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[0:27] Second

[0:28] of the board of trustees from the College of Eurasia.

[0:42] Welcome to the January 26th session of the Board of Trustees from the College of

[0:47] Eurasia.

[0:48] We are starting off this evening with a presentation by the Mariner.

[0:55] Bethlehem, do you want to introduce anything more?

[0:57] Sure. So this is the second presentation from the Mariner. They have submitted a proposal

[1:07] that we've seen before to provide a food concession on Harbor Island.

[1:15] And we are really hoping to move forward so that they can be up and running this summer.

[1:21] So, the presentation is really giving you a little more detail, some images of elevations

[1:30] and location and answering some of the questions that we've already heard from the board and

[1:37] from the community.

[1:42] Jay?

[1:43] You know?

[1:44] Yes.

[1:45] Do we have a presentation for the zoo or is it?

[1:48] Yeah, we have a presentation.

[1:49] And yeah, should we, um, I'm kind of, oh, yeah, we can share it now, okay, here we go.

[1:55] Wait, I'm sorry. I just want to interrupt Sally. I want to be sure that the public is accessing the Zoom.

[2:02] Do we know that? Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you.

[2:06] You're welcome. Hi, everyone. My name is Kachelin, and thank you for the opportunity to present tonight.

[2:15] We're presenting for the Mariner. It's a seasonal, removable waterfront food

[2:20] and beverage metady for Harbor Island Park. And I'll get started. Okay, this is

[2:27] the concept. Our vision and identity is a safe and dynamic waterfront

[2:33] destination with a vibrant tropical atmosphere with the comfort, accessibility,

[2:38] and community that we expected Harbor Island Park. We're designing it to

[2:44] complement the park's central setting to feel relaxed yet energetic. A place where families,

[2:51] neighbors, and visitors can go to enjoy the summer season together. Our goal is to offer

[2:57] high quality food, some crafted beverages, in an environment that's welcoming. Oh, hold on,

[3:03] sorry. We just lost the presentation for one second. There we go.

[3:09] The Mariner will grow into a recognizable landmark that adds light to the park while

[3:14] remaining respectful of its public character.

[3:19] Okay, the design and guest experience.

[3:22] The Mariner and Harbor Island Park will bring a vibrant welcoming energy to the beach

[3:27] front for both locals and visitors.

[3:29] This space will offer a great food, refreshing beverages, some signature cocktails, all that

[3:34] highlighted the easy-going lifestyle.

[3:36] Beyond dining, the marinerable feature live music, themed events and community gatherings

[3:43] that capture the spirit of summer and keep guests returning all summer long.

[3:49] Okay, some key features that are super important to us.

[3:53] Coastal palette and materials, so it's going to be nautical themes, like a nice deep blue,

[3:58] with some natural woods and durable finishes because we know everything at the water.

[4:02] You know, it's a little rough, so we got to make sure they're very durable.

[4:07] Defined area.

[4:09] So we want to make sure it's safe with an attractive perimeter to guide the guest flow.

[4:16] Semi-permited containers are going to be modular anchored into the floor

[4:21] and with minimal park impact.

[4:23] That's our whole goal.

[4:25] The landscaping investment.

[4:26] So palm trees and coastal plantings will enhance the site

[4:30] and also add to our defined area. Some live programming. We know we're going to start out a

[4:36] little small and then scale up with some music, events, and family-friendly activations.

[4:43] Sustainability is super important to us. We live on the water ourselves so we know everything needs

[4:49] to be reusable, is efficient equipment, all with in mind to reduce waste.

[4:56] local marketing, community partnerships and local promotions, so we'll make sure we reach out, we keep everything very local,

[5:04] and some branded merch, like some sweatshirts and t-shirts, some hats, everybody could rock the Marin or merchandise.

[5:12] Seeding in tables, everything asks you whether resistant with some nice furniture to entice the waterfront views.

[5:30] Sorry, I'm just trying to get it to move.

[5:35] Yeah, there we go.

[5:43] Okay, design overview. So this is just a viewing to the right of just like a layout of what it's going to look like.

[5:51] They're going to be custom 20 by 40 foot containers. There's going to be one that's a kitchen and then one that's a bar to keep everything separate.

[5:57] It's temporary. That's important to us. It's going to be seasonal food and beverage, but obviously separated in a pop-up built from two pre-fabricated containers.

[6:09] The project is semi-permanent. It's fully removable and it's professionally operated and designed specifically for the Harbor Island Park community.

[6:18] It's designed for families, for residents and beach users.

[6:23] Okay, some more pictures to the left if you want to check it out.

[6:27] The Mariners is seasonal pop-up waterfront food and beverage, like I mentioned.

[6:32] It's designed to activate an underutilized park space while remaining to be fully temporary

[6:38] removal, low impact, code complying, of course, safe, professionally operated, visually cohesive

[6:46] with a nautical, coastal aesthetic.

[6:48] The concept uses the two prefabricated shipping containers.

[6:53] They're arranged in an L-shape.

[6:56] One, like I mentioned, will be the kitchen container

[6:58] and the other one will be the bar container.

[7:01] This modular approach allows for very quick installation and removal,

[7:06] no permanent foundations,

[7:09] and minimal site disturbances,

[7:13] predictable utilities, safe systems, and operations.

[7:17] And like you can see, there's just some small pictures to the left.

[7:22] Okay, so this is the kitchen container blueprint.

[7:25] So there's going to be, you can look at the picture to the left and then I'll explain

[7:30] what's going to be in it.

[7:32] So there's going to be standing, sorry, gas priors, a gas griddle, food-tap, food prep table fridge.

[7:41] That's what I was saying.

[7:42] Some bench frizzers, a bench fridge, air conditioning and heating inverter unit.

[7:47] Three in one sink, of course, water heater, the range hood and fire compression system,

[7:54] super important. And then there's going to be two service windows on either side. And then

[7:59] to help the flow, there's going to be two pickup windows on the left hand side.

[8:07] Okay, so this is a picture of what the containers are going to look like from the side.

[8:13] as you can see you see the range hood, there's going to be, you know, you can see the back of the

[8:20] other one with a door so we can easily access both from our side. Okay, I'm on to the next one,

[8:28] is the bar container blueprint. So on the left you can see this one we designed a little bit differently,

[8:35] obviously, for the bar concept. Inside the container there's cocktail stations, we design them

[8:42] specifically cost them for the size to make it really easy to clean to keep everything

[8:49] pristine over there.

[8:50] There's a walk-in refrigerator in the actual shipping container, so it's going to be easier

[8:55] for us to access and keep everything, state temperatures, all our keg raters, sorry, all

[9:03] our kegs are going to be kept in the walk-in, and then the taps are going to be on the wall

[9:07] of the walk-in.

[9:08] So it's going to make it a lot easier for us.

[9:10] Like I said, a lot cleaner, easy to access for us.

[9:14] There's going to be fridges with sliding doors

[9:17] so we can easily access any cans.

[9:20] An ice machine, of course, frozen and slushy machine,

[9:25] the 3-in-1 sink, water heater, air conditioning,

[9:31] and then a beer cocktail tap system like I explained.

[9:34] It's going to be on the wall of the walk-in fridge.

[9:36] And then two service windows.

[9:37] So they're going to be larger on each side so that we can speak to the customer's face to face.

[9:45] Okay, this is a side view of the bar container. You can see the cocktail station all the way

[9:51] to the left and then there's a little bit of storage in the middle and then to right is the sliding

[9:56] cans containers. And you can see how from the back how they fit together.

[10:03] So which? This is the full container. This full 3D rendering. So you can see in the

[10:09] bottom picture. There is the two service windows that make it easier for people to pick up their food.

[10:16] The one to the left at the bottom is the food container, the one to the right with the larger

[10:21] service window. That is the bar container. And also you can see from this picture how there's

[10:27] a little ledge for people to lean on and we can give them the products out the window.

[10:32] And then how there's a large flap that opens up and fully closes so everything is contained

[10:37] within the shipping containers.

[10:41] This is another view.

[10:44] The bar containers on the bottom,

[10:46] you can see the door for access,

[10:48] which makes it a little easier for us

[10:50] to get products brought in like beer cans

[10:54] or some kegs that are very heavy.

[10:56] It just makes it a little easier for us to access.

[11:01] Okay, this is the containers from the top.

[11:05] So you can see that the beer container,

[11:08] the bar container is the top one of the L and then the side one that is the

[11:16] kitchen. So you can see the walk-in is in the middle for easy access. Like I said

[11:22] and then at the end you can see there is the pickup windows so that we tried to

[11:29] keep flow in mind so that lines and flow. We made it, we tried to make it as easy as

[11:37] possible to keep everything contained and just to keep people in like the

[11:41] right areas.

[11:45] Okay and then again I'm sorry this is another view this is from

[11:48] the side. The bar container is the one you're seeing on the top and then the

[11:53] bottom L if that is the kitchen container. You can see the fire suppression system

[12:01] on the top. You could see how it's laid out from the side.

[12:06] Okay, so the location. We all

[12:09] know this is super important. The Mariner will be located in the southeast area of

[12:15] Harbor Island Park. The bar container, it's double-sided so we can serve both the beach

[12:21] side and the park side. The kitchen container faces the beach with direct service access

[12:27] to the park side. This layout improve the guest flow while minimizing the footprint and also

[12:34] the congestion because we do keep this in mind. We are trying to design it. Like I mentioned,

[12:38] the service windows, the larger windows for the bar, and then the pickup windows on the end.

[12:46] Okay, so my husband is going to speak about this about the anchoring system.

[12:50] Yes, so this was actually a concern with I spoke with Jeff and we talked about the anchoring of

[12:58] the actual container, it's just something you own case for, you know, just approvals from the DC and

[13:02] everything else. So basically I talked to a couple of engineers, engineering companies,

[13:07] and this is what we came up with to keep them anchored as far as, you know, if there's any kind of

[13:13] storm that the tide comes up, if there's anything, you know, as far as, so it's just, this is the system

[13:20] we're going to go with, and yeah, so you can... Yeah, there's some heavy duty anchors, and they're

[13:27] at the corners. So with this in mind, it's a flood-resistant design. It allows the water

[13:34] to pass beneath the containers. So with this in mind, we hope that it would reduce the impact

[13:42] to the park, us having the gravel pad there.

[13:51] Okay, so you can see this. We tried to get

[13:53] picture, because it's a little, you know, we tried to explain it. So at the corners,

[13:58] There's the gravel pad under the container.

[14:02] It's just crushed stone.

[14:04] And then there's a little fabric underneath there.

[14:07] And then the helio piles,

[14:09] they get drilled into the harder areas

[14:14] of the earth underneath the soil.

[14:17] And then you can see the different layers of it,

[14:21] the gravel pad, and the corner brackets,

[14:25] and then the pile anchors,

[14:26] and then how they're connected at the bottom, you can see here.

[14:34] Okay, and switching topics, this is super important to us.

[14:40] The tree relocation and park enhancement.

[14:43] So our goal is to leave the park greener, healthier, and more resilient than when we found it.

[14:48] So what we're proposing is professional relocation of the existing trees.

[14:54] trees, we know there are two smaller trees that are there and we understand that

[15:00] We want to keep the earth greener than we left it. So we're going to replace planting if relocation is not viable and all the plants are subject to village approval and oversight, of course. To ensure the park is improved as a result of this project, we commit to replacing each relocated or removed trees with equal or larger caliber trees. Adding additional new trees or planting elsewhere in the park, using species approved by the village

[15:29] and Parks Department and also coordinating with planting locations with the village staff

[15:35] for maximum benefit. Also, like I mentioned earlier, we're hoping to create a beautiful

[15:42] perimeter around our area and using a lot of trees, including palm trees, including a little

[15:48] more tropical stuff in the summertime, to create like nice boundaries around the area that we hope

[15:56] to serve. Thank Matt for taking it from here. Yeah, Matt. Yeah, there he is. He's going to take it from here.

[16:06] Hi guys. Thanks for having us. So I'm going to jump into talking about our operation and maintenance plan.

[16:12] So the Mariner will implement a comprehensive plan to ensure the successful development,

[16:17] operation management and maintenance of the concession. This plan integrates operational standards with

[16:22] with our proven hospitality expertise,

[16:25] a commitment to accessibility,

[16:27] and a focus on community health, wellness, and engagement.

[16:31] So on the right, our proposed operational schedule,

[16:34] where we know that this is a phase plan,

[16:37] and we know the ultimate goal is to potentially

[16:40] have an actual concession built.

[16:42] So I think for the first year,

[16:44] I think it just to establish a relationship

[16:46] with the village and with the parks department

[16:49] and everyone involved.

[16:51] We'd like to propose to operate in May and June, just Friday, Saturday, Sunday, we put some hours there from 4 to 9, Saturday, Sunday, 12 to 9, or 12 to 8.

[17:04] And then moving into July and August, we would expand and do Thursday to Sunday.

[17:10] And again, this would be integrated with some live bands, acoustic and solo acts, and we can phase all that stuff in starting on weekends.

[17:18] We want to start off small and work closely with the parks department in how we can make this grow into something that works within the village of the Maroneck.

[17:30] Also, we know the fall hours are to be determined. There are a lot of festivals that take place so we do want to take advantage of that and be a part of that process with you guys.

[17:39] So we left fall hours to be determined.

[17:42] Next slide, please.

[17:43] and then moving into staffing and training programs.

[17:48] So these are just some of the protocol

[17:50] that we have in place in our other operations.

[17:55] So ownership and oversight.

[17:56] So we have daily onsite management.

[17:59] Our management team consists of general managers.

[18:02] We have assistant managers and at least one manager

[18:05] on staff during all operational hours.

[18:08] Our staff would consist of cashiers and expos,

[18:11] those bartenders, bussers, kitchen, management.

[18:15] We offer our pre-season training.

[18:17] So that would be trainings regarding food safety,

[18:21] service standards, our point of sale systems, et cetera.

[18:25] So we get the staff ready for the season, daily briefing.

[18:31] So this is super important.

[18:32] All our managers and owners that are on site,

[18:35] we conduct these pre-shift check-ins,

[18:37] just to make sure everything is going well. If we are rolling out anything new with regard to

[18:44] the menu or any drink specials, reminding about customer service reminders or additional menu

[18:51] updates. Compliance, staff is trained with Department of Health Codes, food handling, certifications,

[18:58] and alcohol safety protocols. Daily updates utilizing the whiteboards or daily logs,

[19:06] tests checklist for clear communications with employees. And again, you know, opening and closing

[19:12] checklists, those are really essential to us because that's how we know that our staff is completing

[19:19] the tests to run the operation and then closing out the evening. And the operation would be ready to

[19:27] run for the next day. Another thing is our staff meetings. We hold pretty frequently.

[19:34] and uniform policies. So our logo shirt, different colors, slip resistant footwear and compliance

[19:42] with any department of health, hair and appearance guidelines. Next slide, please.

[19:49] So moving into our alcohol service model, so this could address some questions who is serving

[19:56] in management. So the alcohol is served by license operators, which would be the bar staff.

[20:01] liquor license is held by the approved vendor operator in that case would be the

[20:06] Mariner. There's no self-service or third party involved. There are day-to-day

[20:10] management to oversee operations. Service is limited to the bar container only and

[20:17] all drinks are prepared and handed directly to the patrons. So, you know, if

[20:22] someone comes up and orders six drinks and there's only two people there, we

[20:26] don't give six drinks. We will give two drinks. You know, ID checks and

[20:31] age verification, physical government issued a photo ID would be required and

[20:38] wristbands or hand stamps during events and festivals.

[20:41] So I think that would be a better way for us to take control over the larger scale

[20:48] events that would take place.

[20:49] And we would again work a little more closely with the parks and with Jason in regards to these types of events.

[20:56] and maybe there's some systems that are already put in place that we can align our practices with.

[21:04] Next slide.

[21:07] Staff training and oversight. So, bar staff or a tip certified which is training

[21:12] in preventative services or equivalent. The manager on duty monitor service throughout the day,

[21:19] staff are empowered in training to refuse service, we can slow service down, and absolutely

[21:25] cutoff service when needed. Regarding serving controls, again, like I said, drink limits

[21:30] per transaction, clearly define last-call procedures, immediate refusal or service

[21:36] for intoxicated patrons, and water and food available during operation hours. Next slide,

[21:44] please.

[21:47] Okay, so, the catcher speaking earlier regarding boundaries perimeters, so we

[21:55] We would only allow alcohol in a permitted within operation marked perimeter.

[22:00] So we would establish these more when we have a physical layout of where our tables and

[22:06] chairs would be, our planters, our palm trees.

[22:10] So that would be defined by the physical layout or signage and done with our staff monitoring.

[22:16] There's no alcohol allowed beyond the seating zone and container and glass policy.

[22:21] we don't, we know, we are lived by the water, we will not be using glass containers, so we will

[22:29] only be using approved plastic compostable or biodegradable cups, straws, lids, and this would

[22:36] all be enforced by staff and management. Next slide, please. Okay, so sustainability commitment.

[22:43] We are committed to ensuring that the Mariner lines with New York State's environmental priorities

[22:48] Our approach integrates sustainable practices into every aspect of service, sourcing, and community engagement.

[22:55] The Mariner operates with a strong focus on waste reduction, clean beaches, and local partnerships combining composable service wear,

[23:03] onsite waste sorting, and community education to protect harbor island park and the surrounding shoreline.

[23:08] So, some conscious operations, again, we would use biodegradable and composable service

[23:15] where exclusively use 100% on biodegradable plates, cups, straws, just to eliminate plastic

[23:22] waste, waste diversion and recycling, work with local base recycling companies and services

[23:28] to establish on-site waste sorting stations and this will help educate customers while also

[23:35] reducing landfill contributions. Trash and recycling receptacles will be placed throughout the

[23:41] seating area and within our operation itself. At the end of the day or at the end of each of our

[23:48] shift, we do a full site sweep to ensure that there's no debris or garbage left out. Regular trash

[23:54] pickup during operating hours. And we would again coordinate and align all of our practices with the

[24:02] current practices that are already taking place at Harbour Island Park and there's some local

[24:07] partnership and community educational opportunities that we feel would be would be great as a teacher and

[24:14] you know catch and J as parents of four kids collaborating with schools partnering with summer programs

[24:19] at local school districts and environmental clubs. You can create a hands-on program for you know some

[24:25] beach cleanup, shoreline restoration projects. We can do educational signage and forms, the

[24:32] concession and visitors on where to put their garbage, what is recyclable, what is not.

[24:37] And again, some local community events, we can host some annual green beach fest, which would

[24:46] highlight sustainability and shoreline preservation, maybe offer a reasonable mug and cup program,

[24:53] or a bite-to-beach incentive within our MMR in our community and

[25:01] then operation and staffing.

[25:03] So we are big with communication. We feel that that is one of the major things that runs our

[25:10] operations. So we have our group chats. We are able to make weather dependent or schedule change

[25:18] notifications through that. We use informational boards to inform staff of daily or weekly food and

[25:24] drink specials, what entertainment is going on, and all of this stuff as in addition to

[25:30] us communicating with our staff, this would all be done on social media as well to put

[25:37] that out for the community to let them know what events we have taking place.

[25:42] So the seasonal schedule we're looking at made a September with the core operations being

[25:47] from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend and utilizing the weeks leading into that for

[25:53] staff training or for the postseason weeks for cleanup or decommissioning.

[25:59] Staffing strategy, we really want to pull from the local community, high school students,

[26:04] college students, students that are returning from college for the season.

[26:10] There are teachers that are always looking for summer jobs and local residents.

[26:16] Security and safety, so we know that some of these festivals are pretty large and

[26:22] And we would work with the parks to ensure that we have security for festivals and events

[26:28] which would help with the ID checking, patron guidance, drink, monitoring, and tally systems

[26:36] for the patrons.

[26:37] And then we will also have a better idea at future events at how many people would be coming

[26:43] to the next year's events and so on.

[26:46] After hours care, the mariners staff will maintain operation areas and ensure poor

[26:52] cleansingness and then emergency and adaptive planning. Flexible operational models

[26:57] based upon prior experience with pandemic action plans. And this could coincide with

[27:04] anything that we do. We always keep a log book at the end of each night. We have a report that

[27:12] the manager fills out, and it could be as easy as saying, you know, the weather was 90 degrees.

[27:18] The ban was, you know, OP effect, and it would list any, any, any, any accidents that may

[27:28] have taken place, and what our staff had done to report that if we had to communicate with,

[27:34] you know, EMS, or if we had to contact the Rangers to get involved. So we would document and report

[27:41] all each night of our operation. Next slide, please. And this would be our email and contact

[27:51] information. So these are, you know, and then on the right is a link to Operation Photos. So

[27:57] that's where you can access a Google Drive, which would bring you to some photos of the various

[28:04] venues that we have, and just to get closer glimpse into how we operate.

[28:12] Thank you.

[28:17] Thank you. For the board members, do you have any questions for the presenters?

[28:25] I do. Okay.

[28:29] So on the terms agreement, it says TANCCLA, but you're saying 9.30. So the hours

[28:36] are going to be till 9.30.

[28:40] You know we're going in conservatively so you know we're open to a lot

[28:46] but some of the other places they do close at 9.30 so we just kind of went with what we knew

[28:53] already and like I said we went conservative so we're willing to go to 10 obviously but I think

[29:02] conservative is better. Yes. Yes. And then you so you have drawings that show that there are

[29:12] windows on both sides of the container. One of them leading to the park. There's no alcohol

[29:20] allowed in the park. It's contained in in this beach area of 300 feet. So I'm a little confused

[29:28] used as to handing drinks out on the park side.

[29:33] Yeah, so that was in mind for events.

[29:37] So we were thinking maybe we can create a boundary over there

[29:41] just to have that.

[29:43] But yes, I do understand that concern.

[29:45] We were talking about it for events

[29:47] that we would give wristbands out after checking ideas

[29:51] or like a stamp of some kind with our logo on it,

[29:54] Something that we keep people in a contained area that

[30:00] Otherwise, and whenever there's a non-event and a normal evening, that would just be serviced on one side, and that would be contained in this beach seating. Yes. And the doors are very easy to open and close. So at the, you know, if there's an event, we can open both sides. If there's not, we can keep the ones that close and then have the perimeter of the palm trees for drinking.

[30:29] Yeah, go. And do an objection to keeping the music acoustical. I mean, even if there's a mic in a small amplifier,

[30:36] but as opposed to a band, at least in this first year. Oh, yeah, that was actually what we've discussed.

[30:46] We were thinking of, you know, we do a lot of really fun things, even with children, like in music

[30:50] departments. Matt is actually an orchestra teacher, he's a director of orchestra for his school,

[30:59] so he really, we always do really fun events with school of rock, which is a children-based

[31:09] music organization, and they have them be able to have almost like a free range of singing

[31:17] like songs that they know and playing instruments, so we've done a lot of stuff like that in the past,

[31:22] so that we were speaking about doing it, you know, like just one person with a guitar and singing,

[31:30] and then kind of see how it goes from there. Yeah, I think just to elaborate a little bit more on that,

[31:37] just because this is a pop-up and a first-year venture, and you know, we are in a phase plan

[31:44] that we want to start off with a very scaled down approach and I think the only way to really do

[31:51] that would be to, you know, we can't come, we can't start with these great, you know, we have good

[31:58] relationships with a lot of great bands, but like Katya was saying, we do have a lot of solo acts,

[32:04] we have a duo act, we have, you know, two people in a guitar, it's just a way to provide people with

[32:11] little bit more than just food and drink. At a beach side community, you want to have that

[32:18] entertainment and that feel, and it really promotes the area a little bit more too.

[32:25] I mean, the community concern is there are two residential neighborhoods,

[32:29] sort of right off the harbor and the beach. So just and some of the clubs, the clubs are restricted

[32:37] to it, 9 p.m. does line for music. So given the water carries, you know, sound, there's

[32:44] a lot of concern about that, which I'm sure you have, you're aware of.

[32:51] Yeah, we have dealt with that in the past, and our, some of our concessions are, well, all

[32:59] of the concessions are on the water, but some of them are also in residential communities.

[33:02] So we have dealt with this and we do we like even the music if we play like light music

[33:09] It's always scaled down at 9 p.m. Like we we try really hard to understand. We want to be part of the community

[33:16] We don't want to be a nuisance and that that's our goal

[33:20] And I just have two more questions one you may not be able to answer

[33:24] So if people are coming into the park and they don't have a beach pass

[33:28] And this is probably village staff, do they get, they don't have to, they're basically

[33:34] coming to the bar, they won't have to pay for, to get onto the beach and then go to the

[33:39] bar.

[33:41] I have a feeling this is not your wheel house.

[33:44] Sorry, I mean, defer to Miss Gale, and then the last question is price points, are you aiming

[33:51] for a slightly higher upper scale load, you know, proud as opposed to, you know, just

[34:01] a $2 hot dog. I've seen the menu. I know what the quote, I know the answer.

[34:08] Yeah, we're shooting for, we want families to come. Like, we have four kids. Like, I want

[34:14] to be able to afford to get, you know, my kids and food, maybe have a drink, came out

[34:18] of the beach for a little bit and then be able to go home.

[34:21] We don't want to out price the people in the area.

[34:24] So we're not looking to be Manhattan prices.

[34:28] We're looking to just be reasonable.

[34:31] I feel like beers maybe like $6 to $8.

[34:38] Not going to have all the details around the 10 range.

[34:41] But that's normally what we do.

[34:43] We're not, we're casual.

[34:45] will we try and keep everything, you know, beautiful,

[34:48] aesthetically pleasing, but we're not trying to out price families.

[34:53] That's not our goal.

[34:54] Okay. Great. Thank you very much. Great.

[34:57] Yeah. No problem. Thank you.

[34:58] So just to talk about the issue of the beach pass,

[35:02] if someone is coming before five o'clock,

[35:06] yes, they would have to have a beach pass.

[35:09] After five, they would not.

[35:12] Six. I think it's six, but yeah.

[35:16] Yeah, it's I think last year we did five, but maybe I think we changed it to six right at the end we changed it because we extended a little bit, but we also you also could

[35:28] apply the pay the daily rate. You don't need to have just a beach path. We do allow daily Raiders and we do get a lot of them.

[35:38] I'm sorry, will you be serving alcohol from open to close or you'll just be serving lunch

[35:43] during the day and then after later on in the event for dinner, you'd be serving alcohol

[35:48] or if that's all day.

[35:49] So we did speak about this.

[35:52] I think there's some wiggle room, but I would love to, I think we would love to serve maybe

[35:59] after 4 p.m., I think that would be great like Thursday and Friday and then Saturday and

[36:05] Sunday, we would do, you know, most of the day. That was kind of what we spoke about in the past.

[36:12] Obviously, there's, we're open to a lot, but yeah, that's what we spoke about after four or

[36:19] something like that. It would be great for us. So, the term sheets is passed five each day.

[36:28] And it also says it can be within 300 feet of the licensed concession, but we don't really allow

[36:33] alcohol in the park so I think that there's been concern about that from

[36:38] residents. Well we would have to we would have to change the code. And of course

[36:46] to allow alcohol in the park during events. Yeah during events. Yeah.

[36:56] And like I

[36:58] said we would always side with what the you know village would the parks

[37:04] department or the village would want me, you know, don't want to cause like a drastic impact,

[37:12] just want to be able to function as business.

[37:17] Any last questions or comments from the board?

[37:21] Yeah, I have a question. Hi, thank you. Hi. So if there were strong coming,

[37:27] what would the plans be for the furniture outside and like the palm trees and the planters?

[37:33] where would those be stored?

[37:35] Okay, so we do have some room inside the containers

[37:39] and we did speak about putting them.

[37:44] Well, we talked about putting some things inside the containers

[37:48] that we could fit.

[37:49] And then in that L, there's a square block there.

[37:53] And we were talking about maybe chaining some stuff up in there

[37:57] and just keeping it kind of contained.

[37:59] because I know that that's an issue. There is flooding and there's there's big storms that happen.

[38:05] But that's what we do at our other places. So we are hoping that something like that would be feasible there as well.

[38:13] And just Jeff on has reviewed the angering system and he's very comfortable with it.

[38:22] Okay. And have you used this container system in any of your other locations?

[38:26] No, we've not. This is something that's new for us. It's a big expense, but we're really excited to be a part of this project.

[38:35] So we've done so much research. I feel like I can tell my my eyes are red about this. And we do really think this is the best plan, something that's safe for our staff and we can create boundaries for customers.

[38:53] customers. So everybody kind of understands and there's a good flow. We're not, we try to do the

[38:58] service windows in areas that we know from our other businesses that would kind of work to

[39:04] order somewhere and then you pick up another area. Just so it makes a nice flow and there's not like

[39:10] lines and people are weeding in different directions. So we've really tried our best. We put a lot of

[39:16] energy in time into this.

[39:18] It seems that way.

[39:19] And then definitely the container itself,

[39:24] when it's after hours,

[39:26] is it secured locked like nobody can get in there?

[39:29] Yes.

[39:30] And that, like we said,

[39:31] that is probably the most important thing to us,

[39:34] because our POS is expensive,

[39:37] you know, the product that we're serving is expensive.

[39:39] So everything is fully locked.

[39:43] You know, every door, every entrance is fully locked.

[39:45] You're

[39:54] only going to be open Thursday through Sunday?

[39:58] That's what we initially talked about to scale up, you know, to start small and then scale

[40:04] up from there, just to not create like a drastic impact in the neighborhood.

[40:19] Thank you all so much.

[40:20] We really appreciate the presentation.

[40:23] Thank you.

[40:24] I agree with you.

[40:31] Thank you.

[40:32] You know, if we could just stop, Chair?

[40:34] Yes.

[40:35] We'll go ahead.

[40:36] Yes, I'm sure.

[40:37] All of a sudden, I'm sharing.

[40:39] Not it.

[40:40] Okay.

[40:41] Thank you.

[40:42] All right.

[40:44] Item B, or the report from the Department House?

[40:48] Definitely.

[40:49] Okay.

[40:50] So I want to start by thanking staff for their efforts during the snow emergency,

[40:57] agency starting with Dennis who managed the EOC and all of the departments that participated.

[41:04] Special thanks to the departments of public works and parks.

[41:08] We don't always recognize these employees, but their work is so important.

[41:16] So while we were all home, safe and warm, they were out through the night, plowing and

[41:24] and troubling, and so thank you to them for their efforts.

[41:30] Just one other thing before I turn it over to Dennis for just a brief flood mitigation report.

[41:39] In February, I will be making a presentation about the implementation of the Affordable Housing Task Force recommendations.

[41:49] and I apologize that this is coming late.

[41:53] It's been challenging without a planner.

[41:56] So we are going to go through some of the recommendations

[41:58] and recommend an implementation schedule for the board.

[42:04] So now I'm going to turn it over to Dennis,

[42:07] so he can talk about the details of the $9.9 million grant

[42:12] that we received a couple of weeks ago. Dennis.

[42:16] Thank you, Kathleen. Good evening everybody. So, quick update on our most recent grant awards

[42:23] for Clark Medigation. I'll go through this at a relatively high level. I do intend to do a more

[42:27] detailed presentation for the board of the future meeting. But, you know, generally to rate

[42:32] awareness in the community of what we've achieved here. So, the Resilient Water Sheds Grant Program,

[42:38] the RWG. That's a statewide competitive grant program. It's created by the State Environmental,

[42:43] So it is corporation and is administered in collaboration with the state DECD.

[42:49] The program focuses primarily on implementing projects that are identified and recommended

[42:53] through the DECD's resilient New York program.

[42:56] So as most people may know by now, the village is a resilient New York community.

[43:00] We are resuming New York State and that didn't form our project proposal.

[43:06] The maximum award for the RWG program is $10 million with a 10% local cross share.

[43:12] We worked both internally and in our own team in the withdrawal, as well as the grant writer.

[43:19] We proposed $9,975,250 with a local match of $997,645 to apply a free proposed flood mitigation project.

[43:33] Project number one is a reallignment of the confluence at Columbus Park.

[43:39] So this project is directly related to the Green Resonance

[43:43] grant that was funded in 2024.

[43:46] I gave remarks on that at a recent meeting.

[43:50] So the committee could have an update on where we stand

[43:53] with that large award.

[43:55] That project was primarily for flood bench construction

[43:57] and grid removal.

[43:59] That's $6.6 million for the local car share of $733,000.

[44:04] The RWG is actually a companion to that project.

[44:09] So what was originally proposed to DRG was a much larger scope, and not all of it was able

[44:14] to be funded by the state, so this will fill that budget gap.

[44:18] Now, the proposal that was funded by RWG is to re-allowing the river, allowing the river

[44:24] to flow naturally through the confluence and under the NTA rail bridge without obstruction.

[44:29] This is intended to convey the flood flow more efficiently and get the water downstream and

[44:32] into the harbor.

[44:34] Challenge improvements downstream of the conference also need to be completed to accommodate

[44:37] this increase in flow and flood bench construction in and around the park will increase storage

[44:43] capacity during major flows.

[44:46] So the GRG and the RWG funding projects are in combined with the work that the county has

[45:00] I want you to do a representative comprehensive by mitigation approach that we both can undertake between the confluence and the situation. While there is always more that we could do to reduce flood risk, this should be recognized from the leadership board that it will. While the projects are still in the context stage, but with this funding security, we can now work for implementing our downstream upstream flood mitigation strategy, which we discussed that previously. So in short, the funding is real, the project is real, and now we just need to community continue.

[45:29] locations when we collectively work towards completing the coming of the

[45:32] design process. Of course, the public will have a role in that and we have more

[45:37] public discussion about that project. However, this is that expectations that

[45:42] is going to take time. The second project that was funded by RWG is a

[45:47] demolition of the top of the Devon Bridge. This grant will not fund a replacement

[45:52] bridge. We do hear this community when people tell us that top of the

[45:55] needs to be replaced. We also understand that the proposed work at the Ward Avenue Bridge

[46:01] needs to be taken into consideration as well. The Tompins Bridge has not carried vehicle

[46:05] traffic since 2021 when it is damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ida and just last year,

[46:11] a state year, TN Special Report limited the pedestrian traffic as well. So regardless of how

[46:17] when the bridge is replaced, it needs to come down eventually and we now have funding to

[46:21] do that. The River Channel may also be improved in the Bank

[46:24] stabilized to set increased blood flow as a result of tunnel improvements upstream

[46:28] around what happened and at the bottom.

[46:32] Finally, Project 3, the Center Avenue Bridge Demolition and Channel Improvements.

[46:36] The concept of this project is to improve blood flow,

[46:40] conveyance on the shoulder grid of between the federal road and the way that we have it.

[46:45] The bridge there haven't been replaced so it should be recently.

[46:48] The Center Avenue Bridge will be removed and will not be replaced.

[46:51] The channel will be lying the wherever possible in that vicinity and street bank stabilized in that area.

[47:00] flood bench may be constructed at the turning river in the area of the flood walker park or in general vicinity,

[47:06] although this needs to be studied in greater detail.

[47:09] Opportunities for additional improvements to convey flood flow will also be studied as part of project three.

[47:15] I just declared out the Omicorp Plan is still moving forward, however, there is no foreign timeline for work to actually begin.

[47:23] Our dialogue with AIDS continues and publicly being made on pre-construction activities, including the surgical and archaeological study.

[47:29] Right to the entry range for public plans and your technical analysis, so testing in the project area.

[47:35] There is also progress on the legal end with the greeners being negotiated between the village,

[47:39] the county, BVC, and the Army Corps, that will allow for the county to invest in flood

[47:44] mitigation in the village, as well as for Army Corps to carry additional federal funds

[47:47] for the project.

[47:49] Now, last thing we are actively seeking funding for a project on the Beavis Longbrook grant

[47:54] proposal submitted for bridge removal and channel improvements on the Brook and Shore acres

[47:58] were not funded in 2025, however, the team I have met and we are committed to going back to

[48:04] what we can to improve that proposal, find the right grant program and we should name

[48:08] that project in 2006. So that's all I've got in terms of my remarks. Happy to answer

[48:14] a question. Anybody have it?

[48:23] Do we have any other staff reports? So it doesn't seem like

[48:26] there are questions.

[48:30] Yes,

[48:33] Kathleen. I think you have something to report.

[48:38] Yes. But before I do, I just want to remind all the attendees tonight that if you want to

[48:43] make a comment during the public comment period or the public hearing period to please raise

[48:47] your hand and then Laura will call on you and the five minutes will be counted down on

[48:51] the screen so you will know how much time you have to speak.

[48:54] And then I'm just reporting tonight on minutes that are being filed, the Board of Trustees

[48:58] work session and legislative meeting of January 12th, committee for the environment meeting

[49:04] meeting of November 18th, Ethics Board meeting of November 19th, PRC meeting of November 15th

[49:13] and we received two resignations, one from this Rometa, on the Congress of our communities board and

[49:21] Mr. DeSante of the Budget Committee and we thank them both for their voluntary turn for the village.

[49:28] Thank you.

[49:29] Do

[49:33] we have any other department head-up sites that

[49:39] is there?

[49:40] Okay.

[49:42] You know, if I could just make one comment.

[49:45] We talked about the stormwater management plan update in the last meeting.

[49:50] We did go back and speak with our consultant engineer.

[49:54] And at Work with Sally, we did post some additional information on the website

[49:58] under the stormwater management tab.

[50:01] So anyone from the public who wishes to review the draft stormwater management plan

[50:04] as well as an overview of the MS4 general permit requirements for that planning.

[50:10] I was welcome to visit the website.

[50:12] We also would like to extend the public comment period,

[50:17] which was originally scheduled for the 19th of January,

[50:20] and extend that to January 30th.

[50:23] The email address to submit feedback is MS4 comment,

[50:28] and VOM and Y. That worked.

[50:30] All

[50:41] right. Moving on to item two is public comment on tonight's agenda on items on tonight's agenda.

[50:50] Comment, comment to limited to five minutes and please make sure that your name and where you're from and Laura will be monitoring all of the public comment.

[51:01] Okay. The first person was Allen Barnett.

[51:05] Let's see. Sorry.

[51:16] Sorry. Let me see how I Sally.

[51:26] Yeah. No, if you could just. I don't have access. I don't have access. Okay. Okay.

[51:32] I'll write down your names.

[51:38] Hello. Am I? Am I here? Yes.

[51:41] All right. Hi, everyone.

[51:47] Thank you for giving me the chance to say something by the way.

[51:52] And congratulations on all the new grants and the funding that's been really great for the morale of the village.

[51:58] I think everybody's been looking forward to seeing that come through and it's been refreshing to see it.

[52:03] So keep up the great work. Thank you.

[52:06] I just wanted to chime in because I just learned about the mayor and her proposal yesterday on on social media.

[52:15] As a sure acres resident, I'm on the water, I face the harbor side.

[52:22] I enjoy all the festivities that happen in the park, whether I want to be there or not.

[52:28] I can listen to the movies when they play them on the beach. I listen to the

[52:33] concerts when they have them in the pavilion and it's part of the color and

[52:39] the joy of living here. I love the fireman's carnival. The noise and the

[52:43] commotion and everything that happens over there adds to this community. When

[52:50] they sit in my backyard and I hear it or when I'm just want to have the

[52:56] It's with great pleasure that we enjoy.

[53:00] What I live here every day,

[53:04] to have live music three nights a week,

[53:06] would just be terrible.

[53:10] I don't want to hear somebody else's music.

[53:13] I want to play my home.

[53:15] When we have a concert and I turn mine off,

[53:17] and I listen to the one that's across the harbor,

[53:19] that's great because it's a couple times a year.

[53:22] When there's a movie and they're playing Monsters Ink and I can't watch whatever I was watching because it's loud.

[53:28] I don't mind so much.

[53:30] But I don't think three nights a week for three months of the year is bear to the residents of the harbor.

[53:40] There's the sound travels very clearly on a calm summer night.

[53:45] I can hear conversations from big booming voices and music will carry very clearly into

[53:55] not just the few people on the water but the houses for several blocks behind us.

[54:02] I hear the Beeching Out Club when they have wedding parties that are out on the water.

[54:08] And again, part of the color of living here, but we don't need more of it.

[54:13] I think what occurs to me is that this has happened in the village before Molly Spalains was given permits to open their patio behind their business.

[54:26] They spent a quarter million dollars or so on their renovations opened up and then were immediately shut down because the neighbors revolted.

[54:36] This is just happening at locals in Marchmont, where somebody opened up a nice business.

[54:42] They had live music and it's in a neighborhood and the neighbors complained.

[54:47] They no longer allowed to have live music.

[54:50] I would hate to see the mayor and our people invest this time in money and starting a business

[54:57] and then have to fight the legal system because the residents say, oh no, we don't want it.

[55:21] I mean they put the investment into their business, they did everything right, but the village

[55:32] jumped the gun and didn't listen to the neighbors first. That business wasn't

[55:36] right for that location.

[55:40] I'd love to see food on the water there. I would love

[55:44] to see this business and its current embodiment there. I think the containers

[55:50] look really cool and seems like fun but I just can't have the music when I'm

[55:54] trying to put my kids to bed on a Thursday night and what I'm hearing from them is

[55:59] yeah they'll start quietly with some acoustic stuff but they know bands and they want to do

[56:04] festivals and I don't need that in my backyard. So if they want to sell hot dogs to the beach goers

[56:11] that's great but I just don't see the value add here for the people of America that are going to

[56:18] have to listen to all of their music when you know I'm trying to get my kids to do their homework

[56:23] work in, you know, we go to school right through June.

[56:29] So yeah, so that's my two cents worth.

[56:31] I just hope you guys will give this a lot more consideration.

[56:35] I think that would be more successful, but they could sell the people

[56:38] that aren't just on the beat.

[56:44] So yeah, so a little more consideration will be appreciated, I think,

[56:48] before permits you give.

[56:50] Thank you.

[56:51] Thank you.

[57:06] here I'll try and see if I can now

[57:12] I'm going to need Sally Sally.

[57:17] Sorry I was speaking

[57:18] I had I was muted. I think the next one was a bit on an error because no one's there

[57:25] or BTS. Oh okay. So we'll go to Glenn Tippet now. No, no, no, our BTS is me.

[57:35] Oh sorry

[57:36] All right.

[57:37] May I start?

[57:38] Yes.

[57:39] Sure.

[57:40] Okay.

[57:41] I'm going to talk about three things.

[57:43] You announced at the work session the Royal Nick Schools have a two-hour delay since you

[57:48] came on.

[57:50] The Royal Nick Schools are also having a two-hour delay.

[57:53] That's one.

[57:54] As far as the Mariner food project, I know there's a lot of criticism for it, but since it's

[58:01] a semi-permanent structure and can easily be removed, I'm okay if you're trying.

[58:06] it for one season. The third thing is on the ClearGov application. I did a

[58:13] Google search and did a request from ChatGDP and this is what I found. ClearGov

[58:21] is generally considered a good budgeting and financial transparent platform

[58:27] for local governments. It has a user-friendly interface. Departments can work

[58:32] together on budgets without having to email spreadsheets back and forth, reducing errors

[58:38] and saving staff time. The one negative, according to chat GDP,

[58:44] is some municipalities have found it expensive, including annual fees and setup costs,

[58:51] but the general conclusion from chat GDP is it's a strong choice for local municipalities.

[59:00] penalties. Thank you.

[59:11] We'll put a Glenn next.

[59:15] Good evening, Glenn Tipett, 400 Mount

[59:18] Pleasant Avenue.

[59:22] Thank you, Board, for showing you a very consistent. You never had a hearing

[59:29] on the Mariner. You had a presentation now, and now you're planning to vote on it again

[59:33] without a specific hearing on the subject. Listen to the Mariner. There are more questions

[59:40] now than before the presentation. You don't have any defined hours. It's maybe

[59:47] four o'clock. We start maybe five o'clock this start. We're going to play it by

[59:51] year. We're going to have a boundary. We're all going to have, we may have a, are

[59:56] we going to actually have a deck or no? I see a deck and then I see young

[1:00:00] And then we're not going to use the second window, except for festivals. But then we're going to have a boundary somehow at the back window. By the way, currently, the beach closes at six o'clock. And the gate is locked. The water park ends at five o'clock. What are we going to do? Are we going to, because it was a dangerous situation to have the beach open without

[1:00:31] the life card so we had to lock it for the public. Now it's okay as long as you're drinking it's okay

[1:00:37] to be by the beach you know no safety problems there. We charge $14 admission to go into the beach.

[1:00:49] If I say I'm going to the bar does that mean that fee gets waived?

[1:00:55] We charge parking until 8 o'clock

[1:00:58] at night $12. If I say I'm going to the bar, does that mean I don't have to pay the parking?

[1:01:09] The music. You heard from the neighbors. They can hear all music that goes across the

[1:01:17] sound.

[1:01:20] What are you going to do about that? Who is actually working for the village in

[1:01:26] the park after six o'clock at night. We have one park ranger who between seven and seven

[1:01:34] thirty has to leave Harbor Island and visit every other park to make sure that they

[1:01:41] are secured and doesn't come back between ten and ten fifteen to Harbor Island. So we

[1:01:48] We have absolutely no one from the village in the park unless there happens to be an

[1:01:56] umpire for a softball game, which is once or twice a week.

[1:02:04] I don't know what you're thinking.

[1:02:08] This has at least a dozen laws that have to be changed.

[1:02:13] Right now in the village, no restaurant is allowed to have live music outside, and if you

[1:02:21] have music, your windows and doors have to be closed. And if you're 10 o'clock

[1:02:26] at night during the week, they don't allow music at all.

[1:02:32] So, does this

[1:02:36] concession need to go through the special permit program in the village for

[1:02:43] food establishments like every other food establishment?

[1:02:49] We also don't allow

[1:02:50] counter-service. That's something else you'd have to give them a variance for.

[1:03:00] The park itself

[1:03:02] at 10 o'clock is supposed to be closed completely. Everybody out. How is that going to be enforced?

[1:03:12] This has been so poorly foot out. You needed to have a public hearing to iron all this out and then

[1:03:21] you tell the concessionaire, this is what you're allowed to do and not allowed to do. Instead,

[1:03:27] you're looking to pass, ram through, giving them a concession, and then who's going to pay for

[1:03:36] the lawsuits, them or us? How much is it going to cost to hook them up with the electricity? What are

[1:03:44] our cost in order for them to set up. What are we have to pay? Not one of you ask that question,

[1:03:55] but you've been absolutely horrible on this entire process. I don't know why you don't want

[1:04:05] to have public comment and I'll tell you what I told you last time. This was 100% total bullshit.

[1:04:12] goodbye.

[1:04:20] Brittany Ross here next.

[1:04:26] Yeah can you hear me? Yes. Hi. I am speaking as a resident. I live in

[1:04:33] Orienta also right across the street from the water. I can say from this side of the water we don't

[1:04:39] have any noise issues from events in the park but just want to say that I am in full support from what I've

[1:04:46] seen from the rest of the community, from communications on social media. There is a huge

[1:04:52] overwhelming support for having a vendor with food and drinks on the beach. I think the timing

[1:04:59] sounds fantastic to ease into it on the weekends. I think this is such a welcome and exciting thing

[1:05:06] for the village to get behind and provide for the community. I personally love live music. I'm

[1:05:12] currently planning my 40th birthday party with live music. It just brings life to the community,

[1:05:19] to a night out. It's really special. Other towns along the sound have this on their beach

[1:05:25] clubs as well, specifically Riot, Oakland Beach. And I just think this is super, super exciting and

[1:05:30] a great way to bring the community out on the weekends. I think this is such a no-brainer having

[1:05:36] starting this on just as a one year, two months trial in the summer. It's a

[1:05:41] temporary location. So if it doesn't work out, we don't have to do it again. But I

[1:05:46] think it is so huge and would be such a huge benefit for the community. This is

[1:05:51] just exactly what people in my generation want. That are, we have young kids. We

[1:05:57] want to come to the beach in the summer and enjoy great food, have a drink with

[1:06:02] kids, without kids, whatever. It's just it's just a no brainer to me. It's just so exciting to see

[1:06:07] this and the Mariners sounds like such an exciting concept and really, really urged the board to

[1:06:12] consider doing this one year, two months trial to see how it goes and I think it would just be so

[1:06:19] fantastic to add to the village. So I really hope the board will consider to allow Kathleen to explore

[1:06:26] negotiating all the fine details here for the hours and stuff like that. But it's it's honestly so

[1:06:32] so exciting and part of the reason why we moved to Marinette to be close to the water and enjoy

[1:06:36] the beach in the summer. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[1:06:44] Hello, you're next.

[1:06:49] Hi, can you hear me?

[1:06:50] Yes. Great. I am Kelly Burnt. I live in Rhineck and just wanted to share that. It was really

[1:06:57] exciting to see the full presentation. I had seen bits and pieces on social media, but

[1:07:03] to see the full presentation was really, really exciting, really, really well done, and

[1:07:08] just wanted to share that I am in full support of this. Ever since my husband and I moved

[1:07:13] here from two different areas of New York, we grew up in two different areas of New York,

[1:07:19] but we moved here almost six years ago to be in a town that is on the water. Yet we've always

[1:07:26] question why we live in such a beautiful town on the water, but there are no waterfront dining

[1:07:30] options. So this I think definitely fills a void. It is something that the people are really

[1:07:37] excited about. I was with a group of eight local moms just a few days ago. We have kids ranging

[1:07:42] in age from infant all the way to middle school, a few of them grew up in Rhinec themselves, and we

[1:07:48] discussed this kind of at length because it had just been shared on social media and every single

[1:07:53] one was in full support, excited about it for kid friendly events, moms night out, date

[1:07:59] night, you name it, you know special events, all sorts of stuff. I think it really fills

[1:08:04] avoid. That is something we don't have. That would also draw people from a lot of other

[1:08:09] towns as well. So just wanted to share that I'm in full support of it and really appreciated

[1:08:14] the full presentation and the amount of detail they shared. And even with some of the ambiguity

[1:08:19] I think that's on purpose so that it can be further finalized to meet the needs of exactly

[1:08:24] what the village is looking for. So I actually appreciated the ambiguity and some of the

[1:08:30] open-ended pieces of opening time and closing time because it shows that they're flexible

[1:08:36] and willing to provide what people are looking for based on the consensus that you guys are asking

[1:08:41] the public to share tonight. So overall I was really excited about it and wanted to share my full

[1:08:45] support and that on behalf of my friends who are unable to join the call tonight as

[1:08:49] well.

[1:08:50] Thank you.

[1:08:52] Good afternoon.

[1:08:55] Hey, Daniela.

[1:08:56] How are you, Marta?

[1:09:05] Hello.

[1:09:08] Okay.

[1:09:11] I submitted a detailed lever earlier today, I trust you've read it, this follow-up clarifies

[1:09:22] exactly what I am requesting and preempts anticipated responses.

[1:09:28] What I acknowledge, different funding sources for development versus mitigation, you inherited

[1:09:38] These problems, blood, work is complex and takes time.

[1:09:46] The 10 million grant represents progress.

[1:09:51] None of this changes what I am asking for.

[1:09:55] What does compete?

[1:09:57] Staff time and leadership focus.

[1:10:01] Our spent developing Civic Center RFPs,

[1:10:05] pursuing Harbor Island restaurant and applying for beautification grants, our hours not spent

[1:10:16] expediting flood permits and construction timelines. These resources of the night.

[1:10:24] The village issued a comprehensive civil center RFP in November 2025. Multiple properties

[1:10:35] and complex public-private partnerships, that same level of urgent and administrative capacity

[1:10:44] has not been applied to advancing Washingtonville flood construction, which has been needed for many,

[1:10:54] many years, maybe 20 plus, for a specific commitment request,

[1:11:03] commit publicly, no new economic development RFPs or beautification grants

[1:11:12] until construction begins in Washingtonville,

[1:11:16] Anita Lane and Ballstud Avenue.

[1:11:18] Provide monthly public progress reports with specific dates, engineering completion,

[1:11:31] permit submission, bid timelines, groundbreaking,

[1:11:39] established merits, verification, terrifying

[1:11:43] the 10 million grant become actual construction.

[1:11:48] Not more studies redirect staff time from economic development planning to flood mitigation

[1:11:59] under construction begins.

[1:12:06] If flood mitigation is your top priority, you can commit tonight that no new development

[1:12:14] our piece will be issued until construction begins. If you cannot make that

[1:12:23] commitment, flooding is not your priority. It is one priority among many.

[1:12:35] I am

[1:12:36] asking you to make it the priority until construction begins. Then resume

[1:12:46] other initiatives.

[1:13:03] If you commit to these four requests, you demonstrate genuine prioritizing.

[1:13:12] If you decline, you stay on record that pausing new development to focus on residential safety

[1:13:20] is not something you will do.

[1:13:25] That should be clearly.

[1:13:32] So will you commit to these four requests tonight?

[1:13:37] I am requesting a direct yes or no response to each.

[1:13:42] After 18 years, residents deserve concrete commitments,

[1:13:48] not data sureances respectfully.

[1:13:54] Thank you.

[1:13:58] Thank you.

[1:14:07] Next is Daniela.

[1:14:16] I do.

[1:14:17] Didn't I do it?

[1:14:19] No, I'm Daniela Birman.

[1:14:20] Yes, sorry. I was muted. Okay. I'm not four or against this project with

[1:14:31] the restaurant. I just listened to your the presentation tonight and I just

[1:14:36] have a couple of questions. I know that there is a chance that you might not

[1:14:40] answer them, but I just want to state them so that maybe you can review them

[1:14:44] yourself. So it seems that the restaurant didn't have to go through the same process for permitting

[1:14:54] and stuff like a normal restaurant, what in the village? Because it's...

[1:15:00] It seems to take much longer to set up a restaurant in the village. I know that the

[1:15:06] Brooklyn Bagel took like a year to get his stuff in order. So, I was just wondering why

[1:15:14] or how this particular restaurant is just able to just pop up, you know, no pun intended. I also like to know

[1:15:26] where the electricity and water are coming from for this facility and are they

[1:15:34] going to pay for that and was an engineer study done on the ground that it's

[1:15:41] going to go into the ground and how far the digging goes in the ground because it's

[1:15:49] and when we flood that water comes over the beach.

[1:15:56] So is it going to erode the area or are the pilings going to hit bedrock

[1:16:04] or are they just going to be in the sand?

[1:16:07] So it really doesn't make sense when they say that Jeff Ann is comfortable with this.

[1:16:13] Like is he an engineer?

[1:16:15] So I'm like, that's a little confusing.

[1:16:21] Also, are they going to be charging to enjoy their entertainment?

[1:16:26] Like they'd say they want festivals.

[1:16:28] Are they going to be large-scale contributing to traffic during the summertime?

[1:16:36] And what's the capacity of people that are going to be here in our village?

[1:16:44] you know, joining into all the other things that are going on here and we can't only be

[1:16:53] concerned with the noise for the people who live in the affluent areas of the village.

[1:17:00] We have to be equally concerned for the over-development areas in the village that flood with what you guys

[1:17:09] discussed in your work session regarding the industrial area, we have to be

[1:17:15] concerned with all the things in the village, not just the ones that affect the

[1:17:20] affluent areas. So that's basically all I have to say. So I hope that you'll go

[1:17:27] and listen back to the questions that I had and before you make a decision to be

[1:17:36] able to answer some of those questions. That's it. Thank you.

[1:17:46] Randy Ripanox next.

[1:18:03] Randy, can you unmute?

[1:18:10] Can you hear me now? Yes. Okay, so you can hear

[1:18:14] me now. So I am presently the chairman of the rec board. And I think this was a very

[1:18:23] thoughtful discussion. Before I even get into that, I have to say the flood mitigation

[1:18:30] efforts by this board is pretty awesome. And I am super impressed with real work that

[1:18:40] has been done. And I just want to show my demonstration of appreciation to the board and

[1:18:48] and the administration, I just think it's pretty remarkable.

[1:18:53] So that was something I just wanted to say up front

[1:18:57] because I heard what you're doing

[1:18:59] and I was truly impressed.

[1:19:03] So as the recreation board, the PRC,

[1:19:07] we are looking to be thoughtful in terms of ways

[1:19:12] to increase revenue by thinking of solutions

[1:19:18] that have some ability to be successful and certainly a restaurant has been

[1:19:25] batted around for many years when Kathleen Gill put out this RFP and got a

[1:19:35] very interesting response. I would like to address that. The PRC did

[1:19:46] discussed this among each other and has a positive feeling towards this endeavor. However,

[1:19:54] now hearing the individuals, I mean, these are people are not in the music business folks.

[1:20:00] They want, they are young family oriented people who have done this in many other waterfront

[1:20:06] communities. They're frankly taking on a capital expenditure to build out a container in

[1:20:14] a novel idea of way of doing it, to provide additional fun and services to our residents,

[1:20:21] and there's a revenue production possibility.

[1:20:26] If they're going to have, we have a school of rock here in the village, and those kids

[1:20:31] have played an acoustic guitar.

[1:20:35] This is not a festival-based company, they're not in the music business, they're in the family

[1:20:40] business.

[1:20:43] Certainly, there are questions about, you know, site plans, electrical water. We do have

[1:20:49] those facilities there in the village in the REC department that will have to be thought

[1:20:55] out. But I don't think, I think they're flexible about the hours. I think to Glenn's point, some

[1:21:05] of this what he perceives in attention is due to their willing to work with us.

[1:21:11] So I would just ask the board to consider giving Kathleen, who is our administrative leader,

[1:21:19] the wherewithal to proceed with this.

[1:21:22] And I trust her judgment to make good decisions whether this can be done in a timely fashion

[1:21:31] for this summer.

[1:21:34] So, from a business perspective, I think it has some real value, and you know, if it doesn't work out, they can close the container and take it away.

[1:21:46] But it seems like an opportunity we should evaluate.

[1:21:52] and that's just my feeling is that you're in the rec board as well as a 30 plus year old resident, not that I'm 30 years old, 30 year residents.

[1:22:08] So I just respectfully ask the board to consider it and to give Kathleen the authorization to proceed.

[1:22:17] That's all I have to say. Thank you.

[1:22:18] So, Dr.

[1:22:23] Sallis and Stabilia are next.

[1:22:28] Can you hear me?

[1:22:29] Yes.

[1:22:30] Awesome.

[1:22:31] Okay.

[1:22:32] Hi, everybody.

[1:22:33] Allison Stabil, from the Parkway, long time resident environmental activist, having served

[1:22:44] on the committee for the environment.

[1:22:45] I'm speaking as a resident, not in my capacity, as the vice president of the support

[1:22:52] Although I did endorse the letter, that's supposed to be sent.

[1:23:00] I'm all for trying new things.

[1:23:03] I think that there are a lot of good intentions here,

[1:23:06] and I don't want to just be a Debbie Downer.

[1:23:11] But there are so many things that I feel like just haven't been vetted.

[1:23:16] I feel like the public hasn't had an opportunity to really process all of this

[1:23:21] and things like digging up the beach and installing all that rock

[1:23:27] and knowing what's already happened when we had a flood

[1:23:31] and containers got washed out into the river.

[1:23:35] Are the containers staying in place

[1:23:39] or are they getting removed every season?

[1:23:43] What bathroom do not only do the employees use?

[1:23:49] I mean, how are you keeping a sanitary situation, an employee supposed to wash their hands, and

[1:23:54] how are they going to get to and from a bathroom, and what bathrooms are the public using?

[1:24:00] And I just think that there are a lot of slippery slope unintended consequences that may

[1:24:07] result from this, like alcohol in the beach, who's going to, is village paying for the extra

[1:24:14] police when somebody needs to monitor the situation, who's going to pay when somebody drinks

[1:24:21] too much and gets sick on the beach, or in the grass, who, you know, it affects everybody.

[1:24:28] It's, you know, I assume they'll be responsible and will clean up after themselves, but, I mean,

[1:24:33] I mean, the proprietors, but I just feel like there are a lot of things that are going to fall

[1:24:40] on to the responsibility of the village to take care of that people aren't really thinking

[1:24:47] about and I tend to be a person that looks at worst-case scenarios just because I feel

[1:24:53] like you need to be prepared for everything and I just don't hear a lot of that, I hear

[1:24:58] all the optimism and I think all that's great but I don't hear a lot of the problematic things

[1:25:05] being thought through and talked about.

[1:25:10] The environmental concerns are, you know,

[1:25:13] immediately straws and compostable, whether they're compostable or not, they don't decompose,

[1:25:20] you know, for years and years and years. So plastic cups and straws on the beach, I can't

[1:25:27] even talk to you about all the presentations I've done about, you know, debris on the beach

[1:25:33] over the years. Food attracts goals and other critters. So, you know, was anybody thought

[1:25:38] about, you know, that?

[1:25:42] I'm very concerned about all these little details and the fact

[1:25:47] that it doesn't sound like this has gone through the LWRP. It doesn't, hasn't gone through

[1:25:52] any of the, you know, the usual board considerations, hasn't had time for the public to get up and

[1:25:58] talk about these things is I'm just sort of throwing random things out at you, but I, you know,

[1:26:04] I just found out about this presentation and the fact that it was going to be voted on tonight.

[1:26:09] You know, I just think you need more time to hear from the public about all these concerns.

[1:26:16] So I'm all for trying new things, but this to me is just a nightmare. A lot of headaches waiting to

[1:26:24] happen and with all good intentions, but a lot of unintended consequences. Yeah, so I won't

[1:26:34] I won't belabor it. Thank you.

[1:26:44] I've had fours next.

[1:26:59] Glenn, is that you? I've had four.

[1:27:04] Hello.

[1:27:09] Hello. Here you are. Okay, hello. This is B. Sarasoli from Florence Street. I'm on my iPad,

[1:27:16] so I don't know if my name came up. I just have a couple of comments of things I've heard

[1:27:19] tonight. One of them was early in the work session when you were talking about office procedures,

[1:27:24] the comment was made by Trustee Silver, that the mayor may not vote on any manner but must

[1:27:29] vote in case of a tie. And I understand that, but it's always struck me as kind of strange

[1:27:36] that when there's a vote, and everybody goes say, I, and the mayor doesn't answer because

[1:27:42] he or she doesn't have to, but as a resident, I would like to know how they stand on issues.

[1:27:47] And so I was just hoping that in the future, even though she may not have to, may it

[1:27:51] or maybe you could just say, I, along with everybody else, so people know where you stand

[1:27:54] on issues.

[1:27:55] I always thought that was kind of strange.

[1:27:57] The second is about the marina.

[1:27:59] There's a lot of merit to this, but I think I agree with some of the speakers that say,

[1:28:06] I don't think it's been better than enough.

[1:28:09] One specifically, it says, in the presentation, at the end of the day, they would make a full

[1:28:13] site sweep with regular trash pickup. I wonder where is that going to go? Is it going to

[1:28:19] be in a closed dumpster because we don't need to attract rodents to get another place

[1:28:24] in the village and other things about electricity and water supply, etc. I think they will need

[1:28:32] to be answered. And the last thing I want to talk about is the task force. I think the concept

[1:28:37] is good. I'm going to say what probably some people are thinking is that it's unfortunate that

[1:28:43] Now we have to have a task force and pay overtime to enforce regulations that should be being enforced.

[1:28:50] I mean, I don't understand that I stated the podium in the past that all a codenforce

[1:28:54] that has to do is write along with sanitation in the warning and they will fill their violation

[1:29:00] book because the garbage is just all over.

[1:29:03] I mean, it's just, and if I'm calling a hotline, but you're not meeting until later in the

[1:29:09] week, how does my complaint get addressed?

[1:29:12] I just don't know how it's going to work practically.

[1:29:17] I hope it does, but I'm just not sure if it's the why it is necessary and how it's going

[1:29:31] to work.

[1:29:32] And that's all.

[1:29:33] Thank you.

[1:29:40] Thank you.

[1:29:42] is

[1:29:45] Adelina Clark.

[1:29:51] Hi, good evening.

[1:29:52] Can you hear me?

[1:29:54] Yes.

[1:29:55] Okay, thank you.

[1:29:57] So, Adelina Clark on high view street.

[1:30:00] I just wanted to also talk about the Mariner. I do think it's a nice idea in concept, but again, I don't believe it's going to be going through the proper channels to get us to where we really need to be. I don't feel as though it's been completely thought out. Again, several people have made very valid points, the water, the electricity, but the containers, the storms. I'm actually very concerned about the pylons,

[1:30:29] like that are going to be drilled into the ground when the season is over are those going

[1:30:34] to be removed.

[1:30:36] And then what kind of damages are going to have done to the beach and again erosion because

[1:30:44] they can't be left in there so they'd have to come out again and then possibly that level

[1:30:51] of gravel would have to be resurfaced or filled with more sand at whose expense.

[1:30:58] There's a concern about the contents of the containers.

[1:31:04] So yes, they'll be putting the chairs in that little cubicle that's where the two containers

[1:31:11] are joined, and they'll be chaining those down, but it seems to me just based on the pictures

[1:31:18] that I've kind of looked at, that there are alcohol bottles or glass containers, or even

[1:31:25] Even if they're not glass containers, they're bottles that are filled with content that

[1:31:31] if there is a storm and all of that gets shaken around, I mean, that's not as easy to

[1:31:37] scrap down as it would be chairs and tables in a cubicle.

[1:31:41] We're talking bottles, ketchup bottles perhaps, salt and pepper shakers.

[1:31:45] That's all going to be released into the environment if there is a flooding event because as containers

[1:31:50] will become filled with water unless they're airtight, doing even know if they are once they're closed.

[1:31:59] There's concern about safety in terms of security, lifeguards, the beach closes at a certain time,

[1:32:07] the increased traffic that comes up. I just think we need to slow down and process all of this

[1:32:14] information and come up with a comprehensive like something that's going to be full circle

[1:32:22] like really give it some thought.

[1:32:24] We can't jump into these things because that's where our problems start here in the village

[1:32:29] when we start jumping into things and bypassing process.

[1:32:36] It looks to me as though the village stands to gain a 5% revenue.

[1:32:41] But if we're going to be paying for things, in this case, there's the first year they

[1:32:49] estimated to be $25,000 that being the 5% revenue.

[1:32:54] But are we going to need security, are we going to need lifeguard?

[1:32:56] That's going to be additional staff that is going to eat into our revenue that we're going

[1:33:01] to have to pay.

[1:33:03] So these are things to think about.

[1:33:05] And when it comes to the task force, again, that's now a different topic.

[1:33:09] I bet you there are plenty of residents that would volunteer just as they do for other

[1:33:18] committees that would be glad to go around and take pictures.

[1:33:22] Sure, we can't.

[1:33:23] They can't issue summons, but it can lead into the direction of having a code enforced

[1:33:30] to go and issue a summons because people do drive around and we see this.

[1:33:36] We see the garbage out.

[1:33:38] We see the cans that are not covered.

[1:33:40] There's a lot of things that are residents are willing to do to help out and that's all I have to contribute. Thank you.

[1:33:51] Thank you.

[1:33:53] Sally, do we have any more?

[1:33:56] That is all there. Thank you.

[1:33:59] Thank you. Thank you.

[1:34:00] So we're moving on to item three, which are the public hearings.

[1:34:04] We have one, public hearing PLLB of 226 revising the definition of covered persons in ethics code through the motion, and then does somebody want to explain this?

[1:34:21] I can explain it if you'd like.

[1:34:23] So, PLLB is basically a proposal to amend the code to clean up who is required to fill out

[1:34:34] annual disclosure statements before the Board of Ethics. The way it's currently codified

[1:34:42] would be every single employee, which is pretty onerous. I haven't seen them in other communities either.

[1:34:46] So Dan Carson and the ethics board took them on themselves to kind of decide who should

[1:34:55] be and not be submitting forms.

[1:34:58] He actually gave me sort of where he wanted to go with it as well as a by formal resolution

[1:35:04] I believe they did who they wish to have submit the forms each year.

[1:35:11] So all I did basically was just quantify that into the code with this legislation. So I'm sure the board passes it tonight. It would effectively just

[1:35:21] Make who is required to submit annual disclosure forms.

[1:35:34] We have a motion to open the public here. I make a motion to open the public hearing and I'm noting that Dan Carson is here.

[1:35:42] Okay, I'll second the motion. All is in favor. Hi, hi. Yes

[1:35:50] Yes, thank you for

[1:36:05] taking this under consideration. I will just echo what Steve said when the code was revised, covered persons was defined as including all employees, the Village of the Maronic.

[1:36:23] It was never the intention to require the employees to complete annual disclosure statements.

[1:36:34] So this change in the law qualifies or now puts within the discretion of the Board of

[1:36:44] Trustees who can, who is required to complete annual disclosure statements without requiring

[1:36:51] all employees to do so. And I want to thank Steve for his assistance and for redrafting

[1:36:59] the legislation so that we can move forward.

[1:37:10] Thank you.

[1:37:14] Is there anyone else speaking

[1:37:15] on the public hearing? I don't see any handraised.

[1:37:27] Does anybody want to close the public hearing?

[1:37:30] I'll make a motion to close the public hearing. I'll second.

[1:37:34] All those in favor?

[1:37:36] Aye.

[1:37:40] Um, okay.

[1:37:44] Is there anything we need to vote on?

[1:37:46] Well, I make a motion to adopt PLL B of 2026.

[1:37:53] I'll second.

[1:37:55] Okay.

[1:37:55] All those in favor?

[1:37:57] Aye.

[1:37:58] Aye.

[1:38:01] Hi.

[1:38:02] Thank you.

[1:38:05] is a vote on the consent agenda. There is nothing there from the, I guess, the prayer list.

[1:38:12] I don't buy voting on legislative items, not on the consent agenda. These are items that

[1:38:17] were brought up at work session this evening. Item A is resolution authorizing the village

[1:38:23] manager to form an interdepartmental team on quality of life issues. The

[1:38:34] thing you just want

[1:38:35] I'll give a very, very quick update on this,

[1:38:37] even though we just talked about that.

[1:38:40] Sure, so this is just what it sounds like.

[1:38:45] We are, it will give us an opportunity a couple of nights

[1:38:49] a month to send out police, fire, buildings,

[1:38:56] and to target certain areas and just write any code violations

[1:39:02] that they find.

[1:39:03] And hopefully that will help us achieve compliance.

[1:39:11] So that is what I'm proposing right now.

[1:39:15] We can, you know, base, really kind of look at the complaints that we receive and target

[1:39:22] certain areas where we think there's a lot of non-compliance.

[1:39:34] Do we have a motion?

[1:39:36] I think it's a really good idea and I make a motion to authorize Kathleen to form an

[1:39:43] independent, inter-departmental team on quality of life issues and let's see how it just

[1:39:47] see how it works.

[1:39:52] I'll second it.

[1:39:54] All those in favor?

[1:39:55] Yes.

[1:39:57] Item B is a resolution authorizing the village manager to execute an agreement with the

[1:40:02] Mariner.

[1:40:02] Can I just answer a couple of questions that came up during the public comment period?

[1:40:10] So water and electric service will be provided and they will pay for it.

[1:40:15] So we will bill them as we do some of our other vendors and licensees in the park.

[1:40:25] As I said earlier, Jeff did look at the anchoring system.

[1:40:29] I'm happy to have an engineer look at it.

[1:40:32] and make any comments or adjustments that might be needed and then as far as approvals

[1:40:40] they will get any necessary county or state approvals. They will need SLA approvals

[1:40:47] Department of Health there. This is an exempt use under Seeker and we can we will bring this to

[1:40:56] to the Harbor Coastal Board for an advisory opinion as to consistency.

[1:41:14] Do we have any motions gone far?

[1:41:22] Go ahead, Ellen.

[1:41:25] I was just going to make a comment about this.

[1:41:27] I've listened very carefully, not only tonight's comments,

[1:41:31] but we've had comments prior to this.

[1:41:36] I've been living here for 20 years and I've always wondered why we don't have

[1:41:39] good food concession down at the water. I know there are other people that you know know the code

[1:41:46] maybe better and get upset about certain things but I'm a pretty viscous person by nature and I

[1:41:55] always you know my husband always says he doesn't have to worry about anything because I worry enough

[1:41:59] for both of us so I worry about a lot of things but what really comforts me with his proposal is that it's

[1:42:04] pilot. And it's like how better to learn about what works and what doesn't work than by just

[1:42:10] trying it. And we have no obligation to go beyond one season with the Mariner if it's a fail.

[1:42:19] You know, if it's just like, oh, this didn't work, well, all right, let's move on. But you know,

[1:42:24] not to try it because of every last risk just feels so uninspired to me. I think that the Mariner,

[1:42:31] the people behind the mirror and I seem amazing to me. They're tried and true. They've done this

[1:42:35] in other patron communities. And what I loved hearing is that their family oriented. I didn't

[1:42:41] take their kind of, you know, imprecision is anything other than flexibility. And they seem to

[1:42:49] respect our community and they want to just become an integral part of a harbor island part of

[1:42:55] America. So I actually like what I heard from them because whether it's four o'clock, they

[1:43:01] They want to work with us, you know, they don't want to piss off the residents of shore

[1:43:06] acres.

[1:43:06] They just feel I feel like they just want to be part of our community.

[1:43:10] So I would love to give them a chance.

[1:43:12] And as I said, like what better way to suss out issues than pilot something?

[1:43:17] That's what any company would do with any new product or business or service.

[1:43:20] You pilot.

[1:43:21] Welcome.

[1:43:22] Sorry.

[1:43:24] Thank you for that.

[1:43:27] So that's my feeling about it.

[1:43:29] I just wanted to go and record a saying how I am feeling about this.

[1:43:33] It's not a no-brainer, but to just say no because there's going to be risks, I just

[1:43:40] think that sometimes it's just worthwhile to give something a try, and I actually have

[1:43:45] a lot of confidence in a village manager in the head of our parks, the head of our DPW,

[1:43:51] that they are involved with this decision and thinking about all these risks that all the

[1:43:57] residents are that these are things that have been vetted and discussed. So I

[1:44:00] place my confidence in our staff.

[1:44:06] I agree with Ellen. I think that it's a one

[1:44:09] year deal basically four months out of that year. And they seem very cooperative

[1:44:15] and open to, you know, to working with us. And I trust Kathleen and Jason and

[1:44:22] Jeff and the people in the parks department and, you know, DP, yeah, the

[1:44:27] the public department and recreation department to work with them and have our best interests

[1:44:32] in mind. And it's worth an experiment for one year to see how it goes. And if it's

[1:44:38] bad, you know, and I'm going to, Kathleen, I don't know if we can, if the music's too

[1:44:44] loud, if we can kind of restrict that during this contract, it sounded like they're willing

[1:44:50] to work with us. So I have no issue trying this for one year.

[1:45:00] All right. Um, if there are no other comments, do I have a inclusion?

[1:45:10] I'm sorry, you're asking for a motion? Yes, please. I make a motion to authorize the village manager to, uh, to negotiate and make a deal with the manager.

[1:45:25] All those in favor. Or maybe we might have to actually, Sally, can you just call this one?

[1:45:37] Sally. Yeah, I'm coming.

[1:45:38] Okay, sorry, sorry.

[1:45:40] It's okay.

[1:45:42] Trustee DeRose?

[1:45:46] I'm gonna put it on this, but I will

[1:45:50] vote yes, try it for one year.

[1:45:55] Trustee Kushnik?

[1:45:56] Same vote for one year, Kyle.

[1:46:00] Trustee Silver?

[1:46:01] Same vote for one year, Kyle.

[1:46:04] Trustee Lucas?

[1:46:06] I'm voting no, and I hope I'm wrong.

[1:46:10] Mayor Torres, yes. Thank you. Okay, items to see, Resolution Accepting Bench donation

[1:46:21] for Valerie Gugliama.

[1:46:31] That's how I can just remind my family.

[1:46:33] Yeah, sorry. I can't find the resolution, but it is a bench donation for Valerie Gugliama

[1:46:39] role at Horrell and Park, if you're interested, and it is being made by Ms. Vicki Montroseau

[1:46:47] and we thank her for the donation.

[1:46:53] Great.

[1:46:55] So we have to make a motion to approve the donation.

[1:46:59] Second.

[1:47:00] All those in favor?

[1:47:01] Yes.

[1:47:03] Item Z resolution authorizing the Village Manager to execute an agreement with Cleargoof.

[1:47:09] This was an item from the work session.

[1:47:13] Yes, so do you want me to just talk about it briefly?

[1:47:17] Okay, so this is a program that we think will be, we'll make the budget much more user friendly.

[1:47:29] Many other communities have used it. I've used it in the past.

[1:47:32] It is very easy to maneuver through, especially when you're looking at it digitally.

[1:47:37] and we think that this will be very helpful to our residents when they look at the budget and we are looking to, if possible, move forward on this today so that we can have it in place for the next budget season.

[1:47:56] We have motion.

[1:48:02] The upcoming budget season, right?

[1:48:05] Yes.

[1:48:05] Yeah.

[1:48:06] I make a motion that we authorize staff to execute an agreement with Claire Gov.

[1:48:13] Second.

[1:48:14] Thank you.

[1:48:15] All the open favour?

[1:48:16] Yes.

[1:48:17] Hi.

[1:48:18] Item E, resolution authorizing, revising the fee for sidewalk cafes and those fee schedule.

[1:48:25] So this is just a slight adjustment up in the fees, these fees have not been increased

[1:48:35] in several years and we think it's just a modest increase.

[1:48:41] Great,

[1:48:47] Julian Moshe.

[1:48:49] And make a motion to change the fees for sidewalk cafe square footage from $7 to $10.

[1:48:59] Back up.

[1:49:00] All those in favor?

[1:49:01] Yes, item F resolution approving dates for the use of harbor island park for the 2026 fireman's carnival and closing the streets for the 2026 fireman's parade.

[1:49:16] I

[1:49:19] think you just review those.

[1:49:20] What the dates are for the public.

[1:49:23] Sally, could you do that for me?

[1:49:35] Sorry, I was I was I muted.

[1:49:38] The carnival will be from Friday June 26th, 2026 to Sunday July 5th with the fireman's

[1:49:45] parade being held on Wednesday July 1st, 2026.

[1:49:49] And they need to use areas of Harbor Island Park from Thursday to set up for the carnival

[1:49:55] through Monday July 6th.

[1:49:57] The fireworks will be on Saturday July 4th with the rain date for July 5th.

[1:50:05] And you will also need to approve that the street be closed and Mary Gaviny be closed

[1:50:09] between North Berry Avenue and the Boston Post Road for the parade,

[1:50:17] beginning at 6 p.m.

[1:50:19] to 10 p.m.

[1:50:21] Thank you.

[1:50:24] Thank you.

[1:50:25] We have a resolution approving.

[1:50:27] I have a motion to approve.

[1:50:29] Sorry.

[1:50:29] I'll make the motion to approve.

[1:50:33] Second.

[1:50:34] All the most in favor?

[1:50:35] Aye.

[1:50:36] Aye.

[1:50:36] Item G, item G approval of date for tax lien sale and acceptance of unpaid taxes list.

[1:50:50] I could just describe this briefly.

[1:50:51] This is just an approval to sell the unpaid tax, the tax liens on March 11th, the second

[1:50:57] Wednesday of March, and we gave a reconciliation of unpaid taxes, which we were still collecting.

[1:51:06] we will collect up into the day before actually the morning of the taxing sound.

[1:51:14] I agree.

[1:51:16] Sorry, do we have a motion to approve?

[1:51:20] I make a motion to approve.

[1:51:22] Taxing is it.

[1:51:24] All those in favor?

[1:51:26] Yes.

[1:51:27] Hi.

[1:51:28] For item H, did we all agree that this does not have to go through a resolution?

[1:51:34] I think we did.

[1:51:36] Okay.

[1:51:36] Yes.

[1:51:37] Item I, resolution accepting donation from Richard and Meredith Cantor.

[1:51:44] We received $100 donation from the canters, and we are recommending that it be applied

[1:51:51] to the recreation donations to be used for one of their events.

[1:52:01] We have motion to approve.

[1:52:02] So moved.

[1:52:04] Second.

[1:52:05] All those in favor?

[1:52:06] Yes.

[1:52:08] Item J resolution authorizing budget transfers for over budgeted accounts, including salt

[1:52:14] purchase, inter-p-survey, or, oh, sorry, that's it, those two things.

[1:52:22] Mark, do I mean, I'll just say, I think the salt maybe doesn't require much of an explanation.

[1:52:27] We were a little conservative with the budget, given the fact that we were trying to manage

[1:52:32] the tax increase, and so we are, I think we are almost officially out of salt, because

[1:52:41] is been a, it's been a busy season so hopefully

[1:52:51] we're almost done. I make a motion that we adopt

[1:52:55] that and thank the DPW for using up all that salt. I second before we vote there's a Harbor

[1:53:02] Islands or survey for the deck anybody anybody know about that I mean I know it. So this is you know

[1:53:13] And we're moving forward with the work on the deck, and we do need a survey.

[1:53:18] When we move into the doing the master plan, we will do an overall survey of the park,

[1:53:23] but for now, so that we can move forward and we don't have to wait for that.

[1:53:27] We just want to do a very site area-specific survey.

[1:53:34] Thanks.

[1:53:37] I make a motion to approve the salt, purchasing the salt and the survey for the deck in

[1:53:46] our environment.

[1:53:47] Second.

[1:53:48] All of those in favor.

[1:53:50] Hi.

[1:53:50] Yes.

[1:53:52] I have them.

[1:53:52] Okay.

[1:53:53] Yes.

[1:53:54] Excuse me.

[1:53:54] Resolution approving Motel Licensed is for both the Democratic Motel and the Vincent and

[1:53:59] Son's Motel.

[1:54:03] I'll just speak on this briefly, so I spoke with Council for the Maroneck Motel, as well

[1:54:08] as Vincent and Sons.

[1:54:09] They both agreed to report to the board all incidences where first responders must come

[1:54:14] to the scene to kind of keep a control on them and just to make sure everything is on

[1:54:18] the open up at each location.

[1:54:20] So I do think it's a nice concession of them.

[1:54:24] And I know at the last meeting, Maroneck Motel spoke about, they would also be willing

[1:54:29] to implement vehicle and traffic safety measures, pedestrian safety as well at their location,

[1:54:38] just due to school traffic as well. So they're going to be posting signage. Like I said,

[1:54:43] council for each entity agreed to these reasonable requests. So I'm just going to say thank you to them.

[1:54:52] And that's it.

[1:54:56] And so we'll add that as conditions to the licenses.

[1:54:59] Okay,

[1:55:03] but you're still asking us to approve them to this evening.

[1:55:08] Correct the temporary one month license. They were issued. Expires at the end of the month.

[1:55:14] The

[1:55:18] motion to approve.

[1:55:21] I make a motion to approve the licenses for the Vincent and Son's Motel and the Mamanic Motel.

[1:55:28] Second. All those in favor?

[1:55:32] Yeah, I'm moving on to, I'm saying I would like to add an item before I move on.

[1:55:38] Item L, there's a follow-up to Dennis's presentation on grants and litigation projects.

[1:55:48] I'll second that motion.

[1:55:51] All those in favor?

[1:55:53] Hi.

[1:55:56] The board would like to, and so I'll send this to you, I'll read this out, it's a resolution.

[1:56:01] In light of the significant grant awards received by the Village for various flood mitigation projects, the Board seeks to identify the person's responsible for such projects and to determine whether there are sufficient resources for implementation of these important projects.

[1:56:19] The Village Manager and or her does it means shall be exclusively responsible for the soliciting administration and management of grant monies and flood mitigation projects.

[1:56:29] This shall include without limitation, communication and coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers,

[1:56:36] New York State, and the County of Westchester administrative staffs.

[1:56:41] The village manager and or-her-designation provide monthly progress reports to the board during a public meeting.

[1:56:48] The mayor and trustees shall be responsible for communications with federal, state, and county elected officials.

[1:56:53] I will copy the Village Manager and fellow board members on any communications regarding

[1:56:58] matter, self-worthiness, resolution.

[1:57:02] The liaison for the flood mitigation committee shall make regular progress reports to

[1:57:06] the committee based on information received from the Village Manager's office and provide

[1:57:11] any comments, concerns, and recommendations from the committee to the Board of Trustees

[1:57:15] for the Board's consideration.

[1:57:17] The Village Manager shall promptly notify the Board of Trustees if she determines that additional

[1:57:23] resources are required to accomplish these projects.

[1:57:30] I was in favor.

[1:57:31] Wait, was there a first sign?

[1:57:32] Is there a motion at a second?

[1:57:34] Yeah.

[1:57:35] Yes, I had it.

[1:57:36] But there's not for this one there was it.

[1:57:39] Yeah, there was a motion.

[1:57:40] There was an idea.

[1:57:42] I was going to add it to the agenda.

[1:57:44] I move that the bar trustees adopt the resolution that Maria has crafted.

[1:57:50] I can.

[1:57:52] I'll list in favor.

[1:57:54] Yes.

[1:57:54] Hi.

[1:57:55] Hi.

[1:57:56] Okay.

[1:58:00] We're moving on to the audited vouchers,

[1:58:06] questions, concerns.

[1:58:10] I just have one note after reviewing the auditors report.

[1:58:15] I would like to, they recommended removing some, I believe some I sent with some explanations,

[1:58:21] but there are three that I'd like to look further into, which would reduce the audit of the

[1:58:32] to $461,667 in two cents. I can tell you the voucher numbers if you want.

[1:58:41] You said that today? Yes. Well, yes, I don't, I just want to look a little further into what

[1:58:51] their questions were. Some was, tax was included on one, and I think they were two of them had tax

[1:59:01] on it. And one of them, I have to see back on my memories, finding it. Oh, and one of

[1:59:10] them they claimed it did not have backup and I didn't get a chance to review it quickly.

[1:59:15] So I'm going to pull them and we'll put them on the next abstract.

[1:59:17] Okay. For the future fence expenditure, which requires three bits. And I was told by Dennis,

[1:59:29] I believe that we got those three vids.

[1:59:33] Is it possible for us to get part of the abstract going forward to see on those larger expenditures

[1:59:39] what those bids were?

[1:59:42] Sure.

[1:59:43] Okay.

[1:59:44] Because I know in some instances we have, but on that one we didn't.

[1:59:46] I can have them, I can have them list them in the descriptions.

[1:59:51] We're going to be great.

[1:59:52] Okay.

[1:59:53] And then, and then if we want to see something, it can get pulled for us.

[1:59:57] Mm-hmm.

[1:59:58] Yeah.

[2:00:01] There's just, I've had less questions since we've had the auditor. I'm going to say thank you for that. Oh, good, good. Yeah. It's been, it's been very beneficial. It really has. And, um, and going and they're very cooperative and they're very, they're very good to work with.

[2:00:17] Yeah. So, um, and it's, and it's really helped us so. So I think it was a good move. Thank you. Great.

[2:00:35] If everybody's okay, I make a motion that we adopt the abstract.

[2:00:41] All those in favor?

[2:00:43] Aye.

[2:00:43] Yes.

[2:00:44] Aye.

[2:00:48] Laura, I guess we'll figure out how I have to sign up.

[2:00:55] Yeah, we'll get to you.

[2:00:58] We'll talk tomorrow.

[2:01:00] Okay.

[2:01:01] Okay, are there any liaison reports?

[2:01:04] I have one.

[2:01:07] So the committee for the environment is doing a program on Saturday, February 28th at the library,

[2:01:15] it's from 11 a.m. to 1230.

[2:01:18] And it's a panel discussion about making your yard healthier.

[2:01:22] The flyer is on our website and on the library website.

[2:01:24] and so we can advertise it again in two weeks,

[2:01:29] but Saturday, February 28th at 11 a.m. in the community room.

[2:01:36] And maybe Ellen will say the same thing.

[2:01:38] We want to remind people we don't have,

[2:01:41] I'm not bringing my dirty green food scrap thing up to my office,

[2:01:44] but we're all just reminding people

[2:01:46] that you know you can buy the green bin at Village Hall

[2:01:49] or at the DPW and you can recycle your food scraps.

[2:01:54] with either taking a GDPW or paying a $52 a year fee and having them think it up for you.

[2:02:03] Yes, and we'll have something really nice in the newsletter graphically for the compost program and food scraps.

[2:02:10] Thank you.

[2:02:15] Well, I'll just mention that we had a beautification committee meeting.

[2:02:20] That's a new ad hoc committee.

[2:02:21] I think this is a third-time meeting and everybody's just really, you know, coming up with some

[2:02:28] great ideas and I hope by the spring we'll actually see some progress. Some of our committee members

[2:02:34] are probably going to come to our next meeting, I think, and make a presentation of what they

[2:02:39] have in mind. So, stay tuned for that.

[2:02:47] I don't have anything.

[2:02:48] Okay. Okay.

[2:02:50] Worked item eight, which is public comment on items not on tonight's agenda.

[2:02:56] Comments are still limited to five minutes. Please state your name and where you're from.

[2:03:02] You have Amy Siskind.

[2:03:07] Thank you Sally. Can you hear me? You were.

[2:03:10] Yes, you're welcome. Okay. Thank you.

[2:03:13] I just wanted to give everyone an update on the veterans banner project.

[2:03:19] Thank you to Ellen and Dan who have kind of been working with me on it and Nora thank you for the idea of approaching the Girl Scouts.

[2:03:27] We are actually working with the Girl Scouts and Pat Allen has been amazing.

[2:03:33] We always, amazing. Yeah. So we are pretty much have all our ducks in a row and are ready to launch, which is what I wanted to speak.

[2:03:42] We got a draft of what will be the web page today that still needs some work, but it will be ready probably by next week.

[2:03:52] We had a preliminary subcommittee meeting today for others in the community who wanted to be part of this.

[2:03:58] And Cindy Castorella had the great idea of putting together flyers to hang around town and you also hand out to firemen.

[2:04:07] and meetings or what, you know, stuff like that.

[2:04:09] Jamie Lomburger has said she'll help me design it.

[2:04:12] So we should be ready with that all next week.

[2:04:17] So I wanted to just ask the board

[2:04:20] to start to think of ways that the village can help us

[2:04:24] get the word out.

[2:04:25] We have the luxury of time since we're ready to go so quickly,

[2:04:29] but basically we'll need to get all the orders in by May 1st.

[2:04:33] So we can get everything printed up, get it to Jeff

[2:04:36] and time to get all the banners hung out.

[2:04:39] We are going to do, if you look outside the regatta,

[2:04:42] we ordered two smaller banners that could actually work

[2:04:45] on the business part of the avenue.

[2:04:47] And we're going with the smaller size,

[2:04:49] Jeff's hung it up right outside the village office

[2:04:52] if you want to see what it looks like.

[2:04:54] And then the bigger ones that I presented at the meeting,

[2:04:57] the 30 by 60, those will be on the telephone poles,

[2:05:01] on Boston Post Road, Hall Stead, and Maronic Avenue.

[2:05:05] you and if we need to mount Pleasant. We've worked with Jan Northrup from the

[2:05:12] Kemper Foundation to get a list of bets that need to be sponsored. Pat

[2:05:20] through their Gold Star program is going to send letters to the families at our

[2:05:24] local and for the rest we're going to try to get people in our community to

[2:05:28] sponsor banners. Thank you to the village for agreeing to pay for the brackets. It

[2:05:34] really helps with affordability. For the smaller banners, we're going to be able to offer those for

[2:05:39] $100 all in and that includes shipping and then the larger banners will be $165 each.

[2:05:47] The deadline again is going to be May 1st and the other good bit of news is makes life super easy

[2:05:54] for us. The Lions Club has agreed to collect money for us and in order to avoid any transaction

[2:06:03] We're going to give two options. One is to pay by check and since the Lines Club has a PO box,

[2:06:09] I know everyone is super concerned about sending checks myself included. People can just go to

[2:06:14] the post office and just drop off their check there and just have it put in their PO box.

[2:06:20] We also are doing Zell and it was really nice. The military tribute banner company opened

[2:06:26] a Zell account to be able to do that with us, where the first ones that are going to pile

[2:06:29] with that with them. Basically, what will happen is people will be ordering online. Once there's a critical

[2:06:35] mass of 15 banners that have been approved and paid for, then they'll get shipped to Jeff. And basically,

[2:06:44] I'll have a spreadsheet, two sets of spreadsheets, one with the Lions Club to let us know who has paid.

[2:06:51] And then Pat and I are sort of on the back end of the spreadsheet with the military veterans.

[2:06:57] They will get in the orders when people go online.

[2:07:00] They will send them out a proof to make sure everything is okay.

[2:07:03] They'll let them know if they're photo works or not.

[2:07:07] We also have a volunteer that Jen Northrop got.

[2:07:11] Ed, whose last name is Escape and Nicole Fano, I think,

[2:07:14] used to be a teacher at comics who was helping us clean up old photos

[2:07:20] to make them workable for the banners.

[2:07:23] So I just wanted to let everyone know, and again, if you have thoughts about ways to spread the word, we're just trying to, we realize a lot of people aren't on social media.

[2:07:33] But anyway, that's where things stand, happy to take questions or do a presentation for a future meeting if you think that makes sense.

[2:07:41] Oh, good. I just have two questions. One, are the batters limited to village of

[2:07:48] Mariner residents or relatives of village of Mariner residents?

[2:07:52] Okay, so to be eligible, you either have to be a veteran, a deceased veteran.

[2:07:57] We're making one exception for the guy who lives in Orienta that's 100 years old.

[2:08:01] Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. I've had already spoke to him and he doesn't want on while he's alive.

[2:08:05] But anyway, so it has to be a deceased veteran who at some point in their lifetime lived in the Maroneck or a current resident of the Village of Maroneck who wants to honor a vet.

[2:08:18] And the sponsors can be either individuals, families or businesses.

[2:08:23] I've mentioned it to the chamber.

[2:08:25] I know they have a new incoming president, Debbie, who was on our subcommittee call is going to reach out to their new president, Jennifer, whose last name is escaping me.

[2:08:33] And they also wanted to get businesses the opportunity as well.

[2:08:37] And their names will be on the banners at the bottom.

[2:08:40] So if so I'm this gold star project that you referenced is there's a list the girls

[2:08:45] got to have a list of people who's who a fail of somebody who lived in a gold star house

[2:08:51] is somebody where there's a marina resident who who died in service and so it may be five

[2:08:58] new owners of that house.

[2:09:00] Is there any way if somebody doesn't have the ability to fund

[2:09:03] why these or wants to honor an American veteran who just

[2:09:07] is not here anymore and just connected to that house?

[2:09:10] Is there any way that people can do like a scholarship

[2:09:12] or if father wants?

[2:09:14] Okay, so I'm sorry I'm talking so fast I did mention that.

[2:09:17] But so Pat's going to send out the letters to the people

[2:09:20] that are current owners of those homes.

[2:09:21] One of the girl scout troops is going to do that.

[2:09:24] We've got from Jim's list, there's only 33 vets

[2:09:27] that are actually in the village.

[2:09:29] And so anyone who, in the web page, as we set it up,

[2:09:34] we have an email there.

[2:09:36] If you'd like to sponsor someone, and then you can send,

[2:09:39] and what we're basically going to do is

[2:09:41] we have a separate spreadsheet, and Pat will assign people

[2:09:45] if you want a sponsor of that.

[2:09:47] So yes, we'll make sure we get all those people out

[2:09:51] who don't have direct sponsors, yes.

[2:09:53] And there's also, I met with Ed from the American Legion.

[2:09:56] there's also World War I vets that are in that area like right in front of what used to be

[2:10:01] Apple, these are little park. I think that's a 2027 thing for us. We just want to get it off the

[2:10:07] ground because with the World War I vets it's going to be hard for us to chase down and also we don't

[2:10:16] photos necessarily.

[2:10:20] Amy, it's 10.

[2:10:21] Do you have to have a photo?

[2:10:24] No, you can, um, there's two other ways to do that one is to have multiple names.

[2:10:30] Like, if we get to a point where we don't have enough sponsors, we can put, like,

[2:10:34] depending on whether it's a smaller, large banner, we can do, um,

[2:10:38] five to 10 names on a banner, or you can just put the, like, logo of the, um,

[2:10:44] So, one of the six, and also I should mention Pat signed up for a grant or has filled out an application for a grant for $1,000 from the Lions Club to also in order to answer your question for people that we don't have sponsors for.

[2:11:02] But we're also hoping people in the community will do that as well.

[2:11:07] Thank you.

[2:11:08] You're welcome. Thanks.

[2:11:12] Yeah, thanks, Amy.

[2:11:14] Thank you.

[2:11:15] Thank you for your support and let me know.

[2:11:17] I'll send an email to the board and those of manager one where like ready ready to go.

[2:11:21] We would love your help spreading it.

[2:11:25] Absolutely.

[2:11:26] Thank you.

[2:11:26] Thanks, Amy.

[2:11:28] Thank you, Amy.

[2:11:30] The last person is Glenn.

[2:11:34] Good evening.

[2:11:35] Once again, some quick questions.

[2:11:39] Normally on July 3rd and July 4th, July 3rd normally we close the beach, because we're

[2:11:47] setting up the fireworks display. On July 4th both the beach and lands of field for safety

[2:11:52] reasons is closed. Are we planning to change that in any way this year? Also, normally

[2:12:00] a restaurant has to get a special permit. You have the planning board, you have the board

[2:12:05] of appeals. I heard nothing about going through those boards. Can I get something of writing a legal

[2:12:13] opinion of why this particular food establishment does not have to go through the same regulations that

[2:12:23] every other food establishment has to go through in this village? Finally, as I saw somebody said

[2:12:32] their their their projections is $500,000 and we're going to do $25,000. Well with the amount of

[2:12:41] days that they're working.

[2:12:51] So basically you're going to have a small wedding every night if it succeeds.

[2:12:56] You might want to speak to the police department because you might be a few extra staff members

[2:13:01] down there. But your decision at this point will see how it goes. Goodbye.

[2:13:11] There there is one more

[2:13:12] Jeffrey Langus.

[2:13:18] Hello, can you hear me? Yes. Hi, good evening. Mayor Torres and trustees, my name

[2:13:24] is Jeff Langus. And I live at 305 Carol Avenue in the village of the Maronic. And the village has

[2:13:31] scheduled a removal of a tree in front of my house this week. Yet I have received no formal notice

[2:13:37] no written justification, and no opportunity to be heard.

[2:13:41] So my real question is, why is this tree being removed now when it has stood alongside

[2:13:47] the utility lines for decades? This is a century-old street tree, and once it's removed,

[2:13:54] there is no undo button or go back. The village has indicated that removal may be necessary,

[2:14:01] but there's been no written independent arborist report explaining why removal is required instead of mitigation.

[2:14:09] And this has not been shared publicly.

[2:14:11] Based on prior village experience, such as in Florence Park where I reported isolated limb issues,

[2:14:20] where I've seen the village then follow up by removing full trees rather than truning them,

[2:14:27] I'm very concerned that any kind of mention of of trees in an email or even in this forum is going to result in the loss of more trees.

[2:14:41] Con Edison's Lion clearance manager was here on site in person.

[2:14:46] He confirmed to me that this removal is at the village's request, not Con Edison's.

[2:14:51] And so I ask, if the village is suggesting replanting, I want to noted that past replacements

[2:14:58] have been slow in it.

[2:15:00] A pause now allows for proper planning. I respectfully request for brief pause. Written findings on why removal is necessary now rather than pruning and a public hearing before action. Thank you for considering this pause.

[2:15:18] I think we got an email today about that I think that you were on to saying that an arborist inspection and report is going to be completed before

[2:15:31] any action is taken.

[2:15:35] So I did receive the email. Thank you for that. I appreciate it. The

[2:15:43] reason I came this evening was to go officially on the record. I wanted to make sure that my voice

[2:15:47] was heard. And I would like to ask for the village to explain why trees are being removed at such

[2:15:55] a rapid pace, especially on Carol Avenue. I've been a resident here for 10 years. I've had two

[2:16:02] central trees removed from the same location as the next one that's being torn down.

[2:16:08] They've been replaced by very, very small trees that are not able to withstand

[2:16:14] the weather. They don't get properly treated and they're not cared for.

[2:16:21] There's big ditches that are left behind that I've had to at my own expense fill with soil

[2:16:26] and where they have replanted trees, they don't fill the basin with soil

[2:16:30] so the trees become ill. And I'm seeing trees being removed that have eight foot diameters,

[2:16:37] nine foot diameters that are perfectly healthy. There's nothing wrong with them. And it's not,

[2:16:42] again, it is not at the request of Con Edison. This is for whatever reason, the village just randomly

[2:16:47] putting these trees on their list. And coming in and seemingly just plowing down the entire

[2:16:54] neighborhood and it's destroying the character of our neighborhood. It's why I moved here,

[2:16:59] It's why I want to stay here. I love the trees. I love the way they look. I love the shade they provide.

[2:17:04] I love the what they do for the environment. The oxygen that they provide, you know, it reduces my cooling bills during the summertime.

[2:17:13] They're beautiful. They are homes for animals and I hate to see them go. It's really very very upsetting to me and it

[2:17:23] It causes great consternation for me and my family.

[2:17:27] So I'd really appreciate really close attention to what's happening because once we lose

[2:17:31] our canopy, it's gone forever.

[2:17:34] There's no replacing it with simple, matchstick trees that are three feet tall.

[2:17:41] You can't even come close to comparing them with these hundred-year-old giants that have

[2:17:45] been there.

[2:17:46] And I have photographs of the neighborhood from when these trees were first planted in

[2:17:51] 1920 and you could see that they were little little trees and they are the same trees that

[2:17:57] I've got in a photograph that I shared with the village and I've also shared current pictures

[2:18:04] of myself standing in front of the current tree with my wife, my dog and I just really want

[2:18:11] to protect them if I understand certainly if there are disease, if there are limbs that are ready

[2:18:18] to fall, I can understand that there are times where removal is necessary for safety, but

[2:18:23] to just come through and tear them down because they are touching lines that they've clearly

[2:18:29] been touching for at least 50 years. These are not trees that suddenly just popped up. They've

[2:18:35] been there for 100 years. They're taller than the telephone poles. They're probably double

[2:18:41] the height of a telephone pole. So why now all of a sudden is the village so inclined to come

[2:18:49] in and tear them down. It's not because they are suddenly touching the lines. They've always

[2:18:53] been touching the lines. I've been here 10 years, they've been touching the lines.

[2:19:03] I'm not certain

[2:19:04] why we can consider ourselves a tree city USA at the arena, which we're removing trees.

[2:19:17] So again,

[2:19:18] I really implore you to look at alternatives pruning, cabling, allow for public review,

[2:19:24] be transparent, you know, not coming forth and sharing with residents that trees are being torn down

[2:19:32] is really just a disservice to the community. The only way I find out about these things is if

[2:19:37] I'm fortunate enough to be here when I see trucks, utility trucks pulling up in front of my house

[2:19:43] and looking up with binoculars and writing things down on clipboards and it could oftentimes feel

[2:19:48] very intimidating. It really feels like someone's coming in and attempting to just change

[2:19:54] the environment without having any disclosure to me or without having had any opportunity

[2:20:00] to discuss the matter.

[2:20:05] Jeff, I'll just say I thank you for your advocacy for the trees. I do appreciate that.

[2:20:11] Sure. Yeah, I speak from the heart here. I'm not looking to cause trouble. I'm not trying

[2:20:19] to block necessary safety work. I'm really trying to act in good faith and I'm seeking

[2:20:26] your help.

[2:20:31] Thank you. Thank you for hearing me. Thank you. Hey, I don't see anyone else

[2:20:41] with their hand up. Do we have a motion to address them? So moved. Second. All those in favor?

[2:20:51] Yes.

[2:20:52] All right.

Jan 26, 2026 Village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees Legislative Meeting - LMC

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