https://sleepyhollow.localarchives.org/files/original/7131deafaa9654b3a9430c35c3eb9037.pdf c07b16400cf5df60f429552ba0b31dc1 PDF Text Text vyj 'M'ifetiMt meeting w## bel& before the to$r$ of Trustees of. TtoVtotg**-tot m&rth Tanrifrttwm/lfr.Y; orf the af>dve d a t e : rtiilip treaent E. Z e g a r r f l i , . % Mayor I Stephen Maceyak Janet Cando! fo Peter Soriano Joseph D. Lofaro Mario DiFelice Emmanuel Lohato, *# * < --- Trustees ••n Robert J. Pon/ini, Counsel ,* * " m >' ^ Mayor Zegarelli called the meeting to order at 8-00 P.M. and read the Public Notice regarding proposals to alter, rtF»end or eliminate oil-street parking ordinances that now regulate Phil ipse Manor and Sleepy Hollow Manor. Mayor Zt.garelli also informed those who alt end. d ihe public bearing that they were free to sp'^ak and comment to ' ^e Board and must give their name and address and whom they are i> presi-nf ' 'i if The Mayor read a letter from Theodore ancf Lucille HutchinM.>n, 14 DrjVrn.es Aveuae. The Uutchinsons stai.ed that they were opposed to lifting the present ban on parking in Philippe Manor. They feel i.hat the ordinance presently is treated in a discretionary manner by the Police Depar i.'lent and that the ban on parking also liuiits diso/dt * -:id possible burglaries. Many of those in attendance agreed with t lie Hutchinsons. Mr. Robert Starr of Hunter Avenue complained though that his son's cars were ticketed on a holiday along with only a few others in the area while 53 were not ticketed and he feels that the Police Department :>> m t use discretion in administering ur~'ori'.es. Mr. Robert Rogers, 508 Munroe Avenue and Mr. James Donovan, Hunter Avenue felt the present ordinance should remain status quo as did Mr. Robert Amory of Kelbourne Avenue. Mr. Donovan said our Police De-par ..t.-nt is the best in Uestchester County. He feels that by retaining the ordinance, nun- residents will be discouraged from parking in the neighborhood and it will prevent crime. Mr. Donovan also feels 1.1 residents should be willing to advise the Police Department when i' cy have guests so their cars will not be ticketed and that the residents themselves should practice discretion. Three members of the DiMichele family, 437 Bellwood Avenue, ^peke in favor of rescinding the ordinance; they feel that the Police Department is not discretionary. The DiMicheles feel it is a nuisance not to be able to park in front of their home and that a parking ban from midnight to 6 A.M. should be placed in effect with parking allowed during the daytime. •£ %• 1 % !' t, i 'J" �^ Joan Carroll t h a t "lie ?,-"S-nt i.iiij".c-r . vY.-v '•iouii be maintai-ned^ rtDjd resid»-rrts shquld be a u p p i l e d ^ i ^ h a * I ut irv t h e i r " c a r windows i n d i c a t i n g , "Guest". . ., , j '. \ _ ^. One r e s i d e n t from Sleepy Hollow Manor, Dr. E l i o f p p o l i t o , sai d wishes the ban t o be continued for s e c u r i t y r e a s o n s as. w e l l as e ^ t h e t i £ § t ; he a l s o mentioned t h a t a l l r e s i d e n t s have '&uf f^cletit dri space fo* p a r k i n g . * . ':•. -•* The next comment in favor of continuing the ordi.-nce as XJ,s Prom Mr. Howard Altarescu, Kelboume Avenue. Hi-s gr«?rAc-s-t cancel n parking during the day and he feels the ban should be kept on park especially in the daytime. He agreed with the idea of issuing st i indicating guest parking. J< iet Vh i&ht of Kfclbourne Avenue agreed with the ,.shove and .."< v start i-d that she feels that parking vehicles such as*v^pis and mpbi'e homes should be prohibited. (• ! Jennifer Dolan, (PMIA) Hunter Avenue, spoke for nine resident s .' feel the ordinance should be continued and that we have a cooper.ii '\e Police Dpart./ent who supervise the streets properly in their "vul .t • neighborhood. " Trustee Stephen Ma^eyak pointed out to the audience that if t ;->e ordiTiance r*.wins in effect, the Police Department has ro alternat l-.e but to enforce it and ticket cars parked illegally and when a sur • > is received, it ipnst be paid. Trustee Soriano agreed with this. " Si Mr. Terrance O'Connor of Palmer Avenue also wishes Ol ' i a to remain status quo. The Group Home on Farrington Avi-nue presents a unique problem and Mr. Milton Slater, who lives across the street r1..»..'a the home, pointed out that many vehicles are parked on the street all he day and night. Mayor Zegarelli informed Mr. Slater and times of the the audiencce that when the Group Home expects to have more than >.he er of vehicles parking on Farrington Avenue, they advis e usual numbe Police Department of this fact. 'U « Mr. Louis Tonell i of 10 Farrington Avenue questioned the Board about how many years the ordinance has been in effect; he was advise' that it has been in e ffect since 1937. Mr. Tonelli felt that parkin; should be allowed in Philipse Manor in certain trouble spots. He questioned the Board also regarding the number of other villages \ho have similar ordinanc es. Trustee Lofaro told him that many villages have parking bans dur ing the daytime and allow parking overnight, Regarding "trouble sp ots" in the Village, Mayor Zegarelli informed Mr. Tonelli that our "trouble spot" at the Philipse Manor Railroad Station now seems to have been cleared up. H Residents objected to people working on and they were advised by the Mayor that this the Village. Overnight parking stickers for the Mayor told the audience that neither the of the Village wish to do this. their cars in the streets is prohibited throughout guests were suggested but Board nor the residents »* AI n - "2 •- tim _ a �*V? u i? Tcu^t e ^ Lob'ato f e \ t / t h a t The, r e ^ i *#ofo^ciftfefle wTdt advised -ttem t,Bat fb'& '^eofMerative on t h i s i s s u e and i f they then the„summons must be paicU .. d e n t s ' a r e expect j ng* j , e l <-$' Pol^efe tiep'artnic-nt has been tieft^fe 'Vehicles parked i l l i . „.#, t-% ,. ' « * * • --•'*** Mr'. James Margotta of Merlin Avenue* feels that residents should -"fror-fee given stickers for parking antf does not want to have to advise the Police Department if he has guests. He feels the ordinance should remain sfcatus quo and residents use* good judgment regarding parking. ' i r 'l '"^1 ^H5\"Robert Amory, Kelbourne A*<enue, and Mr. John Foyers of Mr< ^e - "Af&ae feel that there is no problem with parking and Mr. Powers said •i*wn*near the DeVries Avenue field, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages of the parking in that area. ,.-.» "'Trustee DxFelice • .entit-ned t he Snow Oidin.-mce ^hich prohibits ^p&fRing and Chief Richard f>pota reminded the audience that flyers are distributed advising residents that during a snow storm there should be no parking on the streets from November 1 through April 1. • .. "'; In response to Mr. Frnscati's .endorsement of the ordinance ai 'his suggesti un that the ban k^eps burglaries down, Chief Spot a to^ everyone present that ours is the only community in Westchester tl is/'down" in burglaries. Mr. Fr. cati resides on Kelbourne Avunue". -****** * A resident of Highland Avenue, Mr. James McOough, felt the '1 ^^r^drnance is basically good but that it is antiquated and -rust be" •mpdated. He also i.entiunod the number of street no-parking s'^ns which are rout radii.Lory. •*-v ; ««* • •* , .. • • i T " ** Mayor Zegarelli thanked everyone for attending and contributing to the Public Hearing. He advised them that the Board will meet and ' consider theic comments. * Trustee Maceyak made the motion to adjourn the hearing at 9:3JP a'>d Trustee Lobato seconded it. * Respectfully submitted, Marie Tiromings, acting clerk ' 3p \ � 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-1982 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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