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Health & Fitness

Town Board moves to repair Lexington Ave. culvert

The town will determine whether the damaged Lexington Ave culvert can be relined instead of a more expensive replacement project. Plans to resume adding fluoride to the water supply are still on hold pending an agreement with the Joint Water Works.

Town Board
June 3, 2014
 
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1. Courtesy of the Floor
Noise: Two homeowners asked the board what could be done about excessive noise on weekends from lawn equipment, leaf blowers, and construction work.
 
Fluoridation: Dr. Carl Tegtemeier asked about the delay in signing the IMA (Intermunicipal Agreement) with the Joint Water Works to proceed with the installation of the fluoride equipment at the Catskill plant.
 
Sultana pool. Supervisor Grace explained that a plan to have the neighborhood pool that has ceased operation  deeded to a private organization may not materialize but that he was still working on a solution.
 
2. Lexington Avenue culvert repair (at Route 6)
The town will send TV cameras through the damaged culvert to see if it can be relined in lieu of a more expensive replacement project.
 
3. Sylvan Glen/Granite Knolls parkland alienation
The board approved two home rule messages requesting the alienation, each one specifically mentioning the Senate and Assembly bills that have already been introduced, 89673A (Assembly) and S7484A (Senate).
 
4 Town Board meeting schedule
The June 17 meeting has been canceled and the July 1 meeting will be held at Teatown Lake Reservation and August 5 meeting at Patriot Park (behind the skate board park.) The summer meetings begin at 6pm.  No meeting is scheduled for June 24.
 
5. Proposed law on keeping fowl in residential districts
The board set July 1 for the public hearing.

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