New Year, New Decade
With the holiday season officially winding down, the Village is looking ahead to a big year. The $3.69M in grant money that was awarded in December will bolster our journey to strengthening our infrastructure and economic development goals.
One of the smallest dollar amounts of grant money will be instrumental in facilitating one of the greatest changes for Ossining. A significant component of the Parking Feasibility and Planning Study will be to understand how best to create additional parking in the village lots that are bordered by Brandreth Street and Broadway, and bisected by the Aqueduct Trail. Expanding parking in this area will accommodate the current usage of the surface lots that resulted from the demolition of during Urban Renewal. Shifting parking away from the surface lots will enable Ossining to reimagine the heart of our downtown, create a truly welcoming community gathering space, and restore the missing side of Main Street.
Community Connections
After a couple of week's off, I'm looking forward to holding
Open Office Hours with the Mayor
tomorrow from 10am until 12noon. You'll find me in the Board of Trustees office on the first floor of Village Hall.
Have a burning question or idea, at any hour of the day or night?... Email me (mayor@villageofossining.org), Village Manager Karen D'Attore (kdattore@villageofossining.org) or the Board of Trustees (bot@villageofossining.org).
First Legislative Session of 2020
This week's meeting begins with our annual reorganizational meeting where we announce or approve several appointments and policies.
Click here to view the full agenda
. Our legislative session will follow immediately afterward. During this portion of the evening we will be announcing or voting on several board/committee appointments. The Trustees and I have conducted candidate interviews for a number of vacant positions on village committees. I look forward to filling a number of those spots this week. We are continuing to seek and interview candidates for the Landlord Tenant Relations Council, the Recreation Advisory Board and the Ossining Arts Project.
To learn more about village boards/committees, click here
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There are a number of invitations for community members to offer comments at this week's legislative session. If you would like to spread the word about an upcoming event, please take up to two minutes during Organizational Announcements. Folks who would like to comment on the resolutions included on this week's agenda may do so for up to four minutes at the start of the Village Board Resolutions portion of the meeting. The meeting closes with an invitation for community members to comment for up to three minutes during Visitor Recognition about any topic of relevance to the common good of the Village.
With Regards,
