Agenda Ready for the 2/11/2025 Planning Board Meeting

This month, the Planning Board is reviewing a few large projects. Also included are hints of new businesses coming. The full agenda is published here, but we have condensed it for you in this list below:

Regular Meeting

45 Beekman Street: 1st Public Hearing for Site Plan Approval for this proposed property. Spire Studios was there, and Ron English’s Pop Art is there now. Otherwise the property is vacant. Proposed is buildings of 3 and 4 stories with numerous 1 and 2 bedroom units, plus commercial space on the ground floor that is referred to as an “arcade.”

Dunkin’ Donuts with apartments above at 420-430 Fishkill Avenue: Public Hearing for this property. Community feedback has been both for and against the Dunkin’ Donuts and the proposed drive-thru. As of now, Beacon’s City Council wants to zone out all drive-thrus to make the area walkable only. While this legislation has not taken effect yet, the Planning Board is instructed to proceed with current zoning, which allows drive-thrus.

The Telephone Building, 291 Main Street: Continue review of application for Site Plan Approval, Mixed-Use Commercial and Residential. Two buildings are proposed to be built here. A very modern looking building with storefront space at the first floor and apartments above, and a house-like building behind the Telephone Building.

Prophecy Theater, 1113 Wolcott Avenue: Review of applications for Amended Special Use Permit and Amended Site Plan, hotel and restaurant. Beacon’s City Council limited their hours of operation and scaled back their vision on their original business plan.

Halvey Funeral Home, 2 Beekman Street. Review of application for Amended Site Plan Approval, Addition to existing funeral home.

Rose Hill Manor, 1064 Wolcott Avenue, proposed to be turned into a hotel/restaurant/spa for guests. Review of applications of Site Plan Approval and Special Use Permit.

Architectural Review

New signage for The Floral Society at 161 Main Street; Sign (old location of Lorraine Tyne)

New signage for Estilo Y Vino Wine Bar at 173 Main Street (old Reserva Wine Bar)

New signage and facade for Brothers Trattoria at 465 Main Street.

Monday's 8-5-24 City Council Meeting - What's On Deck

Peek at the agenda below:

1. Resolution No. 75 - Appointing Cole Lawrence to the Position of Heavy Motor Equipment Operator

2. Resolution No. 76 - Approving the Appointment of Isabella Nocerino to the Position of Police Officer

3. Resolution No. 77 - Authorizing the City Administrator to Execute an Agreement with Sun Up Construction Corporation for the 2024 Beacon Accessible Curb Ramps Project

4. Resolution No. 78 - Authorizing the City Administrator to Execute an Agreement with MCT at Service, Inc. for the 2024 Beacon City Hall Exterior Stair Replacement Project

5. Resolution No. 79 - Authorizing the City Administrator to Submit an Application for a 2024 Climate Smart Communities Grant

6. Resolution No. 80 - Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds for the Fishkill Avenue Water Main Replacement

7. Resolution No. 81 - Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds for Highway Department Equipment

8. Resolution No. 82 - Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades

9. Resolution No. 83 - Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds for a Ladder Fire-Fighting Truck

10. Resolution No. 84 - Adopting Local Law No. 5 of 2024 Concerning Minimum Parking Requirements

11. Resolution No. 84 - Referring Proposed Local Law No. 8 of 2024 Concerning the Fishkill Creek Development District to the City of Beacon and Dutchess County Planning Boards

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Recap Of City Council's Workshop This Week Includes Budgeting Proposals, Operating Budgets, Planning Board Review, And The 2023 City Council Meeting Schedule

City Council’s Workshop for this week contained the 2023 City Council Meeting Schedule along with Planning Board Reviews and Operating Budgets. An overview below.

1. Beacon High School Students' Participatory Budgeting Proposals

2. Appointment of James Cottrell to the Position of Motor Equipment Operator

3. Appointment of Edison Tenesaca to the Position of Motor Equipment Operator

4. Appointment of Christopher Egitto to the Position of Heavy Motor Equipment Operator

5. Appointment of Zachary Ross to the Position of Heavy Motor Equipment Operator

6. Reappointment of John Stella to the Board of Assessment Review

7. Reappointment of John Gunn to the Planning Board

8. Reappointment of Kevin Byrne to the Planning Board

9. Appointment of David Jensen to the Planning Board

10. Appointment of Stowe Boyd to the Zoning Board of Appeals

11. Agreement with Brown & Brown, Inc. for NYMIR Insurance Services

12. Agreement with WSP USA for Construction Inspection Services for the Fishkill/Teller Avenue Rehabilitation Project

13. Bid Award to United Safety, LLC for the Beacon Fire Station Abatement Project

14. Proposed Amendments to the 2022 Operating Budget

15. 2023 City Council Meeting Schedule

Go to the entire agenda here, and watch the replay of the meeting.

List Of Property Plans To Be Discussed At Beacon's Planning Board Meeting (July 2022)

Plans, visions and ideas for the following properties will be discussed at the City of Beacon’s Planning Board Meeting, July 12, 2022. Click here for more details with links to supporting documents related to each property.

1. "Beacon Views Townhouses" (37 units), Conklin Street, submitted by Beacon Views, LLC

2. 16 West Main Street (62 units), submitted by Farrell Building Company

3. Hotel and event space, 1113 Wolcott Avenue, submitted by Prophecy Theater, LLC (postponed to August 9, 2022 at the request of the applicant)

4. 2-lot residential, 46 Judson Street, submitted by 46 Judson, LLC (postponed to August 9, 2022 at the request of the applicant)

5. Indoor and outdoor event space, 4 Hanna lane, submitted by Jason Hughes

6. 2-lot residential, 146 Verplanck Avenue, submitted by James Petty

7. Mirbeau Inn & Spa at Howland Estate, 7 Craig House Lane, submitted by The Mirbeau Companies

8. 2-lot residential, 67 Grove Street

9. Small cell wireless facility on an existing light pole and one antenna, 2 Red Flynn Drive, submitted by Verizon Wireless of the East, LP (dba Verizon Wireless)

10. Artist studios, 5 Henry Street, submitted by Michael Braden

11. Accessory apartment, 31 Beacon Street, submitted by Kyle Donnelly

12. 12 Highland Place, submitted by Lori Joseph Builders Inc

Planning Board to Hear Scenic Hudson's Proposal for Long Dock Enhancements

Scenic Hudson, keepers of Long Dock Park, the manmade peninsula that "connects the river's power and majesty" with people, pets and wildlife, will be presenting plans to enhance Long Dock Park to Beacon's Planning Board on Tuesday, August 9, at 7pm, in the hopes of securing a site plan in order to move forward. Plans in the proposal include:

• infrastructure for food trucks
• a shaded plaza for informal dining
• shade pavilions, lawns and a native-plant meadow
• a boardwalk and river overlook deck

Designers of the park upgrades will be at the meeting should the public wish to meet them. This meeting is not open to public comment, but a future meeting may offer that opportunity. People who want this project to move forward are encouraged to attend the meeting to show support.

Long Dock Park was a critical 19th-century transportation link between New England and points west, and once contained a rail-ferry terminal, warehouses and other buildings. More recently, it was home to an oil terminal, a salt-storage facility and a junkyard. Scenic Hudson has been responsible for removing all traces of that land's commercial and industrial past, and designing the infrastructure used today, including a kayak pavilion and beach for launching boats, rehabilitated wetlands and meadows that attract wildlife, and the restored, historic Red Barn, now Scenic Hudson's River Center for arts and environmental-education activities.