[ I.CALL TO ORDER]
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BEFORE WE START, UM, THE MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FEW MOMENTS OF SILENCE FOR DEMARS LANG WHO PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY NIGHT AFTER A MASSIVE BRAIN ANEURYSM.UH, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW DEMARS BECAUSE SHE SERVED ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, OR AS A FOUNDER OF PEACOCK PARENTING CHILDREN OF COLOR.
BUT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT DEMARS ALSO SERVED ON OUR YOUTH COUNCIL POLICE COMMISSION AND SPEARHEADED THE ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS IN THE VILLAGE.
DEMARS WAS A FIERCE BELIEVER IN CHAMPIONING INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE EQUITY AND ENSURE FAIR TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SHE DEEPLY BELIEVED IN OUR SHARED HUMANITY AND WAS A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR EQUALITY.
HER MOST RECENT PROJECT WAS WORKING ON THE VERY LOVELY MURALS ON THE FOOD TOWN WALL.
AS YOU ENTER MAIN STREET FROM FIVE CORNERS, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO JOHN, HER HUSBAND, MILO, HER SON, AND THE REST OF HER FAMILY, AND DEMARS.
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.THIS IS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR NOVEMBER THE FOURTH, 2025.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTIONS CHANGES? IS THERE A MOTION? SO, SECOND.
[V.APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
IS APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND, AA $381,214 AND 94 CENTS.DRAPER FUND, EM $691 AND 67 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $6,302 AND 62 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $41,597 AND 31 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $17,317 AND 74 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND, TT $21,244 AND 67 CENTS.
PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $3,533 AND 55 CENTS.
[ VI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ARE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? UH, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND PLEASE NOTE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING, DAVE SKOLNIK, 47 HILLSIDE.
UM, I'LL TRY TO GET AS MANY OF MY THINGS IN.
USUALLY I SKIP THE, THE SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST, AND THEN I RUN OUTTA TIME.
UM, ON THE, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GONNA ASK YOU AGAIN IN THE COURSE OF THE MEETING IF YOU CAN BE CONSCIOUS OF SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE.
UM, I HAVEN'T MENTIONED NAMES, BUT SOME OF YOU ARE MORE PRONE TO, UH, SIT BACK AND NOT REALIZE THAT IN THE, IN THE HALL, IT'S HARD TO HEAR, UH, ON THE SPRING STREET, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA, TWO THINGS THAT COME TO MIND THAT, UH, IT, IT'S NOT EASY TO TELL WHAT'S ACTUALLY ON THERE YET, EVEN THOUGH YOU SUPPLIED THE DRAWING.
UH, STREET LIGHTING ISSUE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU LOOK AT MORE CAREFULLY FROM A SAFETY POINT OF VIEW.
IT'S A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE.
UM, COULD TALK ABOUT IT MORE AT SOME POINT.
THE OTHER IS, UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHO TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THE TREES.
YOU HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS OF TREES.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT PROCESS IS IN, IN THE DECISION WITH REGARD TO THE GHG INVENTORY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU, UM, VERY QUICKLY THAT THERE ARE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE APPROVING.
UH, ONE OF THEM IS A BRETT AND BRINE.
THE OTHER IS OF, UM, UH, STREET SCAPE, UH, OF, ALSO, OF, UH, MAIN STREET.
AND BOTH OF THEM ARE TAKE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TODAY'S DATE, THE TREES, UH, ARE SOMETHING TO NOTE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE NO LONGER THERE.
UH, IT WOULD BE ALSO GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS.
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UM, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE BIT.UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, RESOLUTION 1 57, IF THAT'S THE NUMBER.
I MAY HAVE GOTTEN THE NUMBERS MIXED UP.
UH, WITH REGARD TO MAIN STREET SURVEY, UH, I HOPE YOU'LL MAKE CLEAR WHY.
WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS FOR THE, UH, RESOLUTION, THE DOCUMENTATION THAT CAME WITH THAT RESOLUTION IS, IS NOT CLEAR AT ALL.
AND IT'S ALSO COMING ON TOP OF THE THAILAND PROJECT, WHICH, UM, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GIVE SOME SUMMARY.
I, I, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SURVEY ON TOP OF THE, THE ONE THAT'S THE STUDY THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, BY THAILAND.
UM, I'LL, I TOLD YOU LAST TIME, I'D REMIND YOU, MR. SOFTY, IT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA MENTION EVERY TIME, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU HAD ENOUGH.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEEDED TO, UH, VOTE ON IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL BRING IT UP.
ROSEDALE, UM, THE VILLAGE MANAGER SPOKE ON THAT, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INSTANCES WHERE YOU SAID, UM, THERE, THERE WOULD BE PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT I'M NOT AT ALL CLEAR WHAT THE INTENTION IS, AND I'M NOT CLEAR HOW, UH, HOW THOROUGHLY THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, PUBLICIZED.
FOR ALL I KNOW, IT COULD HAVE ALREADY, UH, HAPPENED.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL AGAIN, MAKE IT CLEAR, UH, MY, MY COMMENT LAST TIME, 325,325, WHICH AS FAR AS I KNOW IS SPENT, WHETHER WE END UP APPROVING THAT PROJECT OR NOT, MAYBE YOU CAN CLARIFY MORE THE FINANCES THAT ARE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? GOOD EVENING.
UH, LEE CANAL, 44TH VILLARD AVENUE, HASTINGS SENATOR HUDSON MAYOR.
UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG RUN, BOTH AS A TRUSTEE AND AS A MAYOR.
AND YOU'VE OVERSEEN MANY, MANY GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVES IN THIS VILLAGE.
AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, FOR YOUR DEDICATION, AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, I KNOW IT'S A HOT SEAT THAT YOU SIT ON AND, UM, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, SHOWN GREAT, UH, WISDOM AND PATIENCE AND TOLERANCE THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? LAUREN BERMAN, 45 MAIN STREET.
SOME HAVE CALLED THE LICENSE LOCATION FOR A CANNABIS DISPENSARY AT 45 MAIN STREET TONE DEAF, AS IT IS WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE THE WAY COALITION, OUR DRUG USE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM OPERATES.
IT'S NEGLIGENT OF OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH.
MUCH IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OF THIS GENERATION, AND IT'S BEEN TOO SIMPLISTIC TO POINT TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AS THE MAIN REASON OUR YOUNG PEOPLE STRUGGLE.
CHILDREN ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE ADULTS IN POWER AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE STOPPED LISTENING TO EXPERTS.
MAYOR ARMACOST AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DIDN'T LISTEN TO THEM IN 2021, THEN DIDN'T PROVIDE THE TOWN A VOTE OR ZONE PROPERLY, AND NOW WON'T OBJECT TO A POP SHOP IN THE NEXUS OF OUR AFTERSCHOOL LIFE IN OUR VILLAGE, I'M PLEADING FOR OUR NEW AND INCUMBENT LEADERS TO DO BETTER, MORE THAN 20% OF HASTINGS POPULATION, OUR CHILDREN.
AND I'M HERE PLEADING OUR INCOMING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE POLICY DECISIONS BASED NOT IN THEIR SELF-INTEREST, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON ADULTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEIR CHANCES OF SUCCESS IN LIFE.
BASED ON NEW RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH, IT IS CLEAR THAT LOCAL CANNABIS POLICY DIRECTLY IMPACTS TEEN USE.
JURISDICTIONS THAT ALLOW STOREFRONT CANNABIS SALES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER CANNABIS USE AMONG TEENS THAN JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT MOST ALARMINGLY IN THE STUDY IS THE FACT THAT FREQUENT USE DEFINED BY THE STUDY AS 20 MORE, 20 OR MORE TIMES A MONTH,
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GREW THE MOST AMONG TEENS IN AREAS WITH STOREFRONT CANNABIS.THE WAY COALITION OPERATES VIA A FEDERAL DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES GRANT, WHICH IS SPLASHED ACROSS THE VILLAGE WEBSITE.
IT IS AN ABYSMAL FAIL FAILURE OF GOVERNANCE THAT THE VILLAGE ACCEPTS THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS TO FIGHT THE HIGHER THAN REGIONAL YOUTH DRUG USE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHILE PAVING THE WAY TO SELL DRUGS ON MAIN STREET.
THE FACT THAT THE POT DISPENSARY IS WITHIN STEPS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS HORRIFIC.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD?
[VII. RESOLUTIONS]
MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS 1 54 OF 25, ADOPTION OF 2024 COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY.UM, VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO ERIC FLEISCHMAN AND ANTHONY COSTANTINI FOR THEIR HELPING IN CRAFTING THIS REPORT.
THE REPORT WAS CREATED USING THE ILEY CLEARPATH TOOL, WHICH CALCULATES ALL EMISSIONS AND THE ILEY REPORT TEMPLATE, WHICH CREATES A FRAMEWORK FOR PRESENTING THE INFORMATION.
UM, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC FACTORS THAT AFFECT EMISSIONS LOCALLY THAT HAVE SHIFTED, UH, SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY THAT INDIAN POINT SHUT DOWN.
UM, BUT IT'S HARD TO COMPARE TO THE 2029 INVENTORY BECAUSE THE METHODOLOGY IS, IS QUITE DIFFERENT.
HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO COMPARE, THE EMISSIONS HAVE GONE DOWN.
BUT THIS INVENTORY IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HELPING US QUANTIFY AND MEASURE OUR PROGRESS, VIS-A-VIS MOVING TOWARD A CLEAN ENERGY, UM, UH, AS PART OF THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION.
SO, UM, VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO ERIC AGAIN AND TO ANTHONY.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA GATHERING THAT WENT INTO THIS.
AND, UH, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR, YOU SAID, I THINK YOU MEANT 2019 AS A POINT OF COMPARISON.
WE HAVEN'T GONE INTO THE FUTURE YET.
UM, ANY OTHER POINTS? QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, 155 OF 25 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE AUDIT OF THE VILLAGE JUSTICE COURT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
IT WAS CONDUCTED BY NUGENT AND HAUSLER, OUR AUDITORS, UM, FOR THE YEAR ENDED MAY 31ST, 2025.
AND I WILL JUST READ THE RESOLVED CLAUSE.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE REQUIRED AUDIT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND INSTRUCTS THE VILLAGE CLERK TO FORWARD THE AUDIT REPORT AND THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.
1 56 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS.
SWAT UNIT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBERG FOR THE SW SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS SWAT UNIT.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL SHARED SERVICE AND, UH, PROVIDES, I THINK, UM, SOME, UH, SOMETHING THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ALSO VALUE AND IS VERY USEFUL TO, TO US AS A COMMUNITY AND PROTECTS, UH, RESIDENTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO IT? UM, JUST THAT IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL OF THE, UH, VILLAGES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, EVERYBODY SENDS AN OFFICER TO THE TASK FORCE AND THEY WORK, UH, TOGETHER TO BE PREPARED FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGH RISK SITUATIONS INVOLVING, YOU KNOW, UH, UNUSUAL AND UNEXPECTED, UM, UH, EVENTS.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIGHLY TRAINED TO DEAL WITH THOSE SITUATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
1 57 OF 25 AUTHORIZATION TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR SURVEY OF MAIN STREET.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAREN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SOLICIT
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PROPOSALS FOR THE, OR FOR A SURVEY OF MAIN STREET.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS RAISED BY, UM, UH, MR. SKOLNIK EARLIER.
I BELIEVE IT'S A LAND SURVEY THAT THIS REFERS TO, IS IT THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, WE HAD, UH, BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING CDBG GRANTS FOR, UH, THE, UM, WHAT WOULD BE, I GUESS THE NORTHERN WEST E EASTERN PART OF MAIN STREET, THE UPPER PART OF MAIN STREET.
AND, UM, UH, IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE, UH, THROUGH CDBG, WE NEED TO DO A SURVEY OF ALL THE PROPERTIES.
UM, IT'S, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE.
IT LOOKS AT, UH, ANY EASEMENTS, UH, PROPERTY LINES, DRAINAGE, PIPES, UH, ALL.
WE HAVE VERY OLD STREETS HERE IN THE VILLAGE AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE FOUND UNDERNEATH THEM, UH, INCLUDING BASEMENTS IN SOME INSTANCES.
UH, SO WE, ALL, WE NEED, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL THE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ARE.
IT'S, IT'S, THEY, IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE VILLAGE.
UH, AND THIS FIRST STEP IS IN PREPARATION OF THOSE, UH, PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE IN, IN FUTURE YEARS.
BUT THIS, THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, AS A PRELIMINARY ACTION.
AND, UH, WE, WE, WE DID THIS ALSO FOR, UM, THE OTHER STREETS, UH, IN THE VILLAGE THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT NEW SIDEWALKS UPON.
I, I, UM, IS THIS, UM, GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SURVEY AS WELL TO IDENTIFY OBJECTS THAT ARE BELOW THE SURFACE? OR IS IT JUST A TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY? IT'S, IT'S TO, UH, IT'S TOPOGRAPHICAL.
YEAH, IT'S TOPOGRAPHICAL, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO GO INTO BUILDINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, OBSERVE WHAT THEY CAN SEE AND FROM JUST GOING INTO THE BUILDING AND, AND DOWNSTAIRS INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING.
AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION, DO, DO THESE, UM, SURVEYS, DO THEY EXPIRE FOR USE? YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, IT'S FOR PROJECTS COMING UP THE DOWN THE, OR UP THE PIPE.
UM, A SURVEY DOESN'T TECHNICALLY EXPIRE, BUT, BUT, UM, LIKE YOU'D HAVE TO DO A, LIKE A SECOND ONE AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IF THERE'S CHANGE.
OH, THEN YOU WOULD WANNA DO ANOTHER ONE, BUT IF THERE'S NOT CHANGE, THEN YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, EVEN THOUGH PUBLIC COMMENT HAS CLOSED, I HAVE BEEN, UH, REQUESTED TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO, UM, OUR FORMER MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE EXALTED POSITION OF FORMER MAYOR MEANS I'M NO LONGER THE PUBLIC, AND SO THEREFORE ENTITLED TO THIS.
UH, AS AN ASIDE, BEFORE I SAY WHAT I WANNA SAY, I, I DO WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE THOUGHTFUL DECISION ON, UH, THE CANNABIS, UH, MAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, AND, UH, YOU FACED SOME HEAT ON THAT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A RIGHT AND RATIONAL THING TO DO, AND, UM, IT'S GOOD THAT YOU AVOIDED THE PERFORMATIVE EASY THING AND DID THE, THE RIGHT THING.
LOOK, I'LL KEEP THIS VERY SHORT.
I'LL, I'LL IN TOTAL UNDER THREE MINUTES.
UH, NIKKI, YOU'RE ABOUT TO ENJOY THE FASTEST DIET PLAN OF ALL TIME IN TWO HOURS.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE 40 POUNDS LIGHTER
UH, YOU'LL WALK OUT OF HERE, UH, FEELING A WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU'VE BORN INCREDIBLY ELEGANTLY, AND, UH, YOU'LL ENJOY THE TIME AHEAD.
I CAN SPEAK WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THAT.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH MIND SPACE THE JOB OCCUPIES IF YOU, UH, BELIEVE IN IT LIKE I KNOW YOU DID.
UH, IT'S NOT JUST A FEW HOURS A WEEK.
IT OCCUPIES A LOT OF THE HEAD.
AND THAT WEIGHT AND THAT ENERGY LIFTED WILL BE, I THINK, FOR YOU, A GREAT PLEASURE.
YOU CAN FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS AND, UH, THE VILLAGE IN TURN WILL BE LEFT BETTER FOR THE WORK YOU DID.
UH, IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY, BUT IT WAS, UM, HANDLED GRACEFULLY AND WITH GREAT DETERMINATION FISCALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, WE WERE IN BOTH WAYS QUITE AS STRONGER VILLAGE AS A RESULT OF WHAT YOU DID FOR THESE YEARS.
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YOU.UM, I HOPE WHAT'S LEFT, UH, IS NOT THE LINGERING STAIN OF WHAT ALWAYS IS A SMALL BUT V MINORITY AND RATHER THE GRATITUDE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT A THANKLESS JOB.
PEOPLE, I'M SURE THANK YOU ALL THE TIME, OR THEY SHOULD, BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT JOB.
AND, UH, AT, UH, WHAT I CALCULATED ABOUT $4 AN HOUR, NOT A VERY WELL PAID ONE.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, 1 58 OF 25 NEGATIVE DECLARATION PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G REVISED OF 2025, UM, RESOLVED THAT PURSUANT TO PART 6 1 7 OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT, UH, STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS LEAD AGENCY HEREBY ADOPTS THE EAF PART TWO ATTACHED AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS LEAD AGENCY HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED UNLISTED ACTION WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REASONS ENUMERATED IN THE ATTACHED NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
PART THREE, AND THIS RELATES TO THE A DU LAW.
SO I, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY TIME WE ADOPT, UM, UH, THIS KIND OF LAW ZONING LAWS, ZONING LAW.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO 1 59 OF 25, ADOPTION OF PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G REVISED OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTERS 2 95 ZONING TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ACCESSORY APARTMENTS AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ADOPT PROPOSED LOCAL LAW G REVISED OF 2025, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 95, ZONING TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ACCESSORY APARTMENTS AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
AND THEN THE WHOLE LAW IS LAID OUT.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ IT,
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK, UM, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD FOR DRAFTING THE LAW, UM, TRUSTEE, UM, DRAKE AND TRUSTEE MERTON AND TRUSTEE FLEISIG FOR THE INCORPORATION OF IT INTO THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND TRUSTEE FLEISIG AND ALLGOOD FOR THEIR ADDITIONAL INPUT AS ARCHITECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING THIS IN A WAY THAT WOULDN'T TORTURE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, I REALLY DO THINK THIS WILL CREATE CLARITY FOR HOMEOWNERS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WILL PROBABLY BE LOOKED TO BY OTHER COMMUNITIES MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, IS, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE?
ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE I, THAT ONE MAKES ME SO HAPPY.
UM, MOVING ON TO ONE 60 OF 25 ADOPTION OF 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 HEREBY ADOPTS 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.
WHOOPS, OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AS FOLLOWS.
THAT SOUNDS A BIT REPETITIVE, BUT MAYBE IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
AND, UM, UH, WHAT THIS DOES, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS IS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2027, IT BANS THE USE OF GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY.
AND THIS IS, UM, ANOTHER TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IN A VERY DEEP WAY BY MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED THEIR INPUT TO US.
WE'VE EVALUATED THE OPINIONS OF, OF A BROAD SWATH OF THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, UM, AND THIS IS SORT OF WHERE WE'VE COME OUT AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A, A FAIR SOLUTION.
IT'S NOT ENTIRELY ALIGNED WITH OUR SISTER COMMUNITIES, BUT BY
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20, BY JANUARY, 2027, WE WILL BE COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH THEM.SO THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO'S PUT THOUGHT INTO THIS, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE LISTENED TO PEOPLE, UM, PURSUING YOU WITH THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS
UM, AND, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR THE RESOLUTIONS.
[ VIII. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
VILLAGE MANAGERS REPORT.UM, AND THE FIRST ITEM IS THE UPDATE ON THE EV CHARGING STATIONS PROJECT.
UM, SO EVERYBODY WILL RECALL THIS PROJECT, UH, STARTED OVER TWO YEARS AGO NOW, I THINK.
AND, UM, THE, THE PROJECT INVOLVES GETTING FUNDS FROM THROUGH THE MAKE READY PROGRAM OF CONED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF EV CHARGERS, TOGETHER WITH A GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS INSTITUTED BY THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
AND THEY WERE, UH, ENCOURAGING MUNICIPALITIES TO INSTALL CHARGING STATIONS ON MUNICIPAL PROPERTY, UH, WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, MANY, MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY HAVE JOINED INTO THAT, UH, INTO THAT, UH, PROCESS.
AND IN OUR CASE, UH, IT WILL, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY, UH, VILLAGE FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE SPENT ON THE PROJECTS AND COMPLETELY COVERED BY THE MAKE READY FUNDS AND THE COUNTY GRANT, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, HAVE FULLY EXECUTED AND, AND RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTY.
I BELIEVE OUR, UM, CLERK TREASURER IS ALSO, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF REQUESTING OUR FIRST, UH, WE CAN GET SOME ADVANCE ON THE FUNDING.
SO, UH, WE, I THINK HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
THERE WILL BE, UH, THEY, WE HAVE NOW GOTTEN A SCHEDULE FOR THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE FIRST LOCATION IS GOING TO BE THE COM COMMUTER LOT, UH, DOWN BY THE TRAIN STATION.
AND WE, THAT IS EXPECTED TO START AROUND NOVEMBER 30TH.
AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH A VILLAGE HALL, UH, AND THE ZINZER PARKING LOT, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO START AROUND, UH, SEP UH, SORRY, DECEMBER 7TH.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE, THE STATIONS THEMSELVES, UH, THE STEIN SCHNEIDER LOT IS, UH, ANTICIPATED TO HAVE THREE STATIONS OR SIX PORTS.
THE CONED LOT, TWO STATIONS OR FOUR PORTS, THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT, FIVE STATIONS OR 10 PORTS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WHAT I MEAN BY YEAH, THE COMMUTER LOT AND THE, UM, ZINZER PARK, TWO STATIONS AND FOUR PORTS.
AND HERE AT VILLAGE HALL IT'S 12 PORT, 12 PORTS ALTOGETHER.
UH, SOME WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND SOME WILL BE, UM, UM, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE LOT IN THE VILLAGE PARKING LOT ITSELF.
SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING ALL THAT DONE AND WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING TO KIND OF CREATE A, A FORMAT FOR HOW WE WANT TO OPERATE THOSE, UH, STATIONS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.
WHERE WILL THEY BE LOCATED IN THE COMMUTER LOT? THEY WILL BE LOCATED ALONG CROP STREET ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF CROP SEA STREET.
UH, WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF CROP SEA STREET, BUT THE CONED IN THEIR REVIEW OF THE, EXCUSE ME, OF THE PLANS, MOVED THEM TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THEY WANTED TO ENERGIZE THE, THE, UH, UH, CHARGERS FROM A, A SOUTHERN POLE AS OPPOSED TO A NORTHERN POLE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
SO THAT'S THE WAY WE HAD ENVISIONED IT.
THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRENCHING, UH, AS A RESULT OF, OF, OF THE MOVEMENT.
WE HAD A CALL TODAY WITH, WITH INF, WHO IS DOING THE WORK FOR US.
AND, UM, JUST TO GO THROUGH THAT, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT IT'S STILL ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERED, UH, BY THE, BY THE, UH, GRANT AND THE, AND THE CONED MAKE READY MONEY.
I I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
UM, DO PARKING RESTRICTIONS AFFECT THAT? SO DOES SOMEBODY HAVE TO HAVE A COMMUTER PASS? LIKE DO THEY, SORRY.
EITHER WAY, YOU, YOU CAN HAVE, YOU CAN EITHER, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR THE METER PARKING OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE SIGNAGE THAT, UH, INDICATES THAT IF YOU HAVE A PARKING PASS, YOU CAN PARK THERE AND CHARGE YOUR CAR.
OR IF YOU HAVE A, UH, OR IF YOU PAY THE METER, YOU CAN PARK THERE AND CHARGE YOUR CAR.
SO IT'LL IT'LL APPLY TO, TO EITHER PROCESS I THINK, I THINK MAY, MAYBE YOU'RE ASKING THIS QUESTION IN THE COMMUTER LOT,
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YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A PARK, A VILLAGE PARKING STICKER MM-HMMTO PARK IN THE VILLAGE LOT, WHICH ONLY COSTS $10 PER YEAR.
BUT IS THAT THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING? YES.
AND THEN SO THAT YOU, AND THEN WILL THEY PAY AND THEN FOR THE TWO HOURS, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO YES.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE VILLAGE STICKER, THEN THEY SHOULD GET A TICKET JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE WOULD GET A TICKET PARKING IN THAT LOT WITHOUT A VILLAGE STICKER.
IS THAT YOUR POINT? NOW IT IS
YOU SHOULDN'T JUST BE ABLE TO PARK THERE BECAUSE YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VILLAGE STICKER.
IF EVERYONE ELSE IN THAT LOT HAS TO HAVE A VILLAGE STICKER, RIGHT.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S A VERY GOOD THOUGHT.
UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE UP ACTUALLY WITH, UM, WITH THE COUNTY, THE YEAH.
INF AND THE COUNTY BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE, THE IMA WITH THE COUNTY SAYS THAT THE, THE, UM, THESE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CHARGING STATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS.
SO IT WON'T BE FOR OVERNIGHTS.
WELL, THEY'RE WELCOME TO BUY A TICKET.
THEY'RE WELCOME TO BY A PASS IN OUR VILLAGE.
DOES HAVE TO, I CAN'T PARK THERE.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS? LIKE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? WHAT ABOUT, WHAT DID SATURDAYS, SUNDAY? NO, ANTHONY, YOU, YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING.
OH, IT, IT JUST SAYS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS.
SO PRESUMABLY DURING THE OVERNIGHTS, IF SOMEONE FROM A DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITY WANTED TO PARK THERE, THEY COULD, THERE'S NO PERMIT.
WE'LL HAVE TO PERMITTING, EXPLORE THAT PERMIT IN OVERNIGHTS.
BUT WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE TO EXPLORE IT.
IS IT GONNA BE LIMITED TO TWO HOURS OR CAN YOU PARK THERE FOR 12? NO, YOU CAN PARK THERE FOR 12 HOURS.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE CITY AND YOU WANNA PARK YOUR CAR THERE, YOU CAN PARK THERE.
IN A, IN, IN A, IN A CHARGING SPOT.
IF YOU'RE CHARGING YOUR CAR, YOU WANT, YOU WANNA CHARGE YOUR CAR, GO INTO THE CITY, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE WANNA RESTRICT THAT.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PARKING, BUT, WELL, YOU, YOU HAD SAID EARLIER THAT WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT JUST DETAILS ON THE PARKING, RIGHT? WE DO.
WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT DETAILS ON THAT.
THAT'S GONNA BE VERY EXCITING.
THAT'S ALREADY THE FIRST I'LL BE SOMEWHERE ELSE LIFTED.
UH, SO I DID GIVE YOU A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING.
I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ANY TREES ON SPRING STREET.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS RAISED, THE TREES THAT YOU SEE HERE, EXCEPT MAYBE ONE DOWN, UH, AROUND ON THE CORNER ON, ON SOUTH SIDE THERE, THE TREES THAT YOU, THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE PROPOSED HERE ARE TO BE TO, TO ARE REALLY REPLACING TREES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AGO.
UM, OR, OR JUST ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED TO BE, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE PROJECT.
UH, THE THINGS THAT I I, I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ARE THE, UH, SIDEWALK IS ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SPRING STREET IS INTENDED TO BE WIDENED BY FOUR FEET.
AND, UM, AS I SAID, UH, CERTAIN TREES ADDED, UH, WE, WE EXTENDED AROUND THE, THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE CORNER A BIT BECAUSE THE, THE, UM, UH, BRICK WAS REALLY QUITE, UH, DAMAGED IN THAT AREA.
THE AREA ALONG 5 55 BROADWAY AND WARTON WAR.
AND, UM, AND WHAT WAS, WAS, UH, USED TO BE, UM, UH, A PART OF, OF SPRING STREET, THE FUNERAL THERE.
UM, THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE CONTRACTOR WHEN THEY, UH, DO THEIR, THEIR PROJECT.
THEY HAVE PUT ASPHALT THERE NOW, JUST AS A SAFETY MEASURE BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK WAS, UH, A BIT BIT BROKEN UP.
BUT, UM, THEY WILL BE REPLACING IT WITH AN INKIND SIDEWALK, SAME, SAME AS WHAT THE VILLAGE IS DOING.
UH, WE WILL BE DOING FROM THE, THE, FROM THE END OF THAT PROPERTY, UH, DOWN AND AROUND THE CORNER OF SPRING STREET.
THIS PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO START THIS SUMMER.
WE, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY DRAWING.
ONCE WE GET, UH, UH, MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE DETAILED CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FROM THE COUNTY, WE'LL SHARE THEM.
WE'LL PUT THIS ON THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
UM, IT'S CONCEPTUAL TO, IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, NITTY GRITTY THINGS LIKE WHERE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DEPTHS OF THINGS AND, AND, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO, TO BID ON, ON, ON, ON THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
BUT, UM, I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN DELAYED BY, REALLY BY THE COUNTY FUNDING AVAILABILITY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THIS PROJECT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, SO
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I'M PRETTY HAPPY TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD.UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES.
UH, USUALLY WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE WHAT TREES ARE AVAILABLE, ALWAYS NATIVE SPECIES AND TREES THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR, UM, DOWNTOWN AREAS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE'S ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES THAT ARE, UH, RECOMMENDED, UH, OR THAT ARE, ARE, ARE CONSIDERED FOR TO BE GOOD FOR THIS LOCATION THAT, THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE DOCUMENT ITSELF.
SO DO YOU WANT TO JUST STATE THE, SO THERE'S NORTHERN RED OAK, THERE'S RED MAPLE SWAMP, WHITE OAK BASSWOOD, EASTERN RED BUD AND SERVICE BERRY.
AND THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING IS THAT THERE WEREN'T TREES THERE BEFORE, SO NOW THERE ARE GONNA BE TREES.
UM, SO, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE MORE, THERE'LL BE MORE TO, TO TO KNOW ABOUT THIS AS, AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.
BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF PRELIMINARY DRAWING.
AND, OH, THE OTHER THING I THOUGHT I DID ALSO, PERHAPS WANNA, AND DOUG MAY, UH, SORRY, UH, TRUSTEE ALLGOOD MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'D LIKE TO ADD.
HE'S BEEN OUT ON A COUPLE OF THE, THE SIDEWALKS, UH, WITH ME.
BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, THE TREE PITS.
THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TREE PITS.
WHAT'S SHOWN ON THESE DRAWINGS ARE, UH, TREE PITS WITH THE PAVERS, UM, THAT EXIST IN THE REST OF, OF, OF THE VILLAGE, THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING THE PAVERS, UH, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE, UM, KIND OF NARROW, UH, FEATURES THAT OUR SIDEWALKS HAVE.
AND THEY THEN ALLOW FOR PASSAGE OF, OF EASIER PASSAGE WITH STROLLERS, HANDICAPPED, UH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA HAVE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, UH, PROBABLY YOU KNOW, NOW, OR, OR CERTAINLY WITHIN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FEW MONTHS, CERTAINLY BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID, WE'LL WANNA, WE'LL WANNA HAVE THAT.
I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PLAN.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO TREES SHOWN ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF, OF SPRING.
WHY, WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THERE IS A TREE PIT TOWARDS THE, DOWN TOWARDS THE WEST END.
SPRING THERE IS AN, AND THERE, THERE IS, THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT.
I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE AWNINGS, THE, THE POWER LINES.
AND THEN THE, THE TELECOM LINES ARE SIGNAGE LOW THERE AND IT'S, AND THE SIGNAGE, THERE'S ONLY, YEAH, THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE TREE PITS WERE WAS DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES.
WHICH IS WHY IT WAS JUST A TREE PIT.
AND PRESUMABLY THAT WILL BE REPLACED.
AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, THEY HAD TO RIP IT UP.
THEY HAVE TWO TREES, UH, FOR REPLACEMENT ON FIVE.
AND THEN THERE ARE EXACT, ACTUALLY EXISTING TREES CURRENTLY ON THE WEST SIDE.
IS THAT WEST OR SOUTH? SOUTH, SOUTH SIDE OF SPRING STREET.
THEY ARE AT, THEY ARE THERE NOW.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE ONE RIGHT AT THE STOP SIGN.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE, I THOUGHT THERE WEREN'T, BUT I COULD, YOU KNOW, COULD BE WRONG.
THEY MIGHT JUST BE KIND OF TIRED LOOKING THROUGH.
THEY ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT, AT PINCH POINTS THAT ARE BEING, UM, WIDENED BY THIS PLAN.
AND SO THE TREES ARE, THEY ACTUALLY DON'T LEAVE ANY, THERE'S LIKE MAYBE A FOOT IN ONE CASE, A FOOT OF SIDEWALK.
AND THE OTHER CASE THE, THE TREE IS COMPLETELY BUCKLING THE SIDEWALK.
I I ACTUALLY WENT UP, UM, SPRING STREET WITH SOMEBODY IN A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR AND I WAS REALLY ALL, I WAS EMBARRASSED AT HOW CHALLENGING IT WAS FOR HIM TO NAVIGATE THE SIDEWALK.
I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE SIMILAR IF YOU HAD A BABY CARRIAGE, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON WHO COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE, THE, UM, WHEELCHAIR.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT THAT MAKES IT EASIER, WIDER, YOU KNOW, FLATTER THE PAVERS.
HE, HE, WE, WE WENT ALONG WAR BURTON AS WELL.
HE WAS ACTUALLY JUST LOOKING AT RAMPS AND OTHER THINGS IN, IN THE VILLAGE.
AND THE, THE, THE NEW, UM, TREE PITS WERE REALLY EASY FOR HIM TO NAVIGATE OVER.
IT WAS AS IF HE WAS JUST GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE SIDEWALK.
SO THOSE SEEM TO BE A SOLUTION THAT THAT WORKED WELL FOR A PERSON IN HIS SITUATION.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS ON IT.
I JUST WAS WONDERING THE SELECTION OF THE SOUTH SIDE VERSUS THE NORTH SIDE FOR WIDENING.
UM, WELL THERE'S PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE, SO RIGHT, OKAY.
IT WOULD IN, IT WOULD IMPINGE ON THAT PARKING.
THERE'S CURRENTLY NO PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND THE ROAD ACTUALLY IS WIDE ENOUGH TO LEND ITSELF TO THIS, THIS WIDENING, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE WALKABILITY OF THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, WHICH IS HEAVILY TRAVELED.
PEOPLE COME UP FROM THE TRAIN AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY JUST CROSS THE STREET ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO, UM,
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AND THEN THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS TYPE OF THING.SO MAYBE THEY'LL STAY MORE ON THE SIDEWALK HERE ONCE WE LIGHT IT UP.
AND WILL, WILL THEY ALSO SURVEY THE LIGHTING SITUATION PER MR. SKOLNIK COMMENT? WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE DECORATIVE LIGHTS THERE AND THEY DO, THEY, WE DO LOOK AT THE LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE ROAD AND WHAT WE, IF WE NEED, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PLAN TO CHANGE IT OUT.
UNLESS FOR SOME REASON IT WAS JUST, IT WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE RELATIVELY RECENT PASS AND PASSED AND PUT IT INTO, YOU KNOW, A PVC UM, TUBE.
BUT, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHETHER WE NEED ANOTHER LAMP LAMPPOST SOMEPLACE AND SEE IF IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT FOR IT.
AND WE HAVE A SOURCE FOR THOSE DECORATIVE LIGHTS.
WE DISCOVERED IT FROM, WE DO DOING THE RAVENSDALE BRIDGE
CAN'T WAIT FOR THOSE LIGHTS TO GO UP AGAIN.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR THINGS YOU WANNA SHARE WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER AS WE GO INTO THIS? DO YOU ON, OH, ON THE SPRING STREET PROJECT? YEAH, ON THE, SO WHAT'S THE, SO I'M SORRY.
YOU, YOU PROBABLY SAID WHAT WAS, WHAT'S THE TIMING? UM, FOR WE WILL GET, UM, UH, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FROM THE COUNT.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THESE CDBG PROJECTS IS THE COUNTY ACTUALLY, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SURVEY AS WE ARE, WE'RE JUST DOING FOR THE UPPER PART OF MAIN STREET, THEY WILL DO THE DESIGN AND UH, AND HELP US PREPARE THE BID DOCUMENTS.
AND, AND THEN WE, WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WE'LL WANNA DO, YOU KNOW, IN THE PROBABLY MARCH, FEBRUARY, MARCH TIME.
AND THEN, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS DONE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SUMMER.
I WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE COUNTY TO MAYBE DO IT AT THE SAME TIME WITH MAIN STREET AND KIND OF GET IT ALL DONE IN THIS SUMMER.
BUT, UM, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
SO I I, I WAS BEING A LITTLE, GETTING, GETTING IT A LITTLE AHEAD OF, OF MYSELF ON THAT.
UH, IT JUST, THE FUNDING COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, IS JUST, IT'S, IT, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING IT.
VERY UNPREDICTABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEIR FUNDING YET FOR THOSE, FOR THESE OTHER PROJECTS.
IS THERE ANY WAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO FORECAST WHETHER THERE'LL BE STREET CLOSURES OR LANE CLOSURES IN ORDER TO DO THIS WORK? NO.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE ACTUAL WORK IS GONNA BE DONE.
I MEAN, NO, NOT WHEN IT, WHEN THERE WOULD BE, WHETHER THERE WOULD BE, OH, WHETHER THERE WOULD BE, UM, WELL WE USUALLY REQUIRE THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO KEEP THE ROAD OPEN AND ALSO THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO EVERY, UH, BUILDING AND BUSINESS ON THE, ON THE STREET.
SO THAT IS A PART OF THE, OF THE, OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BID DOCUMENTS THAT WE REQUEST.
THAT'S A, SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE TO DO, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
SO I I, THERE MAY BE, UM, THERE WON'T BE A STREET CLOSURE.
THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, TIMES WHERE THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT DETOURED, BUT WE HAVE NOT CLOSED ANY OF THE STREETS FOR ANY OF THIS SIDEWALK WORK TO DATE.
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD IN YOUR REPORT? UM, I JUST, I, I JUST TO ANSWER, ANSWER SOME OF MR. SKOLNIK QUESTIONS ABOUT ROSEDALE.
UM, WE'RE IN THE VERY EARLY PROCESS OF THE PROJECT.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN SIGN A CONTRACT.
UM, BUT WITH REGARD TO THE PUBLIC MEETING, MY, MY THINKING IS THAT WE WILL LOOK TO DO SOMETHING ONCE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS, WE'LL LOOK TO, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A MEETING AT THE JHCC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER PROJECTS.
'CAUSE THIS IS ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THAT STREET ARE GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN, IN THE PROJECT.
UM, IT IS A, BASICALLY IT'S A CONNECTING PROJECT.
THERE'S PIECES OF SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES OF ROSEDALE AND, BUT NOT CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE OF ROSEDALE.
SO THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MAKE THAT SIDEWALK CONTINUOUS ON BOTH SIDES, UH, WITH NEW SIDEWALK WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, INSTALLED.
UM, AND BE, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, BECAUSE IT IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH, WITH PEOPLE THAT LIVE, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE STREET, UH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THERE'LL BE I'M SURE AN INTEREST IN IT.
AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL ARRANGE FOR A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, AT THE JHCC, MAYBE ON A TUESDAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE BOARD MEETINGS.
AND, UH, THE BOARD CAN COME AND WE'LL HAVE THE, THE, UH, CREIGHTON MANNING COME AND, AND, AND, AND DO SOME PRELIMINARY PRESENTATIONS, ANSWER QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, TAKE BACK FROM THAT
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WHATEVER INPUT THAT THEY GET.I MEAN, IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SIDEWALKS, SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH THAT YOU DO WITH THE SIDEWALK.
IT GOES IN A PARTICULAR PLACE.
BUT, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER ALL OF THE INPUT THAT, THAT WE RECEIVE.
AND, UH, OH, IT ALSO, THERE IS INCLUDES THE, THE, SORRY, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE STAIRWAY THAT GOES UP TO HAMILTON.
AND THERE'S SOME CATCH BASINS AND, AND DRAINAGE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT AS WELL, BUT ALSO CURBING, THERE'S GONNA BE, THE CURBINGS GONNA BE REPLACED IN SOME PLACES AND IMPROVED.
I THINK THE CURBING IS GOING TO BE RAISED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IT'S GONNA BASE, IT'S GONNA BE MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS.
WELL, IT'S, IT'LL BE MADE HIGHER, SO IT'LL HELP WITH THE DRAINAGE ISSUES, WHICH IT MIGHT BE IS BETTER.
THERE WAS THAT ONE MATURE TREE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ROSEDALE.
THERE'S LIKE A LARGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, LIKE A COPPER BEACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE A, A STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH THAT SO THAT IT SURVIVES THIS PROCESS.
I HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
I THINK IT'S CALLED THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN AT LEAST.
AND I THINK JUST ONE OF THE OTHER POINTS THAT MR. SKOLNIK, UH, WAS PROBABLY ALLUDING TO, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN OF THE RESIDENTS THERE WHO HAVE HAD TO TAKE SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO PROTECT THEIR BASEMENTS.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD TO RAISE THEIR END OF THEIR DRIVEWAY TO, TO PREVENT WATER FROM RUNNING DOWN INTO THEIR BASEMENTS.
AND THERE, THERE IS SOME SHARED CONCERN AMONGST A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS THERE THAT, THAT THIS SIDEWALK'S NOW GONNA LOWER AND, AND RUIN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND NOW THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD RESULT AND THEY'LL HAVE WATER RUNNING INTO THEIR BASEMENT.
SO CREIGHTON MANNING'S GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS TOO, I THINK, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I HOPE IT'S WELL, THAT, THAT WHOLE, THE WHOLE ADDRESSING THE DRAINAGE ISSUE WAS VERY MUCH PART OF THIS PLAN.
I MEAN, THOSE HOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT ON TOP OF A RIVER.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A TRICKY AREA, BUT PART OF THE POINT OF RAISING THE CURBS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE HOMES AND INTO THE CATCH BASINS, WIDENING, CLEANING THE CATCH BASINS.
SO I THINK C CREEK MANNING'S AWARE OF IT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND EXPLAIN THEIR INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS.
BUT AT A SORT OF META LEVEL, THEY DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF THIS PROJECT.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY HOPEFULLY IT WILL REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
JUST AS IT'S MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE HORNER LINCOLN AREA.
THE WAY THE CURBS HAVE BEEN PUT IN HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
EVERY TIME THERE'S A BIG RAIN, I SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA AND THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY RADICALLY CHANGED THEIR EXPERIENCE.
SO, TO YOUR POINT, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE DESIGN.
AND WE DON'T WANNA MAKE PRO PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED.
SO, TRUSTEE DRAKE, I CAN GIVE TWO SECONDS, TWO, 2 CENTS ON THAT, IS THAT THE OLD THINKING WAS THAT YOU WOULD, UH, SIDEWALK WOULD DIP DOWN FOR A DRIVEWAY MM-HMM
AND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE CAR TO DRIVE IN.
AND THE NEW THINKING IS THAT THE SIDEWALK WINDS AND THE DRIVEWAY GOES UP TO GOOD, TO THE LEVEL OF THE, OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO IT'S, IT IS, YOU STILL HAVE A CURB CUT TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CAR UP TO THE LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK SO'S IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT THIS PROJECT TO BE FOLLOWING THE MODERN WAY OF THINKING.
LET'S ALL TOUCH WOOD AS YOU SAY THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO RAISE? UM, THAT'S WHAT I HAD, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
I LOOKED AT THE PROGRESS ON THE TRAIN STATION SIDEWALK, AND IT SEEMED VERY MUCH LIKE THE PROGRESS THE LAST TIME WE MET.
BUT THERE WAS THE GUY STANDING AROUND IN A HARD HAT, WHICH I SAW AFTER I WAS GETTING INTO MY CAR.
I WISH I HAD, I FELT LIKE I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT TO TALK TO HIM, BUT THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY UPDATE
SO, UM, AND WHAT THEY TOLD ME WAS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING A RETAINING WALL.
AND THAT, THAT HAS, AND THAT, UH, THE PROCESS WITH, I GUESS MAYBE THE INSPECTIONS, YOU KNOW OH, OKAY.
UM, THEY, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A VERY SLOW PROCESS.
THEY, THE TYPE OF MACHINERY THEY SEEM TO BE USING IS ALSO, LIKE I'VE SEEN, THEY HAVE A, THIS SMALL, I MEAN, IT'S SMALLER THAN A LAWNMOWER, AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE, UH, WHEELBARROW, WHEELBARROW LIKE BOWL ON THE FRONT OF IT.
IT'S LIKE, IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ELECTRIC OR GAS OR WHATEVER.
UH, AND THEY GO AND THEY FILL THIS SMALL BUCKET WITH DIRT, AND THEN THEY BRING IT OVER TO THE,
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S STORED WAY DOWN THERE.AND THEY BRING IT OVER HERE, AND THEN THEY USE A LITTLE SCOOPER, A SPOON
WHAT HIGHLY TECHNICAL OVER THE EXPLANATION THAT'S TAKING SO LONG A SPOON.
OVER THE FENCE AND INTO THE, INTO THE, THE HOLE.
UM, BUT THERE IS MORE DIRT IN THE HOLE EVERY DAY.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T MEAN TO BE FACETIOUS.
I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO GET IT DONE.
CAN WE GO DOWN WITH THE SILVER SHOVEL AND SOME DIRT IN THERE FOR THEM? HAPPY TO HELP.
AND THEN THE VILLAGE HALL ROOF.
I, I DID SPEAK WITH OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR TODAY.
UH, WE HAVE, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SOMETHING FROM A TT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT SHOULD BE FORTHCOMING, UH, BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AND, AND THEN THE FINAL THING, I THINK YOU HAD SOME GOOD NEWS THAT YOU SENT OUT ABOUT THE WARBURTON CROSSWALKS.
THAT'S, UM, THE WARBURTON CROSSWALKS ARE GOING TO BE, CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA BE STARTING TOMORROW ON THE WAR BURTON CROSSWALKS, WHICH, UH, WAS SEEMED, UH, WERE VERY HIGHLY DESIRED, UH, IN THE, IN THE VILLAGE.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME, SOME, UH, REAL, YOU KNOW, CLOSE, NOT EVEN CLOSE CALLS, WORSE THAN CLOSE CALLS THERE.
UH, SO THERE THEY'LL BE PUTTING, UM, BUMP OUTS AT DIVISION STREET AND, UM, THEY'LL, AND, AND THEY'LL BE, AND CROSSING AND CROSSING, YOU KNOW, THERE, AND THEY'LL ALSO BE PUTTING A CROSSING AT PINECREST, WHICH THERE'S A BUS STOP ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO, UH, YEAH, THAT'S EXCITING.
AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HAPPY TO SEE THE CROSSWALKS.
UM, THERE IS A, A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING THAT'S LOST AT, UH, AT, AT THE, UH, DIVISION STREET LOCATION.
BUT ACTUALLY THE BUMP OUTS, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE ABLE TO POSITION THEM WITH REGARD TO THIS DRIVEWAY THAT PRE-EXISTS AND WHERE YOU AT CAN AND CAN'T PARK, YOU KNOW, WITH RELATION TO DRIVEWAYS, UM, LOOKS LIKE, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THEY, THEY MINIMIZED AS BEST THEY COULD, THE LOSS OF PARKING.
I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE IN THAT AREA THAT JUST AREN'T SAFE WAYS TO CROSS WALL BURTON.
AND SO THAT WILL BE FANTASTIC.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING THAT THROUGH.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE, I MEAN, THE, THE BOARD WAS, IS THE, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WHAT, MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.
AND IT WAS THE BOARD THAT, UH, DID THE STUDY OR AUTHORIZED THE STUDY INITIALLY.
AND THEN, UM, REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE MAYOR TO MANY WESTCHESTER, WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO FUND THE PROJECT.
AND, AND THE COUNTY IS FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THIS WHEN WARBURTON WAS BEING REPAVED, WHICH I THINK WAS 20 16, 20 17.
SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME TO ARRIVE AT THIS POINT, SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY EXCITING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE MANAGER? NO.
[ IX. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
ON TO, UH, BOARD DISCUSSIONS.UM, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE UPDATED PARKS AND RECREATION LONG RANGE PLAN.
AND TRUSTEE MERTON IS THE LIAISON TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.
AND WILL YOU PLEASE LAY OUT THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN FOR US? I WILL, I WILL.
UM, SO THE, UM, I HAVE THE HONOR OF, OF JUST GIVING SOME VERY BROAD HIGHLIGHTS, UM, OR MORE, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, UH, WHEN YOU REVIEW THIS.
UM, I DO WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING VERY MUCH, UM, JOANNE DESALVO AND AARON RASNICK, DRA I CAN NEVER PRONOUNCE HIS NAME CORRECTLY, BUT I APOLOGIZE.
AND ALSO THE, UM, THE REST OF THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND OF COURSE, UM, AARON HURST SUPERINTENDENT.
SO, UM, THE, IN THE OVERVIEW, UM, WE HAD THAT IN, IN 2025, THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION INITIATED A LAW, A, UH, PROCESS TO UPDATE THE LONG RANGE PLAN FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH HAD BEEN, UH, PUBLISHED IN 2016.
SO THIS, UM, THIS UPDATE WAS IN OUR, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE JUST UPDATED.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE THAT I HAVE, UH, SHOWN THE BOARD IS JUST REALLY, UM, THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
AND, AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN HERE IS A DISCUSSION OF THE, UH, CURRENT AND FORMER PLANNING STANDARDS, UH, A DESCRIPTION OF VILLAGE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
AND, UM, IN THERE IS ALSO A GAP ANALYSIS OF VILLAGE OFFERINGS VIA, VIA THE US SPORTS AND FITNESS ANNUAL SURVEYS, WHICH, UM, WE'VE UPDATED DATA TO 2024, WHICH ACTUALLY IS SORT OF AN INTERESTING, UM, WAY
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OF SORT OF SEEING WHAT THE, UH, FROM THE 2024 DATA ACROSS THE UNITED STATES LIKE, WHAT IS, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, SPORTS AND FITNESS, LIKE WHAT ARE SORT OF THE LATEST TRENDS, UH, WHAT ARE PEOPLE, UH, ACROSS THE US, UM, YOU KNOW, INTEREST OR HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN.SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING TO BE LOOKING AT, UM, AS WE SORT OF EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, WHAT WE HOPE TO DO HERE IN THE VILLAGE.
UM, SO FROM THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION, THEY PUT TOGETHER FIVE, UH, CAPITAL PRIORITIES.
AND IN A NUTSHELL, THESE TOP FIVE ONES ARE THE SKATE PARK, AND THEN WE HAVE THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE CHEKA POOL BATHHOUSE, WHICH AT THIS POINT, UM, IS RENOVATIONS SORT OF FORTHCOMING IN THE, IN THE, UH, LATER FUTURE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, TO START OFF, THEY'RE WANT TO DO, UM, PLANNING AND BRAINSTORMING SO THAT EVENTUALLY THEY CAN, UM, GO INTO MORE RENOVATIONS THAT'S AT THE CHUKA POOL.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THEIR FOURTH PRIORITY IS THE, IS PICKLEBALL.
AND THE, UH, INTENTION RIGHT NOW IS, IS LOOKING INTO THE NINE A PARCEL, UM, TO PUT PICKLEBALL.
AND THEN THEIR FIFTH PRIORITY IS THE ZINZER PLAYGROUND TO UPGRADE THE EQUIPMENT THERE.
UM, AND JUST SORT OF A NOTE, UM, WHICH I'M SURE THE, THE BOARD IS AWARE OF, BUT JUST FOR INFORMATION THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE VILLAGE USES A VARIETY OF APPROACHES TO FINANCE, PARKS AND RECREATION ASSETS, INCLUDING, UH, FEES LEVIED ON DEVELOPERS, UH, PARKS, CAPITAL RESERVE FUND, THE ASSIGNED FUND BALANCE FOR PARKS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, CERTAINLY WE USE A LOT OF LEVERAGING OF GRANTS TO LESSEN THE BURDEN ON TAXPAYERS.
AND THEN CERTAINLY FOR SPECIAL, UH, UH, UH, INSTANCES WE'VE USED, UH, THE VILLAGE HAS ALSO ACCESS FEMA FUNDING FOR RESTORATION EFFORTS SUCH AS, UH, THE POOL, UM, THE, I, WE, THE, UM, COMMISSION ALSO INCLUDED A FEW APPENDICES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE IN PARTICULAR, WHICH I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING WAS ALSO THERE WAS, UM, FROM 2016 AND NOW WE HAVE A, A NEW ONE OF ANTICIPATED FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS.
AND WE HAVE SORT OF A LIST HERE.
UM, AND BASICALLY THEY'RE, THESE ARE ESTIMATED COSTS AND SOME IDEAS OF WHAT, UM, OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THIS IN, ON THIS LIST INCLUDES, AS I ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THE SKATE PARK.
UM, FUNDAMENTALLY THE DEVELOPING THE NINE A PARCEL PROBABLY WITH PICKLEBALL AND THEN OTHER ACCESSORIES LIKE A POLLINATOR GARDEN AND SOME BENCHES AND MAYBE A PARKING LOT, UM, ECKRIN PARK AND CANAL COVE, UM, AND THE HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, ZINZER PARK, HILLSIDE WOODS, UM, SENIOR VANS, PARK VEHICLES, UM, AND, UH, A, UH, POTENTIALLY A DOG PARK REYNOLDS FIELD, AS I MENTIONED, THE, UH, CHIMP KA POOL.
UM, AND, UM, AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF IN LONGER TERM THE WATERFRONT.
I, OH, I, I DON'T WANNA GET IN TROUBLE.
BUT, UM, BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS JUST A REAL OVERVIEW AND, UM, SO THIS IS JUST A DOCUMENT THAT, AS I SAID BEFORE, IS, UM, WAS IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE WANTED TO UPDATE THIS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS SORT OF THE FINAL TOUCHES AND SO FORTH ARE PUT ON IT, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE MADE AVAILABLE JUST FOR, FOR EVERYONE'S, UM, EVERYONE TO, TO BE ABLE TO READ.
AND ALSO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD GUIDANCE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALSO A PLAN IN 2005 MM-HMM
SO THERE WAS A 2005 PLAN, A 2016 PLAN, AND NOW WE HAVE A 2025 PLAN.
SO MAYBE MOVING FORWARD THEY CAN BE UPDATED IN
AND THE, THE COST ESTIMATES CHANGE AND OBVIOUSLY, YEAH.
AND, AND EVEN THE, THE ITEMS THAT I, THAT I LISTED THAT ARE IN THIS APPENDIX ARE SORT OF SUBJECT TO, YOU KNOW, SOME TWEAKING OR SOME CH CHANGING.
AGAIN, DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND WHAT ELSE? THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, RIGHT? IT'S WEIGHING RIGHT, EXACTLY.
MORE MONEY HAS TO GO INTO SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO ANY, ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT THE, THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DECIDE UPON THAT, THEY'LL,
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THEY'LL BRING TO THE BOARD FOR, FOR, UH, TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DOING.BUT SPECIAL THANKS TO YOU TOO, AND ALSO TO OUR CLERK TREASURER AND OUR VILLAGE MANAGER FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP IN THIS.
IT'S DEFINITELY A, UH, A GROUP EFFORT AT, AT KIND OF CRAFTING THIS STUFF, BUT IT'S REALLY LOVELY TO SEE THIS UPDATED.
DAVID DOWNS DID A GREAT JOB ON THE 2016.
HE DID VERSION AND HE HAS NOW LEFT US FOR MONTCLAIR, BUT, UM, BUT THE SPIRIT OF THAT HAS, IS CARRYING ON FORWARD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? WE GOOD.
UM, THE DISCUSSION OF THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN WILL HAVE TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL A FUTURE DATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT READY, IT'S NOT QUITE FINISHED.
THE FINISH, IT'S NOT QUITE, UM, IT'S NEARING THE FINISH LINE, BUT HASN'T QUITE CROSSED.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE UPDATE ON THE CON EDISON RATE CASE.
UM, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT HASTINGS IS PART OF THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL CONSORTIUM, WHICH IS A COALITION OF 40 LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, ACTUALLY, THE ED MUNICIPALITIES, THERE ARE A FEW MUNICIPALITIES THAT, THAT AREN'T SERVICED BY CON EDISON.
AND, UH, WE ALL JOINED TOGETHER TO BECOME A PARTY TO THE CON EDISON 2025 ELECTRIC AND GAS RATE CASE FILINGS BECAUSE THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES WERE SO VERY HIGH, WE REALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, TO WEIGH IN ON, UH, WHETHER THAT WAS IN FACT FAIR AND, UM, A, UH, A JOINT PROPOSAL HAS BEEN REACHED.
UM, AND, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE TERMS REPRESENT REALLY QUITE A LOT OF PROGRESS FOR WESTCHESTER RESIDENTS.
UH, I, I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE REALIZES, BUT NONE OF THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES HAD BEEN PART OF BEEN PARTY TO ANY OF THE RATE CASE PROCEEDINGS IN THE PAST.
AND SO, UH, NEW YORK CITY HAD A VERY STRONG VOICE, BUT WESTCHESTER WASN'T REALLY REPRESENTED.
AND SO, UM, SO, UH, SO THIS IS, THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE, UM, QUITE, I THINK A VICTORY IN A SENSE.
UM, AND SO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED ELECTRIC RATE INCREASE OF 13.4% WAS, HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 2.8% ON THE TOTAL CUSTOMER BILL UNDER THE SETTLEMENT.
AND ON THE GAS SIDE, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED 19% INCREASE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 2% ON THE TOTAL CUSTOMER BILL.
UM, AND THE AGREEMENT IS FOR THREE YEARS.
SO IT SPANS JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, JANUARY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2028, WITH SIMILAR INCREASES OF APPROXIMATELY 2.8% ON ELECTRIC AND 2% ON GAS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS.
WE BASICALLY, WHAT WE DID WAS WE AGREED NOT TO OPPOSE IT ON THE CONDITION THAT, UM, THAT, THAT CERTAIN ITEMS BE NEGOTIATED SPECIFICALLY, THAT WE GET TO BE PART OF, UM, UH, A CAPITAL INVESTMENT MEETING WITH CON EDISON TO DISCUSS WESTCHESTER CONCERNS AND ALSO TO LOOK AT THE UNDERGROUND VERSUS OVERHEAD COST ANALYSIS.
WE HAVE POWER LINES THAT ARE UP ABOVE.
AND FOR NEW YORK, IT'S ALL UNDERGROUND AND IT'S MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO DO UNDERGROUND STUFF THAN OVERHEAD STUFF.
SO WE FEEL THAT THAT SHOULD, SHOULD REFLECT THE COSTS, YOU KNOW, THE COST SHOULD BE REFLECTED.
SO, I MEAN, FOR US, I THINK AS WESTCHESTER MUNICIPALITIES, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, THE DELIVERY CHARGES.
AND, UM, I THINK WE ALL FEEL WHO ARE PART OF THE CONSORTIUM THAT IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WAS NO INCREASE AT ALL.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT, UH, GIVEN THE NEGOTIATIONS GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, 13 OR 19% DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, TWO AND 3% IS, IS A, A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT.
SO, SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UM, UH, AND THEN ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WESTCHESTER POWER CCA PROGRAM.
SO THE CCA IS ABOUT THE SUPPLY.
SO CONEDISON CASE IS ABOUT DELIVERY.
WE RECENTLY LEARNED FROM SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER THAT THE WESTCHESTER POWER RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM WILL END ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
I THINK EVERYONE WAS SENT IN THE MAIL, SOMETHING FROM CONSTELLATION THAT EXPLAINS IT.
UM, BUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT SUSTAINABLE
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WESTCHESTER, UH, WAS BEING REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO, UM, TO, TO, TO DELIVER ON A SERIES OF, UM, UH, KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS SIDE THAT THE GOALPOST KEPT CHANGING.AND, UM, THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS WERE JUST REALLY TOO ONEROUS.
AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE JUST GONNA GET MORE AND MORE ONEROUS, AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD.
FOR ME, I THINK THAT'S REALLY SAD.
IT WAS THE ONE WAY WE COULD GET ACCESS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.
UH, WE WERE GETTING IT ALL AS A CONSORTIUM TOGETHER.
IT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TRANSITION PLAN TO NET ZERO.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF RESIDENCE, THEY DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
UM, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE DECEMBER UTILITY BILL, THE ELECTRIC SUPPLY WILL REVERT TO CON EDISON AT THEIR STANDARD RATE, WHICH YOU MAY EXPERIENCE AS BEING LOWER TEMPORARILY.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS THAT THE RATES CAN FLUCTUATE MONTH TO MONTH.
WHAT WE HAD WAS A LOCKED IN RATE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT WAS HIGHER, SOMETIMES IT WAS LOWER, BUT YOU KNEW WHERE YOU STOOD.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO CHOOSE AN ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY, UM, THEY CAN MAKE A CHOICE TO DO THAT THEMSELVES IF THEY WANNA GO GREEN.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S AN OPTION THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE MUNICIPALITY THROUGH SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HELPED US REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
IT'S REALLY SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY IN WESTCHESTER.
AND, UH, AROUND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO ADVANCING CLEAN ENERGY AND PROMOTING EFFICIENCY.
UM, BUT, BUT THIS IS A LOSS FOR US.
SO, UM, THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY LOVELY ARTICLE WRITTEN BY JULIAN CALDWELL IN THE RIVERTOWN IN THE, UM, RIVERTOWN DISPATCH THAT EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONED RATE CASE AND THE, THE WESTCHESTER POWER CASE, I THINK QUITE WELL.
SO ANYONE WHO HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, UM, TO LOOK AT THAT, UH, UH, CAN, CAN DO.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT MAYOR, DO YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY PLANS TO REVISIT THIS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE? OR THEY, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THAT.
THEY REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE THE MARKET IN NEW YORK IS CONDUCIVE.
SO THERE WERE THREE PLAYERS IN THIS SPACE.
ONE OF THEM PULLED OUT COMPLETELY.
UM, THERE IS ONE PLAYER THAT'S STILL IN THE MARKET, WHICH IS CALLED GOOD ENERGIES.
AND I'VE ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO THE PEOPLE AT GOOD ENERGIES, AND THEY CAN OFFER A 50% RENEWABLE OPTION, BUT THEY ACTUALLY CAN'T OFFER A 100% RENEWABLE OPTION.
IT'S THE, THE A HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE GETS SNAPPED UP IMMEDIATELY BY THE BIG, BIG, BIG PLAYERS.
YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO OFFSET.
AND SO IT JUST ISN'T POSSIBLE.
THE, THE, THE MARKET IN NEW YORK IS NOT STRUCTURED AT THE MOMENT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THIS, WHICH I THINK IS A REAL SHAME.
I, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE C-L-C-P-A, WHICH SAYS THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A, A, A SORT OF CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE, WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM TO HELP US MAKE THAT TRANSITION AS A MUNICIPALITY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, YOU KNOW, I I I FEEL IS IT'S A REAL SHAME, BASICALLY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE, WE MAY WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR IN THE FUTURE.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF I HEAR ANYTHING
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS AN UPDATE ON AMERICA TWO 50 PLANNING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AMERICA TWO 50 PLANNING SITTING HERE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO DESCRIBE IT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DESCRIBE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING START? I CAN ADD.
SO THE TEAM HAS COME UP WITH SOME REALLY INTERESTING IDEAS, AND THEY ASKED ME TO SHARE IT.
UM, AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, NEXT YEAR IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND SO THE CONCEPT IS THAT THERE'LL BE A MAIN EVENT.
UM, THE TITLE AT THE MOMENT IS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE LIVE.
UM, AND, UH, IT WILL BE A DRAMATIC READING OF THE DOCUMENT AT VFW PLAZA AND AN IMMERSIVE CREATIVE EXPERIENCE ALONG WAR BURTON THAT FOCUSES ON, UH, THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF, OF OUR NATION AND HOW PEOPLE LIVED DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT THERE'LL BE A READING LED BY A LOCAL CELEBRITY, A LIFE-SIZE EXHIBIT OF THE DOCUMENT, ILLUMINATION
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AND SOUND LIVING HISTORY, CHARACTERS, DAILY LIFE DEMONSTRATIONS, PERIOD, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE AND DANCE, AND ENGAGING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES.AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME SIDE EVENTS TO SORT OF LEAD UP TO AND, AND FOLLOW THIS.
SO, UM, A REVOLUTIONARY LECTURE SERIES INVITING, UH, SOME, UH, AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORIANS AND AUTHORS TO DO READINGS OR PANEL DISCUSSIONS.
MAYBE THAT COULD START IN SEPTEMBER OF 2026, REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN, UM, AN EVENT AT THE GOOD WITCH OR NEAR THE FARMER'S MARKET TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY WITH IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WOMEN BEING PERSONIFIED IN SOME WAY.
AND THAT, THAT THE TARGET DATE FOR THAT IS MAY, 2026, AND THEN A HOUSE TOUR OR EVENT AT A HASTINGS PERIOD HOME, AND THE PETER POST HOUSE, UM, BROWNS TAVERN OR SOME OTHER LOCATION.
AND THAT MIGHT BE IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER OF 2026.
AND THE IDEA IS TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP THEM REALLY UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY, AND PARTICULARLY IN THIS REGION.
UM, AND THEY ALSO, UM, THERE'S A PLAN TO KICK OFF 2026 WITH A FUN TAVERN NIGHT AT OUR OWN MORS TAVERN, UM, IN JANUARY.
SO, UH, SO THE, THE, THE, THE, THE GROUP WANTED THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME VERY CREATIVE PLANNING GOING ON TO, UM, TO LET THE BOARD KNOW WELL IN ADVANCE OF BUDGET SEASON THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THAT THE SUPPORT OF THE VILLAGE WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE, THE NEGOTIATION OF THE AMOUNT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, AT SOME FUTURE DATE.
BUT I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS PLANNING MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE, UH, JANUARY, 2026, THE KICKOFF IS ACTUALLY JUST RIGHT ROUND THE CORNER.
UH, AND IT WILL REALLY HELP THE GROUP TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND, AND OBVIOUSLY NEGOTIATE SOME OF THE DATES, UM, WITH, AS THERE ARE ALWAYS, THERE ARE SORT OF TRADITIONAL EVENTS THAT GO ON THAT WE HAVE EACH YEAR.
WE HAVE PRIDE EACH YEAR WE HAVE THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.
BUT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PLAN SOME OF THESE THINGS AROUND IT, WE THINK IT'LL DRAW, UM, PEOPLE TO THE VILLAGE AND REALLY SERVE AS A FANTASTIC, UM, TOURIST, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND A WAY TO CELEBRATE, UM, WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN THE HESSIANS WERE BEING PURSUED
UM, SO IS THERE ANYTHING, PLEASE, PLEASE, EILEEN COME UP AND IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? SO IT'S, AND I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE GROUP INVOLVES EILEEN, FRED, CHARLES, ANDREW BALDWIN, NILES JAGER, WHO'S ALSO PART OF THE WESTCHESTER, UM, REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS.
AND WE ARE PARTNERING, OF COURSE, WITH THE HASTINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND, UM, SOME OF THE EXPENSES WE WILL PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE REVOLUTIONARY WESTCHESTER TWO 50.
SO THE TAVERN KNIGHTS WILL BE SPONSORED BY THEM, BUT IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE, I'M WORKING ON THAT PROJECT TOO, AND WE'RE COORDINATING, SO HASTINGS CAN BE THE KICKOFF.
SO MA JUST AGREED, AND THAT'S GONNA BE JANUARY 18TH.
BUT THE BIG EVENT, WHICH WE THINK IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME IS GOING TO BE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY JUNE FOR THE, UM, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE LIVE.
AND WE JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD FEATURE THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY HEAR AND UNDERSTAND AND, AND, AND REALLY DISSECT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WORDS.
SO I AM MEETING TOMORROW WITH EDUARDO, UM, BALLERINI, WHO IS A LOCAL ACTOR AND AMAZING NARRATOR.
HIS VOICE WOULD JUST, I MEAN, I CAN JUST HEAR HIM READING THE DOCUMENT, SO WE'VE ALL READ IT LIKE QUICKLY, BUT TO READ IT WITH FEELING THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR, TO HAVE EVERYBODY HEAR THAT.
AND THEN SOME LIFE-SIZED DISPLAYS AND, UM, PERIOD REENACTORS.
AND WE HAVE A BEN FRANKLIN AND WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ALEXANDER HAMILTON WHO MAY SHOW UP, AND WE HAVE CONNECTIONS TO ALL THESE PEOPLE.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE, I LOVE THAT WE HAVE CONNECTIONS TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON
WELL, MIRANDA COMING TO HIS, THEY'RE OPEN TO PEOPLE WEARING COSTUMES.
AND SO PEOPLE WILL POP INTO MODS IN COSTUME AND WE'LL, UH, HAVE THE 13 TOASTS THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON GAVE, UH, AT HIS EVACUATION AT FRANCIS TAVERN.
SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT JUST GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN AND AWARENESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND I THINK, UM, WE SPOKE ABOUT THERE, EVERY VILLAGE AND TOWN AND CITY IS DOING SOMETHING.
SO THE RIVER TOWNS IRVINGTON HAS A BIG THING PLANNED ABOUT
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10 FARMERS AT THEIR ODELL TAVERN.AND SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HASTINGS WANTS TO BE IN THERE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER, UH, THE BUDGET ALONG.
UM, BUT WE, WE DO HAVE A REQUEST THAT WE COULD WORK WITH.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GO THAT HIGH, BUT WE JUST WANNA HAVE IT THERE IN CASE, UH, IF WE DO A SOUND AND LIGHT SHOW, WHICH WOULD BE THE IDEA OF PROJECTING IMAGES ON THE BUILDINGS AROUND VFW.
WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, I'M RESEARCHING THAT, UM, WITH A PROJECTION COMPANY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE IDEA.
AND I'M WORKING WITH ALSO LOCAL TALENT.
UM, STEVE ZEITLIN OF THE, UM, POET MOBILE POEM.
MOBILE HAS DONE PROJECTIONS OF WORDS ON STEAM IN NEW YORK CITY AND ON BUILDINGS.
WE WANNA GET THE TEENS INVOLVED.
UM, I HAVE A CALL INTO RACHEL WEINBERG AT THE SCHOOL TO MAYBE DO, UM, SOMETHING WITH THE TEENS.
THERE'S A BROADWAY PLAY CALLED WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME.
AND IF THE TEENS COULD ALL, YOU KNOW, DO THAT KIND OF A THING AND, AND READ IT, I DUNNO, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ENGAGE EVERYONE.
SO, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR SUPPORT.
ANY OTHER IDEAS WE'RE WELCOME TO, AND, UM, THANK YOU.
ANY THOUGHTS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? NO.
UM, HOW SOON DO YOU NEED A BUDGET DECISION FROM THE BOARD? I, I'VE, I'VE FLOATED YOUR, YOUR, THE, YOUR, YOUR ASK WITH THE BOARD MM-HMM
HOW SOON DO YOU NEED THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION? WELL, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS GOOD SOONER THE BETTER.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M WORKING WITH, BUT, OR WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST INTERVIEWING PEOPLE NOW AND GETTING IT ALL GOING.
I, WE, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, NEED MONEY DOWN FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, UH, PROBABLY WITH, UH, UNLESS I NEED TO SECURE CERTAIN PEOPLE.
BUT, UM, UH, THE PROJECTION THING IS A NEW IDEA THAT I'M WORKING WITH FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT WILL BE.
BUT AS FAR AS, UM, THE DIFFERENT REENACTORS AND PEOPLE, THEY USUALLY GET PAID DAY OF, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MONTHS FOR THAT.
SO, UM, SO IT'S, SO MAYBE, UM, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER MAYBE THEY, THEY WILL NEED A, A SORT OF MORE DETAILED BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO MAKE.
I'M NOT GONNA BE THERE, SO I'M SORT OF LEADING THIS AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S GONNA BE SOMEONE ELSE'S CHOICE.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT JUST TO SORT OF FACILITATE IT, I THINK THEY PROBABLY WILL NEED THE DESCRIPTION, WHICH, WHICH I CAN SHARE OR YOU CAN SHARE WITH EVERYONE.
AND, UH, A SORT OF MORE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE COSTS ARE.
SO THAT, UH, THE GROUP CAN UNDERSTAND AND EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.
IT'S A, IT'S, THIS IS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE AMERICA TWO 50 AGAIN.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S, NO, THAT'S SOMETHING QUITE UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.
ANY THOUGHTS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I AGREE WITH YOU, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT JUST TO HAVE A, JUST SOMETHING IN PAPER, UH, THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT VERY LONG TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THAT.
AND I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING EVENT ON NOVEMBER 11TH THAT MOTHER NATURE DID HER BEST TO TRY TO DERAIL.
HIGH WINDS AND SNOW AND FREEZING WEATHER.
DING THERE, ALL OF YOU WHO WERE THERE, REALLY.
ACTUALLY, WE ALL LOOK SO HAPPY IN THE PHOTOS THAT WOULD TAKE SNOW OF THE SEASON.
IT JUST LIKE GAVE US
WELL, YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, SO THANKS EVERYONE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND BY LOCAL.
JUST A REMINDER, THAT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS NOVEMBER THE 29TH, AND ALSO THAT ON DECEMBER THE SIXTH, THERE WILL BE A HOLIDAY SHOPPING STROLL FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM WITH COMPLIMENTARY HOLIDAY TASTINGS ALL THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN.
AND ALSO THAT SAME DAY IS THE GOOD WITCH HOLIDAY MARKET WITH CURATED ARTISANS AND, UH, MAKERS LIVE HOLIDAY MUSIC AND A VISIT FROM SANTA.
AND REALLY JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UH, DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, IF YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR GIFTS FOR YOUR FAMILIES IN HASTINGS, IT REALLY WILL MAKE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UM, I'VE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF THEM.
QUITE A FEW OF THEM ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE TARIFFS.
UM, IT'S AFFECTED PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN OUR VILLAGE.
AND, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STRUGGLING AS BUSINESS PEOPLE.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM, UH, UH, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE GIFT WE CAN GIVE HERE IN, IN OUR MUNICIPALITY, THAT, THAT JUST MAKES A, A BIG DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER THING WE HAD ON THE AGENDA WAS THE,
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WAS TO WISH A HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY TO, UH, EDWIN PAINTER.UM, AND ON VETERAN'S DAY, IN MY EMAIL TO THE COMMUNITY, I SHARED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ED EDDIE'S STORY.
UM, HE'S GONNA TURN A HUNDRED ON NOVEMBER THE 23RD.
AND, UH, TRUSTEE DRAKE AND I WERE WITH HIM AT A SPECIAL PARTY THAT THE VETERANS HAD ON NOVEMBER THE 11TH.
AND HE IS, HE'S A VERY CHATTY, QUITE ENTERTAINING PERSON.
UM, UH, THE, HE HAD TO GET HIS MOTHER'S PER PERMISSION TO SIGN UP TO GO TO WAR WHEN HE WAS 17, BECAUSE HE WAS SO YOUNG.
AND, UM, HE'S REALLY JUST A DELIGHTFUL PERSON.
AND AFTER READING THAT NOTE, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WROTE TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND SEND WISHES? AND SO I SPOKE TO HIS FAMILY, AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, YOU CAN SEND A CARD TO HIM AT THE ADDRESS HE HAS LIVED IN SINCE 1975, WHICH I THINK IS LONGER THAN PERHAPS OUR CLERK TREASURE HAS BEEN ON THE PLANET
AND, UH, PLEASE, EVERYONE, FEEL FREE TO SEND, UM, CARDS TO HIM IF YOU WANT TO.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS.
HEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS, ALSO 1 46.
1 46, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, AND, UM, AND THEN, UM, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SUPPORT FAMILY TO FAMILY OR PROJECT SHARE, UM, WE'RE IN THE THANKSGIVING, UM, PERIOD, AND BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE SUCH FANTASTIC WORK IN HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE NEEDY.
AND SO THAT, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO'S DONE IT ALREADY, AND IF ANYONE STILL WANTS TO DO THAT, WE'VE SENT MESSAGES OUT, UM, UH, AND THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO IN TERMS OF UPCOMING EVENTS, UM, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 20TH IS HASTINGS SENIOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY, WHICH IS WHEN SENIORS GET SPECIAL DISCOUNTS IN THE VILLAGE.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE 21ST IS THE KIDS UPCYCLING CLUB.
AND ON FRIDAY, THE 21ST IS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SECRET GARDEN AT THE BROADWAY TRAINING CENTER.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, THE 22ND, FARMER'S MARKET, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER THE 22ND, THE SECOND SHOWING OF THE SECRET GARDEN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER THE 23RD.
JUST A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT THE TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT GARAGE IS OPERATING.
UM, AND THEN ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER THE 23RD, THERE'S ALSO THE RIVER ARTS, UH, 10TH ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC BENEFIT.
AND THEN ON SUNDAY, THE NOVEMBER THE 23RD, THERE'S THE THIRD SHOWING OF THE BROADWAY TRAINING CENTER, THE SECRET GARDEN.
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TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 20TH, PLANNING BOARD, REGULAR MEETING, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, MEETING ROOM, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 20TH, SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 27TH.THANKSGIVING DAY OBSERVED VILLAGE OFFICES CLOSED THURSDAY, RECYCLING PICKUP IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 26TH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, THE 28TH.
VILLAGE OFFICES ARE CLOSED MONDAY, DECEMBER THE FIRST IS THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE SECOND IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ORGANIZATIONAL AND REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
AND I WILL NOT BE JOINING YOU
CONGRATULATIONS, UH, MAYOR DRAKE, UH, SOON TO BE, AND TRUSTEE ALLGOOD AGAIN FOR WINNING.
AND, UM, ALSO TO MALIKA WHO WILL BE JOINING THE BOARD.
UM, AND I WILL BE PROBABLY NOT WATCHING YOU
EASIER IF I DO IT THIS WAY BEFORE WE ADJOURN.
I, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SPECIAL THAT BOTH MAYORS, UH, PRIOR TO YOU CAME THIS EVENING.
UM, THEY, THEY HAD ASKED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT SOME POINT, AND I THOUGHT TONIGHT WAS A LOT MORE
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SPECIAL, UH, FOR THEM TO COME TO AND SPEAK.AND EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAS ALSO, UH, RESERVED THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
BUT WE ALSO, UH, DID A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU,
UH, SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA JUST ASK EVERYONE TO ASSIST IN, UH, READING OF THE PROCLAMATION.
SO SHOULD I DO THE FIRST, DO THE FIRST TWO? THE FIRST TWO.
WHEREAS NICOLA, NIKKI ARMIKA HAS FOR OVER 15 YEARS ENTHUSIASTICALLY DEDICATED HER ENERGY, SKILLS, AND EXPERTISE TO SERVING THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, BEGINNING IN 2009 AS VILLAGE TRUSTEE, AND THEREAFTER AS MAYOR SINCE 2019.
AND WHEREAS MAYOR ARMACOST HAS DEMONSTRATED VISIONARY LEADERSHIP IN FISCAL STEWARDSHIP, SUSTAINABILITY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ENSURING THE VILLAGE'S FINANCIAL STABILITY THROUGH PRUDENT MANAGEMENT, GRANT ACQUISITION, AND A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE, RIGHT? BY MY THUMB, THERE WE GO.
WHEREAS MAYOR ARMCO THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP, HAS AMONG OTHER THINGS, STEERED THE VILLAGE TO ADOPT THE NEW YORK STRETCH ENERGY CODE.
ANN GREEN BUILDING CODE PASS A LOW EMBODIED CARBON CONCRETE RESOLUTION AND MULTIPLE POLICIES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY, INVEST IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE, DEDICATE OVER 85% OF THE VILLAGE'S MUNICIPAL OPEN SPACE AS PROTECTED PARKLAND, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO OPEN SEA PACE FINANCING.
AND WHEREAS HER COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION HAS EXTENDED BEYOND HASTINGS ON HUDSON, INSPIRING AND PARTNERING WITH NEIGHBORING RIVER TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK STATE, AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE SHARED SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND ACCELERATE REGIONAL PROGRESS TOWARD A CLEANER, MORE RESILIENT FUTURE AND
AND WHEREAS IN FURTHERANCE OF HER COMMITMENT TO GOOD GOVERNMENT, MAYOR ARMACOST CONTRIBUTES HER TIME AND EXPERTISE TO NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AS PRESIDENT OF THE WESTCHESTER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION AS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE IN THE NEW YORK CONFERENCE OF MAYORS NYCOM.
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER AND I-C-L-E-I-U-S-A, A NATIONWIDE ALLIANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE I-C-L-E-I WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATION TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE PROGRESS TOWARDS ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT.
AND WHEREAS MAYOR ARMACOST HAS FOSTERED YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN CLIMATE ACTION AND EDUCATION BY WINNING GRANTS THROUGH THE BLOOMBERG YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND, THROUGH WHICH THE VI VILLAGE HAS AWARDED MICROGRANTS TO APPROXIMATELY 100 YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS INVOLVING POLLINATOR GARDENS, WATER CONSERVATION, WASTE REDUCTION, REFORESTATION, NATURE-BASED STORM WA, STORM WATER CONTROL, SOLAR SOLARIZATION, INVASIVE REMOVAL, AND CLIMATE CONFERENCES.
AND WHERE AM I, I KNOW THIS IS ALL SUMMARIZED IN THE SONG LAST NIGHT,
AND WHEREAS MAYOR ARMACOST DEDICATION, VISION TIRELESS ADVOCACY EXEMPLIFY THE VERY BEST IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP, EARNING HER THE CATALYST AWARD FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM NEW YORK STATE, UH, ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING NEW YORK'S CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT AN APPRECIATION OF HER DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE VILLAGE.
THE, THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025, IS MAYOR NICO NICOLA ARMCO DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK.
WE WANTED YOU TO HAVE A FULL 24 HOURS.
AND IN, UH, I KNOW I HAD SAID A FEW THINGS LAST NIGHT AND, AND ONE, I KNOW ONE OF THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE THIS EVENING, UH, I PLEDGE TO CONTINUE YOUR FISCAL STEWARDSHIP WITH THIS VILLAGE AND ALSO YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS ENVIRONMENT WITH THIS VILLAGE.
THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL REMAIN ON MY FOREFRONT AND, AND WILL NOT, WE WILL NOT SWAY FROM THAT.
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THE OTHER TRUSTEES.DO WE NEED TO MAKE A RESOLUTION? NO.
I'M SITTING, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING IN MY DIRECTION, SO I'LL START.
ON A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL, MAYOR ARMACOST, UM, YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ME AND WILL REMAIN SO AS YOU, UM, DEPART OFFICE TO, WHAT IS IT, SHED 40 POUNDS OF SHOULDER WEIGHT,
UM, BUT YOU HAVE EARNED THIS, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS MOMENT WHERE YOU GET TO REFLECT AND RE TO RELAX.
AND MAYBE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO LET IT GO, YOU WERE, I ENCOURAGE YOU,
BUT YOU'RE TIRELESS, TIRELESS AND ENERGY.
YOU'RE TIRELESS ENERGY AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO YOU, TO YOUR WORK HAS SET AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE FOR ME AND ALL, ALL OF US ON THE BOARD.
AND I THINK FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS AND FUTURE MAYORS ALIKE
NOW, I I I'M PARTICULARLY INSPIRED BY YOUR DEDICATION TO PROGRESS TO A PROGRESSIVE HASTING FUTURE FOR HASTINGS.
AND, UM, THAT THE, THE MOST IDEALISTIC PLANS ARE OFTEN THE MOST REALISTIC.
YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT VISION IS NOT JUST A FANCY FANTASY OR RHETORIC.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THROUGH DETERMINATION AND CAREFUL PLANNING, IT CAN TRULY HAPPEN.
SO YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE ROLE OF WHICH YOU SERVE AS A LEADER IN HASTINGS THROUGH, UH, THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER, THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE, AND I BELIEVE NATIONWIDE, PERHAPS INTERNATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY DUBAI, I THINK LAST YEAR OR, OR SOMEWHERE, BRAZIL THIS YEAR.
UM, AND, AND IT'S GOING TO INSPIRE, UM, OTHER, IT IS GONNA STAND OUT AND INSPIRE AND BE A MODEL FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO YOUR COURAGE TO TAKE A STAND, EVEN WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT, EXEMPLIFIES TRUE LEADERSHIP.
I MEAN, I, I CAN ONLY ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD SAID AND HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU THESE PAST SIX, OVER SIX AND A HALF YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED BECOMING FRIENDS WITH YOU.
UH, WE HAVE STRUGGLED THROUGH.
SO I MEAN, JUST GOING BACK, I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT ALL THE STRUGGLES THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER.
UM, BUT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.
AND IT'S JUST, YOU REALLY ARE DAUNTLESS AND COURAGEOUS AND FEROCIOUS,
UM, BUT IT'S JUST, I'VE REALLY, REALLY, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.
AND I, UM, ONLY HOPE THAT, UH, CAN CONTINUE TO, TO, TO HONOR THAT, THAT, UM, THE EXPERIENCE THAT IT HAS BEEN TO DATE.
UH, THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH I CAN ADD, BUT, UM, FROM TRUS ALLGOOD AND TRUSSIE FLEISIG SAID, BUT I JUST WANNA, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A YEAR, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING, UM, SUCH A WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL AND MENTOR FOR THIS, FOR THIS, UM, POSITION.
UM, AND, UH, I WROTE DOWN, UH, FROM FORMER MAYOR CANAL, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR PATIENCE, YOUR TOLERANCE IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE TO CONTINUE AS I SIT ON THE BOARD.
AND, UM, I HOPE I CAN STILL COME OVER FOR A CUP OF TEA, ALWAYS YES.
WHEN, WHEN YOU ARE HERE, WHEN YOU ARE PRESENT IN HASTEN EXACTLY.
YOU'LL HAVE TO LIKE FLY A FLAG IN YOUR HOME.
IN THE FALL OF 2019, UH, YOU CALLED ME AND YOU CALLED ME.
I WAS ON THE POLICE REFORM AND REINVENTION COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME, AND YOU CALLED ME AND SAID, UH, THAT TRUSTEE LEAF WOULD NOT BE SEEKING REELECTION FOR THE POSITION.
AND THAT'S A CALL I'VE APPRECIATED, UH, EVER SINCE, UH, THAT MOMENT.
AND JUST TO ECHO WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID, AND, AND I FIND, UH, TEACHING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, IN, IN ANY CAREER.
I, I WAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTRUCTOR.
I, I TAUGHT IN THE MILITARY, AND I, I CAN SAY IT, IT'S AN HONOR TO SAY THAT YOU'VE TAUGHT ME, AND YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT MENTOR, AS MORGAN HAS SAID.
UH, YOU'VE BEEN FIERCE IN BATTLE, UH, IN, IN LATE NIGHT, UH, UH, MEETINGS WITH US, UH, OVER OUR BUDGETS.
AND, UH, BUT, BUT YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I FIND, UH,
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TO BE A GREAT HONOR.AND I DON'T WANNA USE UP EVERYBODY ELSE'S WORDS AGAIN,
I, I DON'T, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL ADD JUST A FEW WORDS.
UM, I THINK SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY MONDAY TO FRIDAY, I TALK MORE TO MAYOR ARMIKA THAN I DO TO MY HUSBAND.
I'M PRETTY SURE SHE TALKS MORE TO ME THAN SHE TALKS TO HER HUSBAND.
SO, UM, I CAME ON BOARD AS, AS VILLAGE MANAGER HERE, UH, JUST ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS MAYOR ARMACOST BECAME THE MAYOR.
SHE WAS, SHE PROCEEDED ME BY A LITTLE BIT, AND I, I SUSPECT, UH, HAD SOME INFLUENCE ON, ON MY, MY, MY POSITION HERE TODAY.
EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID IS ALL VERY TRUE.
AND JUST THE CROWD LAST NIGHT AND THE WARMTH OF THE ROOM AND EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE WERE FEELING AND SAYING AND DOING, WAS JUST SO EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT YOU MEAN TO THE VILLAGE AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE VILLAGE.
UH, AND I HOPE THAT THAT STAYS IN YOUR HEART SO THAT YOU REMEMBER JUST HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW MEANINGFUL YOU HAVE BEEN TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'M SURE THAT YOU, YOU'RE NOT, UH, YOU'RE NOT LEAVING, YOU'RE JUST STEPPING INTO A DIFFERENT ROLE.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO WORK SO CLOSELY SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU AND TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE MANY GOALS THAT YOU HAVE, AND EVEN THE ONES YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE,
I THINK IT'S FOUR OR FIVE, MAYBE SIX TIMES TODAY.
YOU REMINDED ME THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENED.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN FUN.
IT'S BEEN, UM, GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU, UH, AS A PERSON AND AS A LEADER IN YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHICH IS JUST, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, I, I I, I ECHO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT, UH, EVERYBODY HAS SAID ABOUT YOU.
AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S JUST BEEN MY PLEASURE.
I CAN, UH, ECHO EVERYTHING EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID, BUT ALSO I, I'M THE ONE WHO SAT HERE WITH YOU THE LONGEST.
YOU HAVE, UM, I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS.
YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF MY 11 YEARS.
SOME AS TRUSTEE, SOME AS MAYOR, UM, WITH YOUR LEAVING, MY ORIGINAL FIVE ARE ALL GONE.
UM, THERE'S NOBODY WHO'S, I NOW HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ANYBODY.
BUT, UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS YOUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY.
IT'S BEEN TO WATCH YOU, YOU'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE IN HOW YOU'VE HANDLED THINGS AND THE THINGS YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
I'VE ALSO WATCHED YOU HANDLE SOME REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, AND ALWAYS WITH COURTESY AND FAIRNESS TO EVERYBODY.
AND, AND WE ALL KNOW, WE'VE ALL SAT HERE THROUGH SOME OF THOSE REALLY TOUGH NIGHTS AND TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, AND IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY, THAT PEOPLE ARE TREATED COURTEOUSLY.
AND, AND YOU, YOU'VE DONE THAT.
AND THAT'S A REALLY HARD PART OF THIS JOB.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY HARD PART OF THIS JOB.
WE ALL KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S NEVER GONNA BE HAPPY.
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE UNHAPPY PEOPLE.
SO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, I SIT AT A LOT OF BOARD MEETINGS.
I SEE HOW A LOT OF MAYORS AND CHAIRS HANDLE THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT IS A REAL TALENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE, THE SUSTAINABILITY, THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, UM, IT'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE.
I'M GLAD I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP YOU ACCOMPLISH, AS YOU SAID TONIGHT, THE A DU LAW, WHICH WE'VE AMENDED TWICE.
UM, AND, UM, GETTING THE GREEN BUILDING CODE FIXED AND AMENDED.
UM, GETTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DONE AND ADOPTED.
UM, AND NOW STARTING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND, AND WE'RE NOT DONE.
THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO THINGS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS,
UM, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO SERVE WITH YOU.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE MY VILLAGE ALSO, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
UM, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING OUR MAYOR.
AND IT WAS, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND FOR YOU.
AND ON THE VARIOUS PROJECTS WE'VE ENGAGED IN CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES, OUR LOVE OF OPEN SPACE, AND, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH INTO THE VILLAGE'S HISTORY.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY REWARDING AND ENJOYABLE.
UM, AND I ALSO HAVE A STATEMENT FROM THE CLERK OF DOBBS FERRY WHO COULDN'T BE HERE.
SO SHE ASKED ME TO READ THIS, SO I'M GONNA READ IT TO YOU.
UM, I REGRET THAT I'M UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING IN PERSON, BUT I HAVE A VILLAGE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT, AND I'M UNABLE, UNABLE TO ATTEND.
I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK MAYOR ARMACOST FOR HER SERVICE TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, MAYOR ARMCO SERVED AS TRUSTEES SINCE 2010.
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AS MAYOR SINCE 2019, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HER AT NYCOM TRAININGS AND MOMOA MEETINGS, AND WORKING WITH HER ON ALL THINGS ENERGY EFFICIENCY RELATED, INCLUDING THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY DESIGNATION.MAYOR ARMCO HAS BEEN A MENTOR AND A DEAR FRIEND.
AND NIKKI, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THROUGHOUT MY CAREER AS VILLAGE CLERK IN DOBBS FERRY.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THE FUTURE.
OH, THAT'S SO, THAT'S SO LOVELY.
JUST SEND THAT TO THIS MORNING,
ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, AS EACH ONE OF YOU SAID DIFFERENT THINGS, I COULD JUST FEEL THE TEARS COMING DOWN, PUSHING THEM BACK.
IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S VERY MOVING TO HEAR YOUR WORDS.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU GET TO BE IN A TEAM OF REALLY SMART, COMMITTED, COMPETENT PEOPLE WHERE IDEAS THAT PEOPLE COME UP WITH YOU CAN ACTUALLY ACTUALIZE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.
AND YOU GUYS ARE THE DREAM TEAM, ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MOMENTS WHERE YOU, YOU HAVE A LITTLE VOODOO DOLL OF ME WHERE YOU'VE STUCK PINS IN IT,
BUT I REALLY FEEL AS IF TOGETHER WE'VE ACHIEVED SUCH INCREDIBLE THINGS AND IT'S, IT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.
AND IT'S THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THIS COMMUNITY REALLY IS SO SPECIAL AND SO REMARKABLE, AND IT'S FILLED WITH SUCH EXTRAORDINARY, INTERESTING, CREATIVE, FASCINATING PEOPLE.
AND I DO FEEL PART OF OUR ROLE IN LEADING THE COMMUNITY IS TO CREATE THE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE AMAZING, TO SORT OF, UH, ALLOW THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TO SORT OF TAKE SHAPE AND GET OUT THE WAY AND LET PEOPLE JUST REALLY BE CREATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.
AND I KNOW YOU'LL, I KNOW YOU'LL ALL BE BRILLIANT MOVING FORWARD, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE ACHIEVING FANTASTIC THINGS.
AND I WILL BE WATCHING YOU FROM VERY FAR AWAY,
AND I JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, UH, TO THIS AMAZING COMMUNITY AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN.
OH, IS THERE EMOTION