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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-02-13 - Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes AGENDA VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING VILLAGE HALL, 938 KING STREET TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2001-7:30 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RESOLUTIONS: 1. APPOINTMENT OF CARETAKER 2. AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 SERIAL BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE RESURFACING OF VARIOUS ROADS LOCATED THROUGHOUT AND IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS LOCATED THROUGHOUT AND IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE 3. BUDGET MODIFICATIONS 4. SNOW AND ICE AGREEMENT WITH NYSDOT FOR 2001 -2002 AND 2002-2003 SNOW SEASONS 5. APPROVING CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE MIDDLE INCOME UNITS AT BELLEFAIR AND CALLING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON LOCAL LAW 6. CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES MARCH 28, 2000 DISCUSSION: 1. STATUS REPORT ON LEGAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC ACCESS GUIDELINES NEXT TRUSTEES MEETING FEBRUARY 27, 2001 and MARCH 13, 2001 Village Hall is fully accessible to the handicapped. Those who need special arrangements should contact the Village Administrator's Office ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE OF A MEETING at (914) 939-1121 15 VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK HOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING VILLAGE HALL, 938 DING STREET RYE BROOK, NEW YORK FEBRUARY 13, 2001 CONVENE MEETING: The meeting of the Board of Trustees was called to order at 7:45 p.m. by Mayor Filipows1d, and the Pledge of Allegiance followed. The following members of the Board of Trustees were present: Mayor Francis Filipowski Trustee Jody Brackman Trustee Donald Degling Trustee Roger Herman Trustee Lawrence Rand Village ,staff attending the meeting were: Christopher Bradbury, Village Administrator Ingrid Bent, Assistant to the Village Administrator Kenneth Powell, Village Attorney Jon Kantor, Village Consultant Chief Robert Santoro,Police Chief Victor Carosi, Village Engineer Paula Patafio,Meeting Secretary RESOLUTIONS: 1. APPOINTMENT OF CARETAKER Mr. Bradbury read the following Resolution: RESOLUTION APPOINTMENT OF CARETAKER RESOLVED, that Decatur Myers, of 2 Schultz Court, Peekskill, New York, is hereby appointed to the position of Caretaker with the Village of Rye Brook, subject to the Civil Service procedures of the State of New York; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the annual salary for the position is $26,500 with an effective start date of February 14, 2001, and a probationary period of(twenty-six) 26 weeks. Trustee Rand asked what were the responsibilities of this position. Mr. Bradbury noted that Decatur is responsible for the maintenance of the Village Hall Building. Trustee 1 Degling noted that Decatur has held this position for some time and asked if the probationary period could be waived. Mr. Bradbury responded the probationary period is part of the Civil Service procedures and cannot be waived. On a motion made by Trustee Degling, and seconded by Trustee Herman, the Resolution was approved. Trustee Brackman Voting Aye Trustee Degling Voting Aye Trustee Herman Voting Aye Trustee Rand Voting Aye Mayor Filipowski Voting Aye 2. AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 SERIAL BOND OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOD,WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE RESURFACING OF VARIOUS ROADS LOCATED THROUGHOUT AND IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS LOCATED THROUGHOUT AND IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE, Mr. Bradbury read the following Resolution: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, all conditions precedent to the financing of the capital project hereinafter described, including compliance with the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act, have been performed;and WHEREAS, if is now desired to authorize the financing of such capital project; NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York,as follows: Section 1. For the classes of objects or purposes of paying the cost of the resurfacing of various roads located throughout and in and for the Village of Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York, at a maximum estimated cost of$250,000, and the reconstruction of various sidewalks located throughout and in and for the Village of Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York, at a maximum estimated cost of $250,000, including, in each case, incidental expenses in connection 2 therewith, there are hereby authorized to be issued $500,000 serial bonds of said Village pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 2. The maximum estimated cost of the aforesaid classes of objects or purposes is hereby determined to be $500,000, and the plan for the financing thereof is by the issuance of the $500,000 serial bonds of said Village authorized to be issued pursuant to this bond resolution, apportioned among said classes of objects or purposes in accordance with the maximum estimated cost of each set forth in Section 1 hereof. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid classes of objects or purposes is five years, pursuant to subdivision 20(c) and 24, respectively, of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. It is hereby further determined that the maximum maturity of the serial bonds herein authorized will not exceed five years. Section 4. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the serial bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Village Treasurer, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Village Treasurer, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 5. The faith and credit of said Village of Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York, are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said Village, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable. Section 6. Such bonds shall be in fully registered form and shall be signed in the name of the Village of Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York, by the manual or facsimile signature of the 3 Village Treasurer and a facsimile of its corporate seal shall be imprinted or impressed thereon and may be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Village Clerk. Section 7. The powers and duties of advertising such bonds for sale, conducting the sale and awarding the bonds, are hereby delegated to the Village Treasurer, who shall advertise such bonds for sale, conduct the sale, and award the bonds in such manner as he or she shall deem best for the interests of said Village; provided, however, that in the exercise of these delegated powers, he or she shall comply fully with the provisions of the Local .Finance Law and any order or rule of the State Comptroller applicable to the sale of municipal bonds. The receipt of the Village Treasurer shall be a full acquittance to the purchaser of such bonds, who shall not be obliged to see to the application of the purchase money. Section 8_ All other matters, except as provided herein relating to such bonds, including determining whether to issue such bonds having substantially level or declining annual debt service and all matters related thereto, prescribing whether manual or facsimile signatures shall appear on said bonds, prescribing the method for the recording of ownership of said bonds, appointing the fiscal agent or agents for said bonds, providing for the printing and delivery of said bonds (and if said bonds are to be executed in the name of the Village by the facsimile signature of the Village Treasurer, providing for the manual countersignature of a fiscal agent or of a designated official of the Village), the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, place or places of payment, and also including the consolidation with other issues, shall be determined by the Village Treasurer. It is hereby determined that it is to the financial advantage of the Village not to impose and collect from registered owners of such serial bonds any charges for mailing, shipping and insuring bonds transferred or exchanged by the fiscal agent, and, accordingly, pursuant to paragraph c of Section 70.00 of the Local Finance Law, no such charges shall be so collected by the fiscal agent. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals in 4 addition to those required by section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Village Treasurer shall determine. Section 9. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 - 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein, Section 10. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said Village is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication,or 3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. Section 11. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in full in the Journal News, the official newspaper, together with a notice of the Village Clerk in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. Trustee Herman requested that Mr. Carosi review the Resolution for members of the public. Mr. Victor Carosi, Village Engineer, noted that this Bond will allow the Village to improve the sidewalks along King Street, approximately 3800' from the Village's old compost site, South of the Blind Brook School, continuing South on King Street to the Village of Port Chester's line. The existing asphalt sidewalk will be replaced with new concrete sidewalks. The curbing and drains will also be improved in that area. The second portion of the project will consist of resurfacing work to be done along Argyle Road, Valley Terrace and Tamarack. The drainage and curbing will also be improved. Third portion of this project will be resurfacing and improving Lincoln Avenue from Jennifer Lane to Village line 5 . 1 at Town of Harrison. Sidewalks will be extended from Jennifer Lane to Crawford Park. Trustee Rand asked for information on the Bond with respect to the current interest market and the timeframe for this project. Mr. Bradbury noted that some funds have already been expended to get to the point and it is now necessary to put the Bond in place in order to continue. At this tirne all the construction documents are being finalized, and it is expected that most of the work will start in April or May of this year, Trustee Brackman noted that approximately $250,000 will be used for the roads and $250,000 will be used for the sidewalks. Mr. Carosi responded that an approximate cost was required for each of the projects and this was the estimate that was arrived at_ The exact dollar amount has not yet been set. Trustee Brackman asked for a sense of what the actual cost to the taxpayers would be. Mr. Bradbury stated that he did not have this information available but would put these numbers together for Trustee Brackman. Trustee Brackman expressed her excitement about the new sidewalks. She has been researching this area for many years and made suggestions of areas that require new sidewalks. She is pleased that this project is now coming to fruition. Dean Santon of Hillandale Road addressed the Board. He asked Mr. Carosi if there would be an additional amount, along with the $500,000 bond that would be taken out of the Capital Fund. During recent conversations with the homeowners along Blind Brook, many residents have mentioned to Mr. Santon that there have been no improvements in the Blind Brook area in many years. He noted that there is a drain that has collapsed in that area and is no longer functioning. Another concerns is the water level in the brook -which has become increasing high. In addition, the retaining wall on the Harrison side has collapsed and the residents are concerned about the potential of flooding. He asked how residents can have input in terms of what areas receive attention. . Mayor Filipowski reminded Mr. Santon that the issue open for discussion is the one before the Board -- the issuance of Serial Bonds. For members of the public he noted that any concerns' or potential problems should be reported to the Village Building Department. Mr. Carosi stated that the Building Department also tries, in its daily travels, to assemble a list of roads that are experiencing distress and are in a state of disrepair. It is the Village's goal to be able to resurface and/or repair all the roads within the Village in a 20-year period. This is an on-going project. Mayor Filipowski stated that when residents contact him directly, he immediately refers them to the Building Department. Mr. Ben Miloro of Hillcrest Avenue addressed the Board. He supported the work being done on the approximate 3600' on King Street, which is in the vicinity of the school, but questioned the necessity of the sidewalk on Lincoln Avenue to the park. He pointed out that in District 4 there are no sidewalks in the vicinity of Port Chester High School, pointing out that Tamarack Road, Newton Avenue, Maywood Avenue have no sidewalks. Hillcrest only has sidewalks on a portion of the road. The result is that you have high school students walking in the streets, because there are no sidewalks. This is a dangerous situation that should be rectified by the construction of sidewalks. He also complained about a portion of Hillcrest that is collapsing because it was not properly repaired after 6 work was done on the waterlines approximately six years ago. He wondered if the contractor could be held responsible for not meeting the contract requirements or if there was a statute of limitations_ Mayor Filipowski thanked Mr. Miloro for bringing these issues to the Board's attention and assured him that they would be looked into. There being no further comments on this issue, Mayor Filipowski asked for a Motion on the Resolution. On a motion made by Trustee Herman, and seconded by Trustee Brackman, the Resolution was adopted. Trustee Brackman Voting Aye Trustee Degling Voting Aye Trustee Herman Voting Aye Trustee Rand Voting Aye Mayor Filipowski Voting Aye 3. BUDGET MODYFICATIONS Mr. Bradbury read the following Resolution: RESOLUTION RESOLVED, that the following budget modifications be hereby approved: FROM TO AMOUNT 101.9010.428 101.5110.160 $ 11,402 (Employee Benefits - (Highway Maintenance— State Retirement) Road Maintainers) 101.9010.429 101.5110.160 $ 20,000 (Employee Benefits - (Highway Maintenance-- Police Retirement) Road Maintainers) 101.1910.422 101.5110.160 $ 1,864 (Unallocated Insurance) (Highway Maintenance— Road Maintainers) On a motion made by Trustee Brackman and seconded by Trustee Rand the Resolution was adopted. Trustee Brackman Voting Aye Trustee Degling Voting Aye Trustee Herman Voting Aye Trustee Rand Voting Aye Mayor Filipowski Voting Aye 7 4. SNOW AND ICE AGREEMENT WITH NYSDOT FOR 2001-2002 AND 20022003 SNOW SEASONS Mi-. Bradbury read the following Resolution: RESOLUTION SNOW AND ICE AGREEMENT WITH NYSDOT FOR 2001 -2002 AND 2002-2003 SNOW SEASONS RESOLVED, that the Village of Rye Brook is authorized to enter into extensions of the indexed lump sum municipal snow and ice agreement (#D010799) with the State of New York, Department of Transportation until Tune 30, 2003 under which the Village of Rye Brook will receive payment up to $10, 418.69 per year for snow and ice control on Ding Street and Westchester Avenue; and it is further RESOLVED, that the Mayor 1s authorized to execute and deliver all documents necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this Resolution. Trustee Brackman noted that this Agreement actually reimburses the Village for taking care of State streets with regard to snow removal. On a motion made by Trustee Herman, and seconded by Trustee Brackman, the Resolution was adopted. Trustee Brackman Voting Aye Trustee Degling Voting Aye Trustee Herman Voting Aye Trustee Rand Voting Aye Mayor Filipowski Voting Aye 5. APPROVING CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE MIDDLE INCOME UNITS AT BELLEFAIR AND CLALING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON LOCAL LAW Mr. Bradbury read the following Resolution: 8 RESOLUTION APPROVING CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE MIDDLE INCOME UNITS AT BELLEFAIR AND CALLING FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON LOCAL LAW WHEREAS, on January 27, 1998 the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution granting site plan, subdivision, special permit and wetlands approvals for the High Point Village Planned Unit Development, which development is now called BelleFair; and WHEREAS, Condition 16 of said approval provides as follows: "The applicant shall return to the Village Board within six (6) months of the date of this approval and diligently pursue with the Village Board their review and approval of the construction of the 12 affordable middle income units located within the Village Green. At the time of such review and approval, the Village Board may establish criteria for ownership or rental and maintenance of the affordable status of the units"; and WHEREAS, the applicant, the Board of Trustees, staff and consultants have engaged in extensive discussions and deliberations concerning the 12 affordable middle income units, which included a review of plans for the construction of the units, a local law to establish the Affordable Middle Income Unit Program at BelleFair and a restrictive covenant to permanently establish the affordability of said units; and WHEREAS, this review is now sufficiently advanced to authorize the completion of the construction of the Affordable Middle Income Units and to call for a public hearing on a local law to establish the Affordable Middle Income Program at BelleFair. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby approves the completion of construction of the 12 Affordable Middle Income Units in the Village Green at BelleFair in accordance with plans previously approved by the Architectural Review Board of the Village of Rye Brook on November 15, 2000 for Building Numbers 1, 2, and 3, such plans being entitled: Affordable Housing, BelleFair, Rye Brook, Spectrum/Skanska USA, 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York, David Smotrich and Partners LLP, Architects/Planners, 443 Park Avenue, South, New York, New York, and in accordance with or at least equivalent to the construction specification details referenced in the memorandum of Bill ,Shopovick to Neil Deluca dated November 1, 2000; and it is further RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees shall hold a public hearing on March, 15 2001 at 7:30 pm, Village Offices, 938 King Street, Rye Brook, New York on a proposed local law to add a new Chapter 6 to the Code of the Village of Rye Brook establishing the Affordable Middle Income Unit Program at BelleFair. On a motion made by Trustee Rand, and seconded by Trustee Brackman, the Resolution was adopted. 9 Trustee Brackman Voting Aye Trustee Degling Voting Aye Trustee Herman Voting Aye Trustee Rand Voting Aye Mayor Filipowski Voting Aye Mayor Filipowski asked for clarification of the way that the tie-in to the Resolution for the Local Law will work with the restrictive covenant that will be placed as a requirement for the developer of BelleFair. Mr. Neil DeLuca stated that whatever the Village decides will be acceptable to the applicant. It was noted that as soon as the Board enacts the local law, Mr. Powell and Mr. Bradbury will give the developer the direction that he will require. Mayor Filipowski noted that many residents have been requesting information about the application process, the priority situation, and how eligible they are. He asked Mr. DeLuca if the developer had a formal application ready. Mr. DeLuca responded that they will get this together fairly quickly_ At the latest the application will be completed by February 27th, Mr. Bradbury noted that a seminar concerning homeownership was being considered for this project. G. CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES: March 28, 2000 On a motion made by Trustee Brackman and seconded by Trustee Degling, the Minutes were approved as corrected. Mayor Filipowski then moved to the Discussion portion of the meeting. He called for item#1, DISUSSION: 1. STATUS REPORT ON LEGAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC ACCESS GUIDELINES It was noted that the Telecommunications Commission has come up with temporary guidelines for the use of the Government Access Channel by eligible candidates during the election period. In response to these temporary guidelines Mr. Ken Powell, Village Attorney, prepared and submitted a memorandum for the Board of Trustees. The Village's cable contract with the cable company provides for three channels. The Village has designated two for the school districts and one for government. A general provision for public access is part of the contract. The regulations at the Federal and State Level establish certain requirements of the operation of the public access channels. The administrators must act as the gatekeeper as 10 opposed to an editor. There is no charge to the producer. The regulations do, however, require a certain amount of technical requirements and expertise. It is important to note that the content is off limits for the Board. The Supreme Court in its last foray into this field made it clear that the Federal law, which enables the cable operator to control indecent content, was found to be unconstitutional. As the gatekeeper, the Board is not the decision maker with regard to what should or should not be shown. The regulations are the deciding factor here. Mayor Filipowski questioned whether this was a free-speech situation. Mr. Powell stated that free speech was guaranteed on public access. Trustee Brackman felt that this was problematic. W. Powell suggested that the Board should look into other communities as to how they provide Public Access. The Board then turned to Mr. Ed Howe, Chairman of the Telecommunications Commission, for additional insight into this issue. Mr. Howe also questioned the issue that if the Board was not allowed to pass judgment based upon obscenity who would be able to make that call. Mr. Powell stated that obscenities can be excluded. He also felt that this was an important issue that needed further investigation. Mr. Howe stated that the contract clearly states that this service must be provided. However, the contract does not say how public access will be provided -- only that it must be provided. An entity must be formed to administer public access_ Until this entity is formed, decisions fall to the cable company. Mr. Howe then asked if the'Village Board cannot control the content, can they control the timing. In other words, by the virtue of review its review could it be determined that something should be shown at 3:00 a.m. versus 8:00 p.m. Mr. Bradbury stated that its task is to make public access available. Mayor Filipowski asked if it was possible to arrange the public access so that the school districts would also have to take responsibility. It was noted that the Village made the decision to dedicate one channel to each school district, and one to the government for its use. By asking them to work with the Village Board on administering public access it would not only give them responsibility, but also allow the education channels to be used for public access. Mr. Howe explained further by noting that in the beginning both school districts did share one channel, but at the time of the franchise agreement the decision to dedicate one channel to each district was made. Trustee Rand suggested taking one of the education channels away and making it a pure access channel. He noted that the initial franchise was agreement with a company that is now defunct and, at that time, four channels were allocated to the Village. The problem that the public access guidelines has is that this is not quite public access because it is government access. Therefore, the Board is allowing the government access channels to be used as the public access channels. Certain programriing runs into the area of First Amendment Rights. When the original franchise agreement was signed the Village was allocated a separate access channel, separate from the government. Therefore, the residents are deprived of the so called other public access. 11 Mr. Howe responded that the cable franchise agreement is with the government and it allocates the channels as it sees fit. These channels are government access because they are provided by the government and the fact that they are allocated to the schools does not change the fact that they are government access. He also noted that there is provision that the Village provides, on each of the three existing channels, 30 hours of unique programming per week — 15 hours of which is non-repetitive. This then brings up the important issue that the Village will require major production facilities to accomplish this. Trustee Brackman noted that the school channels are filled with a lot of down time where they run and re-run the same programs. She suggested that there are issues that are relevant to the school districts that could be run during that down time. Mr. Howe felt that the Board needs to review this issue very carefully. He noted that the current contract with the cable company runs through 2007. Trustee Degling raised a concern. He noted that some people may object to some programming that is run on the public access channel and wondered if it would be appropriate to have a disclaimer of liability and have it properly broadcast. He also felt that it would be a good idea to encourage the school Boards to allow public access for topics such as the one that came up last year — the school bond issue. Mr. Howe noted that there is a management issue involved. Someone must be assigned to manage public access. He also noted a technical issue and that is that the Board that only one of the three stations can be controlled from Village Hall. He suggested that another committee could be formed to review this issue. Mayor Filipowski referred to the temporary guidelines for candidates that the Telecommunications has provided. He asked if a workshop could be held to review this document and suggested that a meeting be held on Tuesday, February 20th at 7:30 p.m. The Board agreed and the workshop was scheduled. At that time they will work through what will be effective on a temporary basis for the upcoming elections. Mr. Powell felt that there were some issues that could be hashed out in terms of public access and he will be in attendance at the workshop. Mayor Filipowski thanked the Telecommunications Commission for their work on this document. Mayor Filipowski noted that February 2& is grievance night and any residents who would like to address a problem with their taxes can come in and make an oral presentation, and file a grievance document at that time. Mayor Filipowski announced that the next regular Board meetings will be held on February 27h and March 13'[1. He asked if anyone had an issue that they wished to bring before the Board. Mr. Ben Miloro addressed the Board. He noted his concern about Hillcrest Avenue being brought down to a one-lane street during the first snowstorm for five days. He noted that Hillcrest Avenue is the road that many students from Port Chester High School use to get to school. He stated that during the second storm a beautiful job of clearing the roadway 12 was done. Mi. Miloro thanked Mrs. Brackman for walking Hillcrest Avenue to view the issues he had with the sidewalk and the road. He asked that the Board look at Hillcrest Road. He staffed that six years ago work was done but the roadway was not returned to the original condition. Mayor Filipowski stated that the Building Department will review issues that Mr. Miloro raised. Mr. Peter Berman of Ridge Boulevard addressed the Board. He discussed a public access issue and proposed the establishment of a committee for health in. Rye Brook. He presented the Board with documentation that he has gathered on this issue. He informed the Board that he has had discussions with the Commissioner of Health with regard to the idea for a Health Committee. This is a unique idea and there are very few committees such as this in the county. This coininittee would be responsible for identifying health issues within the Village, getting information from the appropriate sources, coming up with educational programs and disseminating it to the Village residents. Mayor Filipowski thanked Mr. Berman for the information presented and stated that the Board will review the documents. Trustee Rand pointed out that the State of New York has removed some more trees near Exit 29 of the Hutch once again without informing anyone. He also asked for information on the study being conducted regarding a "no Left Turn" as you exit from the Hutch going North on Ding Street. He felt that it would be appropriate to request that the representatives for the State DOT be invited back to give the Board another update on the progress of the work in the area of the Hutch, along with their timeline for completion. Trustee Degling noted that he has been attending meetings of the Westchester County/Greenwich Task Force. This Task Force has five sub-committees, one of which is Trak and Transportation. At the most recent meeting, the State has agreed that a traffle study will be done to check on how drivers are using the various entrance and exit lanes at King Street and the Hutchinson River Parkway and what happens at Glenville Road. This study was suggested for the Spring and the DOT is now waiting for the ramps to be completed and for drivers to develop a new traffic pattern. When this happens the State will look into the issue of a "No Left Turn" onto King Street from the Hutch. There is a traffic roundabout being considered at Rye Lake Avenue and King Street to try and control the traffic better in that area. This is a result of the re-opening of Gateway Lane. Mayor Filipowski felt that a follow-up presentation from the State was an excellent suggestion. Mr. Bradbury will send a memo to them requesting that the attend the next Board of Trustee meeting. Mayor Filipowski noted that a long time ago the Village suggested to the State that the King Street speed limit be lowered to 30 MPH. He felt that the Village should work with the School District and the Homeowners Associations to try and get the speed limit lowered. Also to be looked at are the lines on King Street. The Village will be following up on these issues. Chief Santoro is also working on trying to get the speeding under control. The officers will enforce the current speed limit, and will be using radar in order to catch the speeders. 13 Trustee Herman noted that the residents along the Hutch will be receiving a Release so that the company who has the contract to do the replanting can begin their work. This contract will come in the mail. Trustee Rand noted that he was informed that the State Environmental Protection Agency (NYSEPA) has sent out a questionnaire to the immediate neigbbors of Hillendale Road. He noted that a favorable response from the neighbors would cause (NYSPEA) to de-list this area as an environmental concern area. Trustee Degling felt that being de-listed would mean that if further work is needed it will not be completed. Mr. Bradbury will be looking into this issue. Mayor Filipowski noted that the Board will hold a work session on public access immediately following the Board of Trustee Meeting. There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:54 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Christopher J. Br bury Village Administrator 14