* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [I. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] THESE THINGS ON HUDSON PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LAW, LOCAL LAW, A OF 2026 AND REGULAR MEETING OF TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 2026. RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALL PLEDGE OF ALLE TO THE FIRE OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA. AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. JUSTICE FOR ALCOHOL. SENATOR MR. CLARK, IF YOU CAN CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. TRUSTEE FLEISIG ON THE DAD PRESENT. TRUSTEE ALLGOOD. HERE, TRUSTEE, ME PRESENT TRUSTEE SUNBURG. PRESENT, MAYOR DRAKE, PRESENT, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY HERE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD. HERE [IV. PRESENTATION] WE BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH A PRESENTATION FROM OUR AMERICA, TWO 50 HASTINGS REVOLUTIONARY, TWO 50 EVENTS. EILEEN CHARLES AND ANDREW GOWIN. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PARTY ON SUNDAY, A GREAT KICKOFF BEING THERE. I AM A LITTLE LET DOWN THAT YOU'RE NOT WEARING YOUR COAT. YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS GONNA WEAR MY TRICO HAT AND MY JACKET, BUT I HAD TO RUSH OUT THE HOUSE. , THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK, THANK YOU. AND, UH, I, I REALLY HAVE TO SAY THE STANDING ROOM ONLY AND FRED'S FIRE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, HANDLED THE OVERFLOW WITH NO ISSUE AT ALL. AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU. THE SNOW TURNED OUT TO BE A BLESSING 'CAUSE WE WOULD'VE HAD A HUNDRED OR MORE PEOPLE THERE, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE MUCH. BUT ANYWAY, UM, THE WORDS OF THE PLEDGE HAVE A NEW RESONANCE WITH ME NOW THAT I'M INVOLVED IN THIS HISTORY. IT REALLY DOES. WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE FOUNDATION AND THE BASICS OF WHERE WE CAME FROM, WHERE WE STARTED, TO ME, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT. SO, HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW MAYOR, AND HAPPY SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL. UM, IT'S THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY. WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, LAST OCTOBER, REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS, OUR GROUP HERE, UH, AS A COMMITTEE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HASTINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WE WERE CHARGED WITH BRINGING SOME CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVITY TO SHARE THIS HISTORY WITH OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THAT WAS WITH THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. SO WE WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. THE, THE KICKOFF. WE PARTNERED WITH REVOLUTIONARY WESTCHESTER TWO 50 TO BRING YOU THE TOAST, TWO 50 AT MODS. SO GLAD THAT SOME OF YOU WERE THERE, AND IT WAS A REALLY FUN NIGHT, AND THAT'S JUST A TASTE OF WHAT'S TO COME. UM, WE ARE TALKING, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH, UM, ALL OF OUR VILLAGE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS TO CREATE EXCITEMENT AT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LIBRARY TO BRING IN SOME, UH, HISTORICAL SPEAKERS. UH, DURING THE YEAR. WE HAVE ONE, UH, ABOUT TO BE SCHEDULED ON, UM, APRIL 30TH, I THINK IT IS. YEAH, WITH DR. SHIRLEY GREEN, WHO'S WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED REVOLUTIONARY BLACKS. UH, THE FREE MEN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ABOUT THE RHODE ISLAND. WHAT ARE THEY CALLED AGAIN? THE RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT. THE RHODE RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT. SHE'S SPOKEN AROUND THE COUNTRY. NILES HAS HEARD HER SPEAK BEFORE IN THE PAST, AND WE JUST THINK SHE MIGHT BE A GREAT PERSON TO BRING TO THE VILLAGE. WE'RE TALKING TO THE SCHOOLS. UM, DR. GREG SMITH HAS A GRANT HE'S BEEN GIVEN, UH, TO WORK ON THIS HISTORY, AND WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH THEM, UH, AND TRYING TO GET THE KIDS INVOLVED. UM, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO, UM, CERTAIN, UH, LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS. WE'RE TALKING TO THE GOOD WITCH ABOUT POSSIBLY CELEBRATING, UH, MOTHER'S DAY WITH, UH, REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN, BRINGING THEM TO THE GOOD WITCH PLAZA AND CREATING WHETHER IT'S A REVOLUTIONARY TEA, BRINGING HISTORICAL WOMEN TO THE FOREFRONT. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY PARTNERING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. UM, AND, BUT OUR BIG EVENT WHERE WE REALLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE LIVE. UH, WE WANNA MAKE THAT AS CLOSE TO JULY 4TH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE JULY 4TH AREA WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THINGS GOING ON. SO WE'VE COME UP WITH THE DATE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS JUNE 5TH, 2020 SIXTH. UH, IT'S A FRIDAY. AND, UM, IT WILL, UM, BE AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE, IMMERSIVE CREATIVE EXPERIENCE, UH, ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WITH, UH, REENACTOR SPEAKING ABOUT THE DECLARATION. I MEAN, READING THE DECLAR, I'M SORRY, A DRAMATIC READING OF THE DECLARATION, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME THEATRICAL EVENTS AROUND THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, ANDREW BWIN WHO'LL TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAMMING. THANKS. THANKS, EILEEN. HEY, EVERYONE. YEAH, SO I'M, I'LL DRILL DOWN A LITTLE MORE INTO WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT. AS EILEEN SAID, WE'RE APPROACHING [00:05:01] THIS AS A GROUP COLLABORATING WITH REVOLUTIONARY WESTCHESTER TWO 50 AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND US REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS, SORT OF HOLISTICALLY TO TRY AND CREATE SOME EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING AND AWARENESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS HIGHLIGHT, UM, IS INDEED, IT'S A, UH, UH, DRAMATIC READING OF THE DECLARATION, WHICH I'LL DESCRIBE TO YOU. WE'RE DESIGNING THE EVENT TO BE HELD ON THE GROUNDS OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN THE LIBRARY FOR SEVERAL REASONS. WE WERE ORIGINALLY TALKING ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF WAR BURTON AND SPRING. THAT PROVES TO BE PROBLEMATIC FOR A BUNCH OF REASONS. BUT FIRST, REALLY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE EVENT. UH, IN EARLY JULY, 1776, WHEN THE DECLARATION WAS READ AND, UH, IN THE COLONIES, THE READING TYPICALLY TOOK PLACE IN THE STEPS OF THE BALCONY OF A HOUSE OF GOVERNANCE, A CENTRAL BUILDING IN THE, IN EACH COMMUNITY, IN EACH OF THE, UH, COLONIES WHERE IT WAS READ A PROMINENT GOVERNMENT BUILDING. AND THIS LOCATION IS A GREAT FIT FOR THAT REASON. UM, IT'LL ECHO THAT ORIGINAL READING BACK IN 1776. SECONDLY, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PERFORMANCE, UM, AND I'LL DESCRIBE WHAT WE ENVISION FOR THIS A LITTLE LATER, AND WE'RE WORKING ON SEVERAL BIDS FOR HOW TO PRODUCE THIS PROPERLY AND REALLY HAVE IT BE AN IMPACTFUL EVENING. WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND IS REALLY GONNA BE QUITE AMAZING FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING THE DETAILS OF THAT TOGETHER. UH, BUT ONE THING WE DO KNOW IS WE NEED TO GATHER THE AUDIENCE IN ONE DISCRETE AREA AND ALSO THE NEEDS OF OUR VISUAL COMPONENT. WE PLAN TO USE THE FACADE OF THIS BUILDING, THE COLUMNS OF THIS BUILDING FOR VIDEO PROJECTION OF TEXT IMAGERY, THE TEXT OF THE DECLARATION, DOWN THE COLUMNS, UH, IN MOTION, EITHER, EITHER PRE PRE EDITED OR ACTUALLY HANDLED BY A VJ LIVE, A, A VIDEO JOCKEY, UH, TALKING WITH THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, ONE OF WHOM IS A VIDEO ARTIST. AND THE IDEA OF PROJECTING TEXT ONTO THE FACADE, THE WHITE FACADE, THE COLUMNS THAT CAN TAKE PROJECTION WELL, AS WELL AS THE BACKGROUND IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING. SO WE NEED THAT SORT OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURE TO BRING IT TO LIFE, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY LIGHTING. UM, THIRDLY, BECAUSE, UH, BECAUSE OF SAFETY AND TAKING THIS OFF THE STREETS IS GONNA BE A MUCH, UM, MORE OF A WORRY-FREE EXPERIENCE, I THINK FOR FAMILIES, FOR CHILDREN, UH, FOR PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND, HAVING KIDS SORT OF INTO THE EARLY EVENING, INTO THE EVENING. UM, IT ALLOWS US THE SPACE TO HAVE THE KIND OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE WANT TO DO ON THE SORT OF SOUTH END OF THE LIBRARY, THAT LITTLE POCKET PARK THERE, AS WELL AS THE PROJECTION THAT WE HAVE IN MIND. UH, SO IT'S WORRY FREE. AND, AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS BECAUSE OF THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO IMPACT THEM. UM, THE FOLLOWING WEEK IS A FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A, A MIXED BAG WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT. PRIDE, PRIDE, PRIDE. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IMPACTS THE MERCHANTS AND THAT'S AN ISSUE ALL AROUND. AND THIS SIMPLY WOULD NOT DO THAT. IT ELIMINATES STREET CLOSURES. SO GIVEN ALL THESE FACTORS, WE THINK THAT THIS IS KIND OF A, IT HIT US. IT WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, THIS IS A NO BRAINER. WE THINK IT'S THE RIGHT CHOICE, AND WE HOPE YOU AGREE. UM, SO A DESCRIPTION OF OUR CURRENT PLAN, STARTING AT 5:00 PM AND THIS IS ALL PROVISIONAL, SO GO WITH ME ON THIS AND REALIZE THAT THINGS MAY CHANGE. STARTING AT 5:00 PM THE POCKET PARK SOUTH OF THE LIBRARY, RIGHT WHERE THE BENCHES ARE AND STUFF. AND AREAS AROUND THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING WOULD COME ALIVE WITH REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD PERFORMERS TO ENTERTAIN AND DELIGHT YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE. MANY OF THESE PERFORMERS PARTICIPATED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS FAMILY FUN DAY, WHICH WE DID BACK IN 2021, WHICH WAS A BIG SUCCESS, AS WELL AS LAST SUNDAY'S, UH, TOAST TWO 50 AT MODS. UH, THEY ARE LIVING HISTORY EDUCATORS WHO INVITE VISITORS TO PARTICIPATE. WE PLAN TO HAVE A BLACKSMITH AT WORK, CREATING WR IRON BEFORE OUR EYES BE A CANDLE MAKER AT WORK, A WEAVER, A WANDERING FIDDLER, AN APPEARANCE BY BEN FRANKLIN. AGAIN, GEORGE WASHINGTON WILL BE BACK, AND OTHERS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY GONNA SORT OF GET THIS, UM, LEVEL OF ACTIVITY FOR FAMILIES THAT'S STARTING IN THAT EARLY EVENING HOURS, LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THAT'S GONNA KEEP PEOPLE REALLY INTERESTED. WE CAN ALSO INVITE LOCAL VENDORS TO PROVIDE FOOD IF POSSIBLE. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, PENNY LICK ALWAYS LIKES TO SEND THE WAGON OVER AS WELL. BUT AS FAR AS OTHER OPTIONS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. AT SEVEN 30, ALL EYES GO TO OUR MAIN STAGE ON THE VILLAGE HALL STEPS FOR OUR FEATURED MUSICAL PERFORMERS. WE'RE CONSIDERING SEVERAL ACTS FOR THIS, INCLUDING CARLIN KEYS, A MUSICAL EDUCATIONAL DUO BASED IN YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, UM, WHO HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR COLONIAL CROSSROADS PROGRAM, A MUSICAL EXPLORATION OF THE INTERSECTION OF EUROPEAN AND AFRICAN MUSIC THAT GREW DURING OUR COLONIAL PAST. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL, AND OTHER PERFORMERS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF THIS. THEN AT EIGHT 30 WITH THE PERFORMANCE OVER, AND BY THE WAY, SUNSET, UH, THAT ON THAT DAY IS ABOUT 8 35, 8 36. SO YOU'RE NOT [00:10:01] REALLY GONNA, YOU'LL STILL HAVE LIGHT IN THE SKY WHEN WE ENVISION STARTING THIS THING, BUT IT'LL BE DARK ENOUGH FOR THE PROJECTIONS TO READ PROPERLY. UH, AT EIGHT 30, ROUGHLY WITH THE PERFORMANCE OVER LIGHTING AND SOUND WILL SHIFT TO THE F FINAL PORTION OF THE EVENING, A DRAMATIC EXPERIENTIAL READING OF THE DECLARATION BY THREE ACTORS DRESSED IN PERIOD GARB FORTIFIED BY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE AUDIENCE. SO AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE TO INVITE RESIDENTS TO GATHER IN THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, AND WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING ROLLED UP COPIES OF THE DECLARATION AND EACH COPY HANDED OUT, UH, SEVERAL OF THEM, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, WILL HAVE SPECIFIC, UM, PIECES OF TEXT HIGHLIGHTED. AND WE WILL ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN IN THE READING. SO YOU'LL HAVE VOICES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA, WHO WILL JOIN IN, IN PARTICULAR PHRASES OF THE READING OF THE DECLARATION. UM, WE WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO BE THERE AND TO READ. WE WANT PEOPLE IN GOVERNANCE TO READ. WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO READ. WE WANT KIDS TO READ. SO WE, THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE STAGED AND DIRECTED BY OUR VERY OWN, UH, RACHEL WEINBERG, UH, WHO, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO'S A REALLY TALENTED DIRECTOR. AND WE'RE GONNA CAST IT WITH LOCAL TALENT. AND THE SHOW BEGINS, PERFORMERS APPEAR ONE BY ONE ON THE PORCH, ON THE PORCH OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING. ANOTHER WANDERING IN FROM THE PARKING LOT, PERHAPS ANOTHER ONE COMING UP. THE STEPS THERE WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING. UM, THERE'LL BE WEARING WIRELESS MICROPHONES. THE SPEAKER SYSTEM WILL BE SET UP AND THEY'LL BEGIN READING THE DECLARATION, PAUSING FOR EMPHASIS, REPEATING WORDS, PHRASES BETWEEN THEM. AND REALLY MOST STRIKING AS THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION WHEN PEOPLE'S VOICES START TO JOININ IN. UH, AND WE'LL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHEN THE GRIEVANCES AGAINST KING GEORGIA RED, PEOPLE WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO HECKLE IF THEY WANT . UM, THEY DO THAT IN PHILADELPHIA, AND IT WORKS PRETTY WELL EVERY YEAR. UM, AND THE GLOW FROM OUR LIGHTING WILL CREATE A BREATHTAKING ATMOSPHERE. WE REALLY THINK THAT IF THIS IS DONE RIGHT, IT'LL BE A REAL JEWEL OF A PERFORMANCE, UH, SHIFTING ARRAY OF WORDS FROM THE READING PROJECTED ON THE FACES OF THE BUILDING. UM, AND SUNSET'S AT 8 24. SO WE PLAN, WE PLAN THE, I'VE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ THE DECLARATION THROUGH WITHOUT STOPPING, IT'S NINE MINUTES. THIS IS GONNA BE A LITTLE LONGER. UM, I THINK THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE WITHIN 20 MINUTES, SO IT'LL BE IMPACTFUL. IT MAY BE ABOUT 20 MINUTES, DEFINITELY, I THINK, I THINK AT THIS POINT, UNDER HALF AN HOUR. BUT DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT. I THINK WE'LL START TO LOSE PEOPLE AFTER THAT ANYWAY. UM, SO WE'RE STARTING TO FIGURE OUT, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF FIGURING OUT OUR TALENT, OUR, UM, SORT OF VENDORS, THE PARTNER THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH TO PUT TOGETHER THE VIDEO CONTENT TO STAGE THE VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, THE AUDIO SYSTEM AS WELL, THE LIGHTING. AND WE'RE PRICING THAT OUT. WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT TOGETHER. WE NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. OF COURSE. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I'LL JUST START WITH, I APPRECIATE YOU RECONSIDERING THE LOCATION, . UM, I UNDERSTOOD THE ORIGINAL LOCATION 'CAUSE YOU WANTED TO TIE IT TO THE PARK. UH, BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAD MEMORIAL DAY, THE WEEKEND BEFORE THAT TOO. SO SUNDAY WE'D BE SHUTTING DOWN THE DOWNTOWN FOR MEMORIAL DAY PARADE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THAT FRIDAY AND THEN THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT. AND I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT SPOT, SO, OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. GREAT. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TOO. I LIKE THE TIE IN. IT'S GREAT. AND BECAUSE WE JUST SHIFTED THESE GEARS ON SATURDAY, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TIME, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RE-BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE ACTUALLY THIS WILL STREAMLINE IT A BIT. HAVING ONE BUILDING, WE WERE THINKING OF PROJECTIONS ON OTHER BUILDINGS, SO WE WERE GOING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO WITH THAT. YEAH. AND CUTS THE COST AS WELL. 'CAUSE WE JUST HAVE ONE STRUCTURE, ONE PROJECTOR. SO I WOULD JUST ASK AS SOON AS, YOU KNOW YEAH. AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR FIGURE IS, JUST LET US KNOW. OKAY. UH, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO COME AND AND DO A PRESENTATION. LET'S JUST BE IN TOUCH WITH MYSELF AND MARY BETH. YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO IT? THAT THE VILLAGE MANAGER? EXCUSE ME? YEAH, LET'S, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER THAT. OKAY. ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD, IT'S TURNING INTO A, UM, REV TWO 50 WEEKEND, BECAUSE IF WE KICK OFF ON, UM, JUNE 5TH WITH OUR EVENT, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY IS THE RIVER ARTS, UM, MUSIC FESTIVAL. AND I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ADAM HART, WHO IS WELCOMING ANY TYPE OF, UH, AMERICAN AMERICANA MUSIC, UH, THIS PERIOD MUSIC. SO WE'LL DO SOMETHING, UH, IT'S ALSO, I BELIEVE, IS IT THE CALLED THE SPRING THING OR WITH THE NEW, UH, I THINK THAT SOMETHING'S HAPPENING. YOU STILL CALLED THE SPRING THING? I THINK THAT'S EARLIER. WE'LL CALL IT THE SPRING THING. SPRING THING. YOU MEAN HERE IN HASTINGS? YEAH, IT'S EARLIER. IT'S EARLIER. OH, I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING. OKAY, GOOD. SO, WELL, IT'S THE, THE MUSIC FESTIVAL IS ENOUGH, AND THEN SUNDAY, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S HAVING THEIR ANNUAL MEETING AND THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING A SPEAKER. RIGHT. NOT, NILE IS ALSO OUR LIAISON WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. YEAH. THERE'LL BE A LECTURE RELATED TO THAT PERIOD. OKAY. IT'LL BE A FULL WEEKEND. YEAH. SO IT'S TURN, IT'S TURNING INTO A FULL, SO IT'S, IT'S FUN TO ADVERTISE. AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR, WE WANNA [00:15:01] PUT HASTINGS ON THE MAP WITH THIS YEAR. AND, AND THIS IS, I THINK WE THINK IS A, IS AN IMPACTFUL AND ACTIVE WAY TO DO IT AND GET PEOPLE INVOLVED, NOT JUST AS, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST TO WATCH IT, BUT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. AND THEN REVOLUTIONARY HASTINGS ALONE, WE WILL DO SOMETHING IN SEPTEMBER TO CELEBRATE THE, UH, IT'S THE TWO 48TH, I THINK OR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE. YEAH, YEAH. SOMETHING ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE. SO WE'LL DO SOMETHING ELSE IN OUR OWN WITH THAT. SO REALLY THE VILLAGE SUPPORT IS GONNA BE FOR THE JUNE 5TH EVENT. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE BATTLE OF EDGARS LANE, IS THAT YEAH, THAT WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER. SO IT WAS 1778. YEP. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. WE, UH, RIGHT. YEP. AWESOME. WHERE WERE YOU ON TRIVIA NIGHT? THAT'S A QUICK MATH RIGHT THERE. YEAH. YEAH. OH, AND THE NEXT, UH, UH, TOAST TWO 50 IS AT THE YONKERS BREWING COMPANY, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME DOWN ON FEBRUARY 28TH. FEBRUARY 28TH. OKAY. YEP. NO MORE QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST, WE WON'T, UH, YEAH, NO MEETING. WE'LL JUST DO THIS. UH, YEAH, LET'S JUST ONCE, ONCE YOU'RE READY, LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION, UH, AND, AND WE'LL SEE IF MAYBE I'LL JUST PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO. , WE MAY HAVE. I'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME VISUALS OF ONE MOCKUP FROM ONE ARTIST SLASH UM, PROFESSIONAL THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING WITH WORDS ON IT, AND IT LOOKS REALLY COOL. YEAH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, BUT I CAN SEND THAT ALONG. I DON'T NEED, WE, WE DON'T NEED TO DO A, WE DON'T NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? YEAH. UNLESS YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S NECESSARY, AND THAT WOULD BE FINE TOO. OKAY. I LOVE SEEING YOU, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK. I, I DON'T SEE IT TO BE NECESSARY TO CON CONTINUE WITH THAT DURING THE BOARD DISCUSSION, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE, IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE BOARD, REALLY. I, I THOUGHT MAYBE WE'D HAVE TO CONSIDER A NUMBER TONIGHT, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED IT IN BOARD DISCUSSION AS WELL, SO, NO WORRIES. [V. PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW A OF 2026] UM, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LAW, LOCAL LAW, A OF 2026. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THIS LOCAL LAW? IT'S LOCAL LAW RELATING TO AMENDING CHAPTER 2 82 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC TO AMEND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE CHARGING THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY CHANGING THE WORDING FROM EV ONLY PARKING TO EV'S, PREFERRED PARKING IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTING ON HUDSON. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. YES. I'M JOHN MCGINNIS. I LIVE AT 33 MAPLE. UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UH, I HEARD AT A RECENT, UH, MEETING THAT IN THE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE COST FOR THE METERS, UM, IT, IT SOUNDED LIKE SOME OF THE COMMENTS WERE, UH, WHAT'S IRVINGTON CHARGING AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING DOWN IN YONKERS? AND I GUESS, WELL, 35 CENTS IS OKAY PER KILOWATT. AND IT GOT ME TO THINKING THAT IN 2019, I THINK IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST PUT IN THE METER, UH, THE, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, AVAILABILITY, UM, THERE WAS, UM, IT WAS UNDER THE, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS PART OF AN INITIATIVE FOR CLEAN FUEL. UM, AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE FREE ELECTRICITY, I'M SURE IS VERY HAPPY. UM, UH, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS PER MILES DRIVEN, UM, PARITY FOR A GALLON OF GAS TO, UH, AN ELECTRIC KILOWATT SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF 10 TO ONE, THAT IS TO SAY TO CHARGE 30 CENTS, UH, PER KILOWATT IS THE SAME AS CHARGING, UH, $3 FOR GASOLINE. UM, AND TO ME, THAT GOES AWAY FROM, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE NO LONGER HAVE THE TAX CREDIT, UH, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO ENCOURAGE THE, TO ENCOURAGE THE USE AND THE ADOPTION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, UH, IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE ON BEING PART OF THE INITIATIVE, UH, I DON'T, IN MY OPINION, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE PRICING IT AT THREE, DO THE EQUIVALENT OF $3, UM, PER GASOLINE, UM, UH, PER GALLON OF GASOLINE. BUT THAT IS TO SAY, A GALLON OF GASOLINE AT $3. IF YOU COULD BUY 10 KILOWATTS, YOU'RE DRIVING ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF MILES. UM, SO, UH, I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU WANTED TO FURTHER THE, UH, INITIATIVE FOR CLEAN DRIVING, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE LOOKING AT A PRICE AS HIGH AS 30 35 CENTS. IN FACT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, INSTITUTIONS LOCALLY THAT ARE FOR LOW POWER, UH, CHARGING, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS. UH, THEY'RE DOING IT FOR FREE JUST TO BRING IN, UH, BUSINESS. AND [00:20:01] IN THAT VEIN, UH, IT MIGHT, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ON THEIR APPS KNOWS WHO'S CHARGING WHAT FOR ELECTRICITY WITH THEIR CARS. UM, IT WOULD, I WOULD THINK, BE GOOD FOR BUSINESS. IF PEOPLE KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S CHEAP TO GET ELECTRIC FOR THEIR VEHICLES IN THIS TOWN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME INTO TOWN AND CHARGE UP FOR THREE HOURS AND SHOP AROUND. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE AN IN INTEREST, NOT ONLY FOR FOR THE TOWN'S REVENUE, UH, BUT ALSO FOR WHAT OUR INITIATIVE WAS, WAS TO FURTHER THE USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO, TO CONSIDER KEEPING THE PRICE AT A MORE NOMINAL LEVEL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. IF THERE ARE OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. THANK [VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] YOU. MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, JANUARY 6TH, 2026. DO I HAVE ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THAT? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. [VII. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS] APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND AA $702,310 AND 38 CENTS. FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $6,260 AND 50 CENTS DRAPER FUND, EM $691 AND 67 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $5,810 AND 16 CENTS CAPITAL FUND HH $123,763 AND 51 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $54,549 AND 66 CENTS BETTER BETTERMENT FUND TT $4,864 AND 57 CENTS. PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $4,402 AND 50 CENTS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? ? OKAY. UH, WE HAVE NO, UH, OTHER PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. [IX. RESOLUTIONS] MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION FIVE OF 26, AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH AI ENGINEERS FOR MS FOUR PROGRAM, UPDATE ASSISTANCE AND ANNUAL REPORT UPDATES THROUGH THREE AND FIVE YEAR MILESTONES, BE IT RESOLVED THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH AI ENGINEERS FOR MS FOUR PROGRAM. UPDATE ASSISTANCE FOR THREE TO FIVE YEAR MILESTONE REPORTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 6 26 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE INVESTMENT ELECTION FORM FOR LOEP PROGRAM, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE INVESTMENT ELECTION FORM FOR THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT LO SAP PROGRAM TO TRANSFER ALL PLAN ASSETS FROM THE HARTFORD, GAC TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED NATIONAL LIFE GROUP, DAC VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE A SMALL EXPLANATION ON THIS? UM, SURE. YEAH. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, VFIS, WHO IS OUR, OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATOR, UM, ON, UH, LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UH, DO TWO THINGS REALLY. UM, ONE IS POTENTIALLY, UH, EARN MORE INTEREST AND, AND INCOME ON, ON OUR INVESTMENTS. AND TWO, IS TO LOOK AT, UH, A WAY TO, UM, EXTEND THE SERVICE TIME THAT, UM, UH, FIRE PERSONNEL, OUR VOLUNTEERS, UM, CAN, CAN EARN THOSE CREDITS. AND, UH, THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST, UH, THE SECOND, THE SECOND PART OF THAT THEN, OR THE FIRST PART OF THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, CHANGING FROM A, UH, 3% INTEREST TO A 4.5, 4.25% INTEREST, UH, EARNINGS ON OUR, ON OUR EXISTING, UH, FUNDS WITH, WITH THE, UM, PROGRAM. SO, UH, THE NEXT STEP WILL BE LOOKING TO, UM, UH, DIVERSIFY OUR INVESTMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, FIND SOME, SOME WAYS OF, UH, SAVINGS THERE AND, AND BE ABLE TO, UH, LENGTHEN THE, THE TIME OF SERVICE FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS. UM, SO THIS SUBJECT CAME UP LAST YEAR FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND ONE OF THE AREAS, UH, IS TO INCREASE VOLUNTEERISM CORRECT. AND INCREASE THE BENEFIT TO VOLUNTEER, UH, HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON. I KNOW OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, SURROUNDING US HAVE ALREADY GONE TO, UH, PLANS LIKE THIS AND HAVE ALSO INCREASED THE BENEFIT FOR THE MEMBERSHIP AS WELL. MM-HMM . IT NOT ONLY DOES IT INCREASE, UH, MEMBERSHIP, BUT IT ALSO RETAINS MEMBERSHIP. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY WELL TRAINED AND VERY, UH, DEDICATED TO, TO, TO, TO THE VOLUNTEERISM IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND, UM, IT'S [00:25:01] JUST A, A WAY OF HELPING TO RETAIN THOSE REALLY EXPERIENCED PEOPLE AS WELL. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. 7 26 AUTHORIZATION TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR MPCA POOL SNACK STAND. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CHIKA POOL. SNACKS STAND. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. RESOLUTION 8 26 AUTHORIZING VILLAGE CLERK TREASURER TO TAKE ALL ACTION PRESCRIBED BY LAW TO COLLECT UNPAID TAXES IN SOME IN SUBSTANCE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS RECEIVED FROM THE CLERK TREASURER, UH, THAT THERE ARE UNPAID TAXES IN THE AMOUNT OF $217,199 AND 28 CENTS. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CLERK TREASURER OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON B AND IS AUTHORIZED, EMPOWERED, AND DIRECTED TO TAKE ALL ACTION PRESCRIBED BY LAW TO COLLECT SUCH UNPAID TAXES THROUGH THE ADVERTISEMENT AND SALE OF TAXES OR TAX LIENS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 4 5 5 OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, UH, TAX LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY DESIGNATES THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2026 AS THE TAX LIEN SALE DATE FOR THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT SUCH SALE SHALL BE HELD ON THE DATE AT 10:00 AM PREVAILING TIME IN THE VILLAGE COURTROOM IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING SEVEN MAPLE AVENUE HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY LAW BE INSERTED IN THE RIVER TOWNS DISPATCH, THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE VILLAGE. AND THAT SAID, NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, AND THE LAST DATE FOR PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE ON OR BEFORE THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 2026. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. NINE OF 26 FEE FOR USE OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE FEE FOR THE USE OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS AS 35 KILOWATT HOUR PER HOUR WHILE CHARGING. DO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION? I I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE THIS, THIS, THIS, UM, RESOLUTION AND HAVE FURTHER BOARD DISCUSSION ON IT. IS THAT BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING? YES. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? DOES EVERYBODY AGREE WITH THAT? I, I AGREE WITH IT. I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK. YEP. SO NOTED. THANK YOU, MR. MCGINNIS. THANK YOU. THAT WAS EDUCATIONAL FOR ME, SO THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UH, MOVING ON TO, IS THIS NOW NINE OF 26? YEAH, WE'LL, RE NINE OF 26 DECLARATION OF EXCESS VEHICLE AND AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF THE SAME, WHEREAS ONE VEHICLE ASSIGNED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NO LONGER SERVICEABLE AND, OR HAS BEEN REPLACED NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECLARE THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE AS EXCESS AND AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ABSOLUTE AUCTIONS AND REALTY INC. TO DISPOSE OF THE SAME 2015 FORD EXPLORER. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. 10 OF 26. SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW B OF 2026, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 82, VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC. ARTICLE SEVEN, STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO ADD NEW STOP INTERSECTION AND CORRECT CODE INCONSISTENCIES BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026 AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW B OF 2026, A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 2 82 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC. ARTICLE SEVEN, STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONS OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS DUN HUDSON TO ADD NEW STOP INTERSECTION AND CORRECT CODE INCONSISTENCIES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? THIS HAD COME UP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS. I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANK YOU. [X. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT] ONTO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT. UH, YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, ON THE, UH, Q2 FINANCIALS FROM OUR VILLAGE PARK. OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. [00:30:01] FAVORITE THING WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UM, REVENUES. THESE ARE THE NON-PROPERTY TAX LEVY REVENUES, UH, COMPARED FOR 23, 24, 24, 25, AND 25, 26. FOR Q2, EVERYTHING IS GENERALLY ON PAR. UM, NON-PROPERTY TAX INCOMES IS PRIMARILY YOUR GROSS RECEIPTS, TAX AND SALES TAX. DEPARTMENTAL INCOME, PARKS AND RECREATION IS THE BIG DRIVER FOR THEM. INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES IS YOUR SNOW AND ICE, YOUR DONALD PARK FIRE USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY IS INTEREST, EARNINGS OR RENTALS. LICENSING AND PERMITS IS, UH, FRANCHISE FEES. FIVE FORFEITURES IS COURT SALE OF PROPERTY AND LOSS RECOVERY IS WHEN WE DO LIKE SCRAP METAL OR EXCESS VEHICLES. WE WILL SEE THOSE, UH, THOSE WILL TICK UP IN DECEMBER. OTHER REVENUES IS MISCELLANEOUS SMALL ITEMS THAT COME IN. UM, STATE AID, SELF-EXPLANATORY AND FEDERAL AID IS PRIMARILY GRANT FUNDING. UM, IN THIS CASE IT'S USUALLY IN THE FORM OF FEMA. SO THAT FLUCTUATES GREATLY. HOPEFULLY WE DON'T GET ANY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DISASTERS. , IDEALLY, UH, I'LL ONE QUESTION. WHAT'S THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN GROSS RECEIPTS AND SALES TAX? UM, GROSS RECEIPTS IS TAXES ON UTILITIES. OKAY. SO VEOLIA, CONED, THE TELE, THE SMALL TELECOMS AND SALES TAX WOULD DO WHAT THE COUNTY DISTRIBUTES TO US AFTER IT'S COLLECTED, WHICH IS BASED ON POPULATION, CORRECT? IT'S BASED ON WHATEVER THEY HAVE LISTED AS FOR POPULATION, NOT BASED ON WHAT WE COLLECT IN SALES TAXES IN HAST. NO, WE DON'T, WE DON'T COLLECT. RIGHT. AND WE DON'T IMPOSE OUR OWN BECAUSE IT'S A VILLAGE, WE CAN'T, BUT IT'S NOT TRACKED BASED ON THE BUSINESSES. IT'S JUST TRACKED ON THE BASIS OF POPULATION. CORRECT. OKAY. HERE'S OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION IN Q2. THE LEFTMOST BAR IS WHAT WE HAVE COLLECTED. THE RIGHT, THE BARS ON THE RIGHT ARE THE, UM, THE TOTAL LEVY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST OVER HALF AT THIS TIME. HERE'S OUR NICE SUMMARY OF CHARTS. IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, 59% EARNED OUT OF REVENUE BUDGETED, WHICH IS NICE. SO WE'RE JUST OVER HALFWAY. WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE ON TRACK. ANY QUESTIONS ON REVENUES BEFORE I MOVE TO EXPENSES? JUST A QUESTION ON, UM, WHAT TRUSTEE FLEISIG HAD BROUGHT UP. IS THERE A WAY WE CAN, THROUGH WESTCHESTER COUNTY REQUEST FROM THE STATE, UH, AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR LOCAL SALES TAX COULD BE? OR IS IT ALL JUST GROUPED? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY ASK. I THINK IT'S JUST GROUPED AND THEN DISTRIBUTED BASED ON POPULATION. BUT I CAN ASK AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY DATA. OKAY. THEY MIGHT, I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN ASK OUR BUSINESSES TO, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER US EITHER. YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASK THAT DATA FROM THEM, BUT A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. YES. ALRIGHT. WHICH I'LL SAY IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW. YEAH, I'LL REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT TABLE. YES. THE PROPERTY TAX ITEMS AND THE NON-PROPERTY TAX ITEMS. YES. THEY'RE NOT REALLY AT 50% YET, AND I'M SURE IT'S, THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT. CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN OH, YES, I'M SORRY. THAT IS TRUE. SO THERE'S SEASONALITY TO IT. YEP. UM, GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AND SALES TAX COME IN DIFFERENT PAYMENTS FOR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS BECAUSE THEY OPERATE ON FISCAL YEARS THAT ARE NOT HOURS. OKAY. SO TYPICALLY IN Q1, WE'RE RECEIVING PAYMENTS THAT ARE PARTIALLY IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. SO SOME OF THAT GETS ATTRIBUTED BACKWARDS. SOME OF IT STAYS IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND OUR NEXT TRANCHE, I BELIEVE IS I THINK IN DEC DECEMBER OR JANUARY. I ALWAYS GET THE TIMING SLIGHTLY WRONG AND WE JUST, WE JUST TRACK IT BASED ON WHEN IT COMES IN. YEAH. YEAH. WE HAVE TO TRACK IT AS RECEIVED. AND THEN WHAT WE DON'T EARN, EARN IN REAL TIME IS ACCRUED TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN ONCE WE RECEIVE IT, WE ATTRIBUTE IT BACK. SO WE'RE ALWAYS EARNING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S JUST NOT COMING OUT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN EVEN LIKE THROUGH THE YEARS OR IT'S IT'S ON TRACK. YEAH. IT IT'S, IT'S ON TRACK. IT'S BEEN, YEAH. YEAH. IT'S JUST NOT, WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE YEAR YET. RIGHT. NO, OF COURSE. BUT IT'S LIKE, BUT FOR ALL THE Q TWOS, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT THEN FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE DONALD PARK CONTROVERSY. YES. THAT'S GOTTA FIX THAT. DOES THAT GET CREDITED FOR WHEN IT COMES IN OR DOES IT GET CREDITED TO THE YEAR? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PAID FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH . SO WE TRACK IN THE YEAR IN WHICH WE'LL RECEIVE IT, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE IN, UM, YOUR AUDIT OF EACH YEAR, IT DOES GET ATTRIBUTED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. SO AT SOME ADJUSTED YEAH. YEAH. AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE A CORRECTION FOR PRESUMABLY THIS YEAR IF WE HAD ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS STRAIGHTENED OUT. AND WE'LL SEE. HOPEFULLY IT WORKS OUT, RIGHT? IT'S GONNA GET FIXED. IT'S GONNA BE CURRENT. YEAH, IT SHOULD BE CURRENT THIS YEAR. THE, THE TOWN IS ASPIRING TO DO THAT , BUT THE [00:35:01] TOWN SUPERVISOR IS, IS ASPIRING TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO WE'LL ON BOARD WITH THAT. UM, AND THE INTERESTING ONE ON THAT IS, IS EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE A DIFFERENT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN. YES. THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT NOW, THAT NUMBER AND WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT STAGES OF PAYMENT. YES. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. MORE INTERESTING. THE TIMING IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH ONE. MM-HMM . UM, THE PROPERTY TAX ITEMS, WE DO HAVE A PILOT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM, UH, THE NEWINGTON CROP FOUNDATION. SO THAT COMES IN USUALLY IN Q3. AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, THE, UH, LATE PANEL, UH, I'M SORRY, THE LOST EXEMPTIONS THAT COME IN IN Q1 AND Q3 FOR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS. AND THEN THE, UM, THE TAX MONEY WE RECEIVE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND WAR BURDEN. SO IT'LL COME IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. SO THOSE WILL, YOU KNOW, MOVE UP AND WE SHOULD EARN WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED. OKAY. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YEP. OH, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. EXPENSES. SO WE'RE LOOKING ON TRACK. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING LOOKS ABOUT THE WAY IT SHOULD. THERE'S NOTHING THAT I SEE AS AN INDICATOR OF ANY CONCERN. UM, YOU'LL NOTICE DEBT SERVICE IS LOWER. WE HAD DEBT SERVICE DROP OFF A LITTLE, SO THAT'S DOWN THIS QUARTER. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS MOVING ALONG AS IT SHOULD BE. HERE'S OUR TABLE ONCE AGAIN. WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, 54% PARKS AND RECREATION OF COURSE IS A LITTLE HIGHER BECAUSE CAMPUS IS SEASONAL. SO THAT WE SHOULD SEE THAT LEVELING OFF AS WE MOVE THE REST OF THE YEAR AND WE GEAR UP FOR NEXT YEAR. DEBT SERVICE IS HIGH BECAUSE MOST OF OUR SEEMINGLY HIGH, I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR PAYMENTS ARE MADE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON EXPENSES? BUT YOU BELIEVE DEBT SERVICE WILL BE AS WHAT YOU EXPECTED? YEAH, IT SHOULD BE. IT'S A FIXED DEBT SERVICE IS FIXED. OKAY. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING EACH YEAR. OKAY. TAKEAWAYS? WE ARE, WE'RE ON TRACK. , THAT'S THE TAKEAWAY. UM, Q3, YOU'LL SEE THE REST OF THE PROPERTY. TAX LEVY REVENUES COME IN. AND THEN IN Q4 YOU'LL SEE WHATEVER WE GET, IF ANYTHING LAST MINUTE OR AT LIEN SALE THAT YOU, THAT THE BOARD JUST AUTHORIZED. THAT'S IT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'M HAPPY TO. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I LOVE, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS MORE REGULARLY. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. HAPPY TO DO IT. UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS JUST AN UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC STUDIES. UM, THE FIRST STUDY THAT THE BOARD HAD COMMISSIONED WAS, UH, FOR THE, UM, UH, MAIN, MAIN STREET. AND WE WERE LOOKING AT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK AT AT, AT THE MEETING THAT WE HAD, UH, IN THE LIBRARY. THE BOARD BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY ASKED THE CONSULTANT TO, TO LOOK AT AGAIN, UH, INCLUDING A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK CLOSER TO BOLLINGER PLAZA, UM, AND A CROSSWALK ADJACENT TO THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED AT FOODTOWN POTENTIALLY. AND THEN, UM, UH, UP UPGRADES TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT MORE BURTON AVENUE AND MAIN STREET. AND THE, UM, UH, WE, WE, WE RECEIVED AN ADDENDUM TO THE MEMORANDUM. UH, THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE THE CROSSWALK THAT WAS PROPOSED NEAR WHITMAN STREET TO, UH, THE BOLLINGER PLAZA AREA. UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE, IN THE PHOTOS THAT THERE, UM, THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME BUMP OUTS CREATED THAT'LL PROBABLY IMPACT ON, UM, SOME, TO SOME EXTENT ON, ON, UH, UH, PARKING AND, AND, AND THINGS. SO JUST, JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, UM, THERE'S A, A, THE, THE INSTALL OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK ADJACENT TO THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, HAS SOME CHALLENGES, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT'S ALREADY, UH, LOCATED THERE. AND, UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS, UH, BROUGHT REALLY, UM, BROUGHT, UH, TO THE FOREFRONT BY, UH, UH, TEBO FROM, UH, THAILAND IS THAT, UM, IT, IT WOULD, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WOULD HAVE TO BE REDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, PEDESTRIAN ACT ACTIVATED TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS, AND, UH, PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL HEADS, UM, SIGNAL, UH, PRIORITY FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES THAT THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT IS THERE FOR NOW. AND OTHER, UH, AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, UM, CHANGES TO THE, TO THE AREA. HE ESTIMATED, UH, YOU KNOW, PLUS OR MINUS $350,000 FOR THAT AND JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO BE AWARE OF THE, THE COST, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH IT. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT IT MAKES, IF, IF, [00:40:01] AND IT, IT SEEMS TO ME THE BOARD'S EITHER GONNA WANNA GO AHEAD WITH THE FOOD TOWN OR, YOU KNOW, OR CONSIDER THE FOOD TOWN AREA OR THE, OR THE, UM, OR IF IT WANTS TO GO AHEAD WITH, WITH THE, UH, UH, JHCC LOCATION. UM, WITH REGARD TO THE FOOD TOWN LOCATION, IN LOOKING AT THE OTHER, THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, UM, HE DID NOT THINK THAT THE, UH, THAT RELOCATING THE PROPOSED INTERSECTION FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE WAS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED THAT, UH, TRAFFIC HEADING WEST WOULD NOT PERHAPS SEE A MOTORIST. WE WOULD NOT SEE PEOPLE IN THE CROSSWALK BECAUSE THEY'D BE LOOKING EAST TO SEE IF TRAFFIC WAS COMING IN A WESTWARD DIRECTION. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S THE CONCERN THAT HE RAISED ABOUT THAT. UH, AND THEN, UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE WAR BURTON AVENUE AND MAIN STREET TRAFFIC LIGHT, HE RECOMMENDED, UH, COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE SINCE WAR BURTON AVENUE IS A, IS A COUNTY ROAD. UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT, AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD PROBABLY, UH, DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ACTIONS THE BOARD WANTS TO PROCEED WITH, WITH REGARD TO THAT INTERSECTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DIGEST THAT AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS IT AT A ANOTHER TIME OR WHETHER, UM, YOU'RE, YOU WANNA DISCUSS IT, YOU KNOW NOW AS TO WHAT, IN WHAT MANNER YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH REGARD TO THE MAIN STREET, UM, UH, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO START WITH TWO COMMENTS. ONE IS, UM, IF, UH, IF I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SHARE THIS REPORT AS IT'S WRITTEN WITH THE SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THEN COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. AND, UM, THEN SECOND COMMENT IS, UH, I COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE WITH THE SOLUTION FOR THE, UM, FOOD TOWN CROSSING. NOT SIMPLY 'CAUSE IT WAS MY IDEA AND HE DISAGREED WITH IT , BUT IT'S BECAUSE, UM, HE'S MOVING THE, OR THEY'RE MOVING THE BUS STOP TO ALL THE WAY TO THE, OR ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE, IN TO THE FIVE CORNERS STOP SIGN STOPLIGHT. I THINK THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA. IT'S GOING TO PUSH, IT'S GONNA MAKE THAT A SINGLE LANE OF TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. I THINK IT'LL JUST BE EVEN MORE CONFUSING. SOMETIMES THERE'S A BUS THERE AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THAT LANE AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST TAKING IT ANYWAY. I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, I REALLY WANT THEM TO REEVALUATE EVERYTHING AROUND THAT CROSSING AND THEN, AND THEN COME BACK TO US MAYBE EVEN TRY DRAWING THE, THE CROSSING AT THE STAIRS TO GRACE CHURCH, WHICH WAS JUST EAST OF THE, JUST, SORRY, JUST WEST OF THE, OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE FOOD TOWN PARKING LOT. IT'S ACTUALLY ALMOST DI SLIGHTLY WEST OF IT, BUT IT'S ALMOST DIRECTLY ACROSS, BUT JUST SLIGHTLY WEST. AND IF YOU MADE THAT CROSSING ABOUT WHERE THOSE STAIRS ARE, THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION FOR ALL OF US. 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY ONLY REQUIRES PAINT. SO YOU'RE SAYING LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF THE JHCC LIGHT? NO, UH, WELL HE'S, HE, I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY TO RETOOL THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND, AND, AND REPAINT EVERYTHING AND $350,000 TO GET THE CROSSING DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE, UH, JCC. BUT I AM TOTALLY OPEN TO DISCUSSING THAT. WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY CONFUSING. IT'S LIKE A HUNDRED FEET OF PAINTED ROAD THAT LOOKS LIKE A CROSSWALK, BUT IT ISN'T. MM-HMM . SO I THINK THAT'S, IT'S CONFUSING AS IT IS. SO I DO THINK IT'S, IT'S WORTHY OF CONTINUED DISCUSSION. BUT I THINK THE WAY HE WROTE IT IN HIS REPORT IS THAT THE FOOD TOWN CROSSING IS IN LIEU OF THE, UM, JHCC CROSSING. SO, UM, I WOULD THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT BOTH FURTHER. RIGHT? IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. WE DON'T HAVE, EXCEPT FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER POTENTIAL COSTS. WAS THAT CORRECT? OR AM I, UM, I THINK THAT WAS INCLUDING EVERYTHING, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, THEIR RECOMMENDATION, I MEAN, HE BASICALLY, HE SAYS UPGRADES, UH, WILL NEED TO BE MADE TO THE SIGNALED INTERSECTION. IT WOULD INVOLVE, UH, MORE THAN A SIMPLE, UH, SIGNAL RETIMING AND WOULD REQUIRE A DETAILED ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE NEEDED TO UPGRADE THE CURRENT SIGNAL TO STANDARD. THESE MAY INCLUDE NEW OR UPGRADING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL CABINETS, ELECTRICAL WIRING, UTILITY RELOCATIONS SIGNAL POLES, ADDITIONAL SIGNAL HEADS, SIGNAGE, CURB RAMPS, AND OTHER RELATED COMPONENTS. SORRY. SO IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST READ FOR 350,000? IS THAT JUST FOR THE, I MEAN, THAT IS JUST A VERY, VERY, THAT IS AN OFF THE CUFF ESTIMATE THAT HE, HE, YOU KNOW, HE, HE PROVIDED TO [00:45:01] US. UH, AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE DOES CAVEAT IT THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT REALLY DOING A, A, A FULL, UH, VALUE A FILL BA BUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, PLAN AS TO HOW THIS CHANGE WOULD BE MADE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE COULDN'T, SORRY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND. SO THREE 50 IS SOLELY FOR THAT LIGHT UPGRADING THE INTERSECTION UPGRADE FOR MAKING A CROSS, FOR MAKING A, BUT WE DON'T HAVE CROSSING THERE. RIGHT. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. I JUST DIDN'T, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A COST ESTIMATE FOR LIKE THE FOOD TOWN. NO, WE DON'T. OKAY. OR, OR BOLLINGER. CORRECT. OKAY. SO I DON'T, I WAS JUST WONDERING BE JUST AS LIKE A BALLPARK, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT, IS IT SIMILAR TO THREE 50? IS IT WAY LESS THAN THREE? I MEAN, I, IT'S PROBABLY WAY LESS, BUT I, IT WOULD BE JUST HELPFUL IF I HAD AN IDEA. THE WARBIRD CROSSINGS ARE PROBABLY MORE COMPARABLE, RIGHT? YEAH. THE WARBIRD, WELL, I, THE CROSSING AT, UM, BOLLINGER IS JUST GOING TO BE A CROSSING. IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE SIGNALIZATION. IT'S GONNA, IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE BUMP OUTS. YEAH. THE BUMP OUTS, IT WILL HAVE BUMP OUTS, BUT IT WON'T HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, IT WON'T NEED ELECTRICITY AND STAUNCHING WITH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC. YOU, YOU CROSS HERE, YOU KNOW, BEEPING SIGNS AND IT TELLS YOU WHEN YOU CAN CROSS HOW MANY SECONDS YOU HAVE LEFT TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. THE CROSS GOES UP WHEN THERE'S A STOP LIGHT. YES, FOR SURE. THERE'S A LIGHT, A STOP LIGHT. AND ALSO THERE'S THE LIGHTS THAT YOU DON'T NEED THE PUSH BUTTON. YOU JUST YEAH. AND THE LIGHTS THAT TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAN AND CAN'T CROSS, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS, THE SIGNAGE. RIGHT. SO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, THE, UM, THE, THE, UM, COST FOR THE WORK AT, AT ON MORE BURTON THAT THE COUNTY DID. NOW THEY HAVE A, A LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH, WITH, UH, THE, THE, THEY HAVE A, LIKE KIND OF A LABOR CONTRACT WITH THE, THE PEOPLE WHO DID IT. AND I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT, I WANNA SAY IT WAS AROUND 125,000. I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE THAT NUMBER IN MY HEAD. IS THAT FOR BOTH CROSSINGS? FOR BOTH CROSSINGS. OKAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT INCLUDED THE ENGINEERING. OKAY. I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS JUST TO HAVE A, I CAN, I CAN FIND, HAVE A, FIND OUT JUST AN IDEA. LIKE WHAT YES, I CAN LEMME EACH OF WHAT THE CROSSINGS WOULD COST. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, IF, WHICH I DON'T REMEMBER IF HE ADDRESSED OR NOT, BUT IF WE DO FU TOWN OR TRUSSIE ALLEY GOODS SORT OF PIVOTING IT A LITTLE BIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY, UM, WOULD THE GREEN LIGHT, THE PERMANENT GREEN LIGHT AT THE FIRE, THE, THE, THE ONE LIGHT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF THAT REMAINED, IF WE DIDN'T TOUCH IT AND WE IT REMAINED GREEN, IS THAT AN ISSUE WITH ADDING CROSSWALKS? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, IS THAT, ARE, IS EVERYTHING SO CLOSE IS ARE THE CROSSWALKS GONNA BECOME VERY CLOSE TO THE GREEN LIGHT SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE TURNING, YOU SEE GREEN? HE, HE DOESN'T SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE HE SAID YOU'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED, A DRIVER WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE GREEN MM-HMM . AND NOT LOOKING AT THE PEDESTRIAN AND JUST THINK I'VE GOT A GREEN LIGHT AND JUST CONTINUE. THAT'S WHAT I, SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE LIGHT? SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT FROM THE SAFETY COUNCIL WAS TO HAVE THAT BECOME A STEADY YELLOW BLINKING LIGHT. SO WOULD THAT COST ANY MONEY? PROBABLY NOT. AND, AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO RED WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTIVATES IT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS JUST ON THAT, UM, I MEAN I CAN, I, I JUST WANNA INTERRUPT FOR ONE MINUTE BECAUSE THE SAFETY COUNCIL, HE, HE'S A TRAFFIC ENGINEER MM-HMM . AND I THINK THAT WE, WE NEED, I I, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR THE SAFETY COUNCIL, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN, WE NEED, UH, ENGINEERING EXPERTISE TO, TO PROVIDE US GUIDANCE ON, YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, AND IT MAY BE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT YELLOW. I JUST, I JUST WANT, WELL, I JUST, I WAS JUST MORE CURIOUS ON THE PROXIMITY OF ANY NEW CROSSWALK THERE TO THAT LIGHT, WHICH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CROSSWALK AT FOOD TOWN NOW OR AT, AT JH CCC? UM, WELL, SO I WAS JUST SUGGESTING THAT IF WE ARE NOT GONNA PURSUE THE, THE JHCC LIGHT AND WE'RE LEAVING IT AS IS AND THEN GOING WITH THE ENGINEER'S SUGGESTION OF EITHER FU TOWN OR NEAR FU TOWN, I'M JUST, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THE GREEN LIGHT IS VERY CLOSE. IT'S STILL A PROBLEM, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED. AND I'M HEARING WHAT THE MAYORS SAYING, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A REASONABLE POSSIBILITY. I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PERMUTATIONS. BASICALLY YOUR QUESTION IS WHY ISN'T THE GREEN LIGHT A PROBLEM AT FOODTOWN? BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE. IT'S STILL VERY CLOSE THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF PUTTING IT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO STILL LIKE THE IDEA OF FORWARDING THE REPORT TO THE SAFETY COUNCIL BECAUSE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET, YOU HAVE THE CHIEF OF POLICE THAT'S A PART OF THAT. YOU HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF THAT'S A PART OF THAT AND, AND YOU HAVE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ALL A PART OF THAT. AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS, UH, INTERESTS THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE AN OPINION, ESPECIALLY [00:50:01] THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY ALSO. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GAIN THEIR OPINION. YEAH, NO, DEFINITELY. I I AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN IT AND, AND, UH, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY, THEY MAY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THAT ARE HELPFUL, I GUESS, I MEAN, IF I CAN ADD A COMMENT MM-HMM . OF COURSE, MY TAKE ON MAIN STREET IS THAT IT'S, THERE'S TWO VERY SEPARATE PROBLEMS. SO FROM THE LIGHT UP TO FIVE CORNERS IS, IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SECTION. AND THEN FROM THE LIGHT DOWN TO WARBURTON IS LESS DANGEROUS. UM, I, I AGREE. SAMANTHA'S MADE THIS POINT BEFORE. I THINK THE LIGHT IS VERY PROMINENT. IT'S, IT'S AT A KEY CURVE IN THE ROAD WHERE YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING BEYOND IT. AND MY, MY GUT FEELING, I JUST, I WAS JUST TAKING A LEFT OUT OF FOOD TOWN THE OTHER DAY AND THIS GIRL WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET BETWEEN FIVE CORNERS AND FOOD TOWN. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY SHE FELT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO, MAYBE SHE WAS TRYING TO CATCH A BUS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DO. BUT, UM, I, I JUST THINK THERE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND I, I DO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER CROSSWALK THAT IS NOT SIGNALED BETWEEN THE SIGNAL AND FIVE CORNERS BETWEEN THE TWO SIGNALS BECAUSE PEOPLE COME OUT OUT OF FIVE CORNERS REALLY FAST. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY THINK, WHERE THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING. THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN THAT HILL INSANELY FAST. IF, IF WE ARE, BY THE WAY, IF WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO IMPLEMENT THE ROUTE NINE PLAN, PEOPLE WILL NOT BE COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS OUT OF THAT INTERSECTION ANYMORE. THEY'LL ALL BE COMING FROM EFFECTIVELY FROM, FROM THE NORTHBOUND AND THEY'LL TURN AND COME DOWN, WHICH I THINK IS A CALMER IS, HAS ALWAYS TYPICALLY BEEN A CALMER TURN ANYWAY. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US THINK ABOUT MAYBE NARROWING THAT SECTION TO CALM PEOPLE DOWN WITH OBVIOUSLY TAKING IN THE BUS STOPS INTO ACCOUNT. AND I HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT THAT PART THROUGH, BUT MY GUT FEELING IS THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE INVESTMENT IN, IN THAT, IN THE SIGNALIZATION AT, UM, AT THE FIRE DE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCE CORPS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BECOME, IT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO AT FIVE CORNERS. MM-HMM . SO, UM, BUT I, IT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS TO JUST ADD MORE CROSSWALKS IN BETWEEN . ANYWAY, THAT'S MY 5 CENTS IF YOU DO. YEAH, I THINK THIS DRAWING IS ALREADY SUGGESTING, I WILL SAY ONE THING AND I THINK THAT OH YES, WE CAN, MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO REREAD THE REPORT. I THOUGHT THAT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ABOUT, UM, DRIVING WEST WASN'T ABOUT THE STOPLIGHT. I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE POINT. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY A STOP. UH, THE, SORRY, THE GREEN LIGHT. I'M NOT DISAGREEING. I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY AN EXCELLENT POINT, BUT, UM, I THINK THE REPORT WAS REFERRING TO LOOKING AT TRAFFIC, NOT AT THE LIGHT. AND I, AND I, THAT'S WHY I REALLY, THAT POINT I DON'T THINK IS AS GOOD. I THINK YOUR POINT IS BETTER THAN THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S POINT IS POINT , IN FACT. UM, BUT I DO, I DO THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE, YEAH. UM, MORE SOLUTIONS. AND ONE OF THEM THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER MENTIONED WAS SHRINK, YOU KNOW, ROAD DIET, AND I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT PROMINENTLY MENTIONED. YOU SEE IT IN THE BUMP OUTS HERE. UH, SEE WHERE THE PROPOSED CROSSWALK, AND THERE'S BUMP OUTS ON BOTH SIDES TO DO THAT. THE BUS STOP LOOKS LIKE IT ONLY GOES BACK ABOUT 15 FEET. NO'S. THE OTHER SIDE, THE PROPOSED BUS STOP'S HERE, THAT'S THE END OF IT. NO, THE EAST SIDE LOOK WHERE THE EAST SIDE IS. OH, THAT ONE. YES. YOU PUT IT AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT WILL NOT WORK. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. , I HAVE A QUESTION. A BLUE LINE SHOW, WAS IT CONSIDERED FOR THERE TO BE A BUTTON AND A FLASHING LIGHT AT THE BOER CROSSWALK? UH, IT WAS NOT. UM, WELL, ONE OF, HE, I THINK HE SAID YOU COULD HAVE, UH, THE RFS RAPID SIGNAGE LIGHTS. YES. YEAH. THOSE RAPID SOMETHING OR OTHER LIGHTS, UM, WAS ONE OF HIS RECOMME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, FOR THE INTERSECTIONS THERE. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE TRIGGERED BY THE PEDESTRIANS WHEN THEY'RE REQUESTING? UM, YES, I THINK, YES. THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRIGGERED BY A PEDESTRIAN, UH, TO, I THINK THEY ARE. YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S SOME ON THE TOP OF, UH, CLINTON IN DOVES FERRY THAT ARE ACTIVATED BY VEHICLE ACTUALLY IS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE SIGN. IT ACTIVATES THE, THE VISIBILITY AND SAFETY OF THE CROSSWALK. UH, COULD BE, UH, ACHIEVED USING ENHANCED PAVEMENT MARKINGS, APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE, RRR BS, WHICH ARE, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, RAPID, RAPID BLINKING LIGHTS AND YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS AND CURB BUMP OUTS. HE'S RECOMMENDING ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE POTENTIALLY GOOD WAYS TO ENHANCE SAFETY AT, AT THE INTERSECTIONS WHERE THERE ISN'T AN ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, RED LIGHT TO STOP CARS WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING. AND THOSE ARE 24 [00:55:01] HOURS A DAY, RIGHT? YES, YES. I GUESS IF, UNLESS YEAH, YEAH, THEY ARE. 24 HOURS A DAY WOULD BE POINTLESS TO DO IT IN THE OTHER WAY. YES. SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO STILL, UM, INSTALL ELECTRICITY FOR THAT. SOME ARE DONE THROUGH SOLAR, SOLAR, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT BE 24 HOURS THEN. SO THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE THAT YOU CAN FACE. SO, UM, SO WE'RE SENDING THIS BACK TO THAILAND. I WILL, I WILL SEND IT BACK TO HIM. I, I, UM, I'LL, YEAH, I'LL TELL HIM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL NOT, UH, SATISFIED WITH, WITH, UM, WHAT HIS SUGGESTIONS ARE WITH REGARD TO MAIN STREET. UM, AND THEN HE IS ALSO, UH, I HAVE, UH, SIGNED THE, UH, CONTRACT FOR, UH, VILLARD AND RAVENSDALE. UH, HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO, GOING TO MEET WITH THE CHAIR OF THE SAFETY COUNCIL, UH, WHO, WHO OFFERED TO MEET HIM OUT ON, UM, VILLARD TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE CROSSWALK THERE. AND I PUT THEM TOGETHER AND THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO MEET TO JUST, AND WHERE HE'LL, HE'LL BE ABLE TO EDUCATE HIM A BIT ABOUT THE INTERSECTION. UM, BUT, UH, I HAD ONE, ONE MORE POINT ACTUALLY ON MAIN STREET. I KNOW WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THESE BUS STOPS, BUT MAYBE WE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE COUNTY TO MOVE THE BUS STOP YET, SO I KNOW. SO, BUT IT IS, SO, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THIS POINT I WAS MAKING ABOUT IT BEING ABOUT REALLY BEING TWO SEPARATE PROBLEMS. THE, THE, THE, UM, WESTERN END OF MAIN STREET IS, IS EFFECTIVELY NARROWER. AND I'M NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN WHY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST NARROWER OR BECAUSE IT'S THE ALLOWING PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN, BUT IT'S, IT DEFINITELY FEELS MUCH WIDER, UM, AS YOU MOVE EAST. AND I'M WONDERING IF ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE LIKE A PEDESTRIAN ISLAND IN THE CENTER OF THE STREET, THAT THEN YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE BUMP OUT PROBLEM, WHICH CREATES PROBLEMS FOR THE BUSES. IT CREATES A SHORTER DISTANCE. IT CREATES A REFUGE FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE CROSSING THIS LARGE VOLUME OF ASPHALT. SO, I DUNNO, IT'S JUST, I THINK THERE'S MORE OPTIONS. I, I DON'T WANNA WEAR OUT OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT, UM, , HE MAY BE CHARGING WITH THE CONTRACT WITH THE ENGINEER. I MEAN, HE SHOULD BE PAID FOR HIS WORK. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE. I'LL, I'LL FIND OUT WHAT, OKAY. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT, AN ISLAND IN THE UPPER PART OF, UH, MAIN STREET. RIGHT. AND, AND I HOPE HE'S COGNIZANT OF THIS IDEA THAT EVENTUALLY THERE MIGHT BE A TRAFFIC CIRCLE THERE, AND THEN ALL TRAFFIC WOULD BE ENTERING FROM, FROM THE NORTH SIDE. OKAY. UM, AND THEN WITH REGARD TO, UH, VILLARD AND RAVENSDALE, UM, WITH REGARD TO VILLARD, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE, THE, UM, CALUME NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH CALUMET AND CALUME NOT BEING AT THE SAME PLACE, UH, IT WOULD, HE DIDN'T, HE, HE DOESN'T THINK A STOP SIGN CAN BE PUT THERE BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE THIS KIND OF SPACE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE TRAFFIC WAS, WAS MOVING. I, I WOULD SAY, I DON'T RECALL ANYBODY EVER ASKING FOR A STOP SIGN THERE. YEAH. I THINK WE, HE JUST WANTED CROSSWALK CROSSWALKS. BUT I, BUT AGAIN, I THINK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S LOOKING AT, IT MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE JUST TO PUT CROSSWALKS IN WITHOUT ANY KIND OF SIGNALIZATION SHOULD BE SEEN BECAUSE IT INDICATES THAT IT'S SAFE TO SOMEONE LIKE A CHILD. MM-HMM . WHO RIGHT NOW IS JUST LIKE RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET. I MEAN, VILLARD HAS A, SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MAIN STREET. IT'S GOT THAT SAME APEX CURVE. AND IF ANYTHING, I THINK WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE CROSSING AT THE APEX WHERE THEY CAN SEE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND CARS CAN SEE THEM IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ALSO TRYING TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM PARKING AT THE APEX CURVE. 'CAUSE PEOPLE START TO GET A LITTLE CRAZY THERE. I MEAN, IT'S ALL PART OF THE SAME PROBLEM, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, ANYWAY, I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN CARS GET DESTROYED THERE. CARS GO RIGHT DOWN THE HILL INTO YOUR HOUSE? NO, BUT NO, BUT I'VE SEEN PARKED CARS THERE GET DESTROYED OH YEAH. BY CARS, ACTUALLY, MORE CARS COMING UP THE HILL THAN DOWN THE HILL HAVE HIT PARKED CARS THERE. SO, YEAH. I THINK IT'S WORTH THEM AT LEAST DOING A SITE VISIT. AND I'M, I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT THE CARS, BUT JUST MORE LIKE HOW IT DISTRACTS PEOPLE FROM THE KIDS THAT ARE TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET THERE. MM-HMM . THEY, THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA DO AN EVALUATION. THEY'LL DO COUNTS AND HE'LL MEET OUT THERE WITH, UM, AS I SAID, THE CHAIR OF THE SAFETY COUNCIL AND HE'LL, UM, UH, EVALUATE WHERE THE BEST PLACE IS TO PUT THE CROSSWALK. UH, HOPEFULLY HE AGREES WITH YOUR GUY'S EVALUATION AS WELL. I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER . UH, AND, AND WITH REGARD TO RAVENSDALE, THEY'LL, HE'LL, HE'S GOING TO REEVALUATE THE, UH, PRIOR EVALUATION OF WHETHER OR NOT STOP SIGNS ARE, ARE APPROPRIATE AT RAVENSDALE AND, AND ROSEDALE. UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S UNDERWAY. YEAH, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A SITE SITE DISTANCE [01:00:01] ISSUE. THE ISSUE. YEAH. SORRY. THE ISSUE AT RAVENS HILL, JUST, I KNOW THIS IS REPEATING, BUT JUST IN CASE HE'S LOOKING AT THE LAST REPORT AND LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC VOLUME AND THE SIGHT LINES, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STOP SIGN, THE CARS WON'T STOP. AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONCERN IS. SO THE LAST TRAFFIC REPORT DIDN'T TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AT ALL. IT ONLY TALKED ABOUT THE VOLUME OF CARS AND SIGHT LINES. OKAY. I WILL, I, I'LL REINFORCE THAT, BUT, UM, I THINK HE'S AWARE OF THAT, BUT, UH, I'LL MAKE SURE HE IS, I'LL MAKE SURE HE IS OKAY. UM, SO, UH, NEXT IS MCCN PARK AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING REGULARLY WITH LANGDON AND MOVING THE, THE PROJECT FORWARD. UM, WE CHOSE A DATE FOR A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, WITH LANGDON TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S GONNA BE ON FEBRUARY 24TH. UM, AND, UH, IT'LL BE AT THE JHCC, IT'LL BE A FORMAT WHERE THEY'LL MAKE A PRESENTATION AND, UM, THEY'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND THEY'LL ALSO, UH, BE, UH, HAVE STATIONS, UH, AFTER THAT, UH, INITIAL PRESENTATION AND QUESTIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND, AND INDIVIDUALLY, YOU KNOW, HONE IN ON ANYTHING THAT'S OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THEM. UM, I JUST, UH, WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT OUR, OUR WEBSITE, WE POST THE MEETING POWERPOINTS ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, SO THAT ANYBODY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, UH, AND, AND LOOK FOR THAT. AND WE ALSO HAVE A, A PLACE THERE FOR COMMENTS DIRECTLY, UH, UH, UM, DIRECTLY. I MEAN, I MEAN, YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR, THROUGH OUR, OUR MEDIUMS. BUT THERE'S A PLACE JUST FOR ECKRIN COM COMMENTS TO, TO, TO MAKE THERE TOO. SO KIND OF HAVE, KEEP THEM ALL IN THE SAME PLACE. UM, WE SHOULD BE GETTING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, A COST ESTIMATE, UH, FOR, UM, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, TYPES OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT. THERE'S ESSENTIALLY, ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT IS ABOUT STABILIZING THE SHORELINE, MAKING PARK IMPROVEMENTS, AND HAVING ACCESS TO THE RIVER AND STABILIZING THE SHORELINE IS PROBABLY, THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING THAT HAS TO BE DONE. SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO IS TO GIVE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO IF WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME, SOME DECISIONS AND CHOICES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE COST ESTIMATES AS, AS PART OF THAT. UH, 'CAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO, TO DO THE PROJECT. UM, BUT, UH, SO AFTER THAT, THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE ON 2024, UM, THEY'LL REFINE THE DESIGN BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND, UH, THEN WE ANTICIPATE, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2026, SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER OF 2026, THE BID PROCESS WILL, WILL MOVE FORWARD. AND IN EARLY 2027, UH, A CONTRACTOR WILL BE CHOSEN AND WILL BE, AND THE PRO AND THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2027. THEY ESTIMATE, UH, 12 TO 18 MONTHS, UH, IN THE NEAR TERM, THEY WILL BE DOING SOME, UH, BORINGS, UH, BOTH IN THE PARK AND IN THE WATER. WHEN I GET THE SPECIFIC DATES FOR THOSE, WE'LL GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THAT. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE BORINGS ARE TO UNDERSTAND THE SOIL PROFILE AND ALSO, UH, UH, IN, IN, EXCUSE ME, IN CONNECTION WITH, UH, TEST PITS IN CONNECTION WITH THE STORM WATER DESIGN SO THEY CAN GET, YOU KNOW, SOME PERCOLATION INFORMATION. UM, CAN I JUST ASK WHAT THE WEBSITE IS THAT IS BEING UPDATED? IT'S OUR, IT'S, UH, RIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER VILLAGE, UH, PROJECTS MM-HMM . UM, OH, IT'S UNDER THE VILLAGE PROJECTS. YEAH. CURRENT ISSUES. CURRENT ISSUES. ISSUES. ISSUES. ISSUES, CURRENT ISSUES. RIN PARK. YEP. PARK. OKAY, GREAT. I THINK IT'S PARKS, ECKRIN PARK. OKAY, GREAT. AND, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN PLACING THE POWERPOINTS THERE. OKAY, GREAT. AS WELL AS, UH, WE HAVE THAT, UM, LINK THAT PEOPLE CAN MM-HMM . YOU MENTIONED THE STABILIZATION. IS THERE, IS THIS ALSO TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE FLOODING THAT OCCURS THERE? THE, THE, THERE, THE, THE, THE PLAN DOES, UH, ALSO CONTAIN RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE PARK. UM, BUT THE, THE, THE ACTUAL STABILIZATION IS THE SHORELINE IS GETTING, IS GETTING EATEN AWAY BY THE, BY, YOU KNOW, STORM ACTION, ICE ACTION, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE RIVER DOES. SO THE STABILIZATION IS TO KEEP US FROM LOSING ANY MORE OF THE PARK. UM, BUT THERE, THERE IS AN INTENTION TO ALSO TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE PARK, BUT THE DESIGN THAT LANG LANGAN IS FOCUSED ON IS ALSO, UM, GOING TO REFLECT THE FACT THAT THEY EXPECT THAT THE PARK WILL, ON OCCASION STILL FLOOD, BUT THEY'LL DESIGN [01:05:01] IT IN A WAY THAT IT WILL, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE FROM, FROM THE PARK. AND ARE THERE STILL PARTS OF THE BUCCANEER UNDER THERE, OR WAS THAT REMOVED IN ITS ENTIRETY? EVEN THE UNDER UNDERWATER PARTS? IT WAS THERE THAT BURNED, SOME OF IT IS BURNED. THERE IS THE RETAINING WALL OF ACKRAN, A PORTION OF IT THAT WAS LEFT. IT, IT STILL IS. OKAY. INTERESTING. IN, IN TERMS OF FLOODING, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THEY WERE GONNA DIVERT SOME OF THE PARKING LOT RUNOFF THAT'S NOW GOING INTO MCC CRAN. THEY WERE GONNA DIVERT THAT. SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. THEY, YES, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT STORM DRAIN THAT EXISTS THERE NOW, AND, AND HA EITHER ENLARGING IT OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA DO AN ANALYSIS. THAT'S WHY THEY WANNA DO THE TEST PIT TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THEY HAVE TO, UM, WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH REGARD TO THE STORMWATER ISSUE. GREAT. AND THEN JUST ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE WEBSITE, WILL THEY PUT, UM, UH, UH, MAYBE LIKE EITHER THE PRESENTATION OR SOME PIECES OF THE PRESENTATION PRIOR TO FEB 24 TO BE LOOKED AT IN ADVANCE? OR DO YOU NEED TO COME TO THE, UM, MEETING TO GET THAT INFORMATION? WELL, CURRENTLY THERE ARE PRESENTATIONS ON, THEY, THEY DO USUALLY DO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AT EACH MEETING THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN PLACED ON THE WEBSITE SO FAR. OKAY. UM, IF WE HAVE SOME, USUALLY I, I LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD SEE IT FIRST. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, UH, USUALLY WE WOULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION AT THE, WHICH WILL BE VIDEOED, OBVIOUSLY. IT'LL BE A VIDEO, YOU KNOW, REGULAR VIDEOED MEETING WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION, PEOPLE THAT ASK QUESTIONS, AND, UM, THEN WE WOULD PLACE THAT, UH, BOTH THE VIDEO OF THE MEETING. OKAY. AND, AND THE PRESENTATION OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, ANNOTATED BY, BY THE SPEAKERS. OKAY, GREAT. UM, ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THAT'LL BE AFTER THE, AFTER THE MEETING ACTUALLY OCCURS. OKAY. TYPICALLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? OKAY. UM, UH, UPDATE ON SPRING STREET SIDEWALKS. UM, WE DID RECEIVE A, UH, PLANS FROM THE COUNTY. THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN US AN UPDATED COST AS YET. THE, THEY, I THINK THE COUPLE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, UM, IS THAT, UM, WAIT, I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING HERE. SORRY. OH, OH, YEAH, NO, UH, THE, UH, SO THE DRAWINGS ARE UNDER REVIEW BY THE VILLAGE ENGINEER. UM, THERE'S A, A REMOVAL OF, I THINK, THREE TREES AND PLANTING OF FOUR TREES. UH, THE, ONE OF THE BEST FEATURES I THINK OF, OF THE PROJECT IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE WIDENING THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD BY FOUR FEET, WHICH IS JUST GONNA REALLY IN, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER, I THINK, FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR THE, THE WALKABILITY OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA. AND IT DOES GO AROUND, IT GOES AROUND THE, THE NEW SIDEWALK WILL GO AROUND THE CURVE ON, ONTO SOUTH SIDE SIDE A SMALL WAY. UM, WE WILL PUT THE PLANS ON THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM. AND WHEN I GET THE COST ESTIMATES, I'LL CERTAINLY SHARE THOSE WITH THE BOARD AS WELL. UM, I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS ON OUR NEXT AGENDA TO AUTHORIZE GOING OUT TO BID. SO, UH, IF YOU GET, YOU KNOW, GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE PLANS, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT ME TO SHARE BACK WITH THE COUNTY, DOES THE, UH, PLANS FOR US IN THIS, IN THIS, ON THE, ON THESE, UH, CDBG PROJECTS. SO IT SAVES US SOME, SOME OF THE ENGINEERING MONEY THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO SPEND. MM-HMM . EVERYONE GOOD WITH THAT? THIS ESTIMATE IS NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE THIS WAS BASED ON BEFORE WE ADDED THE FOUR FEET OF SIDEWALK. THIS IS AN OLD ESTIMATE, , HE SENT IT, BUT IT'S NOT, THEY SENT IT TO US, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S WORTHLESS. THANK YOU. SO YEAH, SO WE, WE NEED TO GET AN UPDATE TO THAT. UM, SO THAT'S SPRING STREET AND THAT, THAT WE EXPECT THAT CONSTRUCTION TO HAPPEN THIS SUMMER, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS. UH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE GOING OUT TO BID SHORTLY. UM, NEXT THING, UH, JUST, UH, REAL QUICK, AN UPDATE ON THE COMP PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, UH, WHERE, UM, BOTH, UH, TRUSTEE MERTON AND TRUSTEE FLEISIG AND MYSELF ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS SEVEN RESIDENTS, UH, OF THE VILLAGE. WE DID HAVE AN INITIAL MEETING AND, UM, EVERYONE WAS ENCOURAGED TO READ THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, MULTIPLE TIMES, AND ESPECIALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION. UH, WE'VE DECIDED TO MEET ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH HERE AT VILLAGE HALL IN THE SECOND FLOOR MEETING ROOM. AND, UM, THE, UH, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING CHAIR. THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM I THOUGHT ON THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, WHICH IS GREAT. AND, UM, YEAH. WELL, BASICALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO REVIEW AND PRIORITIZE [01:10:01] ACTIONS IN THE COMP PLAN. UH, ID PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, SCHEDULE PRIORITIZATION FOR OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, SEEK PUBLIC PEACE, SEEK PUBLIC INPUT, AND, UH, FINALIZE PRI UH, PRIORITIZATIONS. AND THEN OF COURSE, PRESENT THEM TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHO ULTIMATELY DETERMINES WHAT'S TO BE PRI PRIORITIZED. UM, DID YOU, DID YOU, UH, TRUSTEE FEIGER? TRUSTEE MERTON WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED? IT WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP. YES. GREAT. I WOULD REPEAT GREAT GROUP. YES. YES. IT WAS GREAT. I THOUGHT GOOD START. OUR FIRST MEETING IS NOT THIS, THIS COMING TUESDAY, RIGHT? THE 27TH. IT IS. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, IT'S GREAT. IT'S JUST NOT, CAN WE GET IT INTO OUR CALENDARS? UH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WE CAN DO THAT. YOU SAID THERE WERE SEVEN MEMBERS PLUS THE TWO PLUS YOURSELF. CORRECT. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING IT HERE. YES. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET MORE CHAIRS. CONFERENCE ROOM IN THIS ROOM. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM CONFERENCE. NO, I THINK IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. RIGHT. SO YOU SAID THIS ROOM WE WERE GONNA DO IT IN THE, WELL, WE DIDN'T REALLY, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SAID. YOU SAID MEETING ROOM. YOU SAID MEETING ROOM, WHATEVER. I SAID, I SAID MEETING, I SAID MEETING ROOM. YEAH, WE COULD DO IT IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM THOUGH. THAT COULD WE FIT IN THERE? I THINK WE COULD. THAT'LL FIT ALL OF YOU. YEAH. YEAH. CALENDAR INVITE. THEN IF YOU GET, YOU KNOW, WIDER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OF VIEWERS, YOU MIGHT WANT MOVE TO DIFFERENT, IF WE NEED TO, YOU GUYS, WE CAN MOVE IN HERE. YOU DO THAT AS IT GOES. OKAY. THANK YOU ON THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU ADDING THAT. SURE. DO YOU HAVE A TIME? SORRY, I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE A TIME? 7:00 PM SEVEN. UM, AND, UH, ALTICE, OUR, OUR, OUR CABLE CABLE VISION CONTRACTS WITH ALTICE ACTUALLY ENDS VERIZON, UM, HAVE EXPIRED. AND WE HAVE A GROUP TOGETHER, UH, FOR THE ALTICE, UH, CONTRACT. I'VE TOLD THEM I WANT TO ALSO DO VERIZON FOR US. THEY HAD A GROUP FOR VERIZON, BUT, BUT THEY DIDN'T LET US IN BECAUSE OURS, OUR CONTRACT HAD NOT EXPIRED. UM, SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL USE, UH, MCCARTHY FINGER, UH, JOINTLY WITH, UM, I THINK WE'RE WITH THREE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, SO THAT'LL SAVE US ALL. PLENTY OF MONEY. YEP. AND, UM, ALSO, UH, THE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED WITH A COUPLE OF MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY, AND ALSO WE HAVE NEW VERIZON CONTRACTS FOR SOME MUNICIPALITIES. SO BOTH THOSE THINGS I THINK ARE GONNA WIND UP STREAMLINING THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THERE'S A, A RULE WITH THESE, THESE, UH, CONTRACTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE CABLE PROVIDERS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF TREAT ALL OF THE PROVIDERS FAIRLY. AND, UM, SO BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, OTHER AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE RELATIVELY, UM, SIMPLER THAN IT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE. UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR, UH, DEPUTY TREASURER IAN IS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS. HE'S ALSO OUR IT DIRECTOR, AS YOU KNOW, SO HE'LL, UM, I'LL, I'LL CERTAINLY INVOLVE HIM IN THE PROCESS AS WELL. UM, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS ON ALSO AGAIN FOR, UH, AUTHORIZATION AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WITH THE, IF THAT'S OKAY. WITH THE BOARD. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I HAD, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. MTA SIDEWALK IS ONE LOAD OF ROCKS AT A TIME. ONE LOAD OF ROCKS AT A TIME. IT SOUNDS LIKE ACTUALLY IT WAS PRETTY FULL IN ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE LITTLE AREA THERE. OKAY. SO, UM, THEY TELL ME, THEY TELL ME BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. . THAT'S [XI. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS] THE NEWEST TIME. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS. UH, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A GRANT AWARD. UH, WE WERE TOLD ON FRIDAY, UH, THAT WE HAD BEEN AWARDED A GRANT. THEN TODAY AFTER CLARIFICATION, WE ARE NOT THERE YET. IT'S PASSED THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE. THIS IS RELATED TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND, UH, OVER ON FARGATE PARKWAY AREA IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,092,000. BUT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN OFF ON THAT NOW, WHICH THEY BELIEVE IS IMMINENT. UM, AND, AND SINCE IT HAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE, SO I'M GLAD WE HAD CLARIFICATION LATE IN THE DAY TODAY ON THAT. UM, I ALSO ADDED CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON THE DOWNTOWN PARKING. UH, ONE OF MY REASONS FOR THAT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE VOLUME OF, UH, COMMUNICATION THAT'S COME IN THROUGH OUR WEBSITE RELATING TO THIS, UH, BOTH FROM MERCHANTS, RESIDENTS, UH, DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS AS WELL. AND, UM, I JUST, ONE OF THE, THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ON TO BRING IT UP IS TO CHECK IN WITH OUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY JUST TO SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE OR COULD BE RELATING TO, UM, GOING TO THREE HOUR FREE PARKING IN DOWNTOWN. AND THEN ALSO WHERE WE NEED TO, TO START STEPPING TOWARDS [01:15:01] AND WHAT A GAME PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE, POSSIBLY TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL PARKING ZONES. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID COME UP IN THIS, UH, WHERE I HEARD FROM BUSINESSES WAS THAT WE DO HAVE BUSINESS PARKING PERMITS IN THE VILLAGE. UH, I WASN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT AWARE OF THAT. AND, UH, WHERE THEY, THEY PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR WHERE THEY CAN PARK IN AREAS, UH, THAT ARE DESIGNATED THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. SO WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL. UH, SO DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE ON THIS ? UH, I GUESS MORE SO THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE, TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS, TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. UM, I MEAN, ON THE METER PARKING AND THE DOWNTOWN, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A CODE AMENDMENT. YOUR CODE, UM, PROVIDES FOR THE METERS AND WHERE METERS WOULD BE. UM, SO YOU IDENTIFY WHERE YOU'RE REMOVING THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CODE. UM, DECIDE TWO HOUR, THREE HOUR, TWO HOUR IN SOME PLACES, THREE HOURS IN SOME PLACES, HOWEVER YOU WANNA. SO THAT'S REALLY A CONTINUED BOARD DISCUSSION. MM-HMM . AT THE POINT THAT YOU'RE READY TO DO THAT, TO DECIDE WHERE YOU'RE DOING IT, HOW YOU'RE DOING IT, AND THEN WE WOULD WORK ON, UM, A LOCAL LAW, UM, TO SUPPORT THAT. UM, THE RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM IS, IS MORE COMPLICATED. MM-HMM . UM, AND I'VE, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, REQUIRES HOME RULE LEGISLATION, UM, FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE. UM, THEY DON'T ALWAYS, THEY, THEY GET THESE REQUESTS FAIRLY REGULARLY. THEY DON'T ALWAYS APPROVE THEM, THEY DON'T ALWAYS APPROVE THEM QUICKLY. UM, BUT YOU WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY, UM, THE AREAS TO FIND THE AREAS WHERE YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT SYSTEM. UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO JUSTIFY WHY IN THOSE AREAS IF YOU, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF STUDY THAT CAN BACK IT UP OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET COMMUTERS AND OTHERS ARE PARKING HERE, AND WE REALLY NEED THE SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SORT OF JUSTIFY THAT AND SUPPORT IT. UM, GENERALLY IT WILL ONLY BE, UM, APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, SO NOT STREETS WHERE COMMERCIAL USES ARE PERMITTED. MM-HMM . UM, THE HOME RULE LEGISLATION, THERE'S USUALLY SOME LIMITATIONS. UM, 15 OR 20% HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY OF, YOU KNOW, THE SPACES IN THE AREA. UM, AND THERE CAN BE SOME OTHER LIMITATIONS. ONCE YOU GET THE HOME RULE LEGISLATION, THEN, THEN YOU ADOPT LOCAL LAWS THAT DEFINE IT FURTHER WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT YOUR HOME RULE LEGISLATION ALLOWS. I KNOW WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT YOU SPEAKING TO YOUR, UM, STATE LEGISLATORS MM-HMM . BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS REALLY GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA NEED THEIR SUPPORT. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPONSOR A BILL, UM, UM, WORK WITH THEM ON THE BILL. UM, IT'S, IT'S TRICKY TIMING. THEY ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR, UM, A YEAR FROM NOW YOU HAVE A NEW LEGISLATURE MM-HMM . UM, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK TO, UM, MARY JANE IN PARTICULAR. UM, OKAY. AND SEE, I BELIEVE SHE'S, SHE HAS, UM, SPONSORED THESE, I THINK SHE DID FOR SLEEPY HOLLOW LAST YEAR, AND I THINK IT DID NOT GO GET APPROVED YET. UM, BUT I WOULD EN ENCOURAGE A CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT WHAT SHE THINKS IS REALISTIC AND WHAT INFORMATION SHE WOULD NEED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH HER ON DRAFTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION. OKAY. I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON THAT. UM, JUST ONE AREA, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY. UH, UH, VILLAGE CLERK OR VILLAGE TREASURER, UM, ESTIMATED, UH, THE METERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BRING IN APPROXIMATELY $121,407. UH, OR AT LEAST LAST YEAR THEY DID APPROXIMATELY, APPROXIMATELY . THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT WAS LAST YEAR. THAT WAS LAST YEAR. IT WAS LAST YEAR. SO THIS YEAR, I'M NOT SURE. WELL, IF THE SEVEN MONTH, IT'S LOOKING GOOD. UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, UM, AS WELL WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS. I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS. SO I'M GETTING, PERSONALLY, I'M GETTING A BETTER PICTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS, UM, FOR MYSELF. BUT DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS AT ALL? I MEAN, MY NEXT STEP I THINK IS TO CONTACT OUR LEGISLATOR TO, TO SPEAK WITH ONE OF HER, UM, AIDES IN THE OFFICE WHO'S ALREADY WORKING ON IT. I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON AN SING RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE ALSO. UM, AND, UM, JUST TO GO GET FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM THEM. WELL, THAT'S THE HOME RULE ISSUE, RIGHT? AND THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT [01:20:01] MM-HMM . THE, THE FREE PARKING IS, IS SORT OF A SEPARATE PROJECT. YEP. MM-HMM . AND I MEAN, THE EASIEST WAY TO, TO MOVE THE FREE PARKING FORWARD WOULD BE TO NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE EXISTING TIMES AND JUST REMOVE THE FEES. THAT WOULD BE THE SIMPLEST STEP ONE, I WOULD THINK. I THINK, UH, THE, THE THING YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER AND THAT, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE BUSINESS PERMIT. SO THE BUSINESS PERMITS ARE DESIGNATED AREAS IN METERS, SO THEY'RE PAYING BASICALLY THE METER. SO THAT'S THE ONE THING WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER. 'CAUSE THOSE METERS NOW WOULD BE, I MEAN, I, MY PERSONAL FEELING IS WE SHOULD JUST BE AT THREE HOURS, NOT TWO OR THREE AND MIX MATCH IT AROUND THE VILLAGE. IT SHOULD JUST BE AT THREE HOURS. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ALSO CONTINUE THE BUSINESS PERMIT 'CAUSE THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE THREE HOURS IN THOSE AREAS. I GUESS MY, I MEAN, I'M, I'M PRETTY SYMPATHETIC TO THE THREE HOURS ALSO, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE LEADERSHIP IN, IN IRVINGTON? BECAUSE THEY JUST HAVE TWO HOURS, RIGHT? THERE ARE SOME SIX HOUR SPACES. OH, OKAY. UM, I MEAN, 'CAUSE A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THREE HOURS. SO LIKE SOME, I MEAN, I, I'VE READ A LOT OF THESE EMAILS TOO, AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT SPEND A LOT OF TIME DOWNTOWN AND THEY DO SOME PERSONAL SERVICES OR GO TO THE SENIORS CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEN THEY GO HAVE A MEAL. SO I COULD SEE THREE HOURS FOR THEM, BUT THEN THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT ZIP IN AND ZIP OUT. SO THERE'S GONNA BE A TRADE OFF FOR PARKING SPACES, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM . SO I'M JUST SORT OF WONDERING IF MAYBE TWO IS, IS A MORE REASONABLE COMPROMISE. I, I DO AGREE WITH YOU. IT SHOULD JUST BE ONE RULE AND NOT TWO RULES. BUT I COULD GO EITHER WAY. I'M, I'M JUST SORT OF THROWING IT BACK OUT THERE. I THINK I RE, IF I'M RE REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, THE THREE HOURS WAS ALSO PITCHED BY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S HAVING A MEAL AND THEN DOING SOMETHING, THEY ARE TRAVELING BETWEEN TWO LOCATIONS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE HAIR SALONS WERE SAYING THAT THERE'S PEOPLE WHO COME IN FOR HAIR TREATMENTS THAT EXCEED TWO HOURS AND THEN THAT WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING TO MAKE TREATMENT . I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA INTERFERE WITH THAT . I MEAN, WE COULD, IF, IF THERE WERE TO BE A DESIGNATION BETWEEN THE TWO, I, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE STREET PARKING IS TWO AND THEN THE LOTS THEMSELVES WOULD BE THREE IF WE WERE TO TRY TO DO, UH, TWO DIFFERENT ZONES. UH, THAT'S INTERESTING. YEAH. I MEAN, BUT THAT'S EXCLUDING ZZA LOT THOUGH. ZZ AND COMMUTER LOT. THE COMMUTER LOT HUNDRED. YEAH. YOU CAN'T, NEITHER CON ALSO THE COMMUTER, YOU'RE NOT MAKING THE, ANY, THE COMMUTER LOTS, THEY STAY WHERE THEY ARE. RIGHT. YEAH. THAT MAKES, THAT'S INTERESTING. AND I DON'T DOES THAT ADDRESS, SORRY, SORRY, GO AHEAD. NOW, DOES THAT ADDRESS THE CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENCES ON THE SECOND LEVELS? NO, BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE DURING THE DAY ANYWAY, BUT THEY CAN RE-UP A METER. THIS WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO MOVE A VEHICLE. NO, WHERE, WHAT ARE YOU DESCRIBING? ANYBODY THAT LIVES UP UPSTAIRS IN THE DOWNTOWN? YEAH. OR JUST BECAUSE SECOND LEVEL, THE EXAMPLE YOU WERE JUST SAYING. YEAH. SECOND. SORRY. SECOND LEVEL WASN'T DESCRIPTIVE ENOUGH. IF YOU'RE SAYING STREET TWO HOURS AND THE LOTS, THREE HOURS AS AN EXAMPLE, THEN WITHOUT THE RESIDENT PARKING, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA? I THINK CURRENTLY WHAT IT IS NOW. MM-HMM . THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO GO AND MOVE THEIR CAR, UM, THE RESIDENT. BUT DO THEY NEED TO MOVE THEIR CAR NOW OR CAN THEY JUST RE-UP PARKING THROUGH THE BUT THERE'S A MAX, RIGHT? ISN'T THERE A MAX WITH THE, UM, PARK MOBILE HAS A, A MAX WITH A TIME LIMIT IN THERE SO THAT IT DETERS PEOPLE FROM FEEDING THE METER AND GOING TO THE CITY. UM, BUT THE PAY STATIONS, YOU CAN CONTINUOUSLY FEED IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO. DON'T TELL ANYONE THAT . NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT. THAT COULD BE TOO LATE. I KNOW I WAS BEING A LITTLE FACETIOUS ABOUT IT, BUT YES. IT'S LIKE FEEDING THE METER. YOU COULD, IT'S HARD TO FEED THE PAY STATION FROM THE CITY. YES, EXACTLY. , THAT'S, THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT OF THAT SYSTEM. BUT IT'S THING IT PREVENTS THE COMMUTERS FROM, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S WHY PARK MOBILE HAS THAT DETERRENT IN IT. I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE THE WORKAROUND. YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL THEN. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON IT? ALL RIGHT. TO BE CONTINUED. YEAH. IRVINGTON IS TWO AND SIX. WHERE ARE THE SIX? YEAH, WE HAVE THE, THE SIX ARE THE BOTTOM OF MAIN STREET UP TO CONTINENT AND SOME OF THE SIDE STREETS AND THE, UM, SO THAT KIND OF SOLVES AND BY THE TRAIN STICK THAT SOLVES THEIR WORKDAY PARKING ISSUE PRETTY MUCH. THEN I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE, HOW THEY HANDLE. YEAH. 'CAUSE I, I'M ASSUMING THAT RESIDENTIAL AREAS TOO, [01:25:02] SOME OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE MIXED. BUT WHAT'S THE, THE POINT OF THE SIX? IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S NOT SUPPORTING PEOPLE GOING INTO THE CITY. NO. UNLESS YOU'RE GOING IN FOR, FOR FOR HAIR APPOINTMENT. OKAY. UH, AND THEN JUST THE NEXT TOPIC, UH, WAS AMERICA TWO 50? I, I HAD ANTICIPATED THEY MIGHT BE ASKING US FOR OUR, UH, SUPPORT MONETARILY THIS EVENING. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS, UH, ON THAT, BUT THAT WAS WHY WE ADDED IT. 'CAUSE I WAS HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BE COMING THIS EVENING. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO BOARD DISCUSSION? MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS. MAYOR, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FEES FOR CHARGING STATIONS TONIGHT OR JUST PUNT IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW. WE CAN ADD THAT ON, OF COURSE. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I MEAN, I THOUGHT, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS VERY COMPELLING AND I MEAN, LAST TIME I WAS, I HAD MADE THE COMMENT THAT WE SHOULD JUST BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES, BUT I THINK HE MAKES A VERY GOOD POINT THAT WE WANT TO BE ENCOURAGING, UM, PEOPLE TO BE USING THESE ALTERNATIVE FUELS. AND, AND ACTUALLY, I MEAN, HE'S RIGHT THAT 35 CENTS TIMES 10 IS THREE 50, BUT ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET , IT ACTUALLY IS 33 KILOWATTS TO A GALLON. SO AT THAT POINT YOU'RE TALKING LIKE NINE OR $10 FOR, FOR THE EQUIVALENT OF A GALLON, WHICH SEEMS QUITE LIKE, QUITE A LOT. UM, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I, I GUESS I WOULD BE ASKING THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND THE VILLAGE TREASURER, LIKE WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE IF WE, IF WE JUST DIDN'T CHARGE ANYTHING FOR THE FIRST YEAR JUST TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THE UPTAKE WAS LIKE. 'CAUSE WE WE'RE STILL CHARGING FOR THE PARKING SPACE. RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO START TALKING ABOUT NOT CHARGING PARKING SPACES. SO FREE PARKING. OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S KIND OF SEPARATE. BUT I MEAN, WE WILL PAY FOR THE COST. ELECTRICITY THAT WE'RE NOT CHARGING. WE'RE PAYING FOR IT. RIGHT. WE, WE PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY. SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY. AND WHAT ARE WE PAYING? IT'S EITHER US OR WHAT ARE WE PAYING OR SOMEBODY ELSE? DO WE KNOW WHAT OUR RATE IS? I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT OUR RATE, I MEAN WE CAN LOOK AT THE COST EVERY MONTH FOR, UM, STEIN SCHNEIDER, WHICH HAS TWO FREE PORTS. BUT I MEAN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT ADDS UP. WE'RE ADDING HOW MANY PORTS? 20 PORTS. THERE'S ALSO THE PORTS THEMSELVES AND, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL NEED TO BE DONE, DONE. ABOUT TO GET THE ANSWER. YEAH. $950 A MONTH FOR THE ONE CHARGING STATION WITH TWO PORTS AT STEIN SCHNEIDER, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DON'T CHARGE FOR TWO PORTS. SO FOUR, LIKE 4 50, 4 75 PER SPACE. SURE. DO WE PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF IT? WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION. 'CAUSE WE HAVE GRANTS, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF IT. MM-HMM . HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? AND YOU, THAT MEANS EVERYONE'S PAYING FOR THIS PERSON'S, UH, ELECTRIC VEHICLE. MM-HMM . RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. DOES ANYONE KNOW, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CHARGE A VEHICLE WINDOW? I THINK IT DEPENDS. DEPENDS ON THE CAR. IT DOES DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON THE CHARGER, THE WINDOW WHERE IT IN ITS CHARGE WINDOW AS WELL. RIGHT. WELL, I ASSUME FROM ALMOST NOTHING TO FULLY CHARGE. I'M JUST CURIOUS. UM, I THINK ON, ON A, UH, LIKE A LEVEL TWO CHARGER, I WOULD SAY IT TAKES, TAKES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 10 HOURS TO GET TO GREATER THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. TO LIKE A FULL, A FULL CHARGE. IF YOU WERE REALLY CLOSE TO EMPTY, IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO A FULL CHARGE MUCH MORE THAN I THOUGHT. THE WAY I, I REMEMBER FROM THE NEIGHBORING, THE, THE COMPS, LET'S SAY, WAS THAT WE, THAT 35 CENTS WAS AT THE LOWER END OF THE SCALE. IT WASN'T AT, THERE WERE SOME AT 50 CENTS. UM, WE HAD A, WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE MEETING WITH THEM AGAIN THIS WEEK, BUT WE, WE, THE LOWEST ONE I THINK WAS 25. 25 I THINK WAS THE LOWEST. YONKERS WAS 30, 35. SOMEBODY WAS AT 50 CENTS. MAYBE I DIDN'T HAD ONE THOUGHT. I I JUST, PART OF MY QUESTION IS THE COMPS ARE HELPFUL IF THEY'RE PAYING THE SAME. WE ARE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO 30 CENTS IS ALLOTTED 30 CENTS, SEVERAL OF THEM AT 30 CENTS. ONE AT 25. ONE AT 35 IN YONKERS, AND THEN ONE AT 50 IN TARRYTOWN. SO THE MAJORITY ARE 30 CENTS. AND THAT'S PER HOUR PER KILOWATT. HOUR CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR. DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU'RE GETTING CHARGED 35 CENTS PER HOUR THAT YOU'RE PLUGGED INTO THAT THING? IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, RIGHT? NO, IT'S PER KILOWATT HOUR, CORRECT. YEAH. SO [01:30:01] DEPENDING HOW MANY KILOWATTS YOUR CAR CHARGES WITH THAT. HOW FAST CHARGES. YES. YEAH, IT'S, I MEAN, WOULD EVERYBODY BE COMFORTABLE GOING TO 30 CENTS? THAT'S IRVINGTON IS AT 30 CENTS. IF IT MAKES SENSE. TARRYTOWN ALSO, IN TERMS OF NOT LOSING MONEY ON TARRYTOWN HAS ONE AREA AT 50 CENTS, THEN ONE AREA AT 30 CENTS AND THEN SLEEPY HOLLOW IS AT 25 CENTS. THEY'RE THE LOWEST. I DON'T, I, I THINK I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA TO MAKE UP MY OWN MIND. MM-HMM . CAN WE ALSO JUST GET THE INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH WE PAY? SURE. WE, YEAH, WE KNOW FROM RAF WE PAY 4 75 A MONTH PER SPACE. PER, YEAH, PER, PER CHARGE. PER PORT, ROUGHLY. BUT THE PORT IS FEEDING TWO SPACES, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. IT'S ONE CHARGING STATION. TWO 50 PER SPACE. BUT I'M THINKING FOR PLUG, SAME THING. YOU'RE RIGHT. SORRY. I'LL SIT HERE. SO THAT'S LIKE 15 OR $16 A DAY THAT WE'RE PAYING. HAVE, HAVE WE HAD ANY MAINTEN PER KILOWATT HOUR THAT I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, WE'LL FIND OUT. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT, BUT I DO, I DO WANT YOU TO NOT JUST THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THERE MAINTENANCE, THERE MAY BE OTHER EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATE WHAT THOSE EXPENSES ARE GONNA BE? NO. NO, WE DON'T. OKAY. BUT WE CAN, WE CAN TRY TO GET, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE INCURRED SO FAR IN THE STEIN SCHNEIDER LOT? I, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK THAT UP. WE'D HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WE'VE INCURRED FOR THOSE. OKAY. I CAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE HIT THE, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK THAT. DO PEOPLE DRIVE INTO THEM? THEY PROBABLY SURE TELL THEY, THEY DRIVE, THEY DRIVE INTO OUR, OUR ROAD. IT'S A GAME SHOW. , HOWIE. MENDEL WHERE THAT PHONE RINGS. THEY'LL DRIVE INTO THOSE TOO. I FEEL LIKE STALIN IS WATCHING THIS MEETING, SO I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER, BUT I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT. BUT THERE IS AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FEE FOR THE SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BY STATION OR JUST THE SERVICE IN GENERAL, AND THEN OF COURSE THE MAINTENANCE FOR EACH STATION. BUT WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU GUYS. YEAH. IF YOU DON'T MIND PREPARING SOMETHING. YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. WELL TO THAT POINT, VILLAGE MANAGER, ARE WE PUTTING IN LIKE STEEL BOLLARDS IN FRONT OF THESE? YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE BOLLARDS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MAINTENANCE IS MOSTLY PEOPLE LIKE YANKING THE PORTS AND THE PORTS. YOU GETTING TO UNPLUG IT, I LOVE, THAT'S BEEN OUR WAY. THE PLUGS HAVE BEEN OUR, UM, MOST OF YOUR CAR WON'T USUALLY GO IF, IF IT'S STILL GAS. THOSE HAVE BEEN OUR MAINTENANCE ISSUE. WE CAN'T, WE'VE HAD THOSE REPLACED THAT WHOLE TIMES SMART SAFETY FEATURE. WE CAN'T JUST TELL WHO DID THAT? GAS, GAS, GAS. HOW DO YOU PROVE IT? YOU KNOW, SHE WAS OKAY. MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND. RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT THREE SPRING STREET, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND. HUDSON RIVER PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTATION 1250 AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD. RIVERTOWN THRIFT AGAIN. 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT THREE SPRING STREET, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD. KIDS NIGHT OUT. SOME 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? IT SHOULD BE. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT. UH, JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD. FMS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ONE ACT 7:00 PM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24TH. COFFEE WITH A COP, 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM COCHRANE GYM AT THE HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH. RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THREE. SPRING, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH. JANE AUSTIN DANCE PARTY. TWO TO 5:00 PM AT THE HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY. YOU HAVE TO CALL TO REGISTER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH. ROGATE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ONE. ACTS AGAIN, 7:00 PM HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. SUNDAY, JANUARY 25TH. RIVER TOWNS THRIFT. I SHOULD JUST SAY ALL THE DATES FOR RIVERTOWN THRIFT . 7:00 AM TO 3:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25TH. HASTINGS, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT TILL THE GARAGE. 11:00 AM TO THREE. ANDREW SUN HUDSON. WEATHER, UH, PERMITTING. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH. RIVERTOWN THRIFT 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH. SENIOR MUSIC BINGO. 1215 AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER. REGISTER WITH ANNE RUAK BY THIS THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH. RIVERTOWN THRIFT 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST WINTER FARMER'S MARKET 9:30 AM TO 1:00 PM THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT. AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST. RIVERTOWN IS THRIFT 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET. MOVING [XII. PUBLIC COMMENTS] ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, OUR SECOND, UH, SET OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. THANK YOU. DAVE SKOLNIK. UH, 47 HILLSIDE. SORRY, UH, IT WAS LATE. UH, BUT I DID MANAGE TO LISTEN TO YOUR MAIN STREET, UM, DISCUSSION. AND, UM, I HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, COMMENTS I [01:35:01] WANTED TO, UH, POSE TO THAT, BUT I JUST DIDN'T, I WANTED TO ASK ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, MEETINGS OF THE, UM, UH, COMPREHENSIVE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE. UH, ARE THOSE SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS? UM, THEY WILL BE, YES. YEAH, THEY WILL BE. THAT BEING THE CASE, I WOULD REALLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER OR RECONSIDER, UM, HAVING THEM, UH, IN THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE CONFERENCE ROOM. CONFERENCE ROOM. BECAUSE IF, UM, I MEAN, IF YOU GET JUST ONE PERSON IN THERE, IT MIGHT NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY COUNT THE NUMBER THAT YOU ALREADY, IF YOU HAVE FULL ATTENDANCE, AT LEAST STARTING OUT WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP, 7, 8, 9, 10, IS IT ABOUT 10 OR 11 THAT ARE ACTUALLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? UH, IT, IT CAN, IT CAN GET PRETTY TIGHT IN THERE. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. MAINLY THOUGH, MY COMMENTS ARE ADDRESSED TO YOUR, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT MAIN STREET. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UH, IF YOU HAVE A VILLAGE MANAGER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE REACHING BACK TO THE, TO, UH, THAILAND. UH, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I MIGHT HAVE TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH SOME ONE OR TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND ACTUALLY GIVE YOU SOME FURTHER, UH, INFORMATION THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY BE USEFUL IN, UH, INSTRUCTING THEM FURTHER? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO REACH THEM TOMORROW, UM, ABOUT THIS. I HAVE, UM, BETWEEN REALLY, UH, VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF WHAT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, ABOUT NOT PUTTING THAT BUS STOP ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. I WANTED TO REMIND YOU WHAT I SAID, UH, TWO MEETINGS AGO. UH, AS YET, THERE'S NO ACCIDENT REPORT. THE THING THAT PRECIPITATED THIS WHOLE ISSUE, AND I HAVE YET TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE AN ACCIDENT REPORT. SO IN THEORY, ANY OF THE CHANGES, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS MAY OR MAY NOT, UH, BE ADDRESSING WHAT ACTUALLY CAUSED THAT ACCIDENT. SO VILLAGE MANAGER, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, I'M STILL CONFOUNDED BY WHY WE CAN'T, I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S NOT ONLY ME, BUT THE ENTIRE BOARD HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE ACCIDENT REPORT IS ON THAT ISSUE. BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S WRONG. UM, THERE, I I DON'T WANNA RUSH THROUGH 'EM. I, I, IS THERE, EXCUSE ME. WOULD THERE BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOMEONE BARRING THAT I'LL GO HOME THIS EVENING AND I'LL WRITE OUT AND SEND TO WHOMEVER, WHETHER THE ENTIRE BOARD, THE ISSUES THAT I THINK, UH, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WITH REGARD TO THIS BEFORE YOU GO TOO MUCH FURTHER IN, UM, PAYING FOR A SECOND ENGINEERING REPORT AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEAR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND EVERYBODY GETS TO HEAR THEM. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST IF YOU WROTE, WROTE THEM OUT AND IF, IF, IF YOU WANTED TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MEETING WITH TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR INDIVIDUAL AGENTS. IF YOU WANNA MAKE THAT REQUEST, MAKE THAT REQUEST AND, UH, WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD ACTUALLY, UH, I WOULDN'T PUSH MY LUCK. UH, I WOULD START BY WRITING OUT, UM, WHAT I'VE WRITTEN DOWN AND THEN IF THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION THAT ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO HAVE FOLLOW UP, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY. HOW'S THAT? SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [XIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS] OKAY, MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND, ZONING, BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, MEETING ROOM. MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH. SENIOR COUNCIL MEETING, THREE 15. JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE. CORRECT. IT'S ALL GOOD. UH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM. THEN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING TOO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.