South Riverside

Well, I mean, the end... The Southern end of South Riverside near the shop where I could use some attention, but the rest of South Riverside has been repaved at this point. And, obviously, Horton Point Avenue has been done as part of the project. So.…

am I correct in saying that this amount covers the grant writing of Yes. This this is for this is for grant services and for planning. Right. Exactly. And the point I wanted to make is, you know, we we should not lose sight of the fact that this rela…

Thank you. Thank you. Yes. It's been since September 2 since we had our last board meeting, so lots to catch up on. First of all, the Croton Council of the Arts annual annual fair was just terrific, and I was very pleased to be there. And also to hea…

And now you you can permitted in a specific Well, wherever you can is yeah. Right? I mean, one of the first things that I think there's already consensus on, but we can all just agree at the moment, right, is wherever wherever you're gonna allow this…

Yeah. Correct. So the so the first right. So the the green parcel that's labeled o two, that's the medical center. Right, the the medical office. And then you have the there's three parcels right here. I don't know if you can see my cursor. Those thr…

It's the From the front yeah. From the front door of 370 South Riverside to the front door of the realtor there Uh-huh. On 2 at 2 Croton Point Avenue. It was 983 feet. Yeah. So that so that air those How interesting. Yeah. So that area would be You k…

on that point. Yeah. Go ahead. I think I mean, I think that needs to be taken out, not least of which is because what is current the current proposal that exists, this is, of course, 425 South Riverside. Right. It's not zoning compliant, which is not…

It could also include Croton Point Avenue, although that's not listed there. If there was any sort of street infrastructure on Corbin Point Avenue, we could we could upgrade that as well. And then lastly, bike lanes from Oneida Avenue to Corbin Point…

Yes. Those those last two are definitely I mean, I've the things that were at said at the town hall, I was there, so I heard all those things. And then the last two items you've mentioned are things that I've heard, you know, before and after. And I …

over the years, there might have been a courtesy meeting at the very, very early stages, you know, where folks come in and say, hey, we have some interest in a potential project. But when it gets down to the the submission level in terms of the docum…

You can go to the next slide. Alright. So we're gonna talk a little bit about I spent a couple of minutes talking about so what Croton On Hudson would like to put forth as the the New York forward boundary area. Let me just explain again this New Yor…

There is an existing bike lane on, Croton Point Avenue, as I'm sure many of you know, and there is also an existing bike lane on South Riverside Avenue that begins at Oneida and continues down to, Maple Street. And so this would basically fill in tha…

And so, depending on what they're gonna assess the their progress on phase two, and depending on that progress will depend on exactly what project they propose to include in our grant application. But Historic Hudson Valley has always been willing to…

Final resolution two twenty one, a resolution authorizing subject to permissive referendum construction of sidewalk improvements at Municipal Place in South Riverside and pedestrian and safety improvements in and for the village of Cortlandt Hudson, …

on September 1, I attended the May with the mayor and trustee Nicholson and the manager, the reopening of the Farrington Steps. So I know that work was a long time coming. It was just really well done and beautifully done. And I know DPW is looking f…

Whereas the replacement of traffic signals on South Riverside Avenue at its intersection with Benedict Boulevard and its intersection with Croton Point Avenue was included in the twenty twenty five, twenty twenty six capital budget, whereas the level…

And I do wanna thank the planning board. You know, they've worked very hard on the 425 South Riverside, project, and I thought that they handled the planning board meeting, you know, with, real professionalism. You know? And I know that the public is…

As already mentioned, this project will be, the application will refer to Westchester County Department of Planning, Westchester County, due to its, due to the special use permit. There are also additional local land use permits. We list them in here…

The code requires that the proposed location, direction, power, and time the timing of the proposed outdoor lighting, is provided by means of data, details, and an illumination contour plan, which shows that lighting equal to or greater than one half…

Okay. So I do have several questions having gone through the the documentation, supporting documentation for water supply and sewer and parking etcetera, etcetera, if you'll bear with me. So referring to the supporting documentation about the prelimi…

No. That's okay. Thank you. Alright. So we are responding to the worsening air quality in our area as a result of the Canadian wildfires. Silver Lake closed early today, and, the movie night at Senosseville Park for tonight was postponed. Employees w…

Westchester County has officially started the Quaker Bridge replacement project that started officially last week on July 6. The commemorative plaques that had been on either side of the bridge, which I know people had a lot of interest in preserving…

Having a daily local newspaper online, drives civic engagement. It promotes greater government transparency, our art, and cultural activities. And, you know, while I get criticized from the Chronicle, I still appreciate that it's here. So I just want…

And so with this past winter, especially, it was it was difficult for our crews to be able to get to the sidewalks, within the time window that's prescribed under the code. And so we looked at the, I met with superintendent Balbi and the foreman and …

during the winter. And so, you know, I wanted to I wanted to try to come up with a way that we could that we could address it. Yeah. Just from a practical do we do we then if we're doing the one side, do we rotate that over or Was it alternate side? …

or, you know, there's the The snowflake program. Snowflake program and and just have them sign up because Most there are there are a couple of residential properties that, for whatever reason, were added to the list, but the majority of them are comm…

Alright. All in favor of that? Yep. Okay. So we'll leave the public hearing open at this point, and when the applicant has it together, we'll bring them in. Alright. Moving along. The next item on the agenda is Croton Riverside LLC, the Hudson Condos…

I was thinking something of a bond also, kinda like that's I feel like we usually take a bond. I think we took a bond for 25 South Riverside. I can't say that for certain, but I have a feeling he has a two year bond for his plantings. Maybe do someth…

Which we So we got removed. I don't think we need a resolution. I think we just Well, got we over here, right? We got to Is this There's a resolution with it. So we could say we're approving the landscaping plan Right. That is in association with the…

Resolution authorizing subject to permissive referendum construction of sidewalk improvements at Municipal Place in South Riverside and pedestrian and safety improvements in and for the village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York at a m…

Trustee Slippen? Aye. Trustee Nachtaler? Aye. Trustee Nicholson? Aye. Trustee Simon? Aye. Mayor Pugh? Aye. I'll just say before we move on to the remainder of the resolutions, the bond resolutions, for the most part, are for the full cost of the proj…

So congratulations to Cloth and Curate. Everyone go visit Cloth and Curate. And our sustainability committee met on May 31, and as always, a bunch of issues are EV charging, our train station solar array, DPW solar, balcony solar, which is very inter…

And there is a whole public outreach process, that ends up being undertaken and projects, what they call an open call for projects, where both private property owners as well as the the village themselves can put forth projects, and then the committe…

I I think it's important that we started start. I mean, I think having a committee for this is really kind of the way to start tackling it and making sure that we have the right stakeholders at the table. I think that some of the landowners, property…

Well, I mean, I'm gonna say both. Like, just in generalities. You specifically if you look at your and even what you're proposing, there's a reference to, like, commercial signs. Right? Or and there's an application to signage in general that applies…

Thank you. And just, you know, the project is a very old project. It goes back to, you know, 2009. It's basically the beautification of their entryway at the end of South Riverside Avenue as well as some necessary site work, upgrading of the water ma…

I that came while I was on vacation last week. Oh, okay. Yeah. So I think I think I think it was sent on Tuesday or Wednesday of last week. So regarding the mixed use building for 325 South Riverside, so based on conversations that we've had, we anti…

Mayor, ordinarily, I find, you know, one, perhaps two items to mention about, that are on the consent agenda, but I actually have a few a few more because they're they're, in in many cases, just all all such good news. I just wanted to congratulate o…

Putting me on the spot here. Okay. I I I did just wanna say, you know, thank the all the department heads, Phyllis Treasurer, Genette Toone, and the board for their hard work during the budget process. You know, this was not exactly an easy budget, y…

That one, we we learned in in some of the some of the remarks that some of the organizers had made about one in three of our Croton kids participate currently in Little League. So that's that's pretty amazing. On April 14, that last Tuesday, trustee …

Thank you, mayor. So, I was asked to provide just a statement based on the actions of the planning board last night related to the cannabis dispensary. As many are aware, the planning board approved a change of use last evening for a cannabis dispens…

Just a couple of things to talk about this evening. As many in the community are aware, the engineering department has received a change of use application from a convenience store to cannabis dispensary for 370 South Riverside Avenue. The planning b…

the next not go one more. Yeah. So then nope. Go back. Sorry. Okay. Alright. And then so the, the slide after this one goes into the breakdown of what, how we're how we're proposing to fund this, but, we also have a $1,000,000 capital, project for th…

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 …

And South Riverside Districts, of course, have a presence there as well. So this would be sort of our third business district having having a a presence in terms of project mover. We're waiting on confirmation on when the project team can come to Cro…

Well, I think if we position South Riverside and Municipal Place as a joint project, which in many ways it is Yes. I think that is a strong candidate, especially because it's probably one of the furthest along. Yep. Mhmm.

Thank you, Mayor. So as part of the RFP process, as we discussed in 2023, when the RFP was being drafted for, lot a, one of the requirements that was listed for the developer was to enter into a project labor agreement with the building and trades co…

So, here's a look at our tax base growth factor over time starting from 2018. So, as you can see, 2122 was a real spike and that was almost like the perfect storm. So, a lot of times when they're doing development, they devalue reduce the value of pr…

Pardon? Big that was that was our No, you are you talking about 25 south riverside former bet?

In other business, the village manager reported that DPW crews have been starting at 4 a.m. to tackle snow removal, with Duck Pond now open for skating on 12-inch-thick ice. The Quaker Bridge replacement is still awaiting Army Corps of Engineers appr…