Sustainability Committee

Now this is a this is a rebirth, and and I think they will take it to to great new heights. And I wanted to thank, I guess, mister was here earlier. It's in his building, so we're glad that he's he's part of this. But it was just a great morning, and…

Alright. Welcome to our August 19 combination work session and regular meeting. We'll do the pledge at the start of the regular meeting, which is estimated to be at around 7PM, and we'll start with our work session items. So the first is an update, f…

Our engineer, our planning staff, and our village attorney are really, really doing a fantastic job in in making sure that we're going step by step and and holding holding the proposed, you know, developer to a very high standard. And the the the abs…

Whereas from time to time, students have served in an official or unofficial role on the advisory committees in the village of Hudson, and whereas the village board of trustees is desirous of establishing guidelines for students to officially partici…

So on June 23, mayor and I were honored to be at the library as one of our wonderful residents, Ali Fraes, Alana Frays, got the an award from senator Harkom for pride month for all of the work that she does in our community and including heading up f…

Okay. You can hear me now. Right? Yep. Yep. Very good. Just checking. Okay. You never know. I'm here tonight to talk to you about a revenue opportunity for the village, which might also help support future sustainability efforts, and that is the use …

what I said earlier. We have an excellent battery energy storage system regulatory approach. We worked on it as a board with a lot of community input, including the the sustainability committee, but many others as well under the guidance of our engin…

that's why we've, you know, after reviewing that and discussing it, we've decided to look at this. Cast a broader net. Correct. Okay. Yeah. I mean, it it wasn't specific in the minutes talking about what the questions were. The other thing I just wan…

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…

Alright. Well, I wanna thank everyone that spoke out this evening on a variety of topics. I know that there was a suggestion made with regards to the placement of public comment on non agenda items. We will definitely consider that as we review our r…

And that's all I've got. Thank you. Thank you, trustee. I'm gonna do this as a lightning round real fast. We had the opportunity, mayor, manager, and I to sit down, I think it was last week, yes, May 7, with the Westchester Alliance for Sustainable S…

That's terrific. Well, thank you, trustee Nicholson. Just a few things here on, April 24. I got a chance to cross the river and, head over to Rockland County and, meet with some of the Rockland County folks who are very interested in, what Croton her…

And, of course, we we talked about the Quaker Bridge, which once it gets constructed, they'll be able to get back on it, and they have not been able to to be on that for quite some time. And, of course, I should mention since we talked about Earth Da…

Alright. Great. Thank you. As is often the case, my colleagues have been very thorough in their, notices about upcoming events as well as their recollections of recent events. So I'll just briefly wish again everyone a happy Earth Day. I want to exte…

So we'll just you wanna pull that pull that please? I wanted to point out these I think all these budget amounts are really good, but some people might be worried. Well, where's the sustainability committee? And it actually shows up in the recycling …

You didn't I thought you said that. Okay. So I guess thank you, Dave from Farrington, for coming Thank you. Religiously. And I guess I mean, like, yeah. I mean, I yeah. I have noticed. So I guess my question is how how do we is there a way for us to …

There's actually work towards a bike rodeo that the that the schools there's a wonderful phys ed teacher in the schools that's pulling that all together, and we'll have we'll have more information on that, I think, you know, fairly soon. But it was a…

Okay. Great. And, for our feature presentation, would the members of the board, join me in the vicinity of that, shrouded rectangle as well as the members of, Croton one hundred who have joined us here today? Okay. Members, I I think it's better if y…

And they created their own square and contributed it to the quilt, which captures the clean electricity that they use at their parish hall. And they're also a green sanctuary congregation, which means they do a lot of education and outreach and progr…

And as the heart committee in the future honors additional Crotonites, their names will go up on that plaque. And so the heart committee had a wonderful cake for the seniors, and it was it was a great great early afternoon. On that same day, the mayo…

you know, a good example of that is the TAP grant that we're getting ready to submit. Right? Because we, you know, that that for those who may not have been watching the meeting last week, that is we're seeking money to install sidewalks on Cleveland…

taking the seat on a committee if a resident is interested. If there's a vacancy and a need on a committee, then we can I really don't think you need to put something like that? I think that this is an area that needs to come down to judgment. If you…

of But there are very qualified people on the sustainability committee that do a lot of work for our village who are not residents. And I'm not gonna say they have to leave because, hypothetically, you know, some person with no real or vastly, you kn…

Whereas the village issued an invitation to bid on 11/20/2025 for the installation and commissioning of a solar canopy at the DPW garage, and whereas this project is to be funded through grants awarded to the village by the New York State Energy Deve…

The possible locations for red light cameras, if we should go forward with that. And then some partnership activities that the committee is considering with Croton-Harmon Schools. Similarly, our sustainability committee met on the eighteenth. Mayor a…

I read them, my kids read them, and our grandkids are are reading them. So it's and and, of course, it's exciting to know that Eleanor had such a big role in in in the creation of those over the years. And last but not least, Jeanette Gold. I'm sorry…

Thank you, mayor. To start with the question that was raised during the public comment period, as I detailed a little bit in my memo, we are switching over all of our diesel vehicles to the renewable diesel, fuel that, we have been piloting for the p…