https://sleepyhollow.localarchives.org/files/original/46ff1b6d313846020f015153987831d6.pdf fd8424700db2f341045acadda4b17840 PDF Text Text Minutes of the Board of Trustees Village of Sleepy Hollow A work session of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow was held on Tuesday, November 8,2016 at 7:00 P.M. at Village Hall, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Present: Also Present: Mayor Kenneth G. Wray Deputy Mayor Glenn Rosenbloom Denise Scaglione John Leavy Sam Gonzalez Rachelle Gebler Sandra Spiro Trustees Anthony Giaccio, Village Administrator Anthony Bueti, Police Chief Clinton Smith, Village Attorney Rich Gross, General Foreman Sean McCarthy, Village Architect Mayor Wray called the work session to order at 7:00pm. PUBLIC HEARING ON SPEED HUMPS - Mr. Giaccio read the public hearing notice on speed humps. Mayor Wray solicited comments from the public. Dan Convissor spoke and said he was in favor of speed humps. There were no other comments. Motion was made by Trustee Leavy, seconded by Trustee Gebler, to close the public hearing and accept written comments until the close of business on November 14,2016. Motion carried 7-0. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON POCANTICO STREET CROSSWALKS - Mayor Wray started the discussion. He said that the Board is contemplating removing the existing crosswalk between the Van Tassel Building and the Morse School entrance and installing a new crosswalk at Elm Street. Mayor Wray said that this is not a formal public hearing, but he gave residents the opportunity to speak on the matter. Mayor Wray solicited comments from the public. Melanie Lejandro supports keeping the crosswalk. Abdel Sala supports keeping the crosswalk and would like to see red flashing lights to slow down traffic. Joan Ferarro wants the crosswalk moved because she has no place to safely drop off her elderly mother who lives at the Van Tassel Building. �Yasmin Walters supports keeping the crosswalk. Dan Convissor represented the Environmental Advisory Committee. He provided a handout for the Board to review. He supports keeping the crosswalk and recommends shifting the loading loan to a new location. Ann White provided a handout for the Board to review. She supports keeping the crosswalk and says there should also be a crosswalk at Elm Street. She requested that the speed limit be reduced to 15mph. Melissa Alvarez supports keeping the crosswalk. She thinks there should also be a crosswalk at Elm Street. She requested that the speed limit be reduced. Thomas Holland is the principal at Morse School. He said that he had no opinion on the crosswalk issue, but said that if the crosswalk remains, more signage is needed. Mr. Giaccio said that the Village Clerk received e-mails from Magdalena Kankonko, David Bedell, Donna Gates, Lois Kyle and Robert Gold all in support of keeping the existing crosswalk at Morse School. Joan Ferarro asked that the bollards located at the crosswalk be removed. Thomas Holland recommended leaving the bollards in place. Mayor Wray summarized the comments. No action was taken. EAST PARCEL SURVEY - Trustee Gebler gave a presentation on the results of the East Parcel survey that was recently conducted. There were 333 respondents. Trustee Gebler summarized the results and provided a handout to the Board. The Board thanked Trustee Gebler for her work. WSP Engineering will be making a presentation on the concept plan at the next Village Board work session. EAST PARCEL LEASE AGREEMENT - Mayor Wray started the discussion. Clinton Smith said that renewal of the license agreement between the Village and LDC for use of the East Parcel is being worked on and would like input from the Board. There was a question about "non-exclusive revocable license" clause in the agreement. Discussion ensued. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE - Trustee Leavy said that the infrastructure committee has been meeting and made recommendations on what projects to work on. The first projects being considered are sidewalk improvements on Valley Street, a sidewalk repair at Statue Island and curbing on Munroe Avenue. Also mentioned was the culvert project on Washington Street and catch basins throughout the Village. To fund these projects, the Village Board allocated in the capital budget, $75,000 for catch basins, $160,000 for infrastructure improvements and $500,000 for the culvert on Washington Street. The Village also receives CHIPS money every year from the State and grants are being explored. �AWARD BID FOR PAY STATIONS - Mr. Giaccio said that the pay station bids are in and recommended awarding the bid to Integrated Technical Systems Inc. of Wallingford, Connecticut. Their proposal amount is $105, 991.00, which is less than what was budgeted. The Board was in favor of awarding the bid and Mayor Wray asked that it be on the next Board meeting agenda for approval. STOP SIGNS ON MUNROE AVENUE - The Board discussed whether or not to install stop signs on Munroe Avenue. A public hearing on this matter was recently closed. Deputy Mayor Rosenbloom said that more research is needed to see if there are other options like enforcement and speed humps. He said that stop signs may not be needed. Trustee Scaglione said that the issue is speeding and that the speed limit may need to be reduced. Trustee Gebler said that an overall traffic study is needed. Discussion ensued. POCANTICO STREET CROSSWALKS - The Board continued its discussion on removing a crosswalk on Pocantico Street. Chief Bueti was asked to comment. Several ideas on improving pedestrian safety on Pocantico Street were discussed. Trustee Spiro agreed to spearhead a committee to look at the safety concerns on Pocantico Street. ALARM PERMITS - The Board discussed reducing the alarm permit fee. The matter was tabled until more information is available. FREMONT POND - Deputy Mayor Rosenbloom offered to lead a committee that would focus on improving the condition of Fremont Pond. A report on the pond was recently completed that included recommendations. Deputy Mayor Rosenbloom would like to meet with the company that did the report to see how the recommendations can be implemented. Trustee Gonzalaz offered to be on the committee. Discussion ensued. Mayor Wray encouraged everyone to vote. At 8:52 the work session was adjourned. Resnectfullv snhmittpH � 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-2016 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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