[00:00:01]
A HE NEED? HE'S READY.[I. CALL TO ORDER]
WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, UH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2026.LET'S HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PRESENT VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
MAYOR DRAKE AND VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY ARE ABSENT.
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.DO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM? SO MOVED.
[V. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS ]
APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND AA $477,279 AND 61 CENTS, FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $5,100 POOL FUND, ER $5,552 AND 15 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $62,427 AND 2 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $18,916 AND 58 CENTS.PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $3,478.
[VI. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT? CAN I START WITH THE FIRST? YES, SIR.
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE? DAVID SKOLNIK, 47 HILLSIDE EVENING.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE RESOLUTIONS AND, UH, MORE LIKE IN THE WAY OF CLARIFICATION, UM, WHEN IT IS, I, I'M NOT CLEAR WHEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES UP AS A RE RESOLUTION, WHAT REQUIRES, IN OTHER WORDS, A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M ASKING BECAUSE AS I READ THROUGH THIS, I FELT LIKE EITHER I MISSED IT, I WAS SLEEPING WHILE YOU HAD PUBLIC COMMENT.
OR THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT MANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT REALLY COULD SUSTAIN SOME AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INPUT.
UM, THE, UH, THE POLITICAL ONE, THE FIRST TWO WITH REGARD TO IS ABOUT, UM, THE GOVERNOR AND, AND THE VARIOUS MOTIONS.
I MEAN, I'M, IT'S, I'M IN FAVOR, BUT I THINK THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, THEY RAISE ABOUT WHAT OUR ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBILITY IS WHEN IN PASSING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN, THAN JUST A, UM, UH, A GESTURE.
I SENSE THAT THERE COULD BE SOME OBLIGATION, UH, IN SOME WAY THAT IN INCLUDED THERE, THERE.
MAY I ANSWER YOU? YOU CAN RESERVE YOUR TIME.
UM, THE FIRST TWO ARE JUST RESOLUTIONS.
A ACTING, THE ASKING THE ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR TO ACT.
THE, THE THIRD RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY, UM, ADOPTING A LAW THAT WE DID DISCUSS AT PREVIOUS PUBLIC MEETINGS.
I HAD PUBLIC HEARING AND WE ALREADY HAD PUBLIC HEARINGS ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT, IN REGARD TO THAT, I, I DID, I MUST HAVE SLEPT THROUGH THAT ONE.
UM, IT SEEMED FOR THE MOST PART, UM, JUST NO ISSUE.
BUT AS I WAS READING IT, UH, EARLIER, ONE THING THAT KIND OF STUCK OUT WAS THERE A REFERENCE TO, UM, RAVENSDALE.
AND IT COULD BE THAT, I MEAN, PARTLY THE, UH, THE WAY THE CODE, THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED.
I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT EITHER HERE OR SUBSEQUENTLY, THAT THERE ARE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GRAPHIC, UM, CONFUSION IN THE WAY.
UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE ACTUALLY, UH, LISTED.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE, THE ISSUE SO MUCH.
IT'S THAT THE RAVENSDALE IS DESIGNATED AS A THROUGH HIGHWAY.
AND IT COULD BE THAT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE.
UH, THAT I'M NOT CLEAR WHICH OF WHAT'S, UH, SHOWING IN THE RESOLUTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE, OR WHICH WAS THE, WERE THE, UM, THE CHANGES.
A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE SAYS SOMETHING WILL BE DONE.
AND WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITH THESE KIND OF STOP SIGNS FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT IT'S THE CA THE DESIGNATION, UH, THAT I COULD USE SOME CLARIFICATION AS A THROUGH, UH, THROUGH HIGHWAY.
IT WAS ALWAYS THAT WAY IN THE CODE.
THAT BEING THE CASE, UM, I'M NOT CLEAR IF THERE'S, IF
[00:05:01]
IT'S OUR ARBITRARY THAT WE DESIGNATED OR WHETHER THAT'S SOME, UH, THERE'S SOME SET OF, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REQUIRES THAT WE, UM, UH, DESIGNATED AS SUCH AND AS SUCH, WHETHER THERE ARE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AS TO WHAT WE ULTIMATELY CAN OR CANNOT DO WITH REGARD TO THINGS LIKE CROSSWALKS AND STOP SIGNS.AND THAT IS THE ONLY THROUGH I CAN THINK OF THROUGHWAY THROUGH, OR THAT IS VILLAGE, ALL THE OTHER ONES, WAR BURTON, UM, THEY'RE ALL EITHER STATE OR COUNTY.
CAN'T WAIT TO, I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT THAT'S CORRECT, BUT IT SOUNDS CORRECT.
VILLARD IS ACTUALLY, YEAH, HOPKINS AND HIGH STREET YEAH.
ARE ALL DESIGNATED AND THEY'RE ALL VILLAGE ROADS.
DO YOU WANNA REPEAT FOR THE PUBLIC? YOU'RE JUST, 'CAUSE WE, YOU DID MENTION IT AT THE MEETING ABOUT WHY WE ARE CALLING THEM, UM, THROUGH HIGHWAYS.
SO THOSE ARE GENERALLY, AND, AND WHEN THE CODE WAS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED, THOSE ARE GENERALLY THE MORE MAIN ROADS AND IT'S THE SIDE ROADS THAT FEED INTO THEM.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE ARE, YOU HAVE STOP SIGNS ON THE SIDE ROADS WHERE THEY INTERSECT WITH THOSE ROADS.
NOW, OVER TIME, THE VILLAGE HAS ADDED SOME STOP SIGNS ACTUALLY ON THOSE ROADS.
UM, IN PARTICULAR RAVENSDALE AND HIGH STREET PRIMARILY.
UM, BUT THE GENERAL IDEA IS YOU LIMIT STOP SIGNS ON WHAT ARE CONSIDERED THROUGH ROADS.
THEY'RE SORT OF THE MAIN ROADS, BUT YOU HAVE THE SIDE STREETS WITH THE STOP SIGNS AS THEY APPROACH THOSE ROADS.
AND THAT, THAT'S THE DISTINCTION.
AND I THINK WHEN THE CODE WAS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED, THERE WERE NO STOP SIGNS ON THOSE ROADS.
'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE DRIVING IN MODEL T'S AT 25 MILES AN HOUR OR I DON'T, IT'S, OR 12.
DON'T THINK IT'S THAT OLD NECESSARILY.
UM, BUT AS LONG IT DOESN'T, WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ON ANY OF THE ROADS, LIKE ADDING A STOP SIGN OR ANY, THE DESIGNATION OF WHAT THAT PARTICULAR ROAD OR STREET IS, DOESN'T IMPACT IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT DO THESE THINGS ON A WHAT'S DESIGNATED AS A THROUGH HIGHWAY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE TWENTIES.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE SIXTIES THERE WERE NO STOP SIGNS WOW.
OR EVEN THE SEVENTIES, I BELIEVE.
UM, WELL, SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF ANY COMMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH THAT NEED TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD? NO.
[VII. RESOLUTIONS ]
MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS.SO WE HAVE FIVE RESOLUTIONS THIS EVENING.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE FIRST TWO ARE JUST CALLING ON THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ACT.
THEY'RE RATHER LENGTHY, SO I'LL TRY TO SUMMARIZE.
THE FIRST IS, UM, RESOLUTION 15 OF 26, CALLING ON THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TO REINTRODUCE AND PASS AND THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THE NEW YORK FOR ALL ACT, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT AND REGULATE THE DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE OF IMMIGRATE IMMIGRATION STATUS BY NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
UM, THE FIRST HALF OF THE RESOLUTION GOES INTO THE, THE BENEFITS, UM, UH, THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO NEW YORK AND MENTIONS ALL MANNERS IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN VALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AT IT GOES ON TO SAY, UM, THIS RESOLUTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, ACTUALLY NOT THE RESOLUTION, BUT THIS ACT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP, UM, IN THE ASSEMBLY SINCE STARTING IN 2023 BY CORINA RES AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER CORINA REYES AND SENATOR ANDREW ARDIS.
UM, AND IT'S CALLED THE NEW YORK FOR ALL ACT.
UH, IT PROHIBITS THE DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE OF IMMIGRATION STATUS BY STATE ENTITIES, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IT DIRECTS MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO PROHIBIT THAT DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE.
UM, IT GOES ON TO, UM, REQUIRE THE REPORTING TO THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, UM, AND TO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ALL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL ENTITIES.
UH, IT WOULD REQUIRE ICE TO PRESENT A JUDICIAL WARRANT IN ORDER TO ACCESS NON-PUBLIC AREAS OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, AND REQUIRES LOCAL JAILS TO INFORM DETAINED INDIVIDUALS OF THEIR RIGHTS RELATED TO ICE, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DECLINE AN INTERVIEW WITH ICE AND TO SEEK COUNSEL.
[00:10:01]
AND IT GOES ON THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT, I THINK, IS THAT IMMIGRANT NEW YORKERS SHOULD NOT BE HELD TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS DEPENDING ON THE MIN, ON THE MUNICIPAL OR STATE AGENCY WITH WHICH THEY INTERACT REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.UM, THIS ACT WOULD DISTINGUISH NEW YORK AND JOIN IT WOULD THEN JOIN THE RANKS OF CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON IN PROTECTING ALL IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS.
NOW, THERE THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON CALL THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TO REINTRODUCE AND PASS AND THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN THE NEW YORK FOR ALL ACT, WHICH, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT AND REGULATE THE DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE OF IMMIGRATION STATUS BY NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS AND THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN A TWO 70 S 1 41, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ACCESS TO REPRESENTATION ACT, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RIGHT TO LEGAL COUNSEL IN IMMIGRATION COURT PROCEEDINGS AND PROVIDES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF.
AGAIN, IT GOES INTO THE HISTORY OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO, UM, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IT NOTES THAT IN COMMUNITIES, UM, WHERE IMMIGRANTS HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MORE LIKELY CHANCE OF WINNING THE REMOVAL CASES.
UH, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ACT WAS INTRODUCED, UM, BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER CATALINA CRUZ AND WITH A COMPANION BILL BY SENATOR BRAD HILLMAN SIEGEL.
UM, AND IT ESTABLISHES A UNIVERSAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL FOR INDIGENT NEW YORKERS.
IN ADDITION TO ESTABLISHING A UNIVERSAL RIGHT FOR INDIGENT NEW YORKERS, IT ESTABLISHES CONSISTENT FUNDING STREAMS FOR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES.
UM, THIS WOULD MAKE NEW YORK STATE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL FOR IMMIGRANTS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL UNDER COMPLEX IMMIGRATION LAW.
AND IN FACT, I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS COMPLETELY AN ASIDE, BUT WHEN, UM, WHEN VANESSA MERTON WAS ALIVE, SHE SHOWED US A FLOW CHART OF, OF WHAT AN IMMIGRANT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH TO, TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY.
AND IT WAS, IT'S THE MOST INSANE FLOW CHART I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
UM, ANYWAY, UM, THIS WOULD FURTHER JUST ESTABLISH NEW YORK AS A DEFENDER OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND DIGNITY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON CALL ON THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS AND THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN A TWO 70 S 1 41, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ACCESS TO REPRESENTATION ACT, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RIGHT TO LEGAL COUNSEL IN IMMIGRATION COURT PROCEEDINGS AND PROVIDES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF.
DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF 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 IN INCONSISTENCIES.
WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THIS.
I, AND WE JUST HAD SOME LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S CLEAR, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, INCLUDING OUR ATTORNEY? NO, I THINK, UH, AGAIN, SOME OF THIS WAS JUST CLEANING UP THE WAY IT WAS DRAFTED IN THE CODE.
SOME OF IT WAS, UM, ADDING IN INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE KNOW THAT STOP SIGNS EXIST, BUT WERE NOT LISTED IN THE CODE.
AND THEN THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NEW ONES THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED THAT WERE ADDED.
AND HE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER ROUND BECAUSE WE KEEP FINDING SOME OH, I'M QUITE CERTAIN.
WE'LL,
AFTER THE FACT WE WERE GONNA, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD ASKED, UM, DPW AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE OF THE SNOW.
DPW GOT A LITTLE WAYLAID
WELL, AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT INTERSECTIONS AS WELL.
MOVING ON TO 18 OF 26, THE FEE FOR THE USE OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS.
[00:15:01]
DISCUSSED THIS AT LENGTH.RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD AND MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE FEE FOR THE USE OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS AS 35 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR WHILE CHARGING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL FOR MULTI MUNICIPAL MS FOUR TRAINING.
RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO ACCEPT A PROPOSAL FOR MIN MULTIM MUNICIPAL MS FOUR TRAINING FOR AR ENGINEERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $400, UH, FROM, FROM AR FROM, THANK YOU.
UM, IT'S TYPE AND THIS, THIS WOULD BE A, UM, A, A TRAINING PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH AT LEAST ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES.
IS IS THAT RIGHT? VILLAGE CLERK? YES.
IT'D BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOBS SARA RIGHT NOW.
DOBS, IS IT AR OR IS IT AI? IT'S A, IS IT AI? THEY KEEP CHANGING.
IT MIGHT BE AI AND IT DOES, ENGINEERS SHOULD BE CORRECTED.
YEAH, THERE'S, YEAH, I I JUST SAW THAT I MISSPELLED ENGINEERS.
UM, I THINK IT'S AI ENGINEERS.
THEY'RE ALSO ADOPTS VARIOUS VILLAGE ENGINEERS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
[VIII. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS ]
DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS.UM, BUT BEFORE I JUMP INTO UPCOMING EVENTS, I WANTED TO MAKE A PROPOSAL.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE LIAISONS TO VARIOUS BOARDS.
THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL TONIGHT, BUT I'M SAYING IN THE FUTURE TO, TO BRING UP AT LEAST SOME OF THE HOTTER TOPICS, UM, FOR BOARD DISCUSSION.
UH, I HAVE, I HAVE TWO THAT I WOULD LOVE TO AT LEAST JUST PROPOSE THAT WE DISCUSS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WHEN EVERYONE IS PRESENT.
ONE WOULD BE, SO THIS IS COMING FROM THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION.
THEY, OUR ARE PROPOSING THAT THERE BE A, THAT WE PASS A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A COUNTY-WIDE ACTION TO BAN GASOLINE POWERED LEAF BLOWERS IN THE SUMMER.
AND THIS IS, UM, AN ACTION THAT, THAT, UM, SIX MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TAKEN.
WOULD YOU MIND JUST REPEATING, SIR? I'M, I'M TERRIBLY SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST, I'M JUST MAKING A MOTION ABOUT THINGS TO PUT ON, UH, BOARD DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THE FIRST WOULD BE TO DISCUSS, UM, THE IDEA OF PUTTING, OF PUTTING OUT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF COUNTYWIDE ACTION ON GASOLINE POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE 37 OUT OF 43, I BELIEVE, UM, TOWNS AND, AND VILLAGES IN THE COUNTY HAVE BANS OF SOME KIND.
WHAT'S THAT? TOWNS, VILLAGES, AND CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES AND CITIES.
UM, AND THERE IS NOW A, UM, A MOVEMENT IN, IN THE COUNTY TO, TO TRY AND ASK THE COUNTY TO, TO DO A COUNTY-WIDE ACTION IN THE SUMMERTIME.
UH, AS WE ARE ALREADY, UM, MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION, IT SEEMED NATURAL THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE A RESOLUTION ASKING THIS OF THE COUNTY OUR OURSELVES.
SO SIX, SIX MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY MADE SUCH A RESOLUTION TO DATE.
I WOULD NEED TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM, FROM SOMEONE ON THE BOARD TO GET THIS ONTO THE, ONTO THE BOARD DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED TO ADD, ADD TOPICS OF DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING TO OH, OKAY.
FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO ALWAYS HAVE IT SECONDED.
THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE COMPLICATED TOWNS AND CITIES MIGHT DO THAT WITH THEIR PROCEDURES OR IF YOU'RE ADDING IT FOR THE SAME NIGHT.
FOR THE SAME NIGHT YOU'RE ADDING AN AGENDA ITEM.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM, THIS JUST CAME UP THE OTHER DAY IS, UM, WELL, TRUSTEE ALLGOOD AND VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD, WE WENT TO THE LAND USE LAW CENTER.
UM, IT WAS, IT'S NOW OVER THREE MONTHS AGO THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN THE, IN THE HOUSING, UH, WORKSHOP.
AND, UH, THE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME WHAT WE WERE, WHAT, WHAT WE WERE DOING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND THAT THE OTHER NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES ARE OUTSTRIPPING US.
WE USED TO BE THE MOST, UH, FORWARD THINKING COMMUNITY, UM, ON THE SUBJECT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IT DOESN'T NEED, I'M NOT CERTAIN WE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS NEXT WEEK, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD, UH, I TOLD HIM THAT
[00:20:01]
WE WERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THIS FORWARD, BUT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR PLAN YET.SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT.
SO, ON ON THAT, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT MAYBE WE CAN START THE DISCUSSION OR FOCUS THE DIS THE FIRST PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE, ON THE PERCENTAGES.
BASICALLY THE, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AFFORDABILITY, UM, THAT, THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CODE AND, AND COMPARE THEM TO WHAT WE LEARNED DURING THAT SESSION.
YOU, IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE AMENDED OR UPDATED IN CODE, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS OH, OKAY.
THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE HAS TALKED ABOUT ALSO.
'CAUSE THAT'LL TAKE, THAT'S A PROCESS THAT'LL TAKE A FEW MEETINGS MM-HMM
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CODE CHANGE.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART THAT I WOULD LOVE TO, I MEAN, I HAD SORT OF MENTIONED THIS TO YOU AND I WASN'T CERTAIN WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU STOOD ON OR WHERE THE REST OF THE BOARD STOOD ON, BUT SORT OF REPLICATING THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD WITH THE LAND USE LAW CENTER, WITH THE COMMUNITY, SORT OF RESTARTING IT FROM THE BEGINNING, NOT PREJUDICING IT WITH A PARTICULAR LOCATION OR EVEN NECESSARILY WITH, WITH A PARTICULAR SIZE OR, OR COMPOSITION.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S ONE APPROACH.
I, BUT I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD SHARE AT THE MM-HMM
FULL PACKAGE WITH THE BOARD AND THEN, AND THEN START TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY WITH THE BOARD, HOW WE PROCEED IN PUBLIC.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO BRING UP ANY TOPICS? UH, SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT ALL? I ONLY HAVE ONE, AND THAT'S THE, UM, THE, THE SA I'M, UH, MY INTENTION IS TO GO TO THE SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING THIS THURSDAY AND TO HAVE A DEEPER DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT THE WHAT, UH, ABOUT CLIFF STREET AND ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD LAST, UH, THE LAST MEETING REGARDING SAFETY AT CLIFF STREET ON STATE ON CLIFF STREET.
SHOULD I REPEAT ANYTHING THAT I JUST SAY? SAFETY COUNCIL HAS BEEN CANCELED.
NEXT SAFETY COUNCIL, MEETING THE NEXT SAFETY COUNCIL.
SO AFTER THAT, SO, UM, UH, TO THE, UH, AUDIENCE, WHOEVER IS LISTENING, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON CLIFF STREET WHO, UM, UM, SPOKE ABOUT SAFETY CONCERNS ON THEIR STREET AT THE LAST OF PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, UH, AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE LAST MEETING.
UM, UH, THE MAYOR ASKED THAT I WOULD ADDRESS THOSE, UM, AS THE LIAISON TO THE SAFETY COMMITTEE WITH THAT GROUP, AND THEN COME BACK, UH, WITH COMMENTS TO THIS, UM, TO THIS BOARD, UH, AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING.
BUT IT'LL BE THE MEETING AFTER THE, THE NEXT SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING.
ANY OTHER TOPICS? OKAY, GREAT.
UM, OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS.
UH, TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 18TH IS THE, THE LIBRARY IS HOSTING THE FEBRUARY, UH, BREAK BOOK VERSUS MOVIE FILM FESTIVAL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING IT TOMORROW, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, ALL AT 1130 IN THE, IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, YOU DO, DID NEED TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO HARM IN ASKING.
UM, SO TOMORROW IS THE FILM IS THE BFG, UH, THURSDAY, THE FILM IS TUCK EVERLASTING.
AND FRIDAY THE FILM IS BRIDGE TO TARA BIA.
THEN THERE IS THE RIVERTOWN THRIFT AT THREE SPRING STREET.
THEY ARE, UM, THEY'RE HOSTING THEIR POPUP THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OF THIS WEEK, AND THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THEIR HOURS ARE 11 TO SIX.
AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS THEY'RE 10 TO FIVE, AND AGAIN AT THREE SPRING STREET.
UM, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD IS THE SENIOR TRIP TO HASTINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT 1230.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH IS, THIS IS SENIOR THURSDAY.
UM, FRIDAY IS, THERE'S A FREE CLASS ON PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES AT 6:00 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT SHOULD BE, I'M SORRY, THAT SHOULD BE WEDNESDAY THE 25TH.
DID I WRITE FRIDAY ON THAT? IT'S, IT'S, I THOUGHT IT'S THE THURSDAY.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, FREE CLASS.
I'M PREPARING FOR EMERGENCIES AT 6:00 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, AND THEN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH IS THE WINTER FARMER'S MARKET AT ZINZER COMMUTER PARKING LOT FROM 9:30 AM TO 1:00 PM.
[IX. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS NUMBER TWO.UM, I ACTUALLY WOULD'VE LIKED IT'S,
[00:25:01]
IT'S OKAY.BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD WAS AT THE MEETING, UH, ON, I THINK IT WAS THURSDAY, UH, THAT WAS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER REGARDING ROSEDALE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CITE IT BECAUSE IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS, I WAS GLAD FOR THE ATTENDANCE, AND IT WAS ALSO, I, I FOUND IT SOMEWHAT AFTER THE FACT.
UH, AN UNUSUAL, A WELCOME, AN UNUSUAL MEETING FOR, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE RECENTLY.
IT WAS, UH, THE WAY IT WAS CONDUCTED, IT ALLOWED A LOT OF, UM, UH, SPONTANEOUS, UH, PUBLIC INPUT.
UM, THE VILLAGE MANAGER ALLOWED THAT.
UH, AND THE CONSULTANT WAS HANDLING IT WELL AS, SO HE WASN'T THROWN BY STOPPING WHAT HE, HIS PRESENTATION AND ADDRESSING QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
AND THERE WERE REALLY QUITE A FEW ITEMS IN THAT THAT DID, THAT I FELT DID COME UP AND WERE IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, I'M HOPING THAT WHAT I RAISED AND WHAT THE CONSULTANTS SEEMED TO BE, UM, RECEPTIVE TO, AND TO SOME DEGREE THE VILLAGE MANAGER AS WELL, WAS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, MEETING, PUBLIC MEETING WHERE THESE, THE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP COULD ACTUALLY BE DISCUSSED BEFORE WE'RE BEING PRESENTED WITH THE BASIC FINAL PROPOSAL.
THERE WERE A LOT OF, A LOT OF ISSUES THAT THAT CAME UP.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I, I WON'T GO INTO 'EM NOW, BUT, UH, I'M HOPING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WAS THERE OTHER THAN TRUSTEE OOD, BUT, UM, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS WITH REGARD TO DRAINAGE THAT WERE, UM, A BIT OF A SURPRISE AND LIKEWISE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CITE THAT.
SO IF I COULD RE RESPOND SINCE I WAS, I WAS THERE, I THINK, UM, TRUSTEE SANDBERG WAS ALSO THERE FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING, BUT I'LL, UH, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHAT, UM, ONE OF THE, THE, THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE, UH, THE GRANT FOR, UM, SIDEWALKS ON ROSEDALE BETWEEN, FROM MOUNT HOPE TO RAVENSDALE AND, UM, SOME SIDEWALKS ALREADY EXIST.
SOME USED TO EXIST, THEY WERE REPLACED SOMETIMES WITH BUSHES OR OVERGROWN, OR THEY WERE NEVER THERE AT ALL.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE VARIETY OF CONDITIONS.
SO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS THERE IS A VILLAGE, AN ONGOING VILLAGE WIDE DRAINAGE PLAN THAT'S BEING STUDIED.
SO ONE OF THE, I THINK, CRITICAL ISSUES IS TO ENSURE THAT THIS SIDEWALK PLAN DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH OR DOUBLE UP ON OR SOMEHOW, UM, YEAH, I GUESS CONFLICT OR DOUBLE UP.
THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS
SO SINCE BOTH PROJECTS ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD, GREAT TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE DOVETAILED AND NEATLY FITTING TOGETHER AND COMPLIMENTING EACH OTHER.
THAT SAID, A LOT OF THE FOCUS WAS ON THE CONCERN OF THE CONS, THE, THE, THE CONCERN, THE, THE NEIGHBOR'S CONS, THE CONCERN, UH, ABOUT THE, THE DRAINAGE, PARTICULARLY FLOODING IN THEIR BASEMENTS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I ALSO, I EX, I LIVE ON A DIFFERENT PART, ROSEDALE, BUT I ALSO EXPERIENCE, UM, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE DRAINAGE PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY BE THE, THE, THE PRIMARY, UM, VEHICLE TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. BUT THE SIDEWALK PROJECT, WHILE IT'S ADDRESSING SIDEWALKS AND CURBING, IT'LL ALSO HAVE A, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DRAINAGE.
BUT THAT ALSO, AGAIN, PER THE FIRST COMMENT, HAS TO BE SORTED OUT HOW THE TWO PROJECTS WORK TOGETHER, AND AGAIN, COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS OR MY NEIGHBORS.
UM, THE SECOND THING I THINK THAT'S, UH, IMPORTANT IS, UM, WAS THAT CAME UP DURING THE MEETING, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, OR THIRD, I GUESS I'M UP TO IS, UM, IS THAT THIS IS A PRE-DESIGN MEETING.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT, UH, MR. SKOLNIK IS COMPLIMENTING US ON, IS THAT I THINK WHAT HE'S EXPRESSED IN DIFFERENT MEETINGS IS THAT WE SHOW UP OR OUR CONSULTANTS WILL SHOW UP WITH A PLAN AND THAT HE FEELS AS THOUGH THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT OR TIMING, OR IT'S TOO LATE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THEY'VE CHARGED AHEAD AND DRAWN SOMETHING UP AND THEY SHOW IT.
AND BECAUSE IT'S DRAWN IN A COMPUTER, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN, THEY'VE APPROACHED ME, MR. SKOLNIK CONCLUDED, AND THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S DONE.
HOW DO WE GET THIS FAR WHEN IT'S REALLY ACTUALLY JUST A SKETCH? SO THIS MEETING WAS, WAS PRIOR TO ANY SKETCHING BEING DONE.
IN FACT, THERE WAS NOT EVEN A LINE, NOT EVEN A NOTION OF WHAT, WHAT'S GOING TO, TO HAPPEN.
JUST A DISCUSSION OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AND WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES AND THE IMPLICATIONS COULD BE.
AND SO THIS IS, THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME AT A PRE-DESIGN MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC, AND 'CAUSE THE PUBLIC IS ESSENTIALLY THE CLIENT GETS TO HEAR AND VOICE THEIR VOICE, THEIR CONCERNS, AND HAVE THEM, AND HEAR AND ANSWER DIRECTLY.
[00:30:01]
WE DON'T KNOW YET, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN AND DISCOVER.SO THE NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE NOT SIMPLY ADDRESSING THOSE ANSWERS WITH THOSE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS.
THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, THIS IS A POSSIBILITY, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO STUDY.
SO THAT'S MY, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU, UM, YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS ON THE OUTCOME OR THE, ON THE, THE, UM, PROCESS.
I WAS GONNA SEARCH FOR A FEW MINUTES.
THAT'S THE POINT, UH, THE PROCESS BECAUSE, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T, AS YOU KNOW, JUST WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT JUMPING TO A DRAWING OR A CONCLUSION.
SO BEING INVOLVED, INVOLVING THE CLIENTS IN ALL OF THIS PROCESS HELPS 'EM UNDERSTAND HOW EARLY WE ARE AND HOW MUCH OF THEIR INPUT WE NEED.
I THINK THE VIDEO'S AVAILABLE.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT WAS RECORDED, SO IT'S RIGHT.
ARE YOU FINISHED? YOU CAN HAVE YOUR, I CAN KEEP GOING.
WELL, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR TIME BACK.
SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC MEMBERS IN THE ROOM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS THEN.
AT THAT POINT, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE SURRENDERING YOUR LAST MINUTE OF TIME, MR. SKOLNIK, NEXT MEETING.
YOU DON'T GET AN EXTRA MINUTE.
[X. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD IS THE SENIOR COUNCIL MEETING AT THREE 15 IN THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH IS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING, UM, MCC CRAN PARK PUBLIC MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT SAYS SIX SEVEN, THAT'S A TYPO.
LISTEN, TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD IS THE NEXT BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING AT 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL.
AND FOR A RECORD COMPLETION TIME, UM, I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO