The Planning Board started the year with three vacancies--two because Tom DePietro and Rob Bujan had become elected officials and hence ineligible to serve on the Planning Board. In January, Mayor Rick Rector appointed Betsy Gramkow to the Planning Board, and in April, he appointed John Cody. The final vacancy was filled last week, when Rector appointed Mark Morgan-Perez to the Planning Board. Morgan-Perez, who has an extensive background in real estate development and project management, served on Mayor Tiffany Martin's Housing Task Force, the body that created the Strategic Housing Action Plan. He also was recently appointed to the board of Hudson Development Corporation (HDC).
In recent weeks, Rector also appointed Paul Barrett to replace David Voorhees, who stepped down after serving for twelve years as the historian member of the Historic Preservation Commission. A local historian, Barrett has lectured in Hudson on the mansions that surrounded Lyndhurst during the Golden Age of Tarrytown and on the social history of the Hudson Armory. He has done extensive research on "The Pines" and the Farrand family and frequently shares his discoveries about Hudson history with Gossips.
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I applaud the appointments of John Cody, Mark Morgan-Perez, and Paul Barrett to the Planning Board (Cody and Morgan-Perez) and Historic Preservation Commission (Barrett). All three have tons of experience -- and backbone! One small amplification for the record: It was NOT Tiffany Martin's Housing Task Force, though she started it; it was the Mayor's Task Force, as was duly apparent when Rick Rector took over after he was sworn in as Mayor.
ReplyDeleteKudos for such an estimable addition to the Commission! And sustained applause for the Planning Board appointments.
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