Metro-North Railroad

We proceed to an LWR consistency review for the MTA signal project along the Metro North Railroad Hudson Line. Yes. Thank you, mayor. So, likewise, the, Waterfront Advisory Committee has reviewed,

So I know we read off a lot of numbers and people may not be understanding, you know, or maybe reading all the fine detail. But what this project is about is Metro North is undertaking, a really big new signal system upgrade and renovation along Crot…

Do I have a resolution? Thank you. Very good. Okay. So whereas the village of Cortlandt Hudson has adopted a local waterfront revitalization program to guide the use of its waterfront in adjacent areas in a manner consistent with sound waterfront pla…

Well, I that's mean, there's no The first interest we had was in that in that region. Yeah. I mean, there's very few parcels within the LI, so I mean It's LI? Yeah. Yeah. I don't think it I don't think it causes any. Can you just point out the parcel…

Well, I can start to synthesize some of the ideas that I heard at the town hall just so working on the marshlands around the Croton River areas, environmental project, beautification of the station and repair of the stairways. So that would be, you k…

feeling when you arrive by train in Croton. Yeah. And I would just expand that to say there might be a way for us to just invite Metro North into the process, you know, with us. And Yeah. With, I I think, what trustee Nicholson said is a very high pr…

guess the the feedback that I'm giving you is that, you know, getting a notice last Friday afternoon for a meeting with almost no supporting materials with the exception of being able to see the state guidebook, it feels like a very one way kind of c…

Though I'm on the board, I just wanted to share that we did have a neighbor that a Nora Nicholson. So we did have a neighbor that sent an email. He wasn't able to make it tonight. But his idea is to run a trail sort of to connect the neighborhoods th…

Okay. Well, on August 25, as a a member of the Water Fund Advisory Committee meeting, I attended the August 25 meeting with deputy mayor Simon. We reviewed, the major Metro North Railroad project for consistency with our local waterfront revitalizati…

So I will I wanna thank you, manager, for meeting with me this week. I know we discussed this MNR project and, you know, the the questions that I raised around it. And I left that meeting at the at that time feeling like, okay. We'll refer it to the …

The work will, occur within, you know, the active rail corridor. There'll be in water river work, going on at several locations for the placement footings for platforms, lots of steel work. And when I reviewed this, you know, we're asking the WAC, th…

So, you know, basically, you know, we don't really know how large this project is, what the height is, what the footprint, the dimensions, the foundations. There's in water work being done. We don't know how the footings will be installed, what equip…

Yeah. You can't hear over Metro North Noyce.

Thank you. So, Cristian, my heart goes out to thank you for bringing this to our attention. I'm driven by it, but I don't live on the road, so I was unaware of the magnitude of this. I can't tell you how frustrated this makes me because if I add up a…

Onto the leaf blowers, in terms of our current current law, engineering has been addressing complaints as they've been coming in. Since June 1, eight violations have been issued. So, you know, feel free to if you if you wanna report a violation durin…

In terms of the Half Moon Bay Bridge, things are progressing, and we have meetings scheduled next week with our engineers with the Metro North Railroad and with the DOT to, you know, get status updates and give status updates. So we're moving full st…

Three, the village board hereby refers to EAF and CAF, which it has before it in connection with the proposed action to the Westchester County Planning Board, New York State Department of Transportation, and MTA Metro North Railroad. Four, the villag…

Okay. Thank you, mayor. So couple of items in my report, regarding, Lot A, Corridor Point Avenue. There's been some questions that have come up about this, so I just wanted to provide an update to the board and to the public, who are watching. So the…

I I believe that they have, but I haven't seen the I haven't seen the documentation. But Yeah. If it's there, then the plan it will be in the planning board agenda. Correct. Yes. Yes. Okay. On the train station solar, Con Edison continues to review t…

Oh, okay. I'm sorry. So, anyway, I'll just read my letter or whatever. So dear mayor Blow, Lynn Simon, Joshua, it's good to see you here tonight. I I didn't include you, but I'll include you now. All the trustees and other helpers and our fellow, Cro…

Alright. Do I have a motion to close the public hearing? Mayor, I just want to make one technical point before we, proceed. Manager, we thank you for including it. There's a memo in there from the planning board. At the planning board meeting last ni…

Metro North. I just wanted you to say it. They

Thank you, mayor. Just some very brief comments on project mover. We'll start with a recap if we can. Project mover launched in Croton on July 9 and went into winter hibernation on December 19. So it was up and running a little more than five months …

Oh. You know, I don't have the number, but we are I I would say it would be you'd be close if you took 15% Okay. Of the unique riders. Yeah. And, again, you know you know, I I I threw a lot of numbers out here, but it is it is Trips are high. Yeah. B…

of the other Yeah. I mean, that was always, I think, the Yeah. The the one that I compare that I compare us to the most just because it's similar in terms of size and usage is Tarrytown. Mhmm. And there were those rates are similar. Tarrytown is a do…

In fiscal year twenty six, water and sewer rates were flat compared to the previous year. I'm currently, proposing that that would be the same for '27. We are ex getting higher than expected revenues in the water fund. That is a combination of, repla…

time for breaking ground? Oh, sure. Which I know is ballpark. But Yeah. We we don't have a a definitive answer on that on that point at at at this point. We are still working towards the closing on the property. That is most likely not going to take …

I was I was honored to be with the mayor at the press conference kicking off Eagle Fest last Friday and met a wonderful owl. They didn't have an eagle there, but they did bring a very wise owl there inside. And we were we were exceedingly grateful. U…

Whereas the village of Croton-on-Hudson assumed the ownership of and maintenance requirements for the Half Moon Bay Bridge over the Metro North railroad tracks in 1996, Whereas in order to address past safety issues and the proper maintenance of the …

Okay. Perfect. Our next next slide, please. Yep. For the audience, this bridge is the Half Moon Bay Bridge over Metro North Railroad. The bridge is rebuilt and heavily modified in 1987, so it's been a while since anything had been done on the bridge.…

Yeah. That is correct. We had, multiple lengthy discussions with Metro North Railroad on what what we can and can't do within their right away and how to approach the construction of the project, and that is is driven, you know, some of the some of t…

Thanks, Brian. Hi, Brian, and everybody. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. I'm also on the at a resident of Half Moon Bay. Thank you. And one thing that's important for you to know, in case you don't know it already, is that the biggest issue vis a vis…