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TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON VILLAGE, UH, BOARD OF[I. CALL TO ORDER]
TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING.TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2026.
PLEASE RISE FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, NATION, NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, TRUSTEE ZI.
TRUSTEE MERTON PRESENT, TRUSTEE SUNBURG PRESENT.
MAYOR DRAKE, PRESENT, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY.
HERE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TO GO FOR THE BOARD TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF PARTICULAR PERSONNEL AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS EXITING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RESUMING THE OPEN MEETING BY APPROXIMATELY 7:00 PM SO MOVED.WE ARE RECONVENING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE'RE PICKING UP ON OUR AGENDA, UH, APPROVAL OF MINUTES,
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY 19TH, 2026.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ADDITIONS OR OMISSIONS TO THAT, UH, SET OF MINUTES? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
[V. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
GENERAL FUND AA $166,451 AND 29 CENTS FEDERAL DRUG CD $4,222 AND 99 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $7,076 AND 21 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $41,352 AND 50 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $3,595 AND 71 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND, TT $4,381 AND 22 CENTS.PROFESSIONAL ESCROW TT $1,472 AND 50 CENTS PAYROLL FUND TT $3,684 AND 80 CENTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
[VI. ACCEPTANCE OF TREASURER’S REPORT]
TREASURER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PRESENT FOR YOUR APRIL OF 2026 TREASURER'S REPORT? UM, NO.I, WE DID SEND IT TO, WE SENT YOU A LOT OF THINGS, NOT JUST THE ONE SHEET.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE JUST A LARGE, UM, MOVEMENT OF FUNDS OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
IT'S JUST THE CHECK RUNS AND PAYROLLS AND IT, WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE LARGER THAN WHAT SEEMS NORMAL, BUT OTHERWISE NOTHING EXCITING TO REPORT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TREASURER'S REPORT? SO MOVED.
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? EVENING? GOOD EVENING.
IT'S HARD TO CALL IT EVENING AT THIS WITH THIS LIGHT, BUT DAVE SKOLNIK 47 HILLSIDE GOT, UH, A NUMBER OF POINTS THAT I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON PRIOR TO YOUR GOING THROUGH THE RESOLUTIONS, JUST HOPING THAT, UM, IT'LL BE CLEAR BY WHAT YOU DO.
SO, UH, WITH REGARD TO NUMBER 51, UM, WHICH IS ALSO RELATED TO NUMBER 60, UH, ABOUT THE CURBS THERE, THAT ONE'S FOR THE BIDS FOR THE CURBS AND 60 IS ACTUALLY FOR THE, UM, UM, FUNDING FOR IT.
UH, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S GONNA BE CLEAR OR AT SOME POINT MADE CLEAR WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING COVERED, UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT $500,000.
UM, THERE'S THAT, UH, NUMBER 52 RELATED TO THE DEER, AND I WONDERED IF YOU COULD MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT THE WORD MODERATE MEANT IN THE SECOND SENTENCE.
I DON'T HAVE THE RE RESOLUTIONS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I KNOW I STOPPED FOR A MOMENT WHEN IT CAME TO THE WORD MODERATE AND WONDER IF THAT WAS, UH, MEANT TO BE EUPHEMISTIC.
UM, THE FIRST PART OF IT IS, UH, THE, THE MAPPING OF THE BASIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE DEER, BUT I WASN'T SURE WHAT MODERATE MEANT.
UH, WITH REGARD TO 54, THE PARKING, UH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, ARRANGING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M, UH, ASKING, UH, THAT YOU ESTABLISH, PUBLISH ENOUGH IN ADVANCE BOTH, UH, CLEAR EXPLANATION OF WHAT, UM, THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE, BOTH IN TERMS OF HOW IT WOULD WORK AND WHERE IT WOULD WORK.
UH, I KNOW IN GENERAL THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT UP UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN UNCLEAR.
UH, UM, IN GENERAL, THE, UH, TOTAL OF THE, UH, VARIOUS BONDS YOU'RE GONNA BE, UM, VOTING ON IS, UM, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UNLESS MY MATH IS WRONG.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THEIR RAMIFICATIONS OR IMPLICATIONS OF THAT AMOUNT OF BONDING IS FOR TAX RATES AND ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT, UH, PEOPLE WOULD BE CONCERNED WITH IF THEY WERE HERE.
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ANY OTHER THING.I'LL HAVE TO, I'M HOPING THAT, UM, I'LL USE THE SECOND PERIOD TO RESPOND IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE MAIN STREET OR ANY OTHER ISSUE LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT ANOTHER WORD THAT COULD BE USED THERE IS MANAGE THE PROGRAM.
THEY WOULD BE RUNNING THE PROGRAM AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE MODERATOR IS REFERRING TO.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A VISUAL FOR YOU THIS EVENING FOR THE PARKING DISCUSSION.
IT'S ALSO, UM, THERE, THERE WERE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRICE.
THERE WERE ON THE, UH, DEERE POP.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRICES AND WE, WE KIND OF CHOSE THE MID-LEVEL.
THAT'S WHAT THE MODERATE'S REFERRING TO THE PRICING AND THE PROGRAM.
IT'S IN THE CONTRACT THAT WE PUBLISHED, OH, SORRY, MY MISINTERPRETATION.
HE WAS MODERATE VERSUS MODERATE, YEAH.
SO IT'S THE SAME SPELLING, RIGHT? YES.
I WONDERED IF IT WAS EUPHEMISM FOR ELIMINATING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, MOVING ON TO
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS]
RESOLUTIONS 50 OF 26 ESTABLISHING THE LIPSCHITZ STUDIO BUILDING YOUTH STUDY COMMITTEE.UH, WHEREAS IN 1947, SCULPTOR JACQUES LIPSCHITZ MOVED TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE SURROUNDS AND THE MAGNIFICENT, MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF THE HUDSON RIVER.
AND WHEREAS IN 1952, LOCAL ARCHITECT MARTIN LOWEN FISH DESIGNED A STUDIO FOR LIPSCHITZ ON AQUEDUCT LANE, WHERE HE WOULD GO ON TO CREATE SCULPTURES FOR 20 MORE YEARS, INCLUDING BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH, WHICH WAS DEDICATED BY THE SCULPTURE TO THE VILLAGE IN 1967.
AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE ACCEPTED THE DONATION OF LIP SHIT'S AQUEDUCT LANE STUDIO IN 2020.
NOW THE THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THEN IN CONSIDERATION OF THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LIPID STUDIO, THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ESTABLISHED LIPID STUDIO BUILDING USE STUDY COMMITTEE.
THE SEVEN PERSON COMMITTEE WILL CONSIST OF ONE MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, ONE MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION, ONE MEMBER OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION COMMITTEE, ONE MEMBER OF THE ARTS COMMISSION, ONE MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL SERVE AS THE LIAISON.
THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT WILL ATTEND, UM, THE MEETINGS.
THE CHARGE OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE BEST USES OF THE LIPCHITZ STUDIO BUILDING AS AN ASSET OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER, AMONG OTHER THINGS THE HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING'S LOCATION, CONDITION, ACCESSIBILITY IN THE NEEDS OF THE VILLAGE THAT THE BUILDING WILL BEST SERVE AND COMPLIMENT.
THE COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THROUGH SURVEYS, PUBLIC FORA AND PRESENTATIONS, CULMINATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A, OF A PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR THE BUILDING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS RESOLUTION? UH, TRUSTEE SAMANTHA MERTON HAS VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE LIAISON TO THIS COMMITTEE FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IF IT'S SO APPROVED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON IT? UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ANSWER THE QUESTION.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CURBING ON A PORTION OF FLOWER DRIVE, BUENA VISTA, UM, BUENA VISTA DRIVE, UH, AND RAVINE DRIVE AND THE, UM, UH, THE PAVING THAT WILL BE DONE FOR AS PART OF THAT, THAT FUNDING THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO IS ON, UM, OH GOSH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? LEMME JUST WAIT FOR TRUSTEE SUNBURY TO RETURN.
I JUST FORGOT ONE POINT IN THE, UH, THE EARLIER RESOLUTION.
SO WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS ONE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE AUTHOR? AUTHORIZATION TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR CURB INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT? OH, SO MOVED.
ON THE PRIOR RESOLUTION, I FORGOT TO JUST MENTION THAT THE VILLAGE WILL ADVERTISE FOR THE TWO PUBLIC POSITIONS.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME ON THAT, WHEN THAT WILL GO OUT? UM, I CAN SEND IT OUT TOMORROW.
I'LL ALSO REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE NAMED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ASK THEM WHO WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW,
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REPRESENT THEM.MS. SMITH
WOULD YOU LIKE TO? HOW MANY AN EXTRA STAIRWELL.
52 OF 26 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH KELLY FOREST RESTORATION FOR DEER MANAGEMENT, BE IT RESOLVED THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH KELLY FOREST RESTORATION FOR DEER MANAGEMENT IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON FOR DEER DENSITY SURVEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,500 AND A MODERATE PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,000.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
53 OF 26 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR SURVEYING AND STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF MOUNT HOPE BOULEVARD RETAINING WALL BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH LINK LAND SURVEYORS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000 FOR A NEW TOPOGRAPHIC STREET SURVEY OF THE STONE RETAINING WALL ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF MOUNT HOPE BOULEVARD.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH GREG AND DAVIS ENGINEERS PC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000 FOR A STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF THE SAME.
I BELIEVE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER A FEW MEETINGS.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
54 OF 26 SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LAW LOCAL D OF 2026, A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 2 8 2 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON REGARDING DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN PARKING REGULATIONS.
IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANTHONY, DO YOU MIND POPPING THAT VISUAL OFF? OH, I'M SORRY.
UH, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH AT 7:00 PM OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER TO CONSIDER PROPOSED LOCAL LAW D OF 2026, A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 2 82 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON REGARDING DOWNTOWN PARKING REGULATIONS.
THE PROPOSED AREA FOR THIS, UH, YOU CAN SEE IS, IS MARKED IN RED AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW, WHICH IS THE WESTERN SIDE OF MAPLE AVENUE, THAT SECTION OF VILLARD AVENUE.
AND THEN THAT SECTION JUST BEYOND ST.
MATTHEWS CHURCH, THOSE SECTIONS ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED FOR BUSINESS OWNER PERMIT PARKING.
AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO STAY IN EFFECT WITH THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW.
THEN THE RED LINES ARE THE REST OF THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS, UH, PARKING PROPOSAL.
SO AS YOU, AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, UM, WE LOOKED AT THE LAW, WE CORRECTED SOME INCONSISTENCIES.
SO WE'VE GOT PROVISIONS IN HERE THAT EXTEND ANYTHING THAT WAS ONE HOUR OR TWO HOUR TO THREE HOUR, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE JUG HANDLE ON ROGATE, THIS SECTION OF RIVER STREET, LOWER WASHINGTON, THIS PORTION OF SOUTH SIDE, THOSE WERE ADDED AS PART OF THE CLEANUP EFFORT TO JUST MAKE IT ALL CONSISTENT.
RIGHT? SO IT'S ALL, UM, YOU USED TO HAVE YOUR CODE UNDER THE TIME RESTRICTED SECTION.
USED TO HAVE SOME ONE HOUR, SOME TWO HOUR AND SOME THREE HOUR.
WE ACTUALLY FOUND THERE WERE SIGNS IN SOME OF THE ONE AND TWO HOUR PLACES THAT SAID THREE, UM,
OH, THAT ALSO WE MADE ALL THE TIME RESTRICTED PARKING NOW IS THREE HOURS.
SO IT'S CONSISTENT, UM, EVERYWHERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ELIMINATED THE METER PROVISIONS, UM, PARKING METER PROVISIONS AND WE'VE CLEANED UP THE COMMUTER.
YEAH, THE COMMUTER LOT PROVISIONS.
WERE ALL INCONSISTENT, UH, COMMUTER LOT PROVISIONS.
CAN YOU ALSO ADD THIS TO THE WEBSITE ONCE WE CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION? YEAH.
ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED.
ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED SO I CAN PUT IT UP AND THEN, I MEAN ULTIMATELY THIS COMBINED UP ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S JUST THE PARKING.
I DO HAVE A PARKING MAP ON THE WEBSITE ALREADY THAT HAS EVERYTHING DETAILED.
AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN WRITE UP A ONE PARAGRAPH EXPLANATION.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT TO READ THE LOCAL, THE LOCAL LAW HAS TO BE IN THIS FORMAT.
'CAUSE IT HAS TO, THAT'S WHAT IT REQUIRES TO AMEND THE CODE.
BUT SOMETIMES LIKE A ONE PARAGRAPH EXPLANATION IS, IS HELPFUL.
I MEAN, EVEN THE LAWS, IT'S MUCH SIMPLER THAN IT READ BEFORE.
I GUESS MY ONLY CONCERN, AND I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I DID WATCH THE TAPE AND SO THIS MAPLE IS MM-HMM
RIGHT? SO IT'S COMING DOWN TO THREE.
SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING UP.
THE WEST SIDE OF MAPLE IS CURRENTLY SIX, SIX HOUR METERS.
THE WEST SIDE WHERE WE ALLOW MERCHANT PARKING.
IT'S CURRENTLY, BUT THEY, THEY'RE EXEMPT.
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THERE, I MEAN I LIKE THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS NEW REGULATION.HONESTLY, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS MORE COMPLICATED.
AND WE NEED REALLY CLEAR SIGNAGE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY SEPTEMBER ONE.
SO, AND THEN TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING WE ALSO DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, WE'VE PUT IN AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEPTEMBER ONE.
UM, AND THAT'S INTENDED TO GIVE TIME TO GET ALL THE NEW SIGNAGE, MAKE SURE ALL THE SIGNAGE IS CORRECT AND DEAL WITH PARK MOBILE, PARK MOBILE AND THE PAY STATIONS.
AND ALSO FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE PREPARED AS WELL.
UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING? SORRY.
SO MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING, LIKE WE MAY GET A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THAT.
AND THEN WE MAY NEED TO MODIFY THE LAW AT THAT TIME.
WHICH MEANS THEN WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.
I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.
I RESPECTFULLY, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ALSO.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ALSO, BUT I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
AMENDED RESOLUTION DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO FUNDING LOCAL SHARE OF STORM WATER PROJECT AND PARTICIPATION IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY STORMWATER MANAGEMENT LAW SWML PROGRAM.
DO I HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING? 'CAUSE THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY FOR OUR GRANT, RIGHT? WE DID IT LAST, LAST WEEK.
IT'S JUST THAT ONCE THE COUNTY, UM, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS GRANT APPLICATION SWIFTLY NOW AND THEY, THEY, THEY REVIEWED IT AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY SO THAT THIS WAS REFLECTING THEIR, THEIR ESTIMATES OF, OF THE COST.
AND JUST I'LL READ THE LAST, LAST WHEREAS, AND THEN THE RESOLVED.
BUT DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? SORRY.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT JUST SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR ANOTHER GRANT, YOU KNOW, AS WE SPEAK TO DO ADDRESS THIS, THIS, THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS A, A VERY LARGE PROJECT WHICH IS GONNA REALLY BE A GAME CHANGER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE IF ONCE WE GET IT ALL DONE.
SO, UM, UH, YEAH, SO WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET STICKER SHOCK
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO WORKING 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 $3,219,202.
UH, ONE COMMENT I HAVE IS I KNOW ALL OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT SHARE, UM, THAT BORDER WITH THE SAWMILL RIVER, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY COMBINING TOGETHER AND ALSO GOING FOR A GRANT, UH, FOR REMEDIATION ALONG THE SAWMILL RIVER.
AND APPARENTLY THE REMEDIATION HAD OCCURRED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, AND UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS MAYBE UNDER MAYOR CANAL'S ADMINISTRATION AND IT INCLUDED YONKERS AND ARDSLEY AND SKIPPED HASTINGS.
UH, AND, AND HE'S TRYING TO RESEARCH THAT NOW FOR US TO FIND OUT WHY THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
UM, UH, I HAD ASKED HIM, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO, SO HE IS LOOKING INTO IT NOW JUST TO SEE WHAT THE EXPLANATION WAS FOR THAT AND WHY WE GOT SKIPPED ON THAT.
UH, THAT PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO GO ALL THE WAY TO ELMSFORD AND IT JUST STOPPED WITH ARDSLEY AND YONKERS AND THAT WAS IT.
AND SOME OF IT IN YONKERS HAD TO DO WITH DAYLIGHTING IN YONKERS.
SO THEY PROBABLY ENDED UP SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY WITH DAYLIGHTING IN, UH, THE RIVER IN YONKERS.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
56 OF 26 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ZINZER PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT AND NEW YORK PLAYS GRANT APPLICATION, WHEREAS THE ZINZER PARK PLAYGROUND IS EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE.
AND THE MAY, 2026 PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTION REPORT.
RECOMMENDED SCHEDULING REPLACEMENT REPORT ALSO ADVISED THAT THE NEED FOR A DA COMPLIANT ACCESSIBLE PASS TO THE PLAY AREAS AND WHEREAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND WAS PRIOR PRIORITIZED IN THE VILLAGE'S CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE PROJECT BEING MOVED FORWARD THREE YEARS FORMALLY SCHEDULED FOR 20 29 20 30, THE PROJECT WAS ADVANCED TO 20 26, 20 27,
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UH, PRIORITY PROJECT.WHEREAS THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARE ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEW YORK PLACES FOR LEARNING ACTIVITY AND YOUTH SOCIAL, UH, SOCIALIZATION NEW YORK PLAYS INITIATIVE.
NEW YORK PLAYS GRANT MAY FUND UP TO 80% OF THE CAPITAL COST OF THE PROJECT BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOES HEREBY, UH, SUPPORT THE ZINZER PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PROJECT AND DOES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND MAYOR TO SUBMIT A NEW YORK PLAYS APPLICATION TO DASNY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000 AND COMMITS A 20% MATCH NOT TO EXCEED $70,000 FROM THE VILLAGE'S CAPITAL FUND.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS WAS ADVERTISED PRETTY HEAVILY DURING, UH, THE SPRING THING DAY.
UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY DURING THAT TIME.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
1 57 OF 26 RESOLUTION DECLARING THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ANNUALLY.
UH, WE'VE DONE IT EVERY YEAR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
UH, THIS RESOLUTION DECLARES THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO HONOR AND REMEMBER ALL VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO DECLARE THAT WE AS A COUNTRY MUST DO MORE TO END THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
WHEREAS EVERY DAY NEARLY 130 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND MORE THAN 200 ARE SHOT AND WOUNDED WITH AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 19,000 GUN HOMICIDES EVERY YEAR.
AND WHEREAS PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE 26 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BY GUN HOMICIDE THAN PEOPLE IN OTHER HIGH CR, HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES.
AND WHEREAS NEW YORK STATE HAS 1003 GUN DEATHS EVERY YEAR WITH A RATE OF FIVE DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE, A CRISIS THAT COSTS THE STATE $11.4 BILLION EACH YEAR, OF WHICH 301.2 MILLION IS PAID BY TAXPAYERS.
NEW YORK STATE HAS THE 46 HIGHEST RATE OF GUN DEATHS IN THE US AND WHEREAS GUN HOMICIDES AND ASSAULTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN CITIES WITH MORE THAN HALF OF ALL GUN HOMICIDES IN THE NATION OCCURRING IN 42 CITIES.
AND WHEREAS MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON, ARE WORKING TO END THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE WITH EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS.
AND WHEREAS PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE IS, IS THE MAYOR'S HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY AND SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
RIGHTS OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH KEEPING GUNS AWAY FROM THOSE WHO ARE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
AND WHEREAS MAYORS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ACTIVISTS AND RESOURCES KNOW THEIR COMMUNITIES BEST ARE THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH LOCAL CRIME ACTIVITY AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT AND ARE BEST POSITION TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO KEEP THEIR CITIZENS SAFE.
AND WHEREAS GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, AS WE SEE GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHEREAS IN JANUARY, 2013 HAD PENDLETON WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED AT AGE FIF AGE 15.
AND ON JUNE 5TH, 2026 TO RECOGNIZE THE 29TH BIRTHDAY OF HAD PENDLETON BORN.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WILL RECOGNIZE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY AND WEAR ORANGE AND TRIBUTE TO HADIA PENDLETON AND OTHER VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND THE LOVED ONES OF THOSE VICTIMS. WHEREAS THE IDEA WAS INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF HE'S FRIENDS WHO ASKED THEIR CLASSMATES TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE BY WEARING ORANGE.
THEY CHOSE THIS COLOR BECAUSE HUNTERS WEAR ORANGE TO ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES TO OTHER HUNTERS WHEN OUT IN THE WOODS.
AN ORANGE IS A COLOR THAT SYMBOLIZES THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE.
AND WHEREAS ANYONE CAN JOIN THIS CAMPAIGN BY PLEDGING TO WEAR ORANGE ON JUNE 5TH, THE THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE, 2026 TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.
AND WHEREAS BY WEARING ORANGE ON JUNE 5TH, 2026, PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WILL RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND HONOR AND HONOR THE LIVES OF GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS.
AND WHEREAS WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO GUN TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND PLEDGE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO KEEP FIREARMS OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THEM AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP TO HELP KEEP OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SAFE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, DECLARE THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE, JUNE 5TH, 2026 TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES' EFFORTS TO PREVENT, TO PREVENT TRA UH, EXCUSE ME, TO PREVENT THE TRAGIC IMPACTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO SAVE LIVES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
RESOLUTION DECLARING JUNE, 2026 TO BE NATIONAL POLLINATORS MONTH WHEREAS POLLINATION OF PLANTS IS VITAL TO HEALTHY LANDS, WHICH IN TURN PROVIDE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE NATION, INCLUDING HABITAT FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE, WATER, MINERAL, MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES AND
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ABUNDANT RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC.AND WHEREAS POLLINATING SPECIES HELP TO POLLINATE APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF THE WORLD'S PLANT SPECIES AND WHEREAS THE, THE DECLINE OF SOME NORTH AMERICAN POLLINATORS IS CONCERNING AND IMPACTED BY THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND WHEREAS BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS PROVIDE HABITATS FOR POLLINATING SPECIES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS AND THE SUPPLY OF DIVERSE FOODS.
AND WHEREAS POLLINATORS FOUND ACROSS AMERICAN AMERICA AND URBAN AND RURAL AREAS CAN CONNECT CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES TO NATURE ENGAGING ALL GENERATIONS IN STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES.
AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON HUDSON'S EFFORTS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HASTINGS POLLINATOR PATHWAY PATHWAY PROJECT AS WELL AS THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION BUSINESSES, AGENCIES, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF NORTH AMERICAN POLLINATORS ARE IMPORTANT EXAMPLES.
COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION AND EFFORTS TO RESTORE BALANCE TO NATURE NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED AND RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE TO HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS OF POLLINATORS AND THEIR HABITATS AND OF THEIR VALUE TO THE NATION'S ECONOMY THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE, 2026 NATIONAL POLLINATORS MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
WE CALL UPON THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON PUBLIC TO JOIN THE VILLAGE IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF POLLINATORS AND THE STEWARDSHIP ROLE EACH PERSON PLAYS IN PROVIDING VALUABLE POLLINATOR HABITATS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE.
UH, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE.
59 OF 26 RESOLUTION DEDICATING JUNE, 2026 IS LGBTQ PLUS PRIDE MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON CHERISHES THE VALUE AND DIGNITY OF EACH PERSON APPRECIATES THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUALITY AND FREEDOM AND WHEREAS ALL ARE WELCOME IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY.
AND EVERY FAMILY IN ANY SHAPE DESERVES A PLACE TO CALL HOME WHERE ITS MEMBERS ARE SAFE, HAPPY, AND FEEL SUPPORTED BY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE HASTINGS ON HUDSON DENOUNCES PREJUDICE AND UNFAIR DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE, GENDER, IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, NATURAL NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES AS AN AFFRONT TO OUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.
AND WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH BEGAN IN JUNE OF 1969 ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL UPRISING IN NEW YORK CITY AFTER LGBTQ PLUS AND ALLIED FRIENDS ROSE UP AND FOUGHT AGAINST THE CONSTANT POLICE HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATORY LAWS THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AND WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON APPRECIATE THE CULTURAL, CIVIC AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER QUEER PLUS COMMUNITY, WHICH STRENGTHEN OUR SOCIAL WEALTH WELFARE.
AND WHEREAS THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUED WORK TOWARDS A VISION OF EQUITY IN WHICH OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENJOY THE SAME SENSE OF SECURITY, RESPECT, REPRESENTATION, AND INCLUSION AS ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION FEEL VALUED, SAFE, EMPOWERED, AND SUPPORTED BY THEIR PEERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
AND WHEREAS DESPITE BEING MARGINALIZED LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE AUTHENTICITY, ACCEPTANCE, AND LOVE.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE ME, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON DECLARE THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2026 AS LGBTQ PLUS PRIDE MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON AND URGE RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AND TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON'S COMMITMENT TO CELEBRATING, STRENGTHENING AND PUBLICLY AFFIRMING OUR VILLAGE IS A PLACE OF WELCOME FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.
THE VILLAGE WILL HOST A PRIDE CELEBRATION DOWNTOWN ANNUALLY IN JUNE THIS YEAR.
THIS ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
60 OF 26 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK TO PAY THE COST OF RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADS IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE.
UH, WHAT AM I ALLOWED TO SKIP? UM, I HAVE TO READ THE ENTIRE RESOLVED ALL.
NO, YOU ARE MAKING READ THE FIRST FEW 'CAUSE THAT WAS THE AMOUNT BE RESOLVED.
THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, THE VILLAGE AS FOLLOWS.
SECTION ONE FOR PAYING THE COST OF RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADS INCLUDING INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN CONNECTION, THEREWITH
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IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE, A CLASS OF OBJECTS AND PURPOSES.THERE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED $500,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE PURSU PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
SECTION TWO, THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF THE, UH, AFTER SAID CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IS HEREBY DETERMINED TO BE $500,000.
AND THE PLAN FOR FINANCING THEREOF IS BY THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS BOND RESOLUTION.
SECTION THREE IS HEREBY DETERMINED THAT THE PERIOD OF PROBABLE USEFULNESS OF THE AER SAID, UH, CLASS OF OBJECTS AND OR PURPOSES IS 15 YEARS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 20 OF PARAGRAPH A OF SECTION 11 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
IT'S HERE HEREBY FURTHER DETERMINED THAT THE MAXIMUM MATURITY OF THE BONDS AUTHORIZED WILL EXCEED FIVE YEARS.
THE REST OF THE RESOLUTION WAS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UM, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, DOES ANY ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS UPON THIS RESOLUTION TAKING EFFECT? THE SAME SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMARY FORM IN THE RIVER TOWNS.
DISPATCH THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM PROVIDED IN SECTION 81 OF LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A SECOND? SECOND.
WELL WE NEED THE MOTION THE SECOND AND THEN WE DO A ROLL CALL.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE.
SO THAT WAS TRUSTEE FLY AND THEN MARTIN MADE THE SECOND.
AND THEN WE MAY YOU CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
61 OF 26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $445,000 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES AND MACHINERY FOR CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, THE VILLAGE AS FOLLOWS.
SECTION ONE FOR PAYING THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES AND MACHINERY FOR CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, A CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES.
PURPOSES, THERE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED $445,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW, THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF THE AED CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IS HEREBY DETERMINED TO BE $445,000.
AND THE PLAN FOR THE FINANCING THEREOF IS BY THE ISSUANCE OF $445,000.
BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS BOND RESOLUTION UPON THIS RESOLUTION TAKING EFFECT.
THE SAME SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMARY IN THE RIVERTOWN DISPATCH, THE VILLAGE, THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, UH, TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM PROVIDED IN SECTION 81 OF LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS IS RELATED TO DPW EQUIPMENT, CORRECT? UH, PARKS AND DPW.
IT'S A PARKS, UH, UH, DUMP TRUCK FOR DPW, UH, DUMP TRUCK FOR PARKS AND A, UH, FRONT LOADER FOR DPW.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
TRUSTEE MARK, LET ME GET WATER.
62 OF 26 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $140,912 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION OF POLICE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING POLICE FIREARMS TRAINING SIMULATOR AND LICENSE PLATE READER IN FOR SAID VILLAGE.
BE IT RESOLVED FOR THAT, UH, BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK.
THE VILLAGE AS FOLLOWS, FOR THE PAYING THE COST OF ACQUISITION OF POLICE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING POLICE FIREARMS TRAINING SIMULATOR AND LICENSE PLATE READER IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN CONNECTION, THEREWITH A CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES, THERE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED $140,000 AND NINE $912 OR $140,912 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE.
PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW, THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF THE A SAID CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IS HEREBY DETERMINED TO BE $140,912.
AND THE PLAN FOR THE FINANCING THEREOF IS BY THE ISSUANCE OF $140,912 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS BOND RESOLUTION, THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH TAKES EFFECT, WHICH WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMARY IN THE RIVER TOWNS.
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DISPATCH THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK AND SUB, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM PROVIDED IN SECTION 81 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
63 OF 26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $293,046 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK.
TO PAY THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF POLICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE BY THE BOARD OF, UH, RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK.
THE VILLAGE AS FOLLOWS, FOR PAYING THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION POLICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INCLUDING RADIOS AND REPEATER AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN CONNECTION, THEREWITH IN AND FORTED VILLAGE.
A CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES THERE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED $293,046 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE PURSUANT TO THE, TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST TO THE A SAID CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IS HEREBY DETERMINED TO BE $293,046.
AND THE PLAN FOR THE FINANCING THEREOF IS BY THE ISSUANCE OF $293,046 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS BOND RESOLUTION UPON THIS RESOLUTION TAKING EFFECT.
THE SAME SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMARY FORM IN THE RIVER TOWNS.
DISPATCH THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK IN SUBSTANTIATE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM PROVIDED IN SECTION 81 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 36 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW AND ARTICLE NINE OF THE VILLAGE LAW.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
I'M TIRED OF READING PROBABLY 64 OF 26.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $300,000 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF POLICE VEHICLES IN AND FOREST SAID VILLAGE, BE IT RESOLVED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, THE VILLAGE AS FOLLOWS, FOR PAYING THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF POLICE VEHICLES IN AND FORSET VILLAGE, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN CONNECTION.
THEREWITH A CLASS OF OBJECTS OF PURPOSES, THERE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED $300,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE PURSUANT TO LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF THE A SAID CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IS HEREBY DETERMINED TO BE $300,000.
AND THE PLAN FOR THE FINANCING THEREOF IS BY THE ISSUANCE OF $300,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS BOND RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMARY IN THE RIVER TOWNS DISPATCH, THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, EXCUSE ME, TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM PROVIDED IN SECTION 81 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
SORRY, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
MAY I, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
ROLL CALL TRUST CAN'T BREAK THE HABIT.
AYE, I GAVE YOU A TRUSTEE MARTIN.
SOMEBODY ELSE WANNA READ A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED AUTHOR RISING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO, UM, TO PAY THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF SALT SHED IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE, BE IT RESOLVED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK AS FOLLOWS, I'M GETTING TICKLE NOW IN MY THROAT FOR PAYING THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION I'VE GOT OF ASSAULT SHED IN AND FORSET VILLAGE, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN CONNECTION.
THEREWITH A SPECI A SPECIFIC OBJECT OR PURPOSE.
THERE, THERE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED $500,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF THE AFTER SAID SPECIFIC OBJECT OR PURPOSE IS HEREBY DETERMINED TO BE $500,000.
AND THE PLAN FOR THE FINANCING THEREOF IS BY THE ISSUANCE OF THE $500,000 BONDS
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OF SAID VILLAGE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS BOND RESOLUTION.OKAY, UPON THIS RESOLUTION TAKING EFFECT, I GOT IT.
I GOT IT UPON THIS RESOLUTION TAKING EFFECT.
THE SAME SHALL, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET IT.
SO THE SAME SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMARY IN THE RIVER TOWNS.
DISPATCH THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM PROVIDED IN SECTION 81 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 36 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW AND ARTICLE NINE OF THE VILLAGE LAW.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
SECOND, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
66 OF 26 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AUTHOR AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $342,000 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE VILLAGE HALL AND LIBRARY IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, THE VILLAGE AS FOLLOWS, SECTION ONE, PAYING FOR THE COST OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE VILLAGE HALL AND LIBRARY, INCLUDING RESTORATION OF WINDOWS, WALLS, AND PATIO AND HANDICAP RAMP AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES IN CONNECTION, THEREWITH IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE, A CLASS OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSES THERE ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED $342,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE.
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW, THE ESTIMATED MAXIMUM COST OF THE AFTER SAID CLASS OF OBJECT OR PURPOSES IS HEREBY DETERMINED TO BE $342,000.
AND THE PLAN AND THE PLAN FOR THE FINANCING THEREOF IS BY THE ISSUANCE OF $342,000.
BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS BOND RESOLUTION UPON THIS RESOLUTION TAKING EFFECT, THE SAME SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUMMARY FORM IN THE RIVER TOWNS.
DISPATCH THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK AND SUBSTANTIALLY OF FORM PROVIDED IN SECTION 81 OF, OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW.
THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 36 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW AND ARTICLE NINE OF VILLAGE LAW.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, MR. CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AYE THAT COMPLETES OUR RESOLUTIONS, CORRECT? YES.
[IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
SOMEBODY ELSE'S TALKING VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT.UM, SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE A LITTLE BIT ON GRANTS.
UH, WE WERE SPEAKING, UM, A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT THE, UM, THE GRANT FOR THAT WE ALL, THE GRANT THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH THE COUNTY FOR, UH, THE RES BROOK, WHICH IS KIND OF THE FENWICK, UH, AREA, ACTUALLY RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM ROSEDALE DOWN TO THE SAWMILL RIVER.
WE HAVE ALREADY TWO GRANTS FOR THAT.
WE HAVE THE GRG GRANT AND WE HAVE A, UM, GRANT FROM THE EPA, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, THROUGH THE GRACES OF, UH, CONGRESSMAN, UM, LATIMER.
AND, UH, WE ARE NOW, UM, AND THE COUNTY GRANT IS, IS IN PROGRESS, UH, WITHIN AND MOVING ALONG, UH, NICELY.
THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD THIS MORNING, UH, APPROVED IT TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO IT'S JUST A, THE, THE NEXT STEP IS FUNDING, UH, AT THE, BY THE BOARD OF, BY THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THERE'S A GRANT, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE NOW FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, UH, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND FLOOD RISK REDUCTION GRANT, WHICH IS DUE ON JUNE 26TH.
UH, WE'LL BE APPLYING FOR THAT TO HELP DEFRAY SOME OF THOSE OTHER COSTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THE VILLAGE WOULD OTHERWISE, UM, BE INCUR.
AND, AND THESE ARE ALL OBVIOUSLY ESTIMATED COSTS.
THIS PROJECT, UM, ALSO REQUIRES THAT WE, UH, GET EASEMENTS FROM SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA.
SO I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT OVER THE NEXT, UM, FEW, UH, WEEKS TO GET THAT, TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY WE HAVE THIS, THE ZOR, UM, RISK GRANT THAT WE HAD FOR PLANNING, WHICH WE GOT, I THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO NOW.
AND THAT PLANNING PROCESS HAS EVOLVED NICELY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT GRANT.
AND WE ARE MAKE, WE ARE MAKING ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, OF THAT PROJECT, WHICH, UH, HAS, UH, YOU MAY RECALL, UM, THAT WE HAD VERY SERIOUS,
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UH, EFFECTS FROM THE, FROM STORM, THE IDA, UH, HURRICANE BACK IN 21.I THINK THAT WAS, UM, PARTICULARLY ON RIVERVIEW PLACE AND, UM, IN THE, UH, RIVER GLEN APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND REALLY ALL OF BROADWAY.
AND THIS, THIS GRANT IS, IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THOSE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH THE HUDSON RIVER SIDE, WHERE THE FLOODING HAS BEEN THE WORST, AND THE, AND THE SAWMILL RIVER SIDE WHERE THE FLOODING HAS BEEN WORSE TO TRY TO ADDRESS, UH, BOTH OF THOSE REALLY, UM, SERIOUS, SERIOUS AREAS.
UH, AND I, I'M ACTUALLY AT A THREE DAY TRAINING WITH, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS RISK MONEY, UH, THIS, THIS WEEK IN, IN THE, IN THIS CITY.
SO, UH, THEY BETTER GIVE US THAT IMPLEMENTATION GRANT
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO KEEP EVERYBODY APPRISED OF, OF THAT.
AND, UM, UH, THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH, WITH BOTH, WITH ALL, WITH BOTH THOSE, THOSE STORM WATER, UH, APPLICATIONS.
UM, WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING THE SKATE PARK AND THE CFA.
THE CFA WAS JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY, AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK THROUGH IT, UH, THOROUGHLY TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO US.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, TALKING ABOUT REAPPLYING FOR THE SKATE PARK.
AND WE, I MET THIS WEEK WITH THE SKATE PARK FOLKS AND THE SCHOOL OVER AT THE BURKE ESTATE AND WITH, UH, THE, UM, THE CHAIR OF THE CO THE, UM, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE PARKS AND REC, UH, SUPERINTENDENT.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, JUST WERE DISCUSSING THE AREA AND, AND THE APPLICATION AND WHAT, WHAT WE COULD DO TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT EVEN BETTER THAN, THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT WE DO, DID RECEIVE THE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND GRANT FOR $50,000.
UH, WE MYSELF AND WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE A, UM, INTERN WITH US THAT'S WORKING IN MY OFFICE, UH, IZZY MEISNER.
AND SHE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ME ON THIS.
UH, WE'VE BOTH BEEN ATTENDING ALL OF THEIR TRAINING SESSIONS AND WE'LL BE ROLLING THAT OUT, UH, IN THE, IN MID JULY TO, UH, BRING, UH, PROJECTS ON BOARD.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT PROJECTS, BUT WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT PROJECTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, INTEREST, UH, BY THE YOUTH AND BY CERTAINLY BY WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, I EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE A, UM, VERY ROBUST INTEREST.
CAN, CAN YOU MAKE A PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT NOW AND HAVE THE SCHOOL PUT IT OUT THAT THIS WILL BE THE DATE WHEN WE CAN, UM, TO, UH, TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK WE HAVE TRAINING ON HOW EXACTLY THEY WANT US TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT IT WITH THE, WITH THE YOUTH.
SO AFTER THAT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT TO SAY.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT THOUGH BEFORE SCHOOL'S OVER.
CAN YOU ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SENT TO HUDSON LAB SCHOOL? YES.
AND ALSO TO ANDREW'S CHILDREN'S MM-HMM
'CAUSE I THINK ANDREWS, THEY BOTH PARTICIPATED IN IT.
THEY DID LAST YEAR, I THINK DID.
WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE EV CHARGING STATIONS MAY, THE ONES HERE AT VILLAGE HALL MAY BE SLIGHTLY DELAYED.
THE, UH, GEOTHERMAL PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT VILLAGE HALL HAS BEEN MOVING ALONG, BUT IT'S, IT, IT HAS BECOME CLEAR THAT WE, UM, WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO BRING A NEW ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY FOR THE EV CHARGING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BRING ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY FOR THE GEOTHERMAL PROJECT.
AND IF WE DO THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, IT'LL A, BE MUCH LESS DISRUPTIVE AND B, COST US LESS MONEY.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, UM, MESH THOSE, THOSE TWO PROJECTS TOGETHER.
'CAUSE CONED HAS TO BE VERY INVOLVED IN OBVIOUSLY BRINGING US ADDITIONAL, UM, ENERGY, POWER.
SO THOSE WERE THE, THE GRANTS THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, UPDATE, GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE AND FOCUS ON, UM, HAPPY TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, ANY, ANY OTHER GRANTS OR ANY OTHER, UH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SKATE PARK.
THE PREVIOUS GRANT THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR IT.
UM, WE, UH, OUR GRANT WRITER AND I HAD, UH, CALLED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND WE SPOKE WITH THEM AND THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT THEY JUST RAN OUT OF MONEY THAT THEY REALLY, OUR GRANT WAS, WAS, WAS WELL DONE.
BUT, UM, THEY, THEY DID RECOMMEND, UH, PERHAPS REACHING OUT TO THE, UM, HEAD OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, LEADERSHIP MM-HMM
UH, WHICH WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT DOING.
AND UM, AND, UH, THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.
AND THAT THEY SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR, IT'S A SCORING MECHANISM.
AND IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, WE HAD 72 POINTS AND MOST OF THE SUCCESSFUL GRANTS WERE BETWEEN
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70 AND 75.SOME OF THEM, I THINK THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS VERY HIGH, AND THEN THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT WERE MUCH LOWER THAN THAT.
UM, UH, BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF, IT'S, IT'S THROUGH, THERE'S, THERE'S TRANCHES IN THE CFA AND THIS IS A, A PARKS PROGRAM TRANCHE.
AND, UM, THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, UH, FOR US.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, THAT THEY GIVE, GET FEEDBACK TO GET MORE POINTS.
UM, YEAH, SO THOSE ARE, AS I SAID, THOSE ARE, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, DO YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT WHEN THE EV CHARGERS MAY GO LIVE? AND IS THIS THE VILLAGE HALL? DOES THAT IMPACT THAT OR IS IT NO, NO, IT DOESN'T IMPACT THE OTHER.
I THINK IT'S, EVERYTHING IS READY AT BOTH THE STEIN LOT AND THE COMMUTER LOT, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS ALSO, ZER PARK, I BELIEVE IS READY ALSO.
AND THEY'RE, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR CON ED TO ENERGIZE, I THINK THEY'RE WAITING ON, UM, THE CON ED LOT AND THAT WORK IS GONNA START SOON.
DO WE HAVE ALL THE SIGNAGE IN PLACE? THEY THEY PROVIDE THE SIGNAGE.
YEAH, THE, UM, THE POLL FOR THE CONED LOT IS SUPPOSED TO GO IN ON THURSDAY, BUT THERE SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THAT TODAY BY EMAIL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, SLIGHTLY DELAYED.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT, UH, IT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, SO IT SHOULD BE PRETTY SOON.
BUT THE OTHER, UH, THREE, BOTH THE, THE MAIN, THE MAIN COMMUTER LOT, THE, THE, UM, UH, ZOR PARK LOT AND THE STEIN STEIN SCHNEIDER LOT ARE ALL, UH, READY TO GO.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON CON ED AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS TELL US.
SO THE VILLAGE, THE GERM, UH, GEOTHERMAL PROJECT THAT YOU WERE JUST REFERRING TO WOULDN'T IMPACT THE OTHER ONES GOING LIVE, CORRECT? NOT AT ALL.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT WAS WHAT I WANTED TO JUST UPDATE YOU WITH REGARD TO GRANTS.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON, UM, ON MAIN, ON MAIN STREET, UH, IF, IF I COULD, UM, MAIN STREET, UH, WE HAD SPOKEN, UH, AT THE LA OR ACTUALLY THE BOARD HAD AUTHORIZED AT THE LAST MEETING FOR ME TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND, UM, AND UH, UH, WORK WITH, WITH, UH, CREIGHTON MANNING, UH, ON THE, ON, ON THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, I REACHED OUT TO THEM AND I WAS ABLE TO, WE, WE HAD DONE A SURVEY IN CONNECTION WITH MAIN STREET AND OUR CDBG GRANTS, SO I WAS ABLE TO SHARE THAT SURVEY WITH CREIGHTON MANNING.
UM, SO THAT, UH, IT SPEEDS THE PROCESS UP, THANKFULLY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE TO, UM, WAIT FOR, FOR THEM TO DO A SURVEY.
THEY, THEY ALREADY HAVE, HAVE THE SURVEY DONE, AND, UM, THEY, UH, AND THEY ALSO, UM, I WAS ABLE TO GET A PICTURE OF THE INTERIOR, OF THE FIRE, OF, OF THE, THE ELECTRIC BOX THAT, THAT, UH, OPERATES THE, UH, THE LIGHT AT THE JHCC LOCATION.
AND THAT, UM, THEY HAVE INDICATED IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THEM.
THEY, THEY, THEY, JUST FROM LOOKING AT THAT, THEY COULD TELL THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR, UM, SIGNALS, YOU KNOW, FOR CROSS CROSSING SIGNALIZATION THERE.
UH, SO THEY TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY BY THE END OF JULY THEY WOULD HAVE, UM, PRELIMINARY PRINTS.
THEY THOUGHT WE COULD BE OUT TO BID ON IT, YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
AND, UM, AND I DID TELL THEM THAT THAT INTERSECTION WAS OUR FIRST PRIORITY ON MAIN STREET.
UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S SOME STUDY THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH REGARD TO THE MAIN AND WAR BURTON INTERSECTION, BUT THEY WERE GONNA REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY ALSO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, TONIGHT.
AND, UH, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, SAMANTHA, TRUSTEE MERTON AND I WERE ADMIRING THE WORK THAT LOU IS DOING ON THE, UH, IN TABLATURE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO YEAH, I'M GRATEFUL THAT THAT'S FINALLY GETTING REPAIRED.
SO, UM, UH, IT REALLY IS, UM, LOOKING VERY GOOD.
AND WE, WE'VE BEEN PLEASED WITH THE, AND THEY ACTUALLY ALSO WERE GREAT, UM, ABOUT HELPING US HANG THE GIGANTIC BANNER THAT YOU SEE OUT FRONT.
I'M SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA MENTION THAT MM-HMM
THAT, UH, BUT UM, YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN WITHOUT THEM.
I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT BANNER UP THERE.
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CAME IN HANDY, UH, JUST ON THAT.I WAS GONNA SPEAK ABOUT IT DURING DISCUSSION, THE BOARD DISCUSSION, BUT THE LIBRARY ALSO APPRECIATED THAT THEY CLEARED A LOT OF THEIR EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE WAY DURING THEIR GALA.
UM, AND SAME WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
[X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
ON TO BOARD DISCUSSIONS, UH, DISCUSSION ON WELCOME HOME WESTCHESTER, STEVE FLEISIG.UM, WELL, IF YOU ALL RECALL LAST FALL, UH, TRUSTEE ALLGOOD AND I, UH, AND THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD, WE ALL ATTENDED A THREE WEEK WORKSHOP AT THE LAND USE LAW CENTER OVER AT PACE.
UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, AND UH, VILLAGE ATTORNEY ALSO WAS THERE, BUT SHE'S REALLY MORE OF AN ADVISOR TO THE LAND USE LAW CENTER.
SO SHE WAS THERE MOSTLY LECTURING US AND, UH, AND COMMENTING ON OUR PROJECT.
UM, BUT THE, THE, THE FOCUS OF THAT PROJECT, IF PEOPLE REMEMBER, WAS BECAUSE WE DID TALK ABOUT IT IN, I THINK IN FEBRUARY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WAS THE IDEA OF THE VILLAGE DEVELOPING ONE OF ITS SPACES, POSSIBLY A PARKING LOT OR, OR SOME OTHER OPEN SPACE FOR HOUSING.
UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING IN MAYBE SOME DEVELOPERS TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS MIGHT WORK.
ANYWAY, UM, ON APRIL 20TH, I ATTENDED ANOTHER EVENT AT THE PACE LAND USE LAW CENTER, WHICH, UM, REGRETTABLY I WOULD'VE LOVED TO INVITE SOME OF YOU TOO, BUT I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT LIKE THE FRIDAY BEFORE, BUT IT RE REMARKABLY, IT'S ACTUALLY THEIR ANNUAL HOUSING WORKSHOP FOR ELECTED NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS,
SO I PROBABLY WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS THEY, THEY REALLY JUST, THEY FOCUS ON SORT OF HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX THAT, THAT A VILLAGE OR A MUNICIPALITY COULD USE TO, TO TRY AND AUGMENT, UM, HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT I ENDED UP TALKING TO THEM AFTERWARDS WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM COMING AND SPEAKING TO THE VILLAGE, UM, SINCE WE DIDN'T ALL HAVE A CHANCE.
AND SO AT FIRST I PROPOSED LIKE TWO HITS.
ONE, THEY COME TO THE BOARD AND THEN MAYBE WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE VILLAGE.
BUT IN TALKING ABOUT IT MORE WITH TRUSTEE MERTON, I, IF YOU GUYS WERE AMENABLE TO IT, I WOULD, I THINK JUST DOING IT ONCE MIGHT BE BETTER AND MORE IMPACTFUL.
AND, AND I DUNNO HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT IT MIGHT EVEN BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE MEAN, THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC SCHOOL RELATED QUESTIONS THAT ALWAYS COME UP WHEN THERE'S HOUSING, MOSTLY ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS THE, THE, THE STUDENT COUNT.
AND THIS ORGANIZATION, THEY HAVE, UM, A, A REALLY DEEP BED OF KNOW OF DATA NOW THEY'VE BEEN COLLECTING DATA FROM THE COUNTY, LOTS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, SORRY IF I'M NOT SPEAKING DIRECTLY IN THE MICROPHONE.
I'M TRYING TO, UH, BUT UM, IT'S HARD TO DO THAT AND LOOK AT AT, UH, TRUSTEES DOWN AT THE OTHER END OF THE, THE DESK.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, THAT'S WHY RAF, I ASKED FOR A LONGER MICROPHONE ANYWAY.
IT IS THERE, IT NEEDS TO BE LONGER EITHER.
THE, BUT THE POINT IS, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THEY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A DECADE'S WORTH OF DATA NOW SO THEY CAN ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS DOING TO, TO THE POPULATION OF, OF STUDENTS IN A COMMUNITY.
IS THAT REALLY ACTUALLY AN IMPACT? I THINK THEY CAN ADDRESS A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS VERY WELL.
SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE, WE TRY AND SCHEDULE SOMETHING TOGETHER WITH THAT OTHER BOARD, AND, AND I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO, TO COME AND SPEAK AND, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THIS FALL? COULD WE WAIT TILL THE FALL OR? YEAH, I THINK SO.
I MEAN, I THINK WE, LOOK, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE THIS ALONG FASTER.
BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO DO IT AT A TIME WHEN WE GET THE MOST, UM, IMPACT.
I THINK, I MEAN, PERSONALLY MY OPINION ON IT IS PROBABLY LATER IN SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER, JUST TO GET THEM STARTED WITH SCHOOL AND JUST BE AWARE OF THAT FOR THEM AND TRY TO GET IT ON THEIR CALENDAR MAYBE NOW THOUGH, AND GET IT DONE.
UM, WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THAT AND WE'LL WRITE THAT DONE.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I LIKE IT.
I MEAN, I WAS JUST TALKING TO TRUSTEE FLEISIG ABOUT IT.
I JUST THOUGHT THE, UM, JUST HAVING, UH, IF YOU WANNA CALL EXPERTS OR PEOPLE WHO'VE REALLY COMMITTED THEIR, YOU KNOW, KNOWLEDGE OF, OF THE COUNTY AND JUST BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS AND AS HE SUGGESTED, LIKE THE BOARD OF ED QUESTIONS AND THE PUBLIC'S QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I THINK GETTING SOME REAL, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO'VE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
SO YEAH, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
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AND I LIKE THE COMBINED MEETING, SO EVERYBODY'S IN THE ROOM.YEAH, NO, THAT'S WHAT I, YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND WE CAN HAVE THEM FORWARD A PACKAGE OF INFORMATION IN ADVANCE, SO JUST MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FIRST AND THEN WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I, I'M ADDING IN, JUST 'CAUSE THEY'VE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
UH, TRUSTEE MERTON AND HER HUSBAND WERE HONORED AS, AS COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS BY THE HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM ON, UH, FIVE ON MAY 28TH.
AND, AND I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SOME OF THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
UH, IT, IT WAS REALLY QUITE A NICE NIGHT, REALLY NICE NIGHT THAT NIGHT AND, AND I GOT A VERY LOVELY PROCLAMATION FROM YES.
FROM THE MAYOR AS WELL, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WAS VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL, UH, THIS PAST, THANK YOU.
THIS PAST SUNDAY, THE LIBRARY HAD THEIR GALA, AND LIKE I SAID, UH, THEY APPRECIATED THAT THE PARKING LOT WAS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
A BUNCH OF SPACES WERE TAKEN UP SO THAT THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, AND THAT WAS A REALLY WELL ATTENDED EVENT, UH, WITH, WITH LIVE MUSIC OUT ON THE LAWN.
AND IT WAS JUST REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
AND, UM, THEN ALSO LAST NIGHT I ATTENDED THE COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS MEETING DAVID, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, COUNTY LEGISLATOR, EMMA MORA, HONORED OUR VFW COMMANDER HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
HE'S THE FIRST OUTWARD OR OUT GAY COMMANDER HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON OF THE VFW.
AND, UM, HE WAS HONORED AND HONOR OF THE LGBTQ PLUS MONTH OR PRIDE MONTH AND, AND HIS, HIS, UM, ADVOCACY TO THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AS AS A VETERAN LIAISON.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, COUNTY LEGISLATOR I MEMORIAL NOTED IS SOMETHING THAT I ALSO NOTED, UH, ON MEMORIAL DAY, UH, POURING DOWN RAIN.
WE WERE AT THE VFW AT 11:00 AM AND, UM, COMMANDER ALANI AND I BOTH GOT SOAKING WET THAT DAY AND SPEAKING, AND WE WERE PRETTY BRIEF.
UH, HE WAS LONGER THAN ME, BUT I, I WAS AS BRIEF AS I COULD BE.
BUT AFTER HE CORNERED, UH, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, ANDREA STEWART COUSINS ABOUT A BUNCH OF ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, VETERANS AND THEIR DISABILITY RATINGS HERE IN NEW YORK STATE, UH, SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO TAX BENEFITS, AND HE DIDN'T LET IT GO.
UH, I HAVE TO SAY, EVEN IN POURING RAIN, HIS ADVOCACY CONTINUED AND I GIVE HIM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT.
AND, UH, COUNTY LEGISLATOR AND MEMORIAL NOTED THAT IN HIS PROCLAMATION, OR AT LEAST IN HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCLAMATION LAST EVENING, AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE MOMENT.
UM, COMMANDER ALANI LIVES IN DOBBS FERRY, BUT HE IS OUR VFW COMMANDER HERE IN HASTINGS.
SO I WAS THERE ALONG WITH MAYOR CHRISTIE NELL FROM DOBBS FERRY AND SOME OTHER, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM DOBBS FERRY.
AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE NIGHT.
UM, HIS WHOLE FAMILY WAS THERE, HIS HUSBAND, JED AND HIS CHILDREN WHO ATTEND DOBBS FERRY SCHOOLS.
AND, UH, MY SON JOSEPH CAME WITH ME ALSO, AND IT WAS A VERY NICE EVENING.
AND THEN ON, UH, JUNE 9TH, WE ARE HOSTING, UH, A BUSINESS OWNER TRAINING, UH, RELATING TO ANTI-SEMITIC AND BIAS INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE VILLAGE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, THAT WILL BE HOSTED AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER AT 9:30 AM RIVER TOWNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS ALSO INVITED ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS FROM ALL RIVER TOWNS, UH, TO ATTEND THIS, UH, TRAINING AS WELL.
IT'LL BE LED BY THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DID THIS ALREADY WITH THE CHIEFS OF POLICE, OF ALL THE RIVER TOWNS, ACTUALLY, OF ALL THE, THE TOWNS AND VIL OR ALL THE VILLAGES IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, WE DID IT WITH.
UM, AND IT WAS REALLY, UH, WELL ATTENDED AND WELL RECEIVED BY ALL, UH, IN ATTENDANCE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD, RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, FRIDAY, UH, JUNE 5TH.
HASTINGS CELEBRATES THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE LIVE 5:00 PM TO 9:30 PM VILLAGE HALL AND LIBRARY GROUNDS.
I I HOPE EVERYONE WILL ATTEND.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT NIGHT, AND YOU MIGHT EVEN GET TO MEET THOMAS JEFFERSON THAT EVENING.
UH, BUT IT'LL BE WELL ATTENDED.
THERE'LL BE A FOOD TRUCK AND, UH, MAYBE EVEN SOME ASSISTANCE FROM CAPTAIN LAWRENCE.
UH, BREWERY WILL BE, UH, ON HAND.
SO FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT AT RIVER ARTS 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH, THE FARMER'S MARKET, 8:30 AM TO 1:00 PM ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT, OKAY, I DO.
UH, SATURDAY JUNE 6TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH.
DELL, UH, CARLO THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, 11:00 AM HASTINGS
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HIGH SCHOOL.REGISTER WITH THE HASTINGS BOOSTERS@GMAIL.COM.
THIS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IS OPEN TO ADULTS, NOT TO STUDENTS.
ACTUALLY, IT'S A FUNDRAISER IN MEMORY OF DELL CAR CARAVALO, THE HUSBAND OF MAUREEN CARAVALO.
THE, UH, SCHOOL TREASURER SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH RIVER ARTS MUSIC TOUR.
11:00 AM TO 9:00 PM IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON DOBBS FERRY.
AND I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED EVERYONE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RIVER ARTS, UH, WEBSITE TO FIND OUT THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND WHERE THEY'RE OCCURRING, AND DRIVEWAYS, FRONT YARDS, BACKYARDS, PARKS, UH, ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITIES.
DRIVE AROUND WITH YOUR WINDOWS DOWN AND HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER BEHAVES A LOT BETTER THAN MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH, HASTINGS, TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT ANDRES ON HUDSON, SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH, HASTINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, TWO TO 4:00 PM THE HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY OR ROOM.
THEY'RE ALSO HAVING A, UM, A PRESENTATION ON WHAT IS THE EXACT, UH, I SAID IT EARLIER, ANTHONY, MR. CLERK, WHAT'S THE EXACT VERBIAGE ON THAT ONE? IT'S, UH, LIFE IN THE TIME WAR.
AND IT, IT'S HIGHLIGHTING, UM, LIFE HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON DOBBS FERRY AND IRVINGTON DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
AND YOU'LL RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THE, UH, FAMILY NAMES FROM THAT ERA.
UM, A LOT OF OUR AREA OF THE VILLAGE IS NAMED AFTER THEM, OR AT LEAST ROADS AND PARKS.
UM, UPSTREAM UP, UH, SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH, UPSTREAM GALLERY.
35 YEARS IN THE RIVER TOWNS RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST.
2:00 PM TO 5:00 PM EIGHT MAIN STREET, SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH, HASTINGS ON JAZZ.
IS THAT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR? WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT KIDS CLOTHING.
SWAP 3:00 PM TO 6:00 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
FRIDAY NIGHT PRIDE, 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM WARBURTON AVENUE.
THIS IS A GREAT EVENT THAT WAS ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT LAST NIGHT, UH, AT THE COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, UH, AND SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP FROM NEW YORK CITY FOR AND ALL AROUND THE REGION.
UH, WILL BE ATTENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, FARMER'S MARKET, 8:30 AM TO 1:00 PM ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH, RUN FOR A TREE, 9:00 AM HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH, HASTINGS FLEE.
10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
TILLY 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM ANDRES ON HUDSON TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING 6:00 PM UH, RIGHT BEFORE OUR MEETING AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
[XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? DO YOU HAVE EVERYONE AWAKE? UM, THANK YOU FOR STAYING.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE ONGOING CHANCE.
SO I TRY TO USE IT EFFECTIVELY.
UM, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER IS THERE, UM, THE, I'VE SEEN NOTHING LISTED ABOUT AN UPCOMING CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY TASK FORCE MEETING.
I KNOW THAT THEY WENT TO LIKE MAYBE QUARTERLY.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD ACTUALLY BE? UH, I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO LOOK, BUT, UH, IT, WE DID CHANGE IT TO QUARTERLY AND I, I THINK WE MAYBE MET MAYBE SIX WEEKS AGO OR SO.
I HAVE TO CHECK I THINK SOMETIME IN MARCH.
YEAH, MARCH, APRIL, MAY YOU, OKAY.
SO IT SHOULD BE COMING UP SOON THEN.
RIGHT? I'LL, UH, REACH OUT TO, UH, THE CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HADN'T, UH, MISSED IT AGAIN AT SOME POINT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MY QUESTION ABOUT THE TAXES RELATED TO THE BONDS WAS AT ALL RELEVANT, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE, I MEAN, MAYBE I NEED TO JUST BE, UH, SCHOOLED ON HOW IT WORKS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE IMPACT OF, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT WE WILL PROBABLY DO IS, IS, UH, DO BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES INITIALLY, UM, RATHER THAN A FULL, YOU KNOW, A FULL BORROWING.
THAT'S WHAT WE, WE, WE DID LAST YEAR AS WELL.
UM, THE, THE, UH, UM, INTEREST IN PRINCIPLE ON THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS, PROBABLY, UM, ABOUT 150 TO $200,000.
BUT, UH, IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, WE'VE HAD BONDS DROP OFF THAT, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN FULLY PAID.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A MUCH LOWER, UM, BOND PAYMENT RATE NOW THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE, WE'VE DROPPED OFF.
UM, AT SOME POINT, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE SKATE PARK.
I, AND I, I WOULD, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS, I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY BRING THEM UP RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M WONDERING THE PROCESS, UH, BETWEEN THE, UH, THE PROJECT BEING HERE OR IN THIS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN
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A LITTLE BIT HARD TO TRACK.SO I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, WHERE THE, THE APPROPRIATE PLACE WHERE ANY CONVERSATION, PUBLIC CONVERSATION WILL, IF ANY, WILL TAKE PLACE, UM, ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'M CONCERNED, UH, SOMEWHAT IN RELATION TO WHAT THE, THE, THE MANDATE AS IT EVOLVED WITH REGARD TO REACHING OUT, NOT JUST FOR LOCAL HASTINGS, BUT TO LARGER COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST SEE IF THERE'S A SOURCE AT THIS POINT ONLINE THAT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE THINKING IS ABOUT THAT.
UM, I, I, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS ONLINE.
WE PROBABLY PUT THE DESIGNS FROM OUR PRIOR, YOU KNOW, PRIOR GRANT THAT WE MADE, APPLICATION WE MADE LAST YEAR.
UM, IF WE HAVEN'T, I CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.
I, I JUST, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT WHAT'S ONLINE WITH REGARD TO THE SKATE PARK RECENTLY.
UM, I'LL, I'LL MAYBE COMMUNICATE WHAT IT IS.
MY CONCERN IS, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION MEETINGS, THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS COME UP LIKE THEY ARE DISCUSSED.
SO THAT WOULD BE A, A GOOD, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND I MAY SHARE MY CONCERNS WITH YOU SURE.
SINCE YOU'RE THE, UH, DIRECTOR THERE, THAT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE MICROPHONES SO I DON'T HAVE TO MENTION 'EM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN HERE IS.
IT'S COLD GOING, SO I KNOW HOW TO DRESS IN ADVANCE.
UM, AND, AND SOME, A RESIDENT DID REACH OUT TO ME RECENTLY REGARDING THAT, AND WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPORT THEM IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CONCERNING RESERVING A PART OF A PARKING LOT.
SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, DAMARIS DR. LANG HAD DONE IN THE PAST.
UH, WE, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST THEM AND HELP THEM WITH GETTING ANY PERMITS OR, OR WHATEVER WOULD BE NEEDED TO CONTINUE THAT CELEBRATION.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT, UH, YEAH.
LEADERSHIP OF THAT GROUP RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THE THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT GROUP.
THE ONLY LAST, NOT CLEAR, BUT THE LAST, UH, ITEM THAT, AGAIN, I, I HAD COMMUNICATED WITH YOU WITH SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE, UH, CREIGHTON MANNING AND MAIN STREET.
AND THE ONLY THING I'LL SHARE IN, IN, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, THE PROCESS IS, IS NOT CLEAR GOING FORWARD.
IT WAS A SURPRISE THAT IT MOVED FROM, UM, THAILAND.
UH, I KNOW THERE WAS CONCERNS, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE CONVERSATION EVEN AMONGST YOURSELVES ABOUT WHAT, HOW THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, THAN WITHOUT BEFORE YOU END UP GOING THROUGH ANOTHER 35 OR SO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I MEAN, UH, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING, SOME ASPECT OF THE CONVERSATION THAT THIS MAYBE I CAN, I CAN, I CAN TRY TO HELP EXPLAIN.
THE, THE INITIAL, UM, REVIEW BY TY WAS, UH, IS IS IT, YOU KNOW, IS IT FEASIBLE TO PUT A CROSSWALK THERE AT ALL? LIKE, WHERE, WHERE ON MAIN STREET WOULD YOU WANNA PUT IT? YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT UP NEAR FOOD TOWN AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE ON MAIN STREET IT WOULD GO.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THERE, THEY DID NOT DO ANY DESIGN WORK OR ANY FIGURING OUT HOW THE LIGHT, YOU KNOW, WOULD OR WOULDN'T WORK OR WHERE TO PUT EXACTLY THE BOLLARDS AND ALL THAT KINDS OF THING.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GET A, A, A PHYSICAL DESIGN ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT WE WOULD THEN GO OUT TO BID TO HAVE THE WORK DONE.
WE, WE WOULD BID THAT AS A, AS A, TO GET.
SO, UM, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING PRELIMINARY FROM THEM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN JULY.
AND, UH, WHEN WE HAVE IT, I WILL SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE BOARD.
AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
IF I CAN JUST, SO, I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THE WORK THAT TY DID WAS NOT, WAS NOT AN ACTUAL DESIGN RIGHT.
SO FOR GOING FORWARD, IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY, WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT MY CONCERN IS THAT SOMEHOW BY THE TIME IN GENERAL, WE GET TO FIRST THE CON CONCEPTION AND THEN THE ACTUAL MORE THE DETAIL ENGINEERING.
WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED, UH, SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHICH MAKES IT SEEMS TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR ANY KIND OF, UH, CHANGING DIRECTION FRAUD BASED ON RESPONSE.
WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN, SHE'S GONNA SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC.
NO, I KNOW THAT'S THE TIME WHEN YOU CAN COMMENT.
I MEAN, ARE YOU QUESTIONING THAT THERE BE A CROSSWALK AT THAT LOCATION? NO, NO.
AT THIS POINT, I WANT, UH, NO, IT'S JUST THE IDEA OF
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AFTER, WHEN, WHEN THE PUBLIC HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT, WHETHER THERE'S A REALISTIC CHANCE FOR INPUT THAT MIGHT IN FACT, UH, INFORM AND CHANGE SOME OF THAT DESIGN, THAT TENDS TO BE, BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THAT STAGE, I FEEL LIKE IT TENDS TO GET LOCKED IN.AND JUST BECAUSE OF EXPENSE OF MAKING MODIFICATIONS, THAT'S MY, I FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN VERY OPEN AND WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE MODIFIED, EVEN WHEN WE'VE STARTED BEGIN, WHEN WE'VE BEGUN TO MOVE TO 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, WE HAVE MODIFIED AND SLOWED A PROCESS DOWN BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, WE HAVE TAKEN FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND CHANGED OUR OPINION ON CERTAIN ITEMS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
SO I THINK WE WOULD NOT JUST CLOSE IT, I THINK, UH, WITHOUT PUBLIC COMMENT OR INPUT.
AND CERTAINLY IF ANYBODY HAS ANY INPUT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE, WE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY COMMUNICATE THAT TO ME AND I CAN SHARE THAT WITH OUR, UH, ENGINEERS AS THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE STARTING WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
SO IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD ENGINEER IT, I CAN SHARE THAT WITH THEM.
[XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH, CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING 8:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM, THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
MEETING 7:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING, 7:30 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
MONDAY, JUNE 15TH, HASTINGS VILLAGE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING 7:30 PM VILLAGE HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH, BOARD OF, UH, TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.