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AGENDA REGULAR MEETING OF THE PUTNAM COUNTY LEGISLATURE TO BE HELD IN THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE CARMEL, NEW YORK 10512
Tuesday June 2, 2008 7:00 P.M.
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes – Special Meeting – April 1, 2009 Regular Meeting – May 5, 2009 Budget & Finance – May 5, 2009
4. Correspondence/County Auditor
5. Pre-filed Resolutions:
BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE (All Members)
Good Wednesday Morning, There’s a lot here this morning so refill the coffee cup and make yourselves comfortable: Several young friends of mine are either currently serving in the Marines or have recently left the service, including one who stayed here at my place for awhile getting his head straightened out a few years back. I’m especially proud of him and the progress he’s made with his life. It was in their direction my thoughts were sent on Memorial Day this year. On A Personal Note: Someone, a woman, called my house yesterday and left a message about setting something up and that she’d be there a little late. I have a new phone and when I called in to get my messages on the cell the reception was bad and then I hit the DELETE button rather than the REPLAY button and well, I have no idea who called or what the full message was about. If you called, please call again. If you didn’t call, please disregard this message. If you called and you’re not on this list, whatever it is I was supposed to do is not going to get done and I apologize, publicly. Good Monday Morning, The National Weather Service has announced a FREEZE Warning for tonight. High pressure building in from the northwest combined with light winds and clear skies will allow interior portions of the Hudson Valley to experience temperatures below 32º for several hours overnight. (3AM – 8AM) If you cannot bring in sensitive plants, cover them with a blanket or tarp before evening to conserve warmer earth temps around those plants. It was a similar event on this very day several years ago that severely damaged the apple crop here in the Hudson Valley so preparatory caution is advised. The Kent Town Board meets tonight in regular session at 7PM. Here’s a draft agenda. While we’re talking about Kent, an online petition to fire the Town’s building inspector was started a few weeks back and has so far garnered a grand total of seven signatures. Tomorrow is the school board budget and elections. Vote wisely and remember that voting a budget down really only hurts your kids. If you need to make a statement do so in other ways: Picket a school board meeting, make a phone call, send a letter, demonstrate. Oregon [...] Putnam lawmakers pledge to limit Peekskill Hollow Road work Barbara Livingston Nackman bnackman@lohud.com PUTNAM VALLEY – Opponents of a county-inspired road project to reshape and repave Peekskill Hollow Road have made some gains – after a decade of protests and a recent meeting that brought out more than a hundred people. The Putnam County Legislature is set to adopt a resolution firmly stating that the $8 million project will only deal with a less than 3-mile stretch of Peekskill Hollow Road from Oregon to Adams corners and nothing further. “This is not the Peekskill Hollow urban arterial project,” County Legislator Vincent Tamagna, R-Philipstown, said, referring to the winding 11-mile east-west roadway that goes from the Cortlandt/Putnam Valley border at Oregon Corners to Route 301 in Kent. Via: Putnam lawmakers pledge to limit Peekskill Hollow Road work | lohud.com | The Journal News.
Good evening to you all, and thank you for coming out tonight to help preserve our beautiful and historic PHR. Thanks too to Chairman Vinnie Tamagna for his vision, and for calling this meeting, so we can make our voices heard….again. —— Thanks too to the other members of the committee, — TJ and Sam. My name’s Vic Tiship and I’m here speaking for myself and as part of the Steering Committee of the FOPHR — many of my words also come from listening to scores of people who live along PHR. This project began with a request to congress in 1998 for federal funds to “renovate” PHR –from Oregon Corners all the way to Rt 301. That original request was a fraud that continues to waste our time, resources and energies to this very day. The proponents have squandered our tax dollars on this, even AFTER the public was assured that “the people have spoken”, and “over my dead body” and “the project is dead”! — We were lied to [...] More than 100 people (110 at my count) showed up at the County Courthouse last night to voice their opinions on a proposed project for Peekskill Hollow Road. With the exception of two voices, the overall opinion was – don’t do nuthin’. Sure, fix the bridges if they”re failing and there are certainly drainage and icing problems that need to be addressed, but aside from standard maintenance (which the county should have been doing anyway) there’s no valid reason to add wide shoulders to that road, level out the hills and straighten the curves other than that the county wants to. [...] Good Wednesday Morning, Peekskill Hollow Road There’s a meeting at 6:30PM at the County Courthouse tonight to discuss this issue. Physical Services committee chair Vinnie Tamagna has called for a special meeting on Peekskill Hollow Road so that the opposing sides can duke it out. There’s a lot of information out there, some of it good while some of it misses the mark so this should be an interesting and informative event. Greg Ball has softened his position on illegal immigration and has calmed his rhetoric over the past few months all in preparation for the race which is now an official thing. But that goat thing still rankles. Who are the “Greenest” countries in the world? Yale University thinks they know. While the United States came in at #39, the top five are, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Costa Rica. You can read the report here. One promise Barack Obama made during his campaign was to have the US armed forces join the rest of the developed world by rejecting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” a policy that has cost millions of dollars replacing qualified and trained military personnel and that severely damaged our ability to work in [...] Neighbors of a new Park and Ride lot being constructed in Mahopac are suing the county and the state Department of Transportation to stop work at the Mount Hope Road and Route 6 location. Judge O’Rourke refused to issue a temporary restraining order while the issue was being looked at, a benefit to the county/state as it will be harder to undo any construction if he should find merit in the lawsuit later on. It’s a common tactic builders use to move projects to a point where enough ‘significant construction’ has taken place that the project must move forward to completion. This is the same judge hearing the Kent Manor case and we all know how that’s going to turn out. [...] Good Friday Morning: Sorry we’re late! I woke late this morning after having another night of nightmares and disquieting dreams. No, it’s not the new Obama administration and it’s not Andy DeStefano’s announcement that he’s joined the masses running for Sheriff. I have no idea what it is but here we are anyway. I don’t have much listed for this weekend (you’re not sending me stuff!) but there are a few interesting events worth checking out. My usual recommendation is to turn off the idiot box and get out of your house for a hike. Thanks to NY State Parks, DEP and DEC and other agencies, Putnam County is home to more than 20,000 acres of permanently preserved open space lands with hundreds of miles of trails and they’re here for you to use, explore and wander in. There’s a partial list here at PlanPutnam’s outdoor recreation page which has seen 20860 visitors so there must be something of interest there! Check it out. We’ll be back on Monday. Tonight: The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State 7:00 p.m. Cary Institute Auditorium – Join us for a lively discussion about how New York [...] |
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How Does a Chicken Cross a Four Lane Road?
HOW DOES A CHICKEN CROSS A FOUR LANE ROAD? ©John Cohen April 2009 A country road in a town remote Has a highway plan rammed down its throat Straighter, wider, faster too Flattened hills with an urban view What became of our scenic byway How can a chicken cross a speedy highway? A rural village in a town remote Has a four lane bridge crammed down its throat “It will keep you safer” the planners say While more cars pass through every day. It leaves us people with a heavy load How does a chicken cross a four lane road? How does a chicken cross a four lane road? Ask the supervisor, he ought to have knowed That the trucks were coming, no place for a horse – Even pedestrians can’t get across It leaves us people with a heavy load How does a chicken cross a four lane road? How does a chicken cross a four lane road? Don’t ask the public, they weren’t let in Professional consultants . . made the plan Without any input from the working man It leaves us people with a heavy load How does a chicken cross a four lane road? [...]