https://sleepyhollow.localarchives.org/files/original/037e6aaec5875ce4d04cca895da0d690.pdf f99b3cb781579ec0edf09182ce63485e PDF Text Text The Board of Trustees of the Village of Sleepy Hollow held a meeting on Tuesdav November 9, 2021 at Village Hall, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow nIW y S . ' Present: Absent: Mayor Kenneth G. Wray Trustee Gebler Thomas Andruss Sam Gonzalez Jared Rodriquez Sandra Spiro, Trustees Deputy Mayor Denise Scaglione Also Present: Anthony Giaccio, Village Administrator Paula McCarthy Tompkins, Village Clerk Sara DiGiacomo, Village Treasurer Matt Arone, Recreation Superintendent Sean McCarthy, Village Building Inspector Clinton Smith, Village Counsel At 7:00 p.m. Mayor Wray called the meeting to order with a pledge to the flag and a moment of s.lence for residents Jeremy David Wilson, 42yo of Devries Ave , and longtime resident Edna Belanich, of North Washington St Our thoughts are with their family anTfriends Public Hearing: Residency Requirement for Public Officials Village Clerk McCarthy read the public hearing notice alouyd for the record. Mayor opened the public hearing to the public and invoked the 3 minute rule. There were no comments at this time. w h ! n r h W r a y f C O m m ! n t e d t h a t t h i S w i " a l , O W t h e V i l , a 9 e t 0 broaden consideration of applicants when hiring for certain exempt postions. This is also a civil service requirement. Trustee Andruss moved to adjourn the public hearing for written comments until next Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Trustee Gonzalez seconded. Motion carried. Approval of Warrants: On a motion by Trustee Andruss, seconded by Trustee Gebler the warrant was approved and l reasurer DiGiacomo was authorized to pay bills in the amount of $284,167.58. Approval of Minutes: On a motion by Trustee Andruss, seconded by Trustee Gebler the minutes of the September 28, 2021 board meeting were approved with corrections. Motion carried. �bV T m S t e e R d r i u e z t h e Ocntober0t120n2boy2!hUo^ S ? ? ' ° 9 ' ^ u t e s of the October 12, 2021 board meeting were approved. Motion carried. Abstain: Trustee Gonzalez. O c t o b e r l f J j m S f S R O d ? 9 U e Z ' S e C 0 n d 6 d b y T r u s t e e A n d r u s * ^ e minutes of the uctober 26, 2021 board meeting were approved. Motion carried. by Tmstee Andruss the November0? of the November 2, 2021 meeting were approved with corrections. Motion carried. Mayor's AnnounrpmpntMayor Wray made the following announcements/comments- Village offices will be closed for Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11* and all garbage routes will be picked up on Friday T h b r i 6 H C e M m 0 n y . W i l i b e thb e l d a t P a t r i o t s P a r k i n observance of Veterans Day on i nursday November 11 at 10:30 a .m. All are welcome to attend November 20th is Arbor Day in the Village of Sleepy Hollow. Tree planting ceremony will be scheduled with the Recreation Department. " - Department Reports: Recreation Superintendent, Matt Arone addressed the Mayor and the Board of Trustees and reported on several events and ongoing projects, (see attached) Trustee Spiro asked about Sykes Park picnic tables that appear to be bent/damaged. Trustee Gebler asked when the new playground equipment would be installed that he was quoted a 20 week w a i t Ar0ne,Stated Trustee Gebler suggested putting a sign stating "coming soon new playground equipment". ^ygestea n l f n n S p S ^ h ^ f a b o u " h . ^ a t u s o f t h e o u t d o o r gymnasium. Superintendent Arone stated this is has been submitted as a capital project and he is awaiting approval. reS TseSa a ch°ed1! a C d 0 ' ^ 6 5 ^ ** M a V ° r a n d B ° a r d ° f T m s t e e s a n d g a v e a n a n n u a l Trustee Rodriguez asked about the status of the engineer's report for the pedestrian bridge SnTon D ; V is e report k ^ ^ M m l n , S , r a t o r G i a C ™ S t a t e d t h e ^ Public Commentg; Mayor Wray opened the meeting to the public for comments and invoked the 3 minute rule. �2 ^ L H T ^ n a m e 0 r r e s i d e n c e ) addressed the Mayor and the Board of Trustees and suggested making upcoming projects plans available to the public. Mayor Wray stated that plans for upcoming projects will be posted on our website. There were no further comments at this time. Resolutions: R1 - Approve Polling Places for March Elections R2 - Approve Modifications to H Block R3 - Approve Public Hearing for Tree Ordinance R4 - Approve Actions of the Ambulance Corp R5 - Approve Agency Staff Name Change R6 - Tax Certiorari for 175 Valley Street & 76 Chestnut At this time the presentation of Block H by Building Inspector McCarthy, David Smith of Planning & Development Advisors, Margie Shu, of the Village Planning Board and Counsel Smith, took place. The group discussed a request made by the developer to change the parking lot entrance for Building H. The Planning Board is seeking the Village Board's opinion r ; r t t T T h e y i , l a g e B o a r d h a d n o ° b J e c t i o n t 0 * * request, Since t h e ' d e X e r will shield the entrance from view and this design is less impactful than the original plan. New Business: Mayor Wray stated the North Tarrytown Housing Authority indicated they are interested in providing the services of income verification for the Affordable Housing applications The Mayor will be speaking further with them. Mayor Wray stated a settlement is being worked on regarding a land dispute on Ridge Street. Mayor Wray and the Board of Trustees agreed that the next Board meeting would be on November 30th, due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Trustee Spiro briefly discussed additional options to post information on the website. Communications: Mayor Wray stated receiving a letter from the Fire Department Chief regarding the thin red and blue lines on flags displayed on village vehicles. Mayor Wray suggested havinq a discussion with the Board and Fire Department. �Public CommpnkMayor Wray opened the meeting to the public and invoked the 3 minute rule. There were no public comments at this time. adjournal ^ * r by T m S t e e AndrUSS /RespectfullySubmitted, I Paula A. McCarthy Tompkins Village Clerk ' S6C0nded * Trustee the meeting was �November 2021 Sleepy Hollow BOT meeting Recreation Department Report Recent programs The Sleepy Hollow International Film Festival was held Friday, October 15*-Sunday October 17* at Kmgs and Point Park. Unlike the festival in 2019, all the events were of the o u t d o o r d^ive-i variety, and that was planned that way due to COVID precautions. The movies went on h L E n f th , 6 ay 6 ', bUt u f rtunate| V s mov e eduled * * s cancelled due to inclement we ther T tHe Ufetime A c h i e v e m e n t who n^™ given posthumously to Donald M o f f a t w h o as we a know was Lynn's father and the mayor's father-in-law. Food trucks and merchandise were available at the park. The organizers are already discussing coming back again in 2022 The annual Hayride and Block Party ran October 22"' and 23*. Good crowds were on hand both nights Beekman Ave. and food truck vendors had successful sales. There was more music and entertainment on he avenue than ever before. And they hay ride itself was excellent. Thanks to all the village ^ o y L s trustees and volunteers who made the night possible. employees. The morning of the 23* the Rivertown Roadrunners 10K race was held and they had over 1 1 1 0 people pre-registered for the event. Special thanks to Todd Ruppel and his entire staff for organizing 1 5 5 0 C ver d 8 S 0 U 0 P p ™, C h e S T 7 h P a d d l e b o a r d S V e n t W a s h e l d a t I r a n ' s Landing on Sunday, October 24 . Over 8 0 people registered this year. 50 participants actually went in the water. If you haven't seen he pictures of all the people dressed up paddling in the river, you need to. Special thanks to the Tarrytown fire boat for being out on the Hudson that day. This event went from 14 people in 2020 to what we had this year. I have already had a discussion with the director on making this an event that would include vendors, food and beverages down at the park for next year. The recreation department's Halloween events were held Saturday the 30«\ We had to move the events from Kings and Park to the senior building and the Elm Street lot due to rainy weather. Arts and craft costume photo booth, music and the Truck or Treat portion were all on as scheduled. We moved the costume parade to Sunday the 31". A special thanks goes to the DPW, police, ambulance and fire department for arranging all the vehicles to come to the Truck or Treat portion. Thanks also goes to the recreation department staff for running everything those two days. Upcoming events Youth basketball for girls in grades 3-6 will start practicing this week. Games will start in December This is the second year participating in this recreation program. We began in 2019, but did not run the program last year due to COVID. In this league, we playgames with other local communities such as boys Tarryt °Wn Recreation a similar program for the same age group for the �W e are p l a n n i n g o u r D e c e m b e r h o l i d a y e v e n t s a l r e a d y . T r e e l i g h t i n g p i c t u r e s w i t h S a n t a hn, 0 H T h i s w e e k t h e r e is a 2 - d a y d e s i g n p r o g r a m f o r t e e n a g e r s b e i n g h e l d at t h e s e n i o r c e n t e r . T h u r s d a y t h e J can S J Vacant Spaces ^ ArCh F I °r K i d S iS m n n i n g t W S P r °gram CaNed Sleepy Hoi W s a n d this p r o j e c t is m a d e p o s s i b l e w i t h f u n d s f r o m t h e s t a t e w i d e c o m m u n i t y r e c a n t s program, a regrant program from NY State Council on the arts with the support of the O f f c e of he Governor and the NY State Legislature. It is being administrated by Arts Westchester Senior Citizens: The seniors are holding their monthly club meetings in the building. - A senior lunch was held at the senior center on Tuesday, November 2 nd . - A senior holiday luncheon is being planned for December 6 th . - A ceramics class was held October 28 th . - W a l k i n g group is held on Fridays at 8:30am. a n d W e d n e S d a y m 0 r n i n g S in t h e s e n i 0 r - - — outdoors --Senior Yoga class instructed by GymGuyz is on Thursday mornings at 9am-10am . Lunch meals delivery program is running. We also can still help seniors with grocery shopping during K 8 the week if they call to schedule a ride. The after school program The after school program resumed in September. Our registration numbers are back to full as they were prior to the start of the pandemic. The program is running smoothly. Parks Items: --As we discussed last month, Devries Park was affected by the flooding that occurred during Hurricane da. The water level was so high it knocked out all electric power to the parking lot, the building the tennis court lights and the ballfield lights. Both Con Ed and village equipment was damaged and many activities were cancelled. Electricity has been restored to the courts only to this point. This will take some time to get everything back up and running. Kevin and Earl f r o m D P W last week and disassembling the Sykes Park playground work is scheduled for this week. We have agreed to start working with Raymond M i c h a e l , Ltd W h o did the playground units for us at Margotta Park a few years ago. The installation will occur in the next few months so we have the new playground unit up for the spring and summer. �and have the insurance company working on assessing the damage. - A l l new engineered wood chips have been delivered for all the playground surfacing in the parks. Miscellaneous R e m i n d e r to residents they can register for o u r classes on-line. / / X T ' t V r m l r : : V.llage of Sleepy Hollow, Z s 366 s m 0 " m f ° a C C 0 U n t T h i S r m a t i 0 n ' d 'f V 0 U ° n e b V g ° i n g t 0 t h e « « « • - g i s t r a t on pag name of our organization whfch i O n c e y o u r a c c o u n t is c r e a t e d , y o u w i l l r e c e i v e a n e - m a i l t h a t a n d NY. iS Residents should create their t h e n h a v e ^ ^ i o n s , call t h e r e c r e a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t at Reminder that the senior citizen bus goes shopping each Wednesday morning. If any senior citizen is in l r P O r t a t l 0 n 10 g e t g r 0 C e r i e S ° r 0 t h e r Tuesdays so we can arrange to get you a ride. items ' Please COntact us at 366-5109 on Monday o � 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/. 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