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THE[I. CALL TO ORDER]
TRUSTEES' REGULAR MEETING.TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE THROUGH THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA AND THROUGH THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, NATION, UNDER GOD IN THE LIBERTY, LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
MR. CLERK, MAY YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
[IV. APPOINTMENTS]
APPOINTMENTS.IS THAT FROM, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
UH, WE HAD NATALIE BARRY AS THE APPOINTEE FROM THE, UM, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE TIM BARRY.
SO WE JUST, UH, WANTED TO, UH, HAVE THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR NO? I DON'T THINK WE USUALLY TAKE A VOTE.
WE JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED.
APPROVAL OF, UH, MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES.REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR ADDITIONS TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OR THE MINUTES? MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVES.
[VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
GENERAL FUND AA $138,845 AND 4 CENTS, FEDERAL DRUG GRANT, CD $1,325 POOL FUND, ER $3,767 AND 61 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $630,532 86 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $3,124 AND 89 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND, TT 1040 $4 AND 34 CENTS.PROFESSIONAL ESCROW FUND TT $1,812 AND 50 CENTS PAYROLL FUND TT $3,649 AND 80 CENTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATING TO THE WARRANTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
UH, MOVING ON TO ACCEPTANCE OF TREASURER'S REPORT.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOT SENT TO US LATE THIS AFTERNOON BY OUR TREASURER.
UH, IT'S PRINTED HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TREASURER ON THIS? OKAY.
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.ANYBODY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE BOARD? SHE'S GOING NOW.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS THAT, YEAH.
TOOK A HALF HOUR EACH, SO, RIGHT.
WELL, THIS IS GONNA TAKE THREE MINUTES, BUT LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF BEFORE THE CLOCK STARTS.
UM, I'M AMY LIEBERMAN, 60 HAMILTON AVENUE, 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF HASTINGS.
AND, UM, I SAW ALL OF YOU NOT TOO LONG AGO.
I WAS HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT DEAR, AND I'M BACK TO SPEAK ABOUT DEAR.
RECENTLY, I RECEIVED A REPLY FROM YOU, MAYOR DRAKE, TO AN EMAIL REQUESTING THAT THE ISSUE OF HUNTING DEER BE REOPENED SO THE COMMUNITY COULD ENGAGE A THOROUGH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES, METHODS, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH A PLAN AND THE COST TO OUR VILLAGE CITIZENS, MORALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, AND FINANCIALLY.
UM, THE REPLY I GOT WAS THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT AND WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED.
I'M MORE THAN DISAPPOINTED AND I AM NOT ALONE.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER HASTINGS RESIDENTS WHO WERE UNAWARE THERE WAS A PLAN FOR HUNTING IN THE VILLAGE, OR THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY LAST SPRING TO COMMENT.
I FEAR THAT WHAT YOU ARE CLOSING IS THE WINDOW IN WHICH WE COULD WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY RATHER THAN AS ADVERSARIES.
TRUE DEMOCRACY DOES NOT END AT THE VOTING BOOTH.
I FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO KEEP OUR VILLAGE SAFE AND RUNNING.
WE KNOW EVERY STOPLIGHT CAN'T BE DECIDED AT A TOWN HALL, BUT THE EXECUTION OF LIVING BEINGS PAID FOR WITH OUR TAXES IS ANOTHER MATTER.
I SUSPECT EVEN HOPE THAT THE DOCUMENTS WE RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO OUR FOYER REQUEST ARE WOEFULLY AND COMPLETE.
HOW COULD YOU MAKE THIS DECISION WITHOUT A STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF A LETHAL CALL AND EVIDENCE THAT LETHAL LETHAL METHODS WILL ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES? HOW COULD YOU MAKE THIS DECISION WITHOUT CONSULTING AN EXPERT IN DEAR HUMAN HABITAT SHARING, WHO IS NOT FINANCIALLY VESTED IN THE OUTCOME OF THE DECISION? HOW COULD YOU MAKE THIS DECISION WITHOUT AN IN-DEPTH, ACCURATE CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES? NONE OF THESE THINGS WERE EVIDENT IN THE DOCUMENTS WE RECEIVED, THOUGH
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THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, NO ONE SPOKE FOR THE DEAR.I DON'T KNOW ALL OF YOU, BUT I ENTERED THIS ROOM.
ASSUMING YOU ARE CARING PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO TAKE OFFICE TO PROVIDE CARE, NOT TO DO HARM.
AND THE FACT IS, WE ARE AT A POLITICAL MOMENT IN WHICH DISSENT IS BEING PROSECUTED AND PUNISHED.
WE ARE AT A MOMENT IN WHICH UNTOLD CRUELTY IS BEING EXACT EXACTED ON PEOPLE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND WITHOUT OUR CONSENT, ALTHOUGH FUNDED BY US, IF WE IN HASTINGS ARE GONNA STAND AGAINST CRUELTY AND FOR A VIGOROUS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, YOU AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME SUBSTANTIVE DIALOGUE ON SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES, EVEN WHEN IT SLOWS THE WHEELS OF VILLAGE HALL.
WE MUST FIGHT FOR WHAT IS JUST AND WHAT IS KIND AND BOW HUNTING.
THESE CREATURES IS NEITHER JUST OR KIND.
THEY FEEL PAIN AND TERROR, AND THEY FORM STRONG FAMILY BONDS THAT CAN LAST A LIFETIME.
LET'S HAVE A MORATORIUM ON THE KILLING.
DO THE POPULATION STUDY THIS YEAR AND POSTPONE THE HUNTING AT LEAST UNTIL WE HAVE FURTHER DIALOGUE AND STUDY.
LET'S HAVE A TOWN HALL, WE CAN SUGGEST SOME SPEAKERS.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DEER ISSUE, BUT BEFORE THIS PLAN GOES INTO EFFECT, I URGE YOU TO GOOGLE CHANNEL SEVEN EYEWITNESS NEWS.
DEAR CONTROVERSY, SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY 2025.
HERE'S A QUOTE, ONE IMAGE, TWO GRAPHIC FOR TELEVISION SHOWS A WOUNDED DEER WITH AN ARROW THROUGH ITS FACE, WANDERING THROUGH A BACKYARD.
I ASKED THE BOARD TO IMAGINE A WOUNDED DEER WITH AN ARROW THROUGH ITS FACE, WANDERING ONTO THE PLAYGROUND AT HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I'M CONCERNED FOR THE CHILDREN.
I'M CONCERNED FOR THE DEER, AND I'M CONCERNED FOR THE BOARD BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOODWILL IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE BOARD AND NOT A FEW CHALLENGES, INUNDATION OF THE WATERFRONT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE BOARD SPEND ITS CAPITAL ON AN ISSUE WHICH IS RIPPED APART.
BALTIMORE CLEVELAND, SUBURBAN DETROIT, ANN ARBOR, PITTSBURGH, SADDLE RIVER, AND JERSEY CITY.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE DEER ISSUE FROM THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY, BUT ONCE THE SHOOTING STARTS, TRUST ME, YOU WILL.
THE BOARD BROUGHT IN MULTIPLE TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO PROCESS THE FOUR-WAY STOP SIGNS AT RAVENSDALE AND ROSEDALE.
AT THE VERY LEAST, PLEASE BRING IN ONE CONSULTANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF NON LETHALITY AND THEN HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THINK OF THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU AGREE TO STUDY THE ISSUE A LITTLE FURTHER.
AND THE WORST YOU CAN IMAGINE ONCE THE SHOOTING BEGINS, I IMAGINE TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN, ANGRY PARENTS, AND CHANNEL SEVEN EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTING FROM HASTINGS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THAT A TRUSTEE FORMALLY MOVE TO REOPEN THE DISCUSSION.
FOR EVERYONE'S SAKE, LET'S TAKE A BREATH AND A LITTLE MORE TIME.
I HAVEN'T LIVED HERE ABOUT 50 YEARS, PROBABLY MORE.
UH, I SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH YOU ABOUT THE BOAT LAUNCHING PROPOSAL.
IT'S PART OF THE, AT LEAST CONCEPTUALLY PART OF THE PLAN, WHICH IS A CONCRETE RAMP.
I TOLD YOU IT DIDN'T WORK, IT WOULDN'T WORK.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
I SENT TO THE MATH COPY OF THE DIAGRAM I DREW 25 YEARS AGO AS TO A PLAN THAT WOULD WORK.
SO I'M ONLY HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
I KNOW I FORWARDED HIS DRAWINGS TO EVERYONE.
SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY IF HE'S HERE.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DREDGE ALL OF CANAL COVE.
SO EITHER WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER NOW AND
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THEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE YOU'RE PROPOSING LATER OR WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE WATER FOR, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN, SO BP IS GONNA, LEMME JUST FINISH.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN BP'S GONNA ACTUALLY DO THE DREDGING.
SO EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE'RE SAYING WAS WE'RE NOT REALLY GONNA MAKE ANY EFFORT TO PROVIDE NO, THE POINT SIMPLY IS WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO CANAL COVE.
ONCE THE DREDGING STARTS, NONE OF IT.
BUT WHEN IS THE DREDGING GOING TO START? WELL, THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED STILL.
IS THERE ANY REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN ANY FORESEEABLE TIMEFRAME? YES.
WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HEAR FROM BP ON THAT AND WHAT THEIR TIMEFRAME IS WITH NEW YORK STATE AND THEIR APPROVALS.
IT REALLY JUST IS A WASTE OF TIME.
I, ALRIGHT, WELL ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT.
I MEAN, WE'LL WAIT ANOTHER 25 YEARS, I WON'T BE AROUND, BUT, UH, WE'LL WAIT ANOTHER 25 YEARS BEFORE ANYBODY CAN PUT A BOAT IN THE WATER IN HASTINGS.
NO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RAMP AND YOU CAN PUT A BOAT IN THAT WAY.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR OBJECTIONS TO IT.
THE RAMP, OF COURSE, YOU'RE A HUNDRED TO $200,000 MINIMUM REINFORCE CONCRETE.
IT REQUIRES A WHOLE SET OF PILINGS TO GO ON TOP OF IT.
I TALKED TO A CONTRACTOR TODAY ABOUT THAT.
IT, IT JUST, IT'S, AND, AND NOBODY WILL USE IT.
I'VE, I I'VE ALREADY TOLD THE BOARD THAT TALK TO PEOPLE, AKAS PAD ROWING.
WE HAVE 250 MEMBERS, PROBABLY 200 PEOPLE GO OUT EVERY WEEKEND.
WE KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WE KNOW WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
AND I SENT A PHOTO I THINK I SENT TO YOU TODAY TO TOM MM-HMM
A PHOTO OF THE CONCRETE RAMP UP IN IRVINGTON WHEN THAT NEW PARK FEDERAL FUNDED, MAYBE 20 YEARS, 15, 20 YEARS AGO, WAS PUT IN.
THEY PUT A CONCRETE RAMP FOR BOAT, RAMP FOR BOAT LAUNCHING.
THERE'S BEEN A LOCK GATE ON IT FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
I'VE USED IT SEVERAL TIMES, MANY, MANY TIMES BECAUSE I GO UP THERE ALL THE TIME.
I, I GO UP THERE ALL THE TIME.
I'VE BEEN RIDING MY BIKE UP THERE.
HE'S SAYING TO YOU THAT HE'S USED IT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
I'VE USED IT MANY, MANY TIMES.
WHAT I'VE KAYAKED FROM THAT I, UH, IRVINGTON CONCRETE LAUNCH MANY, MANY TIMES.
WHEN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN? SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS.
WELL, I HAVE, IT'S BEEN LOCKED QUITE A LONG TIME.
AND GOT FROM THERE MANY TIMES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAN GO OUT.
WE'LL, DO YOU HAVE THE PROPER THING? OKAY.
ANYWAY, YOUR PLAN LOOKS, THIS, THIS HAS KIND, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THOUGH.
THE PLAN LOOKS GOOD, BUT I'M, I'M INTERESTED TO SEE.
YEAH, I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT WHERE THE, WHERE THE, UM, MCC, SORRY, CANAL COVE, UM, BORDER IS, AND I THINK THAT WHERE HE'S PLACED THE, THE LAUNCH IS RIGHT AT LIKE VERY CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THAT.
SO IF IT WAS ACTUALLY BEYOND THAT POINT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE POSSIBLE.
THE, WE'D HAVE TO OVERLAY THE TWO PLANS.
NO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DREDGING EVERYTHING OUT TO THE WESTERNMOST EDGE OF MCCARRAN PARK.
AND HE'S PUT HIS, HIS LAUNCH JUST PAST THAT WESTERN EDGES? NO, THE LAUNCH IS, IS A NORTH SOUTH LAUNCH THAT GOES FROM THE EDGE OF MCCARRAN PARK.
AND HE'S PROPOSING A LAUNCH FROM THE EASTERN SIDE OF, OF THAT, WHICH MAKES SENSE TO ME.
BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE MAIN FLOW, YOU'RE PROTECTED BY THE TIDE.
BUT IT GOES, SO THE LINE GOES ALL THE WAY AFTER THE WESTERN EDGE.
SO HE'S WITH HIS, WHERE HE IS DRAWN, IT IS WITHIN THAT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN AND I THINK THAT EVENTUALLY WE'LL DO IT, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALL GONNA BE TORN OUT.
WELL, YOU'RE BY BP WELL, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA GO AHEAD WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF MCC ECKER PARK, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD.
WELL, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE FINAL PLAN FROM THE ENGINEERING FIRM AND THEN WE'LL MAKE AN APPROVAL OF THAT.
AND WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT TOPIC THEN AS WELL.
OH, SO, SO THAT'S STILL NOT EVEN DETERMINED, STILL NOT CLOSED, NO.
I HAVE A QUESTION ACTUALLY, BUT NOT FOR THIS, FOR THE PREVIOUS COMMENT, IS THE, UM, DEER MANAGEMENT ACTUALLY CLOSED, LIKE COMPLETELY CLOSED, OR, OR WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THE SUBJECT.
I KNOW WE HAVE VOTED ON IT, BUT IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE IT'S SIGNED THE CONTRACT.
IT'S A CONTRACT IS SIGNED OKAY.
GONNA BE OPENED AGAIN AND UNSIGNED? OR IS THAT NOT PO PART OF THE PROCESS OR POSSIBLE? JUST CURIOUS.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE? ANYBODY ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC? SORRY GUYS.
DID YOU WANT NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK HIM.
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47 HILLSIDE.UM, IF I HAD GOTTEN HERE EARLIER, I WOULD'VE JUST TRIED TO REMIND YOU TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SPEAK UP.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE UNTIL WE FINALLY RESOLVE IT.
UH, AND IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THIS BOARD, UH, AS PER MY EXPERIENCE, UH, LAST WEEK OR SO AT THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO I'M JUST CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO IMAGINE THAT.
I'M TRYING TO HEAR YOU FROM THE BACK.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, COULDN'T HEAR ME SPEAKING THE OTHER NIGHT.
SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.
UM, I DIDN'T, UH, I WASN'T EVEN AWARE OF THE DEER ISSUE.
I WOULD JUST SHARE, AND I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD ON THE ONE HAND, LIKE TO SEE IT EXAMINED FURTHER, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME COMMITMENT ON ALL SIDES THAT A, THAT WHOEVER WAS BROUGHT IN AS, UM, UH, AN EXPERT IS UNBIASED.
AND B, IF AT THE END IT PROVES THAT THERE REALLY IS NO EFFECTIVE NON-LETHAL WAY, THEN THERE HAS TO AT SOME POINT BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT'S NECESSARY UNLESS WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE WOODS AND ANY OTHER ISSUES.
UM, IS THERE, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE A COPY OF THE TWO LETTERS THAT I SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY? I RECEIVED IT.
UH, SO AT SOME POINT, I HOPE YOU'LL READ IT.
I, I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO EITHER OF THOSE ISSUES, UH, RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH I WILL PROBABLY COMMENT ON THE, UH, THE, UM, PILOT PROJECT AFTER YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE, UM, TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING ELSE, AND I'M COMPLETELY, OH, THERE IS, UH, AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING LAST TIME AND THE ISSUE WHEN THEY WERE LOOK, UH, LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION FOR, UM, UH, WASHINGTON MUSE, UH, THE ISSUE, AND YOU MIGHT BE TOUCHING ON IT LATER, BUT THE ISSUE ABOUT THAT SEGMENT OF NEXT TO THE ZINGER OF THE TREES AND WHAT THEIR CURRENT PROPOSAL IS, WHICH THEY BROUGHT TO YOU, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE, FOR THE FIRST TIME BACK IN JULY OF BASICALLY REMOVING JUST ABOUT ALL THE EXISTING TREES ON THAT SLOPE.
UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN A FOLLOW UP.
I'M, I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE IN FACT A MAJOR PARTY TO THAT DECISION SINCE IT'S UP TO YOU TO, UH, GRANT THE, UH, THE EASEMENT.
UM, AND I WOULD REALLY LOOK TO HAVE A MUCH MORE VIGOROUS DISCUSSION OF WHAT THEIR PLAN IS AND WHAT IT IS THAT'S NECESSARY TO REMOVE.
UH, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IN GENERAL UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO ACTUAL, UM, EFFECTIVE ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
UH, SO I URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THE TREES.
YOU, THEY HAVE GOTTEN AN ARBORIST TO TESTIFY THAT THE TREES ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, STRESSED AND UL ULTIMATELY NOT, UH, WORTH SAVING.
BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A REAL SERIOUS LOOK AT THAT BEFORE YOU GIVE THEM, GO AHEAD ON THAT.
UH, MR. CLARK, WAS THERE A PRESENTATION POSTED ON THE WEBSITE? IT, UH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT? I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.
I WILL DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE IT IS, IF IT ITSELF AND THE MATERIALS, THE MATERIALS PART OF THE PLANNING WERE PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
SO THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE PLANNING.
SO DURING THAT MEETING, THEY PRESENTED US WITH DIAGRAMS, UH, AND MOCKUPS OF HOW IT WOULD LOOK AND WHERE IT WOULD SIT ON THE HILLSIDE AND THE INFORMATION ON THE TREES.
AND A PLANTING PLANT RIGHT FROM THE ARBORIST.
BUT I, BUT I, THERE WASN'T QUITE, I DON'T KNOW, IN THE SAME WAY THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU WERE, UH, CONCLUDED ON THE DEER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EFFECTIVELY HAVE CONCLUDED THAT YOU ARE DOWN WITH THE REMOVAL OF ALL THOSE TREES.
WELL THEN THERE'S HOPE, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
WHERE ELSE ARE THE DEER GONNA GO? THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR? HOPWOOD, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING.
I'M WELL, UH, J JEREMY HOPWOOD, 1 45 JAMES STREET.
AND, UH, I AM, UH, HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL, UH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND, AND MAYOR DRAKE.
UH, I'M HERE TO OFFER AN APPRECIATION FOR THE WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE VILLAGE'S RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE FORM OF HASTINGS REC BASKETBALL.
UH, HASTINGS REC BASKETBALL IS ALMOST 25 YEARS OLD.
IT INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY 200 FAMILIES, UH, HERE IN OUR VILLAGE.
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AND ABOUT 25% OF ALL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, UH, PARTICIPATE, UH, IN OUR PROGRAM.IT WAS FOUNDED BY TWO CHILD PSYCHOLOGISTS, DR.
JODY MEYERS AS AN ANTIDOTE TO THE VERY, UH, INTENSELY PRESSURIZED AND OFTEN HIGHLY PRICED BASKETBALL PROGRAMS IN WESTCHESTER.
UH, WE INTRODUCE VERY MEANINGFUL BASKETBALL SKILLS AND GAME SKILLS, BUT IN A VERY HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR, UH, OUR PLAYERS.
AND, UH, REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 20 26, 20 27 SEASON, UH, THAT COULD BE FOUND, AS I'M SURE MOST OF YOU IN THIS ROOM KNOW, ON THE RECREATION WEBSITE.
UH, IT'S ALSO ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AT HASTINGS RACK BASKETBALL.
AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR ANOTHER ROBUST AND FUN SEASON.
AND, UH, WE'RE NOT JUST, UH, A PROGRAM, WE'RE ALSO A PLATFORM.
WE'RE VERY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THE HASTINGS FOOD PANTRY, WHO IS OUR OFFICIAL, UH, CHARITY OF THE PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE PROUD TO PROVIDE BOTH FOOD DONATIONS AND MONETARY DONATIONS TO THE HASTINGS FOOD PANTRY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
AND WE ARE JUST VERY EXCITED FOR ANOTHER SEASON.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, THE VILLAGE, UH, THANK THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, ERIN HURST AND TODD SMITH FOR ALL OF THEIR GREAT WORK FOR MAKING THE PROGRAM WORK AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED.
YOU ALSO HOSTED THE COFFEE WITH A COP LAST YEAR.
WE ALSO HOSTED THE COFFEE WITH THE COP.
YOU AWARDED THE CHIEF WITH A AND, UH, OUR CHIEF RECENTLY RECEIVED ONE OF OUR SPIRIT AWARDS FOR PARTICIPATING AS A VOLUNTEER COACH ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT CHIEF DOCENT PARTICIPATES AGAIN.
AND ANY OF YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN EITHER BEING A VOLUNTEER COACH OR A VOLUNTEER REFEREE, ANYONE IN THE TOWN OF HASTINGS, THERE IS ROOM FOR PARTICIPATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM, UH, UH, DAVID EBERT, WHO I BELIEVE IS, UM, MY HUSBAND.
YEAH, MS. UM, LIEBERMAN'S, UH, HUSBAND AND HE, UM, EXPRESSES, TELLS US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIMSELF IN THE LETTER, AND THEN HE EXPRESSES THE, UH, SIMILAR, UM, ISSUES THAT, UH, MS. LIEBERMAN HAS BROUGHT UP THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STUDY, UH, MADE WITH REGARD TO, UH, DEAR MANAGEMENT, UH, BEFORE WORK PROCEEDS.
IF I COULD JUST SAY ON HIS BEHALF THAT HE GOES INTO SOME GREAT DETAIL ABOUT HIS CREDENTIALS AND SEEKING ON THIS MATTER AS THE FOUNDER OF THE NON-PROFIT, UM, THAT SERVE ANIMALS, UM, NATIONALLY ON SOME INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL.
I ALSO NOTICED THAT IN MY REPLY TO HIM EARLIER THAT I REPLIED TO ALL, AND HE HAD THE, UH, THE INCORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE WHOLE BOARD.
SO I'LL, I'LL FORWARD THAT TO THE WHOLE BOARD.
WHAT WE REALLY WANTED WAS THAT EVEN IF WE DON'T DO IT TONIGHT, THAT THE ENTIRETY RECOVER, THAT THE ENTIRETY OF HIS INFORMATION, UM, PLEASE DISSEMINATED TO EVERYBODY.
AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
I'LL FORWARD IT TO THE WHOLE BOARD.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? PERFECT TIMING.
I'M, UH, MATT CUMMINGS FROM 33 FENWICK ROAD.
HONESTLY, JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, THE BOARD.
UH, THE MEMBERS WHO, UH, VOTED TO ADD THE STOP SIGNS ON, UH, RAVENSDALE.
IT'S BEEN LIKE ALMOST AN IMMEDIATE, UH, IMPROVEMENT IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, UH, CROSSING THE STREET, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR KIDS.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT JUST COMING FROM ME, THIS IS TALKING TO LIKE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, ON OUR STREET, NOT JUST FENWICK, BRANFORD KENT.
SO, UM, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR THAT, THANK YOU.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE DATA THAT YOU NEED TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND THAT IT ACTUALLY HAD A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YOU'RE THE LAST ONE IN THE ROOM.
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS]
TO RESOLUTIONS.93 OF 26 AWARD OF BID, 2026 GEOTHERMAL TEST BOAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO CLOSE AND REOPEN, UH, LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE.
UH, AWARD OF BID THAT THE MAYOR, UH, TO 2026 GEOTHERMAL TEST BOAR THAT THE BOARD MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AWARD THE BID FOR THE 2026 GEOTHERMAL TEST BOAR TO BRIGHT CORE ENERGY LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $83,834 AND 75 CENTS, AND AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
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SOLICIT BIDS INSTALLATION OF GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM AT VILLAGE HALL AND THE LIBRARY BE RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM AT THE VILLAGE HALL AND LIBRARY.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY STAGING BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BP ARCO FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY STAGING AS PART OF THE OCTOBER 2ND AMERICA TWO 50.
A SALUTE TO SERVICE PARADE, SUBJECT TO VILLAGE ATTORNEY APPROVAL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? SO THIS WOULD BE ON THEIR SITE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS ON THE, THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE LAUNCHING THE FIREWORKS FROM THEIR SITE.
AND WE WILL HAVE A FIRE ENGINE THERE WITH THEM AND EVERYTHING AS PER BP.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
96 TO 26 AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION RECOVERIES, BE IT RESOLVED OF THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH ZED SERVICES FOR WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION RECOVERIES, SUBJECT TO VILLAGE ATTORNEY APPROVAL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS AT ALL TO ADD? UM, ONLY THAT, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND, UM, WITH ANOTHER COMPANY, AND THIS COMPANY HAS COME TO US AND SAID THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY CAN FIND SOME ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR US.
SO, UH, IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING TO EXPLORE THAT.
UH, THEY DO GET, UM, HALF THE RECOVERY IF, IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT.
WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE HALF OF IT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF IT WASN'T DONE.
SO, UM, IT'S CERTAINLY WORTHWHILE UNDERTAKING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
[IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT.UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF, UM, UH, WE, I WANTED TO FIRST, UH, FIRST GO OVER THE, UM, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEASURES ON MAIN STREET THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN DISCUSSING AND HAS ASKED THAT WE, UH, PURSUE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE IS, UH, BOTH THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND WARBURTON AND ALSO THE JHCC, UM, CROSSING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND THESE, THESE ARE SIGNS THAT WOULD JUST BE PUT UP TO, UH, ADVISE THAT THERE'S WORK AHEAD, UH, ON MAIN STREET AND ALSO ON, UH, WAR BURTON ON BOTH SIDES OF, OF WAR BURTON, SO THAT YOU WOULD SEE IT BEFORE YOU WENT ON TO MAIN STREET.
AND THIS IS A, UM, PICTURE OR RENDERING OF THE STOP SIGNS THAT WOULD BE PLACED AT MAIN STREET AND WAR BURTON.
THE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A HATCHED AREA HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF WAR BURTON, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP TO PROVIDE THE, THE CARS THAT ARE HEADED SOUTHBOUND TO MOVE OVER A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THEY MAKES, UH, MORE ROOM FOR THE BUS THAT'S TURNING OFF OF MAIN STREET AND ONTO, UH, WAR BURTON AVENUE.
THIS, THIS STOP BAR HAS BEEN MOVED UP SO THAT THE CARS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER AT, YOU KNOW, AT, AT EACH, AT EACH LOCATION WHERE THEY'RE STOPPING.
THE, THE RED TRA THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WE HAVE THERE WILL FLASH A BLINKING RED.
SO IT'LL BE KIND OF BELT AND SUSPENDERS WITH BOTH THE STOP SIGNS AND WITH THE, THE, UH, THAT THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE STOP SIGNS WILL ALSO HAVE, UH, RED FLAGS ABOVE THEM AND A LITTLE FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM TO CALL ATTENTION, UH, TO THEIR PRESENCE.
UM, SO, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF THE STOP SIGNS AT THAT AS THAT LOCATION.
AND THESE ARE 90% DRAWINGS, SO IF ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD OR ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO OUR, OUR, UH, UM, UH, ENGINEER.
'CAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING BE ABLE TO BID THIS OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR HERE AND ALSO FOR THE JHCC.
SO HERE IS A RENDERING OF THE JHCC.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE AMBULANCE BUILD THE PARKING LOT OVER HERE.
AND OVER HERE IS THE, UH, HOOK AND LADDER.
THE CROSSING IS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE FLAGPOLE, AND IT, IT, UH, COMES ACROSS TO, UH, JUST TO THE EAST OF THE OPENING FOR THE, FOR THE DRIVEWAY OF THE AMBULANCE CORPS.
UH, IT'S PROPOSED THAT IN THIS LITTLE AREA THAT YOU SEE HERE AND HERE, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO STRIPING, THESE STRIPES THAT YOU SEE HERE,
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WHICH ARE THERE FOR, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE THOSE OUT.ACTUALLY, THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT ASKED ME TO MOVE THEM OUT TO THE END OF THE BUMP OUT, WHICH WE CAN DO.
AND, UM, SO, BUT THIS WOULD BE LEFT WITHOUT STRIPING SO THAT IT MADE CLEAR THAT THE CROSS, THAT WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A CROSSWALK THERE.
AND, UH, THIS STRIPING WILL BE REDONE.
AND, UM, SO THERE WILL BE A LACK OF STRIPING ON EACH SIDE.
THERE WILL BE STRIPING, THE STRIPING THERE WILL BE STRIPING ON EACH SIDE, BUT IN THE, LIKE, WITHIN LIKE, LIKE TWO TO THREE FEET OF THE CROSSING, THE STRIPING STRIPING WILL BE, WILL BE COVERED.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, IF YOU HAD THE CROSS HACK STRIPING AND THEN THE CROSSING COMING OVER, NOBODY WOULD KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.
UM, SO, UH, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CROSSING CLEAR AND THESE LITTLE DOTS HERE ARE THE BUTTONS THAT THEY'LL BE PUSHING TO TURN THE LIGHT RED IN ORDER TO CROSS.
AND, UM, UH, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
IS IT CUSTOMARY TO, TO DESIGN THESE NOT FOLLOWING THE FLOW OF THE STREET? UM, I THINK THEY TRY TO GO TO THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TWO ROADS.
BUT THIS IS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A, A DIRECT STREET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY YOU THINK IT SHOULD GO LIKE THIS?
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT'S, IF IF THERE'S, WHAT THE REASON BEHIND IT IS, LIKE, I, I WOULD IMAGINE IT GOING TO THE FLAGPOLE AND FOLLOWING ACROSS.
I THINK ON THE NORTH SIDE IT'S, IT'S AN ISSUE.
ON THE NORTH SIDE, I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE WITH THE TELEPHONE POLE IN THE AMBULANCE DRIVEWAY.
THERE, THERE IS A TELEPHONE POLE AND THERE'S ALSO A, UM, MANHOLE THERE AS WELL.
BUT, SO THIS IS GOING IN ON THE NORTH SIDE, SOUTH BETWEEN SOUTH THE TELEPHONE POLE AND THE NORTH AND THE MANHOLE.
BUT VILLAGE MANAGER TO, TO TRUSTEE SUNBURY'S POINT, I MEAN, I, I HAD ASKED IF THE THING COULD JUST ALIGN WITH THE FLAG POLE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S ALIGNING WITH THE STREETLIGHT MAST HEAD.
IS THERE A REASON WHY IT CAN'T JUST BE SWUNG A LITTLE BIT TO THE WEST SO THAT YOU'RE WALKING AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE FLAG, AS OPPOSED TO IT COULD LAND IN THE SAME SPOT.
IT COULD LAND IN THE SAME SPOT ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND THERE'S ANGLE RIGHT TOWARDS THE FLAG POLE.
THERE'S SOMETHING NOT INTUITIVE ABOUT IT TO ME AT THAT ANGLE.
I MEAN, I THINK THE HASH MARKS ARE ALSO THROWING IT OFF A LITTLE BIT TOO, PROBABLY.
BUT WE CAN ASK, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY ASK GOING BACK, SORRY, GOING BACK TO WARBURTON.
I THOUGHT I SAW A BUS TURNING RADIUS IN THE PACKAGE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ONE? NO, UH, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER RENDITION OF IT, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR TO SEE.
SO YOU, YOU WOULD PREFER IT TO COME OVER HERE A LITTLE BIT? I'M NOT SURE WHY.
THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THERE, BUT I'LL FIND OUT.
WHAT ARE THOSE? CAN YOU GO BACK? WHAT ARE THE, THE DARK BLACK LINES INDICATING? THAT'S WHERE THE CARS STOP EAST AND WEST.
THAT'S WHERE THE STOP LINES WILL BE.
WELL, THESE, YES, THESE ARE STOP LINES.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS AN ARTICULATED BUS.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ANY ARTICULATED BUSES THAT USE THIS ROUTE.
UM, IF THERE IS, WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE THIS STOP BAR BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT'S, THEY'RE REALLY COMING INTO WHAT'S, I'M SORRY, WHAT'S AN ARTICULATED? THE DOUBLE, THE SEGMENTED ONE.
THEY DEFINITELY COME THROUGH TOWN, BUT THEY MIGHT BE GOING NORTH ON WARBURG AND YEAH, YOU DO SEE, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT.
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT, MIGHT COME DOWN.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THE CARS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR ABILITY TO EASILY MAKE THE TURN.
AND THEN WHY ISN'T, WHY ISN'T THIS MOVING? DID I SKIP ONE? THERE'S, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER.
THEN THIS IS A REGULAR BUS AND YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU KNOW IT WITH THIS HATCHED AREA THERE.
IT WOULDN'T BE MOVING INTO THIS, UH, THIS, THIS TRAVEL LANE HERE.
SO IT'S ABLE TO TURN EASILY INTO THE TRAVEL LANE.
ARE THE HATCHED AREAS FLAT? THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE VISUAL HATCHES.
AND WE'RE STILL GONNA ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO, UM, INTO THE PARKING LOT.
YES, YES, YOU CAN, YOU CAN STILL GO STRAIGHT.
SO EVERYBODY HAS TO TAKE TURNS.
WELL, NO, BUT IT'S THREE WAY, NOT WAY.
CAN YOU JUST ASK THE ENGINEER WHAT THEY MEAN BY THE, THE TURNING RADIUS ON THE NORTHBOUND VEHICLES? 'CAUSE THEY BOTH, BOTH OF THEM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE HITTING THE BUILDING SHADOW.
NO, THAT SHADOW, SHADOW THE BUILDING IS.
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SHADOW.NO, THAT'S, UH, SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT WOULD GO.
ACTUALLY, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.
THERE'S, UM, THREE LINES IN EACH DIRECTION.
FRONT TIRES AND BACK TIRES DON'T FOLLOW THE SAME PATH OR THE SAME ARC.
BUT ISN'T THE NORTHBOUND TURNING, UM, BUS, THE BUS TURNING NORTH? NO, ONTO, ONTO WARBURTON FROM MAIN STREET.
ISN'T IT HITTING THE TRAP, ISN'T IT HITTING THE, THE CAR? THIS HERE? YEAH.
IS THAT ONLY FOR THE ARTICULATED ONES? IF THE CAR NO, NO, IT'S GOING, THIS IS, THIS IS THE WHERE IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA, THIS IS, IT WILL GO ONTO THE HATCHED AREA.
BUT IT, IT'S GOING, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE LANE.
IS THE THIRD LINE LIKE THE CENTER OF THE ROAD? IT'S CLOSE.
UH, THIS, THIS IS BASICALLY HATCHING THIS SO THAT NOBODY IS IN IT.
AND THAT THESE DRIVERS ARE MOVED OVER A LITTLE BIT CLOSER ON.
I, I SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DRIVING ONTO THE HATCH.
THAT'S ACTUALLY OH, THIS LINE? THEY ARE.
THEY'RE THEY'RE ON, THEY'RE ON THE HATCH.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE CROSSING HERE? NO, YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LINE THAT I JUST POINTED OUT.
THE ONE, THE THE THIRD CURVED LINE RIGHT THERE.
SO WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT IS.
OH, IT GOES, OR IS THAT IT IS GONNA GO ONTO THE HATCH.
IT'S SHOWING YOU THAT THE HATCH.
OH, SO THE HATCH IS THERE GIVINGS ROOM IT TO SPACE TO GO.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING WHEN IT'S JUST THE BUS.
REGULAR PEOPLE WON'T DO THAT, RIGHT? WELL, MOST, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING ALL THE WAY ALMOST OVER THE HATCH, LIKE ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE HATCH.
AND IT'S DEFINING THE END OF THE HATCH.
SO IT PRETTY MUCH IS USING THE HATCH.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT, THE LEFT WHEEL LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALMOST HITTING THE CURB.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, I'VE HAD TO BACK MY CAR UP WHEN BUSES ARE COMING OUTTA THAT INTERSECTION AND I'M PRETTY CLOSE TO THE CURB.
I, I THINK THIS IS OPTIMISTIC.
DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD MOVE THE STOP LINE BACK AS FAR BACK AS HE CAN? CAN, YEAH.
IS THAT, IS IT AT THE SAME SPOT IT IS NOW? NO, IT'S, NO, NO.
BUT YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE FOR VISIBILITY, THE, THE, THE DRIVERS AT THE STOP BAR, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE.
YOU CAN STILL, HE WAS LOOKING AT THE VIS THE VISUAL FROM HERE TO HERE AND DOING SOME KIND OF LINES OF SIGHT.
AND YOU CAN STILL MOVE IT BACK.
I MEAN, I'LL TELL HIM WE WANNA MOVE IT BACK AS FAR AS WE CAN MM-HMM
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
RIGHT? WELL, REMEMBER THIS, THIS, THIS LANE ALSO, IT'S, IT'S NOT AS WIDE AS THE CAR IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE LANE, I'M SORRY, IS WIDER.
IT'S LIGHTER THAN WHAT THE CAR IS.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM.
BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TIGHT.
AND THERE ARE SOME PRETTY WIDE CARS.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? NO.
AND THEN I JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS THERE ANY DRAWBACK TO HAVING THE STOP SIGN RECESSED WHERE THE STOP IS NOW HAVING IT AS FAR BACK? I, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT LINES OF SIGHT FOR THAT, BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE THAT, BUT HE, MAYBE HE DIDN'T SEND ME THAT ONE.
BUT IF THE, IF VISIBILITY, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE LIKE, THIS PERSON STOPPED HERE AND THIS PERSON STOPPED HERE.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER.
SO THIS GUY STOPPED HERE, SO IF HIS LINE OF SIGHT ALLOWS HIM TO GET BACK TO HERE, WE'LL GO BACK AS FAR AS WE CAN.
IS THERE ANY, I GUESS, DATA, WHETHER OR ANECDOTALLY WHEN THERE'S A RECESSED STOP, DO PEOPLE TEND TO ROLL THROUGH IT BECAUSE THEY SEE THE INTERSECTIONS FURTHER FORWARD? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, I MEAN, ON WARTON, PEOPLE I THINK ARE PRETTY WELL TRAINED TO STOP AT THE STOP BAR BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IT'S, YOU ONLY GET CAUGHT ONCE WITH THE BUS.
I, I THINK PEOPLE ARE PRETTY, PRETTY, UH, AT LEAST IN MY OBSERVATION, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT.
I SUPPOSE IF SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THERE QUICKLY AND THEN THEY, THEY REALIZE THEY HAD TO STOP FOR THE RED LIGHT, THAT MAYBE THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE ADVANCED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BUS IS ONLY THERE SOME OF THE TIME.
UM, YOU WERE ASKING ME IF THERE, WHAT WERE YOU JUST, IF LINE OF SIGHT REMAINS, IS THERE A DRAWBACK TO HAVING THAT RECESSED STOP? OKAY.
AND WHEN YOU, YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT SOUTHBOUND ON WAR BURTON? YEAH.
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I MEAN, HONESTLY, THE HARDEST CARS TO SEE ARE THE ONES, THE NORTHBOUND CARS ON WARBURTON.THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST THINKING.
UM, SO YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'LL GET ANSWERS FOR THESE QUESTIONS AND, AND, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS.
UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE ON THEN TO, UH, THE NEXT, UM, YEP.
THING, WHICH IS MCCN SHORELINE? YES, PLEASE.
UM, ONCE I GET THESE ANSWERS FOR YOU, WE'LL SEE HOW YOU, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT.
AND THEN IF POSSIBLE, WE'LL BE AT, MAYBE GO OUT TO BID SO WE CAN GET THIS CONSTRUCTED AS, AS SOON AS WE CAN.
NOW, I GOTTA DO TO ALT TAB, BECAUSE ANTHONY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME FOR YOUR HELP TODAY AND HELPING ME MAKE THIS WORK.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, ECKRIN PARK, AS YOU KNOW.
AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING MYSELF, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, ANTHONY, TRUSTEE FLEISIG, UM, THE, UH, CHAIR OF THE PARKS COMMISSION.
UM, UH, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN MEETING PRETTY REGULARLY WITH LANGAN, OUR, OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS FOR THE, UH, THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND, AND WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA SHOW YOU KIND OF WHERE, WHERE THE PLANS ARE AT AT THIS POINT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND, AND OPINIONS ABOUT IT.
SO THIS FIRST, UH, SLIDE IS BASICALLY, UM, JUST, UH, SHOWING YOU KIND OF STUFF THAT'S THERE NOW THAT'S GONNA BE REMOVED.
THE CORD MUST BE JIGGLING A LITTLE.
THE HDMI CORD PAPER, THAT'S KIND OF, OH, I'M SORRY.
SO, UM, IT'S BASICALLY SHOWING YOU OVER HERE THAT THIS IS THE, UM, THE, THE MEMORIAL, UH, TO, UM, A FORMER MAYOR ECKRIN.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY LOCATED IN A, IN A SIMILAR SPOT TO THIS, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED INITIALLY.
THIS, THE, THE, THE PARK ITSELF IS GONNA BE ELEVATED BY ABOUT TWO FEET.
AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF TELLING YOU, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PLAYGROUND IS ALSO GONNA BE RE REMOVED.
WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THE, THE PLAYGROUND.
THIS HERE IS SHOWING YOU THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE REVETMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED.
UH, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT'S THERE.
NOW IT'S, IT'S GOING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL BE DOING MORE OF THAT TO, IN ORDER TO, UM, SECURE THE, THE PARK, THE BENCHES ARE ALL GONNA BE TAKEN OUT.
AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS WILL PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE PARK IS, IS, IS GOING.
AND, UH, THE, THE ARTWORK THAT'S THERE WILL ALSO BE RELOCATED AND REPLACED IN THE PARK.
THIS IS KIND OF A, A, A PLAN DRAWING OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE AROUND THE EDGE OF THE PARK.
THIS IS ALL GONNA BE STONE AND RIP WRAP.
IT'S GONNA BE, UM, MADE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO, THERE'LL BE SOME PLANTINGS THAT CAN BE, UH, PLACED WITHIN IT.
THERE'S GONNA BE AN OVERLOOK, AN OUTLOOK THAT WILL LOOK TO THE NORTH.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE TAP AND Z BRIDGE OR WHATEVER, BRIDGE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, BRIDGE.
AND, UM, THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, ALSO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE BEAUTY OF THE PALISADES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A WALKWAY RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS GONNA GO ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THIS PART OF IT IS SIX FEET WIDE, AND THIS PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE 10 FEET WIDE, BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT ALSO FOR WHEN TRUCKS HAVE TO COME IN TO, YOU KNOW, SERVICE THE PARK AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, HERE IS GOING TO BE THE, UH, THE, THE, THE STAT, THE STATUE THAT'S THERE NOW WILL BE PLACED HERE.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE ROOM FOR, UM, BENCHES AND PICNIC TABLES AND TREES AND ALL THAT IN THIS AREA.
MOST OF THE TREES, UNFORTUNATELY, WILL BE REMOVED AS PART OF THE PROJECT, BUT THERE WILL BE, UH, NEW TREES PLANTED.
WHY ISN'T IT MOVING? OH, GOSH, IT WENT TOO FAR.
AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, WITH WHAT YOU, UH, SAW IN THE LAST, LAST SLIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO USE THE OCTAGONAL PAVERS, THE SAME ONES THAT WE ARE USING IN THE TREE PITS IN THE DOWNTOWN.
UH, THAT SHOULD LOOK PRETTY NICE.
AND, UM, YEAH, ON THE SOUTHEAST, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UM, A PLANTING AND A PLAY SURFACE UP HERE.
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I SHOWED YOU THE WALKING PATH.YOU'LL SEE THE MEMORIAL WILL BE REPLACED OVER HERE.
UM, AND, UH, THE OVERLOOK AND BENCHES.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, THERE'LL BE ROCK ON KIND OF BOTH SIDES OF THIS WALKING PATH IN SOME INSTANCES, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT, THAT, UH, TO SIT ON AS WELL.
SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A NATURAL PLACE TO SIT.
THIS IS A RENDITION OF ALL OF THE VARIOUS FEATURES.
NUMBER ONE IS THE SHORELINE, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROJECT REALLY, UH, IS, IS, IS PUTTING IN THIS REVETMENT THAT'S GOING TO, UM, KEEP THE, KEEP THE PARK FROM, UH, BASICALLY ERODING INTO THE RIVER, WHICH IT, IT IS, IS IT'S, IT'S, WE HAD PUT SOME CORE LOGS IN HERE TO HELP TO STOP THAT.
BUT THO THAT WOULD, THAT'S A TEMPORARY MEASURE.
IT'S NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO DO IT FOREVER.
HERE'S THE GET DOWN, WHICH IS THE, UM, CEMENT WALK, CEMENT, UH, PATH THAT WILL GO DOWN INTO THE WATER FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KAYAK.
THERE'S A KAYAK STORAGE THAT'S PROPOSED FOR HERE.
THESE ARE THE WALKING PATHWAYS, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, THE OVERLOOKS ARE HERE AND HERE.
UH, CENTRAL OPEN LAWN IS OBVIOUSLY HERE, STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE GREAT CONCERTS AND ALL THAT.
UH, WE HAD HEARD VERY LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY STILL WANT THE STAGE TO BE OVER ON THE WESTERN, ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PARK.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SUNSET AND THE PALISADES AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ENJOY THE MUSIC.
UM, THE PLAYGROUND, AS I'VE NOTICED, WILL BE MENTIONED, WILL BE HERE.
THAT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE, A BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND.
UH, SEATING WITHIN THE TREES IS GONNA BE HERE WITH THE REPLANTING OF THE TREES AND, AND, UH, BEN AND, UH, TABLES FOR PICNICKING AND WHATNOT.
WE HAVE BENCH SEATING IN A NEW, IN A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES, UH, AROUND THE, THE WALKWAY, UH, NATIVE, NATIVE VEGETATION WILL BE PLACED UP HERE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE RAIN GARDEN RIGHT OVER HERE, WHICH WILL BE, UH, HELP HELPFUL WITH SOME OF THE DRAINAGE THAT, UH, COMES OUT.
AND THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THIS RAIN GARDEN.
AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE WE DO SOME ROTATING ART ALSO IN THIS LOCATION.
SO, UH, SO THIS IS WHAT THE PARK LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING EAST TO WEST, I'M SURE YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THIS.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN DOWN THERE MILLIONS OF TIMES.
AND THIS IS A RENDERING, UM, OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE OR WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, UH, WHEN THE PROJECT IS DONE.
AND, UM, THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU IS THE, THESE, THESE, SOME OF THESE, THESE I IMAGES WERE GENERATED WITH AN AI ASSISTED MODELING TOOL THAT LANGEN, UM, USED.
AND I ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF HUMAN INTERVENTION IN THIS AI, UH, YOU KNOW, A PROGRAM THAT THEY USED.
SO DON'T THINK THESE JOBS ARE BEING REPLACED ANYTIME SOON, BECAUSE THEY, LANGHAM WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON GETTING THIS TO REALLY LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE, UH, WITH THE PALISADES LOOK.
AND, AND, AND THE PARK WILL LOOK.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY, THEY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT.
IT WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, PRESS THE AI BUTTON.
SO, UM, THIS IS AGAIN, A VIEW TO THE, TO, IS THIS THE NORTH OF THE SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, YEAH.
THERE'S A CITY DOWN THERE, UH, TO A VIEW TO THE SOUTH OF THE CITY.
AND THIS IS LIKE WHERE THE LOOKOUT KIND OF WILL BE, IS NOW, AND THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL WALKING PATH WITH BOULDERS THAT YOU CAN SIT ON AND ENJOY THE, THE WATER AND THE VIEW IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
AND IT'S GONNA BE QUITE, QUITE BEAUTIFUL.
YOU SEE THE VIEW TO THE NORTH, THE BENCHES, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CURRENT, UM, UH, REVETMENT THAT WE HAVE THERE, OR, UH, STABILIZATION.
AND, UM, UH, THIS IS THE, THE, UH, BOATING CLUB THERE.
AND HERE'S A VIEW OF WHAT THAT PATH WILL LOOK LIKE AS IT KIND OF MEANDERS AROUND WITH SOME BOULDERS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND, UM, AND MEANDERS, UH, AROUND TO THE, UH, TO THE NORTH THERE.
THIS IS THE ENTRY, THE CURRENT ENTRYWAY TO THE PARK.
UM, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF SCRUFFY OVER HERE.
A LOT OF SCRUFFY, A LOT OF THESE TREES ARE, ARE, HAVE VINES ON THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, UH, WITH THE, UH, KAYAK STORAGE HERE, THE GET DOWN HERE AND THE PATH HERE THAT GOES, UH, OUT INTO THE PARK WITH THE OCTAGONAL.
AND THEN THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE PLAYGROUND.
THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT HASN'T BEEN TOTALLY DECIDED UPON YET.
WE'RE STILL, UH, UM, DISCUSSING THAT.
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NICE AND NEW AND HAVE A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE MODERN FEATURES THAT YOU SEE IN PLAYGROUNDS, UH, TODAY.UM, SO, UH, NOW, OOPS, THIS IS, UM, UM, THIS IS JUST A, A PLAN OF THE LIGHTING THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE PARK.
THESE BACK HERE ARE THE TALL, UH, LIGHTS OR THE LANTERN LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN NOW.
AND HERE ARE BOLLARDS THAT JUST ARE PLACED ALONG THE WALK.
AND, UH, HERE IS A RENDITION OF WHAT THE PARK WILL LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT.
SO, UM, THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAD TO SHOW YOU ABOUT THE ECKRIN PLAN.
UM, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO, WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS NOW.
HAPPY IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT IT AND, AND SEND ME ANY COMMENTS AS WELL.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING THIS ALONG.
IT'S RECENTLY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEC, SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GONNA BE STARTING TO ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS.
THE STAGE WOULD LIKELY BE SET.
IT STAGE WOULD BE WHERE THAT PERSON'S STANDING.
KIND OF LIKE WHERE YOU SEE THIS BLANKET, WHERE THIS PERSON'S ON THE BLANK SOMEWHERE OUT, OUT ALONG HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN DECIDE ON WHERE WE THINK THE PERFECT PLACE IS, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE IT IS NOW TOO, I THINK.
UM, WHEN THE WORK ACTUALLY WERE TO BEGIN, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT PARKING ALONG THE FENCE FOR COMMUTERS? AND ALSO, DOES THIS IMPACT THE BUSINESS? I'M SORRY.
AND MY QUESTION WAS, WHEN THE WORK ACTUALLY DOES BEGIN, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT RESIDENTS WHO PARK DOWN BY THE TRAIN FENCING, AND ALSO HOW, AND WOULD IT IMPACT, UH, THE HARVEST BUSINESS? UM, THE, IT WON'T AFFECT THE TRAIN PARKING.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE COMING IN AND OUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS THE THAT NATURE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE A, A, A GOOD WORK SITE TO, TO WORK FROM HERE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN IN, IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF THE, UH, HARVEST ON HUDSON.
UM, SE SEVERAL TIMES I'VE BEEN SHARING, UH, WITH HIM AND LETTING HIM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, IDEALLY WE'LL BE STARTING THIS PROJECT NEXT SPRING, SAY MARCH, APRIL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'LL BE READY TO, TO START CONSTRUCTION.
SO THE PARK WILL PROBABLY BE OUT OF COMMISSION NEXT SUMMER.
BUT, UM, BEYOND THAT, IT SHOULD BE, HE'S NO REASON WHY HIS RESTAURANT CAN'T, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IT SHOULD JUST BE THE ONE, THE ONE SUMMER SEASON.
YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UM, SORRY, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, IS THERE A PLAN TO, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE RUNOFF FROM THE PARKING LOT THAT IS NOW GOING INTO, CREATES THAT ETERNAL PUDDLE? YEAH.
I, WELL, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE RAIN GARDEN IS, IS ALL ABOUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO SOME OF THAT PIPING, I BELIEVE IS IN VERY POOR TO BAD TO POOR, TO NON-EXISTENT CONDITION.
AND THAT IS ALL GOING TO BE, UM, CORRECT.
SO THE RUNOFF WOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THE, A PIPE THAT THEN IT'S GONNA GO TO THE RIVER AND TO THE RAIN GARDEN INTO THE RAIN GARDEN, RAIN GARDEN AND RIVER.
IT'LL GO IT HOW IT GETS THE RAIN GARDEN? WELL, IT'LL, IT'LL JUST, THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDING SOIL IN SOME CASES UP TO TWO FEET.
SO THE PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY GONNA KIND OF SLOPE A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS THE RIVER MM-HMM
AND SO, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS STILL EXPECTED, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE RAISING THE LEVEL THAT IT, IT WILL STILL FLOOD ON ON SOME OCCASIONS, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO DRAIN QUICKLY MM-HMM
UM, BUT THE, THE DRAINAGE IS, IS DESIGNED TO BASICALLY IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE SO THAT IT WILL, IT WILL NOT POND WHERE IT PONDS NOW, AND IT'LL, IT'LL MOVE, IT'LL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.
AND SOME SMALL, THE WAY RAIN GARDENS ARE USUALLY, UH, DESIGNED IS THAT THEY, WATER GOES INTO THEM, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE ALL THE WATER, THEY CAN HOLD, THE WATER CONTINUES ON TO, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER IT'S GOING, EL ELSE IS GOING TO GO, WHICH IS USUALLY INTO A, UH, A, UH, STORM WATER SYSTEM.
NOW I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE IF WE'RE RAISING THE PARK BY TWO FEET, THEN IT MEANS AT SOME POINT IT HAS TO COME BACK DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF THE PARKING LOT, WHICH MEANS THAT IT MIGHT BE, UM, BOUND OR SOMETHING AND PITCHING BACK TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT.
NO, I DON'T THINK PITCHING TOWARDS THE RIVER, BUT IT'S ALSO, I MEAN, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PLAN, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S PITCHING TOWARDS THE RIVER, BUT THEN IT'S
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ALSO PITCHING BACK TOWARDS THAT RAIN GARDEN.IT WOULD HAVE TO, IT WOULD HAVE TO PITCH KIND OF BACK BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT TO GET TO THE RAIN GARDEN, BUT ALSO, BUT JUST VERY LITTLE OF IT.
I MEAN, IT'S BASICALLY, I DO ALSO, I DO HAVE A STORM WATER SLIDE, WHICH I CAN SHARE WITH YOU.
IF, IF YOU GO DOWN ONE MORE SLIDE, IT DOES HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE DRAINAGE ON IT.
THIS ONE HAS THE DRAINAGE ON IT.
YEAH, THAT'S GOT THE DRAINAGE AS WELL.
OH, I SEE THE, YEAH, THAT LINE AT THEN AT THE EASTERN END OF THE PARK IS THE DRAINAGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INCLUDE AND IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE THAT'S EXISTING.
AND IT TERMINATES AT THE WALL WHERE IT MEANS CANAL COVE.
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE GRADE IS MEETING, SO THE LEFT, THE, THE WALKWAY THAT YOU'RE ON CURRENTLY IS GONNA BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE WALKWAY THAT'S PROPOSED, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT WHOLE AREA HAS TO BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS IT IS NOW.
AND THAT EVENTUALLY SOMEWHERE AS YOU GO CLOSER TO THE SHORE, YOU'RE GETTING TO THE TWO FEET ELEVATION HEIGHT, THE TWO FEET ELEVATION, THE HIGHEST ELEVATION IS LIKE SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA HERE.
IT'S ABOUT, I THINK WE HAVE AN ELEVATION.
THAT ONE WAS THE ELEVATION MAP.
THIS, THIS, THIS, I THINK SAYS ABOUT 6.3 OR FOUR.
AND THIS SAYS ABOUT 5.3 OR FOUR.
SO IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA SLOPE DOWN TO DRAIN OFF THIS WAY AND OKAY.
YEAH, BUT THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK ON THE RIGHT IS AT THE EXISTING ELEVATION, AND THEN THE ARC IS RISING UP.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS FAIRLY FLAT IN THE RENDERING, BUT IT'S RISING UP.
NO, I CAN SEE THAT ALMOST TWO FEET.
I COULDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT BEFORE, BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE, UM, OKAY.
I THINK WE, I JUST, I'LL, IF I HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I WILL PUT THEM IN WRITING.
NO, AND, OR, OR HERE, WHEREVER YOU, WHATEVER CAN'T STUDY IT.
I, I CAN'T STUDY IT LIKE THIS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, TO SEE, BUT I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT AS WELL.
AND I THINK I DID SEND THIS TO EVERYBODY.
UM, AND AS I SAID, WE'LL ALSO POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU.
SO NOW WE CAN, MIGHT I JUST SHUT THIS? WILL THAT WORK? YEAH, LOOK AT THAT
UM, LEMME SEE, WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? OH, YEAH.
THE, UH, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND, UH, WORKPLACE POLICY.
UM, THIS POLICY IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, REQUIRED FOR US TO HAVE IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE, UM, ARE, UH, APPLYING FOR.
AND ALSO, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE, UH, IT ESSENTIALLY IS A POLICY THAT, UH, HELPS PROVIDE, UM, SECURITY TO ANYBODY WHO IS A VICTIM OF.
UM, I, I, I KIND OF CALL IT, UM, UH, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ABUSE, UH, ABUSE BETWEEN PARTNERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTIMATE, UM, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, UH, IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT, UM, HAS A, YOU KNOW, PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST HIM.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DOMESTIC WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TO DO, HOW TO HELP A PERSON WHO, AN EMPLOYEE REALLY WHO MAY BE A VICTIM OF, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR, UH, GENDER, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.
AND, UM, UH, IT'S PRETTY, I I DID, IT'S THE, WE, WE FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY THE TEMPLATE THAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED, UH, EXCEPT FOR WHERE THE TEMPLATE IS NOT, IS NOT APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPALITIES.
AND I DID SEND YOU, UM, A DRAFT THAT HAD BEEN PREPARED BY OUR LABOR COUNCIL, AND THEN I HAD EDITED IT WITH SOME SPECIFICS WITH REGARD TO THE VILLAGE.
I HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO I BELIEVE WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE LIAISON FOR THIS.
AND, UH, SHE HAS AGREED, UH, TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
UM, SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AT OUR NEXT MEETING FOR ADOPTION IF, IF THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WAS REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, EVERYBODY'S GOOD.
[X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
TO BOARD DISCUSSIONS AND COMMENTS, UH, DISCUSSION ON AMENDING TREE PRESERVATION CODE TO INCLUDE HERITAGE TREES.UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT OUR LAST MEETING AND I KNOW, UM, I'D ASK FOR, FOR IT TO BE ADDED TO OUR DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.
I, I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT
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OF HOMEWORK ON THIS.UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER.
IF, IF YOU HAVE, AND LET'S DISCUSS IT.
IF YOU HAVE NOT, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT TOPIC.
I MEAN, I DID, I DID A BUNCH OF RESEARCH A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN, WHEN WE MODIFIED YEP.
THE CODE USED TO ONLY PROTECT TREES OVER SIX INCHES ON PROPERTIES LARGER THAN AN ACRE.
SO IT VIRTUALLY DID NOT PROTECT ANY TREES IN THE VILLAGE.
SO WE CHANGED THAT TO TREES OVER SIX INCHES.
I THINK ACTUALLY IT WAS EIGHT INCHES, WE REDUCED IT TO SIX AND ANY PROPERTY OVER HALF AN ACRE.
I KNOW THAT THE, THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WOULD, WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AROUND, UH, AND HE ACTUALLY POINTED ME TO IRVINGTON'S CODE.
IT HAS, I THINK, MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW TO MEASURE A TREE THAT SAY IS LIKE THREE TRUNKS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND.
IF, IF IT'S ON A SLOPE, IT JUST HAS MORE DETAIL THAT WOULD GIVE HIM MORE GUIDANCE AND, AND THE TREE BOARD.
AND THEN, UM, THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND THE TREE BOARD HAVE ALSO ASKED THAT, THAT WE LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE THE TREE CODE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ENCOURAGING TO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PRESERVE TREES LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, UH, HERITAGE TREES, BUT ALSO JUST TREES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE BENEFICIAL USES AND, AND MAYBE TRY AND MAKE IT LESS, I MEAN, LIKE, BASICALLY EVERY TREE THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE DOWN IS TREATED, UM, THE SAME, WITH THE SAME PERMITTING PROCESS.
SO IT, IT KIND OF, IT MAKES IT HARD FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE TRYING TO TO, TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND IT MAKES, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF A, IF A TREE SERVICE COMPANY COMES IN AND JUST SAYS A TREE IS DANGEROUS AND IT IS VERY EASY ACTUALLY TO TAKE A TREE DOWN.
SO I THINK THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION AND THE TREE BOARD WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCE IN THE CODE.
UM, JUST, JUST WITH REGARD TO THAT, RECENTLY, UM, WE HAD A, AN INSTANCE WHERE, UH, WE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TREE SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN, BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY DONE THE, UM, ASSESSMENT THAT, THAT WE HAD PRESENTATION ON LAST WEEK.
AND SO I ASKED AARON TO LOOK UP THE TREE IN ISSUE AND THAT ASSESSMENT SAID THAT THE TREE WAS FINE AND DID NOT NEED TO BE REMOVED.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF A, A PERSON THAT'S EVALUATING IT, THAT'S ONLY LOOKING AT IT FOR ITS RISK FACTORS, ITS DANGER, ITS DISEASE, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT HAS NO OTHER, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED.
SO THAT, THAT'S BECOME A HELPFUL TOOL.
AND NOW WE'LL USE THAT REGULARLY FOR WHENEVER WE, IF, IF, IF THAT TREE HAS BEEN EVALUATED IN OUR AND IS IN OUR SYSTEM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT AS KIND OF A BACKUP AS WELL.
SO I'LL COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, UH, WITH JUST MORE INFORMATION, IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE IRVINGTON'S, UH MM-HMM
MAYBE TALK TO MR. MENZI ALSO TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT HE IS REFERENCING.
MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION OF SCHOOL SAFETY AND TRAFFIC.
UM, JUST HOPEFULLY EVERYONE SAW RECENTLY THAT, UM, I PARTICIPATED WITH THE CHIEF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS.
THAT'S WHY I RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ASSISTING US IN CREATING THAT VIDEO, UH, THAT IS HOPEFULLY HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THANK YOU TO TRUSTEE MERTON, UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND LIEUTENANT GAGLIARDI AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THE SCHOOL STAFF.
UM, AND, AND THAT, THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETINGS LEADING UP TO US COMING UP WITH A PILOT PROGRAM AROUND OUR SCHOOLS TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS SAFER FOR THE CHILDREN AND ALSO TRY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STRESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE SCHOOL.
'CAUSE WE HAVE HAD MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT LOTS OF TRAFFIC AND PARENTS DROPPING OFF IN PLACES THAT THEY SHOULDN'T DROP OFF.
SO THIS IS A MEASURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING AS A A TWO MONTH PILOT PROGRAM.
UH, AND, AND I BELIEVE A, A LOT OF THIS WAS BETWEEN THE CHIEF AND AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS A SUCCESSFUL MEASURE AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OTHER MEASURES AND PARENTS, UH, FOLLOW THE PILOT PROGRAM PROPERLY AND DROP OFF AT ALL THE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED.
WE HAVE GRAPHICS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED ASKING PARENTS, UM, TO DROP OFF IN THE PROPER LOCATIONS.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE MESSAGE EARLIER AND SOME INCORRECT SIGNAGE WAS PUT UP ON FARGATE AVENUE BY THE JUG HANDLE AREA.
THAT IS NOT A NO PARKING AREA FOR RESIDENTS.
IF ANYBODY, IF ANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE LISTENING TO THIS MEETING AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY RECTIFYING, UH, THE INCORRECT SIGNAGE THAT WAS PUT UP IN THAT SHORT, UH, SMALL LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS THERE.
AND THAT WOULD BE PRETTY CONSIDERABLE INCONVENIENCE FOR ALL THOSE RESIDENTS.
UH, SO THAT IS NOT A NO PARKING AREA, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK ON THIS.
UM, AND, AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT, WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT I, I'M HOPING IT'S A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION.
AND WE USE OUR CROSSING GUARDS.
THEY'RE BEING PAID TO BE THERE.
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AND WE'RE HOPING THE PARENTS TRUST THE CROSSING GUARDS AND, AND DROP THE KIDS OFF AND, AND THEY CROSS SAFELY WITH OUR CROSSING GUARDS.DOES ANYBODY THERE, THERE WAS A FEW DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS.
UH, SOME VERSIONS INCLUDING CLOSING ROADWAYS, UH, CLOSING ACCESS TO ROADWAYS AROUND THE SCHOOL.
AND I THINK WE REVIEWED IT A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY BEYOND THAT AND FELT LIKE THAT WOULD REALLY ANNOY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WOULD P**S OFF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE TRAIN STATION AND GET THROUGH THAT AREA.
AND I THINK, UH, FOR NOW WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS AND, AND IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS WE'LL IMPLEMENT IT FULLY.
IF IT DOESN'T, WE WILL REVISIT THIS TOPIC.
'CAUSE I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, MR. SKOLNIK HAS BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF TIMES, AND A LOT OF THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S MENTIONED TO US AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED TO, UH, TO US IN THE MEETINGS.
TRUSTEE MERTON, I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING TO ADD? UM, NO.
I MEAN, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ALL TRUE.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER URGENCIES OF THIS WAS, WAS THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY ALREADY STARTED AT THE SCHOOLS.
BUT, UM, I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMING OF THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN THE NEW YEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE TIMES WHEN SOME OF THE STREETS AROUND THE SCHOOL MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARY CLOSED WITH LIKE A CRANE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS, UM, THE AREAS THAT, UH, THAT THE CHIEF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND, UM, THE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED, LIKE CAME UP WITH, I THINK IS A, IS A GOOD, IS A GOOD SOLUTION.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, IF THIS, IF THIS WORKS ALL GREAT, AND I ALSO THINK SOMETHING TO, ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING TO RECONSIDER TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS IS WORKING JUST FINE OR WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE, IF THERE'S ANY NEED FOR OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION'S FINISHED, GREAT.
I MEAN, I WAS PRETTY, I I I, I THINK THE PROCESS WENT PRETTY WELL AND, UM, EVERYONE REALLY HAD A LOT OF INPUT AND TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN THIS.
SO I THINK I HAVE, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
MOVING ON TO OUR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE, DRI AND NEW YORK FORWARD GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, MR. TREASURER AND MR. CLERK, MAY YOU, UH, IT'S YOUR FLOOR.
UM, SO AS YOU MAY KNOW, NEW YORK STATE OFFERS TO ASSIST A GRANT PROGRAMS TO ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES IN TAKING ON TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY DRIVEN INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWNS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
WE INTEND TO SUBMIT A DRI APPLICATION FOR THEIR ROUND 10 AND A NEW YORK FORWARD APPLICATION FOR THEIR ROUND FIVE.
NEITHER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED YET, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS THROUGH NOVEMBER.
THE DRI IS FOR, UM, TRANSFORMING DOWNTOWNS INTO VIBRANT CENTERS.
IT, YOU KNOW, INCREASED QUALITY OF LIFE, TRY TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESSES AND TO RETAIN VISITORS, MAKE IT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
ONE MUNICIPALITY IN EACH REGION OF THE 10 REGIONS IS AWARDED $10 MILLION.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THOSE 10 MUNICIPALITIES WILL HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, THE AVAILABILITY TO DO PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE APPLIED FOR.
SIMILARLY, NEW YORK FORWARD IS FOR SMALLER AREAS.
IT'S TYPICALLY FOR HAMLETS, UM, RURAL VILLAGES UPSTATE, BUT EVEN VILLAGES IN OUR AREA, TWO OF OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES HAVE RECEIVED NEW YORK FEDERAL GRANTS.
AND THAT IS FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THESE PROJECTS THAT, UM, TWO MUNICIPALITIES WOULD BE AWARDED.
SO THE GOAL IS TO GET PUBLIC PROJECTS AND PRIVATE PROJECTS OR IDEAS FOR PRIVATE PROJECTS.
SO TO THAT END, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, OPEN A PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT LISTS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH PROGRAM, AND IT'S GOT A FORM ON THERE FOR RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT IDEAS ON, YOU KNOW, TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE.
MAYBE SOMEONE'S GOT A COOL IDEA TO RENOVATE A SPACE.
MAYBE THERE'S A HOUSING PROJECT THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO TRY TO UNDER HIT TAKE AND THEY CAN USE A LITTLE FUNDING.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE COLLECTING THAT DATA.
WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING AT SOME POINT THAT WE'LL SCHEDULE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, YOU KNOW, HAVE A SIT DOWN AS A, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY AND, UM, TRY TO GET SOME MORE IDEAS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE WOULD PUT IT TOGETHER AND SUBMIT.
THE STATE ACTUALLY PROVIDES ALL THE PLANNING GUIDANCE FOR US.
THEY, WE CREATE A COMMITTEE OF, I BELIEVE IT'S RESIDENTS AND STAFF.
AND THE STATE COMES IN AND CREATES THIS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FORWARD TO HELP YOU GET MOVING.
THEY WANNA SEE THESE PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE APPLY FOR 10 PROJECTS, THE STATE COULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THESE SIX AREN'T EXACTLY RIGHT, THESE FOUR LOOK LIKE THEY MAKE SENSE.
AND YOU WORK TOGETHER AND DEVELOP IT.
AND THEN IT, YOU KNOW, MOVES AHEAD.
UM, THE STATE DOES HAVE A WEBPAGE
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FOR BOTH THE DRI AND NYF AND YOU CAN SEE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED MUNICIPALITIES AND THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE UNDERTAKING.IT'S A WIDE, WIDE VARI, UH, RANGE OF, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY IN PROJECTS.
THE OTHER ONE OF THE, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED ABOUT THE DRI IS THAT, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A PRIVATE, UH, PARTNER IN THAT AND, AND A PRIVATE, UH, GROUP THAT WOULD BENEFIT AND, AND MAYBE RECEIVE FUNDING AS WELL AS PART OF IT.
UM, I KNOW I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED MY IDEA TO OUR TRUST OR OUR VILLAGE CLERK, UM, 'CAUSE THEY WILL BE MEETING WITH, YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON MEETING WITH THE GROUP FROM THE STATE.
UH, AND, AND SO, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE, UM, I HAD MENTIONED ELECTRIC OWL WITH, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE LITTLE ADVENTURE THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH WITH THEIR WATER ACCESS.
UH, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THAT BECAUSE OF THE BENEFITS TOWARD DOWNTOWN WITH THAT PROJECT AND EVERYTHING.
UH, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT ANY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE COULD, UH, THAT WE COULD INCLUDE IN THAT PROPOSAL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO BRING UP UNDER BOARD DISCUSSION? OKAY.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT THREE SPRING STREET, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND.
THREE TO 4:00 PM AT THE JAMES HARM COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT IS FOR STUDENTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT THREE SPRING STREET, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, THE FARMER'S MARKET 8:30 AM TO 1:00 PM IN THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.
RIVERTOWN IS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THREE SPRING STREET, NO, TILLY THIS WEEKEND.
IS IT OFF? OH, NO, THAT'S, OH, YES, I'M SORRY.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM IF I DON'T SAY THE ADDRESS, IT'S ALWAYS THREE SPRING STREET,
THURSDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER 10TH RIVER TOWN, THRIFT 11 TO 6:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH.
MINDFULNESS SESSIONS 12:30 PM TO 1:30 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT.
FIVE 30, THE 8:00 PM JAMES HARMONY COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, FEATURING SUPER MARIO BROTHERS MOVIE.
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER ONLINE THROUGH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
UH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 PM WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR NINE 11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY.
IT'S, UH, HONORING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINE 11.
UH, WE WILL, WE ARE MOVING THE TIME.
IT'S NORMALLY AT 7:30 PM WE'RE MOVING THE TIME TO 6:00 PM IN OBSERVANCE OF SERVICES THAT WILL BEGIN AT SEVEN 30 FOR ROSH HASHANAH.
SO WE'RE MOVING IT BACK TO 6:00 PM UH, IN THE LIBRARY'S FULTON PARK.
UH, THIS, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EACH YEAR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND, AND IT'S A PRETTY OPEN FORUM FOR RESIDENTS TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AROUND NINE 11.
UH, AND TODAY RELATING TO NINE 11.
AND, AND IT'S ALMOST, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, ALMOST AN OPEN NIGHT EVENING WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST TALK AND TALK AND IT'S MOVING.
IT'S A NI NOT A NICE EVENING, BUT IT'S A, IT'S AN EVENING AND, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN NICE TO BE THERE FOR IT.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, FARMER'S MARKET 8:30 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH.
HASTINGS TAKE YOU TO LEAVE A GARAGE.
THE TILLY FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT ANDREWSSON HUDSON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH.
RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, SENIOR AFTERNOON.
BOARD GAMES 1230 TO 2:30 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, SENIOR WELCOME BACK BRUNCH 1215 JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO REGISTER WITH ANNE RUAK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TRAINING.
THIS IS AT 6:00 PM WITH THE, UH, AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
YOU HAVE TO REGISTER@PREPARE.NY.GOV.
HAVE YOU SENT OUT A MESSAGE ABOUT THAT? WE HAVE.
AND WE'LL SEND A FOLLOW UP EITHER THIS WEEK OR NOT.
THAT'S NORMALLY VERY WELL ATTENDED.
YOU GET AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KIT ON, ON LOCATION THAT'S INCLUDED IN TRAINING.
[XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
OKAY.MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? WE HAVE TO GO AGAIN.
I'D LIKE TO ADD ON TO WHAT YOU DID.
UNLESS YOU WANNA REPEAT YOUR ENTIRE LETTER.
YOU JUST REINTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN.
AMY LIEBERMAN 60 HAMILTON AVENUE.
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I'VE YET TO GET A QUESTION RESPONDED TO.I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A FORUM.
IS THERE A FORM WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE CONVERSATION, UM, ABOUT REOPENING THE DEER ISSUE? IT'S UP TO, I THINK IT'S UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER.
AND IF YOU WANT, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I'M GONNA FORWARD YOUR HUSBAND'S EMAIL TO EVERYONE, SO I REALIZE THAT HE HAS THE OLD EMAIL ADDRESS IN THERE.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, YOU CAN DO THAT TOO.
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN, WE'RE ALL SEPARATE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, UH, YOU CAN EMAIL EVERYONE INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL.
AND, UM, IS THERE ANYBODY TONIGHT WHO'S OPEN TO MAKING A MOTION TO REOPEN THIS DISCUSSION? WELL, I INDICATED EARLIER THAT I AM SO, WELL, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
I SHOULD SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE.
SO THAT THERE'S A FORMAL MOTION.
AND WHAT THERE, THERE'S NOT A FORMAL MOTION THAT'S NOT A FORMAL MOTION.
I SHOULD REACH OUT TO YOU MAYBE, OR, SURE.
I MEAN, IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL HAVE ANYWAY.
AT THIS POINT, WHETHER IT BECOMES A MOTION OR IT'S APPROVED OR REJECTED, I COULDN'T UN UNDERSTAND.
UM, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER IS I HAVE A, I HAVE ACCESS TO RESEARCH.
UM, HOW ABOUT LETHAL COALS? HOW THEY DO OFTEN, IT'S VERY UNCLEAR THAT THEY ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES, WHICH MAKES IT KIND OF MORE DISTURBING, UH, TO GO THROUGH IT.
UM, WE HAVE VIDEOS WHICH I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WATCH YET ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WATCH AN ANIMAL DIE, UM, FROM A BOW AND OTHER KINDS OF INFORMATION.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE, UM, WOMAN WHO IS THE FIELD DIRECTOR AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY WHO HAPPENS TO LIVE IN CONNECTICUT.
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING HER IN TO TALK AND GIVE INFORMATION.
SO IF THERE WAS SPECIFIC KINDS OF FACTS, UM, THAT WOULD PERSUADE YOU TO THINK DIFFERENTLY OR TO AT LEAST WANT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I WILL TRY TO FIND THE INFORMATION WE HAVE PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND LISTENING TO ALL OF THIS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? YES.
UH, DAVE SKOLNIK, UH, 47 HILLSIDE.
UM, IN GENERAL, UM, SINCE I, I, IN THE LETTERS I SUBMITTED TO YOU, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
AND I REALIZED THAT ON THE ONE HAND, I DIDN'T EXPECT, YOU KNOW, ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS IMMEDIATELY IN THIS FORUM, BUT I REALIZED THAT I RAISED THEM, NOT, NOT TOUSE MYSELF.
THEY'RE REAL QUESTIONS AND I REALLY WANT ANSWERS.
SO PART OF MY CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING THOSE ANSWERS.
UM, HOW WOULD I, I SUBMITTED THESE LETTERS TO YOU.
UH, I HAVE NO SENSE, ESPECIALLY THE ONE ABOUT THE, UM, THE PILOT.
I HAVE NO SENSE THAT IF YOU DID READ IT, YOU EITHER DISAGREED WITH IT OR IT JUST WENT RIGHT OVER.
BUT I, I NEED TO, MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT I GET TO THIS.
YOU, UM, GAVE ME SOME ATTRIBUTION FOR THIS.
THIS PLAN IS THE FARTHEST THING FROM WHAT I WAS TRYING TO BRING TO YOU OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM, I AM, I'M DISAPPOINTED, BUT, UH, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU ARE, SEEM SO COMPLACENT GIVEN WHAT I POINTED OUT IN HERE, THAT EITHER YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS OR IT'S JUST, UH, YOU BELIEVING SOMEONE ELSE.
THE ONE QUESTION IN THAT LETTER THAT I REALLY DID WANT ANSWERED WAS THE ONE I POSED BASICALLY TO, UM, UH, TRUSTEE, UH, MERTON, WHO ACTUALLY DID AUTHOR THIS AND WHO DID ACTUALLY HAVE THE INPUT IN THIS.
BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BOARD OF ED AT THAT MEETING, UH, IT'S NOT AT ALL CLEAR WHERE THIS EXPERTISE RESIDES.
I KNOW THAT, AND I SHARED WITH YOU IN MY LETTER HOW DISAPPOINTED, UH, AND INCREDULOUS, I FOUND SO MUCH OF THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMENTS, UH, AT THAT MEETING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO GO OUTTA MY WAY TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, BUT THAT'S WHAT I FELT FROM THAT.
SO I REALLY, YOU'RE GOING AHEAD WITH THIS, EVEN THOUGH I SUGGESTED THAT YOU DON'T, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE AUTHOR, WHO THE AUTHORS OF THIS ARE AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING FORWARD.
[01:20:01]
ALL OF YOU PARTOOK IN THIS PROCESS, I, I THINK YOU HAVE SOME SERIOUS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IF YOU BELIEVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVING TRAFFIC GOING DOWN, UH, OLIN AFTER THEY DROP OFF IS A SUITABLE, UH, SOLUTION.I, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S SO, SO MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER, UH, MOUNT HOPE IS GOING TO BE OPEN, IS NOT GONNA BE OPEN, WHERE THE TRAFFIC COMING DOWN, UH, FROM, UH, SCHOOL, NOT SCHOOL STREET ROSEDALE, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO.
SO I'M LEFT, UH, REALLY HONESTLY WONDERING.
IT'S NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE, UH, AGAIN, NOT DISRESPECTFUL, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING, SOMETHING NOT RIGHT.
AND I DO, HOWEVER YOU CAN TELL ME, I WOULD GET, YOU COULD GIVE ME THE ANSWER AS TO WHAT THE OTHER SOURCES OF INPUT, UH, FOR THIS PLAN.
'CAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS JUST THE POLICE CHIEF.
I, I, I ANSWER EVERY EMAIL THAT COMES TO THIS OR NO, NO, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF THE EMAIL.
AND, AND I WILL ANSWER YOUR EMAIL.
UH, AND, AND TODAY I HAD TO GO TO THE DENTIST AND I HAD AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND I WASN'T ABLE, I WOULD'VE GONE WITH YOU TO FINISH MY EMAILING TODAY.
UH, BUT THE, I I'VE MADE IT A POINT SINCE BECOMING MAYOR THAT ANY EMAIL THAT COMES TO THE ENTIRE BOARD, I ANSWER IT AS FAST AS I CAN.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO WAIT.
IF IT GOES TO AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER, THEN THAT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER TO ANSWER THE EMAIL THAT'S DIRECTED TO THEM.
UH, SO I INTEND TO ANSWER YOU AND I'VE ANSWERED EVERY EMAIL THAT YOU'VE SENT, THAT YOU'VE ASKED A QUESTION OF US.
UH, SO FAR, I BELIEVE SO I WILL, I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, THAT ARE IN YOUR EMAIL.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT SINCE YOU MENTIONED MY NAME, MOUNT HOPE IS NOT GONNA BE CLOSED.
MOUNT HOPE WILL NOT BE CLOSED.
AND I BELIEVE IN THE INFORMATIONAL VIDEO, PEOPLE COMING FROM ROSEDALE IN THE MOUNT HOPE AREA THAT ARE DROPPING OFF, THEY WERE TOLD TO DROP OFF IN THE ISLAND CUTOFF IN FRONT OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UM, RESPECTFULLY, THAT VIDEO IN TWO MINUTES, UH, WAS NOT, YOU'LL SEE TOMORROW HOW CLEAR, HOW CLEAR IT IS OR WASN'T.
BUT I'M SHARING WITH YOU THAT IT WAS NOT, I MEAN, IN ADDITION TILL TOMORROW, I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE WITH YOU.
BUT IN ADDITION TILL TOMORROW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE WHO IGNORE IT AND WE'RE JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO DROP OFF ON HILLSIDE AND DROP OFF ON AREAS THAT THEY WANT TO DROP OFF ANYWAY.
AND THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY LEND TO THE FAILURE OF THIS.
UH, BUT I'M HOPING THEY DON'T.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY'VE PAID ATTENTION TO IT AND THEY FOLLOW WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO FOLLOW.
WELL, I'M SURE WE'LL SPEAK AGAIN.
[XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH VILLAGE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED AND OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY MONDAY.
GARBAGE PICKUP IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
GARBAGE PICKUP IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING 8:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING 7:30 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING 7:00 PM AT THE VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL MEETING ROOM.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING TO MOVE? SO MOVE.