Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

There are not many meetings happening this week, but some of the week's events promise to be interesting.

• On Tuesday, August 15, the Common Council holds its regular monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. On the agenda for the meeting is a resolution authorizing Councilmember Margaret Morris to send a revised letter to the NYS Department of Transportation regarding the truck routes and a resolution authorizing the mayor to enter into a license agreement with Big Towel Spa to install two mobile saunas on the beach at Oakdale Lake. A presentation explaining what's being proposed, made at the informal meeting on August 7, can be viewed here, beginning at 57:30. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.

• On Wednesday, August 16, the Zoning Board of Appeals holds a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on the area variances required to demolish the building that currently stands on Partition Street behind 228 Allen Street and replace it with a new structure. The meeting takes place in person only at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street.

• On Thursday, August 17, the City is auctioning off 10-12 Warren Street and 429 Warren Street. The auction takes place at 5:30 p.m. the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street. Prior to the auction, there will be public viewings of the properties: 10-12 Warren Street at 11:00 a.m. and 429 Warren Street at 12:00 noon. For more information about the terms of the auction, click here.

Update: The public viewing of the two properties, scheduled to take place today, has been canceled.

• From 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 17, celebrated photographer William Abranowicz will be at the Hudson Milliner Art Salon, 415 Warren Street, for a reception and book signing for his new book, Country Life. The book has been described as "the equivalent of being warmly invited into the Hudson Valley homes of artists, architects, writers, museum curators, dancers, photographers, antiques dealers, set designers, a social worker, a yogi, and even a hall of fame BBQ chef." The homes featured include those of Mark McDonald, Geoff Howell, and Peter Frank. Abranowicz is donating 100 percent of the proceeds from the books sold at the event to Friends of Hudson Youth, the not-for-profit that raises funds to support programming in sports, creative expression, and academic enrichment at Hudson's Department of Youth.

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