AND RESIDENTS MAY COME AND TELL US AT THAT TIME THAT THEY, UM, UH, THEY FEEL DIFFERENTLY AND WE CAN, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN CONSIDER IT AT THAT TIME.
SO, UM, UH, IS THERE AGREEMENT TO SCHEDULE THIS? IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE SCHEDULE THIS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON, UM, ON I THINK IT'S 2020 FIRST.
YEAH, OCTOBER THE 21ST, SO I MOVED SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AND JUST TO NOTE THAT THE REASON THAT THE, THAT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOVEMBER THE FOURTH IS BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO NOTIFY THE COUNTY, THE PLANNING BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD.
AND SO WE NEED TO GIVE ADEQUATE TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND ON, ON ZONING AMENDMENTS.
THERE'S ALSO A DIFFERENT, UM, NOTICE PROVISION.
YOU NEED MORE TIME FOR THE PUBLICATION.
SO WE TYPICALLY ON ZONING AMENDMENTS DON'T SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT FOR THE MEETING AFTER EXACTLY TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE.
ON THE NEXT ITEM IS 1 33 OF 25 ADOPTION OF UPDATED BIKING AND WALKING MASTER PLAN RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF
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TRUSTEES ADOPT THE UPDATED BIKING AND WALKING MASTER PLAN AS ATTACHED.YOU WILL RECALL WE HELD THIS OVER TO UH, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT IF THEY WANTED TO.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? UH, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[X. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
UH, MOVING ON NOW TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT AND THE FIRST ITEM IS THE FY 26 QUARTER ONE FINANCIAL PRESENTATION AND I WILL DEFER TO OUR VI VILLAGE CLERK TREASURER FOR THIS PRESENTATION.UH, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT COMING BACK TO ANY OF THE TOPICS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, APART FROM THE ISSUE OF TRIMMING BUSHES.
SO, UH, AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
I WAS PARTICULARLY BUSY AND SCHEDULING GOT AWAY FROM ME IN DOING THE OTHER THREE QUARTERS.
BUT THAT DID GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CHANGE THE FORMAT A LITTLE AND GIVE IT A BIT OF A FRESH LOOK AND A FRESH START.
SO I LIKE TO START WITH REVENUES.
THE FIRST SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE NON-PROPERTY TAX LEVY REVENUES.
SO NOT TAXES, EVERYTHING BUT TAXES.
UM, JUST TO RUN THROUGH THESE CATEGORIES QUICKLY, PROPERTY TAX ITEMS WOULD INCLUDE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES, INTEREST IN PENALTIES ON DELINQUENT TAXES AND LOSS EXEMPTIONS.
NON-PROPERTY TAX ITEMS IS WHERE WE FIND THE SALES TAX AND GROSS RECEIPTS TAX ON UTILITIES.
THE DEPARTMENTAL INCOME WOULD BE OUR SPECIAL POLICE DETAILS.
SAFETY INSPECTIONS, PARKS AND RECREATION PLANNING AND ZONING.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES INCLUDE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND OUR SNOW AND ICE USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY IS INTEREST EARNINGS, PROPERTY RENTALS AND CELL TOWERS.
THE LICENSING LICENSES AND PERMITS ARE YOUR FRANCHISE FEES, PLUMBING, HEATING, AND ELECTRICAL PERMITS.
THE FINES AND FORFEITURES ARE OF COURSE THE COURT SALE OF PROPERTY AND LOSS RECOVERY ARE SCRAP METAL, RECYCLE BIN SALES, POLLINATOR PATHWAY MEDALLIONS, INSURANCE RECOVERIES.
OTHER REVENUES INCLUDE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BENEFITS WORKERS' COMP REFUND AND AIM FUNDING.
STATE AID IS FEMA AND GRANTS AND FEDERAL AID IS PRIMARILY FEMA FOR THE VILLAGE RIGHT NOW.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN HERE, OUR NON-PROPERTY TAX ITEMS SALES TAX IS UP, WHICH IS WHY IT'S HIGHER IN THIS YEAR AS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR TWO YEARS IN DEPARTMENTAL INCOME.
WE, FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24 AND 25, WE HAD A FEW MORE, UM, SPECIAL POLICE DETAILS FOR VEA AND CONED.
PARKS AND REC HAD BEEN UP AS WELL.
THE LICENSING AND PERMITTING THAT MONEY FLUCTUATES A LITTLE 2324 IS HIGH BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF PAYMENTS AND THE TIMING OF PERMITS.
FRANCHISE FEES, AS WE KNOW, HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN AS PEOPLE SWITCH TO STREAMING SERVICES AND CABLE ALTERNATIVES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO JUST WATCH AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING IT, WE'RE KIND OF HOPEFUL THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUTUBE TV COUNTS AS A FRANCHISE AND THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY GIVE REVENUE BACK TO MUNICIPALITIES.
THE OTHER REVENUES ARE HIGHER IN 2324 BECAUSE WE HAD, UM, SOME PRIOR YEAR REFUNDS THAT HAD COME IN AT THAT TIME, DURING THAT QUARTER.
AND THAT'S KIND OF MY RECAP OF THIS.
IF ANYONE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE ON, WHY IS STATE AID SO MUCH LOWER THIS YEAR THAN IN PREVIOUS QUARTERS? IT'S LIKELY TO DO WITH, UM, FEMA FUNDING 2324.
WE HAD SOME FEMA FUNDING COME IN FOR HURRICANE IDA AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE, UM, THE PORTION THAT GOES BACK TO GENERAL FUNDING.
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QUESTIONS? OKAY.THE NEXT SLIDE IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE.
UM, IN EACH YEAR YOU CAN SEE WE'VE COLLECTED OVER 50% OF THE FIRST HALF.
SO TWO HALVES ARE, YOU KNOW, FIRST QUARTER AND THIRD QUARTER.
AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE PAY AHEAD.
THIS IS JUST A BETTER WAY TO LOOK AT IT THAN IN THE PREVIOUS GRAPH BECAUSE IT SKEWS IT AND IT LOOKS ODD.
UM, HERE'S OUR REVENUES AS A PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET IN THIS OVER 40%, 48% EARNED FOR THE YEAR.
BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY.
WITHOUT THAT, THE NON-PROPERTY TAX LEVY ITEMS COME DOWN TO 23%, WHICH ISN'T BAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S TIMING WITH PAYMENTS.
VEOLIA AND CONED DIDN'T GET A RE YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF REIMBURSEMENTS IN POSSIBLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE LATER OR THERE WERE FEWER DETAILS TO DO.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T NOT CONCERNED.
SO THERE'S NO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE 6% OR 12%.
YOUR, YOUR, YOU THINK IT'S JUST A TIMING ISSUE OR ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE ANY OF THESE ARE GONNA BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN BUDGETED? UM, NOT RIGHT NOW.
THE TIMING ISSUE FOR NON-PROPERTY TAX ITEMS IS JUST WHEN SALES TAX COMES IN AND WHEN GROSS RECEIPTS TAX COME IN.
AND THE 6% IS OUR INTERIM GOVERNMENTAL CHARGES.
SO DONALD PARK FIRE DISTRICT REMAINS, WHICH THAT WILL GO UP IN SECOND QUARTER SINCE WE'RE GOING TO OUR MEN IN SECOND QUARTER.
HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY GET THE CHECK TO US AFTER YOU DO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT.
UM, TO RECAP THIS, THIS IS CLOSER TO WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS IS HOW WE'VE CATEGORIZED THESE.
SO GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT INCLUDES MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE COURT, VILLAGE CLERK, VILLAGE TREASURER, THE MANAGER, THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, IT, SPECIAL ITEMS, LEGAL AND ENGINEERING.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY INCLUDES POLICE, FIRE, AMBULANCE AND SAFETY INSPECTIONS.
PUBLIC WORKS IS HIGHWAY SANITARY, STORM SEWERS, REFUGE AND RECYCLING, GARBAGE, SNOW, I'M SORRY, CENTRAL GARAGE AND SNOW AND SHADE TREES, WHICH IS A BIT OF A SHARED, UM, LINE WITH PARKS AND REC DEPENDING ON WHO CALLS AND WHO DOES PLANTINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
COMMUNITY SERVICES INCLUDE PLANNING, ZONING, THE YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM, THE REGISTRAR OF CELEBRATIONS AND THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.
PARKS AND REC OF COURSE IS PARKS, ADMIN, COMMUNITY RECREATION, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE PARKS, THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, THE ATHLETICS PROGRAM IN CAMP.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IS OUR MEDICAL AND DENTAL RETIREMENT AND WORKERS' COMP AND DEBT SERVICE IS BONDS AND BANS AND TRANSFERS TO THE LIBRARY ARE THE TRANSFERS THAT WE DO EVERY MONTH TO THE LIBRARY TO FUND THEM.
SO ONE THING TO NOTE IS JUST WE HAD A, A LARGE INCREASE IN, IN THE HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR 24 25.
IT WAS A MUCH LARGER SHIFT THAN IN 23, 24.
AND THEN WE HAD INITIALLY PREDICTED, UM, WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT SAME GIANT SPIKE, BUT THE COMPTROLLER DID NOTE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME RETIREMENT INCREASES COMING SO THAT WE MIGHT SEE IN FUTURE YEARS THAT BUDGET INCREASE FOR THAT.
IT WASN'T OVERLY SPECIFIC, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RUNNING THE NUMBERS, DOING MATH, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS THE CONVERSATION OF, WELL, WHAT DOES THE ACTUARY DO? WHAT NUMBERS ARE WE LOOKING AT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VILLAGE'S CON CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS RETIREMENT BENEFITS.
UM, ANTHONY, WHAT, WHAT DID CAUSE MORE SPECIFICALLY THE SPIKE IN 24 25? IT WAS THE COST OF HEALTHCARE.
THE ACTUAL COST OF, UM, THE HEALTH PLAN FOR THE VILLAGE.
IT IS NOT GOING UP AS HIGH, I SHOULD SAY
THERE WAS, IT WAS A DRAMATIC SHIFT LAST YEAR THAT, UM, CAUGHT EVERYBODY OFF GUARD.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAD SPOKEN WITH SOME LEGISLATORS.
AND THE, YOU KNOW, I RECALL THAT CONVERSATION HAD OCCURRED AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL TRY TO HELP US KIND OF THING.
UM, BUT OVERALL THE GRAPH IS, IT'S SORT OF WHAT YOU WOULD PREDICT.
IT'S WHAT I, IT'S WHAT I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE.
IT'S VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USUAL COURSE OF EXPENSES.
THE NEXT SLIDE'S A LITTLE BETTER AS PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET.
I KNOW PARKS AND REC IS 49%, BUT DON'T FORGET CAMP IS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
SO IT WINDS UP SLOWING DOWN IN TERMS OF EXPENSES AFTER THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN ALL OF THEM ARE RIGHT AROUND 25%.
WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
THEY'RE ALL HOVERING WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
AND SO MY GRAND TAKEAWAYS, 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY FIRST QUARTER, WE'RE SLIGHTLY UNDER 25%, BUT IT'S FOR REVENUES.
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING WE'RE GONNA MEET THEM.WE HAVE NO REASON FOR DRAMATIC CONCERN AND FOR OUR EXPENDITURES WE'RE SLIGHTLY UNDER 25%, WHICH IS GREAT.
OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN HOW THEY SPEND AND WHEN THEY SPEND AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, HELPS US IN THE END.
THAT'S, IT'S, UH, I LIKE THIS FORMAT.
DOES, DOES EVERYONE LIKE IT? I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR.
JUST, UM, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT UM, THEY NEED TO TRIM VEG, VEGETATION, UH, IN AND, YOU KNOW, AROUND THEIR PROPERTY.
IF YOU ARE ON A CORNER, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TWO, YOU KNOW, FRONTAGES THAT, THAT MATTER IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USING THE SIDEWALKS.
AND, UH, ALSO, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING SOME RAIN LATER TONIGHT TO THE EXTENT, UH, POSSIBLE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME ABILITY TO DO THIS.
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAR OFF THE STORM DRAIN IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME WOULD BE, UH, HELPFUL.
UM, AND I WILL SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
UH, THIS NEXT THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UPDATE EVERYBODY ON IS QUARRY PARK.
UH, WE HAVE BEGUN, UH, WORK THERE ON THE WOODED BLUFF IN QUARRY PARK, WHICH IS PART OF OUR USDA URBAN FORESTRY GRANT WORK.
UH, THERE'S BEEN THE REMOVAL OF SOME NON-NATIVE AND INVASIVE TREES AND VINES AND THAT TREES ARE, THAT ARE IN DECLINING HEALTH, UH, AND THEY WILL BE REPLACED.
UM, WE'LL BE PLANTING NATIVE TREES AND BUSHES, UH, TO HELP BRING THE AREA BACK TO A HEALTHY STATE.
WE HAVE ALSO, UH, BEEN, UM, UH, LUCKY TO HAVE THE FRIENDS OF QUARRY PARK WHO HAVE, UH, HELPED DESIGN AND ARE, UH, ARE SUPPORTING THE INSTALLATION OF A BENCH ON BLUFF, UH, WITH A VIEW SHED OUT OUT ONTO THE HUDSON RIVER, WHICH IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL.
THE STONE BENCH IS, IS IT'S, IT'S ALREADY, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'VE STARTED THE, THE INSTALLATION AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT, UH, WILL BE AROUND FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND IT'S GONNA JUST, UH, BE A FABULOUS ADDITION TO THAT LOCATION.
SO, UH, VERY MUCH, VERY, UH, VERY BIG THANK YOU TO THE FRIENDS OF CORY PARK FOR DOING IT.
THEIR DON, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL, IT'S A DONATION ON THEIR PART, INCLUDING THE, UM, THE HORTICULTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING IN THE AREA AS WELL.
SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO KIND OF GET UP THERE AND, AND GET A LOOK AT IT.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU CAN REALLY SEE, UH, HOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S SHAPING AND HOW IT'S GONNA REALLY BE A, A REALLY FOCAL POINT FOR THE AREA.
AND, AND I THINK THE SPECIAL PART ABOUT IT IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'VE OPENED IT UP, IT WILL CREATE SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE PALISADES.
THAT'S QUITE AMAZING FROM, FROM MY OBSERVATIONS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, WARBURTON AVENUE CROSSWALKS.
I DID SPEAK WITH THE ENGINEER WHO'S WORKING ON THE PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY.
HE HAS SUBMITTED 90% DRAWINGS TO THE COUNTY LATE LAST WEEK, WAITING FOR COMMENTS FROM THEM.
UH, ASSUMING THAT THE COMMENTS ARE RELATIVELY MINIMAL, WE'RE STILL ON TARGET TO HAVE THAT, THOSE CROSSWALKS INSTALLED THIS YEAR.
UH, HE DID ADVISE ME THAT, UM, THE BUMP OUTS, UH, AND OTHER SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE 90% DRAWINGS YET, BUT I HAVE ASKED FOR THEM.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT, UH, ADDITION TO WAR BURTON AVENUE.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S AT BOTH, UM, DIVISION STREET AND, UH, PINECREST.
SO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE, UH, A REALLY, UH, A NICE ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURE IN THE VILLAGE.
EV CHARGING STATIONS IS ALSO MOVING ALONG.
WE DID FINALLY RECEIVE THE CONTRACT FROM THE COUNTY AND WE HAVE RETURNED IT, SIGNED TO THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO SEND A FULLY EXECUTED CONTRACT BACK TO US.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE ALSO BEEN MOVING AHEAD WITH INF AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND WILL BE DELIVERED, UH, RELATIVELY SHORTLY TO THE VILLAGE.
AND, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE, UM, THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE EV CHARGING STATIONS IN THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS, INCLUDING HERE AT VILLAGE HALL AND ON MAPLE AVENUE IN THE, UM, COMMUTER LOT IN THE STEIN SCHNEIDER LOT IN THE ZINZER PARK PARKING LOT.
AND WHERE AM I FORGETTING ANTHONY? ISN'T THERE ONE OTHER SPOT? DID YOU BILLY OL? I DID MENTION BILLY.
SO, UH, THAT'LL BE A, THAT'LL BE, WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED.
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A LONG TIME COMING WITH ALL OF THE, THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ALONG THE WAY.BUT, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO GET THAT UNDERWAY.
UH, PAVING AND CURBING, JUST THE, THE CURBING WORK, THE CURB WORK IS FINISHED ON GOODWIN AND PINECREST.
AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED TO THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING, WE WERE ADDING THE BOLLINGER LOT AND THE POST OFFICE LOT BECAUSE WE HAD SOME ADDIT ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE COULD DO THAT WITH.
AND, UM, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE BIT OF MOUNT HOPE AS WELL.
SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ON THAT JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S.
THE, THE, THE POST OFFICE LOT HAS BEEN DONE.
I JUST WENT BY IT TODAY, SO, UH, IT REALLY LOOKS GOOD.
UM, THE MOUNT HOPE BOULEVARD BETWEEN LETHARGY AND, UH, ROSEDALE WILL BE DONE ON, UH, THURSDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY THIS WEEK.
SO AVOID THE AREA IF YOU CAN, IF YOU LIVE THERE, OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO YOUR, TO YOUR HOME.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO GO UP THAT WAY, THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP ON THAT, IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN, UM, THE BOLLINGER LOT IS, UH, IT SHOULD BE DONE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LEAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY, ANYTHING EXTRA THAT HAS TO BE FINISHED UP ON SUNDAY, THAT'S KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY WILL BE THERE, BUT THEY, THEY'RE EXPECTING TO COMPLETE IT ON BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
ONCE WE GET THE BOLLINGER LOT REP PAVED.
WE'RE GOING TO ALSO, I'VE SPOKEN TO PARKS DEPARTMENT ABOUT REPLACING ANY TREES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED IN THE TREE PITS AND, YOU KNOW, FIXING THE, UH, FIXING THE, UM, THE BRICKWORK A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE REALLY CLEAN UP THE LOT AND, AND MAKE IT REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENTABLE AND LOVELY.
UM, THE MTA SIDEWALK, UH, THAT HAS BEEN SLOW, UH,
I'VE SENT OUT A NOTE TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE HOLDUP, BECAUSE I DID GET A NOTE SAYING THEY WERE BACK AND THEY WERE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THE JOB.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED, THE REASON THAT IT, IT SLOWED DOWN TEMPORARILY WAS THAT THEY FOUND, UH, ADDITIONAL DAMAGE FROM THE EROSION THAT HAD OCCURRED BACK WHEN IDA DID THIS DAMAGE INITIALLY, AND THEY HAD TO RE-ENGINEER SOME OF THE WORK TO ADDRESS, UH, THAT, THAT DAMAGE.
UM, BUT, UH, AS I SAID, I, I WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM REGULARLY UNTIL THE PROJECT ACTUALLY DOES GET FINISHED.
UM, AND THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO REPORT ON.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, LITTLE PROJECTS AND WORK.
WE WILL ALSO BE CLEANING OUR CATCH BASINS AS WE DO EVERY FALL.
UH, THAT WILL BE STARTING AS SOON AS WE DO THAT RIGHT AFTER, UH, THE LEAVES, THE LEAVES FALL.
UM, SO, BUT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS WE GET CLOSER.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY? THE VILLAGE HALL ROOF? THE VILLAGE HALL ROOF IS COMING ALONG VERY NICELY.
UM, YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY, UH, BOTH, BOTH YOU AND TRUSTEE ALLGOOD, AND I'M SURE THE REST OF THE BOARD AS WELL WILL BE VERY HAPPY.
THE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR HAS CLEANED UP THE CAPSTONES AND THEY, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE DAY AND NIGHT.
I, I, I, I SAW A PICTURE TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE IT YET, BUT I WILL SHARE IT WITH YOU.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, REALLY VERY, VERY NICE AND CLEAN AND, AND REALLY PRESENTABLE.
UH, WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE, THE, UH, ON MONDAY, NEXT MONDAY, THERE'LL BE A CRANE COMING HERE THAT'S GONNA BE PUTTING THE SLEDS ON THE ROOF TO HOLD THE ANTENNAS.
AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, THEY'LL BE MOVING, YOU KNOW, ANTENNAS ON AND OFF THE SLEDS WHILE THEY DO THE, THE REST OF THE WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE, UH, WHERE, WHERE THE, THE ANTENNAS AND, AND EQUIPMENT IS.
SO, UM, WE THINK WE'RE ON TARGET TO BE FINISHED WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
HOW WILL THAT AFFECT THE BACK PARKING LOT? IS THAT CLOSING DOWN MONDAY? IT WILL AFFECT THE BACK PARKING LOT QUITE A BIT.
UH, WE'VE TALKED, SPOKEN TO PD ABOUT IT ALREADY.
UM, WE KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY HAVING AN EVENT NEXT FRIDAY, SO THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA MOVE AS MUCH AS HE CAN OUT OF THE PARKING LOT.
HE'LL TAKE OUT, HE'S GOT A LIFT THERE NOW AND, AND THE DUMPSTER AND STUFF WITH, THERE MAY BE SOME BRICKS THAT HAVE TO STAY THERE, BUT WE KNOW WORK WITH PD TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, OCCURS ON MONDAY IS COLUMBUS DAY, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSED IN VILLAGE HALL.
SO THAT'S A GOOD DAY TO BRING IN THE LIFT TO BRING THAT, THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE SLEDS UP ONTO THE ROOF.
UM, BECAUSE YEAH, THE PARKING LOT WILL HAVE TO BE, WILL HAVE TO MAKE, THERE'LL HAVE TO BE ROOM FOR THAT MM-HMM
UM, AND THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE ALL DAY.
BUT, UM, BUT IT WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SPECIFICALLY CHOSE MONDAY SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE TOO DISRUPTIVE TO THE WORKINGS OF VILLAGE HALL OR THE LIBRARY.
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ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE VILLAGE MANAGER? UM, SO[XI. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
MOVING ON TO BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS.AND THE FIRST ITEM IS OUR CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY STATUS.
SO I THINK, UH, YOU ALL KNOW WE SUBMITTED FOR NEW POINTS IN JULY, AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING NEWS THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE OF ON SEPTEMBER THE 19TH.
UH, THE DEC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION RECERTIFIED US AS A CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY WITH 558 POINTS FOR 77 ACTIONS.
AND WE ARE STILL THE TOP RANKED CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY BY 150 POINTS, KINGSTON'S SNAPPING AT OUR HEELS.
UM, AND THAT'S OUT OF 1,600 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING VILLAGES, TOWNS, CITIES, AND COUNTIES.
UM, THERE ARE ONLY 25 SILVER RANKED COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE, AND SO FAR, THERE'S NO GOLD HERE, BUT WE ARE WELL POSITIONED TO GET GOLD SHOULD ONE EVER ARRIVE.
UM, AND JUST FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WE CERTIFIED FOR BRONZE IN MARCH, 2020.
UH, WE FIRST CERTIFIED FOR SILVER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, AND THAT WAS WITH 350 POINTS.
AND SO WE'VE NOW ACCUMULATED 558 POINTS.
UM, UH, THE POINTS EXPIRE AFTER A YEAR, SOME OF THEM.
SO THIS, THIS PROCESS OF RECERTIFICATION IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT.
YOU DON'T ARRIVE AT CLIMATE CHANGE AND TICK IT OFF.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP WORKING ON ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND IT INVOLVES QUITE A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION AND EFFORT.
AND IT, IT REALLY REFLECTS EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GASES AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND IT'S OPENED THE DOOR TO NEW GRANTS.
SO HAVING THIS STATUS HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US IN TERMS OF GRANT.
AND ALSO, ACTUALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S RECORDED IN OUR MOODY'S, UM, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR MOOD'S REPORT.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S HAD OTHER BENEFITS FOR US.
SO WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I WOULD PUT IN THE CATEGORY OF PLANNING.
UM, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS BEEN GIVEN POINTS, OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, OUR NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY, OUR FLOOD STUDY, OUR BIKING AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO, UH, THE, WE'VE ALSO DONE THINGS WHICH CREATES AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TO SORT OF MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
SO, UM, THE ADOPTION OF NEW YORK STRETCH, THE CCA, OUR GREEN BUILDING CODE, DEDICATING PARKLAND, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE.
AND WE'VE ALSO, THANKS TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER, IMPLEMENTED MANY ACTIONS FROM SWITCHING ALL OUR LIGHTS TO LEDS, TO INSTALLING SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES, SETTING UP THE TILLY SHED, UH, THE TILLY GARAGE, THE REPAIR CAFE TREE PLANTING EFFORTS ARE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS AND SO MUCH MORE.
SO THOSE 77 ACTIONS RECOVER REALLY COVER A VERY, VERY BROAD RANGE OF THINGS.
AND CLIMATE IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE DO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT AREA OF FOCUS.
SO REALLY, I WANNA THANK THE VILLAGE MANAGER.
UH, I WANNA THANK, UM, OUR CLERK TREASURER, BOTH OF WHOM ARE OUR CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY COORDINATORS.
I WANNA THANK THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE, THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION, THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS, AND STAFF HAVE ALSO WORKED.
OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE GREEN BUILDING CODE.
EVERYONE REALLY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT, AND I THINK IT'S SORT OF, IT, IT'S NOW SORT OF EMBEDDED A LITTLE BIT IN THE DNA OF OUR VILLAGE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES.
SO, UM, THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THAT.
THE NEIGHBOR, THE MAYOR, IS INTENTIONALLY LEAVING OUT, UH, THAT SHE RECEIVED AN AWARD RECENTLY.
THE NICE CATALYST AWARD WINNER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS AWARDED TO MAYOR ARMACOST.
MAYOR NICOLA AMCOS HAS BEEN NAMED THE CATALYST AWARD WINNER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY NYSERDA.
NYSERDA RECOGNIZED HER LEADERSHIP IN DRIVING NEW YORK'S CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, HERALDING THE MAYOR'S DEDICATION AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WORKING TORE ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE LONG BEFORE BECOMING MAYOR OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON IN 2019.
AS WE HAVE ALL SEEN FIRSTHAND NYSERDA RECOGNIZED MAYOR ARM CO'S DEEP CONNECTION WITH NEIGHBORING TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN HER SPIRIT FRIENDLY COMPETITION TO INSPIRE HER FELLOW MUNICIPAL LEADERS TO MAKE THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO OLLI THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
TO THAT WE CAN ADD MAYOR ARM COSS WILLINGNESS TO LEND GUIDANCE AND HELPING HAND TO ANY MUNICIPALITY WHO WANTS IT.
UM, YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS VERY, I WAS VERY TOUCHED THAT THEY, THAT THEY, UH, DID THAT.
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ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN.JUST TO SAY THAT HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, OR IF NOT THAT ONE, THE ONE RIGHT AFTER, WE WILL HAVE A DRAFT CLIMATE ADAPT ADAPTATION PLAN FOR ALL OF YOU TO, UH, LOOK AT.
AND WE'LL CIRCULATE IT AS SOON AS IT'S AVAILABLE.
THE ADAPTATION PLAN REALLY LOOKS AT RESILIENCY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, HOW RESILIENT IS OUR VILLAGE TO, UM, THREATS LIKE, UH, UH, LIKE FLOODING, LIKE HEAT EMERGENCIES AND OTHER THINGS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF NEXT, UH, ON THE AGENDA.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LWRP.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR VILLAGE MANAGER WAS VERY BULLISH ABOUT IN APRIL
AND, UM, UH, SO WE PUSHED FORWARD WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I THINK WE ALSO WERE HOLDING ON BECAUSE WE WERE EXPECTING COMMENTS FROM THE STATE.
SO, UM, UH, I, WE MIGHT GET COMMENT ANY MINUTE.
THIS COULD BE A MASSIVE FANTASY ON MY PART, BUT, UM, I, I REALLY AM PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA TO GIVE EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD ADEQUATE NOTICE TO READ THE DOCUMENT AND HAVE YOUR COMMENTS READY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ISN'T A BIG DELAY IN, IN WHEN THE, UM, IN, IN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE STATE WHEN THOSE COMMENTS COME FORWARD.
AND, UH, I KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE SOMEWHERE, BUT IF YOU CAN JUST REMIND US ALL, MAYBE SEND A LINK TO ALL OF US ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY TRUSTEE DRAKE, TRUSTEE MERTON AND TRUSTEE FLEISIG WERE PART OF THE, THE TEAM.
AND SO YOU HAVE READ IT, BUT YOU MAY NEED TO REFRESH YOURSELF SINCE IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME SINCE WE ALL LOOKED AT IT.
AND I THINK TRUSTEE ALLIGATOR AND I NEED TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHETHER THERE'S ANYTHING WE FEEL WE WE MIGHT WANT TO ADD.
UM, AND THEN THAT'S A NICE SEG SEGUE TO THE, TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS TO SHARE SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.
I PROMISED TRUSTEE DRAKE THAT I WOULD DO THIS BEFORE STEPPING DOWN, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS TO DATE.
UM, SO SHARE THAT MATRIX BEGINNING TO FILL IN THE, THE, THE APPENDICES OR THE END PART, THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION OF THE COMP PLAN SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO DO.
'CAUSE WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS.
BUT AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, IT JUST REMINDED ME THAT, UM, FOR OUR LAST COMP PLAN, WE HAD AN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE THAT HELPED PRIORITIZE THE VERY, VERY LONG LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO, UM, SO WE, WE HAVE A DRAFT OF WHAT THE CHARGE FOR THAT COMMITTEE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, THAT'S BEEN CIRCULATED TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND IT'S BASED ON, ON WHAT THE, THE CHARGE WAS THE LAST TIME AROUND.
UM, UH, IF, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON IT? DOES IT LOOK PRETTY GOOD? AS IT STANDS? IT BASICALLY, UM, IT BASICALLY OUTLINES WHAT THE, WHAT THE, THE, THE GROUP WOULD BE CHARGED WITH DOING.
UM, WHICH, AND THE KEY STEPS WOULD INCLUDE REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE ACTIONS OUTLINED IN THE PLAN, IDENTIFY PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY, SCHEDULE THE PRIORITIZED PROJECTS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, OBVIOUSLY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND BOARD, UM, SEEK PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PRIORITIZED LIST AND FINALIZE A PRIORITIZED LIST OF PROJECTS AND PRESENT THAT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND VILLAGE MANAGER.
SO, UM, SO IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT, THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR OUR CLERK TO CREATE A RESOLUTION FORMALLY CONSTITUTING THE COMMITTEE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, SO WE CAN PUT IT ON FOR ADOPTION.
UH, AND THEN AFTER, AFTER WE'VE ADOPTED THAT, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN SEND IT, SEND THIS CHARGE AS WE'VE DRAFTED IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SEE IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS, ON THIS GROUP.
AND SOME OF, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPACITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OR LOCAL BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE, CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING.
THERE ARE A WHOLE SET OF SECTIONS THAT RELATE TO THAT REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE, AND IT'S ALWAYS REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE PRIOR MEMBERS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, VOLUNTEERS HOPEFULLY WILLING FROM AMONG THE, THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE BOARD.
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VILLAGE MANAGER, UM, HAS AGREED TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE AND SHOULD SIT ON THE COMMITTEE.AND TRUSTEES, UM, MERTON AND FLEISIG WHO WERE, UM, ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE AGREED TO BE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE, HAVE AGREED TO, UM, TO SERVE AS LIAISONS TO THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, I THINK IT WILL REALLY HELP ALL OF YOU AS YOU SORT OF MOVE FORWARD TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE, THE PROJECT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS USEFUL.
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, UM, MAYBE YOU CAN GET THEM TO, TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER OR TO ME SO THAT, OR TO, TO OUR CLERK SO THAT HE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE WAY IN WHICH THE CHARGE IS CRAFTED.
YEAH, I MEAN, I WOULD ALSO JUST ADD, UM, MAYBE JUST, I MEAN THE, WHAT THE TIME COMMITMENT MIGHT BE, JUST, I MEAN, I THINK WE WANNA MAKE THIS OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE GOOD ABOUT JOINING, SO THE TIME COMMITMENT AND THEN ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK HAVING SPECIALTIES IN ONE OF THESE AREAS THAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK, AND ANYONE, I I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, UM, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, EVEN IF YOU DON'T CONSIDER YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A SPECIALIST, ONE OF THESE AREAS THAT YOU MIGHT BE LIKE A PRETTY GOOD FIT, FIT FOR, IT'S GENERALLY INTERESTED.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THAT LANGUAGE IN OTHER CHARGES BEFORE, SO WE CAN FIND THAT AND ADD THAT IN.
AND I THINK THE TIME COMMITMENT, I, MY MEMORY OF THE LAST GROUP OPERATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN NORMAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I THINK THEY, THEY MET IN A LESS FORMAL KIND OF WAY MM-HMM
BUT THAT'S A CHOICE OF THE BOARD.
HOWEVER, THE BOARD WANTS TO CRAFT THAT, AND HAVING THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND TWO TRUSTEES, UM, ON THE COMMITTEE, I THINK WILL HELP TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FLOW OF INFORMATION IS MAKES SENSE.
I MEAN, WE CAN PUT IN, I THINK THE, THE LAST GROUP MET WHEN THEY WANTED TO, THEY WEREN'T OBLIGED TO MEET, UH, ONCE A MONTH, BUT AT A MINIMUM IT WOULD BE ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? IF THEY WANTED TO MEET MORE FREQUENTLY, THEY COULD, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO, BUT THEY MAY WANT TO.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS, IS A DISCUSSION OF THE UPDATE TO THE SAFETY COUNCIL POWERS AND DUTIES.
SO IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE COMPOSITION OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SAFETY COUNCIL DOESN'T ACTUALLY REFLECT HOW IT'S OPERATING.
SO THIS IS REALLY AN ATTEMPT TO FIX THAT.
UM, AND OUR CLERK REFLECT HE'S, HE CIRCULATED A RESOLUTION CREATING THE COUNCIL, UM, AND SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR UPDATING THE CHARGE, WHICH GOES BACK TO BEFORE I WAS BORN.
SO THIS IS A VERY ANCIENT CHARGE.
I THINK THIS WAS CREATED IN THE EARLY 1960S.
UM, SO, UH, I, I, I WOULD ALSO, UM, MAYBE IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE GOOD FOR, UM, OUR ATTORNEY TO HAVE A QUICK LOOK.
UM, SO MAYBE YOU CAN COORDINATE WITH OUR ATTORNEY IN THE FORMALIZATION OF THIS.
UM, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE REALLY FEELS THEY WANT TO ADD TO THIS? UH, I SHOULD ADD, HE DID LOOK AT SIMILAR COMMITTEES IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE NEARBY.
UM, I'M SPEAKING ON YOUR BEHALF, SO HOPEFULLY I'M SAYING THE RIGHT THING.
BUT, UM, HE LOOKED AT OTHER COMMITTEES AND, AND THIS REFLECTS A SORT OF, UM, POACHING, IF YOU LIKE, FROM SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES, THE BEST THINGS WE THOUGHT ABOUT OTHER COMMITTEES THAT, THAT WOULD HELP THE GROUP TO, TO, UM, TO, TO, TO HAVE A SORT OF FRAMEWORK TO OPERATE IN.
BUT REALLY THE MAIN GOAL OF THE GROUP IS TO BE ABLE TO BE A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GO AND TALK ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS, BLESS YOU.
AND, AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A CHOICE OF THE BOARD, WHETHER THE BOARD CHOOSES TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR NOT, AND COST CONSIDERATIONS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, UM, ARE PART OF IT.
BUT, BUT THE ROLE OF THIS GROUP IS TO REALLY BE A PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GO TO SHARE THEIR, UM, THEIR CONCERNS AND, AND THEIR THOUGHTS AND, AND THEIR IDEAS.
ANY THOUGHTS FROM ANYONE ON THIS? OR IS IT, ARE YOU PRETTY HAPPY WITH OUR ATTORNEY WORKING IT OUT WITH OUR CLERK? IS THAT GOOD? MM-HMM
UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS UPCOMING EVENTS.
AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT IS MAYBE MISSING FROM, FROM THIS.
SO THE, THE, THE FIRST ITEM IS FAITH AND BLUE
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HASTINGS DEPE, UH, DEPART POLICE DEPARTMENT, OPEN HOUSE AND BARBECUE WITH MEMBERS OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY.THAT'S ON OCTOBER THE 10TH AT SIX, FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
HENCE THE NEED TO CLEAR THE PARKING LOT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, THE FARMER'S MARKET.
THAT'S ON OCTOBER THE 11TH AT 8:30 AM AT THE ZZA COMMUTER LOT.
UM, ON OCTOBER 12TH IS THE HASTINGS FLEE FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM ON OCTOBER 15TH, THE SENIOR BRIDGE WALK.
UM, AND SENIORS WILL BE STARTING OUT AT 10:00 AM AND WALKING ACROSS THE TAPSE BRIDGE.
UM, AND THEN ON OCTOBER 16TH, THE SENIOR TRANSPORTATION FAIR FROM SEVEN TO, SORRY, FROM ONE TO 2:30 PM THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE SENIORS HAVE IDENTIFIED A, UM, UH, A GAP REALLY FOR SENIORS WHO, WHO ARE SORT OF MORE HOUSEBOUND, THEIR ABILITY TO GET ABOUT THE VILLAGE.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE ARE TO, TO TRAVEL AROUND THE VILLAGE AND HEAR WHAT PEOPLE'S, UM, ISSUES AND CONCERNS ARE.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A REALLY INTERESTING, UH, UM, AND USEFUL EVENT.
THE FARMER'S MARKET IS ON, AGAIN, OCTOBER THE 18TH AT 8:30 AM UH, THE HALLOWEEN WINDOW PAINTING WILL START ON, UM, OCTOBER THE 18TH FROM 9:00 AM AND 2:00 PM AT TO 2:00 PM IN THE DOWNTOWN.
THE, UM, THE HASTINGS POLICE TRUCK, OR TREAT OCTOBER THE 18TH, WILL BE AT HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM IF YOU REALLY NEED CANDY, THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO.
IF YOU ARE OF YOUR, UH, A LITTLE PERSON, UM, THE HASTINGS MOTHER CLUB WILL HAVE ITS PRIZE SOCIAL ON OCTOBER 19TH AT 1:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, UH, THE TRIP TO BEAR MOUNTAIN INN WILL BE ON OCTOBER THE 21ST FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM UH, AND THAT'S A RESTAURANT, AND THAT I THINK, AGAIN, IS GEARED AT SENIORS.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE ITEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
[XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER, THE NINTH PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING, 7:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE, 7:00 PM ALSO AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 13TH, COLUMBUS DAY WILL BE OBSERVED.
THE VILLAGE'S OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED.
MONDAY'S GARBAGE PICKUP IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 14TH.
AND TUESDAY GARBAGE PICKUP IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH.
THEN ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 14TH, THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING IS AT 8:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM, THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 16TH.
THE PLANNING BOARD, REGULAR MEETING, 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM, THURSDAY, OCTOBER THE 16TH.
SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING, 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
THE HASTINGS VILLAGE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING IS AT 7:30 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE 21ST, WE'LL BE MEETING BACK HERE AGAIN.
UH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.