Meetings of Interest in the Week Ahead

In the second week of December, there is a meeting almost every day.

• On Monday, December 9, the Tourism Board meets at 5:30 p.m. at 1 North Front Street. As reported recently, the law that created the Tourism Board carefully described how members of the board are appointed, but it didn't define the terms of those appointed to the board. As a consequence, it is assumed that everyone now on the board, with the possible exception of Sidney Long, who was appointed by the Common Council in September, will be replaced come January.
• Also on Monday, December 9, the Common Council holds its informal meeting at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall. Among the legislation to be introduced at this meeting is a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with Starr Whitehouse for the restoration of Promenade Hill and the redesign of the plaza at the entrance to the historic park, a project that is part of the DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative). 
• On Tuesday, December 10, the Hudson IDA (Industrial Development Agency) meets at 1:00 p.m. at 1 North Front Street.
• Also on Tuesday, December 10, the DRI Committee meets at 2:30 p.m. at City Hall. It is expected that at this meeting the committee will be receiving a full assessment report and stabilization plan package for the Dunn warehouse.

• At 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 10, it's the Planning Board meeting. The public hearing on the conditional use permits required by A. Colarusso & Sons will continue, and there will also be a public hearing on the proposal for the adaptive reuse of the historic Hudson Upper Depot as a brewery.

The Planning Board meeting takes place not at Hudson Hall as it has for the past several months but at the Hudson Area Library, 51 North Fifth Street.

• On Wednesday, December 11, the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners holds its regular monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Room at Bliss Towers, 41 North Second Street.
• On Friday, December 13, the Historic Preservation Commission holds the first of its two monthly meetings at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall.

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