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The Pleasantville Village Board of Trustees held a work session meeting to discuss three main agenda items: a license agreement for fencing at 220 Tompkins Ave, proposed amendments to site plan review regulations regarding tree preservation and a village tree fund, and the timing for newly elected officials to assume office. The meeting also included an informal discussion about the future of the village's music festival.
License Agreement for Fencing at 220 Tompkins Ave: Trustees discussed a request from TM Tompkins LLC to formalize a fence already installed within the village right-of-way. The fence was erected to prevent vehicles from encroaching onto the grass area. Village staff (Robert) and the tenant (from Athletes Warehouse) explained the context. The board expressed support for drafting a revocable license agreement with a 30-day notice provision, and a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign will be brought to the next meeting.
Amendments to Site Plan Review Regulations (Tree Preservation and Tree Fund): Robert presented proposed local law revisions, including definitions for heritage and specimen trees, a native tree list, and a $500 fee per tree paid into the village tree fund for instances where replacement planting is not feasible. The fee is intended to incentivize property owners to replant on their own land. The board agreed to introduce the local law on July 27, 2026, with a public hearing on August 10, 2026. The tree list will be refined by that date. Discussion also included suggestions to review steep slope regulations from Mount Pleasant.
Timing for Newly Elected Officials: The board considered whether newly elected officials should take office in December (as per New York State Village Law) or in January. There was consensus to adopt a local law moving the start date to January 1 to align with other towns and allow for smoother transitions.
Welcome all uh to the work session for the village of Pleasantville Board of Trustees. Today is Monday, July 13. It's a little past 7 p.m. And uh we are beginning our work session discussions. First item on the list was this uh request from TM Tompkins LLC to enter into a license agreement for fencing located within a portion of the village right of way at 220 Nopkins Avenue. I will share my screen of that Jared. That will require getting back to it. Okay. There it is. So Robert Usability Inspector is here. You can just give us the rundown. Uh yes, the um and the tenant is here. What happened was part of their site plan from a couple years ago with the planning commission. They did a small addition, you can see it in that photo there. And the requirement was grass and some plantings along the front. Uh in doing so, they were having a difficult time maintaining it because vehicles, as the board may know, park in that area, and they were tending to encroach further into that. So they ended up putting up the fence um without obviously approvals in place prior, and obviously outside in the right of way, lining up with the utility pole. So a lot of the cars parked adjacent to that utility pole, not in, but there were times where they were going into the front lawn. So they put up the fence to protect against that. And as you can see, the lawn is kind of growing in, and it's probably even better than that photo today. Um, and that's where it stands. So they ended up putting that in, they're filing for it, but as part of that, we explained that it's actually on village property. So we couldn't give a building permit to need a license agreement first. So this tensor barrier that's in this picture is not there now. Say it again to that flexible tensor area thing. Yeah, no, that's not black thing. Um, I mean, is the intention to diminish people parking on this side next to the fence? No. Just to prevent them from parking further in past the utility pole closest to the building. Okay, so then should we on our side put something down instead of the grass that won't survive there? Possible because it's clearly when the cars do park there's probably what's causing the lack of anything to grow. Maybe we could plant something there. Yeah, uh, actually, since that fence has been in, they seem to be parking on the road and avoiding the little bit of grass that is beyond it. Um so there's room for them to park entirely on the black top. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. In the past, I think they would get quite tight to that utility pole and follow that line. If the first person parked next to the utility pole, probably everyone followed. Somebody parked further in, the others followed, hence why the fence went up. Yeah,