Agenda Ready for the 2/10/2025 Workshop Meeting For The City Of Beacon

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The City of Beacon’s Workshop Agenda for 2/10/2025 has been published. Items covered include the City Council wanting to make Storage Facilities and Drive-Thrus illegal along Rte. 52 in the Fishkill Cooridor. This is part of the grander vision that the Mayor and City Council are undertaking now that the Healey Dealership has left. The City Council is also inclined to out-zone any business having to do with autos, including car washes, auto repair shops, car convenience stores like Auto Zone, etc. While all existing auto businesses would be grandfathered in.

Also on the agenda is the extension of a Special Use permit for 416-420 Main Street, which is the Kitchen and Coffee Building, in which Alchemy the spa just opened. This is a (Rodney) Weber Project, which is the new building next to Kitchen and Coffee. The co-work space Madame Brett will open soon. A restaurant cafe will be on the ground floor with a back patio area, and a single penthouse on the 4th floor).

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

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Peek at the agenda below…

  1. Swearing in of Thomas Durkin as Police Detective Sergeant

  2. Swearing in of Kelvin Grey as Police Sergeant

  3. Presentation of the 2021-2030 City of Beacon Government Operations Climate Action Plan

  4. Appointment of Cole Lawrence to the Position of Heavy Motor Equipment Operator

  5. Appointment of Isabella Nocerino to the Position of Police Officer

  6. 2024 Beacon Accessible Curb Ramps Bid Results

  7. 2024 Beacon City Hall Exterior Stair Replacement Bid Results

  8. 2024 Climate Smart Communities Grant Program

  9. Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds

  10. Proposed Local Law No. 8 of 2024 Concerning the Fishkill Creek Development District

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Monday's 7-15-24 City Council Workshop Meeting Agenda - What's On Deck

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Monday's 6-17-24 City Council Workshop Meeting Agenda - What's On Deck

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Monday's 4-22-24 City Council Workshop Meeting Agenda - What's On Deck

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This week’s City Council Workshop Meeting is now available on ALBB. This is the same agenda found on the City’s website, but ours includes future video of the meeting, and is in the all-you-need format at ALBB. This Workshop Meeting is open to the public to attend, but there is no Public Comment. Public does not speak during Workshop Meetings, only listens.

On the Agenda:

Overview of Real Property Tax Assessment Process

  1. Proposed Local Law Concerning Minimum Parking Requirements

  2. Amendments to the 2024 Budget

  3. Proposed Agreement with the Beacon Sloop Club for Floating Docks (backing documents forthcoming)

  4. Proposed Dedication of Sewer Infrastructure from Scenic Beacon Developments, LLC

Announcement of Next Meeting: May 6, 2024 at 7:00 p.m

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Monday's 3-25-24 City Council Workshop Meeting Agenda - What's On Deck

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This week’s City Council Workshop Meeting is now available on ALBB. This is the same agenda found on the City’s website, but ours includes future video of the meeting, and is in the all-you-need format at ALBB. This Workshop Meeting is open to the public to attend, but there is no Public Comment. Public does not speak during Workshop Meetings, only listens.

On the Agenda:

1. Amendments to the City Council Rules of Procedure
This is a review of the City Council Rules and Procedures that Councilperson Pam Wetherbee requested after more than 50 people spoke at Public Comment twice over a 6 week period during Beacon’s the Ceasefire Resolution debate for Palestine and Israel.

2. Proposed Local Law Concerning Minimum Parking Requirements
This is the ongoing debate to break down the requirements on parking that a homeowner or developer must match when building commercial or residential space. Reducing these requirements makes building easier, which some people both want and don’t want.

3. Ribbons on Main Street
This regards the NAMI Mid-Hudson PSA Campaign that they have done in Beacon from 2014-2022, and was blocked last year from hanging the ribbons. The ribbon campaign remains up for debate this year, due to a multi-year maintenance campaign done to the lamppost, said City Administrator Chris White, which ALBB reported on in this article.

High School Students Can Get Writing Help In Writing Lab Thursdays at Library

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Beacon High School students looking for help with writing projects can stop by the High School Writing Lab on Thursdays, after school from 2:30 to 4 pm, at the Howland Public Library. Support, assistance, and encouragement will be available for students in grades 9 to 12 who are working on school or personal writing projects and college essays.

Drop-ins are welcome; no registration is needed. Facilitator Jess Conway is an instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University.

To see more opportunities like this one for kids, see A Little Beacon Blog's Classes for Kids Guide.