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WHICH WILL THEN ADJOURN INTO A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.WE WILL THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING TONIGHT.
[Organizational]
WITH OUR OATHS OF OFFICE.SO, DOUGLAS MALIKA AND I COME ON DOWN.
UM, OFFICIALS ON THE SIDE, AND ARE PEOPLE ADMINISTERING OATHS ON THIS SIDE? SO, EVA, YOU WANNA JOIN THIS UP HERE? FIRST, LAST TIME I JUST HAD TIMMY HOLD THE BOOK, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT CAUSED A RIFT IN OUR HOUSE,
PLEASE WRITE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES THAT'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AND THAT WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF VILLAGE MAYOR.
AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF VILLAGE MAYOR ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
JOANNE, YOU GONNA, MINNESOTA OKAY.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT A ME DOUGLAS OOD.
OH, WAIT, NO, I, MY NAME, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I, I, EVA, ALLIGATOR YOU SAID NAME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I, I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF VILLAGE TRUSTEE AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF VILLAGE TRUSTEE ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE AND I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF VILLAGE TRUSTEE, THE DUTIES OF VILLAGE TRUSTEE, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
UH, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED, UH, SHORTLY AFTER WE STARTED OUR CEREMONIES.
UH, IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING, WE HAVE FORMER MAYORS, LEE CANALI AND PETER SUKY.
I KNOW YOU, YOU BOTH HAD SOMETHING NICE TO SAY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UH, AND THEN ALSO NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYWOMAN, MARY JANESKY, UH, THE MIC'S YOURS IF YOU WANT IT, MARY JANE.
BUT WE COULD ALSO JUST HOLD OFF IF YOU'D LIKE.
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OR I COULD JUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE AND IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, JUST YELLI HAVE SOME LEGISLATION THAT THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY AND I ARE WORKING ON, SO WE'LL BE CALLING YOU IN JANUARY FOR THAT
UH, JUST QUICKLY BEFORE WE BEGIN THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR COMING TONIGHT.
UH, I HAVE A SISTER FROM FLORIDA, UH, SORRY.
UH, AND CONGRATULATE TRUSTEE ALLGOOD.
UH, AND WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
UH, MY FOCUS WILL REMAIN THE SAME AS IT REMAINED DURING THE ELECTION PROCESS.
UH, I WANNA MAKE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY A PRIORITY OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND I HOPE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL GO ALONG WITH ME ON THAT.
AND SOME OF THAT WE WILL ALREADY BE DISCUSSING IN THIS FIRST MEETING THIS EVENING.
DURING OUR REGULAR MEETING AND BOARD DISCUSSION, I WANNA MAKE THE DOWNTOWN EASIER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UM, VISITORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, ANYONE COMING TO THIS VILLAGE.
WE'VE FOUND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THE WAYS THROUGH OUR VILLAGE AND PARKING.
AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST PRIORITIES WILL BE TO MAKE THAT EASIER, INCLUDING FOR OUR VILLAGE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHO HAVE TO COMPETE FOR PARKING WITH PEOPLE WHO PARK THEIR CARS FOR LONG AMOUNTS OF TIME AND TAKE AWAY PARKING SPOTS JUST IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN HOUSES, IN THEIR OWN APARTMENT BUILDINGS HERE IN THE VILLAGE AREA.
I PLAN TO MAKE SURE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED TO SAFELY RESPOND TO AND EFF AND, AND EXPEDITIOUSLY RESPOND TO ENSURE SAFETY ABOVE ALL FOR ALL OF US IN THIS VILLAGE.
AND THEN I HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THOUGHTS AND A LOT OF OTHER IDEAS, BUT A LOT OF THAT HINGES ON VOLUNTEERISM IN THIS, THIS COMMUNITY, EVERYONE UP HERE VOLUNTEERED TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
WE HAVE COUNTLESS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES IN THIS VILLAGE.
WE HAVE A CHAIR HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING THAT, THAT ARE COMPOSED OF VOLUNTEERS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'M INTENDING ON ENCOURAGING MORE.
AND WE HAVE COMMITTEES THAT, THAT OF COURSE WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE AMBULANCE CORPS, WHICH ARE, ARE, ARE VERY LARGE GROUPS, ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUPS IN THIS ACTUAL VILLAGE.
UH, BUT THERE'S OTHER BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT EVERYONE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT.
BUT ONE OF MY MAIN PLANS I INTEND ON DOING AND, AND ROLLING OUT OVER THE NEXT MONTH IS TRUSTEE LIAISONS TO EVERY BOARD OR COMMITTEE OR EVERY VILLAGE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE EMPLOYEES IN THE VILLAGE AS WELL.
THOSE TRUSTEE TRUSTEE LIAISONS WILL ACT AS A GO-BETWEEN BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, THE BOARD OR THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, THE CHIEF, OR THE FIRE CHIEF FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE FIND THAT WE HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN THE COMMITTEES.
AND, AND SOME OF THE COMMITTEES DIDN'T, DON'T HAVE FULL AUTONOMY TO OPERATE ON THEIR OWN.
I WANT THIS TO MAKE, TO MAKE THAT EASIER FOR OUR COMMITTEES TO OPERATE AND TO FIND VOLUNTEERS.
THEY'LL WORK WITH THEIR TRUSTEE LIAISON, SEE IF THEY CAN FIND VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER, AND IF NOT, THEN IT'LL COME TO THE FULL BOARD AND THEY'LL GO TO A FULL COMMUNITY ADVERTISEMENT IF WE CAN'T FILL THOSE SPOTS.
I WANNA THANK MY FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MY WIFE.
UH, LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MEDIA, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO DIVIDE THE UNITED STATES OR AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
WHEN ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIAN IS ALL THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MR. TREASURER, CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
YOU WILL, YOU WILL BE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
UM, TRUSTEE ZI, PRESENT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD.
TRUSTEE MARTIN, PRESENT TRUSTEE SUNBURG.
PRESENT, MAYOR DRAKE, PRESENT VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY.
HERE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
HERE, OUR FIRST RESOLUTION AND ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSOCIATE VILLAGE JUSTICE.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINT JOSEPH MACALUSO IS ASSOCIATE VILLAGE JUSTICE FOR A TERM OF ONE OFFICIAL YEAR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED? SECOND.
WE WILL NOW SUSPEND THE MEETING MOMENTARILY TO SWEAR IN OUR NEW ASSOCIATE.
JUSTICE JOE, IF YOU COULD STAND IN FAVOR, DOMINIC.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND OR REPEAT A ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF ASSOCIATE
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VILLAGE JUSTICE AND I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF ASSOCIATE VILLAGE JUSTICE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS, ON HUDSON, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY, ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.UH, BUT I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU IF YOU DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GO IF YOU DON'T.
AND TO STAY FOR THE REST OF OUR MEETING YOUR KIDS
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU PROBABLY END UP BEATING MINE TOO, SO IT'S OKAY.
WHAT'S THAT? IT'S LIKE MARY JANE KNOWS BETTER
SUNITA AND HIS BROTHER MICHAEL.
I, AND IT'S JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
DID YOU READ THE MEMO? YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
I TRY TO GET OUT OF THE PICTURES, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE YOURSELF IN THERE.
NEED JUST LET US KNOW WE WILL.
WE NEED A LOT OF THINGS ALL THE TIME.
MAYOR AND BOARD TRUSTEE APPOINTMENTS.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THE ENTIRE, UH, RESOLVE, BUT FOR VILLAGE CLERK ANTHONY P CONSTANTINE, VILLAGE TREASURER ANTHONY P CONSTANTINE, DEPUTY VILLAGE CLERK HANNAH KOSKI.
ANTHONY P COSTANTINI AND HANNAH SKOKI.
HISTORIAN SUE SMITH AND NATURALIST HAVEN.
COLGATE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
NEXT RESOLUTION IS 1 63 25 MAYORAL AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES DESIGNATIONS.
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER SHALL BE THE RIVER TOWNS DISPATCH.
OFFICIAL DEPOSITORIES SHALL BE JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, CITIBANK NA.
WE WEST WEBSTER BANK AND MBIA CLASS AS OFFICIAL DEPOSIT DEPOSITORIES FOR A TERM OF ONE OFFICIAL YEAR.
REGULAR MEETING DAYS WILL BE THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS OF EACH MONTH.
LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADJUST THE SUMMER MEETING SCHEDULED TO DESIGNATE ONLY THE FIRST TUESDAY OF JULY, THE FIRST TUESDAY OF AUGUST AND SECOND AND THIRD TUESDAYS OF DECEMBER AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING DAYS, AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN CHECKS AND INSTRUMENTS THAT THE MAYOR AND BE RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE FOLLOWING TO SIGN CHECKS AND INSTRUMENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON WHEN COUNTERSIGNED BY THE MAYOR OR ONE TRUSTEE, MARY BETH MURPHY.
ANTHONY PINI ACCEPT INDIVIDUAL PAYROLL CHECKS, WHICH SHALL REQUIRE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SIGNATURES.
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RESOLUTION 1 64 25.ADOPTION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE FOLLOWING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS ATTACHED EXECUTIVE SESSION POLICY, RULES OF PROCEDURE, CAPITAL ASSET, UH, POLICY PROCUREMENT POLICY, INVESTMENT POLICY AND GUIDELINES, GREEN FLEET POLICY FUND BALANCE POLICY, DIVERSITY POLICY, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION POLICY.
AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
MCCULLOUGH, GOLDBERG AND STOUT GENERAL LEGAL SERVICES, DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? GOLDBERG.
STEVE PAGET AND REEL PC WATERFRONT LEGAL SERVICES.
IRA S LEVY, ESQUIRE TAX, TERTIARY LEGAL SERVICES.
JAMES J HAN, PC ENGINEERING SERVICES.
CLEARY CONSULTING PLANNING SERVICES.
LLC GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES.
RESOLUTION 1 66 25 FOR THE ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. WHEREAS THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAVE DETERMINED TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT IN ADVANCE OF AUDIT OF CLAIMS FOR PUBLIC UTIL UTILITY SERVICES, POSTAGE, FREIGHT, AND EXPRESS CHARGES.
AND WHEREAS ALL SUCH CLAIMS SHALL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR AUDIT, AND WHEREAS THE CLAIMANT AND THE OFFICER INCURRING ARE APPROVING THE CLAIM ARE JOINTLY AND, AND SEVERELY LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DISALLOWS.
NOW THEREFORE, IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED PAYMENT ADVANCE OF AUDIT OF CLAIMS FOR PUBLIC UTIL UTILITY SERVICES, POSTAGE FREIGHT CHARGES.
ALL SUCH CLAIMS SHALL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING FOR AUDIT.
AND THE CLAIMANT AND THE OFFICER INCURRING OR APPROVING THE CLAIM ARE JOINTLY AND SEVERELY LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DISALLOWS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
1 67 25 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING EMPLOYEE BONDING REQUIREMENTS WHEREAS PURSUANT TO THE VILLAGE LAW, THREE DASH 3 0 6 CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS, UH, ARE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE AND, OR, AND UNDERTAKING OR BOND.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY APPROVES THE SETTING OF BOND LEVELS AT $2 MILLION FOR THE FOLLOWING ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
VILLAGE MANAGER VILLAGE JUSTICE ASSOCIATE VILLAGE, JUSTICE VILLAGE CLERK TREASURER, DEPUTY VILLAGE TREASURER AND ACCOUNTANT.
AND BE IT FURTHER THAT THE EXPENSE OF SUCH BONDING SHALL BE A CHARGE UPON THE VILLAGE AND PAYABLE FROM AA 0 0 1 9 0.104.
1 68 25 APPOINTMENT TO THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
BE IT RESOLVED THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, JACQUELINE PRIEST WEITZMAN TO A TERM ENDING IN 2030.
1 69 25 APPOINTMENTS TO PLANNING BOARD.
NO, SHE, SHE DIDN'T BE RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
EVA ALLGOOD TO A TERM ENDING IN 2030.
1 70 25 APPOINTMENTS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS RESOLVE THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES REAPPOINT THE FOLLOWING TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, BETH HADDOCK TO A TERM ENDING IN 2030.
THERE'S ALSO A LIST OF APPOINTMENTS TO OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT CAN BE MET FOUND ON THE VILLAGE WEBSITE, UH, ALONG WITH A LIST THAT THE VILLAGE MANAGER, UH, MAKES APPOINTMENTS TO AS WELL.
AND THAT COULD BE FOUND ON THE VILLAGE WEBSITE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING? SO MOVED.
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
I'M CALLING TO ORDER OUR REGULAR BOARD, UH, VILLAGE BOARD MEETING FOR DECEMBER 2ND, 2025.SO WE'VE ALREADY, AND YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THE PLEDGE.
YOU HAVE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THE PLEDGE.
[IV. APPOINTMENTS]
WE'LL BEGIN WITH APPOINTMENTS.UH, THE, THE BOARD HAS REVIEWED RESUMES AND, AND MADE A DECISION TO APPOINT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
UH, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY EMAIL, BY ME, ADRIANA BAR, JOSHUA BERMAN, JOANNA DMITRI, ISAIAH HARRIS, HARRY ROSS, JENNIFER'S SON, AND CRAIG TIPPLE.
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THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED OVER THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO HELP US, UH, WITH THE FU FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMP, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.SO WE THANK ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE, UH, VILLAGE RESIDENTS HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
CAN I, I JUST WANNA RECOMMEND JUST FOR THE MINUTES AND FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU DO HAVE THE CLERK DO ANOTHER ROLL CALL.
'CAUSE IT IS A SEPARATE MEETING.
TRUSTEE SIG, PRESENT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD.
MAYOR DRAKE, PRESENT VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.DO I HAVE A MOTION? ANY CHANGES OR DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC? CAN I HAVE, HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED.
[VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND AA $1,556,780 AND 12 CENTS FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $119 AND 99 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $91,982 AND 47 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $5,061 AND 85 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND TT $637 AND 17 CENTS PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $2,500 $2,500 PAYROLL FUND TT $3,528 AND 56 CENTS.DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[VII. ACCEPTANCE OF TREASURER’S REPORT]
TREASURER, WE TURN IT OVER TO YOU.UM, SO INCLUDED WAS THE, IN YOUR BOARD PACKET WAS THE TREASURER'S REPORT? IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE INCLUDING NOW IN THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH FOR, UM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUDITOR.
IT IS THE RECONCILIATION OF CASH ACCOUNTS FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
OR IT'S ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, TWO PREVIOUS MONTHS.
SO IT'S OCTOBER RIGHT NOW THAT YOU HAD BEEN PROVIDED IN AN EMAIL.
UM, IT'S JUST EACH MONTH WE'D LIKE AN ACCEPTANCE OF IT TO JUST HAVE IT IN THE RECORD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE TREASURE? I HAD ONE QUESTION.
JUST CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE OUTFLOW, THE MAIN OUTFLOW FROM THE CAPITAL FUND? ARE YOU ABLE TO YEAH, UH, IT WAS, I MEAN WE DID A LOT OF, UM, CAPITAL PURCHASING AND PROJECT.
PROBABLY THE ROOF WAS, YEAH, THE ROOF WAS ONE.
'EM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER.
THAT WAS NOW TWO MONTHS AGO AND I SHOULD HAVE HAD IT WITH ME, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT WAS MAINLY THE ROOF.
I CAN GET YOU WHAT IT WAS FOR LARGER NUMBERS.
IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU NO.
DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MO? DO WE HAVE TO VOTE? YEAH.
MOTION AND A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
[VIII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.ANYBODY HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
NAME, NAME JIM METZKER, 4 27 WAR BURTON AVENUE.
BOY, DO I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
I JUST WANTED TO GET YOU USED TO THAT.
I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET.
TO PARAPHRASE, PRESIDENT JED BUTLER ON THE WEST WING, YOU ARE NOT MY FIRST MAYOR, BUT I THINK YOU'LL BE OUR BEST MAYOR.
I WISH YOU EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD, AND ESPECIALLY YOU, MAYOR DRAKE, BEST OF LUCK AND I KNOW YOU'LL KEEP US SAFE AND YOU'LL DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE VILLAGE.
THANK YOU FOR RUNNING AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR VOTING FOR YOU, AND I WISH YOU A, A GREAT TENURE AS OUR NEXT MAYOR.
HELLO, BARBARA PRIMAN, 50 CLEARWOOD DRIVE.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO TRUSTEE SUNBURG, TRUSTEE ALI GOODE, AND MAYOR DRAKE.
I AM, UH, COMING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO, BESIDES TO CONGRATULATE YOU, TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SHOP LOCAL IN HASTINGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
EVERYONE THAT IS IN A POSITION TO BUY GIFTS, WHICH, UM, TO PLEASE CONSIDER OUR LOCAL SHOPS.
UM, WE RAN, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THIS IN YOUR REPORT, BUT FOR ME FOR THE MONTH, BUT WE RAN THIS AD IN THE DISPATCH NEWSPAPER THIS WEEK.
WE ALSO EMAILED IT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.
AND I JUST WANNA SHARE A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE TRUSTEES FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THREE HOUR FREE PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN, UM, STARTING IT STARTED THIS WEEKEND, AND IT RUNS THROUGH JANUARY 1ST.
UM, AND I SUPPORT YOU MAYOR ON TRYING TO MAKE PARKING IN THE DOWNTOWN EASIER IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THERE ARE THE FOLLOWING OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING.
THE TREE LIGHTING WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 5TH AT 6:00 PM AT THE VFW.
THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING STROLL WILL BE THIS SATURDAY DECEMBER 6TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM THE SHOPS WILL HAVE DIFFERENT HOLIDAY TREATS OUT DRINKS AND, AND SNACKS AND TASTINGS.
SO PLEASE COME OUT AND TRY TO GET A JUMPSTART ON YOUR, ON YOUR, UM, HOLIDAY SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND.
UM, WE HAVE TWO DROP IN SHOP AND DINE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE JACOB AT THE, UH, JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18TH.
FAMILIES CAN DROP THEIR CHILDREN OFF.
UM, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE'LL BE PIZZA AND A MOVIE.
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WILL BE THERE TO SUPERVISE AND YOU CAN GO OUT FOR DINNER AND HIT THE SHOPS, WHICH, UH, MANY OF WHICH WILL BE STAYING OPEN LATE.UM, THE LIBRARY IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL GIFT TE ON DECEMBER 13TH AND 14TH.
THERE IS A HOLIDAY POPUP MARKET AT, UM, RIVERTOWN ROSE, WHICH IS ON SPRING STREET.
AND, UM, THAT'S THE AUSTIN BOLAND POPUP.
AND ALSO ON THE SIXTH, THE, UM, GOOD WITCH, UH, COFFEE BAR IS HAVING A HOLIDAY MARKET.
SO, UM, AND THERE'LL BE A FARMER'S MARKET THIS COMING WEEKEND, AND THEN I BELIEVE IT'S THE 20TH.
UM, SO YEAH, I JUST REALLY, UH, HOPE THAT EVERYONE GOES OUT AND SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUGHER YEAR THAN IN THE PAST.
UM, SALES ARE A LITTLE BIT DOWN, SO IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE GONNA BUY GIFTS TO SUPPORT OUR DOWNTOWN AND KEEP IT THRIVING.
AND I ALSO WANNA PUT IN A PLUG FOR, OH, AND BY THE WAY, PIONEER MARKET OPEN THIS MONTH.
MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A GREAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WELCOME FROM EVERYONE.
SO PLEASE STOP BY IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN YET.
I SHARED THIS IN EMAIL WITH YOU TODAY THAT THE RES CLEANERS, THE FORMER CLEANERS ON WARBURTON HAS BEEN RENTED, BUT THE PROPERTY MANAGER IS NOT DISCLOSING TO WHOM YET, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT SOON.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER ONE LESS EMPTY SPACE IN TOWN.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T STOPPED BY THE UPSTREAM TO SEE SEAN TAGGART'S EXHIBIT, UM, IT'S CLOSING THIS SATURDAY WITH A PARTY FROM SIX TO NINE AT THE UPSTREAM GALLERY.
HE SPENT FOUR YEARS WORKING ON THIS PAINTING, UH, THE BIG GIANT PAINTING IN THE BACK OF THE GALLERY.
IT'S QUITE EXTRAORDINARY AND I RECOMMEND YOU GO BY AND CHECK IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? UM, I'M POLLY BEJO, 93 FAIRMONT AVENUE, UM, AND CO-CHAIR OF THE SENIOR COUN HASTINGS SENIOR COUNCIL.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE SENIOR COUNCIL HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE CROSSING OF MAIN STREET, UM, FOR SOME TIME TO AND FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMITTEE, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONING THE, THE STUDY AND ALSO, UM, THANK THE CONSULTANTS FOR GETTING IT DONE SO EXPEDITIOUSLY.
I THINK THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
UM, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE PROCESS, IN, IN THE PROCESS, AND OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR FEEDBACK AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO DOING THAT.
UM, I'VE INFORMALLY SPOKEN TO A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS AND THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT, UM, THE RESPONSE TO THE, TO THE SUGGESTIONS TO THE, TO, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO IN THE END, IT MAY BE THAT WE WILL BE, WHEN WE GET TO THAT FEEDBACK STAGE, WE'LL BE TALKING AS INDIVIDUALS, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE WHOLE COMMITTEE.
UM, SO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALSO, MR. MAYOR, UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND TO CONTINUE TO MAKE HASTINGS A GREAT PLACE FOR OLDER FOLKS TO LIVE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR DRAKE AND TRUSTEE OLIGO AND TRUSTEE SUNBURG AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO SPEAK REGARDING MAIN STREET SAFETY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE PEDESTRIAN, WHO IS AN OLDER PERSON.
SORRY, WOULD YOU MIND JUST INTRODUCING YOURSELF? I KNOW YOU LIVE OFF OF DONALD DRIVE OR IN DONALD PARK, RIGHT? YES, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T RECALL YOUR NAME.
MARIA SILVER 1 0 4 HEATH PLACE ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON WHO DID SUFFER THE ACCIDENT ON MAIN STREET, RIGHT AT THE FOOD TOWN.
THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM WHAT SHE WROTE IN RESPONSE TO HAVING READ THE FULL REPORT, 110 PAGES OF IT IN WHICH HER ACCIDENT IS MISCHARACTERIZED AS HAVING TAKEN PLACE ON AUGUST 13TH.
REPEATEDLY THAT ERROR APPEARS, AND IT IS SAID THAT HER INJURIES WERE MINOR.
I DO NOT CONSIDER MY INJURIES TO BE MINOR.
I DON'T CONSIDER MY ACCIDENT TO BE MINOR.
I SPENT SIX DAYS AT THE WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL TRAUMA CENTER, NINE WEEKS AT CEDAR MANOR REHABILITATION CENTER.
AND IT IS NOW THE SIXTH WEEK THAT I HAVE BEEN UNDER HOME CARE.
MY INJURIES INCLUDED HAVING A PLATE ATTACHED TO A BONE IN MY DOMINANT ARM AND A PLATE IN MY DOMINANT, NO, A PLATE IN MY DOMINANT ARM, WHICH HAS NOT YET HEALED A GRAFT, SORRY, A SKIN GRAFT ON MY DOMINANT ARM, WHICH HAS NOT YET HEALED.
AND A LOSS OF BALANCE DUE TO A FRACTURED LUMBAR, ONE THAT IS FROM THE PERSON WHO SUFFERED THE ACCIDENT.
AND I ALSO, WITH POLLY, LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT TO PROVIDING FURTHER INPUT ON
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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON MAIN STREET.LAUREN BERMAN, 45 MAIN STREET.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW MAYOR, TOM DRAKE, AND TO THE NEW TRUSTEES.
I'M HERE AGAIN TO EXPRESS MY STRONG CONCERNS REGARDING THE CANNABIS LICENSE LOCATION AT 45 MAIN STREET.
THOUGH IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT, I'M NOT HERE ALONE.
MY OBJECTIONS ARE SHARED BY THE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS IN HASTINGS WHO SIGNED OUR PETITION, URGING THE BOARD TO CONTINUE ITS LEGAL OBJECTIONS TO OPENING A POT STORE ACROSS FROM AND WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE OUR FEDERALLY FUNDED DRUG USE PREVENTION PROGRAM OPERATES.
MY OBJECTIONS ARE SHARED BY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE STOPPED ME TO THANK ME FOR SPEAKING UP.
MY OBJECTIONS ARE SHARED BY NEARBY CLERGY WHO'VE TOLD ME THEIR CONCERNS FOR THEIR CONGREGATIONS AND THE FRAGILITY OF MANY WHOSE LIVES ARE TOUCHED BY ADDICTION.
MY OBJECTIONS ARE SHARED BY MY NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN HASTINGS.
OUR CONCERNS ARE FAR MORE THAN NIMBYISM.
AND AS A REGIONAL ELECTED OFFICIAL, AFFIRMED TO ME, QUOTE, THIS WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF DOWNTOWN HASTINGS AND NOT FOR THE BETTER.
MY OBJECTIONS ARE SHARED BY THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, WHO SERVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHO WILL NOW FACE EXTREME OBSTACLES TO HAVE THE SAME EFFECTIVENESS.
BECAUSE YOUTH DRUG USE AND ABUSE ALREADY HAPPENS IN HASTINGS FAR MORE THAN A NEIGHBORING VILLAGES.
THE CANNABIS LOCATION AT 45 MAIN STREET IS STILL NOT AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS BOARD'S DISCUSSION, DESPITE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SINCE SEPTEMBER, ASKING FOR A TRANSPARENT DISCUSSION BY OUR VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES, I READ THE DOWNTOWN SAFETY STUDY OF THE MAIN STREET CORRIDOR THAT IS ON TODAY'S BOARD AGENDA.
IT AFFIRMS MY PREVIOUS OBSERVATIONAL COMMENTS THAT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC PEAKS THREE TO 5:00 PM ON WEEKDAYS AROUND MAIN STREET AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WHITMAN STREET.
IT'S, THAT'S, IF THAT STUDY ACCOUNTED FOR AGE, IT IS LIKELY THE MAJORITY WOULD BE CHILDREN.
I DO HOPE THE BOARD ACTS ON THE ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE MAINSTREAM STUDY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IT'S RIGHT TO LISTEN TO EXPERTS.
I ONLY WISH THAT OUR MAYOR AND BOARD RELIED ON THE EXPERTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH ADDICTION SERVICES AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE WHO CLEARLY VOICED THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE DECISION FOR OPTING OUT OF CANNABIS DISPENSARIES IN OUR VILLAGE.
I'M HERE TO KEEP YOU ACCOUNTABLE AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR OBJECTIONS TO THE CANNABIS LOCATION AT 45 MAIN STREET ARE ON THE COMMUNITY'S AGENDA, EVEN IF THEY HAVE NOT YET APPEARED ON YOURS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS?
[IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
MOVE ON TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT.UH, GOOD EVENING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, ALL OF, TO, TO OUR NEW TRUSTEE AS WELL AS TO OUR, OUR NEW MAYOR AND OUR REELECTED TRUSTEE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE, UH, WHAT WAS IN THE STUDY.
I DID NOTE THE ERRORS THAT YOU, UH, NOTED.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE, UM, ACTUALLY THE, UH, THE COM WHERE, WHERE THE, THE, UM, PERSON WHO WROTE THE REPORT GOT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INJURIES.
BUT I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED AS WELL AS THE DATE.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE REPORT WAS TO, UH, EVALUATE, UM, THINGS TO ENHANCE, UH, ROADWAY SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL USERS IN THE DOWNTIME IN THE DOWNTOWN.
AND THEY IDENTIFIED, UH, HIGH DEMAND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING LOCATIONS, EVALUATED THE ROADWAY AND PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS BY BASICALLY OBSERVING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING ON, UH, IN THE, IN THE AREA DURING THE DAY.
THEY PROPOSED SOME SHORT AND LONG-TERM MEASURES, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, THEY NOTED THAT THE GRADING COMING DOWN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FROM UH, THE FIVE CORNERS IS ABOUT 5%, AND THAT THERE'S A, A HORIZONTAL CURVE ADJACENT TO THE FIRE STATION, UH, WHICH PROVIDES, UH, SOME, UH, SITE DISTANCE, UH, ISSUES.
UM, THEY ALSO, UH, NOTED THAT THERE IS A HIGH PEDESTRIAN, UH, ACTIVITY OF AND FREQUENT MID BLOCK, MID BLOCK CROSSINGS.
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UM, THIS IS, AND, AND THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS MAY HAVE ALREADY READ, BUT NOT, NOT ALL OF THE PUBLIC PROBABLY HAVE READ ALL 191 PAGES, SO THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THAT.YOU COULD PROBABLY, UH, DO DO THIS, DO THIS BETTER THAN I, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST TO, TO JUST, UH, GIVE IT A SYNOPSIS.
UM, THE, THE ANALYSIS, UH, SUGGESTS THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN INSTALLATION OF MARKED CROSSWALKS IN TWO LOCATIONS, ONE AT THE FOOD TOWN DRIVEWAY AND THE OTHER AT WHITMAN STREET.
UM, THEY, UH, THEY ALSO DID COMMENT ON THE, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE TRUSTEES, I THINK TRUSTEE MERTON HAD ASKED ABOUT THIS, THE MAIN STREET AND WARBURTON AVENUE INTERSECTION.
AND THEY ACTUALLY INDICATED THAT, THAT IT DID NOT MEET MINIMUM THRESHOLDS FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WHICH IS WHAT'S THERE NOW.
UM, SO THERE MAY BE OTHER, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT OTHER TYPES OF, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT MIGHT BE MORE SUITABLE FOR, FOR THAT INTERSECTION, BUT THAT THE, THAT, THAT THEY JUST NOTED THAT, THAT WHAT WAS THERE IS NOT, NOT REALLY, UH, IN KEEPING WITH THE, WITH THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, ET CETERA.
BUT THEY DID RECOMMEND, UM, UH, THE CROSSWALKS AT BOTH WHITMAN, WHICH WOULD SERVICE, YOU KNOW, BOLLINGER AND, AND, AND AREAS AROUND THERE.
AND ALSO AT THE FOOD TOWN, UH, LOCATION.
UH, WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED WAS THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE FOOD TOWN WOULD REQUIRE A RELOCATION OF THE BUS STOP.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH.
'CAUSE THAT IT'S THEIR, IT'S THEIR BUS STOP.
UH, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE WARNING SIGNAGE ON APPROACH TO THE FIRE STATION THAT MOTORISTS BE WARNED THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE POTENTIALLY, UH, GOING, GOING TO BE COMING QUICKLY OUT INTO THE ROAD AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT WE COULD STRIFE THE ROAD WITH BIKE SHADOWS, WHICH WOULD NARROW THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT, WHICH ALSO NARROWING OF THE, THE TRAVEL LANE, UH, CAN HELP TO, UM, DETER TRAFFIC FROM GOING, UH, TOO FAST.
UM, AND THEY ALSO, UH, WANTED TO SEE BETTER, UM, STRIPING OF, OF PARKING SPACES AND THE LIKE THEY SUGGESTED INTER, INTER, UH, UH, INSTITUTING A TEMPORARY BUMP OUT, WHICH IS BASICALLY, UH, PAINT AND FLEXIBLE, UM, DELINEATORS TO KIND OF, UH, DEFINE THE BUMP OUT AS OPPOSED TO A RAISED CURB BUMP OUT.
AND, UM, UH, AND, AND TO MAKE AS, AS TO MAKE THE CROSSWALKS AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS, UH, THEY THAT FOR LONG TERM, THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE SIDEWALKS ALONG THE CORRIDOR BE, UM, ADDRESSED.
AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, UH, GRANTS FROM THE COUNTY THROUGH THE CDBG PROGRAM FOR SIDE, FOR, FOR THE, THE SIDEWALKS JUST ABOUT UP TO THE FOOD TOWN PARKING LOT ON BOTH SIDES OF MAIN STREET.
UH, THOSE, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT THOSE GRANTS WILL BE FUNDED THERE, UH, FEDERAL GRANTS.
AND THERE'S THE, THE COUNTY HAS INDICATED THAT THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE SOME, SOME UNCERTAINTY THAT THEY MAY, MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT BE FUNDED, UM, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
I HAVE ASKED OUR, UH, CIVIL ENGINEER THAT, UH, WORKS FOR THE VILLAGE TO PREPARE, UM, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FOR THOSE CROSSWALKS AND ALSO COST ESTIMATES FOR THOSE CROSSWALKS.
UM, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE CROSSWALKS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS, UH, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE, UH, YOU WANTED TO HAVE A, A, SOME KIND OF A FORUM OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO DISCUSS IT.
UM, SO JUST IF YOU'D LIKE THAT TO BE ARRANGED, UM, I CAN INVITE, UH, UM, AU WHO'S THE ENGINEER, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT PREPARED THE REPORT, UH, IN, WE CAN DO IT AT A BOARD MEETING OR WE CAN DO IT IN A SEPARATE FORUM.
UH, WHATEVER IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENT, DISCUSSION? UM, I, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I WOULD ALSO, UM, I MEAN I'M CERTAINLY NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT I WAS WONDERING, I HAD ASKED, UM, WHETHER A SMALL CROSSWALK ON WHITMAN WOULD BE NECESSARY IF WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING FROM, LET'S SAY, BOLLINGER AND COMING TO WALK TO GO ACROSS, LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE TO CROSS WHITMAN AND
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THERE IS NO CROSSWALK ON WHITMAN.SO I DON'T, I DON'T, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT ABOUT THAT.
I DID RECOMMEND I DID WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH OUR, OUR, OUR ENGINEER, CIVIL ENGINEER, I DID MENTION THAT TO HIM THAT WE NEED A CROSSWALK THERE AS WELL.
I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION, PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT THE, AT A BOARD MEETING.
AND, UM, THEN I ALSO HAD JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I DIDN'T EMAIL YOU.
I'M JUST GOING TO THAT'S OKAY.
UM, I WAS CURIOUS THAT THEY MENTIONED IN THE REPORT THAT THEY OBSERVED MANY PEOPLE JAYWALKING, AND I THINK THEY EVEN MENTIONED SOME OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THEIR JAYWALKING, BUT THEN THEY NEVER REALLY WENT INTO WHY, THEY NEVER WENT INTO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT WHY YOU COULDN'T ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE PATH AND CREATE THE CROSSWALKS IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THE MOST, WHAT THE, THE AREA THAT I'VE OBSERVED, THE TWO AREAS I'VE OBSERVED THE MOST JAYWALKING ARE RIGHT FROM ACROSS FROM THE LAUNDRY PLAZA.
PEOPLE COME OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT AND THEY JUST LOOK FOR A SHOT TO GET ACROSS AND THEY GO ACROSS RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND THE, AND IF THERE'S AN, AN ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC BACKING UP, BUT IT BACKS UP THERE ANYWAY.
AND SO MAYBE IT'S, I'M NOT SAYING A STOP SIGN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT MAYBE A CROSSWALK TO, TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO, SHOULD BE AT LEAST CONSIDERED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM TY LYNN ON THAT AREA THERE.
JUST, UM, THAT WAS ALSO RAISED BY, UM, MAYOR DRAKE, UH, TO ME.
AND I DID, UH, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM, WHICH I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU.
UH, AND, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY SPEAK WITH HIM IF HE, WHEN HE COMES TO, TO SPEAK WITH THE BOARD ABOUT THE REPORT.
I THOUGHT HE SAID IN THE REPORT THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO WARBURTON.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASSUMING, BUT I DIDN'T REMEMBER READING THAT SPECIFICALLY.
BUT MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT IF WE CHANGED WAR BURTON IN MAIN TO FOUR, TO A THREE-WAY STOP? WOULD THAT THEN CHANGE THEIR OPINION ON THE PROXIMITY SINCE IT'S A LIGHT? ARE THEY SAYING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ACCELERATING 'CAUSE THEY SEE A GREEN LIGHT AND THEY'RE GONNA GO, OR IF WE WENT TO JUST A THREE-WAY STOP AT THAT INTERSECTION, WOULD THAT CHANGE THEIR OPINION? UM, WE COULD ASK THEM.
IT'S WORTH, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THERE, THERE IS CROSSING OF, OF COURSE, AT THAT THERE IS CROSSING AT THAT INTERSECTION SO THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT THE NEXT CROSSWALK A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, FURTHER AWAY.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, I OBSERVE THE SAME THING YOU GUYS OBSERVE WITH RIGHT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE MAYBE, UH, FLESHED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THEM.
BECAUSE I, BECAUSE JUST MY UNSCIENTIFIC, UH, OPINION IS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA WALK FROM BELLA PLAZA UP TO WHITMAN STREET AND THEN CROSS THERE AND THEN GO TO WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING.
I I, I, I WOULD SHARE YOUR OPINION NOT ONLY IN THAT LOCATION, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR, UM MM-HMM
I, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT I EVER JAYWALK MYSELF ACROSS OR BE IT FOR ME TO DO THAT, BUT, BUT, UM, BUT, BUT YES, PEOPLE TEND TO, UH, CROSS MAIN STREET WHEREVER THEY PLEASE.
AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER ONE THAT THEY, I BELIEVE THEY, THEY SAID THAT THERE'S NO WAY TO DO IT, OR AT LEAST THEY, THEY QUICKLY, UM, TALKED ABOUT IT WAS, UH, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE OF THE CURB CUT AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE, THE SEWERS AND THE FIRE HYDRANTS AND ALL THIS STUFF AROUND THE, THE, UH, IN FRONT OF, ON THE SIDEWALK OR IN FRONT OF 45 MAIN.
I ACTUALLY THINK I'D LIKE THEM TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK IT ACTUALLY IS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, THERE MIGHT BE A LOSS OF ONE PARKING SPACE AND RELOCATED, UM, A DA SPACE.
BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S NOT AS, IT'S, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE QUICKLY DISMISSED.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MORE PRO LIKELY LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO CROSS.
I THINK THAT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH SIGHT LINES COMING DOWN MAIN STREET FROM FIVE CORNERS MM-HMM
BECAUSE OF THE CORNER OF THE ONE BUILDING NEXT TO THE CITIBANK.
UH, BUT I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU EITHER.
I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT CROSSWALKS WHERE YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL MOST LIKELY CROSS.
AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA INSTALL CROSSWALKS, WE SHOULD INSTALL THEM WHERE THEY'RE THE SAFEST FOR PEOPLE TO MM-HMM
NOW, WHETHER THAT'S FROM, YOU KNOW, SIGHT LINE, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE REASON.
SO I MEAN, I, AND IN, IN THIS CONVERSATION, I MEAN, I, I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, HAVING THE ENGINEER COME AND JUST BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS IN PERSON.
SO IF YOU CAN MAYBE SCHEDULE THEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
LET ME SEE THEIR AVAILABILITY.
I'LL TRY TO GET THEM TO THE NEXT MEETING.
AND IF YOU CAN MAYBE GET IT OUT TO THE SAFETY COUNCIL WITH THE CHAIR IS HERE AND THE SENIOR COUNCIL CHAIR IS HERE.
MAYBE IF YOU CAN ALERT THEM TO THAT AS WELL.
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POLLY ALLEN.SOUND GOOD? LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT WITH BARBARA'S, UH, PURVIEW.
UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE CATERING AND THE DINING ESTABLISHMENTS ALONG SIDEWALKS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMERTIME, AND HOW THEY INTERFERE WITH PEDESTRIANS WALKING.
AND IF THE SIDEWALKS ARE TO BE STANDARDIZED, WILL THAT BE ADDRESSED AT ALL? WILL THE LOCAL MERCHANTS WHO THRIVE ON THE OUTDOOR DINING BE SOMEHOW INVOLVED SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON? YEAH, WE DO HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL.
SORRY, THAT REMINDED ME OF ONE OTHER COMMENT.
UM, THE, THE, THE INACTIVE THE TREE PITS WITHOUT TREES ARE PLACES THAT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY WALK.
AND THIS, THEY NARROW THE SIDEWALK IN.
AND I, I I, I, IT'S NEVER MENTIONED IN THE REPORT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR A GRANT TO TAKE CARE OF OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS PART OF THIS STUDY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT SUBJECT? NO.
SO SINCE OUR DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE IS HERE, UM, I'M GOING TO IMPOSE UPON HER TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, MERCHANTS IN THE DOWNTOWN KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE AND THAT, UM, THAT THE MERCHANTS THAT THAT WOULD, THE ISSUE THAT WAS JUST RAISED, THAT THE MERCHANTS ARE AWARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT, UH, CROSSWALKS ON MAIN STREET AND IF THEY HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY INPUT THAT THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE ON THE SUBJECT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE CHAIRS OF ALL COMMITTEES ATTEND EVERY MEETING, SO WE CAN JUST DESIGNATE THINGS THROUGHOUT THE MEETING
UH, THIS IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THE, UH, CHARGING STATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO START TO BE INSTALLED IN DECEMBER.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, UM, FOUR LOCATION, FIVE LOCATIONS, UH, WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING INSTALLED, THE METRO, UH, NORTH ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
THE, UH, ZINZER PARK AND VILLAGE HALL ARE, ARE, VILLAGE HALL IS BOTH ON MAIN STREET AND ALSO IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE LOT ITSELF.
AND IS MAPLE, MAPLE AVENUE, I'M SORRY, MAPLE AVENUE.
AND, UM, THAT THOSE WILL, UH, THOSE THE FIRST, THE FIRST IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE METRO NORTH SECOND IN PARK THIRD VILLAGE HALL, UH, THAT WILL BE, UH, THEN FOLLOWED BY THE CONED LOT AND THE STEIN SCHNEIDER LOT.
UH, SO, UM, THOSE THAT'S IN PROGRESS, UH, I HAVE SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO CHARGING FEES AND THE LIKE.
AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD AT SOME FUTURE MEETING, HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD AS TO WHAT, WHAT FEES, UH, WE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTING, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UM, FEES, UH, START TO CHARGE FEES, UH, KI AND KILOWATT PER HOUR, UH, SORRY, KI AND, AND PER KILOWATT FEES.
UM, WE WOULDN'T REALLY BE ABLE TO DO AN UNPLUGGED FEE BECAUSE WE WILL BE HAVING EV PREFERRED PARKING, NOT EXCLUSIVE EV PARKING.
SO, UM, YOU CAN'T, IN THAT CASE, YOU CAN'T REALLY PENALIZE SOMEBODY FOR WHO'S PARKED THE NON EV OR WHO HAS AN EV PARKED WHERE THEY'RE, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE NOT STILL CHARGING.
WHY, WHY DID WE DECIDE THAT THIS WAS NOT GONNA BE AN EXCLUSIVE EV SPOT? UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, I'M SORRY, SOMEBODY'S TALKING IN THE HALLWAY.
UM, THAT ONE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT THERE, I'VE GOTTEN A NUMBER OF COMMENTS ABOUT, ABOUT HAVING THEM EXCLUSIVE FOR EVS.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY, UH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF MEASURE HOW MUCH EV ACT EV CHARGING ACTIVITY THERE IS BEFORE WE, UH, YOU KNOW, CORDON OFF THE VERY VALUABLE PARKING SPOTS THAT, THAT EXIST.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT LOT BY LOT, BUT I MEAN, ZINZER PARKING LOT IS NEVER FULLY, COMPLETELY FULL.
AS AN EXAMPLE, ODDLY ENOUGH, IT WAS PRETTY FULL TODAY, PRETTY FULL, BUT NEVER A HUNDRED PERCENT FULL
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT ISSUE, BUT, UH, BUT, AND ALSO WITH THE, WITH THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT, IF, IF SOMEBODY'S GOING INTO THE CITY AND THEY'RE GOING IN, YOU KNOW, TO PAR AND THEY'RE GONNA PARK IN THE LOT AND IT'S ONLY TAKES THEIR, AND THEY WANNA CHARGE THEIR CAR, THEY'LL, THEY'LL CHARGE THEIR CAR.
MAYBE THAT'LL TAKE THREE HOURS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE TO MOVE THEIR CAR BECAUSE THEY'VE GONE INTO THE CITY.
SO I NEVER THOUGHT THAT A, UM,
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A A A FEE FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, A RE REMAINING IN, IN THE SPACE, UH, IN THE ZINZER LOT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE THING BECAUSE IT IS A COMMUTER LOT.BUT I STILL THINK IT SHOULD BE AN EV HE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT PREFERRED VERSUS THE UNPLUGGED FEE.
WE, WE ALSO DO, WELL, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS ON A LOT BY LOT BASIS IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU THINK IT'S, IT'S NECESSARY.
UM, I, I JUST, I'M TRYING TO BALANCE A LOT OF DIFFERENT UNDERSTOOD DIFFERENT THINGS,
AND SO WHILE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXTENSIONS EXTENT OF THE USAGE IS, WHY DON'T WE, YOU KNOW, START GENTLY AND THEN IF WE FIND THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE EVS CAN'T CHARGE BECAUSE THE PARKING SPOTS AREN'T AVAILABLE TO THEM, WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CHANGING THE SIGN.
I LIKE THE STARTING WITH IT BEING ALL, I MEAN, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE, BUT I WOULD PREFER IT TO START WITH ALL BEING PREFERRED, THAT LANGUAGE VERSUS ANY OF THEM BEING DESIGNATED.
LIKE EV ONLY WE, WE DID GET FEEDBACK FROM THE OTHER VILLAGES AND THEY'VE WENT WITH EV ONLY IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN HAVE MOST OF, OR A FEW OF THEM HAVE SWITCHED TO PREFERRED BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THE USAGE.
AND ALSO ON A CITY, ON A VILLAGE STREET, UM, WHERE PARKING IS IN DEMAND.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY A BETTER DECISION ALSO THERE.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING I THINK WE NEED PARKING LOT'S DIFFERENT THOUGH BY LIKE LOCATION BY LOCATION.
WHERE, WHERE DID YOU SEE THE STUDY THAT THEY CHANGED THAT OTHER VILLAGES, YOU MEAN? WE JUST HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT, UH, MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK ACTUALLY.
WITH THE VILLAGE, UH, MANAGERS AND MAYORS.
ANYTHING ELSE? THE OTHER THING, UM, THAT YOU MAY WANNA CONSIDER, UH, SOMEBODY RAISED WITH ME, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE HANDICAP SPOTS THAT WERE DESIGNATED FOR EVS, UM, WE COULD DO THAT ON, ON, UH, MAPLE RIGHT OUT HERE.
IF, UH, IF THAT, UM, WAS, WAS OF INTEREST, UH, WE COULD CONVERT ONE OF OUR SPOTS OUT THERE TO A HANDICAP SPOT ON THE STREET.
AND, UM, AND, AND, AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF LEGISLATION IN THE FIRST INSTANCE BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR ONE OF THOSE SPOTS IN PARTICULAR.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE? UM, THAT IS ALL I HAD, UNLESS THERE'S, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
DO YOU WANT TO UPDATE THE VILLAGE ON, ON THE, ON THE TRAIN PLATFORM
I WILL BE HAPPY TO MR. CLERK, JUST ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA.
WE'LL UPDATE THE VILLAGE ON DONE GOOD NEWS, WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE NOW GOTTEN PERMISSION FROM AT AND T AND FROM T-MOBILE MOBILE TO MOVE THE EQUIPMENT ON THE ROOF AT TA FEW OF THE, THE LITTLE DETAILS ARE BEING WORKED OUT, BUT THIS MORNING, UM, THE, UH, RC THREE, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT DOES THAT, THAT WORK WAS ON THE ROOF, UH, AND REMOVING THE T-MOBILE, UM, MOVING THIS T-MOBILE EQUIPMENT.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROGRESSING WITH THAT.
I HAVE BEEN DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES TO TALK TO THE, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE SIDEWALK AT METRO NORTH.
THEY DUG A, A, UM, TRENCH THAT IS ABOUT SIX FEET DEEP AND MAYBE 40 FEET LONG.
AND THAT TRENCH HAS, UH, FORMS IN IT TO CREATE A, UH, A, A, UM, A WALL THAT'S GONNA STABILIZE THEIR TRACK.
SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS THIS WEEK THEY WERE POURING CONCRETE AND PUTTING IT INTO THAT LITTLE, UM, INTO THE FORMS FOR, FOR THE, FOR THAT WALL.
AND ALSO PUTTING A BASE IN THE, UH, UNDERNEATH WHERE THE SIDEWALK WILL GO ON THAT, ON THAT, UH, 40 FOOT LONG AREA.
AND THEN NEXT WEEK I AM TOLD THEY'LL BE HAVING CRUSHED ROCK DELIVERED.
THERE'LL BE ABOUT FOUR FEET OF CRUSHED ROCK THAT'S LAID ON TOP OF THAT CONCRETE.
AND THEN, UH, AFTER THAT, UM, THEY WILL BE POURING THE SIDEWALKS.
BUT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE TO BE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE TEMPERATURE WITH THAT, BECAUSE CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, ON SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO, YOU, YOU WANT IT TO BE A, THEY DO PUT CHEMICALS IN IT NOW IN ORDER TO, TO STABILIZE THE, THE CONCRETE, BUT IT, IT, IT HAS TO DRY BEFORE IT FREEZES.
UM, SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT OURSELVES TOO, TO, TO, TO MAKE WANT, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO IT AT A, AT A TIME WHERE IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, GET, THE SIDEWALK'S NOT GONNA START TO FALL APART, APART A WEEK FROM A YEAR FROM NOW.
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I'M, I'M HOPING BY NEW YEAR'S WE'RE ABLE TO WALK ON THAT SIDEWALK.UH, BUT MAYBE VALENTINE'S DAY.
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE RAINBOW CROSSWALK.
I KNOW THAT THE WEATHER DOES IMPACT THE, THE WOULD IMPACT THAT CREATION.
I ACTUALLY HAD REACHED OUT TO THE MANUFACTURER OF A PRODUCT THAT YOU ACTUALLY, IT'S, IT'S, I I I THINK OF IT AS LIKE A VINYL KIND OF A PRODUCT.
IT'S ALMOST PROBABLY LIKE THE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER, SOME PEOPLE WILL SEAL THEIR GARAGE FLOOR WITH A KIND OF A SHINY, UM, SUR IT'S, IT'S ALMOST EPOXY.
AND, UH, THEY DID NOT EVER GET BACK TO ME, SO I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AGAIN.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO JUST BUY SOMETHING THAT THEY, SOME THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM COULD JUST PUT DOWN.
SO IT WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD LOOK JUST LIKE WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY, UM, BY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RAINBOW FAMILIES AND, AND, UM, SO, BUT, BUT AS I SAID, I DID, I DID ACTUALLY LEAVE THEM BOTH A VOICEMAIL AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S ONLINE NOW, YOU KNOW? NO, ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T LEAVE THEM A VOICEMAIL.
I COULDN'T FIND A PHONE NUMBER ON THEIR WEBSITE, BUT I LEFT THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU CAN EMAIL IN.
AND SO I DID THAT, BUT, UH, HAVEN'T HEARD BACK.
IT'S IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, NOT JUST PAINTED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PAINT IN, IN RAINBOW COLLEGE, ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEY'VE ONLY EVER PAINTED WHITE OR YELLOW FOR US.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A SPECIALTY ITEM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, I I, I'D RATHER HAVE OUR OWN GUYS DO THAT IF WE'RE GONNA, IF IF THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD WE GO DOWN, I THINK THEY'LL TAKE MORE CARE WITH IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VILLAGE MANAGER, MOVE
[X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
ON TO BOARD DISCUSSIONS.ONE OF THE ADDITION OF POTENTIAL NEW STOP SIGNS, INTERSECTION AND CROSSWALK INSTALLATIONS.
SO I CAN SUMMARIZE, UM, THE MOST RECENT SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE, UM, AND FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, ADDRESSED THE SAFETY COUNCIL ABOUT, UM, UM, THE INTERSECTION AT ROSEDALE AND RAVENSDALE SAYING, AND, UM, THIS PREDATES MY TIME ON THE BOARD, BUT THEY HAD SAID THAT THEY HAD, UM, REACHED OUT TO THE BOARD, SENT LETTERS REQUESTING, UH, WE CONSIDER A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION, FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION, STOP SIGN AT THAT INTERSECTION, FOUR-WAY STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, ROSEDALE AND RAVENSDALE.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD, UM, THAT I THOUGHT WE COULD BRING TO THIS BOARD MEETING FOR DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO WERE RAISED BY THE, UM, SAFETY COUNCIL CHAIR, UH, ALAN GOLDS, WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, UH, ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONS OF LINCOLN AND FAIRMONT AND HORNER AND GLENWOOD, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE, UM, THERE ARE SIMILAR IN, UM, UH, INTERSECTIONS, UM, IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE STOP SIGNS AND THEN THOSE TWO CORNERS FOR SOME REASON DON'T.
UM, AND ACTUALLY THERE WAS A THIRD CROSSWALK THAT WE, A THIRD, UH, SORRY, A, A A FOURTH INTERSECTION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, AS JUST A CROSSWALK, BUT NO, UH, NO STOP SIGNS.
AND THAT WOULD, THAT'S AT, UH, VILLARD AND CA MATT.
AND, UM, SO ALAN, I BELIEVE I GOT ALL FOUR OF THE ONES THAT WE ONLY TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.
I'M IN THE, THE, THE FIRST AND THE LAST ONE SEEMED THE MOST DIFFICULT, BUT THE TWO IN THE MIDDLE SEEMED LIKE LOW HANGING FRUIT AND PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE DID HAVE SAM SCHWARTZ LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION IN 2018.
AND AT THE TIME THEY SAID IT SEEMED, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOT, NOT ENOUGH, THERE WAS NOT A WARRANT FOR A STOP SIGN THERE.
UM, BUT WE, WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
UM, THEY CAME UP WITH, I THINK, THREE DIFFERENT CROSSWALK DESIGNS FOR THAT.
I, I MEAN, I CAN CIRCULATE THAT TO THE BOARD IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, WE, WE HAVE A CROSSWALK AT, AT THAT LOCATION.
WELL, THIS IS A FOUR-WAY CROSSWALK.
IT WAS LIKE CROSSWALKS ALL THE WAY.
NO, THIS IS JUST ACROSS RAVENSDALE.
FROM BRANFORD TO, TO, UM, TO, TO ROSEDALE.
I, I ALSO SPOKE TODAY WITH, UH, WITH TYPO, UH, WHO HAD DONE JUST THE, THE MOST RECENT STUDY ABOUT ALL OF THESE, UM, THESE INTERSECTIONS, THE STOP SIGN, THOSE ARE TWO INTERSECTIONS.
SO PUTTING A STOP SIGN THERE IS JUST REINFORCING WHAT THE LAW ALREADY REQUIRES.
SO THAT SHOULDN'T REALLY BE AN ISSUE AT ALL.
UM, THOSE PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE T INTERSECTIONS, THE ONE AT, AT, UM, HORNER AND GLENWOOD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A T INTERSECTION, I THINK OF IT AS KIND OF AN EYE SHAPED, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF GOT A, ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE ISLAND
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THERE.UM, SO PEOPLE MAY NOT THINK OF IT FOR THAT REASON AS A T INTERSECTION, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY, I, UH, I THINK WE HAVE TO ADOPT A LAW FIRST IN ORDER TO PUT THE STOP SIGN, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ENFORCE THE STOP SIGNS.
UM, BUT THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, ANY, I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THAT OR ANYTHING.
UM, FOR THE TWO T ONES, YEAH, FOR THE TWO, FOR THE TWO STOP SIGNS AT THE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S STOP SIGNS ON ALL THE SIMILAR STREETS, DOES ANYBODY OPPOSE THAT? SOME OF THE STREETS ARE, ARE ACTUALLY THROUGH STREETS.
I LOOKED, I TOOK A LOOK AT THEM TODAY.
THEY HAVE A STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEM TOO, BUT I THINK AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS A T INTERSECTION ALSO WITH LINCOLN.
NO, I THINK LINCOLN, FAIRMONT.
I THINK THAT ONE GOES THROUGH.
ONE OF THEM DIDN'T GO THROUGH, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG.
LINCOLN AND FAIRMONT IS A T INTERSECTION.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE OPPOSED TO THIS OR CAN WE ADD THIS ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING? FOR THE TWO T INTERSECTIONS? THE TWO T INTERSECTIONS? NO, I THINK IT'S, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THE FURTHER STUDY ON RAVENSDALE.
WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF PUBLIC COMMENT OR BY EMAIL TO US ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THERE'S A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT DID SIGN A PETITION.
UH, THEY, THEY CIRCULATED A PETITION, UM, FROM THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND I THINK THEY GAINED SIGNATURES FROM THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE FOR IT AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING PERSONALLY I BELIEVE WE SHOULD TRY TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
UM, WELL, THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF, OF, OF WARRANTS FOR STOP SIGNS IS DEEPLY FRUSTRATING.
EVERYONE THAT HAS HEARS ABOUT IT,
I ACTUALLY TOOK A LOOK AT THE MT CD TODAY JUST BECAUSE I WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE, YOU LOOKED UP THE MANUAL.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I, I TOOK OUT, I, I DOWNLOADED THE MANUAL
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD, WOULDN'T, WHAT WOULD, AND WOULD, AND WOULDN'T WARRANT ONE.
SO IT'S, UH, THE THINGS THAT THEY IDENTIFY ARE CRASH EXPERIENCE, SITE DISTANCE, TRANSITION TO SIGNAL CONTROL, EIGHT HOUR VOLUME, NONE OF WHICH I THINK WE PROBABLY MEET.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY SAID THAT THE LAST TIME YOU DID IT, IT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE, LITTLE, UM, THING CALLED OTHER FACTORS, RIGHT? LIKE SITE BLIND DISTANCE.
AND THE LAST THING UNDER O OTHER FACTORS IS WHERE PEDESTRIANS AND OR BICYCLE, THIS MOVEMENT SUPPORT THE INSTALLATION OF AN ALWAYS STOP CONTROL.
AND SO, I MEAN, BECAUSE A LOT OF CHILDREN CROSS THERE, YOU KNOW, UM, MAYBE THAT COULD BE A WAY, BUT I, I ALSO SPOKE WITH, WITH UH, AU ABOUT IT.
HE, HE WAS SUGGESTING, UM, UH, OUR R OR OUR, UH, UM, RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS, RFPS, UH, THAT AND RADAR AND ENFORCEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A SIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, UH, TYPE OF THING.
UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY I, WE CAN'T EXPLORE IT FURTHER.
YOU KNOW, I JUST, I THINK SOME OF THOSE, THOSE MEASURABLE WARRANTS ARE GONNA BE HARD TO, TO REACH.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON RAVENSDALE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THE CROSS STREETS.
IT'S THE, IT'S, BUT SO THE, THE CONVERSATION DURING THE SAFETY COUNCIL AND MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, HAVING GROWN UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RAVENSDALE AND HAVING TO CROSS IT, UM, TO GET TO SCHOOL, UM, THE, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, IT'S THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC ON RAVENSDALE AND WHICH IS WAY WORSE THAN WHEN I WAS A KID.
MANY MORE CARS GOING MUCH FASTER AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RAVENSDALE LEFT TO CROSS RAVENSDALE.
AND THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY UNLESS THERE'S SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THE LITTLE THING IN THE MIDDLE THAT GETS KNOCKED OVER FOUR TIMES A DAY OH, DOESN'T, IS NO DETERRENT TO PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT A DE AND SEEING A PERSON EVEN IN THE SIDEWALK, AND THE, SORRY, IN THE, IN THE CROSSWALK IS, UM, A SMALL DETERRENT.
IT MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE SLOW DOWN, BUT IT DOES NOT MAKE THEM STOP.
STOP SIGNS DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE PEOPLE STOP EITHER.
BUT IT'S, BUT IT, IT'S MORE, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN THAN THEY ARE AT THE SITE OF A PERSON CAN'T RUNNING FOR THE LIVES.
WE, WE HAVE TO AVOID USING LIKE, WRITING MEMOS THAT SAY WE WANT TO USE STOP SIGNS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE THAT IS NOT, WE CAN'T, IT'S JUST NOT EVEN A LEGAL ARGUMENT FOR WHATEVER REASON.
BUT IT'S THE, THE PROBLEM IS THE ISSUE THEY GET BECOME WORRIED ABOUT WITH THE WARRANTS AND THE SPEED IS THAT, IS THAT THE STOP SIGN LEADS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S SAFE TO CROSS THERE AND IT, IT ACTUALLY CAN CREATE A, A SORT OF, UH, FALSE SENSE, A FALSE SENSE OF SAFETY.
SO, BUT THE, HERE'S WHERE I DO THINK WE'VE HAD LUCK WITH, WITH SAM SCHWARTZ.
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SO A NUMBER OF TIMES WE'VE BEEN SHOT DOWN ON OTHER VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS AND THEY'VE SAID WE DON'T HAVE THE WARRANTS.BUT THERE IN THE EXCEPTIONS, THERE ARE SOME VERY VALUABLE EXCEPTIONS.
AND ONE OF THEM IS SIGHT LINE DISTANCES.
AND I DO THINK WE CAN GET SAM SCHWARTZ TO LOOK AT THE SIGHT LINE DISTANCES AT BOTH VILLARD AND RAVENSDALE MORE CAREFULLY.
UM, AND, AND TRY AND GET THEM TO, TO, TO WORK ON THE EXCEPTIONS.
IT'S JUST, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING A, A LESS SAFE SITUATION.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, IT'S NOT TENABLE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE COME FLYING AROUND.
RAVENSDALE I THINK IS, IS, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY COMES, IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF SIGHT LINE DISTANCE THAT'S NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
NO, IT'S NOT
THE ISSUE ON, ON BELLARD IS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A SIGHT LINE ISSUE AS THE, AT THE CURVE, BUT THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVE ON THAT SIDE OF, UH, VILAR ON THE, THE NORTH SIDE OF VILLARD AND HAVE TO CROSS AND THEY JUST CROSS WHEREVER AND WAIT AND HOPE THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT.
AND THAT'S HOW I WALK TO SCHOOL.
I THINK VILLARD IS, IS GOING TO BE EASIER JUST BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE SITE, THE SHORT SIGHT LINE, WAS HELPFUL TO US.
IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY FOR INSTALLING THE STOP SIGNS ON HIGH STREET.
ON HIGH STREET, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THE, THE STOP SIGNS ON HIGH STREET WILL ACTUALLY HELP.
THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM, BUT NOT TOO, TOO MUCH.
I WOULD BE, BUT WOULD I WOULD ALL BE FOR ACTUALLY ADDING STOP SIGNS TO VILLARD THERE TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM RATHER THAN THE, THE FLASHING BEACONS.
I, ID DON'T, I KNOW THAT'S WHAT SAM SCHWARTZ IS GONNA RECOMMEND, BUT I THINK MOVING MORE TOWARDS THE HIGH STREET SOLUTION AND SIGHT LINES STUDY FOR VILLARD, I THINK IT WILL BE, WILL BEAR THE MOST FRUIT FOR, FOR RAVENSDALE.
IF WE GO BACK EVEN TO THE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP, THEIR BIG BONE OF CONTENTION AND WE'VE JUST NEVER IMPLEMENTED THIS, IS TO ACTUALLY NARROW THE LANES.
I THINK THAT THAT'S WIDELY BELIEVED TO BE A, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE WAY OF SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ABOUT SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN ON EITHER STREET, IT'S ABOUT GETTING THEM TO STOP.
I MEAN, I'VE SAT BEHIND KIDS ON BIKES MM-HMM
ALSO BEING A KID ON A BIKE THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION AND THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A GUESSING GAME FOR THE KID OR THE, AM I GONNA GO OR AM I NOT GONNA GO? IS THAT CAR.
AND I'VE ALSO YIELDED, AND I'VE STOPPED, UH, IN THE TRAFFIC LANE ON RAVENSDALE WHERE ANOTHER CAR COMES FLYING RIGHT THROUGH IT, WHERE THERE'S THREE PEOPLE GETTING READY TO CROSS AT, YOU KNOW, SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING WALKING TO SCHOOL.
SO I THINK IT'S A PROBLEMATIC INTERSECTION.
I'VE ALSO WORKED A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THERE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCE FLOOR.
SO THERE IS, UH, THERE SHOULD BE SOME DOCUMENTED ACCIDENT, UH, PAPERWORK WITH THE POLICE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UH, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME I BELIEVE THAT I'VE BEEN TO ONE THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY THAT I'VE WORKED.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTH PURSUING.
SORRY, I I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
UM, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO, UM, PREPARE AN RFP AND GO OUT TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ASK, UM, UH, TY, WHICH IS THE NEW VERSION OF SAM SCHWARTZ, UM, FOR, FOR A PROPOSAL TO, UH, LOOK AT THESE TWO INTERSECTIONS.
HOW, HOW DO YOU WANNA, UH, PURSUE THIS IS WHAT MY QUESTION IS.
WELL, I WOULD SAY LET'S DO THEM TOGETHER.
IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA PACKAGE THEM TOGETHER, LET'S DO THEM TOGETHER.
SO LET'S GET ONE ENGINEER, NOT TWO DIFFERENT ENGINEERS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH.
I WASN'T DEALING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
WASN'T JUST TWO DIFFERENT, JUST MY QUESTION IS DO WE, DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH, WITH THAILAND? WHO IS THE, THE, THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT, THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE? OR DID YOU WANNA, UH, GO OUT AND SEE WHETHER THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT IS MORE LOCAL THERE IN THE CITY? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST, I'M JUST PUTTING IT BACK.
WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE THE SORT OF PLUS OR MINUS FOR USING SOMEONE ELSE? UM, WHAT WERE YOU SUGGESTING IT FOR? IT'S REALLY JUST, IT'S IF, IF THE BOARD IS, IS INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, IN GETTING DIFFERENT, LIKE OPINIONS.
JUST TALKING TO ANYBODY ELSE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S, THEY'RE THAT THEY, THEY, I MEAN I THOUGHT THAT THEIR, THAT EVA'S INSIGHT ON MAIN STREET WAS, WAS HELPFUL.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH STICKING WITH THEM, BUT I DID THEY USE THE HIGH STREET? UH, WE USE SAM SCHWARTZ, WHICH IS THE PREDECESSOR.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT? I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE MAIN STREET REPORT, SO I DON'T, I WILL THEN ASK THEM FOR A PA PROPOSAL FOR THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND PREPARE? YOU NEED A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND THE CODE FOR STOP
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SIGNS.SO GO GOING AHEAD AND PREPARING A LOCAL LAW FOR THE TWO T INTERSECTIONS.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE FOR SOME STUDY AND DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR BOARD DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS?
[XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
OKAY.THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, SENIOR TRIP TO ARTHUR AVENUE.
SIGN UP WITH ANN RUSS ACT AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH.
THE TREE LIGHTING, VILLAGE TREE LIGHTING 6:00 PM AT THE VFW PLAZA.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6TH IS THE RIVERTOWN THRIFT.
10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
DECEMBER 7TH IS TAKE OR LEAVE IT THE TILLY GARAGE.
11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT ANDRE ON HUDSON.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, SENIOR TRIP TO WOODBURY COMMONS.
AGAIN, SIGN UP WITH ANN RUSS AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH.
SIGN UP WITH ANN RUSS, RUSS AT PARKS AND RECREATION.
UH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, INTERGENERATIONAL CLUBS, CRAFTS AND CARDS, HOLIDAY EVENTS.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, FRIENDS OF THE HASTINGS LIBRARY.
HOLIDAY GIFT TE 9:30 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE LIBRARY.
HASTINGS TAKE HER TO LEAVE AT THE TILLY GARAGE.
11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT ADDRESS ON HUDSON.
I BELIEVE THOSE ARE WEATHER CONSIDERING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH.
HASTINGS SENIORS, AMANDA, AMANDA ULU DANCE RECITAL OF THE NUTCRACKER.
1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM UH, AMANDA OLI SCHOOL OF DANCE.
45 MAIN STREET, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14TH.
FRIENDS OF THE HASTINGS LIBRARY GIFT TE 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM AT THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH IS A MANURE LIGHTING AT 5:00 PM AT THE VFW PLAZA.
ZONING, BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETINGS.
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING.
7:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
7:30 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, SENIOR COUNCIL MEETING, 3:15 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
HASTINGS VILLAGE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING.
7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.