Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

In the first full week of July, with lots of issues swirling about, here is what's happening.

• On Monday, July 7, the Common Council holds its informal meeting at 6:00 p.m. At tonight's meeting, the Council will hear a request from Pennrose Bricks & Mortar, the developer looking to repurpose the former John L. Edwards school for senior housing, for the City of Hudson to apply for a grant for the project from the NYS Community Construction Program. According to the terms of the program, only municipalities, IDAs, or local development corporations can apply for a grant. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.

• On Tuesday, July 8, the Planning Board holds its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. There are lots of issues surrounding the Planning Board these days: the mayor's clandestine meeting regarding Colarusso's dock operations; the demand from Colarusso attorneys that Planning Board member Gabrielle Hoffmann recuse herself from all consideration of the Colarusso application; the question of whether of not the Planning Board will or can reopen the public hearing on Colarusso; the Article 78 lawsuit brought by Mill Street residents over Mill Street Lofts. It is not known if any of these issues will be taken up at the meeting. The agenda indicates that Mill Street Lofts is returning to the Planning Board "in response to Conditions #5 and #6 of their Site Plan Approval." Condition 5 is: "Submission of written confirmation from the City of Hudson and/or the State of New York that the Empire State Trail may be used as an emergency access route for the Project." Condition 6 is: "Revision of Site Plan Set to include trespassing signs in area of drainage ditch." Also on the agenda is the adaptive reuse of the former John L. Edwards school building. The meeting takes place in person at City Hall and livestreams on YouTube. Click here to find the link to access the livestream.

• On Wednesday, July 9, Waterfront Wednesdays kicks off its seven-week run at the Hudson waterfront. The event begins at 4:00 p.m. and continues until sunset. This week's headliner is Beautiful Racket. The Hudson Juggling Club, presented by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and Ujima Drum Circle will also be there, along with boat trips with the schooner Apollonia, Hudson Ferry Co., and the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society.

Photo: David McIntyre

• At 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9, the Housing Trust Fund Board holds a meeting. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely. 
• Also on Wednesday, July 9, the Columbia County Board of Supervisors meets at 7:00 p.m. It is expected that a number of people will show up at the meeting to protest the invalidation of the petition to modernize county government and create a full-time, elected county executive position. The meeting takes place in person at 401 State Street.
• On Friday, July 11, the Historic Preservation Commission meets at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will begin with a public hearing on internally illuminated signs on Warren Street, prompted by an application for such a sign at 421 Warren Street and installation of such a sign, without a permit or a certificate of appropriateness, at 119 Warren Street. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely. 

• At 6:15 p.m. on Friday, July 11, Hudson Community Development and Planning Agency (HCDPA) holds a special meeting made necessary by the lack of a quorum at HCDPA's June 26 meeting. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at City Hall and on Microsoft Teams. Click here for the link to join the meeting remotely.
• At 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 11, Hudson Development Corporation presents Free Community Movie Night at Henry Hudson Riverfront Park. The movie is Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller, Jaws. There will be free popcorn, as well as treats available from Meat Hook and Trixie's Oven and beverages from HUDSON DRY and Hudson Brewing Company. Story Screen Cinema will be providing the technology to screen the movie. For more information, click here.

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