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AND WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON,[Board of Trustees MacEachron Park Meeting on March 18, 2026.]
NEW YORK.UH, THIS IS NO LONGER AN OFFICIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, UH, BUT THE VILLAGE MANAGER, AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THIS JUST AS A COMMUNITY MEETING INSTEAD OF DELAYING THIS AND PUTTING IT OFF ANOTHER MONTH AND RUNNING INTO SCHEDULING ISSUES WITH OUR, OUR, UH, PARTNERS AT LANG.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THIS THIS EVENING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK RECREATION CHAIR.
UM, SHE'S BEEN NEGLECTING HER GRANDCHILDREN TONIGHT BY BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, JOANNE BATER, DEVO, AND ANGELA REESE, YOU'RE HERE IN THE BACK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THE RECOGNITION.
UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, LANG FOR, UH, BEING HERE TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH OUR, UH, GROUP.
AND THE PRESENTATION IS BEING FILMED, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW IT ON OUR, OUR TV STATION AND FOR ANYBODY THAT'S NOT, NOT HERE TONIGHT.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE VILLAGE HAD A KIND OF A PRELIMINARY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS MCC KRAN PARK, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STABILIZE THE PARK, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE, IMPROVE THE PARK FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE AREA.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE, WE HAD GOTTEN, UH, WE HAD DONE SOME, WE HAD DONE SOME PRELIMINARY PLANS THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND THEN WE APPLIED FOR ANOTHER GRANT AND WE RECEIVED A, UM, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT, WHICH WE WERE ABLE, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW TO KIND OF, UM, SPEND THAT MONEY AND THEN, UM, WE WERE FORTUNATE IN SOME NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARCO TO BE ABLE TO GET A $3 MILLION CONTRIBUTION FROM, UH, BPR CO FOR, UH, THE RESTORATION OF NICK KRIN PARK.
SO WE VERY, UH, STOOD, THE BOARD, WORKED VERY, UH, DILIGENTLY TO FIND A, UM, CONSULTANT THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE PROJECT.
WE INTERVIEWED, I BELIEVE, UH, SIX OR SEVEN, UH, DIFFERENT FIRMS, AND WE HAD, UH, PROPOSALS FROM I BELIEVE 11.
AND, UH, WE CHOSE LAGAN, UH, AS THE BEST, UH, SELECTION.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM NOW FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO KIND OF MASSAGE WHAT HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE AND, UH, SEE AND COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR, UH, THE PROJECT WHICH IS DESIGNED TO BOTH STABILIZE THE PARK AND KIND OF, UH, HAVE, MAKE IT BE MORE RESILIENT TO THE ACTION OF THE RIVER AND ALSO THE ACTION OF STORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST INTRODUCE, UH, MEREDITH, JULIANA AND JEAN, UH, REGE, EXCUSE ME IF I MESSED YOUR NAME UP TERRIBLY.
AND ALSO WITH THEM ARE, ARE VICTOR CIZIK AND KEITH WARNER.
AND, UH, THEY'LL, AFTER WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION, THEN THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME, UH, UH, PHOTOS AND, AND THINGS IN THE BACK, AND THERE'S AN, THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME, UH, DIRECT ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S HERE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, PLEASE.
UM, COVERED IT ALL OUR AGENDA AND HISTORY AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS PERFECT.
UM, OKAY, SO, UM, TO START OUT WITH, UH, FIRST OF ALL, MEREDITH MENTIONED, MY NAME'S MEREDITH.
I'M A PROJECT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON OUR FIRM IN GENERAL TO START WITH.
UM, LANG IS A LARGE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FIRM.
SO, UH, WE COVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT SERVICES HERE, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIX DISCIPLINES ALL WORKING TOGETHER, UM, ON THIS PROJECT.
SO WE HAVE GEOTECH SITE, CIVIL SURVEY, UH, OUR WATERFRONT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOLKS WHO ALSO ASSIST US WITH PERMITTING BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE THAT COVERED.
UM, AND THEN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ALSO.
SO, UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT OFFICES, BUT, UH, OUR TEAM, ALL SIX OF THESE SERVICES ARE ALL BASED OUT OF WHITE PLAINS IN NEW YORK CITY.
UM, SO THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE ON OUR TEAM THAT ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WILL BE THE FACE OF THE PROJECT FOR TONIGHT'S UH, PURPOSES.
SO WE HAVE, UM, A FEW FOLKS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
UM, KRISTEN UNFORTUNATELY WAS, IS OUR KIND OF HEAD PROJECT MANAGER AND UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, BUT GET ME INSTEAD
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SIDE.VICTOR'S ALSO A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
KEITH IS ON OUR SITE CIVIL SIDE AND JEAN IS ON OUR WATERFRONT, UM, AND REPPING GEOTECH FOR US ALSO.
UM, SO, UM, TO START WITH, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE PURSUING THE PROJECT, LIKE MARYBETH WAS CERTAIN ROUTE, WE WERE KIND OF INTERVIEWING AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON OUR TEAM HAD SOME KIND OF PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE TOWN OF SINGS.
WHETHER THAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD COME DOWN HERE AND THEY'D GONE TO HARVEST ON HUDSON FOR LIKE A CELEBRATION LUNCH OR THEY WENT TO A WEDDING OR HAD SOME OTHER KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MEMORY THAT WAS HERE IN THIS TOWN.
SO, UM, WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THE PROJECT AND THEN WE GOT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE EVEN, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, THE TOWN AND THE VILLAGE AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, JUST REALLY BECAME KIND OF ENAMORED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE AND UM, THIS KIND OF DEDICATION TO LIKE ARTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ACCESS TO THE WATER THAT WE HAVE IN AS PART OF MC KRON.
AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN KIND OF A GUIDING LIGHT FOR US AS
WE WORKED THROUGH THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, THEN WE GOT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EKRON ITSELF AND UM, HAD, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD YOU NOT, UH, FALL IN LOVE WITH JUST THE VIEWS THAT ARE AROUND.
UM, SO WE REALLY KIND OF BREAK DOWN OUR SITE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS THAT START TO GUIDE, UM, OUR DESIGN DECISIONS.
AND OF COURSE THE MEMORABLE VIEWS UP AND DOWN THE WATER OUT TO THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE AND THE PALISADES.
UM, AND EVEN UP TO THE BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING ARE PART OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU SEE RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
UH, BUT EVEN GOING A LITTLE DEEPER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, REALIZING THAT THIS IS REALLY A COMMUNITY SPACE, UM, PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOTS OF AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES.
AND WE GOT THIS GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND THEN ALSO, AS MARY BETH WAS MENTIONING, STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE CONSTRAINTS AS WE WALKED AROUND.
UM, DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ON THIS FOR OUR LIVES?
YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, YOU NEED TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
SO IT IS, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK, BEAUTIFUL VIEWS.
UM, BUT THE PARK ITSELF IS DETERIORATING, UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF HIGH WINDS.
WE'RE GONNA GET HIGH TIDES THERE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, WAVE ACTION.
THERE'S EROSION THAT YOU CAN SEE IN SOME OF THESE PICTURES.
YOU CAN SEE THE EROSION HAPPENING AT THE SURFACE FLOODING.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER WHEN WE WERE GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTING THIS PARK TO BE SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO AND USE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE PICTURES, THERE WILL BE TIMES THAT, OR THERE WERE TIMES THAT IT WASN'T USABLE.
SO THIS WAS SOME OF OUR RESTRAINTS WITH THE HIGHWAYS TIDAL AREA ON THE WATER, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS CAN BE MORE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE CONCERNS FOR THE SHORELINE AND THE EROSION ARE REALLY, UM, WOULD DRIVE A LOT OF OUR DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS ALSO.
UM, SO TO START WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF PROJECT HISTORY, LANDON'S PROJECT HISTORY ON THE PROJECT, UM, WE ALWAYS START OUT EVERY PROJECT WITH WHAT WE CALL THE DUE DILIGENCE PHASE.
UH, THIS IS BASICALLY THE PHASE OF WORK THAT MARY BETH WAS ALLUDING TO THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WHERE WE LEARN ALL OF THE SORT OF TECHNICAL INFO THAT WE NEED TO ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, SO, SO FAR WE'VE COMPLETED OUR SURVEY INCLUDING A FULL BOUNDARY AND TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, SO THAT'S FULLY UPDATED, UM, NOW AND THEN ALSO A BATHOMETRIC SURVEY.
SO THAT'S A SURVEY OF THE WATER, WHAT HAPPENS BELOW THE WATER SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THINGS LIKE THE MEAN HIGH WATER AND HOW THE SHORELINE RESTORATION IS GOING TO WORK.
UM, WE'VE ALSO COMPLETED A WETLAND INVESTIGATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY FOUND THAT THERE ARE NOT FLAGGED WETLANDS, UM, WHICH HELPS OUR PERMITTING MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US.
UM, AND THEN ON THE GEOTECH SIDE, WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING NOW ON, UM, COMPLETING SOME BORINGS.
YEAH,
UM, AND THAT WILL GIVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOIL AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOIL.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE DOING TWO BORINGS IN THE WATER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.
UM, ALSO THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY, UM, AS MARY BETH SAID, WITH OUR MEETINGS WITH THE VILLAGE, BUT ALSO WITH COORDINATING WITH OUR ADJACENT OWNERS.
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DONE A DESIGN REVIEW WITH ARCO, UM, FOR THE ANACONDA BUYER SITE THAT'S NEXT DOOR ACROSS FROM KINLEY SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FUTURE PLANS ARE FOR THAT PROJECT.THEY UNDERSTAND OUR PLANS AND WE'RE NOT, UH, PROPOSING ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE INCORRECT AND ALSO NOT CLEAR AFTER WE WORK WHAT WE'RE WORKING.
AND ALSO THAT MINOR MALE LOCALITY KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMPUTER AND OUR PROCESS RE OUR SOIL.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE, UM, HAVE OUR SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW THERE, WHERE IT, UM, PUBLIC PRESENTATION, YOU'RE ALL HERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
UM, SO THE, THIS IS NICELY TIMED FOR US IN OUR SCHEDULE SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE FEEDBACK, UM, FROM ALL OF YOU THAT ACTUALLY LIVE HERE AND INTERACT WITH THE SPACE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THEN WE WILL TAKE ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND CONTINUE TO REV REFINE.
UH, WHAT I'LL BE SHOWING YOU IS THE RECOMMENDED, UH, SITE PLAN.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT, INCORPORATE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK AS WE GET MORE AND MORE KIND OF INFO FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN WE'LL BE STARTING TO WORK THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN THERE.
AND THEN, UH, REFINING THE COST ESTIMATE AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN LOOK TOWARDS A FALL 2026 BIDDING CONSTRUCTION PHASE FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT DESIGN, UH, HAS SOME, UH, GREAT FEATURES TO IT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE WERE PUTTING IN WAS PERMITTABLE AND ALSO SUSTAINABLE AND BEING RESILIENT.
SO FIRST, JUST LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT DESIGN, THERE'S A BULKHEAD THAT GOES AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE.
THIS CREATES A HARD SURFACE AT THE EDGE.
IT WILL HELP WITH NOT ADDING FILL INTO THE WATER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE HARD SURFACE IT COULD CAUSE SCOUR ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT AND YOU COULD HAVE FUTURE ISSUES.
IT'S ALSO NOT, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS.
IT'S NOT HELPING WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE A, AN AREA THAT WE WANNA HAVE BIRDS OR AN AREA THAT WE WANNA HAVE FISH COME IN.
IT'S JUST NOT TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT, UM, A LOT OF THE PERMITTING AGENCIES WOULD LIKE US TO PUT IN AS THAT HARDSCAPE.
UM, ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS IS ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT ARE BEING PUT IN THE HARDSCAPE UPLAND.
UH, THESE ARE FEATURES THAT THE AGENCIES TYPICALLY TR TRY TO SHY AWAY FROM.
WE WANNA KEEP OUR IMPERVIOUS COVER TO A LIMITED AMOUNT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NOTICE RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT THERE IS A LOT OF HARDSCAPE UPLAND AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE WANNA LIMIT THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IS THE PIER OR DOCK WITH THE FLOATING DOCK FOR BOAT ACCESS.
UM, IT IS CONSIDERED FILL IN THE WATER, WHICH IS NOT PERMITABLE.
UM, IT ALSO CREATES COVER OVER THE WATER, NOT
SO WE STARTED FROM THE SITE AS WE, SO WE, OUR IN AREA, UM, AND WHERE, YOU KNOW, BEST USE POSSIBLY, UM, HIGHLIGHT, WANNA SHARE BEGINNING OF THOSE VIEWS.
AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL VIEW WHERE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN MARRIED THERE AND WE DON'T WANNA, UH, MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THOSE MEMORIES EITHER.
SO, UM, THERE'S TO CONSIDER WITH THOSE VIEWS.
AND THEN, UH, KIND OF LAYERING IN THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE SPACE SO YOU CAN SEE THE SAME VIEWS ARE HIGH OR THE SAME POINTS OF INTEREST ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
AND THEN THE CIRCULATION PATTERNS THAT WE NOTICE THROUGHOUT THE SPACE STARTS TO INFORM WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST FOR DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW TO ACTUALLY USE THE SPACE.
UM, AND THEN THESE BLUE ARROWS THAT YOU SEE ARE THE SORT OF INITIAL THOUGHTS OF GRADING AND DRAINAGE THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
SO WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT DESIGN RAISED TO THE GRADE IN THE SITE AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL ALSO BE RECOMMENDING.
UM, SO GINA WILL TALK MORE, A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET INTO THE SHORELINE AND TALKING ABOUT THAT.
BUT, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE WAY THE DRAINAGE COMES OFF THE PARKING LOT ALSO HELPS US
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TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE NEED TO HANDLE THE WATER OFF OF THE PARKING LOT AS WELL.UM, AND THEN AGAIN, GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A SPACE, UM, WITH THESE SORT OF DIFFERENT ZONES THROUGHOUT AND ALSO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S A REALLY AMAZING COMMUNITY SPACE THAT ALREADY EXIST AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD ALTER THAT IN ANY WAY.
WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF STILL HOST CONCERT SERIES AND MAINTAIN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT THE VILLAGE IS ABLE TO DO THERE.
UH, NOW, SO, UM, JUST TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND, 'CAUSE WE'VE SAID A LOT OF THINGS.
WE'VE TAKEN ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED SO FAR, THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF IT, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPACE ITSELF AND HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP THESE FOUR OVERALL PROJECT GOALS.
UM, BUT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, STANDING THERE, SO NEW CONSCIENCE AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE WATER IS A HIGH PRIORITY.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, I THINK I LITERALLY JUST SAID THIS ON THE LAST SLIDE, BUT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THOSE COMMUNITY AMENITIES THAT WE SAW ON THE LAST SLIDE.
YOU KNOW, CREATING BETTER SPACES FOR THE CONCERT VENUES AND OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WEDDINGS OR PICNICS OR EVEN JUST, YOU KNOW, HEADED DOWN THERE FOR, UH, LUNCH ON YOUR LUNCH BREAK.
UM, AND THEN REALLY ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY WELLNESS THROUGH ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS AND A VARIETY OF SEATING.
UM, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO FEEL LIKE A PARK, WE WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE A PARK THAT ANYBODY CAN COME TO AND BE ABLE TO GET AROUND, UM, AND HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS ANYBODY ELSE.
SO IN THINKING ABOUT THOSE AMENITIES, UM, THOSE ARE OUR OVERALL GOALS IN THINKING ABOUT THOSE AMENITIES.
THEY'VE SORT OF EVOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, SO THE EXISTING ONES OUT THERE TODAY ARE OBVIOUSLY THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE BENCH LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIVER, THAT OPEN FLEXIBLE LAWN AND A SORT OF TEMPORARY STAGE COMES AND GOES AS WE NEED IT FOR THE CONCERT SERIES.
AND THEN IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE, THOSE SAME KEY FOUR AMENITIES WERE STILL PROPOSED ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF WALKING PATHS AND OVERLOOKS THE KAYAK STORAGE, THE WOODEN DOCK AND THE BULKHEAD.
NOW AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT PHASE THAT WE CALL THE DD PHASE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE EVOLVING THE DESIGN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THOSE SAME FOUR ELEMENTS ARE STILL, ARE TOP OF OUR LIST HERE.
AND THEN WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO PROPOSE WALKING PATHS, OVERLOOKS KAYAK STORAGE, AND WE'VE MADE A SLIGHT TWEAK THAT I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH FOR THE DOCK AND THE BULKHEAD AS WE ARE STARTING TO SAY.
UM, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING INSTEAD IS A GET DOWN, UM, IT'S A TECHNICAL TERM FOR IT.
IT LITERALLY GETS YOU DOWN TO THE RIVER, UM, FOR KAYAK ACCESS.
SO THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY CONCRETE RAMP.
IT'S A DA ACCESSIBLE, SO THERE'S INCREASING THE ACCESS TO THE WATER SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN GET, YOU KNOW, UM, A WHEELCHAIR OR A WALKER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF, UM, OF THOSE TOOLS.
ALSO A SAFER CONNECTION, UM, AS GINA WAS ALLUDING TO, THIS LOCATION PUTS YOU IN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE COVE INTO THE SAFER SPACE.
UM, AND THEN A STABILIZED SHORELINE CREATED WITH RIP WRAP AND INCREASING THE GRADE IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A SOFTER APPROACH THAN THE BULKHEAD.
IN ADDITION, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A FEW OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDING GRILLING AREAS OR A PAVILION, UM, EVEN ADDING, INCORPORATING IN SOME ROTATING ART IN THE FORM OF SCULPTURES OR, UM, I DUNNO,
THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY, BUT WE THOUGHT WORTHWHILE TO, UM, GET FEEDBACK ON.
UM, SO GOING THROUGH THE SITE PLAN, THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDED SITE PLAN.
SO, UM, THIS IS SORT OF THE POINT WE'RE AT NOW AND WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS PRESENTATION IS TO INFORM YOU GUYS OF ALL
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OF THESE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AND THOUGHTS WE'VE HAD, AND THEN TAKE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK LIKE I WAS SAYING, FROM FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY USE THE SPACE, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE IT INTO IT.SO THERE'S A FEW TWEAKS, UM, TO THIS SITE PLAN COMPARED TO THE LAST ONE.
NUMBER ONE THAT'S LABELED ACTUALLY, IF YOU CAN SEE THE CURSOR HERE ALL ALONG THE SHORELINE HERE WOULD BE A STABILIZED RESTORED SHORELINE.
UM, THAT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE GRADE OF THE SITE.
I CAN GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND THEN THE GET DOWN THAT I WAS MENTIONING FOR KAYAK ACCESS IS OVER IN THE CORNER OVER HERE, KIND OF CONNECTED TO THE PARKING AREA, SO THERE'S EASY ACCESS IN AND OUT FROM THE PARKING.
UM, THERE ARE WALKING PATHS THAT CONTINUE ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT THE SITE IN A CONTINUOUS LOOP.
AND THAT'S REALLY HEADED TOWARDS THAT GOAL OF INCREASING COMMUNITY WELLNESS THAT WE KIND OF DID A LITTLE CALCULATION AND FOUND THAT SIX TO SEVEN LAPS ON THAT LOOP LAPSE ON THAT LOOP WOULD BE ABOUT A MILE.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WHERE YOU CAN GO OUT AND WALK AROUND THE CIRCLE A COUPLE TIMES AT LUNCH AND GET YOUR STEPS SET
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, NUMBER FIVE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF PRESERVING THAT OPEN LAWN HAS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY TO US THIS WHOLE TIME.
SO WE WANT FIT THESE AMENITIES IN WHILE WE ACTUALLY ALSO PRESERVE THAT OPEN SPACE, UM, AND USE IT FOR EVENTS.
NUMBER SIX HERE IS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PERFORMANCE PAVILION.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT.
IT CAN BE A PERMANENT STRUCTURE, SHADE STRUCTURE, IT CAN BE A TEMPORARY SHADE, UH, A TEMPORARY STAGE STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE USE TODAY.
UM, NUMBER SEVEN IS ACTUALLY YOU'LL SEE A SLIGHT RELOCATION TO THE PLAYGROUND.
SO WE PROPOSED A NEW PLAYGROUND.
UM, THE ONE THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, SORT OF GETTING TO THE END OF ITS LIFE.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT 20 ISH YEARS OLD, MAYBE MORE
UM, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW PLAYGROUND, UM, AND IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOCATION WHERE IT GETS YOU A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHAT WE'RE CALLING LIKE THIS SEATING WITHIN TREES.
SO PICNIC TABLES IN THIS SHADY COVE.
UM, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DIRECT CONNECTION THERE BETWEEN THAT SEATING AREA AND THE PLAYGROUND.
AND THEN, UM, SORRY, A SKIP RIGHT OVER OVERLOOKS.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR NUMBER FOUR MARKED OUT IN THIS KIND OF PINKISH COLOR, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY THOSE KEY LOCATIONS WHERE YOU GET THE BEST VIEWS.
SO CREATING SOME SEEDING IN THOSE SPACES.
UM, AND THEN REALLY ALL THROUGHOUT THE SPACE WE WOULD BE INCORPORATING THAT NATIVE VEGETATION AS WELL.
SO ALL ALONG THE THE RIP RAP SHORELINE, WE'D BE INCORPORATING A NATURAL LOOKING, YOU KNOW, GRASSES AND I HAVE SOME PHOTOS THAT I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST ONE SECOND OF THAT.
AND THEN ALSO TO HANDLE SOME OF THAT RAINWATER THAT WAS COMING OFF OF THE PARKING LOT, WE'RE PROPOSING A RAIN GARDEN RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT ALSO.
UM, SO A FEW CHARACTER IMAGES, UH, FOR US TO HELP TO KIND OF START TO ENVISION WHAT THESE SPACES MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE PLAYGROUNDS, THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES NOW TO INCORPORATE NATURAL, MORE NATURAL PLAYGROUNDS.
SOME WITH FUN FEATURES, THEY LOOK LIKE ANIMALS, IT'S GREAT.
UM, THEY'RE, UH, A LITTLE MORE CONNECTED MATERIALS TO THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN METAL AND STEEL AND ALL THAT
UM, AND THEN FOR THE SORT OF MEANDERING PATHWAY YOU CAN SEE IN THIS METAL PICTURE THAT WOULD BE SURROUNDED BY MADE OF GRASSES AND, AND NEW TREE PLANTING ON EITHER SIDE AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT CONCERT SPACE OR THAT OPEN LAWN TO FLEX INTO THE CONCERT SPACE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME KIND OF IDEAS THAT WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS FOR THE SEATING UNDER TREES.
SO REALLY WANTING TO CREATE THAT SHADY SPOT THAT YOU CAN SIT AT A PICNIC TABLE AND ENJOY IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE WILL BE SOON.
UM, DO YOU WANNA COVER THIS GRADING
UM, SO FIRST OFF, FOR THE SHORELINE, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A STABLE SHORELINE.
WE DON'T WANNA SEE THE EROSION THAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PROTECTED FOR THE FUTURE FOR SEA LEVEL RISE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CONSIDER RAISING GRADES IN THIS AREA.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK IS STILL THERE FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, VISIT IT OR, OR AT LEAST IN 20 YEARS, IF NOT UNDERWATER.
SO RAISING GRADES WAS A, YOU KNOW, A ONE OF THE BIG COMPONENTS THAT
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WE WANTED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL, UM, CONCEPTS.AND THEN KNOWING HOW WE WERE SEEING ALL OF THIS EROSION, WE WANTED TO STABILIZE THE TOP OF OUR SLOPE.
THE LARGE STONES THAT ARE OUT THERE SEEM PRETTY STABLE.
IT'S A RATHER SHALLOW SLOPE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN SUPPLEMENT TO THAT SLOPE AND THEN ALSO HELP RAISE GRADES.
IT'LL GO A, A LITTLE SLEEP STEEPER SLOPE AT THE TOP TO GET US CLOSER SO WE DON'T LOSE SO MUCH OF THE PARK.
UM, BUT, AND THEN ALSO TRY AND KEEP OUR STONES ABOVE MEAN HIGH WATER SO WE'RE NOT ADDING FILL INTO THE WATER AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAVE OUR RAISED GRADES, WE HAVE OUR, UM, OUR SUSTAINABLE, UH, WATERFRONT STRUCTURE, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR PERMITTING AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF AND WHAT THEY WILL ALLOW US TO DO ON SITE.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'LL BRING INTO PLAY IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IMPERVIOUS FIRST PERVIOUS COVER.
SO IMPERVIOUS, WE WANNA STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING LIKE, UH, CONCRETE OR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT GONNA ALLOW WATER TO INFILTRATE INTO THE GROUND.
SO WE'VE CONSIDERED PERVIOUS PAVERS FOR THE SITE, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE WATER INFILTRATED TO THE GROUND.
YOU'LL SEE LESS PONDING IN AREAS, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.
THEN YOU CAN USE THIS SITE RIGHT AFTER A BIG RAINSTORM.
UM, WE'VE ALSO CONSIDERED THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FLOODING ON THIS SITE, SO THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, PROPER DRAINAGE.
WE HAVE SLOPES FOR THE DRAINAGE, WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO FOR, UH, THE IMPERVIOUS VERSUS PERVIOUS MATERIAL WE HAVE CONSIDERED.
THERE WILL BE THAT GET DOWN, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ON THE SIDES IT'S STONE THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE CONSIDERED FOR PART OF THE RETAINING STRUCTURES.
SO THIS WAY WE CAN STILL RETAIN SOIL UP LAND WHILE LETTING THIS PARK FLOOD AND THEN BE ABLE TO RECOVER QUICKLY.
OKAY, SO, UM, A FEW REALISTIC, UH, CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE TO THE, THE GRADING, THE INCREASE OF THE GRADING.
SO THERE ARE EXISTING TREES THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK.
UM, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LISTED OUT HERE WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS IN COLOR, UM, AS WELL.
AND, UH, IF YOU ARE DOWN IN THE PARK, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ROOTS EXPOSED FOR A LOT OF THESE TREES.
AND, UM, THEY'RE DEFINITELY VERY LARGE.
UNFORTUNATE THAT ANYTIME WE FILL IN SPACES, SO WE RAISE THE GRADE A LITTLE BIT, UM, ANYTIME WE ADD UP EVEN JUST A COUPLE INCHES OF GRADE OF SOIL ON TOP OF A TREE ROOT, EVENTUALLY THOSE TREES WILL BE CHOKED OUT.
UM, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN HERE, LIKE WE'VE SAID.
AND LONGEVITY OF THIS PARK IS KEY FOR US.
SO WE ARE ALREADY PROPOSING AND THINKING AHEAD TO REPLACE THOSE TREES.
ALSO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, ALL THE TREES ALONG THE PARKING WOULD REMAIN, SO YOU STILL HAVE THAT DIVIDE BETWEEN THE PARKING AREA AND THE PARK.
THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE TREES THAT ARE WITHIN THE LAWN AREA.
SO THINKING AHEAD TO WHAT KIND OF PROPOSED TREES AND AND VEGETATION WE WOULD WANT TO GET INTO THIS SPACE.
UM, THESE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF SOME REALLY GREAT TREES THAT THRIVE IN WET, SALTY CONDITIONS AND, UH, KIND OF BONUSES.
THEY EXIST ALL ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY DO REALLY WELL IN IN PARKS ALONG THE HUDSON.
THEY ALSO ARE ALL FAST GROWING AND HAVE GREAT STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE TREES FOR US.
SO IN THE COST ESTIMATE AS WE HAD IN THE DIRECTION OF, UH, CREATING REALISTIC PROPOSAL HERE, WE'VE ALREADY INCORPORATED, UM, THE INSTALLATION OF LARGER SCALE TREES TO REPLACE TREES THAT WILL NEED TO COME OUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS DESIGN ACTUALLY WORK ALTOGETHER.
UM, SO THESE WOULD BE INSTALLED EVEN UP TO LIKE 18 TO 20 FEET ON THE FIRST DAY.
UM, SO THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED OFF AT THAT NICE LARGE SCALE, SO YOU STILL GET TO SIT UNDERNEATH THEIR DAY ONE RIGHT WHEN THE PARK OPENS, UM, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE PICNIC IN THE SHADE.
AND THEN WE IMPROVE THE LONGEVITY AND THE LIFESPAN OF ALL OF THE VEGETATION BY KIND MAKING THAT REPLACEMENT FOR THESE NATIVE TREES.
UM, IN ADDITION, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES ON THE SIDE, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT IDEA OF INCORPORATING THOSE NATIVE PLANTS INTO THE SHORELINE.
SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT TWO SEPARATE THINGS,
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RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF STONE AS THE SHORE AND THEN A SEPARATE AREA WHERE THERE'S PLANTING.IT'S REALLY A NATURAL SETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE PATH HERE.
AND THEN THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE LOVE, MAYBE I LOVE THE MOST AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON, YOU KNOW, NATIVE TREES AND NATIVE PLANTS AND POLLINATORS, UM, EDUCATION SIGNAGE WHILE YOU'RE MEANDERING THROUGH THE PARK.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A FEW OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN, UM, THIS PROJECT FOR GENERAL KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THE EXISTING STATE FURNISHINGS, UH, WE NOTED WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE, UH, GETTING ERODED AND FLOATING AWAY A LITTLE BIT WITH, WITH SOME OF THE SHORELINE ISSUES.
AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MISMATCH.
SO THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE TO PROVIDE FOR UPDATED SITE FURNISHINGS AND EVEN INTRODUCE A LITTLE POP OF COLOR INTO THE SPACE.
THESE ARE, UM, A SORT OF FAMILY.
THEY GO TOGETHER, THEY MATCH REALLY NICELY.
YOU CAN SELECT BETWEEN CHAIRS OR PICNIC TABLES OR JUST BENCHES AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WELL KNOWN TO HOLD UP REALLY WELL IN THAT SALTY, HARSH CONDITION ALONG THE WATER.
SO, UM, GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS.
WE HAVE STARTED WITH A PRELIMINARY COST ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, UH, AT THE THIS POINT, THIS, LIKE I SAID, PRELIMINARY, IT INCLUDES ESCALATION OF COSTS OVER TIME BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW AND CONSTRUCTION WILL ACTUALLY BE IN THE FUTURE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM FOR ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE DESIGN THAT WE MIGHT MAKE.
UM, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY IN HERE, BUT THE KEY THING THAT WE WANTED TO SEE WITH THE COST ASSESSMENT AT THIS POINT IN OUR DESIGN PROCESS IS THAT WE HAVE THE SORT SHORELINE STABILIZATION COVERED AND ACCESS TO THE RIVER AS WELL AS THE ELEVATING THE GRADE OF THE PARK IN ORDER, UM, TO CREATE THAT STABILIZED SHORELINE THAT'S ALL COVERED.
UM, IT COMES TO ABOUT 1.2, UH, MILLION DOLLARS AND AS MARY BETH WAS SAYING, OUR CURRENT FUNDING IS AT 3.5.
THERE'S A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS IN HERE TOO THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH THE VILLAGE, UM, THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EITHER PHASE THOSE IN THE FUTURE OR TO FIND OTHER MEANS OF FUNDING FOR THEM.
SOMETHING LIKE A NEW PLAYGROUND, THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR.
SO, UM, OKAY, SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT.
UM, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE.
THIS IS THE POINT IN THE DESIGN NOW THAT WE'VE SORT OF INTRODUCED YOU TO IT, WHERE YOUR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY VALUABLE TO US.
UM, THAT'S THE STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT WE REALLY RELY ON EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY USE THE SPACE EVERY DAY.
UM, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMUNICATION.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME TALK TO ONE OF US AND THE, ANY, ANY OF US HERE
UH, THERE ARE ALSO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT AND YOU WANNA SPREAD THE WORD, UM, THERE IS A PAGE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND YOU CAN PRESS THIS, LEAVE A COMMENT WAY AT THE BOTTOM AND WRITE IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND IT'LL GET TO OUR FOLKS OVER HERE AT THE VILLAGE AND THEN THEY WILL SHARE IT WITH US.
ALSO, THE BOARDS THAT YOU SEE IN THE BACK ARE GOING TO BE POSTED IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO BE ABLE TO STILL ADD COMMENTS TO THEM AND WE'LL PICK THEM BACK UP.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A TOPIC AT FUTURE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS TOO.
YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT,
UM, AND UM, YEAH, SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE ON OUR SITE PLAN HERE AND OPEN THE FLOOR IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANNA ASK OUT LOUD IN THE OPEN FORUM HERE, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
I, I JUST HAVE, WE MAY HAVE TO DRIVE OFF, HAVE ONE QUESTION, UH, BEFORE WE GO, UM, TO OPEN THE MICROPHONE.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT YOU HAD CITED EARLIER WAS ALSO KAYAK STORAGE.
WHERE WOULD YOU FORESEE THAT ON THIS MAP? YEAH.
UM, SO ONE OF THE PLACES WE WERE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STORAGE WOULD ACTUALLY BE KIND OF IN THE AREA, UM, AS
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YOU COME IN SO THAT THERE'S SOME SPACE THERE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY FIT SOME STORAGE.UM, OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH SOME SPOTS FOR IT WHERE IT'S EASY ACCESS DOWN TO THE GET DOWN.
YEAH, I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR US MINGLING AS WELL, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ASK A QUESTION, IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IF WE ALL HEAR THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER.
I, I LIVE HERE IN HASTINGS FOR MANY YEARS AND FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS THAT COULD BE HAPPENING TO OUR NEW, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, I, I'M INVOLVED IN WITH, UH, PUTTING MUSICAL, UH, FESTIVALS AND THINGS TOGETHER.
AND SO I THINK ABOUT THOSE KIND OF LOGISTICS AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT POPPED OUT AT ME DESIGN-WISE WERE THE FACT THAT, UM, THE, THE PLAYGROUND AND THE PAVILION ARE NEAR THE, UH, THE CATCH BASIN, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE A WETTER ZONE OF MOSQUITOES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN, MOSQUITOES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THE OTHER THING I WAS, UH, I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SEEING A, UM, UH, AN EVENT, THEY WANNA WATCH THE MAIN, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE EVENT AND GAZE OUT OF THE RIVER.
SO BY PUTTING THE PAVILION AGAINST THE PARKING LOT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND FOR SIGHT LINES, YOU KNOW, THAT LOOKS, THAT'S NICE MM-HMM
BUT FOR, UH, FOR THE EVENTS AND FOR THE USE OF THE TOWN AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE TOWN, I THINK THAT IF THE STAGE WAS FLIPPED THE OTHER WAY AROUND, LIKE WHERE IT IS NOW IS I THINK BRILLIANT BARB WAS, UH, WAS FABULOUS BECAUSE YEARS AGO WE PUT IT, UH, WHERE NUMBER FOUR IS MM-HMM
WHICH WAS OKAY, IT WAS THAT OTHER WAY, BUT IT LOCKS THE VIEW FROM HARVEST.
SO, UM, OKAY, THERE WAS THAT, THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL AND TO COVER THE MOSQUITOES AND THE DRAINAGE.
THE NUMBER 11 HERE IS GOING TO BE A RAIN GARDEN.
SO THAT WILL CAPTURE ALL OF THAT WATER AND UH, OH
SO, UM, YEAH, WE WERE THINKING THE SAME THING.
I LIVE AT 4 27 WALL BURTON BEEN IN THE VILLAGE FOR 26 YEARS.
UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN PART OF MANY, MANY, MANY GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE WATERFRONT IN PARTICULAR LOOKING AT THE VILLAGE.
UM, SO I HAVE SOME, SOME QUESTIONS, SOME COMMENTS.
UM, THE KAYAK ACCESS, WE LOOKED AT DOING KAYAK ACCESS PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO.
AND ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS WHEN YOU HAVE A SOLID RAMP GOING DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT, AS YOU GET WATER UP AND DOWN THAT RAMP, WHETHER IT'S CONCRETE OR WOOD, TENDS TO GROW, ALGAE BECOMES INCREDIBLY SLIPPERY.
SO IT'S SOMETHING I WANNA MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN ON A, YOU KNOW, ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO PREVENT ANY SORT OF ISSUES FROM THAT.
UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED DOING LIGHTING.
I'M GONNA HAVE A FEW SPOTS IN THE VILLAGE WHERE YOU CAN GO PHOTOGRAPH ANYTHING WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF LIGHT POLLUTION.
AND IF WE DO DO LIGHTING THERE, I'M HOPING IT WILL BE NOT ONLY DARK SKY COMPLIANT, BUT LITERALLY AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE IS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS IN THE VILLAGE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT VIEW OF THE RIVER AND NOT BE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING LIGHT, UH, LIGHT POLLUTION ISSUES.
UM, NOT PART OF YOUR PROJECT, BUT SOMETHING TO THE VILLAGE TO CONSIDER ACCESS TO THE PARK INVOLVES IF YOU'RE WALKING AND WE TRY BE A WALKABLE COMMUNITY WALKING DOWN, WHAT IS IT, ABOUT A HALF A MILE PARKING LOT AND IT'S REALLY A HORRIBLE WAY TO ENTER THE ONE REALLY NICE GREEN SPACE WE HAVE IN THE VILLAGE.
AND I'M HOPING THE VILLAGE WOULD START LOOKING AT WAYS TO BEAUTIFY THAT, THAT WALKWAY DOWN BY THE TENNIS COURTS AND DOWN BY CANAL COVE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT WALKING DOWN AN ASPHALT PLACING THIS, OH, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE IN THE PARK.
WHICH BRINGS UP ALSO THE ISSUE OF HOW WE ACCESS THE PARK CURRENTLY.
IT'S KIND OF ALMOST HIDDEN THAT YOU COME IN AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT BY HARVEST, YOU COME IN THE OTHER SIDE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING THAT HAD A A, A MORE GRAND GESTURE AS AN ENTRANCE INTO THE PARK.
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WE HAVE A BOAT YARD AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT PART OF YOUR ISSUE.IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE VILLAGE COULD ENTER INTO DISCUSSION WITH THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THAT BOAT YARD.
UM, IT'S REALLY NOT A GREAT LOOKING PLACE AS I THINK WE COULD ALL AGREE.
IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO EITHER SCREEN IT OR TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO, TO IMPROVE.
ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE WITH THE DESIGN, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, I WAS PART OF A WHOLE SERIES OF, OF, UH, OF ISSUES WE HAD AFTER HURRICANE SANDY.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE HUDSON RIVER BASIN AND ALL OF THE ISSUES GOING ON.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR ALL THE RIP WRAP, BUT THE FARTHER WE PUSH PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE RIVER, THE LESS CONNECTED TO THE RIVER WE FEEL.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THEM, I KNOW ABOUT YOUR IMPERVIOUS SURFACES.
I'M WONDERING IF WE COULDN'T DEVELOP SOME SORT OF VIEWPOINT WITH A, AN OPEN STEEL GRID WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY BUILD THAT UP OVER THE RIP WRAP SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET OUT OVER THE RIVER OR AT LEAST ABOVE THE RIVER.
UM, IF WE CAN'T GET, IF YOU EVER GO DOWN TO ANY OF OUR FESTIVALS, PEOPLE ARE JUST GRAVITATING, THEY'RE SCRAMBLING ON THOSE ROCKS.
THEY WANT TO BE NEXT TO THE WATER.
IT'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION, BUT WE CAN CONTROL THAT WITH PROPER DESIGN.
THE FARTHER BACK YOU PUSH PEOPLE INTO THE PARK WITH THE WAY THE ROOF WRAP WAS SET UP, THE MORE YOU REDUCE THE SIGHT LINES UP AND DOWN THE RIVER TO THE BRIDGE AND TO THE CITY AND TO THE WATER, THE
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WE HAD DURING SANDY IS WHENEVER THERE WAS AN OBSTRUCTION IN EITHER LEVEL OF GROUND OR WITH AN ACTUAL RETAINING WALL, AS HAPPENED IN IRVINGTON, WATER COMES IN AND IT HAS NO WAY TO DRAIN BACK AND YOU CREATE THIS BATHTUB EFFECT AND THE RESTAURANTS IN IRVINGTON GOT HAMMERED.
I WAS DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER THE STORM STOPPED.
THE WATER WAS LITERALLY UP TO THE SLIDING GLASS DOORS INTO HARVEST.
SO WE KNOW THAT THIS AREA FLOODS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS WE CREATE, AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF CREATING A CHANGE IN TOPOGRAPHY, YOU GET DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS, JUST A MUCH MORE NATURAL LANDSCAPE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA CREATE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CREATE FLOODING AND THEN RETAIN ALL OF THAT WATER.
UM, I'M ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE.
UM, IN TERMS OF BENCHES, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE, AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT DURING THE, THE FESTIVALS WE HAVE DOWN HERE.
SOME PEOPLE WANT TO FACE THE RIVER, HAVE THE MUSIC TO THE BACK.
SOME PEOPLE WANNA BE ABLE TO SIT THERE FACE MUSIC, THEY HAVE BENCHES AT THE HIGH LINE WHERE THE BENCH ACTUALLY FLIPS OVER FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
AND THAT'S A TYPE OF, OF FURNITURE I THINK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE ON THE EDGE OF THE RIVER.
UM, WHAT ADAM TALKS ABOUT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
THE THING THAT MAKES HASTINGS HASTINGS, ASIDE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IS THE PALISADES.
THE PALISADES IS A UNIQUE GEOLOGIC FORMATION ON EARTH THAT EXISTS NOWHERE ELSE.
YOU CAN GO NOWHERE ELSE AND SEE THAT IF WE DON'T PROMOTE THAT, IF WE DON'T CELEBRATE THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND I THINK ADAM HAD A GREAT POINT.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THE PERFORMERS, THEY'RE WATCHING THE PERFORMERS AND THEY'RE ALSO WATCHING THE SUNSET ON ON THE PALADE, IT'S A HUGE DEAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE, AND THIS MAY BE MORE FOR THE VILLAGE, THERE GONNA BE MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS LIKE THIS.
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE TURNOUT AT THIS MEETING, QUITE HONESTLY.
I WAS HOPING IT WOULD BE MUCH LARGER.
THIS IS ADAM SAID, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR DECADES NOW AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE REALLY BRINGING THIS HOME.
I'M HOPING THIS IS THE ONE THAT CATCHES, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE TO SHOW UP.
AND EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO BE INFORMED.
'CAUSE AT A CERTAIN POINT I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP MAKING CHANGES.
SO, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE VILLAGE IS INFORMED AS WE GO AHEAD AND A YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW, WE DON'T LOOK AT THE THING, OH WAIT, WHEN, WHEN DID WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THE VILLAGE KNOWS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE INFORMED.
CAN'T REALLY EXPECT TO COME TO A MEETING AND HAVE PEOPLE SHOW UP.
NOT HAVING SPENT HALF OF THEIR LIFE WORKING ON THE WATERFRONT
SO I SPENT QUITE A FEW HOURS IN NEW PALTZ AT THE DEC WHEN WE DID OUR WHOLE WATERFRONT PLAN FOR THE ANACONDA SITE AND SOUTH.
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UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MADE VERY CLEAR IN THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THEM IS THAT MITIGATE, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR MITIGATION EVERYWHERE.AND UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF CREATIVE THINKING THAT WENT INTO HOW THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ON THAT SIDE.
UM, SO I ASSUME THAT'S AN ISSUE ALSO WITH THIS PLAN WITH DEC TO GET THEM TO, OR ARE THEY NOT INSISTING ON MITIGATION? I'M GONNA TALK TO THAT IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO, UM, I WORK WITH DEC ALL THE TIME AT ARMY CORPS FOR EVERY PROJECT THAT I HAVE.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN AN ADJACENT AREA HERE.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO NOT ADD ANY FILL WITHIN THE WATER.
IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE DO HAVE TO ADD FILL BELOW MEAN HIGH WATER, THEN WE WILL LOOK FOR AREAS TO PULL BACK.
ONE OF THE AREAS COULD BE WHERE THE GET DOWN IS WHERE WE COULD PULL IT BACK AND IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER OF A SURFACE OR A, OR A STEEPER SLOPE TO GET US DOWN TO MUD LINE.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO IGN MISSION AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IT AT ALL.
SO THE ADDITION OF THE RIP WRAP IS REALLY BACK UP INTO THE SPACE AND THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT IS THE EXISTING SLOPE THAT'S THERE NOW.
YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO REPLENISH IT WHERE NEEDED.
BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO SAY IT ABOVE BEING HIGH WATER, IT SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED FILL.
AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD UP IS GONNA BE A MUCH STEEPER SLOPE AT THE TOP, REPLENISH IN BELOW IT.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PUSHING BACK THE LAND FURTHER BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A STEEPER SLOPE TO RAISE THIS TWO FEET.
SO YOU'RE NOT LOSING ANY LAND OF LAND AND YOU ARE ALSO HAVING A MORE SUSTAINABLE WATERFRONT STRUCTURE.
SO YES, NO FILL BELOW THE HIGH WATER.
SO, UM, ANOTHER QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE TREES.
UM, IT'S A SHAME TO HAVE TO TAKE THOSE TREES OUT.
I I AM GUESSING THAT PROBABLY WITH THE RISE IN SEA LEVEL, THEY'VE GOT, UH, THEIR NUMBER ANYWAY IS COMING UP RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE EXPOSING OF THE ROOTS AND MORE WATER.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST COMMENTS RELATED TO KIND OF THE NECESSITY OF DOING THAT AND WHAT THE TIMING WOULD BE.
UM, BUT ALSO THE POINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE BY THE PREVIOUS TWO SPEAKERS AND VERY PREDICTABLE.
'CAUSE WHEN WE'RE SITTING THERE WATCHING THOSE CONCERTS, IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF LOOK OVER AT THE SUNSET OR NOBODY'S MENTIONED THE FISH JUMPING OUT IN THE RIVER, YOU KNOW, HUGE FISH JUMPING OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE POSSIBILITY IF, IF THE TREES HAVE TO BE CHANGED, UH, REPLACED WOULD BE TO PUT THAT PAVILION KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN SETTING IT UP TEMPORARILY AND PUT MORE TREES BACK UP WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE PAVILION SO THAT YOU STILL GET THE TREES.
BUT, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND, UH, THAT THE THREE OF US ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT
UM, AND I GUESS JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT YOUR, THE PLAN WOULD BE TO JUST DO ALL, TAKE THE TREES OUT AND GO RIGHT BACK IN AND REPLANT.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE ANY KIND OF SORT OF STAGING OF THAT OVER TIME.
IT WOULD JUST BE DONE ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
I MEAN WITHIN THE SAME PROJECT.
IN OTHER WORDS, NOT OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS OR, YEAH.
I JUST, UM, THE SLIDE YOU SHOWED OF THE DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHY AND THE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS, I AM HOPING PEOPLE WILL WATCH THIS ON TV FOR THAT HERE
AND UM, I JUST THINK THAT COULD BE CLARIFIED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S ALL DIFFERENT NUMBERS ALL OVER IT AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE UNLESS THIS IS THEIR THING, RIGHT? SO IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BETTER, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE.
I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE INSTRUCTIVE.
UM, SO PEOPLE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT'S, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
'CAUSE THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING, RIGHT? TO BE SURE THIS PART IS SUSTAINABLE AND WE DO HAVE TO RAISE IT.
SO THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
THIS, UM, DOES HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS ON IT.
UM,
UM, BUT THE IDEA HERE, SO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE, UM, THE, THE 6.9, THE 6.5 WITH THE FEET AFTER THEM, RIGHT? THAT'S THE EXISTING ELEVATION OF THOSE, UH, SPOTS.
SO HARVEST ON HUDSON, IT'S AT 6.9, THE PARKING AREA JUST OUTSIDE OF, OF HARVEST ON HUDSON, IT'S AT 6.5.
UM, THE ACCESS TO THE ACCESS WALKWAY, UH, IS AT SEVEN AND THANK YOU
UM, THE WHOLE MIDDLE KIND OF AREA OF THE PARK IS AT ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE FEET, SO IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE BACK TOWARDS HARVEST SUN HUDSON.
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IT'S A LITTLE LOWER IN THE FRONT, UH, TOWARDS THE SHORELINE.AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE REST OF THESE ELEVATIONS IS THIS KIND OF MIDDLE CALL OUT HERE THAT YOU SEE WHERE WE'RE SAYING RAISE, RAISING THE ELEVATION ONE OH OH SHOOT, SORRY, UH, RAISING THE, THE PARK ELEVATION ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TO TWO FEET.
UM, SO THE WHOLE OPEN LAWN AREA, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S AT ROUGHLY FOUR AND WE'RE SAYING LET'S RAISE THAT UP TO ROUGHLY FIVE AND A HALF TO SIX.
UM, THAT ALLOWS HARVEST ON HUDSON TO KEEP ALL OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL VIEWS.
IT DOESN'T BLOCK THEIR VIEWS AND IT ALLOWS FOR US TO DO THE STABILIZED SHORELINE THAT GINA WAS DESCRIBING BEFORE.
UM, SO THIS WHOLE KIND OF CENTRAL AREA, LET'S SAY WITHIN THE WHOLE CONTINUOUS WALKING PATH LOOP, UM, WOULD RAISE ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TO TWO FEET.
THAT VARIES A LITTLE BIT THROUGHOUT THE SPACE, RIGHT? SOME AREAS ARE ALREADY A LITTLE HIGHER.
WE DON'T NEED TO GO FULL TWO FEET, THAT'S WHY, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THERE TOO.
UM, AND THEN WE'D CREATE A COUPLE LOW POINTS IN THE BACK THAT YOU SEE AND THOSE WOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE RAIN GARDEN TO PICK UP, UM, IN DRAINAGE STRUCTURES AND THEN, UH, GET THAT WATER OUT OF THERE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE STANDING WATER AND WE DON'T CAUSE A MOSQUITO PROBLEM OR ANYTHING.
UM, SO THAT'S THE SORT OF OVERALL GIST TO
SO THIS PARK IS GOING TO FLOOD.
WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO FLOOD, IT WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD, BUT WE WANNA MAKE IT SO THAT IT RECOVERS MUCH FASTER WHEN IT DOES FLOOD.
SO WE ARE DOING STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTOURS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PUT IN TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO DRAIN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO AVOIDING IT FROM HAVING ANY EROSION FROM THIS DRAINAGE.
SO AS MEREDITH WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE WANNA HIGH POINT, SO THAT'S WHY IT DOES DRAIN VERY QUICKLY AND WE ARE BEING VERY MINDFUL THAT WE'RE NOT DRAINING BACK INTO AN AREA LIKE WHERE HARVEST ON THE HUDSON IS LOCATED OR IN AN AREA LIKE WHERE THE PLAYGROUND IS THAT WE'RE NOT FLOODING AREAS OF THAT NATURE AND THAT IT CAN FLOOD EVEN TOWARDS THE RIVER, WHICH IS REALLY WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO.
SO THIS WAY GOES OFF SITE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
OH, ONE CLARIFICATION MEREDITH.
SO THE, THE, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE LOWER ON THAT, SO THE 4.5, THE SIX POINTS, NO AT THE BOTTOM PART MM-HMM
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT IT'S GONNA BE FINALLY? OR IS THAT WHAT YEAH, WHAT IT WE'RE DONE AND THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR.
YEAH, SO WE THINK ROUGHLY THAT THE AREAS, UM, WOULD END UP AT THESE ELEVATIONS.
SO 4.5, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LOWER SPOT WHERE WE WANNA KIND OF INTENTIONALLY BRING YOU DOWN AGAIN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE WATER SO YOU FEEL THAT CONNECTION, UM, AT THAT OVERLOOK THAT'S THERE.
AND YOU GET A NICE VIEW UP TO THE BRIDGE FROM THAT SPOT AND ACROSS THE PALADE, UM, THE SIX ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU ACTUALLY KIND OF WANT TO BE UP A LITTLE BIT TO GET THE VIEW OF MANHATTAN.
UM, SO THAT'S THE REASONING FOR IT.
HI, UM, I'M ALLISON MUELLER AND MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO HASTINGS THIS PAST SUMMER AND I'M ACTUALLY BRANDON'S GRANDDAUGHTER, UM,
UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE PARK BEING CARED FOR.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THERE'S A STONE BENCH IN HER HONOR THAT THE FAMILY PLACED THERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE CARED FOR AND YEAH.
I'M, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S THE STONE BENCH AND THERE'S ACTUALLY ALSO A MEMORIAL ART PIECE, UM, THAT'S IN THE PARK AND THOSE WE'VE DISCUSSED ALREADY, KIND OF AT LENGTH, UM, THAT WE WOULD WANT TO FIND SOMEPLACE THROUGH THE, THE NEW LAYOUT WHERE WE CAN BRING THOSE BACK AND HONOR THEM AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ABILITY
UM, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I DID ASK BEFORE.
IS THERE ANY, UM, AMENITY TO HAVE, UM, ELECTRICITY WHERE THE PAVILION IS OR ITS STAGE? YEAH, SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR THOUGHTS ACTUALLY WITH THE LOCATION OF THE STAGE THAT WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW IS THAT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SIMILAR KIND OF BACK AND FORTH OF WHERE TO PUT THAT.
UH, WE WENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT KIND OF ALTERNATIVE LAYOUTS AND UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID COME UP IS THAT CONNECTION TO ELECTRICITY.
SO THE BEST PLACES TO CONNECT TO THE LARGER POWER WOULD BE OUT BEYOND THE PARKING LOT.
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SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THE LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE IT IS THAT USE OF ACCESS FOR ELECTRIC.SO WE DID NOTE THAT IT DOES CHANGE THE BACKDROP, SO YEAH.
OKAY, WELL I THINK LET'S OPEN THE, YOU KNOW, GET UP AND STRETCH OUR LEGS AND WALK AROUND AND, UM, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR FACE KIND OF A LITTLE CLOSER AND SEE THOSE, THE BOARDS ARE A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE THAN THE SCREEN.
UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE BOARDS THAT ARE BACK THERE, THERE, THE, THERE'S TWO COPIES ACTUALLY OF THE SITE PLAN.
SO YOU CAN LEAVE, UM, A STICKY NOTE WITH SOME COMMENTS.
THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE CHARACTER IMAGES ON ONE OF THE BOARDS AND WE HAVE LITTLE DOT STICKERS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE SORT OF A VOTING MECHANISM.
IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING ON A CHARACTER IMAGE, YOU STICK A DOT ON IT.
UM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO TELL US THAT WITH YOUR WORDS AND WE'LL WRITE A COMMENT ABOUT WHY.
UM, AND WE'LL STICK THAT ON THERE.
AND THEN THERE IS ALSO, UM, A BOARD ABOUT OUR PROJECT GOALS.
SO THOSE OVERALL GOALS THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING, UM, ARE REITERATED ON A BOARD SO YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DIGEST THEM AND LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS.
THERE'S SOME STICKY NOTES AND DOCS BACK THERE.
AND THERE'S ALSO, WE WILL ALSO ALSO HAVE SOME WITH US.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? ASK A QUESTION.
I CALLED OUTTA IN MY SICK BED TO COME TO THIS MEETING FOR A FEW MINUTES.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE THE MICROPHONE.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST CURIOUS, CAN I SEE THE PICTURE? IS THAT, WHERE DOES THAT SHOW WHERE THE STAGE IS GONNA BE? YEAH.
OR THERE'S BEEN MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT LOCATION ALREADY.
WHAT'S THAT? THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT LOCATION.
YEAH, I'VE, I'VE HEARD, I'VE BEEN LISTENING ON FACEBOOK, SO I HEARD SOME, MOST OF THEM.
UM, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SEE THE TREES BEHIND THE STAGE.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE PRODUCE A CONCERT, THE TRUCKS COME IN ON THE BACK ROAD AND THEY PULL UP BEHIND THE STAGE TO UNLOAD EQUIPMENT AND THAT'S WHERE THE BAND USUALLY PULLS IN AS WELL.
IT'S HOW OFTEN TO COMING WITH A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, THE SOUND COMPANY, THAT OTHER ENTRANCE TENDS TO GET VERY MUDDY.
AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO KEEP CARS OFF THAT SPOT, SO, AND ALSO THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC WOULD BE SETTING UP.
SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE WITH THE TREES THAT ARE LOOK, LOOKS LIKE ARE THERE TO PULL IN BEHIND THE STAGE? UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK IT UP.
SO YEAH, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THE SOUND COMPANY SETS UP, I GUESS THEY COULD TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT OF THE STATE.
THEY END UP PUTTING TABLES AND ATTEND ON THE SIDE FOR THE SOUND BOARD, ET CETERA.
I HEARD WHAT WAS JUST SAID ON MY WAY ABOUT THE ELECTRICITY FROM THE PARKING LOT.
WE USUALLY USE A GENERATOR FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'D BE TERRIFIC IF IT WAS, IT HAD ELECTRICITY OF COURSE.
UM, AND THEN WHERE'S THE PLAYGROUND GONNA BE? WHICH NUMBER IS THAT? SO NUMBER SEVEN RIGHT HERE IS THE PLAYGROUND.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BACKSTAGE OF THE PRODUCTION AREA, BUT I GUESS JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THE OTHER THING IS THE PERFORMERS MIGHT BE FACING THE SUNSET, SO THE SUN MIGHT BE IN THEIR EYES, WELL THEY'RE PLAYING, WHICH MIGHT BE A CONSIDERATION.
I THINK ADAM MENTIONED THE AUDIENCE PREFERRING TO LOOK OUT AT THE RIVER WHERE THIS WAY THEIR BACK WILL BE FOR THE RIVER.
UH, I MEAN THEY CAN WALK OVER AND LOOK AT IT ON THE SIDE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME AS SITTING THERE WATCHING THE SUNSET.
WE CALL IT THE SUNSET CONCERT SERIES.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO LATE TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING IT WHERE IT WAS, BUT, BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY THE FIGURE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE A LITTLE BACK WHERE IT WAS SO CARS COULD DRIVE IN BEHIND THE STAGE.
SO THOSE ARE MY ONLY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT, SO.
AND DEFINITELY NO MATTER WHAT NOT TO PUT THE STAGE BLOCKING HARVEST 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE A BIG ISSUE FOR THEM.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE DO HAVE A, A DEDICATED COMMENT, UH, AREA THERE AS WELL.
SO, UM, IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE AFTER YOU GO HOME THAT YOU FORGOT TO SHARE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY STILL EXISTS AND, UH, ON THAT, UH, SAME, UH, LOCATION ON THE WEBSITE, WE'VE, UH, PUT PREVIOUS, UM, UH, UH, POWERPOINTS AND THINGS AS, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, THIS ITERATIVE PROCESS.
SO, UH, YEAH, LET'S ALL GET UP AND STRETCH YOUR LEGS AS YOU SUGGESTED, AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE GOT.