Agenda preview: The October 14 work session schedules discussion; it does not record a decision on these proposals. Croton's trustees are scheduled to meet Wednesday, October 14, at 7 p.m. in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room at the Stanley H. Kellerhouse Municipal Building. The Village's one-page notice lists two discussions: a landscaping master plan for Gouveia Park and future road-safety projects. The full agenda packet includes the park drawings, preliminary cost allowances and traffic memoranda.

A phased vision for Gouveia Park

The 17-sheet Gouveia Park plan depicts a loop road, parking, walking routes and recreational areas around the existing house and lawn. Its phase diagrams begin with roads, parking, utilities and rough grading. Later sheets propose pond restoration, a playground, community garden and paths, then an amphitheater and pavilion, renovation and expansion of the Parks and Recreation building, and a pedestrian bridge and trails. Related work predates this presentation. The Village's project page says clearing for a loop road and additional parking began in April 2026, then halted after an active bald eagle nest was found. It also says the trustees voted May 20 to begin environmental and waterfront-consistency review for stormwater drainage. The new sheets do not by themselves establish approval or a construction timetable for every proposed phase. A separate preliminary costing sheet lists $3.015 million in budget allowances for 25 features, including $500,000 for a playground, $400,000 for a stage/picnic pavilion and $250,000 each for a pedestrian bridge and parking lots. The sheet explicitly excludes earthwork, drainage, pond work, utilities and soft costs such as surveying, professional fees and permits; it also has no line for renovating the house. It is neither an all-in project estimate nor a board appropriation. The earlier landscape architect's proposal describes design work to integrate the house as a Parks and Recreation building while maintaining natural features.

Old Post Road North and villagewide safety

In an October 8 memorandum, Village Manager Bryan Healy asks trustees whether to move ahead now with traffic improvements on Old Post Road North between Hunter Place and Michaels Lane. He says the Village allocated $50,000 for the earlier study and $100,000 in the current fiscal year for improvements presented in the plan. Those allocations do not establish that the work-session board has approved construction. The July 9 consultant's memo evaluates the Michaels Lane intersection and does not recommend adding stop signs to Old Post Road. It says the intersection did not meet the cited all-way-stop criteria for crashes, traffic volume, sight distance or operations. Its concept drawing instead shows curb extensions, a crosswalk and pedestrian-warning signs; the drawing is marked schematic and not for construction. Healy's memo also says three previously authorized speed signs are slated for Mount Airy Road near King Street, Route 129 before the Water Department, and Glengary Road. The Bicycle-Pedestrian Committee's separate proposal asks trustees to develop and codify “daylighting” standards: clearing sightlines at intersections and driveways. The manager's memo cautions that this could mean removing parking spaces at some locations. No daylighting ordinance or site-by-site parking change is adopted by this agenda. The official packet lets residents examine the drawings and memoranda before the trustees' discussion.