[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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UH, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026.PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY.
I JUSTICE FOR MS. DEPUTY CLERK, MAY YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL.
PRESENT, UH, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY.
UH, VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION, UH, REGARDING 2 88 FARGATE AVENUE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THEY'RE RUNNING A COUPLE MINUTES LATE, 20 MINUTES LATE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS SEVEN 30 YET.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ADJUSTMENTS THAT THEY BELIEVE NEED TO HAPPEN? THEY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS]
APPROVAL WARRANTS GENERAL FUND AA $359,812 AND 95 CENTS.FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $8,000 TRAER FUND, EM $1,230 AND 20 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $6,906 AND 5 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $347,008 AND 13 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $19,472 AND 90 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND, TT $1,745 AND 3 CENTS.
PROFESSIONAL ESCROW FUND, TT $931.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.MS. LIEBERMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST PULLING THE MICROPHONE UP TO YOU.
AMY LIEBERMAN 60 HAMILTON AVENUE.
A FAMILIAR FACE BY NOW, I HOPE I DON'T BECOME TOO FAMILIAR.
UM, SO I'M BACK AND APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AGAIN.
UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SOME OF MY COMMENTS I WOULD'VE CHANGED, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME.
UM, I RECEIVED A COUPLE OF EMAILS, UM, AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK TODAY AND WASN'T ABLE TO WORK THEM INTO MY COMMENTS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO DID GET BACK TO ME VERY MUCH.
UM, AND IF SOME OF MY COMMENTS FEEL A LITTLE OFF, PLEASE UNDERSTAND FIRST REGARDING USING TAXPAYER MONEY TO BRUTALLY KILL DEER BY WAY OF AN ILL-ADVISED PLAN.
AND IT IS ILL-ADVISED, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AND WHY ARE WE IN SUCH A HURRY? WE KEEP TRYING, BUT WE HAVE YET TO GET ANSWERS IN TWO FOIL REQUESTS.
WE CANNOT FIND A DOCUMENT THAT STATES CLEARLY THE PROBLEMS YOU ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THROUGH KILLING DEER.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LETHAL PLAN YOU'VE PUT IN MOTION THE EVIDENCE AND RATIONALE THAT KILLING DEER WILL MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES.
AND WHY THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH LETHAL WEAPONS IN HILLSIDE WOODS.
THERE'S NO DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, HAS DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR DISCUSSION WEIGHING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES USING CREDENTIALED WILDLIFE EXPERTS.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF AN UNDER.
AND YOU MAY HAVE ALL OF THIS, BUT WE DON'T SEE IT AND WE KEEP TRYING TO GET IT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM.
THIS PLAN INFLICTS ON CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS AS WELL AS DEAR, AND AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE GOALS OF THE PLAN OVERRIDE THIS HARM.
THERE'S NO PLAN TO ADDRESS THE ORPHAN YOUNG WHEN THEIR MOTHERS ARE KILLED.
SECOND, MY OTHER SET OF QUESTIONS IS ABOUT TRYING TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND I HAVE NOW STARTED TO GET SOME RESPONSE, BUT I REALLY HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME.
UM, TRUSTEE OOD AND TRUSTEE SUNDBERG, YOU BOTH SAID YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN REOPENING THIS DISCUSSION, BUT IN THE WEEKS SINCE THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I HAVEN'T HEARD WHETHER THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION WHETHER IT'S POSSIBLE TODAY I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING IT'S SET, SO DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, I'LL SKIP ALL OF THE ATTEMPTS I'VE MADE TO, TO GET SOME ANSWERS, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATING AND MY QUESTIONS ARE, WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO INVITE RESIDENTS AGAIN TO COME SPEAK IN PERSON
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TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF A TRUSTEES MEETING SO THAT A REAL BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION CAN TAKE PLACE.HOW DO WE GET ANSWERS TO THE SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN ABOVE? I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU HAVE OFFICE HOURS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DID IN COLLEGE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN? HOW, HOW DO WE GET TO TALK TO YOU? REALLY TALK.
UM, IF YOU'VE MADE A DECISION AS INDIVIDUALS AND A BODY THAT WE CANNOT CANCEL THIS CONTRACT OR THERE'S NO WILL AMONG YOU TO CANCEL IT, WILL YOU SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND SEND A DETAILED EMAIL DESCRIBING WHAT AND WHEN THIS PLAN WILL TAKE PLACE? I WAS A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER FOR OVER 35 YEARS WITH YOUR DEPTH OF SOCIAL WORK EXPERIENCE.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW THAT SILENCE IN RESPONSE TO DIRECT QUESTIONS CAN FEEL LIKE GASLIGHTING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE INTENT.
AND IT GENERATES HOSTILITY RATHER THAN COLLABORATION, WHICH IS HOW I KEEP TRYING TO COME IN HERE, WANTING TO TALK WITH YOU AND WORK WITH YOU AND BRING IN OTHER PEOPLE WHO WE COULD WORK TOGETHER TO A GOOD SOLUTION.
AND THE SILENCE DOESN'T MAKE THE QUESTIONS OR CONFLICT GO AWAY.
I'M REALLY ASKING YOU ALL TO GIVE ME SOME ANSWERS.
CAN WE SLOW THIS DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER THIS YEAR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, I MEAN, I, AS FAR AS YOUR FOIL REQUEST, I KNOW I, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE CLERK 'CAUSE I READ YOUR EMAIL.
I ASKED HIM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE RESPONDING APPROPRIATELY.
I MEAN, I, I PERSONALLY WITH EMAILS, I I DON'T RECALL ANY, I DON'T RECALL MYSELF SENDING ANY, ANY EMAILS ABOUT IT.
I KNOW WE HELD EV ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS HERE IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM.
UH, PEOP RESIDENTS DID COME AND SPEAK TO US DURING THE PROCESS.
WE HAD THE PERSON FROM THE COMPANY COME AND SPEAK TO US.
BUT I THINK EVERY ONE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS OCCURRED DURING THESE MEETINGS.
UH, THERE WAS NO EMAILS AMONGST US ABOUT IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU PROBABLY ONLY GOT TWO DOCUMENTS.
I'VE SEARCHED THE MEETINGS, THE MINUTES ARE SUMMARIES AND DON'T SAY WHO SAID WHAT OR WHO VOTED WHAT OR WHO RAISED THOSE QUESTIONS.
AM I MISSING SOME OTHER THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL ON THE WEBSITE.
YOU COULD WATCH MEETINGS EVERY THE WHOLE OKAY.
NONETHELESS, I DON'T KNOW WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO SEARCH THROUGH ALL THE MEETINGS.
DON'T YOU HAVE TO PRESENT A DOCUMENT SAYING THESE ARE OBJECTIVES, THIS IS WHY WE THINK IT'S GONNA WORK.
ALL OF THE CONSULTANTS WE'VE TALKED TO SAY THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLAN.
THIS MAN WHO HUNTS IS A SCULPTOR, HE'S NOT A WILDLIFE EXPERT.
AND HE'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT BRINGING IN VOLUNTEER.
WHO ARE THEY VETTED? HOW IS THIS SAFE FOR ANY OF THE KIDS HERE OR ANY OF US WHO USE THE WOODS BESIDES THE DEER? THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
AND WHY ISN'T THERE A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHY WE WANNA DO IT.
THIS IS THE EVIDENCE, THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THROUGH MEASUREMENT AND RESEARCH THAT SAYS IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE PROBLEMS. WHY ISN'T THERE A DOCUMENT LIKE THAT? A SUMMARY DOCUMENT? IF WE'RE SPENDING $50,000 TO GO AGAINST MANY OF OUR MORAL CONVICTIONS, AND I HAVEN'T BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH ME 'CAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE ADVERSARIAL, BUT IT'S STARTING TO FEEL LIKE, UM, A LACK OF RESPECT, FRANKLY, UH, FOR SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE SAYING AND FOR A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO CAN RESPOND? NOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THIS ISN'T USUALLY THE PLACE.
CAN I COME? DO YOU HAVE OFFICE HOURS? IS THERE SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS? SO CAN YOU SAY NO, IT'S UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL.
I I'M NOT, IT'S UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL.
I CAN JUST RESPOND THAT PLEASE.
UM, WHAT I WROTE IN MY EMAIL YEAH.
IS WHAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE.
IT'S NOT, I DON'T IF WE WANT TO, IF YOU WANNA MEET IN PERSON, UH, SURE.
AND WE COULD HAVE A, WE COULD TALK, ACTUALLY TALK AND I NOT JUST PRESENTING STUFF.
I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO HAVE COFFEE WITH SOMEONE.
I MEAN, I, I AM FEELING GOOD ABOUT WHAT MY DECISION AND WHAT THE BOARD'S DECISION IS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE WITH GREAT, I'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW YOU CAME TO THAT DECISION.
THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
ALRIGHT, SO BOTH OF YOU, I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, GOOD EVENING.
UH, WAS THERE, IN FACT, THE PRESENTATION, NOT, THEY'RE NOT HERE YET, SO I SEE.
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SO ONE OF US ALMOST WENT OUT.SO, WELL, I HAVE TOO MUCH TO, TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, IN FACT, THE, UH, THE ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH, WITH REGARD TO THE PIVOT, UH, THE, UM, UM, PILOT PLAN IS NOT, UH, IS NOT WHAT'S ON MY MIND AT THE MOMENT.
UM, IT'S, UM, TWO OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU ARE, UH, PREPARED TO VOTE ON THIS EVENING AS RESOLUTIONS.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS THE AUTHORIZATION FOR BIDS FOR THE MAIN STREET PROJECT.
AND I FINALLY WAS ABLE EVEN, UH, AFTER I HAD, HAD ANTHONY SEND ME, UH, THE DOCUMENTS THE FIRST TIME, UH, THEY'RE NOT EASILY OBTAINED, UH, AT LEAST FOR ME ON THE, UM, ON THE WEBSITE.
SO HANNAH WAS ABLE TO GET THEM TO ME AGAIN.
AND I LOOKED, I'VE LOOKED AT THE DRAWINGS, I'VE LOOKED, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOWN THERE YESTERDAY.
AND I THINK THE PLAN AS IT IS, IS I, I I HATE TO, I KNOW I, I OFFENDED YOU THE LAST TIME WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER THE TOP IN MY, UM, UH, DISDAIN FOR A CERTAIN ASPECT.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A TERRIBLE PLAN AND IT, IT'S, I'M CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO AHEAD AND BID THIS.
AND I DON'T FEEL THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A GENUINE, UM, UH, EXAMINATION OF THE TWO SITES, UM, EXAMINATION AS A REAL CONVERSATION WITH AN ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT, THAT WAS VISIBLE.
UM, I THINK THE, UM, THE MAIN STREET AND WARBURTON, UM, I THINK THAT'S AS BEING DOWN THERE, I KNOW YOU HAVE DRAWINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S AN ABSURDITY TO TRY TO PUT, UM, UH, GET, GET RID OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND TO RELY ON VISUAL COMMUNICATION WITH DRIVERS AND WITH PEDESTRIANS.
AND ESPECIALLY BRINGING, HAVING TO BRING THE, UM, THE STOP BAR, UM, ON, UH, WAR BRITAIN SOUTHBOUND CLOSER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND STILL SUPPOSEDLY BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE BUS.
I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU SAID THAT THE CONSULTANT SAID IT'S, IT'S GOOD.
I LOOKED AT THE DRAWINGS, BUT I ALSO WAS DOWN THERE AND WATCHED THE BUSES TURN.
AND I THINK IT'S, WITHOUT REALLY LOOKING AT IT FURTHER, I THINK YOU'RE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO, UM, VOTE ON THE OTHER THING OR, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S OF CONCERN IS THE, UH, THE THING THAT I BROUGHT UP LAST TIME ABOUT THE TREES AT, UH, ZINZER PARKING LOT.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNSEL, UH, SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE PLANNING BOARD AND THAT IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT YOUR PREVIOUS MEETING.
BUT I'LL POINT OUT THAT THE ARBORIST WAS NOT AT YOUR PREVIOUS MEETING.
AND AS MUCH AS I LOOKED THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU THINK IS THERE OR THAT YOU'RE CLAIMING TO BE THERE VISUALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE IMPACT OF REM OF, AS BEST AS I CAN TELL, REMOVING THAT ENTIRE HILLSIDE, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, AND I CONTINUE TO THINK THAT YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED IT, YOU HAVEN'T CONVEYED WHAT THE IMPACT OF, OF REMOVING THOSE TREES IS GONNA BE.
AND THE PLANNING BOARD, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, IS PREPARED TO VOTE ON IT, UM, THIS THURSDAY.
SO IT'S OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERN, THOSE TWO.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD? SORRY, ANNA, DO YOU HAVE A PORTABLE MICROPHONE OR NO? NO, I DON'T.
[VIII. RESOLUTIONS]
RESOLUTIONS.97 OF 26 AUTHORIZATION TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR MAIN STREET PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATING TO THIS? I THINK WE'VE GONE OVER IT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY.
UM, I JUST, I, I DID SEND THE BOARD, UH, THE, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT YOU HAD MADE AT THE LAST MEETING.
THE STOP BAR HAS BEEN MOVED, UH, FURTHER BACK AND ALSO, UM, THEY'VE STRAIGHTENED THE LINES ON THE CROSSING.
THANKS FOR PICKING THAT UP, TRUSTEE.
I SAW THE ALIGNMENT, THE, THE ALIGNMENT WAS YES.
CHANGED TO, TO GO TO THE, UH, FLAG P IS YES.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON MAIN STREET.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
HANNAH, GO BACK TO THE VIDEOTAPE.
ADOPTION OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE POLICY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING
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WITH, UH, THE VILLAGE MANAGER.UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? BE A RESULT AT THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT THE VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE POLICY? YOU MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
BE IT RESOLVED AT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AWARD THE WORK FOR 2026 CATCH BASE AND CLEANING TO FRED A COOK JR INC.
AT THE DAILY RATE OF $2,800 PER DAY AND $200 PER TON OF DISPOSED WASTE AND AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AS NECESSARY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? THE VILLAGE MANAGER.
YOU 100 OF 26 RESOLUTION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026 TO OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 DRIVE ELECTRIC MONTH.
WHEREAS PETROLEUM FUEL VEHICLES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 50% OF OUR LOCAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ARE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENING THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PLANET.
AND WHEREAS THE IMBALANCE BETWEEN GASOLINE RESOURCES AND WORLDWIDE DEMAND IS EX ESCALATING GASOLINE PRICES TO LEVELS THAT OVERBURDEN COMMERCE HURT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CAUSE HARDSHIP TO OUR CITIZENS.
AND WHEREAS THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR NEEDS SUPPORT TO MOVE TOWARD ADOPTION OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING PL PLUGIN ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN FUELS AND SUPPORTS A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY.
AND WHEREAS HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK IS DEDICATED TO BEING A LEADER IN THE USE OF CLEAN ENERGY, ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT CONSERVE ENERGY AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY.
AND WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 11TH TO OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL DRIVE ELECTRIC MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND TO PROMOTE THEIR ADOPTION.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, DO HEREBY DECLARE SEPTEMBER 12TH OR SEPTEMBER 11TH.
YEAH, SEPTEMBER 12TH TO OCTOBER 12TH, 2026 AS DRIVE ELECTRIC MONTH IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
AND CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON TO JOIN US IN SUPPORTING THE AIMS AND GOALS OF THIS WORTH, WORTHWHILE EFFORT.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED OR IN A SECOND? SECOND.
IS IT 11TH OR 12TH? IT SAYS, YEAH, I THINK, YEAH, IT'S, I SAID 11TH.
IT SAYS WRITTEN 12TH, BUT I SAID IT'S GOTTA BE 11TH.
DO YOU SEE THOSE CHANGES? EPTEMBER 11TH 26.
AND THE LAST SECTION BE IT RESOLVED THAT HAS TO BE, BE CHANGED TO SEPTEMBER 11TH TO OCTOBER 12TH, 2026.
AND THEN 2026, NOT 2025 PLEASE.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST INTRO, INTRODUCING YOURSELF TO ALL OF US PLEASE.
MY NAME IS, UH, EDWARD WEINSTEIN.
I AM AN ARCHITECT AND PLANNER, AND I'M TONIGHT REPRESENTING, UH, TWO 70 PARTNERS.
UH, AND, UH, ANDREW FOLEY, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PARTNERS IS HERE.
AND SO THE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE FOLEY FAMILY OWNS QUITE A BIT OF REAL ESTATE IN THE VILLAGE.
AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY, UH, BUILDING THREE NEW ONE FAMILY HOMES, UH, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE GAS STATION ON FARRAGUT AVENUE.
AND THE FAMILY ALSO OWNS THE, THE PROPERTY, I GUESS MOST KNOWN FOR BEING, UH, AM JOE'S AND A COUPLE OF OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
SO I'LL GET RIGHT INTO, UH, THE, THE, UH, IDEA HERE.
THERE PROPOSAL IS, UH, AND THIS IS THE SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SCENARIO VIEW.
THE RED DOT DOESN'T EXACTLY SHOW.
IF YOU HAVE YOUR, DOESN'T SHOW.
IF YOU HAVE A CURSOR, WE COULD SEE YOUR CURSOR.
IN ANY CASE, THAT'S, THIS IS A PANORAMIC PHOTO FROM
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ACROSS THE STREET.IT'S, UH, THREE BUILDINGS ACTUALLY WERE BUILT IN THE MID, UH, 20TH CENTURY.
THE PROPERTIES ARE IN SORT OF FAIR CONDITION, WOULD BE BEING POSITIVE ABOUT IT, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE BUILDINGS REALLY DON'T COORDINATE WELL.
AND THE GROUND FLOOR IS COMMERCIAL ON ALL OF THEM.
AND THE SECOND STORY IS RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT FULLY COMPLIANT WITH, UH, WITH, UH, A DA CODES WITH THE GREEN CODES, UH, AND NOT, UH, COMPLIANT WITH ZONING, BOTH IN TERMS OF USE AND IN TERMS OF AREA SETBACKS AND SO ON.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE PROPOSED OR THE, THE, UH, APPROVED, UH, PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE VILLAGE DOES SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THIS SITE AND TALKS ABOUT HOW BENEFICIAL IT IS TO THE VILLAGE, AND THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, ZONING BE RECONSIDERED.
AND IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, VILLAGE STAFF, UH, ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD AND, UH, PLANNER CLEARY, IT WAS, UH, SUGGESTED THAT A, AN OVERLAY DISTRICT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
UH, AND SO THE IMPROVEMENT, THE NEW BE TOTALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD INVOLVE, UH, PROBABLY NO REAL INCREASE IN FLOOR AREA.
IT WOULD BE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH CERTAINLY BUILDING CODE, UH, GREEN CODE.
UH, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UH, PROVISION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY IS FOR, UH, TO GUESS, LOOK FOR YOUR, UH, BLESSINGS TO PROCEED WITH A PETITION TO THE VILLAGE TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, WHICH WOULD MAKE WHATEVER WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD, UH, LEGAL.
NOW, WE DID PRESENT THIS TO THE PLANNING BOARD BACK IN 2024.
UH, THEY DID HAVE SOME COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING, UH, DESIGN, WHICH WE ARE CERTAINLY RECEPTIVE TO.
UH, I CAN SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM, ALTHOUGH IT IS MOST CERTAINLY GOING TO CHANGE.
UH, SO THESE, THIS GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
THE FLOOR PLANS, THE, THE GROUND FLOOR WOULD BE, UH, YOU, THIS IS NOT ON YOUR SCREEN, IS IT? HMM.
DID YOU DISCONNECT THEN? WELL, IN ANY CASE, THE GROUND FLOOR WOULD BE COMMERCIAL AND ABOVE THAT WOULD BE DUPLEX APARTMENTS.
UH, SO IN COMPLIANT WITH THE, THE RESIDENTIAL ASPECTS OF THE UNDERLYING, UH, ZONING, WHICH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW TWO AND A HALF STORY BUILDINGS.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT LOOK UNUSUAL.
AND I THINK IT WOULD PROVIDE A, A MUCH, UH, IMPROVED GATEWAY TO THE VILLAGE BECAUSE THIS IS SORT OF ONE OF THE MAIN GATEWAYS AS PEOPLE ENTER THE VILLAGE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR, YOUR BLESSINGS.
AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, I, I, I DON'T THINK WE CAN GIVE YOU AN APPROVAL OF ANYTHING FORMALLY THIS EVENING WITHOUT CONSULTATION WITH OUR COUNCIL.
YOUR, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF OUR WILLINGNESS TO SUBMIT A PETITION TO THE VILLAGE.
OF COURSE, JUST A REMINDER TO THE BOARD IS THEY WOULD NEED A ZONING AMENDMENT.
UM, WHICH IS WHY, UM, MR. WEINSTEIN MENTIONED SUBMITTING A PETITION.
THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW AN APPLICANT REQUESTS THE ZONING AMENDMENT.
UM, YOUR BOARD HAS FULL DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER EVEN TO CONSIDER IT, YOU CAN SIMPLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE NOT EVEN GONNA CONSIDER IT.
OR YOU CAN CONSIDER IT AND START MOVING THE PROCESS FORWARD WHEN THEY SUBMIT IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THEY COME TO YOU TO DO A PRESENTATION TO KIND OF GET A SENSE AS TO WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD, UM, IS WILLING TO CONSIDER.
YEAH, I I MEAN, ME PERSONALLY, I, FIRST OF ALL, THE GAS STATION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS GAS STATION IS NOT INCLUDED.
UH, ME PERSONALLY, I, I THINK THAT AREA WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, BENEFIT FROM IMPROVEMENT.
I, I KNOW I'VE PERSONALLY RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF IT.
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UH, SO I, I'D LIKE TO JUST HEAR MORE AND I'D LIKE TO MEET WITH COUNSEL ON IT, BUT I WOULDN'T BE FULLY OPPOSED TO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.SO, UH, I WILL CONSULT WITH, UH, VILLAGE ATTORNEY TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE.
I MEAN, I'VE LOOKED AT THE, THE OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT THE, UH, MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS HAD, AND I THINK WE USING THAT AS A TEMPLATE, WE COULD PROVIDE, UH, A, A ZONING, A SUGGESTED ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THE EXISTING, UH, MIX OF USES TO EXIST LEGALLY.
YEAH, I, I'D LIKE YOU TO, UM, AGAIN, MEET WITH, WITH ME AND WITH THE PLANNER TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE ZONING, WHETHER IT'S AN OVERLAYER, WHETHER IT'S A NEW ZONE.
THAT GETS MAPPED JUST ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, WE CAN LOOK AT THE OPTIONS, BUT, UM, SO THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS ALSO THIS IS, IT'S CURRENTLY NON-CONFORMING.
THIS IS CURRENTLY A TWO R, YES, TWO R ZONING DISTRICTS.
IT'S, THAT PERMITS ONLY TWO FAMILY HOMES.
IT DOESN'T PERMIT ANY COMMERCIAL.
SO, UM, THEY CAN'T REALLY EVEN DO ANYTHING TO THE EXISTING BUILDING IN TERMS OF IMPROVING IT BECAUSE IT'S NON-CONFORMING.
THEY CAN DO MAINTENANCE, THEY COULD DO BASIC MAINTENANCE.
WHAT, I'M SORRY, BUT NO ADDITION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT, UM, SO I KNOW THE STORES, BUT WHAT IS, IS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL? THERE IS RESIDENTIAL.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL SITUATION IN THE SPACE? APARTMENT FOUR APARTMENTS, FOUR.
FOUR APARTMENTS ABOVE THE COMMERCIAL THERE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THERE'S THE, THE AM JOE'S CORNER BUILDING IS, UH, ONE STORY BUILDING.
THE OTHER TWO ARE, ARE, UH, TWO STORIES.
AND THEY EACH HAVE TWO APARTMENTS ABOVE THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
AND CAN I ASK THE CLIENT SOME QUESTIONS? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
DO YOU, UM, DO YOU FORESEE, AM JOE'S ACTUALLY TAKING A LEASE IN THIS BUILDING? YES.
AFTERWARDS, WE'VE TALKED TO FRANCO AND HE WANTS TO STAY.
AND WHERE WOULD HE GO IN THE, DURING CONSTRUCTION? HE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO FLORIDA DURING THE CONSTRUCTION
AND, BUT I MEAN, DO YOU THINK NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD SU SUPPORT A, I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE DETAILS OF YOUR LEASE, OBVIOUSLY, SO I'VE JUST ALWAYS ASSUMED THAT THAT AM JOE'S CAN SURVIVE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A, A FAVORABLE LEASE FROM, FROM THE OWNERS.
THEY DO, BUT THERE'S NO REASON WHY THEY COULDN'T GET A FAVORABLE, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE THEM TO STAY THERE FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANNA BE THERE.
THEY'VE BEEN GOOD TO US AND I'VE BEEN VICE VERSA FOR YEAH.
SO THE, THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE THE TYPES OF USES, THE TYPES OF RETAIL.
SO I JUST CONFIRM, YOU JUST CONFIRMED AM JOE'S ON THE CORNER? YEAH, DEFINITELY AM JOE'S, THE, THE CORNER STORE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEONE DIFFERENT OR MAYBE FRANCO WOULD EXPAND, BUT MM-HMM
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT AMBULANCE WOULD STAY.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD INCLUDE CONTINUING THE COOKING THAT'S ON THE SITE AND THE SCRUBBER THAT'S ON THE, YEAH, I, I SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR DRAWINGS WE HAVE LIKE MAYBE A LITTLE MORE AREA TO SIT DOWN MM-HMM
UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, NICER IN THERE.
BUT YOU'LL INCLUDE THE SHAFT AND THE EXHAUST SCRUBBER AND THE EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT TO, THAT'S REQUIRED TO.
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'LL BE CHALLENGING WITH THE NEW PLAN.
BUT I, AND THERE WOULD ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN HOW TRASH IS HANDLED, YOU KNOW, UH, RIGHT NOW WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE SOME, UH, FOOD BUSINESSES DO A TRACK RODENTS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DO SOMETHING LIKE PERHAPS REFRIGERATING OR COMPACTING THE TRASH SO THAT IT WILL BE LESS OF AN ODOR, UH, PROBLEM.
UHHUH, ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE TYPES OF USES OR, OR THAT'S NOT NO, NO.
WE'RE PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL, UH, ABOVE THE COMMERCIAL.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONTROL IN THE ZONING.
UM, THE TYPES OF COMMERCIAL USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE IT REALLY KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, SMALLER SPACES THAT CAN SUPPORT.
ARE THEY, ARE THEY CURRENTLY THREE SEPARATE ADDRESSES? I THINK THEY ALL USE 2 88.
SO THEN WOULD YOU BE TRYING TO COMBINE THE ADDRESS TOO, OR, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE ONE CONTINUOUS BUILDING NOW IT IS, AND IT FUNCTIONS THAT WAY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF CONFUSING.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE POST OFFICE, IT'S THE ASSESSOR, THE POST OFFICE THAT USUALLY GET INVOLVED.
YEAH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL.
I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD KEEP IT THE SAME WAY OR I'M NOT MARRIED TO IT.
I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE STILL, SOME OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER IN WHICH WAS ANOTHER COMMERCIAL, UH, STORE UP THE BLOCK, THE DENTIST FAVORITE OF THE NOW THE DENTIST, THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS CAN YEAH.
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BILLS.ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
WE NEED TO, UM, REDO OUR ZONING.
EVERY TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES TO THE BOARD, IT JUST REMINDS YOU, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE A RED FLAG THAT, THAT WE NEED TO REDO OUR ZONING.
[IX. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT]
MANAGER'S REPORT.UH, SO THE CURBING WORK ON FLOWER, UM, IS UNDERWAY.
THEY STARTED UP BY SOUTH LAWN AND THEY'RE DONE.
I WOULD SAY THEY'RE ABOUT 60% DONE.
THEY WENT DOWN TO PARKWAY AND, UH, THEY, THE CURB HAS ACTUALLY BEEN INSTALLED AND THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, FILL ON BOTH SIDES OF IT, UH, ADD ADDED.
THEY'VE GOT THE, THE FORMS IN, UH, DOWN, DOWN BY PARKWAY AND, AND HEADING, UH, WEST FROM THERE.
THEY'RE, THEY STILL HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT OF A WAYS TO GO.
AND AFTER THAT THEY'LL BE MOVING UP TO BUENA VISTA AND RAVINE.
UH, WITH REGARD TO THE PAVING WORK, THEY HAVE, UH, MILLED ALL OF, UH, PINE, PINE CREST ROAD.
NO AVENUE? NO, NOT THE, THE ONE THAT GOES UP BETWEEN BROADWAY AND C DRIVE AND, AND WASHINGTON.
PINECREST DRIVE? NO, IT'S PINECREST.
I KNEW, I KNEW IT HAD SOME KIND OF PARKWAY AND DRIVE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DRIVE, SORRY.
AND, AND, UM, AND GOODWIN IS ALMOST, UH, COMPLETELY MILLED, SO I IMAGINE THEY WILL START THE PAVING TOMORROW AS PLANNED.
UM, WITH REGARD TO SPRING STREET, THEY HAVE PLANTED THE TREES AND PUT IN THE TREE PITS.
JUST THIS WEEK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, LIGHT WORK, ELECTRICAL WORK LEFT, REALLY WITH REGARD TO THE LIGHTS TO MAKE THEM FUNCTION.
UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, WIRING THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND, UH, THEN THAT, THAT WILL BE DONE.
AND WE ARE ALSO REPLACING THE TWO MISSING TREES ON WAR BURTON AND THE TREE THAT GOT, UH, THAT GOT HIT IN THE ACCIDENT ON MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF UPSTREAM.
SO THOSE TREES WILL BE, WILL BE REPLACED AS PART OF THIS AS WELL.
UM, THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UPDATE YOU ON.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN KNOWING ABOUT? DO YOU ANY, UH, THE, THE EV CHARGERS, ARE THEY, EV CHARGERS ARE IN VARIOUS STATES AT EACH LOCATION.
THE ONES IN THE COMMUTER LOT SHOULD BE ACTIVE VERY SOON.
IT'S BEEN A SLOW PROCESS WITH GETTING CON ED ON.
THEN AFTER CON ED DOES THEIR THING, CHARGEPOINT HAS TO COME IN AND, AND DO THEIR THING.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A SLOW PROCESS.
THE ONLY SITE THAT STILL REQUIRES SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL WORK, LIKE A DAY'S WORTH OF WORK.
CON CON ED WANTED SOMETHING CHANGED, I BELIEVE WAS THE ZINZER, UH, ZINZER PARK LOT, IF I'M REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY.
I NOTICED RED LIGHTS ON THEM DOWN AT THE COMMUTER LOT.
YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE ENERGIZED, BUT, BUT CHARGEPOINT HASN'T YET SET IT SO THAT IT CAN, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE, SO WILL WE, WE WILL LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN THAT, WHEN THEY'RE ALL SENT.
WE, WE CAN GET EMAILS DEFINITELY DO THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO KEEP HAVING TO GO TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
YES, IT WOULD BE, UH, IT WOULD BE, IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG PROCESS WITH THAT.
AH, HERE IT'S, UM, YEAH, IT'S THE, SORRY.
IT'S THE STEIN SHI SNYDER LOT THAT REQUIRES A RELOCATION OF A CONDUIT, UH, FROM THE END LINE BOX.
SO THAT, THAT ONE IS STILL, REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF CONSTRUCTION STILL, BUT THE OTHERS ARE ALL CONSTRUCTED AND IN VARIOUS STAGES OF, BETWEEN CON ED AND CHARGEPOINT OF GETTING THEM, UH, ENERGIZED AND, AND UP AND, AND OPERATIONAL.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER, SORRY.
[X. BOARD DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS]
DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, BOARD DISCUSSION.[00:35:01]
ON AMENDING TREE PRESERVATION CODE TO INCLUDE HERITAGE TREES.UH, WE, WE DID DO SOME RESEARCH.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LAST MEETING.
UH, BUT WE DID DO RESEARCH AND, AND MUCH OF THE RESEARCH IS SHOWING THAT, UH, UH, A LOT OF THIS IS RELATED TO VILLAGES THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE A TREE CODE, UH, OR MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN A TREE.
UH, WHAT I'VE, WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, I THINK, UH, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY FOUND TWO POLICIES FROM TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND, AND REALLY IT'S, IT'S OUTSIDE OF A PERMIT.
SO EVERYTHING WE HAVE HERE THAT WOULD PROBABLY PROBABLY QUALIFY AS A HERITAGE TREE WOULD NEED A PERMIT AND WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS UNLESS WE JUST WANT TO DESIGNATE SOME TREES AS HERITAGE.
UH, I THINK SCARSDALE MIGHT ONLY HAVE ONE HERITAGE TREE IN IT ON DRAKE ROAD, UM, AS A COINCIDENCE,
UH, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN CREATED BEFORE EVEN WE STARTED CONSIDERING THE UPDATING OF OUR CODES AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO, I MEAN, I, IN READING AND, AND RESEARCHING, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT UNLESS WE JUST WANNA DO IT AS A FORMATIVE THING OR PERFORMATIVE THING.
UM, AND I JUST LEAVE IT UP TO ALL OF YOU REALLY.
BUT IT DOESN'T, IT, IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANY WAY WE OPERATE RIGHT NOW IN OUR CODE IS BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT ADDS NO PROTECT, NO OTHER PROTECTIONS.
IT ACTUALLY ADDS LAYERS PROBABLY TO TAKE THINGS DOWN, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS TO REMOVE IT, JUST LIKE YOU DO IN OUR CURRENT CODE.
SO IT'S UP TO EVERYBODY TO DIGEST AND THINK ABOUT.
MOVING ON TO, UM, CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON VACANT STOREFRONT REGISTRY.
SO, UM, YOU'LL REMEMBER WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, UM, BACK IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE AT THE AUGUST MEETING.
UM, AND WE PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU ON DIFFERENT WAYS THAT DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES HANDLE THIS IN TERMS OF REGULATING, UM, VACANT STOREFRONTS, STOREFRONTS REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, UM, SORT OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO AND THE THINGS YOU CAN'T DO.
UM, YOU CAN REQUIRE REGISTRATION.
YOU, UM, CAN HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTIONS AND THINGS THAT PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU CAN'T FORCE THEM TO RENT THEIR EMPTY STOREFRONTS.
UM, BUT YOU CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE SECURE AND, UM, NO, YOU KNOW, NUISANCE STATEMENT AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED, I SENT AROUND TO YOU A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CODES THAT WE HAD PULLED FROM DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, AS OF TODAY, DOBBS FERRIES IS STILL IN FLUX.
SO WHAT I SENT YOU IS THE DRAFT THEY WERE LOOKING AT THEN.
UM, BUT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT, AT WAYS TO DO IT.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO SORT OF MOVE FURTHER ON THIS, UM, THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS THE BOARD NEEDS TO DECIDE AND GIVE US DIRECTION ON IF YOU WANT US TO START DRAFTING A LAW.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE PRETTY SIMPLY IS, ARE YOU CAN REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF ALL STOREFRONTS OR ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
I THINK STOREFRONTS ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERN.
OR ONLY THOSE THAT ARE VACANT.
IF THEY'RE VACANT AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, YOU CAN HAVE A REGISTRATION FEE, UM, CHARGE REGISTRATION FEE AS PART OF THAT.
SO HOW MUCH WOULD THAT FEE BE? UM, IS IT ANNUAL? UM, DO YOU WANT TO REQUIRE SOMETHING WITH THE STOREFRONT WINDOWS THAT THEY BE KEPT EMPTY? DO YOU WANT SOME KIND OF COVERING SOMETHING TO LOOK AT SORT OF THE VISUAL IMPACT, UM, MAINTENANCE STANDARDS? UM, SO ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN REQUIRE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CODES THAT I SENT TO YOU, THEY HANDLE THIS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THE BEACON LAW GOES A LITTLE BEYOND.
IT'S NOT JUST COMMERCIAL, IT'S NOT JUST STOREFRONTS, BUT A BUNCH OF THE OTHERS ARE SPECIFIC TO STOREFRONTS.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOUR DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE ALSO WEIGHED IN WITH SOME THOUGHTS, AND I THINK SHE LIKED THE REGISTRY IDEA BECAUSE SHE SOMETIMES DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REACH SOME OF THE LANDLORDS.
UM, SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I'M HAPPY TO SORT OF SEND AROUND A LIST OF QUESTIONS, UM, THAT YOU CAN ALL SORT OF CHIME IN ON AND, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA DO SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN ACTUALLY DRAFTING A LAW.
THE FEE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
SO IT HAS TO KIND OF BE RELATED TO THE, UM, EFFORT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO, UH, UH, REALLY
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TO, AND, YOU KNOW, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CODE.MAINTAIN THE REGISTRY, DO INSPECTIONS.
I KNOW ONE, ONE OF THE JURISDICTIONS DID HAVE A PENALTY RELATING TO THE FEE.
LIKE I SAW THAT THERE WAS LIKE LATE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEE AND EVERYTHING.
IF YOU DON'T PAY THE FEE ON TIME, YOU CAN BE CHARGED A, A LATE FEE SORT, ONE POINT A HALF PERCENT LATE FEE OR SOMETHING ON, ON TOP OF IT.
AND, AND, AND SOME OF THEM SORT OF TO THE EXTREME, THEY CAN REQUIRE AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS SOME WORK DONE TO IT, AND YOU CAN EVEN REQUIRE AN ESCROW TO MAKE SURE THEY DO WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO.
THAT'S STARTING TO BORDER ON WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING YOU REALLY CAN DO.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN, I THINK ONE OF THE LAWS THAT I CIRCULATED.
DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE A ALARM REGISTRY? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO KIND OF ON THAT POINT IS THAT YOU CAN REQUIRE THE LANDLORD TO ALSO GIVE YOU CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL OF THE BUSINESS TENANTS IN THEIR BUILDINGS.
AND IF THEY'RE AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD, LIKE IF THEY'RE NOT LOCAL, YOU CAN ALSO REQUIRE THEM TO GIVE YOU A LOCAL CONTACT.
I, I WAS JUST THINKING BECAUSE IF, EVEN IF WE DECIDED NOT TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL FOR THE DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE AS PART OF AN ALARM REGISTRY FOR BUSINESSES, I'M GONNA FIND OUT FOR YOU THEY COULD BUILD THAT IN THAT IT COULD BE SHARED WITH HER MM-HMM
UM, I MEAN, I, I'VE BEEN READING ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH MM-HMM
INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED WITH US.
UH, THE, THE ONE THAT I THINK I I PROBABLY LIKED THE MOST WAS SOLVAY, S-O-L-V-A-Y, NEW YORK.
UM, THEY KIND OF WERE LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY, OR IS IT NEW YORK? I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
UH, IT DOESN'T SAY IT, BUT, UH, THEY SEEM TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE, ACTUALLY, AND, UH, MAYBE JUST GET MORE OF AN OPINION FROM HER AS WELL ON THIS AND SEE WHAT THAT'S VERY REALLY, MERTON AND I ARE MEETING TOMORROW WITH A NUMBER OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, AND THE DOWNTOWN ADVOCATE, UH, JUST TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THINGS.
SO MAYBE TRUSTEE MERTON COULD BRING YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THE, THE REGI THE REGISTRY, I MEAN, I THINK, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A, MAYBE IT'S A GOOD IDEA ANYWAY.
NOT JUST FOR VACANT STOREFRONTS, BUT FOR ALL STORES.
UM, AS YOU MAYOR'S POINTING OUT, LIKE FOR LIKE EMERGENCIES OR, UM, AS WELL, UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, UM, WHETHER, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PHRASE THIS, BUT LIKE, WOULD, WOULD, UM, ANY SORT OF VACANT LAWS, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE FUNDAMENTALLY LIKE COOKIE CUTTER? WOULD IT BE LIKE, COULD YOU SORT OF EVALUATE IT IN THE SITUATION? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? OR IS IN TERMS OF REQUIRING THEM TO DO A CERTAIN THINGS? YEAH, I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST, BUT THEN IT'S WHO, WHO MAKES THAT DETERMINATION? RIGHT.
WELL, I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M WONDERING.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTHING, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO IN TERMS OF JUST EVALUATING LIKE HOW TO PROCEED, AM I BEING CLEAR? LIKE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONE SITUATION MIGHT BE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THERE'S A STORE THAT'S VACANT, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WORK IN PROGRESS OF TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO GO IN, OR MAYBE THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE, OR MAYBE THERE'S THE OTHER EXTREME THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S BEING DONE, YOU KNOW.
SO I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE, THERE'S CATEGORIES VARYING DEGREES OF, AND SOME OF THAT RELATES TO HOW LONG IT'S VACANT.
YONKERS LAW HAD SOMETHING IN IT THAT, UM, THEY, THEY, IT WAS LIKE A ONE YEAR IF YOU HAD TO BE DOING SOMETHING, AND IF YOU DID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WEREN'T, YOU COULD GET AN EXEMPTION, YOU KNOW, ON IT, OR YOU COULD EXTEND YOUR, YOUR PERMISSION.
I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT IT WAS BASED ON THAT, LIKE, SOMEBODY WAS SHOWING GOOD FAITH OR IF THEY WERE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE IN THE WORKS, SUPPOSE YOU'RE BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT MOVING AS, AS QUICKLY AS YOU THOUGHT IT MIGHT OR RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO I, THERE THEY, THEY DID HAVE GRADATIONS OF WHAT WOULD BE, UM, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, AGAIN, IT'S NOT A PUNITIVE THING, SO IT'S, UM, RIGHT.
AND I, I THINK THE TIMELINE, UH, THE ONE THAT I WAS, I BELIEVE REFERRING TO, I KNOW I'VE READ THEM SO MANY OF THEM, BUT I, I THINK, UH, THERE WAS LIKE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
THERE'S LIKE AFTER SIX MONTHS MM-HMM
THEN THIS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN.
AND THEN THEY DID HAVE CATEGORIES OF, IS IT IN TOTAL DISREPAIR? IS IT JUST YOUR, IT'S VACANT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN BE USED, SO MM-HMM.
UH, I THINK IT'S MORE TO RESEARCH.
MAYBE WE CAN ALL, UH, SIT ON THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY UNTIL WE SEE WHAT DARY DOES.
AND THAT, I THINK THOSE THINGS REALLY RELATE TO IF, IF YOU HAVE A STOREFRONT THAT'S, THAT'S
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IN SOME STATE OF DISREPAIR.I MEAN, THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY REASON THAT, THAT WOULD NEED TO, LIKE, WHY THAT CAN'T BE ADDRESSED ADDRESSED.
I DON'T RECALL SEEING THE DIARY DRAFT.
WAS IT JUST NOT NAMED? NO, NO.
IT WAS, I IT WAS IN WHAT I SENT.
MAYBE IT WAS A DIFFERENT EMAIL THEN.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, JUST TWO OTHER ITEMS. UH, JUST THANK YOU TRUSTEE ALLGOOD, UH, AND RIVER RUN, TRUSTEE ALLGOOD AND ADAM HART AND KEN TUO FOR PLAYING AT THE NINE 11 CEREMONY, UH, ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND EVERYONE WHO CAME, THANK YOU.
UM, ALSO TO JAY WERNER HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO SANG THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER SO BEAUTIFULLY THAT EVENING.
AND THE HASTINGS ON HUDSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MIKE GUNTHER, THE CHIEF, UH, FOR PROVIDING THE HONOR GUARD AND JUST ALL THE RESIDENTS.
AND I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF EVERYONE WAS A RESIDENT, UH, OF OUR VILLAGE, BUT EVERYONE WHO CAME AND PARTICIPATED, IT WAS A REALLY MOVING CEREMONY.
AND FORMER MAYOR SUKY SPOKE, UM, REALLY ELOQUENTLY AND NICELY ABOUT THAT DAY, OR, YOU KNOW, SADLY ABOUT THAT DAY IN HIS EXPERIENCE, UM, DOWN IN THAT AREA DURING THE, UH, THE INCIDENT.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO CAME THAT EVENING, AND IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENING THAT NIGHT.
UH, AND THEN THANK YOU TO RONALD POLL, UH, OF THE EVA AND HOWARD NACHT FOUNDATION FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF $5,000 TOWARDS OUR AMERICA TWO 50 FIREWORKS CELEBRATION ON OCTOBER 2ND.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE MOVING ON TO UPCOMING EVENTS? WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, RIVER TOWNS THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AT THREE SPRING STREET, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH.
GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE AT DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT CONCERT.
6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH.
SENIOR THURSDAY, UH, I SEE A FILM PRESSURE, UH, FREE PARKING PASSES PROVIDED AT THE LIBRARY, UH, FROM 11:45 AM TO 3:45 PM THE TIME OF THE MOVIE IS ONE TO 3:30 PM AT THE HASTINGS LIBRARY.
RIVERTOWN THRIFT, SAME LOCATION FROM 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM FRIDAY THE 18TH IS RIVERTOWN THRIFT, SAME LOCATION, 11 TO 4:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, HASTINGS FARMER'S MARKET, 8:30 AM TO 1:00 PM ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH.
HASTINGS TAKE IT OR LEAVE A GARAGE.
UH, 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT ANDRES ON HUDSON IN THE LOWER GARAGE.
RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11 TO 2:00 PM MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 21ST.
SENIOR AFTERNOON, BOARD GAMES, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
12:30 PM TO 2:30 PM AT THE JAMES HARMONY COMMUNITY CENTER.
RIVERTOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH.
THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH.
SENIOR PAINT AND SIP $5 PRE-REGISTRATION, UH, REQUIRED BY SEPTEMBER OR YEAH, SEPTEMBER 17TH.
BRING YOUR LUNCH, SNACKS, DESSERTS, AND BEVERAGES WILL BE PROVIDED.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, UH, 24TH RIVER TOWNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UH, FROM READERS TO LEADERS, COMMUNITY IMPACT, GALA TICKETS, SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND DONATIONS ARE AVAILABLE@RIVERTOWNSCHAMBER.COM SLASH GALA DASH 2026 6:30 PM AT HUD CO.
IN DOBBS FERRY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT, 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH.
THE FARMER'S MARKET, 8:30 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE ZINZER COMMUTER LOT.
VILLAGE WIDE TAG SALE, $10 REGISTRATION FEE PER HOUSEHOLD BY SEPTEMBER 21ST AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM VILLAGE WIDE.
RAIN DATE WOULD BE THE, THE SUNDAY AFTER SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH.
RIVER TOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, THE TILLY GARAGE AT ANDREW SUN HUDSON.
11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH.
27TH RIVER TOWN THRIFT 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM SUNDAY THE 27TH.
DEMYSTIFYING MEDICARE AND HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR SENIORS.
REGISTRATION REQUESTED AT THE LIBRARY OR BY CALLING 9 1 4 4 7 8 3 3 0 7.
THAT'S ONE 15 TO 4:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, SENIOR LUNCH AND LEARN MEMOIRS AND MEMORIES.
$5 REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1215 AT JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY GIVING DAY, NO REGISTRATION NEEDED.
FREE BAKED GOODS AND DRINKS PROVIDED.
9:30 AM TO 5:00 PM AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
GET MORE FROM YOUR MEDICARE REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
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NINE ONE FOUR FOUR SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE EIGHT ZERO TWELVE 15:00 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, SENIOR TRIP TO KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART TO $10 REGISTRATION.
CALL ANNE AGAIN, RUAK TO REGISTER.
AND THEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, RIVERTOWN THRIFT.
[XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
TO OUR SECOND, UH, ROUND OF PUBLIC COMMENT.UH, DAVE SKOLNIK, 47 HILLSIDE.
UM, SO I FEEL LIKE I'VE MENTIONED THE, UH, ZINZER ISSUE, UM, A NUMBER OF TIMES.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN BASICALLY TOLD THAT IT WAS ALREADY PRESENTED AND THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE.
SO I NEED, UH, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU FEEL THAT IT WAS THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED, THE THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP.
AND IF SO, IF YOU CAN DIRECT ME TO THE MEETING THAT THIS WOULD'VE BEEN DISCUSSED, WHERE YOU ALL ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE TREES BEING REMOVED, UM, THAT THE PROPOSAL IS TO REMOVE THOSE TREES FROM THAT, UM, THAT HILL, THE SOUTH HILL.
UM, THE OTHER PART, I MEAN, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER.
AND THE OTHER PART IS WHETHER YOU HAVE IN FACT TAKEN THE, YOUR LEGAL STEP SO THAT THE, THE PLANNING BOARD WILL IN FACT BE ABLE HAVE THE, UM, THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, WHETHER YOU'VE GIVEN THE, UM, YOUR PERMISSION FOR THEM TO USE, UH, THAT LAND.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I BRING UP AND I AM NOT REALLY, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS.
UH, AND I WOULD LIKE 'EM, BUT THE OTHER THING, UH, I WOULD GIVE YOU THE CHANCE.
THE OTHER THING THOUGH, ONGOING, UH, I'M LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HAVE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PILOT.
UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT WHERE THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY TAKE PLACE GIVEN THE PEOPLE, THE NAMES THAT YOU, THE MASTER MAYOR THAT YOU SAID WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS, IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER TO GO TO THE SCHOOL, UH, DR.
MCC, WHETHER TO GO TO HERE, WHETHER TO GO TO TRUSTEE MERTON.
AND, UH, IT FEELS ODD TO ME THAT THERE IS SIMPLY NO PLACE TO REPORT ON THIS TO HAVE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
I'VE BEEN OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
I DON'T, YOU MAY ALL HAVE BEEN OUT THERE.
SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT I SEE, THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE OR CARE, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RESPONSE ON.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE SCHOOL SET UP A, UH, PLACE ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR COMMENTS.
NO, NO, THAT IS NOT, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR SOME PLACE TO SEND AN EMAIL AND THEN SOMETIME LATER THEY'LL HAVE SOME CONVERSATION.
I'M LOOKING RESPECTFULLY, I'M LOOKING FOR A REAL DIALOGUE.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME STRAIGHT OUT THAT DOESN'T EXIST, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN UNTIL TWO MONTHS DOWN WHEN SOMEBODY IS THEN GOING TO THEN SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW IT, THEN AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I'M DEALING WITH.
BUT WITH ALL RESPECT, YOU CAN'T EXPECT ME TO JUST KEEP COMMUNICATING THAT WAY.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE, I'VE BEEN ANSWERING EVERY EMAIL REGARDING THIS, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE BEST ANSWER I CAN GIVE YOU.
AND NOTHING IS BEING HIDDEN FROM YOU.
AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S YOUR, YOUR, YEAH, THERE'S NO TO TALK TO.
THEY WERE HIDING SOMETHING FROM YOU.
I'M ASKING SOMEONE TO TALK TO NOTHING.
YOU, YOU'VE ALREADY NAMED THE SEVERAL NAMES THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TRIED DR. MCCARTY, CHIEF DOON, UH, TRUSTEE MERTON.
THERE, THERE WAS A, A COMMITTEE, OR NOT A COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MET SEVERAL TIMES AND CAME UP WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND, AND FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL, BY AND LARGE, I'VE TALKED TO NEIGHBORS, I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO'VE GIVEN ME FEEDBACK THAT THIS IS GOING REALLY WELL, IT'S NOT GOING WELL.
UH, AND AND LIKE YOU SAID AT THE LAST MEETING OR IN THE MESSAGE, IN THE EMAIL I RECALL, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS, THEY DID CORRECT THINGS ON THE FLY IN THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS ALSO JUST TO SAY, OH, THAT'S NOT WORKING.
SO PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO IT MORE PROBABLY AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEVEL THAN US.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRUST THEIR ADVICE AT THIS POINT ON IT.
AND I THINK I'M HEARING IT'S GOING VERY WELL, ESPECIALLY FROM PARENTS.
SO I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR COUNTERPOINT, OR NOT COUNTERPOINT, BUT YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK ON IT, GIVE IT, 'CAUSE EVENTUALLY THIS IS GONNA GET VOTED ON.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, BUT EVENTUALLY WE'RE GONNA APPROVE IT AND SIGNS WILL BE MADE.
SO THEN TO ANSWER THAT PART OF YOUR QUESTION, EVENTUALLY WE WILL HAVE TO COME TO A FORMAL VOTE WHERE THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SIGNS FOR IT.
UH, ONE RESIDENT DIDN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TEMPORARY CONES IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, AND I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT.
THOSE ARE THERE UNTIL WE DECIDE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE PERMANENT OR NOT.
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I, I KNOW THAT TIME WENT OUT, YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.YOU, YOU BASICALLY, MAYBE YOU DO, AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE IS NO INTERIM ACTUAL CONVERSATION.
IF YOU ACTUALLY SAID WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, UH, AN, AN INTERIM MEETING ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD HAVE A, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A ROOM FOR 200 OR WHETHER YOU'D HAVE ME AND THREE OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT THERE'S NO, AT THIS POINT, I, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO TELL YOU DIRECTLY, UH, WHAT I SEE.
YOU HAVE A THREE MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, OR YOUR EMAIL TO GIVE IT TO ALL OF US AND WE'LL CC THE BOARD OF ED ON IT AS WELL.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I WAS, UH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR.
AND AS FAR AS THE TREES, YOU, I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHETHER YOU'VE ALREADY BASICALLY GIVEN THE, THE PLANNING BOARD THE GO AHEAD, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AND THAT THEY HAVE ON THURSDAY, THEY CAN GO AHEAD WITH, UH, APPROVING THAT, YOUR HONOR.
A ANY PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL AT THIS POINT WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THIS BOARD TAKING ACTION.
THIS BOARD HAS NOT TAKEN FINAL ACTION TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY YET.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S, THAT'S AN ANSWER.
I AM HAPPY TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOU AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
I'M BACK TO BACK GIVEN THE FIRST ONE.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM.
IS THERE ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST INTRODUCING YOURSELF? UH, MY NAME'S RIO CHAVEZ.
MY GLASS, UH, LIKE COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
I, THIS NEW LETTERS, I, I THINK YOU'RE YOU, ARE YOU, TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE COURT TODAY.
OH, THE MORNING IS THE COURT TOMORROW.
IF, IF YOU GO AROUND THE CORNER HERE, THERE'S THE WINDOW THAT GIVES YOU THEIR HOURS.
AND, AND TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE COURT.
OKAY, BECAUSE OUR
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE CORNER HERE, THAT'S THE COURT HOURS.
7:00 PM BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING THAT CLERK IS HERE.
THE CLERK IS HERE DURING THE DAY.
AND THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER ALSO ON THE WINDOW.
YOU CAN CALL IF YOU COME RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
'CAUSE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS DURING THE DAY IT SOUNDS LIKE.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS]
UH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING 7:00 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, SAFETY COUNCIL MEETING.
PLANNING BOARD, REGULAR MEETING 7:00 PM IN THE VILLAGE HALL.
HASTINGS VILLAGE ARTS COMMISSION MEETING 7:30 PM AT THE HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
AN ADD-ON THAT WE HAVE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 6:00 PM IS THE LIPCHITZ STUDIO BUILDING USE STUDY COMMITTEE AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE DOWNSTAIRS AREA.
ZONING, BOARD OF APPEALS REGULAR MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, THE SENIOR COUNCIL MEETING, 3:15 PM AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL, CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING, UH, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
WE DID MISS THE PARADE ON OCTOBER 2ND.
UH, THAT WASN'T IN THE THING IN THE REGULAR.
UH, WE HAVE OUR PARADE ON OCTOBER 2ND.
THAT COINCIDES WITH, UH, OCTOBER.
OCTOBER FEST THAT EVENING AT, I BELIEVE MAIN STREET WILL BE CLOSED DOWN AT 6:00 PM UH, AND THEN THE PARADE WILL COMMENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM FROM IN FRONT OF FOOD TOWN ON MAIN STREET.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FIREWORKS AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45 PM UH, ANY OF THE SPEECHES OR, OR ANY PRESENTATIONS THAT'LL BE HANDLED THROUGH THAT EVENING JUST FOR THIS BOARD TO KNOW, WILL BE AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 PM IN BOLLINGER PLAZA.
UM, I THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE, AROUND THE AREA COMING THAT EVENING.
SO 7:00 PM AT BOLLINGER PLAZA, UH, IS WHERE ANY OF THOSE THAT WILL HAPPEN WILL BE.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S MAIN STREET THAT'S BEING SHUT DOWN.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO ADJOURN, I'M ASKING THIS EVENING FOR THE BOARD TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF LONGTIME HASTINGS SCHOOL TEACHER BETSY WARAL WESTALL, WHO A FEW OF US HAD IN, UH, ELEMENT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, WHO PASSED AWAY THIS PAST SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH.
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WEAL AND EXTENDED FAMILY AND YOUR THOUGHTS IN PRAYER.MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN IN HER MEMORY? SO MOVED.