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From YouTube: Beacon Planning Board Training 5-10-22
Description
Beacon Planning Board training session covering the "Main Street Advisory Board report and future training sessions."
A
B
All
right,
we
discussed
last
time
having
a
an
open
discussion
about
what
sort
of
training
ideas
and
that
you
might
have
for
future
sessions,
and
we
thought
we'd
do
that
today.
I
did
want
to
update
you
on
the
Main
Street
advisory
committee
report,
the
access
committee.
They
issued
an
advisory
report
to
the
council
and
presented
it
two
weeks
ago,
I
think
on
Monday
and
you've
seen
most
of
it
in
Parts
over
time.
We've
previewed
it
got
feedback.
B
We
had
a
long
session
with
the
city
council.
They
were
receptive
yeah.
You
can
see
main
Street's
being
striped,
presumably
with
the
recommendations
of
the
access
committee
in
mind
to
get
more
spaces
out
there.
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
it's
on
online,
it's
not
on
the
city
website,
except
if
you
look
at
the
workshop
agenda
for
that
night,
when
the
presentation
was
done,
you
can
see
it
there.
C
A
D
There
were
goals
that
they
generated.
Not
you
know,
I'm,
not
an
expert
to
know
if,
like
it's,
it's
precisely
there's,
there's
differences
of
opinion.
They've
had
that
came
to
that
number,
but
I
thought
it
was
really
helpful
and
that
it
was
kind
of
a
a
number
given
right
that
if
we
of
a
community
of
12
000
that
has
a
certain
amount
of
affordable
housing
now
this
is
if
we
want
to
contribute
to
helping
that
the
problem
with
the
expensive
housing.
D
This
is
what
you
can
do.
This
is
the
this
is
the
the
burden
that
you
should
bear
as
a
community
in
order
to
help
out
your
citizens
and
I
thought
that
was
really
useful
and
it
was
like
five
units
per
year,
something
like
that
and
200
units
over
another
period
of
time.
Tell
me
if
I'm
wrong
with
the
numbers,
but
it
seemed
like
an
achievable
number
that
if
we
planned
it
and
thought
about.
D
Subsidized
housing
other
there.
There
are
many
many
ways
to
do
it
and
they're
people
with
experts
on
people
with
expertise
in
that
field
that
we
can
be
pretty
certain
that
it's
going
to
actually
have
an
impact
to
help
people
based
upon
all
the
experience
that
people
have
working
in
this.
So
any
further
information
detailing
other
communities,
experiences
right
and
the
outcomes
I'd
love
to
learn
more
so
that
we
can
focus
our
efforts.
D
B
D
B
D
With
fewer
cars
and
Beacon
that
it's
in
some
ways
more
affordable
and
that
it's
it's
that
there's
a
benefit
to
having
that
broad
range
of
housing
pricing
in
Beacon
for
a
lot
of
different
types
of
incomes
because
of
in
East
Fishkill,
you
have
to
have
a
car
if
you're
a
family,
you
need
two
cars
and
it
can
it's
almost
it's
difficult
to
be
poor
in
the
country.
I
think
anymore.
I
guess
is
what
I'm
saying
in
the
suburbs
there's
many
benefits
in
in
denser
communities,
I've.
B
Seen
these
housing
studies
come
and
go
and
they
always
project,
you
know
the
town
of
Washington
and
the
town
of
you
know
Unionville
and
some
of
those
more
rural
communities,
and
it
never
happens
out
there
and,
and
it
really
maybe
shouldn't
because
they
don't
have
the
transit
services
and
they
don't
have
the
proximity
to
grocery
stores
and
the
things
that
you
really
should
have
Supportive
Services
for
affordable
units.
So
that
doesn't
happen
there
more
out
more
likely
to
happen
in
the
cities
and
in
the
tight-knit
suburbs
and
villages.
B
E
You
know
the
walkability
and
livability
of
cities,
but
to
get
a
kind
of
a
steady
feed
of
innovative
solutions
or
ways
of
looking
at
problems
so
that
we're
kind
of
just
keeping
up
with
our
peers
around
the
country
and
even
if
it's
a
little
bit,
maybe
you
know,
even
if
it
seems
a
little
bit
too
Innovative
for
us
to
consider
I'd
still
like
to
know.
You
know
where
the
where
those
like
Geist
is
what's
happening,
so
that
if
there's
something
that
we
become
aware
of
and
we're
like
hey,
we
need.
E
We
need
to
do
that
here.
We
need
to
look
at
that
strongly
here.
You
know
we.
We
maintain
an
awareness
of
of
what
the
the
state
of
the
practices
that
would
be
really
useful
and
and
something
that's,
maybe
even
something
that
we
could
distribute
the
research
responsibilities.
A
little
bit
among
the
board,
if
it
if
it
takes
a
little
more
effort
to
do
it,
Jill.
F
G
Well,
I
I
wanted
to
comment
on
the
Main
Street
Action
Report,
because
I
I
was
on
the
committee,
so
I
know
how
much
work
was
put
into
it.
I
was
on
you
know,
and
they
met
weekly
and
I
would
encourage
a
city
residents
to
actually
read
the
report.
24
pages
has
a
lot
of
information
about
the
history
and
personally
I.
Think
more
training
about
the
history
of
Beacon
could
be
helpful.
There's
a
lot
of
information
there
about
how
Main
Street
changed
over
time.
Urban
renewal
changes.
G
You
know,
even
just
where
Matt
Matawan
and
physical
Landing
were
set
were
separated.
I
didn't
know
that
myself,
it's
a
chess
North
Chestnut
Street
is
pretty
much
the
border
between
the
two
towns.
So
a
lot
of
interesting
history
in
that
report
that
I
think
residents
would
benefit
from
Reading.
If
they're
going
to,
you
know
sort
of
ask
or
respond
to
to
the
changes
that
were
proposed
and
why
those
changes
were
made.
So
again,
I'd
like
to
thank
the
the
committee
for
doing
that
report.
I
thought
it
was
valuable.
F
Listening
to
all
this
was
the
I
believe
it's
a
William
Faulkner
quote:
it's
never
dead,
it's
not
even
passed
and
the
implications
for
that
in
terms
of
acknowledging
Beacon's
past
and
what
it
means
for
planning
for
the
future
so
and
that
that
impacts
all
these
things
so
I
think
the
linkage
Zone
is
a
really
good
example
of
that
from
when
it
was
from
my
understanding,
primarily
in
African-American
community
that
was
bulldozed
during
some
misguided
urban
renewal
during
the
70s.
Is
that
correct,
mostly.
F
F
And
we
heard
from
her
daughter
that
there
was
there
was
still
some
bitterness
there
that
they
had
torn
down
their
Church
there
and
and
really
disrupted
the
community,
which
is
still
a
very
Vibrant
Community.
And
they
have
the
building
here
and
now.
But
just
the
way
that
the
the
built
environment
really
is
such
an
important
part
of
building
the
otherwise
invisible
Community
aspects
of
living.
In
a
city
in
a
small
City.
A
I
would
say
that
something
that
I
think
is
very
important
is
part
of
the
overall
structure
with
everybody's
saying
is
understanding
the
balance
between
what
the
board's
capabilities
are
and
so
that
the
community
understands
what
our
limitations
are,
because
we
have
different
previews.
Everyone
looks
at
things
from
a
different
Optic,
View
and
I.
Think,
as
the
training
happens,
I
think
we
need
to
understand
those
borders
and
those
guidelines.
A
B
H
Randall
I
think
you
had
a
very
good
point:
understanding
the
board's
limitations.
I
mean
you're
exacted
to
do
a
job
with
codes
that
have
been
set
by
others.
I
think
what
everybody
has
said.
As
far
as
the
affordable
housing,
Main
Street,
how
things
are
developing
you
know
you
may
not
have
say
in
everything,
but
you
can
discuss
those
with
projects
that
come
in
to
maybe
help
Implement.
Some
of
that
other
things
that
we've
been
getting
more
into
is
the
traffic
impacts.
H
Yeah
your
city,
you'd
like
to
have
a
walkability
to
get
around
and
yeah.
You
have
a
train
station
right
down
below
the
traffic
coming
in
when
I
came
off,
the
bridge
was
backed
up
at
least
four
blocks
right
now,
so
traffic
is
one
thing
we're
looking
at
as
far
as
the
environment,
you
know
we're
dealing
with
one
project
where
we
have
Wetlands
disturbance,
the
wetlands,
you
know
and
mitigation.
You
know
the
board
has
made
it
very
clear
that
they
want
to
see
that
mitigation
occur
within
the
city
for
the
benefit
of
the
residents.
H
C
One
other
thought
I
had
was
I
feel
like
if
there's
a
way
that
we
can
have
better
or
see,
if
there's
other
what
models
are
out
there
for
interacting
amongst
different
agencies
in
the
city,
because
I
feel
like,
for
instance,
we
have
a
climate
smart
coordinator
now
who
we
could
be
getting.
You
know,
information
from
on
the
vision
that
they're
creating
on
what
we
need
to
do
to
make
sure
we're
a
resilient
community
in
face
of
environmental
changes.
That
I
think
would
be
important
for
us
to
bear
in
mind
as
projects
come
up.
A
E
B
I
think
myself,
that
the
hottest
topic
and
the
greatest
need
is
affordable.
Housing
at
this
point
and
I
I
think
maybe
I'll
try
to
do
something
at
the
next
meeting.
We
we,
the
mayor,
instituted
this
at
the
beginning
of
this
year.
Maybe
it
was
beginning
of
last
year,
sort
of
a
whole
laundry
list
of
suggestions,
and
the
council
was
supposed
to
take
these
up
one
at
a
time
and
go
through
them
and
it
got
kind
of
bogged
down
and
and
never
really
went
anywhere.
B
The
way
they
work
with
Westland
lofts
to
create
affordable
housing
in
Central
locations,
where
we
have
parking
lots
now
that
are
unproductive,
and
you
know
a
drain
on
the
tax
base
instead
of
a
useful
part
of
the
city,
so
I
I
think
I'm
working
on
when
I'm
not
working.
For
you,
I'm
working
on
those
sorts
of
scenarios,
you
know
what
The
Churchill
a
lot
would
look
like
if
you
could
increase
the
number
of
parking
spaces
on
it
on
two
levels:
using
the
hill
and
putting
housing
above
it.
It's
in
a
prime
location.
E
You
know
at
least
with
Churchill
topographically,
a
structure
like
that
would
be
a
little
bit
kind
of
diminished
in
terms
of
its
impact.
It's
still,
you
know
you're
between
Main
Street
and
the
Ridgeline,
but
you
know
when
I
hear
about
you
know
residential
structures
on
top
of
parking
garages
and
I
start
envisioning.
Those
at
places
like
Henry,
Street
or
I.
Just
I
have
a
visceral
reaction
that
isn't
positive.
You
know
it
just
kind
of
from
an
aesthetic
standpoint,
which
is
not
the
most
important
thing
in
the
world,
but.
B
There's
ways
to
do
it,
though
there's
and
be
a
topic
too
have
parking
structures
and
and
have
them
look
like
you
know,
layer,
cakes
of
parking,
lots,
there's
green
facades,
there's
historic
facades
have
been
put
on
examples
from
around
the
country.
I
could
show
you
what
a
lot
of
people
are
doing
now
are
liner
buildings.
You
know
18
20
foot
wide
residential
units
that
are
on
the
edge
of
the
parking
structure
and
and
line
it
so
that
it
looks
like
a
Housing
Development,
but
the
interior
is
a
layer
or
to
a
parking.
B
For
the
you
know
the
parking
you
know,
what
parking
itself
is
a
drain
on
the
economy
in
a
lot
of
ways
and
there's
no
such
thing
as
free
parking.
The
citizens
of
Beacon
are
paying
for
the
parking.
That's
out
there,
there's
over
nine
acres
of
of
land.
That's
publicly
owned,
that's
devoted
to
parking
lot
within
walking
distance
of
Main
Street.
Nine
acres
is
a
huge
amount
of
of
value
in
central
locations.
E
E
Buildings
cheeked
by
jowl,
with
some
neat
details,
differentiating
them
for
each
other
I,
don't
think
we
have
anything
in
our
tool
kit
to
control
the
size
of
developments,
and
if
that
kind
of
gains
momentum
where
you
have
like
I
said,
if
someone
came
in
and
bought
a
number
of
parcels
that
had
one
story,
structure
on
Main
Street
and
said
I'm
going
to
build
this
all
up
to
three
stories.
People's
heads
are
going
to
explode
in
terms
of
what
the
visual
impact
is
going
to
be
in
the
level
of
change
and
I.
E
Don't
feel
like
we're
totally
prepared
for
that
eventuality
that
we
could
get
blindsided
by
it.
If
it
comes
up
others
faster
than
we
expect
and
there'll
be
no
time
at
the
point,
a
project
is
being
proposed
to
say:
should
we
have
tried
to
change
zoning?
Was
there
a?
Was
there
a
you
know,
a
desire
on
the
part
of
the
populace
to
do
something
different,
but
now
it's
like
kind
of
too
late,
we're
staring
into
the
headlights.
G
I
just
had
one
one
comment
or
observation
in
my
opinion,
in
addition,
affordable
housing,
which
obviously
is,
is
an
important
long-term
goal.
I
think
for
consideration.
I
I
think
our
role
as
a
as
a
as
a
board
would
be
to
sort
of
contemplate
the
future
of
our
public
space
overall,
and
why
do
I
say
that?
Because
really
that's
where
the
main
arm
that
can
do
that-
and
you
know
this
month,
I
think,
is
the
anniversary
of
olmsted's
200th,
birth
and
there's
a
lot
of
events
about.
G
You
know
his
role
in
developing
Central,
Park
and
parks,
and
it
seems
to
me
that
a
city
needs
to
anticipate
future
development.
So
you
know
what
would
New
York
City
be
without
Central
Park
if
they
didn't
Envision
future
development,
and
it
seems
to
me
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
could
do
is
to
anticipate
what
peaking
would
look
like
in
50
years
100
years,
and
where
do
we
want
to
develop
public
space?