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Also attached to this agenda item: Gouveia Park Narrative August 2023 Gouveia Park Working Group Recommendation Memo - final November 16%2C 2023 letter from Maria Slippen%2C Chair... November 8%2C 2023 Memo from Mark Duncan%2C...

To: From: Date: August 18, 2023 Re: Gouveia Park As you are all aware, my office has been investigating possible uses of the Gouveia Park property. Numerous avenues have been explored over the past 18 months, including the release of two requests for interest (RFIs). These RFIs did not return any serious prospects for the use of the house. Trustee Nicholson has developed a historical narrative of the property since the Village Board accepted the bequest from Mrs. Gouveia in 2013. This narrative includes the reports generated by two separate ad-hoc committees for the property, which were written in 2015 and 2019. This narrative also details the endowment funds that remain available for possible development of the property (approximately 75% of the original bequest), as well as what has been spent thus far. The one option that has been discussed in the past and remains viable at this point is relocating the offices of the Recreation Department to the Gouveia House. The offices would occupy the first floor of the property and the second floor would be available for programs, community events, art exhibitions, parties, etc. If the Board would like to move forward in this direction, I recommend that this narrative be referred to the Recreation Advisory Committee for their review and comment back to the Board of Trustees. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Mayor Brian Pugh Trustees Ann Gallelli Sherry Horowitz Nora Moriarty Nicholson Len Simon Village Manager Bryan T. Healy Village Treasurer Daniel Tucker Village Clerk Pauline DiSanto Village of Croton-on-Hudson New York Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building One Van Wyck Street Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520-2501