Video for the 9/23/13 meeting of the Patchogue Village Board of Trustees is now available to be looked at. This is the most recent in a series of videos taken of the Board’s proceeding by the Citizens Campaign for Open Village Government. This organization is made up only of village residents who have undertaken as a volunteer effort documenting meetings of the Board as a public record available to all particularly those village residents not able to make the meeting due to its scheduled time.
This video has been split into two videos. The reason for this is that these videos are hosted on You Tube and there is a two hour limit to any one video posted. This meeting went over that limit. All videos have been previewed prior to posting. The two videos combined are a true representation of the whole meeting. There are no audio or visual issues that anyone should experience viewing the videos.
Below a time line narrative allowing any person to go directly to agenda items of particular interest. If you want to skip the narrative you can go directly to the website of the organization and find the video there. In addition a PDF document composed of materials that are known as the “Trustee Packet” are also online. These documents have been obtained by a freedom of information request and contain the same materials that Trustees have for their guidance at meetings. This paperwork is not distributed to the public at these meetings. But they have been posted online on our website for public information purposes.
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Time line narrative for Part One
The narrative for both Parts One and Two are somewhat edited. I have not marked every section of the more than two hours of video highlighting instead what I felt were the most relevant subjects.
In minutes and seconds:
4:04 Patchogue Pride Award presentation
7: 48 Deputy Mayor Krieger begins his report by submitting for approval a final plan for electronic parking meters in Patchogue Village…discussion…vote follows
10: 25 Chamber of Commerce report by Executive Director David Kennedy, issues touched on …Pet Parade…St. Liberata Festival…Fall Harvest Festival…Riverfront Committee Haunted Pirates Ferry rides and Christmas Holiday Boat Parade (discussion of legal issues affecting proposed Haunted Pirates Ferry rides….Tattoo parlor ban repeal
27:23 Presentation regarding repeal of Tattoo parlor ban in certain zoned business districts of Patchogue Village…discussion by Board members, Mayor Pontieri and Village attorney Egan
43:53 Trustee Keyes reports: proposed bike racks…CDA funding public hearing…bid for sidewalk snow shoveled…per diem hiring for weather related emergencies
56:35 Trustee Crean reports: mention of recognition of riverfront business dinner event
57: 27 Trustee Ferb reports…discussion of volunteer activities in village…fire at home at West Avenue and illegal nature of tenancy at site
Now time reference in hour, minute and seconds
1:03:40 Trustee Devlin reports: village undergoing outside study for recommendations regarding future planning for village parking…various art events discussed…announcement that proposed assisted living facility owners are nearing a presentation of their business before the Planning Board for final approvals
1:08:40 Trustee Hilton reports: Comments about Pet Parade and Liz Kelly Run for the Sun event….discussion about new putting green at Shorefront Park…vote by Board to approve spending for same…presentation by Kiwanis Club representative regarding Toy Trot and approval of date for event
1:28:14 Public portion begins with comments from Jo Miller regarding the Channel 21 airing of the movie “Deputized” comments by Mayor Pontieri Ferb, and Crean till end of part one of video
Time line for Part Two
In minutes and seconds
Public Portion
Note: apologies to all for any misspelling of anyone’s names
0:00 Public portion picks up immediately from the end of Part One with Trustee Crean completing his comments about the movie “Deputized”
0:30 Abe Segal: garbage issue involving Tritec corporation
1:50 Richard Kemp addresses a variety of issues…costs relating to the repair of the roof of the Patchogue Theater…parking meters…bond costs to pay off prior improvements to the Patchogue Theater…Mayor Pontieri, Trustees Krieger and Crean and Village attorney Egan participating at points of the discussion
14:24 Denise Ryan and Arlene Aspensi commenting on housing issues on West Avenue
19:20 Barry Burrell makes additional comments regarding housing issues on West Avenue
24:18 Dennis Ross comments: OSHA reimbursement training resource for village workers…Bikes storage on main street and bike use of sidewalks…7 Express liquor license issue…need for more trash cans on main street or their redeployment.
Meeting adjourns.
One final note: the website for the Citizens Campaign for Open Village Government continues to be undergoing a make over. The vast majority of videos taken by the organization are off line and will be restored when the site has been relaunched. In the meantime the organization continues to video meetings of the Board of Trustees. We will also be next filming the 10-3-13 public hearing being held by the Community Development Agency (CDA) and members of the public are reminded that a public hearing is scheduled for 5 p.m. on 10-3-13. Members of the public certainly welcome to speak up and give their ideas at the hearing. The CDA has a large block of money to spend for community projects. They are seeking ideas about how that money should be spent. For more details Marian Russo, Executive Director of the CDA can be contacted by email on the village website:
