https://sleepyhollow.localarchives.org/files/original/809b97cfb7929e797926426ffff91178.pdf b566c316b1b0e77197475e1f909c0c6c PDF Text Text The Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow held a meeting on Tuesday, January, 13, 2015 Village Hall, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, New York. Present: Mayor Kenneth G. Wray Deputy Mayor Jennifer Lobato-Church Bruce Campbell Dorothy Handelman Glenn Rosenbloom Evelyn Stupel Karin Wompa, Trustees Also Present: Anthony P. Glaccio, Village Administrator Paula A. McCarthy Tompkins, Village Clerk Janet Gandolfo, Village Counsel Sean E. McCarthy, Village Building Inspector Gregory Camp, Police Chief At 7:05p.m. Mayor Wray called the meeting to order with a pledge to the flag and a moment of silence for longtime residents; John Yursack, Helen DeMllla, Mark PInnIs, and lifetime member of the Fire and Ambulance Depts., and former employee of the Village, Charlie Annlchlarlco. Thoughts are with their families. Public Hearings: Site Plan Approval Mayor Wray opened the meeting to the public and evoked the 3 minute rule. The Village Clerk read the public hearing notice aloud for the record. Eliot Martone. village resident and Chair of the Planning Board, addressed the Mayor and the Board of Trustees and stated he supports the requirements of the site plan review approval (see attached letter) Hugh Jones of Sleepy Hollow and a member of the Planning Board addressed the Mayor and the Baord of Trustees and stated that he supports the requirement of site plan review for one and two family homes. Sandra Spiro of Sleepy Hollow and a member of the Planning Board, addressed the Mayor and the Board of Trustees and stated that she supports the requirement of site plan review for one and two family homes Mark Nackman of Sleepy Hollow, addressed the Mayor and the Board of Trustees and stated that he supports the requirement of site plan review for one and two family homes. There were no further comments at this time. Mayor Wray adjourned the Public Hearing until the next meeting and encouraged the public �to send in written comments to the Clerk's Office. Trustee Wompa made a motion to close the public Hearing. She stated this matter has been discussed before. Trustee Campbell seconded the motion. Trustee Rosenbloom opposed to closing the public hearing. Motion carried 5-1 Approval of Warrants: Mayor stated this warrant is unusually high due to the payment of employee pensions and not having a warrant in December. Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church moved, and Trustee Campbell second to approve the warrant and authorize the Village Treasurer to pay bills In the amount of $2,382,993.47 Approval of Minutes: Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church moved, second by Trustee Handelman to approve the Minutes of November 25, 2014, as amended subject to minor typographical errors changes. Motion carried: 6-0 Trustee Campbell moved, second by Trustee Handelman to approve the minutes of 12/16/2014 subject to minor typographical errors changes. Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church abstained. Motion carried 5-0-1. Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church moved, seconded by Trustee Stupel to approve the minutes of 12/17/2015 subject to minor typographical errors changes. Motion carried 6-0 Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church moved, seconded by Trustee Wompa to approve the Minutes of 1/6/2015 subject to minor typographical errors changes. Trustee Stupel abstained. Motion carried 5-0-1 Administrator's Report: (see attached) Department Head Reports: Robin PelL Recreation Supervisor, reported on the after school program. She recently received a gift certificate from the NY Rangers for a luncheon, since the players were not able to do a meet & greet while doing a commercial in the Village. A SNY Playball grant recently granted the Village 10 basketballs. Cookies and milk with Santa was well attended, and a nice event. JR Smith, professional basketball ball player with the Nicks, will be attending our camp in July, at the High School. Basketball has started on Saturdays at the High School. The nutrition program is moving to the neighborhood house in Tarrytown beginning later in the month. Kendal-on-Hudson is now providing Village residents with the meals on wheels and it has been a success. �Park rentals have started for the spring and summer months. Mrs. Pell stated she needs to hire additional help for the after school, since one staff member has recently resigned. Patrick Haqgertv, Fire Chief, addressed the Mayor and the Board and reported on the number of calls the ire Dept. responded to In the last few months, (see attached report) Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church asked if air compressor is compatible with air packs. Chief Haggerty explained the difference. Village Inspector, Sean McCarthy, reported on the Building Dept. (see attached report) Public Comments: Mayor opened the meeting to the public and evoked the 3 minute rule. There were no comments at this time. Resolutions: (see attached) R-1 Authorize Mayor to Sign Energy Efficiency Services Program Agreement with NYPA R-2 Set Public Hearing Related to Parking Restrictions on College Avenue R-3 Approve Inter-Munlclpal Agreement with Hastings, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown, Irvington and Elmsford to Lease Pot-Hole Killer Machine R-4 Appoint Water Maintenance Worker II R-5 Salary Adjustments for Non-Union Employees R-6 Approve Ambulance Corps Actions New Business; Trustee Campbell stated that piles of salt are being left In the middle of the road by the Village plow trucks. He asked Richard Gross to address this. Public Comments: Mayor opened the meeting to the public and evoked the 3 minute rule. Joe Foley of Valley Street addressed the Mayor and the Board of Trustees and stated that he is concerned about the water on Valley Street and Con Edison has not repaired this problem. He also stated that there's a bar on Valley Street that plays loud music late at night. Mayor Wray stated these complaints would be addressed. David Hodgson of North Washington St. addressed the Mayor and the Board of Trustees and stated that the Public Works Dept. does a great job plowing and salting during snow storms. �There were no more public comments at this time. At 8:05pm, Mayor Wray asked for a motion to go into executive session. Trustee Wompa moved, seconded by Trustee Stupei to go into executive session. I^otion Carried. At 8:31pm, Trustee Wompa moved to come out of executive session. Trustee Campbell seconded. Mayor Wray stated there was a discussion regarding the hiring of Police Officers, and opened the discussion to the Board. Trustee Wompa suggested hiring two Police Officer transfers, there are very good candidates and they are not at a higher tier, so they can begin work immediately. She stated a significant number of our Police Officers are still out on leave and strongly recommends moving forward. Deputy Lobato-Church agreed that all candidates were very good, but stated that originally the Board had discussed hiring one transfer and one candidate off the civil service list, since there is a new suggestion; she asked if long term budget impacts have been considered. Trustee Campbell stated that the Board has spent 6 months discussing this process, and should have the ability to fund these hires since the Board hadn't hired anyone. Trustee Campbell agreed with Trustee Wompa and suggested hiring the two strong candidates, whom the Board liked, and the Chief recommended. It's been a long process, and the two strong candidates should be hired. Trustee Campbell suggested moving forward now. Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church asked if the Board has done the long term financial analysis of hiring two transfers, versus one transfer and a new candidate. Trustee Rosenbloom sated that there was a financial analysis done but it was arbitrary due to changes based on experience and tier. He stated it needs to be done again considering the two transfers, and overtime impacts. Trustee Rosenbloom also stated that the Board called for a civil service local list which had strong candidates as well. In addition the Board chose not to hire anyone 6 months ago, when it had a chance. Additional discussion ensued amongst Board members. Mayor Wray stated that 53% of our Village Residents are spanish speaking and it is important to keep it in mind when hiring a police officer. He also stated that a new police officer has a significant lower impact on the budget. Mayor suggested to the Board to instruct the Police Chief to go forward with background processing of the two police officers and complete a thorough financial analysis. Trustee Campbell made a motion to hire the two transfer candidates, pending the Chief's background investigations. Trustee Stupei seconded. Mayor Wray asked for this motion to be tabled pending the Chief's investigative results. �Trustee Wompa moved to table, seconded by Deputy Mayor Lobato-Church. Trustees Rosenbloom and Handelman and Mayor Wray voted yes. Trustee Campbell and Trustee Stupel voted no Motion was tabled and Carried 5-2. At 9:14pm on motion by Trustee Wompa, seconded by Trustee Stupel the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully Submitted, ^ u l a A. McCarthy Tompkins Village Clerk �To: Mayor Wray & Board of Trustees From: Eliot Martone & VSH Planning Board Mayor Wray and Members of the Board of Trustees The Planning Board has deep reservations of amending the part of the code that deals with alterations to the SEQRA process. This state mandated process protects the environment and the Village from potential calamities, which we have experienced in the past. It is not clear to us that there is a benefit in diluting this process. We have considerable concerns over the proposed change to 450-53c, which allows payment of a fee in lieu of providing necessary parking is a very significant change that could result in parking shortages and public safety issues. Even if fairly administered, over time, as businesses along Beekman Avenue change and more cars are attracted to the area, mere collection of money to fund future, possibly never built, parking lots, will result in congestion. There is no current Parking Authority in place and past PA has not been effective. In addition payment in lieu of parking should only be a last resort and reserved where no parking is possible, such as Beekman Avenue locations T h a t could not provide parking. KB would not want to see the vbri selling off^parkirsgtor" development. These Variances should remain with the ZBA as a remedy in granting a variance. The proposal to eliminate the ZBA out of making decisions under Section 450-41 B 4 may well be unlawful. The decisions required by this provision are clearly variances and variances under New York Municipal Law are required to be considered by a quasi-judicial body, which the ZBA is and the Planning Board is not. Increasing Height on the C2 district to placate an individual developer without considering the entire Village code is paramount to Spot Zoning which is not legal in NY State. I understand the problems a developer may have regarding the costs/Taxes for the allowable sizes currently allowed. However, changing height is not necessarily the answer. We may not want to change the landscape of the entire C2 District nor the larger downtown of the Village. We could and should look at tax remedies for a project. For instance, providing partial tax relief for a period of time, perhaps coinciding with the developer's length of time on the development/construction loan to keep the development project competitive and where the tax rates/collectibles can be scaled back up over time. PB also had concern in regard to more input from the general population of the C2 district residents, especially the Hispanic Community of VSH. The general public should have more to say about these proposed changes and the Village needs to move very deliberately on these proposed changes. The planning board would like to see any proposed zoning changes as part of a larger master planning process that looks at the entire village and all zones to effectively evaluate the scope and degree the effects of any proposed change would have. We urge the village board not to move too boldly too quickly without a full evaluation of the entire village and zoning districts. �John E. Korzelius Assistant Chief Pocantico Hook & L a d d e r Co. No. I Organized. 1878 Michael R. Tavano Assistant Chief Rescue Hose Co. No. 1 Organized. 1887 J 876 More than a Legend Union Hose Co. No. 2 Organized. 1887 Columbia Hose Co. No. 3 Organized. 1899 28 Beekman Avenue Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591 Phone (914) 366-5119 • Fax (914) 332-7074 Email- sleepyhollowfd@sleepyliollowny.org CHIEFS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2014 14 11 01 01 01 28 Generals Minors Drills Standby 911 Ceremony Total ubmitte(d, �John E. Korzelius Assistant Chief Pocantico Hook «& L a d d e r Co. No. 1 Organized. 1878 Michael R. Tavano Assistant Chief Rescue Hose Co. No. I Organized. 1887 Union Hose Co. No. 2 Organized. 1887 Columbia Hose Co. No. 3 Organized. 1899 1876 More than a Legend 28 Beckman Avenue Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591 Phone (914) 366-5119 • Fax (914) 332-7074 Email- sleepyhollowfd@sleepyhollowny.org CHIEFS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2014 15 Generals 15 Minors 30 Total Fire Prevention October 2014 Morse School October 2014 Robins Nest October 25^^ and 26th, 2014 Boot drive Respectfwfly submitted, �Pocantico Hook & L a d d e r Co. No. 1 Organized. 1878 John E. Korzelius Assistant Chief Rescue Hose Co. No. 1 Organized. 1887 Michael R. Tavano Assistant Chief 1876 More than a Lesend Union Hose Co. No. 2 Organized. 1887 Columbia Hose Co. No. 3 Organized. 1899 28 Beekman Avenue Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591 Phone (914) 366-5119 • Fax (914) 332-7074 Email- sleepyhollowfd(%sleepyhollowny.org CHIEFS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2014 23 Generals 14 Minors 37 Total itted �Pocantico Hook & L a d d e r Co. No. 1 Organized. 1878 J o h n E. Korzellus Assistant Chief Rescue Hose Co. No. 1 " O r g a n i z e d . 1887 Union Hose Co. No. 2 Organized. 1887 Columbia Hose Co. No. 3 Organized. 1899 Michael R. T a v a n o Assistant Chief 1876 More than a Legend 28 Beekman Avenue Sleepy Hollow, New Y o r k 10591 Phone (914) 366-5119 • Fax (914) 332-7074 Email- sleepyhollowfd@sleepyhollowny.org CHIEFS REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2014 "14 Generals 13 Minors 27 Total Respectfully^'6mitted, �ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT January 13, 2015 1: Con Ed Meeting: Rich Gross and I met with representatives from Con Edison to discuss the flooding problem on lower Valley Street. The difficulty with coming up with a solution is that it is not clear where the flooding is coming from. Con Ed will be trying some tests to see if they can resolve the issue. The good news is that they are at least trying to resolve the issue. 2: Tarrytown Recreation Meeting: The next meeting with Tarrytown to discuss sharing recreational services is scheduled for January 22 at 6:00. Some of the topics we will be discussing are the civil service and union implications. 3. Tax Mapping Project: The tax mapping project has been completed. The Village's tax map is now consistent with the Town's. This will eliminate confusion and increase efficiency. The timing is perfect coinciding with the new tax maps for Lighthouse Landing. 4: Route 9 Trees: The Tree Committee and the Environmental Advisory Committee asl<ed to give input on the tree plan for the route 9 streetscape project. A meeting will be held with members from both committees to discuss this matter. Unfortunately many of the decisions related to trees have been made and approved by the DOT. 5: Old Broadway: The reason that the one way on Old Broadway has not come on line yet is because the DOT is studying how it will affect the traffic patterns. The DOT may need to adjust the traffic signals accordingly. A plan has been sent to the DOT for review and we expect a reply soon. 6: River's Edge: Sean is addressing the sidewalk issue at River's Edge. We're confident that a solution will be identified. 7: Website: The Village's website has been down for a couple of days. The problem has been corrected and the site is back up and running. We apologize for the inconvenience. 8: Nutrition Center: The nutrition program in Tarrytown will be moving from the Knights of Columbus to the Neighborhood House beginning on January 26. Anyone interested in attending should contact Robin Pell at 914-366-5109. 9: Sykes Park Bathroom: We are soliciting proposals from architects for the Sykes Park Comfort Station: We hope to have an architect chosen by the end of January. This will keep us on pace to have the building completed by Memorial Day. 10: Safety Committee Meeting: A safety committee meeting was held last week. One of the topics we are discussing is how to best handle unruly visitors that make the staff feel threatened. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes & Resolutions-2015 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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