Board of Trustees Meeting
K. Welcome to the, June 21 regular meeting of the Croton on Hudson Board of Trustees, Mayor Brian Pugh. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America
and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Born and unborn.
Your honor, for the Warren report tonight, the total for the general fund is $202,300.32. For the Water Fund, $23,712.65. For the Sewer Fund, $7,285.55. The Capital Fund, $26,124.07. The Trust Fund, $11,947.57 for a grand total of $271,370.16.
Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. Second. Motion by Trustee Golley, second by Trustee Simon. All in favor? Aye. Alright. We proceed to local well, I think the manager has an update. Yes. Thank you, mayor.
So with regards to the public hearing numb on local law number eight, it was brought to our attention today that some of the language surrounding the student filming permits may be a little vague and ambiguous. You know, what we're what we were looking to do there is codify an existing practice that allow that requires students in higher education, whether it's college or graduate school, who are doing documentaries or something that might be that would require a review process to apply for a permit. And in meeting with the the school district this afternoon, it was, as I said, it was brought up that the way that it's written now might make it seem that elementary students and and high school students and, you know, those in the public schools might have to get permits if they were just filming a project using their phone or something like that, which was obviously not our intent behind the law.
So I believe that you can go ahead and hold the public hearing, and we'll you know, then you can close the public hearing, but I would hold off on voting on the law until we can update the language. And depending on what the attorney says, you know, we may have to renotice it or not. I'm not sure, but that would be my recommendation this evening.
Okay. I have a motion to open the public hearing on local law number eight of 2022? So moved. Motion by Trustee Simon, second by Trustee Horowitz. All in favor? Aye. All right. The public hearing is open. Anyone wishing to address the board, please take the podium. State your name and address. Thank you.
My name is Neal Haber. I am I live at 7 Sunset Drive, and I am appearing here as a member of the Croton Harmon Board of Education, to discuss the subject about which, mister Healy briefed you on or updated you on. I was the member of the board who noticed that there was a proposed change to the fee schedule for chapter one fifty seven filming that were related or relates to student presentations and class presentations to which I I brought this to the attention of the superintendent and the president of the board who, as you have heard, met with Mr. Healy to explain our concerns. And I'm pleased on behalf of the board that there will be a second look at the language of this resolution or this local law. What our initial feeling before we saw these changes was that this would change even if the fee were zero, as might have been discussed, would have still required the obtaining of permits and the obtaining of insurance
by the student who would otherwise apparently be subject to every other provision in chapter one fifty seven of the village laws. In looking at this and looking in particular at section one fifty seven two a, that section states no commercial, movie, television program, documentary, or similar presentation or any portion thereof shall be filmed, videotaped, recorded, or otherwise made on any private property or public property, including but not limited to street sidewalks, parks, and buildings in the village of Croton On Hudson without first obtaining a permit. Fee is separate. That's in one fifty seven six. A permit shall be required for the running of cable, the placing or storing of equipment of any kind, the parking of vehicles used in connection with filming or any any other film related activity on any public or private property within the village or for any other use of such property for the purpose of filming.
Obviously, reading that in and of itself, you might be led to the conclusion as I was that students in our high schools and in elementary schools and middle schools would be subject to this requirement. It that's not the intention of the stat of of the proposed change in the law, and I appreciate that. However, I would suggest that as this provision, chapter one fifty seven, is redrafted to address what the intent really is, that it should be clear that the types of student, and to use the words, filming undertaken by an enrolled student of a recognized public or private education institution for a class project or presentation be defined in such a manner that it is clear that the type of student activity that you're talking about is activity which is akin to those provisions in chapter one fifty seven section one fifty seven dash two a, and that it's the kind of activity that might affect
or be affected by such things as time restrictions and requirements for insurance. One of my concerns, and this is not for students of how a school district, I'm thinking of students who are in a college course where they are doing a documentary. If they're doing a documentary that might fit within subdivision a or of section one fifty seven point two dash two, are those students in fact required to obtain insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 per individual and 1,000,000 per occurrence for property damage and for personal injury? I don't know if that's required by, NYU Film School or any other school that has that. And I don't know, and that is something I think that really must be examined to see if what you're doing is providing appropriate safeguard to the village and its residents for the use of of for filming in the district in within the school sorry, within the village. Or whether you're really saying, in essence, students won't be able to do any such activities
because of those restrictions including the insurance requirement. I will add that because this talks about everything within the village of Croton On Hudson, which includes school district property, and I don't know, but something that should be looked into as to whether the village may restrict the use of school district facilities for this purpose. But it also includes Metro North, and it also includes within the geographic confines of the village, it includes Croton Point Park. Is that something that this village has the authority to do? Is that something the village wants to do in terms of placing restrictions on filming in those locales? So there's a lot of work that I believe should be done to revise the proposed law to meet exactly what these the village desires to do in accordance with its rights and obligations. Thank you very much for your attention, and certainly the school district and
myself and other members of the board are available if there are questions as we go forward. Okay. Thank you.
Alright. We now proceed to local public hearing on local law number nine of 2022 to amend chapter two zero four taxation of the village code to institute the volunteer firefighter and EMS exemption.
Excuse me. Yeah. Before we go to that, Brian, do you want to hold the public hearing open? Do you wanna Yeah. Let's hold it anyway. Okay. I think you should have a
a motion to do that. Alright. Do I have a motion to hold it? So moved. Do I have a second? Motion by Trustee Simon, second by Trustee Horowitz. Presumably,
It would be Yes. Comments on on the Yeah. It would be on the it would be on the agenda at the next meeting. Correct. Yep. Exactly. Okay. Well, I guess the floor is being it is open. Right? Yes. So But before we go to public hearing, you should give the background. Okay. So we're on number local law number nine right now. Correct? Okay. So we're actually not going to have this public hearing this evening in part based on what I discussed at the last meeting that there's been a new state law that has been adopted by both houses in of the legislature, and it's awaiting the governor's signature. So until that bill is signed, we're not able to adopt the volunteer firefighter and EMS tax exemption. So I would like to ask for a motion to, I guess, withdraw the this local law. And then once we have the new language, we will because the section numbers are gonna change, so we're gonna have to start from scratch. So once we have that information, we'll draft a new law and then bring it back to the board.
Motion by trustee Gonzalez, second by trustee Simon. All in favor? Alright. I don't think we need a resolution on a necessarily need a resolution on this, but, because this is pending state action. And as far as I know, the bill is not going to the governor yet during New York State constitution. What it's there's a finite I believe it's 10. Might be five as little as five, but I believe it's ten days that they have to sign. And so to manage the flow of legislation, the legislature will sit on it and then send it when they think the governor is ready to review, which does give us some time to potentially put in a memo of support. And to the extent that it makes a difference, it might be useful to emphasize that people are actually waiting on this. So it's not on the governor's desk. Yeah. Right. But make make it clear that local governments are enthusiastic to use this power and this incentive if we're given it.
Right? There's a consensus on that. Sure. Very good. Good idea. Okay. Responses to questions submitted via email. No questions, mayor. Good correspondence.
Okay. So the first item of correspondence is a letter from New York Department of State requesting an LWRP consistency review regarding our wall replacement project, so on Grand Street. I went I thought we actually had done this already, but I went back and looked and apparently we have not. So Pass it to the Pass it to Refer it to the WAC. Yes. Yes. Okay. You want do you do you wanna just bring it there, trustee Galali? No.
Alright. We have a majority. Okay. So and is that so that's there's a time consideration, I think, from the letter. So we we should probably ask the WAC to meet
next week, I would think. Yeah. That would that would be ideal. They are they're looking for a response within thirty days. So if the WAC is able to meet next week, then we can have the our the board's consistency on the July 5 agenda. And then that will be that will put us within the thirty days.
Okay. Do we need a motion on that to send it to the WAC? I mean, we kinda have been doing both. I don't know. Alright. Do I have a motion to send it to the WAC? Motion by trustee Horowitz, second by trustee Simon. All in favor? Aye.
Okay. The next item of correspondence is in letter from John Munson, fire council president regarding membership changes in the fire department. There were no changes in April. And in May, Michael Silaberto went from active to social in Washington engine as he has moved to Dutchess County. Okay. And then the last item of correspondence is a draft request for interest for the Govea Park property. After having a discussion at a work session earlier this year, I had been working with attorney Whitehead and superintendent Balbi on putting together this RFI. And I also have to thank the village administrator in Tarrytown who was generous enough to give me a copy of the RFI that they did for the Washington Irving boat club property, which is a very similar situated property. It's parkland that's owned by the village that has some nonresidential use possibility. So I've put this together, and I was hoping that we could have some
comments from the board on what they thought. You know, manager, I I was when having gone through this,
I was very pleased by it. But I I wanna talk about why I was pleased to make sure I was correct to be pleased. Okay. Because it it seems to me that we're we're certainly asking for some specific suggest proposals on what they might do with the house. What what might be an appropriate endeavor for the house. But it seemed to me also, as I was reading this, that we're asking them to, for something greater, to to an extent, an envisioning of, how the park may be used in other ways or how it how it could be used consistent with what the new uses of the house would be. So that that we're really looking for a a large vision of of what Govea could be consistent with the ways in which, you know, we've obtained it and what its what its ongoing uses have to be. So I think if if I'm correct in in thinking that we're looking at a more holistic, you know, view there, I think it's very exciting. And and,
you know, I I would look forward, you know, to seeing this go a go out and also more importantly to see what kind of proposals that we that we get back in. And I also I like the idea that, you know, we're not you know, even though I know everyone in Croton would be eager to to see, something something new and interesting happen there. We're not rushing on this because we wanna get it right. So I think that was that was a very positive aspect as well. So is is that generally Yes. Okay. Yeah. You know, the, the land is parkland. Yeah. And so it must stay as parkland.
And any use that goes on within the park must be compatible to Parkland. And so that that limits us greatly in what can actually go in there. And so that's why some suggestions were made in there such as a restaurant Yep. Because that's one of the few uses that the state has agreed is compatible with the Parkland use. So, yes, that's why it takes that more holistic approach. You know, you can't just you can't just turn the park into, you know, or Six Flags, something like that. You know, it has to stay as mainly parkland with a with an amenity
Right. Inside it. Right. But it's I I think it's it's helpful to say to the potential RFP responders, but also to the public, you know, that, this is not just a proposal, not just an RFI, for, potentially turning the house into a restaurant, and everything else in Govea is gonna be exactly the same. We're looking for their creativity and and I I keep using the word vision, but what vision they can bring, you know, consistent with what needs to govern the uses of the park down the road. I'm I'm I'm excited about
I I I agree. I think it's fine. I I think it can be an evolutionary process where if we get something of interest for the residential piece, then that can, in essence, set off something else for the Parkland piece. So Yeah. I I don't think it has to all be tied together or settled at this time. I think it's kind of, you know, evolving. Yes. But and who will this get sent to? That's a good question.
So, I mean, we do have BidNet, which is where we normally post our bids and RFPs. And so it will go out on there, but I don't know if that will necessarily reach the people that we're looking to reach. Yeah. I I was gonna follow-up
eventually with there there's this organization that I work with, you know, from time to time. It's a matter of fact, they're having their their big conference in Philadelphia right now called Greater and Greener, called the City Parks Alliance. And I've actually had conversations with their staff from time to time about this, you know, this jewel called Govea that we're that we'd like to work on. So and they've got a broad net of of people out there that they could they could send that to. So if if it was acceptable to make them aware of this, you know, we we might get a lot of a lot of feedback from them. And and that's a that's a network of literally hundreds of of parks departments, but also consultants, planners, and also a lot of the I guess you would characterize it in a lot of cities, parks are not a standard department. In many cases, they're nonprofits or public private partnerships or things like that. A lot of those sort of nondepartmental
folks tend to gravitate around city parks alliance as well. So I think if I if it's acceptable to let them take a look at this once it's finalized Yes. You know, then I think we can get some good feedback from them.
Yeah. I I would say that also, in addition to that creative suggestion, say and I'm I don't mean that. I I I am expressing my sincere appreciation for that. Just searching for the words to describe it. But also, let's say, more pedestrian suggestion of the usual suspects, so to speak, which is your friend of mine, the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce. And the Westchester Business Council. And, of course, you know, in addition to Bidnet, I anticipate we'll we'll do a general blast, let's say, and try to push it far and wide.
But no no no I I even think there are actually some mayors and city managers around the country that they may have you know, very often, you know, the the people that do work are, you know, fairly local. But in Carmel, Indiana, they could know of someone closer to us that does this kind of work or has been involved in some of their projects or things like that. So we'll circulated to some good folks.
I think you could also consider some of the groups like the Hudson River historic Hudson River towns and that sort of thing. Just sending it to them.
Yeah, no, we'll definitely circulate it to whoever would like to read it. One point of concern or I
mean, I'm kind of speculating here and guessing about what central applicants would be concerned about really is it says that the submissions will be strictly confidential until after the opening deadline at which time they become public documents. And then we also say that we're looking for, in addition addition, a team experience, financial overview, and capabilities. Is that is this the stage at which we would wanna request that information? And if so, should that be subject does that need to be subject to greater level of confidentiality?
Well, I mean, as with FOIL, there's not too many things that can be kept completely confidential. You know, I mean, I think you would want to know what the financial capability of a developer is. I mean, anyone can come in and propose something, but if they don't have the the backing to do so, it's not really worthwhile proposal.
One one thing I've in a couple other places around the country is, you know, the equivalent for us now in this this time that we live in. But it would be something like a scoping Zoom, you know, where prior to submission, you know, we would host a Zoom. The village would host a Zoom, and anyone that was interested could just ask questions. Questions. And so it would be, you know, presumably, you know, you and and DPW and engineering just ask a lot of questions, you know. So because I think this this gives you, you know, probably, you know, almost all the information you need. Plus, you can go on the website and look at look at things. But they'll they'll always have Yeah. I mean, we do those with all our bids Right. And RFPs.
You know, usually, you know, if it's something tangible, it will be a walk through, you know, of the site or whatever. And then if not, you know, we can have a meeting. That's no problem. Okay.
Great. But do you so so the idea is is to finalize this at some point soon and then and then we'll Yeah. I would hope to have it out no later than the end of the summer. Right. So this yeah. No. We don't need to take any action on it now. Don't I don't believe so. No. Okay. Great. So just a quick question. Is it still on the table that it might be used for
a a rental as a as a home, or is that off the table? I think that, you know, after having the attorney look into it, I don't think that's something that's really feasible
right now. So, yeah, it's off the table. Yeah. I I also think when I was reading it, I thought it was really fantastic. Thank you. Yeah. The idea of looking for exciting ideas. Yes. So that's great.
Alright. And now we approach public comment on agenda items. Anyone wishing to comment on an agenda item may come to the podium in five per five minutes per person. State your name and address.
My name is Ed Riley. 110 Truesdale Drive in Crib. Two items I'd like to comment on are five C, Gouvia Park, and seven F, social media and e blast policy. I think that Gouvia property is gonna be a difficult piece of property to deal with for this village. It's all by itself. It's difficult to get to. I don't believe it's heavily used. There are some possibilities that if there were a pedestrian bridge connecting into the river, you could extend the walkway along the river, use the property, and then to do some type of crosswalk to enter into the public aviaries around National Golf Course, maybe enter into a trade with the people who own the the old Croton North Station. This town is a railroad town. There's no railroad museum that I know of anywhere near this place. Or you may say, hey. Look. We can't really deal with this property. We're not using using it properly under the terms that you took it, give it back, give it to somebody else who can use it more appropriately.
I don't think there's a rush to do this. You know, there's possibilities for botanical gardens opening the place up, but that's a difficult piece of property. Item seven f, social media and e blast policy. One, I think you should get rid of your newsletter. The newsletter in this town serves in this village serves the same function as newsletters from Sandra Galiff, assemblywoman, Parkham, senator, the governor's newsletter, the senator's US senator's newsletter, the congressman's newsletter. I'll just give you an example. The Memorial Day ceremony was attended by, I don't know, 250, 300 people. Had to ban veterans, all sorts of stuff there, people speaking. And the and the and the most prominent photograph, the only photograph on the front page of the village newspaper was of village politicians. Come on. That was not what a Veterans Day ceremony was about. And it goes on and on and on like that.
I realize other people do it. It's a waste of time and waste of money. There's a lot of important things to do in this village, and we don't need self promotion. There is no opposition party in this town. Although, if anybody's watching this, call me. We're trying to create we're trying to create something. But, so it's sort of an affront, to people in general. So I recommend you abandon that. And and in light of the situation with Joshua Diamond who just won an overwhelming landslide, the largest election in the history of Croton schools By the way, 28% turnout. Big everybody's happy about that? I don't think so. Usual turnout, 7%. The worst elections in in The United States are school board elections. The lowest participation rate, usually in this town is 7%. This one, which was the largest anyone can remember where they ran out of ballots, 2,000 people voted, 28% turnout, which stinks. Right? So anyhow, he cemented in there, but he cemented in thereafter making
disgusting remarks about Christians, hunters, people who didn't agree with his vaccination program. It'd still be covered. It'd still have a remote schooling and mask if it was up to him. And the fire department, the police department, things that he said. So in terms of regulating what people say, I I don't believe people should be regulating what they say. But if a person's gonna represent a school, especially where you have kids involved or a village, and then talk about we shouldn't we shouldn't we should be kind to each other. We should be racist and all the rest of the stuff that goes with the constant, drumbeat of the Democratic Party and and the left in this town, I think that, that they should spend a lot of time on that policy. Thank you.
Alright. Anyone else wishing to comment? Alright. Seeing no one else wishing to comment, we proceed to resolutions.
Whereas at a village board meeting on 10/15/2007, T Mobile Northeast LLC, formerly known as Omnipoint Communications Inc, was issued a telecommunications special permit to colocate a personal wireless facility at 1 Van Wyck Street. And whereas the special permit was renewed by the village board on 11/25/2013 and 09/17/2018, and whereas this telecommunication special permit expires on 10/15/2022 and must be renewed in accordance with telecommunications chapter of the village code. And whereas the village has received a special permit renewal application from T Mobile and the associated $2,500 fee. And whereas renewal of the special permit does not require an environmental review. Now Now therefore be it resolved that the village board of trustees hereby schedules a public hearing to be held on Tuesday, July 5 at 7PM in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley h. Kelleherjee Municipal Building,
one Van Wyck Street, Cortlandt, Hudson, New York one zero five two zero.
Whereas the village of Cortlandt Hudson adopted a budget of $18,000 for alarm permit revenues, and whereas the alarm permits are now processed by the village clerk's office instead of the engineering department, and whereas the village of Cortlandt Hudson previously allocated alarm permit revenues to revenue code A1440Dot2550. Now therefore be it resolved that the village board hereby authorizes the village treasurer to reallocate $18,000 from a 1440Dot2550 to the following account, a 1410Dot2550, $18,000.
Do I have a motion? Motion by Trustee Horowitz, second by Trustee Golly. Discussion? This mean the building department is going to issue them now?
No. This is moving it from their revenue lines to the To the Okay. That they match up. Correct. Yeah. It was, I guess, many years ago, the building department must have handled it. It's for some reason. And the revenue had always been booked there. Okay. And we wanted to make that change this year. But in all the budget stuff, it was just a clerical error that it was kept there. Okay.
Whereas there are a number of capital projects that have been completed and whereas the village treasurer recommends closing the capital accounts associated with these projects as follows. And that list is on the board there. Now therefore be it resolved that the Board of Trustees authorizes the Village Treasurer to close the above listed accounts as of 05/31/2022 and return $384,879.92 to the debt service fund and $14,188.26 to the general fund. And be oh, sorry. And be it further resolved that $61,371.90 shall be deposited into the capital account 23 444 continued use of the Grand Street Firehouse. And be it further resolved that $27,297.54 shall be deposited into the capital account 15,287 for future rehabilitation work of the 0.5 Moon Bay Bridge.
Do I have a motion? Do I have a second? Second. Motion by Trustee Howard, second by Trustee Simon. Discussion? I noticed that the Curtain Point Avenue TEP grant is in there. Does this mean that it's a wrap? It's a wrap. Like, officially, officially. It is We've even closed that for US DOT, NYS DOT,
all the DOTs. I I can't say for certain that we have closed out that we've gotten their final seal of approval. I'd have to check with Frank. But we don't anticipate there to be any more expenditures for the project. Alright. So and as you can see, it came in under budget by $353,999. Outstanding. Yes. Thank you to Frank and Scott. Big time. Absolutely.
It it you know, all of these is just an indication of, you know, some of these projects even though you've you've actually you've either finished the work or you own the vehicle, but it just takes a while to Yes. Get through all the processes where you can close out the accounts.
Yep. And so then, you know, that money that goes back into the into the debt fund can then be used as part of next year's budget to help, you know, curtail any increase.
Alright. US No. Sorry. We did have to have a vote. All in favor? Yes. Aye. Aye. Thank you.
Whereas the Village Board of Trustees is desirous of allowing merchants to set up booths and tables in certain areas of the village at certain times. And whereas the village board of trustees adopted local law eight of 2020, which amended chapter one seventy two of the village code commercial soliciting to permit such activity. And whereas the street vendor license policy was amended on 06/22/2020 and 02/28/2022 to allow for more licenses per location and an earlier start time for each vendor. And whereas the amended street vendor license policy contains a sunset date of 06/05/2022 pending a review of its operation. And whereas this review was conducted at a work session held on 05/23/2022. Now therefore be it resolved that the board of trustees hereby readops the street vendor license policy as previously amended.
Do I have a motion? So moved. Do I have a second? Motion by Trustee Simon, second by Trustee Gorowitz. Discussion? Manager,
just you'd referenced the work session that we had on this a number of weeks ago. And although it doesn't reflect any of the language that's in our renewal of the policy, the two things that we did discuss. I know the clerk's not here. She might, you know, have some comments on this at some point in the future. But the two things we did discuss, one was ensuring that the vendors, got their paperwork into her earlier. Yes. And then number one, then overall better coordination among the vendors, with our police department in terms of, you know, getting the the the parking restrictions on time. We've we've had a couple of of the Sundays since then. Is is it your assessment that that that's going a bit smoother?
Well, since we've had the work session, I don't think they did I don't think there was anything on Memorial Day, and then the following weekend was Summerfest. Right. And I don't know if they did anything I think it was modest this past. Yeah. I'd have to check with Paula. I haven't heard I haven't heard anything bad.
So I'm hoping that that means things are going well. These these are more about implementation and, you know, if we need to sort of continue to have Yes. And I think it's a good thing to, you know, on both on both both ends to continue to have that conversation about ways in which it could be improved. Yes. Thank you.
Do we wanna set a date for the expiration, or we wanna make this permanent? Or Oh, good point.
You know, in my own view I'm sorry. I didn't mean to No. Go ahead. No. My own view is that we we make it permanent at this point, because it was permanent before. And and we only we only put in the the the June 1, I think it was, because we were we were making some changes and enhancing it. I think we can always come back in in the fall and and take another look at it. But I I don't I don't see any, any virtue of, you know, to having, another sunset on there because I I think overall it's gone pretty well.
And it already has a different time for different times of the year. It's already written in the law. So Yeah. So during the summer, you're allowed to be there till eight. Yeah.
Okay. Is that the consensus of the board? Alright. Then we should actually have a vote. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Okay.
Resolution 97. Resolution authorizing the issuance of 30,000 bonds of the village of Cortlandt and Hudson, Westchester County, New York to pay the cost of the purchase of a license plate reader system for the police department in and for said village.
Yeah. So this is just, as we discussed, we're purchasing two of these systems. One was paid for out of funds in general fund budget. And then the second one was going to be paid for out of debt issuance.
You And I think as we discussed earlier, it's a it's this is a very useful tool for the department to have, and I think it helps in a number of ways.
Whereas Village Board of Trustees adopted a social media and email blast policy on June 1739 to govern the use of its social media accounts and e blasts, and whereas changes to this policy were discussed at a board work session held on 05/23/2022, And whereas the only substantial change to the policy is to allow the public so is it public station of village sponsored events within the weekly Croton community calendar. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the board of trustees hereby adopts the social media and email blast policy as amended.
Do I have a motion? I'll move. Motion by Trustee Glowy, second by Trustee Rosales. Discussion?
Well, my recollection is, I think it's it's well stated in the, in the resolution, but this this allows for village sponsored events and and we we properly define that as, events that are occurring because of the of of activities that the village is permitting. Yeah. And open to the public. And open to the public. So I think this is this is great. I look forward to, you know, to seeing all of the the the appropriate and effective uses of of this new ability to to interact with our social media. So I think it's a it's a very, very good decision. Yes.
Great. Not to add a black fly to the punch bowl here, but it's just I think in think that we're all in agreement in what we're trying to achieve here. I just wanna make sure that the policy as written reflects that. Part of what you know, speak more specifically to the issue is we wanna be able to promote events where businesses might exist without get while at the same time distinguishing that we're not promoting specific businesses. Yep. And that that let's say there's a difference between something that's informational and promotional. But for instance, I guess maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe it doesn't matter because it's in links slash likes. Yep. So versus nonvillage events.
Oh, sorry. So in the links slash likes, this shall not include association with for profit entities within or without the village. For example, the village may like Westchester County or the Red Cross on Facebook may not like Bob's restaurant. I suppose look. I guess if an event had its own page.
Yeah. I see I see what you're saying. I yeah. I think that it's it's two different things. Right? Like, we shouldn't we shouldn't be promoting a specific business, either their website or their Facebook page, but we can promote an event that just happens to have businesses at it. Yeah. So well, I I watched that meeting on the twenty third three times trying to figure out exactly what we Yeah. What we decided. And that's why I brought it back to the board because I wasn't entirely sure. So
Well, I I think, you know, conceptually with respect to things like the community calendar and such, which is really, I thought, the main focus initially. Yes. You got that right. I think the, you know, mayor makes a good point about other aspects of the social media, which we didn't quite, you know, give much attention to. Yeah. But I I kinda think of it, you know, as, you know, maybe that's something we revisit, you know, if if if need be, because we haven't been asked that many times Yeah. I recall. As, you know, as opposed to say all of us, you know, we might show up at a ribbon cutting or some special event, but but no one, to my knowledge, has said to the, you know, village social media, we're having a we're having a a 25% sale next week. Would you like that? You know? So so It's
we try very hard to not publicize individual events on our social media because frankly, we have enough of our own stuff to broadcast and try and inform the residents about. And so, you know, it's not really it's not really an issue for us at the moment because, like I said, we don't really do that. So, you know, we're just really sharing our own information.
I I was just going to say, you know, that and, you know, hopefully over time. And I think actually, Croton Business Council is doing a lot of that already. I I know they're they're probably eager to do more. And I think that's that's the appropriate venue for Yes. And
to be clear, just to explicate further on your point manager, I think what you mean is, right, is we do provide information about discrete events. What we don't do is provide information about events of individual for profit businesses. But Correct. There are events that are individual in the sense that there's only one of them. Right? Yes.
Alright. Very good. Mhmm. Yeah. Maybe I'm overthinking the links thing. I think we should just after talking this through, let's just proceed as written. Alright. All in favor? Aye.
Whereas the village would like to amend chapter one thirty five garbage, rubbish, and littering of the village code to detail the billing and appeals processes for excess garbage and rubbish. And whereas the village board of trustees is considering the adoption of local introductory number 10 of 2022, which has been drafted for such purposes. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the village board of trustees hereby calls for a public hearing on 07/05/2022 at 7PM to consider local law introductory number 10 of 2022 to amend chapter one thirty five garbage, rubbish, and littering of the village code to detail the billing and appeals processes for excess garbage and rubbish, and be it further resolved that such public hearing shall be held in the Georgianna Grant Meeting Room of the Stanley H Kellerhouse Municipal Building, 1 Van Wyck Street, Cortlandt, Hudson, New York 10520.
Do I have the motion? Do I have a second? Second. Motion by trustee Horowitz, second by trustee Simon. Manager, just a question on that. Looking
forward to the hearing. Is it our sense that where the overuse of this is occurring? Is is that residential, commercial, multifamily, all? What's
So we only this deals primarily with commercial refuse. There is no real set standard for what would be considered excessive from a house. I mean, that's really a kind of a decision that the, the sanitation workers would would bring to the, you know, the general foreman or the assistant general foreman's attention, and then they would probably decide that. You know, like, I mean, you're not supposed to, you know, put your whole house out at the curb. Right? You know? Yeah. So but, I mean, it's kinda hard to determine when that might be occurring. So with the what this primarily deals with is the commercial billing of garbage that we do for the second pickup. Right. Because that that's what gets charged on a regular basis. And it's this is something that is occurring right now, and it was brought to the attention you know, the village attorney brought it up that our code is not exactly in sync with our current process.
And so we're just updating this to bring us in line with what is actually occurring.
So we're already assessing a fee for the for the pickup of commercial garbage. Correct. And this allows us to adjust it upward in in during periods or incidences where the
the load is excessive or Not no. Not really. So the the businesses all businesses in the village get one free pickup a week. If they want a second pickup, that's what they have to pay for. I see. So And what this law is doing is that if they if they are given a bill and they don't pay the bill, this allows us to assess it as a lien on their property.
Correct. I mean, the language is there. So in the in the instance that there was a residential issue, I mean, it covers that. But that's not that's not the practice that's occurring right now. Right. Yeah. Because residents don't have that option, do they? No. So residents all they all have one garbage pickup a week. Right. And like I said, you're you're really not supposed to put an excessive amount of garbage out at your curb. Right. Yeah. And to know that you're not supposed to put a couch out there. Mean, you can put a couch, actually. Yeah. You can. Without without informing the villagers. No. Can. Yeah. You can. There's no there's no appointments for bulk pickup. Yeah. The only the only thing that requires appointments are metal and electronics.
limit on it. Right? Well, that's yeah. Right? It's kinda like one of those things, you know, I can't really define it, but I know it when I see it. Every week. Yeah. I know.
I know. Because I have I actually have called the DPW and and something like you say, you know, because it seemed like I had a lot to put out, and, I wanted to make sure it was okay. Yeah. And they told me it was it was fine. Well, they they always say I I we we always They they also told me, like, if I could Spread it out. Spread it out. Yeah. We always It'd be a lot better. Calls. You you know, just say, let's But we're really lucky. There's a chair there this week. We're lucky in Croton because not all municipalities allow that. Correct. They'll have twice a year maybe. And, you know Yes. I speak to a lot of people who are absolutely amazed
that Yeah. That we have that opportunity. Some communities that will remain nameless struggle to even just handle regular weekly pickup. Like, sometimes they'll skip your property.
the village would like to amend chapter 86 of the village code building construction to institute the n NY stretch energy code. And whereas the village board of trustees is considering the adoption of local law introductory number seven of 2022, which has been drafted for such purposes. And whereas on 05/16/2022, the village board of trustees declared itself lead agency for secret purposes in relation to the proposed action. And whereas on 05/16/2022, the village board referred the draft law EAF and CAF to the Water Fund Advisory Committee. And whereas the village board has received a recommendation of consistency from the Water Fund advisory committee with the village's local waterfront revitalization program. And whereas the village board must make its own determination of consistency with the LWRP policy standards and conditions. Whereas on 06/06/2022, the village board of trustees undertook the process of the LWRP
consistency review and EA EAF part two review for local law introductory number seven of 2022 attached tier two. Now therefore be it resolved that the village board of trustees hereby issues and adopts the EAF parts two and three determination of significance attached tier two and adopts a negative declaration under secret in connection with this action. And be it further resolved that the Village Board of Trustees hereby finds that the following LWRP policies are applicable to the proposed action, policy one a. The remaining policies and conditions of the LWRP not specifically discussed above were reviewed and found to not be applicable, and be it further resolved as follows. Based upon the above, the village board of trustees confirms its determinations that the proposed action, the adoption of local law introductory number seven of 2022 to amend chapter 86 of the village code building construction
to institute the NY stretch energy code complies with the policy standards and conditions set forth in the village's LWRP.
Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Motion by trustee Chloe, second by trustee Simon. Discussion?
Well, I I just like to say if I could that, you know, this started back a number of months ago with our sustainability committee with Lindsay Audin as our our chairman and Jon Katz and Bernie put in many, many hours in preparing background materials including PowerPoints and q and a and, you know, really got the ball rolling in terms of us understanding what this is all about. We got terrific cooperation from our village engineer and the manager and his team, and the WAC was involved. Our planning board, you know, really rolled up their sleeves and, and and dealt with this as a saw it as the opportunity that it was. And, and the public, you know, both in general, but also, our community of builders and contractors and construction folks all came forth and, you know, gave us some good guidance and lots of support on on on on this initiative. So I think it's I think it's a good day for Croton. And
and, you know, I think this is something that, you know, will be adapted to, I I I hope, without without too much difficulty. I I think all the all indications are from the experience of other communities that it goes well. And it probably itself will will evolve over time, and and this is something that we'll we'll have to take a look at periodically. But I think this is great move for Croton and I'm glad we're doing it and grateful for everyone's involvement.
I'm not going to repeat everything that Len just said, but I concur with that. And also just point out that this applies to new construction.
Yes. And I will repeat some of what Trustee Simon said, which is because I don't think it can be said enough, but a lot of thanks and appreciation to Lindsay Audin and Jon Katz in the sustainability committee. And, again, we recognized it at the time and at subsequent meetings, but the fact that Jon Katz donated some of his daughter's birthday to come raise the board on this If you is very much appreciated. K. All in favor? Aye.
Whereas the village would like to amend chapter 86 of the village code building construction to institute the NY stretch energy code. Whereas the village board of trustees is considering the adoption of local law introductory number seven of 2022, which has been drafted for such purposes. And whereas on 06/06/2022, a public hearing was opened and closed. And whereas on 06/06/2022, the village board conducted its LWRP consistency review and completed the EAF part two for SECRA. And whereas on 06/21/2022, the village board adopted a resolution of consistency with the LWRP and a negative declaration in accordance with SECRA. Now therefore be it resolved that the village board of trustees hereby adopts local law introductory number seven of 2022 to amend chapter 86 of the Village Code, building construction to institute the NY Stretch Energy Code, which upon adoption becomes local law number seven of 2022.
So moved. Great. Okay. Motion. Do I have a second? Motion by Trustee Simon, second by Trustee Orwitz. All in favor? Aye. Whereas
the on-site audit has been scheduled for the twenty one twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two fiscal year end and whereas the following budget transfers are required as detailed in the attached schedules. Now therefore be it resolved, the board of trustees authorizes the village treasurer to make the following budget transfers to the twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two general water and sewer fund budgets as follows. And there are a lot of transfers, so it's part of the backup if anyone wants to look at them. The total transfers for the general fund are $1,002,256.10 The transfers to the Water Fund are $128,214.10 And the transfers to the Sewer Fund are $98,988.26
moved. Okay. Second. Motion by trustee Golly, second by trustee Horowitz. Discussion? All in favor? Aye. Whereas
on 04/20/2015, the village board of trustees approved a resolution to enter into an agreement to participate in a sustainable Westchester Community Choice aggregation program for the purpose of procuring an energy supplier who will contract with the village to supply energy for its residents. Whereas on 10/19/2020, the village board of trustees authorized the second iteration of the CCA program for the period beginning 01/01/2021 through 06/30/2022. And whereas on 04/04/2022, the village board of trustees authorized the continue participation in the CCA program beginning 07/01/2022. And whereas due to the volatility of the current energy market, Sustainable Westchester has been unable to come to terms on a successor agreement at this time. And whereas Sustainable Westchester has provided the village with an updated memorandum of understanding reflecting a pause in the program and anticipated restart date of 11/01/2022.
Now therefore, be it resolved that the village board of trustees hereby authorizes the village manager to execute the memorandum of understanding with Sustainable Westchester confirming the participation by the village of Cortlandt and Hudson in the next CCA iteration.
Do I have a motion? Second. Motion by Trustee Horwood, second by Trustee Simon. Discussion?
So as you know, this is the third time this has not been beat You before the know, I mean, it's just the conditions are are just too volatile in the market. So we're hoping that, at least according to what we're being told, that the future looks a little bit better than it did a couple months ago. And so they're more confident that they'll be able to get something as we go into the fall. And Sustanian Westchester will be at our next meeting on May 5 to give an update on exactly why they've had to go this route. So hopefully, that will be helpful for any residents that have questions or concerns. July 5. July 5. Yes. We're meeting on a Tuesday again.
Tuesday meeting. Sorry. Yes. Yeah. The the program succeeded in insulating residents or at least participating resident residents for an extended year of volatile and by which, I mean, really just high prices. But, unfortunately, you can't time everything. So during this period, we are exposed to the volatility. Hopefully, we can bring that to an end as quickly as possible. Alright. All in favor? Alright.
Whereas in 2009, the village of Cortlandt Hudson and Historic Hudson Valley, owner of the Van Cortlandt Manor property located at 525 South Riverside Avenue, executed the memorandum of understanding regarding the Van Cortlandt Manor entrance improvement project. And whereas in 2011, the village agreed to serve at the as the municipal sponsor with the New York State Department of Transportation for the Van Cortlandt Manor entrance improvement project. And whereas this project is to be completed using federal and nonfederal funds, the latter of which is to be covered by HHV. And whereas the project has continued to be designed since that time. And whereas in 2021, the Water Control Commission conducted a review of the project as lead agency under the state environmental quality review act. And whereas both the Water Control Commission and Water Fund Advisory Committee have given their approval to the project,
and whereas HHV has provided an amended memorandum of understanding which documents the work done to date on the project. Now therefore be it resolved that the village manager is hereby authorized to execute the amended memorandum of understanding with historic Hudson Valley in regards to the Van Cortlandt Manor entrance improvement project subject to the final approval of the village attorney, and be it further resolved that the draft construction contract to be included in the NYSDOT construction manual is approved pending final approval of the village attorney.
Do I have a motion? Second. Motion by Trustee Horowitz, second by Trustee Gollelli. Discussion?
All right. And with that being too elliptical, I know that some concerned residents have reached out to us with other ideas or with regards to historic Hudson Valley specifically. What was it, the trailway? Yes. Billboard too. Billboarded and Yeah. And the billboarded. The trailway back. And we are following up on both those concerns as I think those parties are aware. Right. All in favor? Aye. Aye. All right. Proceed to public comment on non agenda items. Anyone wishing to address the board, you may approach the podium. You have five minutes. Please state your name and address.
My name is Ed Riley from Drive in Croton. I'd like to state once again that the problem Croton has is a diversity problem. It's not diversity problem of race. It's a diversity problem of opinion. It's been most noticeable in the schools where people were afraid to con to confront Black Lives Matter and other theories for fear of having their children ostracized or being attacked as racist. We're trying to liberate people from that, by talking in other means. This is a perfect example of a politician who only talks to certain people and therefore feels it's okay to make racist remarks and racist remarks about the police in public. For anybody interested in this, I have the details in my pocket here where you can find out the details. Once again, Croton has a diversity problem. The diversity problem is one of opinion. It's not one of race. On the matter of inflation, we all know the inflation rate is the highest since 1981.
It's 8.6%. Gasoline is at 5%. Milk $5. Milk is at $5, and bread is at $4. I'd like to thank the mayor and the village manager for pointing out the problems that are ahead. And this board was on the on the right path leading up to a budget, and you were scrutinizing everything. And there must have been a blast of money from heaven or something like that where things loosened up in the last meeting prior to that budget or something. Something happened heavenly. But the warning of the mayor stands and the warning of the village manager stands. There are big time troubles ahead. And right now, your citizens are being crucified by inflation rate. And, hopefully, I thought I would find a memo or or a letter to the president saying change your change your fiscal monetary and energy policies. They're crushing our people on fixed income and the poor people in our communities, but I haven't seen that yet. I was also looking forward to some comment at the Ukraine rally to say,
hey. What's on that laptop? You know, the Biden's got money from the Ukrainians. They got money from the Russians. They screwed up energy policy, which made the aggressor think he could walk in. An American billionaire has been screwing around in Ukraine for the last fifteen years. I don't I didn't see that. The two subjects I'd like to address in more detail are police. I heard the police testify here that they hadn't been in high school for a long time. They are in a middle school. Given what happened in Texas and other events preceding that, I hope they are in close working very closely with that high school. I don't pretend to know what their plans are, but they should be drilled on a regular basis. And all this stuff about cops on bicycles and crap like that, The police in Croton have to be mobile. They have to be able to get a team somewhere in a hurry, and they gotta bring bigger guns when they come and emergency equipment when they come. You can't do that on a bicycle. And if you only have two cars in a road and you're trying to drag them off on a bicycle somewhere, they can't do their job.
And the two biggest jobs that this Croton has besides taking care of their home here is you're supposed to monitor one twenty nine and nine a because nobody else is. State cops don't do a very good job. Ossining doesn't do it anymore. So it's Croton. So rather than running around on bicycles, you're gonna make sure they're doing a principal job
So I I thank all the department heads for for that. Yeah. I think that they're pretty easy to read and understand.
And I think it's a a great addition that we're doing this and putting this out. I once people get used to the fact that this being available and so easily understood, they'll become quite popular. I encourage people to look look for them and look at them.
Okay. We don't have to take a vote on them, but we do accept them. Thank you, Madeline. No problem. Alright. Reports from members of the board. Trustee Rosales.
Yes. On Friday at noon, I had the privilege to have manager Healy attend with us a meeting with the Croton seniors where we answered questions in tandem about cybersecurity, our budget, and seniors program expenses related to a lot of interesting opinions in the room and a lot of ideas in terms of what they wanna do. So I appreciate that, manager Healy. You for that. And,
Thank you, Trustee Rosa. On June 8, our zoning board met and I think it was a good example of, of the process working well. There was a there was a proposal for two houses on Harrison. There was concern on the part of the neighbors that given the restrictions that we put in on Harrison in terms of one side parking that these two houses might, might increase, you know, some of the strains on the parking. Of the existing homeowners' compromise with the builder. The the houses are gonna be further set back, which will allow greater parking on the driveways. And and I I think that's a good example of, of the system working well and homeowners working well with the developer. So I was very pleased to to see that happen as one of the zoning board liaisons. Secondly, safe streets for all, which is a federal program that we hope to apply for, which will do exactly what what it says safe streets and roads for all.
I attended a webinar on that last week. It was a major, conversation item during our bicycle and pedestrian committee meeting, last week. Working with the manager and his team will be, will be going for village. We'll be applying for a planning grant that could help us get towards some big dollars for implementation. I look forward to to reporting back on on that process as we as we go further along. And as I mentioned on on the thirteenth, our bike committee met. This was also another good example of the system working well. Was the two two committees meeting together. We had the bike bike ped committee meeting with the chairman of the trails committee, Terry McGarity. And we explored a lot of interests, mutual interests regarding trail maps, possible trail tours, and, you know, lots of lots of good work together between those two committees. We last Thursday on the sixteenth, was the Hudson Valley Gateway
Chamber did their annual scholarship awards, and I'm just very happy to see that the the winner for Croton Harmon High School, they do a winner in each one of the eight high schools in their jurisdiction, was miss Emma Opal, who was is a scholar, a great volunteer, active in girl Scouts, and had just a tremendous experience in her her years at Croton Harmon High School. She's on her way to SUNY Binghamton and intends to go into the health field possibly as a physician's assistant. So I was very pleased to be there, and it was a great great moment for her and her family. And the last but not least, today is my father's 90 birthday, which, not only is, is a great day for our whole family, but which we celebrated this past week. Well, thank you. Also sets the bar extraordinarily high for me on what what what is successful longevity. But we'll we'll and we'll do the best we can. So appreciate that.
Just
briefly, although today doesn't support it, welcome to summer to everyone here. I keep waiting for it to happen, but it's I just like to report that today, Trustee Simon, myself, and Mayor Hugh, and Manager Healy, we're down at the Harmon Firehouse to acknowledge the and and and accept the $100,000 that senator Pete Harquin has arranged for us to get to support our purchase of a new fireboat, which we are in bad need of. The one we have is from the nineties, dates from the nineties, and is just practically useless at this this particular point in time and it's not worth investing in. So even though the that's the good part that we getting a $100,000 through senator Harcom's efforts. We the bad part is that because of I don't know whether it's a supply chain or whatever, but it's gonna take us at least another two years plus for us to get this fireboat. So that's the way things are right now. Something
happened when we were having this event this afternoon, which highlighted to me what a fantastic emergency service operation this village has. Unfortunately, an accident happened on the street right in that location and involved an injury to a person. And within minutes, sec Seconds. Seconds. Really? It was so fast that the of course, we had two chiefs with us at the fire department and it was practically, you know, a 100 feet away. And they were there aiding the person. The EMS were right there. The EMS personnel took care of this person. The police were there. And everything just came together in a in a way that made unfortunately, for the person involved, it it was not pleasant, but it was certainly as a board member, I was I was pleased I was able to witness how well all of these emergency operations come together and so quickly. So I would just also like to remind people that part of our process in
village government and all government involves voting and the primaries are scheduled for next Tuesday. So I hope anyone who hasn't early voted and is eligible will vote next Tuesday. And that's all I have. Thank you.
I would just like to say that last Tuesday night, the diversity and inclusion committee had a group discussion session. And it was about sharing our immigrant stories. So it was really very interesting. Lots of people attended and spoke about places where their ancestors came from and where they settled here, and the kinds of traditions they brought with them, and the kinds of, food and family relationships. And it was it was it was sweet, it was beautiful. And I think it was very inspirational, uplifting, and people were happy to think about doing it again in a couple of months. So I think that is going to happen again. And so if people are interested and have a story they'd love to share, it's going to happen again. And and I think there's also been talk about just recording these oral stories, which would be a great thing for Croton to know, you know, where we all come from. Where where are we from? It's interesting.
And I wanted to thank, the village manager, Brian, for the e blast about the Merwin Oak. I mean, some of some folks have seen it. Some folks have not seen it. But, for the folks who have seen it, it's been exciting for them. And I don't know what kind of response you're getting, but, the people I have spoken to have have just been enjoying talking about it. And and just enjoying the idea that they've been invited to participate, which I think is is as important for the village as as anything else. So thank you for that. That's it.
Right. Well, as is often the case, this coming last, not much to report. I will just extend my deep appreciation to the Conservation Advisory Council, for their clean team's action this weekend on Saturday. This well, having taken part in some of their cleanups, I did not get to take part in this one. But I believe they've collected between five and six trash bags at the duck pond. And they were assisted by the DPW, which I believe precleaned, did an amphibious cleaning, but by means of a rowboat earlier. We felt that it would not be prudent to be inviting volunteers to enter into the duck pond to remove trash. But in the area around it, they were very successful. And after bagging the trash, the DPW also came by to remove that as well. So thank you to them. And if anyone is not doing so already, please subscribe to our village email news list newsletter rather so that you can receive updates about opportunities to volunteer like this
manager. Okay. Thank you, mayor. So we had a meeting with Con Edison last week. It was attended by myself, CPW, the police department, fire department, and the engineering department. They are going to be beginning a gas main replacement project along Grand Street between Old Post Road South and Harrison Street in July, and this is going to be a high impact project, obviously, for its location. It's in a business corridor. It's you know, it has a lot of residential properties situated along that block. The road narrows significantly in a portion of that area. So there's gonna be some disruption, a lot of disruption probably as this project goes along. You know, will be doing outreach to the residents in that area. We will do our own outreach to the residents in that area. And Manager, could you repeat the street? Sure. It's it's Grand Street between Old Post Road South, so the dummy light, and, Harrison Street.
Yeah.
They're saying about six months. So They'll be working? Yes. Yeah. So, I mean, it's not gonna they're not it's not gonna be that entire stretch for six months. They're gonna start at the southern end at the dummy light and then work their way north. So primarily, it will be on the what side of the street would that be? The southwest side of the street, I guess. The street where, like, 140 the side where 140 Grand is. That's where the main is going to go. So there won't be as they move along the road, the parking will be taken away on that side, and then parking will still be available on the opposite side.
Albany. Yes. I believe so, except I think that that project and Dan would know this better. I think that might have been rather than doing a full replacement. It was like a sleeve. They inserted it into the pipe that was already there.
So It's was never a it's never it it didn't seem to be like it was ever a total closure. So there was always at least Correct. One lane. And that will be the same with this. There won't be a total closure. There'll be a flagger involved,
you know, but it's just gonna cause issues with, you know, traffic and Mhmm. Yeah. Fire department has to Yes. Work out something on that. Correct. And that's why they we obviously included them for the location of the firehouse being in the zone. Know, they will have to relocate their equipment for a day or two while they're working directly in front of the firehouse. And then the other days, they'll just have to, you know, work around them. So And the estimated time where when this would be? They're looking it's it's still in flux because it depends on what exactly when they finish the project they're working on right now, but we're thinking mid July. So and they'll be working six days a week. I think they're they said their hours were going to be 8AM to 7PM. So yeah. I mean, ideally, they wanna try and get it done before the winter. Right. So, you know, that's why we are encouraging them to work as much as they as they can because
trying to draw trying to plow with plates on the road is never good. So And and we can alert the businesses. Yes. Absolutely. Do a briefing or some kind of meeting. Yeah. I've the mayor had asked asked me to reach out to Con Edison. I'm trying to set up some sort of meeting that you know? Because, ideally, they're the ones that need to be at there to answer these questions. So it would be great to have them. Their project. It's their project. Yes. I we'll get blamed, but it's their project.
Ultimately, you know, it's like oh, it's it's a good thing to do. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's it's needed because they're they're improving the the infrastructure, and this will last for a 100 years, hopefully. You know? So it's this won't have have to happen again in most people's lifetimes. So.
I have a question. You know when you're driving on Grand Street and you make the turn onto Old Post right in by Croton Corners? Yep. So I noticed that they have painted I even know what you would call it. Markings. Yes. Yes. Just so that, you know, you don't get too close. Yes. And at at one point, there were, like, stanchions. Yes. They didn't last long, and I was just curious about, like, what was that about? So the stanchions will be coming back.
They were put in, and then there were issues with the school buses going around the dummy light. And so I asked DPW to take them out for the rest of the school year. Okay. And then this I actually when I met with the superintendent today, I had talked to him about this because I let him know that for the upcoming school year, the buses will have to if they they can't make that turn, they'll have to reroute Okay. Because those are going to to be there as part of our improvements to that. They will be permanent? Or I I believe so because, you know, the the pavement markings are good, but they're not you know, there's nothing to prevent somebody from just driving over the the pavement markings. So we had talked about, like, having places for deliveries.
Yes. And I think that was one of the spots, wasn't it, that that people that trucks sometimes. That's a current that's a current spot where trucks park. We don't want trucks to park there because it kinda blocks the view of the crosswalk. Right. So are there there be other places that will be designated places for?
I don't believe we have any plans to designate a spot. You know, currently, they can park either in Merwin Oak and and walk their stuff up, or they can just park on the you know, if they can find a a stretch on the road that's Right. Available. Yeah. Any other questions on Grant Street in general? So as Trustee Horowitz alluded to, we have been getting a lot of input on the Mervyn Oak. I'm just looking to see here. I've gotten 35 emails since we sent that out. So the deadline was set for June 30. That's okay. And, you know, we'll compile the information and, you know, report back to the board after that with the different ideas that are that are coming through. But, yes, people have have been very passionate, which is wonderful. And, you know, I think you'll be you'll be very interested to see the the results that come through. Excellent. Thank you. You're welcome. And I feel like there was one other thing, but I can't remember what it was.