Croton's Waterfront Advisory Committee voted 4–0 on September 16 to recommend that Metro-North's Harmon-to-Poughkeepsie signal-system upgrade was consistent with the village's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The recommendation followed questions about construction disturbance, drainage, historic resources and the appearance of proposed equipment along the rail line. This account was prepared solely from the committee's September 16 meeting minutes and the September 17 memorandum attached to them. Croton News did not attend the meeting. The review followed an August 25 committee meeting on the same referral from the Village Board of Trustees. Conor Devaney, the MTA/MNR project manager, again participated by Zoom. The minutes said project responses and images of the signal structures had been supplied before the follow-up meeting. They also cautioned that “the plans are not finalized, and there may be slight adjustments.” Committee member Stacey Nachtaler distributed a September 16 inventory in which she counted 19 proposed structures in Croton. The project-team response recorded in the minutes described replacement of the signal system with new equipment, while explaining that the replacement would not be an exact one-for-one match. Nachtaler also suggested making the structures more aesthetically pleasing as well as functional. Devaney reported that the proposed work would not increase erosion or flooding, impair habitat, diminish water quality or diminish scenic resources. Those were the project manager's representations as recorded in the minutes. Members continued to ask how the work would be carried out and monitored. Leo Wiegman asked about snow-melting equipment. Jessica Bliven, identified in the minutes as part of the design team, described small metal cases using electric heat on the tracks and said chemicals would not be used to melt snow. Devaney said village inspectors could visit to monitor drainage, with advance notice. When Nachtaler asked whether structure C36 would make noise, Devaney said it would not. Stuart Greenbaum questioned the placement of a structure at Senasqua Park. Devaney reported that an initiation letter had been sent to the State Historic Preservation Office and that the office had found no need for additional review of effects on historic resources within Croton. The minutes presented that as Devaney's report; the committee's record did not reproduce the agency's letter. Nachtaler raised concerns about construction disturbing ground along the tracks that she described as toxic. Devaney said soil borings had been done, work areas had been marked and the contractor would have to follow regulations and use practices intended to minimize disturbance. When Nachtaler requested a construction contact, Devaney offered to serve in that role. The minutes recorded the motion: “Leo Wiegman made a recommendation of consistency, seconded by Stuart Greenbaum,” and it carried 4–0. Steve Krisky was absent from the September 16 meeting. The September 17 memo attached to the minutes transmitted the recommendation to Mayor Brian Pugh and the trustees. It listed relevant policies from the 44-policy waterfront program. Among them was Policy 7F: “Construction activity of any kind must not cause a measurable increase in erosion or flooding at the site of such activity, or impact other locations.” The memo also identified policies on habitat, regulated materials, transportation, wetlands and stormwater. Its Policy 33 passage stated: “Best Management Practices will be used to ensure the control of stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows draining into coastal waters.” These were the policies the committee identified as relevant to its consistency review. Separately, the committee approved its August 25 minutes by 4–0. Greenbaum renewed a request for code language addressing development's impact on existing homeowners' property values and requested a planning-consultant review of a recent neighboring Zoning Board application. The minutes recorded those requests without a separate vote on a code amendment.