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Uh, good evening everyone, and welcome to the village of hastings on hudson, new york. Uh,

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this is no longer an official board of trustees special meeting 'cause we don't

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have a quorum, uh, but the village manager, and I believe

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that it's more important to continue this just as a community meeting instead of delaying this and putting it

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off another month and running into scheduling issues with our, our, uh,

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partners at lang. Uh, so we're going to continue with this this evening.

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um, I'd like to thank recreation chair. Um,

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she's been neglecting her grandchildren tonight by being here today. Uh, joanne bater,

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devo, and angela reese, you're here in the back. Thank you for being here for the recognition.

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um, and everyone else. So you wanna introduce?

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sure. Yeah. Uh, good evening everybody, and, uh, thank

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you very much, um, lang for, uh, being here to share this presentation

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with our, uh, group. And the presentation is being filmed, so we

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will be able to show it on our, our tv station and for anybody

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that's not, not here tonight. Um, you may recall a couple

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of years ago, the village had a kind of a preliminary, uh,

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opportunity to assess mcc kran park, what needs to be done to

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stabilize the park, most importantly, and what we can do to,

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uh, just, you know, improve, improve the park for the enjoyment of all the residents

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that live in the area. And so, um, we were, we had

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gotten, uh, we had done some, we had done some preliminary plans

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through that process, and then we applied for another grant

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and we received a, um, half a million dollar grant, which we were able,

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uh, we were, we were looking at how to kind of, um,

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spend that money and then, um, we were fortunate

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in some negotiations with arco to be able to

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get a $3 million contribution from, uh, bpr

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co for, uh, the restoration of nick krin park.

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so we very, uh, stood, the board, worked very, uh, diligently

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to find a, um, consultant that we thought would be

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best for the project. We interviewed, I believe, uh, six or seven,

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uh, different firms, and we had, uh, proposals

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from I believe 11. And, uh, we chose lagan, uh,

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as the best, uh, selection. And we've been working with them now for the

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past couple of months to kind of massage what

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had been done before and, uh, see and come up with a plan

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for, uh, the project which is designed to both stabilize

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the park and kind of, uh, have, make it be more

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resilient to the action of the river and also

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the action of storms and things like that. So, um, without further

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ado, I would like to just introduce, uh, meredith, juliana and

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jean, uh, rege, excuse me if I messed

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your name up terribly. And also with them are, are victor cizik

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and keith warner. And, uh, they'll, after we're gonna have a presentation,

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then there'll be an opportunity for questions from anybody who wants to ask any questions.

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and then, uh, there's some, there's some, uh, uh, photos

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and, and things in the back, and there's an, there'll be an opportunity for some,

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uh, direct one-on-one conversation with our consultants and

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anybody else who's here. So, uh, thank you so much and, uh, please. Uh,

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yeah, perfect. Thank you. That was great. Um, covered

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it all our agenda and history and everything. So that was,

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that was perfect. Um, okay, so,

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um, to start out with, uh, first of all, meredith mentioned, my name's

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meredith. I'm a project landscape architect. Um, just a little background on

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our firm in general to start with. Um, lang is

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a large multidisciplinary engineering and design firm. So,

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uh, we cover a lot of different services here, but the ones that

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are involved in this project, um, we actually have six disciplines all working

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together, um, on this project. So we have geotech

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site, civil survey, uh, our waterfront and

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natural resources folks who also assist us with permitting because

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they really have that covered. Um, and then landscape architecture also. So,

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um, we actually are about 50 different offices, but, uh, our team,

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all six of these services are all based out of white plains in new york city.

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so we're really local folks. , um, a lot of westchester

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experience. Um, so there are others that are

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on our team that are not here today, but will be the face of the project for

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tonight's uh, purposes. So we have, um, a few folks

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that weren't able to make it. Um, kristen unfortunately was, is our kind

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of head project manager and unfortunately couldn't make it tonight, but

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get me instead on the landscape architecture side. Victor's also

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a landscape architect. Keith is on our site civil side and jean is on our waterfront,

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um, and repping geotech for us also.

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um, to start with, I think, um,

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you know, as we were pursuing the project, like marybeth was certain route, we were kind of interviewing

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and going through the process and every single person on our team had

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some kind of personal connection to the town of sings. Whether that

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was, um, you know, they had come down here and they'd gone to harvest on

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hudson for like a celebration lunch or they went to a wedding

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or had some other kind of, you know, memory that was here in this town.

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so, um, we were really excited to kind of get this opportunity

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to work on the project and then we got to know a little bit more

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even, you know, about the, the town and the village and everything. And,

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um, just really became kind of enamored with the community

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and the family friendly atmosphere and um, this kind of dedication

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to like arts and the environment and the access to the water that we have in

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as part of mc kron. And that's really been

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kind of a guiding light for us as . We worked through the project. So,

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um, then we got to know a little bit more about ekron itself and um,

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had, you know, how could you not, uh, fall in love with just

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the views that are around. Um, so we really kind of break

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down our site opportunities and constraints that start to guide, um, our

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design decisions. And of course the memorable views

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up and down the water out to the manhattan skyline and the palisades.

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um, and even up to the bridge and everything are part of the opportunities that you

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see right off the bat. Uh, but even going a little deeper than

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that, you know, realizing that this is really a community space, um, plenty

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of opportunities for lots of amenities and activities. And we

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got this great understanding of all of the different things that happened there. And then

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also, as mary beth was mentioning, started to learn about a little

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bit more of the constraints as we walked around. Um, do you wanna

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touch on this for our lives? ? So I just, um, it's a beautiful park.

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you speak into the microphone, you need to speak into the microphone. Okay. Sorry.

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that one closer . So it is, it's a beautiful park, beautiful views.

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um, but the park itself is deteriorating,

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um, mostly because of high winds. It's right on the river.

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we're gonna get high tides there. We're gonna have, you know, wave action.

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there's erosion that you can see in some of these pictures. You can see the erosion happening at the

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surface flooding. So these are all things that we wanted to consider

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when we were going to be reconstructing this park to be something

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that everyone wants to go to and use. But as you can see in these

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pictures, there will be times that, or there were times that it wasn't usable.

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so this was some of our restraints with the highways tidal area

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on the water, um, and making sure that this can be more resilient

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and sustainable. Um, and you'll

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see that those concerns for the shoreline and the erosion

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are really, um, would drive a lot of our decisions throughout this

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whole process also. Um,

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so to start with just a little bit of kind of project history, landon's

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project history on the project, um, we always start out every project with what

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we call the due diligence phase. Uh, this is basically the phase of

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work that mary beth was alluding to that we've been working through the last couple of months

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where we learn all of the sort of technical

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info that we need to about the project. Um, so, so far we've

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completed our survey including a full boundary and topographic survey,

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so that's fully updated, um, now and then also

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a bathometric survey. So that's a survey of the water, what happens

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below the water so that we can understand things like the mean high water and

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how the shoreline restoration is going to work. Um, we've also

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completed a wetland investigation where we actually found that there are not

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flagged wetlands, um, which helps our permitting makes it a little bit easier

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for us. Um, and then on the geotech side, we are

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actually working now on, um, completing some borings.

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so land borings. Yep. Yeah, , the land borings are in progress.

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um, and that will give us a lot of information about the soil and characteristics of the soil.

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um, and then we'll also be doing two borings in the water to understand

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what's happening below the surface of the water. Um,

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also throughout the project we've been working really closely, um, as

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mary beth said, with our meetings with the village, but also with coordinating

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with our adjacent owners. So we've done a design review with

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arco, um, for the anaconda buyer site

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that's next door across from kinley so that we understand

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what their future plans are for that project. They understand our plans

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and we're not, uh, proposing anything that's gonna be incorrect and also

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not clear after

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we work what we're working. And also

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that minor male locality know, you know, what's computer and our

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process re our soil. So we make sure that we can make,

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um, have our schedule at this point. And

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you can see where we are is highlighted in yellow there, where it, um,

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public presentation, you're all here. That's what we're doing tonight. Um,

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so the, this is nicely timed for us in our schedule

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so that we can incorporate feedback, um, from all of you that

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actually live here and interact with the space on a regular basis. And then

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we will take all of that feedback and continue to rev refine.

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uh, what I'll be showing you is the recommended, uh, site

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plan. Um, we'll continue to refine that,

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incorporate everybody's feedback as we get more and more kind of info from the

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public. And then we'll be starting to work through the permitting

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process as well. So you can see that sort of in the middle of the screen there. And then,

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uh, refining the cost estimate as well so that we can look towards

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a fall 2026 bidding construction

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phase for the project. Um,

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this was the original concept design, uh, has some,

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uh, great features to it, but we wanted to make sure that what we were putting in was

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permittable and also sustainable and being resilient. So

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first, just looking at the concept design, there's a bulkhead that goes around the entire

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site. This creates a hard surface at the edge. It will help with not adding

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fill into the water, but because of the hard surface it could cause scour on the

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outside of it and you could have future issues. It's also not,

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um, environmentally conscious. It's

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not helping when we're trying to, you know, create a, an area that

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we wanna have birds or an area that we wanna have fish come in.

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it's just not typically something that, um, a lot of the permitting

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agencies would like us to put in as that hardscape. Um, another

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aspect of this is all of the amenities that are being put in

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the hardscape upland. Uh, these are features that the agencies typically

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tr try to shy away from. So close to the water. We wanna keep our impervious

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cover to a limited amount, which we'll talk about in a little bit, but that's something that

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we notice right off the bat that there is a lot of hardscape upland and we wanna make sure we

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wanna limit that impervious cover. And then the last one that I just

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want to know is the pier or dock with the floating dock

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for boat access. Um, it is considered fill

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in the water, which is not permitable. Um, it also creates cover over

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the water, not river. Also

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for the roof. So safety.

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so we started from the site as we,

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so we, our in area,

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um, and where, you know, best use possibly,

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um, highlight, wanna share beginning

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of those views. We still have up to them. And also just, you

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know, this really beautiful view where people have gotten married there and we don't

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wanna, uh, make a major impact on those memories either. So,

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um, there's to consider with those views. And then,

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uh, kind of layering in the circulation

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around the space so you can see the same views are high or the same points

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of interest are highlighted. And then the circulation patterns that we notice throughout

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the space starts to inform what we would suggest

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for design recommendations for how to actually use the space. Um,

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and then these blue arrows that you see are the sort

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of initial thoughts of grading and drainage throughout the site. So we

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recognized that the previous concept design raised to the grade

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in the site and that is something we will also be

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recommending. Um, so gina will talk more, a little, little bit more about it when we get into the

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shoreline and talking about that. But, um,

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understanding the way the drainage comes off the parking lot also helps

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us to understand how we need to handle the water off of the parking lot as well.

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um, and then again, going back to, you know, we

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understand that this is a space, um, with these sort of different

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zones throughout and also significant activities that

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happen. It's a really amazing community

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space that already exist and we don't want to make any recommendations

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that would alter that in any way. We want you to be able to kind

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of still host concert series and maintain all of the things

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that, that the village is able to do there. Uh, now,

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so, um, just to pause

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for a second, 'cause we've said a lot of things. We've taken all of that information

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that we've gathered so far, the technical side of it, the understanding

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of the space itself and have worked together to develop

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these four overall project goals. Um,

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and then, you know, standing there, so new conscience

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and being able to have that direct connection to the water is a high

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priority. Um, and then again, I think I literally just said this on the

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last slide, but being able to maintain and enhance those community amenities

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that we saw on the last slide. You know, creating better spaces for

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the concert venues and opportunities, you know, even more opportunities

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for weddings or picnics or even just, you know, headed down

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there for, uh, lunch on your lunch break. Um, and then

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really encouraging community wellness through accessible pathways

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and a variety of seating. Um, we don't want this to feel like

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a park, we want it to feel like a park that anybody can come to and be

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able to get around, um, and have the same experience as anybody else. So

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in thinking about those amenities, um,

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those are our overall goals in thinking about those amenities. They've

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sort of evolved over the course of the project. Um, so the

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existing ones out there today are obviously the playgrounds, the bench

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locations along the river, that open flexible lawn and a sort

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of temporary stage comes and goes as we need it for the concert series.

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and then in the schematic design phase, those

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same key four amenities were still proposed

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along with the addition of walking paths and overlooks the

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kayak storage, the wooden dock and the bulkhead.

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now as we head into the next phase that we call the dd phase design

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development, so this is where we're evolving the design a little bit more.

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um, those same four elements are still,

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are top of our list here. And then we are still continuing

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to propose walking paths, overlooks kayak storage,

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and we've made a slight tweak that I'll walk you through for the

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dock and the bulkhead as we are starting to say. Um,

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what we're proposing instead is a get down, um, it's a technical

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term for it. It literally gets you down to the river, um,

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for kayak access. So that would be essentially concrete ramp. It's a da

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accessible, so there's increasing the access to the water

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so that you actually can get, you know, um, a wheelchair or

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a walker or anything like that. If you have any kind of, um,

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of those tools. , you can still access the water just the way that

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anybody else can and you have a little bit more of a direct connection. Also

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a safer connection, um, as gina was alluding to, this location

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puts you in a little bit more into the cove into the safer space. Um, and

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then a stabilized shoreline created with rip wrap and

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increasing the grade is, uh, a little bit

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of a softer approach than the bulkhead. In addition, we've

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talked about a few other opportunities that we noted throughout the site. Um,

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you know, the potential for adding grilling areas or a

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pavilion, um, even adding, incorporating in some

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rotating art in the form of sculptures or, um,

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I dunno, , uh, and then educational signage and also site

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lighting was a major thing you noted when we were there. That doesn't exist today, but

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we thought worthwhile to, um, get

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feedback on. Um, so going through the site plan,

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this is our recommended site plan. So, um,

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this is sort of the point we're at now and why we're having this presentation

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is to inform you guys of all of these conversations we've had and thoughts we've

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had, and then take everybody's feedback like I was saying, from folks

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who actually use the space, um, and being able to incorporate it into

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it. So there's a few tweaks, um, to this site

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plan compared to the last one. Like we were starting to say. Number one that's labeled

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actually, if you can see the cursor here all along the shoreline here

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would be a stabilized restored shoreline. Um,

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that would also increase the grade of the site. I can get

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into a little bit more in the next slide. Um, and

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then the get down that I was mentioning for kayak access is over

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in the corner over here, kind of connected to the parking area, so there's easy access

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in and out from the parking. Um, there are walking paths

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that continue all the way throughout the site in a continuous loop.

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and that's really headed towards that goal of increasing community

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wellness that we kind of did a little calculation and found that

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six to seven laps on that loop lapse on that loop

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would be about a mile. So that's the kind of thing where you can go out and walk

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around the circle a couple times at lunch and get your steps set

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. Um, and then again, number five here in the middle of preserving

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that open lawn has been a high priority to us this whole time. So we

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want fit these amenities in while we actually also

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preserve that open space, um, and use it for events. Number

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six here is, um, an

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opportunity for a performance pavilion. Um, so there's

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a lot of different ways that you can take that. It can be a permanent structure,

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shade structure, it can be a temporary shade, uh, a temporary stage

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structure similar to what we use today. Um,

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number seven is actually you'll see a slight relocation to

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the playground. So we proposed a new playground. Um, the one that's

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out there today, sort of getting to the end of its life. I think it's about 20

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ish years old, maybe more . Um,

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and so we're proposing a new playground, um, and

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in a slightly different location where it gets you a little bit closer to

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what we're calling like this seating within trees. So picnic

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tables in this shady cove. Um,

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and there's a little bit more of a direct connection there between that seating area and

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the playground. And then, um, sorry, a skip right over

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overlooks. Those are the four number four marked out in this kind of pinkish

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color, but those are really those key locations where you get the best views.

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so creating some seeding in those spaces. Um, and then

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really all throughout the space we would be incorporating that native vegetation

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as well. So all along the the rip rap shoreline, we'd

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be incorporating a natural looking, you know, grasses and I have some photos

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that I'll show you in just one second of that. And then also to handle some

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of that rainwater that was coming off of the parking lot, we're proposing a rain garden

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right at the edge of the parking lot also.

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um, so a few character images, uh, for

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us to help to kind of start to envision what these spaces might look like.

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um, in terms of the playgrounds, there is

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a lot of opportunities now to incorporate natural, more natural playgrounds.

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some with fun features, they look like animals, it's great. Um,

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they're, uh, a little more connected materials to that natural

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environment rather than metal and steel and

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all that plastic. Um, and then for the sort of meandering

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pathway you can see in this metal picture that would be surrounded by made of grasses

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and, and new tree planting on either side as well as opportunities

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for that concert space or that open lawn to flex into

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the concert space. Um, and you can see some kind of ideas that we're

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headed towards for the seating under trees. So really wanting to create that

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shady spot that you can sit at a picnic table and enjoy in the middle of

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summer. I know we're not there yet, but we will be soon. All very warm

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. Um, do you wanna cover this grading

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? So this is a little bit more on the technical side. Um, so first

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off, for the shoreline, we're trying to create a stable shoreline. We don't wanna

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see the erosion that you've been seeing. We wanna make sure that it's protected

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for the future for sea level rise. So that was one of the reasons why we

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consider raising grades in this area. We wanna make sure that the park is still

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there for your children to be able to, you know, visit it or, or

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at least in 20 years, if not underwater. So raising grades was a, you know,

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a one of the big components that we wanted to take away from the original, um,

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concepts. And then knowing how we were

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seeing all of this erosion, we wanted to stabilize the top of our slope. The

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large stones that are out there seem pretty stable. It's a rather shallow slope, which is wonderful

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because that means that we can supplement to that slope and then also

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help raise grades. It'll go a, a little sleep steeper slope at the top

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to get us closer so we don't lose so much of the park. Um, but, and then also

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try and keep our stones above mean high water so we're not adding fill into the water

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as well. Um, so we have our raised grades, we have our,

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um, our sustainable, uh,

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waterfront structure, um, and then we also have our

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permitting agencies that we have to be mindful of and what they will allow us to do on site.

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so some of the things that they'll bring into play is what I talked about earlier, impervious

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first pervious cover. So impervious, we wanna stay away from anything

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like, uh, concrete or anything that's not gonna allow water to

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infiltrate into the ground. So we've considered pervious pavers for the site,

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which will allow us to have water infiltrated to the ground. You'll see less ponding

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in areas, which will be great. Then you can use this site right after

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a big rainstorm. Um, we've also considered that there's been a lot of

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flooding on this site, so there's going to be, um, proper drainage.

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we have slopes for the drainage, we're considering all of that as well. Um,

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and then also for, uh, the

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impervious versus pervious material we have considered. There

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will be that get down, but we'll make sure that on the sides it's stone

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that's also gonna be considered for part of the retaining structures. So this way

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we can still retain soil up land while letting this park

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flood and then be able to recover quickly.

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okay, so, um,

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a few realistic, uh, constraints that

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we have to the, the grading, the increase of the grading. So there are

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existing trees that you can see through the middle of the park. Um,

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these are, you know, they're listed out here what, what they've been identified

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as in color, um, as well. And, uh,

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if you are down in the park, you might notice that there

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are a lot of roots exposed for a lot of these trees. And,

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um, they're definitely very large. They provide a lot of shade. We love that.

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unfortunate that anytime we fill in

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spaces, so we raise the grade a little bit, um, anytime

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we add up even just a couple inches of grade of soil on top

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of a tree root, eventually those trees will be choked out.

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um, we don't want to have that happen here, like we've said. And longevity of this park

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is key for us. So we are already

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proposing and thinking ahead to replace those trees.

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also, just to be clear, all the trees along the parking would remain,

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so you still have that divide between the parking area and the park. This only applies

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to the trees that are within the lawn area. Um,

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sorry. So thinking ahead to

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what kind of proposed trees and and vegetation we would want to

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get into this space. Um, these are a couple examples

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of some really great trees that thrive in wet, salty

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conditions and, uh, kind of

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bonuses. They exist all along the hudson river, so we know that they do

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really well in in parks along the hudson. They also are

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all fast growing and have great structure to provide trees

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for us. So in the cost estimate as we had

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in the direction of, uh, creating realistic proposal here,

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we've already incorporated, um, the installation of

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larger scale trees to replace trees that will need to come out

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in order to make this design actually work altogether.

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um, so these would be installed even up to like 18 to 20 feet

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on the first day. Um, so they've already started off at that

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nice large scale, so you still get to sit underneath their day

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one right when the park opens, um, and be able to have a little picnic in the

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shade. And then we improve the longevity and the

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lifespan of all of the vegetation by kind making that

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replacement for these native trees. Um, in addition, as you

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can see in the pictures on the side, you get a little bit more of that idea

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of incorporating those native plants into the shoreline.

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so they're not really, you know, they're not two separate things, right?

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we don't have a bunch of stone as the shore and then a separate area where

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there's planting. It's really a natural setting, um,

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you know, along the path here. And then there's a great opportunity

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that we love, maybe I love the most as a landscape architect,

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but this opportunity to be able to educate the public on,

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you know, native trees and native plants and pollinators,

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um, education signage while you're meandering through the park. I

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think . Um,

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and then there's a few other opportunities in, um,

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this project for general kind of improvements. So

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the existing state furnishings, uh, we noted while we were out there, you know, some

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of them are, uh, getting eroded and floating away

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a little bit with, with some of the shoreline issues. And there's a little

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bit of mismatch. So there's a great opportunity here

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to provide for updated site furnishings and

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even introduce a little pop of color into the space. These are,

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um, a sort of family. They go together, they match really nicely. You

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can select between chairs or picnic tables or just benches

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and, um, they've been well known to hold up really well in that

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salty, harsh condition along the water.

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so, um, getting a little bit more into some

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of the details. We have started

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with a preliminary cost assessment for the project. Um,

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uh, at the this point, this, like I said, preliminary,

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it includes escalation of costs over time because

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we are talking about this now and construction will actually be in the future. It

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also includes a little bit of wiggle room for any potential

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changes to the design that we might make. Um, so

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there's a little bit of flexibility in here, but the key thing that

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we wanted to see with the cost assessment at this point in our design process is that

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we have the sort shoreline stabilization covered and

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access to the river as well as the elevating the grade of the park in

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order, um, to create that stabilized shoreline

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that's all covered. Um, it comes to about 1.2,

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uh, million dollars and as mary beth was saying, our current funding

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is at 3.5. There's a few additional items in here too

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that we're working through with the village, um, that there's

451
00:32:42,405 --> 00:32:45,665
potential opportunities to either phase those in the future or

452
00:32:46,625 --> 00:32:50,485
to find other means of funding for them. Something

453
00:32:51,095 --> 00:32:53,995
like a new playground, there's other opportunities for. So,

454
00:32:56,595 --> 00:33:00,255
um, okay, so I think this is a really important

455
00:33:01,885 --> 00:33:05,675
point. Um, I'm glad you guys are all here. This

456
00:33:05,965 --> 00:33:09,775
is the point in the design now that we've sort of introduced you to it, where

457
00:33:10,595 --> 00:33:14,305
your feedback from the community is really valuable to us. Um,

458
00:33:14,905 --> 00:33:18,765
that's the stuff, you know, that we really rely on everyday people

459
00:33:19,105 --> 00:33:22,965
who actually use the space every day. Um, and

460
00:33:24,425 --> 00:33:28,045
we really appreciate that communication. So, um, I'm gonna encourage

461
00:33:28,605 --> 00:33:31,905
you all to come talk to one of us and the,

462
00:33:32,625 --> 00:33:35,785
any, any of us here , um, and

463
00:33:36,705 --> 00:33:40,285
let us know your thoughts. Uh, there are also other opportunities

464
00:33:41,025 --> 00:33:44,845
for feedback too. So, you know, if your friends and family couldn't make it here tonight

465
00:33:45,305 --> 00:33:49,065
and you wanna spread the word, um, there is

466
00:33:49,605 --> 00:33:53,365
a page on the town website where you can go on there and you can

467
00:33:53,735 --> 00:33:56,545
press this, leave a comment way at the bottom and

468
00:33:57,835 --> 00:34:01,515
write in your thoughts and it'll get to our folks

469
00:34:01,865 --> 00:34:05,865
over here at the village and then they will share it with us. Also, the boards

470
00:34:06,265 --> 00:34:10,265
that you see in the back are going to be posted in the library. Um,

471
00:34:10,865 --> 00:34:14,785
so there'll be opportunities there to be able to still add comments to them and

472
00:34:15,165 --> 00:34:19,165
we'll pick them back up. Um, and I believe this will be a

473
00:34:19,285 --> 00:34:23,175
topic at future planning board meetings too. You can correct me if I'm

474
00:34:23,375 --> 00:34:27,155
wrong on that, . Um, and um,

475
00:34:27,565 --> 00:34:31,495
yeah, so I'm going to pause on our site plan here

476
00:34:31,915 --> 00:34:35,715
and open the floor if there's any questions that you wanna ask out loud in

477
00:34:36,755 --> 00:34:38,975
the open forum here, you can come up to the microphone.

478
00:34:41,235 --> 00:34:44,615
I, I just have, we may have to drive off, have one question, uh, before we go, um,

479
00:34:45,255 --> 00:34:48,875
to open the microphone. Sure. One of the areas that you had cited earlier

480
00:34:49,335 --> 00:34:53,095
was also kayak storage. Where would you foresee that on this map?

481
00:34:53,945 --> 00:34:57,835
yeah. Um, so one of the places we were looking at opportunities for storage

482
00:34:58,085 --> 00:35:01,935
would actually be kind of in the area, um, as you come in so

483
00:35:02,155 --> 00:35:06,055
that there's some space there, um, to be

484
00:35:06,175 --> 00:35:10,115
able to potentially fit some storage. Um, otherwise would have

485
00:35:10,275 --> 00:35:14,235
to continue working through some spots for it where it's easy access down to

486
00:35:14,435 --> 00:35:18,425
the get down. Yeah, I mean, they've already made

487
00:35:18,665 --> 00:35:22,545
themselves available for us mingling as well, but if anybody wants to

488
00:35:22,745 --> 00:35:26,705
ask a question, it's for the benefit of everyone in the room if we all hear the question and the answer.

489
00:35:26,965 --> 00:35:30,415
so that would be great. Thank you. Adam . Thanks. Thanks adam.

490
00:35:31,025 --> 00:35:34,745
my name's adam hart. I, I live here in hastings for many years and

491
00:35:35,135 --> 00:35:39,115
first of all, this is one of the most exciting things that could be happening

492
00:35:39,355 --> 00:35:43,035
to our new, um, I have a couple questions. Okay.

493
00:35:43,545 --> 00:35:47,135
uh, I, I'm involved in with, uh, putting musical,

494
00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:52,435
uh, festivals and things together. And so I think about those kind of

495
00:35:52,875 --> 00:35:56,785
logistics and a couple of things that popped out at me design-wise

496
00:35:58,255 --> 00:36:02,245
were the fact that, um, the, the playground and the pavilion are

497
00:36:02,465 --> 00:36:06,445
near the, uh, the catch basin, which could potentially

498
00:36:07,155 --> 00:36:11,115
be a wetter zone of mosquitoes, et cetera, et cetera. So

499
00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:15,335
I was thinking about the children, mosquitoes, those kind of things, uh, for that.

500
00:36:16,115 --> 00:36:19,925
and the other thing I was, uh, I wanted to point out was that when

501
00:36:20,215 --> 00:36:24,085
people are seeing a, um, uh, an event, they

502
00:36:24,375 --> 00:36:28,335
wanna watch the main, what's happening at the event and gaze out of the

503
00:36:28,455 --> 00:36:32,175
river. So by putting the pavilion against the parking lot, which I understand

504
00:36:33,355 --> 00:36:37,035
for sight lines, you know, that looks, that's nice mm-hmm . But

505
00:36:37,835 --> 00:36:41,815
for, uh, for the events and for the use of the town and the people who are in the

506
00:36:41,895 --> 00:36:45,605
town, I think that if the stage was flipped the other way around, like

507
00:36:45,905 --> 00:36:49,715
where it is now is I think brilliant barb was, uh,

508
00:36:49,995 --> 00:36:53,665
was fabulous because years ago we put it, uh, where number four

509
00:36:54,015 --> 00:36:57,935
is mm-hmm . Which was okay, it was that other way, but it locks the view from

510
00:36:58,175 --> 00:37:00,665
harvest. So, um, okay,

511
00:37:02,455 --> 00:37:04,565
there was that, that, and I think that's helpful

512
00:37:06,865 --> 00:37:10,635
and to cover the mosquitoes and the drainage. The number 11 here

513
00:37:11,385 --> 00:37:15,045
is going to be a rain garden. So that will capture

514
00:37:15,705 --> 00:37:18,785
all of that water and uh, oh

515
00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:23,625
and we'll carry it away before there's an opportunity for

516
00:37:24,065 --> 00:37:27,975
any mosquito breeding or anything like that. So, um, yeah,

517
00:37:29,085 --> 00:37:33,065
we were thinking the same thing. , we noted when we were out

518
00:37:33,265 --> 00:37:37,065
there that there were a couple low spots in that back area where, um, that were

519
00:37:37,305 --> 00:37:41,215
definitely still ponding after a few days after some rain. So we'd

520
00:37:41,505 --> 00:37:42,655
wanna handle that.

521
00:37:49,395 --> 00:37:53,315
. Good evening. Jim metzker. I live at 4 27 wall burton been

522
00:37:53,515 --> 00:37:57,435
in the village for 26 years. Um, I've also been part of

523
00:37:57,785 --> 00:38:01,635
many, many, many groups that have been looking at the waterfront in particular looking

524
00:38:01,955 --> 00:38:05,835
at the village. Um, so I have some, some questions, some

525
00:38:06,315 --> 00:38:10,085
comments. Um, the kayak access, we looked at doing

526
00:38:10,415 --> 00:38:14,365
kayak access probably 20 years ago. And one of the issues

527
00:38:14,785 --> 00:38:18,325
was when you have a solid ramp going down to the waterfront,

528
00:38:19,185 --> 00:38:23,045
as you get water up and down that ramp, whether it's concrete or wood, tends to grow,

529
00:38:23,525 --> 00:38:27,485
algae becomes incredibly slippery. So it's something I wanna make sure if we're gonna

530
00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:31,045
be doing something like this, that it's not something we're gonna have to maintain

531
00:38:31,825 --> 00:38:35,405
on a, you know, on a monthly basis to prevent any sort of issues

532
00:38:35,835 --> 00:38:39,205
from that. Um, you had mentioned doing lighting.

533
00:38:40,885 --> 00:38:44,225
I'm a photographer. I'm gonna have a few spots in the village where you can go photograph

534
00:38:44,985 --> 00:38:48,945
anything where you don't have a huge amount of light pollution. And if we do

535
00:38:49,105 --> 00:38:53,085
do lighting there, I'm hoping it will be not only dark sky compliant, but

536
00:38:53,305 --> 00:38:57,105
literally as minimal as possible is one of the few areas in the village

537
00:38:57,715 --> 00:39:01,705
where we can actually have a great view of the river and not be worried about

538
00:39:01,985 --> 00:39:05,985
having light, uh, light pollution issues. Um,

539
00:39:07,205 --> 00:39:10,845
not part of your project, but something to the village to consider access

540
00:39:11,265 --> 00:39:14,905
to the park involves if you're walking and we try be a walkable

541
00:39:15,345 --> 00:39:19,265
community walking down, what is it, about a half a mile parking lot and it's

542
00:39:19,545 --> 00:39:23,345
really a horrible way to enter the one really nice green space

543
00:39:23,645 --> 00:39:27,375
we have in the village. And I'm hoping the village would start looking at ways

544
00:39:27,805 --> 00:39:31,775
to beautify that, that walkway down

545
00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:35,935
by the tennis courts and down by canal cove so that you're not walking down

546
00:39:36,225 --> 00:39:39,995
an asphalt placing this, oh, now all of a sudden we're in the park. Which

547
00:39:40,345 --> 00:39:42,975
brings up also the issue of how we access the park currently.

548
00:39:44,685 --> 00:39:48,355
it's kind of almost hidden that you come in at the far end of the parking lot

549
00:39:48,755 --> 00:39:52,455
by harvest, you come in the other side. It would be nice if we could do something

550
00:39:52,775 --> 00:39:56,335
that had a a, a more grand gesture as an entrance

551
00:39:56,805 --> 00:39:59,445
into the park. Um,

552
00:40:01,475 --> 00:40:05,375
we have a boat yard and again, this is not part of your issue. It would be nice

553
00:40:05,535 --> 00:40:09,455
if the village could enter into discussion with the people that own that boat yard.

554
00:40:10,355 --> 00:40:14,255
um, it's really not a great looking place as I think we

555
00:40:14,415 --> 00:40:17,855
could all agree. It'd be nice if we could figure out some way to either screen it

556
00:40:18,715 --> 00:40:21,765
or to encourage them to, to improve.

557
00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:26,515
uh, the, the look of that. One of the issues

558
00:40:26,875 --> 00:40:30,475
I have with the design, and I understand the concept, I was part of a whole series

559
00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:34,525
of, of, uh, of issues we had after hurricane sandy.

560
00:40:35,375 --> 00:40:39,315
um, we were looking at the entire hudson river basin and all of

561
00:40:39,475 --> 00:40:42,955
the issues going on. Um, I understand the need for all the rip wrap,

562
00:40:43,615 --> 00:40:47,495
but the farther we push people away from the river, the less connected to the river we

563
00:40:47,785 --> 00:40:51,645
feel. I also understand them, I know about your impervious surfaces.

564
00:40:52,825 --> 00:40:56,765
I'm wondering if we couldn't develop some sort of viewpoint with a,

565
00:40:57,025 --> 00:41:00,725
an open steel grid where you could actually build that up over the rip wrap

566
00:41:01,605 --> 00:41:05,305
slightly elevated to allow people to get out over the river or

567
00:41:05,745 --> 00:41:09,305
at least above the river. Something to think about. Um,

568
00:41:10,485 --> 00:41:14,485
if we can't get, if you ever go down to any of our festivals, people are

569
00:41:14,705 --> 00:41:18,105
just gravitating, they're scrambling on those rocks. They want to be next to the water.

570
00:41:18,815 --> 00:41:22,485
it's a dangerous situation, but we can control that with proper design.

571
00:41:23,245 --> 00:41:27,225
so I'd like to do that also. The farther back you push people into the park

572
00:41:27,415 --> 00:41:31,365
with the way the roof wrap was set up, the more you reduce the sight lines up

573
00:41:31,585 --> 00:41:35,295
and down the river to the bridge and to the city and to the water,

574
00:41:35,905 --> 00:41:39,615
the , the water tower that I'm hoping we're gonna keep, um,

575
00:41:40,535 --> 00:41:44,535
you showed a variety of topography and I understand the need to raise the,

576
00:41:45,015 --> 00:41:48,805
the topography for sea level rise. One of the big issues

577
00:41:49,145 --> 00:41:52,445
we had during sandy is whenever there was an obstruction

578
00:41:53,425 --> 00:41:57,105
in either level of ground or with an actual retaining wall, as

579
00:41:57,645 --> 00:42:01,545
happened in irvington, water comes in and it has no way to drain

580
00:42:01,745 --> 00:42:05,645
back and you create this bathtub effect and the restaurants

581
00:42:06,045 --> 00:42:09,615
in irvington got hammered. We had water.

582
00:42:10,095 --> 00:42:13,855
I was down at the waterfront about, um, I don't know, an hour or two after the storm

583
00:42:14,135 --> 00:42:18,085
stopped. The water was literally up to the sliding glass doors into

584
00:42:18,375 --> 00:42:22,215
harvest. So we know that this area floods. We need to make sure

585
00:42:22,515 --> 00:42:26,335
as we create, and I love the idea of creating a change in topography, you get different

586
00:42:26,575 --> 00:42:30,575
elevations, just a much more natural landscape. We have to

587
00:42:30,655 --> 00:42:33,995
make sure that we're not gonna create a situation where we're going to create

588
00:42:34,695 --> 00:42:38,125
flooding and then retain all of that water. Um,

589
00:42:39,325 --> 00:42:43,265
I'm almost done, I promise. Um, in terms of benches, one of the

590
00:42:43,385 --> 00:42:47,305
issues we have, and this happens a lot during the, the festivals we have

591
00:42:47,505 --> 00:42:51,375
down here. Some people want to face the river, have the music to the back. Some

592
00:42:51,665 --> 00:42:55,625
people wanna be able to sit there face music, they have benches at the high line

593
00:42:56,035 --> 00:43:00,025
where the bench actually flips over from one side to the other. And that's a

594
00:43:00,145 --> 00:43:04,145
type of, of furniture I think would be very beneficial to have on the edge of the river.

595
00:43:05,045 --> 00:43:07,745
um, what adam talks about is critically important.

596
00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:12,925
the thing that makes hastings hastings, aside from the people that live here

597
00:43:13,965 --> 00:43:17,525
is the palisades. The palisades is a unique

598
00:43:18,085 --> 00:43:22,025
geologic formation on earth that exists nowhere else. You

599
00:43:22,245 --> 00:43:26,175
can go nowhere else and see that if we don't promote that,

600
00:43:26,395 --> 00:43:30,335
if we don't celebrate that with everything that we do. And I think adam had a

601
00:43:30,455 --> 00:43:34,215
great point. When people are watching the performers, they're watching the performers

602
00:43:34,655 --> 00:43:38,515
and they're also watching the sunset on on the palade,

603
00:43:39,625 --> 00:43:43,555
it's a huge deal. We want to make sure that we're celebrating that as much as possible.

604
00:43:44,835 --> 00:43:48,775
um, last thing. Are we gonna have, and this may be more for

605
00:43:48,935 --> 00:43:52,095
the village, there gonna be more public meetings like this. I'm very disappointed

606
00:43:53,315 --> 00:43:56,575
at the turnout at this meeting, quite honestly. I was hoping it would be much larger.

607
00:43:57,525 --> 00:44:01,335
this is adam said, we've been waiting for this for decades

608
00:44:01,875 --> 00:44:05,815
now and I love the fact that you guys are really bringing this home. I'm hoping

609
00:44:06,005 --> 00:44:09,945
this is the one that catches, it would be nice if we had another opportunity

610
00:44:10,725 --> 00:44:14,525
for people in the village to show up. And even if

611
00:44:14,745 --> 00:44:18,545
it's just to be informed. 'cause at a certain point I understand you can't just keep making changes.

612
00:44:19,695 --> 00:44:23,635
so, but we wanna make sure that the village is informed as we go ahead

613
00:44:24,175 --> 00:44:27,995
and a year and a half from now, we don't look at the thing, oh wait, when, when did

614
00:44:28,195 --> 00:44:32,125
we have a chance to take a look at this? I'd like to make sure the village knows. We would

615
00:44:32,245 --> 00:44:34,425
like to be more informed. Thank you for coming tonight.

616
00:44:42,785 --> 00:44:46,505
can't really expect to come to a meeting and have people show up. Not having spent

617
00:44:47,165 --> 00:44:51,095
half of their life working on the waterfront . So I

618
00:44:51,215 --> 00:44:55,025
spent quite a few hours in new paltz at the dec when we did our whole

619
00:44:55,385 --> 00:44:59,235
waterfront plan for the anaconda site and

620
00:44:59,465 --> 00:45:03,315
south. And um, and one of the things that was

621
00:45:03,565 --> 00:45:07,555
made very clear in the feedback we got from them is

622
00:45:07,775 --> 00:45:11,255
that mitigate, they were looking for mitigation everywhere. And uh,

623
00:45:11,845 --> 00:45:15,555
there was a lot of creative thinking that went into how that might happen on that side.

624
00:45:16,525 --> 00:45:20,305
um, so I assume that's an issue

625
00:45:20,815 --> 00:45:24,725
also with this plan with dec to get them to, or

626
00:45:25,085 --> 00:45:28,915
are they not insisting on mitigation? I'm gonna talk to that if that's

627
00:45:29,115 --> 00:45:32,885
okay. So, um, I work with dec all the time at army corps

628
00:45:33,535 --> 00:45:37,485
for every project that I have. Um, we know

629
00:45:37,775 --> 00:45:41,715
that we're in an adjacent area here. We're doing everything that we can to not add any

630
00:45:41,935 --> 00:45:45,655
fill within the water. So we won't need mitigation. If there is a

631
00:45:46,005 --> 00:45:49,845
possibility that we do have to add fill below mean high water, then

632
00:45:50,135 --> 00:45:53,585
we will look for areas to pull back. One of the areas could be where

633
00:45:54,435 --> 00:45:58,435
the get down is where we could pull it back and it would be a little bit harder of a surface or

634
00:45:58,735 --> 00:46:02,015
a, or a steeper slope to get us down to mud line.

635
00:46:02,795 --> 00:46:06,625
um, but in this case right now we are not going to ign mission and we're trying to avoid

636
00:46:06,865 --> 00:46:10,725
it at all. So the addition of the rip wrap is really back up

637
00:46:11,135 --> 00:46:15,105
into the space and that's correct. So it is the existing slope that's there now. Yeah,

638
00:46:15,645 --> 00:46:19,515
we are going to replenish it where needed. But again, trying to say it above

639
00:46:19,865 --> 00:46:23,425
being high water, it shouldn't be considered fill. And then everything

640
00:46:24,025 --> 00:46:27,545
that we're going to build up is gonna be a much steeper slope at the top, replenish

641
00:46:28,575 --> 00:46:31,985
in below it. And we're not going to be pushing back

642
00:46:32,615 --> 00:46:36,355
the land further because we're doing a steeper slope to raise this

643
00:46:36,665 --> 00:46:40,525
two feet. Okay. So you're not losing any land of land and you

644
00:46:40,685 --> 00:46:44,475
are also having a more sustainable waterfront structure.

645
00:46:44,955 --> 00:46:48,605
so yes, no fill below the high water. So, um, another

646
00:46:49,295 --> 00:46:53,215
question has to do with the trees. Um, it's a shame to have to

647
00:46:53,375 --> 00:46:57,035
take those trees out. I I am guessing that probably with the rise in

648
00:46:57,835 --> 00:47:01,795
sea level, they've got, uh, their number anyway is

649
00:47:02,015 --> 00:47:05,815
coming up right because of the exposing of the roots and more

650
00:47:06,105 --> 00:47:09,985
water. Um, so this is just comments related to kind of

651
00:47:10,165 --> 00:47:13,935
the necessity of doing that and what the timing would be. Um, but also

652
00:47:14,445 --> 00:47:18,385
the points have already been made by the previous two speakers and very predictable.

653
00:47:19,225 --> 00:47:23,225
'cause when we're sitting there watching those concerts, it's really nice to be able to just kind of look

654
00:47:23,345 --> 00:47:27,265
over at the sunset or nobody's mentioned the fish jumping out in

655
00:47:27,385 --> 00:47:31,065
the river, you know, huge fish jumping out there all the time. . Um, so,

656
00:47:31,745 --> 00:47:35,525
you know, one, one possibility if, if the trees

657
00:47:36,355 --> 00:47:39,845
have to be changed, uh, replaced

658
00:47:40,575 --> 00:47:43,325
would be to put that pavilion kind of where we've been setting it up temporarily

659
00:47:44,585 --> 00:47:48,525
and put more trees back up where you've got the pavilion so that you

660
00:47:48,645 --> 00:47:52,635
still get the trees. But, but I think you're gonna find, uh, that

661
00:47:52,985 --> 00:47:56,885
the three of us are not the only ones that will have, you know, feelings about

662
00:47:57,165 --> 00:48:00,885
that because of the way we sort of interact with that, the palisades and the river

663
00:48:01,185 --> 00:48:04,605
and the music. And so it's, it's a thought.

664
00:48:05,345 --> 00:48:09,175
um, and I guess just to confirm

665
00:48:09,845 --> 00:48:13,755
what your, the plan would be to just do

666
00:48:13,975 --> 00:48:17,975
all, take the trees out and go right back in and replant. So it wouldn't

667
00:48:18,295 --> 00:48:22,035
be any kind of sort of staging of that over time. It would just be done

668
00:48:22,335 --> 00:48:26,145
all at the same time. I mean within the same project. In

669
00:48:26,365 --> 00:48:30,295
other words, not over a period of years or, yeah. Okay. Thank

670
00:48:30,645 --> 00:48:34,635
you. Yeah, thank you meredith. I just, um, the slide

671
00:48:35,005 --> 00:48:37,975
you showed of the different topography and the different heights,

672
00:48:39,265 --> 00:48:42,985
I am hoping people will watch this on tv for that here . And um, I just

673
00:48:43,395 --> 00:48:47,105
think that could be clarified a little bit because it's all different numbers all over it

674
00:48:47,765 --> 00:48:51,495
and I think that people may not understand that because unless

675
00:48:51,915 --> 00:48:55,915
this is their thing, right? So if you could explain that a little better, if you could go back to that slide.

676
00:48:56,315 --> 00:49:00,315
I think it would just be instructive. Um, so people have a sense of what's, what it's gonna

677
00:49:00,395 --> 00:49:04,235
look like. 'cause that is the number one thing, right? To be sure this part is sustainable

678
00:49:05,295 --> 00:49:08,985
and we do have to raise it. So that is the most important. Yeah. Yeah.

679
00:49:09,305 --> 00:49:12,455
this, um, does have a lot of numbers on it. Um,

680
00:49:13,695 --> 00:49:17,155
and I noticed on the screen up there it's a little washed out.

681
00:49:17,775 --> 00:49:21,625
um, but the idea here, so all of the different numbers that

682
00:49:21,915 --> 00:49:24,995
you see, um, the, the 6.9, the 6.5

683
00:49:26,385 --> 00:49:29,625
with the feet after them, right? That's the existing elevation

684
00:49:30,455 --> 00:49:34,265
of those, uh, spots. So harvest on hudson, it's

685
00:49:34,555 --> 00:49:38,315
at 6.9, the parking area just outside of, of harvest

686
00:49:38,655 --> 00:49:41,855
on hudson, it's at 6.5. Um, the access

687
00:49:42,695 --> 00:49:46,635
to the access walkway, uh, is at

688
00:49:46,835 --> 00:49:50,395
seven and thank you

689
00:49:50,875 --> 00:49:54,355
. Um, the whole middle kind of area of the park

690
00:49:55,175 --> 00:49:59,055
is at about four to five feet, so it's a little higher in

691
00:49:59,275 --> 00:50:03,235
the back towards harvest sun hudson. It's a little lower in the front, uh, towards

692
00:50:03,655 --> 00:50:07,395
the shoreline. And so what we're proposing in the rest of these elevations

693
00:50:08,575 --> 00:50:12,125
is this kind of middle call out here that you see where we're saying raise,

694
00:50:12,585 --> 00:50:16,535
raising the elevation one oh oh shoot, sorry, uh,

695
00:50:16,865 --> 00:50:20,275
raising the, the park elevation about one and a half to two feet.

696
00:50:21,015 --> 00:50:24,555
um, so the whole open lawn area, for example, it's at roughly

697
00:50:25,025 --> 00:50:28,995
four and we're saying let's raise that up to roughly five

698
00:50:29,285 --> 00:50:33,225
and a half to six. Um, that allows harvest on

699
00:50:33,445 --> 00:50:36,605
hudson to keep all of their beautiful views. It doesn't block their views

700
00:50:37,505 --> 00:50:41,405
and it allows for us to do the stabilized shoreline that

701
00:50:41,715 --> 00:50:45,295
gina was describing before. Um, so

702
00:50:46,025 --> 00:50:49,725
this whole kind of central area, let's say within the whole continuous

703
00:50:50,745 --> 00:50:54,735
walking path loop, um, would raise about one

704
00:50:54,955 --> 00:50:58,795
and a half to two feet. That varies a little bit throughout

705
00:50:59,435 --> 00:51:03,195
the space, right? Some areas are already a little higher. We don't need to go full two feet,

706
00:51:04,215 --> 00:51:08,195
that's why, uh, there's a variety of different numbers throughout there

707
00:51:08,375 --> 00:51:12,355
too. Um, and then we'd create a couple low points in the back

708
00:51:12,555 --> 00:51:16,275
that you see and those would be connected to the rain garden to pick

709
00:51:16,575 --> 00:51:20,395
up, um, in drainage structures and then, uh, get that water

710
00:51:20,935 --> 00:51:24,835
out of there so that we don't have standing water and we don't cause a mosquito problem

711
00:51:25,255 --> 00:51:28,645
or anything. Um, so that's the sort of overall

712
00:51:29,275 --> 00:51:32,705
gist to to describe that a little bit. I'm just gonna add to that. So

713
00:51:33,395 --> 00:51:37,205
this park is going to flood. We're not telling you that it's not going to flood, it will continue

714
00:51:37,405 --> 00:51:41,015
to flood, but we wanna make it so that it recovers much faster when it does flood.

715
00:51:41,865 --> 00:51:45,805
so we are doing studies to understand the contours that we would need to put in

716
00:51:46,005 --> 00:51:49,985
to be able to get the car to drain as quickly as possible and

717
00:51:50,315 --> 00:51:54,265
also avoiding it from having any erosion from this drainage. So

718
00:51:54,985 --> 00:51:58,695
as meredith was talking about, we wanna high point, so that's why it does drain

719
00:51:59,075 --> 00:52:02,915
very quickly and we are being very mindful that we're not draining back

720
00:52:03,395 --> 00:52:07,045
into an area like where harvest on the hudson is located

721
00:52:07,785 --> 00:52:11,615
or in an area like where the playground is that we're not flooding areas

722
00:52:12,065 --> 00:52:15,925
of that nature and that it can flood even towards the river, which is really where we want

723
00:52:16,125 --> 00:52:18,805
it to go. So this way goes off site as quickly as possible.

724
00:52:23,975 --> 00:52:23,975
oh,

725
00:52:27,995 --> 00:52:31,735
one clarification meredith. Sure. So the, the, the numbers that

726
00:52:32,015 --> 00:52:35,935
are lower on that, so the 4.5, the six points, no at the bottom part mm-hmm

727
00:52:36,375 --> 00:52:40,055
. Down here. Yes. Is that, is that what it's gonna be finally? Or is that what

728
00:52:40,405 --> 00:52:43,815
yeah, what it we're done and that's what I just wanted to clarify because I think it's a little unclear.

729
00:52:45,165 --> 00:52:49,165
yes. Yeah, so we think roughly that the areas, um,

730
00:52:50,475 --> 00:52:54,375
would end up at these elevations. So 4.5, this is a little bit of a lower spot

731
00:52:55,075 --> 00:52:58,595
where we wanna kind of intentionally bring you down again

732
00:52:59,105 --> 00:53:02,965
a little bit closer to the water so you feel that connection, um, at

733
00:53:03,185 --> 00:53:07,165
that overlook that's there. And you get a nice view up

734
00:53:07,385 --> 00:53:11,205
to the bridge from that spot and across the palade, um, the

735
00:53:11,685 --> 00:53:15,605
six on the other side, you actually kind of want to be up a little bit

736
00:53:16,005 --> 00:53:19,885
to get the view of manhattan. Um, so that's the

737
00:53:20,255 --> 00:53:23,305
reasoning for it. But yeah. Thank you.

738
00:53:25,105 --> 00:53:29,085
hi, um, I'm allison mueller and my husband and I moved to hastings this past summer

739
00:53:29,385 --> 00:53:33,055
and I'm actually brandon's granddaughter, um, .

740
00:53:33,635 --> 00:53:37,275
um, and so obviously very excited to see the park being cared for.

741
00:53:37,915 --> 00:53:41,595
um, we currently have, there's a stone bench in her honor that the family placed

742
00:53:42,015 --> 00:53:45,915
there, so I just wanted to make sure that that was gonna be cared for and

743
00:53:46,245 --> 00:53:50,195
yeah. Yeah. Thank you. I'm, I'm glad you mentioned that there's the stone bench and

744
00:53:50,415 --> 00:53:54,395
there's actually also a memorial art piece, um, that's

745
00:53:54,815 --> 00:53:58,815
in the park and those we've discussed already, kind of at length, um, that

746
00:53:59,055 --> 00:54:02,335
we would want to find someplace through the, the new

747
00:54:03,215 --> 00:54:07,195
layout where we can bring those back and honor them and give them a little bit

748
00:54:07,355 --> 00:54:11,285
more, um, ability than they have

749
00:54:11,405 --> 00:54:14,935
today. So thank you. Thanks for coming up.

750
00:54:17,725 --> 00:54:17,725
okay.

751
00:54:22,215 --> 00:54:24,235
um, I just have one question that I did ask before.

752
00:54:26,645 --> 00:54:30,425
is there any, um, amenity to have, um, electricity

753
00:54:30,745 --> 00:54:34,545
where the pavilion is or its stage? Yeah, so that was

754
00:54:34,765 --> 00:54:38,705
one of our thoughts actually with the location of the stage that we're showing right now

755
00:54:39,085 --> 00:54:43,025
is that that, um, you know, we had a similar kind of back and forth

756
00:54:43,165 --> 00:54:47,095
of where to put that. Uh, we went through a number of different kind of alternative

757
00:54:47,855 --> 00:54:51,565
layouts and uh, one of the things that did come up is

758
00:54:52,535 --> 00:54:56,535
that connection to electricity. So the best places

759
00:54:56,995 --> 00:55:00,675
to connect to the larger power would be out beyond the parking lot.

760
00:55:01,035 --> 00:55:04,935
so one of the things we were kind of trying to keep in mind with the location

761
00:55:05,145 --> 00:55:08,435
where we have it is that use of access for

762
00:55:09,335 --> 00:55:13,145
electric. So we did note that it

763
00:55:13,345 --> 00:55:17,245
does change the backdrop, so

764
00:55:17,465 --> 00:55:21,385
yeah. Okay, well I think let's open the, you know,

765
00:55:22,465 --> 00:55:26,345
get up and stretch our legs and walk around and, um, if you want to, you

766
00:55:26,565 --> 00:55:30,485
know, put your face kind of a little closer and see those, the boards are a little easier

767
00:55:30,905 --> 00:55:34,805
to see than the screen. Um, so there's a couple boards that are

768
00:55:34,965 --> 00:55:38,845
back there, there, the, there's two copies actually of the site plan. So you

769
00:55:39,005 --> 00:55:42,675
can leave, um, a sticky note with some comments. There's also

770
00:55:43,365 --> 00:55:47,245
a couple character images on one of the boards and we have

771
00:55:47,405 --> 00:55:51,195
little dot stickers that, you know, are sort of a voting mechanism.

772
00:55:51,985 --> 00:55:55,625
if you like something on a character image, you stick a dot on it. Um,

773
00:55:56,185 --> 00:55:59,825
if you don't like something, you have to tell us that with your words and we'll write a comment about why.

774
00:56:00,625 --> 00:56:04,435
um, and we'll stick that on there. And then there is also,

775
00:56:04,945 --> 00:56:08,885
um, a board about our project goals. So those overall goals that I talked about

776
00:56:09,085 --> 00:56:12,915
at the beginning, um, are reiterated on a board

777
00:56:13,175 --> 00:56:17,175
so you can kind of take a little bit more time to digest them and let us

778
00:56:17,295 --> 00:56:21,135
know if you have any thoughts. There's some sticky notes and docs back there. And there's

779
00:56:21,375 --> 00:56:24,985
also, we will also also have some with us. And feel free to come.

780
00:56:26,645 --> 00:56:30,305
hi. Can I make a comment? Ask a question. Okay. I don't have much of a voice.

781
00:56:30,665 --> 00:56:34,465
I called outta in my sick bed to come to this meeting for a few minutes. So I'm wearing

782
00:56:34,745 --> 00:56:38,705
a, uh, a mask. So I don't believe the microphone. Um, a couple

783
00:56:38,825 --> 00:56:42,625
of things I just curious, can I see the picture? Is that, where does that show where the stage

784
00:56:42,845 --> 00:56:46,695
is gonna be? Yeah. Or there's been many public comments on

785
00:56:46,915 --> 00:56:50,735
that location already. What's that? There have been, there have been many public comments on

786
00:56:50,955 --> 00:56:54,675
that location. Yeah, I've, I've heard, I've been listening on facebook, so I heard some, most of them.

787
00:56:55,375 --> 00:56:59,215
um, uh, I just wanna make sure I see the trees behind the

788
00:56:59,445 --> 00:57:02,395
stage. I just wanna point out that when we produce a concert,

789
00:57:03,495 --> 00:57:07,275
the trucks come in on the back road and they pull up behind the stage

790
00:57:07,975 --> 00:57:11,855
to unload equipment and that's where the band usually pulls in as well. It's how often to

791
00:57:12,075 --> 00:57:15,855
coming with a lot of equipment, the sound company, that other entrance tends to

792
00:57:16,575 --> 00:57:20,285
get very muddy. Um, just my harvest. Yeah. And we've

793
00:57:20,635 --> 00:57:24,555
also been asked to keep cars off that spot, so, and also that's where the public

794
00:57:24,715 --> 00:57:28,675
would be setting up. So would it be possible with the trees

795
00:57:29,305 --> 00:57:32,355
that are look, looks like are there to pull in behind the stage?

796
00:57:33,715 --> 00:57:37,685
um, we can definitely look it up. Okay. So yeah,

797
00:57:38,175 --> 00:57:42,075
I would appreciate that. And then also the sound company sets up, I guess they could to

798
00:57:42,295 --> 00:57:46,175
the right or the left of the state. They end up putting tables and attend on the side for

799
00:57:46,375 --> 00:57:50,195
the sound board, et cetera. I heard what was just said on my way about the

800
00:57:50,655 --> 00:57:54,595
electricity from the parking lot. We usually use a generator from the fire department. It'd be terrific if

801
00:57:54,835 --> 00:57:58,495
it was, it had electricity of course. Um, and then where's the playground

802
00:57:58,855 --> 00:58:01,935
gonna be? Which number is that? So number seven right here is the playground.

803
00:58:03,145 --> 00:58:06,615
okay. So that's gonna be pretty close to the backstage of the production area, but

804
00:58:07,355 --> 00:58:11,335
I guess just keep that in mind. The other thing is the performers might be facing the

805
00:58:11,555 --> 00:58:15,435
sunset, so the sun might be in their eyes, well they're playing, which might be

806
00:58:15,595 --> 00:58:19,575
a consideration. I think adam mentioned the audience preferring to

807
00:58:19,795 --> 00:58:23,715
look out at the river where this way their back will be for the river. Uh, I

808
00:58:23,835 --> 00:58:27,595
mean they can walk over and look at it on the side, but it's not quite the same as sitting there

809
00:58:28,035 --> 00:58:31,895
watching the sunset. We call it the sunset concert series. Um, so

810
00:58:32,235 --> 00:58:36,115
I don't know if it's too late to think about putting it where it was, but, but then obviously

811
00:58:36,595 --> 00:58:40,555
the figure would have to move a little back where it was so cars could drive in behind the

812
00:58:40,755 --> 00:58:44,185
stage. So those are my only thoughts about it, so. Okay. Okay.

813
00:58:44,835 --> 00:58:48,675
I appreciate them. Yeah. Yeah. And definitely no matter what not to put the stage blocking harvest

814
00:58:49,275 --> 00:58:53,235
'cause that would be a big issue for them. That would be, yeah. , even though it was nice when it was

815
00:58:53,355 --> 00:58:57,195
in that corner, it didn't work with the, with the restaurant. Okay. Thank you so much. Awesome.

816
00:58:57,685 --> 00:59:01,615
thank you. Hi. Um, I just

817
00:59:01,775 --> 00:59:05,685
wanted to add one thing that we will be putting this presentation on our website

818
00:59:06,315 --> 00:59:09,835
and we do have a, a dedicated comment, uh,

819
00:59:10,365 --> 00:59:14,235
area there as well. So, um, if you think of something else after you

820
00:59:14,455 --> 00:59:18,145
go home that you forgot to share, uh, the opportunity still

821
00:59:18,495 --> 00:59:22,405
exists and, uh, on that, uh, same, uh, location on the

822
00:59:22,525 --> 00:59:26,505
website, we've, uh, put previous, um, uh,

823
00:59:27,145 --> 00:59:30,965
uh, powerpoints and things as, as we've gone through this, this iterative process.

824
00:59:32,105 --> 00:59:35,915
so, uh, yeah, let's all get up and stretch your legs as you suggested, and take

825
00:59:36,325 --> 00:59:39,445
a closer look at what you've got. Yeah. Awesome. Thank you.