[I. CALL TO ORDER ]
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EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING.TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2026.
PLEASE RISE TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MR. CLARK, MAY YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.
TRUSTEE MARTIN PRESENT, TRUSTEE BERG PRESENT, MAYOR DRAKE, PRESENT, VILLAGE MANAGER MURPHY.
HERE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY WHITEHEAD.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THOSE MINUTES? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
[VI. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS ]
ON TO APPROVAL OF WARRANTS GENERAL FUND AA $247,905 AND 64 CENTS, FEDERAL DRUG GRANT CD $5,358 AND 61 CENTS POOL FUND, ER $1,627 AND 28 CENTS CAPITAL FUND, HH $164,755 AND 64 CENTS LIBRARY FUND, LL $11,862 AND 73 CENTS BETTERMENT FUND TT $1,257 AND 47 CENTS.PROFESSIONAL ESCROW FUND, TT $8,600 PAYROLL FUND, TT $3,614 AND 80 CENTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE WARRANTS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
[VII. ACCEPTANCE OF TREASURER’S REPORT ]
ON TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR TREASURER'S REPORT.MR. TREASURER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY SHARED WITH US? NO, I DO NOT.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TREASURER, OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF THE TREASURER? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE.
[VIII. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.UH, I REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT YOU HAVE THREE MI THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WHEN YOU APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR ADDRESS.
AND I ALSO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE BOARD IS NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? THE TEAM NOW.
AMY LIEBERMAN HAMILTON AVENUE.
AGAIN, OUR WELL-MEANING BOARD OF US OF TRUSTEES HAS VOTED FOR A GRIEVOUSLY FLAWED PLAN TO HUNT DEER IN HASTINGS.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ADDRESS THE FLAWS AND CONSIDER OPTIONS.
IF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE OUR GUIDEPOSTS, WE MUST IMPROVE ANY DEAR PLAN BEFORE IT IS OPERATIONAL SOME ISSUES NO DOCUMENTATION MEANS NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
PLEASE LOOK AT OUR OWN HASTINGS ON HUDSON WEBSITE.
UNDER DEAR ISSUES, HOWEVER YOU FELT ABOUT THE CONTRACEPTION PROGRAM, IT IS BROADLY DOCUMENTED FROM START TO FINISH.
THERE IS A STUDY RATIONALE AND INFORMATION FLYER FOR THE COMMUNITY, REPORTS TO NSEC, EXPLANATION OF IMMUNO CONTRACEPTION, A FIELD SAFETY PROTOCOL, AND A PROJECT SUMMARY AMONG OTHERS.
WE HAVE ASKED REPEATEDLY FOR EXACTLY THESE KINDS OF DOCUMENTS AND HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING AFTER MONTHS OF ASKING.
I THINK THEY DON'T EXIST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD KEEP THEM AWAY FROM US.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WILL BE DONE OR IS ALREADY BEING DONE? AND HOW DO WE MEASURE IF WE'VE MET OUR GOALS OR NOT? WHAT ARE THE GOALS? HOW DO WE CORRECT MISINFORMATION OR FAULTY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS? DO SECRECY IS NOT TRANSPARENCY.
IT WAS STATED IN MARCH 17TH, 2026, TRUSTEES MEETING THAT PETER KELLY DIDN'T WANT TO PRESENT IN PUBLIC BECAUSE HE HAS LIKE SOME SECRETS, SOME TRADE SECRETS HE USES TO MAKE SURE HE'S SUCCESSFUL IN HIS ANALYSIS, NOT OKAY.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE BRINGING LETHAL WEAPONS INTO OUR WOODS WITHOUT A CLEAR AND BINDING DOCUMENT STATING EVERYTHING, EVERY SINGLE THING HE WILL AND WON'T DO.
FOR INSTANCE, FROM NYS E, THERE ARE MANY PROHIBITIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR DEER HUNTING AROUND THE USE OF BAITING AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS.
CAN YOU PAUSE THE TIMER? SORRY.
INCLUDING LASER SITES IN THE SAME MARCH MEETING THE USE OF HEAT SEEKING DRONES IS MENTIONED.
IS THAT ALLOWED? DO WE WANT HEAT SEEKING DRONES IN OUR COMMUNITY? I DO NOT.
EC REQUIRES CROSSBOW HUNDREDS TO BE 500 FEET MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF FOOTBALL FIELDS AWAY FROM ANY SCHOOL OR DWELLING.
WHERE IS HE GONNA MANAGE THAT? OTHER THAN POSSIBLY THE EXACT CENTER OF HILLSIDE WOODS? AS A PUBLIC, WE ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW HE'S IN COMPLIANCE BY VETTING
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AND AGREEING TO EVERY DETAIL.WE MAY NOT GET TO VOTE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE GET TO KNOW AS IT IS.
THE ONLY CREDENTIAL WE'VE BEEN OFFERED IS THAT PETER KELLY IS A LICENSED BOW HUNTER RECOMMENDED BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
HE HAS NO APPARENT EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS OR CERTIFICATES IN WILDLIFE, ECOLOGY, FORESTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS OR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
YET HE APPEARS TO BE CONTRACTED TO ASSESS, DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE THE PROJECT BY HIMSELF TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST $50,000.
MORE PROBLEMS SUGGESTED BY AN EXPERT.
OKAY, I'LL COME BACK LATER AND DO THE REST OF IT.
OR SHOULD I DO IT NOW? WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT? THAT'S, YOU CAN DO IT LATER.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? GO AHEAD.
YOU WANT ME TO GO BEFORE YOU? DOESN'T MATTER.
UM, MY RHYTHM IS THROWN OFF BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN THE ORDER.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, RALPH WILL BE PRESENTING LATER, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON I CAME TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
UM, VERY BRIEFLY, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS YOUR, UM, UH, RESOLUTION HAS TO DO WITH THE CLAIMANT SMART COMMUNITY REPORT.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT BY ACCEPTING THIS REPORT, IT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU ARE ENDORSING ANY OF THE, UH, POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS THEREIN WE'RE WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING THE REPORT.
UM, UH, I WANTED THE MAIN, UH, ISSUE THAT I HAD ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING WAS ACTUALLY BOTH, UM, BOTH ARE THE BOARD DISCUSSION, ONE OF THEM BEING, UH, RAVENSDALE AND THE OTHER BEING THE WASHINGTON MUSE.
UH, I HAVE A NUMBER OF ISSUES, UH, THAT I PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH, BUT I SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME ON THAT.
AND, UH, WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP BOTH HERE AND AT UM, PLANNING BOARD HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY OR ADEQUATELY, I SHOULD SAY, ADDRESSED.
UM, THIS RELATES PARTLY TO THE, UM, THE VISION OF THE TREE REMOVAL ON THE, UM, UH, THE SIDE OF, UH, THE PARKING LOT.
AND DESPITE COMMENTS THAT WERE, UH, MADE TO IMPLY THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AND THAT IT WAS MADE CLEAR IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY ASSERT THAT IT IS NOT, AND THAT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE YET A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT THE PROPOSED, UH, VIEW WILL LOOK LIKE.
THERE ALSO, UH, DOCUMENTATION, UM, UH, THE VILLAGE CLERK WAS, UH, UH, ABLE TO, UM, ENLARGE THE, UH, LETTER THAT WAS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS, UH, FROM THE HUDSON ENGINEERING THAT WAS PART OF THE AGENDA.
UM, IT WAS HARD TO READ, BUT, UM, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH REGARD TO FLOODING, UH, THAT THEY ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS.
AND MAYBE, UH, COMMENTS COMING FORWARD, THOSE WILL BE ANSWERED.
BUT RIGHT NOW I HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT.
OTHERWISE, UH, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE IN FACT SEEN THE LETTERS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY, UM, IQ AND, UH, ZIN AND STEINZ TO THE, UM, UH, PLANNING BOARD WITHIN THE LAST, UH, MONTH, BOTH DATED SEPTEMBER 2ND.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT SHOWS SHOWS ME THAT, THAT NECESSARILY WOULD'VE, UM, COME TO YOUR ATTENTION.
BUT THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT, UM, COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE IQ LETTER, UM, THAT I THINK I WOULD WANT TO BE HEARING A MORE FULSOME DISCUSSION OF BEFORE ANY APPROVAL WAS EXTENDED.
SO, BEYOND THAT, I'LL WAIT AND HEAR WHAT YOUR DISCUSSION HAPPENS TO BE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? UM, SUSAN, PATRICIA COOPER, 3 7 8 WAR BURTON.
AND SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW BECAUSE I DID, DO YOU MIND JUST TILTING THE MIC? I DID SEND AN EMAIL MM-HMM
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS THIS LAST SUMMER, 2025, UM, ALFRED VITIELLO AV PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WHO WAS VETTED THROUGH THE VILLAGE TO DIG UP NO DINE, TO PUT IN PIPES FOR THE SIX TOWNHOUSES RIGHT BEHIND MY HOME.
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IN DOING SO, THEY BROKE MY MAIN SEWER LINE AND I HAD CONTINUAL PLUMBING ISSUES FOR MONTHS AFTER THAT.THIS WAS PROBABLY JUNE, I THINK IT WAS JUNE, BECAUSE THEY CAME IN FIRST DUG, NO DINE, THEN VIOLA CAME IN, LATER DUG WAR BURTON TO CONNECT THE PIPES.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I HAD MULTIPLE PLUMBER VISITS.
I HAD MULTIPLE BILLS FROM PLUMBERS.
IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON.
UM, THEY DID WHATEVER THEY COULD.
AND FINALLY, MY ARDSLEY PLUMBER SAID, CALLED WESTCHESTER SEWER AND DRAIN.
VINNY CAME OUT, DID A VIDEO OF THE PIPE, SAID IT IS BROKEN.
AND HE SAID, YOU CANNOT USE ANY FACILITIES UNTIL THIS IS CORRECTED.
IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T FLUSH THE TOILET, DON'T RUN ANY WATER, DON'T DO ANYTHING, OR YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MAJOR UPHEAVAL.
OKAY? SO VINNY, I CONTACTED ALFRED VITIELLO.
HE SAID, NO, YOUR PIPE IS ON WAR BURDEN.
VINNY FOUND THE EXACT LOCATION, MARKED THE STREET, MARKED NO D STREET WITH PAINT.
ALFRED VITIELLO CAME OUT, MET WITH VINNY.
THEY HAD TO, THEY AGREED THEY HAD TO RE DIG AND FIX MY PIPE.
SO I HAVE MULTIPLE BILLS THAT I THEN SENT TO AV PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND THEY, HE AGREED THAT I SHOULD SEND HIM THE BILLS AND THAT I WOULD BE IN REIMBURSED.
I HAVE, I HAVE DOCUMENTATIONS FROM TEXT MESSAGES BACK AND FORTH THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REIMBURSE ME.
THIS IS NOW WHAT
AND I JUST, I BELIEVE THAT ANYTIME SOMEONE COMES IN TO DO SOME DEVELOPMENT HERE OR ANYWHERE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE VETTED BY THE VILLAGE AND MUST HAVE SOME INSURANCE INFORMATION ON HAND.
NOW I MET WITH THE, UM, BUILDING INSPECTOR MANAGER, UM, AND SHE SAID, GO TO SMALL CLAIMS. SO I SENT IN MY INFORMATION TO SMALL CLAIMS. ANYBODY THAT SENDS ANYTHING FOR SMALL CLAIMS, THE MAIL CAN BE RETURNED ON, READ OR REFUSED.
SO I AM NOW SORT OF REQUESTING SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.
AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE SOMEONE LIVING WITH ME WHO HAD A MAJOR STROKE, COULD NOT GO OUT ON HIS OWN TO FIND A BATHROOM, TAKE A SHOWER OR ANYTHING.
AND I WORK, I WORK AT A CANCER CENTER.
I COULD NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, MANAGE ALL THIS.
I WAS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE APARTMENT OR HOTEL.
SO THE PIPE WAS FIXED, THE ROAD WAS REPAVED.
AND I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING.
AND I JUST, I HAVEN'T CALLED THE COUNTY SOMEONE I WAS TOLD TO CALL THE COUNTY BECAUSE PERHAPS THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF OVERSIGHT IN THIS MATTER.
BUT THAT'S, I'M LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND WHY AM I RESPONSIBLE WHEN THIS COMPANY IS VETTED THROUGH THE VILLAGE.
I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE IN HASTINGS HAVE HAD PROPERTY DAMAGE THROUGH SOME SORT OF SIMILAR SITUATION.
AND WHAT HAPPENED THEN? UM, I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE.
UH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE BEST IF THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WORK WITH YOU.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER FOR YOU.
CAN YOU CALL ME TOMORROW? I HAVE SPOKE, I DID SPEAK WITH YOU SOME TIME AGO.
AND I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION.
UM, AND, UM, I ALSO, I SOMEHOW, THIS CAME ACROSS MY DESK FAIRLY RECENTLY.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS THROUGH A PHONE CALL FROM YOU MM-HMM
BUT I DID SPEAK TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ABOUT IT WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MM-HMM
FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE I SAW, SAW SOMETHING.
SO IF YOU COULD CALL ME TOMORROW MORNING, I'LL BE IN THE OFFICE ALL DAY.
I'LL, I'LL BE AT WORK, BUT I'LL WHAT TIME IS GOOD FOR YOU? I'LL WORK AROUND IT.
UM, I'M USUALLY IN BY 8, 8 30 AND HERE UNTIL, YOU KNOW.
I'M THERE EARLY AND I DO HAVE COPIES.
UM, AND I, I WOULD JUST SAY RETAIN THOSE FOR YOUR RECORDS AT THIS POINT.
I I SAVED THEM FOR, UH, SMALL CLAIMS COURT, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS HAPPENING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, HI.
JEREMY HOPWOOD, UH, JAMES STREET HERE IN HASTINGS.
UH, GOOD EVENING VILLAGE BOARD, AND THANK YOU FOR
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YOUR SERVICE.I'M HERE TONIGHT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME COMMUNICATIONS THAT I HAVE SENT, UH, TO THE BOARD REGARDING, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR FULLY DISABLED VETERANS, UH, HERE IN THE VILLAGE.
UM, YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE LIKELY FAMILIAR, THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, UH, IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS PASSED THIS ME MEASURE, RPTL 44 58, A 11, THAT ALLOWS FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ON A MUNICIPALITY BY MUNICIPALITY LEVEL FOR FULLY DISABLED VETERANS WHO WERE DISABLED AS A RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ISSUE WE CAN ALL AGREE ON, AND I KNOW THAT SOME, SOME, UH, CONVERSATIONS AND THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD AT THE VILLAGE LEVEL HERE.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT STILL, WE'RE NOT AT THE FINISH LINE.
SO THE, UH, RYE HAS PASSED THIS MEASURE.
I KNOW THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, UH, IS VERY FAVORABLE TO THIS MEASURE, AND I GOT A COMMUNICATION FROM THAT BOARD TODAY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AND MOVING FORWARD.
UH, SO JUST HERE RISING IN SUPPORT OF THIS TONIGHT.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY VETERANS IN THE VILLAGE RIGHT NOW WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS.
THERE MIGHT BE ONE, THERE MIGHT BE NONE.
UH, BUT IN THE FUTURE, THERE VERY WELL MAY BE.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANYTHING HERE IN OUR VILLAGE TOGETHER THAT WE CAN AGREE ON, I THINK IT WOULD BE THIS, UH, THIS IS OFTEN THE CASE WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THEIR PRIMARY, UH, RESIDENCE, AND THIS WOULD JUST BE FOR THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THIS TAX RELIEF.
THEY'RE OLDER, THEY'RE RETIRED, UH, ELDERLY LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES, AND THEY'RE FIGHTING THESE VETERANS TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
UH, AND THIS IS REAL TIME RELIEF THAT WE CAN OFFER THEM.
IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO THE FEW WHO QUALIFY FOR THIS.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE VILLAGE HAS NO BURDEN IN DETERMINING THIS QUALIFICATION THAT IS DONE COMPLETELY BY THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION.
THE VETERAN WOULD THEN HAVE TO APPLY FOR THIS RELIEF.
SO THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THE VILLAGE, UH, TO OPT IN ON THIS.
IT'S REALLY JUST PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE FOR EXTREMELY DESERVING, UH, VETERANS WHO ARE DISABLED, AGAIN, AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
SO, I URGE, UH, THE BOARD, UH, TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS AND TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO A RESOLUTION AND A VOTE, UH, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
IT'S DEEPLY APPRECIATED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN, IN ASKING QUESTIONS OR PROVIDING ANY FEEDBACK.
WELL, SINCE YOUR EMAILS, I, I DID ASK THE CLERK TO CONTACT THE TOWN OF GREENBERG ASSESSOR'S OFFICE JUST TO RESEARCH EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF EFFECT THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE VILLAGE, UH, THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW I'M GONNA BE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HER, UM, SOON AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, I AM A VETERAN, BUT THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO ME.
SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, INCLUDING MY LAWYER, THAT THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT ME.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON FOR ME TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS, UH, DISCUSSION AND, AND VOTE.
SO, UM, I PLAN TO HAVE THIS ONCE WE HAVE OUR ANSWERS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG ON THE AGENDA IN NOVEMBER.
WELL, THAT, THAT'S STEVE HOOP APPRECIATED.
AND I WILL SAY, OBVIOUSLY DUE DILIGENCE TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF FINANCIAL EFFECT IT MAY HAVE ON THE VILLAGE.
BUT I, I WOULD POSE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS THAT COMES BACK, WHETHER IT'S $10, A THOUSAND DOLLARS, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT IS THE BEST MONEY WE CAN SPEND AS A COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT IS MONEY WE OWE THESE VETERANS, WE OWE THAT MONEY TO THEM FOR THE SACRIFICE AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US.
IT'S NOT CHARITY, IT'S NOT GIVING THEM A BREAK.
IT'S MONEY THAT WE OWE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR WELLBEING TO SERVE US.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, MY NAME IS CHESTER EDWARDS.
I'M A US NAVY COMBAT VETERAN, AND I'M THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF VIETNAM, VETERANS OF AMERICA, CHAPTER 49, COVERING WESTCHESTER.
UH, AS FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT JEREMY SAID, I'M GONNA ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE TRY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING RE PROPERTY TAX LAW 4 5 8 A SUBPARAGRAPH 11.
THIS PROVISION ALLOWS A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, AND OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT THEIR OPTION TO PROVIDE A FULL REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ON THE QUALIFYING PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF A VETERAN WHO IS CONSIDERED PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED AS A RESULT OF MILITARY SERVICE.
THERE ARE FOUR ESSENTIAL POINTS.
ONE, THIS EXEMPTION APPLIES TO VETERANS WHO MEET THE LAW'S SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
IT IS NOT AN EXEMPTION FOR EVERY VETERAN.
SECOND, THE PROPERTY MUST BE THE VETERAN'S PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
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THIRD, THE VETERAN MUST PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, STATING THAT THE VETERAN IS CONSIDERED PERMANENT AND TOTALLY DISABLED AS A RESULT OF THAT SERVICE.THE LOCAL ASSISTOR ASSESSOR ADMINISTERS THE EXCEPTION UNDER THE LAW.
FOURTH ADOPTION IS A LOCAL DECISION.
YOUR ACTION APPLIES TO YOUR JURISDICTION'S TAX LEVY.
AND BY THE WAY, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE VILLAGE'S FINANCES BECAUSE THE MONEY, THE EXEMPTION IS SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE TAXPAYER BASE.
SO IT REALLY DOESN'T AFFECT THE VILLAGE'S, UH, UH, FINANCIALS.
UH, OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO ACT SEPARATELY, FOR THE EXCEPTION TO APPLY TO THEIR LEVIES.
UH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY APPLIED AT THIS POINT, THEY ONLY GET THE 12%, WHICH GOES TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
I ASK YOU TO REVIEW THE LAW, OBTAIN AN ESTIMATE OF ITS LOCAL FISCAL IMPACT, AND GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD THROUGH THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING.
BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER EVERY TAXPAYER.
THAT IS WHY THE DISCUSSION SHOULD USE ACTUAL LOCAL FIGURES AND CLEARLY EXPLAIN THE PROPOSAL.
THOSE FACTS WILL HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND BOTH THE FINANCIAL IMPACT AND THE PEOPLE THIS EXEMPTION WOULD SERVE.
AS YOU CONSIDER THE FACTS, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THESE WORDS, PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY.
AS A RESULT OF MILITARY SERVICE, THEY DESCRIBE CIRCUMSTANCES TO THE EFFECT OF VETERAN AND OFTEN A FAMILY.
THIS EXEMPTION GIVES OUR COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR LASTING SACRIFICE AND HELP QUALIFYING VETERANS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES.
MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTION OF 4 5 8 A SUBPARAGRAPH 11, AND PROVIDE THIS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO THE PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED VETERANS IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHO'S QUAL WHO QUALIFY UNDER THIS LAW.
THE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO IDENTIFY YOUR VETERANS IS LOOK AT THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE A TAX EXEMPTION UNDER 4, 5 8 A.
UH, MOST OF THEM ARE ALREADY RECEIVING UP TO 50% IF THEY'RE COMBAT VETERANS.
SO YOU'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENTIAL, NOT A FULL, FULL, UH, YOU KNOW, RELIEF FROM THAT.
UH, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, IT DOESN'T REALLY IMPACT THE VILLAGE BECAUSE THAT, UH, DIFFERENTIAL IS SPREAD ACROSS THE, THE BASE, UM, ESTIMATES WE'VE MADE IS THAT THE AVERAGE VETERAN WILL GET IT FOR MAYBE $5,000 IN, IN EXTRA EXEMPTION.
THE, UH, MONEY SPREAD OVER THE REST OF THE BASE IS 50 TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR PER PROPERTY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
[IV. PRESENTATION ]
ON TO PRESENTATION.WE HAVE OUR TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, RALPH IAN, UH, REGARDING TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, UH, OVERVIEW AND PRESENTATION.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO STAY, UH, OR, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
COULD YOU JUST MOVE OVER ONE SEAT? MOVE OVER ONE SEAT? YEAH.
BECAUSE THE CAMERA SHOT IS LIKE THIS.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST MOVE OVER TO THAT SEAT, THEN I GOT YOU IN IT.
THAT WAS DIRECTING WAS DIRECTING FROM THE PODIUM.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT REALLY STARTED IN 1996.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF W-H-O-H-T-V AND THE, THE, THE, UH, VILLAGE'S TASTIC NETWORK.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEMS. AND THAT'S HOW WE STARTED.
IT SOON BECAME AN INTERFACE FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE OVERSEE THE VILLAGE PHONE SYSTEM, CELL PHONES, DATA CARDS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WE PROVIDE COMPUTERS AND MAINTENANCE TO ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WE PROVIDE NETWORK, INTERNET AND, AND, UH, FREE INTERNET FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE MANAGE THE VIRTUAL SERVERS, THE CLOUD SERVICES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS.
THEY FIRE EMS POLICE OFFICE 365, THE RECREATION SPORTSMEN AND LASER FISH.
WE HAVE CONNECTED ALL OUR BUILDINGS OVER THE YEARS USING A FIBER NETWORK.
AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THAT NETWORK TO OUR FIREHOUSES AS WELL.
ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR CABLE MODEMS AND OTHER, UH, CONNECTIONS, WHICH SAVES THE VILLAGE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
UH, IN 2005, WE HIRED JEN CORSO, UH, AND AS CABLE DIRECTOR.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF EDITING AND GRAPHICS.
WE, UH, WE RECORD AND ARCHIVE ALL THE
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLANNING AND ZONING BOARDS.UH, WE, UH, FILE, UH, WE HELP THE VILLAGE CLERK FILE, UH, THE, THE AGENDAS AND MINUTES IN OUR ONLINE DEPOSITORY ON LASERFICHE.
WE RECORD VILLAGE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH SWAG, WHICH IS NOW PART OF GRANICUS.
SO ANYBODY CAN GO TO W TV.ORG AND WATCH PROGRAMS FROM BACK TILL 1996 ON.
UM, UH, WE MAINTAIN THE VILLAGE WEBSITE, WHOI, I MEAN HOHM Y.GOV.
UH, AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING OUT THE EMAILS, TEXTS, AND VOICE COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH OUR NEW PLATFORM FOR CIVIC PLUS CIVIC READY.
UM, WE ALSO DO THE CALENDAR FOR THE, UH, THE, UH, RESIDENCE.
THAT ONE PIECE OF PAPER THAT WE SEND OUT THE VILLAGE CALENDAR.
AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE, THE REASONS WHY WE ASKED YOU TO COME THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE OF A RECENT PRESENTATION AT THE RECREATION, UH, COMMISSION MEETING.
AND IT JUST, IT'D BECOME A TOPIC FOR SOME OF US AS WELL.
UH, AND JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO JUST ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND, AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE SURE.
DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND I KNOW I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE DISCUSSION AT, AT THAT MEETING WAS REGARDING OUR SECURITY CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE AND OUR PARKS.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU CAN ELABORATE ON THAT AND JUST DISCUSS THAT AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE WE BUILT THIS FIBER NETWORK TO ALL OUR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, WE WERE ABLE OVER THE YEARS TO PUT IN CAMERA SYSTEMS. AND THE SYSTEMS HAVE EVOLVED AND WE HAVE, WE PROTECT THE VILLAGE ASSETS THAT ARE IN THE PARKS.
WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS OVER THE YEARS.
EVERYTHING FROM THE POOL, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO UNION TOWN AND, UH, ZINZER PARK.
AND SO WE ESTABLISHED WAYS OF MONITORING THAT, UH, THOSE ASSETS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED.
AND IF THERE IS DAMAGE, WE CAN FIND THE PEOPLE WHO DO IT.
AND JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, 'CAUSE THERE WAS PUBLIC CONCERN, NO ONE IS SITTING IN A ROOM WATCHING THESE CAMERAS.
UH, IT'S MORE FOR AFTER THE INCIDENT AND IT'S MORE OF A REACTIVE DETERRENT.
FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE PARKS AND REC.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S AB ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
WHERE WE GET A REQUEST FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FOOTAGE, AND THAT'S WHERE IT GOES.
DO THEY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS? NO.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HOW LONG IS THE FOOTAGE KEPT FOR? 30 DAYS? IS THAT APPROXIMATE BASED ON DATA OR IS THAT, UH, THAT'S THE SERVER, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT WITH THE HARD DRIVE IT'S, IT'S 30 DAYS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, UM, ANYTHING THAT CAME UP IN THE MEETING THAT YEAH, I WAS JUST, I THINK, OH, YOU HAVE NO MICROPHONE,
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE, I WAS AT THE PARKS MEETING WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, AND I THINK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE AROUND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WAS REALLY CLEAR, LIKE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE ASSETS.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT HOW ARE DECISIONS MADE AS TO WHEN, LIKE WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN A CAMERA IS, IS DECIDED TO, UH, TO BE PUT UP AND WHERE, AND SORT OF WHAT IS THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE TO, UM, TO HAVE A CAMERA INSTALLED? I THINK YOU SPOKE A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS, LIKE AFTER IT'S INSTALLED IN TERMS OF THE VIEWING AND SO FORTH.
BASICALLY, MOST OF OUR CAMERAS ARE INSTALLED BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS AND WE ARE TRYING TO STOP THE INCIDENTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A FIBER NETWORK THAT IS PRETTY EXPANSIVE.
SO THERE ARE TIMES THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ABILITY, WE CAN ADD A CAMERA.
WE HAVE HAD SYSTEMS IN THE PAST WHICH WERE NOT CONNECTED ON A NETWORK.
AND SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO GET TO THAT, UH, RECORDER BEFORE IT ERASED AND GET FOOTAGE THIS WAY.
NOW THAT WE HAVE IT OVER A NETWORK, IT GOES TO A CENTRAL SERVER, SITS THERE, AND THEN ERASES ITSELF.
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I THINK, I THINK ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE PARKS MEETING IS JUST, UM, UH, I THINK SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS CAMERAS IN THE PARKS.
I THINK THAT THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY, UM, A, A NEGATIVE OR A POSITIVE FEELING ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, WONDERING ABOUT THE, THE SORT OF, LIKE, I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THEN WHETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ANY, ANY REASON TO, UM, I, I MEAN, JUST IS IT PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT, THAT THERE ARE CAMERAS? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S A, CERTAINLY IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S A SECRET.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER NO, IT'S NOT.
UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER THAT INFORMATION WOULD JUST BE, I THINK WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WE HAVE CAMERAS.
I REMEMBER WHEN THE DPW WAS EXPERIENCING ILLEGAL DUMPING, WE MADE IT VERY KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC.
I DIDN'T, I WASN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THIS BOARD THEN.
I WAS STILL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THEN.
BUT WE MADE IT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE WATCHING WITH CAMERAS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DUMPING ILLEGALLY AT OUR, OUR DUMP.
UH, I MEAN, I, I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS, AND MAYBE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH IT IS MAYBE WE DO CONSIDER SOME TYPE OF A CAMERA USE POLICY, UH, THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN IN YOUR OFFICE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST PASSED 30 YEARS, BUT HOW MANY MORE YEARS DO YOU HAVE LEFT, UH, AS A VILLAGE EMPLOYEE? AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE GOOD, GOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PASSED ALONG TO SURE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, PERFECTLY REASON I HOPE YOU'LL BE HERE FOR LONGER THAN I'M THE MAYOR, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO, UH, MAYBE IT WOULD BE GOOD AND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE VILLAGE ALSO TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF POLICY IN PLACE FOR YOU, JUST SO YOU'RE COVERED AS WELL.
WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S TWO SEPARATE THINGS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, SAMANTHA, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S THE CAMERA USAGE AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A FORMAL POLICY AND GUIDE TO IT, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OR IS THERE SIGNAGE THAT SAYS THIS AREA IS UNDER SURVEILLANCE OR THIS AREA AS WELL.
WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE WE UPGRADED THE CAMERAS AT THE CI PARK AND ONE OF THE CAMERAS WAS PUT ON A SWING SET.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, I BELIEVE THE VILLAGE MANAGER RECEIVED, UH, AN EMAIL ABOUT WHO, WHOSE CAMERAS ARE THOSE.
AND WE RESPONDED AND SAID THEIR VILLAGE, THEY'RE THERE TO PROTECT AND MAKE SURE THAT IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ANYBODY, WE HAVE FOOTAGE TO PROTECT THEM.
UM, AND ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY, THE, THE CAMERAS WERE VILLAGE CAMERAS, THEY WERE OKAY WITH IT.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD TELL THE OTHER MOTHERS THAT THE, IT'S BEING WATCHED AND EVERYTHING IS OBSERVED.
AND IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS TO LET US KNOW.
IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S JUST A QUESTION ABOUT BEING INFORMED.
LIKE SIGNAGE IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.
PEOPLE USE SIGNAGE AS A DETERRENT TOO.
YOU PUT UP A SIGN SAYING AREA UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY SURVEILLANCE.
IT'S NOT SURVEILLANCE THOUGH, BECAUSE NOBODY'S MONITORING IT.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE WRONG WORD HERE.
'CAUSE WE'RE ONLY USING IT AFTER THE FACT.
WELL, IT, IT, I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE YOU CONSIDER MAYBE CREATING A POLICY A CAMERA USED POLICY WOULD COVER.
IT'S JUST, IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING.
IT'S SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALL HAVE IT.
UH, SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MAYBE CONSIDERING THAT, UH, AND CERTAINLY WOULD JUST THE VILLAGE MANAGER WORK ON THAT.
THE VILLAGE MANAGER COULD FOLLOW UP WITH US ON THAT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE CAMERA ROOM, SO, UH, THANK YOU.
IS EVERYBODY GOOD? EVERY, WE'RE GOOD? OKAY.
[IX. RESOLUTIONS ]
ON TO RESOLUTIONS FIRST.RESOLUTION IS 1 0 1 26 SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR NON-UNION PERSONNEL.
UH, YOU RECALL, MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING SALARIES FOR THE FOLLOWING NON-UNION PERSONNEL, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST, 2026.
THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE, UM, THE INCREASED WAGES RELATING TO OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
WE, WE WILL ALSO ESTABLISH, UH, NON-UNION RAISES BASED ON THOSE TO, TO AT LEAST HELP OUT OUR NON-UNION STAFF.
FULL-TIME PERSONNEL PROPOSED DEPUTY VILLAGE CLERK, $59,373, STAFF, ASSISTANT ADMIN AND FINANCE FINANCE $68,457, ACCOUNTANT, $73,723.
DIRECTOR OF YOUTH SERVICES, $89,161.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
A HUNDRED TWO TWENTY SIX ONE OH TWO OF 26.
APPOINTMENT OF MARRIAGE OFFICER.
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GREATEST, UH, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS POSITION, AND I KNOW THE JUDGE SHARES THIS AND SOME OF THE PAST MAYORS DO AS WELL.BUT, UH, FORMER MAYOR SUKY HAS REQUESTED TO BE APPOINTED A MARRIAGE OFFICER WITH THE VILLAGE, UH, TO THE TERM OF ONE YEAR.
UH, HE HAD A VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST, UH, ASKED OF HIM.
AND SO I'M HOPING WE COULD ALL GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
BUT MAYOR SUKY, I THINK, UH, THAT'S GOOD.
MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY APPOINT PETER M SUKY AS MARRIAGE OFFICER IN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON, NEW YORK FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR WITHOUT A SALARY OR WAGE AS COMPENSATION.
UH, ANOTHER POINT ON, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, FORMER MAYOR CANALI IS ALSO, UH, HE ALREADY IS APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF HOW LONG? IT'S, UM, TYPICALLY I, IT'S EITHER THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
SO WE'RE GONNA RE-UP NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS WHY MAYOR SARKY IS ONE YEAR.
RIGHT? WE'LL DO THEM BOTH AT THE REGULARLY.
UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
RESOLUTION DECLARING OCTOBER 7TH, 2026.
A ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY, UH, WHEREAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS THE CHEAPEST, QUICKEST, AND CLEANEST WAY TO MEET HASTINGS ON HUDSON'S ENERGY NEEDS.
AVOID DANGEROUS POLLUTION AND REDUCE UTILITY BILLS FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IMPLEMENTING ED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OTHER CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS CAN HELP BOOST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND JOB CREATION WHILE CONTINUING TO MOVE HASTINGS ON HUDSON TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
AND WHERE HAS SMARTER ENERGY USE, USE, USE REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY NEEDED TO POWER OUR LIVES, WHICH HELPS AVOID POWER PLANT EMISSIONS THAT CAN HARM OUR HEALTH, POLLUTE OUR AIR, AND WARM OUR CLIMATE.
AND FOR OUR CITIES AND STATES LIKE OURS THAT ARE TRYING TO TACKLE HARMFUL POLLUTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY CAN GET US ABOUT HALFWAY TOWARD OUR EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOALS.
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY MAKES OUR HOMES AND WORKPLACES HEALTHIER, SAFER, AND MORE COMFORTABLE.
AND CUTTING ENERGY WASTE, UH, SAVES US HOUSEHOLDS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS EVERY YEAR, UP TO 500 PER HOUSE HOUSEHOLD FROM APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ALONE.
WHEREAS IMPROVED ENERGY CODES FOR HOMES AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ALSO CAN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE UTILITY COSTS AND CREATE NEW JOBS.
AND HASTINGS ON HUDSON SUPPORTS INCREASING THE MINIMUM LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY FOR NEW BUILDINGS THROUGH ADOPTION OF A STRICTER CODE OR THE MODEL 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE.
AND THE RESIDENTS OF HASTINGS AND HUDSON CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ENERGY EFFICIENCY EFFORTS, INCLUDING THROUGH LOCAL HEAT SMART CHOICES, AND BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT EFFICIENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY DOT@ENERGYEFFICIENCYDAY.ORG AND PRACTICE SMARTER ENERGY USE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.
AND A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY GROUPS AND PARTNERS HAS DESIGNATED THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER AS NET NATIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY.
AND TOGETHER WE CAN CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PRACTICING SMARTER ENERGY USE IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
NOW, THERE THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE ON HA OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
I DO HEAR BY DECLARE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2026 AS ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON, AND URGE CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN SUPPORTING OUR CLEAN ENERGY GOALS AND MOVING TOWARD MORE ENERGY EFFICIENCY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
ADOPTION OF CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY'S ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2025.
UH, MR. CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THIS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE? UM, NO.
IT'S JUST AS THE USUAL A RECAP OF ALL OF OUR, UM, WASTE REDUCTION EFFORTS AND AS WELL AS A RECAP AT THE VERY END OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE THROUGH GRAHAMS AND OTHER MEANS TO HELP FUND, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT VILLAGE PROJECTS AND THE CLIMATE SMARTS COMMUNITY IS NOW MEETING QUARTERLY CORRECT GROUPS.
SORRY, IS NOW SORRY, NEXT MEETING IS IN DECEMBER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
[X. VILLAGE MANAGER’S REPORT ]
MOVING ON TO VILLAGE MANAGER'S REPORT.UM, I'VE INVITED, UM, OUR, THE PROJECT MANAGER, MATT Z AND THE ENGINEER MARK
UM, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE, UH, SOLAR PROJECT ON THE VILLAGE HALL, ON THE VILLAGE, UH, SORRY, ON THE VILLAGE LIBRARY ROOF HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
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UH, THEY HAVE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT WAS, WAS, UH, DELIVERED THIS WEEK AND MOVED UP TO THE ROOF.THE GRAVEL HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND, UM, FROM MY WINDOW I CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE BEGINNING THE INSTALL.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO, UM, MATT ZZA FROM CP ENERGY, WHO IS OUR PROJECT ENGINE, MY PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS, UH, PROJECT.
AND, UH, I SEE ALSO THAT MARK INGER, WHO IS OUR ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT IS, IS ON ZOOM AS WELL.
SO, MATT, DO YOU WANNA, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
UH, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES.
UM, YEAH, SO JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF, UH, WHAT MARY BETH WAS SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR FIRM IS, UH, IS THE, UH, THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE OVERSEEING THE, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLAR AND THE GEOTHERMAL WORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS IT RELATES TO THE SOLAR WORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN, UH, UH, WAS COMPLETED, UH, WITH A, WITH FULL COORDINATION BETWEEN FEER, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS THE ENGINEER OF RECORD ON THE PROJECT AND OUR INSTALLING CONTRACTOR, CANDELA AND SUN BLUE.
UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WE, WE RECEIVED OUR, UH, CONCENT INTERCONNECTION APPROVAL, UH, WHICH WAS THE, WHICH WAS THE, UH, TRIGGER TO ALLOW US TO BEGIN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SITE INSTALLATION ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT YOU SEE ON TOP OF THE LIBRARY ROOF.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, TO THAT, ALL OF OUR IN, UH, ALL OF OUR, UH, DOCUMENTATION FOR THE NYSERDA REBATE THAT THE VILLAGE WILL, WILL RECEIVE, UH, FOR DOING THE SOLAR PROJECT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND IS IN WITH THE STATE.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, SAID, UH, INSTALLATION BEGAN YESTERDAY.
UH, THE, THE WORK ON SITE INITIALLY STARTED WITH, UH, INSTALLING, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, EXTERIOR ELECTRICAL DISCONNECTS AND, AND OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, AS WELL AS CLEARING THE GRAVEL FROM THE, UH, FROM THE ROOF WHERE THE PANELS WILL BE INSTALLED.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING, UH, OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 23RD.
UH, THAT'LL INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, FINAL CLEANUP AS WELL AS ALL OF THE GRAVEL RESTORATION ON TOP OF THE ROOF.
UM, BEFORE THE SYSTEM IS FULLY ENERGIZED AND PUT INTO OPERATION, UH, CONEDISON WILL BE COMING OUT TO, TO THE SITE TO DO A FINAL AND, UH, INSPECTION, UH, WHICH AFTER THEIR INSPECTION, UH, PRESUMING THAT EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, EVERYTHING MEETS, UH, THEIR REQUIREMENTS, UH, WE WOULD RECEIVE THE FINAL INTERCONNECTION APPROVAL FROM CANADA,
UH, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE WOULD BE ABLE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TURN THE SYSTEM ON, UH, AND BEGIN PRODUCING ELECTRICITY ON AN ONGOING BASIS FROM THE SOLAR SYSTEM, UH, SERVING THE LIBRARY.
UM, ONE NOTE, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE SOLAR PORT IS CURRENTLY, UH, UNDER BUDGET, UH, WITH CURRENTLY NO KNOWN OR OPEN CHANGE ORDERS.
UM, BEFORE I MOVE INTO OUR STATUS UPDATE ON GEOTHERMAL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SOLAR? NO.
IS ONGOING OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I DON'T.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO OUR GEOTHERMAL PROJECT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MARK WHO'S ON THE PHONE, MARK AND HIS TEAM JUST ABOUT COMPLETE, UH, WITH THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DRAWINGS, UH, UH, WHICH, WHICH ARE, WHICH WE'RE EXPECTING THIS WEEK FROM HIS TEAM.
UH, THE PROJECT, UH, FOR THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM, UH, INCLUDES, UH, A GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM, UH, AS WELL AS A BOILER SYSTEM, UH, FOR BACKUP AND STRATEGIC USE IN THE BUILDING, UH, ALONG WITH A NEW LARGER EMERGENCY GENERATOR, UH, THAT WILL SERVE VILLAGE HALL.
UM, THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM, UH, PRIOR TO, UH, ANY WORK BEGIN BEGINNING, UM, THERE WILL BE A TEST FOUR THAT WILL BE COMPLETED, UH, UM, IN THE BACK PARKING LOT BEYOND THE VILLAGE HALL.
UM, BRIGHT CORE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO COMPLETE THE TEST FOR, UH, THAT TEST FOUR IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER.
UH, AND THE RESULT OF THE TEST FOUR, UH, WILL HAVE A FINAL EFFECT ON THE NUMBER OF, OF GEOTHERMAL WELLS THAT'LL ULTIMATELY BE INSTALLED, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BEHIND VILLAGE HALL IN THE, IN THE PARKING LOT.
UM, AS, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, BID DOCUMENTS, UH, FOR ALL OF THE VARIOUS TRADE WORK, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, HAVE BEEN DRAFTED, UH, AND THEY'RE BEING SENT OUT THIS WEEK, UH, TO BOTH, UH, TO MARK'S TEAM, UH, UH, MARY BETH AND HER TEAM, AS WELL AS THE VILLAGE ATTORNEY, UH, FOR FINAL REVIEW.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WE'RE EXPECTING ISSUANCE OF THE BID DOCUMENTS TO GO OUT TOWARD THE END OF OCTOBER, UH, UNDER A MULTI-PRIME, UM, ARRANGEMENT.
UM, CONTRACTOR SELECTION AND BID AWARDS, UH, FOR THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM,
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UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW ARE TARGETED TO BE TREATED BEFORE THE END OF 2027.UM, AND, UM, IF THERE'S NO, NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE GEOTHERMAL PIECE, UM, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MARK JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES JUST TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH LEVEL ASPECTS OF THE, OF THE DESIGN AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, MATT.
UM, SO I'M MARK FEER, A FEER ENGINEERING AND PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.
I'M INVOLVED, UH, IN MANY PROJECTS, UH, FOR DESIGN MUNICIPAL PROJECTS AS WELL AS PRIVATE PROJECTS.
UH, WE'VE USED GEOTHERMAL EXCHANGE SYSTEMS ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY, I THINK, DESIGNING TWO OTHER ONES RIGHT NOW.
UH, ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND ONE IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
UH, THAT ONE'S UP AT SUNY NEWPALTZ.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE INSTALLING A SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO IT IS KNOWN AS A GEOTHERMAL EXCHANGE SYSTEM.
SO THE WELLS, THEY'RE NOT REALLY WELLS, THEY'RE VERTICAL BORES, AS MATT SAID, THAT, UM, ARE GROUTED, THEY'RE FULLY GRED, THE PIPE'S GROUTED IN 'EM, SO PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S ACTUALLY WATER.
THERE'S WATER THAT GOES DOWN A PIPE AND COMES BACK UP A PIPE.
UM, AND WE DO ALL THE WELLS INDIVIDUALLY IN CASE FOR SOME REASON, ONE, UH, HAS A PROBLEM AND IS LOST.
WE CAN VALVE IT OFF IN THE BASEMENT OF THE TOWN HALL.
SO THERE WILL BE A MANIFOLD THERE THAT WILL PUMP A WATER AND GLYCOL SOLUTION OUT TO THE WELLS, AS WELL AS A LOOP THROUGH THE BUILDING.
AND OVER TO THE LIBRARY, WE ARE REUSING THE SAME, UM, UH, DUCT WORK AND DIFFUSERS THAT EXIST THERE.
THERE WE'RE REPLACING THE AIR HANDLERS AND WE'RE REPLACING THE CHILLER HEATER HEAT PUMP UNIT THAT'S ON THE ROOF THAT WILL, UH, UH, BE UTILIZED, UH, FOR THE REJECTION AND TRANSFER OF ENERGY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT INSTALLED, UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, ACCEPT ENERGY FROM THE GROUND OR REJECT ENERGY INTO THE GROUND, UM, AND PROVIDE A VERY HIGH EFFICIENCY HEATING AND COOLING FOR THE VI VILLAGE TO HAUL AND THE LIBRARY.
UM, AS MATT MENTIONED, WE ARE UTILIZING A NATURAL GAS FIRED BOILER SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU HAD IN THERE, BUT MUCH SMALLER THAT WILL BE USED IN CASE FOR SOME REASON, THE LOOP TEMPERATURE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS DROPS A LITTLE BIT, A VERY, VERY COLD PERIOD THAT COULD ADD SOME TEMPERATURE TO THE LOOP JUST FOR THOSE VERY COLD DAYS, UH, TO ASSURE PROPER HEATING.
UM, DUE TO THE WAY THE LIBRARY WAS DESIGNED WITH, UM, UH, BASEBOARD RADIATION, FAIRLY NICE LOOKING BASEBOARD RADIATION FOR DRAFT BARRIER CONTROL, WE ARE ALSO CONNECTING THAT BOILER TO THAT DRAFT CONTROL DIRECTLY, UM, SO THAT IT, UH, CAN STILL BE UTILIZED IN THE SAME FASHION AND PROVIDE THE SAME HIGH LEVEL OF COMFORT FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERS AND EMPLOYEES AT THE LIBRARY AND VISITORS TO THE LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SYSTEM IN A NUTSHELL.
UM, MATT DID MENTION THE WELL COUNT, SO THE TEST WELL WILL PROVE THAT OUT.
UM, WE'LL FIND A WAY, UH, IN THE BID DOCUMENTS TO ALLOW FOR ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT AND THE SELECTION OF WELLS.
UM, WE, UH, RECENTLY COMPLETED THE ORANGE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS BUILDING, WHICH IS A 22,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
IT HAD 44 WELLS ON SITE, A LITTLE SHALLOWER THAN THESE.
THE DEC HAS ALLOWED US TO GO DEEPER.
NOW, THAT'S A NEW REGULATION WITHIN RECENT TIMES, SO WE'RE GOING A LITTLE DEEPER HERE.
WE'RE TARGETING 690 FEET OF DEPTH, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WELLS, UM, NECESSARY, UH, FOR THE PROJECT.
IT USED TO BE LIMITED TO UNDER 500 FEET.
SO, UH, THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS WAS, UH, DESIGNED PRIOR TO SOME OF THESE MANDATES AND MORE RECENT CODES BY THE STATE, UH, BUT IS A FULLY, UH, ELECTRIC BUILDING.
THIS IS, YOU'RE GONNA BE NEARLY FULLY ELECTRIC.
YOU'LL CERTAINLY BE ELECTRIFIED.
AND, UM, I'D SAY FOR MUCH OF THE WINTERS, YOU KNOW, UH, VERY LITTLE HEAT FROM THE, UH, GAS FIRED BOILER WILL BE NECESSARY.
UM, WE'RE TRULY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT TO GET GOING.
UH, ONE THING YOU SAID IT, IT WOULD GO OUT TO BID AND THEN COMPLETION BY 2027, OR IT WOULD BE GOING OUT TO BID AT THE END OF 2027.
SO, UH, THE, SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT, IS THAT, UH, UH, THAT WE'LL BE BIDDING, UH, ON THE GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE END OF 2026,
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UH, WITH A BIDDING AWARD BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.UH, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL BE ONGOING, UH, THROUGH 2027.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT PARKING AND ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY, AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO NEED, UH, ACCESSIBLE PARKING.
WOULD ALTERNATE PARKING ARRANGEMENTS NEED TO BE DONE DURING THE TIME THE BOARDS ARE HAPPENING? I'M SORRY.
COULD, COULD YOU, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? OH, I APOLOGIZE.
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT PARKING IN THE PARKING LOT, UH, WHILE THE WELLS ARE BEING BOARD, OR WHILE THE BORES ARE BEING, UH, WELLS.
THE WELLS ARE, WELLS ARE BEING DUG.
UM, UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE PARKING LOT.
I THINK THERE'LL BE ASPECTS TO THE PARKING.
UH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE TEST FOUR, UH, THE FIRST WILL BE THE TEST FOUR ASPECT OF IT.
UM, THE TEST FOUR, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN NOVEMBER, UH, WILL HAVE A, A MINOR IMPACT ON PARKING, UH, FOR ABOUT, FOR ABOUT A TWO WEEK PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, WHERE, UH, THERE, THERE WILL BE, UH, SOME LIMITATION ON PARKING, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE BACK, UH, CORNER OF THE, UM, OF THE PARKING LOT CLOSEST TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS WHERE THE TEST FOUR WILL BE LOCATED.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, ONCE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL PROJECT ITSELF, UM, A MAJORITY OF THE PARKING LOT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL BE, UH, SHUT DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, UH, WHILE THE ACTUAL BORROWING IS TAKING PLACE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, THE WELLS AND THE WELL FIELD.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TARGETING 32 WELLS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, WHICH WILL ESSENTIALLY TAKE UP, UH, MOST OF THE PARKING LOT, UH, ON THE, ON THE WESTERN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT, UH, FACING THE RIVER.
UM, ONCE THE TEST, I'M SORRY, ONCE ALL THE BOARDS ARE COMPLETED, UM, REPAIRS WILL BE MADE, UH, TO THE PARKING LOT.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, CAPS WILL BE PUT ON THE WELLS.
UH, ASPHALT WILL BE REPAIRED, UH, UH, LINE STRIPING, ET CETERA FOR PARKING SPACES WILL BE COMPLETED.
UH, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, PARKING WILL, WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, WILL, WILL, UH, WILL ESSENTIALLY BE NORMAL AGAIN.
THERE'LL BE PARKING VEHICLES ON TOP OF THE WELL FIELD.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT TIME GOING FORWARD, UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION, UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH MARY BETH ON, ON HOW WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DIRECT AND REDIRECT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL, BOTH EMPLOYEES OF THE VILLAGE, UH, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, VISITORS AND STAFF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, USE THE LIBRARY AND, AND OTHER SERVICES WITHIN THE VILLAGE HALL, UH, FOR STREET PARKING DURING THE DURATION OF, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PERIOD OF CONSTRUCTION WHILE THE WELL DRILLING IS TAKING PLACE.
COULD YOU JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY VILLAGE VEHICLES, IF, IF THERE'S SPARE VEHICLES THAT DON'T HAVE TO BE PARKED THERE, LIKE THEY SHOULD BE MOVED? UH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL, UM, WE'LL BE COORDINATING WITH, WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, STAFF AS WELL MM-HMM
UH, WITH REGARD TO ALL OF THE PARKING ISSUES AND, AND THE TIMEFRAME.
AND IF THERE'S AN ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING HERE, WE THEN COMPLETE WORK THERE, AND THEN WE WORK OVER HERE.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK TO, TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE HANDICAP SPOTS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE TEST BOWELL, BECAUSE THAT'S ON THE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LOT, AND THE HANDICAP SPOTS ARE ON THE EASTERN, IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE LOT.
BUT, UM, WE, IT, IT IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, SO IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE, THERE IS GONNA BE SOME INCONVENIENCE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH IT, UH, NO DOUBT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WORK AS BEST WE CAN WITH, WITH BOTH, UH, BOTH, BOTH RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES TO, UH, TRY TO MAKE IT AS, AS, UH, EASY AND COMFORTABLE AND, UM, EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT ALL? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR, UH, FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.
MOVING ON TO RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT.
THE SECOND ISSUE THAT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE, UM, UH, PARKING THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING, UH, VERY SOON, NEXT MONTH, UH, THE FREE PARKING THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT WE WANT TO, UH, CREATE, UM, RESIDENTIAL PARKING AREAS.
AND SO, UH, I HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY, UM, UH, OUR, OUR CLERK HAS, HAS PREPARED THIS MAP FOR US, AND I, UH, PREPARED A DRAFT LETTER TO SEND TO OUR, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVES WITH REGARD TO, UH,
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THE, THE STREETS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FOR THE, UM, RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING.AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, IF, IF, IF THE, IF A PROPERTY ON THE STREET IS ZONED IS NOT, IS ZONED COMMERCIAL, THEN THAT STREET, THAT, AT LEAST THAT AREA WHERE THE, WHERE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS, UH, ON THAT STREET, IF OR WHERE THE COMMERCIAL ZONING IS ON THAT STREET, CANNOT BE, UH, RESIDENTIAL PARKING ONLY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, OUR, OUR STREETS AND, AND, UH, HAVE SUGGESTED MAPLE AVENUE FROM ITS NORTHERN END TO SPRING STREET, MAPLE LANE, UH, RIDGEDALE AVENUE, ED MARTH PLACE, REAR VIEW PLACE, EDGAR'S LANE TO THE OCA FRAZIER PLACE, ELM PLACE, VILLARD AVENUE FROM 12 ALONE TO DARWIN AVENUE, TRA TRAVIS PLACE, UH, BAKER LANE, INCLUDING THE LOOP WHITMAN STREET TO CHRISTIE TERRACE.
WE BURTON AVENUE, THE EAST SIDE FROM 27 29 WASHINGTON AVENUE, WHICH IS THE KIND OF SIDE, THE ONE, THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO 500 WAR BURTON AVENUE, WASHINGTON AVENUE, FROM WAR BURTON TO BROADWAY, WILLIAMS STREET FROM 15 WILLIAMS STREET TO AQUEDUCT, BLAINE, AND RIDGE STREET.
UH, THOSE ARE THE, THE RECOMMENDED STREETS THAT FALL WITHIN OUR, OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONES THAT ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE TRAIN STATION.
AND WHERE WE FEEL, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAIN STATION IS THE REAL CONCERN HERE THAT COMMUTERS WILL BE TRYING TO PARK IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THEY ALL, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THAT BY, BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FEED THE FEED, FEED THE METER MACHINE.
SO IF, WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT GOES AWAY, WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, THAT THAT PREVENTS ANYBODY FROM STAYING THERE FOR A LONGER PERIOD.
BUT ONCE WE HAVE, UM, PARKING THAT'S, THAT'S THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A METER OR, OR A, UH, OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO, UM, INCREASE, UH, IT COULD, IT COULD EXACERBATE A PROBLEM, WHICH ALREADY EXISTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF PEOPLE, UH, PARKING, UM, TO GO TO THE TRAIN.
UH, SO WE ARE, WE'RE ASKING OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO, UH, PERMIT THIS RESIDENTIAL PARKING IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION OF COMMUTERS PARKING IN RE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY PLACE THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST DELETED FROM THE LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, LET, LET US KNOW.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE MAP THAT WE'VE PUT UP THERE.
ALSO, THOSE RED LINES THAT YOU SEE, IT'S HARD TO SEE IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT A LITTLE BIT UP CLOSER, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE IT, SEE IT BETTER.
UH, THE, THERE'S RED LINES ON ALL OF THE STREETS WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE RESIDENTIAL PARKING.
UM, IF THE BOARD IS, IS SATISFIED WITH THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, WE WILL THEN, UM, I'LL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN AUTHORIZE ME TO SEND THIS LETTER TO, WE CAN DO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING IF, IF YOU NEED A LITTLE TIME TO LOOK IT OVER, UH, OR, OR MAKE WHATEVER EDITS AND CHANGES THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE AND WE CAN KIND OF GET THIS PROCESS STARTED BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE LEGISLATION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WANNA, WE'LL WANNA GET THAT STARTED, YOU KNOW, AT KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW, UH, LEGISLATIVE YEAR SO THAT IT GETS IN THERE ON TIME FOR, FOR THEM TO CONSIDER IT AND MAKE ANY TWEAKS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE CROTON.
SEE THAT STREET THERE? IT RUNS INTO REYNOLDS FIELD.
UH, I MEAN, AND JUST, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONES, INCLUDING THE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL SLASH COMMERCIAL ZONES AND THE MRO AND THE MRO ZONE.
WAIT, CROTON IS THE ONE THAT RUNS INTO REYNOLDS? YES.
TO THE PLAYGROUND AT REYNOLDS.
WHAT DID YOU I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU ASK? OH YEAH, WHAT DID YOU ASK? I WAS JUST CLARIFYING WHETHER CROTON WAS THE ONE THAT RUNS INTO THE FLAT PART OR YOU'RE SAYING IT'S THE, IT RUNS PLAYGROUND INTO THE PLAYGROUND.
GOES FROM LAR TO RABBIT PARK ENDS RIGHT AT THE PLAYGROUND.
SO, UM, WE READY TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS THEN? EVERYBODY GO WITH IT.
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I NEED, I DON'T THINK I NEED A RESOLUTION, SHANE.IT WILL HAVE A BETTER EFFECT WHEN YOU SEND IT WITH THE RESOLUTION.
SO I'LL PUT IT ON TO AUTHORIZED TO SEND THE LETTER AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT'LL BE THE NOVEMBER MEETING THEN, RIGHT? 'CAUSE OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE COMBINED MEETING.
DO WE WANNA WAIT THAT LONG? CAN, WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU JUST, CAN YOU, LINDA, QUICKLY RE UH, GIVE US A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND, AND THE BOARD CAN CONSIDER IT? I, I THINK IT'S, IS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT BEFORE WE DISCUSS? YEAH.
I, I ALSO JUST WANNA CLARIFY THIS LIST OF STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WA WERE IDENTIFIED WHILE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF THE EMAILS AND INPUT THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ABSOLUTELY SENT.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
I USED THOSE CLARIFY THAT EMAILS TO ACTUALLY CRAFT THE BODY OF THE LETTER, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IT'S A THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S REACHED OUT AND EXPRESSED YEP.
AND REQUESTED AND SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS AND WISHES WITH US.
ACTUALLY, THAT HAS BEEN A BIG HELP.
SO THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS THAT I HAD ALREADY HAD IN MIND WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE EARLY SPRING.
UH, AND THEN THERE WAS AREAS THAT WE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THAT.
UH, SORRY, I MISSED IT, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF EMAILS, SO, YEAH.
NO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF THOSE EMAILS WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IDENTIFYING THESE STREETS.
IS IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS EVENING AND VOTING ON THIS NOW? I DON'T OBJECT TO IT.
YOU CAN DO, UM, RESOLVE THAT THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZE THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO FORWARD THE PROPOSED LETTER REQUESTING PROPOSED LETTER TO OUR ASSEMBLYWOMAN MARY JANESKY REQUESTING, AND SENATOR ANDREA STEWART, TRUSTEES AND SENATOR STEWART COUSINS, UH, REQUESTING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM FOR THE VILLAGE, UM, FOR THE STREETS SET FORTH IN THE DRAFT LETTER WITH THE ADDITION OF CROTON AVENUE, AVENUE, CROTON AVENUE.
I BELIEVE SO, UM, AND, AND THAT WOULDN'T BE A FINAL EITHER.
I MEAN, THAT THIS I ASSUME WILL BE MODIFIED.
WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE STATE.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GONNA APPROVE IT EXACTLY THE WAY.
SO THIS IS NOT A POSSIBLY NOT A FINAL LIST.
THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE REQUEST TO BE SENT.
AND IT'S NOT THE DRAFT LAW EITHER, SO.
YOU'LL SEE REQUEST IT'S DRAFT LAW.
SO DOES THAT MEAN IF ANYONE WANTED TO PUT FORTH AN ADDITIONAL STREET OR PROPOSE ADDITIONAL STREETS TO BE ADDED, WOULD THERE BE ROOM FOR THAT FROM THIS POINT ON? OR NO.
I MEAN, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO SEND IT AS A REQUEST AGAIN, BUT WE MAY WANT TO DO THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL.
AND, AND THERE WILL, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT, WHEN IT EVENTUALLY GETS CONSIDERED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE, LETS TIMES THEY PUT RESTRICTIONS ON IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE DETAIL THAT GETS WORKED OUT.
THIS IS JUST TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED.
I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IS, IS BECAUSE MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US HAVE IT ALREADY AND WE DON'T.
UH, AND A LOT OF THE MESSAGES THAT WE GET FROM RESIDENTS IS THERE'S PEOPLE DRIVING HERE AND JUST LEAVING THEIR CAR FOR ONE FULL DAY OR MANY DAYS IN A ROW, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A RESTRICTION THERE.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA WHERE PARKING IS VERY LIMITED.
SO, UH, MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THE, THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO SEND A REQUEST TO, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN MARY JANESKY AND SENATOR ANDREA STEWART COUSINS.
UM, AND THAT WAS ALL I HAD FOR THIS EVENING, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT, UH, ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT.
UH, I'LL JUST SKIP THE FIRST ITEM ON BOARD DISCUSSION.
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TO DISCUSSION OF WASHINGTON NEWS PROPOSAL FOR USE OF VILLAGE PROPERTY.I BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS BEEN FORWARDED, UH, AN UPDATED, UH, MAP AND WE HAVE IT.
UH, TRUSTEE SUNBURG USED HALF THE TABLE OR HALF THE DAY US TO, UH, VIEW IT EARLIER WHEN SHE GOT IN.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT AT THE LAST TIME THE GROUP WAS HERE TO PRESENT TO US, THERE WAS SOME CON SOME CONCERNS.
'CAUSE WE HAD HAD SOME REQUESTS, UH, ABOUT SOME OF THE AREA NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, ESPECIALLY THE AREA PROJECTING, UM, I WOULD SAY EASTWARD FROM THE STAIRWELL.
UM, 'CAUSE WE WERE HOPING THAT, THAT THE DEVELOPER MIGHT CONSIDER PUTTING AN AREA, A CONCRETE PAD TYPE AREA FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE ALL THE DONATION BINS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY TAKING UP PARKING.
AND THEN ALSO A PORTA POTTY THAT'S THERE BECAUSE OF THE FARMER'S MARKET.
AND I THINK, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE HEARD OUR REQUESTS AND, AND APPEARS THAT THAT'S NOW INCLUDED IN THAT.
I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD OF THEM ALSO IS ABOUT JUST LANDSCAPING ON THE HILLSIDE ITSELF.
UH, THE ENTIRE SPANNER OF THEIR PROPERTY.
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IT BELIEVES THAT, THAT I BELIEVE, UM, THEY'VE ASSURED US ALSO THAT THEY WILL BE MAINTAINING THE ENTIRE SPAN OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL WITH THE LANDSCAPING, UH, EVEN BEYOND THE END OF THE PROJECT, UH, THAT'LL BE MAINTAINED THROUGH SOME TYPE OF ASSOCIATION FEE OR, OR, OR IS THAT NOT TOTALLY.SO, UH, THEY'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, DOES, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THIS, UM, IT'S, IT'S OUR TURN TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.
AND, AND MR. MAYOR, JUST IF YOU, AT SOME POINT, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN UPDATE YOU ON WHERE THE PLANNING BOARD IS IN THIS PROCESS AND HOW IT CAME BACK TO YOU.
SO THE PLANNING BOARD OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, HAS REVIEWED THIS PLAN, UM, WITH THE APPLICANT REQUESTED SOME CHANGES, SOME OF WHICH WERE MADE, UM, AT THE PLANNING BOARD'S LAST MEETING.
THE BOARD ALL INDICATED THEY WERE GENERALLY, UM, OKAY WITH THE PLAN.
AND IT SHOULD COME BACK TO YOU BECAUSE THIS BOARD HAS TO, UM, ULTIMATELY APPROVE ALLOWING THEM THE USE OF THE VILLAGE PROPERTY.
UM, THE PLANNING BOARD HAD REQUESTED BEFORE THEIR FINAL VOTE.
UM, SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, INCLUDING SOME TREE SIZES, A SUMMARY OF THE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS ADDED, UM, ONTO THE PLANS THAT YOU RECEIVED.
UM, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE DRAINAGE WILL WORK WITH THE, UM, PERVIOUS PAVERS, WHICH WAS ALSO INCLUDED.
UM, AND SOME, UH, TREE PROTECTION FOR THE TULIP TREE THAT IS REMAINING.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE INFORMATION, I DIDN'T SEE THE INFORMATION ON THE TREE SIZES, SO I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE PROVIDED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
BUT IN GENERAL, THE CONCEPT WAS ACCEPTABLE, UM, TO THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, AND THE PLANNING BOARD, UM, ANTICIPATES WITH THIS INFORMATION TO BE, UM, GIVING A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL TO THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE SHORTLY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THEM AT THIS POINT? I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE TWO COMMENTS IF, IF I MIGHT.
UM, ONE IS THAT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE OWNERS OF THE, UM, THE BINS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, PROVIDED, UM, PLA YOU KNOW, ACCESS PLACES FOR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY THAT'S SET UP, THEY CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS THOSE BINS.
AND I HAVEN'T YET RECEIVED REPLY.
I'VE SENT THEM A COPY OF THIS, SO I'LL, WHEN I GET A REPLY, I WILL, I WILL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MECHANISM THEY USE FOR EMPTYING THOSE BINS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
AND, UM, AND THEN I JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU, LINDA, IS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WITH REGARD TO MAINTENANCE, WE, WE, WE WOULD TAKE A BOND, WOULD THE PLANNING BOARD TAKE A BOND FOR MAINTENANCE SO THAT WE COULD BE ASSURED THAT THAT HA THAT CAN, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN, THAT THIS BOARD CAN REQUIRE BECAUSE THIS BOARD'S ALLOWING THEM THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AND WE PUT THAT IN THE LICENSE.
AND, AND WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IS THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT ESSENTIALLY IN PERPETUITY, MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPING MM-HMM
MAINTAIN THE STAIRWAY AND ALL THAT.
AND THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT, AT SOME LENGTH.
UM, SO WE CAN MAKE, MAKE SURE OF THAT.
SO THAT COULD GO INTO THE LICENSE.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THERE'S NO LIKE FORK THINGS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF, LIKE A TRUCK WILL PULL UP TO IT AND PICK IT UP.
I HAVEN'T, I THINK IT'S DONE BY HAND.
I, I ACTUALLY SAW, I SAW THE BOOK PEOPLE THERE ONCE AND THEY WERE DOING IT BY HAND.
THEN IT SHOULD, SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEM AT ALL.
BUT I JUST WANNA CONFIRM WITH THEM JUST TO BE SURE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY QUESTIONS? IS EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH US MOVING FORWARD? I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND, UH, I FEEL COMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
WHAT DOES MOVE FORWARD MEAN? UH, MOVING ON TO THE VILLAGE, ALLOWING THEM USE OF VILLAGE PROPERTY BASED ON THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING WITH THEM, INCLUDING A BOND.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL, UH, AFTER THIS MEETING THIS EVENING.
UM, INCLUDING CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE VILLAGE PROPERTY BEYOND JUST THE STAIRWELL, UH, ALL VILLAGE PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT THEY'LL BE, THEIR PROPERTY IS EXPOSED TO.
SO THERE'LL BE A LICENSE AGREEMENT, THERE'LL BE A CONSTRUCTION ACCESS AGREEMENT, THERE'LL BE A LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THE USE OF THE VILLAGE PROPERTY.
AND THERE WILL ALSO, THEY WILL HAVE TO GRANT, AND THIS WILL BE A CONDITION OF THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL, THEY WILL HAVE TO GRANT AN EASEMENT TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGH THE MUSE.
AND, AND THAT SHOULD BE RECORDED, A RECORDED EASEMENT? YES, WE SHOULD.
AND WE, WE WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS AND NOT THIS EVENING.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE WHEN THE DOCUMENTATION IS DONE.
UM, BUT AT LEAST, I MEAN, IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS? YEAH.
AND WITH THIS PLAN, ESSENTIALLY AS IT IS WITH SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS, RESERVING YOUR RIGHT TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS LATER, RESERV.
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I MEAN, I DO, I I DO WISH THAT, UM, TRUSTEES ALI, GOOD AND FLE WERE HERE ONLY 'CAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEIR EXPERTISE IN THIS, IN JUST THE YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.BUT THEY WERE EMAILED THESE NO, NO, NO, NO.
I KNOW, AND I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GET ANY RIGHT.
WE DIDN'T GET ANY, UM, WELL, FEEDBACK.
LIKE WE COULD JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR ATTORNEY PROCEED TO DRAFT A LICENSING AGREEMENT SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, GET A LOOK AT THAT AND, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE TERMS AND, AND, UH, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THE FULL PICTURE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BOARD, UH, IS VOTING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, UPCOMING MEETING, YOU SHOULDN'T VOTE UNTIL THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION.
SO IT WAS MORE JUST AUTHORIZING MOVING AHEAD MM-HMM
UM, AUTHORIZING ME TO WORK WITH THEIR COUNSEL TO FINALIZE, UM, THE DOCUMENTS, WHICH REALLY MEANS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS PLAN NOW, UM, AS IT IS PROPOSED, UM, I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE ALLGOOD WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUE MM-HMM
SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE ADDED THE, UM, PERVIOUS PAVERS ON THE LANDINGS.
UM, AND THEY'VE PROVIDED US WITH SOME, AS THE PLANNING BOARD REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW THE DRAINAGE UNDER THE PERVIOUS PAVERS WILL WORK.
UM, SO I, IS THAT EXISTING DRAINAGE OR ADDITIONAL NEW DRAINAGE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS PROJECT? SO
IT WOULDN'T BE ANY FORMAL DRAINAGE.
UM, THERE WOULD BE STONE STORAGE BENEATH THE, UH, THREE LANDINGS THAT WOULD ALLOW, UH, WATER TO FILTER THROUGH THE SURFACE LEVEL AND THEN INFILTRATE INTO THE SOILS BELOW.
THE IDEA IS THAT IT INFILTRATES AS OPPOSED TO RUNNING OFF.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SLOPE, I KNOW THERE WAS AN INITIAL CONVERSATION OF A, OF PROJECTED, UM, TREES AND AND PLANTS, BUT DOES THE MAINTENANCE INCLUDE IF THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVE AND THERE'S ANY EROSION OR ANYTHING THAT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC? YEAH, IT'S INCLUDES, UH, MAINTENANCE OF THE LANDSCAPING, REPLACEMENT OF ANY, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT DIE.
UM, FROM THE INITIAL INSTALLATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT, IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE, UM, YOU KNOW, A REFERENCE TO IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UH, A UNANTICIPATED EROSION THAT THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I MEAN, THE HOPE IS YOU'RE GONNA END UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER THAN IS THERE TODAY.
AND, UM, WHAT'S THE, IS THE, IS THE THINKING THAT THE, A GROUND COVER IS BETTER THAN TREES? OR, OR COULD WELL, THERE'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
DO YOU MIND JUST STEPPING TO THE MICROPHONE JUST QUICKLY? THANK YOU.
THERE'S A COMBINATION OF, OF BOTH TREES, SHRUBS, AND NATIVE DEEP ROOT, UM, GRASS IS OKAY.
WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH ALSO OF WHAT THE ULTIMATE VISUAL WILL LOOK LIKE.
THAT THAT IS, UH, FROM PINELANDS NURSERY.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF NATIVE, UM, GRASSES.
THIS WILL BE DONE IN COMBINATION WITH JUTE MESH, WHICH WILL HOLD THE SLOPE IN PLACE WHILE THE SLOPE IS BEGINNING TO GROW.
AND GENERATE AND CREATE A, A ROOT SYSTEM.
AND BE VERY ATTRACTIVE AS WELL.
UM, IT WAS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, WE, WE CHANGED THE SPECIES OF THE TREES BECAUSE THERE WAS A, A REQUEST FOR TREES THAT WOULD GROW BIGGER.
AND WE HAVE CHANGED IT FROM THE SERVICE BERRY TO THE, THE DOGWOODS, WHICH WILL GROW UP TO 30 FEET HIGH TOLERATE SHADE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE NORTH FACING SLOPE.
AND THE SEED MIX THAT WE HAVE HERE IS A CUSTOM MIX THAT WE WORKED WITH, UM, PINELANDS NURSERY OR A SHADE TOLERANT CONDITION.
SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE.
AND, AND THEN THERE'S IMAGES OF ALL OF THE TYPES OF NATIVE GRASSES THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING, UH, CHANGE OF BLOOM THROUGH THE SEASON.
UM, AND, UH, THAT, THAT SLIDE KIND OF SHOWS IT ALL.
OH, SO I SEE THESE ARE ALL TREES HERE.
SO THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 TREES IN THE EIGHT TREES.
9, 10, 11 TREES ON, ON, ON ONE SIDE IN MIXED INTO THE MEADOW OR
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BUSHES, POSSIBLY.ARE THEY BUSHES? THOSE ARE SHRUBS.
UM, SO IS IT JUST THE THREE TREES? THE, THE THREE TREES ARE THE TREES.
THREE TREES THAT ARE A FLORIDA DOGWOOD, WHICH WILL MATURE TO A MUCH LARGER THAN THE TREES THAT WE HAD SPECED BEFORE.
BEFORE WE SPEC SHADOW SURFACE BURY.
UM, NOW WE HAVE FLORIDA DOGWOOD, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL TREE, BUT VERY IN THE SHADE.
AND THE PLANNING BOARD ASKED FOR BIGGER TREES.
AND HOW, HOW BIG DO THESE SHRUBS GET? UM, 5, 4, 5 FEET.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH A LANDSCAPE COMPANY AND THEY'LL DO THE NECESSARY LITTLE BIT OF PRUNING HERE AND THERE AS NECESSARY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
UH, MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION OF WESTBOUND STOP SIGN ON RAVENSDALE ROAD AT KENT AVENUE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED TO DISCUSS, UH, DURING THE RAVENSDALE STOP SIGN AT ROSEDALE AVENUE.
UH, AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER.
UH, I WILL PUSH THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING TO GET THE OTHER TWO TRUSTEES OPINIONS ON THIS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT A VOTE OR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT ON THAT.
AND, UH, BUT I KNOW, UH, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
I, I FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT WARNING PRIOR TO THIS LOCATION, UH, AS YOU'RE COMING UP THE HILL FROM THE SAW MILL RIVER PARKWAY.
UH, INCLUDING, UH, UM, I'VE, I'VE HAD SOME CORRESPONDENCE RECENTLY ABOUT BEACONS.
UH, SO IF THERE'S SOME OTHER WAY WE COULD POSSIBLY DO THIS, BUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STOP SIGN THAT'S AROUND THE CORNER.
UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE, THERE WAS ONE WARNING SIGN THAT WAS PLACED FOR THE RAVENSDALE AT ROSEDALE.
UH, AND I THINK WE FELT BECAUSE OF THAT WE NEEDED PROBABLY ONE MORE SIGN CLOSER TO THE CREST OF THAT HILL AS WELL.
AND, AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT AND WE CAN MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE AMPLE, UH, SIGNAGE PRIOR TO THAT TURN COMING UP THE HILL FROM, UH, FROM, UH, THE SAWMILL PARKWAY.
I KNOW TRUSTEE OOD, I KNOW HOW HE FEELS ON THIS.
UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM TRUSTEE, UH, FLEISIG AS WELL ON IT.
BUT, SO I JUST BROUGHT IT UP THIS EVENING.
UH, WE ADDED IT 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BOTH BE
BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THE IDEA AS WELL, AND, AND SEE IF WE COULD POSSIBLY MOVE IT FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I MEAN, I AM, I'M FUNDAMENTALLY IN FAVOR OF PUTTING A STOP SIGN THERE, BUT I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
THE, THE, THE WARNING NEEDS TO BE REALLY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, THE DISTANCE AND, AND SO FORTH.
UM, FROM PEOPLE COMING FROM, FROM, UM, SELMA RIVER ROAD OR THAT AREA.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE MULTIPLE OR
THERE ARE ALSO THE ONES THAT ARE ENCIRCLED WITH RED LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY FLASHING.
THEN THOSE ARE THE MOST, THE WARNING WOULD BE A YELLOW, THE WARNING WOULD BE LIKE A YELLOW LIGHT.
AND, AND THEN THE STOP SIGN ITSELF COULD HAVE THAT FLASHING, UH, EMBEDDED IN IT.
AND I DID SPEAK WITH, UM, WITH OUR, UH, DPW SUPERINTENDENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS ELECTRICITY THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT AT THAT LOCATION.
AND HE HAS INDICATED THAT THERE WOULD BE MM-HMM
I MEAN, IF IT'S A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THE, AT LEAST WE'RE IN AGREEMENT, WE COULD MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, AND WE CAN STILL CONSIDER IT AND WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE IT TO ANOTHER MEETING FOR A VOTE IF WE ARE IN TOTAL DISAGREEMENT, UH, AT THAT POINT.
BUT ALSO, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE NOVEMBER MEETING ALSO.
UM, IS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH US ADDING IT TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING? SIMILAR TO WHERE OR THE YEAH.
NOVEMBER MEETING, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE RAVENSDALE ROSEDALE, ADDING IT AS A RESOLUTION.
AND THEN, AND THEN HAVING A DISCUSSION.
IF WE DO GET TO A POINT, I'M TOTALLY NOT OPPOSED TO US MOVING IT ON, BUT, OR TAKING A VOTE.
I, I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME TIME, UH, TO RESEARCH.
I WOULD WANT, I WOULD FEEL, I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITHOUT THAT.
I, I'M IN FAVOR OF WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED TRUSTEE HUMBERG ABOUT THE, THE, THE SIGN ITSELF IS ENCIRCLED.
IT'S NOT THAT HYPER THING THAT I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE A ISSUE WITH.
UH, SO I, I SAW THEM IN NEW JERSEY JUST RECENTLY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE RUN BY SOLAR.
I'D RATHER DO ELECTRIC IF WE CAN, UH, JUST SO IT DOESN'T TURN OFF AT 2:00 AM MM-HMM
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UPCOMING EVENTS.DO WE HAVE, I I DID NOT DO THE LIST.
DO YOU HAVE THEM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THEM
UM, OCTOBER 8TH IS SENIOR LAW DAY FROM 2:00 PM UH, 45 TO 2:00 PM IT'S SOMETHING THAT WESTCHESTER COUNTY HOSTS FOR LIKE ESTATE PLANNING AND ELDER CARE, MEDICAID AND MEDICARE.
VERY HELPFUL IF YOU NEED THAT.
I USE THE SERVICE MYSELF FOR A FAMILY MEMBER.
UH, THURSDAY RIVER COUNTY THRIFT THURSDAY IS ALSO MINDFULNESS SESSIONS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 1230 TO ONE 30.
FRIDAY THE NINTH IS RIVERTOWN THRIFT.
SATURDAY THE 10TH IS THE FARMER'S MARKET AT THE COMMUTER LOT.
SATURDAY THE 10TH IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MEET THE FLEET, HOSTED AT THE GOOD WITCH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM SATURDAY IS ALSO THE RIVER TOWNS THRIFT RIVERTOWN SWIFT IS ALSO SUNDAY.
SUNDAY AT THE LIBRARY IS A SEMINAR ON DEMYSTIFYING MEDICARE AND HEALTHCARE COVERAGE FOR SENIORS.
THAT IS FROM ONE 15 TO FOUR 30 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, RIVER TOWNS THRIFT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, THE HUDSON VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE POETRY OPEN MIC, WHICH IS AT THE MOVIE HOUSE MUSE PROMENADE.
AND THAT IS FROM 6:00 PM TO 10:00 PM ON THE 14TH IS ALSO THE ILLEGAL OF A WOMEN VOTERS CANDIDATE FORUM FOR WESTERN COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 12.
THAT IS HOSTED BY ZOOM FROM SEVEN TO 8:00 PM YOU DO HAVE TO SIGN UP ONLINE AHEAD OF TIME.
ON THE 15TH IS RIVERTOWN THRIFT.
THE 15TH IS ALSO THE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR SENIORS PRESENTATION AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 1245 TO TWO 30.
FRIDAY IS THE HASTINGS PBA POCKETBOOK.
SATURDAY THE 17TH IS THE FARMER'S MARKET.
SATURDAY THE 17TH IS THE RIVER TOWNS CLOTHING TOY GEAR SWAP, WHICH IS AT THE DOBBS FERRY PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM.
AND THEN SATURDAY THE 17TH IS RIVER TOWN'S THRIFT.
AND IT'S ALSO PROBABLY SUNDAY THE 18TH AS WELL.
BUT THIS STOPS AT SATURDAY THE 17TH.
NO TILLY DID I, DID I HEAR A TILLY IN THERE? NO.
WHAT'S THAT? NO, TILLY, DID I HEAR YOU? UM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DID NOT, TILLY IS NOT ON THIS LIST.
I'M SURE THEY'RE IN THERE AS WELL ON SUNDAYS.
YEAH, THEY'RE PROBABLY THERE BEFORE WE GET TO THE BAD WEATHER.
[XII. PUBLIC COMMENTS ]
OKAY.UH, AS I SAID EARLIER, I REMIND THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS THREE MINUTES WHEN ASK, WHEN YOU APPROACH THE MICROPHONE TO PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR ADDRESS.
AND THAT THE BOARD IS NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I'M CONCERNED FOR, UH, I'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT, UH, THIS IS, UH, I'M TRYING TO FOCUS DIRECTLY ON THE, UM, WASHINGTON MUSE, UH, ISSUE.
AND, UH, I MENTIONED THAT THERE HAD BEEN LETTERS FROM, THAT HAD BEEN SUBMITTED TO THIS, UM, UH, PLANNING BOARD.
UM, YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T ANSWER OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER, BUT I AM CERTAINLY CURIOUS WHETHER YOU HAD SEEN ANY REASON TO SEE, UH, THE LETTER SEPTEMBER 2ND LETTER, UM, TO THE PLANNING BOARD FROM, UM, UH, IBIO QUIGLEY WHERE THERE IS SOME SIGN, UH, SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ADDRESSING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD RAISED AT PREVIOUS MEETING.
BUT, UM, THERE WAS, IF YOU READ IT, THERE'S NOT QUITE, UH, WHAT I TAKE AWAY FROM IT IS THAT THERE'S NOT QUITE THE, UM, UH, COMPLETE EASE, UH, OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR A LOT OF THE, UM, UH, THE FACILITY, UH, GOING FORWARD.
THERE, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS.
UH, AND ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY GOES TO THE HOA.
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT GOING FORWARD OVER A LONG TERM, UH, HOW THOSE KINDS OF AGREEMENTS ARE ENFORCEABLE, UH, ON PARTIES THAT ARE DON'T YET EXIST.
UM, BUT I WILL SAY, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE ILLUSTRATION, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT THE PROPOSED, UH, PLAN IS.
I LOOKED AT IT, YOU LOOKED AT IT.
THEY SHOULD, IN MY OPINION, BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY IMPOSE THEIR SUPPOSED, UM, UH, MEADOWS AND POLLINATOR,
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UH, ON A FULL, UH, DIAGRAM, UH, OF THE, UM, OF THE PROPOSAL.AGAIN, THE TREES, WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE TREES THAT'S, THAT'S THERE NOW GOING ALL THE WAY FROM THE, THE WEST, GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, WARBURTON AVENUE.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN TELL, UM, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER, UH, IF THIS PROJECT HADN'T GONE FORWARD, HOW LONG, UH, THAT HILLSIDE WOULD'VE REMAINED.
UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THE TREES ARE IN, UH, TERRIBLE CONDITION AND THAT THE HILLSIDE IS UNSTABLE.
THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE IN THIS STUFF THAT I FIND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SAY SUSPECT, BUT IT'S THE KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T REALLY NECESSARILY SAY WHAT YOU THINK IT SAYS.
SO I CERTAINLY WOULD HOPE THAT YOU TAKE SOME MORE SERIOUS CONVERSATION, UH, EVEN TO THE POINT OF HAVING, UH, A MEETING WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S, HONESTLY, THERE'S STUFF THAT GETS LOST BETWEEN WHAT THE PLANNING BOARD IMAGINES AND, AND THINKS AND WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
SO I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU MADE ME HAPPY.
WELL, I FEEL LIKE MR. QUIGLEY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
HE DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
HE DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU SHOULD HAVE.
AND HE, AND YOU NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO EVEN SPEAK TO THE ARBORIST, THEIR ARBORIST, WHO HAPPENED NOT TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN THEY CAME TO YOU.
THE ARBORIST MADE A COMMENT AT THIS, AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING FOR A MOMENT.
SO YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF THOROUGH INFORMATION THAT I READ THERE.
THERE'S A LETTER FROM THE ARBORIST.
BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY QUESTION HIM.
AND IN FACT, YOU NEVER WERE ABLE TO GET YOUR OWN ARBORIST.
UH, CAN I JUST INTERRUPT FOR ONE SECOND? I JUST WANTED TOTALLY.
I FORGOT TO, UH, IN THE, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS YES.
UM, THAT I JUST WANTED TO, 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO BE THERE.
IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY, UM, I MEANT TO BRING TODAY THE COMMUNITY CENTER CELEBRATING THE FISH DRIVERS AND ALSO, UM, MARTY AND LINDA MERCHANT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST YES, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THE PROCLAMATION TO THEM AS WELL.
UH, I'M SORRY I DID HAVE THAT, BUT I LOST MY, MY AGENDA ON THE COMPUTER SO I, UH, COULDN'T FINISH READ IT.
AND WE ALSO ATTENDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S HUNDRED 50TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND, INCLUDING THE ANNIVERSARY OF PROTECTION ENGINE COMPANY, WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL FOUNDING COMPANY OF THE, UH, VILLAGE.
BUT IT WASN'T A VILLAGE 150 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS JUST AN UNINCORPORATED AREA.
THREE YEARS FROM NOW, WE BECOME A INCORPORATED VILLAGE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR EVENING PARADE, UH, AND FIREWORKS.
IT'S, UH, BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, EXACTLY 1999, UH, ACTUALLY UNDER MAYOR CANALI.
AND I KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW IS BITING AT THE BIT, UH, TO PLAN SOMETHING IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, AND I KNOW I'M EXCITED TO PLAN SOMETHING WITH, UH, OUR CLERK IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, HOPEFULLY IF I'M STILL YOUR MAYOR.
[XIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS ]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING 7:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING, 7:30 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, VILLAGE OFFICES ARE CLOSED.
COLUMBUS DAY MONDAY, GARBAGE PICKUP IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.
TUESDAY GARBAGE PICKUP IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, CONSERVATION COMMISSION MEETING 8:00 PM HOSTED VIA ZOOM.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, LIPITZ STUDIO BUILDING, YOUTH STUDY COMMITTEE MEETING, 6:00 PM JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, PLANNING BOARD, REGULAR MEETING, 7:00 PM VILLAGE HALL.
HASTINGS VILLAGE ARTS COMM, UH, COMMISSION MEETING, 8:00 PM VILLAGE HALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, BOARD OF TRUST.
THIS IS A COMBINED MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UM, WE BE HAVING A PRESENT, A COMBINED PRESENTATION THAT EVENING.
AND THAT SHOULD BE AT THE JAMES HARMON COMMUNITY CENTER, CORRECT? YES.
AT 7:00 PM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO MOVED.