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The Members of the Board of Trustees Will Be Meeting, in Person, at 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY AGENDA FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING VILLAGE OF IRVINGTON, NY MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 AT 7PM IRVINGTON VILLAGE HALL – TRUSTEES ROOM The members of the Board of Trustees will be meeting, in person, at 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY. However, due to the increased risk of COVID-19, those wishing to attend the meeting are strongly encouraged to attend online using the link below. Anyone choosing to attend in person must be fully masked regardless of vaccination status. Join Zoom Webinar https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84847280535 Webinar ID: 84847280535 Use Computer Audio or Dial-in Audio: (646) 558-8656 1. Call to order by Mayor Brian C. Smith 2. Pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America 3. Announcements a. Checks over $25K 4. Correspondence a. Thom Thacker g. O’Connor Family b. Anne Altman h. Stephanie Luftig c. Alayne Katz i. Amy Ziff d. Katerina Medina j. Peter and Maria Agovino e. Irvington Residents and Neighbors of Villa Lewaro f. Chet Kerr 5. Public comment (please limit comments to no more than 3 minutes) 6. Consent Agenda a. Minutes of the Village Board from the Regular Meeting on July 19, 2021 and the Work Session and Regular Meeting on August 3, 2021 b. Approval of 2021-22 Budget Transfers and Modifications c. Pay rate change for part-time personnel & appointment of personnel in Recreation & Parks Department 7. Public hearing to consider a local law amending Chapter 213 of the Village of Irvington Code (Vehicles and Traffic) with respect to overnight parking on Center Street 8. Public hearing to consider a local law amending Chapter 95 of the Irvington Code (Building Construction) to adopt the New York Stretch Energy Code 9. Public hearing to consider a local law amending Chapter 153 (Parks and Land) with respect to park rules and regulations 10. Feedback on the NYS Cannabis Law 11. Review of request for special permit for 67 North Broadway (Villa Lewaro) 12. Permanent appointment of a Police Chief 13. Bond Resolution to implement the Capital Budget – water improvements 14. Bond Resolution to implement the Capital Budget – Village machinery for construction and maintenance 15. Inter-municipal agreement with Westchester County for the STOP-DWI Patrol project 16. Reports of Boards, Standing Committees and Officers a. Trustee Liaisons reports b. Village Administrator’s report c. Village Clerk-Treasurer’s report d. Village Attorney’s report 17. Public comment (please limit comments to no more than 3 minutes) 18. Review of action items 19. Executive session regarding real estate 20. Adjournment IRVINGTON RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS OF VILLA LEWARO August 22, 2021 Mayor Brian Smith and Board of Trustees of the Village of Irvington 85 Main Street Irvington, NY 10533 Re: Special Permit Application - Villa Lewaro (67 N. Broadway) Dear Mayor Smith and the Board of Trustees, We write to express our strong concerns with the Special Permit Application and proposed “adaptive re-use” of Villa Lewaro (67 N. Broadway). We the undersigned are all residents of Irvington and most of us live near Villa Lewaro. Each of the points below represents our collective view. Our bottom line: Please do not grant the permit, in its current form or variations of it. Our chief concern is noise in a residential neighborhood. We learned last month what that sounded like in the context of a large event. In our view, allowing that gathering was a mistake and the Village should learn from it. Attempting to “fix” it with different criteria or heightened enforcement on noise or reducing crowd size — or other attempts to “split the baby” — in our view is essentially flawed and, with lessons learned, we should not again burden the residential community with hours, or days, of entirely avoidable noise. More on each: 1. We vigorously support the idea of the Walker Institute and we consider the property to be among the architectural and historical jewels of the Village. But its status ought to have nothing to do with this permit application. The property sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Residents love this village for its peace and quiet, and we bought homes in reliance on the idea of peace-and-quiet. The property’s purchaser well knew the zoning and legal rules — which of course is why a “special” exception is now being sought. To the extent there are those who want to conflate our noise objections with opposition to the goals of the Walker Institute, we would object. 2. We've read of the event last month somehow adding “energy” to the Village. We have no idea what this actually means, but to the extent it means the noise we suffered over the course of several days — inevitable in the context of a large gathering, especially one involving loudspeakers — we would ask the Board to favor “peace and quiet” over “energy.” And the fact is, we think the Village is plenty energetic — with its many programs, both public and private; with two spectacular waterfront properties; with a July 4 fireworks show; a wonderful farmers market; programming from the library and historical society, including film series; organized nature walks and abundant trails; and lots of other ways in which the community gathers and demonstrates “energy.” People from across the region and beyond come to Irvington. They use Scenic Hudson, they fill our restaurants, Emily Blunt and Harrison come to make movies here. We simply are not un-energetic. 3. Some of the planned “uses” of the Application, like tours of the home as well as small seminars and workshops, seem reasonable. These are wholly in keeping with the Institute’s stated goals and we have no objections to them, as long as traffic issues are mitigated and parking is provided onsite, and as long as these rules are enforced. The restrictions of the special permit last month were woefully exceeded and, best we can tell, no attempt was made at enforcement. We would suggest that any gatherings be restricted to 50 and, to the extent any of the gatherings are outdoors, that speaker systems be forbidden — only an outright ban solves the problem, because as we saw last month, no enforcement of decibel level was attempted. Let’s be clear: Our strong objections are not based on speculation or naysaying. Last month disrupted our lives. Some of us found our windows vibrating from the speakers — for hours at a time, over the course of different days. A few us fled to visit friends in nearby towns. Traffic on Broadway was a mess. Fargo was at times impassable. Please, enough! Trying to fine-tune another permit, in our view, will not solve the fundamental incompatibility of large events at this property, which exists in a residential community. Even nearby commercial properties in the Village — Abbott House and Maxon, for example — never have outside gatherings like the one at Villa Lewaro last month and now being contemplated again. And while schools do have, say, footballs games, these are both inextricably linked with the mission of the schools, and events that nearby property purchasers were well on notice about. We cannot emphasize too much how strongly we object to routinizing permits that undercut the purpose of zoning rules, and that adversely affect our quality of lives. We appreciate the opportunity to be heard. Sincerely, Irvington Residents and Neighbors of Villa Lewaro: Katherine Harcsar Guy Lesser Judd Harcsar Judith Uman David Kaplan Jay Schoenfarber Sara Parganos Tammy Schoenfarber Renato Rancic Jesse Clinton Josipa Rancic Emily Clinton Carlen Leeset Peter Seviere Sarah Costa Krissy Seviere David L. Phillips Lillian Romano Emily Berry Liza Wang Joe Berry Melanie Hoeffs Erica Halliwell Young Kwon Eli Halliwell Maggie Kadro Chris Hersom Ryan Kadro Gina Fornario Congju Chen Jay Franks Fiona DiLuna Charles Kibel DRAFT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF IRVINGTON, NEW YORK MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021 AT 7PM AT VILLAGE HALL, 85 MAIN STREET, IRVINGTON, NY Present: Brian C. Smith, Mayor Constance M. Kehoe, Trustee Mark Gilliland, Trustee Janice V. Silverberg, Trustee Laurence Lonky, Trustee Lawrence S. Schopfer, Village Administrator Brenda M. Jeselnik, Clerk/Treasurer Marianne Stecich, Village Attorney Mayor Smith called the meeting to order and led those in attendance in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. There was a presentation by Sustainable Westchester regarding the Westchester Power program. Mayor Smith made the following announcements: a. Mayor Smith made a motion to set a Public Hearing to consider a local law amending Chapter 213 of the Village of Irvington Code (Vehicles and Traffic) with respect to overnight parking on Center Street - Monday, August 30, 2021 at 7PM in Village Hall. The motion was seconded by Trustee Lonky and unanimously approved. b. Mayor Smith made a motion to set a Public Hearing to consider a local law amending Chapter 95 of the Irvington Code (Building Construction) to adopt the New York Stretch Energy Code - Monday, August 30, 2021 at 7PM in Village Hall. The motion was seconded by Trustee Silverberg and unanimously approved. Mayor Smith presented the following correspondence: a. Joan Walsh b. Chet Kerr c. Ann Acheson Mayor Smith opened the floor to public comment. There were no comments from those in attendance. Mayor Smith offered the following resolution, which was seconded by Trustee Silverberg, and adopted: RESOLVED to approve the amended Minutes of the Village Board from the Regular Meeting held on June 21, 2021. RESOLUTION 2021-055 APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL IN RECREATION & PARKS DEPARTMENT RESOLVED to appoint the following part-time
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