* 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. [00:00:02] GOOD [I. CALL TO ORDER] EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST, 2026. PLEASE RISE TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHERE WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MR. CLERK, IF YOU CAN CONDUCT A ROLL CALL. TRUSTEE FLEISIG. PRESENT TRUSTEE ALLE. GOOD. HERE, TRUSTEE? ME PRESENT? TRUSTEE SUNDBERG. PRESENT. MAYOR DRAKE. PRESENT. BILL MANAGER MURPHY. HERE. BILL. ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD. HERE. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON [IV. APPOINTMENTS] TO APPOINTMENTS. UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF THE APPOINTEE. I DON'T USE THE NAME OF NAME. I REMEMBER I HAVE TO LOOK. PLANNING BOARD. SORRY. IT'S THE ONE THING I DIDN'T WRITE IN MY NOTES TODAY ON HER CHEAT SHEET, BUT I DON'T DARN IT. I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME. IT'S, UH, LISA WRIGHT. LISA BECK KIM PLANNING. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. UH, WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF LISA BECK KIM TO THE PLANNING BOARD. UH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ALREADY MET AND APPROVED, AND THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD HAS ALSO MET AND APPROVED OF THIS CANDIDATE. SO WE'RE ANNOUNCING THEIR APPOINTMENT THIS EVENING. UM, THEY HAVE [V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, APRIL 7TH, 2026. DOES HAVE ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANYTHING TO ADD TO IT? MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS [VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS] GENERAL FUND AA $423,758 AND 70 CENTS DRAPER FUND, EM $1,010 AND 17 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $1,658 AND 99 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $53,392 AND 50 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $51,386 AND 43 CENTS. BETTERMENT FUND TT $1,110 PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $900. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOVING ON [VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS] TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING, DAVE SKOLNIK, 47 HILLSIDE. UH, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING STARTING OUT, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT TOWARDS THE, UH, EITHER THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT OR THE BOARD DISCUSSION, THERE SEEMED TO BE QUITE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT, UH, I WOULD AND MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO RESPOND TO AFTERWARDS. SO, I'M SORRY TO JUST RESERVING. I'M GIVING YOU A HEADS UP. I, I'M GONNA TRY TO USE MY THREE MINUTES AT THE END. SOUNDS GOOD. UNLESS YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING THAT BOTHERS ME. IN WHICH CASE I'LL JUST AND I WILL, AND I WILL REMEMBER TO HIT IT 'CAUSE I HAVE IT BOLD AND HIGHLIGHTED. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? WHAT ELSE? OKAY. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS. [VIII. RESOLUTIONS] 38 OF 26. APPROVAL OF 20 26, 20 27 NON-UNION SALARIES. THE BOARD'S HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THESE. UH, WE, WE'VE GONE OVER THEM AND APPROVED THEM AS A BOARD. UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THEY'VE ALSO BEEN POSTED ONLINE BY THE CLERK, UH, AND VIEWABLE TO THE PUBLIC. NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ADDITIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. 39 OF 26. APPROVAL OF 2026 CAMP FEES AND POOL SALARIES. UH, AGAIN, THIS HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED, UH, TO THE WEBSITE AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE VILLAGE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. FORTI OF 26 RESOLUTION, DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO FUNDING LOCAL SHARE OF STORMWATER PROJECT AND PARTICIPATION IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT LAW PROGRAM. WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON HAS LONG EXPERIENCED REOCCURRING FLOODING IN THE AREA SURROUNDING BOLIS BROOK FROM ROSEDALE AVENUE TO FARGATE PARKWAY, LEADING TO PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, PROPERTY DAMAGE AND STRAIN ON THE VILLAGE OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. I SKIP TO THE FOURTH POINT. WESTCHESTER COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT LAW PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT THAT OFFER REGIONAL BENEFITS AND PROMOTE INTER MUNICIPAL COORDINATION ACROSS WATERSHED BOUNDARIES. AND PARTICIPATION IN THE SWML PROGRAM REQUIRES A LOCAL COMMITMENT OF FUNDING AND A DEMONSTRATION OF INTENT TO COORDINATE WITH NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES TO ADVANCE SHARED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT GOALS. AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON HAS OBTAINED FUNDING FROM ADDITIONAL GRANT SOURCES, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORE GREEN RESILIENCY GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,500,000 [00:05:01] AND FEDERAL HOUSING, OUR FEDERAL HOUSE RESOLUTION 6 9 3 8 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT AND INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2026 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,092,000 AND CONTINUES TO SEEK OTHER GRANTS AND FUNDING SOURCES. AND WHEREAS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE FULL PROJECT COST IS $12,563,707 AND 86 CENTS. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FULLY SUPPORTS THE BOLISS BROOKS STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND COMMITS TO FUNDING THE VILLAGE'S LOCAL SHARE OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST SUBJECT TO ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF COUNTY OR OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO WORKING COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVELY WITH WATERSHED MUNICIPALITIES TO IDENTIFY AND PURSUE REGIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION STRATEGIES CONSISTENT WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S SWML PROGRAM. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE VILLAGE MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT, INCLUDING APPLYING FOR FUNDING AND EXECUTING AGREEMENTS REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SWML PROGRAM AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE 50% MATCH CONTRIBUTED BY THE VILLAGE SHALL NOT EXCEED $2,689,854. UH, ONE THING THAT HAS COME UP RECENTLY, UH, WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND I WITH OTHER VILLAGES, THE VILLAGE ARDSLEY, IS ALSO TRYING TO DO A SAWMILL RIVER PROGRAM AND IS ASKING FOR PARTICIPATION FROM ALL THE, UM, VILLAGES THAT, THAT ACCOMP THAT, THAT THE SAWMILL RIVER RUNS THROUGH FROM GREENBURG DOWN TO THE CITY OF YONKERS. UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS, SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE VILLAGE MANAGER WHO'S HANDLED THIS? I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF THE INITIAL PROJECT THAT WE, THAT WE DISCUSSED. SO IT'S, WE STARTED WITH THE, THE RETENTION BASIN, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT? THE RETENTION, THE WET DETENTION POND. THE WET DETENTION POND DOWN ON FARGATE PARKWAY. AND THROUGH INCREASED GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP MOVING THE DRAINAGE PROJECT UPSTREAM AND EXPAND IT HOPEFULLY TO COMPLETION. YEP. HOPEFULLY. YES. ABSOLUTELY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. 41 OF 26. A AWARD OR PROPOSAL REMEDIAL MONITORING OF THE ARCO WATERFRONT REMEDIATION SITE. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD THE WORK FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE VILLAGE WITH THE REMEDIAL MONITORING OF THE ARCO WATERFRONT REMEDIATION SITE TO LANG ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ON A TIME AND MATERIALS BASIS AS SET FORTH IN THE FEE SCHEDULE IN THE LANG PROPOSAL DATED JANUARY 23RD, 2026. AN AUTHORIZED VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? I GONNA GUESS JUST THE COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC IS THAT WE NEED EXPERTISE. ONGOING EXPERTISE IS, UM, REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED TO US BY, UH, BP ARCO AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, OR SORRY, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. AND THERE ARE VARIOUS CONSULTANTS. SO WE'VE CHOSEN LANG AND ENGINEERING. ANYBODY ELSE? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. 42 OF 26 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE DONALD PARK FIRE DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THE DONALD PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 IN THE AMOUNT OF $341,855 PAYABLE BY THE TOWN UP TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON. THIS AGREEMENT ALWAYS GOES BACK ONE YEAR. OKAY. UH, IT USED TO GO BACK MANY YEARS AND THANKS TO OUR TREASURER AND ATTORNEY, THIS HAS BEEN CAUGHT UP AND, AND WE'RE NOW JUST ONE YEAR BEHIND EACH YEAR. SO WE'RE NOW BILLING THEM. BASICALLY WE'RE FOR THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDED LAST YEAR TO THE DONALD PARK PROTECTION AREA. I THINK THE DATE, YOUR FIRST DATE YOU SAID 2026. I THINK 25. OR JANUARY, 2025 TO DECEMBER 31ST. 2025. 'CAUSE I LOOKED RIGHT AT THE TREASURER WHEN I READ 2025. . DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO NOW THAT WE'RE CAUGHT UP, IS THIS HOW IT'S GONNA BE? WE HAVE BEEN ON, WE HAVE BEEN GOING, WELL, WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE A YEAR BEHIND. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, AND IT'S BASED ON, THERE WERE TIMES DEPARTMENT STATISTICS, CALL VOLUME AND EVERYTHING TO THE DONALD PARK SIDE OF THE VILLAGE. WE USED TO BE TWO YEARS USED TO BE WORSE. UM, EVEN MORE. WE, WE HAVE TO BE, BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CALLS IN THE YEAR AND SOME OF THE OTHER EXPENSES. SO THE NUMBER CAN'T BE DETERMINED UNTIL THE YEAR ENDS. GOT IT. MAKES SENSE. THANK [00:10:01] YOU. IS ANY, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. MAY HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE EVERYBODY MOVING ON [IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’ S REPORT] TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT. UM, NOW THE FIRST ITEM IS THE, UM, UH, Q UH, Q3 REPORT BY THE TREASURER. SO I'LL GIVE THAT PASS OVER TO THE TREASURER. I FORGOT MY COPY. WELL, THERE'S TWO. OH, GOOD. OKAY. Q3. UM, SO AS ALWAYS, REVENUES FIRST. UM, NON-PROPERTY TAX ITEMS IS UP SLIGHTLY FROM PRIOR YEARS, WHICH IS NICE TO SEE. UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES, WHICH IS A LOT OF SNOW AND ICE THAT WE'VE HAD COME IN. THEY CAME IN LATE. NOTHING ELSE IS, I MEAN THERE'S REALLY NOTHING EXCITING THERE. UM, PROPERTY TAX LEVY, WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IN EACH COLUMN SET. AND WHAT WE'VE LUGGED IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE'RE ALWAYS SLIGHTLY UNDER BECAUSE WE GENERALLY HAVE PEOPLE PAY AFTER THE QUARTER AS WE APPROACH LIEN SALES. SO THAT'S USUALLY BEGINNING OF MARCH. SO THAT IS HAS BEEN MADE UP IN MARCH, WHICH WOULD APPEAR FOR Q4. HERE IS OUR TABLE SHOWING OUR, UM, REVENUES, WHAT WE'VE EARNED, WHAT WE'VE BUDGETED. SO WE'RE DOING VERY WELL. SORRY, YOU SAID TARGET. SORRY, YOU SAID INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES HAS TO DO WITH OUR SNOW REMOVAL FROM COUNTY ROADS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? STATE AND, UM, YEAH, COUNTY. ALTHOUGH, I'M SORRY, HOLD ON. THAT SAYS SEVEN 16 AND THAT NOW THAT I'M LOOKING IS NOT SEVEN 16. SO SOMETHING EXTRA IS THERE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I THINK MONEY AND PROPERTY GOT COMBINED INTO THAT. NO. ALRIGHT. SO THAT THE, THIS CHART IS, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE NUMBER. I APOLOGIZE, I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR EXTRA SNOW AND ICE, BUT IT COME IN, BUT IT IS NOT THIS TABLE. HAS IT REFLECTED CORRECTLY? IS THIS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE? NO, I HAVE TO, I WOULD'VE TO MODIFY IT BEFORE I DID THAT. I'D HAVE TO GO AND CORRECT IT. THAT'S AS LONG AS YOU CAN DO THAT BEFORE YOU YEAH, NO, IT SHOULDN'T BE ERRONEOUS. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S OKAY. UM, BUT OTHERWISE WE'RE GOOD SALES. A SALE PROPERTY AND LOSS RECOVERY IS TREMENDOUSLY OVER EARNED BECAUSE WE, THE BOARD HAD DECLARED EXCESS, UM, SURPLUS OF VEHICLES. WE HAD SET THOSE OFF TO BE AUCTIONED, AND THAT'S THAT REVENUE, THAT'S WHY IT'S 2000% OVER EARNED. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON REVENUES BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO EXPENSES? JUST CURIOUS, WHAT'S IN FEDERAL AID? FEDERAL AID IS FEMA FUNDING. WE DID RECEIVE A CHUNK OF FEMA FUNDING IN THE THIRD QUARTER, OR THIS IS YEAH, THAT, UM, WAS UNANTICIPATED. THAT'S WHY IT'S ALWAYS BUDGETED AT ZERO. STATE AID IS BUDGETED. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CHIPS REVENUE AND OTHER GRANTS THAT COME IN THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE CERTAIN OF. FEDERAL AID IS ALWAYS A ZERO, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SHOWN UP LIKE THIS. GOT IT. THANK YOU. YEAH, THE FEMA AID WAS, I, I THINK RELATED TO THE POOL, THE SWIMMING POOL. IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS THE POOL. AND WE STILL HAVE A, A SMALL AMOUNT THAT THEY STILL OWE US FOR SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT OUR TREASURER WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL GET IT , GET THAT, GET THOSE FUNDS. HE'S BEEN PASSIONATE ON THAT ISSUE AND WE'VE REALLY DONE WELL WITH OUR FEMA RECOVERY. UM, OUR EXPENSES REFLECT, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL STEPPED INCREASES OF, YOU KNOW, AN INCREASING BUDGET. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S CONCERNING OR OUTLANDISH OUT HERE. AND THEN JUST GO TO THE TABLE. I KNOW SOME OF THESE NUMBERS DO LOOK HIGH, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE SEASONALLY RELATED. UM, SOME OF THEM ARE FROM, I THINK I ACTUALLY SUMMARIZED IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M SORRY. SO, BUILDING MAINTENANCE WAS AN ISSUE FOR SOME OF US IN, IN, FOR SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS. UM, TIMING OF PAYMENTS SHOWS THAT EXPENDITURES ARE SLIGHTLY OVER AND IT WAS JUST A BILLING ISSUE, BUT IT IS NICE TO SEE IN GENERAL THAT WE HAVE OVER 90% EARNED FOR OUR NON-PROPERTY TAX LEVY REVENUES. SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THE REVENUES WILL BE MET AND OUR EXPENSES SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ON TRACK. AND THAT'S IT. SO, SORRY. UM, WHERE DID THE, JUST JUST FOR MY OWN CURIOSITY, CAN YOU JUST GO BACK AND TELL ME WHERE THE EMERGING BUILDING, UM, WHERE WOULD I SAY GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT INCLUDES? BILL HALL. WE HAD SOME ELEVATOR REPAIRS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE. OKAY. IF YOU RECALL, THE ELEVATOR HAD BEEN DOWN, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST? AND THE OTHER ONES THAT [00:15:01] WERE IN YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LIST. SORRY. THERE WAS LIKE THREE. UM, WE DID HAVE THE TEMPORARY STAFF, TEMPORARY STAFF SUPPORT IN ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WHILE WE HAD, UM, SOME STAFF MEMBERS OUT. AND THEN TIMING OF PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN PARTICULAR, WE HAD A TIMING OF PAYMENTS ISSUE. SO WE HAD TO AND ARE THOSE ALL IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT? NO, UH, UH, I'M SORRY. THE TEMPORARY STAFFING IS IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, BUT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IS ITS OWN CATEGORY. OKAY. SO IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. AND THAT, THAT IS IT, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. UM, SO I, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE EVERYBODY ON THERAN PARK RESTORATION, UH, A LITTLE BIT. UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING IN MARCH, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO STAGE LIGHTING, UM, SLIPPERY SURFACE ON THE GET DOWN, UH, MEMORIAL BENCHES ENTRYWAYS. UM, THERE TOMORROW WE HAVE AN INTERNAL MEETING WITH, UH, THE, WITH OUR, OUR LANG OUR, OUR, OUR CONSULTING, OUR CONSULTANT TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THIS. SO WE, UH, HOPE TO SEE THAT THOSE COMMENTS WILL HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN, IN, UH, IN, IN THAT, UM, WHATEVER THEY PRESENT TO US TOMORROW. UH, WE PROBABLY WILL WANT TO, OVER THE NEXT, WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BEST TIMING OF IT IS, BUT MAY PERHAPS HAVE ANOTHER, UM, PUBLIC SESSION JUST TO INTRODUCE IT OR MAYBE AT, AT A BOARD MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT. AND THEN, UM, UH, WE DO EXPECT TO GO TO BID IN THE FALL ON THE PROJECT AND THAT, UH, CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN EARLY 2027. SO, UM, THAT PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG NICELY AND, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW US TOMORROW. ONE THING I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE IS THE STAGE MOVED OVER TOWARDS THE WATER. THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS A BIG ITEM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE RAISED. UM, AND ALL, ALL GOOD COMMENTS ACTUALLY, THAT WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC. SO, SO, UH, I'LL KEEP YOU, I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AND WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, HOW TO BEST SHARE THAT INFORMATION, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, AT THE LAST MEETING YOU HAD ASKED ME, UM, ABOUT THE, UH, PROCESS FOR THE RAVENSDALE SIDEWALK AND, AND BIKE PATH. AND, UM, I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I KNOW, BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE, WE DO NOT YET HAVE, UH, A CONTRACT FROM THE STATE. IT TAKES A LOT, EVEN THOUGH THESE GRANTS GET AWARDED, IT OFTEN TAKES SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR BEFORE YOU EVEN RECEIVE A CONTRACT THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO REVIEW AND, AND, AND PERHAPS TALK ABOUT. SO THEIR, THEIR PROCESS IS THAT THE AWARD IS CONDITIONED UPON THE, UM, OSC, THE, THE, UH, UH, UH, CON, UM, CONTROLLER'S OFFICE APPROVAL, THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. AND SO I, I'M, THAT'S A KIND OF A PRO FORMA THING AT THEIR END. BUT WE, WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A CONTRACT. WE WON'T RECEIVE A CONTRACT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY GET THE COMPTROLLER'S APPROVAL AND WE WON'T EXPEND ANY FUNDS OR REALLY MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD UNTIL WE HAVE A ASSIGNED CONTRACT. UM, WE ALSO, UH, HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE COUNTY THAT THEY, WE HAD MADE ANOTHER APPLICATION TO THEM FOR A, A GRANT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THIS PROJECT. AND I HAVE BEEN, UH, VERBALLY NOTIFIED THAT WE WILL GET ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR. UM, BUT I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION OR, OR CONFIRMATION OF THAT. UM, WHAT DID, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT YOU ASKED, WHAT WE ASKED FOR? IS THERE ANY, I'M SORRY. UH, THIS PART THE QUESTION. THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION WAS, WAS WHAT DID WE ASK FOR? WE ASKED FOR ABOUT ONE, UH, 1 MILLION AND CHANGE. AND THE, THE AWARD THAT I HAVE BEEN VERBALLY TOLD IS, UH, 575,000. UM, SO ONCE WE DO GET ALL OF THESE, UH, CONTRACTS AND, AND DOCUMENTS IN ORDER WITH REGARD TO OUR FUNDING PARTNERS, WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO GO OUT, UH, FOR A PROPOSAL TO GET AN ENGINEER TO HELP US DESIGN THE PROJECT, UM, AND, AND RETAIN THE ENGINEER ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN SOMETIMES THE CONTRACTS HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AS TO WHO YOU CAN HIRE AND HOW YOU HAVE TO HIRE THEM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, AND THEN, UM, AFTER THAT WE'LL BEGIN THE DESIGN PROCESS. I WILL PROBABLY ENGAGE A SIMILAR, UH, SITU SIMILAR TO WHAT WE [00:20:01] DID WITH, UH, WITH ROSEDALE, UH, FAIRLY EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE'LL, WE'LL MEET WITH, WITH RESIDENTS AND, AND GET SOME INPUT LOCALLY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALL GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN. UM, AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL STARTING, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY START UNTIL WE HAVE CONTRACTS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE HELD UP AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND I'M SORRY. UM, AND CONTRACTS FROM BOTH THE STATE AND THE CITY, UH, THE COUNTY. UM, WELL AT LEAST, AT LEAST THE STATE. UH, USUALLY WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY IT'S AN IMA, SO IT'S, IT CAN BE EASIER. THEIR IMAS ARE PRETTY STANDARD. STANDARD. WE'RE VERY PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THEM. BASICALLY, WE CARRY ALL OF THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF, OF THE, OF THE PROJECT. AND, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY. AND THEY'RE NOT USUALLY TOO STRICT ON PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW YOUR OWN PROCUREMENT RULES. MM-HMM . UM, SO, UH, SO I THINK ONCE WE RECEIVE THE MONEY, ONCE WE RECEIVE A CONTRACT FROM THE STATE AND WE, WE GET THAT SETTLED, I THINK I, I WOULD AT THAT POINT BE COMFORTABLE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH THE PROJECT. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? NO. SO, UM, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ALSO A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE ROSEDALE, UH, SIDEWALK PROJECT. AND THAT ONE, UM, WE ALSO HAD A MEETING AND WE, WE KIND OF GOT HUNG UP A LITTLE BIT OVER THE WINTER TIME WITH THE SURVEY. 'CAUSE THERE WERE ABOUT, THERE WAS ABOUT TWO OR THREE FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND THEY REALLY COULDN'T DO THE SURVEY WITH THAT LEVEL OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. BUT, UM, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SIDEWALK SECTIONS TO CREATE CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS, RAMPS, CROSSWALKS, INCREASED CURB REVEAL, ADDITIONAL CATCH BASINS ON ROSEDALE AVENUE AND REHABILITATION OF THE STAIRCASE THAT CONNECTS ROSE ROSEDALE AVENUE AND HAMILTON, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE USING LOW CARBON CONCRETE IN, IN THE CREATION OF THOSE SIDEWALKS. UM, SO WE DID MEET, WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON, ON ROSEDALE AVENUE. UM, AND, UM, A LOT THEIR COMMENTS, A LOT OF THEM WERE WITH REGARD TO DRAINAGE AND FLOODING, UH, THAT WAS A VERY BIG CONCERN. UM, DISTURBANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE MADE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY ALREADY. UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SIDEWALK, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GONNA AFFECT, AFFECT THEIR PROPERTY VALUES. UM, AND THE BENEFITS OF, UH, SAFE PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS WERE, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OF, SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT, THAT OCCURRED. UH, SO AT THIS POINT NOW, THE FIELD WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IT IS IN THE HANDS OF OUR ENGINEER WHO, UH, WILL BE WORKING ON, UM, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE, WE ALSO, UM, I HAD A MEETING BETWEEN THE ENGINEER WHO IS DOING THE SIDEWALK PROJECT AND OUR ENGINEER WHO'S WORK, WHO'S WORKING ON OUR DRAINAGE PROJECT SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND COORDINATE COORDINATING APPROPRIATELY, YOU KNOW, AS, AS IS, AS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROJECT. UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT, UM, THROUGH THE PROJECT. SO ONCE WE GET SOMETHING, UH, KIND OF SOME KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING DRAFT, PRELIMINARY DRAFT FROM THE, FROM OUR, OUR, OUR ENGINEER ON THE SIDEWALK PROJECT, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO, TO SHARE, SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH, AND WITH THE BOARD, OF COURSE. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST AN UPDATE ON, ON WHERE, WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. UM, I DO THINK THAT THIS PROJECT ALSO WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE MORE QUICKLY THAN THE BROADWAY SIDEWALK PROJECT HAS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUR ROAD AND IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT A STATE ROAD, ALTHOUGH, UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE STATE HAS NOW APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR THE BROADWAY PROJECT. AND WE SHOULD BE MOVING, UM, INTO OUR, OUR NEXT, UH, YOU KNOW, INTO FINAL DESIGN AND, AND HOPEFULLY GETTING THAT PROJECT ALSO OUT TO BID THIS FALL. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SIDEWALK PROJECT? THE SIDEWALK PROJECT ON SOME OF THE ROAD? YES. YES. IT, IT RUNS FROM, FROM, UM, UH, WASHINGTON TO DEVON ALONG THE, THE BRK ESTATE ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE OR IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OR ABOUT ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH, UH, ANOTHER TRAFFIC ENGINEER ABOUT THE RAVENSDALE AT ROSEDALE INTERSECTION? YES, I HAVE ACTUALLY. UM, I SPOKE WITH OUR, OUR ENGINEER WHO'S DOING [00:25:01] THE ROSEDALE PROJECT AND, AND, UH, SAID, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT INCORPORATING THE RAVENSDALE ROSEDALE INTERSECTION INTO THAT PROJECT, AND HE AGREED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. SO AS HE DESIGNS THIS ROSEDALE AVENUE PROJECT, SIDEWALK PROJECT, HE'LL BE LOOKING ALSO AT THAT INTERSECTION AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE THERE. I MEAN, AS, AS LONG AS WE TREAT IT AS A SEPARATE SCOPE, BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO DESIGN ALL OF RAVENSDALE ALSO, SO WE, WE CAN'T GET, LIKE, STUCK ON A, A SOLUTION THERE THAT THAT MIGHT END, END UP. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I WISH THIS SPEAKER, I WISH THIS MICROPHONE WAS A LITTLE LONGER. HONESTLY, MY APOLOGIES. ANYWAY, I, I'M, I AM SAYING THAT, UM, THE, THE RAVENSDALE ROAD DESIGN PROJECT NEEDS TO BE DESIGNED HOLISTICALLY, SO WE CAN'T GET PINNED DOWN BY ONE PARTICULAR DESI DESIGN SOLUTION THERE, UNLESS WE ALL THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT. OKAY. WELL, LET'S HOPE WE ALL THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT. . UH, THAT'S ALL I HAD. DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST CURIOUS, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE, UM, METRON NORTH? HOW'S THAT GOING? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UM, I ACTUALLY JUST COMMUNICATED WITH THEM AGAIN LAST WEEK BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK IS PRETTY MUCH DONE, BUT THEY'RE KEEPING IT ALL FENCED UP. MM-HMM . AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. ONLY IF YOU WANNA WALK ON THE SIDEWALK. RIGHT. SO THAT'S A TRAFFIC PROBLEM DOWN THERE ALSO. WELL, YEAH, IT IS. UM, THEY HAVE PROMISED ME THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME AND TAKE SOME OF THEIR STUFF AWAY, BUT, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, UM, THE FENCE THAT HAS TO BE THAT, THAT THEY BROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT GOES IN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE TRACKS. MM-HMM . WELL, THAT'S ON ORDER. , THAT'S, I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ON ORDER. IT'S ON ORDER. UHHUH, WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO BE DELIVERED IN SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS PLANNED. OH MY GOSH. UM, THIS PROJECT STARTED IN AUGUST. WE KNEW WE NEEDED A FENCE YEP. AT THAT TIME. UH, SO THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY ON THAT MATTER. RIGHT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER, WE DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER, NOTHING CAN BE TAKEN AWAY UNTIL THEY, THEY CAN TAKE SOME OF THE THINGS AWAY. AND THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD COME AND DO THAT. OKAY. SO SOME, SOME MOVEMENT COULD HAPPEN BEFORE THE FENCE ARRIVES AND IS INSTALLED. YES, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO UN, I DON'T THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND IS THAT THE SIDEWALK WILL BE EXPOSED. RIGHT. I, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. OKAY. OKAY. THEY DID INSTALL NEW BIKE RACKS UNDERNEATH THE STAIRS AS AS WELL. MM-HMM . WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE OLD FENCE? WELL, I DON'T KNOW. THEY PROBABLY TOOK IT OUT, WENT SIDEWAYS. THE OLD SIDEWALK. YOU KNOW, IT'S PROTECTING THE UNDERNEATH OF THE TRACK OR THE PLATFORM. SO TO PREVENT FROM TRESPASSING OVER THE PLATFORM, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S A SAFETY. YEAH, IT'S A SAFETY, SAFETY THING. I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE FALLING BACK OFF THE PLATFORM OR GOING UNDER THE PLATFORM. CERTAINLY WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, I ACTUALLY JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I NEED SOME HELP UNDERSTANDING THE ROSEDALE SIDEWALK PROJECT. IF WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE THE DISCUSSION IN A PROPOSAL ON THE RAVENSDALE AND ROSEDALE INTERSECTION, DOES THAT MEAN THAT PROPOSAL WOULD BE UP FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS WHEN THE OPEN MEETING HAPPENS FOR THE ROSEDALE SIDEWALK? OR WOULD THAT BE SEPARATE? UM, NO, THAT CAN BE, THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AS PART OF THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, ROSEDALE PROJECT. OKAY. BECAUSE IT JUST BROADENS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO BE PRESENT AND HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN IT. THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE, A SEPARATE COMPONENT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I'M SURE THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CROSSOVER, BUT PEOPLE WHO WERE INVESTED AND PRESENT FOR ONE, KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE THEIR OPPORTUNITY. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO, UNLESS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW ARE, ARE INTERESTED. UM, OR I MEAN, WE CAN I, FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR ROSEDALE, I HAVE A LOT OF, I HAVE A LOT OF THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES MM-HMM . UM, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RAVENSDALE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE. SO I HAVE SOME OF THOSE CONTACTS, AND I'M SURE THAT USUALLY I FIND THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY HELPFUL IN, IN, IN HELPING ME COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. UM, I FOUND THAT VERY MUCH IN WHILE WE WERE DOING THE COMP PLAN, I REACHED OUT TO, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, UH, WHETHER THEY WERE, UH, MAYBE SOMEBODY THAT, THAT, UM, WAS, YOU KNOW, A PART OF A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR, OR A MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR SOMETHING. AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL IN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE. SO THAT'S, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. ANYTHING [00:30:01] ELSE? JUST THANK YOU TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND TREASURER AND TRUSTEE FLEISIG FOR BEAUTIFYING THIS BUILDING AND MOVING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECT, NOT JUST BEAUTIFYING, BUT FIXING AND, UM, MOVING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I LIKE THE SMELL OF CONTINUED FRESH PAINT IN THE BUILDING, AND OTHER THAN THE PLASTIC AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, IT'S MY, IT'S MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT OUTSIDE OF THAT. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS AND PUSHING THIS AS HARD AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD. SO, I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE HARDWARE ON THE WINDOWS. THOSE, THOSE, THAT HARDWARE WAS COVERED WITH PAINT AND GRIME AND GOSH KNOWS WHAT ELSE. AND I MEAN, LOOK AT IT. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HARDWARE. JUST CLEANED IT ALL OFF. THANK YOU, . UH, THANK YOU, VILLAGE MANAGER. [X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS] MOVING ON TO BOARD DISCUSSION. UH, MY FIRST TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IS JUST THE VILLAGE'S RESPONSE TO RECENT ANTI-SEMITIC, UH, ACTIONS THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 12TH. UH, AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH ONE OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS ON APRIL 12TH, WHICH WAS ALSO A VIDEO THAT WAS THEN POSTED ONLINE AND WENT VIRAL ONLINE, UH, ON APRIL 14TH, ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 14TH. BY THE MORNING OF APRIL 15TH, THERE WAS ALREADY 50,000 VIEWS OF THAT VIDEO, UH, ONLINE. AND, UH, I ALSO THEN SENT OUT A MAYOR'S MESSAGE, UH, CONDEMNING THE ACTIONS ON APRIL 15TH AS WELL. THERE WAS A COMMUNITY RALLY THAT OCCURRED THE NIGHT OF APRIL 15TH. OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS, UH, I CAN SAY THAT THE BUSINESS HAD SUPPORT THE ENTIRE DAY FROM THE REGION. UH, PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM ALL AROUND THE REGION TO SUPPORT THAT OWNER. AND, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT NIGHT AS WELL, I THINK THEY SOLD A, A LOT OF PRODUCT, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY THAT EVENING AND THAT DAY. SO, AND I FEEL LIKE I, I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT IT'S CONTINUED ON. UM, SOME FOLLOWING FOLLOW UP, UH, VILLAGE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF PLANNING IS, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE TO GET ALL THE BUSINESSES TOGETHER AND HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER COME IN AND BASICALLY ADVISE THEM ON THEIR RIGHTS. THIS WILL BE IN COORDINATION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UH, WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THIS INVITATION TO THE OTHER, OTHER RIVER TOWNS AS WELL. UH, BARR PRIMAN FEELS THAT SOMETIME IN THE MORNING WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST, EIGHT 30 OR NINE 30 IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEY ALL GET UP AND GET GOING FOR THE DAY FOR THEIR BUSINESSES. AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT JUST FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE, ESPECIALLY IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IF SOMEBODY ELSE AND OTHER BUSINESS OWNER WERE TO BE TARGETED IN THE VILLAGE AND JUST TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THE SITUATION OTHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, MY ADVICE IS JUST GO BACK INSIDE, UH, AND AVOID IT AND DON'T ENGAGE. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, JUST TO ALSO ADVISE THEM JUST ON THEIR, THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS RIGHTS AND THEIR PERSONAL RIGHTS DURING THAT TYPE OF A SCENARIO. SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SETTING THAT UP. WE'RE JUST IN, IN, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE SETTING UP AND WE'RE WAITING ON TWO DIFFERENT SPEAKERS TO CONFIRM THEIR AVAILABILITY. AND THEN THE SECOND THING, UM, I WORKED, UH, WITH CHIEF DOCENT ON, AND CHIEF DOCENT HAS INVITED ALL RIVER TOWN'S CHIEFS TO HAVE A TRAINING, UH, OPPORTUNITY WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ANOTHER GUEST SPEAKER WHO'S BEING PROVIDED TO US THROUGH THE CONGRESS, UH, THROUGH CONGRESSMAN LATTIMER'S OFFICE. UH, AND, AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CHIEFS AND SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. UH, AND, AND JUST GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DA'S OFFICE TO PRESENT WHAT THEIR THRESHOLDS ARE. UH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME INTO VILLAGE HALL, UH, SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE INCIDENTS OVER A MONTH AGO ALSO RELATING TO STICKERS. UH, THE OTHER VILLAGES HAVE EXPERIENCED, UH, SOME INCIDENCES AS WELL SINCE OUR, UH, STICKER INCIDENT. AND THEN NOW THIS. AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR THE CHIEFS NOT TO, THEY'RE EDUCATED ON IT, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GIVE THEM A FORUM WHERE THEY COULD ASK QUESTIONS, UH, AND NOT FEEL, FEEL VULNERABLE. AND, AND THE CHIEF WAS, UM, NICE ENOUGH TO AGREE TO HOST IT FOR ALL THE RIVER TOWNS. AND ALL THE RIVER TOWNS CHIEFS HAVE ALREADY REPLIED THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND THAT TRAINING, UH, THAT WE WILL HOST. UM, THAT TRAINING WON'T BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, BECAUSE WE WANT THE CHIEFS TO BE ABLE TO FEEL VULNERABLE AND ASK QUESTIONS WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT. UH, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING. AND OF COURSE, WE, WE CAN'T, WE ALSO CAN'T HAVE A BOARD MAJORITY IN IT. UH, EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT OUR ATTENDANCE AS WELL. UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL ON THOSE, OR ANY COMMENTS AT ALL ABOUT ANY OF THE, UH, ANY OF THESE TWO, UH, ACTIONS? OKAY. UH, I THINK THEY SOUND LIKE GREAT IDEAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND 'CAUSE I THINK AFTER THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A VILLAGE. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UH, DO SOMETHING TO EDUCATE OURSELVES ON IT AND LEARN FROM IT. WE OWE IT TO THE BUSINESS OWNER TO LEARN FROM WHAT JUST HAPPENED. UH, IF WE JUST MOVE ON AND DON'T, AND WE, WE WE'RE NOT LEARNING. UM, WE HAVE A JOINT MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ON APRIL 28TH. THIS IS RELATING TO A STUDY THAT WAS, UM, COMPLETED BY OUR YOUTH ADVOCATE, UH, LINDA FAINA AND JOANNE [00:35:01] REED. AND IT'S RELATING TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL. UM, IT'S A DRUG AND ALCOHOL SURVEY THAT'S DONE EVERY TWO YEARS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND PART, SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, I BELIEVE. AND IT'S BASICALLY RELATED TO USAGE AND STIGMAS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THE, THE STUDENTS ARE ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON. AND WHEN I HAD MET WITH THOSE, THE TWO VILLAGE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, THEY HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY PRESENT TO US, THEY ALSO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF ED. UH, I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER ON SOMETHING. UH, IT'S INVOLVING TWO VILLAGE EMPLOYEES, THAT THEY'RE THE PRESENTERS OF IT. SO I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO GET TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER ON AN ITEM AND COLLABORATE TOGETHER. UM, BASICALLY THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT, UH, IS NOT FULLY PUT TOGETHER BY THE VILLAGE CLERK YET WHO IS WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL CLERK. UH, THEY HAVE TO WORK IN COORDINATION 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE TWO, TWO SEPARATE ROLL CALLS DURING THE EVENT. UH, AND THEN WE ARE HOSTING IT AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT. BUT THE, UM, LINDA FAINA AND JOANNE WILL PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. AND, AND THAT'LL TAKE 15 TO 20 MINUTES. I BELIEVE THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM THEIR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT WILL THEN PRESENT, UM, WHAT THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSE IS, UH, TO THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. AND THEN, UM, LINDA AND JOANNE WILL THEN JUST BASICALLY, UH, MEDIATE JUST AN OPEN DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS. UH, AND, AND ALSO THERE'S GONNA BE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL BE SITTING WITH US ON THE DAIS FROM I THINK THE SENIOR CLASS, BUT I'M NOT, OH, NO. THE TWO, UH, STUDENT LIAISONS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL BE SITTING WITH US ON THE DAY DUS. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKED ALSO TO GIVE JUST A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE OF, UH, THE, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND JUST WHAT THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE GONNA SAY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND, BUT THEY, AT LEAST THEY CAN GIVE A TO STUDENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE SURVEY AND JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, INFORM US A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS TO WRAP UP THE MEETING, UH, THAT EVENING. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, OR THREE THINGS. UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ADD? I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TALK AMICABLY ABOUT THE TURF DECISION. UM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE. SORRY, MORGAN, I APOLOGIZE, BUT MY APOLOGIES MR. SKOLNIK, I'M VERY VULNERABLE WITH, YOU'RE SITTING UP FRONT. I APPRECIATE YOU SITTING UP FRONT. SO I'M, I'M ASKING, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE ADD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TURF TO THE AGENDA FOR THAT EVENING. YES, I'D PREFER NOT TO. THIS IS A PRESENTATION BY OUR YOUTH ADVOCATE TO GO OVER THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS, UH, AND, AND THEIR SURVEY I'D, I'D RATHER NOT, I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT ON ONE TOPIC AND GO THROUGH THAT EVENING. IF, IF WE WANT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO DO THAT, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. IF THE BOARD DISAGREES WITH ME, THE BOARD DISAGREES WITH ME. BUT I PREFER, UM, THEY'RE HAVING, I KNOW THEY'RE HOSTING A MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK IF, IF A INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER IS PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, YOU CAN GO TO THE MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AND ASK QUESTIONS AS WELL. BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD INSERT THAT INTO OUR MEETING WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. I UNDERSTAND YOUR VIEW. I'M NOT SUGGESTING, NOT COLLABORATING. I'M SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS AN, AN ISSUE THAT ALSO IMPACTS THE ENTIRE VILLAGE, WHICH, UM, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS. I DISAGREE THAT THAT'S THE TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. WELL, IT IS TIMELY BECAUSE THEY JUST VOTED ON IT AND THEY'RE DISCUSSING IT TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE COMMUNITY IS QUITE UPSET ABOUT IT. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD. I'M TOTALLY FINE. I, I'D PREFER JUST TO LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS. UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME NOW, AND, BUT IF THE BOARD WISHES TO ADD THAT AS A DISCUSSION TOPIC, THAT'S FINE WITH ME. SCHOOL BOARD WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO IT AS WELL. YEAH, OF COURSE. I THINK IT'S TAKEN US SO LONG TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT THIS IS A BREAKTHROUGH ON ITS OWN. JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN INITIAL MEETING AND COME TOGETHER AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, WE'RE, WE ARE HOPING CAN HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS. ALSO, THE TIMING OF IT IS WE'D BE PUTTING SOMETHING THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IN, IN A, IN A SHARED, TRYING TO PUT IT INTO A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY MODE AFTER THEY VOTED ON IT. IT SEEMS KIND OF, BUT TRUSTEE ALL IT, IT IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET INTO, INTO THE WHOLE DEBATE ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK WE ARE GETTING INTO THE WHOLE DEBATE ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT THE, THE MAYOR'S RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE GOT TODAY WHERE IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION. IT, WELL, WE RE I'LL JUST CLARIFY FOR THE PEOPLE HERE. WE RECEIVED LOTS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND IN MOST OF THOSE COMMUNICATIONS, THE VILLAGE WAS BEING ASKED TO SOMEHOW [00:40:01] OVERTURN THE VOTE AND SOMEHOW INTERFERE WITH THE VOTE THAT IT'S OCCURRED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THIS POINT. AND WE HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL WAY TO INTERFERE OR OVERTURN THEIR VOTE. AND SO MY RESPONSES TO THOSE PEOPLE WAS JUST MERELY INFORMING THEM THAT WE HAVE NO WAY TO DO THAT LEGALLY. UH, AND THAT, UM, THAT WE WOULDN'T BE MAKING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON IT, AT LEAST COMING FROM ME. UH, AND THAT WAS IT. UM, I, SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, UH, TRUSTEE ALLGOOD IS REFERRING TO. AND I DID DISCUSS IT WITH THE MAYOR AND I AGREE WITH HIM ON THAT STATEMENT. BUT, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT, THAT ACTUALLY, WHATEVER THE SCHOOL WANTS TO DO ON ITS OWN PROPERTY IS ITS OWN BUSINESS. AND THAT IS ITS AUTHORITY. BUT IF THAT WHAT IT DOES ON ITS OWN PROPERTY THEN IMPACTS ADJACENT PROPERTIES, THEN IT BECOMES A MATTER OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE FOR THE ENTIRE VILLAGE. SO IT DOES ACTUALLY, IT DOES ACTUALLY INVOLVE US. I THINK IT IMPACTS IN TERMS OF RUNOFF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING. BUT I THINK I WOULD GO THERE AS A, A CITIZEN, AS AN INDIVIDUAL, AS A TAXPAYER IN THE TOWN. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT'S A BOARD DISCUSSION THAT WE WOULD THAT IS YOU'RE JOINT, THAT IS OUR POLICE AUTHORITY AS A, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A WHOLE SET OF ZONING LAWS. IT'S OUR POLICE AUTHORITY. SO TO POLICE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING, THAT THEY'RE BREAKING, POTENTIALLY BREAKING A LAW. I'M SAYING THAT THEY ARE IMPACTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE VILLAGE. YES. ALRIGHT. I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS CONVERSATION BACK TO, TO THE, THE QUESTION IS IN ASKING THEM, AND I THINK IN THE SPIRIT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION, AND I THINK ADDING THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR THAT EVENING WOULD NO LONGER BE IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION. UH, AND I, I THINK, UH, IT'S MY OPINION THAT WE DO NOT ADD IT TO THE AGENDA, OR EXCUSE ME, ASK THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONSIDER ADDING IT. ESPECIALLY I THINK WHAT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD BEGAN TO SAY IS THAT THAT IS A SCHOOL BOARD ISSUE. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. ALSO, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO REPRESENT THE VILLAGE AS WELL. I GET THAT RIGHT. AM I NOT? NO, THAT'S CORRECT. AND I, I TOTALLY GET IT. BUT I THINK THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE AND I THINK IT WOULD RUIN THE SPIRIT OF THAT MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING. FAIR ENOUGH. I ACCEPT THAT. I ALSO FEEL LIKE I, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR, WITH THE, UH, BOARD OF ED'S MEETING TOMORROW, I THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE ATTENDS. BUT I THINK JUST TO AT LEAST UNDERSTAND WHAT COMES FROM THAT DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST INITIALLY, AT LEAST FOR ME, FOR MY OWN PERSONAL INFORMATION, I THINK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL. YEAH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT BE STATED THAT I'M HEARING, AND I BELIEVE THAT BY NOT ADDING IT TO THAT AGENDA, IN NO WAY IS A STATEMENT OF DEVALUING OR MINIMIZING THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPROPRIATELY CONCERNED FOR ALL OF THE REASONS WHY THEIR CONCERNS ARE ELEVATED AND ESCALATED. BUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S THE PLACE TO DO IT OR THE TIME TO DO IT IS REALLY WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. WELL, I'LL DEFER TO ALL OF YOU, BUT I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS. I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESSES. UH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND, RIVERTOWN THRIFT, I'M ASSUMING IT'S SPRING STREET, UH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND, EARTH 18 CLOTHING SWAP. MR. CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE LOCATIONS ON THESE ? I AM SO SORRY. I IT'S OKAY. UH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND WAY COALITION WEBINAR ON NICOTINE POUCHES. I THINK YOU CAN SIGN UP THROUGH THE WAY COALITION FOR THAT THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, RIVER TOWNS THRIFT, UH, THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, ASSEMBLY MEMBER MARY JANESKY UNCLAIMED FUNDS EVENT. UH, I'VE SEEN THAT. I BELIEVE THAT WENT VILLAGE WIDE. UH, HER ANNOUNCEMENT. UH, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WENT IN AND SEARCHED THEIR NAME TO SEE IF YOU'VE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS OUT THERE WAITING FOR YOU. FRIDAY, APRIL 20. I DON'T, UH, FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH. 'CAUSE I CHECKED FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH. RIVER TOWNS THRIFT. FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH, CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE PLANTING A TREE AT THE RIVERVIEW RIVER. YES. OKAY. RIVERVIEW REVIEW PARK. THREE O'CLOCK ON THAT DAY IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THEM. UH, SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH. VILLAGE WIDE CLEANUP WEEKEND. SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH IS THE WINTER FARMER'S MARKET. UH, WHEN DOES IT BECOME LIKE THE REGULAR FARMER'S MARKET? MEMORIAL DAY. WHEN DOES IT GO TO EVERY WEEKEND? , THAT'S AROUND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS WHEN THEY FLIPPED TO THE, BECAUSE THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS BEAUTIFUL AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE GOING DOWN THERE, AND THEN I SAW LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING BACK WITH EMPTY BAGS. SO JUST WONDERING. UM, UH, SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH, COMMUNITY SAFETY DAY IS CELEBRATED SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT, UH, SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH, THE EIGHTH ANNUAL KORA MAORI CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL. [00:45:01] I BELIEVE SOMEBODY HAS VOLUNTEERED TO REPRESENT THAT. I'M GOING. THAT WAS YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SORRY. I'M GONNA BE AWAY FOR A WEDDING THIS WEEKEND. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. UH, SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH. THE HASTINGS TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT GARAGE. UH, THE, THE TILLY GARAGE CELEBRATED THEIR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY LAST WEEKEND WITH A BAND PLAYING THANKS TO THE TRUSTEE ALLGOOD. UH, IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS GREAT BEING THERE AND, AND BEING A PART OF THEIR CELEBRATION. UH, SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH. RIVERTOWN THRIFT SUNDAY, APRIL 26TH. HILLSIDE WOODS RESTORATION PROJECT UPDATE FORUM. DO YOU KNOW THE AVENUE FOR THAT, MR. CLARK? THAT'S AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, I BELIEVE FROM TWO TO FOUR. TWO TO FOUR, OKAY. THANK YOU. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29TH. RIVERTOWN THRIFT. THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH, 60 PLUS GAME DAY AND THUR THURSDAY. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THROUGH THE SENIOR COUNCIL AND ANNE RUAK, IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP WITH HER. THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH. TALK ABOUT THE REVOLUTION. SHIRLEY GREEN, DISCOVERING THE FRANK BROTHERS FREEDOM BORN MEN AND COLOR SOLDIERS OF INDEPENDENCE. IS THAT SOMETHING BEING HOSTED AT THE LIBRARY? THAT IS AT THE LIBRARY? 7:00 PM OKAY. 7:00 PM AT THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU. MOVING [XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS] ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. UM, DAVIS NIK 47, UM, HILLSIDE, UH, I'LL GO BACKWARDS. UH, IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION, UM, IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME WHAT YOU HOPE TO, UH, GET FROM THE, UH, THE JOINT, UH, MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF ED. THERE'LL BE DISCUSSION, THERE'LL BE, UH, PRESENTATIONS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYTHING'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU THAT WILL REQUIRE OR POINT TO ANY IMMEDIATE ACTION ON YOUR PART. IT LOOKS, SEEMS TO, THAT PART OF IT SEEMS TO BE INFORMATIONAL. UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE SECOND, UH, TRUSTEE FLEISIG, UH, CONCERNED, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THE MAYOR. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO ENTER INTO THAT AT THIS TIME. HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE. UH, PARTLY BECAUSE WHILE I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICS, I READ THE INFORMATION AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THERE ARE SOME FURTHER LEGAL ACTIONS THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE THE, UH, AGGRIEVED PARTY. UM, NOT EVEN SO MUCH. I MEAN, THE ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND WERE VOTED ON, THAT'S KIND OF DONE. BUT THE FACT THAT THERE APPARENTLY IS, UM, A, UM, DISAGREEMENT IN THE ACTUAL TEXT AND, AND WHAT WAS, UH, VOTED ON AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING PROPOSED IS SEEMS TO BE HIGHLY, UH, SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. UH, THE PRESENTATION, UH, I, I CAME HERE MAINLY FOR THE PRESENTATION ABOUT ROSEDALE AND RAVENSDALE. AND WHILE I, I APPRECIATE THE UPDATES I HAVE, I HAVE TO TRY TO CONVEY TO YOU HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS. NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT AND MEET WITH THE SAFETY COUNCIL AND WHERE WE SPENT MONEY GETTING A, UH, SURVEY, UH, ENGINEER. I, I THINK THAT WE RECENTLY HAD A, UM, UH, SOMETHING WRITTEN UP ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT VILLARD AND ABOUT, UH, THAT INTERSECTION OF ROSEDALE AND RAVENSDALE. BUT WE CAN'T, WE ARE TOLD BY THE VILLAGE MANAGER, WE'RE WAITING, WE CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT ANY SPECIFICS UNTIL WE GET A CONTRACT WHERE SOME, SOMETHING IS LOCKED DOWN IN A CONTRACT FROM THE STATE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A YEAR FORWARD. SO IT SEEMS THERE'S AN ASPECT OF ABSURDITY THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL FOCUSED. THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IS SO MUCH VAGARY AND AND IMPOSSIBLE THAT WE CAN RESPOND ONLY TO CONCEPTUAL DRAFTS. THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT AND ARGUE ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS OR IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR BIKE LANES ON RAVENSDALE, UM, OR WHAT'S REALLY GONNA HAPPEN ON ROSEDALE. SO IT'S, THE PROCESS IS FRUSTRATING. UM, I'LL ALSO, UH, MENTION THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT IN REACHING OUT WHEN YOU DO FINALLY HAVE A, A MEETING THAT YOU GO BEYOND YOUR CONTACT LISTS, UM, THAT YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE CONCERN IS COMMUNITY WIDE. WE ALWAYS SEND IT OUT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. YES. RIGHT. I'M JUST ADDRESSING THE WAY YOU FRAMED IT THIS EVENING. SO I WAS JUST GONNA TRY TO SPECIALLY REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE. OH, OKAY. I MISSED THE SPECIALLY IN ADDITION TO THE REACHING OUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. I'LL LOOK BACK AT THE TEXT OF THE MINUTES AND I'LL SEE MAYBE I'M DIDN'T SAY THE WORD SPECIALLY, SPECIALLY, MR. THANK YOU THOUGH. THAT WAS MY INTENTION. THANK YOU FOR ADDING IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE COMMUNITY? [00:50:04] GOOD EVENING. HI, MY NAME IS BARBARA KING. I LIVE AT 93 KENT AVENUE. UM, I GUESS MY CONCERN ABOUT IT'S ABOUT ROSEDALE AND RAVENSDALE, THE INTERSECTION. UM, AND IT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WERE GONNA PROBABLY END UP WAITING A YEAR TO GET THE ISSUE RESOLVED. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? THE VILLAGE, THE VILLAGE, UM, THE BOARD HAD ACTUALLY RETAINED A, UH, A, A TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION OF RAVENSDALE AND ROSEDALE. AND THAT REPORT IS ONLINE AND HAS ALSO BEEN, YOU KNOW, SENT TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. UM, THERE WERE SOME THINGS I THINK THAT THE BOARD WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH YES. WITH REGARD TO THAT REPORT. YES. AND SO, UM, THEY ASKED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ELSE CAN WE, CAN WE, CAN WE DO WITH REGARD TO THAT TO TRY TO MOVE IT ALONG MORE QUICKLY? UM, I REACHED OUT TO THE, THE ENGINEER WHO'S, WHO'S HANDLING THE ROSEDALE SIDEWALK PROJECT AND ASKED HIM IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED TO THAT PROJECT. AND HE INDICATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DO SO BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. UM, SO THAT PROJECT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. I MEAN, WE ARE IN CONTRACT FOR DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW, AND WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC ONE MEETING ALREADY, UH, WHICH WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I EXPECT, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR, NEAR TERM WILL BE, WILL HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE ENGINEER THAT THAT CAN BE SHARED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PUBLIC, A PRELIMINARY DESIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW. OKAY. UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE, DID I, I EVEN ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION SO WELL. SO ABOUT HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE, I GUESS, IS THAT QUEST? WHAT I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA TAKE? SO IN THE MEANTIME, I KNOW THE GOAL OF THE VILLAGE IS TO MAKE US A MORE GREEN VILLAGE, A WALKABLE VILLAGE, AND THAT INTERSECTION IS STILL DANGEROUS. SO I WAS LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO? AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT I WAS IN EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, AND THEY HAVE AT INTERSECTIONS, UH, FLAGS AND I, I BROUGHT THIS, I KNOW IT LOOKS RIDICULOUS. THESE ARE AMERICAN FLAGS, BUT THEY HAVE BRIGHT ORANGE FLAGS, LIKE MY SHIRT, AND THEY'RE IN CONTAINERS. AND I ACTUALLY GOOGLED THIS AND IT'S, THEY HAVE SIGNS AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY TELL YOU TO STOP AT THE, BEFORE YOU CROSS WAVE YOUR FLAG, THEN CROSS, THEN YOU CAN PUT THE FLAG ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND I'VE DONE IT WHEN I WAS OUT THERE. I DID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND NOBODY STOLE THE FLAGS OUT THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONE CONCERN. BUT IT'S KIND OF A LOW TECH ANSWER IN MY OPINION. UM, WOULD IT WORK? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO TRY THIS. AND ANOTHER THING I THOUGHT ABOUT IS WE REALLY COULD USE SOME MORE SIGNAGE AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO BRING BACK THE, UM, COUNTER THAT SAYS HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING ON THAT ROAD? BECAUSE THAT WAS A PRETTY EFFECTIVE, AND THEN FINALLY, I KNOW LAST TIME I WAS HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENED ON THE SECOND SIGN, UM, JANUARY 5TH, 2020 SIXTH. I SAW THIS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT I WAS THINKING, WELL, WHAT IF THEY PUT LIKE A LOGO, LIKE A, ON THE ROAD? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT THE ENGINEER, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FEET IT SHOULD BE BEFORE IT'S KIND OF A HILL GOING UP, BUT A HUGE SIGN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO INDICATE LIKE THERE'S AN INTERSECTION COMING UP AND IT COULD BE ON THE OTHER SIDE GOING AWAY FROM HASTINGS, LIKE ANOTHER SIGN. SO IT'S A VISUAL TO LIKE TELL VEHICLES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WAY TO GET THEIR ATTENTION INSTEAD OF ALL THE SIGNS UP. UM, SO ANYWAY, I'M JUST TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS IN THE MEANTIME. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. I JUST WANT TO JUST TRY TO CLARIFY ONE THING ABOUT THE ONE YEAR REFERENCE. I THINK THAT WAS REFERRING TO THE RAVENSDALE THAT'S CORRECT. SPECIFIC PROJECT, RIGHT? RIGHT. THE BIKE, THE BIKE LANES AND STUFF. SIDEWALK PROJECT NOT THE OTHER. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. MOVING ON [XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS] TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, ZONING, BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETINGS, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, MEETING ROOM. MONDAY, APRIL 27TH, SENIOR COUNCIL MEETING, 3:15 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BOARD OF EDUCATION, JOINT MEETING, 7:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, MONDAY MAY 4TH. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM, AND TUESDAY, MAY 5TH. BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING. 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? [00:55:01] SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU EVERYONE. APPRECIATE IT. * 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.